HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-01-09, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
JSNORMOUS DAMAGE BY
• BAJB IN DOMINION
The brown rat in Canada invade
houses, stores, warehouses and mar-
hets, and, besides destroying fabrics
and leather goods, it attacks all
kinds of food —- groceries, meat,
fruits, vegetables and so on. In town
and country it attacks, Poultry, des
troying eggs and chickens. The foun
dations of buildings are also damag
ed Vy i ts act ivities. Everywhere it
destroys unceasingly, and yet its
presence is tolerated.
In addition to the enormous des
truction of food supplies, the brown
rat is a serious menace to public
health. It is a carrier of bubonic
plague, one of the most devastating
of human diseases, which has been
spread all over* the world by the rat.
In the 14th century it is estimated
that about 25,0(00,000 people died
in Europe from the “Black Death”
as this disease was then called, and
2,000,000 deaths are stated to have
occurred during the epidemic in In
dia in 1907. Bubonic plagiie is trans
mitted from rats to human beings by
fleas. Modern methods of prevent
ing the spread of the plague involve
the most vigorous eradication ot
rats and the prevention of their
landing in seaports from ocean-go
ing vessels.
In view of the heavy loss of the
people of Canada through the de
predations of rats the Entomologic
al Branch, Dominion Department of
Agriculture, has prepared a leaflet
on the control of rats which can be
obtained by writing to the Publicity
and Extension Branch, Dominion
Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
Someone is sure to talk!
Big, bad business better (behave.* * * * .*
And now for the best January ever.* * . * * * *
Old Man Winter can still do his stuff.*******
Was'that January thaw a mere feeler?* * * * * * * *
Few towns or persons drift into prosperity.
The times are better for the man improving them.
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“Pay as we go!” That’s the talk Premier Hepburn.
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That January moon helped out the lengthening days!
1935 bade Western Ontario farewell with ideal winter weather.
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The police officer who abuses his position is all the better of a
jail sentence, •
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that’s at fault; it’s in the
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confer a great benefit on
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It isn’t the New Year’s resolution
spine of the resolutioner.******
. We know some people who would
society by kidnapping themselves.
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Roosevelt is loftily) critical of the conduct of Italy in Ethiopia,
but when it comes to action . . . !1 ********
Ever hear of the bright young man who.pawned his razor for
15 cents to get a shave? His cousins are with us.
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■Shorter trials, less sensational publicity and stiffer sentences
on all connected therewith and kidnapping will vanish.
I as other products.
Discussion of these and m;
other facts of interest is to
found in the “Agricultural Situatl
and Outlook." Copies of this pl
lication will be available for f|
distribution to farmers and othl
interested, on or about the 15 th I
January. Application for cop]
should be made to thefjPublicity d
Extension Branch, Dominion 1 partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. I
BABBITS ABE MENACE TO
PLANTATIONS
Much damage is done every win
ter in plantations and fruit orchards
by bush and jack rabbits and these
pets are somewhat difficult to con
trol. A rabbit-proof fence of poul
try wire, high enough to keep well
above snow drifts will ensure pro
tection to small fruit orchards but
is hardly economical in the case of
large belts. A few fruit trees can
be protected by wrapping with bur
lap or building paper without en
tailing to much labor.
In shelter belts, the varieties most
subject to attack by rabbits are ash,
elm1, poplar and pine. The ash and
elm are the two hardiest and most
dependable varieties and during the
past seasons of drought have stood
up better than) any other kinds. It
is worth while, therefore, to take a
little extra trouble to protect these
two varieties while they are still
small and- easily injured by rabbits.
The damage is usually done while
the trees are quite small. After
they get up to five or six feet the
risk is very slight.
In the case of evergreens, where
Comparatively few are planted, it is
advantageous to wrap the small
trees with paper or burlap for the
first few years. This can also be
done with ash and elm, if a few
evenly distributed plants are select
ed throughout the belt for special
attention each autumn.
