Making Farm Life Attrac tive in the United States.

By Clarence H. Matson (in the " Review of Reviews for America.")

The chief cause of the exodus from coun try to city has been the isolation and lone liness of farm life. Especially has this been true in the West, where farms are large and neighbours are far apart. The majority of the inmates of the insane asylums in some Western States are women; a large per cent of them are farmers' wives, sent to hospi tals for the insane, according to medical experts, by the melancholy induced by iso lation. . The farmers' children have felt this influence too. They have usually been compelled to help about the farm work dur ing the day, and when night came they had j little in the way of books and papers to j amuse them, the neighbours were too far apart for frequent gatherings. But now all this is changing. Rurai free delivery of mails is taking daily papers and illustrated magazines into the f»rm homes. The telephone is connecting neighbour with neighbour and with the snrroundiug towns. Late books follow the magazines into the homes of those who can afford them, and the travelling library supplies those who cannot purchase the books 1 In discussing these new conditions in the West, I shall speak primarily of my own State, Kansas, because I am more familiar with the changes in-farm life in that com monwealth. RURAL FKEB DELIVERY OP MAILS. Four years ago the Post Office Depart ment determined to give the free dilivery of mails in the country through test. To day there is scarcely a country in the State except the cattle-range country of the ex- I treme western portion, that has not from three to twenty routes. In some countries practically every farmer ha 3 his mail de-1 livered to him daily, even though he lives ; ten miles from his post office, and those j communities which are not already served are clamouring for an extension of the ser- ! vice. . j

For the little sum of two cents the Unit ed states Government will carry a letter from New York to Kansas, and place it in the hands of the farmer to whom it is ad dressed, perhaps out in his cornfields miles away from his post office, and all within the shortest possible time. Under the new system, without leaving his farm the farm er can buy a money otder and send it East for a year's subscription to a magazine, or for some article which has caugh his fancy. This system has been a wonderful help to the mail order book business* The rural delivery carrier has brought the farmer in to the habit of reading and writing more than formerly. A few years ago the writ ing of a letter also involved the task of tak ing it to the post office, and in a busy sea son the trip wa-s not usually made oftener than once a week. But now, when the let ter is written, it has only to bo placed in the box by the farmer's gate, and the Go vernment does the rest. Formerly the farmer'b reading was largelyjconfined to his local paper and the weekly edition of some metropolitan daily. Now the weekly edi tion no longer suffices him; he has learned the value of the daily. Ho wants his mar ket reports every day, and he is as anxiou3 for the current news as is the merchant in the large town. He was as interested in reading the details of the Martinique vol canic eruption as was the professional man, and he discussed it a great deal more with his family and his neighbours than did the man in the city.

FARM TELEPHONES,

Closely following the' rural delivery of the mails has come the farm telephome. There are thousands of farm homes on the prairies of the Kansas which are in 'telepho nic communication with the surrounding towns within aradius of fifty miles or more. Seven years ago the telephone was a novel ty even in towns with five and ten thousand inhabitants. But with the expiration of the Bell patents it became -more common. In time it was introduced into towns of only one and two thousand people, and to day there are d< zans of little places of six hundred inhabitants or less which support a flourishing telephone exohangre. To aid in the expense of maintaining these small exchanges, " party lines " were run two or throe mile 3 out from the towns in several directions, and a number of farm houses were placed on each line. Toll lines were built between exchanges, and farmers along the route were also connected with these. The telephones proved such a bless ing that farmers more remote from the towns began to organise mutual companies of their own, a company taking in an entire community for miles around. This mutual company connected with the nearest ex change, where it met the lines of other mutual companiee iv other parts of the same county. These companies are so popular, and the demand for telephone apparatus is becoming so great throughout the West, that numerous telephone-supply companies have been farmed, and the manu facture of farm telephones has become an industry of considerable importance. The farmers usually build their own Hues, em ploying an electrical expert to install the m. There are numerous instances in central Kansas where wire fences are utilised for miles for telephone lines.

