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BY Agronomist,
This Department la for theuse of our farm readers who want the advlo°
rD an expert on any question regarding soil, sodd, crops, etc, If your question
Of sufficient general Interest, It will' be answered through this column, ietf
stamped and addressed envelope le enclosed with your letter, a comp
answer will bo mailed to"you. Addresa Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Co„ Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W., Toronto.
PEAS --THE ST OCKMAN'S CROP,
The high price at Which peas have as soil improvers, While they do not
sold on , the market for the last two
years,itas given a decided 'impetus to
their production. Canadian produc-
tion in 1917 exceeded the previous
year by nearly a million bushels. This
is
aa it should be. k The production
of peas is lower than that of any of
the cereals, Insect pests, diseases
and the low price decreased the pro-
duction of this important legume pre-
vious to the war, but since then, due
to the rapidly,rising price of the last
do their' best on light soils particul-
arly during a period of dry weather,
yet almost any heavy well drained
soil that has not been robbed of its
virgin fertility will produce a good
crop. The best results are obtained
by potting them on sod land which
has been ploughed the previous
autumn and thoroughly top -worked
before seeding. •
Peas -cannot be sown as early as
wheat or oats, owing to the tender -
three years, the acreage has been Hess of the young vines which a
greatly increased, especially in the late spring frost is apt to damage
provinces: of Quebec, Saskatchewan seriously, also the cold and dampness
of the -seed bed any cause a rotting of
the seed. It is impossible to give an.
exact date when it is desirable to
start pea seeding, but this is a gen-
eral rule that may be followed: If
you have sown your wheat on the
son. earliest date possible, the seeding of
peas may be commenced from ten to
fourteen days afterwards. This rule
might be modified: in certain localities,
depending entirely on the local weath-
er conditions. •
We would recommend farmers who
are in extreme northern districts, and
who are desirous of trying out peas,
to start in a small way. As peas -are
subject to severe injury from frost
both in the late spring and early
autumn, it would be poor advice to
recommend any farmer who is situat-
ed north of the 50th parallel in the
eastern provinces, and north of the
yard parallel in the prairie provinces,
to sow a large acreage until he is cer-
tain that they will escape late spring
and early fall frosts.
The many ways in which one can
utilize a few acres of peas with pro-
fit, should tend ,to make this one of
our most popular crops instead of
ocenpying, as it does, a lower place
than any of the Canadian cereals.
There are no cultural difficulties to
discourage the farmer while the chief
insect nest, the weevil, can always be
successfully controlled by the sul-
phide treatment.
There is a large place for peas in
our farming and stockfeeding ono-
- The successful culture of peas is tacos, much larger than has been
largely a matter of climate. Being thought by most of our practical
a legume instead of a cereal, they agriculturists.—Experimental Farms
are classed among those crops known Note.
and Alberta. When we consider the
numerous ways in which one can
utilize this crop either in the seed or%
on the vine it is surprising that pea
growing has not received an even
greater impetus than it did last sea -
Split peas and whole peas es-
pecially in Canatda occupy a promin-
ent place in human diet in that delect-
able food, pea soup. 13ea meal is a
very proteinaceous food excellent for
use in a balanced ration for stock -
feeding purposes, furnishing -as it
does a i.ow priced concentrate. Con-
sidering the high price of concent-
rates, the farmer who has a crop of
peas; that he can convert into pea
meal, is doing much to free himself
from danger of exploitation at the
hands of feed dealers. Unthreshed
peas are of great value for sheep,
feeding purposes, being an ideal win-
ter roughage for breeding ewes while
they are likewise an excellent feed for
young cattle. They can also be suc-
cessfully grown with oats and ensiled,
furnishing where corn cannot be
grown one of the most valuable silage
foods, or again the same mixture can
be cured as hay and fed with profit
throughout the winter. As a summer
pasture for hogs, they return profit-
able gains, an acre of peas forming a
most valuable adjunct to the summer
ration coming in at a time when
young shoats are able•to make the
best use of this kind of feed.
Had office, Seaforth, Our:
1 DIRECTORY :
President, James Connolly, Goderich;
Vice., Jamas Evans, Beachwood;
Sec. -Treasurer, Thos, E. Hays, Sea.
forth.
