The Lucknow Sentinel, 1949-04-07, Page 7• •\
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igr'CuIture
(By Geo,r-R. c ear, Bruce' Co, Representative of Algrieulture).
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The' year ;1948 will most prob-
;ably go down is>, . history as the
—year f t>;igh•ee nco'rn f
Bruce County farmers. Cattle' hit
the highest (price .on' reeQrd Togs
proved. to a e: c jlent source
of re#Venue and good' drops
vaned• On top' of that t'he weather'
remained dry land; tlh,e year w
ideal far • getting work • done.
idea . g g
Which is; no' Small factor in 'Mew
'of: thae. pr evail;ing.'la�bgr shortage,.
•'..16413 -W'as' a good year,for sash
crops. Bruce ;County had by far
t"'acrea of flax: o an
the l�li•gesT • . ge Y
C01.1111, in lhe. proviice''and •gen-
orally, speaking, it was; sold' at a
sati:afactory ,price. ;.Husking corn
really carne` into its own, .and'
'there were :some large :acreages
grain corn rowvn• and'harvest-'
,cfg r� g• ,.
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ed satisfactorilywithin the'• coun-
' • .t There Was considerable inter.
Y
est in soybeans, abut: to date • there
''• have, .beena•r o Mange acreages of
°satisfactoril :
. soylbearls , ;satisfactorily: • grown; rir.
hhe• , county.` 1948 • saw• the first.
satasfaCtory crop' Of: tobacco
rows in he ''count ., A ' Consid
•., � 11 � y
• , erable acreage was. rowri in., the
g g,
Port Eiin•district. Table' turnip a
g, P..
o'tin ueto. Abe a. worthwhile' cash
cn
• ccro and' the `usual quantity• was
p. -
wa
out' a
shipped a xed turnips
this winter.
„Alltihlough, Bruce Coj my
been mast •prosperous for the hast•
or"yearstnany-_people 1oo1 " t
the° future 'with great` apprehe
sten.' The. • word "sin'plus" aga
rears• its ugly. head land' &u iglus
'to rAany people means lower
prices and . diffiCult : market'i _ 4
It is difficult .to reconcile th
surpluses with the great -amount
of scarcity and• Want, in most of
the world, 'and' so" much publicity.
beir„g given•,rtcz`'the Wastage • of
soil, : erosion, et' We must" re-
mcniber,..however or hose. w ioS
believe in. 'the old law `*, supply
and demand, that demand is Only
effective ' Wh,en';thase who Want
the • ,produce." have!the necessa'ry'
f ands vrnith; .vvih"ieh` to pay "/tor
In. plain .wo'rds there is..a big .,de-
ni.and; for our produce in Englrar d
and., western Eurgpe but these;
same •.. nations have • na. money
with ,which .to buy,.our produce.
The 'United 'States, lias' tried_ to.
'solv'e this problem ori her own
account' w'ith'' the Marshall plan.
It is going `'to estalblish an over-
all floor (price for farm produce
on tli5:. continent but at. the . same
time it is fnauglvt: witlh'.difficultres
an:d, dangers as far as.Ave. are con-
.. ern,ed • in
c . , that:,When they declare
a 'prvlduct .surplus.• (they cannot'
use that :' rod t'• _
pts uc from,' -.Gana • to
sup 1 'the cottnfr% i
...p'P.Y es us ng Mar=
shia•11: Plan, aid.
This' :tis• a subject
requiring at'l.east',one 'whole art-'
mere
in itself
so suffice
Eo ss
,we
can .reasorabl .,suppose' the•Per-`
iod sof readjustitrient `will 'bring
owerpricest iri •some:'lines,; •;anti
o•
c arat'v1e' .'
>, hardshi `to scene.
mtp
,hardships
!people, notablY primary produ
c
/erasuch
as farmers. •On the other.
hand 'we are in a period of; ex.-
nsion in -
`pla, , • population: `aald;•ndus
try; There is a strong,home 'mar-
ket: ' We.
have the Marshall Plan._
as 'a :base•fo a 'ri -
r cult rah." prod -tic -
.tion,
g u p .
.• 'on ..i
tx. n the IT S A`.:yand;on-.to' ' 'of
that we have '•'f vorabl ex-
rya. e
port Markets for ;1949. with Great
Britain.; Also,.. land' more, import-
ant,is:the:fact that .farmers,' are
generally, much : :letter ' ;off . than
they •have ever 1 been at the .start
of :any . d.epressrbn: • •
--To' Need :' All Production
With world' popu'1atioln expand .
ng at such a rate :it will iibeonly
a comparatively short tithe until
we .rrr thin' country, ••particularly,
in Bruce County;;.' will`:"need, the
. pr`oduct.
