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The Huron Expositor, 1874-06-26, Page 61- .01kI100./.....77,•••**1 TEE HAY UVEST 31Y ,g PRACTICAL FIRMER. As the hay harvest will shortly com- mence, the following hints on cutting and curing, by:a practical farmer, May ,. he of interest to our readers : First, as to the time of CuLting grass. Farmers disagree on. this point, as they do on al- most every subject relating to their call- ing, but there can be no question that with thinking and progressive men the tendency is to earlier cutting than form- erly. Here and there we find an old and old-fashioned. hay -maker who lets his grass stand till Augast, or even till Sep - IL - tember, till "it ' gits' some body to it, as he expre Ses it, but the ratio of the late to the early cutters cannot be great- er than. one to five, and in the More en- lightened districts not more than oue to ten. We came across one of these late hay -harvesters on one of our hill towns last Autumn, (the latter part of Septem- ber,) just then securing his crop, and had the cuiqosity to learn the rea,soas for such dellay. They were as follows: " The littl could be G11 the same e body to it Tune; catt inen like ri labor reqtured ; the grass in the morning, and housed ay the grass 'grits' some y September, it is all fog in e like mature hay, just as e fruits, and it never 'fire - lenge' in the mow." There is no use arguing -with such a man. He Was fully persuaded itt his own mind, so after picking up a lock of hay and snaelling it we drove On with- out comment, but we could not help thinking that he belonged to the three - handed class of raen, having one -hand by each side and one.little behind hand. The hay was brittle as straw, and had about as much fragrance to it as an 'old fence -rail. We are glad to kno* that the number of these behind -hand farm- • ers is yearly diminishing. In 1856 Mr. Flint, the Secretary of - the MaSsachnsetts Board of Agriculture, addressed a circular to one or more of the foremost farmers in each town in the State, asking, amen°.bother questions, . about the crops : "At what stage of growth do You prefer to cut grass to • make into English and wale hay, and what is the reason for your preference?" To this circular he received abeut. 200 responsesaand the answer to CI* ques- tion of tila from 150, or three quarters of the whole, was that "hay is sweeter and possesses more nutriment when cut in full blossom than at any other [ stage." If the same question should be asked. now there would4be still greater imanhn- ity of ()pinion ill favor of early butting, many preferring not to wait till the grass blossoms. We will quote two or three answers of till farmers that contain rea- sons for the faith that is in them. A Midallesei farmer says : "11 prefer to eat grass when in blossom because it will make more milk and 'more fat-. and cattle prefer it to that standing later. It keeps them loose and healthy. I have no doubt hay of the same bulk -Weighs more if it stands in the field till the seed - forms, and.for this reason some who sell most of their hay let itstand." A Worcester County farmer .eays : " When designed for milch cows, store or fattening animals, I prefer to cut in the - blossom, because it makes more railk, more.. growth and more beef. For -working cattle and horses I cut about six days after the pollen has fallen, be- cause it does not scour or loosen the animal so !muchas when cut in the blossom." The opinion of a Hampshire County farmer is as follows : "Next to sWeet, fresh grass, we think that rowen will. make cows, working cattle or horses • thrive better than any other food, un- less in case of cattle hard at work.. We conclude, therefore, that all hay is bet- • ter 'cut early. Coarse hay will keep stock tolerably well cut early, which, if allowed to mature, would not be eaten at all." The conclusions of these farmers are corroborated by, the instincts of cattle and. sheep. Turn them into a pasture where there is young and mature grass; ancl they invariably graze upon the for- mer, and will not eat the latter -till driv- en to it by extreme hunger. The young grass is tender, succulent, full of nutritious juices, -while the mature is woody and