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The Clinton News Record, 1920-7-8, Page 2MeTAGGAIO 3f, D, lifellAGGART tee, McTaggart Bros. - GENERAL BANIIING 13135! - NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED, DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED QN DE. POSITS. SALE NOTES PEE' DDASED, • — • H. T. RANCE — NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY- All0ER, FINANCIAL REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURt ANCE AGENT. REPRESENT- ING 14 rIEE INSURANCE( .COMrANIES. DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. W. BAYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. 'Office—, Sloan Block —CLINTON DR. J. C. GANDIER Office Boum-1,30 to 3.30 pezi„ 7.30 to 9.00 p.m. Sundaya 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Other bows by appointment only. Ofilee end Residence—Victoria St. CHARLES B. HALE, Conveyancer, Notary Public, Commissioner, Etc, REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE Issuer of Marriage Licenses ECURON STREET, — CLINTON. GEORGE ELLIOTT Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Huron. Coreespondence promptly answered. immediate arrangements can be , made for Sales Date at The News -Record, Clinton, or 'by calling Marie 203. Charges moderate and: salisfactIon guaranteed. —TIME TABLE— Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton Station as follows: BUFFALO AND •GODDRICH going east; depart 6,33 a.m. . e 2.52 pen. going 'West ar. 11.10, dp. 11.15 a.m. "ar. 6,08, dn. 6.47 p.m. 11.18 p.m, LONDON, HURON tie BRUCE DIV. going South, ar. 8.23, di& 8.23 a.m. 4,15 p.m. Going North depart 6.40 p.m. - 11.07, 11.11 aen„ The liol(illap Mutual Fire Insurance Oompan.y Head office, Seaforth. Ont. DIRECTORY, President, James Connolly, Goderieee Vice;, James Evan's, Bead:moody Bee:Treasurer, Uwe /a, Hey; see. forth. Directors: George McCartnee, Sate 'forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforth; 1G. Grieve, Walton; Wm. Rine, Sea- ferth; McEwen. Clintou; Robert Ferries, Harlock; Jobe Bennewele, Brodhagen; Jan. ConnollY, Goderiele 'Ageetre Alex Leitch, Clinton; :1. W. atm/'Goderieh; Ed. Bieck:ley, Seafortel W. Chesney, Egraondville; N. Q, ja*. mut)), Brodhagen. Any money to be paid In may lie Imid to Moorish Clothite Co., Clinton. Pr at Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desirieg to effect insurance te transact other business tsill be promptly attended to on application to tray of the above officers addrosed to their respective post office. Losses !repeated by the directot eche live' e.earest the scene, Clinton News - Record CLINTON, ONTARIO. Xerms of eubscription--41.50 per year, In advance to Canadian addresses; e200 to the U.S. or other foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all sneezes are paid unifies at the option of the publieher. The date to which every subscription la raii is denoted on the label. Advertising rates—Transiene adver- , tiseraents, 10 cents per nonparell lino for lint insertion tied 6 cents per line for each subsequent inser- tion. Small advertisements not, to exceed one inch, arch as "Strayed," or "Stolen," etc., insert- ed once for 85 cents, and each subs.- •quent ineertion 15 cents. Cominunications intended for public*. tion 'must, as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name Of the writer. G. E. HALL, M. R. CLARE, • Proprietor, Editor. Youehould always imon,n bottle of Chamberlain e Stomach and Liver Tablets on the alma% Tho littiofolk co often need a mild and pate cathartic, and they do appreciate Chemberjain's instead ofnen coons oils and mixtures. For stomach tronbloo and conetipation, give onejust before going to bed. All drug/tato, 200, or Nand to CHAMIERLION MEDIC1NS CO., T080NTO ror thin hogs on pastura, tre these rations': Equal pax% of Wheat middlt tees and eorn; egtiel pets of-gr-ound rye and sit:in-milk; equal parts of Cert. and ground eatfi; equal parts of corn skim -milk; eqUal pales of ryo and ground wits; tett parte of cove. or ground eye and one nett of taeltege, 'Pheee ere ferule veasons Why yeti filiotild do yoer beet.; reeulte tire all 0--e theta . , Do You Get Your Money's Worth Out of the Horses on Your Farm? BV A. S. AleXartder, Veterirearian, More than ever it is -important that box -stall,- birdttedewilth sawdust, Sup. our work horses Should be ted and port hino with veterinary slings, if so %red for properly. reed hag become leme that he ig ueable to stand on all very expopsive, and the beet olatie of fouls witheet suffering severe Pain. draft eorses is becoming difficult to In bedding a %all put plenty of lathe at the sides, at a horse lies upon MS Bide when sleeping or resting.