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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-05-09, Page 11•L. • 4f01,1Mi. ;41:4 , :•;4 ,•44$. .1 • ,0,01.01 EXCAVATION WORK PROGRESSES—Diversion channel and temporary dam have been completed as work proceeds quickly • on the Morrison Dam in .Usborne township, Machines are now digging out the river bottom to prepare foundation for the Ausable • Authority dam which will. serve both as a flood control measure for the watershed And a source of water supply for the town ,of Exeter. —T -A Photo Ten -Year .Ausable. History Describes Achievement. A io.year history of the Ausable River Conservation, Authority will soon. be distributed throughout the watershed, Presented in a liberally -illus- trated 24 -page booklet, the history records the troubles and tri- umphs of Oatario's oldest con- servation body since it !came into being in July, 1946. The saga was written by An- drew Dixon, •chairrnan of the public relations advisory board, who presented it to an authority meeting, in November, 1956. • Author* Fieldman H. G. Hooke said the, booklet will be made available to anyone in the watershed. • Coles may be se- cured from, the authority office in Exeter or from members of the body. • • ' • Teachers, librarians, municipal officials hi the valley- will receive the booklet by mail. Printed by The Times -Advo- cate, the pamphlet contains 11 pictures taken throughout the watershed. On the cover is a striking photo of the falls at Rock' Glenn, near Arkona. Mi. Don trades the work of the authority. item, the time it was formed under the threat of a damage suit from Dr..L. G. Hagmeier over the flooding of his land, In asking whether the authority has justified its decade of exis- tence, Mr. Dixon concludes his history with these questions: "(1) If the river channel at Port Franks had not been straightened how many of the buildings lerel.would have been AtelEtrIONI IS A GOOD DIV -4 FOR. A . MAID IF HE SEASONS ; t1-WrT14 C01•011.10/.1 SEWS E../ VA/ GRAIN- FEED•SEED r t?- (7,4,o -cc, 73 5 WWI rN C(-)Pivercks' ,35 1? 1,5 undermined by the subsequent floods? "(2) What would have hap- pened to Port Franks .in the March flood of 1963 if the channel mouth had not been there to per- mit a break through? "(3) Would people still be tres- passing over private property at Port Franks to get to the river hank? • "(4) Where would the 59 cot- tage owners who have leased sites in the authority subdivision have found a place to locate? ' "(5) Where would- the thou- sands of picnickers who have used the park facilities at Port Franks and Rock Glen have found a place to.spend a leisurely afternoon? "(6) What steps would have been taken to make better use of the land presently under the process of being reforested? "(7) Would the pond at Exeter still be a smelly', cesspool of rot- ting vegetable matter? "(8) Would the park adjoining • the Exeter Pond be the attractive place that is • enjoyed by thou- sands annually? "(9)• Would the 438 children 'who have taken instruction in swimming •and the 391 who have successfully passed their tests, have even lost their fear of water had it not been for the cleaning of the pond? "(10) Would the other children who have swam in Daynard s pond, Blatchford's pond or any of the other hundreds of farm pends in the authority have any other available place to swim? "(11) What would be the level of the water table if all the live- stock drinking from the 500 ponds had to get water from wells?, "(12) What would have been the effect on the watershed dur- ing the 1955 drought if the owners of farm ponds had had to find water elsewhere? "(13) Who would own the Pinery today if it had not been for the vigilance of the authority; would the beach still, be available to the public; would its forest cover have remained to keep the sand from drifting; would it still be available as a park site? "Add to your answers the effect of the ponds and forestjands on the wild life and the effect of education on the way of com- munity thinking and you can. arrive at an estimate of its worth." llll minimum lllll lllll llll llllll , .. Down To Earth. By D. L HOOPER Front Door? • Do visitors drive right past your front door and come to your back door? If they don't,, you are lucky—ours do and we have two front doors. Not that we mind but sometimes we could hide a multitude of sins by way of untidy rooms and maybe an' unpolished floor, or even a few dishes, from our visitors who ar- rive a little ,early or even unex- pected. „ What brought up this thought? Well a little articre did that I happened to be glancing at in Farm Journal the other evening, and it suddenly struck me as be- ing perfectly true that our front door was never used for the.pur- pose that it was created for. Of course, could be I'm wrong about that purpose because I have heard it said that the only time the front doors on these older houses were used .was either for a wedding or a funeral, and