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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19th, 1004.
Ile Provincial Winter Fair.
the prize list of the Ontario Pro-
vincial Winter Pair, which will be
h__c:k. at Guelph from December 5th
to Sth, 1904. has jest been received
After a, careful•review of the rules
and regulations as embodied in the
:r_•ize list, we notice that the only
important change is with reference
to the Dairy Test. In former years
'he test was started on Monday of
the ,week of the Show and ended on
Wednesday. This necessitated the
uksing of the Dairy Department to
the public until the Fair was half
mover and owing to the large amount
prat clerical work involved, the re-
-wafts of the test would not be post-
ed earlier than Friday. The man-
accement has acted in the interest
of both exhibitors and visitors by
'.wing the test begin on Saturday
va, end on. Monday. Visitors will
new have access to the Dairy De-
rtrnent during the full terns of
the Show, and the complete results
of the test can be posted not later
than Wednesday. Arrangements
:-are now being made to have indi-
'ridual results posted in front of
'each cow, so that complete infor-
e ation will be available to visitors
.act the time they are examining the
,Yrixpeting animals.
A substantial increase has been
noade in the amount of the prizes,
the offerings for regular and special
prizes making a total value of
452.50. This amount is appor-
tioned to the different departments
as follows
Beef Cattle .... $1922.00
Dairy Cattle .... 1240.00
Sheep
Swine and Bacon Hogs ....
'Poultry.
Vet Stock and Dressed Poul-
try ..... 565.00
15512.00
1526.00
1447.50
'Total Amount .of Prizes $8252.50
It will be seen from the above
figures that exhibitors who suc-
ceed in showing stock, will receive
ample reward for their efforts in
rlirrect cash returns. Besides this,
exhibits at ;the Winter Fair have
attained r,. standard for quality
-which gives to exhibitors the inaa,xi-
. imam amount of advertising value.
'Those who intend entering stock
should now be giving particular
attention to the fitting of their
finals.
SHALLOW CULTIVATION IN
SUMMER,
fair amount of vegetable matter to
the depth of at least a few inches?
The Ontario and Dominion Ex-
perimental rants seem to have
solved the problem by adopting
shallow cultivation and a systema-
tic rotation of crops in 'which
clover occupies a prominent place,
Under this method, as outlined by
Prof. Reynolds, the land is plowed
only once in throe or for years, all
the rest of the cultivation being
done with harrows, cultivators,and
other implements which out, crush,
pulverize and loosen, but do not
invert the soil.
THE LAND IN SUMMER AND FALL.
—To show clearly the method of
simmer cultivation, let us suppose
that the second year's crop has
been taken off a clover field. The
sod is plowed about August, as
early as possible in order to take
advantage of the summer's heat to
decompose the roots. Then it is
harrowed to loosen the surface and
prevent the escape of moisture,
which is also required in decompo-
sition. After that it is cultivated
frequently, without tearing up the
sod, the objects being to destroy
the weeds that may be growing
and to enable the socl to rot by
keeping in the moisture. As the
manure is plowed in with the sod,
it will be well decomposed before
winter, thus ensuring a good sup-
ply of humus for the next crop.
The last thing in the fall the land'
should be ribbed up in the same
manner as for turnip drills. This
is best done with a double Mold-
board plow. This ribbing prevents
leaching away of the plant food,
most o?Which is heaped into the
dulls ; exposes a greater surface to
the pulverizing action of frost ; and
allows a more rapid drying in the
spring, and consequently earlier.
working and seeding.
Probably the next crop will be
ensilage corn or roots. In the
spring the ridges are smoothed
down atnd a good seed -bed formed
without using the plow. After the
crop is sown, surface cultivation is
continued to kill the weeds and
conserve the moisture. In the fall
the ground is again ribbed up for
the winter. The following year a
spring grain crop may be sown and
the land seeded clown, completing
the rotation.
WHEN WEEDS ARE TROUBLESOME.
—Surface cultivation' affords the
hest means of destroying weeds.
There are, of course, various ways
of eradicating 'troublesome weeds,
depenclig largely upon the sort of
crops grown and the nature of the
weeds themselves. One method is
to prevent the seed. from maturing,
by growing a hoed -crop or an early
maturing crop such as clover.
With a late maturing crop, which
allows the weed seeds to ripen, it
is advisable to adopt surface culti-
vation after harvest, so as to en-
courage these seeds to germinate
the same season, when the young
plants can be destroyed. Under
such circumstances it is a too com-
mon practice to bury the seeds by
deep plowing, leaving them in a
condition to come to the. surface
and germinate in some future
crop, in which very likely it will
be impossible to destroy them.
