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awing to reports from i vest]tlaft
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it 13 nut now necessthy to have
Sedimentation Basin but that a pies.
sure filter ig connection with a chlor -
To andi inuting apparatus would be satisfac,
r s . V4 tit L a ht Couirnis- tory to the Board of health, As the
celvei word from the Pro+ Commission had ahisady spent con-
130arcl of 1Iealtlr' ecentl ti at' i 1
#' y that,' s dexo;; e inane, in sinking' feat wolfs
lot
ntf
tya8 decided to 'go onwat
with
these
for the present. Hod this knowledge
been in the hands of the Provincial'
Board ' -of Health when it first ordyred
Goderieh to 'mend its 'water supply
it would lulve made a- i;reatdiffex once
as the, new system will cost but ",quare
tel° thet- of the old one.
E patterns -we are showing this -
Spring reveal -awealth of new
ideas in Wal Decoration, Particu-
iatly is this true of the famous
BOXEk_Papers of Cvhich we,have a
fine 'assortment ail 23 inches wider
than• the 'old type Of Wall Paper.
This means easier' hanging ; but; more
important still, it means that, - you
have a more beautifuryoom, owing to
the fewer seams and: the more .attrae-
tive'designs made possible ^ by the,
increased width.' •
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`' Chir colledtiot never before reflected
so';nticii-of taste and richness. _
Por` your Spring decorating take
advantage of the splendidassortnient
we -are showing.
BUY NOW Wi.,E SHI'I i:, T C
O(.K'
IS COMPLETE
TJFIE .SIV':' LR._ PAIR COMPANY
OFTEN; TI -E CHEAPEST ALWAYS THE.
BEST.
till( NOW AND
3),IAKE CERTAIN'
YOU GET A CAR.
A.T THESE; PR1C
Runabout $405
Tourin $445
Coupe $6,95
Sedan i'765
ChSsis $345
rotropo.nege. ttgwtx(Ligpn
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' ''•buying
Ford car to -
ay, ybuy a-
evelo e .; '`pro -
yen car— r ve .
over a er o
of •y ears. You
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experiment.
The 1.w price
of ' the F rd is
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;de possible
only 'by quan-
tify
uantity production,
HANLI Y BROTHERS-
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11R1NG.BACK IRE
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QUAIL
Encourage this Splendid (
1a11e floda Wo
rk Well forM.
Pricr
Bird
C onther
Farm. tically Without Wages.
Ron' We Lost Our Quail ..-- Most
Node Are Friends of,. I+arnaeys.—
Quail T5estioy freed Seeds and
• Insects—How , , to, Entice Thera
DacS,rr
tCuntributed b9 Ontarta Department of
..Agriculture; 'rbronto.)
:Why net have lots' of quail? When
they .were, ,plentiful fps had a great
deal of drst,elaas, gnpniug, By gun-
ning "overmuch and not protecting
them in the winter, we,have almost
lost the Lob -White of our boyhood..
Now we have Alas Potato bug and
gun for •it''With Paris -green.:. Why
not; have ,the stroll, plus the sport of
gunning, back find 'set rid of some
of ,�theso potato, bugs .at the sante
time?
How We Lost the Quail,
• In the old days the farm boy„sh"ot
a few prace of quail. The city sport
carne out, and a few brace were not
enough 'for ' him. Further 'and 'fur-
thorafield you bad to 'go. -
.
The brush heaps,, natural shelter
'for the quail, were cleared, up and
-burned. • 'Every .foot of ground was
cleared for the plough ar for pasture.
+-Tlieh'when 'tlte heavy' snotgs'came, �
followed hy sleet, there was less and
less-shelter,-,;The'hard erusta:atayed
on ,the snow for two :or three' days,
and ',whole bevies were starved or
frozen.. It waei, an unequal fight.
uuainist . man and nature. Nature
alone could be fought; but when man
too was to be contended with,' the
quail gave up the ghost. '
Moat Birds Are the -Farmers' Friends,
The question is, 'de you wish there
back?. I believe you av n• ill wheyou
give'ita little thought.. You, to-do,,-
are ':fighting : an' uphill fight,against
insects and weeds. ,Each -hour you
'spend in this way is a distinct loss,'
Why not gain these. hours? You do°
not have to lose them.- Our police-
leen of the air can 'do ,a much better
job ,thaa you can, ''and will charge
you nothing except a little attention.