• Dry soiled bedding out of dome, preferably in the sun. If that is impossible, air -it in -a box stall instead of piling it under the manger. Have Ole manger come clowei flueli with the floor, and keep it clean. Keep- rats,- mice anti poultry Out a the slahle. HIS Daily Grooming, Groom eviller work horse once M day, 'preferably out of doors, to prevent • It is well also to make sure that the -duet th the stable, Ilea lots of "elbow hone is not a chronic biter, stall verde" and a clean brush. The curvy - kicker, halter puller, or floor pawer, %nib should be need chiefly to eleanse and that he clod not destroy -les cloth- the brush, not the horeels skin, It ing and havness. S'ee, too, that he should never be used on the head or can "get over" in his stall without legs below knees and hocks. Don't "hopping" from spavin, and back out use the same sponge to cleanse the of it without jerking up a hind leg, dock, anus, nostrile, and eyes. . elevating his tail, and showing invol- Blanket •ancl walk- a sweaty 'horse untary twitching, of the muscles of the until -dry; then put on a dry -cover. flank, indicating chorea (St. iVitue' Frequenely wash the roots a mane &Mee) sometimes termed "shivering'? and thile AlWaYs dry the legs thole or "crampiness." Be sure, also, that oughly by rubbing in fine sawdust, there is not a double, bellows -like nio- when evashilig hag proved 'necessary. tion of the abdominal muselee at the Ordinarily it is best to let mud dry flanks, for that is characteristic of on the legs end than .brush it off. heaves. Scratches and mud fever often are Next, allow the horse to stand at caused by washing the lege, not dry - ease on a level floor, away from the ing them thoroughly, •and then letting walls, and examine him frain all the horse stand in a cold draft. These, points and at a little distance. By so also, are contributory causes of grease doingeyou tam note if the horse stands and. gr -ease heel. firmly 02) all fours, or shows signs Clean out the 'feet eagh time tee of pain or discomfort, indicating }tune- horse.eomes into the stable, to prevent ness. _ See if his eyes are sound and nails from puncturing the el -oaf; or, of the same color. • All parts of the better still, have a thick leather pad body are quickly viewed for synnnetry or epecial hoof pad under the shoe to 'and, if trained in such tvork, the buyer prevent picking up oe nails. Under next may Proceed to make a critical the pad have oakum over e dressing of lanolin (wool fat), and frequently re- set the shoes, ' Blanket the hot% in cold iveathee. When he is •stand•ing out of doors find and dear to by. On general prineiples there are a few feedemental matters every man should remember when buying a horse. The borse should be seen and wetched at Test in ,his stall. Here you cart neje% if he is a "weever," constantly freehiging his head from side to side, or a "cribber and wind sucker," noW and then seizing hold of the manger with his teeth and gulping down 'air, Theee are incurable vices; examination of each part fow sound- ness. Afterward, he will watch the horse walk away and back, repeat these acts at a trot, and "wind" the animal by during worloing ;hours' see that the having hien run hitched to a locked- blanket perfectly covers his beast wheel wagon or through a plowed field and chest ot deep snow. Unless aided by a veter- a horse that has indigestion, inarian, the buyer should even then or a long, coarse, etareng coat, or if demand a wietten guarantee of sound- he sweats in the stables after -coming ness, no that the horse may be re- in from work. in such cases, among turned to the seller, inside of a stated farm homes, ;it -suffices to_ clip the period, if. found to be unsound. ' . hair from the legs above the knees The Right Sort- of Stable. and hocks and ft= the abdomen to a line with the straps of the breast collar and breeching. It is a 'common practice, and a good one, to leave the hair unelipped where the saddle rests on a riding horse. See that all harm% fits properly, and keep it clean and smooth. Remove harness at noon, unlese that le abso- lutely impossible... Always remove it at night. Dirty, rough, ill-fitting cause sore necks and shoulders. Sponge herness-chafed skin two or thee times daily with soft, cold water -containing two teaspoonfuls of salt to the pint. Sweat pads often do more harm than good, and are not an apology for 0. bad -fibbing Prapeely adjust the hames and tees (traces), and pravent the neck yoke from striking the breast, or a limber wagon pole from swinging so that it caus•es the collar to rideand chafe the neek. Have shoes reset at least once in srix weeks, and once a month if Dee hoofs grow