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-9+4-4`!--'~b44~4'!'!+4-!~}~E'~-!'? !-'1-'3'-i-!~!-I-4"!`-!-'-E-i~-+ {"1-+ -H-+ -H--i-++ - + SUBSCRIBE FOR I + + + 5-I-I--1-3-1-3-s-1- -3-:~+ ~ +-M-I-I--I-1--3-1-1-3-z. . % _ +++++++++++++++++++++ -'o.'o.L.'. .'..'..'..` O I A A - A a 4 rermenu itrall cemeteries. or_ a have 8. the appliance; f0! IQ, 0318 0! nmermu Iu. trnuuu uuuuun [Own Er surrounding country: Hearses and Wagqons; Morgue and Burial Pam.-s_ I hipments to all parts of the world. Work undertaker: promptly and properly cared for. PHQN E 32_ 11 th H on 9 for thqcare of funeral: in transit through town P.?.v.e..;.a....I:..nen:?.I.)or:n-ennrnna and WIIEEODS: MOTRIIQ Bu1'1a1Parlnrs_ Inf! Eeunderxakingzszahlisnmef. Progress Brand Garments Whether you are tall or short-stout or thir1-big around or big up and down-you can get just the Suit that suits your style and your physique in Progress Brand Clothing. tained a reputation as being in the forefront of County weeklies. Its 8 pages are all home printed. Every department carefully edited. Local and District News-the main feature. When we consider what '-' palat- able and wholesome food is honey, and how,little expense and lalrcor is! involved in securing and caring for a few hives of bees, it seems_ passing strange that so 'f:2v farmers` take up` beekeeping. The bees` work for nothing and board th-':ms~:lves;, and, besides storing :1 large u;u;mt1ty of surplus honey for the lamily and for sale, do a _valuable work for the farmer by pollenizing his clover and fruit bloom. In one t'.cl_-_1':lbOrl`lO0d, where bees are kept, ram":-.-rs -ml-1 up to $75 worth of alsike clover seed per acre last year, largely cwmg to` I the work of the bees, and one bee`- keeper in the same section sold $3,- 000 worth of honey. . ` Poultry Notes. Warm sweet milk is a good tonic for fowls. An occasional change of food for a time or, two is relished by fowls, but_ a sudden change of steady diet, particularly grains, will often cause hens to stop laying for a time. Northern Advance Sold and Guaranteed by are tor every man Collier and Claperton Streets THE ADVANCE has always main- (ADMITTEDLY BAIUEZES LEADING PAPER) R.` T. TYRER SMITH 5: co. Best facilities for artistic work north of Toronto. `ALWAYS OPEN. Fat hens are not so reliable as thin ones for fertile eggs. I ESTABLISHED 1869 ...THE... Look for the label that guarantees satisfaction. 1%HURsDAY, APRIL 9th, ,I98 W h a. SOYI1 To a considerable extent time" of hatching controls the character of the layxng hens. Early chickens are winter layers, late ones make sum- mer layers. I93 I, cl, ooo9oooooooooooooooo0og .oooooooooo_oooo oo 1 It is better to have large hens and a small cockerel than vice versa. If you need to disinfect your poul- try house go to work and do the thing up right. Clean the place thor- oughly rst. Do not depend on sprinkling with weak solution of carbolic acid and such things. They` are all right in their place, but a bet- ter plan IS to turn the hens out and give the place a thorough smoking` with fumes of sulphur. Like, the` woman who gave her husband poi-. son, don t be mean with it. Keep the doors and windows tight for two hours. With early broods of chicks, see that they do not get a chill. Hens are liable if left to themselves to keep chicks out too long. Deposits of $1 and upwards received; interest allowed at current rates and paid quarterly. Thedepositor is subject to no_ -delay whatever in the withdrawal of the whole. or any` portion of. the deposit. ' s . . B. E. WALKER, President ALEX. LAIRD, Ganeral Manager A. H. IRELAND, Superintendent of Branches . _ Branches throughout Canada, -and in the Unitedt States and Enzlahd I.oo........o..............o......................;:1 snot; pousn is a "leather food a.s_ wn as the blackest and quick- egt__ polish `-made. Honest" . '=..doh.1era give it :A-whnn asked. for.- Dangers in Spring Work. JIEADA OFFICE. TORONTO Take up Beekeeping. A GENERAL BANKING Bifstmass IRANSACTEDV COMMERCIAL ND F'AMER8' PAPER DISCOUNTED ROUND THE FARM SAVINGS BANVKVVDEPARTMEANT 91 BARRIE BRANCH uc 1 :1- J Paid-up Capital, s1o,ooo,ooo Rest, - - - 5,000,000 Total Assets, - 113,000,000 I 1 I zOOOOOOOOQO0OQOOOOO`OOOOO Se|ecte%d Recipes ` Alfalfa can be used in Ontario for the production of hay, green fodder, seed, green manure, silage a cover crop in. orchards, etc. It is. quite probable that its use in this Province will be in about the order in which the list is here given. En- 4-LA .