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stf h n t 1 i r1 nf t fk k thuksday eptzmber 8th uh the acton frbb prbss wilt rt fwbfi frlpirt btaty the best coon dog in the world georgb m johnson ohn taylor i conwonly known as snlfty bad almost finished his afternoon chorea when lawrence montgomery dill the name was commonly shortened toy his friends to dill pickle or more simply pickle strode into the yard looking extremely important hello pickle whats the good word was john taylors affable greeting hello yourself the good word is that ive got something ojverto my house that you ought to see im telling you snlfty i what is it john asked thats all right what it is snlfty its worth seeing lawrence montgomery dills words and action h such an air of mystery- about them that his friend simply had to accompany him presently the two arrived at the dill home where lrawence conducted his visitor back to the com bination shed and garage there it is he said with the pride of ownership ringing in the words john taylor williams glanced curi ously round him he saw nothing more startling than a forlomlooking pup tied to the wal by a rope almost strong enough to have moored a battleship what where he asked again look ing round whats the matter wth your eyes his friend demanded that dog is it oh was all john said the disappointed note in his voice an noyed the youthful pickle yes sir that dogs what i wanted you to see he said and thats nccait there is to it either wheres the rest of it then john taylor asked as if part of the dog had been mislaid somewhere dont be so simple snlfty lawrence montgomery dill replied sharply i didnt mean there was any more to him its about him then in a low impor tant voice he added snlfty that dog youre looking at is the best coon dog in the world john tlayor williams was duly im pressed for a thing must be pretty good to be the best of its kind- in the world he scrutinized the animal more respect fully but was no more impressed than at first- lawrence montgomery dill waited in expectant silence where did you get him his chum finally inquired mainly to be polite mort reynolds gave him to me did you say mort gave him to you sure i did whats the matter with that is mort sick or aomethin not that i know of replied dill pickle in obvious exasperation whats that got to do with his giving me the pup nothing except that fort aint in the habit of giving folks things that a body wouldnt want to give right away again replied john but its probably all right miracles have been known to happen what you figuring on doing with him going coon hunting well organize a coon hunt for tomorrow night why dont we go all day saturday john taylor asked but from the air of supreme hauteurnot to say condescen sion with which his friend greeted the remark he immediately realized that he had made a serious blunder it was evid ent that mort reynolds had accompanied his gift with a generous supply of in formation regarding coon hunting you always hunt coons at night lawrence montgomery dill kindly in formed his chum you take a coon dog one thats been trained so he wont trail anything except just coons makes no difference how many rabbits or foxes or partridges or er muskxats suggested the other brightly yes muskrats or any other- kind of animal he happens to run into or cross their trail he wont follow em at all his business is to trail coons and thats all he does he follows the coon and you follow the dog and after a while mister coon finds things- are getting too warm for the state of his health and then he climbs a tree the dog keeps the coon treed until the hunters get up to him sometimes you climb the tree and shake the coon out and sometimes you cut the tree down whichever it is your good old dog crabs the coon when he hits the ground and starts legging it away then you put him in a burlap sack and go after another sounds pretty good john taylor ad mitted you can count on me for a coon hunt tomorrw night but tell me pickle how do you know this pup of yours is the best coon dog in the world mort said so and sam oiling and pete simpson were there when he gave it to me they said so too mebbe theyre right at that did they tell a flood place to bunt coons along the base of the big ridge is bully place they live tip on the ridge vat at night they come down by the creek to feed funny thing about coons they always have to wash their food be fore they eat it theyre as fussy as my aunt sarah john taylor said she wont eat any fruit until she near scrubbed it away to nothing do we take any gtma with us wed better not night times too dark for good shooting and besides its kind of dangerous because a fellow might shoot one of the gang in the blackness lots of hunters prefer to bring in their coons alive the dog sat there thumping bis tall on the floor as the boya talked he was an extremely youthful dog but his rangy build showed that he could run with great speed whats his name asked john i aint fully decided i believe ill call him rex that means king and it would be a very suitable name for the best coon