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war lasted. But he was assured that if the suggestions that he had thrown out to the committee were adopted seriously by the farmers of Ontario, the seed prepared before the snow disappears, sowing done at the proper time, and “plump” seed selected, free from disease or blight. that the results to the farmers from this season’s crop, given reasonable weather conditions, wouldbeastouiahing to the farmers themselves and a great help to the country; _ C ‘. I‘ " OM99. Spema 1 Prices on Feed vvwâ€"wâ€" - .10th R. Dargavel. M. P. P.. was elected chairman and the members present showed a. great interest in the discussion. Its Presence Means Loss of Millions of Dollars to Canadian Farmers One way to increase production on Canadian farms is to prevent the loss caused annually by smut in cereal grain. An average loss from smut of one per cent of the crop means a loss of millions of dollars to the farmers of Canada. Losses have frequently run from 10 to 40 per cent on individual farms. Agricultural surveys conducted by the Commission of Conservation have shown that a very small percentage of the farmers in the. five eastern prov- inces treat their seed grain for smut. while among farmers in the prairie provinces this practice is general. It pays the western farmer to treat his seed and it will also pay the eastern farmer. At a. farmer-3’ meeting recently held in W'estern Ontario. one farmer stat ed that. he had purchased seed wheat which had a little "bum,” 0t stinking We have a stock 01 good heavy mixed Feed on hand which we are selling at special prices in ton lots. If you need Feed get our prices. The Rob Roy Cereal Mills Co. Phones: I3? 'D 1873 Smut in Grains PAGE 2. fiURi’inM BRANCH, b. DUB I STANDARD BANK This Bank offers every facility in the conduct of accounts, of manu- facturers, farmers and merchants. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT at every Branch. 235 Oatmeal Millers. HEAD OFFICE - TORONTO smut in it, but ‘thought it wan not worth while treating it. As a result he had a badly smutted crop. causing a decreased yield and disagreeable threshing, and he was docked 20 cents per buehel when be marketed it. ‘ - The formalin treatment for stinking ' smut of wheat and smut of oats is{ effective and easily applied. The. formalin is mixed with water at the‘ rate of one pound to 45 gallons of water, and the grain is eitherimmersed in the solution or sprinkled with it until every kernel is thoroughly Wet. The grain should then be placed in a pile and covered with sacks or blank- ets for several hours, or over night. It should then be dried sufficiently to run through the seeder. Care must be taken to prevent the treated grain ' from coming into contact with sacks, blankets or floors upon which there 5 may be smut spores. range from \Vhen the treatment has been prop- erly performed, treated seed will practically always give better yields than untreated seed. Try it; for your- self with your seed for 1917.-â€"F. C. N. 00009909090990990099099090 B. Balment OF CANADA ooooooooo.‘ooo“¢o¢ooo¢§oé Persons requiring their 11011395 wiied for electric lights. may write to the above address or 19: we 01 der at The Chronicle Of- fice. THE 7’59 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ont. Electrical Contractor When the Minister 111' 1-\:.:1'i1'ul- turn for Canada 111111111 i11\'1'.~'t.igati1ms \xhi1h showed that we had '11 8111'- 111113 1'11 two million bushels in Can- :11‘1,l1 a 1111\1511111101' t1'i1111111\_ to 1111' 1.;11v111'111111311t said that the high 111'i1- 1s \1 me due to ‘apath‘ at ()ttawa.’ What. would this 11cwspap111' 1"1il,ic have the Government 1111‘? H11 (.1003 Nut uggé'Sl, am actiun. H1) merely 11111111111i11s, and places thv 1111111111 11111111 apathy at. Ottawa. Other critics hax'e called [or an embargo on potatoes shipped to [he t'niteagl'StateS. The answer to that is that the embargo is a thing that two can play with. “"0 might [slave an embargo on potatoes going in the United States in the same may that the United States may Maw an embargo on coal coming in!” Canada. One might very easily be [he result or the other in which went. the central provinces of Can- miu, would have double cause tn mmplain because the potatoes surplus and the coal deposits are at the eastern and western ends of A more reasonable critic would plum: the difficulty in lack of transâ€" pnl'lfdtlon facilities which would varry the products of the east and West" more freely to the centre. But that cannot be due to apathy at Ottawa because the same difficulty exists everywhere, particularly in the United States. The writer of an article in the issue of March 10th of The Satur- day Evening Post on “Cabbages as a Luxury," says:â€" Innud Goods shipped from the west months ago are standing on side- walks at way stations while trainloads of munitions are whiz- zing