\..,\A.....:.... -r 1-- Jr u. g, uau no u\,1\. buvcu. For the production of hay" it is a most valuable crop. Under favorable conditions it produces large yields of hay of excellent quality. Great care, however, should .be. taken to cut the .Alfalfa `just as it is starting to come into blossom, and always before it is more than one-third in bloom, as the crop very rapidly de- preciates in digestibility after is has reached the stage of maturity refer- red to above. And great care should be taken not to allow: the Alfalfa. to lie very long in the hot, dry sun- shine, as the leaves `soon become crisp and are easily broken from the plants. As the leaves are the richest part of the Alfalfa, special care lshould be exerted to have as few as lpossiblc lost. After the crop be- comes sufciently wilted it should be raked into winrows, and the cur- ling process should be nished in the .winrows or in the cocks. The- green fodder produced by Al- falfa is both nourishing and appetiz- ing. It is often an advantage to start to cut Alfalfa for green fodder some time before it has started to bloom. The portion of the crop which cannot be used for this pur- pose before one-third of the blos- soms have made their appearance should be cut and cured into hay. The fact that Alfalfa is a perennial `plant as well as the fact that it pro- gduces. two, three or four cuttings in the one season, makes it a very de- sirable crop to use for the.produc- tion of green fodder for feeding to farm stock. In the average results of experi- |ments conducted at the Ontario Agricultural College in fouridifferent years, Alfalfa, when grown alone, gave a greater yield of pasture per acre than any one of the following crops: Common Red Clover, Mam- moth Clover, .Alsike Clover,` White Clover, Yellow Trefoil, Sainfoin, or Burnet. When grown and pastured alone however, there seems to be a little greater risk of cattle and sheep xbecoming bloated when pasturing on :Alfalfa than when pasturing on clo-` \ ver. , There is a danger of either cat- `tle or sheep eating the Alfalfa so closely to the ground that they are apt to injure the. crowns of the roots, and in some cases entirely kill the plants. Some very excellent , results `have been obtained from pasturing hogs and poultry "on Alfalfa. ooooooo3ooo9oooooooo Scotch Beefsteak. --- Take two `pounds of top round steak that has been sliced very thin. See that all the fat has been removed, and then cut the meat into strips each about six inches-long. `Beetle it well, as the Scotch say, or, in plain, every day American, pound it with a wood- en potato masher until you are tired. Season these strips with pepper and salt. sm-inleln thorn mm. run. ....1 -r "Gingerbread.-V-Take ,a pint of mo- lasses,` six ounces of butter, and -a levg el tablspoonful `of soda,` `and. place vuaaull Luca: aunps Wlt pepper and salt, sprinklethem with our, and af- ter you have rolled each of them in- to'tight rolls, place them in the-bot- tom of a sauce pan,twit'h three bay leaves, ateaspoonful of onioh juice, and just enough cold water to cover them comfortably. Place the `pan where the meat can simmer, butwill n_ot boil, for two hours, and, by that` time, it ,wAi1le.be ready `to serve; ` Another cause of trouble is from acute indigestion. It is always bet- ter to give a horse his drink before" his food than` afterward. r At noon- time it is a good plan to water the. horse when brought to the stable, ,feed him some hay, and thenfeed oats immediately after dinner. He will then eat more quietly and more rmoderately than if fed when ~rst I brought in, hot and hungry,iand wat- ered afterward. Sweeny of" the shoulder or hip is frequently caused in horses not yet hardened to heavy }work getting sudden twists or wren- }ches while in harness. Guide with was much care and steadiness as` pos- sible ` . uvu'-- "H J AGRA-SET'l`. Manage nsunusuab` nab) Uses of Alfalfa. cc, 3 - _ ` - gfal. In 1907 the` Honorable Nelson .Monteith, Minister of Agriculture, by a special appropriation, made provi- sion for the carrying on of a Com- petition in standing eld crops, `for ten societies. These competitions were so successful that an increased appropriation for this year has been provided for a similar purpose. .The prize winners in last year's competi- tion received anadvance of from 25 percent. to 50 per cent. over-market price for their seed grain. When the fact is considered that the `annual value of the eld crops `i in _Ontario is one hundred and forty millions of dollars, one` begins to realize the value of_ this latest ' departure; _The' competitions will be limited to onejxhundred societies, and should more than this `number `apply for-the grant, the two"societies rrst _-apply-' 11,18` in any co_unt_y_ will be ,`select.e_d.