4 a Urvden, Ont, February 29th 1924 : rari UNIS ll a acre of certified seed than it does an acre of "just potatoes", (outside of course the initial cost of the certified seed) but the returns in hard cash are just twice as much. We had, a year or An Essay on the Future The Hired Man Sees Visions. THE comparative failure of the clover crop during the past two years in this g | Gistrict has ! caused a great deal of | serious thinking among the more ad- "vanced farmers of the ' community. and selling certified seed, but it got a little pump and the thing fel through. Ag 'present there are onl five farmers growing certified seed this district. in Surely there are enough Ey | Sore had begun to think of clover as d 1 I ol i : on de awa iy ) there is their only means of subsistence, whilst] V1¢¢ awa 3 pe hae Pi 8 others looking at it ag a lucrative iid wm oi ee 15) Mien + 5 ris vile nly VW. : ano sideline to help out their other activi- ony hoy will.go 2 or ria : The next crop of possibilities on the AND ties. list is grain, oats, barley and wheat. All the world is crying out for good seed that will germinate evenly, and be blight, wilt and rust resistant. 'As the hardiest, most energetic and pro- gressive races of mankind are found In this short letter 1 will endeavour to 'point 'out other crops that in. time will put this Dryden district in the forefront of the agricultural world. To begin with, I cannot agree with the pessimists who are bewailing the clo- ver seed failure, and conclude that two boor seasons are the end of that branch of industry. The weather conditions of the growing seasons in 1922-23 were not at all ideal for seed forma- tion, and to this can be attributed one reason for the failure. Another notice- able feature of the two seasons was the absence of the humble bees in any "fnumbers. These insects are the real factors in fertilizing the clover blos- soms and anything that tends to dim- inish their numbers is a contributing: factor to the non development of the clover seed. It is one of those little things that shows how mankind is so often dependent upon the humbier creatures for his welfare. I don't want to say much more about our clover seed, it is here to stay, but will pass on to another phase of farm- ing, namely the dairy. Here is a never failing source of income to the man who understands his businesa. The idea of a creamery has long been in_the minds of many, and it seems that at last the dream is to,be realiz- bl ed. Having in the past been one of the severest critics of Dryden for its lack of interest in the welfare of the surrounding community, let me now be one of the first to congratulate Mr Pitt and those associated with him in giving the farmers the chance they have been locking for so long. Tt is a well-known fact that dairying cen- tres are-always the abode of the most progressive and up-to-date peoples. It means better homes, barns, cattle and go-ahead methods of farming. The dairy man cannot afford to be behind the times. He ig producing one of the necessities of every-day life, and his influence, and incidentally affluence are reflected in the countryside. Whether the present attempt will meet with the desires of the Promoters is hard to tell, but sooner or later, Dryden will be the centre of a great dairy industry. "The clover for which we are so justly famed is the mainstay of the dairy cow, and with sunflower silage, milk can be produced here as cheaply as in any other district in Ontario Let us now look at the possibilities of the hay business. We are produc- ing anywhere from 500 to 600 tons vearly in excess of our needs, and a market must be found for the surplus. Studying the markets one finds thas the hay that finds most favour Timothy. Are we to go out of clover and into timothy to supply the de- mand? I think not. Experiments : x have shown that timothy is hard on ago when engaged in cutting out what the land whilst clover builds it up, and 18 now the trunk road, I made the re- that one acre of green clover plough-: Mark that in less than twenty years ed under is the equivalent of 10 tons|"e Would see motor Cars running up a. ; ® gritish p IDIre i. d down these self same trails, Bf > : of barnyard manure applied to the oo OWh these self same trai uy X J i i on oil. Tn Doling, clover hay does not {€arers to a man scoffed at the idea. make such an attractive looking bale | L0day they acknowledge the truth of and Ensure the as the timothy, and although its feed- f the statement. Accomodation You Wish ing value may be greater it is mine Looking into the future what do I : : ; times out of ten passed by for thefsee in Dryden? First a well appoint- C A N A 1] | AN PA C | Fi C more tasty looking timothy. There-;¢d and