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Dear PeOple at Home: I have at last. after much trav- elling, reached a temporary" abode. but for how long I will he} 1 here is more than I know. Isent you some letters from anerpool‘ which were written on the boat.‘ which you should have long be- fore you receive this. We langgi at Liverpool Saturday moz'ning about 9 o’clock and had some lit- :le time to look around the city before we caught our train for London. whichleft at two o’clock. ve, as we are to have mum nrp‘iminal‘" training in until we leave, 33 some preliminary veterinary work 1 One of our {elk :v-DV I'" -_ veterinary work here. tion One of our fellows, Pilkey. and war myself, are quartered with a but manufacturing shoe man, and they mo: are certainly aristocrats. but they proi can‘t seemingly do too muc . us, as Canadians are the most nro respected peOple in England at; R, the present time. We are lodged in splendid rooms and nothing is sila too good for us. We are on hos-. freé pital work, which means doinglthe nothing, as you simply keep your’ T sheets marked up of the number culj of horses under your care. Y‘mlabl‘ have under you as private attend- rea ants three men. an orderly. Whalche shines your shoes and buttons, Sm runs yOur errands and makes him- ow self generally useful. Then you 191 have also your farrier sergeant ,M. and his assistant, who do all the. to work. You make your rounds in; are the morning with your {arrier' the sergeant and assistant and look stc the horses over. and if any look ma the general symptoms you diagâ€" p0 nose the trouble, which you enter th on your card. and prescribe treatâ€" in ment, which the sergeant aclmin--lbe raters. You are simply the gentleâ€"c as eed touch the. in horse, and the on under you. Who are all English. would be horrified if you did. One of the superior officers teld tne tn-day that if you want to be; D! or seem to be, really officiousi tl take off your kid gloves once (”Wei twice a day, and let the orderlyjoj ‘nold your cane and gloves while: I) you have the horse led outside to; . he insyected. You know the. ling-i 1‘ fish veterinary surgeon is one o- the aristocrats in this country. f. There are a big bunch of us it here to do the work, but there v needs to be, as there are 14,000 D horses in this camp. About the only troubles I have seen are e pneumonia and slight colds. t 0‘ h LU Lllcul UV.VA v -v-_°- The weather is wonderful here. You would think it is a day in May in Ontario. The grass on lawns is green and the air is warm; no need of topcoat, or greatcoat as we call them, over our tunics. .uwlla ‘0 alVV-q "._V warm; no need 0 topcoat._ or greatcoat as we call them, over )ur tunics. . 3 The meals seem peculiar. Break- fast is at eight o’clock. lunch at 1.30 and dinner at 7.30 at night. I have not had much chance to see any of the town or country as vet but when I see more of it I krill be able to tell you‘xmore‘ about W c F. _ -_ it: I hacpe you are all well, and x111 contmue to keep so. As for myself. I am feeling fine. With love, CECIL. 'i‘ire installation of officers in 7 m. Lodge, No. 169, I. O. O. F, ' um; place on Tuesday night. the a>Z~.-tritt Deputy, Mr. Malone, of . Arthur. having charge, and being Jiblaic'd by Inspector Galbraith Mr. Stevens and Mr. Church. of G-xrn- t Lodge. Mount Forest. It \ms in open installation. and sev- en or eight visitors, who have not been initiated into the mysteries of the Order, were in attendance as guests. The ceremony was ably con:.-ucted, all secret work haVing been eliminated. After the in- stallation a short time was de- voted to speech making, in which the ~visitin brethren and others‘ participate . The Lodge was then closed informally. when lunch was served and the time was spent pleasantly in games and amuse- ments. The following are the officers installed . N. G.â€"-E. D. M'cClocklin. V. G.â€"Dr. J. F. Grant. R. S.-â€"Peter Ramage. F. S.-â€"â€"Peter GagnOn. Treas.â€"_-A. E. Jackson. Wardenâ€"G. A. Thornpson. Conductor, G. A. Whitmore. , ha plainâ€"1 L. a“. v' o. (axâ€"w"? 'é. 