MESSRS. ELLISON & PORTEOUS Ont Listowel, t. rom The Home Garden By H. 8. Fry, Horticultural Editor, The Farmer's Advocate. Nine out of every 10 persons who live In ciites, especially men who work in offices, or at porte cs chad light nied hae five.or § days 4 k, wou fnfiaitely, better off see the opportunities for proeitoate, healthful exercise ana pleasure that He ack yard of nearly every home wing number of people, however, are ge. ting what is to them a pleasant form of exercise from the culture of some favorite flower or flowers; while oth ers have adopted the less shown, buy exceedingly ‘useful, vegetable garden as their hobby. Just at this time everybody who has any red blood in his or her veins is experiencing a touch of spring fever. Like the bees that have been closely hived all winter and which need a cleansing flight with the firar approach of warm weather, s80 o most human beings feel the need ot getting out the fresh spring air , and, sunshine. We find ourselves al- most instinctively grasping a rake jaar clearing up the front yard. Per haps we make a dive for the cellar and begin clearing out the accumula- } tions of miscellany that have appeat. ed during the winter; but more like ly we make for the back yard and be- ' ys SOOOOO OOOO a OOOO Cleans Like China When you use SMP Enel Ware Utensils, you never need t a hg scour and scrub way some potas emand. Hot water, soap, a cloth— that all you need to clean rs dl It washes Liter in Sky ea) ents, 2 Sian 5, Rimage aes say gin to dig in the garden. With a lot e this is not - 5 but merely .a sprifig féver. The ane centage is the fellow who not only dige where the garden would be if there was one, but who actually completes the’ then cares for them during the sum- mer. It would be foolish to attempt to make readers of this article believa that backyard gardeners in cities can expect much profit in money from the time spent in the garden. Quite a saving can, no doubt, be _ effected where the gardener has a good ‘sized chunk of land available and can grow line of vegetables, sufficienr to take care of the needs of his fam ily through the spason. The most ot us must be content with growing al! ‘CRAFTSMEN iN ae NS »tHINGS Sham pooing = Rugs or Dyeing Portiéres— I, angley’ s in Toront o—Can ada’s most suc- a ning and dyeing plant —is as ir mailbox if you want your s—Sh ampooet. eaned 1 Framed. Portieres —D i or Cleaned. Bli kets—Cileaned and made rdowns— C r eaned hid M es and Suits—C 5 ned, Rug Curtains Fluffy = Fnprooted, ed, Dres: + Altered or ito paired. Md Thousands of homes in all parts of Ontario Ps are using Langley craftsmanship for A ae ing things new. re ge in. Mr. J. a Fontaine the most expert dyer in Canada. i: 18] plant is the best eqaieend in the = Dominion. Our reputation and our success ri are your ‘assurance that work will done well and with every care. You can safely en trust to us the most precious articles, the most delicate of materia WePay Return Shipping Charges and charge only our sre prices. send your parcel to Mr. . S. Langley nia write a letter saying what you have sent and what you want done. He'll give your order his personal supervision. = Langleys send a SHIPPING CONTAINER i CLEANERS ~- DYERS Of Fine Fi Wearing and Household Pe inge—Carpet ovators. Head Office: 249 Spadina Road - TORONTO NEW" e need of certain vegetables— | though they would not cost much if| we had,to buy them—and take pa) our hours 0 abor in the thought = we can get them fresh | from ‘‘our own garden" when want them. We consider, also, that} the exercise is good for us and that we feel better than if we did nor ‘have the garden to work In = and mornings. Then, too,.a lot of s isfaction comes to the looks over his neighbor's | y in July and finds that his own early potatoes will be | ready a duy or a week earlier than | those of his less fortunate competi- | tor for gardening fame. Gardening | » ways than one, but it! much in) cash for the when carried on be- pays ttabor involved, { bind the house | It is Surprising how muc ch and how Imany kinds of vegets Hy ye sr {grown in a pias yar L | mate what could be oe non a iden, say 30x feet. which is snenit! ~}enough to be. sauces ned into almost; jany back yard in town, The fol. | | lowing figures are barely estimates, } yut are not exaggerations where the oil is fairly good and where the arden is eared for: Parsenips, 60 to 80 pounds; beets. 