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1956
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THE TIMCS ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1956
Down To Earth Review
Tear '55 One Of Dryesf In History H. J. CORNISH * CQ
THE BOF M'S NEW, SPECIAL
DEPOSITORY SERVICE
"AFTER-HOURS"
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Now, Exeter business people, who are unable to make
all their bank deposits during regular banking hours,
Will have an “after-hours” service 7 days a week.
This new B of M Depository Service enables mer
chants, automotive service stations, restaurants, food
markets, theatres, hotels and many other such businesses
to deposit their receipts safely and conveniently after
regular banking hours.
ANOTHER FIRST FOR
CANADA'S FIRST BANK . . .
The inauguration of the ‘after-
houfs’ depository marks an
other first for Canada’s pioneer
bank, for it is the first such
Service to be offered by a chartered bank in Exeter. Here
in Exeter, as in cities, towns and hamlets from coast to
coast — the Bof M is constantly endeavouring to keep pace
.with the growth of the City by expanding its services and
pioneering new ones to meet the ever-increasing banking
needs of the community.
A,-....... ■............7...........• ■ ......... - ............:-y ..... ..............................r.-,-............:
for full details, please enquire al the
BofWs Exeter Office
Bank of Montreal
4 Exeter Branch: *
C E. SHAW, Manager
WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SlNCfe 1817
'Perhaps, one' of the driest
years on record is now history.
Aftei' an exceedingly wet fall in
1954, the past yeai- Mother Na
ture seemed to be doing her best
to answer the farmers’ prayers
for dry weather.
The year 1955 came in with a
very mild spell accompanied by
rain. 'In fact, the high on Janu
ary 2, 1955, was 55. °F, This ab
normal weather didn’t last too
long but January on the whole
did not turn to cold, stormy
weather until the last week.
February was quite typical with
coldex- and somewhat stormier
weather, but without the heavy
drifting that is normally expect
ed. In fact the last week was
milder and rain fell on February
28.
An unusual feature of March
was the electrical storm on the
tenth and the violent snowstorm
on the twenty-second which
caught many drivers fax' from
home and caused much inconven
ience. The mornirig was rainy
with thundei’ arid later the high
SW winds swirled the heavy
snow into a raging blizzard.
Seeding came in with a rush
the first week of April, We plant
ed our first oats on the fifth and
all the early planted grain yield-
ed exceptionally well. \With the
early seeding, most farmers were
able to plow down the corp
stalks left from the previous fall
aud still obtain substantial yields
of cereal graine from these
fields, although it did. take some
’extra work to obliterate the ruts
left from the passage of heavy
machinery in the mud.
Somehow the pasture fields
did npt spring to life until late
this spring. May 1,. when most
cattle were sent out to pasture
saw no great abundance except
those fields with oi'chard grass
in the mixture. The oldtimers al
ways said “Never put out youi’
cattle until May 10 or grass is
ankle deep”. What sage advice
this was in 1955! The close crop
ped pasture simply nevex- had a
chance in the dry weather of
July and August. Mowers were
better left in the implement
sheds. It took the dry grass to
carry the livestock as well as
prevent the surface evaporation
from the blistering sun and the
high winds that prevailed for
the two months when we exper
ienced the driest weather in pur
memory,
This dry weather was also ap
parent in the cash crops. The
earlier the farmer planted the
higher the yield, Anyone who
threw away the book and just
went on with his work seemed
to be ahead. Corn planted from
May 10 to 15 not only out"
■ yielded the latex' planted corn blit
; also it got matured, Spring-
l ploughed soft was on the average
!a very poor bet but a few fields
: that were handled with fore
sight made satisfactory yields.
Canning peaa came through
with flying colours and this help
ed in many instances to cover
the previous year’s losses for
many growers. Canning corn
made only average yields but on
the whole was as good a paying
crop as any. Picking beans as
well as field beans were no great
bonanza.
It was the white. bean grower
who was behind the eight ball.