'Vouett The M“. W8_G . _..1 about l.0.0.F. INSTAILATION Auld Lani! Agricultural Conference ‘Vaull: . .5 s. »___ v 'chewan and Alberta have been! stocked with hogs recently but ‘ [owing to the crop failure in . 1914; it'has been found necessary ‘ l :‘M‘ the farmers in these provinces lto market their hogs before they tare finished. Thus the markets of 'the East have been glutted with; store hogs from the West and many eastern farmers are buying: these hogs and finishing them tori the market. This is the cause of ' the present slump in the price of ' pork. It is quite probable that; ' there will be a scarcity of hogs in the near future. Also there will 'lbe an increased demand for pox-k -. as there is no food for the fight- *ling man equal in value to bacon. >3 As for sheep, it is worthy of 9 mention that Grey has the most lsheep of any county in the prov- Mince, and this class of live stock hipromises to be very profitable in i the future. since there is a scarâ€" ":city of wool for the manufacture "20f woollen goods. as large sup- “;plies are being used for militzny ‘7’; t~‘-.‘u'3)'._iseS. -_.- ‘ plies are being used for mummy , . , “13.93593, ; Mr. .Ror,)er.t Vollet of rimminSJl In conclusion. Mr. Wade con-,New Ontario, visited his parents: gratulated Grey County for ofâ€"{hi’re . and returned home “113 fering the mostdprize money toimornmg- its amateur bree ers at the Guelph . Winter Fair, of any county in thei} M13: M35: Uiauhart returnedf t9! province, and he claimed that: 3.81: . ome at elland Porn. 3. tel this was one o£,the best means of 3 \1.51t1n.g her grandparents, MI" and encouraging. the breeding: of x)11r:m,M’S‘ T' 8' Whelan, here. bri‘: EtOSCkuilxg-ellhe (soggy-0n Fa‘ml Mrs. Finley "Graham left Mon- c6011)? \IEIeferring So Mr Wadle’s‘dm’r’kafter spegidlfnfi a n; $1,1er ‘23 . A . "‘\'x"‘.'. " - ‘ ' - . address, he wished to bring to the Cgfiieifis gues O 1' an rs. ' attention of the farmers a nas-; Mr. Roy McCracken returned to ture mixture which could be: sown in the spring for the summer i Camrose, Alta., after an enjoyable pasture. This could be used where 1I visit of a couple of months at to grass and clover in the mead-. hishome here. . ows had been Winter killed The! \ , mixture consists of: ‘ Mrs. John Wright spent Sundav nnth her son. George, who is va I In conclusion. \lr W ade con- gratulated Grey Cqunty for of- Sugar Cane 30 lbs. per acre Common Red Clover ...... 7 lbs. per acre; l '2 ~ Total 88 lbs. per acre. The oats and the sugar cane are mixed together, and are sown. from the grain box of the seed drill, and the clover is sown from‘ the grass seed box placed in‘ front of the tubes'of the drill. If this mixture is sown during the first week in May, it is usually ready for pasture about the 20th of June. The oats are early and rapid in growth, the sugar cane is 'later, stools well and thrives m clovers, Mr. Squirrelln advised growing as much alfalfa as possi- ble. It is nesessary to secure the} seed of a hardy variety such \ as} Grimm’s or the Ontario Variegat-‘i ed; also inoculate the seed with the proper bacteria before sowing: have the soil well drained and in a high state of cultivation. It is worthy of notice that alfalfa is being grown in Russia in a lati- tude 600 miles north of us. There- fore this climate should not pre- vent its being grown here. - A_L ‘VUB ‘VU Vv n.- 6" , __ The sweet clover plant is as yet' in its experimental stage, but considering the testimony of sev- eral growers present, it promises to be an excellent crop for this district, as it builds up the soil. and yields a good crop of r hay ‘and pasture. It also pre ares soil for growing alfalfa as t a same {kind of bacteria is found on the but as necessary that we have men at home to grow foodstniia for those who are at the front. Be laid emphasis on the necessity of using the beat variety of seed min as this would increase the yield without additional _1_abor. It :best, plump. ‘sound seed of avari .iety, as these will give an.» increas- ied yielgl over the small or shrunk- 301T! Early sowing greatly increases! the yield. It is quite probable that; there will be a large