The benefits of the farm telephone can scarcely be overestimated. If jj farmer breaks a bolt in his manhinery, he tele phones to his hardware dealer, and the rural mail carrier brings a duplicate of the broken part to th© farmer on his next trip, perhaps only two or thr@a hours after the break. If a physician is wanted, the tele phone saves much valuable time—perhaps a life —and possibly a fifteen-mile ride on a stormy night for the farmer. If the far mer's wife is lonesome, she can take down the telephone receiver and visit with any of her neighbours for several miles around. If the farmer wants his neighbours to help him thresh, he can summon them in as many minutes with the telephone as it would re quire hours without it; and in Jewell County Kan., some of the farmers' wives who have telephones have formed the habit of tele phoning to town each morning fop their groceries, perhaps six or eight miles away, and the rural mail carrier delivers them in time for dinner. The value of the telephone waß especially demonstrated the past win ter when the weather bureau sent out a bulletin that a severe storm was approach ing. The news was telephoned from neigh bour to neighbour, giving the farmers twelve hours to gather up their stock and haul feud in anticipation of the storm, which would otherwise have caught them un awares.

THE " MAIL-ORDER BUSINESS AND THE RURAL MERCHANT. It is true tftat rural free mail delivery is proving disastrous to the country merchant who is not progressive enough, to meet the Changed conditions, but the farm telephone j will help to readjust these things. The ! mail-order houses of the big cities have not been' slow to take advantage of the new order of things, and they have fiopded the farmers with mail-order catalogues. They have come into direct competition with the country merchant,• and as it has been pos sible to buy of the mail-order house with out leaving the farm, the farmer has fre quently given the country merchant the worst of it. It is so easy for the farmer to sit | down in the evening after his work is done and pick out a bill of goods by [his own fire side from a catalogue of big city firm, nnd to send for it with a post office money order, also without leaving his farm, that the money order business of the Post Offica De pirttnent has vastly increased in communi ties having rural delivery. But with the farm telephone added, the country mer chant will again have the advantage, for he can personally solicit trade at any time he wishes, and he can use the rural mail carrier as his " delivery boy," sending out the goods the same day the order is receiv ed.

TRAVELLING LIBRARIES.

The people in the cities and. larger towns generally have access to public or circulat ing libraries, but for years it has been a problem how to extend the same privilege to the residents ol agricultural communi ties. The' travelling library ,is designed to solve this question. Any country lyceum or club can secure a library of fifty books, free of cost, by applying to the librarian in charge of the travelling" library, who is now a State officer in Kansas. A library may

be kept in one community for six months I if desired. It is then returned to the! librarian, and another, containing an en-1 tirely different assortment of books, may * be secured. One library will furnish &f winter's reading to a rural"community. In Kansas the clctb women inaugurated this movement, but it proved of such great benefit that after one year the State Legis lature took it up and made it a State In stitution. It now consists of upward of one hundred libraries of fifty books each, and it is being added to as fast as legisla tive appropriations become available.

EASING THE BURDENS OF LIFE ON THR FAttM.

Thesa. are some of tne main reasons why farm life is more attractive in the West thun it was a few years ago. There are other minor ones. With increasing know ledge and intelligence the farmers are putting more of science into their work. Improved machinery is "making the farm work lighter. The well-to-do are estab lishing acetylene gas plants in their home, alleviating the heavy housework which falls to the lot of the farmer's wife. There will doubtless always be a certain flow from the country to the city. It should be so. The city needs the vitality and strength of the country boy. But the rush from the farm to the large centres of population, to escape the hardships and isolation which have been a part of farm Ufa in the past, will probably cease to a great degree.

THE ASHBURTON GUAKDJAN : FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1902

Printed and published by Thomas Hawcox, for the Proprietor, Eobkbt Bell, afe hia Printing Office, Burnett Street, Ashbur ton. FRIDAY, November 14, 1902,



