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The Wingham Times, 1904-09-01, Page 22 TIIE WINGILAM TOLES, SEPTEMBELL 1, 1904. TO ADVERTISERS Notice of changes must be left at this office not later than Saturday noon, The copy for changes Must be left not later than Monday evening. Casual advertisements accepted up to noon Wednesday of each week. ESTABLI213ED 1872 THE WIN6fA i TIMES. R. B. ELLIOTT, Fe st:mi It ANDPRo1''nimoR TI'IURSDA,.T, SEPT. 1, 19Q4. NOTES AND COMMENTS. T. W. Gibson, Director of Mines for Ontario, has received a report from New Caledonia, the French penal island, which is practically the only nickel pro- duoing territory iu the world besides Ontario, and it shows that the industry in. flagging there. While iu 1902 the island produced 129,653 tons of nickel ore, it raised. only 77,360 tons in 1903 which is only about half of the output of the Copper Cliff, Ont., mines. This province has a valuable asset in her in- comparable nickel deposits. The deposits in New Caledonia is the only other body of nigkei in the world of considerable size. The advantage which Outerio ui- joys in the possession of her nickel mines can hardly be estimated and will be more fully realized as time progresses. The New York American says that the American Steel Trust during two years of operation has paid in wages, exclusive of the salaries of high offi- cials, $225,000,000 and during the same time it has paid in profits on capital $255,000,000. Ili other words, the pay- ments on profits have exceeded pay- ments on wages by $30,000,000. Be. fore amalgamation the proportion of profits to wage cost in the different steel plants, than carried ou as indepen- dent concerns, was 10 per cent. The benefits of amalgamation, which should have been divided between consumers and the laborers who perforated the work of production, seem to have gone to capitalists, whose work consisted mainly in pouring water into the stock. HOW WE GROW The uurevised statement of exports for the eleven months ending May, 1904• shows that we sold abroad in that time $184.595,791 worth of the produce ot Oanada. This is a large export. It demon- strates growth and progress. In the same eleven months of 1895 we exported $90,749,050. This is an increase of $83,542,741 in our exports in nine years, or over 90 per cent. And every dollar of it the produce of our own people. In the eleven months, July to May, in- clusive, of 1890, we exported Canadian manufactures to the value of $6,845,030 The Liberals went into power in 1896, and when their tariff was brought down the Conservative loader denounced it, prophesied that it would bring wide- spread rain and stagnation to Canadian industries, and called on the people to drive the Liberals out to save the country. Wells, in the eleven months corres ponding in 1904, weexported $17,648,081 worth of Canadian manufactures iu spite of the fact that the home demand had probably more than doubled. It means au increase of nearly 160 per cent. in nine years! That is something to be proud of. It is the practical refn- talion of the Conservative attacks on the Liberal tariff. It is the answer in dollars in the manufacturers' bank ac- counts and the mechanics' and laborers' pockets to the organs' abuse of Liberal statesmen and Liberal policy. And there is more of such evidence. In the 1895 period our mines yielded for export, $6,403,280; in this year's period $28,855,066 -more than four times as mach! Our animal produce export increased from $31,750,267 to $57,592,369, nearly $26,000,000, pretty well up to 90 per cent. Our agricultural prodnce increased Badly Crippled with Lame Back Was almost used up with kidney disease, but cure came with the use of Dr. Ohase's Kidney. Liver Pills. tits. PteR ec D'Asrous, Farmer, St, Flare, Itimouski Co., Que., writes: -"For several years I was troubled with a weak, lame, aching back, and had become so Crippled that 1 could scarcely lift anything at all. I also had pains in the arms and legs and began to consider myself about used up at sixty-seven years of age." "One day I received a book describing kidney disease and its symptoms and found out the nature of my ailment. T began using Dr. Chase'sKidney. Liver Pills and noticed a m a r k e d improvement when the first box was finished. I continued to nye them fore time to ime and today I ant real well, entirely cured of backaohe a n d kidney. disease." Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver ]'ills, nits KS. D'A$TOU$ pin r dose, 2G cent' a boil t.�prot you againstimitatloas the j t and a i4 Dt; A. W. Glutei, thS tl rIoe pta�ltlititot'r Sri Ott CIOrj' bit. from $15,186,751, to $33,154,778 --not far from 120 per cent. And so Isn't encouraging showing. But it is worth while coming down to date. Let us see how May's exports in 1895 and 1904 compare in the matter of exports of home produce. In May, 1895, we exported produce to the value of $6,841,513. In May, 1904, we exported $10,732,381,uearly$4,000,000 or 662a per cent. iuorease. But the Conservatives said manufac- tures could not thrive under the Liberal tariff. How did they show up in the comparison; lot us see. Our export of manufactures in May, 1894, was $827,291, in May, 1904,'it had grown to $1,831,399. Pat that down to give to the first Oonservative who dares to attack the Liberal tariff as bad for manufacturers. In May, 1904, we exported $t,054,108 worth more of the product of ourfactor- ies than in May, 1895. The increase is over 127 per cent, and is the most not able on the list. Canada is growing and expanding as she never did before. The good Lib- eral Government's wise and moderate policy has not been without its effeet in aiding in that development. on. it an FACTS ABOUT CANADA'S MILITIA AND DEFENCE. Canada has a militia force of 40,000. These can be expanded to a war strength of 100,000 as. Canada's first line of defence. Provision has recently been made for the raising of a second line of defence of 100,000 when needed. Canada has 300 Rifle Associations, with 22,000 enrolled members. Canada's Militia Department costs two and -a -half millions a year. Canada has 200 Mounted Policemen costing half a million annually. They patrol an area as large as Europe. They are sub -divided into 80 poste scattered from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains, and from the Uuited States Boundary to the Arctic Ocean. The farthest north post is on Hershell's Island, in the Arctic Ocean. Canada will fortify St. John, N B., and Van- couver. Canada sent 8,372 men to South Africa during the Boer War. Of this number, 224 died and 252 were wounded Of this number, 597 belonged to Strath- cona's Horse. Canada expended $2,F30,965 in send- ing the 8,372 men to South Africa. FACTS ABOUT SOME PEOPLE. Sir Wilfrid Laurier is 63 years old. Sir Richard Cartwright is 69 years old. Goldwin Smith is in his eightieth year. Sir Charles Tupper is in his 83rd year. Lord Strathcona is in his 83rd year. Senator Wark, at 100, is the oldest leg- islator in Canada or the Empire. Canada has 6,000lawyers. George Brown has been dead 24 years. Alexander Mackenzie has been dead 12 years. Thomas D'Arcy Magee was assasivated April 7, 1863. McGill College was, founded by Hon. Mr. McGill in 1813. William Lyon Mackenzie was the first mayor of Toronto. Sir John A. Macdonald has been dead 13 years. General Wolfe is buried at Green- wich, England. Lieutenant -Governor Simcoe is buried in Exeter Cathedral. King Edward visited Canada as Prince of Wales in 1860. 25,000 United Empire Loyalists enter- ed Canada. Good Roads. The eighth annual report of A. W. Campbell. Provincial Commissioner of Highways for Ontario which has just been issued, gives a vast amount of vain - able information as to what has been done lately in regard to 'the important work of roadmaking. The wonderful amount which is eventually gained, through many small savings accumulated by the building new roads, can hardly be conceived until it is actually experienced but with the rapidly growing wealth of the country municipalities are gradually coming to recognize this fact, and are making more generous appropriations for improving roads in their various districts. The report says that by the end of last year about 130 townships had abolished or commuted statute labor and in its place (with more or less modifies- tion), had adopted systems whereby fewer and more permanently appointed road•overseers take the place