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Not a sthgle garment advanced in price; TURNBULL'S l' Of the intermediates, Yellow Levias | 1 J { ONTARIO FARM EXPERIMENTS | ARE A GREAT SUCCESS. | Nearly Forty-five Hundred Farmers i Are Now Engaged im the Work = Free Material is SObtdined From the Agricultural College for the Carrying on of the Tests-- Annual Mecting Held Recently in Guelph, HAT had been accomplish- | 'ed by the Expérimental Union dufing the pre- vious year was fully dis cussed: at their annual | meeting held at Guelph a short time a4g6. The great work of this associa- tion is net only 4he carrying on of thousangs of agricultural experi-| | ments Ontario Agricultural | College farm, but those carried on' { by the farmer-members of the Union | on their own land, as well, on the During | the last five years the average num- ber of these experimenters per an- | num has increased to | thousand five hundred. ! members. obtain > material | free of cost Jrom the college to con- | duct tests in agriculture, agricultural botany and chemistry, forestry, and | bee-keeping. In the case of the two | former subjects plots are accurately | marked off in some field, preferably | one that can be r2en easily by people | passing by, the various seeds are | 80Wn or the different fertilizers are | applied, and the member watches the | results These results show that man what particular fertilizer or what variety | of seed is the most suitable for his { soll. In the plots are the highest | type of hand-selected seed, while! over the fence is the variety he has always used. Then there are the twenty-five hundred experiments which are being carried on at the Ontario Agricul- tural College farm to be gonsidered. This is where the best varieties of seed are found out, the right mixture of fertilizers to use, and the correct method for the eradication of nox- | lous weeds. The college is the nucleus of the thousands of experiments be- | ing carried-on throughout Ontario. In giving a summary of the results | of the College experiments in agri- culture for the year, the Secretary of | the Union spoke briefly of the pecu- | larity of the weather. While the month of June had been drier than usual July saw nearly #double the average rainfall for that month and August was even more so. These conditions, he pointed out, had given the experiments a peculiar value. The number of the grain crops distributed by the Union are kept as low as possible, the object being to | reduce the number of varieties to the minimum. ! The resclts of this good judgment have aiready been felt in the produc- tion of barley. At the present time the varieties of this crop grown throughout the Provinee have been practically cut down to two, Mand- cheuri and O; A. C. No. 21. Unfor- tunately the forty-million-dollar oat crop is still produced from many va- rieties of seed, with Banner, Siber- fan, and O. A. C. No. 72 in the lead. | The latter variety is increasing very fast and is expected to lead the list in a few years. Without an exception it lias beaten Banner in vield for the last eight years. It is a higher yield- er of grain and an abundant producer of. comparatively stiff straw, Spring wheat, according to the Se- cretary's report, is becoming more important, Two varieties only are re- commended, Wild Goose and' Mar- quis While the latter variety isa slightly lower yielder it more than makes up for the defect in its super- fority in flour production. Owing to the fact that the present crop of win- ter wheat is in the ground, that grain received little attention." Rye buck- wheat has again beaten .ite. nearest competitor, Silver Hull, as a yielder, by over five bushels to the acre. There was an unusual - demand for the experiment with spring peas in the spring of 1915. Canadian Beauty, a large, white, smooth pea, and the Early Britain, a brown dented va- riety, were used. In experiments covering a period of fourteen years little difference was shown .in the yielding qualities of these two peas. Owing to the excessive moisture of | the past season the bean crop Was almost a total failure im some.sec- tions of the Province. Pearse's I'm- proved Tree and Marrowflat were the two highest yielders among field beans tested by the Union. « In the Soy beans the Early Yellow has prov- en to be one of the best varieties. Golden' Glow, Longfellows, and Compton's Early are apparently the most profitable varieties of corn to' | &row for grain production. Care must be used in selecting corn to get a variety suitable to the