Rational Mortgage & Agency Company. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGESCY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND., LIMITED. Capital subscribed ... ,000,000 Paid and Called Up ... £200,000 Reserve Fund ... ... .£32,500 j THE above Company bog to notify to their.Clien.ts and the Public that it has been decided lo add to their business a COMMISSION AND AUCTIONEERING DEPARTMENT, and will from as the Ist October last be prepared to undertake Sales by Auction or Private Treaty of LAND, LIVE STOCK, WOOL, FROZEN MEAT, Etc., Placed in their hands for Sale. The Department will be under the charge Of Mr H, S. Bour<i, who will act as Auc tioneer, and those entrusting us with their business will have the beneftt of his practi cal experience, and may rely upon every care and attention being given and best results obtained. Mr Bourn will attend at Addington each Wednesday, also at other country Stock Sales, which will be notified by advertisement prior to the dates of the regular fixtures. The Company are well represented throughout the colony, and have a staff in London which is acknowledged to be second to none in handling consignments, and are one of the largest and best mediums through ■which producers can ship their produce, consequently are in. touch with the best markets. ; In connection with the above we are pre-j pared to make Cash Advances against \ Live Stock and Produce placed in our hands for Sale, either in the LOCAL MARKET or for shipment to London or elsewhere. G. F. MARTIN, Manager. H. S. BOURN, Auctioneer. Note. —Mr Alex Hewson will receive entries of wool for local sales, and particu lars of stock for sale given him will have our attention. -WOOL SEASON 1902-3. Local Sales, commencing Thurs day, 20th November. THE NATIONAL MORTGAGE and AGENCY COMPANY of N.Z., Ltd., having made special arrangements at their Addington Stores to receive and show Wool, are now prepared to receive Clips for the season's sales. Please consign wool for local sale,* ---" NATIONAL MORTGAGE, Addington." : Note—Wool for direct shipment consign "NATIONAL MORTGAGE, Lyttelton." 10 250 BUSINESS NOTICES. CHARLES BEECH, k TANCRED STREET, ASHBURTON. MY TEA ROOM is centrally situated and Hot Pies can be had at any birthday and Wedding Cakes made to order. Small goods a specialty. Try Montgomeries Malt Digestive Bread-Bermaline. 8 209 MANNING & GO'S NEW SEASON'S BOTTLED ALES AND STOUT, IN QUARTS AND PINTS. THE BEST IN THE MAEKET. Equal to the Leading Brands of; ENGLISH ALES. Agents for Ashburton—Messbs Shear- [ HAN Bkos. : I To be Published in April, 1903, j STONE'S ! CANTERBURY NelsoD, Marlborough, and Westland, (Commercial, Municipal, and General.) DIRECTORY, & NEW ZEALAND ANNUAL : APRIL 1908 : (SECOND YEAR OP PUBLICATION.) j BEMY Bvo. size, containing over 1000 j pages, together with numerous Maps, corrected to date, the whole handsomely bound in cloth, gilt lettered. Price, if ordered before publication, 10s fid „ After publication, 12s 6d. Stone Son & Co. f PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS, Dunedin and Wellington. 10 293 ILES' Cantharides and Eosemary | FOR THE HAIR. j As used by Lady Eanfurly. J A VALUABLE Discovery for Promoting j\_ the Growth of the Hair and removing Scarf and Dandruff. This is no*-, a new preparation, but the Proprietor being requested to put it within roach of everyone, has had it placed throughout New Zealand, and it can now l»e obtained locally from all Chemists, -Storekeepers, and Hairdressers, etc., or direct from the Manufacturer—EDWAßD ILES,.Ladies'and Gentlemen's Hairdresser, Princes Street, Dunedin. Bottles 2s 6d, postage 3d extra; or from White's, hairdresser, Ashburton, a-d Turner, Geraldme. 8 12g Nearly .three score years and ten, and a sufferer for a long 'period from Rheumatism and Piles, but finds a cure at last in Plantekoa. Taiti, Lower Hutt, Feb. 3, 1902 Dear Sir,— I HAVE been a great sufferer for many years from Rheumatism and Piles. I have been treated by doctors, and have also used countless medicines, without success. I can say that through using PLANTEKOA and PLANTEKOA OINTMENT, I have at last found a cure, and this is really wonder ful, considering my age. I With reference to the Ointment I have i used it for all kinds of skin troubles, burns, scalds, cracked hands, etc., with the best of results, and I can honestly recommend any one to use these articles, for in my years of experience I have never seen their equal— I am, yours etc., M. A. Saul. Ask your Chemist or Storekeeper for it. JACKSON, Agent. Saunders' Buildings, Ashburton. STRANGE' 3 Famous White Patent I Satin Quil (full size) 15s 6d. Smoke New Venus



BUSINESS NOTICES. H. A. FLOWER, Hairdresser and Tobacconist, EAST STREET. A! CHOICE Assortment of G.8.D., Loewe, and oilier makes of Pipes in stock. Cigarette Holders, Pouches, Pocket Knives, Hair Brushes and Combs, in endless varieties. Slazenger's Tennis Balls and Racquets. Try my Silver Veil Cigarettes, 15 for 6d. Hairdressing, Singing, and Shampooing.