of the path - master of the statute labor system, and by which all road work is paid for in a buiiness•llike way. Prover road -mak, ing machinery is being employed, deft. nits methods Of doing the Work have been established, and, altogether, new life had been infused into road improve. meat wherever new plana have been adopt. An Awful Japanese Custom. It is the custom iu old. Japan to bury living retainers, servttnttt, an even horses, upright in a circle around the grave of a member of any imperial or noble family. Tho hauls of these poor wretches were left exposed, and their cries of agony during their lingering death could be beard night and day. This t.nful cnt,tour was changed by a tender-hearted ruler in the second year of our Christiau era, rough clay images being substituted for the living beings; but so late as A.D. 646, another emperor had to legislate agaiust the recurrence of such living buritils. Knock -Off Days, Then and Now. Ili our boyhood days, about a half century ago what few holidays we had compared with the preseut time. Good Friday was but little observed, the Queen's Birthday was usually kept in the afteruuon and evening, a few at- tended the Orauge Walk ou the Glor- ious Twelfth, and a few partially observed 'Thanksgiving Day and these were till, Workiug people never thought of vacation aud school children worked like beavers during school holi- days. Now with weekly half holidays, civic holidays, Labor Day, arbor day, Empire Day, sod all the legal and statutory days nalfione of dollars' worth of labor is lost auuually to the industrial world in this cuuutry. Are we any more healthy tlitlh all these knockoff days?-Bowmanyille Statestnau. Pointed Paragraphs. (From the Chicago new -s.) Few clouds are as thick as they look. All poor people are more or less perse- cuted by society at large. You can drive some 'lieu to drink, but you can't make thein take water. One of Chicago's model inen inauufac- tures dummies for clothing stores. The girl who is the most indifferent to men is the Otto men most admire. The longer you anticipate a pleasure the less you will enjoy it when it comes. Sleep is said to be healthful, and no one seems to know it better than the hired girl. The man who bas to ask his wife for car fare every moruiug has no use for a mother-in-law. The girl who is the most popular with men iu generi'1 is apt to make one man miserable for life. A girl who is too lazy to keep the holes in her hosiery .ueatly darued has no busi- ness to monkey with the leap -year privi- leges. If you are not feeling well jnst take another look at the last bill your doctor rendered, and it's ten to one you will feel better. It i8 getting the kite on a string that makes it sour. Men love ,vomeu less than they love to have weineu love them. Spinsters look upon the engagement ring as a promising affair. A bachelor's idea of a fatal flirtation is one that ends in marriage. Many a man who thinks he is wedded to the troth is a grass•widower A maty always likes his mother-in-law among the most distaut relatives. His satanic majesty never offers to go into partnership with a busy man. It isn't necessarily a compliment to say a man is sound. Some men are all sound. When you do not relish your food and feel dull and stupid after eating, all you need is a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They will Make you feel lice a new tnan and give you an appetite like a bear. For sale by A. I. McCall & Co Reflections of a Bachelor. From the New York Press. A boy wants to smoke about the same age that a girl begius to flirt. It is a great triumph of reason for a man to be able to teach his wife never to play cards. lsuRuoc BLOOD (BITTERS Is a purely vegetable System Renovator, Blood Purifier and Tonic. A medicine that acts directly at the same time on the Stomach, 'Liver, Bowels and Blood. It cures Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation, Pimples, Boils, Head- ache, Salt Rheum, Running Sores, Indigestion, Erysipelas, Cancer, Shingles, Ringworm or any disease arising from as impoverished or Impure condition of the blood. /too Sate by sill Pregatste. HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS, Hot water cans and jugs will