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(By Alan Donnelly; in the Globe,
:Canada's farmers fate -an agri-
cultural revolution - in the .next10
years • that; likely ;will -far . surpass
tile: sweeping changes. of the past
quarter=century' ;';,
That's the view of Prof. D. R:.;:
Campbell of the Ontario. •Agricul,
tural:•College•
d'he revolution ffTbe in-,thero-_
duction of meat,, poultry and eggs',
he says: It will be brought about.
by; ;new developments in' -science
and technology.
.It'will ,;bring ,in ,its' train. fresh.
problems:::A further fall-off - of,
farm population; . continued .over
•.production land the related need 'for
.price •supports: and .other govern-
ment aid; ;adjustments :for farm,
People in marginal- areas unable: to.
keep up with the' ;changes
Prof. Campbell, .resident f'the
Agricultural :Institute , or-Canada,takes this look into the future in
-a• recent- speech reprinted in the
•current .Agl'icultiiral Institute • Re-
view. magazine.
The old idea, that mcreased-farin
production requires -iiew 'land is
,outmoded, he says.`
, The 1940's sawa revolution cans
ed by farm mechanization applied
to od
crop pruction, There now are
limits -caused by problems of`
rhanagernent. and the like --in the;
'development of bigfarm .organza
`tions for the' growing of crops But
those limits` •don't,;. apply with ,then,
same.force in the- raising of hogs,
c is
h kens and turkeys.
The :revolution through'- meth-•
anization. of -the '40s is aikely to
.6e
:greatly read
Y sur ass thebY
revo-
'
lution •
of ,the next 10 ,years in the::
management of hag, . broiler, egg
and turkey enterprises.." '
The, size of economic far -ins -
spe-cializing in .these fields has grown
treme
n oust
d and "there i '
Ys good.
'reason on to ,expect to.seebt'expand•
even' more rapidlyinthe
future."
.Similar changes
will,•come ome later
'for beef and .danf ends, once the.
problem' is .;overco'me of . providing
forage for herds. One -answer May,
lie: in the pelleting•of forage-eom-
pressing it. ,into a `form that can
be shipped ;arid sold economical
1-
y"The
day`, may not be: far :off
when one' cat buy a" ton of shay in
bulk.: pellets. from :'a feed-. dealer;-
'just' as .one now buys• dairy ration.".
The change, to large, 'specialized.
beef and ;dairy farrns is '"almost.
inevitable;". ,
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, What. Wilt this all, `mean? ::
Foroneathing, says Pref„ Camp
bell, there will<be a. continued de
cline. in the :number: of.'farm peo-
"pier.There; will be wider dispari- i
ties in income• between 'Marginal
fare s,, and ;those .able to adapt to
the•'new techniques :iViarginal' farm
ers ` rray'. have"tq leave the farm
-cornirri zity,..;or :else small `nidus
tries could_b'•eencouraged-to=esta-.
lrsh in rural ' °areas • • tc `provide a1:.
ternate)jobs.:•
With ,'continued'- over production,
it will 1•becone• -more essential to
.farriers -to have the: help of'price'
supports, 'marketing'. boards, • co-.
operatives, and closer co=operation,
with :.the processing :and'•retailing ,h
sections of the food; industry::
Iine Supertes
The history of Supertest extends
over much of the period; `during
which motoring as it' is known to=
day, has existed,. -
Recently . ,Supertest `Petroleum
Corporation completed a new head
office building in. London and at
that time tie` London' Free; Press
recalled the beginning of the com-
pany in the story that follows:
Back in 1923, the yeah m .which
Supertest was incorporated,; ; any
thing resembling the modern: ser-
vice -.stations of today certainly
didn't exist in Canada. Gasoline,
oil, and lubrication for, the ever-in-
creasing army of .automobiles and
truckswas becoming a, lucrative
trade, . but'ne one seemed to pay,,
much' attention • to it. Gasoline was
dispensed from blind'hand-operat-
ed pumps..'You couldn't see if you
were •getting' gas or not, and seine -
times the measurement ,:was ,not
too accurate:, :The'pumps were. us-
ually -iodated' on :the . curb •outside
hardware stores or garages.': There
were ;;.no spacious driveways or
pump;', islands: ••
Rad'To Wait
After pulling up at one of these
pumps,. a' motorist-'w.as obliged _to;
get ;out .of his '.car,: walk into, the
store -and ,ask :for what he want -
.ed -often there and
no onethere
to' help ,him and he had -to Wait,
-Sometimes tie was even:told to help
himself! Many"of„these,early Can-
adian distributors of ,: petroleum
products were- inclined to consider
the sale of .gasoline a nuisance
It is not surprising therefore that
it was a common -sight to see .cans •
fastened to , the `:running: boards of
early •motor cars. •They were -kept-
filled with emergency'rations • of
gasoline; oil and Water," "and 'saved
-many a motorist a . long, harrow
ng walk when he ran but'- of • gas
ar rom� e nearest pump.
