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Meets Soon
Farmers from all over Ontario
will invade Toronto on January
26 when the Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
opens its annual convention on
January 26, 27, 23 and 29. Meet
ings of the Association will be
held in the Industrial Section,
Coliseum, Exhibition Park, dur
ing the day with evening sessions
in the King E$ward Hotel.
“Conservation for Profit” will
be the theme of the four-day
convention, and with the Ontario
Retail Farm Equipment Dealers’
show being held at the same time
and place farmers will be able
to see the latest in labor-saving
devices and other farm supplies
and equipment. The Ontario Jun
ior Farmer Machinery Club Day
Will be held on January 29.
The program includes address
es by recognized agricultural
authorities in Canada and the
U.S.A., down to earth talks by
progressive farmers and panel
discussions on up-to-the-minute
topics. New faces will appear on
the program as well as those of
outstanding calibre who have ad
dressed the convention in prev
ious years.
Howard Harper, of Goodwood,
is this year’s president,
Exeter
Topics From
Thames Road
By MRS. WILLIAM RHODE *
Important
Announcement
We are pleased to announce to our many
friends and customers that we have
arranged to handle the complete line of
Massey-Harris
and
Ferguson Products
The full line of Massey-Harris tractors,
combines and implenjents, complemented
by the amazing Ferguson tractor and
attaching tools enables us to provide the
farmers of this district with the most com
prehensive array of modern mechanized
equipment for profitable farming.
A
COME AND SEE US
H. R. Sherwood
Phone 414-J Exeter, Ont.
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This little Pigfy Will
go to Market in a
Increase Hog Profits
BY SAVING TIME
Time required to feed a hog from birth to market weight —
(a) On grain alone —8 to 10 months
(b) On grain plus SHUR-GAIN—5 to 6 months
I)o you know it takes an average of one hour chore time per
month to look after one hog? By saving three months* feed
ing time, you save 30 hours on a litter of 10 hogs. It soon
adds up.
A SHUR-GAIN hog feeding program will not only save you
labour but also lower the amount of feed required. Prove to
yourself that SHUR-GAIN feeds have greater “dollar earn
ing capacity”. '
Canns
EXETER AND WHALEN CORNERS, ONT.
Personal Items
Miss Margaret Bray, London,
spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bray.
Mr. and Mrs. Aimer Passmore,
David and Dennis were guests on
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Well
ington Haist, of Crediton.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jeffery,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jeffery and
Douglas were guests Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Vic. Jeffery,
Mr. Harry Stephen, of Wood
ham spent Sunday with Mr. and
and Mrs. William Rohde.
Master Donnie Ferguson, I-Ien-
sall, and Miss Patricia Ferguson,
of Exeter, visited last week with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Ferguson.
Mr and Mrs. Ted McIntyre,
Peggy and George, of London,
visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Ballantyne.
Fortieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr .and Mrs. Donald Bray
were host and hostess recently
for a family supper for the lat
ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Elford’s forieth wedding
anniversary' which they celebrat
ed on Christmas Day. Those pre
sent were: Mr. and Mrs., Lorne
Elford, Ava and Michael, Elim
ville; Mr. and Mrs. William El
ford, Ron and Doris, Mrs. Annie
Veal, of Exeter; Mrs. R. A.
Baynes, of Welburn, and Miss
Ida Hall, of London.
New Years Day Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Ted McIntyre,
Peggy and George, of “London;
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Ballantyne,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ballantyne and
family, Mrs. Gertie Wiseman and.
Mr. Edgar Monteith with Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Ballantyne.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Fergu
son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Jaques and family, Hen
gall; Mr .and Mrs. Norman Fer
guson and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Ferguson and family,
Exeter, with Mr. and
liam Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton
near Exeter; Mr. and
Bissett and Marilyn,
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles
fery;
Mr .and Mrs. Doug Cook
Beth, of Hensall; Mr. and
Bierman Dettmer and family and
Mrs. Hay with Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Jeffery.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rodd, of
Woodham; Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Stewart and Marlene with Mr.
and Mrs. Lorne Passmore.