Don't Forget HTOOallat AEGYLB BEOS, and order your Coal and Firewood. WESTPOET, ") NEWCASTLE,! f Coal always and C on hand. MOUNT SOMEES ) Westporfc and Newcastle Slack. Orders Promptly attended to. Removal Cheap Boot Sale. THOMAS YOUNG WISHES to remind his numerous friends and the public that he has removed to the shop lately occupied by Mr Nokes, in East Street, nest to the Bank of New Zealand, where he will continue his Boot Sale until the 10th of November. Two shillings in the Pound off all sales for cash. Why do you go about in pain when you can get your Boots made at T. Young to fit your feet. Eepairing done with despatch. T. YOUNG, Ulster Boot Shop. East Street, Ashburton. : Special Prices : EOR 1 MONTH \¥7ANTED Ladies to see Fast Prints VV 3fd, Delaines 53d, lovely Blouse Pieces from Is 3d, Pinafore Muslins 6|d, j wide Nainsook s£d. W, H. PEAECE, Cash Draper. WANTED all mothers to see Girls Leg horn Flop Hats Is 6d, 2s 6d, 2s lid, S ladies Sailor ■ Hats, (samples); special lot ! Corsets 2s lid a pair. \ W. H. I'BAECE, Cash Draper. WE WANT EOOM FOE XMAS GOODS. WANTED all working men to see Dungaree Jackets, Is lid each. • Special prices for all Dungaree Goods this I season at W. H. Pearce's, Cash Draper. WHAT a pretty Brooch ! Yes, I got it at PearcVs for a shilling. They have such a lot of different kinds to select | from. I'mean j W. H. PEAECE, Cash Draper and Clothier i " ■ WANTED, i LADIES about to purchase Summer SSiocs to have a look at our WINDOW DISPLAY of this season's Foot-wear. OUE LEADING LINES at 8s lid and 11s 6d have the snap and style which always appeals to the feminine taste. D. STOCK'S' BLUE BOOT STOEE, Burnett Street. Note—Discount Coupons for Cash. MUSIC. ' Singing, Piano, & Harmony ME J. GILLIES -Voice Production and Culture, Italian (Lamperti Method). Piano, Schumann Conservatoire, Frankfort a-Main, Germany. Pupils prepared for Examinations in the various Musical Colleges. Term dates from the first lesson. 10152 Fob CYCLING SHOES, GO TO H. Pannell, Bootmaker and Importer, 90 and 95, Manchester Street, Christchurch. CYCLING, RUNNING, TENNIS And every description of Athletic Shoes made to order and in stock. Write for instructions for self measurement FIT GUARANTCED. ■rroiCE PEODUCTION, SINGING, V PIANOFOETE, Mrs Johnston. Havblock Street. ST. GEOR GiS JAMS. Potted and Preserved Meats AEE DELICIOUS. TRY THEM. Procurable from all Grocers and Store keepers throughout the colony. IF you want real good Boots then try Mellob's, the ch*«»«est Shop in Ash burton. PATTY Pan baking powder contains a patty pan at each end of tin EOE Holiday Season —Good range of Gladstone Bags, Portmanteaus, and Brief Bags at Grant and Moore's.