up-to-the-minute CreEmery, ' fore it brings us back to the point busy from morn till night; near at Agents will gladly make Reservations that if we can grow this surplus ofjhand a cold Storage building ; The arrange Passports and give full hay it will be good policy to feed it on a publi oy municipal = abattoe information. at home. To what? "Why to dairy | for those hogs that will eventually find jcattle of course. Build up your ownj their way into it; on the track side a Direct Through Train Service ASK YOUR AGENT TODAY i en ire YCANADIAN PACIFIC Crate ne A TA The next thing I want to deal with|of the world where No. 1 seed is in C. B. CAFE is the potato. There is no need to ex- demand. Not very far away a grist periment with this crop. We can, and Mill where the farmers will get hig do, grow some of the finest crops of OWn grain crushed and his own bran potatoes to be found in Ontario. Our varieties are hardier and more resis- tent to disease than those grown in . (Opposite C.P.R. Station) .unch Counter and Dining Room Meals served at any hour ooking and Service unexcelled Clealiness & Quality Guaranteed the southern portions, and in conse- quence there is always a demand for 'TOBACCOS, SOFT DRINKS : CONFECTIONS seed potatoes. Last fall two carloads HAN BING . " ~ Remington Typewriters Sold by:-- Douglas Lane (Post Office Building) earth, to the same regions we musi look for the hardiest strains of plants. The oats and barley we grow here in the Dryden district compare favour- ably with those of other districts, and Some samples of wheat seen here ers take notice. But we have got to improve our strains if we wish to get into the world's seed markets. The Dryden Agricultural Society is making a good move in inducing the farmers to go into competition in registered seed for their field crop. Once the idea takes hold that better returns are to be obtained from the better seed it will not he long before the old idea of "anything from the grain bin will do for seed" will die out, and farmers will be growing nothing but registered seed grain, and finding all their ener- gies required to satisfy the demand for Northern Grown Seed. It will take time but it will come. Finally there is another crop I have not dealt with, and that is hogs. If that creamery goes, there is going to be a lot of milk left on the farmers' hands to feed, and what greater re- turns can he get for it than turning it into pork. With our clover pastures and our skim milk, we can raise pork just as easily as we can raise any- thing, and with a world-wide demand for hogs of the bacon type dressing up to. 160 Ibs, theve should be enough in it to make cur progressive farmer sit up and take notice. "As this letter is dragging out longer than I intended, I won't do anything more than merely mention those other sidelines of farming, viz. poultry, sheep and bees, all of which have come to stay in the Dryden District. I have just sketched an outline of what I know are the great possibilities of our section. We are only on the thresh. hold of expansion in this area. Mr Pitt says in his open letter that the farmers are tired of co-operation, | cannot agree with him in this agser- tion because it is only by co-operatios, that the farnfers wil be able to carry out their intention of maling this dis- trict one of the:most progressive and up-te-date in the wide Dominion. What the farmers are sick, sorry and tired of is being exploited and seeing the, returns for their industry taken from] them to keep in idleness a host of parasites. ; What does the future hold in store for the farmers of the district? Years For Voor NEW SPRING SUIT SEE T. PROUDFOQOT The Tailor New Stock of Just arrived Dress Boots Work Boots High Cuts LE 3 H. WILLARD, wR REE TTT Book Your Passage 18 FOR THE feed those dairy cattle which are such a source of pride to him. Another building will contain the certified seed potatoes held over from fall shipments or kept and over all a great feeling of co- operation between town and country that each and all are a part of one great entity and all filled with one de- termination--to make their district THE DISTRICT. Such are the pos- of potatoes were shipped from Oxdrift, and the price paid was 75¢ per bag of 90 Ibs. Less than 100 miles south of us in Rainy River, five carloads of! potatoes were shipped, and the price 'was $1.50 to $2.00 per bag. Why the Phas : difference? Simply because the 2row- sibilittes--aan Dryden rise to the occa- ers there are shipping certified seed Sion? The future 18 ours and whi potatoes, whilst ours" were just pota- We SOW now is just what we shall "toes. It costs no more to grow an Tap later. W. W. HOWELL Proprietor two ago, an organization for growing in the