area oft spring wheat sown this coming, year. This class of grain should be‘ sown firs, as a profitable yield can often be insured by early sowing M'uch can be gained bv having a fine seed bed. By this; we find that a smaller area, well tilled, is the most profitable. . , VJ . ”u“.' SOWEDS Much can be gained by An alarming state of affairs is dis. l ' haying a fine seed bed. BY the, closed, when investigation demon-V “.78 find that a 3133119," area, well- strates that less than two per cent. oil tilled, 18 the most profitable i the farmers visited follow a systema- ’ .IBY gro‘ilng larger. areas 0f enâ€"* tic selection of seed similar to that 81 age corn we can increase the. followed by members of the Canadian amount of .rO‘l'EPa'ge for feeding. Seed Growers’ Association. It is true the stock in winter. The main. that quite a number keep the bestl paint m selecting. a variety 0*" part or parts of their fields for seedt corn for .ensrlage ‘5 to have one! but, in Prince Edward Island, less‘ Whmh “”11 Weld heavrly, mature. than one-third of the farms visited, early and (“Oh well. The. early} do even this and only fifty .per cent.‘ Wmte Cap Yellow Dent, Wisconsin claims to do it on the two hundred! No._: and Learning are all_ 390d! farms visited in Ontario. In Nova :gieties for growmg m thls disb‘ Scotia, forty per cent. of the farmers ° ‘ - and, in Quebec,.thirty-one per cent., M” John Farrell "Of. Forest, bought their seed-grain. Too often spoke on the Labor question. He this purchased seed is only feed grain outlined the policy which had‘ . . ; shipped in from the west and sold as fizz“ figrfifgmggt bg’ e31; Iaglgvraa'i seed. Frequently it contains foul ' p r ’! weed seeds and, when, as in Nova but noted that the Imperial Gov-v - . . Scotia, only sixty-four per cent. of the ernment had "3‘1““th the Dom-i farmers claimed to clean their grain 33:: rengYezlelnltlftri$e32Â¥1i8 to c 033:; in any manner whatever, these weeds vear to induce laborers fromi» are introduced to the farms. The Britain to emigrate to Canada asi western oats are sometimes frosted. .qu men would be needed ’ at‘ and, :8 318 farmer does not taste? 1 . . . _* germ na ng power, a poor an n .mme. Therefore it is quite prob stand often results. ' The purchasing of seed often Mr. Alfred Siegrist of Wiarton is‘ visiting his sister, Mrs. J. H. Robâ€" .m‘tson. for a few days. Miss Rita Irwin spent a day _or {SO in Hanover, as guest of Mrs. 3Chas. Rudolph. Mrs. Currie has returned from Owen Sound, where she has been with her daughter, Mrs. Rogers. Miss Mae McKenzie has return- 0d home. after visiting her sister. Mrs. E. A. Goodwin, here. ’."I.:'t week. Miss Lyla Kelsey returned home last week after a month’s visit 111 St. Latharines, the guest of Miss 1?. uby Mills. Mr. J. H. Robertson, and Miss ;Nettie L'ennox left Monday to at- ;tend the annual meeting of the ~{Cement Company, in Toronto. Mr. Roy McCracken returned to Camrose, Alta., after an enjoyable visit of a couple of months at his home here. Mrs. John Wright spent Sundav with her son, George, who is seriously ill of pneumoma at his home in Toronto. Mrs. C. C. Douglas and daugh-' tor Dorothy, returned Saturday to their home at Owen Sound, al- txr a short Visit at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. .W. Limin. ' At the District meeting of the County Lodge, L.0.L., held re- cently at Mount Forest, the fol- lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: 'I‘homp.r on Allen, County Master. Matthew Hooper, Dep. Co Mast“ John Hanna, Chaplain. Neil McQueen, Financial Secy. James Eden, Recording Secy. R. J Eden, Treasurer. John Anderson, Lecturer. Herman Kirkpatrick and Charles Evans, Deputy Lecturers. James Anderson, Dir. of Cer. The German people are being urged to practise self discipline and sacrifice in regard to the use of food. There were several serious earthquake shocks last ~ Saturday and Sunday at Reylgiaflvik:1 Iceland 2 -J-u: nip residence of the bride’s parents, on Wednesday, February 24., bv Rev. John Morris, Mr. Reuben Columbus Morrison to Ethel Areeia, daughter of. M15. and Mrs. I..O.L. COUNTY OFFICERS ”“85““.' t.