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Commercial Trade.’’ The Canadian
Pony Society will meet the same ev
ening, also at the Carls Rite.
Hon. P. M. Dewan, Ontario Minis
ter of Agriculture, will address the
annual dinner of the Ontario Sheep
Breeders Association on Wednesday
evening, February Sth. At the annual
meeting following the dinner, J. A.
Telfer will report on Grading of
Rams in Ontario for 193 8. Domer J.
Maybee will discuss “Experimental
Carcass Grading of Lambs” and G.
E. O’Brien, Manager of the Canadian
Co-operative Wool Growers’ Associa
tion will talk on “Wool Marketing
in 1938 and Prospects for 1939.”
The Canadian Shire Horse Assn,
will meet the morning of February
9 th with the Ontario Horse. Breeders’
Association holding their annual ban
quet that evening at the Carls Rite.
Mr. R. H. Graham will give a re
sume of foal club work during 193 8
" at the annual meeting, while J. M.
1 McCallum, Ottawa, who is now in
Scotland, will discuss “The Horse
Situation.” Five minute addresses
will also be given by representativts
of each of the breed assocations.
Ontario Cattle Breeders’ Assn.,
will hold sway on the morning of
Friday, February 10th. George B.
Rothwell, Director of Production
Services, Ottawa, will be the special
luncheon speaker. At the annual
meeting W. P. Watson will discuss
“Present
Ontario”;
will give
ping beef
C. D. McGllivray, Principal of the
Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph,
will give an address on “Calfhood
Vaccination.” All the above meet
ings are being held in the
Hotel.
Pioneer Doctor As A
Practical Joker
By AV. H. Johnston
Farm News
Current Report
A canvass in Huron County for the
T. B. Free Area plan showed 87.6%
of cattle-owners in favour of the pro
ject. Jack rabbit hunters have been
busy in Huron, with hundreds of
jacks being shot. An interesting new
feature is the purchase of the game
at 20c each by the fox and mink
breeders. Fresh milch cows T.B. test
ed are reported in keen demand in
Middlesex. There have been num
erous shipments of finished beef
cattle from that county ranging in
price from $6.00 to $6.50 per cwt.
a large quantity of hatching eggs for
the early trade in baby chicks. Many
poultrymen are securing chicks much
earlier in the season in order to have
their pullets laying earlier in the
fall when prices are usually higher
than later in the winter. A carload
of 47 head of heavy cattle was ship
ped from Oxford County recently at
a price of 7c lb. at the local station.
Oxford also, reports a general scar
city of little pigs, which have been
selling all the way from $5.00 to $7.
each.
Care of the Young Horse’s Feet
“No feet, no horse” is a well known
adage amongst horsemen. This state
ment is particularly important and
true of stallions, as they are the pro
genitors of the next horse crop. In
ferior feet in horses will be passed
on to the next generation just as
promptly as any other structural de
fect. We can assist heredity, how
ever, by taking proper care of the
■feet of our horses. It is never too
soon to start caring for the young
horses’ feet. Not only can the feet
be improved by seasonable attention,
but early, patient, kind handling of
foals, will save much perspiration
and many backaches later on.
The proper care of
should keep
wide at the
level on the
round level
grip of the
pasterns well lined up and at the
proper angle.
It is wonderful what can be done
in improving action, and in putting
knees, hocks and ankles in the cor
rect position by the proper care of
young horses’ feet at the right time.
horses’ feet
the foot short in front,
heel and above all else,
bottom. This makes a
foot that takes a good
ground and keeps the
Farmer’s Meetings
Toronto will be the Mecca of live
stock, sheep, horse swine breeders
the week of February 6tli when or
ganizations representing various over
breeds will hold their annual meet
ings at Toronto Hotels. Executive of
these various organizations have
given considerable thought to pro
grams outside regular association
matters, with the result tha special
speakers have been secured to talk
on subjects close to the hearts of the
Associations.