Directors: George McCartney Sea.
forth; D. F. McGregor, Seaforih Jt
yl. Grieve, Walton; Wm, .Bina, Sea.
forth; M, Mcl8weli, Clinton; Robert
Ferries, Earlock; John Benneweir,
ililrodhagen; Jas, Connolly, Godorich.
'Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; J. W.
eo, Godericli; Ed. Hinchley, Soaforthl
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gheseev., Egmondville; It, 0, Jar.
risorii, Brodhageli,
Any tinoney to be paid n may he
paid to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton,
or at Cutt a °rotary, tredorleh,
Parties desirh,g to ofreet inautraaoe
n,r transaet other business will be
promptly attended to on application to
any of the above officore eddreseed to
,heir respective !oat eifiee, Losses
napeeted by the Sheeler Wile Rives
i,lealeet the itee11?i I.tat.i�; t1 Ia l
The first sign of a hen being broody
(wanting to set) is that she stays
longer on the nest when laying, and on
being approached will quite likely re-
main and make a clucking noise, ruffle
her feathers and peck at the intruder.
When it is noted that a hen sets on a
nest from two to three nights in suc-
cession and that the feathers are dis-
appearing from her breast, which
should feel hot to the hand, she is
ready to be transferred for setting to
a nest which has previously been pre-
pared. The normal temperature of a
hen is from 106 to 107 degrees F.,
which varies slightly during incuba-
tion.
The nest should be in some quiet,
out of the way place, where the set-
ting hen will not be disturbed. Move
her from the regular laying nest at
night and handle her carefully in do-
ing so. Put a china egg or two in the
nest where she is to set and place a
board over the opening so that she
cannot get off.
Toward the evening of the second
day quietly go in where she is setting,
leave some feed and water, remove
the board from the front or top of
the nest and let the hen come off when
she is ready. Should she return to
the nest after feeding remove the
china egg or eggs and put under those
that are to be incubated. If the nests
are slightly darkened the hens are less
likely ,to become restless.
At hatching time they should be
confined and not be disturbed until the
hatch is completed, unless they be-
come restless, when it may be best to
remove the elicits that are hatched
first. Iii cool weather it is best not
to put more than ten eggs under a
hen, while later in the spring one can
put twelve to fifteen, according to the
size of the hen.
Dust the hen thoroughly with insect
powder, and in applying the powder
hold the hen by the feet, head down,
working the powder well into the
feathers, giving special attention to
regions around the vent and under the
wings. The powder should also be
sprinkled in the nest. .
The Soil Builder.
It should be our first ambition to
win the war, but while our Burning
desires are leading us to make a
surpreme effort just now, let us re-
member that there may be just as
loud and earnest calls for grains and
meats for a few years to come; and
while we work hard to do our best let
us consider, it our duty to so manage
that the possibilities of the production
of grains and meats will be as great
at the end of the period, of the war, be
it long or short, as they are to -day.
Those who are soil robbers and fol,
low' the plan of special crop farming
for their own selfish gains alone, have
a narrow vision of life and its orcin-
ing and live in a narrow sphere. But
the man who lives and strives :for the
best interests of Humanity, whether in
high life or among the teeming
masses has a large and noble soul;
and is capable of enjoying many bene,
fits which flow from the :fountains of
love and true happiness, while he
leaves influences behind which will
lighten the burdens of life which
Would otherwise bear heavily on the
deserving and innocent members of
feture generations.
Offave.
Ten days previous to farrowing, the
sow should be removed from other
hogs and placed in her farrowing
quarters. This familiarizes the sow
with her new home, and prevents the
danger of injury which might result
in the loss of her litter. The quar-
ters'Should not be too large, especially
in cold weather. A pen nine by six
feet is amply large for farrowing. A
guard rail around the edge of the pen
is a necessary precaution. The guard
rail is nothing more than a shelf ex-
tending around the sides and ends of
the pen. This shelf should be about
six inches from the floor and should
be from six to. eight inches in width.
Such an arrangement prevents heavy
sows from crushing their litters.
The bedding in the farrowing pen
should not be too abundant. With too
much bedding the sow makes a pit to
farrow in, which brings about the
crushing of the pigs.
