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oy 53 LF 1 on fom - BL ¥ BRE oF BP wes OPT wereseT ee SU FeIFFEEY A rich, strong, delicious fresh and good. usually sold ¥ in bulk. Red Rose is always eold in the sealed package'which keeps ° it good, The Agricultural Vali stone. (Experimental Farms Note) The favorable influence of available lime on soil fgrtility is a well established fact and one that ix now widely recognized in many parts of the world andrié fully supported by scientific testimony. Many soils are nat- urully well supplied. with lime--present ae carbonate of lime--snd such soils rationally treated in respect to manuring, cultivation, and rotation of crops, among the most productive known to' agriculture. On the: other hand, there ure other soils deficient in lime, o '0 the poverty in lime of the rocks: from which they were originally de- rived or: to' depletion through long contin- wed cropping und drainage. It is those soils that profitably respond 'to liming or applications of ground limestone. | © Soils: in need of liming are usually acid or sour'and will turn blue litmus paper. red (Method for testing soils sre given in Bul- , letin No. 30, "Lime in Agriculture," Ex: perimental Farm Series). Soil. containing 8 sufficiency of available lime turns red lit- mus-papér blue and usually gives a more or less strong effervescence on the addition of a few-drops of any strong acid, Soils 'of all types may be benefitted by liming-- heavy clays, 'silty and' slaty 'soils,. mucks | and light Joams and, especially, poorly drained soil Though quicklime or suked lime are firms particularly valuable for heayy clays chiefly for their beneficial effect on the tex: | ture or tilth of these soils, improving their , drainage and rendering them mellower and | nusire easily worked, grgund or eriished lime stone ha proven a more suitable and pro- fituhle form of lime. for application' to soils of many types and ie to be gencrilly ree- oitimended. Excessive -applicutions: ean do no harm ue may be the cus with quick- lime. Dréssings may be from two to: five: tons per' acre, broadcasted on the, prepured oil and' harrowed ith. Experiments 'conducted by the Division of Chemistry of the Experimental. Farms in Fastern Canada' during the past five years has shown that-at many points an japplica tion of ground limestone has beepollowed by, increased yields, und particularly 'hae been valuable forthe clover crops--the es- tablishment of which-may be considered us the basis. of profitable farming. The fol- Towing two instances illustrate. the benefits that may be derived fron: ground limestone applied. to soils deficient. in lime. In Experiment 111 at Kentville, NS, on 2a'sandy, loam sojl, a plot Was treated to 215 Pounds of fish scrap, 233. pounds of wid phosphate and 100: pounds of muriate of potash per sore 'in 'preparation for an-sat ¢yop:in. the-yeur 1914 and yielded 57.3 bus. of grain... Another' plot, similarly fertilized, received ground limestone: ut the' rate. of 2000 pounds per acre, and yielded 66.2 bus of gruin per acre--'an increase of 8:9-bus. of grain due to thé liming. In the second year (1915) of the rotition the fertilized but sun- Timed plot produced 2 tons, 46744 pounds of clover.and timothy hay 'per acte, while the fertilized and limed plot yielded 3 tons, The business ally if someone it shaves. sure to. give him lasting any trouble getting wKat & ke article is worthy of a ed package. worth putting into sealed borage 20 Ker it 1 ton, 192-1-2 pounds due to the liming. In anskes the men whi stack it good und thick, and make it such a has its advantages 'these days as well as its responsibilities---especi+ about him, his needs and his wishes, to choose for his Christmas gift Most men are practical.) The weleome gift is the useful gift--the Gilletté--that fits right into '@ man's: intimate personal life, makes_ things 'easier for him, and proves eee re At any good Hardware, Drug or Teast 'Store you can pick out a Gillette Set that will be we will see that you are supplied. GILLETTE. SAFETY RAZOR CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED, the riding wy pow bis yint- | it the -senate. of Canada; here: on Tues- eA argd it heb boon pected for some time. W. H. Bennett Canadian parliament. for the first time "in 1892 as representative for East Simco: and with éx- ception 'of. that period between 1907-19) he has represented the constituency contin- uously for twenty-seven years. During his' long parlisméntary life-he has engaged in many -hard utes in this riding, but he has slways managed to carry wih him support sufficient 1o bring him through safely. . He was undoubtedly one of the best organizers and campaigners in C and to that fact may be attributed a tea like Red Rose of a remarkable memory he has been able