50 to 60 pone rots. 60 to 75 pounds; onions | to 60 pounds: onion sets, 40 to abl | ponds; cabbage and cauliflower, °’5 to 130 pounds; all the spinach, s, lettuce, and radishes needed bs | average family during the seas- }an; 18 to 30 quarts of peas (in pod); beans, 10 to 20 quarts; celery, 10 to | 20 pounds; tomatoes, 100 to 150 pounds; sweet corn, 109 ears and | small quantities of such vegetables | 18 peppers, egg plant and turnips } | One must have sone soil to garden. | | most successfully. This means good) ; drainage and a liberal use of well- jrotted manure. If the manure is! |atrawy it should be well dug in and) | the aim of the gardener should be te get his sotl in such condition that it} | will not bake In weather, nor} jdry out readily. Some people be j good for a garde. } that coal ashes are {soil. A very small quantity may help | ito loosen up a hard, close soil, but) usually it pays to have them hauled} ‘away or buried deeply. They contain no fertilizer worth speaking of and | are. therefore, different from wooa }ashes. The best garden soils are a | mixture of sand and clay, but if often happens that the-garden” “must be | made from the soil thrown out of the | cellar when the was . built. Where this substance is a hard clay, te light application of sifted coal ash- les will help to loosen it up, a | bout 100 pounds of ground stone on a gar |tioned above will help. Manure, how- [Evers s the most important of all. rake and a line with which to make Straight rows, ure most important, A digging fork oo very useful will usually get some kind of dibber for planting out tertain. crops, Some convenient There is no garden so well pre, 1 as the one that is spaded, especially if the soil is worked up to te eed can ope: ate, but for a small garden it should no! necessary. MORE THAN M¥ SHARE ogee tere. vacant date, The don t picked was not first-rate. t. It should be mentioned, however. real eeahewer | § STU BBL = ee en of the size men-/ q and if one becomes an enthusiast he bo about a foot or so high, get some six-foot stakes, drive one down by lant and tie the plant to the stake loosely with cotton rags as it grows. Staking ripens the fruit more readily and avoids so mat- ure green fruit when frost kills the plant. Watering ie essential and should be done frequently, but carefully. the food of plants must be taken up from the soil in water, and the ex- cess is thrown off in the process of transpiration. It is better to wate: thoroughly, as needed, than too fre- quently. However, situated where settle in hot weather, frequent light uses ofithe hose to wash off he plants will do them good, aside rei the} bear of water in the soil. i Tackle the Corn Borer Now By Burning Stubble Farmers generally recognize that the European corn borer is a menace. There are two things, however, that the majority of farmers do not rec- gnize. First, they do not understand that this corn pest bids fair to put profit. able corn growing out of business. Even a moderate infestation makes it difficult to harvest more tian two- thirds of a field’s product. \ severe infestation will make 4 fiell value- less. When this antelane gets out of . the corn crop is an impossi- y. What this means to the dairy roma tai interests no one oan esti- pn farmers are not taking ac- ‘tion ‘with the energy and thorough- and; ness the occasion demands. Abund- ant evidence of carelessness is mani- est all over the countryside. Every corn stalk is a possible source of danger. An armful of such stalks is sufficient, when infested, to pollute a whole sec is needed, and needed im- mediately, is that every corn-grow- er should burn up the last vestige of corn refuse. Fire is by all means the best cleanser in this particnlar, The situation is critical, and requires prompt and thorough attention. De- cent farmers require no urging to clean up, That work has already been attended to. On the other hand, the careless producer, with his slovenly ; me thods, must be made to clean up. In sheer eure ye government must look after hin ne farmer re- marked: “The man ‘sho doesn't look after his corn stalks himself should ‘have his duty attended to for him and the cost added to his taxes."’ The occasion for radical, n one. month it will be too rmers of Perth County. do not |delay. You are told- the ii prob- lem is not serious here— t was- n't serious anywhere at first, but see to what proportions it has grown. The fact that Perth has been declar- ed a quarantined county Is suffic- ‘ent warning of the menace. LOW UP AND BURN YOUR Bible Kept'333 Years In Cromwell Family) LOOK NOW OWNED BY DESCEND- ANTS OF PROTECTOR AT PORT STANLEY. In the —— of reckon decer idants at Port Stanley, a Bib} which was the pruoers of the tasaity 333 years ago. is still kept and pre. served, It is a genuine treasure on account Of its antiquity alone, bur valued because of its associations, the most important being that it was at one time owned by the great Oliver Cromwell, turn have received it from his father Upon the death of his father, C. Cromwell, Harold Cromwell o1 | Port Stanley came in possession o, the precious VOlume. It came to the latter from his father, the late Sam |} uel Cromwell of South Carolina, who turn had received it from brother Benjamin, who brought the sacred book from England in 1750. That the battered and worn old volume was the one carried by the protector on his campaign in the English civil war of the seventeent.. century, and from which - used to read to his soldiers as ney lay around the camp fire, is the sincere. conviction of the present owner. page egmerenr se the title page of the Bible is missin Ea sacrilegous hand during the Ameri can civil war, when to ee it from invading troops, Samuel Crom well had the book buried in "hia gar. en at Charlottetown, South Caro ina. The last Samuel Cromwell and the late C. A. Cromwell of Port Stanley, both had strong facial resemblances} to the protector. The Bible, which has the char. actertistics of the sixteenth century oks, is bound in leather , which, like the pagés between the covers, ° - a \- 2 cr] Rn 4 o PS r-8 v5 “7 oS 2 =o a » ae “ succeeding Cromwelis. three inches thick, bent so that the edges come together, It is nearly effective action} oc and tHe back ia| th dene v Woednbeday halt holidays com- grenced yesterday Mothers' Day will be observed next Sunday, May 10th. The lawnmower is much in ‘evi- dence again. Brussels merchants will close their places of business on Thureday atf- ternoons during the summer. The Banner forwards subscrip- tions to all daily papers at a saving to subscribers. Let us send in yours. r. and Mrs. Percy Peppler an tently, a Listowel, visited the tat: ter’s parents, Mr. a Mrs... Fred Mahn, on Sunday.—Hanover “Post. The absence of fair weather Christ- jans from church will be noticed for the next few months. Daylight Saving time came into force in Toronfo on hie and will continue until Sept. 20 Goderich's tax rate has been at 43 m'ils, a reduction of two mis on la: 2ar's rate. Several people have had their cars painted. They look good. Paint is a great concealer of wear. Why not try a little on your house. There will be no more “Districts” of the Methodiet Church after the May sessions now called. These divis- fons will hereafter be known as Presbyteries. There was a snowstorm last year on the 0 the shade 20th. This year it on the 23rd. was 86 degrees The ban against heavy loads on trucks on county roads expired on April 30. Under the Loaded Vehicles Act this ban has been on for the past two months Why shouldn't the people of Can- ada be well-informed on current ev- ents. The returns from postmasters in this country who weighed all mail matter in March showsfhat 125 tons of newspapers pass through the mails every day and the cost of transport- ing them fs three and a half million ‘FACTS ABOUT TEA SERIES—No. 6 Appearance of Tea No Guide The on people large rough leaf. ty the case. value. tea household word. ve the idea tippy tea is superior in In reali ta way to test tea is to taste it. Many tha finely rolled flavour to a is not of The altitude at which leaf. The essential oil gives tea its flavour; the theine contributes the stimulatin & The only way to insure always re- ceiving a uniform quality is to insist upon a skilfully blended and scientifically sealed like ‘“SALADA”’ whose reliability, good- ness and delicious flavour have become a “SALADA" WIRING plug. dollars a year. It’s well spent money. During the past year $18 36 pen-| sions were paid to eeinaineia, oe | teachers ‘an inspectors in ario. During the year 48 were aianstren, 79 died, and 547 are now on the superannuation list. The Banner ey Sige won- derful results. Ev week we have asion to notice "the work die by | these little want ads, and it is grat- ifying to note that advertisers freely admit getting their money's worth and accomplishing what they set out to do through their advertising. Missionaries For Union— The _Ma il and Empire on Monday said was shown in a statement given out on Saturday night by the Presbyterian Foreign Missions of- fices in Toronto that 295 missionar- ies in the various foreign fields have voted in favor of entering