`•of every .squar e • foot of:
land.. Farrnei.'s; can•': look', forward
•to the future.`with a great deal o!
security. • It 'wo.uld 'seem• that: with
tirediuge surplus.. of linseed::'iirl
in tl%is country '.the cash crop 'er a
is' practically:over- A•wise future.
,foie Bruce .CQunt'y'. farn:lei s .• is .to
get back into the ;,livestock bu'si
nes.• 'as ' quickly • as .'p'ossible: I
think:by , the timeweare snore
firmly ;'entrenched in lrvesteck
production that 'the price. will btu.
adequate Prices and profits, will
pr'ol ably never. `be -es high, main'
ave":
a lot to; 'learn i -1 oo,• in...,cuLting el6wn
the cd`4 .of prgduction'.:.Tlhose;\rho
stud'. econon'r'ical -eduction will
Y .0
-eduction
the .future very " bright as
tar .as farxning'. is concerned:'„ A
5tcp.' along.•this 'li,rie Was ...evident
in the yield Per Acr•e`compotrtion
carried— on in: Bruce' County : in
1943. The top' ten in this comp.eti'
lion"'prbduped 2,460.1bs:.'af` grain
r:er acre,. This is just • 1,100 hast
above the average for•the c ltaty:
If , tire' '•80,0011 acres devo{c>d to
p.
(t7lii`SL?. grains ''in• Bruce• Ct)tt,n.1y
had procl•uced ,as 'well •as the t(ri)
.— ...ta_..': •..
,�• er ,x0�
t(.n tvc; would have lt'ricl, <
iiiilii()ti .veins ofg rain mo're ,to:-feeel-' •
this.a.winter, This ,itrterpi'`eted in
hr s at. $50,00,ripiede•would bring
five million; mere dollars to truce
Cnunty farmers: • I'l,is s pr e a d,
0:1-0. t,gst_the ;OtiO`farrneis` woir°ld
mean $1,000` each over and ,above
unt 's
' . Cs► Greatest Indust
,Although' -many:, people think
factories •. and manufacturing in
the .county : of :great inaportan ce
it: is. shoved into ..insignificance
when. compared to the''. farm en-
.terprise in the county • it : is even
:greater when you consider • that
' of tthe . ' 42,000' people` 'living .; ,iii
Bruce :Count 22 000 •live `. ih the
Y,
towns ens
d • about 20,000 on the
farms. Bruce . county's incorfie." in
1948 would abe .,between fifteen di
twenty„ million: dollars Although:
: there ' is <a• 'Tot of . interest: in
cash
'crops, Iprobably • over 90, percent
of •the inco e Was from. livestock
and livestock•ro
p , ducts. The- . df=
ferent . branches of'- tae industry
.could be listed rn orders of :'irn-
portance'as•follows=+beef produc-'
tion, hogs, clielarn, .poultry: and
eggscash craps:
SkiIiNy men, women
gain 5,10,151'
Get New Pep, Vim, Vigor'
• What a thrill" Bony' limbs fill out; ugly hollows
511 up; neck' nb longer'scrawny, ; body loses half-,
.starves( sickly "bean -pole" look. Thousands 'of
girls, women, mens Who never could gain before,
are now proud ofshapely, 'healthy -looking bodies.
Tiley:thank.the special vigor -building,, dean -building
tonic; Ostrex.' its, tonics,: stimulants •. Invigorators.
iron,•VItac lu-I3s, calcium, enrich blood, improve
appetl �a, and ' dlge stlon, eq food qIvesyoumore
strength andnourishment,' put flesh on bare bond
--Don't-f gotten lifo-fat-. Stop when: yyou'-ve gained
,the 5, 11), 15 br 20 lbs:.you,need for normal weight
• Costs little. Newget hceunlnted' size. only (We.
Try IAnip0s Oatrex Tenho Tablet, for new vigor
• and added pounds, Vile very day. At all. druggists.
4 omen s
fa.tnily. lot should '.be
P
i. w,rth ls�e;, ah -r e h
beauty . of a` mono nent' which,
Wiill be,cwerlastingly' a •tri'btite
to' those at re0t4: We have`,mariy•
•.classic, styles-'to''siagges:t, and,
tvrll work 'with ypua :or•, cos=
tori designs: •
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T:,�ceptipnall . lowh prices.
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No.. 'canvassing,, which elit•nin-
11}e; sales, comrnissic nS.
1 sc t l ptions •,:cepa it ilig; ,
:SandblaSting Memorials,
2'a d
'57cars'. l ;xpet'iende
The latest iii•. Portable
Sandblast: ,
I:gt.tl)�l�ncnt
lvn;k, ,
t _tai $O
p .t,ally• executed
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rot .-
v�nlie -Memorral
' Alfred St.; %VINGHAM
'F•hone. 450
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NEIL • M CLCNNANI
Ripley, 'OOita iii,;- _ -
RE (RED SKIPPER'S. D,EATII,
RECALLS 1913 DIASTER'
(The Sault Site. Marie Star')
Woyd from B ififailo the :other
day . of' the 'death .of a' retired
Great. Lake CapQ, R ;Wm.
