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Miss Clara Greenwood of town “738 Visiting the beginning of the week with friends here. Miss Emma Ritchie, who is teaching near W'illiamsford, en- joyed a week-end visit with her Darents. Miss Ruby Moffat of Toronto is visiting friends in this 11e3ghb01- hood. , Bornâ€"On Monday, February a, at M'axbass, X.D., to Mr. and Mrs. Dugald Campbell, twins, son and daughter. Mr. D. Edge lost a valuable cow on Friday from pleurisy and a week previously Mr. A. Ander- son _lost a fine yearling heifer. The circular sawing machine was in our yard on Tuesday last. and cut up a fine supply of wood. It is to-day, Tuesday, sawing at Mr. W. G. Firth’s. Mrs. R. H. Banks is visiting her son. James, at Riverview. this Week. ' Miss Katie McNally spent afew dab in town, the guest of 31135 Kate Ritchie. 1 ll The Red Front 'Wéfifi‘ Dcsmms Ccpvnwcrs c. A rmno sending a sketch and descriatinn may 0.2} 1;!" mr'ermm (Ht? nfitzicn free YP‘c-thcr 9:: .~ ’, _ . - ' ‘ ‘. I Q (\ _ ..' n A ' :mn :.- :n': :3 p.0bat..y;,...°.e:..;gb:e. ..ut.::2:...::»..- 9.l~)13§ <1rictlyconfldcutmu HAnDBOGK on {’atauu 5c“; ‘ : ‘_-e. u'dest agency for vacuum: putt-m... I ~ ' '3 taken through Mum: a; C0. receive 89"": 21:08:”, witpout. chime. mtho V ‘ :V y ' ' - . «Maul-482 :5 J I!!!“ “me. A 1" 23‘250mely illustrated weekly. Largest. Car. "um-.3»: of any scientific journal. Terms {or "with. 33-75 a yam ' "montage pr'epaicL Sold by 1'1 DOV-“‘deaicrs. :é'mu gcmwtuawxam l' A._A_ Ix The “Red 'Front” Hardware W. Black February 18, 1915 HAPPX THOUGHTS gin-co Omen. 6% F BL. Washington. Ii C. e are doing great work the Stove line now. Making all the women happy. If you do not yet, belong to the Happy Thmmg give us a, (fiance and we will all) our part. _\\'v still have a. few left. aLHO a flaw Seconn Hand .‘hn'cs. ukulwu can now sup- ply you with a ranking <IOVP .31 {watt-1° frmu_ $1.00 to $60.00 5..-; mu-‘Snuth \Vindow for Our-gums in this line. We have in stuck the heaviest. (h -=.nitew:u'e made. at prices 2:; â€"-nit all packets. ‘Ve also 1.? ry a line that we haw? re- cim‘ed for this week. and it wiil pay you to purchase now \Ve now have a. full line of flat ness. A first class line of Single and Double Driving Harness, also all harness parts, Plow Harness, Trace Chains. ROpe Traces. Sweat Pads, and Collars. Give us a Trial if you want harness. We satisfy all our customers. Don’t forget to put some Royal Purple Specific in the Stock’s Food. Sold only at, STOVES Mai”: makes: . (ERA‘NI TWARE HARNESS EDGE HILL. “'atershed of Lake Must Be Conserv- ed to Maintain Supply. Lying near the western boundary of the Province of Ontario, and ex- tending into the Province of ~Mani- toba and the State of Minnesota, the Lake of the Woods symem plays an important part in the water supply of that region. When surrounded by a timbered area, the watershed was am- ply protected. With the increase of population, however. the timber has become a prey to fire and to the un- scientific forester, and, under present conditions, it is only a question of time when a]: timber of any value will be removed. ' The Lake of the Woods watershed is the great reservoir of the Winni- peg river and the water-powers of the latter ~upply the city of Winnipeg and town of Kenora with light and pow- er. At an early date. Shoal Lake, a. tributary to the Lake of the Woods, will furnish the water supply for the city of Winnipeg; construction work on the pipe line is at present under way. At the meeting of the Commis- sion of Conservation in January last, Mr. J. B. Challies, superintendent of the Water Power Branch of the de- partment of the Interior, proposed that this district be 'set aside as a forest reserve. The area is one in which, owing to the nature of the underlying rock, the flood run-off of the rivers is ex- cessive. The fact that the south- western portion of the lake is in the United States renders the situation more dimcult, in that it is not pos- sible to materially raise the level of the water by conservation dams. In Saxony, ‘where forestry has been practiced for many years, the annual production is 93 cubic feet. Accord- ing to experts, the rate of growth in Canada could undoubtedly be multi- plied several times over by the adop- tion of prOper scientific methods, of which the most essential at the pres- ent time is eflicient fire protection. Not in several years has the dairy work in connection with the provin- cial farm and institutions made a bet- ter return to the Ontario Government than that which farm Director Todd has recently handed to the Provincial Secretary for the last fiscal year. In all 3,518,192 pounds of milk. have been realized from the dairy herds maintained at the different institu- tions. and this