dry, all its Arirbues ha.viag 'gone to te the formation of seed, which is the great end Of all -vegetation. We have never found any hay that will make so much. milk and cause young cattle to thrive so Well as aftermath or rowen. This comes nearer to •Sumnaer grazing than any other Winter foddering ; but we cannot afford to ant our mowing lots more than twice a year, as a general rule, and so we delay our first mowing till the grass has developed and is ready to concentrate its energies in the forma- tion of seed. This is, doubtless, at the blossoming period. If labor did not cost so much we -would cut still earlier, and secure three crops at each season, as we are satisfied that we should obtain more sugar, gluten arid othersoluble and nutritious compormds. After a plant haS blossomed. the: virtues tend rapidly to the seed. The stalk and leaves have no sweetneSe, but become woody fibre, ancl having accomplished their mission in life are it to wither and the tatione Gram cannot be wet, after it has been, partially dried, «ithout having much wirtue soaked ,out canit be in the sun 0'0 10 Sipating its aroma to the - As we go into the hay smell ke invigorating.: A stronger than when work The mime, has the same* as a clip of strong green bles aad pitches the hay - they were trifles light as ing auiong them seem a to Another advantage in cutting early is that the aftei math is so much better. Cut any herb before it has developed seed ancl it will keep on aerowing, deter- mined to perpetuate its kind. Not .so e‘then its energies have been exhausted in. the production of seed., In the case of Englishgrains, which are really spe- cies of grass, the object is the growth of seed, but we get no aftermath froin field, of wheat or rye. -Snell we arow . grass we want forage, mit seed, and. there is no question but that forage, 'or the • leaves and stems of plants, is more nat- ural food. for stock than grain. _No kind of feed makes sweeter milk and but- ter thee good fresh grass. Another point in the hay hale -est is the mode and amount of drying. The • drying of the grass has about the Same relatioa to the quality of the hay- as roasting has to the virtueS of coffee. There is a just right to the drying of hay as there is to the roasting.of coffee: Too little does not develop its aroma, and leaves too much water to stimulate fer- mentation, -while over -drying takes out all life and renders it brown, brittle,. flavorless and little better than. straw. We are persuaded that More hay is in- jured by excessive drying than by too liable. We want hay to look green, to ..be flexible, and to retain its ,natural juices and aroma, in short, to lea like green tea, and to be capable of making such a decoetion as tea makes. If left in the scorching sun for two or three days, hay would make a pretty poor tea, • worse than the old-fashioned bohea, which always seemed. to u$ to have been. alternately dried and moistened, till it WaS black and half decayed from fennel'. of it; neither ig without dis- nele: field the Very an never feels g among hay. ffect upon him ea. He tum- ocks as though ir, and. " rak- him. bet play." Now 4lis exhilarating; i ivigorating ef- fect of hay, which come from an ex- ceedingly volatile oil, is what we want to preserve for the bene t of cattle and other etock. This arom by drefing, up to a certai disSipated by an excess the sun. We might learn a lesso of hay horn the mode in nese cure their tea or th our inoth.ere cured theirs ether herbs. The Chine their best tea is made -f tender leaves, which are nicest care, so as to deve dissipatq the aroma, aanl our mo never Eared old sage lea\ ea, and di dry them exposed. to the aim and but on the garret floor, ad when ficientlyi dry, tied them u tightly i per bags!. This leads us to say th t the ster hay is another point wo hy of cons .ation by farmers. St: king hay doers, exposed to the w is and wea is wasteful in the. extrem like to buy tea that had Putting it into barns wi on the sides, is a little b waSteful. We have hea voCate these wide cracks the better curing and pre hay, and we have Seen barn with a ventilator li the middle of the mow, t —Steam; the owner call into the air. We should of putting a ventilator