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/le0l)crtan %tfmnct TBUTH BEFORE FAVOR. PRINCIPLEb NOT MEN.' yOI 3t No. 48 Flesherton, Ont., Tliursciay, May 20 IQlo W. H THDRSTON.\°ypro Sheep Raising In Grey County A representative of the Weekly Sun lecently investigated sheep raising ia Grey county, and the lesult of hia in- vebtiyations .ire as follows: Grey county is che tending sheep rais- ing county in I (atari.', anl has ovci. *2<),00') more sheep than any uthi r, according to statistics. H. C. Duti', I'istriet Kepresenlativf, lielieves that there is % much h'Ker difference than even this to day. "During ihe fa»'. two yeats there hi been au ii.crca.se in the nuiuber of sheep liept on the furms and also an increase in the number of men who are keeping thtin, ' says Mr. Dutf. "The most noticeable chau>;e is to !«; seen at the Kail Fairs. More breeders are exhiliii- in; aniniii' and there has been a decided iinprov ^'nt in iho '(uality. Most of the A_^ icultural Societies have improved their classes for sheep and are paying considerably better prizes than tornier- ly." "There is nodi'S evil in the sheep- raising business, ' So said an esteemed breeder at the Shei-p . Urecdei-a' .Associa- tion this past winter, speaking with more vigor and force than accuracy. Perhaps there should Ije no doj; evd, but the fact remain* that there is one. Ferhips it is an evil avoided by pure-bred breeders, beciuse they study their tlucks and know how to handle them properly to get bc.-t results. The Sun inclines to this opin- ion. But, as shown ekewhere, the pure- bred sheep aie .still but a small proi>oi- tion of Ontario's total. Ijkst week the Suu visited two out- ntauding breeders of sheep in .Xrteuiesia, perhaps one of the leading sheep-breed iui< (own.ships in the riding of East (>rey, which has uiire sheep than any oiher iidiii;! iu the Province or Dumioion. They arc not "black .sheep" either, in spite of the fact that the ridinif is irre- vocably Conservative lu its leanings. Possibly it is because two such outstand- ing tijiures as Hon. Dr. SproitKi uud Hun. 1. B. Luca.s have represented the riding that they have made the lidiogs Con- â- tervative strongholds. liut this has nothing tu do with sheep. These two prominciit .Xrtemesia breed- ers declared that they never lost an animal from diii{s, una f ir them there was no dox evil. '1 hey had no fears for thetu. However, the dog tax of the past few years has ^one to p»y for sheep de- stroyed, and In the past four years the following sums have been paid out to .\rteine8ia sheep rai.seis for aniiuals kill- ed, on a txisis of two thirds of the value; 1!)11 , 8U»i.U8 1!U2 1>2.7« lllli 4.VJL'j 1!»14... 170.94 Total |t*29 0."> This «outd mean tint a tdal of over }l,'J4tt worth v( bheep were destroyed in one township in tour ye:irs; ijuite a con- sideraV>le sum to piovc that there really is a dog evil. .\l drst the v .Uialion was jnad • by neighbors of tie lost)!-; expert she«puei po^.sil>ly, but, tt the sauie imi', friei ds. The p'an had ob'. ious disadvautHgeH, and now a valuator is appointed l>y the CouncU to work over the entire towrship. > The nmn who loses sheep may well top to iu<|uire why he suffers vshen his neighbor dooi not. There is a reison tor rveiythini; under the sun -if it can l>e 1 ucatt;d. Wni. Pdton is a successful breeder of O\fotdl>o\>n sheep; and is a "sheep iuau" to the linger tips. Naturally tniough ho is an (.ixford enlhnsisst, claini- iig that they are the best general pur- pose sheep to bo had. He nets au aver- age of 11 pi'Uiids of floece from his ttock, including the yonrlings; and iv* it is a medium wool a good price is