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\ proper kind of feeding, with the food not: in right condition. namely, a. dryohaired, pet bellied. stunted little animal that will never yield much of a profit to its owner. The other is fed on sweet, skim milk, never fed cold. but warmed to new milk heat; fed in moderate quantities three times a day. When the calf is five or six years old supplement the milk with a little meal or unground oats. The result will be a long, growing, good-fleshed animal. with solid bone and good frame. that will either as a milk cow or beefing steer. always be a source of pride and satisfaction to the farmer. The one has be?!” praperiy the other has been im- erly fed. ’The same holds good in life. If I take a handful of wheat la spud" to s sawmill yard and stir the saw. dust; to inches deep and deposit the that, I will find moisture enough to co sprout. It sends up a sickly yellow ohde, but in a. few days it will 4 mp-Zd growth of young stock, is equal in feeding value to two tone of timothy hay. What a foolish, unwise policy it is for a farmer to sell this, the best of foods, at five or six dollars a ton 3 CLOVER. AS A FERTILIZER. It is from this point of View I wish to draw farmers’ attention. I sometimes think that we don’t grasp the idea that a tree. plant, bush, or vine has a life that it develops, grows and matures just as it is fed. The three principal elements in plant food are potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen. We seem to grasp clearly that ‘ our domestic animals grow. develop andl mature, responding with a profitable growth to the amount of food consumed, but that when fed a. poor ration and sat- rtunded wtth improper conditions the results are far from satisfactory. For instance. take two calves. One is fed on thick, sour milk, gets a couple of feeds m-day, not much tomorrow, and the next has more than it can make away with. There can only be one result to this im- steer; in fact, as a winter food. it ap- proaches neaxer to summer conditions than any other food I know of. This hay has almost double the feeding value of timothy. It has nearly twice as much protie. which is the valuable element in foods; it is the flesh-forming material; it is that which produces muscle and lean meat. There is double as much fat in clover as what is in timothy hay, and con- siderable more ssh, which is the phosphate of lime that supplies the bone-growing material for young animals. We am almost safe in saying that a ton of good. clover hay. for the production of milk or the laying on of fat. or the healthy and that it commands a high price on the market as fodder. With all due deference to turnips, mwgles, ensilaee and dry corn fodder. well saved clover hayâ€"that is hay that has been mown when not more than one-third of the heads have begun to turn brown, that has been put in cocks the same day as out, standing in the field for thirty-six hours to sweat, turned out to the wind and sun for a couple of hours before drawing to barnâ€"this well saved, pnporiy cured clover hay is the best Winter: food for either dairy cows. young growing animals or for finishing the export 1T HELPS TO ENRICH AND KEEP THE LAND CLEANâ€"THE SHEET-ANCHOR 0F SUCCESSFUL FARMING. I“L’ncle Davie” in the Orillia. News-LetterJ If there is one plant more that another than is of great value to the average farmer that plant is our 90mm?!) _red c_loverâ€"n_ot IT’S GREAT VALUE TO THE FARM ELGVER AS A FERTILIZER ALWAYS 0N HAN’J. lITTLE BRITAIN PLANING GHOPPIHG MILLS ISAAC MCKEE, Mariposo Station. â€"CHOPPIIVG done every day. -â€"Stane or Roller work. â€"Some early in the day and avo'd the Rush. â€"â€"Doors, Sash, Mouldings. â€"latclxed Lumber. â€"Rough Lumber, Bill Stuff. -â€"Lath Shingles and Lime. â€"Best Grades h'ara' Cool on harm! at THE LITTLE BRITAIN FDUIIDRY AND MACHINE SHIIP Has every facility for filling up and putting in thorough Repair all classes of Farm Implements and machinery. Engine and Boiler Repair- ing a specialty. Practical Machinist . MAUNDER Tske another method of proving the munurial efi‘eots of even a one-year’s growth of clover. Where one crop of hay has been taken off, pull up six ordinary clover roots with the stubble attached. When the earth is cleaned of they will weigh a trifle over a pound. Three such roots to the square foot would be a thin crop; but take this as the basis of our cultivation, 4,840 square yards to the sore. nine square feet to the yard. one half pound to the square foot, and we have _.