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>1. 9 With_ r011. :Gt"£fob}5t Ities had :11, but had nlntions W38 6 taken “11‘ said bridge 89- .tement. .CS. €41 Tim sin“ to ”visit? 1903 5% v3: 99wa COO, QQQ 244(1 2 COO. 6¢§ 24(41 \< .0. f \4/\4. Q0: ,..A 0.0+ :2 $2 ,) A\ < v0. 6E 7\.â€"/\ d w /\d1/\d ”:0 General Merchants Eahmé, - fiaods Suitable for Chrisb mas Gifts to be Seen in Any Department of This Store. Tea Depanmnu Mwnys Well Assorted. {Emmy Department Ready um Clothing. 2 Ben’s Neckwear Terms Cash or Trade is we}! filled with New ‘ Goodsatrockbottomlneeaa Men’s And Boys’neetere, Ulster! Suits, and Shozt Ocemtsratllo Bargains in Men’s Suit-S»; 0‘7?” coats, Trousers, etc ,fitgmm dnced prices. Neckscarfs, Puffs, K320“. ”91‘ lays, etc" make a nice 31ft. We’re still selling Furs. Give us a call before you buy elsewhere. Early Closifig That Chris 1:. mas Joys may be abundant for all outpat- friends is the best Wish of fl’Lnughlin McInter ’7 K13 .0." Eldon Council Prowedings The closing meeting for Eldon township council for 1903, was held. at Lorneville on Dec. 15th. 74---; -«A W. A resolution was passed directing the payment of $8.00 to C. W. Rob- connection with his claim for dam- ages by accident at the Trent canal. A resolution was passed acqepting the bonds furnished by Mr. E; Mosâ€" grove as treasurer, and a by-law was passed confirming the appointâ€" ment of Mr. Mosgrove to the offices of clerk and treasurer. A resolution was passed directing the payment of the sum of $9.15, ex-a pense in connection with conveying ”John Randolph, an alien vagrant, to iNiagara Falls, -N. Y. 7,41. _4_:‘._ mnmxr The report of Dr. ical health officer ' Statute labor con amounting to $14.09 Ll [Java-av â€"‘â€"~ _ amounting to $1.00 each was order- ed to be refunded to the following person . Mrs. Connor, Hartley: Mrs. Marsh, Balsmrer; Mrs. Sarah Taylor, and Mrs, Pollock, Victoria Road; Mrs. Butler, Lorneville. Special grants of $6 each were votq ed for Sarah Shaw, Ann Carmichael and Catherine McMillan. A number of accounts were passed and ordered to be paid. - J. A. JACKSON, Clerk. There never' was a {anus w..-" straight 2 up-andâ€"up living meant» more, and when cent and humhug were better understood. ‘ A man is sized up far more accurately than most of us think. This world has a good hard club for the social, re- ligious or bixsiness hypocrite. “Burn- ing lips and a. wicked Wt am like} a potsherd covered with silvefl dross.” ' People are learning to, see ‘the‘clgiy under the‘ gfitter of the silvâ€" ‘a' draw} » ‘ ‘ HONEY 70va . B1 WELDON, Mafiposa tovvnship Clerk, Oakwood, Ont. “Insurance Agent, Issuer of Marriage Licenses, Conveyancing in all its terms. " ifibér commutation money . J. F. Ross, med- was read and fyl- time when ‘1'. altnoug plied ‘ animgl: We use RATI For pounds ration lbs. cl corn, of 1mm __-'-n- Some of the speeches at the Winter Fair, Guelph, are thus condensed by ttheekly Sun: last year. Proceeding, Mr. Rennie dealt with the handing of the animals after the purchase rather than on the selection for feeding. The first thing, he said, is to get rid of the vermin of the animals. Shear all the hair from the backs for a width of 6 to 8 inches, beginâ€" ning just behind. the ears, and then apply any cheap oil. Crude machinet oil will do as well as anything else. To a gallon of this oil it isvbetter tn‘ add half a pin-t of spirits of turpen- tine. If the work is not properly done, the insects will multiply in the Warm stable; you will get them into the cracks of the stalls and walls, and it will take years to get rid of them. I nearly always tie my feeding, ani- mals: You can feed to the full ca- Watch the twugh after each feed- ing. Overfeedingen animal is like oVer-feeding a threshing machine: It brings everything to a full stop. Have water always at hand. . I never knew a man to make a success of feeding who tilrned his cattle out once every 24 hours for water. Once when our water system broke down, although our