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311:, as": I“ Wes ale. GLEN- m 8P! DEERING Binders. Mower! ngea :nd Barrows always keep the fumers no good cheer. CHURNS, the best on record. BINDER TWINE in sbnndanco. HEAD STONES md MONUMENTS of the but workmnnohip 306$ thgt will keep you wum and dry are the kind we bundle. DILLON HINGE STAY FENCE, the kind the: will keep e duck or ox on their own side of the fence Stone for wood or coal. DOWSWELL Washing Muchineâ€" that will wash clean, and a Wringer that will wring dry and not tear. 'SNOWBA'LL MILNER Waggons â€"easiest running waggou on the market. RAYMOND Sewing Machine. MCCLARY Sunshine Furnace and PALMERSTON Buggies and Demo crnts. To our Friends and Customers! WILKINSON Plow: and Lad Roll- ers have no equal. Implement Agency! ALL WORK GUARANTEED at “Live and let live” PRICES. NEW Pumps AND REPAIRS. DRILL Pumps. JOHN CLARK CURB, RE-CURB, PRESSCURB WELLS. Allordsra taken at the old stan- near McGowan'o Mill will be promptly at tended to. I BEG LEAVE TO INFORM MY CUS- I‘OMERS and the public in general that l am prepared to furnish WOODEN WARE MEAT CHOPPERS. “'6 are HERE to STAY.- We like our business and strive to increase it by all hcnornhle means. We believe in giving one dollor’s worth for every dollar. We keep‘ nothing but the best line of implements. Step Inside. Our Woodenware stock con- sists of Curtain stretchers, Wall Cleaners. Express Wag- ons, Wheelbarrows. Churns, Washing Machines. Clothes Wringers. Clothes . Horses, Clothes Racks. Tube, Wash Boards. Mops, Pails, Butter Bowls, Butter Bowie, Butter Spoons, Ladels. Potato Mash- ers. Vinegar Measures. Bake Boards, Bread Boards, Roll- in; Plus. Towel Rollers, Egg Crates, Step-ladders. Exten- sion Ladders. Spinning Wheel Heads. Fancy Work-baskets, Darning Baskets, Scrap Bask- ets. Clothes Baskets, Dinner Baskets, Market Baskets. Chaff Aasltets, Root Baskets, Fork Handler. Shovel Hand- les Hoe Handles. Axe Hand- , les, Hammer Handles andi other articles too numerous to mehtion. Who would be without Meat Chopper when we selling them so cheap? You are invited to inspect our assortment of Arms and Am- munition. Hardware. GEORGE WHITMORE. The pleuont purgativo efioct ex- perienced bx all who use Chamber- .loid’s Stomach ond Liver Tablets, ond the hoolthy condition of the body ond mind which they creoto mtkos one feel joyful. For solo by\Honry Pattonâ€"2. AND . J AMES Gnomes, J r.. Dromore P.O. Ont. LUCAS. Wmaar Momma. Mark- dsle. Ont., Solicitors for Executorl. AND further take notice that after such last mentioned date the said Executors of the said last Will and Testament will proceed to distribute the assets of the deceased among the parties entitled, thereto. having re- gard only to the claims of which they shall then have notice. and that the said Executors will not be liable for the assets or any part thereof to any person or persons of whose claims notice shall not have been re- ceived by them at the time of such distribution. Dated the 26th day of Augusm A.D. 1904. DAVID McKmLm, Thistle P. 0., Ont. to send bv poet prepaid or deliver to David McKelvie, and James Geddes. Junior. the Executors of the last Will and Testament of the said de- ceased, their Christian and Surnames, addresses and descriptions, tha‘full particulars of their claims. the state- ment of their accounts and the nature of the securities, if any, held by them. OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to “ The Revised Statutes oi Ontario” 1897, chapter 1239. section 38, that all creditors and others having’ claims against the estate of the said William Bell, who died on or about the Fifteenth day of August. A. D. 1904. are required, on or before the In the Matter of the Estate of Wllliam Bell. late of the Township of Egre- mont. in the County of Grey, Gen- tleman. deceased. Notice to Creditors All competitms are allowed to keep all the soap they secure in the 1110c. Ladies WlShiDO‘ to compete will leave GEO. BINNIE. . President. Only ladies are allowed to compete in this race for which the Comfort Soap People are giving the following valuable prizes : ‘ Hecto1 McDonall, of Ham lton, Dancing: ‘ ‘ prize Scottish danceis will give several exhibitions of Highland dancing on the second day - SChOOlS Will be 1e presented and a n9 of choice pcollections of n For Farm, Dairy and Domestic products and Manufactures Besides the usual exhibits which promise this year to be greater than ever before the management have ar- ranged for special attractions and a good' and profitable time is assured to all who attend. First day of October, A. D. 1904, Wed.Thur. 8801.2] 22 THE TOWN OF DURHAM The Annual Fair of the South Riding of the County of Grey will be held in the Agricultural grounds in They lake you Feel Good. Over $1,000 Will be Given For Prizes Wllb ep s ted d b SChOOlS 1 e1 reen an anum e1 of choice pcollections of noxious weeds nicely mounted will be up for inspection, and valuable prizes Will be given. ’ . Two pipers from the Dist Regiment MUSIC 0 will be in attendance during the day and furnish choice music. Excellent music will also be given by the Durham Band. lst Prize. Silver Pickle Dish. 2nd 1 dozen Silver Knives 3,rd Hand Satchel 4th. Silver Nut Cracker and fixtures mam .................... Sept. 21-22 North Grey, OWen Sound. . .Sept. 22-24 Northern, Collingwood ..... Sept. $23 Derby, Kilsyth ............ Oct. 6 and 6 Keppel, Kemble ........... Oct, 5 and 6 Sydenham, Bothwell’e Corner. .Oct. 4-5 Durham ...... V . 