\ EAS re «PAGE FOURTEEN > Handling (1) Grading Wool in Alberta. (2) Sheep on an Irrigated Farm in Alberta. IGHT E 'oh in Ca sioners - regretfully shearing to mar the world handl stated: wool of mutton breeds and breeds go, to find a It was soon adian Department of Agricul WAS 0] trouble the Cah ture was organized, and by 19 4 the ng the remedy hid be- This consisted of the organiza- work of applyl gun. tion of wool During 1914 + the first year of the pounds were ganized in Q over Canada, 420,000 classified and offered fo sale. | The season of 1916 sa. 596 pounds, while in 1917 creased to 2,087 909 pounds, It was early fo cullar war canditions, Burrell, then Minister recognizing the impo . tralizing the sale of wool, advantages that must acer: 'having one centre of operati tioned the rental of suitable An 'Toronto, for thes {wool of the various associations wh clips would be graded by th iperts of the lve shipped out. when purchased. led to the further step of 1918 { pounds 1.7 ue fro on, sane Growers' Limited agency for the dis as * Canada. Whereas, when the centraj war, house was first estab 'estimated that as mu pounds of wool might ch as 2,000 From The || Countryside | Frontenac | BATH ROAD, April 156.~The road is'in a very . bad. condition. . THe farniers. 'can utilize the extra Nour of daylight at present, as 'much of their time is ...gpent in drawing the city people (Who now have so much time for motoring) out of the mud. Rey. E. Ryder, who has returned: from overseas, is with his brother, FL. Ryder. R. Couper lost a valuable , horse recently. - The Palace schob! is progressing 'under the manhage- ment of the new teacher, Miss Sear- let. . A.. Keyes, with a number' of men, f3 repairing 'the 'road; The Bauder Bros. purchased a number of 'cattle at D. MeCullough's - sale. The Farmers' Club held a meeting last evening in Trudell's hall. They contemplate putting on two large wagons to sell milk in the city. Mr. George, sr. is still confined to his Ded, Sn rr -------- BE ---e | ne ® ---------- * . MORTON. § ' April 15.--B. N., Henderson made +4 'business ii ) ne one ., Was sol Work, -206,129/ graded for societies or- uebec, Ontarid, Manitoba and 'Alberta. The following year, through 19 organizations distributed were | I co-operative and the exercise {shearing this was in- 1917, because of pe- that Martin | throdgh the co-operative sys of Agriculture, rtancé of cen. and the {170,000 pounds, premises © of the number increased to 917. ere ing system has had a marke y the wool ex: stock branch, and This | that the education work in t o the, nection organization of the Co-Operative Wool the central posal of wool ship. ed in and collected from all parts of 6 Hshed, jt wag | years ago, after thoroughly § Aiéating the sheep industry da, the sheep cominis- "From keting no country in e8 Its wool In a worse + manner than Canada. As far as the Cross we do mot know of any country where it Is handled in such &n unsatisfactory way and delivered in such oad coi. h Having reached this conclusion, the | commission intimated that the way remedy for the after this that ing 1919, no Mss pounds of wool had been sold up to! associations in the v pulling together, 2d bee tity of it was disposed of at favorable prices, which was later proved true, f Thus co-operation in a few years: actual gérvice proved the revolution-| izing factor in the wool Industry in Canada, . Breeder and farmers - were | Quick to learn the oft-repeated Jesson | at must be produced, Fo arious provinces n sold a considerable guan- wool remained in storage, but rmerly the wool | d in bulk for what it would | bring. To-day, under the team-work plan, the wook is sorted and inspected, | grade values becomi sheéepraisers are le more to recognize the { care in selection, Indust packing and shipping, |" In Manitoba there has been a deh { elded increase 'in the number of | |'sheepo wners who market th tem, In 11915, 69,000 pounds reached the ware | { house; in 1916, 154.000 pounds; 191%, and in 1918, 363,000 {pounds were received. In 1917 there {were 465 