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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1958-01-10, Page 2Since UM Serving the. Community P ubfii. 32c-1 ,alt S] AFORTk1, ONTARIO, every Thursday ' morning' by 11teLean Bros., Publishers ANDktEw Y. McLEAN, Editor `� .. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada tin advance) $2:50 a Year 'United 'States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTR, ONTARIO, JANU.I:ARY 10, 1958 Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association • Niony Problems Will Face Council in New Year 'lie inaugural meeting of Seaforth Council will be held next week, and following the opening ceremonies embers will be faced with the task - a planningtheir activities and work- ing out a municipal program for the year that lies ahead. Mayor -elect Christie, a veteran of !Jaen years' experience in muni- cipal work, will have the assistance of a council: the members of vyhich, lilke liirinself; have a keen appr-eeia- tion of municipal problems and the ability to' work out solutions to the benefit of. the citizens. Perhaps the first- task facing the new council will be that of determin- ing just what.. are the problems 'fac- ing the municipality. Once this has 'been- done, it .becomes a much easier task to appraise each problem in a realistic manner and to allot to each the priority which the alipraisal in- . iicates' it merits. While solid progress has been blade in recent -years in establishing ,a farsighted municipal program, in- --eliding such things as the sewage system and Modernization of the Towel%all, there remain other vital matters which ' require careful and -early attention. Among these matters, but notThec- esssxily in order of priority, are: 1. Adoption of a sewer policy,. ar-' rived at in conjunction with the On- • d Huron Loses Tom Pryde Huron County lost a conscientious ..:..public servant and a waren ,person- ality this week in the death of :,. Thomas Pryde: ,His passing early 1J'unday in Victoria Hospital, London, 'endo a gallant battle againstan ill- • riessr the seriousness of which he re- fused to recognize. During the nearly ten years in. which he represented the riding of • Huron, in the Ontario Legislature, he became the friend of citizens from .one end of the county to the other. This was so not only because of the painstaking way in which he ' ad • - vanced the cause of Huron and its citizens' in the Legislature. 4.401 - lowed, too, from the fact that. Tom .Pryde liked people ; he liked to talk • to them; and, in turn, to have them talk to him. He wanted to be friends. Tom Pryde, born in Scotland, made a major. contribution to his adopted country: He' will be greatly missed. tario Water Resources Commission,. that ultimately will provide sewer , service as required throughout the town, and which will ensure_ that ex- tensions, as p oeeeoled with are part of a compr he sive over-all plan, and not merelk- xtensions based on ex- pediency, and which will make pro- vision f r early completion of exten- sions no urgently required, such as an eaten on in the area of the Hos- pital. 2. Establishment of proper ad- ministrative ' and collection proce- dures to ensure that essential re- cords respecting, existing sewer in- stallations, ..as well as projected ex- tensions, are mairita,i.ned. '3`. —Provision of a gilding by-law that recognizes the necessity of pro- per application being made for build- ing permits, the maintenance of.nec- essary 4 records and regular inspec- tion during construction. 4. Preparation leading to the adoption of a town plan to provide for orderly residential, commercial and industrial growth, and co-opera- tion with neighboring municipalities in the formation of a planning area. 5. Survey Goderich Street traffic problem and take action necessary to encourage Department of Highways to repave the street. 6. Provide for early consideration of estimates of' xpenditurs, having regard to actual requirements, and to permit striking tax rate, not later than June 1. 7. Explore possibilities of a low- ered tax rate based on only those .committments provided for. in the annual estimate of expeditures. 8. Complete program of Town Hall alterations and improvements, with particular reference to the sec- ond floor entrance and court rooms, and to other changes that will be rem fleeted" in lowered maintenance costs. 9. Continue. such steps as may' make Seaforth a more attractive 'lo- cation for industry, including the acquisition,of suitable sites. 