The following method of poison
ing rabbits has been attended with
success: One tablespoon of starch
and one-half cup of water mixed.
Stir this into one pint of boiling
water to make a thin, paste, then
mix one ounce of powdered strych
nine with one ounce of bicarbonate
of soda (baking soda) and stir with
the starch to a smooth creamy paste.
Then stir in one teacup of table salt.
Tlfis may be applied to twelve quarts
of good clean oats and mixed thor
oughly. Distribute in small piles
where rabbits feed.
Another simple and effective
remedy of protection is the use of
mica axle grease. Just after freeze-
up, smear a little mica axle grease
on the palm of a mitt or piece of
rag and rub the grease lightly up
from the base of the young tree to
the tip. Be careful not to apply
too much of this grease as it might
injure the plant. The merest trace
of this grease will repel the rabbits.
While the trees are not more than
three or four feet high this grease
can be applied almost as fast as one
can walk down the row.
Rabbit drives organized during
the winter are a very effective way
of reducing the (jack rabbits. In
many cases from four to five hun
dred rabbits have been killed in a
com pari lively small area—in some
cases on one section,. 640 acres. Af
ter a person has gone to the labor
of planting and cultivating young
trees, it is worth while giving at
tention to the danger from destruc
tion by rabbits.
If some of the Eligible Maidens do not step lively these Leap
Year times some bachelors will be left on the old people’s hands.
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Does the criminal class count on the after-Christmas and New
Year’s mellowness of judges and magistrates and plan accordingly?
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And now, newly-elected councillors, both in the towns and
townships and the county, let’s get business, done with balanced
budgets.
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Even the tramp and
cancy thinks out a policy,
going for your money.”
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the transient in .his extremity of mendi-
Exeter merchants’ policy is “the best
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The more Italy tries to keep her people in the dark regarding
the. state of public opinion beyond her borders, the surer other
nations will be that she has little confidence in the loyalty or the
steadiness of Italian citizens.
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WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF'
The Italians are doing a lot of explaining about their bombing
that Red Cross hospital. Let’s see didn’t some people do much the
same when the Lusitania was torpedoed? .Seems as though the
same nation was affronted in the torpedoing as was injured in the
bombing. Will history repeat itself? Uncle’Sam will stand only
so much!
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A little gumption now and then
Is needed by our public men.*****»*ji
How doth the hustling business m'an ■
Chase every nimble dollar,
And rakte in profits every day
By ads that loudly holler!
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Ye bach’lors grave, full well endowed
With cash so hardly laid in,
Be on your guard- these leap year
Nor scorn the eligible maiden.
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days,
DISAPPOINTING *
As we listened in on President Roosevelt’s
niglit we were disappointd by what was'1 left out.
about what the United States was doing, or had
speech the other
Nothing was said
resolved to do re
garding the League of Nations. As regards helping to cure or to -re
move international ill, the United States washed her hands of the
whole affair leaving the folk with the hardest elbows and the long7
est range guns and the most poisonous gas to go on their buccaneer
ing way. Nor did he say a single word about the uncontrolled
gangsterdom of the republic that drove Charles Lindbergh to seek
an asylum under the Union Jack whose folds-, rather than the folds
of the Stars and 'Stripes gave him the assurance of the safety and
privacy of himself and family. Ill fares the land where dollars pile
up but where the integrity of homes is imperilled.
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ENCOURAGING
The report of the Director of the Imperial Cancer Research
Fund (Dr. W. E. Gye), just issued, is brilliantly written, and con
cludes with the words: “Cancer has ceased to be an unaccountable
mystery, and we need) no longer fear that its solution surpasses the
wit of man.”
As regards mortality from cancer, it is shown in the report that
cancer is not increasing at an alarming rate in civilized communities
It is further shown that cancel’ is found, when looked for, among
savage, uncivilized peoples, in wild as well as domesticated animals,
and in carnivorous as well as herbivorous animals.—The London
Times,
This great paper is not given to sensationalism: Hence
printing of this extract.