Restoring Soil Fertility, Destroy-
ing Weeds,
In the older provinces of Canada
the majority of the farms have
Asa decreasing in soil fertility
Near by year. Many of the pioneer
ermers assumed that the richness
of the virgin soil was practically
inexhaustible, a mistake than is all
too frequently repeated by the
oettlers on our new lands at the
present day. With the deep, rich
vegetable mold of the virgin soil,
and looking to the present rather
than to the future, it seemed profit-
. ,Ale to the early settlers to exhaust
the available fertility of the upper
layer, and then bring to the sur -
lace by deep plowing a lower layer
o suffer the same treatment. .In
this way the vegetable matter or
:h.aenxus has been largely exhausted,
.and the soil has lost its fine texture
rad mellowness, its capacity for
absorbing and retaining water, its
jrrineability to roots, its capacity
-tor absorbing and retaining heat,
all of which are regarded by scien-
tist as more important than the
actual chemical composition of the
RESTORING PnwritIT3'•.--The prob-
lem to -day is how to restore the
tactility of the soil and at the same
lime make a living off the land.
.bat system of cultivation. will
.enable us to obtain a soil with a
Born.
SURERUS—At the Bronson line, Hay
Township, on Sunday, July 24th,
to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Surerus,
a daughter.
HEY—At the Goshen line south, on
Monday, Aug. 15th, to Mr. and
Mrs. Joan Hoy, Jr., a son.
SCHRAG—In Zurich, on Tuesday,
Aug. 16th, to Mr. and Mrs. Chris.
Schrag, a daughter.
Oi scH.—At the Goshen line, Hay
Township, on Friday, Aug. 12th,
the wife of Mr, John M. Oesch,
of a son.
DUCT-IA.11 E —At St• Joseph, on Aug.
17th, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Du-
clharnio, a daughter.
Married.
BA0OCR—LENEY—At St. Peter's
church, on Salable line, Hay, on
Saturday, Aug. 13th, by Rev.
Father Loiselle, Mr. William Ba-
dour to Miss Flora Leney, all of
the Sauble line.
DEN0MIE—Woods—At St. Peter's
church, on Sauble line, Hay, on
Monday, Aug. 15th, by Rev.
Father Loiselle, Mr. Louis N.
Denomie to Mrs. Virginia Woods,
all of the Sauble line.
COUNTY NEWS.
Charles Turnbull, of Ooderieh,
heads the list for the largest bass
caught during 1904, taking one re
Gently weighing four pounds and
one ounce. '
Mr. R. Mellis has just completed
his 48th year as a citizen of Kippen.
Fred Hawk.shaw, of Exeter, who
left for the Northwest a few weeks
ago with a carload of horses for T.
Handford, has secured a position
with the C. P. R. at Regina, .
Miss Elizabeth Reith, who was
well and favorably known in Hen-
sall and' vicinity, died at Battle
Creek, Mich., on Sunday, Aug. 7th.
She left Hensall with her mother
about a year ago for Winnepeg. At
the time of her death she was
visiting friends in Battle Creek.
Her remains were interred in the
Hensall Union cemetery.
One of Exeter's oldest residents
passed away on Saturday, August
5th, in the person of James Stew-
art, at the age of 77 years. He
leaves a widow and three grand-
children to mourn his loss.
The young son of Isaac Jarrott,
of near Kippen, met with a painful
accident the other day. The little
lad was taking a ride on a wagon
and fell off with the result that
his arm was broken.
The Metropolitan Rotel, Exeter,
will be offered for sale by public
auction on Saturday, Aug. 27th.
A by-law for the purpose of pur-
chasing the electric plant and run-
ning it as a municipal property
will be voted on by the electors of
Seaforth on September 12th.
Mr. A. H, Gauld, of Cleveland,
is trying to make arrangements to
locate a factory for the manufact-
uring of all kinds of tacks in Exeter.
He wants as a loan $5,000 without
interest for five years, front the
town. A committee has been ap-
pointed to invesigate the merits of
the proposition.
Mr. D. D. Wilson, of Seaforth,
returned recently from a visit to
the old country as a delegate to
the Pan Presbyterian Council at
Liverpool. Mr. Wilson visited
various places in England and re-
ports a very pleasant trip.