at the rate of $1.60 per 100 pounds. is roughly valued at $60,000. The results have shown that the herds when properly fed and cared for, double their yield of milk and the 486 cows now owned have made a showing practically double that of the ordinary dairy herds which supply Ontario towns and ci- ties. In addition every quart of milk is subjected to a rigorous tuberculin test before being used by the patients. For the perpetual benefit of the surrounding territory, it is of the ut- most importance that the Lake of the Woods district be set aside as a for- est reserve. This would provide for the protection and renewal of the timber, and for the maintenance of the forest cover of the watershed. In this way the waters of the lakes, on which so many depend for the supply of water, light and power, would be conserved. The average yield of every cow is 7,239 pounds and it is estimated that it costs the province from 85 cents to $1 to produce every hundredweight. From this an idea will be gained 01' the profit accruing to the province from her_ own management of insti- tutional food affairs. In addition the capital cost is kept down by main- taining a high standard animal. Last year there were 1,406 forest fires in diflerent parts of the Dom- inion, mostly in the west, which de- stroyed 438,567 acres of forest anu 350,000,000 feet board measure, of merchantable timber. The spring and summer of 1914 were exceptionally dry. In 1910, another dry year, there were 1,227 forest fires, which destroy- ed 345,660 acres of trees and 185,- 350,000 feet of timber that could have been used for manufacturing purposes. The aim of forestry is to bring the forest up to its highest state of pro- ductiveness and keep it there. In the United States, where forestry is not practiced except on Government and state lands, the estimated annual production is 12 cubic feet per acre. In Canada, the average rate of growth is undoubtedly materially less than this, the climatic conditions be- ing, on the who‘e, less favorable. The ifarm director is at present ex- perimenting at Whitby with 36 dual- purpose cows of the Shorthorn breed. These are bred with the aim of pro- viding a good beef animal which also yields considerable milk. The test has shown that those now kept closely ap- proach the standard of a first-class dairy cow. One purpose of the Gov- ernment is to so demonstrate the value of this class that the province in general will make use or it on the Forest Fires In Canada. Some idea of the serious loss in- flicted on the co try by f t fires was given at th annual mee ng of the Commission of Conservation re- cently by R. H. Campbell, chief for- ester for the Dominion Department of the Interior. The Indian population of Canada is slowly decreasing. The total of last year. 100.000. is a net falling on of 2,716, the figures, however, being somewhat conjectural. In Ontario the Indian papulation increased by 342, and in Quebec 1119?» A report of the analyst of the In- land Revenue Department at Ottawa on the quality of lime juice sold in Canada, states that out or 100 sam- ples examined only 50 were genuine, 32 samples were below the standard in solids or citric acid, 10 were adul- terated, and 8 were sweetened juice. a close second and thoughtle'ss campers third. Most of the fires are caused by careless settlers, with the railways RESERVE IS NECESSARY. Provincial Cows Profitable. Spurious Lime Juice. Indians on Decrease. WINTER WASTE 0F MAN-URE. How It May Be Prevented In the Barnyard. Because of snowfall and snow melt- ing. wet weather and some hard and beating rains at intervals through the winter that season is the one in which the losses of barnyard manure are al- ways very heavy. ln handling barn- yard manure the farmer can save or lose the eqivalent of many dollars ev- ery year. Winter is the one season when he should guard against these losses. There are always weeks upon Weeks ' of bad weather. When the farmer does not feel like getting om with ‘the spreader and gettiui,r rid of the increas- ing accumulations. l’ossibly before this manure cam he moved a heavy = rain or a series of freezes, sudden thaws and heavy rains will appear. 