5 PRINCIPALS. ' I o‘~m“m“a ¢ glargest and Best in WESTERN ONTA RIO. $1 I wish to intimate to the public 533 of Durham and vicinity that I - am prepared to repair all kinds of Implements and Machinery. Farmers or others wishing Im % plements or Machinery repaired % please notify me and I will be pleased to call. Will be found % at Livingston’s Show Rooms. $4 Orders left in my absence will 3 receive prompt attention. l FWWW’lfiWWW'flS‘ UN- g§$$§§§§$§$§nm ARCH. DAVIDSON, Secretary. Machine Repairing. FALL PAIRS. {$3 Keeping good sires. Many agri- cultural societies, particularly in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. do not hold fairs, but in lieu thereof buy and maintain pure bred sires for the use of their members. This is a practice which might well be imitated more largely in Ontario. where the number of fairs seems excessive. By adhering to one brred of cattle, horses sheep or swine. as the case may be, the stock belonging to the members of a society may be graded up wond- erfully at a small cost. but the habit of changing continually from one breed to another must prove fatal to all plans for building up a good, uni- form herd or flock of grades, which is just what the average farmer needs. ' Interesting the women and children Demonstrations of agricultural pro cessas are interesting to everyone, but the operation of a model kitchen and dining room. with exhibitions of cooking simple dishes and addresses on domestic science. will appeal es- pecially to the farmers’ wives and daughters. That the children may be led to take an intelligent interest in the fair. prizes might be ofiered for exhibits by school children of cut flowers. grains. clovers and grasses, roots and vegetables, fruits pressed and mounted wild flowers, weeds and weed seeds. beneficial and in- jurious insects and natiVe woods. These exhibits could be suplemented by essays for which prizes might be oflered. Wherever tried this plan has proved effective in inducing children to begin the fascinating study of nature. Every precaution should be taken to have a good clean fair, where all the boys and girls may go to spend a pleasant and in- structive day without coming in con- tact with any injurious influence. To improve farm crops. Another feature worthy of adoption by all agricultural societies but which only a few have yet taken up, is the grow- ingof illustration plots on the (air grounds. At a small expense a very interesting and instructive exhibit of the best varieties of grasses. clov'eis, millets, sorghums, corn fodder and pasture plants, turnips, mangels and sugar beets can be provided. By studying these plots farmers may learn just what crops and what! lvarieties are best adapted to their “arms. thus bringing home to parti- {cular conditions of soil and climate 3 the general conclusions arrived at by l :the experimental farms. In all ‘kinds of farm crop‘s the yield per acne i may be materially increased and the 'quality substantially improved by l the use of seed which has been grad- ed up by Careful growing and sy- stematic, intelligent selection, con. tin ued without interruption from year to year. This fact cannot be too soon brought home to the farmers of Canada, and one of the best ways of doing so would be to have on view at the fairs representative exhibits of the great work being done by members of the Canadian Seed Grow- ers’ Association. I It. is a self-evident proposition that agricultural fairs which receive grants of public money should give 3 the public something of value there- I for. It is not the province of gov- ernments in these days to assist in providing amusement for the people. A good many agricultural societies , . are now making an earnest eEort to l improve their fairs by the introduc . tion of educational features. and! their example is being followed by the large exhibitions which do not ordinarily receive legislative grants. There are still some fairs. controlled largely by the business men of the l towns. which seem to be held for the purpose of attracting visitors who will prove good customers, but the number 18 fortunately becoming fewer t is now generally recognised that I shows exist primarily for the purpose '1 of improving agricultural conditions. .3 Teaching market requirements. gThe up-to date fair secures the ser- . vices of expert judges. who explain § the reasons for their decisions in the _3 ring and give addresses on the best : types of horses. cattle, sheep and gswine In this war thejudging may .‘ be made an educational feature in- ? stead of merely an allotment of i premiums by men who are often in- icoxnpetent or biased in their judg- ment. The awarding of prizes at a {fair is a comparatively unimportant ' matter as compared with other con- :siderations. What is really d. sirable {is that fairs should be the means of disseminating information and of hxiug correct ideals in the minds of those who are producing food-stuffs and on whom the prosperity of Cana da depends Desirable and undesir- able types of fowls may be shown. with lectures on the fattening of chickens for the British and domestic markets and exbititions of killing. plucking and packing for export. A model poultry house, with incuba- tors. brooders, fattening crates and other appliances. interested thous- ands of visitors at the Toronto fair this year. Practical demonstrations of the proper packing of fruit for ex- port should be given in fruit districts by expert packers, and the most ap- proved styles of fruit packages ex- hibited. Yours vary truly, m VALUE or AGRICULTURAL ’ W. A. CLEMONS, Publication Clark. The New Educational Features. A Substitute For The Fair.