The Clinton News Record, 1919-10-23, Page 23. D. llicTAGGART
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REAL ESTATE and INSURANCE
Issuer of Marriage Licenses
HURON STREET, - CLINTON.
GARFIELD McIVIICHAEL.
Licensed Auctioneerer for the
County of Huron. Sales con-
ducted in any part of the county.
Charges moderate and satisfac-
ticn guaranteed. Address: Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 2. Phone 18 on
236, Seaforth Central,
GEORGE ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron.
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Agent for
The Huron & Erie Mortgage Cor.
poration and The Canada
Trust Company
Comm'er H. C. of 3., Conveyancer,
Fire_ and Tornado Insurance,
Notary Public
Also a numbeer of good farms
for sale.
At Bruceffeld on Wednesday each
week.
'A 11-RUlt -
-TIME TABLE -
Trains will arrive at and depart
from Clinton Station as follows:
BTJPFALO AND GODERICH onr,
Going east, depart 6.33 a.m.
2.52 p.m.
Gob:lea-West, ar. 11.10, dp. 11.15 a,m,
11 " ar. 6.08, dp8.47 p.m.
It ta ar. 11.18 p.m.
I.JONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV.
Going South, ar. 8.28, dp. 8.23 a.m.
4.15 pm.
Going North depart 6,40 pan.
" 11.07, 11.11 a.m.
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Vice„ James Evans, Beachwood;
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Directors: George McCartney, Sea.
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G. Grieve, Walton; Wm. Rum, Sea.
forth; M. McEwen, Clinton; Robert
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Muth, Brodbagen.
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BRITIS!' SAILORS FACE .1.8„1117. ,
. „ 'CHARGE AFTER RESCUE AT SEA
Saved From Wrecked Steamer, They Tell Conflicting Star -
les About the Death a Captain -All Survivors
- Are From Newfoundland.
A. despatch from Philladelphia
says -Four senora, Saved amid all
the Perils of a storm at night in 7,111a-
000an, aro now held at the immigrant
station at GlouceSter, N.3., to await
a hearing 'before the British 0074111. on
a 'charge of mutiny,
An air of mystery surround's the
causes which led to the death of the
Captain and the Mate of the schoon-
er Ong°, ending with the distress
signal whit% summoned the steamsbitp
Zirkel to •their aid, The Zirkel docked
Thursday afternoon at the Washing-
ton avenue wharf, and the aptain,
Daniel A. Sullivan, of New Ydric city,
told t story that rivaled the fiction of
many writers.
On thrnight of October 8,,during
a heavy storm, the officers of the Zir-
kel saw distress flares from some
vessel ahead. As they pulled nearer
signs of great commotion were
noticeable on the craft, which ap-
peared to be a two -masted schooner.
In an effort to circumvent the seamen-
af and approach closer, the steering
gear of the Zirkel snapped, and, for
four holing she wallowed helplessly in
the trough of a heavy sea.
Finally a lifeboat was launched,
under the direction of Chief Officer
E. Sims and 'six men, And approached
the distressed craft, so that fish
mon amid jump into the boat. So
heavy Were the seas that when the
return to the ship was made the boat
was smashed while efforts wore made
to luttil it back on the 'steamer, but
the crow and the rescued mon were
saved.
The four men, all from Newfound-
land, 'were Thoma a Houlton, age 29;
Ernest Fizzard, 'age 19, of Bnrin,
Newfoundland; and Douglas
age 24, and Lorenzo Ash, age 24, of
Carbonear, Newfoundland. They said
that the boat was sinking and that
the Captain, dames Brussie, of %mire
and his, brother Ernest, the Mate,
were killed during a shifting of the
cargo of salt some days previous, and
buried it sea.
Capt. Sullivan. gave ethe men the
freedom of the ship and took good
care of therm but the stories they
noon circulated concerning the loss
of the Brassie. brothers became vari-
ous and conflicting, easily exciting
suspicions that all had not been told,
as a result of which they were turned
over to the immigration authorities to
await the action of the British Consul.
SILVER AND GOLD
NUGGETS FOR H.R.H.
Prince Sees Ontario Mining
Centre and Receives
Souvenirs.