10. Give consideration to the fre- quency with which taxes are de- manded for payment, bearing in mind that the possibility of addition- al due dates each year would result , in a higher proportion of payment, as well as reduce interest charges by providiifg revenue at regular inter- vals throughout the year. Mound' Program, Clearly hated Is Requirement cThe Financial .Post) The Liberal leadership contest this month is bound to be less spectacular than the Conservative race just over ,..,year ago. Both Mike" Pearson and :Paul Martin are well known to the 'Canadian public. Neither can be cast as"a barefoot'bgy or a Lochinvar: -' 'Ihe real_interest of the Liberal con - ii i not in which the con- vention o of �fit%0 , two Liberals is chosen, but in what they and their associates .have t'o say. This will be in sharp contrast with the situation at the Conservative ,convention, when the race for the leadership was so keen that the reso- lutionsgpassed at the convention were tmost completely ignored. The plat - farm was relegated to such an unim- portant place that when newslnen tried- to get copies of it for publica- tion after the.meeting, they were un- able to do go:. This. .was an advantage ' to Mr. 1iefenbaker and his colleagues, fight- ing arca election they didn't expect to win. They could concentrate on of- „ fe loe without having to defend too ' many cut-and-dried proposals. $ince tele election, ' however, the Conserva- tives have been running into rliiuiia. derstandinf s and contradiotn'ono that ae ni h) result from the need to play,.' by ear. Disagreements abort funda- mental approach within the pa •t have to be smoothed out behind tie scenes by cabinet ministers who are, at the same time, faced with the un- familiar task of- running a govern- f ment. With a clear statement of their own platform, the Liberals could make capitaltendency of the of Con- servative statements to be obscure and non -committal. At this moment, when so many= Canadians feel sur- rounded by uncertainty, a party with a definite sense -making program might have great appeal: By being candid, bold, and resolute, to Liberals could gain•the public a tendon which their cut-and-dried leadership,$ace 'may deny them. Cer- tainly any Canadian is going to pay attention to a responsible public fig- ure who has something fresh to say " about where Canada should go from here', in domestic and foreign affairs. If the Liberals want to pass the next election and spel -four or five years 'reconstructing- their party in opposition, th_mealy-mouthed lulu ! e usua batch of contradictory platitudes will fill the billy. But if they re �l want 1 C e cart on o to win h Tia �t -� t to 1 � 1 �.. .7 ! sound program, clearly' stated, io 1344 .they toed, SEEN .IN THE COUNTY A� R Promoted 71'0 01DIPOIMII Prryineial Constable Gordon Craig, of Walkerton, -has been promoted to j orporal and will be posted to, Guelph the beginning of the year. Cpl. Craig is a sen of Mrs. Robert Craig, of E'1yth.,— Blyth Standard. Arrest Shoplifter A 44 -year-old man, Edviard Aflagsen, was arrested in town on Tuesday and charged with the theft of several articles from local stores. Provincial Constable Lew- is arrested the man and he was taken to the county jail to await a hearing early in January.— Wingham Advance -Times. Contraetoe Hurt Wilfred White, local contractor, suffered painful injuries the day before Christmas as he was en- gaged in work at the CKNX build- ing on Carling Terrace. A scaffold had been erected , at a second - storey window. Mr. White missed his. footing and plunged almost 20 feet to the ground, He suffered a slightconcussion,' lacerations . to his face and back Injuries.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. Convict Thief Wilfred Chauvin, 31, of Tecum- seh, was convicted last Friday in county magistrate's court of .break- ing and entering the Lucan station October 9 and of stealing a 600 -pound safe, which was later recovered near London. Money or- ders from the safe have been turn- : g up in several U.C. centres, as far away as Rochester, N.Y. Chau- vin was sentenced by -Magistrate F. G. McAlister to a reformatory term of nine months definite and six months indeterminate. He re- ceived a similar sentence in 1945 for breaking, entering and theft.