dog in the world well hes your dog said snlfty s name an want to but iftrikes me that kings aint doing very well lately and ed- be afraid to take a chance at lawrence montgomery dills sug gestion the two boys started out to round up coon hunters they met with en couraging success so far as promises went some of the fellows will get cold feet the last minute lawrence declared but thats all right we dont want anybody along whose sporting bloods diluted with water right you are his friend agreed the hunterswere to assemble at seven oclock near the baptist church each with a lunch some sort of light and a burlap sack to hold a coon two promised to bring axes but guns were ruled out john taylor and lawrence montgom ery with rex the king of dogs were at the appointed meeting place ahead of time the following evening after a while the randolph brothers rod and tim arrived and then came jerry blake- man and bosco treadway because he owned the dog lawrence montgomery dill naturally assumed con trol as master of the hunt well wait fifteen minutes more he said and then shake a leg we cant hang round here all night ifor the rest of those lads tunic berry said his ma wouldnt let him come bosco informed the others he didnt act very sorry about it though at the end of fifteen minutes no one else had arrived and so the hunters started out the rocky river road to wards the ridge it was not yet dark when they reached the mill pond a mile out of town but the night noises were beginning a whippoorwill was tuning up over in judds pasture and down under the alders at the upper end of the pond a big bullfrog was grumbling and muttering to himself darkness had settled before the boys struck off the ridge road into the woods willow brook ran along the base of the ridge for some little distance before it emptied into rocky river and the hunters all of whom had gone there after trout knew the country pretty well mort says you can most ajways start a coon along the brook somewhere said captain dill and he untied the rope round ilexs neck go to it rex old boy he ordered hunt em outl rex shook himself and then sat down to scratch hunt em out rex cried his owner the dog leisurely rose and sniffed without enthusjasnialong the edge of willow brook tell ri tm hes supposed to hunt coons not trout suggested bosco treadway mebbe he thinks were fishing coons rex coons pickle yelled ye- glnnlng to lose patience rex seemed to understand and went off into the woods stopping to sniff the ground at frequent intervals thats the boy rex his owner called after him lr do we o now inquired jerry blakeman who didnt pretend to know anything about coon hunting we follow him until he hits a coons trail explained the master of the hunt then after he finds a fresh scent and starts steaming along we can keep his position by the baying whats baying jerrys thirst ifor in formation was never fully quenched baylngs the noise a hound makes on a hot trail the leader replied some folks 1 could mention are pretty ignor ant oh you mean barklngl said jerry no sir i mean baying hounds never bark they always bay humph muttered jerry aint much sense to that dogs bark dont they well then hounds bark the master of the hunt made no further comment the king of coon dogs proceeded to lead his followers a right merry chase through the woods it had been dark in the open but under the shadows of the trees that thtcklycoyered theslope of the ridge it was black good night nurse gulped jerry plaintively after running his head against a sturdy maple sapling so dark in here a fellow could cut the air up in chunks and throw it round what did you expect demanded the leader curtly a coon hunt at night isnt supposed to be exactly like a may 1rty s the boys bad- all thought themselves familiar with the ridge country but somehow at night everything seemed dif ferent the faint beams of an electrio flashlight had almost no effect on the ocean of blackness that surrounded them an very band another annoying fact was that the ridge proved to be a huge entanglement of barbed squirrel briers and similar thorny creepers wheres that blamed dog yelled tim randolph i bet hes gone home and left us here he is bis brother answered turning his flashlight on the snip which had just come in from a scouting trip wheres the coons rex hunt em out boy rex the king of coon dogs was puff ing like a porpoise you can tell he hasnt smelled out a coon yet the master of the hunt in formed his fellows because he hasnt started to bay wait till you hear the music then youll know say coons like green corn dont they bosco treadway demanded drowning what sounded like a snort of djsgust from jerry blakeman you bet they do john taylor wil liams agreed my uncle jims a great coon hunter and he told me this morn ing that along the edge of a corn patch near the woods is a corking place to find em well then bosco continued we havent hit the right part of the ridge yet old man hornbys got a patch of field corn just above the willow brook swamp thats where well find our coon boicos got the right idea there all right