cuimnaud. ed. This ysar's cut has not yet staited to move, but prices are expected to lie high. Kight years ago Mr. Patou had an ordinary flock of grade Leicesters- just plain sheep. They chewed up weeds aud ' gave a good amount of Wool; but they , weren't siitisfactory. He tried an Dx- loi-d ran., and found that he was getting ' what bo wauud, and su tluew out the • grad.s and got » x eweu for the founda- tion. Since then he has been studying the breed and bu) ing »ire stock from such men as Loughooil of Cohii.gwiiod township, and Arkell • f (iuelph, who tir»t iinjwrted the breed into Canada from Oxf.ad county in Kn'.;l.»n.^. .Among other things Mr. Paton is twenty bead, with fifteen ewes kept all the time. His surplus stock is .sold for 1 rue Jiug purposes, but the linest Iambi all stay on the home farm, and no otlor ia good enough to tempt them away and break in on their owner's breeding woik. "Keep away from in-breeding, ' says Mr. Patou. He has had cases of it in his flocks »hen the lambs ran too long with their sire, and lambs were born. Most of I hem never lived. In one cise a Iamb had a Ian>b, but he sold it at five or six weeks of age. .Another lived till the fall, but died then. He cluu;:;fs hia rams freniienily. but h»s kept a choice breeder for iliree ymrs or (uote. The O^tford is a black-face sheep, and in bleeding care must be exercised to avoid "b!ack head,' which consis's of black wool behind the ears- This hiis a tendency to spread througli careless breeding and extend down the back, causing a loss of wool, apart from detract- ing from the show quality of the animal. This is one of the tine points of the breed- ing game. Mr. Paton had a ram with black head "wished onto him' when he started breeding, and the invarioble tendency In the new lambs was to shuw the same defect. He got wise ind threw out the ram, getting a good one without the fault, and the next lambs were pi-actically without a trace of it. Now, he says, tie wouldn't buy an anin;al with a trace of it on any acc4)unt. His Hock is entirely clean. Hereditary tendencies come from the male [jarents. For instance, a cuarsc- wooled raiii will probably ^ive a coarse- wouled lamb. PresseJ as to his re-isons for preferring Oxfords, Mr. Patou says that, while the Oxf.irddoes not show the heivy dep.isit of fat 00 the back that some other bleeds do, it spreads it ovtr more evenly. He ';laiuig thai drovers prefer the "black faces " because they mature earlier. His aheep go from 150 to 185 pounds in the fall. They lay claim tu being gieat milkeis, too. He tells of one man who had two ewes who gnvi- birth to Uiplets and fed them all. But It is haid on the ewv; t *ins are bett.'r, while brieJers who no i I for show competitions like to have several with just a single lamb. How- ever, on tile average farm, twins are the money makers. Years :iko there were more sheep iu Arteinesia than there are today- a genei- al condition throughout the Province, but Mr. Paton believes that a change is coming, and mure sheep are being raised. Why is this,' "There is nothing I handle pays better than .sheep." This is Mr. Paton's answer to the i|Uestion. and it is the testimony i f many sheep men. "Remember this, ' he goes on, "I'm not keeping ^heep for the good of my health . I can sell far more sheep than I can raise, in the fall, for $15 to $;M, and some yearlings at $2.'i. Lots of people w-iut to buy a whole Itock and stall in again with sheep.' .Vs an example Mr. Paton is a big aid to I be sheep industry. His beautiful < (xfords turn up every year at .seven local fall fair^i; and at as many places they educate others into a realization of what gold ahoep