__ ___ v_------J vvuio When castors to metalor brass beds stick in the sockets and refuse to move, remove them` from the bed, grease with machine oil, and return. Apple pie can be prep_ared for the oven the day before it is baked. It should "be covered and will then be ready for the oven in the morning. l Dnqnnuvn a\.....,..-. ..f --1~4- ` A bit of charcoa! in the vase with owers or in rootmg slips will ab- sorb the bdor and keep the water fresh. n ~ I To enrich plants water with a sol- Vution of. 150 grains of glue in about two gallons of water; ne for geran- i iums. T I - 1 ........ vv The woman who does her own work should make a.one-piece bib apron, the kind that slips over the `head, of any pretty table oilcloth. To. remove paint from aprons soak in a little paraffin, rub it thoroughly till the {paint is removed, and then wash in the ordinary way. \XfL.L.. -.--L -u- - ` ` Try this to settie the stomach: _A raw egg in a glass, covered wnth vinegar, pepper and salt well and swallow it. ' A case of croup in a child may of- ten be relieved by applying to the chest a strip of annel wrung out in very hot water. 1:0 clean a zinc bathtub, take a woollenecloth and wet with kerosene oil. Rub tub well, then wash with hot soapsuds. - cur , .. ,__,, Water may be softened for com- plexion use by pouring boiling wat- er on to oatmeal, a heaped teaspoon- ful to half a. gallon. ' 43"' ' A droo two of sweet oil poured around the top of a glass stopper and left to stand awhile will loosen it, be it ever so tight. i To give a child quinine, put white `of egg in spoon, quinine on the egg, and with a toothpick rope the egg `around the quinine. Fl`! - .qti1ntity of ground `cloves, and suffi- cient our to make a) sti batter, and` it is then baked for about an hour in a} moderate oven. Although: rais- ins are notea necessity they are a vast improvement to this ginger- \ bread. To get a polish on mahogany fur- tniture, clean it constantly with bees- wax and turpentine, using nice clean dusters to polish with, 1\:....-_I..._._J ,_A__ - 1 - a '1 `I519 3. XNY OF COMMERCE ..... ....... av yvuuu vvnuu, Discolored cups and dishes used for baking can be made as new by rubbing the brown stains with . an- nel dipped into whiting. C`.. ,_!,,I_ _, -_ _---- .........a. I (Sprinkle saltimmediately over ...1y spot where something has boiled over on the stove, and the place will be more easily cleaned. 11"`! 1- n Milk for be prepared fresh each day. Under no circum- stances should that which has stood over night be used. rt` Salmon Loaf.-Drain and` chop a can of salmon, add the yolksof three beaten eggs, half a cup of bread- crumbs, quarter of a- cup of melted- buter, salt, pepper and a little min- ced parsley. Lastly beat in the stiff whites of the eggs. `Bake in a .but- [ tered ti_n for half an hour. . ` Mpi? _F:i-lling~ (fo1:'<":a_l a sufficient quantity of maple sugar, and cook it with half a cup of water_ to the thread. Remove from the fire and beat until cool, then add the beaten white of an egg and two or three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Chopped nuts are often ad- ded to this `lling. ' +-:~+4-+-:-:-4--z---i-~:--!-+-:-:--:-~-:--:-++-:~o:- - -- - ~-~ ------- "D v--\. V; V-' V-5-I `-' _ Always scald rhubarb before cook- mg, for 1t requxrcs so much less sug- at, and yet loses none of its avor. `, _-__ v.--_ awvvvuw `.--y-nu-u If onions are soaked several hours in cold water they may then be peel- ed without making the eyes smart. A1, , , 9` }_ To make everlasting cement, melt In. an i_ron vessel equal parts of com- mon pltch and gutta percha. TE _,_`, 4 . _-.._ _.....-_ ~ I [ Ao old thimhle worn smooth is the fbest to use` when working wxth os- ses which requxre so much care. '?++-M>::-+++4-++++w++++++-E . Sdme prefer thin slices of brown bread li-ghtly buttered instead lof cake with ice cream. prevent olive oil from getting rancid trydropping into the bottle a small lump of! loaf sugar, - I A .11.: Bottles for baby s milk should bel thoroughly washed with bora_cic acid # water. I _Good ink can be made by soaking |d1scarded or worn out typewriter rib- lbons. in water. THE NORTHERN ADVANCE HINTS AND nsmmutas That tl1e new product is cleaner,l freer from ashes, smoke, chips, and` little particles. of soot, and moss, one can rest assured. Its delicious avor strikes the newcomer who tastes it for the rst time, just as lforcibly as the product of the old camp kettle ever did of yore. The city man enjoying his buckwheat. cakes, revels in its richness and aro- ma as did our forefathers. But, now and -then, one meets one of the old- timers, who tells you condentially [that maple syrup made in the most lup-to-date manner known doesn t taste quite the same as it did 'from th`e old black sugar kettle in the by- gone days when he was young.