OL Te LE ME ig EIS ate ; t wy é + “ig Day at,N a considered. Top—The old stage conch added a tittle color to the first sight of a Moun ere Meause Polic ¥ There very pretty Tittle story told in regcioce tion with Oats celebration. oxie, < ‘ perhogh a years old, was orse was said to have never-lost a race. Sleek and beautiful, she igo the pride of the prairies, -and as proud as she was utiful, Saeiautng to tell. Thocek a ae strained every muscle ‘in her body, coaxed by “Old Three Sons” cro on her back, having lost the lead she could not regain it, and for the i time in her racing life Roxie. finished s econd, o more prairie turf flying under her feet. Having trot back to the judges’ stands, Roxie sank to the ground dead. She died, it is said, of a broken heart. horse owned by “Old Three Sons,” a Black-foot Indise, to mar the Jubilee. helping the cow Three t a beautiful race-| or in one of the s entered again to|-. Th céntre of the town. But her age was members 0: North-West.” their say, but honor of those who will she. set the ted | Fort the M: jebration. Ciicdatel soe: dll vidal obi hed tote ‘oliceman. Right—| Roxie, who lost @ race and did not survive, pep be photographs reproduced above were taken, not phos a century ago as may be supposed, but early in / *' July of this year when the town of. MacLeod, Al- BRoer celebrated its Jubilee with a stampede and goings-on reminiscent of the days of horse- thieves and Indian raids, = the advent of the rc b pee thousand Fositors from all over boys and c eoielgtith and the B feet, Blood and Peigan Indians, to “whoop “This was the only event which in any way tended ee. A rodeo was held, some seven- the Fg din Mat ieariae cars which ueeed the Canadian Pacific yards. e Indians, who once terror side, were , ee eped in yari-colored teepees ised the prantey Here they took ard rin the al time war dances under the eyes of f the original squadron of the! Royal Cavescye, & and Indians had ter all, the oy ae te y reme all of 1874 Pe ered were numbered with the “Mount es” pe established MacLeod. Grizelied old men, most of them, but young at_heart, they entered into the spirit of the ys and were as active as any in “Whoopin’ ‘er up.” } er 4 —- ‘Ttems of Local Interest ooreficld— Moorefield? is Ce gag a big day of sports to be held in the Park on August 7th. Elmira Baas, Highland Pipers Band, Calthumpian Parade, Foot Ball and Soft Ball matches, Tug of War, etc. Lots of fun and a big concert at night. Successful Pupils in Music— The following pupils of Miss ag | erland were successful in passing th exams in connection with the Tome to Conservatory of Music: Miss Dor- othy Sproule, A C. M.; Miss El- eda Irwin, junior; Miss Dorothy Burgess, elementary, (honors). Elmira to Engage Nurse— <The Elmira Public School are at present making errangements' wit the Waterloo Public Board to jointly engage the services of a Public School Nurse. The movement was discusse at the last annual meeting of the El- mira ratepayers and was fayourably Want Act Enforced— Guelph Horticultural Society is getting into communication with other Horticultural societies in an ef- fort to-obtain their co-operation in asking the Provincial Government to take means to have Noxious * Weed Act strictly enforced, not only ‘fn the cities, but also In the country. Look Them Over— Gét the habit of looking Gant. our ' Everybo dy’s Column on page 1. There may be money in it. it you _ have anything to sell a Small Ad. May bring you a buyer. If you want “to to bits anything, let the pulbic know “about it in The Banner. An outlay of a few cents may save you a lot ot do}lars, 65,000 Road Signs Erected— Sixty-five thousand road __ signs cover Main highway. ‘and hundreds of concessions and Enjoyed Fishing, Trip— Messrs. EB. F. Bd ere, ho Fink- ether, Gordon Burt, g. A kbein- er of Toronto,/William of Areata and four others from Niagara Falls enjoyed a week's fishing in the Bruce Peninsula, They left Listowel on the Friday previous and returned last Wednesday and reported excellent catches of black bass at Lion's Head and Stokes’ pe taking all the law would allow Mennonite Immigrants— Over 800 Russian Mennonites of German origin arrived in Waterloo on Saturday last and were taken in charge by the Mennonites of Water- loo County. The Mennonites of Wa- terloo have pledged themselves for the cost of their passage and will look after them