really are. That he cleans up around $115 in prizei is incldontal to the advertising he gets and the sales he makes. "Sheep are one of the best things a uiau can keep on his farm. They live and thrive on mugh feed snJ are great weed destioyi'is, I'tiere's nothing e'|U.il to theiii. They are things that take no care. Keep the wind and snow oil' tbeiii and they are all right," sa-.l Mr. P.iton. That he is ri;ht in the lack of care neoessiry is shown by the re.nark uf another man who, when iisked why In; went out of sheep, said, "Well, you see, I've no pisture to spealc of, and so I ustd to lot them run on the road. My iieigh- bius' fencis are out of repair, and the sheep were always getting iuto his lields and so 1 got rid of them." See' They rojuiod the ruad sides and rustled for ihemseivos. Not much tioublc about t hat ; Mr. Patou feeds clover hay and pea straw in thii winter, with a lick of oats aitda few roots, but not many. In the suinmpr thoy rustle for theiiKselvcs and do well. The [ica .straw is highly reoiiiiiuieRdud for sheep. Ho never lost a sheep through ilogs, and thinks that this n.ay be duo to the fact th tt sheep are not afraid, and so never run from a dog. If they were to run away and show ft-ir it would be Kimberley Budget Mr. Ezra Fawcett who enlisted with the third contingent, wis down from Owen Sound last -week visiting at his parental home prior Co his departure ft-r the front. The third contmgent expoc's to s»il for Englaiul in the couriic of a few day.s. Ezra Is a good, strong, manly, clean living younjj man, aud we feel sure thiit he will prove his mettle '.n the bat- tle Held. Here's hoping that he may come back from the war with a wbtle hide aud h;tve - or .'1 dozen German realps on his belt. Me.ssrs. llobl. Best, the popa'ar reeve of fhornhury, abi ) U. •!. Stuari, M. Snetsingcr, R Lowe, M Mahoney, F Parkinson and R. Clark motored over to our burg on .Saturd.iy last on a fishing trip. Thoy aucceeded in lauding ((uite a number of ihe tinny tribe. Mr. and Mrs. J no. Smith of Rob Roy visited during the past week with their dau'.'bier, Mrs. Thos. Lewis. Mr. Edward Fawcelt of Heathcote occupied the pulpit in the Methodist cliiiich on Sunday lucnlog last. Mr. and Mrs. SV. S. Bishop and .Mister Nernou and Miss Elvie, niotorsd over to Meaf-ird one day last week, re- turning home by v»'ay of Thornbury. Miss Florence Brown of Fairmount is visiting at present with her siser, Mrs. Wm. Flood. Mrs. Geo. Hutchinson aud daughter, Len», visited on .Satui-day last with friends in Flesherton. Mr. Albert Rear and Fred Thomas drew two loads ol lumber from Metcalfs mill', liedwmg, to Jasper Stuart's odc day last week which measured iiemly :iOtX) feet. Some big loads, ch' SVLo c»n beat that for drawing. ONB. A. M. TUl'RSroN H. Q. Sutf, 4th Brig.ide, C. F. A. wbo etpects to 'cave shortly for England. Kind'y loaned by the CM.. A., Tor into. DR. BURX Specialist in dis.uis o> i tie Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat < iFFKE -l:'.i» 10th St, West. ' )«\.-i. ^.ju.id At the Riivere house, Mtirkdale, 2nd Thursday each month from 8 to a 12a m Dundalk.ls Wednesday of each month.. H. ALEXANDER MERCHANT TAILOR Feversham - Ont. Fa;<hiunable Tailoring Seasonable Gooils, first class Workmanship. â€" AL.SO- 4 line of Ready-Made Clothing , Which we put alterations in free of Jewelry A Splendid Stock from 'which you may readily make A Satisfactory Se- lection. We car- ry Photo Supplies. Dundalk L'oiisbible ScriiuinKer seized ti case of wlli^key last Thursday uighl in a buggy whi..-li was just eiiteiiiig the stable at the McCullough House. Thi- case had been sbip|)cd to U"bt. Brown at t'orhel- ^on, and Uiowu aud W. Mclnryre were in the chaige of the hcrse and rig when the seizure was made. Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Hewett. Toronto, were visitors over SuuJ'iy at the home of Missis. W. T. and .Joseph .\.Neitheicut. Mr. Hewett is i luemher if the :'>oili Regt. of the :'>rd Contingent for over seas aerv.ce now iu cauip at the Exhibition ground, Toronto. He st.'ites that since the dls.»ster to the Cauadiaiis in the Lingniarck tight tlu-ce weeks ago the applieatiiMis for enlistineut for the front averaged 'VM fresh men per day. .-V very small percentage of these c-mld be accepted. Mr. U. t'. McKoiizio received the .sad HOWS on Wednesday of the sudden death from natural causes of Ins brother Cliar- lesat si-a. The bi other was chief eniiin- eer on the Britlsh-lndia steamer < Jolcoiula and was in his 5i)th ydr. For upwards of thirty years Mr. M<-Kei</,ie bad sailed on th's one ship and was alxjul to bo Mipcraniiuated and pensioned when llio war broke out. He looked furv.arJ to the lime when he would retire to i.i.s home III Britain wliioh he only had the privilege of visiting on foul trips each year. Ho had a reiuarkihle rci'ord for long and .steady service on liis ship. lie did his duty faithfully and dii-d at his post. t)u Monday evening .lohii Mills, i f die Pith con., Proton, li.id a runawny accident while driving out of l>nndaik, Ills team of lhree-ycar-o!d cults tuok iright from some children plwj'iug hill ouilio street. In the Jei'iociat nilh Ml-. Mills «;is his mother, Mi-h. W. J. Mills, and Mi!-s Josephine McC'ullmigli . One of the lioiscs kickeii over the tongue and broke i'. M>8. Mills w:»s thrown nut of the rig and the other.-* jumped when 'be team lH.H:alue unmanaijeable. Fortunately none were seriously hurt, al- tlioogb Mrs. Mills was badly shaken up and bruiseil. The team got .-separated from the ng and inn about a oiile and a hnlf before being stopped. This is an- other warning against ballpiaymg on tSe streets, -lleiald. Walkerton Mr. Ji'hu Mc.Vulcy, of ilie liell Tele phone linemen stall' here, was married to Mis) Lena Kietl'er in tie Roman Catholic Church tiere en Monday morning !;ist at 8 o'clock, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Father Haller. The biide is a daughter of Mr. aud Jlrs. Frank Kiett'er of Formosa and has resided in Walkei* ton for some years. They will take up their abode over the old Telescope ottico on Jackson street. At a tiiul here latt Monday when it was proposed to try a man's sanity on the tcstiui n/ of his ueighlors, a l-wal lawyer nhjicted, on the ground that it would lie uiilair to anybody m have to depend on the neii.hb<>rs' opinion of their mentality in oi-i!er to keep out of the a.syluin. .Vnd how true is thls^ How inaiiy now roaming ai large would be ojcupying a padded cell if wlr>t their ii-'ighlMHs thought of them could prevail' Probably most people are foolish, but seldom are they as li>ony as t heir neigh- bors seem to think. Few (leople would be out of llie bug-hou»e if it were left for their neighbors to vouch for theii wis- dom, li was decided in this case to let two Walkerton doctors examine the sm- ity of the nmn, aud nut leave hni to the tender mercies of his neit.'hb)rs. .\ t.Jerman, who Is Mid to have acted r ilhcr jubilaiii in Durham over the lofs of the Lualtanii. ran foul of au Kngl sh- in tu oil M.inday who bad'y beat him up for upholding a crime that nearly all ihe wijflJ condeinna. The '''own Connablc later took the man In charge and ran him in Jul It IS p«..->3il).e that he will later I e intenicd. .\lthough we personally have no* seen any in.staiices. yet tliere ar.