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The Milverton ia and Monkton ia BEVERY ie a ete An. The Sun Beng Ome Main Street Subscription months, 75¢, in advange, Tears will be Hable to pay $2:00 per 7 Raa, rates on appltc ents without icibes dteectiong with el Tnserted until forbid and charged ear. be in the office by noon Monday, MALCOLM MacBETH, ‘Publisher and Proprictor. | BusinessCards, Dr. M. C. Tindale, L.D.S. Honor graduate Toronto University. CROWN and BRIDGE WORK a Phone No. 88. Office: Over Bank of Nova Scott alt, { Medical. 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Chalmers, - Notary Public |eyes protrude farther than usual and Conreyancer, Issuer of Marriage Licenses | the the are small. J.P. for the County of Perth. reathing is loud and rapid. oo Galicia, through which the Russians are now driving. Madam Y.:—1. No Aine cuitneratae ts necessary. One’s visiting card o sympathy can be sent to a person eis has suffered a bereavement when the reply to a wed- 2, degree of sequaintaheeship does not |§ H. B. Morphy, K.C, _ call for 3. To remove tan Solletor for Bank of Hamiiton. | 1700 ‘he neck apply the. following. LISTOWEL, MILVERTON, ATWOOD)! spoonful juice, si drops olicat: Beans Tistowel, Melvarton: bitter almonds, the whites of two eggs foney to Loan, adeinal smooth paste. when calling upon another married sand tw cards dor Coetsetade ond the hashaia of the hostess. _Bride-To-Be:—1. An engagement ing a net necessarily’ ¢ fies y other sg Ranieie te quently Hiusiane _The wife e clergyman who officiates at a eee Apt bainvited to the Welk S d; mai eitieatore cima his ugh- ters. It is not good form sarees invitation “Mr. and Mrs. In send- wedding invitations to a family of father, mother, one aire ina iwe woes oreovicaten Mrs. John mith, Rite autupiitiesmehta tare aves posted before the ceremony, but as soon as possible afterward. 5. Con- fetti as a substitute for rice to be * Conducted by Mro Helen Lau’; Ye Mothers and daughters of all ages are cordially Invited to ae ee this Initials only will be published with each que: lentifioatish. but ZUNE cre ty mailed direct If stamped and Peers erate ie enclose wedding periae will | bread wife and dat - | lime, which i: jovsae should | and is the and he 7 only. Answe je of pape: is department to Mrs. nin Law, 235 thrown at a wedding” is much safer. . A bride should write personal let- ters of thanks shes all those who: have sont presents Blu ee weight f fl nacoth betomeen thick cloths and press ry a moderate iron. Ta biota pee tained wiEkan an be cleaned by rubbing with a slice raw potato, allowing them to dry, fee ipalubine oe heres ae As a remedy for per- rinse water wi and potenets a het. ll give delicate blouses sachet. ‘other:—1, A doctor gives this ad- vice: Teach the children to take na- tural sweets like raisins, prune _ blood-making a pound e tue as the iron of the beefsteak is less avail- able for use; besides lettuce contains is lacking in beefsteak, Rak patesnness highly es: te, pro-| | gate dishes should sential food element. celain lined pa aant ih presen vite MeuilNs aelde in the fruits will affect iron a bells a You might try benzine ji most sa transported wi en| ‘The foe seeding winter wheat] j wipe off both ae with borax water,tare apres . very Canadian Weak and-cold, followed by clear wa- | fay er alls dutaratacan sony ter. Shift the spot to a clean place) ing ponteans to determine whether or now en. When clean pin it/not he can aid still further in the pro- an] ters are colder than they used to be. 1d | Poor m: suggestion of| But Ont mi i we Serious Food Shortage by Increasing His Winter By ‘ood, men a saunitien) ese are a sinews of w: Canada’s gal- lant men at the Pont in so-oner ation} with the soldiers of her noble allies, are giving of their best. strength must be maintained. whole American continent is a unit in a determined effort to this end. Pre- sent food requirements closely parallel | Kitehener’s immortal dictum concern- ing the great war. “It will take men and more men,” es said. e days of war, and the after days will take “food and more food,” and food that is duction of this great food crop. “Win- “Ontario weather is changing.” Have you ever heard these reasons given for winter wheat production decreasing in certain counties t remains nee Ontario’s average climate has not} changed. show about the | same general variations in tempera ture and rainfall Sronghont the years. he rather un-| wheat acreaj reat | satisfactory market conditions that ob- ained in year factory yields m unprofitable. Now, the poor yields ee in many cases caused by i Insect ravages, the use of inferior seed an earl fertility. Saran es province quality. as pre ReeCa thfoughogt this conti- nt. itario farmers know that. rae ae wheat productio Sl tihege!