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!rn\IvV uuu ax,1apc1'--nut easier tO`Keep m repair, and occupies much less ground. ` ` \ `Farm Drainage. 1 A . . _L' _V'Vatcr-logge_disoil will not produce . favorably. There are `some plausible ` outlet must be had. Such an outlet reasons for this fact. The standing water destroys useful bacteria; Vpre- vents free circulationof air necessary to the growth of plants; reduces thel temperature of the soil, keeping it , c_old till late spring} and makes it im- possible to pulverize the soil for a good seed bed. Surface Water should be removed from the soil as early as possible, and to accomplish this an usually exists in. the form of a creek or" branch, which should be continual- ly improved by keeping all. growth cut out, drifts burned out during the summer and the channel deepened when necessary. These natural drains can be kept in good condition and gradually improved at little expense if care and judgment are exercised in their management. If an outlet ditch .has to be made, as is frequently the case for _parts of the farm, the great- est poss_1ble -care should be used in its location. A great deal of money is wasted` in digging ditches that do I FARMING IN]`__I;_`._RESTS 2 `HQ uuucl 901.000 oo`_-too I_ID. aouucoo aver $5 and not ..~.... _ V. `H $10 " V ` $30 .....;. 10 cent: ' :-j 7 $50 15 cents. ' Orders are payable at atnvery oice of a:C'h_tartcrVeVd` Bank (Yukon excepted), and at the _principa.l banking points in the United` Stat'e_s.' They are negotiable at $4.99 to the stevling in Great Britain and Ireland. . L ,, . ...A ..I_ _ J -1-_.-._X4A1.`... _:._ -nnggg pl Ag` T --- T ?'._.__`_i__.'_>_.._?.__`.% _, T.___i, or-'1'=xci::.. 7 V ' `E18111 ~:.'.-if; `minim. Pro-mt Paid-upCpita1.esifo;00o.00 0 wan. =wH-Mn L Reserve Fund; 5,ooo,ooo Better Methods Needed; V J. J. Hill, the railway ma}gnate, is` ecomnm with matiirina mm... .. -- Bfat1cheS'%throughout VCanada.~dnd in the United States BA NK .1 > o0I.oI_Ioo-{Soo_ub_aqo-coco I`-u-an Q` noun` QAO , _.. _-- iaun. AT"l:iI `Wl:NG`RA'l 7l: "a'.7ii"I52'I'i-:"E3T=i'A{N CH_ I hD,o'n t atlow yofmg chiclEs'to runVaf- -ter the older fowls. It_is unhealthy "for the `chicks; -besides; there s the danger of their being trampled" on by _ their 'e1dexfs.__--MEfx. ` 4. _ `See: that your drihking and feeding troughs are kept clean and keep clean, pure water bef.ore_you1j'fow1s all th_e . 1 Don't you. wish you had the eggs ` now that you had--in summer? If you ihad giventhe chickens proper care: you might have had them. I "Putrid esh is very detrimntal to g the` health of your fowls. Don't allow rthem to'eat it. . _ Farm and Rarich still ac{vocatpsjdis- ~ mfecting the premises and burmng 33,11 trash,_I in order to get rid of vermin- Who wants `an old, ragged, dirty scrub of` doubtful origin and texture of` meat, when one can get pretty uni- fqnn birds of `known quality? i I -Much time is spent arguing about L this or. that which could`. be turned..to gprot In many ways; poultry for m- stance. ` % ` One of thebest khdwn egg-prodttc- ing breegis is ttg kind you want to start busmess With. . If chickens could peak no doubt there would be some interestingtales of treatmentand feed. ' ' I. A Keep your males' changed, adding ynew `blood every once in a while, for j best results. ! - Poplel sicken and "dieoxi i1'npu_re :l.':nd unwholesome food. So do chm- ens. ~ ' -- f It isa. pity_that_ more farmers do not pay _attent1on to ne poultry. I Wi nt<;r i: ;1e;,ml_1ave you [ xes wmter quarters for your poultry ; yet. ' a`.il'<;wws'ici<" chickens. to eat, sleep, and run with the.others. don ; buy freal_ 61- nov- eltxes, but get a. good prolzc breed; 117' . - T`1\Eai<(/2"e-rr:'_r`11vs-;l<`a'}o;'. thir grub, but see that they get enou`gh._ ' `l'\_,.!. I , ltainty, evergreen bru'sh,.lorold limbs; the snow will be held where it falls. A` few accomplish the end by allow- mer and: fall. It matters littlevwhat method is adopted, so long as the de- sired result is attained -without some other detrimental outcome. When weeds are -allowed to grow during the latter part of the season, `there is a possibility of some of the. pests hav- ing matured seed. Again, in the use .of coarse manure, ormanure of any kind, precautions are necessary to guard against weed infection -from that source. or potato tops, are strewn, .so that. ing weeds to` grow during late sum- ' ';n:;;o':;a;}:;:;;n:':;:;h:5';fnmif " ,4: monriith -an ' =.uuna)lcoot,andmaybebtainedw1thoutdeIay. . -- g 116 V :n,:-1:1 31-`nll I m:I`aVl. the necessary precautions be- fore.