No Free' Service
When the motorist of that day
had his tank filled'. with gasoline
and his motor topped up wttli qil,
kie didn't expect; anything else The
tee services taken forgrantedto-
day lust didn't' exist, When• the
car driver thought itis` high-pres-
sure tires might be- low;. he cheek-
them himself withhisown,tire
auge which he was obliged to
airy: If the tires did require a'
e'usually 'hauled out, his ;'own
,pump • and went .,to. work : ram; or
shine. .Occasionally he..was lucky
enough•to .find . a free,: air •hose at
a garage, 'but' he still Thad to• get -
Out
of his :car and use :it••himself ,
You wiped. your own'Windshield
toe;:.and ; checked your, own battery.,
.and oil.' `Rest rooms?----TIt y were,
Certainly ant of the question. when
you, did =find .one. it could hardly
be called. a "rest room."
-"; The idea: for :a service station
catering''esp'ecially 'to- the needs: of
the motoring public, arose origin-
ally in'`'the minds of two young.
men of.Iondon, •Ontario; J. Gordon
Thommson:.and • the •late,James -D.
Good, the , first employees , and.
founders'.of Siipertest.,•These young
men had' the vision to 'forsee a con-.
tinuous-expansion of thetoil,•indus_:
"try in Canada. They :had`the cour-
age, too, to put their: "radical"
ideas into operation
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There willbe even- more. "verti-
cal- integration" linking. food ,pro :
duction, processing ; and retailing
through contracts and other'busi-
ness:. relationships. This will be
necessary to'obtain the, necessary.
credit' for big'' commercial opera
tions_ and .reduce the ;:,rtsk•.of*price
Government farm :policies'; must:
change if Alley are to be..effeetive.
This cauld• mean larger•loans, to.:
fewer people.:'.
"To"'lendou
a� y , ng couple epugh
my
ono'
-tv'start a small farm. 'busi-
ness,. iiiadetivately stocked 'With
earningjassets., is no favor,.to'thein
or tq agriculture."
Prof:; Campbell _also . predicts•
widespread` incorporation ,Of ;farms..,
to:facilitate transfers;:from Mather.
to on and to permit estate :plan-
ning
"The , future is byo:. me
n an
s
gloomy, he concludes
There are : problems of., over-
production; of displacement of
farm. people, of ' • incomes, ' ..but
these; are challenges . rather than;
far,
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:Can Be, Dan emus
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.Perhas "you're P Y oile not
about` that steer sore
with `the sore
.eye.. And maybe youre
right
,',and
it's nothing but a• bit: of irritat-
ing chaff; but• it could just areas=
ily bea contagious disease called
pinkeye, that, .spreads to other
-cattier •;
The bad thing, about pinkeye is
that it 'doesn't'appear to- be a'set-
ious problem.' An .Ontario farmer
might- buy some Western feeders
and within a few weeks find , the
eyes. of his . whole herd are watery
ing and swelling, 'says. Prof. G: -E.
Raithby, Ilead:;of, thee-Aziimal-°Has-
bandry Department;,- Ontario Agri-
cultural College. •
Beef cattle go off feed and dairy
cattle drop - in milk -11 'pinkeye.
strikes, Blindness -may also, de-
velop, but loss of sight may- b
only temporary,- A rapid loss of
,weight' occurs if the animal` can't
see to eat. '
The disease appears suddenly
and Is rapidly spread by contact
with : eye. discharges on muzzles
of infected animals. Flies are of-
ten the spreaders. Watering ` eyes
and blinking ' swollen eyelids are
among) the first • signs:. The entire
eye may beeorite eovered with a
white -.film, and the animal-will.ap--
pear depressed.. -A„ red pea-sized
bud play "'appear near the colored
part 'of ,the eye leaving a redraw
ulcer. •,Animals sometimes bellow
and become violently delirious with
pain.