milking cows Were sup- plied with drink twice a day; the animals fell oil a third in their milk. We use soft water. ' RATION FOR FEEDING STEEitS. For animals weighing a thousand pounds, when put up, our fiverage ration is: Three pounds roots, .12 lbs. clover hay, 2 lbs. each 0! pm, corn, and oat shop, and 1 lb. egrh of linseed and barley rneal. This makes the grain ration 8 lbs..a czy‘; but this is the average. Wéfio not feed any grain at all on the start, and we run over 8 lbs. at the end. We feed three times a day. _. I do not like barley for fattening unless mixed with other grains; in fact the greater the mixture of grain thefbt'etter the results. I do not pulp the roots. 1 Mr. Rennie did, however, did give lone piece of advice in regard to se- llection. He gave it in these words: f“-‘Never buy an animal with the skin frozen to the ribs as it is likely to stay frozen.” IMPORTANCE OF SELECTION Mr. Ketchen, of the Ottawa Deâ€" partment of Agriculture, following Mr. Rennie, did speak of selection. Bennie. The importance of the subject was shown, the speaker said, by the fact that we sent to mgland nearly $10- 000, 000 worth of export bullocks ”.mmfial’rize-Winner in Sheep lakes a. slim}! About Them OUTLINES 0F sum; ADDRESSES ~ GIVEN AT GUELPH WINTER FAIR “Selection is as important a fac- tor as there is in the causes contriâ€" buting to success,” said Mr. Ketch- cin. ‘l‘A few hfaxl ones; in a. bunch are not only costly feeders themselves, but they detract from the appearancb of the latter when you come to sell. And yet the making of a, mere selec- tion is no easy matter, because no class of animals is so hard to judge as store cattle. “Ability to select is more a natur- a1 gift than an acquired quality, and yet like all giftam-it may be improved by cultivation. ”I have never seen an animal with a. small muzzle prove a good feeder. “If an animal is light in the mid- dle have no more to do with it. "It is the easiest thing in the world to ruin the digestion of the best beast that ever existed, by feed- ing at first with too heavy a ration. ‘:_,, -__._-LI-. was“, mmvfascsam 3m I933 bub y..- ._.. ‘.‘Mr Rennie 8 grain ration exactly coincides with mine. The selection 0! steers for feeding as the subjept allotted to Simpson (“RISIMAS MMOSI #216 15k t presnn' Min unhongbt. Our Ebony Goods 'ffler y. g a 1:3,ng Sf, chmce to be seen no- wherré'elm. -‘ ' ~- v ' Stop warrrying and drop in to 89' (I)? Ebony Hana M‘mrs Ehmy Hflir mehl's Ev. my (Jami- B waxes Ebony'fiatf Bmshm LA """"d Emmy Kim rs Brushes Ebony N i1 Fi es Ebonv 1 uticlr Kniv s ’ Ebony N\ flops 0 ,,LL . Greg‘m‘y If“?! Prices right. HERE is more a natur- Sabre; DR“? points . The [int thing to ensure is that :the sheep shall be dry undexj {003. Mr. John Campbell of Furview Farm spoke on the care of sheep. Bis address hqd the following ‘ There is no place where the light is subh an important factor as in the sheep barn. Light is an absoâ€" lute necessity in such a case, and it should be there morning. noon and night. ’ It is especially necessary in the quarters occupied by the young lambs. There is some subtle inflw- ence in. sunlight that gives strength and energy, and nothing will take the place of it. “For row théte is no cheaper bed than silage and Clover. “One ton of cloVer is better than two tons of timothy. We cut and mix oat strut with our silage. Wheat. chat! is a. very good feed." Hake provision for exercise in a yard. One of the greatest evils in connection with the sheep industry of Ontario is that the animals are too closely housed. This is particu- larly true of the dam. Before the animal! come give the pr08peCtive mothers exercise, so that her young may have vigor from the time they are dropped. RACKS AS PEN DIVISIONS The racks should be so arranged that she sheep can feed out of them without injury to the wool of the head. Use the racks as divisions of the pens, so that you can place the feed in them without going among the sheep or dropping the hay or