gheepowners who partic} {pated In the work, while in 1918 this' | | the quality of the wool, -and than 2,500,000 seedy and Aead, with higher grade the end of August, 1918, due to the ed in' a serious loss in |f@rmers and a serious wi After that yan it much in demand, a anticipated. that all would belt {price than could have been obtained b Thi raiser, ing number of Manitoba patrons. Ng apparent, and | Year signments Pounds arning more and 1914....17 mportance of 1815... . ry in keeping, 11916... of, intelligence in{1917.... eir 'wool | nn (wool shipments. Katchewan Wool Gowers' Association bandied eight and one-half carloads, besides the amount mentioned, the, province being too large for one or ganization to handle at present. Alberta, likewise The grad- | for one agency to handle, there are t effect on | three organizatio: graders 1918 report, eac THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, THURSDAY, A ------ Come Men and Save Ten | b ix. ft: . 5 1 Zo «1 = | Iii "If Pa Is And Ma Don't wool, was not appreciated, and result. It cannot be gainsaid that wool sold nder the co-operative system has on he average brought a much higher farmers selling to local buyers. 5 fact 1s evident to the sheep- as evidenced by the increas How the fire of co-operation 1s spreading over Saskatchewan fs best {evidenced by a few figures, the development of 1914, as follows: showing the industry since Average price per lb, cents No. con- 179 69,404 150,328 179,890 233,446 394,068 It will be noted that the 1918 bust. ess was 80 per cent over the 1917 The Southern Sas In too large a territory ns mentioned in the h revealing a large {as well as grades uphold the belief expansion in territory and volume of is doing an amount of good and ingreasing the {revenue derived by the' sheepowner. {from the sale of his Wool. In form years, when Wool was s¢id at'a flat | rate, the importance of keeping the | wool in a clean condition and avold- ing tying with binder twine, as well ,000 as mixing the biack and tan with the | be rece: ed Cur. (white and tags, locks and pleces, RA eo iin. N = few days with Coon. Miss Mabel Heénderson, is home from Queen's, Kingston, for o few days. - Charles Stewart left on Saturday. for King- stom, to meet tlhe steamer Advance on which he is engaged ag sailor for the summer months, A, BE. Stevens, Kingston, Spent the week-end with his daughter, Mrs B. Somerville, 0. Heazin Taylor was the guest of H. York" he evening last week, J. C. Judd hag returned to the village after spending the winter in Toronto. Mrs. J. Stewart spent Monday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. 8. B, Stevens, Briar Hill, on Monday last: Safford Dean left on Thursday for Ottawa, where ie is engaged of the dredge for the summer months. The guild of St. John's church, Leeds, met at the home of Mrs. J. N. Somerville, on Wednesday last. : 4 and Miss Mabel town,' are spendin Mr. and Mrs. J. arshall, Mallory- NEWS OF NORTHBROOK. ---- A Venerable Resident Is In Serious Condition. April 14--Two more have gone west and will be greatly missed. Mr. and Mes. Peter Van- ness and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Lloyd and families are the parties, James Preslar, an old and highly respect- ed resident, is very ill atc the howe of his daughter, Mrs. William Both: His son, Marshal Prostar, of Napanee is with him. Sniper and Mrs. Archi- bald Shier and, family are spending a few days with Mr.' and Mrs, Geo. Shier. Another phone has been add- ed to the line as Aris.Cole has had Very families one installed. Asa Hérten is down 0f the summer, | from Sudbury visiting his brothers, Hile and Dan, who have ju tierned from France and T. Woodcock's. Lloyd have mov st re. are at Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Henry od to Tweed 'and day last week, Miss Amy Coon,' Ki ston, uth yak +1 P¥ | missed in this viein- i Joh Will be great) iA his con: | business, incalculable | Provincial jation the Alberta Live Stock Associ lat agencies did by far the greatest busi- [hess of any provincial - |Canada In 1918, when