| includes ates Sil arcinasedteticn of | when necessary and pro- z of the soil. To these seentals must be added proper-fertil- wer sa, oH eu here is the evide: ae let the ay keen, business-like, riotie Can- ghus farmers decide the case eet eee far interested in keeping up OtGarkawe Saving From Sunstroke. Ordinarily, five minutes of work will ot kill a horse, but if the five minutes are ii afternoon of a hot day in Summer been of {| working hard beneath the burning sun, on small al ii fatal. to watch the horses to see that they are not overhea' Here ate some ae signals every teamster should heed: An overheat- fctierte oil lay i Vie: galt walk uae and the heart beats violently end t ir- For that reason it is advisable|to unharn n|may be pinced get regularly. In severe cases the ee will stop suddenly, spre: apart in an attempt to Bae Skimself, and fall to the ground. When the horse begins to stagger, it is too late for prevention. If a sponge saturated with cold water had been kept between the rs whil plant, and at tho| same time making it pay. j_iapecally under present conditions is he inter- increase his He believes he can. s a gen-|t eral knowledge of practices that, are as being gocd, but he, roa the trouble might have-been e only safe plan to Re after the orse os een el is im. get Cold water, thrown foretbly on the animal, is an effective remedy. The skin shoal: ue rubbed agai with faaskclous often eneboral cities colaswaiie should be offered i in pal oe: stimulant ‘Yy animal is svarad: er aiuia te ‘mn in a shady pasture where there plenty of clean cool water. LIFE’S 600 Are and for the Servi Hotels The Queens Hotel “Best accommodation for eommercial traw hers. ‘Two large Sample Rooms. GEO. F, PAULI, Prop., - Milvertoa, Ont, . Are You Insured THE. CANADIAN ORDER OF Sie eteints offers a Deoeee teetion for minimum pe In sigete: it CSpencer,C.R. uN. Zimmermana, RS GERMANY AND TE THE NEUTRALS. The Seuplles Obtained Have Enabled 1 to Maintain the War. fies all that has been printed to | the contrary m: is dependent - upon foreign countries for many of the _ neééssaries of life. In the year ceding the outbreak or a war her imports amounted in value to no less 3,000,000,000. The suspension | of her trade with Russia, France Bel- gium, Italy and Great Britain, to- gether with the blockade of her coasts ever before upon her own resources. Still there vars a number of foreign it she could not do with- out, and these she has been obtaining from the neutral countries, Some Say of the degree to which German; as been drawin; Hes Funston ee oie _Nethninds oie ndinavian kingd Pires ‘aes the fact what “thelr s have. incre mM i “tenrold but in St cases ters of the ns heiging ——— ly camp fire in the woods that it is | thro i” is one that is “dead out.” “And as He prayed the fashion of ‘His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and glistering.”— Luke, ix., 29. Life has its transfiguring moments, when we desire the highest things, as well as its bad moments. Theologians seem to forget this sometim 1e0: logy is. intensely intereted in the pioblew of sin. ks of us as if ere always “aiserable sinners.” The doctrine of total depravity, now happily obsolete, assumed that even our best actions were not altogether | ; right in the sight of God. that we have our bad m in is Tif nings with most of us. tt of the evil of life is physcial in origin. Eyen in the matter of bodily ad all body, but rather a soul in a an immortal spirit dwelling sink ee iverial creas of wh , SO man has his good m hen the soul speaks. Art, ieee philosophy, musie, religion are departments of life ates our Lord prayed on the Moun-| tain of Transfiguration sae fashion of , His countenance was altered and His | raiment was white and Gitene >In ther words, the inner glory of; His, personality-shone through the veil of it is not otherwise with us, | Dic ‘Age is not the only sculptor at work upon our faces. The crowsfeet o! years, the snow of time is not the only agency bu: sy with us, leaves its imprint upon our faces. 