--v‘gyv my... Those plants that run up with tall stalks and narrow leaves. such as timothy, oats, rye, barley and wheat, are nitrogen con- sumers. Science has estimated that an average crop of wheat or cats takes from the land a little over 50 pounds of nitro- gen per acre. Those crops I have men- tioned are nitrogen consumers. If no manure is applied, and the land never is seeded to clover, remember that a crop of timothy exhausts the soil nearly as quickly as wheat. It belongs to the same order of plants. Successive, continued and re- ‘ peated cropping, without the application ‘ of nitrogen to the acre. Nitrogen can be of much manure, and a failure to seed t.) clover is the result of management evident in an impoverished. cropped-out farm, the owner of which will have a hard struggle for a bare living. But if the land is worked on some fixed rotation, of which I will write on at some later date, and clover is made a prominent crop in the rotation on the farm, it will soon increase in fertility, with a corresponding increase in. income. For instance, take one experi- ment that science has demonstrated to prove the fertilizing power of clever. Professor William Saunders. director of the experimental farm at Ottawa, in the spring of ]894, sowed a field with barley. At the same time it was seeded with ten pounds of mammoth red clover to the, acre. After the barley was harvested the clover grew rapidly and made a good stand before winter. It was allowed to grow until May 25, 1895. when the land was plowed and prepared for corn and pota- toes. You will notice that there was a crop of barley in 1894 and a crop of pota- toes and com 1895. The clover crop was analyzed and found to contain 17 2 pounds purchased at the chemist’se It takes about 6 or 6% pounds of nitrate of soda to make a pound of nitrogen. It will cost 17 cents a pound. Let us figure : 172 pounds of nitrogen at 17 cents a pound is $29.24 worth of very valuable manure. I have long since come to the conclusion that clover is the mainstay of the Ontario farmer. It furnishes the cheapest way to increase the fertility of our farms. When ‘ you get a good crop its broad leaves smothers thistles and many other weeds; its roots bind the loose soil together. Clover has such a fertilizing effect on the ‘ soil that our best crops of peas or fall l wheat follow the plowing up of a clover sod. ‘ THE BEST GOODS AREEJ wither, wilt and die. It lived as long as there was plant food in the kernel of the seed. When it became exhausted it had ‘ to die for want of food. On impoverished soils we plow, cultivate and sow; but the land, having a scant supply of plant food, fails to bring our crops to a profitable maturity. It is here that clover helps to enrich impoverished land with its broad leaves, which are but the lungs of a plant. It draws much free nitrogen from the air, depositing it in its lr- aves, stalks and roots. It shades the surface of the soil from the burning rays of the hot sun; it- sends its long tap root down into the sub-soil, 1 loosening and bringing to the surface manurial elements that no other plant can ‘ reach . Little Britain DrugStore only. â€"â€"Canzdian Steel Air Mom t6r. â€"-Massey-Harris Implie- meats. â€"â€"Full stock of Plows. Toronto Grain Grindes â€"Buggies, Cufters, etc. of â€" alf‘aesériptions. __Give me a. can. You can bux amthin" \ou need in the .. ..way of........ NOT”- I handle standard goods Pure Drugs . J. RICH, E. YEREX, Little Britain THE CHr-‘APES‘T â€"Drugs, Dyes, â€"Patent Medicines â€"And Drug Store Staples at are as past us. Buy your Clothes from the tailor in your own village. It- is the way for us all to get alone". He can show you as nice and good- wearing Cloth as you will see anywhere. His workmanship and fit are perfect and his prices are as low as any. .Don‘t go â€"â€"THE-â€"-â€" NITROGEN. The Tailor, Little Britain FIRE.