last much longer if instead of being hung in the usual way, they ars turned up. side down directly they are emptied. I always keep a zinc trav in the pantry for this porpoee. It ie- the few drops of water in the bottom which cause them to rust into holes. Batted milk tastes very like cream and is most nourishing. Put new rich milk into a stone jar, with a cover, and bake for several hours in a steady moderate oven. If you have Hot a cover for the jar, cover with greased paper, and tis down carefully. Served cold with stewed fruit this is excellent. Ink can be removed from paper, if the stain is not too old, as follows: Take a teaspoonful of chloriated lime, and add Just enough water to cover it. Take a soft cloth, moisten it in the mixture, and pat, do not rub, the stain gently, and it will slowly disappear. If one ap- plication is not enough, try a second. To clean browu boots, First put the boots on the "trees", theu put a lit- tle soda in some tepid water. Wash the boots with saddle soap, using it as dry as possible, on a soft bit of flauuel. Wipe off the soap, but do not make the leather very wet. Leave it in the air to dry Then polish with any good brown boot polish. Medicine will never remedy bad habits. Indulgence of the Appetite, indiscrimin- ate dosing and drrigging have rained the health and destroyed the lives of more persons than fauhine or pestilence. If you will take advice you will become regular in your habits, eat and drink only wholesome things, retire and rise very regularly. Make a free use of water to purify the s in. Baked fish has far more flavor than boiled, thou_>h it does not look so nice. The fish should be placed on a greased tin, covered with buttered paper and cooked in a moderate oven. The cook should be very careful in baking fish not to dry it up. Serve with a good white sauce poured over and garnished with chopped parsley, capers, lemon or hard- boiled egg. Fillets of plaice tied in knots and cooked like this are excellent. Some women are built so funny they can get stouter and stouter and look thinner and thinner. TOWN DIRECTORY, BAPTisT Ottoman -Sabbath services at 11 a m and 7 p in. Sunday School at 2:80 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev, J. N. Mo - Lean, B.A,, pastor. Abner Cosens, S.S. Superintendent. METHODIST CHURCH -Sabbath services at 11 a m and 7 p lu, Sunday School at 2:30 p m. Epworth League every Mon- day evening. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings, Rev. J. R. Gandy, D.D., pastor. Dr. Towler, 5, S, Superintendent. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -Sabbath ser- vices at 11 a m and 7 p m. Sunday School at 2:30 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings. Rev. D. Perrie, pastor and S S. 3uperiuteu- dent, P. S. Liuklater and L. Harold, assistant S. 5. Snperintendeuts. ST. PAUL'S CHURLS, EPISCOPAL -Sab- bath services at 11 a m and 7 p in. Sun- day School at 2:80 p m. General prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. Rev. Wm, Lowe, Rector and S. S. Superin- tendent. John Taylor and Ed. Nash, assistant S. S. Superintendents. SALVATION ARMY -Service at 7 and 11 a m and 3 and 8 p m on Sunday, and every evening during• the week at 8 o'clock at the barracks. POST OFFICE -In Macdonald Block. Office hours from 8 a m to 6:30 p m. Peter Fisher, postmaster. PUBLIC LIBRARY -Library and free reading room in the Town Hall, will be open every afternoon from 2 to 5:30 o'clock, and every eveuiug from 7 to 9:30 o'clock. Mrs. Orlando G. Craig, librarian. Town Couxczt-R. Vanstone, Mayor; Thos. Boll, Wm. Holmes, W. J. Greer, Thos. Armstroug, G. H. C. Millikin, David Bell, Coaneillors; J. B. Fer- guson, Clerk and Treasurer; William Clegg, Assessor, Wm. Robertson, Col- lector. Board meets first Monday even- ing in each month at 8 o'clock. SCHOOL BOARD. -J. J. Homuth, (chair- man), Thos. Abraham, J. D. Long, H. Kerr, Wm. Moore, A. E. Lloyd, Dr. A. J. Irwin, 0. N. Griffin. Secretary, John F. Groves; Treasurer, J. B. Ferguson. Meetings second Tuesday evening in each month. