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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1978-09-07, Page 15Full Circle Steel Hay Press. ,..„R bee en extremely largo teed opening, rendering feeding easy and encoring rapid work. It fee full circle machine; that la, the homes Walk round la a full circle conanu• ously. failgoing the horaas much lean than the half circle machines Write for cola• logue and prieea NAM:featured by Matthew Moody at Terrebonne, Que. ._.a__-,T,,..0.,) • Ltr:rr1,1t4r:tla: ---_, , .. *.'d'1'."" . THE FARMER'S ADVOCATE. ' The 1897 copy of The Farmer's Advocate was brought into The Expositor office by Harold Coleman. It was found by Allan Coleman and Dean Cornish in their apartment in London. and assorted with his own hands these specimens, which he offers to the Christian world." But as well as the more frivolous items, The Farmer's Advocate pffered a number of very practical farming aids. First, the overworked farmer could write to Dr. Barnardo's Homes in Toronto, an organization which looked , after English orphans, about getting a boy to help on the farm. Dr. Barnardo's- flames, which- were sending out several parties of boys in the coming season, guaranteed that "all the young immigrants Will have passed through a period of training.in the English Homes, and will be carefully selected with -i view to their moral and physical suitability' to Canadian life," Although it would be comforting to assume most of the -English boys found a good home in Canada, knowing human nature, it's likely a number of them Worked long hours in return for. Their room and board. Farm Lands If extra help couldn't solve a farmer's problems and he was disgruntled with life in Ontario, then he might be particularly interested in a large advertisement head- lined Manitoba Farm Lands. •• According to, the advertisement, W.D. Scott, the Manitoba Immigration Agent in Toronto, was looking for new settlers to engage in agriculture in the western province. -"At no period in the history of the • province has the time for settlement been so opportune as the present, " said Mr. Scott. • ' 4 "March and April are the best months for settlers to arrive. All necessary supplies can be purchased in .the province as required, and at less than' half the prices paid twelve or fifteen years ago." , - Prospective settlers were offered free homesteads in the Lake Dauphin district between Lakes Winnipeg and Manitoba as well as on--the east of the Red River, in province where the 1895 wheat yield was, 27.8 bushels per acre, with 36.6-bushels Or barley-per-acre and a ,yieltrofl 6'8-buShels of flax. , When it came to farill" machinery, the magazine also offered the latest in modern equipment. First, there' was the full circle steel hay press, sold by Matthew Moody and Sons of Quebec. The advantage of the full circle press was that "the horses walk around in a, full circle continuously, fatiguing . the horses much less than the half circle machines." Inventions Other modern inventions included the. Planet Jr. hill-dropping ,seeder and com-, bination,single-wheel hoe, cultivator,, rake. and plow which would do the season's work in' the garden and -the ball-bearing root pulper and slicer, and the pivoted land roller, sold by the estate of T.T. Coleman of Seaforth. Finally, if a young man had real doubts about staying on the farm, he could enroll By Alice GIbb For 99 years, from 1866 to' 1965, the Farmers Advocate and Home Magazine, published in London, Ontarid and Win- nipeg, Manitoba, was one of the major sources of information for the farmer and his family. The magazine's motto was " Persevere and succeed" and that's just what the majority of its articles were about - succeeding in the perilous business of agriculture.- • An 1897 edition of the magazine offers a glimpse back into the world of agriculture at the-turn-of-the century - a period when- farmers in the east were considering migrating to Western Canada, when Saskatchewan buffalo robes were a big seller and when gteel windmills were the thing for the up and coming farmer. The magazine wiS an authority on "agriculture, stock, poultry, horticulture, veterinary (medicine) and the home circle" and it featured articles on such items of interest as the Ontario Bee-Keeper's convention dehorning cattle (illustrated) and insects considered injurious , to Canadian farm crops. Gosslp • The gossip section of the magazine - a section still imitated by many farm publications - had news and notes on the annual meeting of the Ontario Veterinary Association, the Lincoln Breeders' annual meeting and the Smithfield, England winners at the Fat Stock show. But one of the real joys of the 1897 puhlication were the advertisements which started on the orange covet of the publication and marketed