-â€"The comfortable dwelling of Mrs. Marshall Ferguson, just south of the village, was burned on Saturday evening, the 215tinst., at eight o’clock. Mrs. F. and her daughter, Miss Willia, were alone when they discovered the fire upstairs. The villagers were alarmed and willing hands suceeded in saving nearly euerything down stairs, but most of their clothing was kept upstairs and could not be reached. The building or contents were not insured, so that Mr. Ferguson has suffered a heavy less. They are worthy of and are receiving the practical sympathy of their neighbors and friends. Mr. Wilson of Norland has kindly given them part of his house to live in until they cen rebuild. Mr. Wil- Demâ€"Mr. Rich. Peel, one of the earliest settlers of Digby, died on Monday, the 28rd of January, at the meat age of ninety years. The funeral took place on Wednesday and was conducted by Rev. Mr. Chaflee of Coboconk, who preached the sermon in Head Lake church, after which the body was borne to Is’orland cemetery and there interred. Deceased leaves an aged husband to mourn her demise . Special to the Watchman and Warden: SCHOOL REPORT for the month of Januaryâ€"Fifth classâ€"Ernest Richard- eon. Fourth classâ€"Lily Nelson, Villa Hartley, Cecil Richardson, Lily Corscad- den, May Brown. Third classâ€"Minnie (Moore, George Corecadden, William Wil- son, Joseph Thorne, Eva Porter, William Hutchinson? Mildred Brown, Milton Wright. Second classâ€"Ethel Porter, Laura Wilson. Maud Beamish, Florence Beamish. William Smpies. Second part â€"Harold Graham, Joy Richardson and Truman Brown (equal), Reginald Hartley and Harry Brown (equal), Albert Corecad- den, William Brown, Luella MoIvor. May Murtha. First class-Stanley Wilson, Matthew Martha, Gertrude Molvor. Stella Brown and Ida Richardson (equal), Arnold Brown. ANNIE A. Bowen, teacher. 15an SOCIALâ€"Remember the basket 50cm Lu-morrow (Friday) evening at the residence of Mrs. Wm. Hickson, under the auspices of Court Reaboro. C.O.F. Capital program of music, singing. recita- tions, etc. Stable room has been pro- vided for forty horses. Everybody wel- come. Come and bring your best girl. Special to the Watchman and Warder Special to the Watchman and Warder BASKET SOCIAL.â€"On Friday evening. Feb. 17th. the Presbyteriune ofJanetviile will hold a. basket social at Manverston Hall. the residence of Dr. Numyth. A choice program has been prepered. Ad- mission 10 cents; ladies with baskets free. Everybody cordially invited. Special to the Watchman and Warder nearly eleven tons of root and stubble growrh to the acre. So we should not be surprised that a one-year’s clover sod, when plowed in July and the surface kept: thoroughly stirred to a depth of three inches. makes a preparation for fall wheat that is equal to, if not better than, even the beat-worked summer fallow. Let: us sow more clever. Ir. will help to enrich and keep our farms clean. It has in the past. and will continue to be, the sheet: anchor of nucceeslul farming. Ifi Never Pays Little Britain Cheap Cash Store by trading at our store. What; one man can do others can do also. Try it Came into our store the other day, and after leaving with us an order for goods, said he could save at least: . . . . . . E. DILLAIAN DISTRICT NEWS. Horse owners to be careless, in making purchases of HARNESS, HORSE GOODS, or even in the matter of REPAIRING. In all the features which go to make up a desirable place to trade, we know that we are at the head. Goods of absolute reliability, prices that are reasonable and fair, and a full stock with judicious selection of goods, render our place a desirable one on which to bestow your trade. \Ve know we can offer advantages and to this end we solicit your and to favors. FIVE noLLAR's A mum JANETVILLE REPAIRS on Short Notice N ORLAND No. 2 OPS REABORO . B. WELDON. SCHOOL Enemaâ€"The following is the report of Mount Horeb public school for the month of January. Names arranged in order of merit. Standing ascertained by daily markezâ€"Claes Eâ€"Mabel Hart, Mary Wetberup. Class 4 -â€" Melville Sluggett. John Caldwell, Pearl Wetherup, Flossy Jones. Class 3â€"Lillie Robinson, Nelson Hart, Earl Hart, Winfred Hart, Mark Lee. Rilla Coulter, Eddie Jones. Class 2â€" Willie Malcomson, Jimmie Maloomeon, Elmir Hart. Johnnie Mal- oomson. Syrus Hart, Stella Slugqett, Leeton Jones. Class part 2â€"Elmir Coulter, Charley Deyell, Vincent Wether: up. John Wetherup, Hattie Hart. Ira Jones, Louie Hicksou. Class part 1â€"- Luther Hurt, {Bruce Hart, Stanley Sluggett. Ivan M'eore, Jennie Skuce. FARMERS, INSTITUTE.