fast. Have the shoes fit- ted th the feet; not the feet to the shoes, any more than can be helped, Never apply a Ted hot- shoe to the pared -sole. Do not afiow excessive paring of the sole, and have the knife kept_ off the frogs and bars. The heels should not be "opened." The deep notches commonly made really tend to contract th•e heels. Oely rasp Whether the stable be -expensive or cheap, it should be dry., light, and per- fectly ventilated. A damp basement stable, or one built on water-logged ground, will be •mertain to induce rheumatism, thickening of the ten- ' dons and stiffness of the legs and joints, and cause or aggravate coughs and -colds, In suet) a -stable the hose's skim will not be pliant, and the hair Will be coarse, harsh, and staring, not silky and ,polished as it should be in perfect health. Light is necessary to insure health and vigor in animals as well as plants. The potato sprout that is blanched and brittle when, growing inett- cellar turns green and sturdy in the sun. The prisoner hi a dungeon is pale and weakly, but gro-ws rosy and rugged in the open air. Sunlight in a ho -re stable should -not, however:, be dazz- lingly reflected front a whitewashed wall. That is (hurtful to the eyes' • so lampblack or yellow ochre shouldbe added to limewash to give it a neutral tint. Presh air is even More necessary than sunlight. Good ventilation sup- plies ,adequate oxygen to the stabled horse, and it is needed during the dark as well as the light of the day. No animal long remains perfectly healthy if constantly deprived of practically the full 20 per cent. of oxygen norm- aIly present in fresh. air. Poisoning enough of the wall to form a bed for f the system, then, is quickly and the nail clinchee. plainly indicated by -general ill thrift See that toe clips ace not too large and the unhealthy a.nitnal wastes feed and thick ow too tightly driven. Have and fails to do efficient 'work. It is the hoofs and shoes level and see n such unsanitary stables that land- that the cellos are ef equat length. rs, influenza, strangles, pneumonia Avoid use of strong, trying hoof- lourisy, bronchitis, sore throat, and dressing oils and salves. They are olds and coughs are most common unnecessary and hurtful. Have the and virulent, and here toe, occur all hors's teeth put in order by a vet- orms of indigestion and skin diseases erinaricm each spring and fall, and the parasites peculiar to the horse. The liorse'o Ration' In addition to Proper sanitation, the Figure that et hers,* requites as a stable should be roomy to allow each day's ration approximately one pound horse a stall that is nine feet long of grain Or meal (concentrate) for and at least four and orte-half feet each hundred pounds of body weight, wide. Th,e alley flees% should be solid, divider' into three feeds, and that the and roughened to prevent slipping, feed should contain at least one pound the stall floors practically level, and of digestible protein for 1,000 pounds drains, if used, earefully trapped. of body weight. In the Same way Large box -stalls stheild be included for allow one pound of. hay (roughage) the accommodation of idle or sick for each hundred potends of body hories and the brood mare and .her weight as a day's ration, moet of i8. foal, to be given at night, Some of it in the Wheat and rye Stemware excellent morning, and. 1.ttle or none of it at bedding materials. Oat straw and hay noon, it the horse •hos been working are unsuitable, as a Mine should not hard, Increase the tonceettates and eat his bedding. If he does, bed him less -en roughage whim bard work has with planing mill ehaviag or sale -dust, to he done, and ill the same way re- but 'avoid eak -sawdust, as it injures duce grain feed and increase roughage the feet. Dry peat lithe]: is admirable, tiering idleness. Always cut down but not commonly available. the grain raeion et least one half Always let a lame horse occupy a when the horse is idle, and withhold Address eommunleatIone tO Agrontenlet, 73 Adelaide St. west, Toronto re V, 11.:--11 would like to get in- ferniation regarding soy beam. What kind of plant are thee? I have a light rather gravelly fleld and would like to seed to say beans or alfalfa. Will they stay seeded like drover eut for hay or pasture every yeat? Could I seed the field after harveet by disking up and sowing to Soy beans, alfalfa or tweet clever without ,any purse trope • Aitaerte—The Soy 40 08» antiftal legume. It does well on a medium leam to saluly soil which must be well drained mid sweet, it will not poie Detente, itself either by dropping seed 05 byeecond growth the stung roots, bet like eerie-go/sr garden beam tbe soy beater haere to be *Mod