northern temperate zones of the : would make the western wheat farm-§ and shorts drawn back to the farm tof on order for spring delivery, NO political or other matter could ever arouse more this district than has been stirred by the offer of Mr Pitt to promote 1a Creamery in Dryden. Gut of all the discussion or the many letters 'written in the mat- ter, there has never appeared any difference of opinion as to the benefit of a Creamery. Every- body recognises the tremendous boost it would give to the district. The only points left unsettled concern the effort ' that farmers would make to support it, and whether it would be better to leave the field open for a co-oper- ative syndicate. As to farmers taking steps to ensure the supply of milk, surely they ~ would not™ be so blind to United We Stand | interest over! Las] Announcing Cameras. only two stops to think of, operate-it. their own interests as to not ar range to secure all the cows they could feed and handle, Regard- ing co-operation, the two letters appearing below should convince any man that further discussion of that question at this time would only delay a utility that the whole country badly needs. Anything that will build up the district should be good for everybody in it, and the best co-operation would be the unity and goodwill that will hasten the erection of the Creamery, which will mean im- mediate expense of time and money to the promoters, with the profits comparatively remote, Editor Dryden Observer Dear Sir1In reading the letters in your issue of last week regard- ing building of a creamery in Dry- den, TI noticed that two of these writers thought a co-operative Creamery would be the most sat- isfactory. 1 can quite agree with these men there, as well as in the fact that we are not all tired of Co-operative things, but I am of the opinion that a co-operative Creamery is not at all possible at the present time, and to wait for it would delay the scheme for at least ten years. I may be wrong, but I think that at the present time, with everyone short of money, that it would be a hard proposition to gather up enough money from the farmers of this district to pay the Provincial Secretary | for getting out the Letters Patent, and that under these conditions it would be far better to encourage anyone with the capital to build and operate a creamery, with the idea of, at some future date organizing a co- operative company and buy it out if we think it advisable. Wishing the creamery enter prize every success, J. S. CORNER * ok kw Dryden Observer, After reading the open let- ters in recent issues re Dryden Creamery proposal, T see excep- tion is taken to Mr Pitt's remark that farmers were "doubtless tir- ed of co-operative things"--a re- mark that comes sharply home to those of us 'who, for the last ten years have financed co-operative things such as bulls, horses, Ken- ora dairy, Oxdrift store, etc, with what success? Mr Pitt struck a very true note as we were beginning to get tired. None knows better than Mr Tre the benefit of co-operation when conducted on a business method: and it does not take an old timer to realize where his mind was when he made that remark. I firmly believe a Creamery in Dryden on" a business footing, controlled by business men, would give encouragement and that it would gain strength every day to the great advantage and benefit of farmers, and save us from our- selves. JOHN KX. GUTHRIE Dryden Follies Tickets for the FOLLIES Show on FIMO NIN PR SP, I, No more Spoiled Films! A'New and Exclusive feature has been added to the 1924 Ansco It is just what the interested yet inexperienced in pho- tography have been looking for All worrying details have been completely eliminated. one for the "Instantaneous" for "Time", and NO FOCUSSING. Sp simple that a child could You don't need "Camera Brains" at the Pharmacy and ask to see the ANSCO "FOOL-PROOF." THERE IS NOTHING JUST LIKE IT FILMS AND SUPPLIES Always Something New \ since the first camera was made. You have and one Il to be sure of the best results, call D. C. Wariner Dies 15 uN Warner, 1.P. of Quibell, died in Dryden Red Cross hospital Thurs- day morning, 28th February. His age is said to be about 783 years. The late Mr Warner was one of the best known of our old-timers, alike among mining men and the farming community. In hig younger days he practiced as a lawyer in Cleveland, 0. but was obliged to discontinue hig pro- fessional career from failing eyesight. Coming to this country about sixteen years ago, he took great interest in gold prospecting, and in partnership with W. F. Kerney was interested in some claims at Contact Bay. Hie health heing greatly improved in this splendid. climate, he took up land in the Quibell