straw on the‘backs of the animals. You may think sheep do not need water when fed roots. They do need it. The sheep, if supp‘lied with wat- er regularly, will much prefer drink- ing of that to nibbling of Snow. Keep the salt box full. If salt is always before the animals they will not gorge themseh'es with it, is they“ are apt to do if they are left with- out it for a week or month. ROOT CELLAR NECESARY PART OF A SHEEP BARN. A root cellar is an absolute neces- sity in connection with the sheen barn. If roots are stored far aWay and have to be carried some distance to the sheep, the animals will not secure as much of theSe as ‘hey need. I know nothing that will wholly take the place of roots in sheep feed- ing, but at the same time these must‘ be uSed with judgment. With very small sheep I feed about two pounds, of, turnips per day to ewes for lambâ€" ing. ertainly I would not care to go up to four pounds.- I use turnips.o usually, but 1 like mangles, too. These must, however, be fed very carefully to ewes before dropping the. lambs. A week after lambing these roots are all right fed with bran and meal. There is not such danger in this case with turnips as there is with mangles. “You should not” Mr. Dryden put in, “feed too ’many roots of any kind to ewes carrying lambs." SOME “MUST NOTS." Continuing, Mr. Campbell said: You must not let sheep run with other stock. ‘ You must not allow them‘to stand in a draft. fiYou must not permit them to food out of dirty troughsâ€"clean the troughs after feedfipg. , i011 must-not alloww them to be tom warm. I had a. lwson in this when importing one lot. 'Ijhesp were plaic- â€"â€"â€"rvâ€" ‘Vi'C -7- ed on the ship near the boilers, and between two lots of cattle. They were almost cooked on arrival. Prof. Day Talks on Their Feed and Management A ration composed wholly of grain cannot be fed to hogs in con- finement with out danger, said Pro- fwsor Day in an address on hogâ€" raising. “up 'vâ€"o . Com is the most dangerous of grain rations, and should not be fed to hogs until they reach about 100 pounds in weight. . II ,(>_" v a..-“ _-_ Hogs should have some bulky food and they'should have a variety. The best results wiil come from using a pound of roots t'o each pound of grain right up to the end of the fini- shing pct-ind, althougx we have used two pounds'of roots to one of grain without injury. Sugar bgets are the most panama-pm ofy‘roots to: hogs, with mangles a gopd' second, Sugar beets‘ have more value in fattehing than man- gles. BARLEY- FOR FEEDING PIGS. I ' do not like barley for breeding sows, but Jar feeding pigs I consider this grain next to peas. Barley is (moo! the chief grain feeds used-in maing‘ bacon in Denmark. If '~ I were confining myself to one grain nunâ€"D â€"â€" “7‘ 0 were confining myself to one grain‘ forhogs I woixld prefcr barley to; other but a mixture of grain is; always to be preferred. v ? Rye is richer food. than barley, and l when led in mixtures with other: grains gives 300d results. ' ,Wheat} ma gives satisfactory results in; THEMEOFSHEEP T0 MIKE HOGS PAY aLre the most palatable hogs, with 111811ng at Sugar beets' have in fattehing than man- Alfalfa, vetcheq and rape aremhnce extra valuable feeds. I am very partial to rape, because it has such a. long season. By sowing at diner- out times you my have it green from July to December. lay, with roots '0: potatoes added. m Hewitt. Eddie Nesuitt. 