For three or four days previous to
farrowing the rations of the sow
should be reamed in quantity and be
of a laxative nature. A ration too
heavy or rich may stimulate an abnor-
mal milk flow, and result in sours and
death among pigs.
The Strawberry Bed.
A poor stand of 'stra.wberry plants
is often the result of late planting.
Order the plants and have them on
hand early in the spring so that they
may be set out at' the earliest oppor-
tunity. Have the bed well prepared
as for a garden crop. Mark the
rows off three and one-half or four
feet apart and set the 'plants every
one and one-half or two feet in the
row. Place the plants so that the
crowns are just above the ground, and
firm the earth well about the roots,
Before planting, if the roots are
too long, 'they should be shortened in
as it is Po advantage to have them
longer than four or five inches. It is
a well-known fact, that plants absorb
water by means of their roots and
give water up to the air through their
leaves. In a newly set plant, which
has not yet become established in the
soil, the absorption of water is very
slow, but the loss of water through
the leaves continues. In a dry season,
therefore, we should reduce this loss
to a minimum, by removing all leaves
which have opened when we trans-
plant; ordinarily two loaves ;are left.
Do not expose the plants unnecessar-
ily to the drying effects of the wind
and sun, but keep them shaded and
moist while planting,
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For RHEUMATISM, To
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Uses of Salt.
Salt dissolved in a little. ammonia
will remove grease spots.
A smoky or drill • ere• can be mads
clear by throwing handful of salt
over it.
Lemon juice and salt will clean cop-
per and brass,
To brighten carpets, wring a cloth
out of salt water and rub the carpets
well, ,
Ink. stains that are freshly inade
can be removed from carpets by suc-
cessive applications of dry salt.
Handfuls of salt will clean sauce-
pans and take away the unpleasant
smell of onions if they have,, been
cooked in them.
Nearly every kind .of basket work,
matting or china can be cleaned by
washing with salt and water.
Salt in water will take insects from
vegtables,
Before adding vinegar to. mint for
sauce always add a pinch of salt. This
prevents the mint from going brown
and greatly improves the flavor.
Tiles will look bright and clean if
scrubbed with salt.
Sewing on Buttons.
To make buttons stay in prate on
the boy's garments, cut the leather
tabs from old shoes and from these
out circular pieces about the site of a
tori. -cent piece,, a When a button is re-
quired ontany garment subject to
groat strain, place one of the pacts
on the inner side of the garment
where the button le to be sewed on,
Taek'it seeurelytaround, Sew 00 the
button 'in the usual way, always re-
membering to put a knot on you
thread between the button and the
cloth; also to put a good winding
thread around the neck of the :button,
as this is a source of strength, But
WS aown on in this manner will never
drag a hole in the material,
GOOD HEALTH QUESTION BOX'
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1 Dr, (:wirier' will aatawer all signed letters pertaining to Health, If your
gebstion Is of general intoreat 11 will be mistimed through those columna;
1f not,it will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en•
e1osod, Pr. Currier will not prescribe for individual cases or make diagnosis,
Address Dr, Andrew F, Currier, care of Wilson Publishing Go„ 73 Adelaide
St. West, Toronto,
What May be Done ter a Crying , brutal husband, will almost certain -
Baby? ly be'a erying baby.
5,It.- tale girl, two and a It is barn so, it can't help it, and
1 s ,Ithe only thing a mother can do is
half years old, refuses to sleep dux- to be patient and pitiful,
ing the day and at night cries and l But a child may also inherit a bad
screams terribly unless I remain in' temper from one or both parents,
the room with her. Po you think it and cry and cryfrom sheer ugliness.
Is proper to let her scream until she
falls asleep, or should. the be punish tioWin a little stpdy and d serimi
ed, and if ee what cert of punish- • nation it becomes very easy to tom
Ment? De you think T ought to give. f°reittiate a wilful, angry cry 'from.
in to" her? • a cry of pain.
