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wise ing grain-production to one side. This is followed by vigorous action on the part of some farmers; while a great many find themselves in the down-andâ€"out class. For, mind you, things are in a bad way for any fa_rmer who does not reap good Gross Feeder - "Lo-l. us examine a plant. You see this root stock? Every little joint. is waiting to start up a new plant. livery matured flower is sufficient. to'infest. half an acre of land. Remember that this pest is a very Vigorous grower. It is a gross feeder in every sense of the word. It grows so rapidly with its Mreading leaves that. it does two things. First. it. takes up the plant food. the Very best of plant food. that. the farmer's, crOp requires. In this way the grain gets a poor start. This lead the sow thistle maintains the season through. Next. the leaves 01’ the SOW thistle are. so big that they exclude the. sunlight. from the small and less Vigorous farm plants the farmer has sown. All through. the thistle. in its feeding upon tne soil and its treatment of other plants. ex- emplifies the appetite and consid- eration of a hungry sow. You have heard Bobby Burns‘ term. ‘hog shmitherml’? \\'ell. the sow thistle hog shoulders the farmer‘s pros- perity clean oil the farm. but the farmers in )lislqllesex and Elgin are. as blind as bats to this act or they would be up and doing 10 times what they are to get rid of a men- ace. that. is a foe to everything that has to do with a farmer‘s pros- perity. Why under the sun in these two counties. to say the least. do not form excursion parties ‘with the object. of visiting districts where this foul pest has really done its work. I cannot make out. Next. year they’ll get their eyes open. Experience keeps a dear school, but her‘ lessons are well taught. I have observed the workings of the sow thistle for 30 years and its record is always the same. The farmer observes and talks about it. Next, he takes half-hearted meas- ures in the way of control. Then ofl‘icials get into a sort of semi- active condition and a few poor boobs are appointed to look after things. These poor chaps are not backed up, Meanwhile the sow thistle has been, feeding at the farmer’s trough and has hog- shouldered every hit of really pay- a l‘L‘. "We surely do. And we know about. the Canadian thistle and mustard. But to tell you the honest. straight truth. fighting and overcoming these calamitous men- aces. bad as they are, is but child‘s play in comparison with he battle with the perennial sow thistle. You farmers in Middlesex and Elgin are. sound asleep. If you do not waken up you‘ll be up against a problem that will worry you out of house and home. Look at. some of our fields! Two or three years’ neglect has put us where we "How has the thistle grown upon you a; it has?’ "You know about couch grass and corn borer.” "The perennial sow thistle is a binger menace than all other farm pests put together,” 3 Perth farmer informed Tom Dobbin last week. “At last. our Perth County farmers have wakened up to this fact and as a county they have declared war on weeds." Perth County Farmer Warns Mid- dlesex and Elgin Counties to Combat Weed Before It Has Gained Pirm‘Foothold, Says Tom Pohhin, Writing in London Free 80W THISTLE IS GREATEST FARM MENACE ‘ Prop icleismailed to anyaddress in Canadaat the rateof$2.00per year, 81.00 for six months, 50 cents for three months, 25 cents for one month. To any address in the United States of America, $2.50 per year, 31.25 for six months, 65 cents for three months. Foreign sub- scription rates on application. Member Canadian Weekly News- papers Association. Published gym ’g'hurgda} mgrning Whosoever is afraid of submit- ting any question, civil or religious, to the test of free discussion, is more in love with his own opinion than with the truthâ€"WA TSON. PAGE 4. Thursday, August 9 AUGUST 1928 Notice outside a London subur- ban dance hall: “The management. reserves the right to refuse admis-- sion to anyone they think proper.” So this is LondonLâ€"Montreal Star” Considering the advantages of fall ploughing, it is imperative that the farmers take advantage of every opportuntiy during the late summer and autumn in order to complete this important feature of the work before the ground freezes and winter sets in. Many a woman gets fat simply because she eats too rapidly. Haste makes her waistâ€"Les Ang- ples Examiner. At. the Dominion Experimental Fitation. Kapuskasing, it. has been found that land which has been ploughed early in the fall and given one Or two diskings works much better in the spring, with a finer and more friable seed-bed. and gives better yields than land ploughed late in the fall or in the spring, particularly the latter. Weather conditions, such as wet- ting and drying, freezing and thawing, etc.. appear