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From Montreal Witness. beautiful auived back ’ ‘and. deep,
Every year we hear. the ‘poor | lbroad front— then, ‘perhaps’ there
-condition of old. meadows: or mow- will bea bright ‘future for the
ing meadows remarked | upon. variety. The: same: remarks. ap-

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‘Farm Lands For Sale |

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Clothing and sas feasts
Boots and Shoes .

We always have a com plete stock -
and the buyer of these lines will
find our prices as low .as: they
can 1 land same lines. from. coast,
cities. .

” Pagsley Street New Hazelton

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By return mail we can ‘always supply the latest in ~

Diamonds, Cut Glass ‘and Watches

Clocks, Silverware, Ebony Goods, Cutlery, Optical -
“Goods, Leather Goods, Fine China, Brooches, Ete. '

JEWELRY AND WATCH REPAIRING DONE

R. W. Cameron

- Prince Rupert

‘Summer Excursions to the East.
| PRINCE RUPERT

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Montreal and return $141.00
. Toronto and return $128.00
~ Ottawa: and return $139.50
« New. York and ret’n $144.50.
”_ Chicago and return $108.50 .-%
» St.Paul and return ‘$ 96,00

’ Correspondingly low rates to all other points in con-
“nection. with G. T, P,.Steamships and the Grand

Trunk system—the double track route from Chicago.
For full information apply to’ the local agent or to

: Albert Davidson, General Agent, Prince. Rupert.

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Ruddy & ie |

‘Livery and Feed Stables

: vis ‘Ha Connection With the Northern ‘Hotel.
: TEAMING - TRANSFER "STORAGE

‘f. COAL AND. Wood FOR..SALE
| HAY AND FEED. FOR ‘SALE
| - Regular Daily. Stage to Old Hazelton.

», Leaving New Hazelton at 9.30 a.m., except train days, when ‘the
- ‘atage “will meet the paueenger train and run to Old Hazelton after

‘TevEPHONts— ‘New: Harelton—2 ‘long, ‘1 short *
— » Hazelton—1 long, = short ©:

‘NEW y HAZELTON

Why should the farmer have. old
meadows anyhow, _ Just as sure
as there are old meadows, just so

3s Sure will there be poor. hay crops

on those meadows. ©» Why not ad-

}opt a new system-and do.away

with old meadows entirely... >

If a farmer has- so much land
that he cannot get over it at least.
once in-three or four years with
some kind of fertilizer and seed
then he has too much land... ‘This
refers to mowing fields, not pas-
After two or. three crops
of hay have been taken off a field

_|it should again ‘be taken up. and

reseeded. In. my practice” I have

‘received very. satisfactory. results
by spreading on a good coat - of

barn manure, and sowing: with
timothy and clover and harrowing
well with a double action cutaway
harrow. - Another method which
has proven to. give excellent :-re-

‘sults is to thoroughly cut up ‘the
|soil immediately ‘after . haying
with. a. double action cutaway

harrow, going over the field at
intervals of.a few days, covering

|a périod of four to six weeks, ‘al-

lowing the sun to help kill out the
prass, and then apply agood coat
of manure or high grade. fertili-
zer, and sowing a 00d. amount
of grass seed, If-a. farmer: has.
more land than he can. ‘plow: welt
or a piece of: naturally moist. land
that itis not advisable. to plow,
he cannot possibly do. better than
adopt this plan. of renewing the.
grass, as‘a full erop may. ‘be eut
the following summer.
There is no’ crop of more im-
portance to ‘the farmer than grass.
and yet many © neglect _ it most
woefully. -
crop at least if we but try.”