0 also do suffering and sorrow and| ie and holiness. _Life’s \d- mo-= ments are a Peeters ee a of the Uplifting Power of Worship. the transfiguring influence | 1 ul in the mi oe Khaki ‘ion our in aston of our counts 's honor. ne not marely they wear, ae soldat ‘acing | they_ have under. of f bodily igor The Transfigurations of Life, Its Heavenly Moments of Blessing, Given for the Conquest of the Worst in Us, Our coneelanase do ee et us ined ee se eiait wid allio piglet fact in| Se ie Gee of ‘the soul, and fixes, them upon the ‘share of our tim ou Sai es wish belong fo the kingdom of the et D MOMENTS ‘ice of the World. service, the nobility of sacrifice, the knowledge that they have made life’s reme surrender, the j By of spirit mingled with that self-abnegaton which te ene one’s a it. the Mountain of Trans- figuration Aunt: ths, fashion- af -obe Lord’s countenance was altered” in the itual exaltation of prayer. Wor- chip admittedly has a transfiguring ce ystal_gazer” of the occult enae placing himself i in a restful posi- mind, Sot things in worship, the highest energy Resume Every-Day Work. The fact that every individual, even ae engin moi hold be taken ices consideration i e judgment of characte: outlook for the brother, to hold up as choice tidbits of gossip in criticism, forgetful that an| an Pramortal spirit dwell$ within him, eing has at least as much iaeue to be judged appreciz e hang a pene in a Fevoraie Nett before we judge raise _ good qualities, j| seed. of ean ministration, e ‘tran: ations, _eestasi eavenly facments of Dlessing, are 2 ES Bezmanenty ansfigu Shira selfishness. ay et it cei = the sorrowful world about us the ft practical inlettatiens od nee aI service mi 2 mque: ee rae ae the servi ev. Di fol-| mu: nite! ‘comes from doing not merely “one’s 4.85, in| that home-grown Put all ies! facts together | pink ‘a|be more likely | rakes : of into windrows. : ae = ae Hulleead Novaya: ai ee a piece for seed sn Ree er cre. t | ta must work out his own problem; he, t find a satisfactory answer on his own fields to his own questions. He} as learned to put faith in the as-, sembled information resulting from carefu) experiments carried 9 he! WI great international See ae ment Statio ‘anadian “cipriment stations have ly to a close. |the eseg at whens proper Plantfood balancing is in pro-| ess. Cans , how-| ever ‘will be interested in the relatives #0 long-time fertility experiment ts | Sais shesevien eiodndad: vane of the older State aaah stations’ jin the land:of our neighbors, to the! Res Gs auetlion dis Canadian” farmer is asking, and some of the re-| presentative answers. Does it pay to fertilize wheat? Ohio Experiment Station, with 20, p from ushels per acre; phosphorus and potassium have increased the yield from 6.20 t shels per acre; and apeahenie potassium and. nitro- acre. The quality of wheat of the 1910 crop grown on fertilized and unfertil- ized plots was studie rom the fertilized plot analyzed 94% plump an (Data from nae Experiment Station Bulle- tin No. 2 Indian: ducted valuable tests under the direc- tion of a former Canadian, a graduate of Ontario Agricultural College, WINTER WHEAT IN WAR SERVICE : EAL SME 5 The Ontario Farmer Can Render Efficient Aid in the Present to] of lime, phosphoru: mer is a business | © ae gen, from 8.77 to 16.20 bushels per| wi diana eyeriment Station has con-| war Wheat Area This Autumn. Henry G. Bell, Agronomist, namely, Prof. A. T. Wiancko, its valuable contribution to the pe before us is as “Exp ments in 10 representative Bae the state have shown an average iS: ie} gain due to’ renee of ee of 11.6 bushels rage cost per acre ff Tertilization was $4.14 leaving a net profit per acre of $7.46.” ircular No. “On limed tana, mixed fertilizer has been used at-good profits in all cases. use of 200 pounds per acre of 2-8-4 fertilizer following corn, which had received six yf manure and 200 pounds of ald phosphate per acre.” Bulletin No, 198. Heres Agricultural Experiment adds: “On average