Aftex’ losing ovex* 75% of the
1954 crop many growers increas
ed theix' acerage ip 1955 /to re
coup their losses. This proved to
be one of the most disastrous
i made. Hot, dry weather
the blossoms and
many cases was
bushels per acre,
who waited for
growth to ripen
Data On Dashwood
By JIBS. E. H. RADER
Christmas Visitors
Miss Lorna Kraft, Mr. and Mrs,
S. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Vic
tor Kraft and family all of Lon
don with Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Kraft.
Mr. John Bendex- with.Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Bender and Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Bender of Crediton. .
Mr. and Mrs. Lome Becker
and family with Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Kirk and family at Galt
and also visited with Mrs. Beck
er’s mother, Mrs. Ervin Greb,
who has been in the hospital
several weeks.
Mrs. Mary Martene, Gerald
and Edwin, Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Salmon, and family with Mr. and
Mrs. Tlxos, Hern and family at
Zion.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Salmon
spent Christmas Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Scott and family
at London.
Mrs. Leonard Schroeder and
daughter Mario, Mrs. Stan Clare
mont of Detroit, Mr. and Mrs.
iCarl Allemang and family of' Ni
agara Falls, Mr, and Mrs. Robert
Fel'lbaum of Kitchener with Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Restemayer.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Prang
and family of Zurich; Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Taylor and boys, Mr.
and Mrs. Garnet Weiberg and
family, of Waterloo; Mr.
James Haytex-
Mr. and Mrs;
Goderich. .
Harold Kraft
Mr. and Mrs.
......___, ..... and
Mrs. Wendell Gamble and boys,
of London; Mr. apd Mrs. Lloyd
Rader and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Ervin Radex- and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Rader and
boys, all with Mr. and Mrs. L.
H. Rader.
Mi-, and Mrs. Ed Wurm and
Shirley, of Exeter; Mr. and Mrs.
Alvip Walper and Mr. Edmund
Walper with Mr. and Mrs. Art
Willert.
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Radex- and
family were Monday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Patterson
and family, of Grand Bend.
Mr. Mervyn Stelck, of Brad
ford, and Miss Patsy Stelck, of
Toronto, with Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Stelck.
Mr. Robert Wein, of Sudbury,
at his hoxne here.
Mrs. Herb Wein, ih Detroit^
with Mr. Herb Wein.
.Mr. and Mrs. ■Charles Fonger
arid son, Mr. and Mrs. Helmuth
Messndr and daughter and Miss
Anna Messner, all of London,
and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Nielson
aii‘d family with Mr. and Mrs.
■Fred Messner.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter 'Beisen-
thal and family, of Copetown,
and Siegfried Miller, of Water
loo, with Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Gamut Weiberg
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
■Weiberg, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon-
Weiberg and Howard Weiberg,
all of Waterloo, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lome Devine with Mr. and
Fred Weiberg.
■Mr. and Mrs. Earl Telfei-
family, >of Brantford, with
and Mrs. Adolph Keller.
Mr. and Mrs. Melton Walper
and family, of Ingersoll; Mrs.
Nelda Routledge, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Fassold, Bob and Muth,
Milton Ratz
and
and
Mrs'.
and
Mr.
of London; Mrs.
and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ratz
family, of Shipka, with Mr.
Mrs. Philip. Fassold.
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Pfile,
and Mrs. William Haugh
Shirley, Mrs. Armanda
maker, Mr. and Mrs.
'Dhtars and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Rader arid family With Mr. arid Ivirs* i08»rn^t-
Mr. hnd Mrs. Hugh Love arid
family, of Exeter; Mr. and Mrs.
Reg Hodgson and Kay, of Cen
tralia; Mr. arid Mrs. Oscar Greb
and Glen, of Zurich; Mr. Simon
■Greb, of Exeter; Mr. and Mrs.
William HSiugh and Shirley arid
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer- Rader and
boys were Monday griests With
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Pfile.
