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The Presbyterian! garden party at: Mt 31d. See postem On Friday, the 2nd iueh., while Mr. J. McTaggazt was engaged shingllug his house, the scsfi'old on which he was standing gave way, precipitating him to the ground, breaking his left: arm two inches above the wrist. Dr. McPhail set the injured member and it is now a matter of time until he will be able to use it Mr. J amea Bradbum qunt Mr. and Mrs. Wm. rains or nus pmuo spent a. cauple of days this week visiting Millbrook. Messrs. Levi and Herb. Fallis wheeied out from Patel-bozo on Saturday evening and remained over till Monday. Mr. George Patton and sister Eliza, also Miss Thorndy ke of vaers Station, spent Sunday with M153 Mattie Thomp- 80D. ‘ ‘ Al‘â€" â€" -1;â€" again. DUB. Mr. Joseph Hadden went up to the city a. couple of Weeks ago and purchased a. Kensmgtonr rig. .We-‘wiah he and his family health m enjoy in. mM:. James Lytle and wife arrived on Thursday from the city to once more become residents of our village. They are both welcome back. A El GAO Wu... rug-'v_- , The severest rain storm that: visited this part since June 5th, 1891, came on Wednesday evening, There was a. great desk of damage done no the land and crops in many pieces. In lasted about. three-quarters of an hour. No other serious damage is reported, only the burn- ing of Mr. J ohm-S accon’s barn on the 11th concession of Csvan. Fulton Vrooman made a trip to our hamlet on Sabbath. Mr. R. Morgan of L‘ndsay was at Mr. Pogue'a on Saboath. Mrs. Wallis returned home last: week, after ten days stax m Bobcaygeon. Mrs. Jenkins’ sisters are visiting her. One of them hails from Mlchigan. Mrs. Saiies and daughter lcft on Satur- day for a visin um mg friends in Bathany. Sara ROgcra has resumed to Canning- ton, after a two week’s stay at her Lther’s. Mr. Eli Wiliiamson cf Lindsay, an old friend -f The putor'a, canted at; the par- sonage Sn may afternoon. Hv~.vâ€"hv 7' __ A quantity of first: class binder twine is offered {or sale by O. J. B. Yearsley at the cheese factory. Mr. and Mrs. Lownsbrough returned from their wedding: trip last week, and were the guesze of his aster, Mrs. Wel- den. Rev. Mr. Mc-Mullen and wife, en route from conference to Azherley, 'etopped over a couple of days. They were the guests of Mrs. Sales. _‘7 Mr. James. who was killed by light- nlng 1n the {‘1' west, was buried here last Wednesday. in the twlllght and between hewy thunder showers. ID was a very sad affair. We are pleased to learn that R. Broad has secured the title of M.D. Mr. J emu: Broad’s tamily seem to take to medicine with a mu. there being now two M.D.’e and two veterinary surgeons among the hove. Next: Sunday But. Mr. Cook, our junior pastor. w‘ll say good-bye, and in the evening Rev. Mr. Scratmn will give his farewell to the congregation in chi place. Their places will be filled by Rev. J. E. Robeson and Rev. S. J Tucker, â€"Apme eouncil masking of J mm 2111. a motion was p‘nued asking for tandem for our new town hall. _ â€" The annual pcnlc of the Methodist S. S. will be ham by train to Petexbor'e on J one 213i. FE N ELON FALLS Mr. J. Naylor of Islay spent last Thursday at the Falls. Mr. J. Heard left on Monday afternoon to spend a few days in Toronto. Mr. J. Austin of Kinmonnb was at: the F1138 from Saturday until Tuesday. Miss M. Golden and Mia S. Barr paid 3 short. visic co Burnt. River {his week. Mrs. Kennedy of Reaboro ap( uh huh Sunday mth bur brodmr, Mr. “imam nun hut. Mr. H. RJbaon. 13.8.. in at present LITTLE BRITAIN FRANKLIN CAMBRAY SLewart anti Mr. Wes. Saturday in Mlllbtoox. ‘Vm. Fallis of this place fdays this week visiting SON YA ma purpose holding a Mrs. Reazin’s on Jul? taking a course at the Optical Ins Canada in Toronto. Lieut.-Col. Sam Hughes wa Falls from noon till font last Fri is expected out again on Saturday â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" M; The old slide is being re fitted to serve its old purpose ing the lags of the lumber from Cameron to S Uanaua 1n LUIUuuv. Lieut.-Col. Sam Hughes was at the Falls from noon till four last Friday, In expected out again on Saturday next. The old slide is being repaired and fitted to serve its old purpose of convey- ing the logs of the lumber companies from Cameron to Sturgeon Lake. Thls ie an age of electrlclty, but even that power can be too “fast” on occasions. Twere better to travel slowly, and thus avoid sudden stoppage; and narrow es- 0451365. .. 