Missouri Sie “thas fertilization” “of | practically | While there are seasons The obine at this department 1 rvice aders: Question—C.M.B.:—If I should plow it do to the ground week d| when the buckwheat is in full bloom? nswer:—To plow under buckwheat in full bloom ‘will do no damage to our soil; on the eonteanys it will do good by adding hum ‘ganic mat- ter, which will help. the fertility of the oil, . | buckwheat thor sults of an increase of two or three wil bushels only are secured, in average e jseasons increases of from four to six _ e | the bushels can be counted upon. be expectes University of Missouri ‘Coleg e of Agri- ‘ar-| culture cites the results of The fer- tillzing experiments conducted in aie ferent parts of the s\ Nertheast Miscourl lars! pian oe s’_ experiments pot ie North Missourt rolling prairie the the results have been similar, al in some cases materially higher than these. At the St. James experiment 1d a six- yesreaesaes has increase in wheat crop of 18.1 al it is i aite tobe, therefore, that ie of around 4 bushels and a maxi of not less than 10 bushels as very ol fe servative estimates.” CG Service, June 19, 1917. West Virginia Experiment Station reports an average gain per acre Yield of wheat of 10.16 eS 1901 and 21.66 bushels in result of applying 3 ES alae fertlie: pos Bulletin No. wie? thrives ine the tiny isu n an abundance of suital plantfood, and where this supply i) food holds out throughout the growing i ats season. vestock stock manure is the dome, i of pl te nure Ever mal an be spi se can val be applied to Me phe lands, either in preparing Te | good stand of niet: ‘and to give it ‘strength for the spring, farmers o: ‘profitable to. supplement the manure wrth 200 to.800 tba.iper- ante of fertili- This plantfood aces 1 to im of wise, which gives the tiny eat plant a vigor inion 3 10, to ave ihofiiBrie acid, which plumps kernel and causes the crop to ma- He ae and at present 1 or 2% of potash which dis assists the ase-re- ‘This fert- ‘and harrowing, or is drilled into the ate at seed-bed at the time the crop is Tats seedings of wheat, in order to ,escape the ravages of the Hessian Fly| © are strengthened successfully y pro- et Roars The Depart- griculture, in Bulletin 640, “yer The application broadcast of some quick-acting fertilizer containing ate, made 1; them sufficient r to withstand: te winter, and the ected of healthy This anes an infected plant to tiller freely, it] and these en will have sufficient vitality to wil and send up head- roauelite stems in the spring. With the problems of proper seed, insect control, and soil fertility so far solution and with ught to increasing winter wheat areas this fall. imum } in ae seseiei ris cro} lop. | acre Oo! Ibs cod early | eight Nieed aiipall RO it, | hover tae Badd the where the turning under crop of buckwheat, rye or clover— without care to working same into th soil—has actually starved the follow: ing erop by cutting off its moisture pply ecstlon A S.:—What can I sow that will furnish cow pasture for the late slapd and fall? 1 have lost my sees ‘his season and will short of yaittce after the middle of Augu: ix acres of sandy loam, in a fair state of cultivation that better? Would I stand a1 getting a catch of clover if, if peat p? ‘ould advise sowing the tollowing mints bushel each per 12% phosphoric acid. Thi teats plantfood will. hasten: the growth of the grain. Soar notsanetnus to Waals growth if “ is allowed to come into head, mixture ade Ri en good gar $e summer pas! anche H.:—We have four acres of light sandy soil which I would Coniates by katana Henry G. Bet of caged vuuthorieye on all subjects pertaining to fa and. ilson Publishing Company, tonto, and answers will appesr In order in which th are received. It Is advisable where Im: question, when the answer will | Be mailed direct, ecu wl is to se a get seeded. d to get a little clover sod p! Being | ‘so 8 down. timoth; ~ 4 very little’ came, so nee aos soon Tand play ed di ould agree applyi ‘ore disking, and also on 500.to 1, ing and bef vise puttin; the soil. eee acre of ferti i anal ee 2 to trill, it, oats and barley, and 10] ing. fhelined 4 to advise the gr verythin; r t kept in heen is |may_ possibly aaa the sta; | troublesome weed, but it ean be kept it of seed per