-it is too late. It costs money'_ to set out a plantation, and destruction ;' during the winter months sltould be' ?guarded against.--Farrner s_ Advocate. Poultry Notes; ' -Are you raising purebreds?. . If you want winter layers you must feed them green feed. ' .`f O I 4 ` "tr "-- -"-- """V "`.'.""'.""" _ I If your hexgs d_on g Tsxt well,-what s the matter With an 'mct_1bator?. ed suicient, they `can be put on any time during the fall. -Manure and straw are best applied after the first frost, when the ground hasbeen froz- en hard enough to provide a crust on which horses and wagon can travel without breaking through. With the ground thusfrozen, a comparatively heavy covering, fouriinches deep, or probably more, can be laid, without 'wl?l hen"li'1nbs or brush are consider-, danger of damage to the pplantsfrom` heating before the mulch is removed ; the following spring. . The best medicines lathe world cannot take? ghc place `of the fnmily% phyjsician; % Consult. him lv 1Vh|!'tiken ill. will theht,ro ubI4e is with y;o_u+rV ,thro_u.iIV%bro.nchial 'tubg:,`=qr '% Y`HA 1...; .M `ii If b7u\'s'l""l`. .!la;nage: % "7' ""9. .....*'." "'-.9 V 3 can 6, cent: 10 cent: 15 cents ' v -gJ vv---- -- v- --- .But I have forgotten. to mention r Horace Oppenshaw, ar3d"as he plays a prominent part inthis story I:`ha`d better introduce him. -Yes, at ;:the a worst, I might count on Mr. Oppen- _ shaw. Both my sisters had told me overand over again that hegneeded only encouragement. -But I had not` ' then become so desperate as to seige this last Vforlorni hope; He was. quite I forty-ve, and had all the habits; of the elderly bachelor. 'His great idea was `that he was in delicate health, and he gwasconstantly trying a xiew 2 course of treatmlen-t. I had first won `his. attention by A" the interest I had shown in.t`he-:det ai_ls of a,,new. systems of % electric massage. My sympathy with. his alleged ailmex_1_ts was quite -_`ggerhm.in.e {until I discovered. that con-g :stitu'tio,_nall'y'- he was "as`._'so1'1_nd" as fthe `;;1`oV,3'.l>ial; bell, ;He' was `the: vic_ti'm ` ref ;delt_1s'ions a__nd,n=. abnormal `egotism, _ and jTth_ 4greatjest.... of these, `deljsions f owes a ;t'ha t"V `I-gwafs deeply ~ attta_ct_'e;dl vto ;. ghi-am fter ;the_.i1i*$t?`"rx1istakeh.ivshQw, - * " I __;`cou-lcli fsh It "was downright bad luck, for I felt that in" him I might have found my ainity, and a girl always knows when a man appreciates her. ,But. as he had made no attempt to follow up gevei-y other day_o_f myilife? * his advantage, I was forced to the conclusion that he had forgotten all about me.` .No.-.there` was` `evidently some serious defect. in my composi- tion that negatived. all my good qual- ities in the eyes` of the other sex. Was I not being reminded of thetfact v ? .b\:y|. As ed my head. aboutmarriage. . were plenty of. unattached .our,set older than I was, and no one , maids. I felt -"as young", as any v them, my life was full and tolerably V happy, my health was superb, and _' no -means lost itsrst _ could really haev afforded -to wait V ure. -and had political ambitions. him again. u ncvy IV. In \.uuu.v1 H. I havezsaid, if they had only left me alone I should never` have troubl- There girls in regarded them as doomed to be `old of my fair share of good looks had by bloom. I years without spoiling my chances; , and. yet, such is the power of persis- ten-te suggestion, I had come to be persuaded myself that I was a fail- Sometimes ` my future would spread itself out before my imagina- tion; oh, so lonel and monotonous! The best picture I could conjure up was a littleiivy-clad cottage, with a cosy` little sitting-room, .a kettle on the hob, a basket tea-table, and