1" L_L-“2nn Ia rnuv Cdpua. Campmy No. 5, 45Lh beta‘llon, ls ro-v about complete, and is being drilled by Capo. McKay. They go to camp at Niagara Falls, June 20th. and we expect a good report of our boys. Mr. Wm. Golden has purchased the old Pogne homestead in Verulam for $3,000. The farm is a good one, and Mr. Gelden will improve in so that: it wlll be a fine home, not. too far from the village for convenience. B latinu excursions are in order. A party of gentlemen spent a most enj )yeble evln‘ng 01 Cameron lake on Monday on the “Noum R xy,” and Messrs. Jones and the “mourn nay, suu “Lacuna. um--- .-__ McCallum’a little steam yacht is often on the water. Our sidewalks are being renewed rapid- ly. and is is beginning so be a pleasure to stroll around on sure footing. A portion of the new one on Colborneâ€"sb. has been placed outside the trees, and puties who formerly walked in the darkness now walk in the light. ' ‘I Au_ A SMALL TORNADO ALARMS THE PEOLE OF THAT DISTRICT About three o'clock on Monday after- noon the village of Gelert and adjoining: country experienced one of the heaviest windstorms that has ever visited this‘ county. About this time it will be re- membered that this town was struck by quite a blow but up north the storm took the usual funnel shape of cyclones and made aroaring sound that could be heard for miles away. A log house belonging to Mr. John Frmcis was demolished. The upper half and roof were thrown quite a. distance. Everything in the building: was scattered about and much of the furniture badly damaged. The cyclone‘s path through the forest was marked by a devastation that showed its amazing power. Trees were not only up rooted but whirled high in the air. It is to be hoped thatcommotions of this sort will confine themselves to the less thickly settled ‘ regions of the county. AN iNHERITANCE FROM A DEFUN‘CT TELEPHONE COMPANY [Cornwall Standard, June 9.] The continuation of the examination last; week before His Honor J udge Pringle, in the case of Shaw et 8.1. vs. Lane, revives public interest; in what a. few years ago was a. subject of lively interest; in this sec- tion. . The Dundas Telephone Company was organized nearly six years ago, and quick. 1y spread over the whole of Dundee county and extended into several adjoining counties. The organizers were enhusiastic and the peop.e were excited over the prospects of opposition in the telephone business. But the end came quickly and the whole concern collapsed like a bubble in August, 1895. Since that time the ‘members of the company have been before the courts to settle who shall beer the liabilities of the concern amounting to away up in the thousands of dollars. [‘he result has been more than one law suit ‘ without final issue. The present examine- tiou has been on for over a ear, and it is not connidered 11::er that is will bring the matter near a completit ion. The co us are heavy and the whole affair Is a signifi- unnt object lesson. WHO SHALL PAY THE PIPER? The .L A BLOW AT GELERT A large stock timze of stock of BEAUTIFUL offered Friday and Saturd Superior Cows For Milk Without Sacrificing Beet Qualities. While I do not believe that what is termed the general purpose cow can successfully compete with the exclusive- ly dairy breeds, writes W. E. King of Kansas in the Boston Cultivator, yet it must be admitted that there are many good cows to be found among the beef breeds, and on almost every farm one can find one or more cows that are above the average in dairy Work. It is from these cows that the future dairy should come on the average farm. Of course where dairying is to be made a specialty one should begin with some special dairy breed, either by purchase b’ptkfldl uaan ”Luv“, v--_--_ fl“ or breeding from dairy bulls, and grad- ing up. But the average farmer, who keeps from two to half a. dozen cows' from which to raise calves and make butter for home use, selling the surplus, does not want the dairy breeds, because they are only profitable where one makes dairying a specialty. But rather let farmers find out which are their best cows, then breed them to a bull whose mother was one of.these best cows, as well as the grandmother if possible, and in a short time one can in this way get a herd of cows better than the average without much sacri- DAIRY SHORTHOR‘N F-{LLPAIL VII AT TWELVE YEARS. [Record 1,233 pounds of milk in 30 days] fice of the beef qualities. I have tested Shorthorn cows as high as 5 1-10 per cent butter fat, giving 30. pounds of milk a. day. Such cows are profitable anywhere, but, unfortunately. they lack prepotency and as a rule no assurance that heifers from