to have a very beneficial effect on the physi- cal condition of heavy clay-soil. It was found that land ploughed early and receiving one or two“ diskings in the fall gives 15 per cent m_o_regyield. ‘ The first step necessary is. nat- urally. that of ploughing and this operation should. whenever pos- sible, be done in .late summer as soon as possible after the hay is Iri a new country such as northern Ontario, it is imperative that. seeding be done early in the spring to ensure good maturity. and unless a part of the necessary work in the. preparation of a good seed-bed is started early in the fall. there is always danger of some of the work being left for the next spring. N cut. THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY FALL PLOUGHING "We-f do all these things that. you mention," this grower said. "We grow a gi'iod deal of hoe crop and we keep at this cr0p for all we can. Cultivator and hoe are kept. busy. We destroy every root we can. But there is one thing that we do not do. We never let a plant {:0 to seed. I am not at, all hopeful of ridding my farm of this terrible weed, but we do not let any of them produce .seed. We have found that. our battle with the sow thistle has rid our farm of other weeds. for no weed that I know of will stand up under the. treatment that. eradicates the sow thistle. For us the struggle with the sow thistle takes on the form of better farming and then some. Tom Dobbin betook himself to a producer of rertified seed that has passmi the Goxmnment standard for was. The peculiaritx of this producm s, situation is that 1111, "rims his seed in a localitV whole the so“ thistle has see ured a pretty iirm foothold on a number of ad- joining taims. "Remember, the sow thistle is a bonny fighter. If it gets the start of these crOps, it is a sure winner- There is no way of avoiding careful and persisent eradication of the weed by the destruction of the seed and the root. In cases where sweet clover has been used as pasture, the pasturing should be followed by sheep, good, hungry. vigorous sheep at that. The field should then be given a shallow plowing and a thorough cultiva- tion till fall wheat sowing or till late in the fall, when it is good practice to treat the field to a deep and thorough plowing. In this connection it cannot be said too earnestly that the plowing must he of the best variety in the world or the trouble will follow. The sow thistle yields to no half-measure methods. ' “Suppose the season is wet?” Then the' farmer is out. of luck Hi this regard and he. will have to fight that much harder for the sow thistle shows ‘no mercy. It IS a natural unfceling force that per- sistently stands in the way of the farmer‘s progress. It thrives on wet weather." "Hoiv does this enemy stand up under sweet clover and alfalfa?” Control Measures . “As soon as a field has been har- vested he should turn sneep into it for a few days till the weeds have been eaten close. Cattle will not eat this weed. As the sheep clean up on the thistle, they will destroy a great many .otber weeds as well. The field should be careful- ly plowed to a depth of about four inches, or just deep enough to turn the roots up to the sun. This sur- face should be thoroughly worked with a cultivator till every root has been destroyed. We have a good tractor outfit and we are on our land every minute we can get with it. The more sweltering the weather, the better we like it for weed-fighting. As soon as the season for fall wheat comes, we give the field a deep plowing and, turn the Whole surface under, so‘ that. the thistle and all that belongs to them are buried out of sight. If the soil is rich and the season at all favorable, the wheat comes right along and we keep the thistle back pretty well.” “First of all, he must get it into his head that he has a long struggle ahead of him in which thereOis no letting up. He must realize that he cannot prosper 11 sow thistle is to have the upper hand on his premises. Next, he must realize that everything he does for the eradication of this weed is in the interest of good farming. If he gets this idea into his head he may find that the sow thistle has been his real friend.” “What is the farmer’s pljesent duty In attempting to rid hlmself arms enemy? (Experimental Farms Note) The first step in the breeding of poultry is the selection of birds to make up the breeding pen.. The kind of birds to be used, depends upon the aim or ideal which the breeder has in. mind, and the high- er the ideal, the fewer the individ- ual birds that will be considered suitable for the breeding pen. No matter what may be the ideal of the breeder, all agree that a good male is the main essenti l to success. While it is very ' ort- ant to have vigor and active health in each individual of the breeding pen, it is even more important that the