in into a Ifa.y-mow. ready to, go into the barn to keep it 'hermetically s air. If it could be thus could store it with iin then we do now. middle of a large hay - pretty effectually excluc 'settles down so as to be tight, and this is the re, from the inside of a mo ter than that on the hay stored in a m.ow spei ter than that stored. on a One other little poin bent of the mow before - another This scatteri large 1113W exposes too the air. It is like fe whole surface of the mo ting it ;tilo-wn in sections: It may be a Lad thing for a military command r to be bottled up, but we would lik our hay shut up as closely a possible. We fa farme • who attle fo the y of hay o the forking ce er to ring. night wish - is developed point; it is f• exposure to ct ill the curing thich the Chi - way in which ge, boneset and e tell us that om young and. lried wit •the Lop but 'net to hers not n ds, suf- pa- g of der - out her, .Who ould been stacked? h -Wide clacks ter, but this is •d farmers ad- • as tending to ervation*of the famous stone e a chimney - in let the aroma d 'it—pass off as soon think o a tea ehest as hay is once we should like &led from the canned ,up, we ch less drying stored itt the levy, the• air is ed. The mass practicalLy air - on why the hay is so much bet - side, and why ds so much bet - scaffold. . Fill up one onemeneing on g hay over a uch surface to ding froni the , without cut - 1 • once went into the barn had. just foddered his night, and had a quanti barn floor which he was get it ready for the mar 'His wi e might as well t from her caddy the tea ed to use for the mo She would certainly ha little rtiore, especially i good shaking up, in ord tea, of the same strength in the tight tin chest til and keep the hay in as- possibl4 till the cattle Hay iiired from one soon spends as -wellas ti from the mow in which at the AN ing's fodd ke out at hich she ng's brea tfast. to take out a she, gave it a ✓ to make the Keep the tea wanted for use, ght) a place as re ready :or it. am .te another at freshly taken t was deposited LnLe of the hay harvest. as • le rthwesteria hieveS' Col- . ony.• - Ace° 'ding to reports, the authenticity of whi cannot well h doubted, a col- ony of Jhieves and. natr erers has been flourish'ng for a consid rable time past in 1British territory at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. it ie supposed to consist at present of "00 men and a • mu:Ober of women and -hildren. Most of the imen have been outlawed for Crimes eommitted in the -Unified S;ates. One of he chief prodifc s of the c3lony is a sor of whisky, wh ch has proved exceediagly palatable to Indians. As a conSequence, the lett r trade their choicest furs for it, and led their super- fluous women into slaviery in order to lengtheia the period of their orgies. The colonists, it is said, never fail to take ad- vantage of opportneitieelthus- presented, • not only to rob the red men of their blankets and other p� i table pro arty, but alsol to deprive thein of therr ealps. Still, the Indian's thirst or whisk is so strong that he continues to trade ii the manner described. The exploits cf the five hundred having at ast been heard of by le Canadian- lovernm t, a mounted Police force ofithree hdrdred men has just been organ zed, and if ev- erything goes right the base ef • Rocky fountains -will b the scene • battle b fore the Fourth of July.1 Police f ree is composed f- the inog tive mei to be found in the Donn and is under the comma el Of a B Colonel, who -was sent to Canada to instructn_ to Militia officers. • attradtia us of the servic upon will i8 to enter it seems are s great that er4 Freech and English noblemen gentlemen have joined ti e ranks. reported that one young 'nelishulai ter having agreed to go became s amorecl of his work tha. a suddenl • quireel eatate givieg.an i come of $ 000 a yeUr did not prove potent 'eh to cause his resignation. The laws eriaing the force are such hat the lit puni-shment which can be inflicted f breach of discipline is expulsion. The pay =mot certainly be consid an inducement to undertake so Inizae an enteirise, for the sub -constable only • to recciA e 75 cents (gold) (lay. it may be that the promise grant, of 160 acres of lands