,Let us -very briefly take up., the
'general question. di loss from insects
and -noxious weeds,: and 131 this con
nection•sbow what the birds ,we now
hate, are doing. In the United States
the';annual loss is computed at $800,-
000;000. What 'percentage of this
oohid he saved if the,"bird population
was normal? Our•bird population to-
day- 'la
oday'le only one-tenth of what it,
might be:.
To give a concrete'example:.It is.
estimated that the State of Massa-
'ch'usetts, 'with an area of 8,000,
Do Splendid' Work fn Yr'ield ' and, z reteot the robin from people who
01'41011'd - . Meadon'• Larks and d° not know eny better ,than to de,
Xtplrins' heal Friends Of k,armerri" stogy a useful servant. l`he, farm
Ttetlbreast DevOnr 1►7<ut (3ut hlyds inako life.pofisible i;or us all, �•
k 8 L. e'i Tor sen, Sec„ 11ept, of Agrlcui-
worws--Farmer+s Wifat Shoubi lie torp; Toronto.
re Cu -partner,
CIiT'NQOKS • AND CARL MAKE
(iaontributed try pntario f)epartmenEof:
Agricutture, raronto,)
.LIVING COMFORTABLE
When we employ a man and put "inter
hint to work in the flelils destroylug 'l'ite i?011owing interesting summary
xegarding the,, weathCr in Alberta
0li1s " t, o
t
41s6pi" uIt ;
tr
y
clack or Old aut°horn tat the tree.
The period or cherry *aiding is short,
wince, the birds Prefer the spial fruit
and will gp to the kepre rows at, soon
as they are ripe, leaving, 'the cult! -
sated' fruit, , Protect tilt: meadow
JEtrlt front the' boy with e sun, and
the weeds and insects, that are Inior- 'was sent 'in by Mr. W. J.'Lobb, •broth-
ious to crop prdductlon, we are oblige • or of Mr. -W. -H. Lobb of the Bayfield
el to pay tor the seryee with' the Road. It was for December and' Jan-
eein of the realm. If the weeds and nary;
insects were not controlled, crop pro- "Retlaw, - Alberta, • February 6th,
duction would be greatly hampered, 'Winter weather in Sunny Alberta
We willingly pay the human labor to • compares very' favorably with the
at the sametianmre ectng little tett the houlght ile fax ''South during the months- of De -
to th�great service rendered' by,birds eember and January taking the av-
s farnm,help—yes, unpaid farm help: erage temperature,
Weeds ;iow from weed seeds. De- The thermometer registration was
-str oy the weed Seed and we could in taken each morning by a reliable in.
time get rid of this agl•leul,tural pest. strument.with •the following results:
Insects (.hat lead on farm crops come Dec. 1�to 3rd, the average .vas 21
from the eggs of moths, flies, beetles degrees above zero,. •F, rola 'the 4th
and butterflies; destroy these•, earlyNto 17th' the avers e was, 22 below
%n the year and prevent the sryvarms. zero, The lowest during *hat period was'experienced and the thermom-
of young: crawlers gaining life and was 86lielow, and�the:.,highest was eter went down below zero, ac'cam-
rnenacing the crops. - a
4 below, A ehinook came on, the ponied by a snow storm.
The Bird Ts the Unpaid' Friivn 13felp, , 18th, and in a 'few days the foot of- The waran, weather, however': last -
A. meadow lark' will eat' each day. snow' on the' prairie vias all gone, • lug'so long has made it easy on theg',
w eatereed n'
ti s town t body rlwantlty . leaving' a green'' Christmas., For one ..coal ' bin and 'also of great advan..
Four ounces of weed sebody r Young' month.up, to. -the 17th of January tage to the cattle .Sheen and horses,'
grasshoppers -each day on.an average' there was the most ideal and delight- as much of the, time the stock was
for'tlie,Car would'meanthe, deatruc., fol weather. -N• The roads were as dry grazing in the fields or 0n aka
tion of over» -O0 pounds thine
a year. and smooth as summer and autoing ranches.”
Twentyy, meadow larks on the farm
would consume a, ton of weed seed _
during the year. A ton of -Weed seed
gathered from the fields may seem like
delivering a large 'order, but a little
fleck of meadow larks will:ri0 it. Are,
such birds worth protecting? If you
saw a little'meadow lark perched be-
side 'a hundred pound sack of weed
seeds,` the, gathering, if which repre-
sented his year's . lwork,' don't you
think your heart would, soften and,
you would' spare' the bird's life? The
normal lean Who appreciates a good
friend will not injure nor will he
',permit • any one else to injures the
,insect and weed destroying" birds pi`
our meadow lands:
The Robin No Mere Fruit Thief.