particular climate and soil of the gection in which you wish to grow it. An intermediate type of mangel | bas been found to give better results | than the globe or the long varieties. nearly four The { than is recommended. Swede turnips { seem to be preferable to fall vagie- | ties, Ensilage corn came in for a great | deal of discussion. According te | some prominent farmers and to the Chemical Department of the:0, A. C,, a dent corn growing thickly in drills seams to.make silage of a higher food | value; ides giving over a ton more to thef acre, than corn grown thinly THE DAILY BRITISH ° ; A VANISHED RACE. St¥ange Beothucks of Newfoundland | Disappeared in 1839. | All that is ever likely to be known | =X =o aborigines of Newfoundland has just been printed by an antiquar- fan who has' made these vanished people thé study of hig life. ! These mysterious people were, it | appears, not skimos. The Hskimo | bas a squat body, a flat face, and a nose hardly large enough to be calléd | stich. But this race was tall and] long limbed, while such skulls as! have been preserved show that bones of noses are rather of the Roman than the Tartar sort. : Yet they were not Indians, though they were on about the same level of civilization, that of the bow, spear, | and club. . But along with other dif- | ferences they did not follow the un-| sanitary practice of scalping theif enemies. Instead, like the present- day wild men of Borneo, they cut off | their heads and used them decora- tively on poles. They built huts somewhat like those of the Indians, round or octa- | gonal in outline, with the fireplace in the centre... But they followed the i queer practice of digging themselves in for the winter in pits around the | central fire. The early white settlgrs record that they washed themselves only on the death of their wives; whereas the Indians used sometimes {0 wash themselves when they were sick. They seem to have no tradition of any civilized origin nor any .words that might have survived from any European tongue. If they were a shipload of Vikings, their tale. One eustom only thelr connections, their use of red ochre in religious ceremonials, In fact, they had almost a red ochre cult, as other peoples have worship- ped snakes or monk ys of built thei temples to face (he rising of some special star. Now it so happens that within the last year or two there have been found in Maine certain ancient graves which appear not to be those | of Indians. In these also are found handfuls of this same red ochre, a ceremonial offering to the dead. This so-called "Red Paint People," though the evidence is too new to have been sifted out, seems to have | been an earlier raze which our In- | dians drove out. It'18 easy, therefore, to suspect that the dld "Beothucks' of Newfoundland were a remnant of the Red Paint People making their last stand against tle Algonquin tribes. % A remnant lingered on into the 18th century, a harmless, timid folk like the furtive villagers of Cali- fornia that no white man ever sees. A half-hearted attempt was made in 1810 to save the last handful, It was too late, and the last of the tribe, an old woman, died in 1829, ---------------------- - 4 One on Premier Bowser, British Columbia's new Premier, "Boss Bowser, is quite a different type of person from sunny Sir "Dick" McBride. The latter's strong point, as everybody knows, was his gegial and ingratiating manner. He was a past master ih the art of recalling names and faces, was strong on the handshake, and generally gave the fmpression that every man was his dearest friend. His successor, on the other hand, while a man of great force of character, a hard-working executive and famous as an organ- izer, is cold, reserved, and quite un- demonstrative. In the early days career, the 'Boss' did try to make himself personally popular, a la Me- Bride model, but without very much success. In this connection he tells quite a good story ef his own ox- pense. It was when he was endea- voring to school himself into remem- bering faces. He was walking along | a street in Vancouver with a friend, amd noticed a man coming towards him. The fellow's appearance look- ed familiar, and he racked his brain to recall who he was, but for the life of him he could not remember. How- ever, concluding that it was one of his political supporters, he gave him as pleasant a salutation in passing as he was capable of. The man return- ed the greeting in most surly fashion and walked on. Turning to his com- panion, Mr. Bowser exclaimed: "Who was that chap?" "Don't