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS. -A. H. Musgrove, Principal, Miss Brock, Miss Reynolds, Miss Farquharson, Miss Cornyn, Miss McLean, Miss Matheson Miss Reid, and Miss Cummings. BOARD OF HEALTH -Mayor Vanatone, (chairman), C. J. Reading, Thos Greg- ory, Dr. Agnew, J. B. Ferguson, Sec- retary; Dr. J. R. Macdonald, Medical Health Officer. THE WORLD OWES YOU A. LIVING GO WHERE YOU CAN MAKE THAT LIVING- THE EASIEST NOW The North -rest Is the Land of Opportunity fO� The GREAT NORTH N RAILWAY ANNOU * "SES Greatly Reduced On =way Colonist Rates TO From St. Paul. Hinsdale, Mont $18.00 Chinook, Great Falb:, Helena, Butte, Auaconda, Kalispell, Mout., and inter- mediate stations j Libby Creek, Mont., Spokane, Wenat- ) thee, Walla Walla, Wash; Pendleton L and Umatilla, Ore., The Kootenai) Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Vancouver, Victoria, Puget Sound points; Ash- > land, Oregon, and intermediate points From Chicago. $28.00 20.00 30.00 22.50 ' 30.50 25.00 33.00 ON SALE EVERY DAY FROM Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 1904 MAX BASS. F. I. WHITNEY, General Immigration Agent, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, SO. CLARK ST., CHICAGO, ILL. ST. PAUL, MINN. Ganadian National Exhibition 1904 TORONTO, O NT, 1904 AUGUST 29th to SEPTEMBER 12th Largest and finest exhibits of Canadian manufactures, agricultural pro- ducts, live stock, eto., etc., ever shown. New buildings, improved facilities, and greater variety of attractions than ever. "BLACK WATCH BAND," The Band of the " Black Watch," (the famous 42nd Royal Highlanders) will attend the Exhibition,by permission of his Gracious Majesty the King and officers of the Regiment, and will play three concerts daily throughout its entire course. THE RELIEF OF L1IC4NOW The grandest pyre -military display ever seen in Canada will be presented before the grand stand eaoh evening with hnndrede of performers.brilliant cos- tumes, gorgeous pyrotechnic setting,and assisted by pipers of the 131aek Watch. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS "15ARE•DEVIL SCHRE.YER" in hie leap from a, bicycle 108 feetinto a tank of water; Tun BICItETT b'Ast1Lx, world•famons aerial acrobats; WINSCHERMANN'S WONDERFUL TRAINED BEARS; ADJIt: S 'TROUP OF LIONS, the most remarkable group of trained animals in the world, and many other acts of equal merit. Special Railway hates, Ask your Station Agent for Partleulare. Remember the Dates AUGUST 20th to SEPTEMBER 12th. W. R. MoN.4UGUT, President. J. 0. ORR, Secretary and Manager E82A.BLISHED 1572 THE WINOIIAA TIMES. IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING -AT- The Times °Mee, Beaver Block WINGHAM, ONAIr'IO, • TERMS OF 8uBs0ftn 'Tion -$1 oU per annum in advance 61.50 if not so paid. No paper discon- tinued till all arrears ark. paid, except at the option of the publisher. ADVERTISING RATES. - *Legal and other casual advertisements 8cs per ',Imperial lite for first insertion, Be per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements In local columns aro charged 10 cts. per line for first insertion, and 5 cents per line for each subsequent insertion. Advertisements of Lost, Found, Strayed, Farms for Sale or to Rent, and similar, $1.00 for first month and 50 cents for each subsequent month CON'rRAc7 RATES -The following table shows our rates for the insertion of advertisements for specified periods: SPACE. 1 re. 6 MO. 8 MO. Imo One Column $60.00 05.00 *15.00 Yee PO Half Coleunn85.00 18.00 10.00 4.01 Quarter Column 18.00 10.00 0.00 2.00 Advertisements without specific directions will be inserted till forbid and charged accord- ingly. Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. Ttni JOB DEPARTMENT is stocked with an extensive assortment of all requisites for print- ing, affording facilities not equalled in the county for turning out first class work. Large type and appropriate cuts for all styles of Post- ers,Hand Bills, etc., and the latest styes of choice fancy type for the finer classes of print. ing. H. B. ELLIOTT, Proprietor and Publisher T P KENNEDY, M. L.. M.C.P. S. O e• Member of the British Aiao;i•t- tion. Gold Metallior in Medicine. Special attention pltic.3.o diseases of Women and Child ren. Office hours -1 to 4 p. m.: 7 to 9 p. m DR. MACDONALD, Centre Street Wingham, Ontario. DR. AGNS W, Physician, Surgeon, eto. Office -Macdonald Block, over W.McKibbon's Drug Store. Night calls answered at the otMee. T. CHISHOLM, MAI., M.D., C.M., M.C.P.S.O, Alit, ItD,CM., Mena O. ORS. CHISHOLM & CHiSHOLM PHYSICIANS, SURGEONS, ETc. OFFICE -Chisholm Block, Josephine street. RESIDENCE -In rear of block, on Patrick pt., where night calls will be answered. R. BROWN, L. R. l,. P. London, England. Graduate of London, New York- and Chi- cago. Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Will be et the Queen's Hotel, Wingham, 4th Tuesday in each month. Flours from 2 to 9 p.ur. RVANSTONE, • BARRISTER, SOLLCITOR, ETC. PrivateRua Company funds to loan at lowest rate of interest. No commission charged mort- gages, town and farm property bought and sold. Office, Beaver Block. Wingham. J A. MORTON, BARRISTER, Bac. Wingham, Ont. E. L. DrocissON DuDLer HOLMEs DICKINSON & HOLMES BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, Etc. MONEY TO LOAN. oeFrop: Meyer Block, Wingham. ARTHUR J. IRWIN, D. D. S., L. D. S. Doctor of Dental Surgery of the Pennsylvania Dental College and Licentiate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Office over Post Offine, Wingham.Office "loses! every Wednesday afternoon during June, July and August. W• T. HOLLOWAY, D.D.S., L.D.S. DENTIST. Beaver Block, Wingham. D. D. S. -Toronto University. L. D. S. -Royal College of Dental Surgeons. Office closed every Wednesday afternoon during June, July and' August. J. S. JEROME, L. D. S. as a exttraction v Notdcocaiod te,pa3nless 411 +• Special attention to the care of children's teeth. Moderate prices, and all work guaranteed OFFICE.- In Chisholm block, next door to Hamilton's Dreg Store. JOHN RITCHIE, GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT, Wingham, Ont. ALEX. KELLY, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the County of Huron. Sales of all kinds conducted at reasonable rates. Orders left nt the Tiias otMce will receive prompt attention. JAS. HENDERSON, Wingham, Ont. LICENSED AUCTIONEER For the Counties of Huron and Bljice. Sales of Farm Stock and Implements a specialty. AU orders left nt the TIMES office promptly attended to. Terms reasonable. La S. SCOTT, Brussels, Ont. Ip+ LICENSED AUCTIONEER spaniel aattet titon given to bales othis in stock and implements. Date and orders can always be arranged at the TIMES offlee. Wingham. FARMERS articles theynwish thaving si pse of stock adv other time the same for sale iu the Tura,. Our large. circulation tells and it will be strange indeed if you du notet i.eustomer, We can't guarantee that yon will sell because yon may ask more for the article or stock than it is worth. Send your advertisement to the TIMES and try this plan of disposing of your stock and other articles. RAILWAY TIME TABLES. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM. TRAINS LEAVE FOR London 6.50 a.m.... 8.10p.m. Toronto & Baint ..9 ctn6,58 a.m..,. 8.OSp.m. Klncardine..1l.10 a.m1.40 p -m,... 8.55p.m. ARRIVE rams Kincardine ...6.50 a m.,11.15 a.m.... 8.05 London........ , 11.10 a.m.... 7.85 p.m. Palmerston 9.85 a.m. Toronto At East...... 1.40 p m 8.88 plan. L. HAROLt'3, Agedlt, Wingham. CANADIAPt PACIFIC RAILWAY, *RAINS LEAVE rOR Toronto stud6.57 a.m.... 8.48 e.t.a, Teeswater 1.17 p.m....10.48 p,nr. Teotlwater ARBIVit FROM Toronto and !Olin . 117 0p.m....10.4R8 p.m. J, H. Binnint Agent,W1aRlun. P.M' A MC'bEL. HENHOUSE. Barbera No Vermin -Well Ventilated and traria !u Wilmer. The most satisfactory henhouse I halal found is the one shown in the. illustrertion, says an Orange Judd Farmer writer. It is intended to ac-. ccuuurodate 200 hens. The ceilings in roosting rooms are high, are arched. to within three feet of the rafters, thus affording additional air space. in the middle of each ceiling is a ten inch grated aperture, with a wooden chimney leading to the cupolas. This makes good ventilation without drafts. The house- is lathed and :plastered throughout and finished with a coat of eelnent to prevent fowls picking the plaster. Almost no woodwork is exposed, and all tll&tt its. so iR dressed anti painted, alTolcting no her-, her for vermin: The floors of the foundation walls are of cement, fin- ished smooth, Roosts are of mov., to w w w 13CRATCHING AWED !O X 80 ROOSTING $ ROOSTING illPOOM ++7) ROOM 12X12 �� 12X!2 1 a. FLOOR PLAN OF IntNHOUSE. Able 3 by 3 inch sessafims, dressed, chamfered and painted, They rest on wooden strips 1 by 4 inches, bolted to iron brackets in the wall. The doors 1), front roosting room to laying compartment, are used only, When cleaning the moors out, which is done twice a weer:. Land plaster is used on the floors, sprinkled rath- er thickly, milking cleaning easy and an excellent f'ertilize'r, The laying' room is almost dark, the windows W, shown in the picture, being screened. The openings .3con- necting the scratching shed with the other conipartdients are 8 by 18 inches. 