Is the roifin a cherry thief'. No,
this bird has a perfect right to satisfyl
his hunger by consuming a'few-cher-,,
ries in season in the orebard where ;
he works as an insect destroyer .for.
six months of the year' without :any.
-wage contract. The few ches'ries-and
other doutestic fruits that robins -take -
during June and, July, make up less;
square, miles, has not less than five, than bet! -third of their food for that ::
useful; bird's to the acre, or, a bird '`shoet'period. During all the rest of
population 'of .25,600,000, , From' oh- the season, from March to Oetober,
sfrvation-:and'„dissection, a conserva- the robin feeds largely on insects that
tiye/estimate,'of the number 'of In- lnfest the- orchard and garden,: If it
sects et/IMO—led byt each insectiverous were not for the good work of the
bird Is one hundred per day. That robin, many attempts at vegetable
means -the consumption of the enor- prottuction would•Pafl. Vegetable gar -
mous total 'of -2,460,000,0013 iiseets. deus'aad' Small fruit- plantations are 1
This means Ike daily consumption• of largely at the mercy' of the cut -worm.
chiefly 'obnoxious -.,.insects in:; Massa-' QRedbreast;'a Gireat Devourer of Cut
chuaetts is, 27•;000 bushels. kern,,:'
y Seeds, and ;
uail Destroy Weed robin is the best cat -worm
Insectahunter that we have. His'daily eapa'e-'
One-half of ,the ^quail's food'( eon- w",Hunting •
gists of 'weed seeds,'` one-fourth 01 ?'thityerehen are' thehungry nestlingsisgood to feedaha,
grain;'•mostly taken from' the. -stubble; Is not less than. 300 cut -worms .per'
and: about per•cent.'of ins•eets. day. Any bird that will -destroy 300.
The insects chiefly,consumed are Po- ;'opt-wormseach day during the sea
tato; beetle, encumber;peetle,_-Chinoh don when; the garden, vegetables. ate,
bugs,: wite wbrme„etc, ..In wtutei <tliey, getting started is certainly worthy of
destroy.the--,seeds ,of 126 kiuds Of the respect of, all people: The takings
-noxious weeds.- A conservative esti- of §a; few eherries' or an 'odd straw
mate. of amount 'of' food eaten .each by the ;obi's In just to change
see how yo.
day ow ,yo ur; potato, bugs would die be two ounces. Can -You ,the, taste in his mouth, after censure -
appear .
tappear if the Bob -White were 'pies- broad-insso mindedmany„andwiggly.;prbteet the
rmsrobinBo.•`
Only the meanest 'Of narrow -alluded
o the f people will destroy such a tisoful bird:
Protecting FrailProm Birds. '
If every single chorry'must 'be^re-'
served For sale and-robins..abound, `
- - ,O ,rara-.noifiru'.,.m•,.
was a ec
n . txcrnc delight, a ear s:ouicl
be"driven over any mitis, 01 crows.
roads, During this period the farts
mess took advantage of, and solureti
their winters' ;supply of Coal. Tukin
this as a Centre Coal can be c sit
the Bow City mine an a diatalwo oi<
28 miles. To the Taber mine a dills
taco of 20 miles, and to the Sniitix
mine' the distance is 16 oodles, Cee
can be purchased at the ntino fat"
four dollaars Per ton,':The lowest tug--
istration during this poriad was tett
degrees above Zero and the lrghe.4t
was 50 above. the average for „thio
period being 31 degrees above zoro.
On -Jan, 18th a change came, ret;-
istering 0 below, Then again for
four, days, 19th to 22nd, 30 degrees
'above was registered as the average,
On the 23rd, 23 below, 24th to ,27111
an average of 28 above. On 28111,
zero. Taking two days off' for :aero
weather, there was n total' for the
sixty days of 875 degrees above zero .'
and 350 degrees below zero,, or air,
average for the two months of four-
teen and• a "half degrees above zers.
