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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1943-03-04, Page 7War calls must come first . -which means that we should reduce our non- essential use of the telephone to the minimum. Present facilities cannot be increased; your co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. C.Please remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up, war business and that every second you save counts. liallal11111EINIEMEMEISMII C9x ,9 -c,ew-,e 1,,innizzimximasimmomm. avistf 11/ittis Voids. 'WRITTEN SPECIALLY FOR THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS OF CANADA 4 JIM GREENBLAT, Editor of the SUN SWIFT CURRENT SASKATCHEWAN NATIONAL SELECTIVE SERVICE THE SHADOW KNOWS WATCH FOR HTMI Radio's Greatest Mystery Character rip mir F.:very Wednesday %San A 8 to 8.30 p.m. presented by THE • blue mar DEALERS OF CANADA Mrs„ Caldwell, practical ,nurse for Mrs. Sherwood, 10th Con., spent Sun- day at her home east of Dungannon, The snow plow from Goderich got through from Belfast to Lucknow on Thursday, but all the concessions are still 'blocked for cars. 'Mr, Jim Nelson, near Kintail, spent a couple of days this week with his aunt, Mrs, John• Mullin, near Belfast. The Library meeting of Hacketts United Church W. M, S. and Red Cross and W.A. was held at the home of Mrs. Ralph Comeron's on Tuesday afternoon with 18 present. The presi- dent, Mrs, Cyril Campbell, was in the chair. Opening hymn 378 was sung. The Lord's Prayer was repeated in unison, The Scripture reacting, Matt, 18:1-6; Romans 12-27 by Mrs. Geo. Lane. The theine for February pro- viding wholesome recreation for all, Prayer by Mrs. Cyril Campbell. Min- utes of previous meeting read by the secretary, Mrs. Spence Irwin, and 2nd by Mrs. Elmer Alton. Corres, Sec'y., Mrs, John Mullin reported for our al- location. The March meeting to be the World's Day of Prayer and each mem- ber to remember on that day between two and three o'clock p.m, and worship in our own homes. Hymn 434 sung. A reading by Miss Bernadeen Alton "Somebody Prays". The study book by Mrs. Ralph Cameron. The Heralds then reported, Japan, Mrs. Geo. Henry and Mrs. Alec Hackett; China, Berna- deen Alton; India, Mrs. T. A. Cam- eron; North West, Mrs. Roy Alton; Africa, Mrs. Dynes Campbell; Temp- erance, Mrs. Elmer Alton. Meeting closed with hymn 405 and Mrs. Al- bert Alton pronounced 'the Benedic- tion,: The Red Cross meeting next re- ports from Airs. Elmer Alton and Mrs. Ralph Comeron, and Mrs. Roy Alton, president, for the W.A. reported. Mr. .Cyril Campbell spent Sunday with his mother in Goderich Hospital, Mrs„ Frank Johnston, 10th Conces- sion, is in bed under the Roctor's care. Her daughter, Miss Edith Johnston, came home from Sarnia. We hope for. a .speedy recovery for Mrs. Johnston. ':Thursday, 'March. 4th,, 1943 Wf ADVANM-TIME$ If we all cut our telephone talks by just one Minute .It Would Save opoo hours •for WAR.CALLS ey§ y 4.01 NOL3111122221EION OF SINGLE MEN A nrcErtm Proclamation, issued by His Excellency the. Governor General in Coun- • provides that certain single =en must register immediately for the Military Call-up under National Selective Service Mo- bilization Regulations. Single Men who must now register are those who were born in any year from 1902 to 199 inclusive, and who did not previously undergo medical examination under the Military Men actually in the Armed Services are exempt under this order, but men discharged from the Services, not previously medically examined under the Military Call-up, must now register. "Single Men," referred to, now required to register include any man-- torn in any one of the years mentioned, who has nob previously beena medically examined for the military call-up, and described as follows;—"tolto was on the 15t1a day of ,julyy MO, unmarried or a widower without child or children or lies since the said day been divorced or judicially separated or become a widower 'without child or children." It is pohtted out that any man unmarried at July 15th, 1946, even if married since that date, is still dosed as a "single low: Registration is 'to be made on_ fonts available with Postmasters, National Selective Service Ginces, or ,Registrars of Mobilization Boards. Penalties are provided for failure to register, DEPARTMENT or LABOUR ittuktPOMIC Mtrcttr L, A. MACNAIVitinA, Wad& of Zabbiii4 hirettor, iVaiiovoZ Setectivel Servico they ettrtailed exports drastically. Yee, they have to export a certain amount yet--to New Zealand and Australia, who have some basis of argument that they are dependent on us in that they also have to produce the food to keep them alive, Just like our. own 'city apartment dweller,, they are interested in machinery. Then the administration made a survey clear across Canada, discussing the ,situation with deputy ministers of Agriculture, experimental station sup- erintendents, the supply board and others to see what" ypes and varieties were most essential, That's a good approach, isn't it? In Western. Canada, for instance, they found they could do without threshers more, and wanted tombines increased; they could cut out drag hatrowS for a year but wanted ' one- way discs, As a result they were able to order varieties eliminated in . the West from 473 to '73; from that . many to ... 