evety year. Soy beans ere vety good to mit for flay espeelaily if the crap le cid before the Stalks becOree Weedy and hard and while the bean is very soft On the pod, I would not adeise fall sowing of soy.beans since they would make little gtowth behove fall and would be killed off by autumn and winter frosts. Provided you are itt -08 sufficiently warm section of the COM,- tty, you could get 'satisfactory results both with: alfalfa and aWeet cloyee if you do not delay the seeding until too %oil as 01.1i day crop is off, Work the field up alid sow alfalfa Or sweet clober, ushig alfalea seed at the rate of 20 lbs, to the acre and sweet clover at about the %me rate. •Speaking gerierelly, Oafttio etlege erop protecta the -young clover stop, 13erley oe wheat sown at the etitZ of a bushel to the atre provides •a seffi- eiently thick neese eerie bet Mt thielc enough to sniothee the dome fk14111.'alleffa2is;11c4ie fPred°,13,13t-Ln:(1elliniol:°erl i;li eo horse, elteele lee- allowed Oro rite for a, ,single clIty with:cut *al* r e melee, and that rielf feed' AIWA shoeld reduced when there is work for- the , honeto do, Eve horse, 14 rights:, -slimed be out aeons four Or flee 1101.1114 a day, a ehould Nye from ,sior. ,to eight mil 'of exercise daily; ' -Net nowadays • litegely dead Which coeeentrated feed -4 a %borsare have. • gabs rmain the standard ;fe for hones in Canade. and .theuld fed ,wlien the -price is not pie'ebiti• The; grain ehotild be clean, dry, brig in oh/relieve' a .fresh ealehy sine and be to plump that it will met when 'thrown into the feed box, 0 oats are preferable for- horeee• Ratl may be substituted for a part of cord:navy ration of oate. It shou be rolled to fit it for horee-feedin Fed eiteees so suddenly, it tends induce an eraption „Pad itchiness - the skin.. Wheat and rye also shou be rolled and sparingly fed, alon with oats and bran. • Wheat loran is another spiehd substitute for part of the eat ratio tie as a benefiotal adjen•et to that fee Do not feed it in the faxen, of a h math in:d on Satay night, as so- of is advised. So led, it is a fertile eau of colic and less severe forms of ind gestion, Feed it doily, mixed wi whale or crushed oats and dampene id meal -Wines. A hungry horse ma choke if suddenly fed a lot of dr bran. A little dry bran rnixe,ci wit wholeoatswill, however, Indio% ono pee -feet mastication. Feed it from large, shallow box. A handful of har peas, or hone beans, Or shelled col mixed with wbole oats also tempts horse to thew his feed properly whe he bee been in the habit of bolting whole. It is ranch better to feed sue a mixture than to put cobblestones 1 the feed box. Cane -sugar molasses (blackstrap) also is a valuable addititm to the horse's 100550, A quart of molasses diluted with the three quarts oe hot water and stirred among cut hay, commeal, and wheat bran has been fed with excellent resulte, night and morning, to thin work horses. It may be necessary at first to starve the horse to eat molasses Seed; but seen lie takes to it with reliali' aold thieves amazingly. Army hones that have become run do -we mid gall- ed by harm% baye quickly recovered condition and soundness of -skin when fed sucli a ration, OT molasees in much larger quantities. Flaeseed meal is e,specially bene- fioian for regulating the bowels and putting a gloss upon the skin. About one p•ound of it may be fed, as a gen- oral rule, care being taken not to give so much that the boiv•ele -Will be too much relaxed, yet using enough to keep them active. It ehmeld -be wet- ted at feeding time, otherwise it tends to stick to bh-e teeth and gums, Cot- tonseed meal or cake, if used at all, should be very spariogly fed, unless the horse has been accustomed to thie feed from colthood ep. Roots Are Valuable. Roots have •a splendid effect upon the bowels -and skin, Carrots are most popular for horses, and Parsnip come next. Rutabagas also are relish ed, while a few raw potatoes often are fed to the horse,' and especially to colts with ehe idea ,of ridding them of WOrMS. In feeding roots •tlie amount should be judged by the conditeon of the -tle, and the horses .hould gradually be .accustomed to such feed A lettle salt •sprinkled upon roots will, at first, make them more palatable to a hone that does not relish eueli feed. It is best not otherwise to mix salt with th•e feed. Let the herse help himself, Farm bones d o well on medium red c1 m -ovee hay, containing also soe tem- oithy, ale eike clver, and perhaps a lite tle alfalfa. Redtop and June grass also are popular with horse feeders -in the elistrects where these grasses thrive beat. The farmer feeds his cows upon the hay containing the meet clover, and his