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The vicar had called to compli
ment the old lady on reaching her
80th birthday. In the course of their
conversation the vicar remarked
that there was another old lady in
the parish who had just passed her
102nd birthday, whereupon the old
lady of 80 fixed her glasses, looked
at him, sniffed and said:
“A hundred and twol Believe me
that ^rpfpan’s 122 if she's a day!”
Cedar Chests
AND NEW FURNITURE
Also furniture rembdellpd tt> oj$eL
We Uke orders for all. kinds of ca
binet Work for kltchoris, etc at the
DASHWOOD PLANING MILL
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“SWICK ’EM UP”
< An observer furnishes the following:
It was the day after -Christmas. A farmer was walking, along
the road when he was confronted by six or eight boys who had come
into possession of an air rifle. The elderly gentleman bade the
boys “good afternoon” when the boy in possession of the rifle level
led it at the old gentleman’s head with the brisk command “stick
’em up!” “Is that thing loaded?” quizzed) the startled old gentle
man. “Naw, but ye’d better stick em up just the same.”
The elderly gentleman related his experience in a crowd of men
and women only to be met with a gale of laughter. “Thats young
• Canada for you,” he was told. He asked us the following questions:
Why give a rifle as a toy? Why were those boys not working or
playing? Why were they aimlessly walking, the roads? Why did
those adults laugh at the condu'ct of boys imitating conduct that, in
adults, is an offence against the criminal code?V ♦ * * * • • *
FABEWELL TO MR. FERGUSON
The London, England, Times, has this to say:
'Something more than the conventional expression of regret is
due to the departure last week of Mr. Howard Ferguson, who has
represented Canada as i^Iigh Commissioner in London for the past
five years. 'Canadian practice, unlike our owp, requires a change
of representatives abroad on'a change of Govefnment at home; and
Mr. Ferguson himself came here on Mr. Bennett’s nomination after
Mr. Vincent Massey, who now succeeds .him, had actually been ap
pointed to London by Mr. Bennett’s predecessor. He- has no reason
therefore for complaint on that score; nor is he the man to com
plain on any other score. But in the circumstances he may be al
lowed at least to kjiow that* ho had earned the gratitude of people
of this country^ ‘no less than of his own people who have had deal
ings with them, during a difficult term of office. , Without parade
or self-advertisement he has done a good deal (as Mr. Massey said
the other night in a fine tribute) t,o create and maintain a good un
derstanding between Great Britain and Canada/ He has greatly
stimulated their growing mutual trade, ahd has been quick to re
move the little causes of friction Which wafe inevitable in the early
Working of the Ottawa agreements, He .has hdeh indefatigable in
his Visits to the chief industrial centres of England, and incident
ally to. Geneva, whexe CaDada has played a rtiore important and in
dependent part than she sometimes seems to realise. To Canadian
visitors, by common consent, both lie and. Mrs. Ferguson have been
unfailing guides and friends, and they will find gratitude everywhere
to cheer them in their retirement.
PREDICT MORE MONEY
FOR 'FARMEEH IN 1930
Canadian farmers will probably
have more money to spend during
193'6 than was the case in 1935. In
creased prices for most of the farm
products, with the volume of the
1935 crop which was about equal
to that of 1934, has placed the farm
er in this improved1 position. In ad
dition, the gradual expansion of in
dustrial activity and moderate im
provement in employment are con
tributing factors to an anticipated
•betterment in demand from within
Canada, These facts are pointed
out in the “Agricultural Situation
and Outlook” to be issued shortly
by the Dominion Department of Ag
riculture and Trade and Commerce.
The “Outlook” is surveying the
Canadian market for farm products
points to the conditions existing in
various other Canadian industries,
such as. mining, lumbering, construc
tion and the iron and steel industry.
