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^ mmmmm 11 ' 4 I* M January 22 1920 THE FLESHER»«N ADVANCE Osprey Council Osprey Council m«k at Mmwell Jan 12 aii(i aeverAlly nudn niid lubccribed to iha itatutorj ilvcUratlnii (>f clico »iid tlMUratioD of qualifieitlion*, and Ijlvd the lama with tli« clerk »• fullnwi : Irwin Morriaon Ueor*. Albert Arn<iit Dipuiy KecTe, U«o. W. Uoaa. Wllliaui Kaittlne »nd Jos Honderion Couocillorn. The followini; billi were paid kiid bu.^:- iieaa transacttd : TbtiDM Scoit waa paid $5.10 expreaa and f oatage ; ika clerk initrueted to order aiz eupiea of MuD'oipal World fur iiiBinbers of D. R. OK H«rKra»«' C W Long, Jm Kpeera, A Kiwarda, N W ScutI, A E Conron, Win Norman and J Luugheed, 14 each. Poll Cl»rkiâ€" Mai. McMilUn, 'ii l u IJ Alburl Ilrron, Tlioa Ciiroii, Willis Neff, poitponcd. It Will be held Jan. 23rd instead of Jan. 14. POSTPONED SALE Mr. Cullii' sale ha» been D. McPhail Auctioneer. .\rcliiu Molutyrt, Mai McLean, Uarid Mackleiu, J H Saeiojr, 93 each. I'ollinc! Bouthaâ€" W S Inkater ft, Kobt RioK f2, Thos Conron 14, T N Scolt |8, Mrs i ^ McLean t3, Joa Kreethy f2, Jjhn Karlu I Pl^jglhexTtiOn f '-', I'aroy Lou((hefd f3. The following I -^ ,_, I were i>ald fur halls for cuuocil ineellnga 1 ^^~ | QtlSOrifll ill I'Jlt* : Hubt Uin|{, halt al Maxwell fur for meetings and naminatioo, fVi ; Ttios Conron, hall at Fsferiham, flO ; T N (be fSeolt, ha'.l at Singbamptou, t(>- John (),«! McDonald was pxid I2.S0 forgrarul, and Parlors J Winters was paid 94.20 ai aheap raluatur. A resolution was paise4 aocepting the rsslgtiatiou of T N Ssott as cUrk. coBDci and cisrk : the Municipal World waa paid 921 91 for election soppliea and atatiohsry ; the Fleshsrton Advance was paid $'M ?>') fur ]>rintinK and stationery and an account of ?'2.94 for adTortising bylaw f..r tel t.le pnotie d.bentures waa' "»••* ^" "'^ '" P»»"d »l'Po'"'i'>K Umsferred to the telephone aystsm for'f homas Heatty Asisisor. yaymont ; Hrnsst Uayei waa paid f 10.76 Bylaw Xo 61)9 was paaasd appi.iininr for opuniag-road on;40tli aideroad. j a1»i Caraon and C M Fields auditors. r s sUndiag committees for the ye.r ,5^,,^ j^^ ^^y ,,, p^,^,, ,^poi„,i„j. wers appointed as follow. : Koad and ^,,^,^j ^^^^^^ , „,^^^^,^ „f ^^^^ j ,,^^1 Bridge ComBiilteeâ€" TLo Ueeve and Dep. g^^jj ^j Health Reeve and commiaaioner of the diviaion i Printing Committeeâ€" Albert Arnott and ^'j'*" ^*> '^"^ ^" passed auihorizme Jossph Henderion. Finance Ooaimittes, »'"• l'"''" »"<1 Treasurer to borrow f«00<) Allmsmbsri of the Co«neil. Treasurer's ''om the B»nk of Toronto, Ferer.ham. asourities â€" Mr. Morriion and Mr. Kait-j Bylaw No 1172 wsj passed appointing ting. W, S. Inkstpr w.is refunded 76c,' Winslow Kernahan as Clerk, being error in taxes for 1918. The' Council adjourned to meet nt Fever- f8llowi»« were paid a» duputy reiurnint; gh^iii Feb. 7th, 1920. officers, poll clerks and for polling booths: ' rp jj SCOTT C It We Aim to Give Kiitlro Satisfaotiou LAUNDRYâ€" Basket )»e onday night, delivery Friday ev CLKANING-»ud DYEING- We are agouts for Parker'a Dye Worksâ€" Clothes eaned and dyed, feathers rejuvenated T FISHER - •PROPRIETOR HztntT««aiit Use of Straw. The uae of at least a Utttited anMunt of bedding for beet cattle is a^TluMe, but the extra^vagant use of straw, coarse hays, etc., for this pur- pote should be discouraged. All stiob roughages that are to be used (or beddlac, either for fattenin", or breeding animals, should first l.a of- fered them in the hay rack and th; t wWeh iB refused used for bedding. If BtoTer Is fed the stalks, while somewhat difficult to handle, make satisfactory bedding .iiaterial and Bhoold be used fo> this purpose rather than burned or otherwise dis- posed of. CMnbrni. Cambral's fate in war has not al> ways been so hard as that which the retreat of the Oerman armies visited upon her. Marlborough waived all considerations of military advantage *nd spared the town. The famous Fenelon was Archbishop of Cambrai at the time, and in such high regard was he held by the British general that not only did Marlborough pro- tect Cambrai from pillage, but all the archepiscopal lands as well. The Archbishop of Cambrai, the present-day successor of Fenelon. made himself very unpopular with the Kaiser. It appears that, revolted by the exactions imposed by the Ger- mans, he addressed a letter of com- plaint to the emperor. In reply his imperial majesty sent two troopers