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BLAST OF OATS
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1 R. Ms Spittai, Manager*
Deach-
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(Science Service News)
Almost every farmer has noticed,
at some time or other, a condition
commonly known as “blast” or “blind
ness” of oats. He will have noticed
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Totals
Majority for Cardiff—29.
Soldier vote will be added
(above totals later. ,
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Equally Iqw fares from all adjacent C. N. R. Stations. For Train Ser
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CANADIAN NATIONAL
Thursday, March 28th, 1940
OLD CHUM
Total
Turnberry
Total ....
East Wawanosh
Total „
Wingflam
Mr. and Mrs. Gamer Scharf, of Hart-
ney, Man., Were Married in Wing
ham, March 15th, 1880.
BORN
WHITEHEAD—In Wingham Gener
al Hospital, on Saturday, March 23,
to Mr. and Mrs, Harojd Whitehead,
a daughter.
Foundation Garments
are the Key to every
Spring* Fashion
For Figure Control
Li gneLelong
FjSric Boning
Girdles ..... ... 5.00
Corsettes ... .1.... 5.00
Acquire new lines of loveliness-and beauty in
a well-fitted foundation garment especially suited ‘
to your figure needs. You’ll notice the flattering
difference as soon as 'you don your new spring
clothes 1 '
NuBack
Can’t Ride Up!
Girdles .... 3.95 to 4.95
Corsettes . . 4.50 to 4.95
Other Foundation Garments $1.00 to $3.95
Don’t be stampeded into buying any founda
tion garment. Have it fitted by a trailed corsetiere.
. Miss Irene Ellaco.tt who is.in charge ofthe
Ready-td-Wear and Corset Dept., has received her*
certificate from the School of Corsetry held by the
Dominion Corset Co., and is fully qualified to give
, you a scientific and efficiently fitting! foundation
garment at your convenience.
JOSEPHINE ST. WINGHAM PHONE 36
The Store Where Lower Prices Prevail ,
FORMER KINLOSS PAIR
60 YEARS MARRIED
'• (Har.tney Star, Manitoba)
Two local folks, Mr. and Mrs. Gar
ner Scharf, celebrated their diamond
wedding. Away back in 1880, on
March 15th, Garner Scharf arid Annie
Black were married at Wingham, On
tario.
‘'Mrs.'Scharf was born in Ashfield
township, near Dungannon, Huron
County, Ontario, on August 15th,
1859. She attended Nile school and
when 21 years of ^ge, she was mar
ried to Garner Scharf, a young farm
er of the community.
Mr. Scharf was born on March 15th,
1853, at Malak’off, near Ottawa, On
tario. When two years of age he went
with his family to live ?.at Kinloss.
Along . with some other ’adventurous
young men,1 he had a yearning to' see
western Canada, and in the .spring of
1874, he came west to Fort Garry.
This Was a very interesting, though
tiresome trip, the entire 'distance be
ing made on foot and by canoe or
boat over the old Dawson trail. He
spent the summer at Fort Garry, re
turning east in the fall.
e Again in 1885, he made the trip
west, accompanied by his brothet
John IL Scharf and Bill Forbes. I he
three young men homesteaded on sec
tion 14, after driving here from Bran-
donYvith a team of oxen. As home'*
stead regulations required that a
house be built on the newly acquired
land, the three homesteaders built a
shack on ’the spot where the quarters
Of the section cornered so that it Sat
partly on each homestead. (The orig
inal homestead, the south-west quart-
er of 14 is still being farmed by John
Scharf, a son. Mrs. Scharf and family
came here in Aygusit of the same year.
Mrs. Scharf has a brother,. )V. J,
.Black, living at bunganrion, Ontario,
and a sister, Mrs. Morrison, at Luck
now, Ont.
Both Mr.‘ and Mrs. Scharf can tell
many interesting stories of the early
pioneers of the Souris plains. Their
own story was one of wresting a liv
ing from the land, .overcoming, diffi
culties, with untiring spirit, and at the
same time enjoying the friendship of
new settlers as the days moved on.
Back jn 1887 Mr. Scharf introduced
the first binder, a-. Watson-Deering 6-
foot, into the district.
The family includes two sons and
two* daughters, Delmare Scharf, . gar
age owner, Hartney, and John Scharf,
farming on the,homestead; Mrs.T’ete
Cantion (Stella), Deleau, and Miss
Susana Scharf, at home. There are 21
grandchildren and 10 great grand
children. In 1928 Mr. and Mrs. Scharf
retired from farm life, and 'moved to
Hartney.