everything from prize Hackney stallions to cures for nervous disorders. First, there was Epp's Cocoa, the English breakfast drink which possessed the following distinctive merits: "delicacy of flavor and superiority in quality" as well as being "grateful and comforting to the nervous or dyspeptic." For those who didn't enjoy the soothing properties of a morning cup of cocoa, there ' were pressed flowers -from the Holy Land- to be considered - "an exquisite premium highly interesting to Sunday School workers and lovers of flowers." The only •way a subscriber could receive the flowers was to persuade someone else to buy ; subscription to the Advocate. His own Hands The notice assured subscribers the flowers were "gathered and pressed in Palestine, by Rev. Harvey B. Greene. together with a description of each and Scripture references. Mr. Green has frequently visited Palestine, and gathered' The Advocate had answers 41' 6°1 1...1.4fr" „kit-0;k 1319 \.• G1110 LTURE, $TOCK, DAIRY, P ' OULTRY, .ORT CULTURE, E'rERINARY, ROME GlRCI.E.* Vol, XXXII. LONDON, ONTARIO, Aso WINNIPEG, 11,1ANITOBA. No. .121. • se• • THE HUROWEXPC4ITCR, SEPTEMBER 7, 1978 - 16 1 , ' ullettownsliii, . , d , T d - . en ers. accepte Hullett Township Council awarded the contract for a Public Works Garage to Gohcon Construction ' of Dundalk who tendered at $139,999.95 at a special meeting of council held' August 23, The other tender received was from W.H. Smith at $164,667. . Council accepted the tender subject to the approval of MTC and after cheang out by Burns M. Ross Associates with work to be completed by December 31, 1978 except for painting which is to be finished July 1, 1979. Wm. Hearn was present to discuss .the location of a proposed new house 'on his property. It was made clear to him by council of the snow problems in the• area he had chosen' and council could not give any assurance that roads would be kept open all , • winter. — Councillor Cunningham had to leave the meeting to attend to other commitments. • The clerk was to send a letter to the property owner involved to have his car moved off of township property within seven days or else it will moved-it their expense, Council decided not to endorse the resolution on- vandalism from the town of Trenton. They accepted the tile drain loans for Lorne Snell lot 21 con. 7 for $3000 and for W. Pt. 19, Con. 7 for $750 also for Lorne Snell,' subject to availibility of funds..Cannot accept application from Melvin Knox on work already completed. • Council also decided to have the Road• Superintendent apply for the interim subsidy Silo gas poses a danger 440 Stock 1 DIETZ ,4, Seoforth Ont n All Nylo (no metal to corrode) To be used with all corrosive materials such' as "Roundup" Now in ILION Ltd PhOne 527-0608 R.R ing units p ide •-proteetion but they are difficult to obtain and cumbersome to use in a silo. ..Other units provide no protection. Running the blower for 30 minutes MAY expel the gas but this action may not displace gas if the corn 'is below the level of _the open door, Climbing and/or enter- ing the silo' is risky at the best. If someone insikts on going in the silo, then he should operate with a partner who is holding a lifeline tied to his waist. Work is presently being done on a device to test for silo gas. In addition, one company has develpped a self contained breathing Unit with tanks that remain on the ground and are attached by a hose 'to' a' mask that can be used in the silo. This equip- ment sells for $800 to $1,000 and might be considered as a cooperative purchase by a group of farmers. SHIPPER. to . UNITED CO-OPERATIVE'S' OFONTARIO - LIVESTOCK' • DEPARTMENT TORONTO Ship your livestock with MIKE DOYLE Tuesday is Shipping Day FroM Dublin CALL DUBLIN 345-2656 ZURICH 236.4088 KNAPSACKSPRAYER RYAN DRYING LTD• ,IIVALTON, ONT. We are now receiving , * White Beans * (as a satellite dealer for) Rensall Co-op • • • Honest Weights • * •Courteous Service • We now have a phone at the Mill Phqne 887-9261 • Two local municipalities have been awarded grants under the' Ontario Home ReneWal Program (OHRP). The township of Hullett has been awarded $36,397 and the village of Zurich has been awarded $20,000. The OHRP grants are awarded to 'Ontario municipalities to lend money to homeowners-occupants to repair their homes to meet municipal standards. The object of the program i's to help correct faulty structural and, sanitary 'coOditions and to upgrade plumbing, "heating, in- sulation and electrical systems of owner-occupied homes. The homeowners who qualify for assistance under the program are low and moderate income home- owners with a maximum annual income of $12.500. When homeowners receive a loan under the program, Built tough to make yourTruck's life easier SLIME-A-BE& %.