to keep in clote touch with the voting pop- ulation and he has worked, to that 'end al- most continuously. During all those years he bas represented. the constituency with great ability and he wes as one of the hardest ty fighters in the House of Conimone, ant tn emncomiproniling 7c of the sctions of his polities! opponents. In debate he was clever and sarcastic and us- uglly.the man who: came within reach of him in any discussion got a severe scorch- stant {760 pounds of hay per acre--an increase of | the fall of 191 the strong growth of clover aftermath on (he limed plot made it stand Gut 'in striking contrast to the others-in the erie', é At. Cop Rouge, PQs ons sandy si arent in barley, oats, wheat und peas were |! treated in 1913, to 'an application of two | img: , Through his long parliamentary car- , however, it may be sefely said Mr. Beri- tons of ground limestone per acre. The | &* following resulte were obtained, the pro: | Nett was strictly honest and straightforward duet being. expressed in: pounds of grain | hard hitter when occasion requi balers harvested per aére. 'Barley: average of | © ONE supporter of toe principles which varieties, limed 3900, unlimed. 945. Oats: | h¢ considered right. It is our hope that he average 'of 5 varieties, limed 10, 140, un- | ™8¥ be spared for many years to rerve Can- Timed. 8040, Wheat, average of 4° varie. (a ws fuithfully in, the. Senate as he did in ties, limed 4200, unlimed 3315. Peas: av. |the House of Commo: erage of 4 varieties, limed. 7080," unlimed Alberta's Premier By W. C. A. Moffatt Alberts, like every other province, hax become' so secustomed to looking for its Premiers in the ranks of liw that it will not now find it easy to remember that the occupant of the. big red room in the hificent 'stone "structure called "The House" is a farmer. Three. Premiers have ruled in Alberta and two' of the three have been "called." At the time of the notor- ious A, und G. W. scandal, the Hon, A-L. Sifton gtepped from the bench at, . the | Lieutentant-Governor's summons, but on the transfer of "The Sphinx", to the Fed- eral arena as Minister of Commons in the Union Government, if was in the fields that the third Premier was found. .True, the Hop. Charles Stewart was Minister of Publi" Works in 'the Siftun Cabinet, but | his business is that°of a farmer, and should defeat. ut, the polls ever necessitate his re- tirement from public life, it will be buck to' bjs "broad acres" - ut Sergewick that "Chyrlie" Stewart will go. Buy Victory Bonds Tt tukes a heap of money for to run this " great, big war, and keep the thing' a bum 'min' from the centre to the oore--and it '« runnin' it just stop 'at tines to think of whether we are goin' to swim or turp-oyr toes and sink, Old Eng: land thas n6 cash fo spare,, she's in it to » ck, she's turnin' out her gold and wealth by bushel and by peck, so it's up to this young land out here of riches and of means, to get behind the load a bit.and dig into her jeans, and put the eush upon the plate, to heap, my boy, 'twill make der Kaiser sick. Don't be content to cheer a bit wh go marchin™ by, and when the feeli veins is sort of runnin' high, ner don't you think because you gave a slice to this or that, that you have got.the Kaiser licked or sprawlin' on the mat. Don't 'stick. your money in' the bank, nor keep. it in your socks, nor go ubout a-purchasin' some lob- ster mninin' stock, nor tty to get.a mori-| . For some reason or. other the Canadian tage on some chap for all be's worth, and | public, even in the West where it. ought start @-squeezin' for to muke him want to {to know better, bux conjured up, when re quit the earth, But stick yer-chest out | ference' is made to the! man who lives: by 'bout.'a foot, and likewise raise your chin, |the/lund, « picture of a seedy-looking in- and erack yer countenance, my boy, into a Sivdiual who holds his. thrée-for-s-nickel 'gooilly grin, then plank yer wad down with |stogie st un awkward angle in his fuce, 4 whuek, 'buy in some.good war loun; and {snd to, whom sky:scfapers and picture stick 'emi in yer windows and decorate your | shows are among the/seven wonders of the home, And gaze upon 'em when you sit a-.| world; but Charlie Stewart, farmer, is a restin' iy the night, and know you've done {glaring refutation of this impression." A | your bit, tye boy, by makin' your cash | fine figure of a man he is, six feet in his fight stockings, tion, A typical W: ial and care-ftee, and personality. sterner, too, he is, Jov- radiating good humor No member of the House --You know of course that every indus. try of any importance has a paper of ite Lown, one to which it gives its united sup- | 8 quicker to see or appreciate a joke, no matter whom it is on. The continuous tioris, Those interested do 'this that. the | bickering between Government and Qppos-.