1 The more water falls on the exposed piles of this fertilizer the less actual fertility there will be left in it. 3 gan‘ i five 'iMlor ? man 1 life. . A1 , Thu i of I ape] ‘ hon ltO a impr A pile of manure heats or it becomes a hotbed of germ activities. A part 01' the very valuable nitrogen in the manure is changed into ammonia and vanishes into the air. Some of the ni- trogen is changed over into nitrates, and it is this part of the manure that is dissolved and carried away by the running water. The soil around a manure heap out in the open always testifies to this waste. You can see the waste in the brown and reddish brown water that runs away from the manure heap aft- er a rain or during a thaw. All the strength is washed out of .it if the manure remains exposed long enough, and no great stretch of time is neces- sary to spoil much of its usefulness. This is the one year in the memory of most of us when it is absolutely necessary that no manure be allowed to waste. The fertilizer market is very unsettled. The stoppage of pot- ash shipments has created much un- easiness among manufacturers of the commercial fertilizers. There is quite a little potash in the country, but no one pretends there is enough. The shortage may not he felt very keenly this coming summer. but if the war is continued for even a few months long- er there will be a shortage that will be undeniable. The one practical sub- stitute we have in this country is sta-‘ ble manure. It therefore becomes far more valuable than it was a few months ago. Of course the concrete manure pit is the last word in manure preservation. It holds the liquid as well as the solid parts of the manure, and the liquid parts are certainly more valuable than the solids. Where the eoncreted ma- nure pit is out of the question the next best thing is to store it somewhere under shelter. Of course the spreader should be used steadily if the fields to be manured are in shape to receive it. When labor and field conditions per- mit manure should be spread on the 'ground to be benefited as soon as pos- sibleâ€"Farm Progress. The Missouri College of Agriculture l8 Studying the Pegt. (L. Haseman. Missouri station.) The Missouri College of Agriculture has received reports of a small green- ish caterpillar with black spots, which destroys the alfalfa crops. This little caterpillar is one of the so called web worms, and in earlier days it was call- ed the “garden web worm” on account of its injury to truck -crops, On ma- turing it spins a small cocoon, from which emerges a small yellowish brown moth. In this latitude there seems to be three broods during the summer and fall. The last brood of worms is due to appear soon if it has not already arrived. Several native weeds. including the common pig weed, garden crops, clover and alfalfa. all furnish food for this caterpillar. in earlier years it has been injurious to clover in Missouri. but this is the first year it has done much injury to alfalfa. It feeds on the leaves and tender shoots and spins a considerable amount of silk for tying together the leaves and stems. When abundant it leaves but little foliage on the plants, and what little is left is badly webbed. The crop is not likely to be killed unless the attack be un- usually severe or unless it occurs dur- ing a severe drought The only feasible method or reach- badly attacked, even though it may not be ready to cut. This will help to check the work of the pest, and if the alfalfa be cut at the right time. when most of the caterpillars are inclosed in cocoons. they will be removed from the field with the hay. and few of the moths will get back to lay eggs for the next brood of worms. Clean cul- true so as to keep down all pig weeds and other plants on which EhEy feed In or near alfalfa fields will help to prevent the pest from getting a start in alfalfa, Control of Black Knot. Black knot. a fungous disease of vherries and plums. is controlled by putting out and burning all evidences of the knot several times a year and using bordeaux mixture once late in winter. again when buds begin to swell, and two or three applications at inter- vals of ten days. The besttime to and disease bunches is when the foliage k WEBWORM AND ALFALFA. . ' TEE DURHAM CHRONICLE. The making of shrapnel at t'he Kingston Canadian Loc‘mm‘ih ' f kas is to be done on a large ' scale. - ! Miss Lucinda Edge. of near Dun- ;gannon, who has been with -us for five weeks, returned home on 'iM-onday morning. She can mean i many amusing incidents of pionem TRAVERSTON. .' Several. in this Vicinity have seen ‘ strange lights in the nor’-eastern sky and deem them the lights of an aeroplane. One young fellow avers he heard the throbbing of the 011-, zine, and_his horse was affrightea ' Elmo Edwards left on Mondav morning for Toronto, to act a;. secretary for Speaker Jamieson during the session. He has been swamping and bushwhacking with the rest of us during the past two‘ months, and kens how to handle both axe and saw. From the stillness of the \voéds to t e nomp and gayety of the citv is quite a change. 1 1 I i One of those pleasing incidents that show how closely rural 11111- 11le are bonded together took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kenny on Thursday evening of last seek. \Tvas :1 big31‘1‘f‘:s- entation party and Mzs. W. J. .Greenwood read a most corrpli~ men'ytar -\10rded address. 