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RESULTS OF INFLUE dedical aul is no TA knowing how far-rea ing the results of tho influenza epi: will be." m the nature of the maddy it is feared many cascs of tuberculosis will develop. If you have not fully recovered from the "flu," or you are run down in health from some other eauso, seek a doctor at once. Con- '#umption may have developed, but even that-may be cured if taken in . A case in point has recemtly "brought to cur attention ~-- a rm laborer with a wife and five small children. He had not been feeling right for some months, not #slek enough to go to bed, or stay indoors, but always tired. His daily work about the farm had become & _ %ask to Bim. So of his own accord he went to the Muskoka Free Hos- or: pital; to try and find out what wi he matter. Iie was found to be sul- fering from tuberculosis, and was immediately taken fu and put to bed. The dottors say this man is making a good recovery, and that he will shortly be able to return home. The Muskoka Fres Hospital for Congumptives {5s now appeall for id in fighting the Great ite sgue. The money you give will Belp restore to health just such de- Berving cases as this, bringing happl- ©. ness untold to re-united families. # Centributions may be Bent to @4 Sirs William J. Gage, 84 Spadina ~pvenue, Toronto, or to Geo. A. Reld, ary-Treasurer, Gage Institute, lege street, Toronto. 6,372 men accepted for ser- fee in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, there was 2 total of 3,757 casualties, including 1,180 killed, up L A ; ; wo to the signing of the armistice, ac- 3 : ; | cording to figures compiled by the %¥ : u @ 9S S Militia Department and made public Ja : ! to-day. Two hundred and ten men | ; : were awarded military decorations Ss i for bravery. The regiment, the first units of which left here in October, 1014, saw fighting in the Gallipoli campaign and in Egypt, and was transferred to France in March, HE PEOPLE OF ONTARIO are accustomed to dc: cept their food much the same as they breathe the air 1916. Since then the Newfound- | oF the Bitter Aine of the They read isolated items about food shortage, bf sich a x tho Yat es of the jo ¥ ¥ thing as this affecting their own dinner tablé never enters Wi A | ph their mind, dnd it is the responsibility of The Observer 87 to bring Home to'its renders a realization of the facts, as un: Z ¢ less something is done, in anotlrer year, they will not b§ { New Zealand Prosperous. | With a population only slightly In excess of one million, New Zealand's ok of wheat in the season of 1917 ro Ww ct . O BD An Wo = Q, 18 ie estimated at 7,800,000 bushels, as against a yield of 5,061,227 bushels in 1816-17, Figures for dairy | produce also ghiow an Increase over | the previous season in receipts of | | butter and cheese for grading, while | { { reading #bout the hunger in Belginm but the hunger in Ontario. The following should be memorized by every reader of | as regards wool produced for export i | | in that country there was a total of | 2 hs : { 193,880,000 pounds in 1916-17 com- | I Tae OBSERYik pared with 181,282,800 pounds in | e kd 1915-16 and 197,266,914 pounds in | ' ; : AS1atE. Rete show an A pom | af) Under the Ptesidency of Mr. J. W. Woods, a Confer- in the number of sheep in the Dont= | of ; ; Eilon in 1917 over Ee iat out thet 3 7 ence of all interested in food production "was held in To- These figures go to point out at | i agriculture in New Zealand has not B = roto on Mouday, May 7 [44 10 been badly affected by the war, | 4 ® i ! JN | B riends --- 83 : Every Farmer Should Have Spray : 5G ¢ { Sai ' | : ' 0 { f 38 Calendar. ' £ eg 0 Before giving the reasons why if Hh P ~8 { Ss zy I y {gm every farmer: should have a .spray od J 9 J NG TRS BHREIND { x calendar let us state what spray | PN 2 J ~ / 7 CRR x - z "te 10 : yg tvhat an interesting time both Citic i é rd . ally be 3 vht hav might have. the | ¥ SER SR - sol} : : v i ud se pd el Hush To . rr =? » 4 FIRST-CLASS FARM T° : F 2 FNT NN QUAREQ i» ¥ formation almost at a glance. A spray \ 3 ha calendar is therefore a handy refer- - ence sheet on the control of. insect F pests and plant diseases. Every farmer should have a spray { calendar for the following reasons:-- | 1. Because it will save him time {in finding the necessary information on the control of insects and plant | diseases. | 2. Because the information given {in the spray calendar is mare reli- able than he can obtain from his neighbors or any other source. It is the best information that can be ob- tained anywhere. 3. Because the spray calendar will prevent costly mistakes due to slips of memory. 4. Because the spray calendar states definitely when to treat the dif- ferent pests. A week too early or a week too late would in the case of some of our worst insects and dis- eases mean utter failure. There is a good treason for each date of treat- ment given in the calendar. It is not Bé Sure the Clover and Grass | BUY YOUR SEED RIGHT iS Setiei. TT 35 so wiem REETIELEREL ICI mre SELON TAT AE and Use It--Only Sprayng Done | at Right Time Is Effective. (Contfibuted by Ontitio Pepatument ot Agriculture, Tofonts.) UCCESS or failure depends to a large extent upon the quality of the Beed sown: No man can afford to use low-grade clover &t grass seed. The risk of seeding down. the farm with noxious weed seeds is too great. High-grade &tver 1916 CANADAS 452795264 lbs SERS AE guesswork. ney 5. Because the spray calendar | and grass seed 1s freer from Wetd 6 i kL] FE states definitely the mixture or mix~ seeds #fil produces more healthy, . a ro El tet a tures to use in each case and gives F, ¥igorous plants per pound than does eo % the rarer Strengil joe SronE a low-grade seed. Impure seed is dear mixture would mean loss of money 3 and sometimes burning of the foliage ZN at any price. Pure seed is the pur- or fruit; too weak a mixture failure pl A po AS to control the pest. on having it. Fd WAR [ Aa } 6. Because several spray mix- "In the pitrehase of élover and gfasd | Ue ; =T Exp (e1> 5% tures, e.g., Bordeaux mixture, can be 'snade at home; The spray calendar tells how to make these. 7. Because by following the diree- . tions given in the spray calendar, " almost perfectly clean fruit and much * more of it can be obtained. * seed (lié following qualities should be looked f##:-- 1. Freedom from weed Seeds, ed- pecially those weed seeds coVered by the Seed Cont#gl Act. The wébd seeds . : 4 4 can be properly seen only by sfread- ) 209148784 Lbs. ddd hi ing out the sample of clover or grass Si a seed on a £lean white sheet of paper and looking carefully over it with chaser's right and 16 should insist | GtRRITAINS SHOR / 3 | RS AGC Always ask for the latest spray calendar, since they are revised from time to time, and new and better © wethods added in place of the old as f isuodl 88. they nave heen sufficiently the aid of a tripod magnifier or had | tested. 3 ; F ! How can spray calendars be ob- . : bi i ¢ lens, No farmer should be without tained? Send a postcard to the De- 4 7 - ] 'kind. E¥eryone who partment of Agriculture, with a re- Ti 2 % : eed should endeavor for one. Write your name and 3 : : ; 'elearly.~--L. Caeser, B.S.A., . ¢ he sent to Mr. A. E. Ames x MN 0 A 4 id EN , airman of Fipance Committee, 84" Farad + prepaid to the Botan 1 i ; EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND HOPRIETOR, Sh Fine atreet west, Toronto, by whem ERE p partment, Ontario Agricultural Col- : * nay Yaad . knowledged ~ " lege, Guelph. Prof. I. 'B. Howitt, : i College Jreluh