with the verbal message that the em- peror had been unable to read the archbishop's letter, as it was too long. "Tell the emperor," replied the ArchblsUop of Cambrai, "that my predecesscf Fenelon wrote a letter to LoulB XIY which was no more pleas- ing and A sood deal longer than mine, and houis XIV was quite a dif- ferent personage from your master." Tho archbishop r/as carried away from Cambrai v. ith the retreating and beaten Geriuan armies. Ant OS In Norway. Automobiles are being experinient- a!ly operated in Norway by acetylene gas instead of gasoline, and the iu- i novation promises to become the gen- eral practice, as the supply of car- bide is very plentiful in that coun- try, where it is made at the hydro- electric plants. In some instances it is utilized as a gas delivered in tanks and in some other instances it is gen- erated on the car from the carbide. HIDDE.X away in boinc i-oriiiT of Tlit; Torontu .Star every day i.s a little artiele which appears "' untler the heading of "Liltlo IJcuity'ij Ko^e IJook." It i)r()t'c'sscs to r(!(;(niiit the tiut'cr things dojio hy a .school hoy. A castial ruadiM- niitjlit ovi-rlook this little daily artii-lc, hiil read wliat iii oli'icer of tlie Canadian army cami- into Thi' .Star office to say when he came home : '"Tile 'J'oroiitd Star wa.s tht! most popular paper in France. Kvon nj) in tho front line tfciiche.s it wa.s a red letter day when a hiindlc of Stary arrived. Tlif ( nloiiel of the battidioii used to open tip lite biiiidlc liiuisi>lf niid a.s ninny of its as eoiilil, wonid crowd iiroiiiid while he unfolded i)aper after paper to read iiloiid the (hiy "s iiistahiiciit of "I.ittle Ik'imy's Note ]<o(d{." lie read "Little i'.eiiiiy"s Note Bool<" and nothing else." For the soldiers nt the fnint. â- Little Henny's N'otc I$()(ik" ndieved the strain. It was the kitul of fliiiitX they needed. Kveryhody in tliis world-- whether ill war or in peace, is tinder some kind of strain, liverybody needs something to relieve that strain. That is wliv - THE TORONTO STAR prints •'Little Henny's .\dte Book," and other fentnre.s like it. ^Are you fainiliHr with ".Mntl and deff /" They are I'lninier tliiiii ever. "Keepintr I'p W'itji the .lorieses" has become 11 hoii.sehold phrase. Have you been introduced to "I'a MeOiiniisf ' JIave you met "I'ollv?" Do vou know "redric*" All the.se and others appear every day in The Star. 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To I'uJillsher.s: Toronto Star, Toronto: Dear Sirs: Pltaiie enter me as 11 subscriber to Tho Toronto Star for. monoy ordor for I Nam* and addres* In full: .months â€" for which please find enclosed stamps tr (Please wriU plainly, and say whether Mr., Mrs., Miss, or Rev.) SGMETHINGABOUTMILK A\ysferie5 an J Marvels in Its Frodtxtion and Life. ilow Milk Is Secreted â€" Tliunder Do«a .Not Sour Milk, But Bacteria I>oes the BusineB.<4 â€" Agalactia, or .\t^ f iR-e of Milk, Occurs More Fre> â- luently With Cows Tlutn In tlt« Females of Other Live Stock. tContrlbuted by Ontario Department of Acrlculture. Toronto.) A CONDITION known «• "aga- lactia," or absence of milk In the mammae at tho time of parturition, probably oc- curs more frequently in cows than in females of other classes of stock. It may occur in a female in any con- dition as regards general health, gen* erml care and surroundings. The causes, or conditions to which it is due, are not well understood. It occurs even though pregnancy has been aprarently normal and has reached full term. It is probably more frequently seen in females ^hlch have not bred for a long time, 3T in those which have produced their first young, though themselves aged. While it may occur in an ani- mal under any conditions, there are conditions that appear to predispose an animal to the trouble. In such cases there appears to be a want of development in the lacteal apparatus, which may have been caused by pre- vious or present chronic disease of the udder, a chronic lessening in bulk, called "atrophy" of the udder, exhaustion following disease, severe labor, insufficient food, either during or immediately after pregnancy, nat- ural debility, emaciation, etc. The mammae is usually small and soft, and attempts to milk produce only a few drops of a yellowish fluid, ill some cases followed by a few drops of a whitish, watery fluid. Treatment is frequently unsuccessful. It con- sists in feeding liberally on easily digested