- a.--“ "n. in the surrounding district. Canadian gunners Lose Heavily Byl Not Taking Enough Care. I Only nineteen out of one thousand ‘ Canadian farmers visited last year by the representatives of the Commis- sion of Conservation were found to be following a systematic selection of seed grain. _ ”bun“ v- UV.â€" - vâ€"â€"â€" -_-- The purchasing of seed often bring: in new and unsuitable varieo ties. In one district in New Bruns- wick, seventeen varieties were found on forty farms and, in one district in Ontario, there were nineteen varieties on fifty farms. The farmer will buy these new varieties without knowing their strength of straw, susceptibility to disease or general suitability to his district. “I“ “IDBI IV I:- It Seed selection is not costly. the farmer will save the best portion 1 l of his crop and then thoroughly clean 5 that portion, by running it several times through the tanning mill, he will not find it necessary to pay out money for secfl no better than, and often not so good as, his own, well cleaned. In many tests on the Illus- tration Farms of the Commission, it has been clearly demonstrated that. it pays to sow good seed. In the case of clover, the crops from home’grown seed have proved, in nearly every in- A- â€"‘-â€"-A: $66!; HGVV rivvvw' .._._ _. - , _ stance, to surpass‘ those produced from purchased seed. In many disc tricts where farmers think clover and grass seeds can not be grown, it has been proven that these seeds can be successfully produced. They are often found growing to perfec- tion on roadsides and in fence cor. nets, which goes to show that. with care, they will grow in the fields. p During the winter months is the time to prepare the seed grain for the spring sowing. Clean out all the weed seeds and poor and shrunken . kernels so that the good grain will i have a chance to do its best. The question of the quality of seed a farmer shall sow is largely in his own hands. It rests with him whether it shall be clean or dirty, good or poor. Good and clean seed will pay.â€"â€"Con- l sewation. The highest known price ever paid ; for beefsteak was at Dawson City, a town that sprang up almost in the: night during the Klondike gold ex-‘t citement. The first steak to reach ': there 30ch for $48 a pound. It was a ‘ 10-pound steak and was sent from a : point fifty miles away. It was placed '1; on exhibition and was such a curioa- g ity that all the miners turned out in f a body to see it. ‘ W OQOO”§§O§9¢ 90' I a I > D ) "V“; " ~v' Of course everyone wanted a piece of the precious meat and the prices offered might have resulted in a gem eral mining camp quarrel had not someone thought of raining the steak for the benefit of a hospital which a bishop was trying to establish for the miners at Dawson City. Bids started ‘_2-‘_1-. “ $35. At last, in order to avoid pos- sible trouble, it was decided to sell tickets at prices ranging from 60 cents to $2.50 for the privilege of drawing a. slice. After $480 worth of tickets had been sold the drawing be- gan, and to the relief of. those in charge of the enterprise, no serious consequences resulted. .____ 1 ern Ontario and one of the most Eli 0l l iniHng eived his early business tra. :cSault Ste. Marie under the careful guidance of F. H. Clergue and con- trols big rea_.l estate interests in the . . 41.-"13 {a nrngi- O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O There are many fully qualified mar tine engineers in different parts .0! Cantu, some qt w,hom have already offered their services to the British new. The Admiralty has just noti- Sweepstake Prize for Canadian, - Canadian fruit still brings home the laurels. The ‘latest triumph val recorded in New York State, where. at the annual horticultural exhibit. ' e was awarded to W L. Hamilton, of Collingwood, (or three boxes of Northern Spies. POOR SEED. '. J. Garrick Appointed. Marine Engineers Expensive Steak. With the opening of . the 1915} seed trade. seedsmen, farmers and: gardeners may wish to review the conditions under which sales may: be made. The Seed Control Act provides that timothy, alsike, red; clover and alfalfa seed must not be put on sale for the purpose of seeding without being plainly {marked With the grade. namely; Extra No. 1, No.1, No. 2, No. 3: Farmers may sell seed below No 0. 