Miss Thelma Weber, of Lon
don; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Weber
and family, of Angxis; Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Webex- and Ronald,
of Crediton; Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Schade and family, Zurich,
"and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weber
and family with Mr. and Mrs.
Weber,
Mr. and ___
and family, of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. -A. V. Tieman and Charles,
Mrs. George Merner, Mrs. Ernest
Rader and Gtts Sclioeffbuck with
Mr.
and
Schu-
Howard
Mrs. Mliiott Bartliff
Mr. and Mrs. Milfred Merner
and family. *
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Welda
and family, of Detroit, with Mrs.
Fred Schlundt.
Mr. and Mrs, Bruce Sieback,
of Naperville, Illinois, and Miss
Lois Gaiser, of London, with
Mrs. Cora Gaiser.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bruce, of
Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. John
Snyder, of Brantford; Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hayter and Joanne
and Mr .and Mrs. Bob Haytex-
and boys with Mrs. Bertha Hay
ter.
Mr. and Mrs.
and family with
Fred Fritzley, at
Mr. and Mrs.
and family and
Elgin Rader and family with Mr.
and Mrs. Edmund Kraft.
Now Year’s Visitors
.Miss Barbara Becker of Kitch-
enex- with Mr. and ’Mrs. V. L.
(Becker and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Weiberg,
Mr 'and Mrs. 'Ervin Latta and
Mr. Howard Weiberg of Water
loo with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wex-
bex-'g.
Mr. and Mrs. Wellwood Gill
■and Joan .and Mr. Kenxjeth. P.afc?
■terson bf 'Grand Bend with Mr.
and Mrs. Ervin 'Radex- and fam
ily.
Mr. .John 'Bender, w.ho was 82
on New Year’s day, when his
■seven children and their families
were all present >at the 'home of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bender at
Crediton. Those present were Mr.
■and Mrs. Allan tFaulhafer of Kit
chener, Mr, and Mr.s. Roy (Bender
■and family of Toronto, Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard 'Bender and daugh
ter and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Caswell
of London, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
■Cunnington of Elimville and Mr.
and 'Mrs. .Gordon 'Bender and fam
ily. Mr. Bender received many
useful gifts.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Ward Kraft and
family of London with Mr. and
'Mx-s. 'Ernest Koehler arid family.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Leonard Rest-
emayex- and family, Mrs. Emma
Dietrich, Mr. and 'Mrs. IRoy Diet-
rich and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ryan 3nd family of Mt. Car
mel, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. .Dietrich,
Mr. iRusseli iBnintnell
Cr&ig • and Miss Helen
of Birr With Mr. and
Ziler and family.
Mr .and Mrs.
family of Galt,
Henry * iBecker,
Martha, Marilyn and Bruce with
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne 'Becker.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Th os. Hern and
family of Zion, Muriel Hern of
London, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. 'Scott
and family, Mrs. Pearl iSalmon,
Miss Annie (Elliott, Mr. -and Mrs.
Hubert Salmon, all of London,
with Mr. and Mrs. 'Clifford Sal
mon. ■ i
Mr and Mrs. A. IC. Whittier,
Susan and Robert of Peterboro
and Miss Erma Wein of Clinton
'with Mrs. Herb Wein and fam
ily.
Mr. and Mrs. 'Lloyd Radex- and
family, Mr, and Mrs'. iGarnet Wil
lert, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Haugh
and Shirley with Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer (Rader and boys.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Mlilne Rader, Mr.
and Mrs. 'Garnet fWillert, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmore Datars, Mrs. lAman-
da Schumaker, Ml-, and Mrs. Ed
Nadiger and ‘Helen, Mr. and Mrs.
Urban iPfiile and Mr. arid Mrs.
Elmer Rader and boys, Monday,
With Mr. and Mja. Wm. 'Haugh.
Mr. and. Mrs. Hubert 'Campbell,
Miss iSelma BIfert of Detroit with
Mr1, and Mrs. (Edgar Restemayer.
