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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1944-06-08, Page 7THURSDAY, JUNE 8th, 1944 6 C.9 The, Lucknow .Seritinelickilow, Ontario PAGE SEVN lilt',ice County, 1943 Agricultural Review •trUITH TROOP4 14, =pi „ LAC, .Eldon ,Bradley,' Moncton, New Brunswick, who • • recently underwent an appeti- deernmy; :s recuperating at, his • home in Amberley. . • FO I Tom henry of• tie service audit group o! the R.C.A,F. has been posted from HalifaX.te. Tor- onto. , . • • .(By deo. R. Gear, Bruce. County Agricultural. -Representative. I have always maintained that the Bruce County farmer was re- sourceful. 1943 has proved my faith in him. On top of one of the poorest grain crops in history, and an increased labor shortage, Bruce Countyexpanded its • live stock production. Hog production in 1943 was expanded by 31/2per cent, poultry and eggs- by, 12 per cent: Cattle holdings at the pres- ent time are Probably. the "high- est on record. Cream production In a letter to his parents in t increased to a .new high so that Ashfield, Sgt. Eldon Buckingham' at the present time Bruce Court= who is overseas with. the R.CA.F ty is producing more butter fat emphasizes the beauty of the than any other county in the pre - English countryside at this time vince. There is some dissatisfac- of year. tion at the present time in the price of beef. This is probably due FO. BERT FREEMAN, son of Mr. to the lack of shipping space and and Mrs. W. J.' Freeman of Tees - water arrived home from over- seas. last 'week. * has made a very favorable• recovery from meningitis with ‘which he was stricken in March. • Gordon Steward of the • Mili- , tary Post Office at, Barrifield,. visited• last week in: Toronto -with ' Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Henderson, and is now spending the remain- der of his furlough with his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Stew- ard. • Bruce Athletes Killed ' Jack Sturgeon, '22, of Port gin and.Norrnan "Pete' McRorie, • 27, 'of -Chesley have both paid. the Supreme sacrifice in Italy. Both • , young men -Were'well known, in baseball and hockey circles in Bruce County. • Slightly Wounded In' Italy • Pte. Leslie Brooks was slightly wounded in action in Italy on • May 25th, according to word. *e- ceived ' on Monday by Mrs. • Brooks, formerly Jean Havens. , No details were given other than •that Pte., Brooks was remaining with his unit,' by which it is as- • sumed his injury is not serious. He is a member' of the Perth Regiment and has been in the • Mediterranean theatre for 'sever- al months. Hear From Their Son . In ' Gerntan Prison Camp Mr. and Mrs'. John MacKay of Kintail 'received a 'letter on Sat- urday from their son, Fit. Lt. Donald 'MacKay, D.F.C. Donald was reported missing on Febru- ary 23rd after air operations overseas. Some,weeks ago it was cro13- -learned he was a prisoner inj Labor Problem • Germany but this letter was thej It has been stated that labor • first word received from Donald personally, in which he told his parents he was well and not to worry. the capacity of packing plants to process the• cattle. However, all the,:food is needed and it is only a matter of time until these pro- ducts ,will be handled and ap preciated. • :- The 'seeding in Bruce County • Crop Review was late in 1943,• and although the crops Came' along well, rust • struck the crop before .it was rip- ened and reduced the yield tre- mendously. It has always seem- ed that conditions are never just as bad in Bruce County and I think this was true in 1943. Many sectiohs had • an unbelievable • quantity of fair quality grain. The acreage Wo• down frau) la=st year. Fall ,wheat was also down in acreage and the yield and quality was disappointing.. The, yield and quality of ,roughages was good and in a very disap- pointing year •the farmers did have an opportunity to 'save a considerable quantity of hay. The trentendoui irriportationS of Wes- tern grain were instrumental in farmers keeping up their live, stock productiOn. Approximately 15,000 tons of grain were import- ed during .1the • last year. This quantity of grain imported into the cotmty was unheard of in any prgVious -year. Although Bruce County is not noted with its cash crops, turnip production was ex- panded in thelast year. Close to 1000' cars of top quality tur- nips have been shipped out of the county.. The price was 50 cents per bushel in the early part of the season. It is now, considerably' less and it is disappointing to know that many farmers will -not be able to market all of their is becoming increasingly scarce. It was only by the extreme ef- fort of .the farmers and unpre- cedented co-operation amongst the farmers themselves that the Mother: "No, you cant haveivr 12 percent of the farmers crop, was harvested last year. O. any more candy. Haven't "I al- • ready told you 'no' six times?" are over 60 years of age. These Son: 'Well, all right. But I wonder where Dad gets thE idea that you're always changing your SALE! mind". Ashfield Young Lady Graduated Yesterday Miss Dorothy WilkinA of Ash- field graduated at Kitchener - Waterloo Hospital on Wednesday,. Attending the graduation were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Webster, Lois and Ettabeill, tide latter -tie= ing a student nurse at this same hospital; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Al- ton, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wilkins and Harry; Mr. and Mrs. Ken- neth Weaver and daughter Judy of Sudbury..kand Mr. and Mrs. 31oward Carlow of Paisley. Mrs. Alton, Mrs. Weaver and Mrs_ Carlaw are sisters Cif 'Miss • older men depending on hired help had to restrict their produc- tion.. However in Bruce County these men have seeded their farms to , pasture and are still producing beef cattle