H. A. FLOWER, (late F Clark's) | Tobacconist. ASHBURTON 'NURSERY. HAVTNG taken over the above old i established Business, lately carried on by I |Mr Thomas Sealt, we trust by strict ] attention to business tqmerit a contin- j •: uance of the liberal support accorded to I ■: him in the past. G. and €. ULARK, . \ NURSERYMEN, ASHBURTON. Ashburton, Nursery, ! 11th October, 1902. ¥©UR'E A =" DAISY,"= i npHAT'S what everyone says about the : EASY ROAD CART : ! THAT 1 Messrs Morrow, Rassctt & €& I Are now Showing at their ! ASHBURTON BRANCH, WILLS St Call early to order as they Pell Ml c Hot-cross Buns on a Good Friday horning 1. : Morrow, Hassett AND CO., Wills Street, Ashburton. M. PRIEST, Manager. TO Those about to marry, and to those already married. Study economy by purchasing your furniture at i W. & M. Baker's Warehouse, Havelock Street. Just received, a consignment of Wicker Chairs in latest shapes and designs; also Bamboo Tables. In stock all kinds of bed steads and bedding; Suits of drawing and dining-room furniture made to order at moderate prices. Best workmanship and materials ' " " WILLIAM R. HYDE, ! BURNEri STREET, ASHBURTON, (Next Ashburton Club), WHOLESALE and retail Tinware Manufacturer, Etc Tinsmith, Gas fitter, Bellhanger, Locksmithj Gunsmith, and Wellsinker. Sole agent for Nicholas Celebrated Ball Bearing Windmill. Only this season's Tweeds sold- TAILORS. 1= | BAKER BROS. Complete Fu.rwishing ; UNDERTAKERS, The NZ. Farmers' Co-opera | tive Association of Canter i bury, Ltd. i Offices, Warehouse and Grain Stores, ! West Street, Ashburton. i TTTWERY description of Merchandise and Jill Farmers' Requisites at lowest rates. ; Stock, Grain, Land, Wool, etc., sold on : commission either privately or by Public i Auction. ] We have just received new season's supply of WQOLPACKS (in all sizes), SEAMING TWINES, MANURES, TURNIP AND RAPE SEEDS. j Clients are requested to book their re j quirements as early as possible to avoid disappointment, and we also advise your making personal enquiry re prices before promising orders elsewhere. | T. F. GIBSON Manager



; __ BUSINESS NOTICES^ , | Clearing Sale of : : SADDLERY, ETC. : : BEFORE removing the Stock in my East Street Shop to my New Premises at Sealy's ■ Corner, I am holding a CLEARING SALE of SADDLES, ■ ■ BEIDLES, • WHIPS, STACK COTEHS, etc. WILLIAM PATCHING, Saddler* Harness laker, East & Burnett St., Ashburton MApfiFRdN THE PURE JUICE OF THE APPLE kI^QUARTS & PINTS'%', OBTAINABLE Ik\^( K£CS & CJISI(S fi\ CATHEDRAL SOUARE.CHRISTCHURCH.



I MITCHELL, PHOTOGRAPHED, Burnett St TTNVITES the residents of Ashburton and JL the surrounding districts to inspect the new Photographs on exhibition at his Studio, Burnett Street, on and after FRIDAY. 31st inst. To meet the increasing demand for a well-finished Enlargement at a moderate price I have decided to supply for a short period 1 dozen Hiphlv Finished Cabinet Photos & OneMatoline Enlarge ment for 15s. j Note.—Specimens will be exhibited in ■ Vestibule. Best work guaranteed. 10285 Notice to Farmers. My Motto—l Pick the best and most up-to date Machinery in the Market. "Y"OU WILL FIND THE Latest Osborne Harvester and Binder, (Light Draught) Strongly and simply constructed, easy running, and what is best—WlLL LAST. Once used, always used Reapers and Mowers, all sizes; will cut any thing, bar gate posts and gorse fences. Hay Rakes, very strong j yet can be worked by a child. Our COLUMBIA DISC HARROW is admitted by everyone that has used them as being the easiest manipulated, strongest, and most durable in the Market. ALL FARM IMPLEMENTS EQUALLY ——GOOD. Call and inspect for yourselves at the Tancred St. Implement Depot. Show Booms. Price and Terms on application. Twines, Oils, Duplicates kept in stock. W. STONYER. COALS! COALS COALS MOUNT SOMERS NEW SEAM COAL IS NOW IN THE MARKET. nnHIS is Canterbury's Best Coal. Every JL Householder should save money, and keep the money in the province by using MOUNT SOMERS COAL. This Coal has 35 per cent of Gas, burns with a good flame, and gives a steady heat. TRY IT ! TRY IT ! TRY IT To.be had of all Coal Merchants. Price—l7s per Ton at Mount Somers Station. JAMES GIBSON, Cameron Street Ashburton. SPECIAL PURCHASE OF Men's, Youths' [and Boys CLOTHING, At Big Discount. —:O:— nnHESE we are now offering at from 10 to 80' per cent, under Regular Prices. Together with a fine Assortment of Hats, Ties, Shirts, etc. ASHBURTON TIT? A T>T?T?"V C*f\ Drapers, Clothiers, Milliners, and Dressmakers, Arcade House. MRS J. LLOYD, MUSIC SELLER, &c. T£ EGISTERED TEACHER OF MUSIC Musical Instruments of every description. Latest Music by every mail. Agent for Wheeler and Wilson's Sewing Machines. The Latest and Best. The only Sewing Machine that does not fail in any point., Agent for Empress Needle Materials kept, New Transfers, Plushes, Arasenes, etc. TANCRED STREET, Next Hall, Her balist. BIRD Nesting is now on, and you will want boys' heavy knitted Hose cheap; threes and fours Is, fives, sixes, and sevens at Is 3d, at Grant and Moobb's,