horees are given that which has the larger propeetion oe timothy and other grassed. Idle horses often are fed weln•stived manh hay, and 'which %Mei% a good eel -Mettle° hluejoird or blaestem grass ,its of Mir feeding value. One should, -bowevev, be etire that such hay does net contain. much 'horse- tail," Also "sour grase," as it is p•oisonous to horses., Coarse, wiry swale hay is poor feed for horses. Alfalfa thould be ebeut /nature be - 'X On making into hey' to be fed to horses. It is rice in pee -teen and, fed in exccse, is somewhat .looten'ng, and also initeting to the ktdneys. It bal- ances well 'with cora is a ration for week horses, All hay 'end -other feed for horses should bp ,fvee from mold. Moldy hay and bin -heated ar "foxy" oats commonly cause troublesome diebetes. Green grass is the best of all Leeds for "cooling out," a tired work horse that has been -heavily Pee -rained." If his shoes are removed, the moisture end eeolness of pasture alse greatly benefit the hoesees fest Change to gra% ,shoeld gradually and earefeilly b -e trade. . Bright oat straw is much used foe the feeding of idle work tenses, brood mates, and growing colts. Se is frash soutel teen %over or fodder. Collie stalks and oorn fodder that have weathered -in the• field ehoulde Mit• be fed. Thickly sown corn, cut and euted green as hay, le excellent feed, and greaely ix: lie preferred to onetime gore stover or fodder for the feeding of idle hones, arid a table of it may be led with adinintage to the woeleing draft, liciese. A Week liette iv -quires from 75 to 100 pounds of drieking water 08 day, rincl eh•oule he ol and peva leeep the waterieg trough clean, arid lite- veht hoeses -hole &hiking from poncle. Theoretically, medal, Should be giveu before :feeding. A lione, •In fieture, talc% water any time ho feele thoretere ef at nd 3'8 010 my of nd es es ay ecl be ve, ht le Id he 101 g. to 101 of 3101 n, d. at ten 4- th re a .n. a 55 318 and eXPOrimente do not; ehow that the 4ain-lsbsg 0! wster gftc' 00 0810081 310 18 Is eert4i1-1, iivwever, thetthe hot, tired, Minty horse Amite not be allowed to driek all the g]1 570880! Isa Wanes, Mit thereld be allowed e Sew swallows oil it ex -d then be fed ti pound or two of heel while cooling off, ater teleith he may heee-all the wevter he wants and, then hie ,grain feed, Hors% -working in the field -during hot wether ehould ;be given a little cold water often, during -work beers; „ 0 •poultrymen generally claim there is no saving in boiling the food, notwith- standing the increase in bulk, but I het% eound there is economy in eeed- ing boiled grain in fattenieg, as it has been proved the fowirpfetten more readily with the latter, • • The crate -fed bird has a better ap- pearance than a pen -fed °tie, and does not have flabby fat, but Mee %kid fleeh. Soft roaster's fed in houses may show more average gain thanewhen fed in crates, '-but they are lest eo good. In crate feeding, if a bird will not ' •aecumutate 'fat during the first ten days thee it is shut is in the crate, it is yemy mucb wiser to take it out. When put into crates the birdshould not be fed -for the first day or two. Some birds can be put into crates t for tyro weeks and fed three times a I day, and theney will be lost on them. e On the other hand, some birds ran be fed ie that way far five weeks and still make a profit. Some birds ma ready in ten days and others, after being fed for two weeks, will eom- a mance to go back in weight. If chickens intended for market, a -weighing from one and one-quarter ct to one and ene-hale pounds are placed a by themselves in a home with a yard 0 twelve feet 'square, 4tid fed on' a por- ridge three times a day, they can be s gotten ready for market in very short 0 order. •The porridge is made of six b parts cornmeal, two parts middlings, t one-half part linseed -meal and two t _parts beef scrap, by weight, and mix- a ed with milk or tepid -water. Feed all the fowls will eat in oneohelf hour, then remove and clean the troughs. The birds will stand this feeding for two or theee weeks with good appe- tites. PLANS FOR SUMMER • WEDDING 8. Let tie suppeee, thee a Small, in Mete boine Wedding is in Order. WE it leeks the ralmnitity of the clull affair it eall, he made much prett and is usually lesa elteeneve—an to be coneidered. Invitatione fee the home w•edcli may of our% be %graved, even ie is to be a seven affair; but they on also be personally written notee fro the bride's mother or even from t, bride herself, providee there is no o dee to do If there is a garden or roomy ve Whelk is alweers it good plan to ha the wedding outdoes. One of t prettiest wecidings I evee saw wed pink rambler roae for a