— Exeter Times -Advocate. Buy Promising Bull Andrew Gaunt & Son have pun.' chased a promising young Short- horn bull from the well-known herd of Redford Gardhouse. of Milton. .He is "Aldie Chevalier", an 18 -Months -old• imported animal, bred by' Finlay McGillivray,- of Scotland. The bull, sired by Beau- fort Chevalier, has • an exception- ally fine background. He will be- come the junior sire of the -Gaunt herd. Aldie .Chevalier was con- signed by Mr. Gardhouse at the International Sale at Chicago,, where he was purchased by Andy, who had entered a bid on the ani- mal, which he was familiar with and feels he has great preepects. —Lucknow Sentinel. Plant in Readiness Scotsmith Furniture Limited plans to start production by Janu- ary 15 in the factory formerly occupied by -the' Goderich Organ Co. Until heavy machinery is moved here from London,produc- tion will be on a small scale, util- g nine r ri cry' aioff in the build - gag. ]lab about two radon s' from the start of production, Lemuel John Scott, the -president, expects, there may be a0 persons employ- ed,"he told The Signal -Star. For the.. past few weeps two local men, John Vincent and Jasper McBrien, have been working in the factory to prepare it for the start of pro- duction. The place has been cltaned up, boilers have been in- spected and the sprinkles system readied,—Goderich Signal -Star. Golffi gg Om Eoaing Day December 26; Boxing Day, may have been a day of rest for most people, but to two local golf en- thusiasts, Gar Doherty and Doug Whitmore, it was a red letter day indeed. Shortly after noon the two" hied themselves off to the Goderich -golf course and "played over 20 holes. The weather was a bit chilly, but the course was good with no snow in sight, .,and the novelty df being able to play on the 26th of December more than compensatedfor the chilly fingers. Others had been on the course too. Apparently there is no limit to the enthusiasm some people develop for the game. The temperature was in the 40's, whieh was excel- lent for the time of wear. © It's quite possible that some of the boys, perhaps the same two, will get out in January, if the weather holds as at present.—Blyth Stan- dard. Too Cold To Pay It was extremely cold at Moose Factory near the shores of James Bay the day before Christmas. But Elijah Menarik had an important message he wanted to send through from that far Northern Ontario centre to Goderich, regardless of the weather. To send this mes- sage he had to travel by' dog torn a distance of some four miles to Moosonee, where the nearest tele- phone was located. By the time he reached there he was biting cold. Into a telephone booth he hastened after his arrival--and-ex- citedly tried to place .his long dis- tance telephone call to Goderich. His hands were';so cold he could not properly. handle the silver coins required to put in the pay slot of the telephone booth. The long dis- tance operator- suggested that matters could be simplified if he reversed the charges. The party at the Goderich end of theline ov- erheard this suggestion. ..and.. cut in to say he would accept the charges for the call. When contact was finally made, Elijah Menarik enthusiastically announced over the phone that his wife, the form- er Grace Pinder, of Goderich, had that afternoon given: birth to a bouncing baby daughter. On the phone at the Goderich end of the line, John Pinder heard the joyful news that ,he had just become a grandfather. _—. Goderich Signal - Star, From The Hump Expositor • January 13; 1933 -- Dr:: W. C. Sproat was elected president of Seaforth Badminton Club whena number of entfiusi- asts gathered in the council cham- ber of the Town Hall on Wednes- day evening. Messrs. J. F. Daly, W. A. Crich and Edmund Daly were visitors St' the Eldorado radium refinery in Port Hope this week. The El- dorado plant is the only radium refinery In the British Empire. Mr. J. 47. Daly is a director in the company.. , Mr. G. A, Jackson, E'gmondville, left Friday for Jamaica, Where he will spend the winter months. • Messrs. W. J. Duncan and J. E. Willis of town were in Toronto this week attending the Shoemen's Con- i' vention. A lawyer -Farmer won a prize in the bacon litter competition for the second time in succession. Mr. W. M. Doig, Kipper, has ecured a' prize of.$15 for. a consist- ing of 11 pigs, bein 'th�14th prize, In the other contes 'Pie received ninth' prize for a litter of nine pigs. James V. Ryan, Seaforth's chief constable, is a man of many parts. It all came to light as the -by-law 4rppoipting town officials was•'pass- ed at -the Council meeting Monday night. In addition to being Chief of Police, Mr. Ryan is sanitary in- spector, noxious weed Inespector, fruit tree inspector, collo or of dog and poll taxes and collector of unpaid taxes on collector's roll,. janitor of the Carnegie Library, janitor of the Town Hall, and is in charge of the streets and drains in town. In between he dries any other work that the council may authorize. - Miss Agnes Patrjck, of Staffa, was a weekend guest of Miss Jean Smith. An unusually large number of flu cases are reported in town°and country. $ j: • From The Huron Expositor .. January 10, 1.063 Mr. Harold Dorrance, son of Mr. Joseph Dorrance, of ii1cKillop, left Moziday to take'h course at• the Ontario Agricultural College. Mr. Dorrance i"s a clever young man acid will give_ a ,good account of hii nself. • Messrs. P. Daley & Son took three firsts and one third in Gold- en •Wyandottes, and Mr. A. D. Sutherland took everything in Buff Wyandottes at the Brantford Poul- try Show. . • Mrs,. Edwift Case has sol d his fine farm on the Hu)1.oad,a. mile east of . Seaforth,fr. Jas. Dash., The price paid in the neighborhood' 02';x'7,009r. Care, rh u c $1 e •a., r sd t`�am 't:rain:asijoinigia Seaferth, 9' brotll- er John, arid. will work it. ' YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from -The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. - Mr. Roy Mason and Mr. Wjn. O. Morrow, graduates .of Seaforth Collegiate Institute, have schools in Hymers and, Lloydtown, respec- tively. - Mr. James A., Moore has leased his 150 -acre farm to McCall Bros. for erne year. It is Mr. Mopre's intention to hold an auction sale of farm stock in March and take a trip through the Western Prov- inces: In School Section No. 12, Mc- Killop, Miss Bessie Somerville• is again engaged as teacher. Mr. Charles 'Case, was again appoint.; ed trustee and Mr. Robert'McGav in, Jr., was appointed to take the place of Mr. Enoch Clark, the lat- ter having removed from the sec- tion. McKillop council for 1908 will 6e composed as follows: Reeve, J. M. Govenlock, ' by' acclamation; Councillors; H. ' Beuermann, ' J. wan, T. Murray and A. Ross. $ $ From The Huron Expositor January 12, 1883 Mr. Thomas Adams, having sold his farm, intends occupying the brick . residence on Goderich St., and is erecting a new driving house and stable on the property. The Red ,Mill property in Seaforth; has been sold to Smith and McBride, extensive millers of Strathroy, who are going to put the premises in good shape and carry on a large business. One-eveni lat ly, a number of the ,friends f 1 Andrew Bell, near Kipp , assembled at his residence �i end th esrd tf; s e -evening p v g and have a good time generally. The party was supplied with mus- ic and recitations by Mr. Andrew Blair, Misses Lizzie Bell and Mag- gie • Blair and others, with Miss Maggie Hunt at the organ. Mr. TL Grimoidbyhas removed to'Wniton, where,he has started in the wagon -making business again. On Saturday afternoon, as a young man named Walpaol, in the employ`of•••Lir. H. Shaffer, Kip, nen, was • cutting sausage melt with a machine, he caught the end of his second finger on • the right hand in the machine; taking off the first joint. While a son of lkiir. James Con- ners, of Chiselhurst, aged about 19 years, was engaged in chopping wood on his father's farm, a limb from • a tree struck Trim on the head, inflicting a serious scalp ound some nine inches i;: length. he force of the blow rendered him insensible, and the father be- ing alone with pith, was compelled to .return home, procurer a, sleigh an return 4 d to for dile . Mat. young A ai 'n' e loon gT> trnatell wads held it •Ei1dt on New. es Day, when larg i ';;umber of turkeys were shot for. A. 11 and Gen.: Hu:. were tin) leading TO THE EDITOR Stratford, Ont., Dec. 27, 3,1157. l ditor of The Huroi Expositor; Dear Sir:. Ontario's Compulsory Hog Producers' Co-operative have inspectprS tvllo' try to look at ship- pers boobs without -a valid author- ity for so doing.... Communists took over China with compulsory co- operatiVes; please do not let that happen here. The Federation' of ' Agriculture presented a brief recently to the Ontario Cabinet criticizing subsid- ized prices for western feed grain coming into Ontario, and they want to increase the Federation rate to one mill on the assessment of the farmers of this province. There are 29 board directors of the Federation. These men call themselves governors. I wonder if they are not more concerned of the cushion jobs' they hold than for doing something of value to help producers.- - The Federation is a minority group trying to direct the major- ity, so why should we ,,,listen to them and pay fees? . I Would not like to see the good hard-working farmer go down the river with the Federation, in the same manner as they have taken the Ontario Government. The reason for com- pulsory marketing laws in Ontario is because the Ontario Govern- ment has money to jco-operative er way of getting it back. Now it has backfired on them. It makes me wonde why anyone would sup- port compblsory marketing ,boards because that'gives a board the power to run a mortgage against that regulated product which farm- ers sell once that authority is giv- en away. ad to loan a lot of iarketing boards and and there is no oth- So, vote against all compulsory marketing boards and keep our freedom. This reminds me of my boyhood days when the old red rooster was pjominent in all farmyards across Ontario. He crowed so much but laid no -eggs and has practically disappeared. Perhaps this will al- so happen if we keep Ontario free of compulsory 'marketing legisla- tion. Yours truly, THEODORE PARKER $$ Toronto, Dec. 28, 1957. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: I think your Lucknow contemppcary, in today's vernacu- lar,, "has something" in the fol- lowing paragraph, spotlighted . in your feature column, "Seen inethe County Papers": • "As a means of trying to re- lieve the overtaxed playroom accommodation at the Luck - now Public School, staggered recess periods are to be given a trial, :There' are 120 boys and 80 girls ,attending;: school, and the indoor playroom facile.- ties are inadequate to accom-, modate such an enrolment." The above principle se.ems to me to be quite basic and to apply in many fields of activity, ranging outward from the 4ndiyidual to the community, to we market -place, and_.eyen to the perennial 100 -day `unemployment headache' in the national economy. . Take, for example, the increas- ing accent being placed upon what is generally termed 'the decentral- ization of industry'.. I am convin- ced that smaller cities and more of them is the appropriate urban counterweight to apply to today's trend to fewer farms and larger. Most of us accept and understand the eocial and business meaning of the phrase, 'a balanced man', but, somehow, the pattern gets out of focus when we think 'about the community, and, the state of bal- ance in the nation. Fortunately; "e's one of the wise men reminds us, "even things refuse to be misman- aged, long", and so, we have oil and gas stepping into the Canadian scene and; -with giatit strides, cor- recting the ,rather greedy imbal- ance in the population, wealth and opportunity, as between the so- called 'Agricultural West' and the 'Industrial East'. This will ev- entually benefit every Canadian, directly or indirectly. In earlier years, when grain marketing was on an,.,unorganized or 'devil take the hindmost' basis, the growers dumped their harvest tonnage ontoti glutted markets within a hundred days in a race against Jack" Frost at the Lake head. Then they fetired from the market -scene, leaving their stuff to be traded back and forth a thousand times through • the rest of the year. Those days are over, and so, also is that 'costly, unor- ganized, mad rush to the primary market. It seems to this rural reader that it should not belaeyond the wit of the nation's business leadership, all the way from the farms to the civic, provincial and federalgov- ernments, to devise a'technitjue of 'staggering' or stockpiling, both ,private and public • works, with which to deliberately energize,^ say, the four months. of Decem- ber -through -March. WONDERING � Clinton, t., Jan. 5, 1958. Editor, The Huron Expositor: With 1957 erred, it is natural for us to look back over the past .year and at this time, on 'behalf of the Huron District Farmers Un-. ion, I would like to thank The, Huron Expositor for the co-opera- tion 'and assistance it has given our organization. gra--•lookinig" back over the past year for farmers, it is very dis- couraging to note that according' to statistics, our net income will be tower in 1957 . e than. in 1056. 'The one bright spot in 'the farming pic- tttre la that farmer's as wen ns governments, are realizing e lr- portance of l.groan rood organ. lzatiou, cult anthe rai~a aaa';' Uii. lost;? 001 •play iat bringing a fair Islaare of the laaiioaal :tact -kyle to • RSaSRQ•AS Kill% Of the 8eon ay -,TAMES SCOTT II wonder how many people last I All this is really very simple fun. January 6th mitigated Twelfth Like so many of the old+time• rit- Night? I uals which our ancestors took so This day,, -the twelfth day of seriously, it looks almost childish - Christmas or Little Christmas 'es it is often called, is one of the old- est festivals of the Christian cal- endar, and I think I have used this space before to deplore the wan- ing of the old customs associated with Twelfth Night which, in the old 'days, was one of --the best times in the year for good fellow- ship. e . As a result of my talk about Twelfth Night on various' occa- sions, I was invited to partake of one of the traditional rites which are connected with this feast—the choice of the King of the Bean. This makes me, I'll bet, one of a very few people in Huron