The Ontario Large Yorkshire
Club, The Ontario Berkshire Club
and Ontario Tam worth Club are all
meeting at the Carls Rite Hotel on
the afternoon of Monday, February
6 th with the annual dinner of the
Ontario Swine Breeders Association
at 6 p.m. This will be followed by
the annual meeting at which A, W.
Peterson, Ottawa, will give a pro
gress report on Advanced Registry
work,
discuss
special
blems,
will report on the “testing of Swed
ish Landrance pigs.”
G. H. Wilson, Charing Cross look
ed upon as one of the best farmers
and live stock breeders in Western
Ontario, will address the annual
meeting of the Ontario Aberdeen-An
gus Assn, at 2 pan. on Tuesday, Feb.
7th on “Feeding Angus Calves for
L. W. Pearsall, Ottawa, will
the Bacon Market, with
reference to current pro
while E. B. Fraser, Ottawa,
Status of T.B. Testing in
Prof. A. M. Shaw, Ottawa,
a progress report on ship-
to Great Britain, while Dr.
Carls-Rite
Hogs
the main
point to bear in mind is that, by
steady production based on the nor
mal capacity of the farm, it is pos
sible for an individual producer to
increase his average returns mater
ially. Profits from hogs are depen
dent on two factors, namely, the
price received and the cost of pro
duction and although many of the
elements governing prices and cost
of feed are beyond the individual’s
control, it is not beyond his power
to take advantage of certain market
conditions which are repeated at
fairly frequent and regular intervals.
Hog prices show a considerable
variation from month to month. Us
ually the highest prices in any year
are paid from July to September, a
period when marketings are low. By
farrowing sows in the winter months
(December - February), the individ
ual producer will be able to market
his hogs during the July-September
period of peak prices. This winter
farrowing is admittedly more diffi
cult than production during the
so-called normal season, but the ob-
Steady Production of
In the raising of hogs
not
have
feed
hig'3
stacles can be overcome, just as they
were for poultry by supplying heat
and more careful breeding.
NO‘ one predict future prices for
either hogs oi* feed with any certain
ty at the time sows are bred, but,
while yearly average hog prices dur
ing the past five years have
shown much variation, there
been very drastic changes in
prices: low in 1934 and 1935;
in 1936 and 1937; and low again
in 19 3 8. The combination of high
hog prices and low feer prices in the
fall of 1935 led many farmers in
in some districts to increase the num
ber of sows bred, resulting in the
greatly increased marketings of ’36-
37. Many of the hogs were finished
on the higher-priced feeds of 193 6
so that much smaller- profits than
anticipated were obtained. In 1937,
the same producers became discour
aged, deceased the numbers of sows
bred, and now find themselves with
fewer hogs to feed at a time when
low feed prices have made produc-
ton proftable.
Attempting to guess the future
prices of hogs and feed simply can
not be done successfully. The only
alternative is to maintain normal
production, being careful to avoid
any market increases or decreases.
Ask Wifey
As an after dinner speaker, he
Was always bragging, don’t
see,
He said he ne’er prepared a speach
Yet
Quite
He
you
what he said would make you
screech
round about I once found out
told the truth, without
doubt:
He never did prepare a speech
He paid his wife a dollar each.
a
we
infested country, Galt in his autobio
graphy speaks of him as “devoured
by vanity” full of “airs and arrog
ance” “by this time an affliction”
and doubtless Dunlop felt he was
now paying off some of Gait’s griev
ances.
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In our issue of December 29th
published a column on John Galt, the
Commissioner for Canada, but we
did not tell of the jokes played on
Mr. Smith, the accountant, who had
been sent to spy on Mr. Galt.
One day Dr. Dunlop, the “Tiger”;
Major Strickland, the Accountant and
the servant John Hinds, made up a
party on the way to Blenheim from
Toronto. The Tiger told Major Strick
land that Hinds should give the Ac
countant, the roan mare, a fiery
little beast to .ride. He looked as
though he had never been on horse
back before. iHe did not seem to
know how to rise in the saddle as
they trotted along.