01m will sivopod mum. Thaw-ration Page. Stephen Nevison, mum win b'e further improved‘by“an adâ€" 'I‘uckwell, ammo. ncnroy. Jello dition oi skim milk. Whey can be ,Pukin, Anna. loungiain, W made to serve in place of milk. Johnson, Edna Roenigk. Bessie Bop- Bnn and oats make a capital mixâ€" "kins. Emest Donnell: If appliances are convenient, it will pay to sockjmd from fwd to feedn but it is not well to let it sour. Where theme is no milk. and them is a litter of young pigs. hetterlkeop them on the sow to: eight or nine weeks, and try and get them eating well before toting them away. After welling I would add a little blood meal or tanknge to the feed. I! I had none of this I would use middle ingn steeped in boiling water. It would be better to feed four or five time a day. Oil Cake would mke a good 'addition to the mixture. Fine- ly ground outs. with the hulls sifted out, would also make good food. You shfiuld have a, pastune run for breeding stock. An addition of middling will, pay- ham, improve the ration“ the midd- lings have a little lass able. It alwm pays to cook potatoes when need an hog feed. Mashed and mixed with meal they will produce excellent bacon AYRSHIRES AHEAD The dairy test. as usual. formed one of the most interesting features of the exhibition. The value of the food used by the dairy cattle was not taked into account this time. Awards were made on the basis of total production of milk, amount of fat and other solids in the same, with an allowance for the period the cow had been in milk. Brno and oats make a capital mix- ture for a now suckling her young. For the first time in the history of the {air an Ayrshire came out ahead, and to H. and J. McKee of Norwich goes the honOr of providing the queen 0! this year's dairy herd in Sarah the Seqond. Sarah gave 123.87 pounds of milk in the two days. with an average test of 4 per cent. To this cow was awarded 147.4 points. Sen. III to Jun. IVâ€"Central? schoolsâ€"Allan Ro'b'bie, B1ackwe11,‘. Lawrence, Deycll Clara. Dixon Har-' old, Dixon Bruce, Ferris Annie, Bar-1 rod Clyde, Jewell Rossie, Jobbitt Gordon, Jobitt mella,' McMahon Bertie, Pratt Florence, RobortSOn‘ Mary, Richards Emir, Siddle Stella._ Stinson Fred, Williamson Ross. ' Jr. III to Sr. IIIâ€"North Wardâ€"â€" Estella Brumwell, H. Burton.. W ‘ Johnson, _V!iola. Laidloy, E. McLeod,l Myrtle McDonald, Madge Meihereil,l Herb Naylor; Aggie‘ Preston. Mamiel Perkin, Fred Quibun. Mary Robin-i son, Florence Rea. Orwin‘ Thompson, 1 Garner Wilkinson. The times of Those Who Will be in Higher Glasses When School Opens Sr. III to Jr. IV.â€"North Wardâ€", Lucile Koyl, Harriet ”Hupgugfprdfl Q The second place was secured by J Bettie of Norwich on a Holstein which gave 116.21 pounds of milk trsting 4.2. and was awarded 142 52 points. Third place was secured on u Shorthorn grade owned by A. Mc- Dougall of Guelph, which gave 107. 01 pounds in two days. testing 4.2, and securing 130.4 points on total record. G. Rice of Currie' Crossing came fourth with a Holsmin, givmg 12.3.6 pdunds of milk, testing 3.5., and securing 128.64. \- “u â€"vâ€" Jr. III to Sr. IIIâ€"Centralâ€"-Pearl Fisher, Louis Franks. Bardie Goldie. Howard Howell, Cassie Haugh. Will Morrison, Wilbert McCarty, Harold Mercer, Vera Mercer, Fred Millar, Lorne McArthur, Walter Scott, Ed- die Veitch. Florence Touch-bum, Jes- sie Preston, Harold Newsome. Sr. II to Jr. IIIâ€"Francie-etrâ€"Jcn- nic Brumwell, Albert Brimmel, Madge! Begs. Stuart Flavelle, Tom Carew, Gertie Carew, Roy Dean, Gardener Eyres. EVa Gatchell, May Morrison. Florence McIntosh, Ernest McGill, Geo. Riley, Marion Wray, Annie Stone. Sr. II to Jr. IIIâ€"South Wardâ€"â€" Thomas Burton. Arlie Curtis, MahXe :reenbury, Grace Hayne. Percy Hart,- wick, Lester Lytle, Frank Mmmder, Walter quhards; Joe Ra thmacl,. Howard ‘Wfiliamson, Ernest Abbott. Loretta Brofi'n; Lila Harrod, Gladys Skinner, Russell Hayne, Stella Top- 19y, Willie Woods, May Rogers. Geo. Sr. II t6 Jr. IIIâ€"Florence Beatn- ish, Flossie Hardy. Stanley Coomhs, Irene Jobbitt, Norman McConneH. May Silver. ‘ Jr. II to Senior IIâ€"F‘rancis-szt.â€"â€" Edith Cinnamon, Ethel Mavlwtt. Garnet Carley. Bruce Donald. 1mm Theme, Lester HOpklns, Han'cy Grif- fith,‘ Aileen Lytle. Florencc' King, Beatrice McGill, Oscar Parknr, Will Parkin. ' . __. ~ “â€" -____ _ Jr. II to Sr. YIâ€"South Ward â€"- Ross Babcock. .T-‘md Bury. Leonard ‘ Curtis. Bert Cresswell, Tillie Darbyson. thlh‘s Edwardq. Eflie Fisher. Eric Goldie. Elsie Harden. Katie Lathe. Reggie Mart-in, Eu! McGill, Lizzie Morrison Jack Russell, Lulu Syor. Leslie Sham, Bowie Watson. Bennie Yar- nold. ' -uvâ€"< "Part .II to Jr. IIâ€"F‘rancisâ€"st.