Due to the illness of Mr. Scharf the
celebration of the diamond wedding
was quietly observed.
POPULAR COUPLE
GO TO TORONTO
Hurttit no
tc&cuxjo JUST LIKE J
(Kingston Whig-Standard)
Popular young residents of Ganan-
oque for the past two years, Mr. and
Mrs. C. R. M. Allan will leave for
Toronto at the first of May, 'where
Mr. Allan has received an appoint-’
ment as accountant at the St. George
and Bloor Street branch of ‘the- Bank
of Montreal. Mr. Allan is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Allan, Wroxet-
IOft vFor the past* two years, Mr. All&fi
lias been accountant at the local
branch of the Bahk of Montreal and
has made many friends here. He came
here from London where he had been
Stationed for four years and Was pre
viously with the bank at Tillsonburg
and other Westerrt Ontario joints.
Mr. Allan will be missed, By the
Gananoquc Lions Club of which^^A^
treasurer and a tbarte^menib^r. He
■♦Was a member df‘ Golf
and Country Club and both he and
Mrs. Allan are members of Grace
United Church, They have a young
son, George, and are residing ,, on
Charles Street at the corner of Wel
lington, . *t /
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UNOFFICIAL major
ity OF CARDIFF - 29
Your Child Ha?)
A NASTY
Total
Brussels
Total
Clinton
1 ."......
2A and 3B
3A and 3B
4
Total ....
Colborne
Total .....................
Goderich Township
Total .....
Goderich
9A and B
10A
10B
11
12 .
Total
Grey
Total ...
Howick
1 ......
2 ......
Z3A and B
4A and B
5
6
7
Total ..
Morris
Total
West Wawanosh
337 411
106 79
86 90
192 169
91 71
78 56
101 > 73
270 ' 200
127 . 94
„ 148 119
125 111
105 112
505 436
-54 7.2
53 54
72 / 78
23 46
202 250
85 37
80 27
64 34
46 20
48 38
40 25
363 181
2 7
58 62
131 92
144 116
54 66
108 88
55 54
109 127
. 61 *74
151 129
83 . 59
60 . 83
57 . 70
106 103
1179 113G
60 «7
54 65
25 73
36 83
85 115
47 73
65 68
372 544
66 65
34 114
165 112
.. 112 147
46 76
52 52
79 118
554 684
'58 70
60 59
65 61
104 43
95 56
73 78
455 367
97 . 109
. 78 75
■ .49 51
,37 " 65
261 300
29 59
84 84
67 75
39 52
49 •42
268 312
71 57
70 55
49 34
28 88
26 78
23 40
Badly Burned
Last week Mrs, David Benedict fell
against the stove at her home and re
ceived a severe burn on the palm of
her right hand arid also on her wrist.
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74o - 51
$
n? O’Neil w
Refieve the Misery '
Without Dosing
Rhb chest, throat and pack thor
oughly with Vicks VapoRub at
bedtime. Right away, VapoRub
goes to work,.. two ways at once.
VapoRub acts on the skin like
a wanning stimulating poultice.
At the same time it gives off medi
cinal vapours that are breathed
direct into irritated air passages,
This direct, double action contin-.
ues for hours after restful sleep
comes. Often by morning most
of the misery is gone.
Why risk increased discom
forts by dras- _tic "dosing"-— % jQ
relieve misery^externally with VaPOKUB^
Ashfield .. ......
Blylh ..............
Brussels .........
Clinton ...........
Colborne .........
Goderich Twp.
Goderich ___......
Grey ..............
Howick ...........
Morris .............
Turnberry ....
E. Wawanosh
W. Wawanosh
Wingham .......
Cardiff
337
192
270
505
202
363
1179
372
554
455
261
*268
- 267
674
Deach-
man
411
169
200
436
250
181
1130
544
684
367
300
312
347
539
■ We were sorry to hear Mr,
Tas. Souch hgs been laid up with
blood-pbisoning in his arm, and hope
li^Avill soon be better again. o
Mr. Wm, Blackmore returned to his
home on Friday and is spending his
Faster holidays with his parents at
Ljstowel.
We are glad to hear Mr. David
Johnston is getting better and hope
for a speedy recovery.
Miss Dorothy Aitken ofcSt. Cath
arines, is spending her Easter holi
days with her mother and aunt in
Bluevale,
Miss Isabel Douglas is spending her
Easter holidays with her parents in
Lucknow.
Mrs. Alice Aitken, of Drayton, is
spending her Easter holidays with her
sister, Mary, at Bluevale.