backgroun with a wbite ewnieg erected over t spot and an aisle foemed to •the ve andah, vvhere the rambler hung, huge •bouquets of the roses ta pedestals. At another 'outdoor we v- 41 as ts being grouped outside on, ehe lawn. Of eouree, all this is-poesible only when the weather promises to be fine. A bay window makes a splendid place for the oeremony indoors, or he arehed doorway between two Uniees the room is very sun - y and cheerful, it is better to pull he shades, drape• them with smilax urtaina and have soft artificial light. Then should be plenty a flowere around in vases ancl bowls, as vv•ell $ potted plants. The order of pro•cedure is always problem for -most people. One men% have a wedding in the family very day, and so it is easy to foeget S' net to kern at all. The home wedding, unless given inc huge house, hould have a ,small wedding party, ne attendant ear the bride and the est man being sufficient. Of course, here are times when the bride wishes eo please some of her friends and have everal meals, The number should never he more than fonr, and two much better. 'Caen should then b chosen to seat the guests and provid partners for the mates. The bride ie met upstales by he tether, er whoever: is to give herr away. The bridegroom and best man wait in another room -with the clergyman. When ehe bridal procession starts downstairs to the wedding march pla.yed or sung softly, the flower gir if there :is one, pee lint, then th he ole r- ve he a d, he 151 d - ding a rustic tench nal pergola co ered with wist'arie made the bred bower. I have also seen the veranda entrance framed with yews used the spot far the ceremony, the gees, FR) ----'anciailotes • London—Some 01 the high-olass American railroad bonds which were issued in 1911 in Faris are now being offered upon very tempting terme. 'Central Pacific 4 per cent, bonds 19146 offer a good example: These were is- sued as 500kfrane bonds, with a ster- ling value of 219 15s, per bond, and both interest and principal are Pay- able either in francs or sterling. The present sterling price for these banes is 29 10s., which is equivalent 80 47% per eent. At this level the run- ning yield upon tho bond is aS 88, per cent., whilst if Profit on redenne tion is takeo bete axeount the retina Is very nearly 29 10s. per cent, This is• eor a bond which. ranks, AA in Moody's book of Investments, this mark signifying a bond of the highest type. Of course, purchasers would have no market here, but such a bond could well be held by those who want a long-term investraent. --- The directors of the Imperial Bank of Canada have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 3 per ceat„ being at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum, payable Aug. 2nd to shareholders ef record July 16th. A dividend of 3 per out, on the common steak of the Maple Leaf Milt- ing Company together with the re- gular 1% per cent, on the preferred has been deelared, Payable July 19th to sbareholders of record ittly 3rd. The regular quarterly dividend' of 1%, pei: cent, has been declared on the praferred stook of the Dominion Tex- tile Company, payable July 2nd to shareholders of record June 30th. NewtYork—With no apparent Jet -up In the demand tor petroleum producte, alt comp•anies are making every effort to obtain larger supplies oe crude all, Tbe competition for crude, therefore, Is still keen M all of the Ameriotte fields, But many of the largest re - liners are going to Mexico for a large paet of their crude oil, among them the Standard. Oil Company (New Jen say), Atlantic Relining Company and the Tide Water Oil Company. The great .domand for petroleum is illustrated in the report made by the American Petroleem Institute to the Federal Trade Commission, which practically exolverated the petroleura iedustry from any charge of profiteer- ing in a recent investigation. The acceptance hy the Nova Scotia Steel ae Coal Company. of the teems offered ehareholders by the British Empire Steel Corporation, the action of the Canada, Steamships Lines in coneeatime with the Montreal Trans- pottation Company and the meeting of direetort Of the Dominion Steel Cor- poration: to %%Mee the proposals, Indicate the amtroathing culmination of negotiations and the consummation of the deal, hello° the Mcrae -tea in- terest on the Street. Gross earnings of the So,uthern Granada Power Co. for the month of May amented to $53,682, conumeed with $47,098 last year, ince-ease of $13,584. Net earnings totalled $25,308 against e20,988 last year, -increase $4,320. X.on.ditii—tt to gated here that or - dere for many thousand tons of ore have -already been placed by the Eng- lish associates of the newBritiee