| paper may live und continue-to be useful to {ition he views . with good-huniored toler them by aggressively advocating "their in- | #nce, and it-ix only on rare gccasions, not- terests, You have # paper that for over withstanding the fact that the Government twenty-six years has been looking after the. has no sturdier, no more effective' fighter, interests of the farmer. 'Have you given it that, he arises 'to wrathful heights in his your support? If not, see that you'sub- exchtnges with' the Opposition One of seribe for The Weekly Sun, Toronto, the these rare occasions cropped up in the ses- ners business paper, from the present | sion of 1916, when his name wus mentioned | e to Ist January 1919. It will cost you |in connection with charges of wrong-doing | only One Dollar but you will find the dollar thst were luid against veveral membre of well and profitably spent. his Government. The other " Ministers | treated the request for a Royal Commis. sion as more or les of' a joke, but' not si the Hon. Charles His fighting. blood surg: ed immediately to the crown of his shining pate, and never' before nor since hax the Alberts House heard such an explosion. In quick order the Minister of Public. Works made it plain that. if there was any wrong-doing he, at least, was ignorant of it. And it wes plain.to be sven that the Opposition believed bim. Friendly and Vigorous Regardless of party affiliations, the' se- port by way of advertising: and 'subscrip berta's third Premier will assuredly meet with general approval.~ 'of the best:liked men in the Legislature, and he enjoys to an-unusuiil, degree the es: | |teem and confidence of his associstes on both sides of the house, "Charlie" Stew- art he is to friend and foe alike, and it is certainty that there is no member, unless it be the Hon, A. G. MacKay, who has such a wide coterie of friends, He idetyp- ial, tog, of a rapidly increasing class of political 'men in Western Canada, in that he is young, vigorous, © progressive, and fraternal; 'he has a first-hand knowledge of the imass of the people of his province and their conditions: of living and. work- ing; he is friendly and easy of approach, utterly. devoid of "frills" and false notions of prestige. His sincerity of purpose is a= obvious as his: inte of which traits, combined with & conspic- tious lack 'of political «guile, make . him conspicuous' refutation -of-'the frequently accepted theory . that politics. is a.deep game played 'trickily. of being a man thinks enough '| _- Haggard Faces of. Belgian Children "If you could see the haggard faces that I have scen," writes a soldier who made his way through Belgium, "If you could see the suffering pictured there as I have seen it, then-yot would' not hesitute, You would give as I would have given, if.I had any- 'thing to give, you would have given every- thing youvbad to help relieve them. "It is not the haggardness, it was not the. pallor of the wounded and .th> sick from the- battlefield. It was the wan faces of. the children, the, tear-stained, lined faces of the -|thm and poorly clad'amotKers that strack me most: forcibly. They are fighting the greatest -buttle ever fought--a battle two and a, half years' long, and "against that merciless enemy, starvation. My 'business is to fight, yours'to send the food you have to those silent sufferers." 'Surely "no appeal could be stronger than this, Belgium without. resources; © without money, without food, except that given her sis the home of seven million starving rouls. Will you help? Ata meeting of thé Canadian Bible So- sisty, held in May, -it was reported that pledsure. If you haye you want, write us and deal-of his success in this riding. Possessed . Mr, Stewart is'one | of character, both | Eeidals TRIBUNAL 9 Followinig. are the cases: disposed of by | the tri Tribunal from Nov. 8 to 17:-- Exemptidps Disallowed : G. Walker, Oscar Rowe, T. T. 'ard, Geo. E. Latimer, rons Maxwell, W. Selfe, J. W. succeeding J.B. Ads R. MB: Seqator sie Oficial pay W. eee? Fak See Granted In. Glass A\'snd allowed till 2nd grade is called out--D. Armstrong, J E. Bucking- ham, C. A. Buie, K. 0. Bates, N. Brown, J. E. Bates, Patrick Coyle, P. A Coyle, W. A. Oble, ©. P. Ye gae John Clarke, A. , L.A. Doner, ickey, 'Gordon Duk J.P, Duff, N.'W. Evans, Geo, Switzer, N. Tinimons, Roy, Walker, E. McCort, Albert Evans, H. 8. Evans, P. R. McArthur, J. 8. Somerville, G. E. Ross, Geo. Synnot Evans, W. don Giffen, A. E. Grainger, E, J. Gitien, Isaac Keawell, Fred Morphet, W. 1. D. Max-! well, John Mathers, Jus, Murray, A. D. Me- C. F, Pickering) W. A' Rawn, E. : . 