milk-producing food, mas- saging the udder frequently and stripping the teats three or four times daily. Great attention should be paid to the digestive organs in order to keep them as normal as pos- sible, and the patient should be itept so that she will take considerable exercise. The writer's experience has been that the administration of drugs is non-etfectlve. In many cases the gland becomes perfectly inactive, and remains so until after the next parturition, when, in most cases, it becomes nor- mal. â€" J. H. R., O. A. College, Guelph. How Milk I.s Secreted. No one knows exactly how the cow secretes milk. Various theories have been put forth explaining tho process, but none of these are en- tirely satisfactory. About all we know is that milk is a true secretion of the mammary glands located in what is known as the udder, more commonly called the "bag" of the cow. It is made from bwod. In order that tho cow may have plenty of blood, out of which she may manufacture milk. She must be in a healthy condition, bo supplied with plenty of pure air, and water, and have an abundance of the right kind of feed. Some cows are unable to make milk abundantly even though the owner does all he can be expected to do for his cows. In these cases, it is the fault of the cows â€" they have not the power within themselves of uiakinK milk from their feed. They Beem to change their feed into blood which Is used as a basis for manu- facturing beef, instead of milk. In addition, there are cows which ap- parently do little or nothing with their feed â€" they neither give milk in paying quantity, nor do they become fat. These are classed as "boarder" cows, and are very unprofitable for a farmer to keep. ITie only way to know for certain whether or not a cow is able to se- crete milk in paying quantity, is to weigh the milk from each cow for at least three days in each month. Also test the milk for fat at least twice during each lactation period. In this way, the owner may select the good from the poor cows, and thus build up a profitable herd for dairy purposes.â€" Prof. H. H. Dean, Ontario Agricultural College, Ouelph. RAISE PIGSPROFITABL . .Mustard Can Be Controlled l>y Spraying:. m Why MUk Sours. It Is a common impression that thunder sours milk, but this Is not so. The reason that rallk sours Is that minute plants, known as bacteria, act on the sugar In milk, changing It into lactic or milk acid. One scien- tist, however, says this explanation is not satisfactory. He regards the souring of milk as a result of feed- ing on milk sugar by the lactic acid germs, leaving behind them what is known aa sour milk. No matter what the true explana- tion may be in detail, we believe that souring of milk is caused in .(tome way by "germs" or bacteria which are microscopic plants that fall into milk from the air, and get In from many other places. Like all plants, they must have air, suitable temperature, ai^d moisture, in order to grow. The common plan of preventing the milk going sour is to cool it to SO deg. F. as soon as possible after milking and keep It cold until it is used. The reason for this is, the cold makes an unfaror-' able condition for these planta to grow, hence the milk remains sweet, though sometimes it takes on bad flavors, or develops disease producing germs. In order to prevent this. w» "pasteurize" milk in order to kill the germs present, by means of heat. It it is cooled and kept cold after heat- ing, the milk will keep sweet for some time and Is freo from disease germs. This Is known aa the safest kind of milk to use. "Safety First" is a good ml* when buying milk.â€" Prof. H, H, Deaa, O. A. CoUeca, Uuelpb, Spray Should Be Applied on Calm. Clear Dsj as Soon as Firfct Few Mustard PlanU Show Flowers. IContrtbuted by Ontario Departmeot oC Arrleultur*. Toronto.) ANIMALS, no matter what kind, always put on weight the most cheaply when they are young and the younger they are the cheaper the gains. Aa a consequenc* of this it is essential that the man raUing young stock realiie this and give a reasonabl* amount of attention to the youn« animals he Is expecting. A few days before farrowing the sow should b» brought Into the pen so that she may become. accustomed 10 ner surround- ings. A close watch should be kept on her during these days in order to ward off constipation, which Is th» bug-bear of a great many swine breeders. Once this condition oc- curs very little