--Ex- change. i But in most of the Canadian for- `ests this scene has undergone; a com- Yplete change. Almost as obsolete as `the old oaken bucket is the old black `kettle of the sugar camp. Nowadays `an article created under more aesth- etic conditions outbids the product of the primitive implement on the market, and the primitive implement ,has to go. Nice tidy buildings form the centrepiece decoration of the `pretty stretch of woodland`, and it is ptted up with big tanks, while the trees are easily accessible with a }horse and sled which supplants the `old-time yoke across the neck of the :sugar-maker, while an _up-to-date ievaporator takes the place of the old } kettle. [ Perhaps there is, after all, nothing else which has advertised Canada. to the world outside as has her maple sugar and syrup. In many lands there are hundreds who know. Can- ada in no other way than as the country where they make sugar out of the trees. The very normal character of the opening up of spring has this year given a good promise of a fruitful season in the sugar groves of Eastern Canada. As win- ter loses its frosty grip once more there will be repeated on many farms the old familiar scenes, sparkling re- miniscences in the memories of thou- sands of -Canada s sons and daught- ers, sweet recollectons of the past, when parties used to gather around the glowing res with their steaming kettles, to spend the evening in mer- riment and song, nishing up with the regular old time taffy-pull. and the walk home through the silent vistas of the forest, beneath the dark blue sky studded with twinkling stars. The life of the oldtime cour- reur du bois presents nothing more redolent of picturesque romance than iischerished in the hearts of many :a stalwart Canadian, in these mem- ones of the days of their youth. The-sugar, or syrup, like the pro- duct of the dairy, the distillery, or the chemical laboratory has to test a certain quality in point of purity and strength, and the whole process, from gathering the sap in galvanized ,pails to putting it up in hermetically sealed cans, of known weight, and ` with specic label printed with madel fespecially for John Doe, grocer and lgeneral merchant. Plunkville, in big red letters, is conducted according to absolute rule and regulation. , `growing seed_ for next year s crop in la eld by itself, usmg only the best obtainable seed, sowmg 1t on -the cleanest and best prepared land, al- lowing it to ripen, and threshmg and i storing . it separately. i - r (3). To o_btait1_pure seed, i.e., free from other varietxes, the -presence of which can best be detected when the crop _is growing, (4). To encourage the use of seed from heavy yielding strams. (5). To promote the sowing of seed. from clean, vigorous crops of sunzform stand,_ wxtn brignt stxrt istraw. To encourage careful and in- telligent farming and the proauctxon of {seed free from weeds. LLIIPLII. LGIIL 4x51A\.uu.u1a1 VV LIL .I\ 11 Ilnynn 1s destined to add materially to the wealth and productiveness of the _ farms of Ontario. `The hearty co-operation of all con- cerned` is urged to further this most important Agricultural work whxch IE 1-'11:-I-;o1arI 4~r\ -`AA rr-Ind-no-:6]!!! On {-310 ROMANCE OF THE SUGAR - KEITLE. - -makes servants happy . --makes- s toves look fresh, clean V and_ beautifully polished. ' --makes stove _ polishing _ cost` less, ` too, because ' , " The A Housekeepr's Friend ' -makes work iasts longer, is `the lei -if"? ..P .`- Md is *1"? '22`; "Black Knight" ' Chino Ilnllal. . Stove: Polish`. . er, is*the< largestvoaat Fand isvthe 'best'po1ish_ you . ~n+".....'...:..1""`v *` `- Horses which have not had suf-i cient exercise during the winter months, and which are suddenlyl started at the heavy work of spring, are liable to a number of troubles which should be guarded against. A fat, full-blooded horse, if put to hard work too quickly, is liable to devel- op staggers. The -brain in congested with blood, sometimes blood vessels are ruptured, and death follows.i Things to guard against are tight] throat latches and collars which bear| too tightly around the neck, rather than on the shoulder. While the collar must sit quite close to the neck, especially at the sides, do not allow the use of a collar that is too short, or that presses the large neck veins. The action of the heart pumps the blood to the head through the large arteries, buried deep in the esh of the neck, and it returns through the veinswhich lie close to the skin on the outside. There would be more accidents through stoppage of blood in the veins, were it not' that nature has provided several times as much space for blood to` flow back, as is allowed pr arterial` blood pumped directly from the; heart. - ` _ ~_