The subject is a large and import- Even then, don't get angry if you
ant one and appeals to almost everycan help it, neither allow your sym-
mother who loops after her children pathy and love to eve/wine your
herself, as every.' mother ought to do. judgment,
if she can Upon the way this'sub- judicious,
a judicious, remember
is treated, much depends as to J ,ewill use of the refit and ip
kind -
the future welfare of each individual per, will bei a real a curt baby noes; and it may be. surprising how
There aro many things which must quickly, under such treatment, the
first be excluded before one decides baby will learn and appreciate who
is master or mistress of the house -
how a crying baby is•to os treated hold. '
in any given case, and in all cases Babies often have more intelli- I
Patience and love and avoidance of gence than they are given credit for,
anger must be practised to the very and quickly learn to put two and two
limit of your endurance, and then
some more.
Exclude, first of all, as a eause
for crying, pain—for babies have
feelings -and are subject to painful
impressions, just like other - folks,
whether from safety phis, tight
clothing, or stomachache.
Of course you must: find out
whether the crying is due to these,
or to any other removable cause.
Then there is the matter of dispo-
sition; a baby whose mother was
fretful and hysterical during ` her
pregnancy, or sufferedo>with grief or
worry or great disappointment or a
WHEN FEELING TIRED
Heed's Sarsaparilla •l3uilde .tip the
Whole Systo,n—Maltes Pure Blood.
That tired feeling that comes to
you in the spring, year after year,
is a 01811 that your blood laoks vi-
tality, just as pimples, boils and
other eruptions are signs that it is
impure; and it is also a sign that;
your system is in a low or run -downs'
condition inviting disease, It is a
warning, which it is wise to Recd.
Ask your druggist for hood's
Sarsaparilla. This old standard
tried and true blood 'medicine re-
lieves that tired feeling. It cleanses
the blood, gives new life, stew cour-
age, strength and cheerfulness, It
makes the rich, red blood that will
reek° you feel, look, eat and sleep
better,
Be sure to get hood's, because it
is the best. There is no other com-
bination of roots, barks and herbs
like it—no real substitute for it—
no "just -as -good" medicine.
CARE OF HATCHING EGGS
By James B. Watson. ,
To insure eggs being produced next
winter the pullets must be. hatched
early this spring. One difficulty
often times experienced in hatching
early chicks is to get eggs that are
fertile. However, if vigorous males
are with healthy females and not too
many females with one male, little
trouble from this source may be en-
countered.
The eggs to be.placed in incubation
must have careful handling. The eggs
ought to be gathered daily and then
not subjected to extreme or sudden
changes of temperature, After the
eggs are gathered they should be
placed in a location not subject to
variations of temperature and for this
reason a dry cellar is possibly the best
Place to store the eggs until they are
ready to be placed in incubation. It
is important to hunt the eggs several
times per clay if they are to be placed
in incubation because if they are not
the different hens using the same nest
will sit on these eggs and in the
Course of a day the eggs are brought
up to incubating heat several times a
day and this is detrimental to the
germ of the egg.
Use Care in Handling Eggs
This year while we are trying to
conserve oh every hand and trying to
produce the largest amount of :foods
ever produced it is important that we
use every means possible to gain this
end and consequently we can not ex-
ercise too much care in handling the
eggs.
The hands should be clean. in hand-
ling the hatching eggs. It is well
to wash the hands before gathering
the eggs. Any oily substances on the
hands may be rubbed on the egg and
Snip close up the minute pores in the
shell through which the unborn chick
breathes. Some also assert that dis-
eases of various kinds may be trans-
mitted to the egg through dirtyhands.
There has also been more or less
trouble encountered with deformed
and crippled incubator chicks, In
fact, we don't believe we have ever
taken off a hatch. from the incubator
but what there were several deform-
ed chicks, while ;on the other hand,
we don't think' we ever removed a
clutch of chicks,- froth a hen and
found a single deformed chick among
the lot and this 'is .the case after
thirty years' expeajante with chickens.
Much experimenting has been carried
on with the hope''of finding the cause
of this trouble, but nothing has ,been
found that will absolutely overcome
the difficulty.
The subject of white diarrhoea of
young chicks ]las been given scientific
study but as yet no absolute cure or
preventative has been discovered and
about the only thing to do is to use
precautionary measures as the proper
handling of the hatching eggs.