1. have used this model of a house for 'ninny years and have never had any disease among the flocks and have no difficulty with vermin. Dur- ing warns weather the coop is spray- ed about once a month as a preven- tive for vermin and for the health of the fowls. The cost of this building is between, $175 to ,r, O. Stones from the fields are , used in the cement work. The principal advant- age in this over the cheaper class of buildings, however, is the hens, being kept warm during the coldest per- iods, will continue laying when cggd are !highest. Cratre for Fattening Chickens. Farmers who intend to try the crate fattening of chickens this sea- son should soon be thinking ot building their crates. Those in use at the Illustration Poultry Stations urn 6 feet long, 16 inches wide and 20 inches ]nigh, inside measurements. Each crate is divided by two tight wooden partitions into three com- partments, and each compartment holds four chickens. '.l'he frame pieces aro 2 inches wide and seven -eighths inch thick. This flame is • covered with slats, placed lengthwise on three - Nick's -bottom, back and top - and up-and-down in front. The slats for the bottom are seven -eight hs inch wide and five-eighths inch thick; the back, top and front slats aro the same width, but only three-eighths inch thick. The spaces between the slats in front are two inches wide to enable the chickens to feed Nom the trough. The bottom slats are put 1} inches apart, and the slat nearest the back of the crate is 2; inches from the corner piece. The bottom slats are raised two inches from the' bottom of the crate, to prevent the: chickens' feet front being bruised; when the crate is placed on the ground. The top slats are 2 inches apart and the back slats 11 inches., The top slats are cut above each partition, and six strips 2 inches wide` are nailed under then'. Tho three doors so formed are hinged to the rear corner piece. The crates are placed on stands 16 inches from the ground. The drop- pings from the chickens are received on sand or other absorbent material. A light "V" trough, 21 inches in- side, is pla.ce'd in frout of each crate, and is carried on two brackets nailed• to the ends of the crate. The bottom of the trough is four inches above. the floor, and the upper inside edge is two inches from the crate. Seeding Clover Alone, Thc practice of seeding land ti clover with some sena)! grain crop is' often criticized on the score that we do not treat the valuable clover plant as fairly ns we do the, ordinary crops of the Paan, says National Stockman, The latter ttre given the land alone. nut, if we stop to think, the criticism is not well bas- ed, because corn, oats .and potatoes are annuals, requiring a single sum- mer to reach thole 'maturity, while the common clover is a biennial, re- quiring twO years to make • full root. growth. If it were a mere annual it. would indeed be foolish to .retard its growth in its first fele itlonths of life, but it is entirely good practice' to start these biennial pla.trts in a small grain crop provided the latter does not kill then' by using all the water and sunshine. Th. Fruit Orchard. It a farmer has any thought of sell- ing his farm, he is wise to plant a, good apple orchard on it, says ittiral hely Yorker. Such an orchard with a good reputation is better than is real estate agent, for good fruit is l'e'^ognized as a salable asset. Even to the farmer who does not Care to be specially known its a fruit grower an apple orchard is a good invest- ment. )E +or burns use equal parts of lilies Water and linaoed or easeet oil, )1