prob- ably mostly funerals. But if that le so it would be nice to change Seed • • Potatoes • • XATAHDIN • COBBLER • SEBAGO • Weed. Sprays • DOW HERBICIDES • ESTERON 99 • DOW VORMULA 40 . e M.C.P. for Grain Seeded to \Clovers . ' • so DOW -PON for Grass Control • ioCNR Station Phone 27 CollEti Sesid • GARDEN Fertilizers Seed Corn. • DeKalb Hybrids • • Pfister Hybrids, Free Draw on TV Sets with each bushel of Pfister Seed. - Barb Wire Woven Wire, Stgel Posts Electric Fence Batteries Cedar Posts Garden Pence Exeter •• p O 0 District "•* thietteeielteeingeeleintiliggiottetteetenieliettenteingletteliiiiiiiiiitelittigleilleighlftiaggentaila 1 the habit and have our front door used as a front door just like our city cousins use theirs. Improve Door Situation The farm housing specialist of theUniversity of Illinois gives a few pointers ony how to try to get your guests to use the front door—I'll jot them down here and ideas might come to you to improve the door situation. One way to get guests to enter the coinpany part of 'the house (if you have many children this part of the house will probably match the rest if yoU haven't patrolled every hour) is to put a new "front" door on the drive- way side. When moving the front door,' you'll probably need to re- arrange your present floor plan to get an efficient traffic pattern. Try to locate the new entrance between the work and living areas of the house. This will save tramping across the living room to get to other parts of the house. To encourage visitors to use the new entrance, focus atten- tion on it and make it inviting. One way is to extend the roof overhang over the door or use a flat projection. Painting the door with a bright accent colour also helps. So does the arrange - meets of flowers and shiubs. What happens to the old front door and porch? Here are two !suggestions. Rookie. With Window 1, Remove the porch and re- place the door with a window. •So-ealled "Strip" windows are both attractive and Useful, They give privaoy from the road and provide more wall spate for furniture arrangements, 2. Leave the door, but replace the porch with a terrace. a ter- race running the width of the house will add a long horizontal line at the base of the house making it look lower. These suggestions probably won't fit into Man' of the older houses around here --they would- n't fit ours, but they do give one ideas and from there a lot could happen. It starts a person think ing and you know they always Say if you think long enough an answer can be found. it'S spring, the seeding is pradtitally in and maybe there -could be a little time kited to just fix that new NIA door /or the, wife so that when the next guests, be they neighbors or farawayfriends, collie they will see a really invit- ing door that simply can't be passed by because It just screams "front door" and owel. mete" 50 invitingly that they use it withOut qUeStiort and the poor old batik deer gets earned rest and tart fOr Mite hide its little secrets of tiritOld jobs still to be done. Dib YOU KNOW? That slipping the tips, tut from fingers of old leather gloves, over the jaws of pliers avoids Second Section EXETER, ONTARIO, hi.lAV 9, 1957 Ur)es Wives ,Be Bookkeepert:' As 'Farms Boost Oro4s Incomw •" DO4S14$ 00 miles, ituren's !agriculturalroKesentative, South junior farmers 11 • week they shOuld look fee HS Students Visit Colle0e • To interest high school sturients in continuing their studies, and fit themselves for a technical position of benefit to Canada, the grade 12 students of Ontario were invited to attend O.A.C..on May 6, Twenty-five students from 12A and 12R, under guidance of Mr. John Mallen, paid their own bus fare to 'Guelph. They were wel- comed by the heads of the three colleges there. The girls were taken by Dr. MacReady though MacDonald Institute and shown the intricacies of the courses available there.. The boys were shown • how chemistry, physics and 'biology are integrated by a demonstra- tion of the effect of radio -active phosphorus on a growing plant. ---.Please Turn to Page 12 Fieldman's Comments '1 On Shortage J. CARL. HEMINGWAY This is the time of year when most dairy farmers are looking forward to •peak production so I would like to give some sta- tistics on the dairy industry. On March 1, 1957, there were 16i million pounds less butter in storage than March 1, 1956. Production of butter in March 1957 was 31/2 million pounds less than in March 1956. Domestic consumption of butter in March 1957 increased over March 1956 by oyer one million pounds. These figures should provide food for thought for urban con- sumers as well as for producers. If the present trend continues butter will become a luxury food which would be most unfortunate asthe urban consumers will be deprived of a particularly good food. Imports, of course, would seem to provide the answer for the consumer, However I think we should first consider the milk powder situation. In 1956, Canada imported