Mr. and Mrs. William Pass-
more, Mrs. Mackenzie, Mr. Elwin
McMahon, Mr. and Mrs. Doug.
Parsons and family, of Exeter;
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Parsons, Joan
and Jack, of Eden; Misses Helen
Moir and Helen Passmore and
Messrs. Bert Barry and Dave
Rae, of London, with Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Passmore.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac. Hodgert,
Jack and Joanne with Mr. and
Mrs Wilmer
Mr. • and
Johnny and
Mrs. Harold
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Ross and Lois with Mr, and Mrs.
Thomas Campbell, of near Ex
Mr. and Mrs. William Rohde,
Douglas and Glenn with Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Rohde, ^of Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Webber and
family with Mr. and Mrs. John
SgIvgs*
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hunkin
and Margaret with Mr. and Mrs.
Mervin Love, Parkhill.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jeffery,
Mr. and Mrs. Doug. Rivers and
Barbara, Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Cann and family, of Exeter; Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Love, of Grand
Bend; .Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jef
fery, Mr .and Mrs. Robert Jef
fery and Douglas, Mr. and Mrs.
William Cann, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cann and Ray with Mr.
and Mrs. Reg. Hodgert.
Mr. arid MrS. Aimer Passmore,
David and Dennis, Mr, and Mrs.
Melvin Gardiner and Marilyn,
Mr. and Mirs. Ken Duncan, Floyd
and Janice, Mr. and Mrs. Gib
Buncan, Mr1, and Mrs. Frayne
Parsons, Mrs. Percy Passmore, Exeter; Mr. John Passmore, of.
Hensall, with Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Gardiner, Of London.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bray, Mr.
and Mrs. William Elford, Ron
and Doris With Mr, and Mrs,
Lftrhe Elford, of EifmvilU;
Rev. Walton H. ’froHgtie, B.A.r
Lcffidd'ff, will be the guest speaker
of
Mrs. Wil-
Luther, of
Mrs. Bert
of Exeter,
Jef-
and
Mrs.
Howett, Londesboro.
Mrs. Bev. Morgan,
Gerry with Mr. and
Clarke, Winchelsea.
Mrs. Alvin Cottle,
What does 1954 hold in store?
You doubtless have been and
will be reading and hearing many
“Outlooks”. There is one thing
yon should keep in mind—These
writers and speech makers are
human beings just as you are.
They could be wrong.
All too often in the past, and
doubtless in the future, farmers
listen to a so-called expert and
then sometimes put all their eggs
in that 'basket only to trip over
a stick. Oh yes, we are reading
and listening avidly too. Why?
If for nothing more than to ob
tain another man’s opinion. We
prefer the written articles, they
can be cut out and filed for fur
ther reference while an oral
speech must be recorded in the
brain and then brought out by
the mind perhaps with some dis
tortion.
Interested In Profit
Needless to say the farmers of
this area are interested' in the
over-all net profit in the > next 12
months. We have been asking the
odd question here and there in
the different places we have been
and without trying to be a clair
voyant and with no crystal ball
we submit the following:
1. Buy shrewdly — don’t
talked into it.
2. Cut cost of production.
3. More fertilizer per acre—
where else can you get an
terest rate of over 10>0'% in
months (i.e.—$1 of Fert. to
.of grain).
The f armers do hold4.
whip hand.
5. ~
be
in-
six
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the
Some of the older farmers
are very naturally cautious—
some are very pessimistic—they
are remembering World War I
years.
6. Farm machinery manufac
turing firms are laying off cer
tain classes of labour.
7. Did you remember the U.K.
goes back into International
Trade this summer?
8. What does the two price
system in U.S.A, mean to our
economy here in Canada? "
Cautious Tone
All the government men have
a cautious tone in their remarks.
In Ottawa (no digs, no politics)
the Federal Minister of Agricul
ture made a very •common sense
statement when he said the Wes
tern Farmer is going to have to
go into the livestock business.