Coun- ty.who has actually eaten a piece- of ieceof Twelfth Night cake., The way it goes is this (and any information collies from an ancient book of recipes called Miss Parloa's Kitchen Companion,., a volume of almost one thousaeld pages with information on making just about everything you ever heard of,> and scores of other deli- cacies ydu never imagined exist- ed). The piece of Twelfth Night cake I ate was made according to Miss Parloa's recipe, and it was de- licious. The significance of the cake is that it is used to pick the king and queen of the festival, and this is accomplished as follows: into it will never take the place of an one side :of the cake the cook place evening when -good people get to- es a .bean and a clove; into the gether and find their enjoyment. other, a pea. the side containing in each other's 'company. I had the clove and the bean is served another such evening as that last to the men present; the side con- week too, and one of these times taining the pea, to' the ladies. The 'I'm going to tell you about how I man who finds the bean in his almost won the first prize for piece of cake becomes King of the Bean and the leader of the festivi- ties; the• lady who gets the pea in her, piece of cake is his Queen for the night. The fellow who gets the clove is the $nave. to us at our own sophisticated lev- el. But I. wonder if it is' I don't know what you did on Twelfth. Night this year, but I'll bet that a lot' of people just sat, at ho, chair that. -sor the.4dteeerl wle them. - That, to my mind, is a lot more childish Way of having fun than.. the celebration of the King of the Bean. In the old-fashioned way, everybody-, played his part and worked hard' to make sure that everybody had a good time. It started with the cook, who invit- ed the guests and baked the cake (and I can tell you that Miss Par- loa's recipe is not simple.) Frown there on in, •all the gmeeteehad tee Work to -make their own fun: Of- ten games were played. Sometimes, they ,would use crackers with cards in them of some well-known historical character and you had to act the part of that character all through the evening. But through it all there was one of the 'most valuable things man has yet learned to be—good fel- lowship between friends. I don't know how it strikes you, but I have never learned to regard my TV set as -one of my best friends: I know it has its uses and per- forms its own kind of magic, but e, sprawled out in an easy kirk at television, hoping would- appear on. would really ai'euse euchre. • Mean tile, give ,a thought to celebrating Twelfth Night in the old way, and if anybody wants the recipe for the cake, I'can-p••ovide it. HURON COUNTY FEDERATI s , NEWS By J. CARL HEMINGWAY I was watching television the other night and saw a reporter in- terview some of the people who have been out of work for several months; at th'e car factories at Windsor. I felt sorry to see these people left destitute when their in- come was, suddenly, cut off. I was going to add:` through oo fault of their own", but I wonder? • . Are these people completely free from responsibility? Could it be that througli''Unins . their wages have become so high that they • have prised their product. out of the, market. ; Relating this to farming, we could do the same with our pro- duce by insisting on a price that is too high and enforcing it by curtailed production. The only product that could be handled in this way,, at the moment, is the broiler. This product is produced, I am told, to over 90( per cent by contract. If broilers -.fail to sell, the contract: is cancelled and in ef- fect the producer is laid off just as the factory worker is laid off. eVermers certainly 'do not thrive on low comparative prices: We are • told' that, J for the past two years, farmers are really surviv- ing on the depreciation of ..their property 'add the interest ten their investment. This is bad alid can- not continue, but itis fortunate that farmers •can still sell their product and thereby "hang on°' 'un 111 _there is improvement. These unemployed men in Wind- sor would be much better off' if they were to continue working for a reduced wage, and the .company would be better off if it would op- erate on its depreciation and -.in- terest on its investment for the time being, until it could market the product ,at a• saleable price. Producer marketing won't bring big prices and huge profits to the farmer, -but it will bring the high- est price et which the commodity will sell in sufficient quantity . •to• be satisfactory. The "wheat farmers are saving -an opportunity to introduce' a gro- cer controlled ark tin plan, d