to eac three yeaes' service has something t4 with it, but even this is doubtful. more than probable that all -the me impelled by a. pure love of adeen If so, the chances are thatthey have to do a good deal of heavy figl before the laws of the Dominion ar the of a, The • ac- itish give r_rh'e h it se -v- an d t is • , af- en- ac- 50,- u eh eov- ost r a, ered ous are per f for do tis are ire. ill mg re- • s. at be dent • ed ed ry e, er ; spected it 1 The five the foot o the Northwestern Territ unclred thieves intreucliel the Rocky Mountains may . expected not toesurreneler' either tl selves or their ill-gotten gains wit • desperate resistance.,• 8ofne time ago., it appears, they- a raid into the 'United States and car back with them. several pieces of artil •whieh they have dietributed..in f ready for use. In - addition to th • they are well supplied with Spei rifles capable of. discharging sevente shots in succession without reloading, so .1 ,.. -Ureataefeete- -ffafetee'e---a7a7t-- Tr-1E HUT,t()N that all things oonsid,ered hundred v.re likely to ha rough time trying to- disl . the three e a pretty dge them. The Indians, it is .true, have had good reason to wish for the extermination of the thieves, and possibly they -can be re -- lied upon to actively co-operate with the Police. In any event, tive ' hundred or perhaps a thou k and thieves, fighting for their lives, with the advantage of a i mountain for a cover, are fes that can- , not be easily vanquished. 'lie presence of such a formidable body o outlaws is, of course, not calpulated to encouieige emigration tO the Nerthwest, and the ef- fort t� elisperse it which is tow in a, fair way to be macle, could not 'very well be Postponed. It is te be hoped, should the thieves endeavor, in the'r- extremity, return to this t at they will be permitted fer inside the boundary line nines. to not couatry, td pass inidapture Y. ivA. SHARP'S L1VERYAND SALE STABLES. • Office—Al Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good Horses and first- olass Conveyance always on hand. • BELVS LIVERY STABLES, SI Good Horses and Comfortable on hand. - Favorable Arrangeme Commercial Travellers. All order Horsa, will be promptly attended• OFFICE AND STABLES :—Third Knox's Hotel, Main Street. 221 THOMAS BEL AFORTH, Ont. rehicles, always its made with left at liziox's to. door Notth of Pr• prietor. •1 J. P. BRIN T ICENSED AUCTIONEER fo 1-4 Huron. Sales attended in County. All orders left at the E will be promptly attended to. E. LUSBY, T ICENSED AUCTIONEER for "I-4 Huron. Saletrattended in all p ty. All orders made personally or Post Office will be promptly atten BOOTS AND S • the County of 11 parts of the "uosVron Office the County of rts of the Coma - sent to Seaforth ed to. 827 0E,S. I A F1'ER an experience of 25 yei rs shoemaking la in Canada, and having bee the first estab. lished in Seaforth, I now offer to t e public a Very Large and Well Ass° led Stock o • Boots and Shocs _ Of every kind at very—moderate profits. LADIES' FANCY BOOTS ANI) SHOES OF ' EVERY DESCRIPT ON. • I am not in the habit of BLO-LNG and prais- ing my Stock, but will sell as che p as it is pos- sible to do. Give me a 888-12 There is Lumber in McKi VICTORIA STEA And S. STARE. S op, at the - MILLS, JOHN GOVENLOCK Is the man to suppl A LWAYS on hand a brae stoc • of all kinds of 4-1- Lumber, which will °be sol at prices which cannot be stupassed in this COB by for eheapness of mice. • .Uramang and 17672C71• 1,g , . abundance. Lumber in .! Also SHINGLES, LATH; and ev ry description of builffers' material. Parties bui ding or buyiu largo quautities will be liberally dealt with, an will find it to their prefab to give her VICTORIA MILLS a tint:thole= purchasing elsewhere. ORDERS CUT .AT A DAY'S INOTIC 'All orders left at the Mill or ad ressed to Win- throp P. 0. will receive prom') .attention. member JOHN' JOHN C. OVE 'LOCK'S 895 ictorla fills is the plaee. WHO WANTS ONEY? A. STRONG, SEAFORTH, Will Loan Money at a LOW RATE OF INTER- EST. either on Farm or yillage Property. - • Parties requiring moneY shoal( apply to him. INSURE YOUR P OPERTY : AND YOUR L VES. A. Strong, S aforth. IS .ALSO AGENT OR ace Company= The Scottish Provincial Insur Fire and Life. - The