Mr. and Mrs, Leonard Elliott spent
a week visiting with friend's in Ham
ilton, returning home Saturday.
On account of bad roads and storm
on Sunday there was no service at Eb-
enezer Church on Sunday afternoon.
iMiss Isabel McKinnon, Kitchener,
spent the week-end with her. parents,
at Bluevale.
• Already we have heard the familiar
“caw”. A pleased look1 came followed
by an eager “There’s a crow” as one
wished to share the good news.
A note of Spring has sounded out,,
and we humans can almost forgive
his nefarious ways because of the
gladness he evoked in us.
He has been preening his feathers
in the solitude of the nearest swamp
when something, awoke in him. He
felt the air had changed, and he long
ed to fly, longed to call out his harsh
raucous ‘call. He is proud of his thick
shining iridescent plumage, and walks
sedately along the ground, or alights'
on a fence post as chief exhibitor,
folding his wings the proper number
of times. He must be the leader sure
ly, vaunting himself so .early before
the 'others have shown themselves.
Bad his habits are, a stealer, a kill
er of young b’irds belonging to small
er feathered tribes, a ,ruthless’ plund
erer.
He is not sending out any danger
calL.to his mate or his brothers, may
be a little too early to stand sentinel.
No loud triumphant squawk telling of
victory over a weaker bird, no hur
ried jargon, or upward turning, or
downward shrieking or streaking re
vealing where his gloated treasures lie
sounds, but just a happy everyday
"caw”.
Even his song -has no recompens
ing quality for evil-doing, with just
one note in his whole scant repertoire.
Being proverbially wise in bird wis
dom, he may, have seen the snow of
many winters, and may have led his
“clanging rookery” home for years
and years and now Spring, the capric
ious, tempts him once more to entire
out his large following.
P, D., Wingham.
Miss Mary Jnohston. of Toronto ,is
spending the Easter vacation here.
Miss Agnes MacLeart,’ ’of Toronto,
is visiting with her mother, Mrs. Jno.
MacLean.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. French were
visitors with their parents in Toronto
over the week-end.
Mrs. Frank Moore and son, Peter,
are' visiting with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Carr.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Spry, -who have
spent the past six weeks in Toronto,
returned home on Tuesday.
Mr. Carl McKay, of. Brampton, was
a week-end. visitor with his. parents,
Mr. arid Mrs. J. H. McKay.
Mr. Kenneth Crawford of St. Jer
ome College, Waterloo,* is spending
the Easter vacation in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil McLean and son,
Neil, of Toronto, spent the week-end
with his mother. Mrs. T. J. McLean.
Mrs. Murray Roberts and daughter,
Barbara, are spending this week visit
ing with relatives in Toronto.
Miss Verne Walker^, ofv-Stratford
Normal School, is spending the holi
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Walker.
Miss Isabell McKinnon, of Kitch
ener, accompanied by her friend, Miss
Muriel Reid, spent the week-end witr
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mc
Kinnon, Bluevale.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kerr were in Tor
onto last week and Mrs. Adam Johns
ton returned with them and is spend
ing the week here. z
Messrs. Murray Rae, of Port Row
an, and Robert‘Rae, of London, were
week-end guests with their parents, that some of the spike-lots in.the head
: have failed to form kernels. These
spikelets, which are commonly found
on the lower part of the head, are
quite empty and the chaff has a white,
papery appearance. Sometimes a third
-or more of the head consists of these
sterile and nori-productive spikelets.
The cause of this condition is not
very difficult to explain, states T.
Johnson, Dominion Laboratory of
Plant Pathology, Winnipeg. The oat
plant forms its spikelets some weeks
before it comes into head. If the con
ditions of early growth have been very
favourable, it will produce a large
number of spikelets. If weather and
soil conditions thereafter remain good,
it may be able to carry all these spike
lets' to maturity. But if adverse con
ditions set in during the later stages
of growth, the plant apparently res
ponds by cutting off the nutrient sup
ply from the youngest and least-de
veloped spikelets, chiefly those locat
ed at the base of the head. In conse
quence these die and wither while the
bolder spikelets in the upper part of
!• the head keep on growing:. The ad-
■ verse conditions that conspire to
‘ bring about blast include drought, and
leaf injuries such ns are caused by
grasshoppers and other insects, rusts,
hailstorms and so forth.
As these are factors over which the
farmer ha? little or no control; he is
naturally not in a position to re^bye
the causes of bUsf^ That i? $bt' ter
; say, h^6^er,^li^t ml cart do ’fiptbihg
, to* reduce er minimize blast In most
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Rae.