such cows will be bet- ter than the average unless they are bred to a bull from a superior cow. But where one persists in this line, using good judgment, they will be reasonably sure of success. But then there is another point one must bear in mind. and to this I attach great impbrtancc. and ‘ that is the feed- ing and care of the calves. It is the easiest thing in the world to ruin a COW before she is six months old by im- proper Ieeding. and there is a. world of difference in feeding a calf with an eye to beef and one intended for dairy work. If one is feeding for beef the food must he of such a character that it will form muscle and fat. If for the dairy we want to build nervous force, which is directly the opposite. The nervous cow is never the fat‘cow or the cow that lays on fat readily. I am quite sure that many good cows have been ruined while yet calves by wrong feeding and care. The cow is largely a creature of habit, and the habit of laying on fat should never be encouraged in a calf intend- ed for dairy work. There is nothing on the farm that I watch more closely than the growing calves. as onthe care the first 18 months of their lives largely de~ pends their future usefulness. I want them where I can see them every day, and see that their habits conform with the work for which they are intended, While we have only. and breed only, the dairy cow: yet were we in the posi tion of ‘most farmers We would follow the above suggestions. No ironclad rule can be laid down, but determination to better one’s condition can always be accomplished, and there is plenty of room for improvement along this line on thousands of farms. A cow that will give a profit over her keep might just as well be kept as one that runs her owner in debt. I see many opportuni- ties in the home dairy, opportunities which, if taken advantage of, would drive hard times from thousands of farms. All trees, whether frdit or ornamental ones, should be cultivated for several years to have them do their best. To let 21.888136“, aroumx them is vow poor d. Not only are the trees robbed of 00:1, but the benefit of cult!- vation is cat to them as Well. Keep' the 9081 stirred' trom spring to early fall:â€" Joseph Moehan. 1n Practical Farmer. FUTURE HERDS. THE WAT n L HMAN- Cultlvuflugkrrool. ZFUL HANGING and PARLOR LAMPS Saturday at halt price. Come and get your choice. J VINE I -WARDER~' LINDSAY, om. , ._ ‘ ”If/”K“ . %3°691<3°C WW «:immfiwpfi mega A Northwest Paper Advises Intensivo Animal Cultivation. Pork is worth money, and it is pretty certain there will be little falling ofi in pork values this year. anyway. The trouble is that we have too few sows to do the, breeding, says ‘ The Nor’-West Farmer. This difficulty can be met in two ways. 1. By saving a good few of our females for breeding purposes. A good grade from a sow that is a known good breeder and nurse is quite as good as if we paid twice the money for a pure bred, but she will not be fit {or a mother till next year. It would be butt/(‘1‘ if we could have more pigs this year if at all possible It is quite possible. ‘2. For we can by good management have a second litter this year from every good sow we now have. We shall suppose that the sows kept owr the winter are drop- ping their litters now or have dropped them already. It is quite feasible to breed them again the ninth day after. And the pigs so begotten would come in August or September. Even if the first chance was missed and the sow comes in I best the second time. The management, ? now and henceforth, will have a goodi deal to do with the success of this? scheme. After the first few days a sow 1 may be fed pretty freely and will turn it into good milk fast enough. By the third Week a few quarts of warm skim milk can 1;: put in a trough out of reach of the mother sow, that the little ones can drink from and in a few days more they will be fit to out a little chop. or any other suitable feed that comes handy. By weaning time they will be able to get along on their own book and keep 0'!) growing. Half - the number can be taken of! a day or two before the rest, so as to dry ed the dam gradually. After that she has nothing to do but keep in breeding trim on summer feed till her second litter is dropped. If they are handled in‘ the same way they will be well-grown hearty shoats before the snow files. All the time they should be sure of a good dry warm bed and shelter from dmfts and windâ€"two of the worst possible things for pigs of all ages. With comfortable quarters this second litter will feed