Western Insurance Comps Fire and Lite. The Isolated Risk Insurane Canada. Tern's as reasonable. as offere agent doing business for 1 enable OFFICE—over Stroug 5 F Store, Main Street, Seale th. y, of Tnrontoa- Company, of by any other Irb• y's, 6 -roomy k 252 Ell'O TIIE l'UBLI OF 1 BRATISII N4KT111 Ai ILE RICA-. , TN CONSEQUENCE of I frauds that have been ,-1- practiced upon -you by two or t red individuals (whc for a time took the name Of he "New York Ohemieal Company") naling, a,n selling some- r7k3 thing which they call " • olloway' Pills and Oint-, abeut," and which, for a eason, vere freely sold • in many parts of the british Irovmncei as my genuine Pills and Ointment, I hav for soru.e time past, considered it lay duty to ea tion the publie, 1.1 -through the mediiim of the press against buying these spurious articles. Judgmen s have been • ob- tallied against this Bankrupt Cro•., in One ease by a Mr. CASS8rd, who, when. about to levy, OA the latter end of October last., found he name of the Chemical Company had been painted out and that i of Sa,untel Vose snbstituted. M tny respeptable firms . in the British Provinces'iia l ho obtain. my 'medicines direct from hero, ho very properly suggested. that I should, for the enefit of" them- selves and the public'insert theik naraes ha tIe papers that, it may be known tbai my medicines • can be had genuine from them.. The followiug is a list of the firms alluded to; nij d I particularly recommend those who desire to ge ray medicines to apply to some of the Honses n reed: Messrs. AVERY, BROWN & CO., JErallf[IX, IS. S.; MOSSrS. POILAYTH & Ce., Halifax!, N. S. ; Messrs. T. B. BARKER & Soafs, bt. Solniaat. Mr. T. DES= BRIS".CharlOt1.e1.0W11, P. E. I.; .11 ssrs. LANGLEY & Co,,'S ictorin, 13. C.; Messrs. Mo an & Co., Vic- toria, 33.0.; Dr. JOHN PALLEN, C atham, N. 33.; ..Messrs.lattauto & Co., Montreal; itl ssrs. J. WiNua & Co., Haroilton,-Onta Zr. H. J. lush, Toronto.; Mr. A. CHIPMAN SALITHSt. John, N. Da Mr. JonsiBaND, Goderich, Ont.; Messrs ELLIOT & CO., Torch -Ltd; Mr. J. Clara -wan, St. !Sohn, N. B.; Messrs. Harixorcas Bacharaixts,• St. John, N. B.; Mr. R. S. Painny, Windsor, Ont.;1 Mrs. ORFEN, -Morclen, N. S.; Mr. Gnonor. 0. Hr.cm, jr., Freder- la -idol"; N. B.; Mr. W. H. Tuomrsori, &Thor Grace, N.F.; Mr. S. M. WILEY, Fredericton N.B.; Messrs. •W. & D. riaraa, Montreal. My Pills' and Ointment are neither manufactured nor- sold n any part of the United States. Each Pot and Box bears the British Government stamp, with th words, ." Hol- loway's Pills end. °influent, Lond n," engraved thereon. The 'medicines are sold at the lowest wholesale net prices, in quantities of not less than .C20 worth, viz,: 8s. 6d,22s. and L4s., per dozen boxes of Pills, dr pots of Ointment, or: which re- mittances musthe sentin1H N. B.—Chemists and other vend rs of Hello- fOrTtAur Ei THOMAS II .1 way's genuine Pills and Ointments llLLOW.A.Y. .ay have their manes inserted in the local paper. if they will please apply here -533, • Oxford Street, 8W17:260. London,'Dee. 1, 1873. -• [ - THE COOLEST Ldt OF DRY GOOD EVER. 4IEEN JUST OPEN ASTONISHING FOR JUNE LOW PRICES. Arrived—Another lot of those Cheap ALSO WHITE AND A,nd, Nice SILK JOHNSON F TM', UNDERSIGNED • TS and COTTONS so much wanted. OLORED MUSLIN, A1VLSOLS for 90c. YE BEEN APR THE JOHNSO1\ FIRE FOR THE COU A Complete Machine for the following purposes, a over a Patin out Fires in Beepin Adjoining B Wateri g Gardens. Washiug Windows, B THEY ARE EASILY • WORK And shord be in every • RICE Can be examined at our Drug tore, Seaforth gm. • e • Sa. • • • • an • • ms••••••••••••••••.41.1...... J T.3" S _A- A GOOD TRUNKS A A. G. MDOUGALL RCE 32CTED AGENTS FOR TIM SAT M OF &ND. GARDEN PtTM . Y OF HURON. d adopted by the -United States War Departm o hers : h First Stages. dings Wet during a Fire: fat gies, sce. SIMPLE AND DURA.BLIE, se, Store or Workshop. EACH. E. HICKSON & Pt I "NT ID rPPLY OF D VALISE We have on h All Kinds of Manufacturers of H ncl Ely Sheets ancl Nets. ood assortment of HARNESS as Usu. vest Gloves for the Wholesale Trade. BELFRY & MAY, Saddl rs. . TO We have mueli THE FARMERS OF HURON. pleasure in infOrming you..tha we have secured the services of Mr. CHAR ES MeLEOD, Kippen, as