The Doctor told the Major to drop
behind while he rode on with the
Accountant. When he came u*p to I emergency operaton.
him he stuck a pin in the roan mare brought here by Dr. Morphy, Wood-
and shouted, “Come, man, if we don’t’ham, 40 miles over
push on we shan’t reach Blenheim
to-night,” The mare bolted, the ac
countant in vain, trying to pull her
in as the Dotcor kept prodding with’
the pin. They raced like this for
more than two miles with the Ac
countant holding on to the mane
with both hands. John Hinds in
the rear made the woods ring with
his laughter. When at length they
dropped to a walk the Doctor grave
ly remarked, he had never known
the mare to act like that
no doubt, he knew the
was a Cockney.
Darkness fell
Blenheim woods
ed Strickland if
thought he could and the Doctor ask
ed him to push on ahead and when
he came within half-a-mile of Spring
er’s Clearing ,he was to begin to
howl. Strickland and Hinds did as
the Doctor advised.
When the unearthly howls were
heard the Doctor shouted, “Wolves,
wolves man, ride for your life,” and
both raced forward towards Blen
heim. It was easy for the Doctor
to ride away from the Cockney whose
agonized cries for help filled the air
and n response came back more of
the howls lou'der and more terrify
ing than ever. The Accountant lost
his head and turned into the woods
where he was soon swept off the roan
by the branches. The Doctor rode
back when he heard his cries for
help, while the other two pressed on
to Springer’s. They told afterwards
that it took three glasses of whiskey
punch to restore him. Out of pity
for the Accountant they allowed him
to occupy the only bed available
the Major slept in a hayloft.
The Accountant never forgot the
awful scare he received and not
long afterwards he returned to Eng
land glad to escape from this wolf-
(FARMERS, teams break
10-MILE PATH TO GET
STRICKEN BOY TO LONDON
(London Free Press)
Heroism of the country doctor is
far from past, although the motor
Car and modern roads have done
much to becloud its existence. Tues
day, two ru'ral Western Ontario doc
tors had won battles through deeply
drifted roads in the raging storm to
save the lives of their patients,
Tuesday night, 10-year-old Harry
Stephen, of near Woodham, XJsborne
Township, was lying in a
Hospital cot, .his lfe
From Whalen Corners a relay was
organized. At three-mile intervals
farmers and teams were waiting. The
farmers would hitch the heavy teams
to the car and plow through the
snowdrifts for a three-mile stretch.
Then the next group would take over
the task. They would haul the car
for the next three miles, then give
place to the next group, and so on.
They went by way of KElginfield
and then down No. 4 Highway to
London.
Officials said that this was the
second time Dr. Morphy had organ
ized a similiar relay system to get a
patient through to the hospital.
Four years ago when Woodham was
cut off by snow he secured volunteers
to help him dig a road through.
before but,
Accounant
neared the
Doctor ask-
as they
and the
he could howl. He
Victoria
saved by an
He had been
storm swept
roads, part of the route broken open
with the aid of 50 ‘farmers.
Harry Stephen was given a good
chance of recovery from the appen
dix operation, and it appeared pro
bably the trip through the snow sav
ed his life.
When the Stephen boy suffered an
attack of acute appendicitis, Doctor
Morphy realized that his life was in
danger unless he could be taken to
a hospital for an
storms had blocked the
Woodham was cut off
communication with
country.
There was only one
operation. But
roads and
from road
surrounding
thing to do,
decided the doctor, That was to dig
a way through to the highway, a dis-
ance of about 10 miles. A plow had
broken open a highway track for
them. About 50 farmers using more
than 15 teams of horses, joined in
the race with death. Working in re
lays they plowed through country
roads breaking a way for the doc
tor’s car carrying the young patient.