can be done, so it in a matter of prevention rather thaa cure. When the animal is taken into the new quarter her feed should bo sloppy and of a laxative nature, a liberal supply of roots and a small amount of linseed oil m.eal helping to bring about this condition. Tho meal ration for a brood sow may consist of equal parts ground oats and wheat middlings. At the time of farrowing the sow should be left alone but the atten- dant should be keeping a. watch on her to see that no trouble arises. After farrowing the sow should not be disturbed for ten to twelve houra and her first feed should be little more than a drink of water with a little middling? in It. After this the ration may be increased to full feed, taking eight to ten days to do so. When the young pigs are weaned the ration should be cut down to stop the secretion of milk and, if it is necessary, turn the sow in with the young pigs once a day for a few days. If, when the pigs are born, they are good and strong and vigorous they should be left alone for a whll» and as soon as the right time ar- rives they sho^ild be placed to the teat to suck as soon as possible. If the pigs are vigorous and healthy, nothing special need be done for them until they are two or three weeks old, by which time they should have learned to eat a little bit by picking around their mother's trough. At this time, if it is con- venient, a small trough, away from the large trough, should be provid- ed and the youngsters should be giv- en skim milk with a little middlings stirred into it. As the pigs grow older more miiWlings may be stirred into the milk. Outdoor exercise is very import- ant for young pigs and every means should be used to induce the young pigs to take it, but precautions must be taken to protect the youngsters from cold winds and the hot sun. If the sow is turned out with the pigs she should not be given too much range at first unless the little feilowa become unduly tired as a result of travelling too far. Hour pigs not intended for breed- ing purposes should be castrated be- fore weaning to get the best results, though there Is not much danger in castrating at a latter date provided care is observed in connection with the operation. Clean hands and iti- struments and disinfectant on the wound will overcome all danger of infection. â€" J. McBeath, B.S.A., O. A. College, Guelph. Spraying Witli Iron Sulphate to Pre- vent Mustard From Seeding Iron sulphate or copperas can be successfully used to prevent Mustard, from seeding In standing grain with- out injury to the crop. I'repaiation of Solution. â€" A 2U per cent, solution should be applied. This can be prepared by dissolving 8t) lbs. of iron sulphat iu 4U gallona ul water. Iron sulphate is dissolved quite readily in cold water. The solu- tion should be strained through a cheese cloth, as it is put into ^ha spray pump tank. This will remove dirt and small particles that are ape to clog the nuzzles. Time to Apply. â€" Apply on a calm, clear day just as soon as itie first few plants in the fields show Sowers. U is very Important to spray early, if the plants are left too long the treatment is not nearly so effective. If a heavy rain comes wittlu 2i hours after the solution is applied. It wUl be necessary to spray again. How to Apply tho Solution. â€" An ordinary hand-pump barrel sprayer,, such as la employed to spray trull trees may be used, or a potato spray- er can bo rigged up to do the worK. Alauy of the up-to-uaie potato spray- ers have a special broadcast aiiach- meut for spraying weeds. These are excellent for large areas, as they cover a wide strip at each rounu. Care must be taken to see that every mtistard plant is covered with tAe aolutiuu iu the term of a hue spray. Iron sulphate may be obtained at auy hardware store or from the Nichols ijhemlcal Co., Toronto, in wholesale lots it is better purchased from this compauy, who can supply it much cheaper in large quantities than It call '"be purchased at local hardware stores. â€" Prof. J. E. Howltt, U. A. College, Guelph. BeUins Creaui Pays. Selling whole milk robs the young things on the farm â€" often the farm- er's own children, of needed milk- supply, hence many farmers are cou- teut with leaa ready cash secured tiy selling cream In order to have better and more live-stock, ana consequently richer soil, which, af- ter all, is the basiu of good farming, â€" I'rof. H. H, Dean, O. A. Colleg*^ Guelph.