A despatch from Englehart, Ont.,
says: -(En route with Prince of
Wales' Special Train.) -"The town in
yours. Paint it any color you like."
This was the text of a sign which
greeted the Prince of Wales at Cobalt
on Thursday, and expressed the spirit
which informed the welcome extended
tbe Prince Thursday by the Porcupine
people.
At Cobalt the Royal party met with
a welcome which was none the less
genuine for the fact that nearly every-
body stayed at their Work and showed
the .Prince how the country's silver
was mined. Presents ,of silver nug-
gets at Cobalt and gold nuggets at
Timmins were showered upon the
Prince vibh 'MOUS expressions of
loyalty from the miners and their
families. At Timmins, New Liskeard
and emafler towns along the way
brief stops brought out entire com-
munities,, to greet the Feline°. • At
Timmins a vigorous welcome was
extended by several thousand people
assembled for a review of returned
men and a public reception before
the Prince visited the Hollinger Gold
Mines and received the engraved nug-
gets of precious metal as souvenirs,
$23,261 for a Bull Calf;
$8,788 for 7 -month-old Heifer
A despatch from London says: -A
world record in prices for cattle was
establiehed at a sale of Shorthorns at
the Aberdeenshire Show. The first
bull ealf to enter the ring was knocked
down for $82,261. The rola was bred
by the famous Shorthorn king, Wil-
liam Duthie, of Collynie. This figure
is the highest price ever paid for a
bull calf. Another world's record was
established by James Durno, of Upper -
mill, who obtained 12,100 ($8,788) for
a seven -month-old heifer calf.
4 ,
Brutal German Murderer
On List for Surrender
A despatch from Pains says
Among those whose extradition is de-
manded by the Lille court-martial is
a certain Major Evers, who at Le
Catelat condemned five British sol-
diers to be shot without any justifica-
tion, making them carry their own
coffins to the place of executi6n.
FORTY MILLION DOLLAR
TRADE WITH GREECE
Only Ten Million Dollars of '
This Sum Financed Under
Government Credit.
A despatch from London says: -Up
to date Canada has done some $40,-
000,000 worth of business with Greece.
Of this eurn only $10,000,000 have been
financed under the Canadian Govern-
ment credit to that country, the re-
maining business having been done on
a cash basis. Our exparta have rang-
ed from wheat to soldiers' housewives.
The Roumanian credit is now 'Medi-
cally used up. Only about half a mil-
lion dollars' worth of business has
been done under the Belgian credit.
Under the French credit we have done
nothfing at all, principally because of
the prohibitive French surtaxes. There'
are time clauses in these contracts
which terminate them at the end of
the present year. It is considered
doubtful whether the French credit
will be renewed or the Belgian credit
exhausted, as these countries appar-
ently wish to dq, all their own work
of reconstruction.
Soldiers Uncover
Tombs 2,500 Years Old
A despatch from Salonicia says: -
Military excavations, trench maleing,
eta., parried on in the Greek parts of
Macedonia during the war by the Al-
lied armies, have brought to light a
large number of antiquities, such cis
ancient instruments, vases of geo-
metrical design and jewellery of iron,
silver and gold of great archaeological
value. Tombs of the fifth and sixth
centuries before Christ have also been
discovered. These antique articles,
which have been taken possession of
by M. Pelekides, director of antiqui-
ties, prove that the eivilization which
existed at that ancient time in Mace-
donia was identical with that in
Greece.
Not the British Habit
to Insult Bleeding Foe
A despatch from London says: -In
a recent speech at Sheffield Lloyd
George called upon the British people
'to see that the peace was a real peace.
"It is not the British habit," he said,
"to nag, harry, ineult and trample a
bleeding foe. So long as Germany
conforms to the conditions we have
laid down, we must give her a clear
chance to lead a decent, peaceable and
honorable existence. This in the in-
terests not merely of Germany, but of
Great Britain and the whole world."
KRONSTADT SURRENDERS TO BRITISO
FALL OF PETROGRAD AT HAND
General Yudenitch Continues Victorious March, Nearing
Russian Capital -Reds Refuse to Defend City.
4 despatch from London says:-
Krionstadt is reported to have sur-
rendered to the British fleet.