you remember?' returned the other with a laugh. "Why, that was ----------, the man you prosecuted for theft last week." of his politieal That Newfoundland Regiment. The little contingent, known as the First. Newfoundland Regiment, had every opportunity to exereise the goul of patience, before it finally reached its destination---the Dardanelles, The boys from the foggy isle were first sent to Fort George, Scotland, from there to garrison Edinburgh! Castle, and eventually to Stob's Camp, England, where they seemed | to figuratively and literally stick in | the mud. The delay was becoming exasperat- ing, and the lension was only reliev- ed, when one morning, the wag of | the regiment related a dream he had had during the night, } It was as follows: { The Great War was over, and King George 'and Kitchener were convers- | ing 'at Buckingham Palace, going all | over the whole affair in retrospect, | "Well, Kitchener," said His Majes- | ty, "it ig ended, and our victory is | magnificent, but, by the way, what about that Newfoundland Regiment? | How did they conduct themselves." "The Newfoundland Regiment," muged Kitchener, biting his mous- | | abandoned this for farming. WHAT ANSWER? WE. -- his is a letter from a or's wife to the men are shirking their sol who duly: "Why is the patriotic fund necessary?" she writes. "Because so many married men have enlisted. If the Govern- ment could have gol en- ough single men, with-- out encumbrance, the fund would not have been necessary, Nor would the Government be taking the fathers of young families as it has taken mine. My hus- band would not have been allowed to leave his five small children and give up his good position. All he caaatiot me is £20 a month. It used to be thought 'the old men for counsel. the voung' men for war." but some would allow their own mothers and sisters to be used to shield them . from bul- lets." * ; ) ------ 4 | no saga tells | unt or OLD-TIME TRAGIC EVENT gives a hint of | ! RECALLED BY THE DEATH OF MRS. NANCY RYAN, Her Husband at a Pig-Killing Event In Huntington Township Fell Into Boiling Vat and Wrs Scalded to Death, Belleville Ontario The death of Mrs. Nancy Ryan at the home of her daughter, Chapman, near Plainfield, a few days ago at the ripe old death of Ryan, what tragic the late James home in "the-Fhird the year 1877. Mr. Ryan called in a David Corrigall, to assist at the an- nual pig-killing. scalding was being heated in a great cauldron, commonly known as a "potash kettle." A plaform was ar- ranged alongside the cauldron upon which to scrape the pigs after scald- ing. While Mr. Ryan. was walking around upon the platforin, one of the Mrs. R. age of ninety- three years, recalls to mind the some- | § her husband, | The event | | to whith we allude occurred at his | Concession of | Hundington Township in the fall of neighbor, | The water for the | span Probs.: Fair and cold Saturday; snow flurries. A Sale Day ofWond- , erful 'Opportunities The climax in value giving of our greatest Mid-Winter Sale. WAISTS 180 beautiful New York Cotton Voile Waists, with embroidered organ- "dy collar and cuffs--sizes from 367to 42---regular $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75. Saturday FLANNELETTE SHEETS 150 only Colored Flannelette Sheets, 11x4, double bed size--a@hsolutely the last consignment we can procure--worth 85¢ each. Saturday Non J WHITE COTTO Siaturda; 24a A ly f boards tipped up, he lost his balance | and fell over backwards into the heated water. In falling he struck | the back of his head on the sharp] edge of the kettle. He was stunned and helpless and as he was a man of huge physique, Mri" Corrigall was unable to pull him out of the water until he had procured -assistauce from some of the women at the house. ; Two physicians were brought as speedily as possible from Stirling, but Mr. Ryan was past human aid. The accident occurred about three o'clock in the afternoon and he died at midnight after suffering untold agonies. Mr. Ryan was one of the best known citizens of the ¢ountry. He was a native of Ireland and bad been given a fine education. When he first settled in the country he en- gaged In teaching school but later As a farmer he was progressive and suc- cessful. He erected fine buildings for those days, and amassed consid- erable wealth. kor several years pribr to his death'he was clerk of the township and his advice was much sought for in matters pertaining to law, finance and education, REDMOND STIRS IRELAND. of Calls For Recruits to Save Erin From Prussians, Dublin, via London, Feb. 4.