â€"â€" Nora Edmonds, Annie Geach, Olive Cunning}. Clarence Fisher; Roscoe Stuart, Olive .Knowlson, Lily Chum- bcré, Charlie Carew. Myrtle Bell, Mic Hopes, SMIey ‘Jeflcress, Nor: 75 Cents a Year in A Pt. II to Jr. Irvâ€"South Ward-.- Florence McLean, May >Bfllingulcy', Willie Goslin, Wilhelmina Clendenan; Jennie Hahgh, Gouge Himmler. Lloyd Brown, Robbie Dolby, Earl J ohnson. Cora. Hepburn, Wilfrid Mil- burn, Ethel Wright, Blanche Burt'- on. Jennie Hour, John Hartwick.‘ Arthur Martin, Mona Dobois, Harold Stinson. The Toronto News has sent a fin-.- ular to all the towns and villages of Ontario that have adopted municipal ownership. Many replies have, been received. That of Fenelon Falls may be of interest. It'i‘s '33 I011- ows. , Wittfo this ‘ vilhge were is a wry greet natml powc. enema of developing somewhere‘in thenebhd borhood of 4.000 horseâ€"power. The Light, Heat Powei" Company, of Lindsay, Limited, purchased three- hperfler‘s 'of this W, and Ham ‘a. transmission line, transmitting the same to Lindsay. The other quart- er came on the WM this spring, tbgetber withwan elééti'ic'light plant, which was lighting the village. and a one hundred and twenty-five bartel flour mill, which were all to be sold together/at a limp price. ‘ , The Vilâ€" lage purchased these, and took pos- session on the first, day of Septem- ber. The villageihoveinveated now $40,000 in the purchase arid Some mibscquent development. We believe that the enterprise shall pay for it- self without recourse to "taxation upon the village, and will probably leave a small 'surpl‘us during the timd‘ in, which the debentures issued are being paid 041'. jWe believe that eventually that We will be able to increase our village most materially by the sale of electric power. We in- tend next year to develop the water power to its full Capacity, with a. view to attracting‘manufactumm to locate within the village. - -' Pt. II to Jr. IIâ€"Centralâ€"Gardon Bate. in! Brown. Entry Fen-(3.140- ota. Ferris. Fred HM Entry Ber- bert. Harry Herbert, Beta Home. “mic Stuart, Lorne Thomas, Bony Windrim. AVOIGEFIOIWFALLS onmnmclrumom Sdidtorlebiamflbosa-ibesmmt Valium and its W- A Big Power Estimate You ask what has been our exper- ience in operating this service. We have had really oniTOn'c month's ex- HOTSPURâ€"HALIBVBTON '-’ On Friday evening, Dec. 18th; a- very successful basket social and Christmas tree entertainment were held in the school house here by the Sabbath and day schools combined; The Rev. E. Roland made a. very able chairman, and‘Mr. C. C. Short of Tory Hill proved such a success- ful auctioneer that the sum of $32.- 20 was netted, which isnto be devote; ed to the purchase of’a' schoo! libé rary. The tree Was very large and beautifully trimmed, and every chiId in the section got a bag- of candies. and at least one present. The pro- gram, which consisted of vocal and instrumental music, readings and rocitations by the school afid home of the section. assisted by ,a few from adjacent places, was well rend; cred and gave universal satisfaction. The teacher. Miss M. S. Reid, receiv- ed many congratulations on the suc- cess of the entertainment. GLANDINE M , " A meeting a thewshhxehoim 6! the Silver IN! creamery val pghol ‘ on Tuesday of next week as a. larger plant is about!” he ill-mud. the present. 2133;3th Able to sup: ply the demand. Hay pressens urgeggam in our secâ€" ti on. a. large run ing expected. Many of the {armers are busy threshing “sip dovet- afid reportw. good yigld. '" n- “, ”A. "-AM vvâ€" U’ Miss Greta, Rogersof Port Hoover. was the guest: of MISS Ida Graham, on Sunday of last week. ' Mr. A. H. Webstb'r‘Tfa‘s been occu- pying our :_ unitin the absence of our pastor, 1'. Clark."" A mahtz.sbdd:bcexpecmd soon in the inmxd.mr"8unday Ichool. Miss Flora Wébster has Mun-mad home waiter o week’s vacation in, COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE L; stir} opaid