• General Yudenitch, Commander of
the Russian Northwestern Army, has
captuted Getelana and is victoriously
advancing toward Krasneye Selo and
Tsarskoye Selo, eighteen and fifteen
miles from Petrograd.
Reports frotn Revel and Ilelsingfors
say that Yudenitch is meeting with
feeble resistance, although Gatcham
was etrongly fort/Med. Reports from
a iartors show that the few barricades
on the road to Petrograd and trenches
and entanglements outside of the
Capital are not formidable.
It to also announced that the Boa
sheviki are evacuating Petrograd ow-
ing to a mutiny among the Red troops.
Reports from Russia generally
chronicle successes for the anti -Bol-
shevik forces in all sections of ,the
country, but, with the exception of
the Eastern front, where Admire)
Kolohak maintains that he is advanc-
`mg along the whole of the line, the
Reds are putting up resistance.
Part of a great demonstation In London at which the slogan to the government was "Get after the
Profiteers or get out."
Weekly Markel Report
Broadstuffs.
Toronto, Oct. 21. -Manitoba wheat
-No. 1 Northern, $2.30; No. 2 North-
ern, $2,27; No. 3 Northern, $2,23, in
store Fort William.
Manitobaloats-No. 3 CW, 79c; ex-
tra No. 1 fded, 80e; No- 1 feed, «8%c;
No. 2 feed, ?fieac, in store Fort Wil-
liam.
Manitoba barley -No, 3 CW, $1.35;
No. 4 CW, $1.27; rejected, $1.151/4a
feed, $1.1514.
American corn -No. 8 yellow, nom-
inal; No. 4 yellow, nominal. '?
Ontario oats -No. 3 white, 84 to
86c, according to freights outside.
Ontario wheet-No. 1 Winter, per
car lot, $2 to $2.061 No. 2 do., $1.97 to
$2.03; No. 3 do., $1.93eto $1.99, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freight.
r Ontario wheat -No. 1 Spring, $2.02
to $2.08; No. 2 Spring,. $1.99 to $2.05;
No. 3 Spring, $1.95 to $2.01, f.o.b.
shipping points, according to freights,
Barley -Malting, $1,28 to $1.88, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Buckwheat -Nominal.
Rye -Nominal.
Manitoba flour -Government stand-
ard, $11, Toronto,
Ontario ilour-Government stand-
ard, Montreal, $9.25 to $D.50; Toronto,
$9.05 to $9.30, in jute bags, prompt
shipment.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real freights, bags included. Bran, per
ton, $45; shorts, per ton, $65; good
feed flour, per bag, $3.50.
Hay -No. 1 per ton, $24 to $26;
mixed per ton, $18 to $21, track, To-
ronto.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, $10 to $11,
track, Toronto.
Country Produce -Wholesale.
Butter -Dairy, tubs and rolls, 38 to
40e; prints, 40 to 42e. Creamery, fresh
made solids, 581/4 to 54c; prints, 54 to
54%c,
Eggs -55 to 56c. -
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
25 to 300; roosters, 25c; fowl, 20 to
25c; ducklings, 26 to 30c; turkeys, 35
to 40c; squabs, doz., $4.50.
Live poultry -Sprang el/lake/es, 22
to 25c; roosters, 20c; fowl, 18 to 25c;
ducklings, 20c; turkeys, 35c.
Cheese -New, large, 28% to 29c;
twins, 29 to 291/4c; triplets, 29% to
30c; Stilton, 82 to 83c.
Butter -'-Fresh dairy, choice, 48 to
50e; creamery prints, 57 to 59c.
Margarine --33 to $8c.
Eggs -No. 1, 58, to 59c; selects, 61
to 62e.
Dressed poultry -Spring ehicicerts,
30 to 35ce, roosters, 23 to 25c; fowl, 80
to 32c•, turkeys, 50 to 55c; ducklings,
34 to 35c; squabs, doz., $6.00.
Live poultry -Spring ehiekens, 22 to
26c; fowl, 23 to 25c; ducks, 22 to 25c.