and sheep. In this way the resulting re- duetion in activities is not not- iced to. the same extent as it might be. At the present time many farms are being bought and sold. This in itself is an in- dication of the faith in the agri- ,ulturallineltIstry- end -an increas- ing interest in agricultural pro- duction. • Livestock Increases Poultry and egg production in- creased at least 12 per cent in the county. This shows an in- crea.sing appreciation of the place • poultry holds in the live stock industry. The 'production of hogs has • undergone many changes °liars at Half Price ! Sounds like a sum -thing bariain. But howmany of us realize that in Canada it ram we're getting dollars at lesithantalf the price of otheryears - • et auto. CI CI fraction the price in many other countries to clay. Here's what we mean. A dollar is worth as-tiluch ro as awl!' buy. And to,day your dollar buys atleasttwice I s OS MO Oh OS it did in the last war . For instance, your buys a barna an 1944 laundry soap 'that cost in those days.To day, you can buy the same quality felt fedora for that set you bock then. Truly your dollar ishalf •price since it bugs h•iice as much. Price ceilings -c • eother onti-inflotionorg measures have kept its value HIGH! And you protect your dollars worth every time you buy a bond .. pay offa debt ..refuseto hoard goods or frequent block markets Thors howto make dollars count MORE!' 404e 4r/a/// 2 t,,Ift'eeW, Ipronuse to give my' supliort to keeping the cost of living down. I will buy only what I need. I wi observe the ceiling whether buying or sell- ing goods or services. 1 will pay off old debts, save for the future, invest in Victory ;Bonds and War Saving's Certificat,es. And 1 will support taxes which help lower the cost of 1:iving. ON Published by THE BREWING INDUSTRY (ONTARIO) to help reveal the dangers that inflation represents forall the people of the Nation - from a year ago. The increase initure production. They are catch - breeding activities early in, 1943 ing onto the idea of sowing newer resulted in an increase ' in the and better producing varieties of marketings. Due to the poor pro- grasses and mixtures and are spects 'for. a crop and$ other fac- much alive to the increased re - tors, much of the breeding stock was liquidated On the announce- ment of the new Dominion $3.00 bonus on Grade A hogs and $2.00 on Grade Bl, the increase in hog production was resumed. Farm- ers are looking for breeding stock that will produce hogs • in the right grades, and consequently more . attention is being focused on the proper feeding to produce hogs of. the required quality. There is no increase in the sheep population during the last year. It is discouraging that so many flocks have been ruined by rav- ages 1 by clOgs. However, many farmers are staying in the, sheep business because of the smaller quired to produce them, and as' creased in number and appear to sults ,from good pasture manage- ment husking corn has come in- to the limelight as a possible way of producing more grain. For the past three years in test plots we have been able to produce as high as bushels to the acre of dry shelled corn. Many farmers in the county intend to plant small acreages of early, 'matur- ing hybrids to acquaint themsel- ves with the best methods of pro- ducing husking corn., Farm Forams Popular The Federation of Agricutture has made substantial progress in helping along the ltne Of rfirm Forums and other co-operative amount �f effort and labor re - projects. Farm Forums have in - many farmers say year in and be 'really taking their Place -as year out sheep are probably the! partof the farm program_ Dis- best paying line on their farm cussions have taken place during =As has already been stated, Bruce Cotmty produced more Witter fat than any • other county. This means that all inemberS of the family ar-e,entering into this prot. _ duction picture by milking morete*--*. -1.?-ablat— Foniians c cows. On top of this Bruce COUTI- that e-o-Peratives and ty has two high producing cheese co-operationaibmgst the farmers factories in the south tycst Part will be the natural °Ittem-le- to of the county. '• the:n- mutual benefit 1944 finds the Bruce County More Pasture fanner still of major importance These production figures will :in the food Production r7:4-ra'n7! not be decreased Farmers are He has proven that he car: • most interested in increased pas- duce the gocids in spite the past winter pertaining to im- proved conditions for the farmer. It has often been stated that far- mers will never be able to co- operate effectively. I feel after any difficulty. He is seriously thinking of -Postwar plans and is thoroughly determined to add in- creased quality along with quan- tity production which he has al- ready' proven he is capable .of producling. • The young man: ,"May I ask, sir, if ybu would consider letting me marry your daughter?" Lawyer McNab: "No, I would- n't consider it under any cirLiruni- stances. Six shillingi • and .eight pence, please". • • DUNGANNON Mrs. Russell Brindley and son Leonard of Saratoga are visiting relatives at Niagara Falls. Mrs. E. E. McIntyre of Tees7 water spent a few daYS ;oda! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dickson JIL.and other friends atile Mrs. W. Harvey Bryans has engaged-. to teach at Shen- ard on with duties commencing in ptember. The village residence. and 100- acre farm of the late Mrs. 'Ellen Chili is being offered for sale today. , • The first Sunday in July is ihe date set fOr the anhiLiariiiehi- orial service. ' • Mrs. -Donald FoWler and dau- ghter Melba catered for a wed- ding near Lucknow on Saturday. • Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kernick of Myth visited Mrs. Nellie Ste- wart one day last week. Mr. 'George Imin has gone to Pais:iey to visit his brother Tom.