3 in quantity only to dealers to be clean-ed and brought up ,to lgrade. All other grass, clover and forage plant seeds and those lot” cereals and flax must be mark- {ed in a plain and indelible man- ‘ner with the common name or names of any noxious weed seeds ‘present. _‘ Seed of cereals, flax, grasses. clovers, forage plants field roots” and garden vegetables must have‘ a germination of two-thirds of the percentage standard of vital- ity for good seed of the kind or be marked with the percentage that are capable of germinating. “Papered seeds” must be marked with the year in which the packet ) was tilled. U".--'.v‘â€" '_ _ Representative samples of seeds! “in my own case”. for purity and germination tests’ may be sent to the Seed Branch \ M23.W.N.KELLY Ottawa. Two ounces of grass seed ‘ tcmit-‘.tivu” are sold by all white or alsike clover: {our ounces ; dealers at 50¢. ,9. box, 6 for $2.50, trial of red clover, alfalfa or seed of size, 25¢, orsentpos donreceiptol like size and one :pound of cereals price by Fruit-maven imited,0ttan are desired. Samples under eight ounces may be sent without post-l ..__.____..____.._,.._,___.,.. - age and' are tested free of charge EDGE HILL up ,to 25in number for. each per- son or firm. . Born.--In British Columbia. ( ,oooo+¢¢¢oo.o+¢§ooo¢oo¢+¢§o099ootoooooo§oooooo¢o M MARKET REPORT OOOQOOOQOO”O§W§OOOQQOQQQQQOOQOOOOQOOW THE SEED LAW DURHAM FEB. 18. 1915 PHONE 58 o 00. 00.0.1 000 ..... a C ------- u_-- .......... coo ........ OI. 0. o. 00000000 O O ...ooo.l0 per cwt. . . . . 0... 0.0.0- 0' DO...0000-0000 noooo|OO500‘. SEED BARLEY ANDnBUCKWHEAT SEED OATSâ€"We have a, few hundred bushels of MAM MOTH CLUSTER that we are offering for seed, at 750 per bus. Thestats €11" pufectlx free hum am 11().xi<,us weeds, 01 Wild oats, and 2111\- (me cm1tempiating a chan0e of seei this spring, will do “ell to secure \011‘ needs early. Anyone having a. Good Sample of either of thew grains. clean, and fit for seed. kindly submit samples, we :fe prepared to pay a, fancy price for the right. class of goods. FLOUR AND FEED AT THE RIGHT PRICES CUSTOM CHOPPING OAT URUSHING: FRED J. WELSH 65 to 70 16 00 to 18 00 26 to 28 25 b0 25 45 to 45 00000 ttttt wwm%u 33.17. Ms. Kelly Advises all Women to Take “Fruit-a-lives” “I can highly recommend “Fruit-a- tives" because they did me an awful lot of good and I annot spend: too highly: about them; ‘Abgut {our years 7â€"- ._ n n...:; - HAGERSVILLE. 0pm. AUG. 26th. 1913. ago, I commenced taking “ Fruit-a- tives” for a general break-down and they did me a. world of good. We bought a good many dollar’s worth. but it was money well spent because ghey did 9:11 tpat you. clam for them. ___-~-.I wamfs am MEfllfilNE Their action is so pleasant. compared with other laxatives. that I found only pleasure. as well as health, in taking them. They seemed to me to be particularly suited to women, on account of their mild and gentle action, and I trust that some other women may‘ start taking “Fruit-aâ€"tives" after reading my letter, and if they do. I am satisfied the results will be the same Bornâ€"In British Columbia. on Tuesday, February 9, to Mr. and Mrs John Anderson, a son. Mr. Fred Staples has purchased another horse, to replace the one he lost a month ago. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Jopp of Moosomin are rejoicing over the arrlval of a young son. Miss Ella Cranston of Latona is the guest of Mrs. D. Edge this week. Mr. McCallum of Toronto is visiting his sisster, Mrs. R. Ector and other friends, this week. On Saturday, the 27th of Febru- ary. there will be offered for sale by public auction at the Hahn House, Durham, 20 cows and heif- ers supposed in calf. and ten stock steers. Terms, eight mo-nths’ credit on approved joint notes. Seven per cent. per annum off for cash. Sale at two o’clock. ‘A. Dorren, {preprietom D. M'cPhail, Auctioneer. DURHAM, ONT February 25, 1915.