Miss Doris Armitage of MacDon
ald Institute,. Guelph, is a visitor for
the Easter vacation with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Armitage.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Fox of Guelph
were Easter , week-end visitors. with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Fox
and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Walker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Crawford, John
and Mary, were week-end visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lawrence
in Brampton over the week-end. Mary
remaining for the Easter holidays.
Mr. Ross Howson of Western Uni
versity, is spending the Easter vaca
tion at his home here. He has as his
gUest, Mr. Creighton Reid, London.
Mrs. W. W. Armstrong is visiting
with her aunt, Mrs. Edith Wood, in
Toronto. Mr. Armstrong was a guest
at this same home over the week-end.
Miss Leah Robertson of the staff
of the Sick Children’s Hospital, Tor
onto, was a visitor last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Robert
son..
Private Warnold R. Finley and
Miss Joan Marks has returned to Tor
onto after spending the Easter week
end with his parents* Mr. and Mrs.
Alonzo Finley ’ and MiSS Joan Marks’
grandparents. • * ■
Town of Wingham
1940 Taxes
Taxpayers may make payments on account
of 1940 taxes up, to 90 per cent, of 1939 taxes.
Interest at the rate of Five per cent, per an
num will be allowed on such prepayments.
Prepayments of taxes must be made at the
Town Treasurer’s Office, Town Hall.
W. A. GALBRAITH, Treasurer,
Town of Wingham.
Round Trip Travel Bargains
From WINGHAM
APRIL 5-6 To CHICAGO $12.50 (Plus Exchange)
parts of Canada, the factors that bring
about blast become operative toward
midsummer. If the oat plant has al
ready come into head by the time
these factors exert their action, it very
largely escapes’ their influence. It- is
therefore clear that the chief weapon
of the farmer against this field-reduc
ing condition is early sowing. The oat
plant is by nature a cool-temperature
plant. It usually develops well in the
late spring and early summer while
temperatures are still .low and mois
ture abundant. Hot weather is less
favourable and with it comes t.he vari
ous factors that promote blast. Ex
periments have shown conclusively
that early-sown oats yield better than
late-sown — partly, because blast is
reduced and partly because of the
more vigorous development of early-
sown oats.
HOG MARKETINGS
INCREASE IN 1939
The volume of hogs marketed in
Canada during 1939 showed a sub
stantial advance over that for 1938.
In 1939. 3,701,061 hogs were market
ed as against 3,239,798 in 1938, an in
crease of 461,263 hogs, or 14.23%. All
the Provinces, with the exception of
the Maritimes, registered an increase.
Although Ontario and Alberta mar
keted the greatest number of hogs,
1,667,950 and 979,892 respectively, the
percentage of increase (2.23 for On
tario and 25.17 fpr Alberta) were less
than those of Saskatchewan, which
had an increase of 43.76% with 312,-
188 hogs marketed, and Manitoba
with a percentage increase of 30.85
on 327,212 hogs marketed. Quebec
marketed 336,573 hogs—an increase
of 53,486 hogs, or 18.89%.
The detailed figures are a§Mollows,
with the 1938 figures in brackets: Can
ada, 3,701,061 (3,239,798), increase
461,263, or 14.23%; Alberta, 979,892
(782,838), increase 197,054 or 25.17%;
Saskatchewan, 312,188 (217,152), in
crease 95,036, or 43.76%; Manitoba,
327,212 (250,055), increase 77,157, or
30.85%,; Ontario 1,667,950 (1,631,473),
increase 36,477, or 2.23%; Quebec,
336,573 (283,087) increase 53,486, or
18.89; Maritime Provinces, 77,246
(80,911, decrease 3,665, or 4,52.
The increase in hog production was
reflected in a heavier volume of bacon*
exported from Canada to the United"
Kingdom. Exports during 1939 total
led 199,458,916 lb., as against 168,-
489,716 lib. in 1938, an increase of 30,-
1 969,200 lb. for 1939.
FARMERS
Thoughtful, scientific production methods pay early
dividends and many farmers are now in an excellent
position to assist in meeting Empire requirements at
home or abroad.
If you need money to purchase live-stock or insure a
profitable increase in the production and marketing
of your farm commodities, such as meat, poultry and
dairy products, st> essential for local and overseas
demands, plan your programme now—seize your
opportunity before prices further advance. Consult
the Manage* of out nearest Branch.
We Welcome loan applications from responsible
farmers for auy worthwhile purpose.
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