Keeping The Eggs
Eggs that are intended for hatch-
ing should be gathered several times
per day and taken to some location
where the temperature will not vary to
any great extent. For this reason
the dry cellar is probably the best
place. Although should the cellar
be quite damp the eggs held therein
may not hatch well because the film of
moisture that will collect on them
will affect their hatchability material-
ly.
The small end of the egg should be
placed down, to protect the air space
in the large end of the egg, and then
eggs should be gently turned daily.
Eggs intended for hatching should not
be held over two weeks or ten days,
although we have held them for
three weeks and had excellent
hatches, but to hold eggs for such
,long periods is not to be encouraged.
Rough handling of eggs may break
or loosen the egg germ from its loca-
tion. The egg germ is the little
white disk -like spot noticed on the
yolk when the egg is broken open. In
receiving hatching eggs from a dis-
tance the shipper usually advises the
receiver to allow the eggs to sit for
twenty-four hours before placing
them in incubation, this is done to al-
low the germ in the egg to right it-
self. Also to allow the egg to settle
and the air space to become normal.
It sometimes happens that the eggs
in the nest that are wanted for incu-
bation become badly soiled and if they
are not cleaned the hatch may be in-
terferred with. Soiled eggs should
be washed in .lukewarm water to clean
them of the dirt. Although experi-
ments have been shown that a hatch
of 52.5 per cent. has been secured of
unwashed eggs and -forty per cent. of
washed eggs. However, the state-
ment is not clear whether the eggs
were washed with a solution of
alcohol or creolin to overcome white
diarrhoea or merely in clear water to
clean then of dirt and filth. The trou-
ble from dirty eggs may be overcome
if the fowls are not permitted to for-
age in dirty and filthy quarters and if
clean litter and plenty of nesting ma-
terial is supplied.
In the above some suggestions have
been made upon the care of the hatch-
ing eggs seem small 'within them-
selves but will do much toward in-
suring success and are applicable
whether the eggs are to be placed un-
der hens or in incubators.
together. -
If you can stand the annoyance,
and it is not too much of an imposi-
tion on your neighbors, it would be
better for the baby to keep on crying
until she is tired out and then goes
to sleep, than to give in to her.
You won't have to go through the
experience many times, and if you
give up to her you may have to do
it for an indefinite period.
Now don't say I am cruel and don't
know what I am talking about, for I
have seen and handled many babies
during many years of professional
life, and more than that, I am very
fond -of them.
But it often happens that you can
best show your love for a baby, not
by yielding to his will, but by en-
deavoring to have him submit to
yours. '
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
W. K. H.—Have been called, ex-
amined and passed for the,•draft, but
am troubled with 'constipation, ach-
ing at the end of the spine and dry-
ness of the face and ears. I would
like to get in good condition before
being called.
Answer—I entirely sympathize with
you in your desire to get yourself
into good condition so that you may
serve the country. I would suggest
that you drink at least two quarts of
mills a day and that you take a dose
of castor oil each night before going
to bed. It would also be desirable
for you to get eight or nine hours
sleep, if possible, every night and take
as much exercise out of doors as you
can. I hope this will put you in first
class condition for service.
Bees Worthy of Much Care.
Every colony of bees should be
managed so that it will produce as
much honey as possible during the
coming summer. Since the sugar,
supply is limited on account of the
demand abroad there is no danger of
over -production of honey for some
time to come. Prices offered for ex-
tracted honey to -day are three times
what•they were a little more than a
years ago. Bees are worth giving
the best of care, and colonies now in
inadequate hives should be transfer-
red to modern ones at fruit -blossom-
ing time, be given plenty of room for
brood rearing, and be provided with a
storage of honey. Bees are the only
agents capable of recovering the tons
and tons of nectar that will be avail-
able from all sorts of flowers during
the growing season.- Without bees
all this is wasted.
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To Sun the Milk Cans.
It is often a question to a farmer's
wife to know just whereto sun and
air the milk pane, pails and cans. The
contrivance which I saw recently near
a kitchen door. solves the problem
nicely. It was simply an old wagon
axle driven part way into the ground
with a large wheel on the upper end.
The tinware was spread about on the
spokes.—J.J.