117 in. Eastern Canada: Walking plows, as an example, will come in only five kinds as compared to 52, 1943 Compared to. 1940 And hete is another practical ap- plication of the survey, They will al- low manufacture of 75% of 1940 out- put of cream separators, with com- bines down to 33%, but still, like the Russian simile quoted above, satisfac- tory, Grain drills for the West will be on the basis of 15% of 1940 but 30% for Eastern Canada; the West will get 331/s in one-way disc seeders and Eastern Canada nil. The tonnage was computed separately for East and West as essentiality required. " The administration knows there will be a bigger demand for farm machin- ery this year because generally speak- ing there was a better income in 1942 and farmers will want increased and better plant facilities. Labor will be scarce. So then, what better than a, rationing system? "We studied the British system and that of the United States to guide us if possible," said Mr. Bloom. Out of the cumulative study and research they evolved what they consider the most simple and least expensive way to work out the farm machinery and equipment problem which is national- ly important in scope. Here it is in a nutshell, just as easy for the city slicker to understand as for the farmer, In- the regional boards across Canada, fourteen machinery rationing officers have been appointed. Acting as a consulant in each case without agditional remuneration is an Agricultural Representative. He might be the superintendent of an experi- mental station or one qualified and delegated by him to assist. As a furth- consultant to the rationing officer, sortie prominent farmer of the region, is chosen who has the confidence and respect of the others. His judgment is used in dealing with "border line" cases because—as we neglected to mention earlier—the individual farmer can make application to the rationing officer for farm machinery be thinks he essentially requires. The mechan- ism for appeals i f also provided for, 'Problems Well Understood Well, that's the story I got from the boss of farm machinery, boiled down to the space available. They realize the labor shortage, presents difficulties. They are sympathetic to the fact that a farmer can't get everything he wants for replacement or new equipment. But they're making every effort to be fair and equitable to all with the amount at disposal of the country as a whole. That means harder work, taking care of present equipment to make it last longer. The farmer likes to grouse just as • the soldier does, but they both give when it's needed. Because there's a serious war going on. the farmer will, we think, without hesitation, do the best he can to make machinery go 'round to the' best advantage. The comparative rationing has been set up because there is a scarcity of materials and the necessities of war production. We've just got- to like it and make what we've got last longer. ASHFIELD Mr. and Mrs, Sam Morrison, East of Lucknow, spent Tuesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. IC, Alton, 10th Concession, Mrs, Wilfred Hackett, tear Belfast, spent ,Thursday and Friday with het parents, Mr. and Mrs, D. A. Mac- Donald, Ripley, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Little, near Kin- tail, returned home after spending a couple of weeks in Toronto. Mr. Lit- tle had gone to sec a specialist. Pleas- ed to heat lie is some better. Sorry to hear that Mrs. Johti near Kintail, is in bed for over a week With pneumonia, We wish Jor better news soon, Mr. Will Altai, hear Mafeking, is in bed with the flu. His little son Wendell, has had a real bad cold Which settled on his chest, he'is feel- ing some better Sorry to hear that Mr% Roy Alton, near Belfast, is under the Doctor's Care this week, .from infection its the blood, vtiinli has affected his llifibs and feet, Care of Rubber Present household rubber articles should be given care. Rubber gloves should not be merely peeled off. They should always be dried inside out and then blown in to straighten. and puff out fingers. The final step is dusting with powder. THE BOMBER PRESS IN GREAT BRITAIN Another in a series of articles written by W. R. Legge and C. V. Charters, who represented the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association in a recent tour overseas. AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND (Article No. 17) By Walter R. Legge Agriculture plays a leading part in the war programme in every country and especially in Great Britain which must of necessity import much of its food, and the editors were able to make a brief study of what is being done to help raise as much food as possible. We found it to be a fact that many of the former ,beautiful flower gardens are now converted into vegetable growing. One notable example that we saw was at Windsor Castle where the flower garden in what was orginal- ly a moat is now devoted to vegetables While at the Roebuck Inn at Wytch Cress we were interested to notice that the lovely terraced gardens at the rear of this Inn were now filled with vegetables, Nearly all the Canadian camps are also growing all the vegetables they can in any odd corners of the land. At the camp of the No, 1 Geeeral Canadian Reinforcement Unit, they had a prize display of potatocS, tonti, ore's, carrots, brilotia, beani, beets and turnips which they had grown there, 'Last year• they said, there were thirty tons of potatoes' alone grown on land in the camp. At the naval base which we visited they had fifty acres iii :potatoes al- though it was difficult to see Where. they could find that much spare space. Everywhere we went ive saw vast fields of cabbages, potatoes, and in some seetions.,,,,sugar beets, and some of these fields 'looked much larger than fields of similar products which are ordinarily seen in Canada, We had a splendid opportunity to. really study an English farm when we visited one day the Canon Court Farm in Berkshire, This farm, owned by Mr, 'Henry )", Purser, is probably the best farm in that section of Eng- land, as it has won the King George V prize for efficiency and the King Edward VIII cup.for the best culti- vated farm in Berkshire. This is said to be the only cup :of such a nature ever given by King Edward VIII, This farm is 500 acres in area, and four tractors are used on it. This year it produced among other things 3;200 bushels of oats, and the part planted in wheat produced 64 bushels to the, acre. gr. Purser was milking 41 cows when we were there, It was interesting to learn that this farm was redeemed from tithes only five years ago. 'Up until that time tithes had been paid annually to Ox- ford University. The farm buildings are extensive, well laid out, and built of brick, and even the partitions of the pens were built of brick, The barns were much more substantial than the usual ones in Canada, and when one of the Can- adian editors asked how old „these barns were, he was informed that "they are comparatively modern, hav- ing been built only one hundred and forty years ago." Another of the editors remarked that it would be difficult to find a barn in. Canada that was one hundred years old, whereupon he was asked if the people of Canada did not know how to take care of their buildings. Mr. Purser showed some extra fine cabbages and "narrows which he had brought back from Covent garden market the previous day because he was unable to sell them. Apparently just at that season there was more produce than could be sold. Althought farmers in England are encouraged to raise pigs,. they are al- lowed to retain only a certain pro. portion for themesives. While the editors were in England there was an item in the newspapers telling of a farmer and butcher, Stanley OW, of Church Farm, llranstone, (Stafford- shire) who was fined one hundred pounds for Wing two pigs when he only had a license to slaughter one. Carrying out government regn- lation$ was .-not the only problem that Mr, Purser and his family had to con- tend with. They showed a large eol- lection of fire bombs which had fallen on, their farm, many of them in Jan- uary 1941, They had put in several. nights of hard work .extinguishing cendiaries, For some reason onions are not a satisfactory crop in England, but there'. are some grown, although not nearly enough for the demand, Some good . specimens were seen at Amersham, and here the owner had carefully tied cotton over the tops to save the seed. In. September, the writer visited the Agricultural Fair at Cheltenham which was being held in the City Hall there. There was very fine displays of vegetables especially potatoes, cab- bages, turnips and beans. Scarlet runner beans are a highly regarded food in England, and some of the largest pods at this show were four- teen inches long. Carrots and onions were not as good as would be seen at a fair in Canada, but on the whole the exhibits would compare favbrably with Canadian produce, There were several exhibits of eggs, and also dressed rabbits. Gloucester, only a few miles from Cheltenham, is noted for its sheep fair and the same afternoon, I visited that interesting event, This is really a sheep market, and the buyers are