• 8%, Folksall over are installing Line-A-Beds in their trucks Has won the acclaim of farmers, ranchers, contractors, parts dept. managers, hunters, campers, fruit &vegetable dealers, and pickup truck enthusiasts everywhei-e. TRAVEL-ON SALES—SERVICE Travel trailers Folding Campers Travel Accessories Truck Covers GORDON STEEPE PHONE (5 79)-482-3364 R .R.2,ClinTon,Cint:tANAbA Hullett receives part of the loan 'can be Interest rates on the loans forgiven depending upon the vary from zero to eight per income of the recipient. low interest OHRP grant of $36,397 cent, again depending on the homeowner's income. Howson Mills Elevator Division Receiving White Beans. & Corn 1 Fast Unloading - Probe System for Corn - Sell, Store or Contract your Corn - Satellite.Dealer for e W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd. in Beans ONLY owson 8 Howson Ltd. :111 yth 523-4241 Elevator 1 mi. East of Blyth Bl off County kd. 25 '523-9624 in a steam-engineering course, offered by the International Correspondence School• of Seranton, Pennsylvania. Not only could the young man take steam engineering in his spare time, but he could also learn surveying and mapping. '; duced a smaller corn plant bookkeeping and electricity. with a greater concentration But while the advertisements, with their of nitrates in the leaves. fascinating • engravings Of animals and These nitrates produce silo gases. Gas production starts with the ensiling process and weconetkMsu. es for at least two Overfertilization is another fascinaing engraVings of' animals and factor-that contributes to the • machines, certainly catch the eye, The production a these gases. Farmer's Advocate also 'contained some Special careshould be taken more serious food for thought. with corn fields that have received a heavy coating of First, there were a number of how-to' manure as well as 100 lbs.' articles such as "Cuie for a' balky horse", per acre or more (90 kgms taken from the Kentucky Stock Farm per hectare) of actual piece of stout packing twine to theendof sickly sweet odour and a magazine. nitrogen. The line of &atment involved tying a Silage gases usually have • short stick. colourless or yellowish brown Then advised the article, "tie the free colour. Since they are end around the animal's neck and be in to heavier than air, they will r. p explained how to build a crate arrangment for dehorning cattle, and how to make a berry_pruner to cut the old wood out of the berry patch without cutting anyone's hand. Romantic when they entered a silo that The Farmer's Advocate also offered had been , partly filled two something for its female readers with • days earlier. In other cases, a serialized novel,, written in the• romantic there has been an initial vein of the day. dizziness arid then real prob- In 1897, readers followed the perils of lems 6 to 8 hours later when Miss Christie, a'young girl employed as a the individual has experi- governess in the mysterious Rayner enced coughing; high household. temperature, shortness of Now Miss Christie is obviously a plucky breath and paralysis. character, as Victorian heroines had to be, Safety is only insured if but she does have her trials and one stays away from the silo tribulations. for at least two weeks after Like the readers of the magazine, Miss filling. Self contained breath- Christie would no doubt "persevere and succeed." After all, how could you go wrong, reading the magazine which unblushingly called itself the "leading agricultural journal in the Dominion." Silo gas could be a problem in 1978. Drought conditions have likely pro- machines, certainly catch the eye, The Farmer's Advocate also contained some - more serious food for thought: bookkeeping and electricity. But while the advertisements, with their wind the twine around his ear. Draw the form just above the silage • string fairly tight for several winds, then surface or spill down the push the stick inside •the brow band of the chute and injure humans or bridle, when the offender will wriggle his. livestock in contained areas ear vigorously, shake his head impatiently at the bottom. Sometimes and very soon begin to walk away with his there is no evidence that gas load as though he had entirely forgotten is present. that he had balked. The theory of the cure The• gases cause problems is that a horse can think of only one thing in a number of ways. Ladder at a time, and the string on his ear takes his -climbers have been rendered whole attention away from his balk." , unconscious while climbing Other articles reported on the crop yield • the silo-with resulting injury in Indian Head, Northwest Territories from falling down the chute. Last year in EasternOntario, two brothers and their farm employee were killed instantly, one afterthe other, Classified Ads pay dividends. 4