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BIRDS SAVE CROPS
The protection of birds and the
problem of food production bear a
eh se relationship, according to E. H.
Forbush, an ornithologist of Mass-
achusetts, in a talk recently given at
the State College of Agriculture at
Cornell.
So valuable are the birds in pro-
tecting crops from insect pests, that
without them, the grass crop, which
is the biggest of all crops the world
over, would hardly be possible. The
birds feed on the pests which kill the
grass, especially those which eat the
roots.
Dr. Forbush gives the birds a prac-
tically complete alibi as enemies of
the farmer. He backs his statements
by so many specific instances in which
birds have saved crops that those who
heed his words will protect these
feathered friends. Protection of the
birds is not merely a matter of senti-
ment, but has a fundamental economic
basis.
Parent birds work incessantly to
keep their young sufficiently fed. A
young bird is about the biggest eater
in the world. . Audubon, the great
naturalist declared a woodcock would
eat its weight in worms in a night.
It has since been shown that it will
do better than this; and it will eat
twice its weight in twenty-four hours.
In proportion to his' size; if a man
needed as much food as a young robin
it would mean he would have td eat a
bologna sausage 67 feet long and 9
inches in circumference each day.
A farmer who thought the robins
were pulling up his young cabbages
learned from a student of bird life
that the birds were pulling uponly
those plants which were dead; and
this was to get at the wire worms at
the root, which had caused the plants
to die, and which would destroy other
cabbages if left alone. In another
case a group of farmers thought the
meadow larks were destroying their
crops. An ornithologist persuaded
one farmer to spare the larks on his
place. The other farmers shot them.
The result was that the man who
spared the larks was the only one for
miles around who had an oat crop.
The birds killed the insects which de-
stroyed the other crops.
A Massachusetts cranberry grower
suffered heavy loss from a worm
which ate the berries. He encouraged
the birds to build in his bog and in a
few seasons he found be was bothered
not at all by the worms.
Birds may be encouraged to build in
orchards by having suitable nesting
boxes provided and by being protected
from their enemies. Their presence
will favorably affect fruit production.
They also help save the trees,,because
there are various birds which protect
different parts of the tree; some feed
on the insects which work at the
roots;- some on those which bore into
the bark, and still others on those
which eat the leaves.
Tea Economy.
A great secret of tea economy is to
add only a small quantity of boiling
water at first and allow it to "draw"
before adding the rest. Tea so made
is much better and stronger than
when all the water is added at once.
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To Escape Moths.
An old English method of keeping
moths from blankets during the sum-
mer is to wash them thoroughly and
pack thein away with slices of yel-
low soap and folded newspaper be-
tween. Moths dislike the smell of
soap or printers' ink.
Easy Fig Pudding.—One-half pound
cooking figs, one and one-half cups'
cold water, two ,tablespoons brown
sugar, one cup boiling water, two
tablespoons corn starch (dissolved),
one -inch stick cinnamon, nuts, lemon
juice. Cut up figs, lot soak in cold
water for half an hour. Boil till
soft. Acid sugar, boiling hater, corn-
starch dissolved in cold water, china-
mon and a few nuts cut up. Boil till
Blear. Just before removing from
stove add a little lemon juice. Let
cool, Serve with top milk or whipped
cream. This recipe serves six people.
A Good Place For War Gardens.
"How is the soil on your farm?"
"The richest ever, I raised onions
as large as squashes, and cucumbers
as large as watermelons. I don't dare
plant any pumpkins."
Many a poor field of winter wheat
can be saved by a slight sowing of
phosphates on the field, or 0 top -
dressing of: fine manure.
Uncover asparagus beds and rhu-
barb plants. Fork over the beds light-
ly. Set out asparagus and rhubarb
as soon as the ground can be made
ready.
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BUFFALO AND GODERICH DIV.
Going East, depart 7.83 ass,
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Going West, ar. 11.10, dp. 11.17 a.m.
ar. 6,58, dp. 6.45 pm.
" depart 11.18 p.m.
LONDON, HURON & BRUCE DIV.
Going South, sir, 7.88, dp. 7,50 pm.
Going North, depart 6.40 p.m.
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