a couple of cats on the rug. But the vision held little comfort. I never felt that I was intended to be a spin- ster all my life. _ "that I-had my ideal of the man I The difficulty was should like to marry. Once I had met someone who came very near to satisfying my fastidious` requirements. It was at `a big dance in Lancaster Gate, and in the very winter preced- ing the event I am about to relate. He must have been rather over thirty years of age-tall, dark, and. clean shaven- We danced three waltzes together, and our steps suited each otherto perfection. The last of the three was`the.supper dance, and in that interval we learnt a good deal Hewasat the Bar _ More than one `seat had been offered to him, he said, when a vacancy should arise; so he must have been clever or rich--or both, which would be bet- ter -still. When we parted he ex- pressed the hope that we should meet about _each other. -again onithe following vSunday`after- noon, when he intended to, payhis duty call on our hostess. Of course, I. meant to be there too, _but the fates decreed that I should be laid up with a heavy cold, and I had; not met \ 1 - 1. |,-,1 1_,,L 2-; 1' I I Kwll III`. In my moniews ease, -I really think h-er vanxigty was -solely due -to affec- tion. Her `firstborn had. remained her `favourite, and it` hurt her sense of tness of things that Peggy and Freda should have been chosen in- stead. of me. My father s reproaehes took -~a jocular form, and were pecul- iarly galling. I had never. returned .-from a dance or a week-end visit.but I -was met -by some facetious inquiry as` to what luck I had `had`. Then my sisters took to patronising me, and would ostentatiously invite me to meet men whom they thought eli- igible enough for" me. Sometimes their selection of a possible. husband was the reverse of attering. And when their eorts came to nought, they would openly hint that Helen is too cold. As if I ought to sit in thepocket of any bald-headed or tub- by little man who had sufficient mon- g ey to keep me_in comfortl. An `I 1.--.-. .....l 3! LL--- l....A .....1-- 1-!` uu. u-susua Ill Luc aaluc Splflt. I After all, darling, she said, when we `had compared notes, he is quite well off; 900 a year I think your fa- ther told me. And he seems really fond of you. Of course, I could haire wished that he was a litle nearer your own age, but the disparity is not so great as ifmay seem to you. His age wouldn t matter, In an- swered, gloomily, it s _ his.` wretched fads. He had -much better get a nurse than a wife. I don t want: to spend the rest of my life listening to` sym'- ` ptoms. `(RI _ _ _ ` AA jA_ , I'iunoo 4- .- recuonate aunt, L. M-. Blakeney. Aunt Lousia was great on italics. They might mean much or nothing. In this instance they seemed to me tobe full of signicance. The little surprise clearly meant that Horace was to be brou ht to the scratch before he left ` he Beeches. In- deed, perhaps the details were all ar- ranged between them, and he was to propose in -the train! `So great was the inuence of Aunt Louisa that I never thought of opposing a scheme that had `her sanction. If she had reached the conclusion that I must. marry Horace, then I must make the best of the bargain. Miy poor dear mother was no less submissive to the will of the autocrat, and interpreted] the lettter in the same spirit. I Afff 9,` ("11-`:0-any 8`-In -A:-` ---`AAA My dear iHelen,--1' wish you to come and stay with me from Thurs- day evening to the following Tuesday midday. There is a little surprise in store for you, which `I trust will to be one of the party, and will travel down by the 1.30 from Paddington, so he _can take care of you.--Your af-, fectionate aunt, L. M. Blakeney. I A1111!` T nllezo 1:7-In nvu-gab A... :b..I.-_ I prove agreeable. Mr. Oppenshaw is. if *..;':.-:=.L5W....= M .. M; n " , r . 