'R.. Montgomery, John McFad: , J. G. Lyons, W. R Lawson, M,"D. Seel- ey, Chas, Kitchen, N.E. Wood, Frank Va cise, G. 8. McDonald, J. M. McDonald, Don feQueen, A. R. McNiven, W. N. Patton, A. Paddison, W. U; Rawn, Lorne Wyant. Category B Hi. M. Barker, J. V. Clarke, M. J. Guil- foyle, G. M: McGillivray, 8. A. Henderson, J. L. Johnson, G. E. Johnitone, R. Mon' gomery, T, R. Keown, N,.Lawson, J. W. rie Russell Thomson, Miller, Young, Category C mR F. Br Wines, R. C. Martin, G Switzer, Geo, Huth, Wm ©. McNiven, W. H. Somerville, 'Geo, Schell, G. Timmons, Wm E. Morby, J. W. Evans, Robt. M. Giffen, A. E. Keri. well, Alex. Maynard, Harold' McCague, W. P, Stainton, John Séhell, L. C. Tebbey. Category E W. J. Atkinson, Edgar Bellamy, A. F. Pobron, L, J. Harkin, Bugene Murray, Ro J. Rawn, J. D. Thompson, R. A. Anderson, FJ. Coyle, J. W. Gibson, N.°C. Kitson, G. E. Plaxton, John Beeler, J. G. Brown, A. Cuawhers, Alex, Hadden, DR. Mathers, Ronj. Reinhart, A.J. Schell, R. E. Briggs, J. H. Service' A. Huish, G. W. Wilcox, Rich. Robertson, 'Thos, Schell Exempted from combatant serviee--R. G_ Lageer, J. N. Tageer. In Class, D3 and allowed until physical ftnews i finally determined--Joveph Light- eart Buy a Victory Loan Bond. Minard's LinimentCo., Limited. Gentlemen, Last winter I received great beiiefit from' the use of MINARD'S LIN IMENT in a severe attack of. LaGri and I haye frequently proved it to be Very effective in eaves of Inflammation lection of the Hon. Charles Stéwart as Al- | > ofa @ passenger. ' Buy a Ford and 300,000 khaki bound Testaments had been distributed among Canadian soldiers befpre Heaving for 'Barone. 36,000 he has been set .| red roses. or gay* colored patterns. These You'll never oe disay pointed or have to worry about your ¢ooking or baking if you use a "Pandora." In this range nothing has been omitted that could make it more.efficient, economic- al or durable." Write for free booklet. _)N8Clary's PANDORA RANGE # oRomto. _ WINNIPEG VANCOUVER : ERR, Nt Ton CALGARY | For Sale By Merrill & Hubbard | nr SASKATOON "EDMONTON White or 'colored stripes, knitted in at the -tops of socks 'sent overseas, is quite common thing in Canada, and often. serve ----_--_---- as a means of identification when so many | Ex-Ald, Wm. Wilson, of London, ued men are getting socks of much the same} the.Free Press for libel" because, for some color, 'In Serbia they. go 'still further and| time, while be was in council, it refused about the tops of the thick dark socks ;to mention his name in council reports, He that the women knit are worked bright | lost: and must pay costs, have toe caps to quatch theni in color and pattern. é socks, which fit over the' trousers, also Buy a. Victory Loan Bond. You Would Shudder. If You Saw This-- ITTLE Belgian children--their - fathers fighting, dead, or in German bondage--thousands mother less, are slowly succumbing to insufficient, feeding. A bowl of soup and x» slic eee, SN Sher att Sean aay, 'Think of it! 'Thats en .say of hope is toi be haben! $0 Molland' aad share nursed back'ta health by Dutch authorities, the work being financed + through public contribution to the Belgian Rallef Fund. ° Fate has protected you from -actually SEEING these little waits dying 'from glow starvation! Open. your purse and help! 'Mark your contribution for the Belgian Children's Health Fund. 20 maintains a Belgian orphan for a: month. This is for Witle children who are absolitely helpless and. friendlies. Alone-in the world. Contributions to this cause should be marked "Belgian Orphans' Fund." Reminberpocr sontribution 'gote Waitire, thiough-tbe Belzian Minjpier of, the Taterlor (in France) to the Dutch autborlten, whe administer the relief 'work under the approval of the Britieh and Dutch Governments. 'What 'will you.do for the walle of Belgtum BELGIAN RECIEF FUND Ontario Branch 80 King St. West, Torento J. W. Woods, Esq., Chairman of the' Advisory Board Mrs." Arthur Pepier, Chairman of the Committee Send contributions to Mise Isabella L. Georse,, Hon, 'Treasurer, to Local Committee Make 'cheques payable to the Belgian Desmot fart Mrs, dsr Adamion's Conal nat Pend * enone Bastin Pijugees Wind the slsed finek 'Bander "er Get Behind the Wh RY it just once! open stretch, You'll like it, and-will be ---- how. easily the Ford is handled and driven. ; If you have never felt the thrill of driving 3 your own cat. there issome- _ thing good in store for you. And "especially so.if you drive a Ford.' '> Young boys, girls, women and'even grandfathers--thousands of them-- are driving Ford cars with exceptions-ease and smoothness,. while on: country roads and hills SAE: its strength and power show to advantage." i ' os Qo Runabout "srs - THE UNIVERSAL CAR oe ee ER Huxtable - Ford and Driv Ask your friend to. fet you. "pilot? * his car on an It is vastly different from just riding- --being A Ford stops and starts in traffic enjoying it. you will Want to, be behind ."'the- wheel" constantly, F..0. B: FORD; ONT. -