G neral Agent for the sale of • The KIRBY Reaping The KIRBY Machines have n Farmers who were present at th as to the merits of our Machine The Kirby machines. are simp equal to any machines made, au make and can supply to Fiume REAPER, the BURDICK IND WHEEL MOWER. Mr. McLE0 Farmers who have used the Kir supply them with first-class Mac CHARLES MoLEOD, Kippen JAMES MARTIN, St. Helens BRANTFORD, March 1, 1874. And Mowin Machines. t yet been fully introduced into the County of Huron, but t ose Kippen Reapin Match, in July, 1873, can form their own opinions e in constructi are positively t s for the comin PENDENT SE will supply pa •y. We trust tli 'nes. Yours t . P'°O”}Aget P., 8' n easily managed, very durable, will do their e lightest running machines in the Dominion. wizen the KIRBY COMBINED MOWER F RAK1NOr REAPER, and KIRBY'S NEW T Phlets, giving all information and certificates Faarners of Huron will sustain us ha our effo ly, ork1 'We ND VO- oni s to A. HARRIS, SON & CO. 826 ENT WOULD would again say to the Public that is Direct Importations of 1,111C GOODS. have T T ail arrived safe in Seaforth, and are all op,c» ad out, the Most Beautiful Dress -Goods of ever Ladio' Summer.ackets 14 Silk Ladies' Shawls in all the new pat erns, Fancy Skir AND AN ENDL SS YARIE Which. would require- a whole nes spaper to °num all been imported direct from En fish and Scotch never touched here before. For Fi veral seasons pa- has this season surpassed his for ,, er self, havingl equalled for style, quality and pri e in the Count'. wepared to take orders for Gentl men's Clothing, Best possible manner. 0 SE CAR L AD OP S DENT'S is the Place.' Texture and Qualit Cloth, (ft., Direct from London. s, Prints, Delaines, Merinoes, Shirtings, Ca Y OF FANCY DRY COODS9 rate. Remember these, with the Staple Goods, arkets, which enables him to offer goods at p t Mr. DENT has' taken the lead in Millinery, bu lid in such a stock of Millinery Goods as canno Havireasecured a First -Clams Cutter, f any description, which will be made up in • 'RAW HATS ON HAND. • Make a Note of it ave ces he be is the TO . THE FORSYTH'S PA FARM RS OF HURON. ENT W OTJGHT IRON FENC TH-F1 undersigned beg to direct he attention o the Farmers of Huron to the fact that they now prepared to take orders f r the above fe Ice, which is without doubt the BEST AND MOST sc.r.outN Parties desirous of giving t prepared for erection early in spr , repairs for TEN YEARS. The b • Snow will not (=tunable or ban will not destroy it. 5th—I1. is waa This Fence will be furnished at Five Wire Fence, per rod Six it . fit a tt TERMS—All sums of $25 and u credit, an approved note to be fm ments can be made. Orders taken Main street, Seaforth; or George GAAWA-a-1. DURABLE FENCE IN •USE. -s fence a, trial should leave their orders at once, so that it can be g. The proprie ors will guarantee this fence to stand with ut nefits of this fe oe over all others are: lst—Durability, 2u — against it. 8rd The wind or frost does not effect it. 4th—F e -anteci to turn a kinds of stock, no matter how breachy or vicio he following ra es: 50 I Seven Wire Fence, per rod. 1 68 .;1 60 I Eight " it it it 1 75 320 Ider cash.,:on co pletion of fence; over that amount three months ished on corm etion of fence. For large orders special arrange - and further info ation given on appheation to M. R. Counter, 'orsyth, at the M rket, Seaforth; or Hug.b. Cameron Londesboro. FOILSTH & Co. COME ONE, COME ALL, AND BUY YOUR ARNESS FROM • J. W ARD, • SEAFORTH. I beg to state for the information of farmers and tlie public generally, that I have as good a stock ,1 Harness on hand as any in town, nd I am determined not be undersold by any other establisli- ment in the County. • BELLS and HORSE BLANICgT , all kinds, co stantly on. haud. Also TRUNKS and Genera Furnishings. 