Changes in the activity of these in
dustries has a very real effect on the
demand for farm products. The in
ter-relation of agriculture and' in
dustry in Canada makes it necessary
for farmers, as well as business men
to understand the situation in other
fields of activity.
‘The Canadian export market for
farm products is dominated by Gt.
Britain and the United States. From
Great .Britain comes encouraging
reports, which will likely be* reflect
ed in the volume and prices of im
ports, especially of farm products.
Canada stands in a good position to
share in any trade revival. The Unit
ed States also has been showing con
siderable improvement in the gener
al situation over that of 19 34. In
creased imports of ^vnimal products
and vegetable' food products during
1935 was of substantial importance
to 'Canadian farmers and it would
seem likely that this trade may be
maintained, if not improved, during
193 6. One of the disturbing fac
tors to international trade during
the depression has been the uncer
tainty regarding currency exchange.
During 1935 there was a marked de
gree of stability between the cur
rencies of the United States, Great
Britain and Canada, which, while
not solving the problem, had led
to a restoration of confidence. There
are various factors in several coun
tries that tend to prevent for the
time being at least a greater inter
national trade in agriculture, as well
SHIPKA ■
The Y. P. S. held their reguH
meeting at the home of Mr. and IvB
Ed. Lamport.
Mr. Howard Johnson gave a v^H
interesting talk Sunday morning^B
the United 'Church that was m^H
enjoyed by all present.Miss D. Baker, of Grand Bend, if
at present visiting with her cousin
Miss L. Baker,
Little Margaret Ratz is at present
recovering from an attack of the
measles.
Mr. and Mrs. John Baynham are
both under the doctor's care suffer
ing from an attack of the grippe.
Mr. and Mrs, Milford Dietrich and
babe have returned to their home in
Windsor after a weeks’ visit
Mrs. Dietrich and family.
with
The little girl came home
school the other day looking
unhappy.
“.Some
glumly, “have
proud of.”
Her mother,
asked what on
“Well,” exclaimed the
‘(Gladys'* mother was
from
very
people,” she announced
parents they can be
c
very much startled,
earth she meant.
downcast
youngster. “Gladys'’ mother was a
circus performer, and you were only
a high school teacher!”
from the Provincial Fertiliz^
I^Bmcils. These councils are fos-
tmed by the Fertilizer Division of
the .Seed Branch of the Dominion
Department of Agriculture with the
object of discouraging the sale of
unnecessary and uneconomic brands.
The council consist of the fertilizer
authorities of the various provinces
and they publish recommendations
every, year on the kinds and analy
ses of fertilizers suitable for the
different crops or different soils.
Their annual recommendations will
be available shortly from the Pub
licity and Extension Branch, Domin
ion Department of Agriculture, Ot
tawa, so that farmers and other
buyers may have the benefit of the
information before the arrival of-
the selling agents’ in the spring.
creamery butter in
the first eleven
.amounted to 228,-
an increase of two
Production of
Canada during
months of 1935
928,596 pounds,
pei' cent, compared with the corres
ponding period of 1934.
Nerve Racked Men and Women
Find Balm for Their Suffering
MB
To those on the verge of a nervous breakdown the
following symptoms present themselves: nervous
headaches, a feeling of depression, fitful, restless and
unrefreshing sleep, often accompanied by frightful
dreams,, avoidance of crowded places, dread of being
alone, etc. »
On the first sign of any weakness of the nerve
centres, flagging energy or physical breakdown don’t
wait until your case becomes hopeless. Start at once
to quiet the nerves and build up the system by taking
Milburn’s H. & N. Pills. They have helped others.
Why not you?
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... means so much!
Is there anything else that yields so much for what it
costs as a telephone in your home?
Note the rates for residence telephone service:
Two subscribers on a line (two party) - $1.85,per month
A line to yourself (individual line) - - $2.05per month
Convenience, protection, easy contact with friends far
and near, continuous saving of time and strength 24 hours
a day 365 days a year—these are some
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Have you « telephone in your home?
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Geo. W. Lawsoil