---John Redmond has issued a stirring appeal for recruits from Ireland. He says: "Recént events have made it abso- lutely essential that Ireland, for her 8 , to guard her own highest A I A Big Step Toward Health is right eating. 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A A A A A AAA A i interests, and to maintain her honor, | should make it plain to the whole| world that she is willing and eager | 7 to fulfil her obligdtions, Any im- | pression that Ireland is ghirking her duty will be a deadly injury to her| E future interests, {© "There has been slacknpess in re-| | oruiting in the agriculturat districts, | but winping the war is of the great- | est importance to Irish --agricultur-| | ists, for If the Allies are defeated! { there is, danger of every Irish tenant being robbed of = his land by the Prussians. The position of the ten- ant farmer who expects the people of the towns to fight for him is con- temptible. To desert your country men in the trenches will mean the death knell of your hopes, aspira- tions, and ambitions." IN THE RIGKT By George Addison, QMS tation, C.K.F. Say lads don't you hear Country's call, That comes flitting" o'er the sea, | ett rnd 146th Bat. | She calls 'TG Arms," 'mid war's al-| E arms. Say lads don't "you know it's in Free dom's catise, | That you're asked to go and fight? So come conform, don a yniform, For the Mistress of the Séas is in the Chorus: the Old right. |E I forget to order Sunkist California's Selected Oranges All good dealers sell them. Order now. Send for tested reci- pes. Save wrappers ~for beautiful silver- ware. Calif Fruit Growers sarsars Exchange 105 King St.. East. Cor. Church 7222 \ L DAVIES' » ' F inest BEEF Clippings 12Y%c The Wan. Davies Co. Ld, Phone 597. After an absence of nearly a year, TIGER BRAND ii in dria or gfown in hills, Th PENMAN'S | men pointed out that the rroduction ' | of grai bs was of li ety, 1 bad for. | WATSON'S AND Hi 5 She onsilsge: and that oe ened! | gotten all about thim. . They are | 'to the ensilage, and that with prac- still at Stob's." y ® \ NOVA SCOTIA | tically all cattle to which it was fed, |" iy . ; | was undigested. - The Animal and oa * Field Husbahdry Department, on the Gren fell's New Post. : Dr.. Wilfred T. Grealell, who has other band, favored thinner sowing. The corn was more matured, and the [devoted himself [6r years to work | ensilage contained & greater percen- among the Labrador fisherfoik, has | accepted an invitation to take charge | tache, and then, after a pause, be ex- | claimed. "By Jove, Your So list' lads, come join the 1-4-6, | We are soldiers of the King, We cross tha Sea, 'gainst Germany, And we'll make the welkin ring, But we've plaecs waitlpg for you lads, | a, So it's up to you because, Our foes are wrong, so come along, And you'll say it's the best game er ever was, Motto of the confidence man:| fire was discovered on Monday in the "Watch and prey." : large barn of the Rathbun Co., just Many a man who seeks fame finds, cast of the Locomotive Shop, Dese- nothing but infamy. | ronto. Loss small. rm er Al rg tl 5B THE WINTER Is not over vet: You will need your Rubbers and Over- tage protein. The grain passi Lo fin er TR an as ih coe tie Ee Yai {of a division of a hospital 'anit that | [Say lads don't you know it is non- | shoes for some time. Are vou prepared ? IH not se us. : our's eall, | We carry the famous Granby x through the animals. they said, was . i % ' has been sent to- France by Harvard | \ University. : : | |] That you héar from day to day? not lost, being picked up by the poul- J So why desist, come and enlist, try or hogs. | For the war zone far away. | Say lads come uphold fair Cauvada's { 'fame, ) | For Britain must win. the fight, | So come conforni, don a uniform, j-Por the Mistrase of the Seas is In the | tight, plies all the rich nourishment of the grains, and with eream or good milk is a splendidly balanted food. - Buy-ail and suppl next winter: We ' "" L Can NOW J There's a Reason ul self for a for = Evidence is lacking in the case of | a Walter Meyer, 'Berlin, Ont., and he] Made in nr Ski Us Grose will be freed. i ", y Grocers Breeders in convention at Toren- i} canadian Postuin Cereal Co., to criticize the war horse purchases Ltd.. Windsor, Ont. 'Miss Phyllis Newton, Deseronto, who has been near death's door for | some time with spinal meningitis, is Hl now well on the road to recovery. "One should Tearn to talk well-- alse when jt 15 well not to talk, The Ontario, Legislature is cpiied for February 29th. . Hr - i ¥