313 GINTIE1 1N/I =7' 1111:tI-A.Ta- • J. WARD, Main -Street, Seaforth. I AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT sewilm Machine, and MUSICAL- INSTRUMENT PI ID 0 ...Eti T_T lvt BEwitic MACHINE DEPARTMENT. -31 take pleasure in stating to the public that 811811 all times have a stock of all the different kinds of Sewing Machines, with their varied prc.. tentions to raerititliat the purchasers may be able to euit. themselves at one establishment, withopt inconvenience. The whole face of the count?, has been, and still is,. frequented by transient peasons. My object is to caution the pullie against buying anything but Standard Machines, and. of Regular Established Agents, who can ways be be found, and whose walrant and guarantee ban be relied on, and if the purchaser is not suited with the kind they think they want, they can have the privilege a cnanging it for any other. We have at all times a iiew and fresh stock of the Florence and Webster Machines, as well as all -the other standard makes,which can the paid for on i very easy terms, or f not satisfactory, Can be changed for any othertbat may be desired. -MUSICAL ,INSTRUMENTS. o. c. wirazoN Can defy the world on. Illsiea1 Instruments, both in Price and Quality, he -cannot be surpassed. The manufacturers of Instruments which he sells have a reputation that dare not be questioned, fl:seUs for DO seciand-class firins. The Mathu- sh k and Stein-aP, lane: . Prince, MaSen &Ham - and Estey Organs and Melodenns. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. • - Snell as Straw Cutters, Grain Crushers, Boot 0rttters, Sewing Machines and Horse Powers, all ,of the best, always OR . hand. ; I - t IRON HARROWS. Now is the time to purahase The Best in use. A few only OD hand.. Call and grit one before they, are all gone. In the year 1870 I sold 30 of these Harrows; in 1871, 50 ware sold. by me; in 1872, sold 75 • and in • 1873 my asks reached over 150. This is the beat pi•oof that can be offered of the satisfaction which the Harrows give. 'O. C. WILLSON, Market-street,'Seaforth. 325 THE SEAFORTH PLOW FACTORY. MONROE' & HOGAN, SEAFORTH,. Beg to direct the attention of the farming com- mimity to their Superior PLOWS. I THEIR IRON PLOW His become a general favorite, and with improve- ments made since last season, they have no hesita- tion ha gaaranteeing it to be at least equal to any other plow manufactured. TH 11,IR IRON BEAM PLOW, With wooden handles, is ORO of the best and most useful plows, for general use, manufactured. MONROE &H00 -AN - Now manufacture the celebrated THISTLE CUTTER PLOW With Wrought Iron Beam. They are the only manufaeturers who supply this favorite plow with a, Wrought Iron Beam. This plow i8 sold for $17, the same mice at which other nuomfacturers sell the cast iron beam. SCUFFLERS, Both in iron and wood, made to order on the shortest notice. REPAIRING - of every description prorently attended to. None but the very best material, both in on and. wood, used, and parties purchasing from us may rely upon getting a good and 'durable article. MONROE & HOGAN, Plow Manufacturers, Seaforth. N. B.—Gray's Mould Boards kept on hand for repairing. 326 .TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. • W: H. OLIVER, Harness, Saddle and Collar MANUFACTURER, , MAIN -ST., &RAF ORTIZ. °W. SIGN OF THE SCOTCH COLLAR. A choiceaasairtment of light and heavy Harness, Whips, BellsMorse Clothing, &e., kept eonstantly on hand. Repairing promptly attendad to, and charges moderate. Remember the pbee,sign of the Scotch Caller. W. H. OLIVER. POCKET -BOOK LOST --$25 BEWABD, L°8121 ON SATURDAY, the 18th inst., between • .Lot No. 20, Con. 11, 41,01 fiealie.ii 'allotel., on. the Gravel Road, a BROWN 1.11.Vr9a.:11 POCKET -3300R, containing :aro or(aa'a in ".*1 $10 bills, alai) six promissory aata,, ta,- al f -aver of the untimakned, and tAliti. Larata • finder of the above will reeelve a temar; • upon leaving it at the Staterth 1#04 tax theiresidenee of the owmer. The pabia- a ' cautioned against purchasing or nti-N-13.1 notps of hand drawn in my favor, as th€-r dun me except those contained in tbr bocik. 