until they are on their feet. Every Mennonite home in the country has at least_one of the immigrants while others took half a ozen. Waterloo citizens in general opened their homes ‘for temporary shelter to the ye mers. A Rea] Beautifier— ° " When p roduced under sanitary con- ditions milk will, says the Banker eee Educator, do more to build the human body and produce that “school girl.complexion” than all the patent medicines that have been inning of disguised, handled in bottles of various sizes and shapes, placed on the shelves of our drug stores, and advertised on the basis of evhat it will really do, the public would flock to these stores to purchase this ‘‘wonder of wonders.’ ‘Sir’ Arthur to Unvéil-Memorial— Ata special meeting of the Wing- ham council last week it was decided to engage the services of a land- seape gardener to assist in making the terraces and ground around the war memoria} beautiful. It was also unanimously decided to wait for Gen- eral Sir Arthur Currie to unveil the memorial in the first two weeks of September. The committee are now waiting for the General to set the date that will be suitable for him to come. Another Gas Tank Explodes— Every few weeks there is a report in some of the. Ontario papers of a gas tank explosion caused by t from a welding outfit. The latest is from Port Elgin where Mr. Fenton was in. the act of welding a large tank. He had left the tank outside and had run water through it for twenty minutes and believed he had removed all gas and fumes. -Light- ing his torch he started to work but a moment the whole end blew out anrinite ie. side of the ppt and rebounding sixty feet. The concus- sion from the explosion siiattered nearby windows. Two or three peo- ple were standing around and’ just how anyone escaped injury. is a mir- acje. ; cid Another reason why people. early is because their stomachs can’t blockade the port when trattia is con- gested. Pon | Testing ihe One You Are To Marry (From The Minneapolis Journal) A coihmentator on fairs. of the| than the golf course or the ball heart suggests that mode ife fur-| rr one has. an - opportun- office, s writer,.: more favorable . $ court, the college bee Lott and ie Gcitneu offer = actions for Ree rept the degree of 11) than. and temptation. ‘The office sélf and: ready. for and:beset by details do} itself and can be tes anionkble CP, i e home, is pot. likely to: be less de- ity to study character under. stress is. .) not the recreation pelt, all te pare up the harnessed self, following the -routine|. ad harra 88-, ments. Then if ever, oe nit r=} shows in iets, eh were: ORR ea ture, Tor > Agric considered in poultry breeding. First, | a4, the selection of birds that have the: characte rs desired; and secondly, ~a further selection from these, of) birds that can produce offspring as good as or better than themselves. ~ Does “Like Beget Like?” Many are of the opinion that “Lite begets like.” In general, that is true, but.it js true for general and not for particular qualities, It\ is true that a male White Leghorn mated to White Leghorn females will spring of these there will’ be no chicks exactly alike. We find large and small Leghorns; most of them never go broody but some do; some lay large eggs, others small eggs. we find a great variation in the ew of eggs produced by "different The Question of Selection. Selection is made on the basis that |, e produce like, but experience has taught all breeders that to secure uniform superiority they must carry 3 the selection aah generations f poultry. If we select birds that alte “laid secre “tan 200 eggs in twel onths and mate ve consecu pee to a male of simtlar strain, we not expect to get all daughters iy ae ay 200 or ae eggs a year, but w the average a better promnttios an had no selec- tion been made, - Inbreeding and Line Breeding. Having located a successful mat- ing, one can perpetuate easily so long as the originals are breeding, but the problem. begins etter the ‘first. mat- ing ceases. Shall one breed mother and son, or brother and sister, or cousins, or what is the best pro- cedure? Our experience in breeding birds of very close relationship, such as mother-son, or brother-sister mat- ings, would not warrant us recom- mending such a procedure. It is true that we have had some successful re- sults, but it is likewise true that most of such matings have been very