Mute -pinkeye is most common
in cattle exposed to' dust and glar-
ing , sunlight. Young cattle are • at-
tacked more often since some im-
munity is built up after the; first
attack. .The average outbreak -lasts
three 'weeks, and most cattle re-
cover completely 'with the excep-
tion, the odd case, of partial
blindness •
Good.;•nranagernent is the most
effective •and praetical means of
treatment . A warm solution . of 46
per cent boricacid or f per cent
argyrol may be used twice daily, The
to wash out the eyes of the more son
gentle milking cows" : . afte
Treatment isn'trecommended for use
beef aniiiials. Since theeffects" of sho
wind, dust -and excitement will st u,
probably outweigh' the • effects of spli
any' remedies.
Prevention is largely a matter
of -avoiding the purchase of car
riers. `Sick ;and 'affected. animals
should, be isolated in darkened
quarters to ease. pain and reduce
•
Had Confidence
Armed chiefly with confidence in
their own -ideas and abundant en-
ergy, the two succeeded in inter-
esting a few friends who were able
to back theta . financially. They
then sett
o work to •
put rtheir the-
ories .to'' the testby buying out a
small oil:
obber
1 whose business
was on the .locks Included in the
deal, with a „disreputable, looking
gasoline "filling" station, a small
bulk •
plant anda
conPle of
worn
out tanktrucks.
Their' purchase is said to have
been the cause of soiree, eyebrow
lf
i£ti among '•
g businessmen of the'
vieinity, - for at first glance it re-
sembled anything but a, good start
-for a new _venture. In fact, from
the- beginning, the young •idea -men
appear tohave aroused 'much" ad-
verse
d -verse. criticism.- However, they did
not •let it worry them and, immedi-
ately' started fixing uptheir acqui-
siiion.:.. .
°'Extras" Featured
""They started with the- filling sta-
tion, and, before very long -the na-
tion's first :service station began:.
to take shape • It: was indeed some
thing new=it' actually allowed mo-
torists to drive in, off, the highway
RECOMMENDED. SYSTEM ,
FOR REMOVING S`n7M.PS
That ageless stump in"'the •yard
might remain foryears to come 'if
you . wait for it 'to die and rot:
When. the shoots come up from that
same stump and give evidence; of
new .life: for the 'thing, your
patience may suffer...
What can be done? Botanists 'of
the Ontario Department of Agri-
culture have a remedy. They warm
that it ' is certainly -not an over-
night "wonder -drug" -,-stumps are
just too 'big, to disappear at •the;
oro of the wand. Onlye
p n, when the
stump is killed, will it start to rot,
And you can merely-•ifelp.
These chemicals ::will kill the
stump:
2,4-D ester. or --a 2,4 D/2,4,5 -T
mixture, Either spray or paint at
a rate . of '1 pound per 5 gallons of
fuel oil (or.• proportion).
Ammate X. Apply"1 ounce (dry)
pet inch of•stump diameter.
Sodium chlorate mixtures,-'•Ap-
ply 1 1/3 ounces (dry)• per inch of
stump - diameter,
All of these treatments • musjbe
applied to freshly expo ed • wood.
y may be applied at 'any sea -
of the year, preferably right
r .the tree is cut. , If' 'spray is
d; ' all surfaces of the stump
uld be treated. When , an old
ump is to be kit d, it's best to
tit with. a wedge, or drill holes
it, so that fresh wood' is ex
ed to the chemical. Regrowth
uld be treated as. well as the
nip itself.
ou canencourage rotting as
see
as • the stump 'is dead. First,
t the stump to expose addition -
Wood. Then niotind. with a rich
soil -manure mixtureor soil -manure mixture
add
of a nitrate fertilizer will:
Keep the' : mounded stump
st and just let 'it rot 'away.
into
pas
sho
st>
s
chance of spread. Fly. control isa spin
good pinkeye preventative. al
soil
It's bad- enough to be a quitter, ad
But it's worse to finish something help
yoll never should have Started, moi
and u u
pull p at a thing. called a
pump island. But there was More
to come: While reno'uations-were,
still under way,'. the first small staff
for the station was recruited, The
scheme called for at least two full-
time attendants -Ain-; dutyalways;
pre would take'eare of the gaso-
line and oil sales'. and the outer
would,look after the free services,
such as cleaning the windshield,
checking the tires, the radiator and
-the battery, -
The •first crew' was-: started'. -at'
once on'' an intensive training
course ,'which included daily' lee -
tures . -'on personal 'cleanliness, -
smartness of -appearance, neatness
of the 'premises, courtesy to ;cus-
tourers, and applied sales psyefiol-
ogy. , This first course was so suc-
cessful. that. Supertest 'still uses
much of . the original instructional
material in schooling new station
personnel and for dealers,
Nezv. Look' Added
Meanwhile,. 'scrubbing, painting`
whitewashing and alterations . had
,changed the once -shabby' station to
an `attractive ;establishment gleam
ing with'color :and bright lights.
