Friel DRYDEN OBSERVER Holds Unique Position A meeting of the County Orange Lodge, of which Mr. W. J. Robin- son 1s County Master, was held in Dryden Saturday evening, May 20th and the general routine of the Order discharged. Messrs W. H. Price, H. C. King, J. Ronnebec and D. G Sinclair. from Kenora were in attendence. On Sunday a Meeting of the Scarlet Chapter was held and four brothers exalted. ~ Wallace Lo unique position among the many Orange Lodge. Of its members there is only one who has not been admitted to the Arch and only three outside the Scarlet Chapter. The meeting was an en- joyable one and profitable in the interests of the Order. A most dastardly outrage was per petrated by some party or parties £ unknown at the dance in aid of the Community Hall at Oxdrift, Friday evening, May 19th. Mr J. 5. Corner having brought in two or three parties to the dance retir- 2d sometime after ten o'clock to ais car with the intention of re- turning to his home only to find, that during his absence some one aad smeared the seat and back of che car with tar. Whether the act Was prompted by sheer malice or the result of a kink in the brain of some half degenerate, all right -hinking citizens will join in con- lemnation of the outrage to such an extent as will prove a deter- ent to like minded miscreants 'rom now om. SILOS AND SILAGE FOR COWS [he time has long since passed when L silo ceased to be an experiment. No natter in what section of this broad country of ours a dairy farmer may ie located he can use a silo and some orm of silage to advantage. Briefly, he advantage of having a silo lies n the fact that it provides cheap, suc- ulent, nutritious, palatable feed in the vinter months and even during the ry spells in summer if necessary. "his in turn makes healthy, thrifty 2t&le and economical production of ilk. : Silos' may be wade of wood in var- us forms, of solid cement, of cement » tile blocks, or even in holes in the ound lined « with cement, the latter eing known as pit silos. The pros- ective builder must choose the type 2st suited to his conditeins and cap- al. Properly built, any one of them ill keep the silage. ' The four fund- mental factors in a silo are strength » resist the pressure the silage exerts ose construction so as to exclude all ir; 'smooth, straight wall so as not » impede the settling of the silage in ie silo; and a handy means of get- ng out the silage. As regards design, e rrger diameter silo costs less per n ca N2city than the smaller both ing the Same heigth; of two silos of e same q 'ameter, the higher gives greater ca, wacity per foot height an the lower, Jie silo which pro- les proper storag® for Silage at the dge 1694, occupies a * fertility. ~ practiced the process - cesses of the food plants that the to expect full yields again. Cropping 1st cost per ton is the silo? build. Silage may be made from quite 2 "ge variety of farm cro 38, including! 'n, sunflowers, pea, oat nd vetell | xture, sweet clover, red clover, and ne of the grasses. Of the "above | rntioned crops, corn, where it eat be | j own, is the ideal crop as it giv. | od: yields and makes an excellent ality of silage. 'n, sunflowers are about the best sstitute in most localities but they not n oe as palatable a form of hoe: twe crops are to be seially hat as they are on in drills and interdrilled, con-! juently help to keep the land free | weeds. The other crops mentioned make good silage if ensiled in per condition, but do not yield as wily per acre. Mixtures of these er crops would make as good and some cases better silage than one gle crop, particular] v if corn formis airly large part of the mixture. | '0 make good silage, the crop must cut in the field and put into the silo le still fairly green and juicy. Tt st be cut in short enough lengths be pack well. As a rule, crops with d stems make much better s silage n those with hollow stems. as the er carry -to much air ow spaces which cannot be entirely ssed out. Too much air means too *h fermentation and movldy spots he silage. This may be overcome thorough tamping in the silo and. moistening the material with | er when fing the silo, if it is too | Better silage results in a silo d to the top and refilled after set- z, than' one only partly filled owing he exf ra pressure. Frost does not re tie silage in a silo provided it sed, as soon as it thaws out, whieh 10uld 'always be allowed to do be igg given to the 2 cate: | If unable to grow =» awe) voi quality graded basis. hens means a serious reduction in number of eggs produced by Indiana farm flocks. 4 "Jail" for three more days. wilters. into the | 'quires more time to break up broodls 'lod cf non-production. go of well rotted manice in the bot- 'lant Food Supnliefes Mother Earth Hus Her Limnilte Seven Rules for Poultry Raisers --Breaking Up Broody Hens. {Contributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) Lands that have 'been farmed for id a century usually show a de- rease in crop pro a A few farms that have been well managed .n the various sections of Ontario are still very productive. Some have been 20 depleted of the plant food mater- ials that were aecumulated during the period of forest development as 40 be unprofitable under tillage to- day. Previous to clearing and crop- ping the process was accumulating Singe cropping has been has been re- versed and supplanted by one of ex- penditure. "Unger a farming practices that exhausts the humus and returns no ETE mater the soil hardens quickly, dries out and becomes non- productive, simply because there is neither food nor soil life to releaze such to growing plants. _ Mineral Elements Become [xhausted. Frequently one of the mineral