1111il1 Mr. Vincent Paylor ma .le the 111111â€"11 , entation of a \ery fine dinncr s“ '. The Kenny family are noted far and uide for their kindness. 11:111- vitality. gifts of song and speech. They are removing soon to My. Geo. Tw amlev’s 200-acro £31111 which they recentlv puich 1scd. Mr. John O’Neill of the 4th concession, leaves this week. too. to fill an important position in thin parliamentary halls during tha- session. John is quite an orator himself, and can give many a member of Darliament some pointâ€" ers. Mr. and Mrs. Rob. McFadden. Master Reggie and Miss Mamie Haley, of near town, visited the Martin homestead on Monday. About 25 fair ones gathered on Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. J. Greenwood, and spent a very profitable couple of hours in social chat and listening to a pithy program.’ 'l'he \Vu- men’s Institute in this vicinity continues to grow in numbers and in interest. Mrs. «'"rrer-nwood pl‘uâ€" vided a most dainty lunch. Farmers and their sons :11: _, growing tired feeding s quealing swine with high-p iced {hop :‘arz‘ six or seven months for the 1;- a UV price that packers have been Law-- ing ,all winter. The home of Mr. and Mrs. (finial M'cArthur was £1 scene of U" light and §;a_vet_v on Fri<‘=a7~' (M on- ing, as the young people. frnm far and near were invited. Music and song and the mazy dance. coupled u ith royal feasting. made the hours fly by. Constable Finlayson, Kim Y wounded at 310113, is returning“ Hamilton, as he is unfit for fur er service. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Wilson, nf Kingston, have given their three sons for service in the 2lst overâ€" seas battalion. The Rome Giornale «i‘ftaiin pu‘vâ€" lishes semi-official Stfltihtif‘fl u: the fatalities in the recent (Aurth- quake, from which it appears that about 25,000 persons perished The important thing now is to complete at once your plan for the year’s workâ€" for increased production. By planning well in advance, each month’s operations can be carried through more efiectively when the time comes. Delays later on, through neglect of this, will mean loss to you and to the Empire. This year, for the sake of the Empire, farmers should be exceptionally careful in the selection of seed. Cheap seed is often the dearest. If every Canadian farmer would use only the best varieties, and sow on properly cultivated soil, the grain output of Canadian farms would be doubled. Deal only with reliable seedsmen. Writo at once to Canadian Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, and to your Provincial Agricultural De- partment for information as to the best varieties of seed to be used in your particular locality, and use no others. ‘ The Government suggests the forming of an active committee in every town and city, composed of town and country men and women. This com- mittee would find out the sort of help the farmers of their locality need, and get a list of the unem- loyed in their town or city, who are suitable for arm labour. With this information, the committee would be in a good position to get the right man for the right place. Councils, both rural and urban, Boards of Trade and other organizations could advantageously finance such work. Every unemployed man in the town or city who is placed on the farm becomes immediately a producer, instead of a mere consumer and a civic 'expâ€"ense. The Farm Labour Problem Increase Canadian Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada ompiete Your Plans Now Cl \o" $229 "3 rfifg‘i $23M PWDU ”5‘35; This Saturday night, the 12th of; ‘ February, the east wind is blou- in-g somewhat as if inclined to get soft before long, but we are not? weatherwise. will have to take it: as it comes. An old Highlander i-2‘ olden times used to make the reâ€"' mark that when it came to the? middle of February it would be working up towards spring. as, his rations of food for his stock! \1 ould be almost done in Februarx. 1 So there 11 ill be a good manv like him this spring, as feed is getting away fast, and human feed is" away up, too. Flour over $4 :1 cwt., but we are old enough t’1 remember when it was $12 a bar-f rel, and hard to get at that price} And many a poor man carried it; on his back into the townships of; Proton and Egremont. Some W110; are now worth thousands will re-; member when they had to carry; 100 of flour on their shoul (-1015 into S“ 1nton Park or to wheie that fine settlement is now. but there are not many of those biax e old pioneers living now. - 1 ‘94 Did the .g-odo scribe from Trav- erston get somewhat intoxicated after partaking of that delicious cup of tea made by the veneratflv‘ clerk of Glenelg, as by tho length of his budget we thought he had to stop short bEfOI‘G finâ€" ishing as it only measured about three and seven-eighths inches by guess measurement. 