as well in winter as in summer and so nearly every sow in the country can thus double her usual yearly produc- tion of profitable porkcrs‘ The Proprietor of Dvntonia Park Farm Say» That It Pays. There has been a little interest shown of late in the culture (if iish on the (arm. A reader wrote us recently for informa- tion as to the kind of fish to raise, how to go about their culture, and whether it would be better to make a pond or to make use of a creek for the purpose. We referred the question to Mr. W. E. II. Massey of Toronto, proprietor of the Den» touin Park Farm. situated a few 'miles out of Toronto, says Farming, On his farm. which is fitted up with all modern conveniences, Mr. Massey has several fish ponds, which are giving geod returns. He believes that fish culture could be successfully carried on by many eastern farmers, and writes as follows: “I am quite satisfied that fish culture could be carried on successfully on many of our forms Where there is a. suitable water supply, and fortunately our farms in eastern Canada. are for the most part abundantly provided. with good water, very many of them having Spring creelis very suitable for fish culture. ..- .. _ _ “It is scarcely wise to advise farmers generally to undertake fish culture from the beginning, as the taking of spawn. watchin the eggs and caring for t‘c -newly- ~ tched fry require a good deal of attention, and can only be suceessfully done by one who has had considerable experience. ,The stocking 0t ponds with fry after they have passed the delicate stage. however, is an cosy matter, and the fish tor that purpose are easily cared fOI‘. and require’but little attention. and will bring u. good return'for the trouble and cost. “It; is much better to utilizé ponds for this'purposa than creeks, us it is nocos sury to make provision against; freshers and floods “Anv of your readers desiring to look into fish r. ulturo are Wdconm to “sit; Dcnfonia Park Farm any duty cx<cpt Sunday. where they can learn more in an hour 5 observation than by reading many books.” There are many who admine we (may as a flower. and evun the lame oxeye, larger and more showy than who common varieties“ is not without those who think in beautiful. But it hardly nccds fio be added that these are. méstLv city pe0ple. or those wh have now become acquainted with the aisy's peculiarities It is a .most abundant Wen, mngl once in the land it is almost impossible to“ get rid of it. Yet t ram; 3 tfino. when thin vno pest was nt out to be cultivated in 3:8- dcns as a Paltlful flown» C U ECOND LITTER OF PIGS. FISH CULTURE. The nxeye Daisy. have good Alfalfa on Tough Clayâ€"Cow- Know It For a Good Thing. I have had 37 {years’ experience on as ‘ heavy and tenacious a yellow clay as, I believe, exists in New York state. ‘It I l lies on what is known as the Big ridge, ‘ four miles south of Lake Ontario and anywhere from one to six miles west of Rochester. As to the tenacity of this clay I have known tenants occupying farms adjoining on the west to plow the land when wet, allow the sun to bake it for ten days, hitch a team weighing nearly 3,000 pounds to an iron roller which weighed about a ,1 ton, drive over the field one way and, 1 when they came back, not be able to tell where they had been. This may sound somewhat fishy to sand farmers, but I believe there are clay farmers who can verify my statement. This land is high and rolling. l 0n the land above described there is l a piece of alfalfa which has been in the i ground for more than ten years. It ‘ was seeded too thin. grows coarse and does not coier the ground well. Never- theless it will yield twice as much feed during any season as will red clover. I know this to be a fact, as we rented it for one year, using the alfalfa for cow feed. We have on our own place about eight acres of alfalfa, two acres seeded in an apple orchard in 1893 (not enough seed sown), two acres seeded in an apple orchard in 1896, 35 pounds of seed per acre; four acres seeded in an open field in 1898, 35 pounds per acre. The first seven inches of this soil are dark and crumbly when properly tilled. The next 12 feet are yellow hard pan. The next foot is soft rock that readily yields to the pick. The next 40 feet are vegetable clay. ., We prepare the soil by plowing as early in the spring as possible], make a fine seed bed and sow one bushel of cats per acre. The object of the oats is to keep weeds down. After the oats are sown we go on with a wheelbarrow seeder, sowing 17% pounds of alfalfa seed per acre; then we cross, sowing