past, day after day.” On March 9th, The New York Herald commences an editorial on the food situation With this sen- tunce :- w “There never has been a fam- ine 0f foodstuffs in this country but always there has been a lack nl’ adequate distributing agencies that frequently has resulted in what approached famine prices." That is in the United States outâ€" side the. area of "apapthy 3t Otta- \\' {I . But a government can do anyâ€" thing in war time and Why not ”1011 fix a maximum price on pota- toes? That is the next, and only other suggestion the critic could‘ make. But why should the goVern- ment do this? It has been done in the case of paper, a ccmimodity (-nntrolled by the few which the many need. Nothing else can take its. place. But every “am can grow potatoes, and the Government. is calling upon the people to do so. lligh prices furnish a better arguâ€" ment and incentive than all the appeals the Government can make. i in the meantime, no one is going to starve or be put out of business beâ€" muse the price is high. We can- not recall that anyone seriously suggested a fixed rate of a dollar a bushel when farmers were losing Immey by selling potatoes at forty cents. - Inthe meantime the inquiring and unthinking and, therefore, un- informed criticism of a friendly newspaper is gleefully going the rounds of Liberal papers glad to circulate any sort of criticism a- gainst the Government, no matter how unthinking and uninformed, and gladder still because it comes from a Conservative newspaper. THE PRICE OF POTATOES 21 . THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. EARINA AND CZAREWITCH FPRECAUTION Vv'ITH BLECTRICITYI I 11112 installation. 111211111121121111212 21111 I11<12 111 electrical equipment and ap- I..21liin1212.< 1113111312 an element 111 I1‘ 211 ,1'1212 11111.121112111111112121211 in other ilines, 211111 the .11212'2111111121111212 of such I3311121< 121211111112< the exercise 111 12.32- t1121ne 13211212 111 213'11i11 1lillie11lties. safety111;:11'1211111s that the electrical 33111111212 1112 1211nst21nll3 alert, 12s- ‘I.11212i21113 331112112 high potentials 211212I 1121111111211. 211111 111211, 1112 possess 21'. 12111133'1121'lg1i2 111‘ 11112 1‘11111‘12111112111,.al 1213\sI '121' 1211212112112113'. . 11121112112211 1'111111111211112: 122112123'ingl .1-.11122112111 211111 those not C2 irryiug an3. I I211212 identical in 21.1.1ea121nce.1‘hisI l 1 I121ct 211111112 emphasizes the import- I21n1212 111' heating all conductors .11.: " "11321.2." until 11112 1211111121r3' is definâ€". :I21112l3' 311113311. .l'llenientar3 technlc 11I I 1__21:,lucation 21111.1 industrial traini1 g 2" I 3321111111 prove of great value to elec- .Htiical 33111111212 While a great ma- Ij1112i13' of .2lectrical accidents are not 111112 to gnerance of danger, the 1 I 1221121211255110S5 sometimes shown could ‘ I 1112 eliminated by teaching the work- ?Imen every detail as to the source I. 211111 nature 1:11‘ the danger. Unsafe I“sh1_i1rtcut” methods are Often emâ€" lIployed by incompetent men. where- as there are safe and equally quick 11 ways of performing the same work. Most of the appliances and wiring are practically “fool-proof”, but not always proof against the knife and screw-driver of the amateur electrician. The appliances usually remain perfectly safe until some unmistakable evidence shows that something has gone wrong. This may be a blown 'fuse, flickering lights, dimculty in turning the cur- rent on or off, sparking, or apparent total absence of current. In all cases. unless one is certain of the cause, and knows how to remove it. a competent man should be called before serious trouble or accidents develop. In handling electrical ap- ,pliances, or wires, one should not: stand on or touch any metallic, wet or damp object, as this may be in contact with the ground. A parâ€" ticularly dangerous practice is to turn an electric light on or off with one hand, while the other is in con- tact with a tap or telephone or other metallic substance, or while standing in a bath, or 'while wet from a bath. There is very little danger when one stands on a dry, wooden floor or carpet. Most of the accidents reported happen in damp cellars. bathrooms, or near taps, pipes, etc. General Alarm. A continuous blow of For Fire in North Ward (No. l)â€"â€"Af- ter General Alarm has been sounded, stop about 5 seconds, or long enough to make a complete distinction; then 1 short blast of Whistle or toll of Bell. For Fire in East Ward (N . 2)â€"Gen- eral Alarm, as In North Ward; then two short blasts of Whistle or tolls of Bell. For Fire in “651; Ward (N0. 