the United Church of Canada, and that only 17 have voted against entering the new Church, Seven others voted against Church Union. but stated they were ready to continue their missionary The New Beer Tax— Four-point-four beer Ontario Meta will be sold in 20, will iv to pay a 2% (cents & gallon in g the proposed provincial tax cents. Thus, taxation of 2244 a gallon will be a primary charge on |! the beverage apdrt from its from the brewer and profit. The effect of this double tax-% ation will likely be to make the mill beer cost.as much as the strong. which permit Fowl Pest— County Agricultural Rep- resentative, M. C. McPhail has issued a warning to all farmers and poultry- men to be careful in buying baby chicks imported from the, United States as the readed ‘European Fowl! Pest’ may be brought into the district by so doing sease is described as follows, ‘by Mr. McPhail: The infected fowl] loses its appetite and soon becomes very droopy, with ruffled feathers. Frequently there is darkening. of the comb and wattles. A eticky exudate may paste the eyelids together and close the nasal passages. e wind- pipe may also become clogged with this exudate and some birds in an ef- fort to remove it shake their head, at the same, time producing a wheezy sound. An affected bird usually dies| — five or six days, and in acute ases may die within. one day of be- pe A affected. \ A Deadly Perth Minstrels a Success— The London Free Press on Monday had the following article regarding the Verdun minstrels who are play- ing in Listowel to-night: an annual event, the Verdun Club, of t Anglican Church, being the sponsors. This year, however, the show has been greatly improved and ms taking part were all | CARL *Phone 81 Doubtless in your home as in many others, there’ some room or some corner that might be made more con venient or cosy with an extra Electric Light socket or base Have it wired now and assign the task tous. You'll get high efficient results at a minimum cost. ROSS | Listowel ce Sheik of Mena Village Host to Canadians HF } Fj tee: som i ‘Prcogranned above are Nasr Enani ttab, who recently succeeded’ ‘his father as sheik of Mena a ‘and Deane H. Dickason, well-know Inewspaper man acc companying the pies a L peaie S.S. “Empress of 'France” cruise of the world, who jeent oe following interesting des- ‘patch covering the caravan trip o e Canadian and American tourists, } mi the dent Ag their host, Enani fchattab (righ | “Thirty-two a. us left Cairo by river steamer, _ debarking sixteen Imiles up the Nile at Bedrashen, ‘whence we journeyed by ¢ mel, don- ‘key and sand-cart Throne “Old Mem- fphis and its necropolis Sakkara, an- other sixteen miles out on the Ly- re a Bedouin cam might. W 8 o'clock the last two hours having been made in the light of the moon, * At midnight the moon was ‘at eclipse. Our host, a Khat- ‘tab, ey, the most popular id probably the most woeekty of the coin sheiks of Egypt, had been :to his village, t the Pyraimiee, to rest prior to return- ing with us to Cairo the next morn- A Bedouin Cam ing. He was va vaselie with his! young daughter when he was seized| with an attack of the heart and died’ almost re ea ‘His—son--Nasr,—24, popular and Hand Raine dragoman, who had Enea us from Cairo to the camp, succeeds him as sheik. of the rene Village, with about 6,000 inhabitants. The guests were permitted to finish their breakfast ore WS broken to them. We returned—an humble horde, sadde d griev- venture. re t his funeral in the nine little eee among them a considerable of our passengers who d admire Enani after a mae eA am. - lice magistrate, Oe eae ce, city council, et al—he lod ac nd well, thrusting the center of the) jally ordered for this season's show. ti &\ book at least an inch out beyond the] Besides the members of the minstrel + - se wee Ban man Ce rest of the = wpe troupe, an orchestra and a band was 19,000 Killed in 1924 je Mot bata peg ap i The printed Joh. | fo making in all over 40 per- r . crashes at grade ¢ ing d else- "year 1801, for the as por sven In U.S. hy A Automobiles where. The total killed at grade cros- ré mre 8 followed regulat minetrel. lines and - sings was 1,688 and the number of of colo: A r=} .* iinred 6,650. songs, buck and wing ces | 450,000 PERSONS WERE INJURED are dif-jand banjo sel Messrs. T. Bar-| IN SAME ANNUAL PERIOD. t ts pointed out that the daily ar|rett, E. Price, F. C. Mack, L. B. Av- average was 52 persous killed and -jery, W. N. Harrigon and , 1,180 injured. . Automobiles last year in the Un- ited. a Rat ee