they collected, graded and shipped 1,250, of wool of various | Gage; lighting and an houses that have Ying. ' at hl 2 These associations gre the Sheep Breeders' Associ- 88d the Pincher Creek Wool Le? These thres wers'! Association, system' '1 000 pounds grades, Earl W. (Breeder's Gazette), | J SORE Bode Tee Bedi bih te w TARR GIRLS! MAKE A BEAUTY LOTION | WITH LEMONS Bed re» aa Sed Ct TE Shit PETVPPVTIEPY Eee ee Bei Bd 3 28 a oe edd ode bidet db bd bb 8 5 TERETE TIReRe eee { At the cost of a small Jar of or- dinary cold cream one can prepare a full quarter pint of the most wonder- ful lemon skin softener and com- plexion beautifier, by squeezing the Jitice of two fresh lemons into-a bot-! tle containing three ounces of. or- chard white. Care should be, taken to strain the juice through a fine: cloth s0 no lemon pulp gets in then | this. lotion will keep fresh for} months, Every woman knows that | lemon juice is used to hieach and re- move: guch blemishes as freckles, ; sallowness and tdn and 'is the ideal | skin softener, smoothener and beau- titier. Just try it! Get three ounces of orchard white at any pharmacy and two lemons from the grocer and make 4p a quarter pint of thig sweet- ly fragrant lemon lotion and massage ! it daily into the face, neck, arms and hands. It should naturally help to whiten, soften, freshen and bring out the roses and beauty of any skin. It is' truly 'marvellous to smoothen' 'ough, red hands. the Ore plans Wood from Lunéa, er, of Hamilton, are at chimney mines mapping out Pte. Mont and wife are expected home England this weok. Miss cy buggies . durisg the week. Gordon Wood has' re- turned to Pittsburg where he is ruififlng 'the Drayder farm for the year. - Noah Kimmerly is the gost of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bosloy; nt si been wir- William Bond, who 'has been af or "sevbral yours; od aw home on years. des his ow al gro the Glen J a i - . I'm not so keen to sell clothes to the Rich Chaps who don' - ever, if you're the sort of a man who is out to get the mon "you spend, then | want your business. Ea : 4 ey s-most, Sa $i THE BEST OF - good clothes, in styles.. Yes, I'll admit gertion to make.. But fitting eastern. models: and Spring eT TT » the Big-Priced Fifth you come in and see my new "Belmont" and "University" hat come and see my clothes but your ® gr yous time to " Pm Not The Clothier For "SAVE TEN" haracter of Avenue Tailors' Pet Creations. For proof, just Robinson Clothes are saturated with all the speed and c¢ : 1 he ordinary. iy method of doing business is far from t " | Clothes Shops, from coaststo-coast; in Low-pent locations, I take the pence and put it back again into your clothes. It will only take about " i 4 IOI © You --ROBINSON t give a hang what it costs. How- for every blessed dollar For it's an undisputed fact that I give you-ALL IT when it €omes right down to durable materials and minute-man that this is a pretty broad as- Pm here, by putting on your back, any n ready to back it up, umber of my fine- Robinson $35 Suits and Topcoats Coast To Coast Price Sa, ne Styles" in_the "Aviator," models. 'It'H be quite some fime before others will show my advance "*Slenderlines with "Altitnde Should ers' Heads," "Needle-Point Lapels"" and "Emphasized 'Waist-Seam, Robinson * out of minutes due to save a dollar a minute. By operating Here's My Proposition obinson's Clothes elsewhere, for less than $1 get your money back. : a To If you can duplicate R Itobinsons NY NIMES LTE ARR Exclusive "Art" in _ =4 OPEN SAL. TILL 10 | N GUARANTEED ARSE RE rates aarhl Saban or = [ fecently at Port Hoph. Rev, and, Mry. Cook spent Wednesday at J.'M. | Spatorir: ur. and A Drals fit a day last week 3 | wre E. Babeock, Wilton. Mrs, M. 3 + Wil has: been ni ; | . Wilson has ape NW 8 and heavy rain-fio seodiilg has been done The. United Farmers' held their mouthly meeting on Thursday even- ing. Perry er has gone to Al- .. WH. Degroff lost lis ltorse and W. H/'Nelson lost a cow. : « Cw 0 MORE --Come and J. J. Lassee Jeo qui Ne: Mrs Tw aly her seq ia Kingston.