BUSINESS NOTICES - __ ; WOOL SEASON, 1902-3 ■¥7ETE Shall be represented at the Christohurch-'and Timaru Auction Sales, and. have made satisfactory arrangements for Disposing of Clips privately at Ashburton. Consignments will be received at our Ashburton Stores, and sent on to either Christohurch or Timaru, free of all charges except railage. Clients who wish to send their Wool direct from their nearest railway station will please consign as follows — If intended for sale at Christchuroh:—Brown and Son's Siding, Addington. If intended for Sale at Timaru:—Mill and Company's Siding, Timaru. If intended for sale at Ashburton :—Friedlander Bros., Ltd., Siding, ABoburton. Woolpacks, Twine, Branding Oil, and other Shearing Requisites, supplied|at Lowest Bates. The Season's Sales have been fixed as follows :— Christchurch. Timaru. November 20th, 1902. December 3rd, 1902. December 11th, 1902. January 13th, 1903. January 16th, 1903. February 25th, 1903. February 19th, 1903. FRIEDLANDER BROS., LTD. t {Laces. silk blouses, EEAL LACE GOODS. Choice SpilHg WASHING BLOUSES LACE COLLARETTES WHITE APRONS, lace ties, * NOVELTIES HOLLAND APRONS> RUFFLES. UNDERSKIRTS. $ ow " • ■ ~ * Showing in New and Un-to-Date Drapery, at MITCHELL* SUNSHADES TURNER'S DUST COATS, UMBRELLAS, . JACKETS, hosiery, Burnett Street,! mantles gloves, Warehouse. ribbons ; TRIMMINGS, MILLINERY. FURNITURE SALE. TN CONSEQUENCE OF OUR RECENT LOSS BY F,I|EB W E WANT MONE V, —- so have determined to sell the whole of our large stocks of .Household Furnishings at great reductions, (Regardless of Cost.) A^numter of»slightly|damaged articles at your own price. ""'*'* ■■""■■"" Dinner Sets, Tea Seta, BedroomJ(Sets, Jugs, Vases, Orna p , ments, Etc., (almost given away.) and Linoleums, Oilcloths, Carpets, Rugs, Mats, Bedsteads, Bed - ding, Chairs, Drawing Room and Dining Room Suites, ul aSSWare. Couches, etc., all reduced. I ■ ■a■■ in l y ■ !■ ! (In fact, no" reasonable, offer will be refused.) A lot o£ Bamboo' Poles and Blind Rollers at Half Price. "■"** X*" 11" T. H. UNDRILL, & CO., Cabinetmakers, Etc.. Tancred Street. Old prainisesnext Building Society Office, and at new Hall, next Claridga's Stables. WOOL, WOOf^ WOOL, I AM now making LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES, FREE OF COMMISSION, upon all Wool placed in my hands for sale, either in Ashburton Christchurch, Timaru, or for Shipment. , ;» This Season's WOOL SALES for Canterbury have been fixed &s under, viz s— CHRISTCHURCH— TIMARU— | j NOVEMBER 20th, 1902. DECEMBER 3rd, 1902 DECEMBER 11th, 1902. JANUARY 13th, 1903 " JANUARY 16th, 1903. FEBRUARY 19th, 1903. FEBRUARY 25th, 1903 I shall be represented both at Christchurch and Timaru. ! WOOL FOR CHRISTCHURCH to be consigned—MATSON AND CO., Addingfcon, account D. Thomas. WOOL FOR TIMARU to be consigned—N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Company's Siding, Timaru, account D. Thomas. Wool Packs, and all Station Requisites supplied at Lowest Market Rates. DAVID THOMAS, ASHBURTON. • : P U rTOTTe" DS, : I HAVE erected, regardless of cost, the Most Complete Seed Cleaning Plant south of i the Line, and I now ask Farmers to inspect the same at work. I am prepared to Clean for Farmers any description of SEEDS OR GRAIN, And will guarantee to give them satisfaction, I can supply BEST RYEGRASS and COCKSFOOT (locally grown), also BEST CLOVERS, (dressed by own machines), the purity of whioh must be seen to be appreciated. AIso—HURST AND SON'S English Clovers, Turnips, Rape, Lucerne, Trefoil, etc D. T H O M A S, ASHBURTON.