883! • Britt 4 - UNE 261 1874. Oat -Meal. We propose to devote a 8boi oat -me -al and its uses, Peril lr 4)19-ofehbtorheeeaat3311;.:ntr(ueitifss::aitsasi1811(;1%eairrsliej gt* wheaten bread in the -quantity. quality which they hate been • tgi.odl awl ery greit tSpiaua Cd.:hi lte;r::*%:.arl'all.,l'ii,%)':(titel • tliOugh ti4 lice entertained, as en 8rt1e.e fit for the lower aiiinells -than • beiugs, has of late, in soineto( place to a more just op:iiioe among the educated classes, w5 able of appree:ating the value 11 • able verdict of chemists and pk • It of ¥ran is 80 nutritions at facility with which it is grow 3aot rich enough, and in. Sail warm enough for *heat, read very strongly, aS fitted to yi considerable. part of ouil fik Oat -meal is a principle artiale- the peasantry of Scotland, nearly the end of last cent thoTisienOlfoit,e111n1144filetilofllt tninesvrolaalsr principal corn crop of most jn land ; but as agriculture mn the coltivation extended, itt was naturally preferred _by could afford it - the use Of Oa CaMe more and more limite'1 er classes ; and on this very as much at possible avoided who, in respect, of wealth, bir: fession, made pretensioni_--. of Another circumstance which d_ed to restrict the use of o it was formerly general, was ience with which wheaten bre1 procured froni tho baker's sly; of espeeiai importance when the members of a family wer. itt manufactories. The, revived of oat -cake has recently led ta ure of different kin& of it 1 bakers' and other shops, part SeTothlanegtil;in • of oats intended food is generally prepared. pound into meal, although it: in the form of groats—that is -denuded of its husk, and mei into fragments. Oat -meal iso • --both common. in 2,1i shops i - is sold—fine Meal, and e0aTM meal. For various purposes the one and smile the other, _ difference in quality, but- me • degree in which the grain. haS rated. in. the mill. Oat -meal is principally ▪ ways, for the making of porr oat -cakes. Poi -ridge is a pr icle of food1 of the Scottish generally accompanied with milk can be obtained; alth milk is scarce butter is some_ sometimes sugar'and. some beer. For inestpeople, in a tlition of health, there is no some artiele of food than. p nat., none that tontains portion both of flesh-fort/Au, producing substances ; while all who have ever been. 2,ccus_ use, it is ,extremely palatable speaking, there is no bette food for'=-1the nursery, none in maintain a healthy condition ach, or to give vigor to-- th though there are exceptional among the young and amon which the use of porridge is producing painful distension ach and. indigestion. While of children :ought not to b such a manner, the aetual their eonstitutionaought in observed aral reeearded. Po-, creneral made by tinioly hoii in water, stirring all the whil singeing, and to secure the th ture of the meal and water ill geneous taaSS, Witittiat quality of porridge very lint onthe amount of boiling whicl It cannot be too thoroughly 1 I P erfe atly boiled o2,t-me,a1 p very coarse article of food, a ately, mucb of the porridg this charaeter; and the porn for the nursery is often no bet the earelessness of the se swish to get -through -their w little trouble as possible. It ly so digestible, ana thei:efo, tritious, as porridge really w common mistake itt the Anal ridge most also be here noti, ing inuch to the deterioratio lity, the adding of meal :by the boiling goes on, until the ness is acquired..; th.e resu part of the meal is imperft The cook ought to know th portions of meal mid_ wate not very difficult to aeriu- them at once, so -that all ti be equally well boiled, ,Bu‘ observed -that the water 9Au: before the meal is put :int, AY, be luta-al:aced in a mass4 b strained. through the linger, handful, as quickly as possi Whey is sometimes use water for the making of oat - and_ affords avery agreeab. those in ti ie habit of using- I day. :2Nlilk porridge is an• . e„stfeoeonid,e(1 as an: especial r, Scottish peasantry, and is a very agreeable and a nut of Whether fine oat -meal 0 meal should be used for ti pfeocTrtrvhil:le.gbnilolioiisiriosertir3ily:_gprierleaisit;t4 • brOae, yet Liaise ia a Ionia • Xnealba.slanig been very ge least hi Seotland, an (1 is stii, of the agrrieultural laborers; merely 'pouring boiling AN meal and stirring it alio 11 coarse pasty knots t...mb edi led in it (.f Taw a very coarse kind of ft however,with the addition farna-laborers mainly F using it as their only diet day. flat-inpal is made int, ,nierely ifl1XeIwith watt • mired. out, lea a wooden r cakes, -which are baked oi .(2corCee,a gir(11e,) supe d SOmetiiMC W1 • 9wtoughera‘Yr, roaaett ilpo;liannn- pends on the aii " Is she a good baker baker (mtant but those Ina& with •