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AUCTIONS. H. MATSON AND CO. "SUCH THINGS DREAMS ARI MADE OF." (By George W. Lee.) A MOS Montgomery Smith was ; **■■ butcher. Why his mother hat thought flt to afflict him with his high class names was a mystery. His cus tomers knew the good old name o Smith, but Amos Montgomery was < bit too thick. However, these tha had passed the "Mr Smith" stag* gracefully tenr.ed him "Smiier," which was derived from his happy habit o smiling on all .and sundry. It was : good name, and very appropriate a: a rule, but to-night friend Smith hac a fit of the blues. He was resting 01 his arm-chair, and, as he tersely tolc his wife, he was "fed up." Apparently all the best customers were on holi day, or dead. Everything had gone wrong that day. Bill, the shop boy had with great skill, managed to insert his finger in the mincer, anc Agnes, the cashier, had shown him with an air of triumph, several bat haifcrowns which • were among ' the day's takings, though how they came to be there was a mystery, for, as sin warmly asserted, "I couldn't possiblj have taken them." "Well," reflcctec Amos M., "anyhow, thank goodness tomorrow is Sunday and I can re. 4: ir peace for once." The wireless beinj in good fettle at night, the family were intrigued by the vocal exertions of : crooner, who moaned sentimentally about "love being the sweetest thing.' Not being very sentimental at the moment, our hero went to bed, and lef the family to it. Gosh, he was tired He must forget business, he drowsilj told himself, and get some sleep. Thcr of a sudden everything changed. He was in his shop, customers were queueing down the street. He must have engaged more staff, for the shop \va: full of assistants serving like fury. He told himself with delight that he knew things had to buck up one day, anc well, here it was. Customers were spending money lavishly. "My wore},' muttered the amazed Amos. He stooe. in the doorway and watched. Womer were coming out with bag loads o meat, everyone was happy, everyone excited. In the rear premises the sausage machine was working ful pelt. Maehincmen, perspiring in feevcrish haste to turn out batch after bate! of sausages. "This is the goods," criec the delighted Amos, and set to wort linking up with a will. From the shoj came the hoarse murmur of voices, the tramp of feet. Ting-a-ling, ting, wen the cash register again and again "That girl will wear the dashed thin; out," thought Amos. "Still, who cares.' he added recklessly. Then the manager was at his side. What was he saying? Supplies were being exhausted "Get on the 'phone," commandec Amos, "tell them to send two more loads." It was done. Amor, began te dream of a chain of shops, every one of which had "Amos Montgomery Smith" over .the top. Success at last Ting-a-ling went the till, ting-a-ling "Strange," thought Amos, "that I nevei noticed what a beautiful tone tha cash register had before —" How the laden sausage machine was shaking the place! It shook Amos so that hi: teeth chattered. Then he woke, hi: little daughter Mary was beside the bed, shaking him. "What was she saying?" He tried to collect hi: thoughts. She tried again. "Daddy,' she said, "Mrs Smithjohn is at the front door, and she says, 'Will yoi oblige her by getting her twopenny worth of pieces for her dog? She say: she is sorry to wake you so early Sun day morning, but little Fido must no be made to suffer for her forgetful ncss." "Why doesn't she give him .' bit of her joint?" queried father. "Oh,' said Mary, "she says that she ha:-n' bought a joint, as she is a vegeteriai now." "Righto," said Amos, "tell hei I'll be down immediately." But wha •he thought of it, perchance, you maj guess; anyway, he was a good man and never swore, especially in front o children. Thus ends the story o Amos M. Smith, the sad ending <ha it was only a dream. "But," said he afterwards to his wife, "if it was onlj a dream, it was jolly fine while i lasted." (Extract—MEAT and WOOL.) j LAMBING TIME is here for some, and rapidly approaching for others. The trouble is "PROTEIN DEFICIENCY" When grass and herbage is younf and green, it is a perfect feed, but <v it matures the Protein and Phosphorus content decreases, while the hare i fibrous content increases, making at ! unbalanced feed. In both cases these j paddocks are deficient in those I minerals most essential to younc lambs and lambing and lactaiinp ewes. This deficiency can only be corrected by supplying a suitable lie! "MOOKI SPRINGS LIXIT" used in conjunction with your presetr food supply will enable your ewes te lamb safely and have ample milk foi their offspring. The cost will be amply repaid by i good drop of healthy, virile Jambs and freedom from the trouble usuallj incidental to lambing. To get good results, it is most desirable to use a lick of this type foi a .few weeks before lambs are due. Write for fuller particulars, , H. MATSON and CO., Mineral Lick Expert:;, 145 Cashel street, Christchurch. PIGS. A bacon pig should be gaining weight when killed, and should be ir. prime condition. The head, with jov/ and neck, should be light and no carrying rolls of coarse fat at tin jowl or over the neck. This portion o the carcase consists largely of bone and is low in value. The shouldeand fore-end must be light and frei from wrinkles, but the chest shouls be wide and deep, with a full girtl. fco allow free heart and lung action The back must be long and level, because the middle of the carcase realises the highest price per lb, and i level back indicates weight and deptl of loin. The sides are to be even ane moderately deep, and the flanks ful and in line with the sides, with quar ters that are long, wide, and straigh from hip to tail. Hams broad, wide ant deep to the hock denote plenty o flesh, but there should be no de pression showing between the hams a the root of the tail, as this indicates excessive fat. The legs should be set wide apart, and the pig should stand well on thr tips of the toes; the bones must be fine, as this indicates quality and doe: not detract from the weight. The hai: should be fine and the skin free Iron coarseness and wrinkles. To produce pigs of this type, carefu handling and attention must be giver from birth, and the young pigs hurri.ee along to the required weights with out any check in growth. Grain sue! as wheat and barley should constitute the main portion of the ration, anc this should be supplemented by millor meal meat, together with greer feed or good grazing. PIG FOODS. H. MATSON and CO. hold full stocks of MEAT MEAL, PIG MEAL, CRUSHED WHEAT, BARLEY, ETC., suitable for pig fattening. Our Pig Department on Wednesdays is in the sole control of one of the principals of the firm, and vendors can rest assured that theii pigs will have individual attention Buyers of store pigs can safely rely on Matsons to send them ex< actly what they require in the way of store pigs, and as the milk season is now coming to hand orders should be placed with the firm immediately so that suitable pigs can be bought at the righl FOR PERSONAL ATTENTION. H. MATSON and CO.