Em- pire Steel Corporation at attractive pile% mid that the future of the new corporation is theeetore aseured Ever: if laboe is scarce an effort Should ,be made to have et local; xt few flowers and flowering sheabe on tho farm lawn, Beatty hes a value that cannot be measured in dollen. A greet many apple orcbards thio yeae ate lefeeted badly with oteitet shall beet( ,louse, duo to the fact Diet the temenaet spray Was neglected pretty getterelly &ming the WOr yeare, MEDICINAL HOOT% NERDS, BABIIS AND DERBIES And •other elteretiVece "teleieff and healtiegiYing ingrediente tat are roomer:ended in the beet mediae!. bookie ere eembined in Hood's Sae- paparilla, It builds up the blood, improves the appetite, invigovatea the digefition, toe% goo eempach gives nerve e3.le:10h ao as to pralreete permaneet good health. Has xnerit- ea Red held the praiffe et three gene orations. Yeu should give it teml. A$ a gentle thorough eathartic many recommend Hood's Pills, at the large bridal table. Often, how- ever, the buffet breleitfeet OT luncheon worke out better, A menu for thie meal that eall be simply prepared at home is chicken salad, thin cream kaule nut sandwichee, coffee, olives, mete, ice erbam and wedding cake. Per a inoee elaborate meal, serve raspberry ow, chicken in potato cutoff, olives and radeshee, finger rolls, tomato jelly redact, ice cream and wedding cake, ending up with a punch in which to dtenit the bride's health. For centrepiece at the bride's table hey° a bridal bouquet of roses with showers of ribbon, one to each place card, in a tall silver vase. Training Canada's Youth. A man iney never be too old to barn, but the youth is • carteecied to be more teachable than the person of mature age. By providieg %dale instruction and training for the young men and -women of the farm, Mare lasting benefit will be conferred than by' seeking to make good the deficiencies of the older generation. The 1918-19 report of the Agricultural Instruction Act Commissionee reviews the -work carried on during the year by the provineci•al departments of Agriculture and Edueateon with the fund e placed at the disposal of the provinces foe -agricultural instruction ' by the Federal G•overnment. This bul- letin is obtainable from the PM:erica. tions Braneh, Departinent Of Agri- culture, Ottawa. The report indicates that about ane -half of the total am, nual geant of $1,100,000 is applied to the instruction ef adolescents. Is For the advoacement in the diree- e tion of agricuitaral teaching in the el rural schools, the grant is largely ac- countable. Along with it have been r developed natuee study, school and home gardening, boys' and girls' clubs in poultry, pig and calf rearing, _canning, bread -making and siartiaer activities, culminating in the annual school fair. Pra,ctical projects of this 1, kind may easily be made the medium e• for training the intelligence, because er bridesmaids in pairs, then the maid matron of honor alone and then th bride on Eie let arm of hew father.' They aee, met at the foot of the stairs or at the entrance to the room where the ceremony is to be pereorm- ed by the bridegroom, who takes the bride from her father and leads her to the altar. In some ceremonies th•e father remains just baek of the wed- ding party until the question is asked. "Who giveth this woman, etc." With their backs to the guests, the party arranges its& in the following Ordee, forming as graceful a semit °irate as they can en the room pravid ed: bridesmaidto the left, maid of honor, bride, bridegroom, best man and -ashen. When the ceremony is over and the clergyman bas congretu- lateel the newly married pair, the party simply turns in Oho order in which they have been %ending to re- ceive the congratulations of family and friends. If the reception prom is% to be large, it is better to cut this part of the ceremony very Alert and get the bridal p -arty seated at table, letting .bhein continue their re- cepeion later. The bride's mothee takes her place in this reception line and the breclegeoom's, too. Generally, however, this receiving is more informal, the bride's mother moving among the guests like any true hostess and making them feel at home. It is always a good plan to have some one, a couzin or aunt who knows older ,and distant meinbers of the family, on hand to make introdurc- itings °ns. and smooth out awkwaed meet - It is a very good plan to have music hi some smeened corner to play soft- ly during the whole reception as well as to fill in the awlrevaed waiting be- fore the ceremony. ViPlin and piano, ea- a harp and yi-olen will be eufficient for most homes. The wedding breakfase San be serv- ed in several ways. If Newel