mostly farmers or sheep herders seek- ing to improve their flocks. There were nearly ten thousand sheep there, all herded into pens about ten feet square. The average price that day for a sheep was said to be between fifty and sixty shillings. A workman told us that the farmers try. to replace their ]tends every two years, Practically all the people of Eng-- land are doing all they can to help by growing all the vegetables that they can. In addition to turning private gardens into vegetable patohes, there, are 1,750,000 allotments of land being tilled in Britain. People spend their leisure hours digging in these plots which are let to them at a nominal fee:. This past year there were good crops of apples, 'plums and pears grown in Britain, and there is also a small quantity of grapes grown there.. One thing that was strange to Can- adian eyes was the training of apple trees on stone walls. A good example of this was seen on the walls around the Bishop's Palace at Wells. A War Agriculture Committee func- tions in every county to try and in- crease agricultural production, and these committees strive to get ,every acre possible ploughed up and planted in vegetables. The reason for this is that ten acres in pasture will not support more than four people, but ten acres of potatoes will maintain 42 people, or wheat will maintain 21. This agricultural work is a big part of the war effort, and Britain was blessed last year with a splendid crop. Even the person living in a city apartment is indirectly interested in the fact that it takes farm machinery to produce the necessities of life. Administrator H. H, Bloom had some of the answers for me in Toronto. First let me pass on the information that our tentative allocation for 1943 is 25% of the 1940 tonnage for farm machinery and 150 % for repairs. That's not as bad as it sounds when one considers that the Russians found ft possible to produce materials in factories six months after they had been blasted to rubble by the Nazis, and retaken. That takes ingenuity and improvisation. The Canadian farmer can do that too. Why is 1940 taken as the basis? Because that was the last normal year in the implement business, and the period used by the United States also, from whence we have some de- pendence for materials, Things weren't so serious in. this line in 1942, for when the smoke had cleared away, a healthy business shows a statistical reality. Between implements and re- pairs we had a 96% overall tonnage manufactured or imported. Why Materials Are Scarce But there's a different picture for 1943; shelves are bare and no invent- ory to speak of. You on the farm, we in the towns have got to get it into our noodles that materials which go into farm machinery also go into the machinery for killing Nazis and Japs. As the administrator explained it, and it sounded reasonable, it would have been simple to make an order stopping importation of not more than 25% gross weight, But there 'were other consideration. For one thing MR. ISAAC P. BOOTH can now walk aroma like a boy. fie had severe rheumatic pain' and constipation caused by an inactiwv liver. "Fruit-a-tives" made him completely well. Buck up you rliver with "Fruit-a-tives",„ Canada's Largest Selling Liver Tablets. RATION COUPON BANKING Beginning March 1st, the 3,2.00 branches of the Chartered Banks of Canada, undertake another wartime service, namely Ration Coupon Banking. It is a vital part of the nation-wide rationing program. 74e,e4 *ace s‘oeeed °ittodeo If you are a merchant, jobber, wholesaler or other dealer receiving ration coupons from your customers, your bank stands ready to show you how to deposit or otherwise deal with the coupons you receive. The same applies if you are a " quota-user." 2 It has nothing whatever to do with your regular bank account, in which you deposit dollars and draw cheques in dollars. 3 if is purely a relationship between dealers and commercial banks. Ration Banking begins only after the consumer has used his coupons to purchase rationed commodities. 4 The banks' job is mainly of an accounting nature —acting—as an agent of the Ration' Administra- tion, Wartime Prices and Trade Board, under carefully defined regulations. 5 Ration Coupon Banking relieves the Ration Ad- ministration of the tremendous burden of hand- ling, verifying and accounting for used coupons with which consumers have obtained their supplies. 6 If you are a consumer only, it in no way affects how much or how little of rationed commodities you receive. Banks do not issue ration coupons, nor do they have anything to do with the actual rationing of commodities. By this important addition to the many wartime services thiy perform, the Chartered .Banks serve the nation., facilitate business, and seek to save time and expense to the cotinto. THE CHARTERED BANKS OF CANADA a