Skipper-
Gr- Maltby, , 78, 'is likely to, loose
an
a flood of ,'reiniscehees of otie
of the 'blackest'lperiods, in the his-
t- tory•ot-Gx•eajLake .shipping, the
1 r morable •dtorm of November
n
9-10,103., • •• • •
Capt. Maltby; the ;Buffalo dis
patch 'recalls; was awarded the
Carnegie medal. for heroism • dura
ing : this storm, . ibeing . credited'.
ithrescuing 'the, .'crewe <of' the
steamer Major . ,off . Whitefish
Point, and!, towing .the ship te.
satfety=afte ,it''ha`•'been abandon=
ed -
:gel
tiheenews` `atiherri organ,-
g. p gin,-
izations nor :conzinu 14catio 35
years, aigo ` .were w4hat , theY are
rinow , so that it w'as' days.. , before
the,• full 'extent.. of the 1913 .dis-
aster was .:generally known, . and
accounts of • the experiences 'of
Great Lakes -sailors were sketchy
and haphazard ;Asa result it is
impossible . to reconstruct ' the
Major incident with any .. com-
.;pleteness and , gxaoti ode; , But
from neiws stories''iolf the'nexrt.few
days' it •appears. . tthlat. "brie• Maj or.
was abandoned about 30' . miles
west -north -•west Of : ` Vhiteifish'
Point, and .reported, as 'lost when
`its crew. was brought down thru
Michigan,'S•oo Locks by the freigh-
ter
Byers. • � � .looks
not -'until :' Nov
ember.
16th:: tli,at, : the battered
Major was'
7towed to the ..Sault'
_ by
tFe;freighter Barfhami . sof Which
,Capt; Maltby was, Master.
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For days' the complete 011 ,4'
the disaster was
, - uncertain, •',with
s'bell .
hops'eed. to ibe lost, *10 ..0
.the McIntosh,' 1Vlclnstry anti ;,Ish-
peming,• eventuall g
nd :o¢i turning
a
. the Other hope fad'-
ing~ and finally :dying' for ..such
Vea e '
ss sas. the
l a Lefr
a old • of the; Al-
Boma:Central Railway: Theident
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t of:the�.�otHea'i, wrecked'"shs
y .. ,�
remained long.uncertai . the -most
notable Case ,being. that" of the• i
big
-freighter:seen.floating.: bettom' up
in ••Lake' Hur4
•n:. not far ,from the
entrance':.to the St:.Clair River.
• • E:ventually -int`' became apparent
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that. twenty-four shite' had: been
lost, • among them "some Of.:. the'
proudest on the:. lakes; such as'the
Janies;B Carrulthers,•'at that time
the biggest ,Calaadian .lake ;freigh
ter. , Wiltth ..them .:.wenn,: approxi:
mately 300 `'lives,: so that 'there'
was scarcely a hamlet in; the, lakes
area u:ritouched by tragedy' r
<It is , a° question whether the
Magnitude of . tile disaster; the
criticisms a n dt .:investigations
w'bich.,.followed, were. 'not largely
responsible for the ibeginning'.'of`
a netiu.:attitude ori the.: part of 0/3:-
d'. I irys' officq$
pd•'shirn'::offics toward
riski.ng.;lives..an'd_shi•ps iii th face.
of threatening weather, :•UndouI t
•edly'' it lent grea impetus' to pro=
gress tow r&looth ship and shore
°iiispi v orricnts . for ;navigational
suety;
"1a _ 1,
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tibli he
,A bac, tilt e p s d a,. co'uple•
of year ago. by fGGeorge Jardine,
"and -titled "Pioneer Days .of .Point
encu to:'this, trage'cly
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w'hiit they ,t.'ok in in '1948:'There•
a.i-6' gi'eat possibilities . ai:.expan-
sion .of'•a.griculture in Bruce. co;
when one Considers t 'ei e, .is it
fouil. of; one •tn'illigli, aer,es:..of which,
(320,020 acres are cleared, and that
I:3ruce' •County's %grairn crop : this.
sown' en pnl:y 80,0(10
ri' C'-, ()T..: it, This means. -•there, is
a t1.C7CMris acreage. lett ti p
as-
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Nati( ',t.nci the iinprevement.