The chinooks and cold waves at
times played"gymnasties' with each
other. One night at eleven p.n), a '
tub of snow benped- up . was left
standing otuside, and by morning it
was all Melted into water. Then at
eleven a,nr, of that day a cold wave
Iful? The United States Department
of Agriculture ,states,that each Auail •
-n arm is worth $20 to the
farmer,
Now” comes the question of again
having these birds ;plentiful, :31 can.•
net be done in a day, nor must you
expect it in a year, ,
There are sonic quail left,. There
may be a few;on your farm. Protect.
titin,- They Are worth: -'gold. -dollars
to you. Atlow'no'hunting whatever.
As., you,,,liave seen, outside of bunt -
ins', the lack of shelfer., and feed dur-
• ing, and :after winter- storms, is. the
,chief .caued',‘otsthe :disappearance of
this, vitluable bird! -
I3ow ;to I+tutice the Quail Back-,
Mace .heap's brush in the fence
corners. Plant a Virginia Creeper,
or Wild Cucumber seed, 'and instead
of a brush heap, it will become a
beauty shot. On the brush heap'or a
stump; place several, forkfuls of•back-.
wheat straw, unthrashed. This will
mat together and make, a perfect pro-
tection, as well as supply food. Tie
a number of cora' stalks around a
small', tree or stake, in a protected
situation Leave as opening facing
south, Scatter - oats, wheat, buck-
wheat, chaff 'barn -sweepings, around,
most` of it inside ,the shelter, with a
-few: leads running some distance
away, Do ,it no -,v. Get the quail
cowling to the grain. When a,stbrin
comes, they will make grille shelter.
Never neglect it, especially in stormy.
weather• and particularly after sleet
stories, - Remember what it is -worth
to .yogi, ' • ,
In' the spring, sow some buck-
wheat and rye, iii the fence corners,
around -your shelters, Let it ripen
there: Quail are very fond of it and
will remembergif when, the stomas of
"whiter prevent then `feeding else-
where, "Cher, too, aro most likely to
breed near tboir winter feeding
station .
Tlrey May Beconie' es Trtme as
• Chickens.
The beautiful little Bob -Whiter. Ifo
You know, that 'if they are protected;
they will irecome almost as. tante a3
chickens, They will wander• amongst
your potato patch and tepay you.
many times over for the attention
aisott have :given them,_' And if they
evergbecome'too plentiful, Why, quaII
on toast 15 hard to beat TOlok- It
over,' Potato bugs or quail —11. 1t;
Ivor, Honorary Game Officer, M. .-
C. A., Toronto,
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A farm needs a wlndlirean , sitm-
rner as_mueh its in winter. Pid you
ever natio° the difference 131 the gat -
dell and fruit plantation on trio
farms, one sheltered from the 'hot
southwest wind and the other, ex
posed;. to rt? The windbreak pays in
dollars and coats
When a now house is bt111t among
trees, none shotrld bra Mit 'except those
where the house actually stands. Af-
ter the home is occupied, on* east tell:
better ivltich trees to 1etain for shade
Witter* it Is most needed,
'
ikon n..ttiY lat•t mess 4'3” t19c.5 t li.'• , k • t's '� I3
Varmlik that. a Da Fes Har£a'
Aud :Stays La'i'd
When we ,say hard, we don't mean
” hard only when it's cold weather, and
{~--t soft- when; hot. Wd -mean it dries
Por aj. hard and stays hard all the time:
No need to tell you that the harder
and tougher it 'stays,.' the, Ringer it
shines and the more it wears. s,
',HAWKINS ,C MILLER
HARDWARE . CLINTON
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The Flat Oil Paint
For Interior Decoration
Rorthe walls and ceilings of any room in your; house, mbst
delicate and hannoniotis effects can be secured by the use ,
of ,NEU-TONE. It is 'cheaper and more sanitary than wall
paper and will last much °longer because it can be washed
without injury, It positively will not rub off:
N1Go-'rONC is isiSili+. In eighteen. shatit•t, and by the use bf various tints
most pleasing combinations nilly bl attired:iJ
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NGTJ-TONE is easy to apply, It covers well and leaves no'brush marks,
producing a dull, soft, velvety finish ,which will lend'eharru to any'roonl
to the house. --
'.limy surface may be successfully treated with
NEU-TONE-Plastcr,woodr burlap or, metal.
Call and let us explain the ;merits of this and
dtlier MAT1'I'IN.SENQUIt finishes. For every
purpose—For every surface. Our' stock is cenv,'
giete and we can give you full information. •
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