31 some 0 : nesreqt er loe-`Io: E . pi Then, Advert ISC In his all the upplinncen fox-the care of funeral: in transit throuah town and Iurrounding country: Houses sud Wagqons; Morgue and Burial Parlors. In. torment: insllyoometoriu. or shipment: toall parts of the world. Work of Iindnrlnknrn nrnmnv and nu-nnm-Iv inrarl for aunnl E an Barrie llnderlaking Estab|ishn?m Ilvlulvuw suit: vvluwuvnlv-g vs Iulyluvulot vunu `VOILE! UL L113 undertaker: promptly and properly cared for. P|-|oN E 32 _ , ;_l_i_I::_]5LIs1`pI-:o1>L1~:2 G. G. SMITH 5 CO. Brand Suits and overcoats Values that appeal to your _.. _,._ nm,_ me railway magnate, is` becoming Wlth matu rig years an ag- ricultural economist an -national pro- phet. At the `Farmers National `Con- _gress, at Madison, W1s., a few weeks ago, he] delarerd inkaddiass onh th_e naiona ou o0..1e0 ers, e 15 cojncerrgngd himsflf vith the dimini- is mg 00 supp y. . y 1950, accor - isng to his bcalculatxons, the Umtled tates wil e `supporting aypopu a- tion of 2oo,ooo,ooo people, and the ' on_- y way in which an "economic cala- mity can be averted is _by increasing farm -production, doubling the acre yield of most cereals.-_ The wheat yield must be doubled_before another ..1alf century rolls iotind if the coun- `try is to escape national disaster. A fbetter farming `system.-is necessary, a system under wl_1ich_waste is elim-A mated andjproduction increased. The x 3 *essentials' of it are a study} of the soils ' T -' La diversication of `years of single cropping; ` intelligent." `fertilization by this. __system of = _=tion;'a carefulyselec`t1ons of"grains~*1'u_ s- ` ;p_`o'rt'a.n`ce, .- the .eu;b`stit(:jtio n` ;j,:mo'fe<,;`j,?~y_-j`_s ;Ar;:a4ylVl T 1 farms, thoroughly tilled} ,_`fr "ill? .131.-`S9 farm," with its- ~' w_e,d,5 `,;1.ts_'j '.`n'e`gIectd-. _ corners/ tilts!` `,'l .3i'd @051 ) 3,34 l 1155. 11.". and seeds, so to adapt one to another; . industry , .incltid- . ing the cultivation of different.-crops and the raising of live stock ; arcare.-.` ful rotation of crops, so that -the land T _will not be "Worn out by successive`. ed-. for seeds; `- and,` irfst; of `all .{in.~ irn`4j 3 C1btvh',es that appeal to your "Progress -r `F '1' '1' ti nii Ab}: in er 3 YOU WANT TO ADVANCE BUSINESS ADS. Sold and Guaranteed by irfspvective of Price. t_hat,,`%Dist1in of Reaching Men buy what's choicest -u- avvuolvlu It sneak Cal OI IIUOIICY . is wasted` ont have the proper grade and conse- quently ll up. Not only should the ditch have sulcient fall, but the fall should be '- uniform, for the reason that water owing down a steep grade will gather considerable sediment, which will be deposited if the ow isI checked by a` gentler incline, and the \)ditCh will soon ll up. It is best `to lay off such ditches with some kind - of a levelling instrument before 'spendin money in their construc- tion. 'b allow drains from all the low parts of the eld should lead into these main ditches; These need not be expensive. They can frequently be made with a plow; or, after plow- ing, they may be nished with a. drag scraper. They should be broad and shallow, and the dirt from them should be distributed in the adjoining low places, rather than piled immedi- ately on either side. If properly _ made, they should not be more in the way than a turn row, and often the rows may `cross them without incom- Avenience. The efficiency of these _ drains depends more on their location ' -than on their depth." Water from. ad- joining hills "often makes the bottom land wet. `This water should be int- rlclepted by a ditch at the foot of the _ l . . g . ' Collier and Clapperton `Streets b?:scn Mn N A T I N G-- or cmcuLA'rI0 :_9\Ints>in_a Newspape % ALWAYS open. COMMAND 'pockeEl;ook. `ESTABLISI-|ED:1869 ATYRER ' `ff 1sDAY, ; Mulching For Winter Protection. i In most parts of Ca nad,cstrawber4__ ry plants, and ` the bushes on which some of the smail frui_ts,.__a.17e.g'rowx\1`,_ ` require Protection c from gthc` severity of` winter weather; In ia'_c~t, ftherc fare] dist_ri'ts * `in; which it ,..iS Aj7tx c;:_e.Ssa`i`3r; to rcsort tofp,ra_cti'es ' whcrjby tjlc. s.n9W- :38 ~he1,d'on the-==-8`?2i!d."~`ii1 ' 4, *0- rc"ven't "dams: ;t9,`tl1e " ` _._`` i zfom ,e;$s:'ss.ivc-* ' Have The best form of ditch is one broad at top with banks s1opi_n_g gently .to the bottom. Such a ditch is `not only much cheaper to construct. with a` plow and scraper-but_easier toekeep and 000111119: rnnnln `nan