:f th1w'pusi re-land.,ohne -could
inereilrc the caattic population. ?re-
y.
re-
y ' lir ue.t� '. C•oiulity: could.
a r`
iiiaiiiThii1,`'a tqtial; i.iT.15s' `rt`r
ec' e f:-ector• twenty-five mi:l"lion..
dollars gel'N:ear•, it it w,ttiere' fully
developed, 4f this' Were:,done 'it
would" spell "prci per i_ty'Y, It 'is' to°
this. end --a:, prosperous era'Lil;at
Brtti•de County° fanners: will -be
s sly to loop ;frowiaixi. :
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STARTS THIS WEE( —April 7th .and :8i
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North Side 4. --..Thursday ,'Each Wee.
, South Side L7. W
Friday, Each a
Week..
GARBAGE:CONSISTS .OF:
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.. Wrapped Re>fuse.'
2.' Washed :Tin, Cans and Bottles.
Ther
us • P '
be placed in a container •.
f or cotleetion.
Ashes',must n.ot •.. e<anclude .or Tfvthi
a ilg else not, above
mentioned;-,
KEEP' THE DUMP TIDY
Anyone using the dump phase dispose of refuse asinstruct-
ed ;by signs to "D,um It Over, 4: The ..Fence"
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By Order Of
UCKNOW VILLAGE COUNCIL..
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``Dursng; the sitorm of'the Ninth water The next .da,'. the ;y under,
of , November several ves- to in.:1913
� ker came from Ripley' and the •
sels.,were wrecked, around ;Point bodies were taken by wa
Clark T,he'storm ,broke on Sur,- :Ripley and diaderich for buriia1'':•
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day mornuig .and lasted. through',
y With a: •terri�
:Hondaterrific:wind and Sixty:.Years' Married
with several feet of : snow : lallirrg. Mr ' and Mrs. 'John Walter Os
Manyysailors were drowned: 'Jas.. lian:d•er •of Picton
. recertl ab
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Blue'' was' receiver of . wreckage served their 60th Wedding anni-
and 'he, sked ' ' e . to:. , watch. 7.for'• versar .,, Mr Ostrander'
odies'•c�m' •.:1:1.1,e
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b mg' m along the `}each.' they of, :Garfield•: ' Ostrander .:of
On the foliowin Fra morh Luckr� ivv.; . li °;�
g day
ing . l found None man at. 'the
waiter's, e+de land h il~oind six -Men To' ,Receive DD,' Degree
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and . one woanan between:. my Ven...Ard deacon: W w
A:• Tons
*mei' and the...Lighthouse. Quite` bend is`one of.four.A it 1 can '•1
close; to, • the, Lilghtthouse : I , .found: les wtho will ;halve the hon941ry
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('..the C tairL of • � e .�
sip th Carruthers As degree of I7o�otor• of D�rvrnaty 'con
I. found Ahem each,had'Gd leecov- ferrgek at; a:.a ecial 'conlvocati n: •'`
erect `uv'rtlti: sand ;:to . iprotect'them' of .the' Y
Universit ` of Western .On-
front:
n-front the sea gulls; The "captain taxi? on :;1VIa 27tlis Arc •deacon •
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was`, quite a ,heavy .nilan and I had :"Townsrhend, ,: i.40(was a: former
.to ask. for' het to raw' him ' rector at. Tiro i
2? d up lough,:. i,s secretary-.
on shore: The woman; was; Iy ng :'trealsurer ; of ---.the Synod 'of 'the
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on 'a'sand bar a.little. out m 'the. Dioce, a of:Huron.
ANUTHERNEW: G.
•TELEPNQNE 8UIl0ING•
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LA GEL
help; provide more an'd
better telepl>oni,•ser'vice
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IN `IIii2EE'siiowr IMARs, des' :its labour and.,
material shiottrt es, we a avp
put Up
1 „h ew
put
• tele] •one buildin:gs' andgreatl,enlarged 5O :
others. Altogether We have added 444 000s' liars.
feet of s ace to help in: the bi`� .e\p-tn '
• .� L ;g .l 't doll and •. ` ..
improvement :ro rani' which is making your
telephone service -better ' all the time: •
A"tiildi to o>: i. an
costs have �onc, Up these three', •
years yet, up. to now, despite rising costs on
al s
• I ides•tierce :1tasbeen no' increase in• the basic
telephone i'ates - estab:lished 22 `ears ago
Few give you so itluch.real value at such lo -v'
cost •as your tClepllUlte.; •
sVe've bravo call ,sire there arestill
orders, wc.la,veli t,)cell ahlc• to fill. We will kee
ngl'1'rol;l'1'(31 kin: aI d 1)t'1lhling to make Foul`
telepliaorke,sei lets-a••lxiggc,'r barl;ai ,'than ever
Continue to )rpvi e more :a lid better service.•
at the lc)yC,'t• l)os''il)le t•Ost.
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