BUSINESS NOTICES. WANTED KNOWN mHAT I have been appointed AGEHT FOB Massey-Harris Bicycles in Ashburton and District By strict attention to business and civility, I hope to receive a fair^share of public patronage. Yours truly, ____ J. GORDON. TRY H. P. MADDEN ;foe Up-to-date Confectionery. Oyster Patties, Meat Patties, Genoa Cake, Sultana Cake Cream Sandwiches, Coronation Creams, Etc, Etc. A choice assortment always on hand. The Pdultrv Industry. INDIAN Game and Dorking Cross, pro nounced by the Government Expert the best for the London Market. Indian Game Cockerels and Dorking Hens (pure bred) For Sale. H. G. BERRYMAN, 8 97 Ashbnrton If you wish to obtain the BEST CROPS AND GAIN PRIZES, USE ISLINGTON FERTILIZERS, To ensure full Crops Everywhere ■XXTE have the pleasure to notify our Clients that ye are now in the position to supply them with these celebrated Fertilisers at— £4 12S 6d per ton on Trucks at Islington and Smithfield. Results Prove that they are the Best & Cheapest to use. QUALITY AND ANALYSIS REMAIN -AS BEFORE.t ~ Islington Clients have won the Highest Honours at the Winter Shows of the Agricultural and Pastoral Associations for Boots and Grain exhibited at their Shows, and in the Paddock Competitions. NICOLLBROS. DISTRICT AGENTS, ASHBUETON. WANTED to Buy—Six Ladies'second hand Bicycles. — Eclipse Cycle Works, Tancred Street. WANTED KNOWN.—That J, Moison will give a good discount for one month, being over-stocked, and to make room for summer Boots and Shoes, which, are arriving shortly of all the best English, American, and Colonial makes. As usual, J. M. does the best repairs, and at once; uses nothing but the very best sold leather. Next Courthonsb, Ashbnrton. ; -TTTANTED KNOWN — Farmers' Good T i Shooter Boots only 10s 6d. Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. JUST fancy Mellob is Selling his Boots and Shoes 2s in the pound cheaper than any other firm in Ashburton. > WANTED Known—Better value than ever in Boots at Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. JUST landed ex " Delphic " and " Mam art" shipments of first-class English China and earthenware, which we are offering at less than Christchureh prices.— Carson and Co WANTED Known—Wonderful value in Boots and Shoes at Jas. Mellor's, Tancred Street. WHAT prize takers for pastry use Fatty Fan baking powder the great novelty HENRY GARNER, late Woollen Mills, gives cash for sheep skins, hides, etc. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Behind Hitching and Milsoia's, West Street. Give him a trial. « 9 8 "DATTY Pan baking powder, the great _L novelty, fcwo patty tins for nothing. From all Grocers. BRING your "(Lawn Mowers. We grind them true in the lathe. We did about thirty last year. Mowers sent for and delivered same day.—Eclipse Cycle Co., Tancred -Street. . ■ TJATTY Pan baking powder is the great m est novelty you ever saw. Sold all grocers. WISE Fathers and Mothers if you want to save money buy your Boys' and Girls' School Boots at Mbllor's Zealandia Boot Store. WE'VE got itj if not in stock, we'll get it; if not made, we'll make it. Anything in Cycle, Lawn Mower, and light machine parts, and Repairs, you can get at the Eclipse Cycle Co.'s, Tancred Street, Ashburton. IT PAYS, it pays to buy your Boots afc Mellob's Zealandia Boot Store. Q ood Bluchors 5s lid.