some 53Amillion pounds of milk pow- der from New Zealand. By Ja. nuary 1, 1957, this had all been used as well as Canada's pro- duction. Milk powder was in very short supply until January 26, 1957, when some 11/2 million pounds arrived from New Zea- land. This import stopped any rise in price for the time but there has been a minium circulating that New Zealand will f only be able to supply three million pounds in 1957. This would mean a serious shortage. From -this I feel that consumers should rea- lize that the import possibili- ties are unreliable. It would be much better to stabilize the price at home to a place where it would insure adequate pro- duction. In spite of these facts, there is a group of people who feel that Canadians have lots of mo- ney and if Canadian dis-. appear to the point that produc- tion drops far below home needs they will easily out -bid compet- itors on the world market. This may be true but it is also true that very definite antagonism will be developed in less weal- thy nations. It is high time that all consumers realize that there is no world food surplusses, bnly necessary reterves. A bad crop year in any important grain growing section •of the world would make these reserves frigh- teningly- small. This need not be as farmers could produce a. much larger supply of .food if it were finan- cially praeticaL Consumers of fotici'must soon realize that pro- duction of food must be reason- ably profitable or disaster will eventually follow. scratches when handling polish- ed Metal. This takes less time than wrapping the Metal pieces, D.I.H. a !MEI SOI/Th' 1/1/RON 4;7cf NORM 4110Q ()2 ew .nother Local AtipH au. Testi Novel Practices‘ • Another club in Smith Iluron has expanded its program to include experiments in mod- ern methods' of cultivation, Exeter Grain Corn Club, which met Tuesday night, outlined 4-I-1 winners there for watches and other prizes put up by the Pfister people, who also donate corn seed to the members. Ontario Soil and Crop Improve - Meth Association is donating and plans for the use of pre-emer- applying t b e pre -emergence genre sprays and experiments sprays -for the Exeter members• in fertilization, cultivation and The spray, which is supposed to H This advanced program in the corn club follows the pattern set Hensall Kinsmen 4-H white bean club, whiclj is experiment- ing with new varieties, sprays ete, too. weed control. In addition, the local club heard plans to include it in an inter -club competition with a similar group in Leamington. Both clubs will be divided into four groups based on length of cultivation. 'toughly, the group will grow 80-, 85-, 90-, and 100 - day crops, Following each club's local Achievement day. Exeter mem- bers will take their corn to Leamington to compete against kill small weeds as they emerge from the ground, will be applied several days after seeding. Second year members of the club are expected to do the ma- jor amount of experimentation. Tom Mason and Jack McCal- lum, of Pfister, attended the meeting, which was presided over by Club President Tom Triebner. Leaders are Andrew Dixon, Kenneth Hern and Carf- rey Cann helped explain the pro- gram. u on Courit Crop Report Cold weather accompanied bY frosts at night has slowed down the growth of the grass and other crops, particularly at the Wed- nesday an4 Thursday nights considerable damage to the clo- ver and other susceptible crops. Soil conditions have been quite favourable for the seeding of r ins and inose f the cerealg a s o - farmers will have finished. seed - Expect Record Entry . , 'In- Judging Contests' Huron County Junior Farmers the prizes. Department of Agri - live stock judging competition, slated for Seaforth on Saturday, May 18, is expected to attract ing operations by the end of the week. A good number of cattle have been turned out to pasture du. ring the past week, particularly in the south end of the county. This of course, was made pos- sible by the rapid growth of culture Officials expect as manY grass two weeks ago, this year The competition is divided in- H E N$ALL SALE PRICES another record list of competi- to four sections and there are tors this year. 27 prizes in each section. Entrants, ranging in age from 12 M 30, will be competing for over $100 in cash prizes plus four trophies. Also at stake are the awards of trips to New York and Eastern Ontario which are based on points scored in both live stock and grain competi- The four classes are: novice, those who are entering for the Era time, have had no previous 4-H experience and are under 17 years of age; junior, under 18 years except those who have participated in inter -county com- petitions at Guelph; intermed- tons. • iate, those under 23 exeept for Last year, 265 competed for ones who have represented the coinity on a Royal 'Winter Pair judging team; senior 24 to 30 4-1-1, Poultry Club Picks Marian May By FRED HYDE Exeter Kinsmen 4 -II Poultry Club elected officer,s at its