bad. If one is anxious to breed closely, our experience would suggest a trial of any relationship, so long as the birds are vigorous, but it is not Lae to depend entirely upon such mating. A good in-bred bird will itkely bea valnatted er, but such a bird is dificult to produce. It is very doubtful if one can say what relationship will give the best results, for erson it would appear to be good advice not to breed too closely, and to look for new blood from some source where the breeding has been similar, Winter Egg Production. “Many people eta to believe that the secret of ge’ rn particu- larly in wintierd ‘s in th ds given e fee ‘| and the method of! fesdlngs others believe the whole problem is in the breed or strain; while others think that the housing is the problem to solve, All these are important, but the main reason for poor results lack of careful work months before the eggs are wanted. While you are collecting the high- a gi let eggs you should be ma ul plans to secure the crop: of Sree. for next season. Where eggs in winter are wanted the: early hatched pullet» is,’ without |* doubt, the one to depend upon. Year- lings hens and those older are very. ber They are uncer- tain even in January and February and really do not ean to lay well until . Where the egg produc- ‘Sots falls below fifteen per cent. dur- e winter ane pe is” a making much profit. age which most’ pullets beet’ “ying is from six to seven months; some lay at four and one-half to five months, and others ‘not until eight or nine months of age. This means that if a fifty per cent. egg yield grater ted In November the pullets should be hatched during March or April; May hatched pullets will lay 2 little, but, asa re 7 yan hal or more per cent, ‘dally. — rw raham, O. A, College, 2. Hitch plow at 4 point on ‘tractor’ drawbar midway between horizonta) panty of tractor and horisontal, cen- low. a Aasoa vertical position of t hiten. ibstantially . level 18; wong Bion: 1. Bet. levers for first position and be AL seas year, yoted to the wife whom he ‘marries ‘open eo sent meal The. danghter who loves the home in| 8. ‘Chante: lanera to working post question seem# -apropos,| Which she has been reared, and‘ igi tion, = = = Should ‘love ta telnet and how can} © bear her share ofits} 6, When plowing nt finished, lias: [it Best be tested? Granting that. the sibi is, not}. Bia Bega rt posijfon and 5) motive » we ‘prove ‘wife. The home|. ee oe } Fes it yet remains ri ~ that. toe! M3 surely Ox aoe of oped chal ‘sealer , hinge many Z ‘are in love, when], mB “ar : cardine R eporter—It is ‘ ¥ they. ence only a temporary ir ent to pate ds work to 1} i ble procedure. to ce| f@tuation... When’ this mistake igi AUd-to companionship that - to, places and do th a which | Made,” toovoften the tra © meee =. » perfectly well + they will a MMEN LP ; well-as : > young man who] ture the opinion, eae eee Senet Be _ warm. ‘ age! ‘do not 0 ‘to do the imposeie, to poacton Banbipa dt coney willpe Pion an F aipuit, be an _tather than @ ¢op| loved one tham ‘the old-time -" ere ce geese ry | Se Bigg Sen athe thre ted eam they come to knowing the sum of five campus the ‘supposedy' loved” a ote be is in i 9 et aeart rakes ¥ The 62.8 seh ek tion during future years will un- doubtedly add many millions to the agricultural wealth of the province. Derived From the: The 0.A.C. No:72 was deriv ed » from the Siberian. In. 1903 a large College, containing planted by hand at ces apart, produced ts of re- aerteal plants markable vigor. One of these selected eres a was the parent of the O.A.C. 0. The pure of the O.A.C. No. 72 e by side with | been measured sid that 0 ee Snaiaoe, which, distri previous bution. of the; ‘0.4.0. No. 7 72, was the most popular oat grown in Ontario. Yield and Quality red, 4 For sixteen yea. in succession the 0.A.C. No. 72 an Banner centage of hull ge in yield of both straw and grain per acre: OAC. No, 72 Banner atte of hull... 28.5 30.3 Sg of straw W per acre a 43 Bushels grain 88.23 73.58 In these experiments the O. A.C. No. 72 in comparison with the Ban- ner has a thinner hull in each of fourteen and a greater yield per acre in each of twelve out of sixteen years. Each variety required on an average one hundred-and ten days to mature Remarkable Growth in Popularity. In 1911 the O.A.C. No. 72 variety of oats was distributed throughout Ontario in connection with