the same amount the other way, after which we barrow lightly. Alfalfa won't do anything if its feet are kept in water. On the last piece eown we have about one square rod in extent Where the water stands. There the alfalfa is dead. Our soil is in a high state of fertility. As to cows and calves liking alfalfa, we have mixed it and red clover to- gether. fed it to calves, and they would pick out the alfalfa first. Cows prefer it to any other forage we have fed. Frequent and Deep Plowing: “‘ill Bring and Keep the Land Productive. The Cornell Efporiment Stat-ion made some studies on potato vulture Inst son- son. and a. I‘L‘Uk‘nl} bulletin says: To ex- plain the uniformly high yield we must then make a study of the treatment which all plots have rm-eivod. It is prob- able that frequent and deep plowing has done much to bring and keep the land pnoductive. The land has been turned from two to three times each year, and the pulverizing which has resulted there- from has liberated sumcient plant food to mature large crops. In addition to the plowing the land has been freqeuntiy borrowed and cultivated and the inten- sive culture which has been given has liberated all the plant food that could be used by the growing crops with the amount of moisture that was present. Seeds should not be cut i'or any consider- able time before planting. If it becomes necessary to delay planting for some considerable time 2!. ter potatoes are cut the cut pieces sho id be dusted with j plaster and spread out in a modemltely ‘ moist. cool place. At least they should not be allowed to becom'e dry. I! planting is done very early in the spring the ridges may be permitted to remain ten days or two weeks before har- rowing down. If planting is done some. what late the ridges should be burrowed withi a week after planting. In tii'e case of ear planting there is usually enough moisture present so that the tidying may temporarily prove a benefit by enabling the soil to become warm. In the case of late planting all the moisture should be conserved, and this is best done by level- ling theridges. Where the soil is natur- ally too Wet the ridges may be beneficial in that they hasten evaporation and the oonlequent drying of the soil. Subset-its for WATCHMAN-WABDER AN ALFALFA STORY. POTATO CULTURE. Kent-St, Lindsay Births FEM, Lamb, rurx, FLETCHER- On June 2nd in” wife of Samuel Fietcher, of“? CBESSWELLâ€"(m June 95:, “ 5280!], the Wife of ‘95. Crass-Neg, LACOMBIJâ€"On June 41b. in 5‘ the Wife of Godfrey Lacgm‘ge‘o; ter. 4 â€"'â€"".~ M 31'? iazes LACOMBE -On June 4th. in ' the wife of Godfrey Lacomhu tar. Lowxssnocc Hâ€"SODDOX~At , dance of the bride's father, a. Wednesdav, J nne 7th, by the a Stmngways, Mr. \V. J. LOW Oakwood to Miss Soddon. Oakwood to Miss boddon Roar-ms -Rom.\'so.\'â€"A the bride’s parents, Ble Rev. M. E. Sexmith. on‘ 7th, Rev. W. P. Rogers 0 to Annie Blanche Robin ton. CROW}: -On June 2116. the infant. son of Cecil Cn HAWKINS-â€"In Lindsay Fannie Louisa Hawkins, ELLIS â€"At. Omemee, 0: 6th. Margaret, relic: of Ellis. aged 76 years. GRAIN. Fall Wheat per bushel. New wheat per bushel.... Fyfe Wheat do do.,.... . Spring do do Buckwheat...“ Barley, per bushel ........ Rye . . . ........... . ..... Oats ............ . ...... . Pmsmll .............. Peas, Mummies .......... Pena, Blue ............... Buckeye peas ............ VEGETABLES. Potatoes pet has ......... Hay, per ton ............ Honey per lb .......... . Cream per qt. .......... Sage per bunch .......... Lard be: 1b ............... Straw per load ........... Timothy ................. Alsike ................... Red Clover ............. Wuhan Wool..... Wool, unwashed ......... Farm Propel‘t.V and 'Aficnt for the LonL‘LO‘ Agency C0- Charges : Money to LIE Agent for " j Adun Block Ken: bueet. S! 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There is. p81 ‘ ‘ 0f agriculture so 51 " ble conduct '85 than so much expcnai “-‘uered necessary [1 ‘ for the market. the south-western j ‘ of Oxford we took 0 ' «of Mr. W. J. \\'had "1 is conducted on bus? e found. upon invt Pits Were rai~ed Ll working touan '_" Still further reduq . "i015 feed and pork TRANSACTIONS 30G FEEDERâ€"A DAY. JUNE 15: Manâ€"W Produced for K Cents a P0 Don’t Make th w _ w-.- ,v. - Kr. Whaley raises his M and grade TumVM‘ mayhem a Berk‘ '9“ hiked with me‘ [mgsuic the bacon “m?! away his Berg 7‘â€" w “W ‘ “9 floor of the p: . The human“! is of h“(isouun The! E tw0 fee:I 10:? ‘ in“ “bed six in. he South 0‘ it. in be l M _ PORK IND the Brim}; Cash Special 9“ ‘9 End ‘ p! th Y!