acre are sufficient. plowed it again and sowed to rye and: as you have cut off the rye pig of this. year, have the wth of sweet eThis erop will else Fears ago, bat aiee vs) has gotten run ied to seed it to clover and it aa ai and See aaaee for oats loads of manure to the acre after plow- 000 Ibs, per acre of ground limestone, in order to do all to tet og 200 to 300 Ibs. per. fo jon! 0 12% of phosphoric acid, applying it Moiese the fertilizer of the whea' o € a C Pout ® ee gust all and cocker surplus els of tance viet broilers. They are of little value as roasters. Green ducks ure young ducks from 12 weeks old. They should be sold before they moult. At the present time when growing chicks are attaining an age of from pouches of ae eae bowels and liver, the blind a ee iat ywing the most marked alteration. The changes in the latter may vary from a filling up with a reddish granular looking mass posed of lining cells, blo: te. The liver may show changes Sretig from. a fairly normal appearance to large areas of yellow color pars enen cut into show a cheese-like hte! ag appear SYMPTOMS: je| dull and isolate themselves from. the ruffled; wings droop; ap- petite oe: fost and’ oceasioi mally the chicks will gi e eran to a shrill cry, Bar inlay when 0 pass material from the Lasele i ischarge is pial Ler although it may be rather the vent may eons ae with the material discharge. These and exhibit no outward appearance rn | disease until zs & in dissolving fifteen grains of fio d catechu in a gallon of drinking e gal ter. .This'shovld be ke changed every two day: PREVENTION:—Prevention daily by scalding and special care e tikan to of soft consistency to hard sot com- | ta’ are not removed daily, they should least be mixed with a fair amount infection. white | awa; color and | as death suddenly takes ce. TREATMENT:—Treatment consists air-slaked lime to ea) proper dis- ins are not too jlarge, it is also scrisable to cover them — of ept constantly in front of the chicks and should be 8. sists in the isolation of all ailing. chicks part f droppings at of Grow Your Own Clover Seed. It has long since been established eed gives best re- sults. and what is me very. obvious conclu- sion? Much is daid to-day about 2 high cost of ‘ving in cities, but w will grow his own ce ‘eed instead of buying it at a high e, he will to sow aa, a lequate | amount ae seed per acre to insure a _ stand Jen’ ‘| clover will often yield a good return of Tt can be cut pe aint the SESS at tab peer with a the a man. follows ead: itter_ bar: sy mi ingye few-simple adjustments, it be: threshed wit ordinary _ in |® ares it ti dendos of the SHU Leola Petton, PI oe D., | fis] second erop of red] ie attached to| call 1m.| We are ae a fae it to as fire suff f the | etc. Potato and Tomato Plant Lice. ent season has de veloped a widespread outbreak of th al is es eeeady artial to potatoes and tol es. There color pavictledy one “green, “the, Orbe pink, si use the the farmer | T! ie sulphat water oF Not long ‘after a 320 was realiz- the red, a since art in ae. «clef You P.S.—We ope the | suffering. is over,” ; iy fwater as aa eon The Best ginning pe ih : poe Lesson VII. Josiah’ Chron, 34. 1-13. ‘Text—Eccles. 12. 1. 's Good} Keign—2 3. Golden — ee Es # Introductory. Josiah —The f Amon, grandso: ‘nasseh; (aay of Judah stout BC. 630. 0: te Eighth | ele hae ree very be ue wi empt we the worship in Jerusalem. —Singular, Asherah; a wooden Bi ear | sat up beside the altar as a symbol of ere sane ne eee in nie ae hheld | the deity, a ival of es worship. Graven ido Sah Aiba eae ed). Molten—Idol ae of metal. naanite di Sun-images—Probably . identical ne pillars of a Kings 28. 14, as ne wors! ares ae ering the s ee ir SE AS raves—“A. 2} sort of flr ‘pollution of the resting p! the impious dead.” Bones veting place of the dead isturbance was the |Manasseh and Ep! and Simeon, even unto Naj Se the ‘reforms a d e norther 13. Repair of thi teenth—Ace Kin; if ‘an ardent Jehov: e beginning. nasseh the temple ges ction of Ay work was. eget the far south, which was reckoned with n tribes nts, to aie asize ns ee as was ‘he to. e jand by the thee of the man voi ‘understandi: grown over with vered the fa : ee ery. i field of the stothful, of | and, lo, it was all — thorn: oe and nett] thei ns