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THE DRYDEN OBSERVER = - SIRE ~ PAY DAY SPECIAL Creamery Butter, per Ib... . . . .58 McLaren's Jelley Powder, per doz. $1.25 Regular 15¢c. a package. Every family should grab up two or three dozen at this price. TOBICODIVCBOVVDIVODOL IV HOVOVBOIDODOVDOB OVO BVOBOBT Good Quality Western Hay «$23.00 per ton, cash. D. W. SCOTT, Dryden} CBCEI 3402062 ¢ DITIDICP INIT LTONRVOD P24 BIB OBEDe - Sweeney (RCH OF ExGLAND ono i ST LUKE'S CHURCH, ° General Blacksmith SREOEN ~ Wood Worker Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 a.m. AGENT FOR Evening Prayer and Sermon at 7 p.m. Massoy Harris Farm Rev. ROBT. WILSON, ~ Implements ete. Rector. Bain Wagons and Sleighs p Onde: «ont Union Church < SERVICES - Morning: Service at Oxdrift. ; 3 Afternoon: Sunday School and. =. IR Bible class (Dryden), » Barrister, Solicitor, &c. Preaching Service. Rev. G. E. ROBINS Pastor. A Cordial Welcome Awaits You. 7 pm. IMPERIAL ANK BLOCK - « Ont. 22940999009 9999999099490900 | POT VEVIOLOL L900 SIPIOOIID » 'A.J.GARDINER 4 daw Furs Bought and Sold BRAID FANT2 38 E2380608600 5 'oe M. J. CROSIER General Merchant, Dry Goods ND re) 2DRIE 1, Ont, dealer Groceries Boots and Shoes Hardware and Farm Produce Agent for Yorkshire Insurance Company Frost & Wood and Cockshutt Implements VOPOPOPOHOIV G+ SN PDBY POU R. URRY REN - SRB Hee H. PRONGER, Notary Public Conveyancer, Etc. 2291 | 2000802 RD. 1. T&S Bryden Livery Transfer ¢ Aid 3 JE: Eychanee ERLE E24 i odrJ DRYDEN $F EMI - "RRB OPEPO LET PLL 98500008 A 1 -------------- a Sh Sy TRS TARL L rine to re- fu *niture, ws there is quality, well 1 kell you ONT ' vert ase HESSIAN FLY HISTERY Some Facts About This Enemy 2 > 4 of the Wheats. General Merchant + AGB T 4 The Maggot Stage the Dangerous EAGLE RIVER, ONT. 4 Period--Late Sowing to Evade - : Injury -- Trap Crops Are Also | Recommended--September Butter AGENT FOR ® fs kshull Plow Go. Frosi & Wood §! oo No Gockshull Plow B: @ | (Contributed by Ontario Department of Implements $ Agriculture, Toronto.) Charnla'c fraam Canavotars 4 VERY year complaints are r ¥ 3 made of the ravages of this minute insect, especially in those parts of the Province where fall wheat is grown. In som places a large proportion Qf the crop may be destroyed, while in others the amount of injury may b The insect gets its name from th supposition that brot America in: it was from Bigiend ary war. Long Island i later th Porous of be -seriousl imported arrival in An by some inv that it occurred on this many years before. However 1 be, the . name of " 1 Fly It certainly received name (Cecidomyia destruct f Thomas Sa ay, a pioneer American en- tomologist, in 1820. Fron Ts Island it gre spread throughcut the State York and then southward, we end northward, till it finally California in 1884. In Canada it associated with the Wheat Midge ing the years 1854 to 1857, when the wheat crops in this country were to- tally destroyed and the farmers were driven to despair. In Bureau of Agriculture in Toronto of- fered prizes for the best essays on the insect enemies the wheat plant. The highest award was made to Prof. H. Y. Hind, of Trinity College, Torento, assay was officially published in 1857 and widely distributed among the farmers of this Province. The book Is an admirable production, and is tull of valuable information on these enemies of wheat which is just as useful now as it was some sixty years ago. The Hessian Fly is a winged gnat, about one-ei Inch in length and dark in color. Ing to its minute d habits it is s seldom W du a e . y g Ls aHepgR : brood is effectually dest: ! danger is escaped } After the crop of an infe has been taken off, if practic , the stubble should be burned; bu it if this cannot be done, it should be ploughed ; deeply under to prevent the flies which are about to hatch out to reach the surface of the ground and es cape : for the production of another brood. ; Wheat should not be grown again on { the same piece of ground for at least a couple of years. As many of the "flax-seeds" remain in the straw, it | is advisable to collect and bu'n the screenings from the threshing ma- chine. By (le adoption of these meth- ods, wuich invoive iit expense, the farmer may be reason- ably sure of getting a full return for his industry, as far as least as this minute pest is concerned.--Dr, C. J. S. Bathune, O. A. College, Guelph. Ioeal fall fair is a good ad- medium for your stock. A betler selection of a ram can be early before breeders are near- ly sold out. The ram will become accustomed to his new quarters and gi greater satisfaction. Fr 1856 the § and diseases of | = and his | le trouble- or | ee mr ee, TRACTORS | The Case 10 20 is noted for its reserve Owners state that these tractors |are always capable in emergency, for "extra hard plowing or for grades. { power. "This 10-20 is recommended for pulling e 14 inch | n sod or stubble. lows which it can pull It also handles other implements saally r about six her rses, such 5 7-f lers, tw 20. oe grain =. siX ns rrow, Ready for Heavy Duties For belt w ok this tractor drives a Case 20x36 thresher, fully eqnipped, stlo fillers, hay presses, feed mills, ete. For all round use this tractor demands your careful consideration. It has long proved its worth. It is economical 1n operation, burning kerosene successfully. It is built of the finest materials. You get your monay's worth. eres you deci ide on your tractor, let us show 1 : the advantages of the Case then he better able to CASE a SR SB PE Ras i ea i Ra 0 EEROSENE | TRAZTORS ECE TIT TE EF. T. BRIGNALL, Oxdrift, Ont. --------y Em a o> Lf TIMER and Butcher Shop I. +0 T 1] (J 2 Hardware, Fuarnitare or . : Now 1g the time We carry a full line : Electric Washine Machine VOOM Ss SY ac es a INTERN : i : McCormick to buy vour STOVES e of GENERAL HARDWARE Kent in Stock. of Electric Irons and Stoves. L Floor Oils. Paints. ATIONAL Deering SRT = m= es grils SPECIAL F J. S. CORNER, AlN {LER sali TAT TANTAT HARVES ANAL STABLE LANTERNS at $1.35 are a bargain at the price. WASH BOARDS, at the new price, 75c. ASS We have on hand a Full Stock of GENERAL HARDWARE Ranges, Doors and Windows, EA KLOSE Dryden, Ont. ARVESLIER Paints, Varnishes, &c.} "Sale ond ~--ALSO-- FIRE [INSURANCE tor r SAS. JAI ADYEN, can 2 be had in 14, 16 or 20 loe, with or without EATURES. iri hich are thrown in and lowered or raised; ; grease Sups o on all Oxdrift. CO. Ltd.,, Winnipeg, Man. DERS' SUPPLIES Lime C. Shingles Sash & Doors Picture" Framing Manilolha Gypsum Her dwall and Wood tibre, Elc. Undertaking in oonzat on D. ANDERSON DRYDEN, ON'F, a. W.VA. Applications for membership and informafion = con- returned men, write cerning H. M. DavipsoN Sec'y-Treas. Regular meeting at 2.30 p.m. FIRST SUNDAY evéry morut- #