Mrs. W. Mason
Born In Biddulph
Mrs. William Mason, 65, who
died suddenly on Friday, Decem
ber 23 in St. Joseph’s Hdspital,
London, was the former Almina
Hutchinson, of Biddulph town
ship.
Prior to moving to Dashwood
iri 1952 she and her husband
farmed in Stephen township. She
was a member of the Evangelical
. U.B. Churcli.
Surviving, besides her hus
band, ate One son, Gerald, ami
one daughter, Mrs. Gerald
O’lROhrke (Ila), both of Stephen
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decisions
blistered
yield in
than 10
growers second J
everything to Mother Nature who
sent along inclement weather to
win their harvest.
The one cash crop that did
make satisfactory returns was
sugar beets. Most growers got
them in early and, with a good
stand along with poor competi
tion from weeds, these deep-
rooted plants were able to make
outstanding growth throughout
the dry fall when other crops
suffered from the drought.
Hay? There ' just wasn’t any
second cutting on the average in
this area. This lack was apparent
at the fall auction sales when
many, who in desperation had
fed their first cutting to th;e
‘cattle in September and October,
bid as high as 60tf a bale and in
odd cases 70^ foi’ some excellent
quality ‘ ’
farmer
cattle
spring.
Grain harvest was a cinch.
There were no delays. The con
tinuous very hot weather was
hard on man power but most
carried on and finished with
xriore than average yields in the
bins, although the straw was
maybe not as plentiful as usual.
•the
less
The
the
lost
■Not as much wheat was plant
ed due to dry weather, Most
farmers were afraid to plow sod
so desperately needed for pasture.
Silo filling was general, early in
September, and many corn fields
were picked before October 1
with good yields.
Dry wells were all too com
mon throughout the district this,
fail and many farmers had the
added burden of hauling water
a considerable distance for more
than two months. Never have we
seen the Ausable dry for so long.
Fortunately our well- seemed to
-withstand the drought ’ much
better than it did the summer
of 1954 and we considered our
selves extremely fortunate. Some
farmers are still hauling water
for their livestock in the stable.
To say the least, we pity them,
lit is a cold, wet job in winter.
What will 1956 bring? Your
guess ‘
years
very
have
1955
ing up their optimism and hope
that recovery will he made.
The great forecast of good times
made a year ago by many ex
perts did not touch
'Let’s hope we have
and an increase in
because aftex- all
must have a healthy
other industries will be aware
before too long that the farmers’
buying dollar is necessary to
carry on their business.
X s
CFRTIFJED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
H» J. CffirwiilK L. F. Cornish, D« Mitchell
294 DUNDAS ST. LONDON, ONT.
agriculture,
good crops
the market
agriculture
economy or
is as good as ours. The
1954 and 1955 have been
different. Market prices
weakened on the close of
and most farmers are callBouquet* ta everyone
four leaf clovers ... for a
very lucky ’56. Moy you-en
joy ct happy, tuccessful yearl
Thank You
We wish to thank our many patrons
customers for their patronage during
and we look forward to our continued business
relations in the year 1956.
Herb Winkler and Staff
and
1955
of Ailsa
Broun well
Mrs. Wm.
'Wm.
Mr., .
'Shirley,
Kirk and
and Mrs.
Allan,
South End
Service Station
&
MR. FARMER
HERE ARE THE FACTS FROM THE
1955 SEED DRILL SURVEY IN HURON
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Open this Sunday, Wednes
day afternoon, hnd during
the evenings throughout the
week:
hay. This was, as one
said, more than the
might be worth come
if
ALL SEEDS PURCHASED FROM DEALERS
GRADED NO. 1 OR NO. 2 AS SPECIFIED
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CAN ADA @ PACKERS
Only 19 percent of small seeds purchased from farmers was No. 1 grade;
percent graded No. 2; 25 percent was No. 3. 44 percent of farm-purchased seed was
rejected*
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