the leader conceded what say we hipper along for hornbys corn patch the hunt thereupon proceeded to hip per though because of the briers the virginia creepers and other trailing vines the pace proved rather slow as hipperlng goes rex kept tearing through the woods on all sides but he never peeped let along bay except once when he managed to get hung up in a squirrel brier jungle and then he howled at the top of his voice until the boys arrived to cut him loose along toward midnight the hunt struck in towards hornbys corn patch and for the first time rex began to appear in terested he whined eagerly and his tail wagged furiously then he started zigzagging off through the trees with his nose close to the ground hurray shouted dill enthusiastic ally the old fellows hit a coons trail at last and immediately afterward to make dilts triumph more complete the good old coon dog actually began to bay with deep throbbing notes that seemed to start at the bottom of his chest oc-oo-co- oooo he wailed then a little pause and oooooooooo again the boys were desperately excited they couldnt see the dog any longer but by the weird noise that he was mak ing could tell whither he was headed kind of epooky sound id say ob served bosco treadway how would you feel if it was bloodhounds on your trail making that sort of music excuse me please mister the master of the hunt was delight ed everything was coming along as he had said it would i bet thats a buster of a coon he cried i wouldnt won der but we might get two or three more before morning we havent got this one yet jerry blakeman ventured but dill silenced him scornfully rex was now well up toward the sum mit of the ridge hadnt we better chase after him asked tim randolph he might be treeing that old coon most any time now hes one mighty good dog the leader said and i suspect he may swing the coon round down by the foot of the ridge near where he started it thatll save us trie trouble df piking up there after him the best coon dogs generally do that accordingly the boys waited round while rexs baying grew fainter and fainter but presently it began to sound louder again sure enough he was com ing back i what did i- say cried dill trium phantly if that old coon dont take to a tree rexll have him here didnt i tell you he was the best coon dog in the world everyone was now fairly boiling with excitement tixeound of the chase swung back towards the uper end of the corn patch then rex kept up a steady yelping from one spot hes treed pickle shouted and start ed on a run in the direction of the noise the rest of the crowd were close at his heels but he suddenly tripped over a grapevine and the next boy tripped over him in another second the entire hunt except rex were piled up in con fusion flopping about helplessly at last however the arms and legs were unwound and the hunters all of them badly winded reached the spot where rex had treed his victim they found the dog eagerly dancing round the base of a giant oak fully five feet through at the butt the old coons up that tree dill pickle yelled good dog rex he pointed his flash light up into the tree and its gleam was reflected by what looked like two little balls of fire thirty or more feet above tw ground there he is the bunch shouted in chorus and rex yelped and whined in frantic delight he was having the time of ihls young life how we going to get him down jerry asked blandly cant climb that tree and im acquainted with one party continued on page six one was enough feeding hogs ior market back from your two weeks i bee yep i presume youigot engaged a num ber of times naw tilings dont go like that in real life somehow i pot engaged the first week all rlfrht enough but it took me all the- second week to break it offc his only chance hubby have you mulled the letter j you wrote your mother asking her to visit us s wlfey no hubby cant i ndd a postscript say ing the children have the measles cause for worry mr batch what are yon worrying about mr nubride a little question that came up at home my wife wants to know if id marry again in case of her death and if i say certainly not shell think im longing for freedom and if i say sure thing shell think i have her successor picked out what she meant say pa what did ma mean when she said mrs jones was queer it meant my son that your ma was too charitable to express her real opin ion of mrs jones forethought i see that the bride is wearing the grooms present that rope of pearls i always thought it wns unlucky for a brlile to wear pearls perhaps thats the reason he had it made of imitations not vain she is not at all vain about her beauty although she has good cause to be how do you know she told me so herself at the domhubn experimental station fredericton n b experiments have been carried on to determine the value when fed to hogs of feeds commonly produced on the faml potatoes skimmilk and oata were the main feeds under consider ation hogs which were fed on a mix ture of grains mill feeds and milk were compared with bogs fed largely on a mixture of crushed oats middlings