'Priceville generally does agom‘ share of business. No beer (:1' Whiskey can be had as in days 0.." yore. The Presbyterian shed is com» Dleted, and is one of the finest uf its kind found in Ontario. t‘ncrs who are more capable fixmmially 04004046¢04¢¢6¢¢¢§++o¢+¢¢¢Ovvvt90§oOOOOOO)OOOO?OOO+% t t 0+0» 9..»‘3 0 006900009990900 90.90006§O¢$¢¢¢§§¢¢¢§$O§§§+ AT SPECIAL PRICES 'E‘he Rab Eéioy Cereai Mi 2E3: Co. Clean Your Seed All grain intended for seed should be thoroughly cleaned and selected to retain only the strong kernels. You' can reap only what you sow. It does not pay to sow weeds. Clean seed means larger crops and helps to keep the land clean. When you have your seed grain ready, put it through the cleaner ATTEND YOUR CONFERENCE CORN CHOP \‘Cv 11;:'\'9;1.;zm):] stock of BURNT 171“)!” «m hurt} that WU Hue sellinj in Tun lots at about the samv [ninv as Gab. and (an: (“V feeder kn “x ~' lh: u (‘ m :1 is hotter fdwd rh an ()nts fan feeding: stock. If you mu 1. Man 3' t'vml git, :mz' h1':iu«snu thzs feed. as it 2“ Kntu‘. \‘ni'w fur 1!le priov xx 0 me.) :wkinf; for it. “141mm mhm- gund Fowl m: hmnl all [viii-1w as low as “'1‘ can mukv zirz‘m. Our terms nu Weed :u'c S‘L/l'h'tl‘K ('::.~: “I price. \Vt) (it) nut {£in any ('l'vdit. PRICE VILLE. I" you have Grain «\fginy kind tn 5P” Wu win [my high Psi market primes fur any quamily 0f Outs m- mlwx Gm?!) at our I‘m-Vania :3; £9 7.“ E}. 5.; :3, 3.5 :1: ..: z 2.5. t . 43.14:.1; / .25; a..." 5 L .2/ 1:: hi We Are Pafing‘ from 55cm 60c for Oats at our E! P.O. Address .......................... 21 (Y No Postage Required. Publications Branch, Canadian Department of Afficultute, Ottawa. Please‘send me Bulletins relating to Seed. PHON ES Breeding stock are today Canada’s most valuable asset. The one outstanding feature of the world’s farming is that there will soon be a great shortage of meat supplies. Save your breeding stock. Plan to increase your live stock. Europe and the United States as well as Canada will pay higher prices for beef, mutton and bacon in the very near future. Do not sacrifice now. Remember that live stock is the only basis for prosperous agriculture. You are farming not speculating. Oaé meal Millers. Mr. Alex. MeLachlin of Alberta has been visiting his many friends in and around Priceville for the last few weeks. Everybody gets their mail at their gates now, and it .makes them feel too lazy to go to town even for a plug of tobacco or a pound of tea. Our mail carrier makes good time in stormy or fair weather. lqu - V vvu-I'I Two new elders were ordained recently in the Presbyterian church here. They are Messrs. Rob't. Parslow and Donald Stewaxjt. may come and take the dimensions ' thereof in case they wish to fol- 0113 goo_d e_xample. -. n O. _L Two funerals in one family in one week. They were Geo. Stone- house and his mother. Mrs. Martin S-toneh’ouse. The son was buried on the lst and the mother on the 8th of February. The son was ?2 years of age and the mother 74 years. Both were buried in Smellie’s cem- etery. Rev. Mr. Matheson officiat- ing at both services. .I‘ _. ---b w v -v v Sorry to report the. illness of Willie Hooper. son of Mr. Abram Hooper, who has been laid up for a long time, but hopes are that he will get better soon. ____ -- A I A __ A..- A "â€""' C," We saw Arch. McCuaig on the top of his Windmill yesterday eV- ening. being about 75 feet from below. The majority of men would not take the township of Glenelg and, ngup so high. ' Mr. Konold. Sr., still continues in teaching music. It is 57 years since- he moved to the woods of Egremont and took his piano with him. He has been teaching music more or less ever since. "611} Hatâ€"tiedeaierggefierally ship a load once a week unless the weather is too severe. _. 'fiib‘s'é $113516 fond of skating can enjov themselves at the bridge mostly ev ery ex ening. Dr. Lane is always kept busy. He has a large territory to at- tend to. Test your seed for vitality, too. Seed is’ not always as good as it looks. For example, oats, quite normal in appearance and weight, may be so badly damaged by frost that their value for seed is completely destroyed. It you have any doubt as to the quality of your seed a sample may be sent free to the seed laboratory at Qttawa, or Calgary, for test. But in most cases this simple test will prove sufidentrâ€" Take a saucer and two pieces of blotting puper. Place seed betyveen blotfing papers. Keep In a few days, you will be able to see whether the vitality in there. Neglect to test your seed may mean the loss of crap. Your Live Stock Test Your Seed ShJH' \ 9 MW ha m thm: -x each 1 ~1 all you ira; H 4 and HH‘ tinw 1? market E: "(HOT