ele- meénts--Ilime, potash or phosphorous --ig exhausted by cropping or leash- ing. Nitrogen exhaustion is a very sommon condition noticeable in lands that have been cultivated for more than twenty-five years. After all, the soil is only a storehouse for those elements required in the life pro- farmer grows. In that storehouse various forme of life are at work gonverting the unusable to a usable or food condition for the plant. If we crop for years and exhaust the nitrogen or the potash or the phos- phorous to a point where any of such sould not be supplied in quantity suf- ficient to mest the full demands of the growing plant then we have a condition of plant mal-nutrition or starvation. Plant Food Must Bs Supplied. The plant can develop only to the extent that food is supplied to per- mit growth. Many of the thin crops noticeable in many sections of the province are thin simply because of soil exhaustion. Some part of the plant's ration is below the minimum requirement for best development. It may be nitrogen or potash or phos- phorous. However, if we have rob- bed the soil of some fertility element to a point where we see a decline in yields we should return to the soil what we have taken away if we are will exhaust a soil if the system of rotation or management does -not provide for ample return of the es- sential elements, nitrogen, potash and phosphorous. Hffects of cropping re not noticed on the really well managed farms where clovers and other legume plants are prominent in the crop rotation, where the Crops grown are fed to live stock and where some attention is paid to keeping the mineral elements, potash, phosphor ous and lime, abundantly supplied. Mother Earth Wants Only a Fair Show. The soils of Mother Barth will, if reasonably and intelligently manag- ed by all of the thousands of in- dividual farmers, last for many cen- turies. Unfortunately all our farm- ers are not as reasonable as they might be, and we frequently see evi- dence of overcropping, soil robbing, oor management and lost labor. Stevenson, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Toronto. Beven Rules for Poultry Raisers. Here are seven safe rules for get- ting the most money from the sum- (mer flock: 1. Produce infertile eggs by re- mov. ng the roosters from the flock in the summer time. 2. Provide clean nests and keep eggs clean. ) 3. Do not wash eggs. Gather eggs twice daily during the summer to prevent them from being "egied by the hen. : Eg "Keep them in a cool, v gpm the flies. Markt them at least twice each dry place, 7. Inst that t. °Y. be bought on a Breaking Up Broody i. Sens, Neglett in breaking up Jergy ] Sa The New 490 Chevrolet fine Automobile. Special Touring $288 Cash will make you the owner of this Balance payable in easy instalments. Special terms to Farmers. We can give you the best terms in Canada. Your old car taken in part trade. rE 1.0.Q.F, DRYDEN LODGE, No 471, meets at the Town Hall every 1st and 8rd Monday of each month at eight o'clock, R. MILLER, N.G. D. M. KENTNER, Rec. Sec. Visiting Brethren Cordially Invited. DRYDEN REALTY COMPANY (Opposite C.P.R. Depot.) Money to Loan ON GOOD FARM PROPERTY. If yeu want to Buy or Sell Farm or Town Property, we can help you. CALL AND SEE US. Hail and Automobile Ia- surance. Life, Fire, : @ New price on the charming The Heppelwhite has been $253.00. Thousands bouht it at this price, because it is compact and graceful--just right for the smaller home. Conveyancing Bookkeeping Stocks and Bonds bought and sold Agreements for Sale Discounted Confinement of broody hens in 8 siat bottom coop has proved satis. factory. This coop should be covered | gn top with slat or wire sides and may be placed outside, preferably under a tree to insure shade. A slag bottom coop prevents fowls from he» coming comfortable and these soon lose their broody traits. i Common practice is to place hend | in the coop for three days, releasing them in the evening. If they return to the nest they are returned to i This us- wally breaks up the most stubborn ~ Romoving the broody hens from | the nest the first evening she sits ig! i» ¥ery important factor in breaking up broodiness. If hens are allowed to be undisturbed a few days it re- | ness and this results in a longer per | Nagturtiums do not require rich @oil, in faet, if put on rich soil they i will produce more vine than flowers. » The reproduction of fruit and vegetables at home relieves transpor- tation difficulties ani solves the mar- keting problem, Extra good gro wih of musk melons raay be had by putting a bushel or tom of each hill. Plenty of water dus ng warm dey weather also helps. msm E. T. ROWLAND. Retailer. | beside creck. Apply ete., etc., ete. D. LANE, Manager. Tt Sana op -- EE WATKINS PRODUCTS: SPICES ESSENCES : TOILET REQU SITIES STOCK and : POULTRY TONICS FOR SALE.--Ten acres fine garden|. land «fenced), Y -mile from Town, D. M¢KELLAR, Dryden. sd 2 Ep 1. E. GIBSON, NOTARY PUBLIC CONVEYANCER, &e. Remember, the Heppel- white is a full cousin to the famous Official Laboratory Model. It, too, is made in the Edison Laboratories, under Mr Edison's personal super- vision. It, too, embodies the improvements that resulted from Mr Edison's three m 1il- - lio mn ¢ dollar researc Take the Heppelw hite -- now, at t the new price. You'l find it a better musics al fo strument than any talking machine at any price. i In and hear a comparison * which proves it, BUY 6N OUR BUDGET PLAN, Tell us how much vou are ready fo pay down for your Heppelwhite, We'll make a gentleman's agreement with. you--azand let you budget the balance. ut this, 'Agent for THE ROYAL FIRE INSURANCE | COMPANY DRYDEN . ONTARIO | Heppelwhite Model