male be" exceptionally stron in vigor and constitution. It i necessary that the breeder should bear in mind that the various characters of a bird may be trans- mitted to its progeny separately. Certain birds may have the ability to transmit several desirable characters, and may likewise transmit one or more very undeâ€" sirable characters. The more de- sirable the characters which the breeder wishes to develop in his flock of poultry, the more partic- ular he must be in the study and selection of the individuals which he uses. for breeding purposes. .Therefore it is plain that the first essential is the selection of indi~ viduals having the characters wanted apd the next step is to test their ability to produce a large number of eggs. Three males used at the Lennoxville Experimental Station may be taken. No. 'D24O mated to individuals with an aver- age production of 175 eggs each. sired '16 daughters that completed their first year of laying with an average of 211 eggs each. while No. D239 sired daughters that averagâ€" ed 180 eggs each. Another charac- ter which is highly important is the size of egg produced. In the transmitting of this i‘lesirable character to the female progeny, the male may be either a help or a hindrance. An outstanding example might. be taken from the exper- ience of a contestant who had a pen of birds. entered in‘the Third Quebec ,West. Laying " Contest. which were producing under-sized eggs throughout. the year. By the purchase and use of a male which had the power to transmit the. ability to produce a good number of large eggs this contestant has been able to build up a flock noted for egg size as well as for pro- duction. VALUE Hop 6000 SIRE IN POULTRY WORK (Experimental Farms Note) THE DURHAM CHRONICLE ' Mrs. John Carson of Kitchener visited her brother, Mr. Robert Eden, here, on Sunday. Her. daugh- ters, Misses Ruby and Ella, ac- companied by friends, Went farther north on a visit. Quite a number from around here attended the services at, Dro- more church Sunday last. and re- port a large crowd. There were also a large number wno attended the supper and concert on Monday, “hie-h was _a great suecess. fore returning. They expect to be gone about a week. The annual ridin and camping expedition of the Trail Riders 0‘ the Canadian Rockigs has many attractive features, but at the top 0‘ the list were undoubtedly the three charmmg maidens photographed above who took art in a 250 mile ride, 10911118 1,11?th the main 501122 that visited the ake of the Hanging Glaciers. ey are Kitty ' Betty McCullough and Betty all, all of Philadelphn. - 'llie Scotchman had just been married. “I svppose” said the minister, “you will be taking a little honmmoon trip before you settle down with your bride to the ijs; of married life?”_ U -1 .~. â€"â€"â€"‘~. â€" “Deed, 110,5i1I’ replied the Pot. “Besides I dinna bPlime in galli- vantin aboot the countryside wi’ a atrange woman.” That’s a Good Reason The hen may have originaqu the huddle system, but me flapper seated beside her boy frlend in a roadster is not. Wlthout. some knowledge of the Idea. HONEY FOR SALE FIRST-GLASS LIGHT HONEY. 11¢ a pound 1n your own containers; W. A. Machnald, Durham. go” rmâ€"nmngwnâ€" At '1' July. 28, 1928. by Rev. J, DOP patrlck. Dorothy Isabelle Hép ton of Toronto to Harry E. Fir Brampton. . lamâ€"In Durham Hospital, AW 74.194549 Mr. and Mrs. A3}: Mo‘f'ton, Bentinck, a Soâ€"n", tittyâ€"Harrington:- At -AA‘ Thu-mu, August 9, i928 I trust. )‘vs‘. I .;.. That I.” 504‘ IHH? And Shv blushed. what. fur. A youth mu! 2: And 110 said adm'v: t aid, so im aluable to human sufl‘erers in time of mood is usually highly apprm iated M ti p recipient but nex er more so Him in the case 0f_OSW aid, \\ no $1.011. ed iii. titude by adopting those “'11 o d rendered first aid and pr 011a: 1y saved his life. As a r42su1t.(1~\x.4141 has a private car in “1121114 travels regularly and has become well known throughout that 8424'- tion of Ontarioin vhi<h he trz2x (2 21.: while the first aiders em p10 '42425 01 the Canadian Nationa1pL1chic Railways, have a new pet. Oswald is a pigeon who sufiered severe injuries when while flying. he attempted to push aside a rapidlyâ€"moving electric car on the Canadian National lines near Iii- dorado Park, Ontario. The pigeon was struck by the ear and when picked up by the crew, Motormun Cecil Brown and (fondm-tor Jen Watson, was found to have sus- tained a broken trim: and other i??- juries. The empioyees of this rail- way stand high in their Fist Aid tests, having won the Gaiiou‘ay Cup on two O<'('a<i0n>1. A Fist, Aid kit is carried on each of the vars :m the contents of this kit were usmi in rendering first aid to the injured pigeon. Results were such that 1‘: o ‘ b . l" . injuries 500" “(235. am: W5 that is w thousands: “ Oswald ” Ado ma ', August 9, 1928 Agwmdw PH HI