potatoes and milk two lots were started on cooked potatoes meal and milk and finished on raw potatoes meal and milk potatoes were fed at the tate of 4 pounds to 1 pound of meal all lots made equally good gains dur ing the first sixty days of the feeding period the hogs receiving raw potatoes during the finishing period required twelve days longer to finish than the meal fed lots but a considerable saving in meal was obtained in the potato fed jots the carcasses were scored similar to those in advanced registry and there was no significant difference in the carcasses of bogs from any group in this test 535 pounds of potatoes replaced 1 pound of meal valuing the meal at 140 per hundred trie potatoes were worth 26 cents per hundred as feed more satisfactory results are ob tained when the potatoes are cooked be fore feeding as potatoes are worth only tmythltrf nc tniiih mar ng amn wintwl cooked potatoes would therefore have a value of 39 cents per hundred at the present value of pork feeds marketed through hogs return a handsome profit and a market is created for feeds which might otherwise be wasted hogs on advanced registry at the dominion experimental station freder icton n b are now being fed grains and a protein supplement without any skimmilk it has been demonstrated that hogs will make equally good gains when fed a protein supplement other than sklmmilk this is of particular interest to farmers having a supply of grains and potatoes but little or no skimmilk reindeer await freezeup after ji trek of four years across alaska and the northern corner of the yukon nearly 3000 reindeer which were pur chased by the canadian government in 1929 are now at the west side of the delta of the mackenzie river in the northwest territories and wait the com ing of winter when they will cros the mouth of the mackenzie on the ice under the direction of experienced reindeer herders the herd began the arduous 1000mile journey across the roof of the world from napaktoolek in western alaska to the mackenzie river delta in december 1929 early in janu ary 1934 the herd started on the 70- mile dash across the mouth of the mac kenzie from the west to the east side but once out on the frozen river it was discovered that owing to the high winds and blizzards which had prevailed during the winter large stretches of the ice had been blown clear of snow and as the deer cannot travel on glare ice it was necessary to make frequent and long detours from the route originally selected in order to get footing for the animals to still further intensify the difficulties after they had been out for more than 48 hours on the ice a heavy blizzard arose and in the midst of this the deer stampeded back along their trail to the grazing area near shingle point where they had spent last summer another attempt to cross the macken zie will be made in the autumn of this year when the delta freezes over again and with the selection of another route across the ice which past experience in dicates is more satisfactory it is be lieved the herd will be safely delivered to the department of the interior who will place them on the winter grazing range to the east of the delta of the mackenzie and the work of building up a new source of supply of food and cloth ing for future generations of the do minions northern natives will begin canadian dividends higher canadian dividend payments in july 1934 amounted to 17632095 as com pared with 13580939 in july 1933 and 14681434 in july 1932 for the first seven months of 1934 dividend disburse ments show an increase of over thirty million dollars as a result of the con sistent increase month by month in the current year to date as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year the cumulative total of dividends paid during the year to date is reported at 114866305 in the firstseven months of 1933 dividend distributions totalled 84324977 and in the coresponding period of 1932 amounted to 102127786 mining companies are again large con tributors to the months total with pay ments amounting to approximately 4- 712908 q if my three baby boys were resfr- less with colio or peevish from ther teeth i gave them a babys own tablet and they were soon asleep says mrs t tweedy 475 mill wood rd toronto thcso sweet little tablets remove the cause of fretfulness and the child becomes happy and well again all the com mon ailments of little folk are promptly and tafdu corrected with br wiluaw babys own tablets price 25a at your druggists drwilliamf acton fall fair september 1819 1934 special prize list horse specials no 1 best high stepping horse in harness 1st 300 2nd 200 5 00 2 best single turnout lef 300 2nd 200 6 00 3 best agricultural or heavy draught brood mare by george cowle whiffletrees value 400 this special takes the place of class 1 section 1 first prize 4 00 4 best general purpose brood mare by ritchie agar five gallons motor oil value 400 this special to take place of first prize class 2 section 1 4 00 5 best span high steppers in harness i open to halton county erin and eramosa townships this special