meet- ing at SHDHS on April 25. Marian May is president; Jim, Hyde, vice-president; Marilyn Marshall, secretary; Fred Hyde, press reporter. Arthur Bolton, assistant agri- cultural representative, and Doug May, club leader, discussed this year' t project. Act Covers All Ontario D: 11. Miles, Huron Ag Rep: announced Wednesday that word has just been received froni W. P. Watson. live stock comolis- sioner, that the province of On- tario has been designated a sup- ervised area under the provisions of the Brucellosis Act, 1956, this designation being retroactive to April 1. This announcement does not change the situation of the cat- tle owners in the county of Hur- on as the county was previously designated a supervised area but now it becomes obligatory for all cattle owners in all On- tario to have their female calves vaccinated after reaching the age of four months but before becoming 11 months old, with the cost of vaccination being as- sumed by the province. Inasmuch as the act provides for the unrestricted movement of cattle from: one supervised area to another, female cattle may now be moved from any part of Ontario without a permit or bleod test. However the blood testing requirements still apply to female cattle brought into the province from Western Canada. Ifl,IIuIIuUup • Farmers Be Prepared For Spring Carry, Rodney, Simcoe, Aja k and Beaver seed oath in f. stock. Barley Contracts are now available with FERTILIZER SUPPLIED We Also Have A Lniitted Amount Of No. 1 Commercial Brant rIlarley For Sale Seed and fertilizer prices are at their LOWEST now, Order your SEED OATS while supplies are good and prices reasonable. Cook !Bros. Milling Co. Phone 24 LIMITED and including all graduates of diploma agricultural courses. Ten classes will be judged by the competitorst hr e e dairy, three beef, two live swine, one swine carcass and one sheep. Reasons will be given on four classes. Trophies include the CNE shield for top novice; William Stone and Sons trophy for top swine judge; Carnation trophy for high- est score in dairy; Blatchford Feeds award for highest total score. Huron Cattle To Mexico A load of twenty-five Dual Purpose Shorthorn heifers many from Huron County have been sent to Mexico, representing the first shipment of the breed from Ontario to that country. With a view of making further sales, these cattle were carefully se- lected as to type, production an- cestry, and colour, (The buyers expressed a preference for red). All came from breeders in Wes- tern Ontario, with Tames Scott, Seaforth supplying the largest group. Others providing cattle were: Ernest Templeman, Staf- fa; John Keyes, Varna; and Ha- rold Cressman, New Hamburg. The shipment was handled by Hays Limited, Oakville, Onta- rio. Prices at Hensall Community Sale May 2 were. Weanling pigs ,... $11.60 to $15:75 Chunks 16,50 to 18.00 Feeders 24.00 to 30,25 Sows 80.00 to, 96.00 Holstein copvs .... 140,00 to 160.00 Durham cows 134.00 to 158.00 Holstein calves 9.00 to 15.50 Durham calves 18.00 to 30.50 Fat cows sold itp to $.11,35 cwt. There were 133 pigs and 130 head of cattle and calve sold. lllllll I llllllll ll llll llllll lllllll )111 Our Malting • Barley Contracts Can Make You Money See our special contract be. fare you sign. Fertilizer sup. plied with contract. Act nowt With bookkeeping Farm wives, he said, are sinning a greater reMnIfibUOY' in keeping records of the. family expenses, "eartieularly at tilt.; time of year, when the farmer, is busy, his wife can be atre-• niendous help in looking after the accounts.' More and more farm women,' he said, are attending farm inenagenient schools throUgboUt. the, province to learn how to be. their husband's bookkeeper. Mr, Miles comments on We' trend were part of his talk con.. cerning the changing conditions on the farm. He said there had been more changes in farm con- ditions between 1900 and 1960 than there had between 4,00e' B.C. and 1900. He predicted farmers would! see even swifter chaoges during the next decade, Mr, Miles tried to illustrate. the need for much larger gross income for the modern family. "Every farm family today needs two cars, a truck and ,a trac- tor," he said. "Both the son and the daughter need a car, the mother needs the truck and dad has to have the tractor," Mr.. Miles said. Be was introduced by Maurice Love, junior farmer president. Try Surge for faster, .safer milking with increased produc- tion. (adV3)' We'll Paint Your Barn SPRAY & BRUSH PAINTING Houses, Barns, Roofs, Eta. Lyman Grafton Phone 53 Grand Bend 1 3 Seed Grain For Sale NO. 1 REG. & COMMERCIAL MONTCALM BARLEY I NO. 1 REG. & COMMERCIAL OATS Different Varieties Scott's Elevator Phone: Office 63, Res. HO Lucan . . lllll llllllll gigg l lllll lll l ilifitiliel ll lllll HM111111111 ,44 STRUNK CHAIN MWS CHAIN SAWS R. D. Jermyn TRACTORS IMPLEMENTS NEW IDEA FARM MACHINERY rit NEW HOLLAND RASsLAND MACHINDRY Exeter Faint ..EquiptOent. 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