Beans --Canadian band -picked, bus.,
$5.25 to $5.75; primes'$4.25 to $4.75;
Japan's, $4.75 to $5; imported hand-
Picked,`Burnia,.$4; Limas, 17 to 18e.
Honey -Extracted clover, 5 -lb. tins,
24 to 25e; 10 -lb. tins, 23% to 24c; 60 -lb
tins, 23 to 24a; buckwheat, 60-1b. tins,
18 to 20c; Comb, 16 -oz., $4.50 to $5,00
doz.; 10 -oz., $3.50 to $4.00 doz.
Maple product -Syrup, per imper-
ial gallon, $3.16; per 5 Imperial gal-
lons, $3.00; sugar, ab., 27 to 28c.
Provisions -Wholesale.
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 43 to
44c, do, heavy, 36 to 38c; cooked, 56
to 59c; rolls, 33 to 360; breakfast
bacon, 46 to50c•'backs, plain, 46 to
48c; boneless, 51 to 63c.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 32
to 33c; lear bellies, 31 to 32c.
Lard -Pure tierces, 30 to 30%c;
tubs, 30% to 81c; pails, 304 to 31'4 ol
prints, 3114 to 32c; Compound tierces,
27% to 28e; tubs, 28 to 28%c; pails,
281/4 to 28%c; prints, 2934 to 30c,
• Montreal Markeet.
Montreal, Oct. 21. -Oats, extra No.
1 feed, 91%e; flour, new standard
gaade, $11 to $11.10; rolled oats, bag
90 lbs„ $4.45 to $5; bran, $45' shorts,
$55; hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $22
to $28. Cheese, finest easterns, 25c;
butter, choicest creamery, 60 to 610;
eggs, freeh, 6i1c; eggs, selected, 62 to
64c; eggs, No. 1 stock, 56 to 57c• eggs,
No, 2 stock, 52 to 54c; potatoes, per
bag, car lots, $1,30 to $1.35; dressed
hogs, abattoir killed, $25 to $26; lard,
pure, wood pails, 20 lbs. net, 30 to
30efic.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, Oct. 21. -Choice heave,
steers, $12.75 to $13; good' heavy
steers, $12 to $12.50; butchers' cattle,
choice, $11.25 to $11.75; do, good,
$10.50 to $11; do, med., 89.60 to $10•
do, coin., $6.75 to $7.25; Sulis, choice,.
$10 to $10.50; do, med., $9,50 to $9.75;
do, rough, $7.50 to $8; butcher cows,
choice, $10 to $10.50; do, good, $9 to
$9.25; do, med., $8.50 to $9; do, com.,
$7 to $7.50; stockers, $7.50 to $10;
feeders, $10 to $11.25; canners atoll
cutters, $5 to $6.26; milkers, good to
choice, $110 to $150; do., corn. ad
med., $65 to $75; springers, $90 to
$150; light ewes, $8 to $9.50; yearl-
ings, $9 to $10; epring lambs, per cwt.,
$12.75 to $13.60; calves, good to choice,
$16 to $20; hogs, fed and watered,
$18.25 to $18.50' do, weighed off cars,
$18.50; do, faeb„ $17.25; do, do, to
farmers, $17.
Montreal, Ott. 21. -Choice steers,
per cwt. $6.50- to $11; choice bulls and
cowa, $8 to $16; canners' cattle, from
$5 to 47 per cwt.; sheep, $7.50 to $9
per cwt.; lambs, $11 to $18 per cwt.;
milk -fed calves, $12 to $15 per cwt.;
select hogs, off cat, $17,50 to $18.
Compel Mennonites to
Obey School Law
A despatch from Regina says: -
The Great War Veterans' Association
of Swift Current has passed a resolu-
tion endorsing the action of the Sas-
katehewan Department of Education
in enforcing compulsory school at-
tendance upon the Mennonites in that
district. "We pledge ourselves to sup-
port to the fullest degree the Deport -
merit of Education in its efforts to
educate all children in the Province,
as they should be, in the English lan-
guage," eays the resolution, after re-
citing the fact that "there are groups
of people who resist education as pro-
vided by the legislation of this
Province,"
4. -
Telling Epigrams
by Tiger of France
A despatch from Paris says: -
Premier Glen/enemies recent speech
on the Peace Treaty 'contained two
epigrams. One. -waa :
"If Frame gives up large families
you may put intoeyour treaties the
finest articles you .111e, you will do in
vain whatever you /try. France will
be lost because there won't be any
mere Feenehmen."