Race is Won
The race was won. The lad was
hurried to Victoria Hospital where
surgeons performed
that saved his life.
The battle to take
hospital started late
noon. Dr. Morphy put the patient
and his mother in his car and then
started out from Woodham to try
and go through the heavy snow. But
three or four miles out from Wood-i
ham the car struck some snowdrifts
that were impassble.
If they turned back the lad could
not be operated upon. So the doctor
recired the only thing to do was keep
going. He got to a telephone and
called Whalen Corners where farm
ers with teams were summoned to
help in the battle.
Death of Mrs. Wm.
Atkinson
the operation
the lad to the
Monday after-
considerably cheaper
and, if adopted in
increase the demand
is heated in the ab-
CHARCOAL FROM WOOD WASTE
The manufacture of charcoal from
wood waste would help to solve the
problem of the utilization of large
quantities of wood waste that occur
in lumbering operations in Canada,
if a local market could be found to
absorb it. (But charcoal, because of
its bulk, cannot be transported any
great distance economically and
there is only a limited demand in
Canada, where it is chiefly used for
lighting fires and cooking. Other
uses are in the manufacture of me-
' allurgical products, chemicals, black
I powder and poultry food. It is also
used in the purification of water,
as a decolourizer, and deodorizer.
In Europe successful attempts are
being made to use producer gas from
charcoal as a fuel for heavy trucks.
Such a fuel is
than gasoline,
Canada, would
for charcoal.
When wood
sence of air it decomposes, evolving
gases, and leaves as a residue, char
coal. The earliest known method of
making charcoal was to stack wood
in bee-hive shaped piles and .cover
almost completely with earth and
leaves. By kindling a fire and reg-,
ulating the air supply, part of the
would is burnt, producing sufficient
heat to convert the remainder to
charcoal. This method is still used to
some extent, but in modern distilla-
ton plants charcoal is produced by
placing dry wood in steel ovens
which are externally heated. The gas
es evolved, after passing through
condensers, are further processed to
yield valuable by-products, acetic
acid and methoyl alcohol.
The total production of charcoal
in (Canada during the calendar year
1936 was 41,305,000 pounds, ot’
which 31,913,000 was made in the
wood distillation industry and 9,~
440,000 in the charcoal burning in
dustry.
The community was shocked by
the sudden death of Mrs. Atkinson,
wife of the late Wm. Atkinson, Kirk
ton, in her 80 th year. Mrs. Atkinson
was in her usual health until a few
days before her death which came
so suddenly on Wednesday morning.
She was a daughter of the late Alex
Patterson and Maria Bonis, and was
born on the McKenzie farm, River
Road, west of St. Marys. She is the
last of a family of seven, and is sur
vived by one daughter, Ethel, Tor
onto. Rueben Switzer of Kirkton is
a nephew. Being a great lover of
flowers, she spent many happy hours
in her beautiful garden of which she
was very proud. She was a member
of the Anglican Church.
The funeral on F'riday was largely
attended. Interment was made in the
Anglican Cemetery. The service was
conducted by Rec. Chas. James of
St. Paul’s Church. Pall-bearers were
John Morphet, Thos. Washburn, W.
Hazelwood, Russell Brock, William
Switzer, Goldwin Atkinson. Flower
bearers: Harold O’Brien, Bill Swit
zer, Gerald Paul, Bob Levy.
(St. Marys Journal-Argus)
One reason why modern young
brides don’t ‘go home to mother’ is
because mother is seldom home.
A “Cough-Cold”
Is Dangerous
Some people get a nasty cough and
do not pay any attention to it,
saying, “Oh, it will wear away in a
short time.” This is a mistake as
serious injury may be done to the
bronchial tubes by neglecting the
cough.
You may get rid of the cough on
its inception by using Dr. Wood’s
Norway Pine Syrup, a remedy that
has been on the market for the past
48 years.
The T. Milburn Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont.
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