takes place of society first prize class 6 section 6 by robert simpson co a silver plated old english reproduction casserole value i 9 50 6 best span heavy draught this special to take place of society thirdprlm olnss 3 section 1 by the pioneer equipment company goods to the value of 500 or off a la pur 600 7 best carriage brood maro- this special takes place of socletyflrt prize class 4 section 1 by the daymond motor co guelph goods to value of 4 00 8 best single saddle horse 1st 300 2nd 200 5 00 9 best colt one or two years old sired by a thoroughbred horse sultablvfor a hunter 1st 300 2nd 200 6 00 10 best lady rider by acton creamery cash 1st 300 2nd 200 6 00 11 best lady driver 1st by acker furnlturecornpany guelph venetian mirror value 300 2nd 200 6 00 12- best span of agricultural owned in the township of esquesing 1st by masscyharrls co 10 00 off any goods purchased 2nd by alex hume masseyharris agent 500 off any goods 15 00 cattle specials 13 best group of three dairy cows consisting of 1 mature cow 1 twoyear old heifer and 1 yearling to be sired by a pure bred bull any family having won a t eaton co prize at a fair in 1934 not eligible io compete by the t eaton company limited 1 mabj and onyx mantle clock valued at 15 00 14 best herd of pure bred holsteins this special to take place of society first prize class 9 section 7 by guelph weston cake and bread co tickets to value of 6 40 15 best herd of pure bred jerseys this special takes society first price class 10 section 7 by canada bread co guelph tickets to the value of 5 40 16 best baby beef steer or heifer not to weigh more than 850 lb this special to take society prize class 7 section io by union stock yards toronto 1st 300 2nd 200 5 00 17 best cow anyage this special to take place of society second prize class 8 section 2 by carrolls limited acton goods to the value 2 00 18 best holsteln herd to consist of one bull and four females w this special to take place of society first prize class 7 section 8 gilson mlg co f mooney agent acton plow shares to the value of 6 00 sheep specials 19 best flock of sheep consisting of 1 ram 2 ewes and 2 ewe lambs any breed by deputyreeve l l mullin 1st 300 200 20 21 22 best pair marketable wether lambs 1st 200 2nd 100 hog specials best pen of bacon hogs this special takes place of society first prize class 15 section 9 by toronto elevators ltd per t h lindsay acton 200 lbs master pig feed concen trates value best sow bom after march 1st 1934 this special takes place of society first prize class 15 section 7 by c w barber guelph side of bacon value poultry specials 23 best pen of 12 bredtolay pullets s o white leghorns or b p rocks 1st 125 2nd 75c 24 best six bray hatched pullets any breed by bray hatcheries per george brown norval representative 25 bray hatch ed chicks 5 00 s 00 25 best pair spring roosters alive not towelgh less than 4 lbs each donor to receive same by j w jones cash 4 50 3 00 300 5 00 grain root and vegetable specials 26 best collection of farm produce including grain roots vege tables fruit flowers domestic science ladles fancy work and childrens- work not more than forty samples gar- deners not eligible 1st 200 2nd 100 3 00 27 best collection of 3 mangolds 3 turnips 2 pumpkins and 2 cabbages 1st 200 2nd 100 3 00 28 best 3 samples of grain consisting of wheat oats and barley l bushel of each by tjl pallant cash 1st 200 2nd 100 3 00 29 best 100 lbs malting barley exhibit must be of 1934 produc tion no exhibitor may win more than one of these specials at fall fairs in 1934 basis of judging shall be as follows barley will be judged for its suitability for malting not for seed the- points desired in barley for malting in order of importance are soundness size and uniformity of kernel freedom from other grains freedom from weed seeds and inert matter bythe ontario and quebec brewing in dustry 1st 600 2nd 500 3rd 400 4th 200 5th 9 l- 18 00 30 best bag irish cobblers donor to receive same by alex mclsaac cash a 00 31 best bag of dooley potatoes donor to receive same by j o matthews cash 2 00 32 best bag of irish cobblers donor to receive same by w m cooper cash a 00 33 best bushel of dooley potatoes donor to receive same by a t brown cash l 00 34 best basket of yellow globe danvers onions donor to receive same by a t browit cash 1 00 35 best bushel irish cobbler potatoes table size donor to receive same by woods grocery per j wood cash 75 36 best bushel dooley potatoes table size donor to receive i same by woods grocery per j woods cash 7b 1 fruit specials 37 best bushel mcintosh red apples donor to receive same sample oj five to be shown deliver later by a a dills cash m i 8 00 38 best bushel of king apples donor to receive same sample of five to be shown deliver later by dr e j nelson cash 3 00 39 best bushel of northern spy apples donor to receive same sample of five to be shown deliver later by mrs isaac adams leave at rev c l pooles cash 1 00 39 m best bushel mcintosh red apples sample of five to be shown deliver later by rev c l poole cash 77 8 00 concluded an page seven