district, where he has since made his home. Of his family of a daughter and two sos, one of the Iat- ter is hourly rected to reach it The Junicr W.A. are having a home- cooking sale at three o'clock on Sat- urday, March 1st, in St. Luke's Parish Hall. Afternoon tea will be served. A Double Bond:-- At Union Church, Dryden, on Tues- day, February 26th, by the Rev. J. Maclean Beaton, Jas. Henry Crowley was married to Irene, daughter of Mr and Mrs Geo. Whiting of Dryden. The day following, another wedding was celebrated under similar circum- stances, when Robt. T. Whiting and Stella: Crowley, brother and sister re- spectively of the previous couple, were joined in wedlock, Hake Joins Map Hunt: -- 'A sensational shooting case occurred at Silver Mountain, a few miles east of Port Arthur, last Friday, when Sgt. Creasv of the Provincial Police was badly wounded in the shoulder by a bullet. The police had been called on account of a section-man who was said to be a dangerous lunatic, who shad threatened two other men "with his rifle. The ser eant, who is well-known in Dryden from his connection with local cases, was shot without warning when approaching a boarding car where his man was barricaded. The gunman, Tomae, a Finn, later escaped to the wooded hills, where the police are still seeking him. Constable Hake, Dryden, has been recalled te Port Arthur to join in the man hunt. BAPTIST CHURCH Services next Sunday will (DV ) be conducted by Rev. G. Near, of Kenora Morning ob. oa oie - 11. 2.m. Evening at 7 p.m. You are invited to worship with us, NOTICE All Milk, Cream and Ice Cream ven dors must renew their Licences w'th- out delay for 1924, THOS. COLLISS Licence Inspector or pe | ; CARD OF THANKS Tuesday night are going fast. Cot! your reserved seats at the Dryden; { Pharmacy. The limerick contest giv-' fing $5.00 for the best completed lim- | {erick is making a hit. Come and hear {the funny ones read at the show. ' The programrne is one of the bright- est and best, the most novel entertain- ment you ever saw, better than an' : opera--more fun than a circus. While it is impossible for words t« convey our appreciation, wl ou many friends accept our sincere thank for the kindness, help and sympath:- showered upon us during our tervibl trouble. It was 2 hard blow, but w know that it would have been worse but for the kindness of our friends. J. H. SHERWOOD, Wife and family Wainwright, Ont. Likes Dryden H oney In a letter to a 'friend here, Prof. &'Donoghue, one of the lecturers in the series being given under the Uni- versity Extension Service, says, "Just a line to thank you for looking afte: me, and for the honey. While I do not know whéther it is the best pos- sible, I can honestly say it is better than any we have had before." This Friday the Literary Society en- joys a return visit of Dr. Allison, the first lecturer. Those who so greatly enjoyed his previous lecture will ia glad to hear him on "Tennyson and Modern English Poets." The meet: 14" will gain be held in Union Chure! auditorium, commencing at 8 o'clock, everybody interested being welcome, 4 Sh sleigh rides this week, - the A number of people ware out various n. mild weather proving an irresistilil attraction for this enjoyable spoy+ Tuesday night the Girls" Guild .drov out to the Fdye place, while the Adult Class, in two sléighs, visited My and Mrs Bert Wice, while Mrs Dan Wright entertained a big sleigh party Wedneg- day--also other events too numerous to mention. Prize Pictures Amateur photographers are looking over their bést pictures to select the one to be entered for the prize offered by Gough's Confectionery. Any win- ler scene of this part of the country taken with your own camera, showing people or animals, or simply landscape; may win a,37.50 box of Neilson's chocolates, Bring your picture or film to the store to be put on the board for the public to gee and vote on, not later than March 24th. An extra prize Is given for those who vote (a $2.50 box of Neilson's) to be drawn for, * ok ok Week-end Specials SPECIAL FRIDAY & SATURDAY Eskimo Pies § for $1.00 Fruit Cake Specials; -- LIGHT GENOA, per G7 hase 50 DARK FRUIT CAKE, I... 60 CHERRY FRUIT CAKE, tb _ 60 DUCHESS FRUIT CAKE, tb ..__. SHORT BREAD FINGERS, b__ LADY FINGERS, doz. __.__ Sl 25 CELERY 15 iC remiss is HEAD LETTUCE, head 5 GRAPE FRUIT, each 5 ole CUR ORANGES, doz., from to : Cn ph WAGNERS & SALOME, 3 ths for EE rr TORE LANA) % BANANAS, per ib eR SE FOMATOES ARRIVE SATURDAY | MORNING Gough's Confectionery Agent for:-- L NEILSON'S CHOCOLATES KODAKS & BROWNIES ERS ee ws Land Plaster We will have 1 quantity of Lar Plaster about March 10th. Ordergit be in by March 1st to insure your gi» ply. Price $13.00 cash off ear. 7 DRYDEN LUMBER CQ. an :