iri e g P n, through a negatiatipg board. It is your duty to express your opin- ion on this question, at the polls, .on January 19. Don't expect to "get rich quick" as a result of this, but you can be assured that you will receive the highest price at which wheat°can be sold. Quotation from Commission on agriculture. As an example of this, all political parties during, the last election cdmpaign gave spe cial attention to the agriculture situation, and as another example, in the Last month our present gav- ernment las asked -for represen- tation on three occasions, from the Farmers` Union, in connection with. the new farm, bill, - a� In 1957 the O.F.U. has organized 100 new locals and has reaffirmed its stand, to support producer -con- trolled marketing boeeds by offer- ing suggestions, so as to have these boards operate:,inore efficiently in the best interests of the producers. Looking into 1958, I . hope that farmers all across Canada, as well as Ontario, • will include in their Nev Year's resolution, a decision to join` their fellow. fanners and become a direct'dues paying mem- ber in. the Farmers' Unioln. All farmers will have, this op- portunity during; the'week of J'anu- ary,20.21, which will .bo known as 'snow:. County iF'arrn Union,. �t ee u " vllshirl ever one The r6est for 100. .lir . Y �"ottir itacerely, .,..,... EAT TA�rol O i& Ii. to oflu � 0 Met IformeFe Mien. Price Spreads and M r :•ang, 1937: "In direct shipments o plants, the produceris'finprotected by any ag- ent or by any regulation, except in the grading of hogs. In these. circumstances it is not difficult to •see'who is in the strong and' who in • the weak bargaining posi- tion". FARM NEWS CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF BARNYARD MANURE Ontario livestock produce about 30 million tons of manure dul'ing the six months they W. kept in- side, states Prof. W. T. Ewen, Soils Department, Ontario Agri- cultural College. At a conserva- tive value of $2.50 a ton, such manure is thus worth° $75..million tel Ontario farmers. Surveys show that manure stor- ed in the barnyard and subject to leaching, loses about one-third of its value before it' is spread on. the fields, end thus $25 million can. be lost. To prevent this loss, the 0 A'C. authority recommends that 'farm- ers -"store the manure in such a e way that losses will be kept to a ' minimum. The most satisfactory method is to store it in envered sheds and keep it there until it can be spread ,on the fields a d plowed down. his is' where loole housing or pole barns have' the great advantage over standard _stables. Manure 'may also be stored satisfactorily in concrete manure pits. -If it must stand un- protected in the open, it should be piled in large compact 1o°& on .lev el ground in the field in which it is to be used; rather than left 'hose^_';'." in the barnyard. It should not be spread on bare, sloping,fields in winter, or much of the value, of .the • manure will be lost' th-rough surface run-off. A ton of well -cared -for manure contains. about 10 pounds of nitro- gen, 5.pounds ef phosphorus, an 15 pounds df•potgsh, and 400 you s of matter o organic ma r and other u efuI g s� products. In tests on protected and unpro- tected manure, the latter in, three=•,.•, Months lost 29 per cent of its nitro- gen, 8 per cent of• its phosphorus, and 22 per cent of its potash. By contrast, -a protected manure lost only 15 per cent of its nitrogen,, and no phosphorus or potash. Manure left' xposed in the field to the sun for three ew3sequtive,,,, ... sunny warm days loses about 70t pet` cent of its nitrogen as am- monia. Phosphorus and ' potash are not. Iost on level fields, but • Same gets away oh sloping areas. Therefore, the sooner the manure. is worked into the soil after it is• applied, the greater will be the saving of., nitrogen. On a short-term rotation of • hay, ' potatoes, or • turnips and grain, manure gives the biggest returns per acre when it is applied for the row crops, states the 0.A.C„ authority. .0n five or six=year ro- tations, the best returns are se- cured when two-thirds of the man- ure 15 applied for the row -crop • and one-third of the manure put oh for.secohd-year, hay. The Storage of manure is .very important,, since more than half of the,;llitroglen and threeluarters 'of the potash are in the liquid parts of the manure, the hardest part to conserve. Thus enough bedding' slffuld be provided in the stables or q to absorb all of the liquid manure b s the ordinals produce. Superphos- phate can a used in gutters the rate Of ate pound per head per day to •lipid the -ammonia and ath- . et nitrogen in the nianuii,'.. • iS