This will not improve the econo
mic situation here in Ontario.
Our local MPP at Soils and Crop
Improvement Association 13 a n-
quet in Londesboro remarked:
Report On
Grand Bend
By MRS. IRENE MEYERS
Mr. Bruce Thompson, Windsor,
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Merritt Thompson, over the holi
day.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Thompson
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Thompson at Mt.
Carmel.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. McGregor
visited .in London during the
holidays.
Mr. Humphrey Webb is not in
the best health.
Mr. a nd Mrs. Glen Eckraier
and Gwenda, of Goderich, visited
friends in town on Saturday.
The descendents of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Webb held their
annual family reunion in Park
hill Arena on New Years Day.
There was over 50 in attendance.
After a bountious feast and
toasts, there was games and
story-telling and just good old
fashioned visiting.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Saun
ders, of Ottawa, visited their son,
P. O. and Mrs. J. P. 0. Saunders
during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. E.t Mathers, of
London, spent New Years with
their son Clayton and Mrs. Ma
thers and family.
Miss Mary Yeo spent the week
end. in Sarnia as a guest of Miss
Muriel Follis.
New Year Guests
Mr. and Mrs. William Desjar-
dine and Donald, Annie Mac
Gregor and Mrs. Howard Desjar-,
dine and family with Mr. and'
Mrs. Archie Geery in Strathroy.
Guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Rufus Turnbull on Tuesday were
Miss Annie MacGregor, Mrs.
Howard Desjardlne, Evelyn and
boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Dettloss and
Richard, of Detroit, and Mrs. Al
bert Pollick, of Parkhill, with
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Turnbull and
Donna.
at the church service at 11:15
a.in. Sunday, January 10. Rev.
Tongue is District Secretary of
Western Ontario Bible Society
and was a missionary of the
United Church in China for three
years until driven out b‘y the
Communists.
Farm Forum
- The South Thames Road Farm
Forum met at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. AIL Hunkin, of Exeter.
After forum disbttSSioh, euchre
was played. Prizes weiit to d\ir.
.Tack Stewart and Mr. Reg. Hod-
gert, .Mrs. Wilfred Hunkin atid
Mrs. William Ferguson.
“The honeymoon’s over”. So
the married man, the farmer so
far as we can see is just going to
have to get down to the business
of living. The going may be
rough—even rougher than in the
past.
Some organizations feel that a
united front will save the day.
What day? It could be tomorrow,
next month, next year or could he
too late.
As the old skipper always said
“You can make a ‘quid’ a day at
most with your hands, but what
can you make with your head?”
So we make no forecasts, nobody
we know is making any rash
promises of a guaranteed profit
(if there is we want to talk to
that guy). It is entirely up to you
as to how you come out of 1954
be it black or red.
DID YOU KNOW?
.Voted the best investment for
1954—-Fertilizer on pasture. It
will return more money for the
investment per acre, than
other one thing.
THIS WEEK
Visit
Be happy
Balance the books
It’s icy, slow
Attend your
quet
Make a date
overhaul.
LAW Valerie Burgess, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Burgess, 493 Andrew St., spoke
to her parents and brother Wayne
froip Metz, France, on New Years
Day via the radio. Mr and Mrs.
Burgess had received word that
the jnessage, recorded on Christ
mas Day, would be sent out over
CFPL at 10 a.m. on New Years.
Mrs. Burgess said Valerie’s
voice came through as clearly as if she were’in the room with
them and her final words, “I’ll
be home soon,” brought a real
thrill to her family.
LAWT Burgess sailed from
Quebec September 9, 1953, and is
stationed at No. 1 Air Division
Headquarters at Metz. She will
have completed three years in
the Air Force in September of
this year and expects to return
to Canada in July.