â€"A very success- ful meeting of the East: Victoria Farmere’ Institute was held on Jan. 25. There was a fair autendance at the afternoon session. Mr. A. C. Hellman of Waterloo county gave very practical addresses on DUNSFORD Special to the Watchman and Wax-dex- PHRENOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLâ€"One day not long since we visited the school at Mount Horeb. On entering one can- ;not fail to notice the order and system lshown in the management of the school as well as the attentive manner of the scholars. On the blackboards were drawings of different designs showing the artistic talent of many of the pupils, and which required the exercise of the brain called ideality. form, size, comparison and imitation. These children will draw on other material beside slates in the future. One little girl’s copy-book showed hate and neatness and a little boy’s composiw tlon his power to put his mind on paper. ‘ Much. credit is due to the teacher, Mr.‘ Blackwell, who seems to possess the mental faculties requisite for the success- ful teacher. JAS. DEAN, consulting Phrenologi_st. Lindsay. Special to the Watchman and Wade: N0. 6 OPS SCHOOI REPORT. â€" Standing of pupils in s. s. No. 6 Ops for the month of January. Names inserted according to merit: 5th classâ€"Charlie Cunning ham, Willie Cunningham. 4th classâ€" Joseph Penrose, Walter Parkin, Harold Cunningham, Frank Ball. 3rd class srâ€"Stafiord Penrose, Fred Cunningham, Irene Cunningham, Gertrude McGaughey, Eddie Palfrey, George Reed, Walter Reed, Willie Ford. 3rd claasjrâ€"Clement Cunning- ham, Mildred McGaughey, John Cur- tin, Alfred Ford. 2nd classâ€"Fred Palfrey, Bruce Parkin, Walter Free, Norman Parkin, Bruce T‘alfrey, Willie Hodges, Mary Curtin, Annie Kellett, Charlie Reed, Harry Davis, Ethel Davis. Pt. 2nd classâ€"Chester Irwin, Fred McGaughey, Vincent Cunning- ham. Pt. lat classâ€"Ruby Palfrey, Vera Cunningham. Average attens dance 24. M USKOKA STRUCK OxL.â€"-â€" The local member takes with him to Toronto 3 bottle of coal oil which flows Out of the rocks on a farm near Port Carling. The oil and water flow out of the rock copiously. The mixed liquid is put in a basin and the oil skimmed off, as cream is taken from the milk, and is used without refining. The oil is not so white as refined oil, but burns nicely and gives a good light. It has no perceptible smell, but tastes and burns like coal oil. Crude coal oil is dark and thick, but this oil has a very light yellowish color, and although somewhat thicker than refined coal oil, yet it is not nearly so thick as the crude oil. If refined it might bea far better article than the American oil. Let us hope so, at all events. His Harness has a good re utation. It. deserves it. The Stock and \ orkmanship are both first-class and the prices right. Eck knows the Harness Business and sat- isfies his customers. Repairing a specialty. All sorts of Saddlers’ Supplies. DENTIST, - LINDSAY Will be at JEN/(IIV'8 HOTEL Little Britain on the FOURTH TUESDAY IN EVERY MONTH. Keep the date in mind. son will accept any contributions of money or building material to assist in erectir g a new house in the ear1_y spring for them. VISITORS â€" Mrs. Rich. Rilance of Beaverbon is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. W. Allaly. IF YOU WANT A SET OF HARNESS â€"buy it from- DR. J. NEELANDS, John Eek. MOUNT HOREB JOHN ECK, Little Britain . L' N DSAYI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH,1899‘1 Don’t buy his STEAKS and ROASTS at the LITTLE BRIT- AIN MEAT SHOP. See the result. To be happy and healthy during 1899 you must buy your meat from us. We keep the best. Nothing is