When all was ready, the station
Was' reopened -and tben-'the •fun'
started.
Nothing like it• had been seen;.
in London before Soon all kind's
of .people were driving- from near
and far to "satisfy their curiosity';
-about, .•this ' amazing new place.
where one Could drive in off the
highway, Pull up at the purnps,in
perfect safety ,.and get', the tank
tilled with gas, the oil and radia
for checked, the"windshield clean-
ed and even the tires "`:checked-=
and- all free ' of charge except the
product needed, .'which •cost rid
more. Even tips':, were .not allow -
„a
Many curiosi''seekers came' to
look and 'scoff. They came, they
saw . and were -.Conquered' for they
came back again and again. Even
the most -skeptical -among; Com et;;
ing companies had to -,admit the'.
Supertest ',experiment' was • a" re-`
sounding •; success;'-' ••
Before 'long competitors copied
the idea and, these practices are -
now standard: It •has;. become ' 'a
-way of living, and motorists now
,demand • these services' or.. they. go
elsewhere.
Ideas Copied'
.
Thus, the opening -of •Supertest's'
first service _station • in..' Landon,.
Ontario, can be said to have-+ush•
,erect Ina new - era in tlieTsiiarket="
ing of gasoline and:petroleum pro-.-
duets, not only inCanada,',but else
where throngheat the world,
Two - years -after this 'opening;
Supertest• Petroleum Corporation;'
Limited, . w.as incorporated under
the lain; bf the .Province' of On-
Mario and, with policies now tested;
and.proved, launehed on to a pro:
gram, ' of progress and Well
which. today places it• well up in
the "front' ranks of Canadian bust-„
ness,enterprises,
Today, 36 years later, Supertest
markets a wide range ipf•petroleum
products through -3,000retail out-
lets in; Ontario and Quebec. These
retail outlets are supplied by some
50 strategically located bulk stor-
age plants. - -
Supertest.operates a fleet of. 300
tank 'trucksandmaintains& divi
signal 'offices in Windsor, London,
Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, North
Bay, Montreal.' and Quebec City,
The company hasgrown to a .Sup-
ertest family of 800 full-time em-
ployees, notcounting the thousands.
•
of dealers and their employees.
Many are leadersin their. own.. •, `
communities -and have filled impor-
tant posts in civic affairs, Com-
mittees,
om mittees, councils and; soeiah wel-
fare
el fare organizations.
Supertest is still; growing, and!
today ranks as one of the : major ..
'marketers of quality petroleum
products -in Canada. It is sharing
also in, the expansion of oil ; pro-
duction in the great Canadian: West
and by its sound policies and its
service to -the .motorist isplaying
'a large part in the development -of
our, great country,
BROCK'S ` SUPERTEST SERV:IC:
on the opening:' of . the
new,buil:in
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and Confectionery
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MRS JAMES NOLAN
Rr quiem High: Mass was sun .
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Fev.
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died
Mrs, James No
merly; ef-Seafo , who died Tues.
Mrs,.,,Nolan, the `former • A lie
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was married, �
, r d . to. Mr.
Nolan- at St. Columban in 1910..
Mr.;'N 1
oandiedaboutl0y. e
ars ago;..
Present .rr--the Sanctuary were:
Very Rev. F. Diernert, SEM, Super:
for General, rScarbero Missions, To-
ronto Rev. J Fullerton,
Vicar
General of Sperbero Missins, To
ionto; Very Rev.',: Thomas 'Mc-
Quaid, St. Marys; Rev. Father
' alone
-li'I Y ionto'; Rev. V.k
J. PSc
eft, l�arltTodale; Rev. J. G. Winters,
London; and Rev. 'C B. 'Sullivan,•
Seaforth. : a•
Burial was .made in :St. Jaines'
cemetery., Pallbearers were Peter
Maloney, Joseph Ryan, Alex Bpyes,.
Frank Reynolds, Con Eckert. and
Arthur Devereaux,
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Mitchell, On
We ,of Dominion Tire Stores are
pr d to have been selected as_
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exclusive suppliers of a fu
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FARM, . 'TRUCK and
PASSENGER .' TIRES
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Our sincere congratulations`` to Mr; Brock and t
people' of_ Seaforth and District on the completion of
this, fine new Service
Centre,.
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