Message From
Greenway
By MRS. CARMEN WOODBURN
any
down
Federation Ban-
for that tractor
News Budget From
Brinsley
By MRS. Ij. CRAVEN
The Harmony Class of the
United Church will hold their
meeting on Friday evening at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Carman
Woodburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dettloff.
and Richard, of Detroit, spent
last week with their aunt, Mrs.
Albert Pollock. On Tuesday, ac
companied by Mrs. Pollock they
went to Bad Axe, Michigan, and
visited Mrs. Pollock’s sister, Mrs.
Levina Kennedy.
Mr., and Mrs. Ray Eagleson
and Wayne, of Detroit, spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Eagleson.
Miss Marion Woodburn spent a
few days last week with her cou
sin, Miss Marilyn Mousseau, of
Kippen.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleave Brophey,
of Gravenhurst, spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Brophey and Frances.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gardner and
sons returned to Bright's Grove
on Saturday after spending the
past week with Mrs. J. Gardner.
Harry Hoffman
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The congregation of Brinsley
United Church'will hold their an
nual congregational meeting on
January 18.
Mrs. Alvin Faultier is able to
be up again after her recent sick
ness.
Congratulations to
Mrs. Billie Fenton on
of a daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Ailsa Craig and Mrs. Merton Mor
ley of St. Thomas spent Thurs
day evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Cyril Morley.
Eddie and Bonnie Watson
spent Saturday with Phyllis and
Bobbie Hodgins.
Mr. John Tweddle of West Mc
Gillivray and Miss Vivian Wither
spoon of London spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Steward
Witherspoon. _
Mr. and
visited with
Hodgins on
New Year’s
Mr. Alvin Amos of London and
Mr. Hilton Amos of Lieury with
Miss Mary B. Amos.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Trevethick
of Denfield and Mr. Lin Lee of
Ailsa Craig with Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Watson,
Eddie and Bonnie with Mrs. Jen
nie Kennedy of St. Marys and
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Hodgins.
Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Trevethick
and family of St. Thomas with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Trevethick and
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Dorman.
Mr. and Mrs. Conley Amos and
family of London and Mrs. Weber
of West Montrose with Miss Mary
B. Amos.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hartle and
boys with friends in Parkhill.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Morley,
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Morley, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Morley,’ Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Steeper, Harvey and
Leslie, and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Lewis and family with Mr. and
Mrs, Jack Hodgson.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Morley,
Betty and Elsia, Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Watson, Eddie and Bon
nie, Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Robin
son, Carol Ann and Linda, Mrs.
Viola Watson and family, Park
hill, and Mr. and Mrs. Lin Cra
ven with Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
Hodgins on New Year’s Eve.
Sunday School Elects Officers
The nominating committee of
Brinsley United Church Sunday
School presented the officers and
teachers for ,1954 as follows:
Superintendent^ Wesley Watson;
assistants, Gordon Morley, Mar
tin Watson; secretary, Gordon
Morley; assistant, Donald Lewis;
treasurer, Mrs. Jack Trevethick;
pianists, Betty Soldice, Mrs. Jack
Trevethick, Douglas Lewis.
Teachers: Beginners, Betty
Sholdice, Mrs. Stanley Steeper,
Mrs. Jack Hodgson; primary,
Mrs, Karl Pickering, Miss Helen
Lewis; juniors, Mrs. Jack Treve
thick, Mrs. Earl Lewis; inter
mediates, Martin Watson, Mrs.
George Lee, ’Miss Hewitt; Bible
class, Mrs. Earl* Morley, assisted
by Mrs. Wes Watson and Mr.
Wes Watson.
Elimville North Farm Forum
The Elimville North Farm Fo
rum met at the home of Mr.
Lorne Elford. A good discussion
ivas held on “What is the ideal
farm organization?” The forum
thought the Federation a£ Agri
culture organization should be
financed through taxes at the
proviricial and national
• Mr. and
the arrival
Morley of
Mrs. Gordon Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
Sunday evening.
Visitors
Ideal,
levels.
On .Tanuaty 25, Mr. Ross Fran
cis will be a guest speaker at
the home of Mr. Lloyd Johns.
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