HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-05-02, Page 11YZ,1973
In addition to presenting priz-
es to the top bowlers of their
tournament, the Ladies Auxiliary
of the Goderich Royal Canadian
Legion branch 109 honored the
oldest bowler in the tournament.
79-year-old Evelyn Barkwell
of Lucknow received a plant from
Evelyn Carroll.
WITH THE BOOK .
Before The Age of Miracles
Memoirs of i a Country Doctor
BY DR. W. VICTOR JOHNSTON
$6.95
Dr. Johnston was born in West Wawanosh Township and
was a general practitioner in. Lucknow for Thirty years. 'His
book reflects his life and practice in this community.
MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED AT SAME PRICE
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THE iiUCKNOW, SENTINEL
THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKOW, ONTARIO PAGE ELEVEN
All Sorts
And Conditions . . .
worn by the kids of Public School
age. And, they were quiet and
well-behaved., and listened to the
quiet-voiced teacher who was in
charge of those near me. They
were going to a Hockey game.
in school hours. ,
But what a sad looking group of
people we Canadians-are
travelling on the TTC/I
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Bruce Farm Report
FEEDING BEEF CATTLE
As' with most other aspects of
farming, housing and manage-
ment systems for livestock pro-
duction are constantly being mod-
ified and changed. Most of these
changes are brought , about as a
result of farmers, trying to find
solutions to' problems that occur
in the various phases of livestock
farming, e.g. — labour use, feed
handling, environment' control,
waste handling, etc.
In beef cattle production, one
Happy
andicraftert.
sixth meeting of the St.
es Happy Handi-Cra ft ers
held on Thursday, April
St. Helens Hall. --
meeting was opened with
¢4H pledge. We then, had
4011, minutes of the
meeting and the treasurer's
Next meeting is Tues-
1/4
qOay I.
alerie Errington and BOnnie •
ihrey are doing the posters
hi. Mary Nicholson and
ly MacPherson are doing
for Club 2. Marybelle
onis to be our Fashion
commentator.
discussed our exhibit for
evement Day and read about
'leg the lower edge of the
e, Mrs. McPherson showed
to make samples of ..con
hal zipper applied in seam ,
without a seam and putting,
in slacks.
took up our home assign-
, Each girl is to have her
les done for the next meeting.
meeting closed with the
Knit Wits
seventh meeting of the'
noon Knit Wits was held on
ay evening,' April 26 at
me of club leader, Mrs. H.
e memberS answered the •
llby Making one sugges-
orthe Fashion Show The
hi handing in books and -
d garments was decided.'
and hem finishes were dis•
next meeting will te held
at the home of Mrs. H.
t. •
py Trinettes
seventh meeting of the
Dinettes was held in Trin-
urebbasement on Saturday,.
26 at 1.15. The meeting
,with the4-11 pledge' led
ptesident Mary Anne Alton.
toll call was answered by
nibers. The next meeting
May 12 at 1.15 in the
basement. Wilma Hack -'the the minutes of the last
g. Home Assignments
ken up.. The book check
May 14, Achievement
ens were discussed.
D, A. Hackett discussed
1\ii. Don Hack-Issed and demonstrated thei tiff,
group work eaChgin did
e of a meek cuff; In a
6, I work we are to/do pages
Aline Alton closed with:
h a special satisfaction
zzling out how to work
w gadget', once you mast-
thing you car, understand
etions that came with it.
BY THE COUNTRY MOUSE
Then there was a man who was.
conspicuous by his very inconspic-
uousness. He wore a hat and• a
plain coat and 'hinging just so.,
buttoned. He had a brief case
in one hand end a carefully rolled
umbrella in the other, His'trous-
ers were creased and ,had cuffs
and were not too' wide not too
narrow. His shoes were shined and
he wore rubbers. Most of the
other men were bare-headed, had
open shirts and open jackets, or
wide ties Of bright colours. Then
'there were a number of, what some
one has •called The Hairy Horde.
They are always around - clean
and tidy, or grubby and sloppy.
There were a few of their com-
panions of the 'other sex in their
unconventional attire. One I
saw was noticeably pregnant and
was calling attention to, her con-
dition by her position on the seat
and the' way she wore her shawl. -
not a poncho! • •
I went downtown the other
day and instead of reading, I
spent my time looking at my fel-
low -passengers. , And we area '
sorrowful, sour looking lot, with
a few exceptions. I think I have
solved the .mystery of The Little
Old Lady syndrome. I saw one.
She had on plain, cuban heeled
pumps, shining \Clean. Her coat •
was classic, black and tidy. Her,'
gloves were.impeccably white
she had small ear-rings, a bit of
make-up and wore a hat. She
was ,neat and obvidusly trying to
maintain the standards of dress
of her earlier years. Oh, yes,
her white hair was permed.
There were two groups of
school children .and they were in
just about every possible style
of the very dfitinct trends, part-
icularly in this part of Ontario,
is 'towards feeding under cover.
This is usually more than just a
small root over the feed bunk; it
often involves a building which
covers the whole feeding area.
This may be a part of an existing
building, an addition (often on the
side of an existing barn), or a
separate feeding barn.
This is in direct contrast to the
trend of 15 - 20 years ago to feed
cattle in an open bunk outside
in' a paved yard. Although this
often seemed to be the most econ-
omical way to develop a - cattle
feeding unit, still farmers en-
countered a number of problems.
The 'first was snow or rain in
the feedbunk; a small roof over
the bunk itself was' often added
to reduce this problem. This type
of protection, however, often
created a drafty condition at ,the
bunk, particularly if the yard did
not have wind protection around
it. The next problem was the, pre-
vention of accumulations of snow
in the yard due to drifting; as a
result windbreak fences were of-
ten added to reduce both draft &
snow problems.
The greatest problem of all
seemed to be yard' management
in the winter and early spring
seasons. 'In winter it was the
problem of the removal- of snow
to prevent it being tramped to
form 'a build-up of ice and frozen
manure. Even with good manage-
ment, there was usually some ac-
cumulation that turned to a semi-
liquid quagmire in the spring.
The problem then became one of
handling & storing this material;
it was hard to move, and it would
not pile! Coupled with this was
the growing awareness that farm-
yard wastes must be kept 'under,
control to prevent any, possible
water pollution. , Investment in
concrete storage structures can •
be fairly costly, particularly when
one considers that much of the
capacity required is due to rain
and snow.
Thus, due to all of the fore-
going, plus the fact that many
farmers would, like to be able to
,feed 'cattle under conditions where
the extremes of weather are re-
'duced, has led to the present
trend to develop units that lull(
completely roofed over .— part-
icularly lor winter-time , feeding..
H. E. Belhnan, P.' Eng.
.Agricultural Engineei:
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