Ed. Powell, of New York, passed
through Exeter on his automobile
recently, on his way to Grand Bend
Park, at which place he will camp
with relatives for a time. When
nearing the end of his journey an
accident ditched the machine and
gave the occupants a. shaking up.
The autom,obil was damaged to
the e:ctent df a'bent axle. F
At a meeting of the West Huron
license commissioners at Clinton
the new Ring Edward was granted
a license, and as the town only
permits of five hotels, the Queen's
was summarily cut off.
While laboring under a fit of
despondency caused by drinking,
Edward Heideman, of Exeter, took
a doze Of parts green on a recent
Saturday night in an atteinpt to
commit suicide. The done, however,
was too large and did not have the
desired effect, the patient recover-
ing soon afterwards.
Mr. E. J. Christie, who has been
acting as teller at the Exeter branch
of the Sovereign Bank, received
word to report at Wyoming for
ditty on Monday morning of last
week, as teller and accountant,
while Mr. A. Myers, who has been
filling the position, has been remov-
ed to Thedforcl.
A young man named Hodgert,
employed on the 4th concession of
Usborne, while endeavoring to oil
a windmill while it was in motion
had. the misfortune to get his right
aria caught in the gearing of the
machine. The ligaments at the
elbow were badly torn necessitating
medical attention.
.A severe electric storm passed
over the northern section of Huron
county on Saturday last. In Tarn
berry the barn of Wm. Robinson
was burned, Another barn was
struck in East Wawanosh, and was
destroyed. Mrs. Allan Bruce was
in her residence • near Marnock,
when the electric fluid struck the
house, setting it on fire. Her son
ran up and found his mother dead
and her clothing on fire. She was
72 years of age. The family were
all shocked by the lightning.
Etit,ER—CAPLING—At the Hotel
Clarendon, Winnepeg, on Aug.
3rd, by Rev. Mr. Stewart, of St.
Paul's church, Miss Rosetta, eld-
est daughter of Ms. Peter Capling,
of Blake, Ontario, to Dr. John
•Esler, of Milton, North Dakota.
Donis RTY--KING—At the residence
of the bride's mother, on August
9th, by Rev. Dr. Stewart, Flossie
King, daughter of Mrs. W. G.
Smith, to L. E. Doherty' all of
Clinton.
Died.
ST swAl;T.--In Exeter, on August
5th, James Stewart, aged 77
years.
FORD.—In Stephen, on Jiily 30,
John Ford; aged. 73 years,
EGGAUT.—in Greenway, on August
4th, Willie, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Eggart.
At a special meeting of the county
cetineil to consider the bridge
question all the members were, pre-
sent. After a thorough discussion
of the whole question it was de-
cided to replace the Zetland bridge
at a probable post of $10,000, and
the Black Creek bridge between
Hay and Stephen of which the es-
timated cost is $2,000. Both bridges
will be of iron with cement abut-
ments and are to be erected. this
;year. These two contracts together
with a $9,000 bridge at Westfield
and several others throughout the
county, now in course of construc-
tion, mean a big expenditure on
this account alone and it seems
probable that it must be kept up
for years as the *wooden bridges
are rapidly giving but. County
Councillor Patterson was appointed
to assist Mr. Ainsley in overseeing
the work.
The good old. Summer Time
is with us once more. You will enjoy out -door life
this summer if you have one of our
REED AND RATTAN CHAIRS,
and Reclining Chairs, which are ideal for porch and
lawn use, the coolest chair made. We have just stock-
ed a full line of Furniture Novelties.
complete line of Organs and
Pianos always on hand.
A full Assortment of
Dusters, Fly -nets, Rubber Rugs, Plush
Rugs for cool nights, Trunks,
Valise, Harness.
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will be very intent upon what will be
most fashionable, most serviceable and most
suitable for
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We have made it a special point to purchase
carefully and what will suit the ladies of this
section.
Special values given in all lines of
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ESTER1\ FAIRI
London, Sept. 9th to 17th,1904
ENTRIES CLOSE STH SEPTEMBER.
A NEW $10,000 DAIRY BUILDING
Improvements all along the line. Exhibits unsurpased.
ATTRACTIONS THE BEST YET. Kitamura's Celebrated Jap
Troupe of 10 People, The Flying Banvards, and the best Gymnasts,
Acrobats, and other specialties that money can procure.
Five Evenings of Fireworks, concluding each evening with a
realistic representation of the
"BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR"
A holiday outing none should miss. Special excursions over
all lines of travel. For all information, prize lists, etc., address
LT. -COL, W. N. GARTSHORE,
President.
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Secretary.
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