3)â€"Gen- eral Alarm, as in North and East Wards; then 3 short blasts 'of Whistle or tolls of Bell. These Alarms will be repeated, with Intervals of One Minute, for Three Consecutive Times, or Longer if deemed necessary. Parties reporting. a Fire. are. re- quested to State Ward, so that the Proper Alarm may be given. .m . ‘rn L FIRE SIGNALS FOB TOWN OF DURHAM Whistle, or ringing of Bell, for period of about 15 seconds. Once on a time when days were dark, And Britain’s sons were plunged in gloom. A song that; made the mourners hark Went; tossing upward like a plume. It banished ever ' gathering cloud. Across the stormy land it: flew. And i will now repeat aloud A few of its bold lines for you: “The meteor flagof England From lip to lip they caught the. sound. They chaunted. it in hub and ball; In cadence as it swept along It startled like a trumpet, call The silent shores. no longer still, Were wakened by the sound. I wic: From mountain top. from hill to bill. The anthem thunder-ed on like this: “The meteor flag of England The fceman o’er the sullen lea Uneasy heard the chorus far; A meteor flag across the sea Flamed Skyward like a burning star They heard the cry of vengeance rise. 3 That wrong for years and years haul i I 0 4 nursed. And Well they knew they’d lost their 1 prize. ' When on their ears the chorus ? burst: : "The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn; Till danger’s troubled night depart And the star of peace return!" And so it- was, :50 shall it be. Now and forever and amen: Let’s cheer our mother o’er the seen. And send, if need. ten thousand men. Jom in the some: from fan- and near, pond let the splendid anthem ring; Uur foes will scarcely care to hear The British fulk stand up and sing: “The meteorflng 0f England Shall yet terrific hum, Till dangcet’s thoubkd night: del And the stat of pear: e Ieturn!” Narrow Escape Mr. James Hyslop had a thrilling experience while driving home from Mr. John \Vhiteheal‘l’s during the el- ectrical storm Saturday night. A lightning bolt. resembling a great hall uf fire. struck the mad about; a hun- dred feet ahead (If his horse and burst. The animal was terrified. rose on its high legs and fell over in a bean, and did not recover for several minutes. Mr. Hyslop also felt some effect of the shock.--\Va1kerton Telescope. Shall yet terrific burn: Till danger’s troubled night depart And the star of peace return!” Naming makes some men feel more important. than their ability in answer the qmstinns of a smu‘l buy. Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger-’5 troubled night depart And the. star of peace return!” â€"The K ban. 92:39.00900906906 Ozz§§§§§§§f§§§§§z§§z z§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§¢§§§§#000§§§§§O§§§§§§¢O§+§Q§§§O§OQ4 zozz§z§§§§§§§§§§§z§§§O§§§§§§z§ The Meteor Flag The ONTARIO WIND ENGINE s. and PUMP COMPANY night dgpart W. D. Connor Durham - On Mangfacture the Cheapest and the Best Pumping Outfiti on the Market. Mr. Hugh Birss. a. former exiMayup of ‘Walkerton, and his wife both pass- ed away at; their hogne at Bramptm. on Saturday morning under thigh. circumstances. Mrs. Birss awake in the morning to find her husband lying dead in bed. The shock was so grad: that she expired a few lmurs lanai. Particulars are meagre. the only wm-d received being a short telephone me»- age received by Mr. Robt. Goode on Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Bins lived here for a number of years. the former conducting a boot and Slime business. He was highly respectgd in the town and filled the Mayor’s chm; for a term. On removing to Brampton, . he became a director of the \Villiam» Shoe Company. and has two sum travelling for the firm. Mr. Birss was 67 years of age. The funeral took pim-u at Brampton on Monday. w'l‘elescnpv. Muss groxx's on a man’s Impes he waits for something to turn u1 A Double Tragedy Mal ch 29 1917. over disease every time you use Li€ebuoy Soap. For its mild healing and cleansing oils are charged with cleansing prOperties that make it simply invaluable. WEIM HEALTH EMA Mild and pure enough for Baby’s skinâ€"therefore emi- nently suitable for yours. The mild, antiseptic odor vnnishes quickly after use. Health Triumphs Sold by Lever Brothers 163 TORO NTO Ontario Toronto, March 9.- «A augural meeting nf the . Committee of the Lugisl today a. propaganla wa; towards meeting the pn posed by the war on the industry. At the request, 4 liam Hearst. Miniswr of A PrOfeSNH‘ C. A. Z-witz. nt' 1 Agricultural College. 5pm length on wavs and m creasing crop pl'nductia right, kinds of materials ’William himself made :t f. «emphasizing the need growing fundstuffs, but those kmds of fno'istufi's be most needed both but BeansShould bel Timely Information Given Zavit 7. MOTHEBHD WOMAN Along the virtues Pinkhnm’s Vegetable (301 chility to correct ate} ease: of many women. well established as evit following letter and hund we haye pgbligbed in the " ‘p’opm‘ Bluff, Mo. .â€" women to know what a The Daily World day World, $2.50 2 omce. .TOVG COX 7h? blend is gflf/Dtl} March '29. 191 as the e in Canae any ch: purchaSt stock b1 stamp. E. Pinl ubld been 1 had 31‘ a hub: but I health to do n mothe band I