The second was:
"The :future of the German Empire
is not on water, Ude it used to be, but
under the water." '
National Debt of Britain .
Nearly Eight Billion Pounds
A despatch from London says: -In
a recent speech Mr. Lloyd George urg-
ed the imperative need of greater pro-
ductivity on the part of the 'nation.
He pointed out that the national debt
was nearly eight billion ,poutds. He
said wages had doubled, the hours of
work curtailed, and the standard liv-
ing was higher than eva, but that
that standard could net be preserved
by a concourse of tribunals or the de-
cisions of labor coneerences.
King Shows Consideration
'For Needs Of Transport.
A despatch from London
Out of consideration. for be special
transport needs, Xing George and
Queen Mary did not use, as is their
wont, a epecial train from London to
Satedringharce whither their Court has
gone.
Darkest Day of the War.
Official figuresigiveti out recently in
London show that the darkest day ef
the war for England was on July 1,
1916, when casualties in killed and
wounded numbered 170,000. It was
the opening day oe the first battle of
the Somme.
Sonne Early Attempts
at Aviation. '
All the earliest ideas of hymen flight
were naturally based upon the obser-
vation of birds and demanded that the
man should work his own artificial
wings, for there were no engines, and
possibly if there had been their use
would have been considered "not
cricket," In the notebooks of Leonar-
do da Vinci, the painter and universal
genius, are many sketches of wings to
ye fitted to arms and legs and more
than one disastrous attempt was made
to fly with such devices.
Thitt at the beginning ot the six.
teenth century an Italian alchemist
promised to fly from the walls of slur -
ling Castle to Prancer and actually
tried to do so. Naturally, he failed;
by luck he only broke a leg. Ho at-
tributed his failure to the fact that he
had..used for Itis wings the feathers
of fowls, which had an "affinity" for
the dunghill. He does not appear,
however, to have made a second trial
with eagles' feathers, which should
have solved the difficulty.
A. more successful, if more modest
attempt was made recently at Long -
champs by a French professional
cyclist. Poulain, who with a man,
driven aeroplane actually flew, not to
Stirling Castle, but a distance of thir-
teen Yards. It is understood that a
prize of 10,000 francs awaits him if
he shall repeat the feat under speci-
fied conditions,
As it requires a professional cyclist
to fly a few yards, one yard from the
ground, it is likely to be some time
before the air is full of.sercyclists go-
ing for 0 spin. It is rash to prophesy,
but the general opinion is that while
Poulain's experiments may give rise
to a new sport, something like jumping
on skis, they are unlikely to be the
Preliminaries to long flights on man
driven machines.
Towns Visited in
Balance of H.R.H.'s Tour
Theowsitinerary of the Prince of
Wales' tom: through Ontario was as
foll
Cobalt and Thinning, 16th; Hamil-
ton, 17th and 18th; Niagara Palls,
labh and 20th; Brantford, afternoon
of 20th; Guelph and Stratford,
21st; Woodstock and Chatham, 22nd;
London,afternoon of 22nd to after-
noon 0123rd; Windsor, 23rd and 24th;
Galt, 24th; Kingston, 25th to 27th;
Montreal, 27th to November and; To-
ronto, Nov: 2nd to 5111.
Thence to Ottawa, where the Peince
will address the Canadian Olub, Satur-
day, Nov. 8. One hour's stop will be
made at Brockville, Oct. 27, and some
side tris out of Montreal are being
arranged for. The Prince will visit
the eastern toevhships'Oct. 29, includ-
ing Sherbrooke and St. Anne's, Nov. 2,
Costs Four Times as Much
To Furnish a House Now
A deepatch from London says: -It
costs a newly-mtuaied couple to -day
about four times as much to furnish a
house as their parents had to pay.
Despite the Profiteering Act and pub-
lic outcry 'afainst the scandal .of high
prices, the eost of living in this coun-
try continues to increase, and every-
where serious unrest is manifest.