co-opera- tive experiments which were being carried out through the medium of the Experimental Union. Without a — : ee this new variety of oat has given a higher average wii: per acre than any other variety perative tests conducted by farmers in each of the past eleven years, No. 72 soon made a-record for itself, and was increased rapidly from the pound lots used in the tests conducted on the pe ‘arms, In ti it seven years, the 990 frat prizes which wefe Rwarded to fields of standing oats in connection with An Ne throu b. A.C Ontario, the bined 249. A Consistent Prize Winner. In the cOmpetitions of threshed grain at the Canadian National Exhi- bition, Toronto; at the Central Can- ada Exhibition, Ottawa; he the Pro- Vineial Winter Fair, Guelph; and at the Ottawa Winter Falr, the 19) No. 72. received 72 and the Banner “xr prizes in the’ last 1 four eg the O.A.C, No. 72 surpassing the Banner in awards from fifty to one hundred per — at each of these exhibitions. T remarkable record, twenty years ‘roe single seed to the present The benefit that: On- tension, O.A. College, Guelph. A New Hybrid Field Pea, ’ The market value of Ontario's field peas amounts to about four million dollars annually. The.0.A.C. No. 181 variety of field crossing th f White Wonder. It is a small, smooth, white pea of good quality and ap- rancé, vt all the ‘nadine varieties of field da ponana Agricul- tural ‘College, the 9. A.C. Ni 0. 181 given the, highest average RY ald st grain per "acre, In the past five years’ sprites Ke d to an average length of. 45 inches. peas gave an average, weight ot measured This new Pe of field peas was successfully te: in the co-opera~ tive experiments fty farms Ontario in the past two years. The followin, age yield in bushels per acre per anim Pe an of the wis ‘varieties san la by € ‘practical . No. hee 26.9 ; Barly nity AC Britain, ‘3a. as Potter, 24. 3; and Can- ad Beauty, 1.—Dept. of Exe tension, 0.4. College)’ bo rhene atbene Salle Sout be os ae a af aod has, ie if the ait celta pro-. PO of eat 1 te ‘Its multiplica- uursery plot in the imental grounds at the Ontario ultural oe 0. seeds |’ the Field oop Com- |’ gho . 12 feéelved 521, the Ban- || ner 330, ‘auld all other varieties com- |! There's a wholesome basses damier bite ~ of Zarbrigg’ Ss Delictous Bread : you eat which ee, it from. every other brand of bread thade. Try our bread and be convinced of its ly For your daily supply of bread ‘phone 85 and have our rig call. _ ZURBRIGG BROS. Listowel "Phone 85, Electric Wiring and Repairs Might as well have the lighting facilities of your home ' right up to the minute. Expert work and the highest grade of materials is what we give you at a moderate cost. And you'll be delighted with the results. ‘Hot-Point Electric Water Heater . Have one installed on your range boiler for summer use, *Phone 81 CARL ROSS Listowel If you toot your little tooter, And lay away your horn, Persistent Advertising Pays _ Within a'week there’s not a soul 5 Will know that you were born. The man who tries to advertise, By short and sudden jerks, Is the man who’s always kicking Because it never works. . | » The fellow who is on een A-humpin’ every day, And keeps forever at it, © ' ‘He's the one who makes it pay. | Prohibition in America has increas- ed hit git etpeiency eve 30 per Att Ded ade of Mr: . Giisc. yle, a anti-prohibitionist, Seay to country to workings of the new reform. On his return he was quoted as Rlerias in a speech at: Birmingham that. BiSINESS . ENDORSES PROHIBE TION THROUGHOUT THE UNITED ; STATES ° ’ (St. Marys - Journa! l-Argus) “Thirty-five years ogo. there not,.on this. continent,, a paste magazine or a daily newspuper . of prominence except The Montreal Witness that advocated. Prohibition. They nearly all reeked with. liquor ads editor refused such busi- ‘Mir. CwA. McCurdy, fibcster of the British Parliament from Northamp- ton, cies’ largely quoted’: he. ‘The: veterans of the, 19th Century peta figures f _ the s ustry ould have thought the Millenium} to. enforce h en Mr. Mc- had arrived if they had found Pro- Curdy added thar. while in Great hibition articles . in. e I I The Harpe vid The rege Post, ae ney t| had declined « ; tes, and: . i} tons: have ‘ranged :themselyes, wi e , Prohibiti it diagainst cen beverage sale ot it — Tanere, is.no. ‘more high-toned Aten, : : ary magasine dn the. yi mpg oe f'Is the > in —s