too good for our customers. J. G. RWHERFIRD Don’t Pass Us By TIN AND GRANITEWAREâ€" SICKNESS. â€" Mr. Carnaby Thurston. about a mile north of here, is very ill, and Mr. Caruaby Thurston, living south of here, is also uerloualy ill. . . . .Mr. G.:White is slowly recovering from a severe attack of ilnflamatory rheumatism. PERSONAL â€"â€"Mias Nettie Henderson of Lindsay is visiting friends here, as is also Mien Gertie Veal: of Peherboro. fodder corn and the silo, giving much valuable information obtained from actual experience. He recommends planting in hills and cultivating both ways, and favors varieties that will mature as early as possible. mentioning particularly High mixed. White Cap, Yellow Dent and Learn- ing. Mr. Hallman is a firm believer in the siln. He also spoke at some length on the swine industry. exhibiting a cut of an ideal bacon hog and urged the farmers to breed with the object of raising a hog with a lone deep side, narrow back, light head, neck and shoulder. that being the style of hog required by the packer in order that he may supply the British consumer with the sort of bacon he wants. Mr. J. C. Orr, who is a very pleasing speaker, gave much useful information in regard to insects that attack fruit and fruit trees and how to destroy them, ex- plaining very iully their life and develop- ment. At the evening session there was a large attendance, the large hall being filled to the door. At this session Mr. Hallman's subject was “Breeding, feeding and caring for the dairy cow.” Mr. Orr again took up the fruit question and explained very nicely how to destroy the enemies of the fruit trees by spraying and otherwise. Mr. W. H. Cullis of Feuelon. the president of the Institute. performed the duties of chairman with much ability. Little Britain Tin and Stove btore THIS MAN We ha‘ve the exclusive 3cm some of the most eminent clam the United States. Write 333 an 1 particular: in your case. Address, DB. J. G, Am will. It makes the liver, kidneys skin and bowels perform their proper work. It removes all im- panties tram the bland. It“ makes me blood rich in Rs giving properfies. To Hasten Recovery. You will be more ragldly cured if you will take a me dose Ayer’s pflls each night. Th amuse the sluggish liver and thus cure biliousness. Write In our m. Your heart beats over one bun- dred thousand times each day. One hundred thousand supplies of good or bad blood to your brain. Which is it? It had, impure blood, then your brain aches. You are troubled with drowsiness <yet cannot sleep. You are as tire in the morning as a: night. Eon have no nerve b" Sfimutzmts, Mics, headache' powders, cannot care you; but xi" $5“ m. "Your food does you but ittle good. ‘ a LITTLE BRITAIN MEAT SHOP U“ Ill-U Uni-AID...“ 'â€" r_._ -7 New Stove. We are agents for Gurney’s Famous Oxford Stoves and Rangesâ€"the best in the world, Perfect Bakers,_ Sp1_en§lid. Heaters, if_ you age thinking of purchasing a ‘ ~-..G-n far and very economich'l in fuel. A full «took. Also Boilers Lanterns, etc. Galvanized Iron ‘Vork and Eavetrou hingaspeciaity. REPAIRS of all kin s on short: notice. Prices righ t. A. M. RUSLAND ». DR.VJ. c, A Lowem Lindsay Woollen Mills. Above the Door If you Have a Horseshoe ‘ HARNESS, HARDWARE I~75 - - - 1-45 I. so - x â€" 1.- *2 “ fl “ I 25 - I 0: Also some Half String and Open Bells to be sold at reduced “ ‘u u Big Reductions in the above lines for the next We will sell Bells, long string, worth $2.00 for Blankets worth $400 a pair (t “ (K Blankets, Bells, Robes We sell our 2-ply Knitted Shirts and Drawegi; approbation. These must be seen to be apprccxfwj Will not shrink, and warranted for 3 years. UGO“ goods at wholesale prices, our motto for 1599- ' And it don’t fall on your head, you’re lucky. If ‘7in own a horse and clothe him with one of our ceiebratfj all-wool Blankets you’re sensible ; made {rem 193:1 ”4“ aunt-.11-- _.-.A__l'. -L__M-_I f. ‘L __‘-,,_ W001 carefully mafiufactured, fast COIOrs. Price 031. 50¢ per square yard. Gray Blankets 40¢ per lb. ,. White Blankets $2.25 per pairfilarge enough *' covex:_quite a little family. 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