- s«id to be .some in Walkeitou who are openly gloating over recent British re- versen and Canadian losses at the fioii:, and it inlghi be well tu wain such, thai as a result of the dastardly sinking oi llic Lusil.ii.ia, which has gieitly inconse.i the whole empire, tli.ir; the Briilsh vJos- HrninciH has practically decided lo lot only arrest all aliens â- iiid Geiinan syni- pathi/.eis found in its doiuaii-s bu- to conliscate their pis>periy as well.â€" Her- a'd. we put alterations in charge, if re<iuii°ed. Isep W. A Armstrong, Jeweler FLESHERTON, - ONT J'«. .!'«. 0."- .!'«. v"'.- v>'«. ^<(. .jtj. ^If. .D(, ^If. jl^ 415. jlj. .»«. .««, ^tt. o»«. .Al/.. Jjfc J M, -M- ^ ^ '/I? ^1? Vi? 'ft? '/i? '/I? '/if '/,? '/i? =5j? '/I? ~/^ "(i? -51? W W w 'ni- W "W "W '<W "W- "W SEED CORN Conipton.s Early. ^Vhite ('a|). Wi^con.>in No. 7. North Dakolii. Imp. LL'<iiiiin-.r. Gianf Knsila^'o. rmltlen (Mow. ;M;ingIe, Suj^di* Mauirle, Sugar Beet, Turnip. Carrot, Rape, Millett. Hungarian. Stmio Timothy iiiul ( lovi'i- Seed yet. # m â- brce^ling for linciiess in the wool. It is ' natural tor the dojj to attack them. Some nccfs.sary in the show iliig, and hi^ cleans of his neighbors had lost shi"ep even when up a' a veil looat fall faiis every year. | they carried bcll.i. The :!oc'< is not a lars;e one, oii'y ab,,«t * {•^included Xe\l Week) The arreit of Hugh McCoy <«f Collio»- wood on Sunday for being drunk had a sequel in thi* polioa court on Wctlncsday inoriiing. Mr, G. T. B'outis, inopiie'or otih.' Doiiiiuion H< t -I, waMlm prineip.il ill iificnnatli to the extent of *;XI1' and c sis, a Hno impojetl for without a license. Duncan The f.-itmers are making great pro- gress III their spring work. Fishiiij in the evening sport now. Mrs. Fred McKcowii ii d hitle son, E-irle, lii'vc returned to their home at Fi It William, after an extended visit with her sister. Mrs. W. 0. Mclieowu. who IS ill. Ourldacher, Mis-i Lever, jpeut S?atur- day iUid Sunday with her friend. Miss Myitis Kuox, •'< Irchaidvalo Farm. ' Mrs. W. C. Ken-, Fort William, is artciidKV at the bedsl le of her daughter, Mrs. W. D. McKeown. Mr. Fred Martin of Cliirksburg,acconi panled by Mr. Doupe, L-alled in our vicinity last week. Misses Ada aud i^ufcuio Kaitlijig of Fevetsham, and Mis* Elva L.-ver, teach- er, vi.siicd at Mr. Irvine McKeown s on Thursday of last week. Mr. Herb Kerr of the subuibs has the uiasous at work building the waH for h's new barn, which will bo erected in the iienr future. ^ 10,000 Pounds of Wool Wanted I W. B U S K I N I 0.><<. Ai^i'*" •>'&'J'&i'^.^''&i!fe:S!fe*'«' -Jt!.^ .^l!, .Mt. .,\"> .^'«. .>".. •^",-:". >.>". -.<•', j", ^o', -^"^^^ WwWwww'ww' wwwW%«=w'/i?^i?'/i«'-rt?-M\=vo^'/iv^v^ r- Drop in Women's Shoes I have about 24 pau-< Ladies' Low- Shoes, sizes o to 4i. clearing at .3<)c. a pair. AI.S0 some nice lines in rumps. (Vil- iiiials ami Patent Buttons, for Spring and Suinnier wear. Truiik.s ami Suit Ca-se.*. Kepairing as u.sual, Thos. Clayton^s I FLESHERTON NEW SUITINGS New Suitings just to handâ€" .some of the nohhiest weaves to lie found any- where. I that Leave your order now for suit. Von will never Satisfaction guarantee<l. regret new it. Don't forget that we tlo cleaning, pressing ;uid repairing. Our prices are right and our workmanship is the very best. IVit'g col gra'uUted by a iiinnb. r of ! his friends iiniiiediately aflo- li s noinin- ' atjonal Brampton. Mr. B<>n. Fetch o- - cpiired ; '•What do you think a Conser- ' vative.said tbo other day '? 'Y. u ar« to' hoiiesi t I go into polincs. Ben. " "Hut selling boore 1 yu have shown hisii you are not," was ' the incveveut reply of a listener. S. J. BOWLER Sole Agent for the Hobberlin Tailoring.