Many of the necessaries o life have
risen by 800 per cent. since 191,1, -awl
working classes being the greatest
sufferers.
Water :teem the melting snow lying
on the rye in the early spring is very
injuriov.s to the crop, and if the water
lies on the land for any length of time
considerable killing out revolts. Low
spots in the field liable to hold water
should bo drained in the fall before
freeze-up by running furrows to Soren,
channelfor the water from the lowy
places to some outlet that will drain
it away. •
BUILD YOURSELF' BP
SO AS TO FEEL BETTER
Eat and sleep better, as well as look
beLteri by taking Irood's Sarsaps,
rilla, e It is an all4lie-year-round
medicine, good in all wane,
It purifies, enriches and revitalizes
the blood, creates an appetite, aids
digostiomfassists assimilation of the
food you oat, and wonderfully builds
hp the whole systoin, In many eases
it sucede cowhere other medicines
fail to do any good.
If you need a mild effective collier.
tic, get Hood's Pills.
Need For Thrift is
Imperative.
Saving le not always looked upon ne
a sexing grace If it were, there
would not be over five per cent, of the
inhabitants ef the 'United States and
probably an equally large percentage
of Canadiane who' aro depeudent 'upon
public charity. During the past five
years practically all commodity prices
have risen steadily, yet vast sums in.
the aggregate are now being spent for
goods, that the purchasere could very
well do without, Tho production of
luxuries requires the labor of thous-
ands of men and the use of capital and
materials that could be turned to bet-
ter account in producing and dietribu-
ting necessaries. It is surely obvious
that such needless expenditures in-
fluence in a marked degree the trend
of prices in general. -
No right-thinking nation or individ-
ual desires to become a pauper, but to
avoid such a fate thrift is a prime es -
gentle'. At no other time in the his-
tory of Canada has thriftiness been
more imperative. At no other time
has prodigality been so much the rule.
It may be only a reaction follovriug the
enforced frugality of the later war
years. It may be due to the surplus
currency which war industries brought
into being. But in any case, the
general result is baneful and tends to-
ward pauperism. If the discount on
Canadian currency abroad is to be
wiped out and the prices of necessaries
reduced, national and personal thrift
is a precept which must be put into
practice.
Lizards' Eggs As Food.
The water monitor affords ono of the,
food standbys of the natives of India,
Ceylon, and the Malay Peninsula. The
eggs of this lizard are more highly
prized -than hens' eggs, according to a
writer in The Scientific American.
The monitor is equipped with a long,
forked tongue, extending from a
sheath like a snake's. It is one of the
largest of existing lizards, reaching a
length of seven feet, although its near-
est relative, the gigantic Australian
monitor, grows from twelve to thirty
feet long. The monitor lays twenty
or more white, soft-shelled eggs in
hollow trees, and in Burnia these bring
a much higher price than hens' eggs.
The monitor often startles hunters
by crashing through the jungle, mak-
ing as much noise as largo genie. It
climbs trees for squirrels, birds, and
their eggs. At other times it may be
found digging along stream banks for
the eggs of the crocodile, of which It
is most fond. Either in running or
swimming, it can leave its enemies Inc
behind. If surprised when up a tree,
it drops into the water, swimming
with powerful strokes of its flattened
tail, which acts as oars and rudder.
When captured it fights with teeth,
claws and tall.
Good Ploughing.
Ploughing matches in years gone by
were common and very interesting
events. They became less popular as
two -furrow and power ploughs came
into use, until ploughing threatened to
become a decadent art. The aim seem-
ed to be to plough the greatest pos-
sible area regardless of how the work
was performed. Efforts are now being
made to revive interest in better
Ploughing. Junior Farmers' competi-
tions and local matches were held in
many places this autumn and an In-
terprovincial Ploughing Match and
Tractor and Machinery Demonstration
was held at Ottawa on October 14th,
15th and 16111. Classes were open to
boys, young men and mature plough -
MGM MIS was an educational event,
intended to stimulate -interest hi bet-
ter pioughing and better farming.
Good ploughing nearly always means
better farming throughout. Attention
should and can be paid to the quality
as well as to the quantity of the work
done.
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