are to he any hot dishes and the crowd is not too large, the guests ehould be s,eated at small tables and in relays they are seized upon with ea.gernese by most boys end girls. In certain high schools agricultural and household ,science -courses are be- ing developed, and in more than one province, special vocational schools of agriculture have been established and receive ass:Estee% from the grant. In developments- sash as' these lies the hope for the improvenient of modem agriculture through the rank and file of the rural pcmulation, to whom the centralized college of aviculture is not available. The present day need is that it should be made easy for - country boys and guls to secure an educational training of such a ehar- seter as will fit them far country life and rura/ pursuits. Colleges of Agri- culture and Veterinary Colleges have not, however, been overlooked; they also are given liberal assistance. Fol- lowing the close of the war, the at- tendance at these Institutes shows a - marked and gratifying increase, and their influence in promoting the ad- vancement of Canada's leading basic inctostey, Agriculture, win continue to make itself felt. You can't wear soil out by cultivat- ing- it. --e--- — The school -directed home garden is the most economic form of gardening for small cities, towns and the sub- urban districts of large cities. The child's garden becomes a centre of -interest of the whole family. The food is produced at the home, where it is used and the home Is beautified. As the garden ties the child's interest to the home, the visits of inspection and instruction of the garden teachers tie the home to the school. In the con- gested sections of large cities, home gardees are not alwaye, possible end the connnunity school grounds or vacant /ot plot must be substituted. This form of school garden usually requires a geenter financial cost in proposition to the value of the crap but is still juetified from the standpoint of educetiore—Nature Study Review, The Welfare of the Home Caring For the Eyes. It is estimated that 50 pee •e11t, of all blindness is preventable. This statement will be surprising to many, but it has long been known by those endeavoring to prevent urinecessary bliedness that more than a quarter of the pupils in the schools for the blind are sightless because their eyes weve not properly treated during tho first few days of life; that poor attention at birth is in pate responsible foe this tragedy; that childven become totally or partially blind feein neglected "sore" and "weak" eyes, and from neglect after -attacks of such infec- tious diseases ae .measles, scarlet foyer, etc.; that progressive near- sightedness among children mae cause total or partial blindness if negleeteel; that household and %dies., trial aceidents cause the loss of many eyee; that drinking wood alcohol or Iehaling its fent% in aloso places causes both blindneits tend death; that inadequate lighting and glaring aur - feces ate responsible for much visual disturban%, including eyestikaini aral that eye -strain is a frequent muse of, -bah thental sold phydeel inefficiency. Visieirig nurse organizations Mid Weateen'e clubs, working independent. ly, or, better etall, tegether, can per. fent valtable service in the amine - Cori of then eallSOSI thereby savitig babies, chitchan and tidulte flare life- long hliednese. 'Babies' son eyes," the disease which causes so much blindness, is preventable and, if taken in time, is curable. The prevention of blindness from babies' • sore eyes Is accomplished through the routine use of one per cent. solution of silver nitrate, or some such prophylactic, in all infants' eyes immediately eifter birth, and by prompt and slcilful treatment or babies' eyes when they become red, swollen and -discharging, whether or not a prophylactic has beeueed. Many normal children seem back- ward beestuee they have sore eyes or defective vision. Failure to correct these defects will probably 'neon eon - Untied 'retardabien for many of the children, mid itiability to eeach their highest pcieeible mental and physical development and economie efficiency. Coetinued neglect may vesult in par- tial or total blindriees. improviree the eyesight and geeeral sueromelings of eehool children will be of immediate benefit to them, anti will increase their Charms for enjoy- ing health and prosperity later in 1;fe. Many good workmen nre veriously hall didapp ed ;led even become public charges as a result of losing one or both eyes 311 all ateld eta Viet might have been proveetcd. Men, Welrlea and children often etiffee front severe eye- etra'e they are not provided with 4,leeeate light while 80 work. tete \•f