Latest. Color in Fowls
- Amongst ‘the new varieties: ex-

_ | hibited in recent months are Red
| ‘Wyandottes, Blue Leghorns, Blue
_ Hf Wyandottes; Blue Orpingtons,
2 Blue Andalusians, - Buttercups,
H| and several others.
a @|sent time: there seems to. be a
; ‘Saddle Horses, Single ‘and. Double Rigs for’ Hire. E
“Ailsays a. writer in ‘The. Farmer.
Aiand Stockbreeder,”’ I think it is
ia ‘color. which will not last, simply
| beeause a good-colored blue fowl
Wis most difficult to breed. All the
f|breeds that have ‘been’ held in
. highest: esteem ‘for. many. years
- Bl are. comparaly easy. to breed, Al-|
: though-it is always difficult to:
| breed -perfect specimens,. itis
4 disheartening to mate a:pen. and

“At the. pre-

great. craze for: blue fowls, but

“get a number’ of ‘the® offspring]

=| that are little: better than” ‘cross-,
:| breeds; al any rate that. i 19 their.

marked value... “Blue fowls: ‘are
certainly pretty; it isa ‘color: that
ooks well’ either. in ‘confinement
r mn ‘free range, . and there ‘ean:

We.-can double. our r hay. -

ply to Blue Wyandottes, but Blue
Leghoris do not seem to. have
taken on at ‘all. “We come across
some who: seem to think. that
every new breed: introduced does
harm to the old. ones, -I-do-not
think so. Perhaps: some breeds
have been introduced which real-
ly ought never to have been - ‘put
on- the market, ‘because they were
not. sufficiently developed. oes

In the utility section new, breeds
almost: always. do well: at. ‘first.
The mixing. up ot various varie-
ties from good strains creates un-
usual. vigor. and extreme hardi-
ness, and thus every new “breed, .
from the Black Wyandotte down-
wards, which has been introduced:
during .recent times has proved
itself a first-rate layer, until it

has been spoiled by the ravages

of t Inbreeding.

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_ Hens” as Big as ‘Turkeys:

Eugenics i in hens has been: car-
ried to a high degree of ' perfee-
tion by an American doctor. Last
year he evolved a new breed
ealled the ‘'Noflaw, ”. ‘remarkable
for size. For. his. New. Year’s
dinner he served | a pair of. roost-
ers that weighed. thirty- one Ibs.,
and resembled turkeys. in. size,:
says the “‘American,’’ He haga
number. that weigh fifteen lbs.,
and:a good many that weigh
eleven lbs. and over, The. pullets
weigh from eight to ten lbs. The
‘'Noflaw. chickens.are reddish,
chunky,. and notable for egg-lay-

Jing and breeding. Dre Lowtight |.

declines to tell how he produces
such mammoth chickens. cose

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How. ‘to. Kill. Chickens:

Grasp the.chicken when killing’

by the bony part of the skull.
Do’ not let the finger touch. the
neck. - Make a small eut with: a
small, sharp- pointed knife on. the
right side.of the roof of the
‘chicken’s mouth, just. where the
bones. of. ‘the. skull end... Brain

for dry-picking by. thrusting the|

knife through: the: groove - “which
runs along the middle line of the

roof of the: mouth until it touches =
the. skull midway. between. the]:
Use'a. knife whieh’. is notj.

eyes.
more than-two inches long,. one-

fourth inch wide, with a thin flat]
‘handle, a sharp point and straight

cutting edge,

Aside from ‘the | appearance of
incompletely’ bled chickens, their
keeping: ‘properties -are very in-
'ferior. » ‘The flesh Joses: its. firm-
ness sooner: its: flavor’ is not.so

good, the odor ‘of: ‘stale flesh: ‘and .

finally : of! putrefaction ‘comes

sooner and in every, way the pro-| |}
oA very}
Jargé proportion of. the. unsightly }
poultry i in our r markets aside from

duct is more: perishable,

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The Hazelcon Hospital
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period. from one’ month
‘upward at §1 er month .
in advance,’ This rate
’ ineludes® office‘ conaulta
tions and - medicines, as
swell as ail coats while in.
’, the hospital, Tickets are ..
““obtaihable “in: Hazelton’
from the post: office or

- drug store; or from: the

Drug Store, New Hazel-
ton; Dr, McLean, Smith: .
7 ers; “T..J,. Thorpe, Alder-
~mere; Dr, Wallace, Telk-.
_-wa,-or. by mail from the |
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