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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1944-01-13, Page 7Ottawa Written sped* for the wieldy newspapers of [anode machines carried out, That is a prime point. Let us deal first with Western' Cen- ada, and here may we say—as advised 'by those who know—that the 64.14* applies pretty much the same to East- ern :Canada. .Comparing 1940 with 1944, here is the lineup of farm mach- •ieery and equipment for the- West, Haying machinery is about the same, but there is a serious shortage of power mowers. In tillage implements the number of units are all less in 1944 except blade weeders, but these do not amount to very many. Take tractors, for instance, of which there were .12,713 sold in 1940, but only 9010 available fOr sale in 1944. While it is' true that livestock equipment is increased, it will not meet the demand in view of changes in production. Regarding repairs, the percentage DONALD .B. BLUE Ekperiencect Auctioneer Licensed for Counties of HURON & BRUCE All Sales Capably Handled. R. R. 1, Kincardine Phone: Ripley 30-24. DR. R. L. STEWART. PHYSICIAN Telephone 29 WELLINGTON FIRE Insurance Company Est. 1840 - An all Canadian Company which has 0faithfully served its policy holders for over a century . Head Office — Toronto H. C. MacLean Insurance Agency Wingham DR. W. M. CONNELL PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Phone 19 J. W. BUSHFIELD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Money To Loan Office — Meyer Block, Win.gham COUNTER CHECK BOOKS PRINTED GUMMED TAPE MADE BY cr,p040,..4 FIAPER P1:1,1:20UCT5 Styfee': for em,er'y business VF`ieusleelOV and designs Sa'rnples„,.20.4gestion.s prices::withoutr qbligations The Advance-Times Phone 34. FEW SURVIVORS OF NAZI $ATTLESH1P ARNHORST THOMAS FELLS AUCTIONEER REAL ESTATE SOLD A Thorough Knowledge of Vann Stock. Phone 2310 Wingham K. M. MacLENNAN Veterinary Surgeon Office—Victoria St., West. Formerly the Hayden Residence PHONE 196 Wingham, Ontario WINGIIAM ADYANC The photo, on the left, radioed from London, 'shows three of the British torpedomen aboard 11.M.S Jamaica, who sent the final torpedo Into the Nazi battleship Scharnhorst, off the Northern coast of Norway. e.,.?flciIW' Li 1he bottom of the sea. Very few Nazis survived the shelling, torpedoing and sinking of their ship. In the picture at the right a few survivors are shown, hatless aboard, KM.% Duke of York. British battleship which` crippled the Schgnitorst, Article No. 28 By Jim Greenblat Because of the importance of farm machinery, equipment and repairs 'as related to the production picture in Canada for 1944, and 1945, we are devoting this week's news letter ex- clusively to certain phases of the situ- ation, The information herein is, offic- ially on the "up and uP" from machin- ery administration sources and should be of interest to those engaged in A WEEKLy *LOOKS AT W. A. CRAWFORD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon 0 Located at the office of the late Dr. J. P. Kennedy: ' Phone 150 Wingham J. H. CRAWFORD Barrister, Solicitor, Notary, Etc. Bonds, Investinents & Mortgages Wingham Ontario A. H. McTAVISH B A , . . Teeswater, Ontirio Barristere Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer Office: Gofton Houke, Wroxeter every Thursday afternoon 1.30 to 4.30 and by appointment. - Phone Teeawater 1201 HARRY FRYFOGLE Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Furniture and Funeral Service Ambulance Service Phones: Day 109W, Night 109J. J. A. FOX Chiropractor and Drugless Therapist. RADIONIC EQUIPMENT. COMPLETE ,HEALTH SERVICE. Phone 191. Frederick A. Parker 0S+EOPATH Offices: Centre St., Wingham OsteOpathic and Electric Treat- ments, root Technique. Phone 272.. Whigham, WITGGS srrrTER. Nice Looicw 1ES 11412EttP, „ mica LOOKIN` PLUM: available is good and some lines are plentiful,. yet it is known that repair Parts such -as motors, roller and: ball bearings, malleable castings, steel '_diawcs and ' shapes 'will be eritical as 'regards supply for some time. It might be, we are told, a year and a half before this particular situation is eased. 'The're has 'been quite a change- over to livestock production and naturally this has resulted in a serious shOrtage of pumps, Stationery engines; grinders, etc.,. despite the fact that there has been an increase in these items for 1944. It is important to know that 52 per cent of the machines we buy, are from the United States, Farmers may better evaluate their prospects when they are also told, and with tinhesitant certainty, that tractor type and deisel equipment presents quite a different picture, with repair parts hard to get and' little prospect of More than ordinary improvement. In short, official data On, available supply of farm machinery indicates that despite the increases set for 1944, and 1945 too, these years are being considered as critical and should be so regarded by those-tin -the produc- tion front, although e'very effort is being made to provide equipment to 'enable them to carry on in their maximum effort of producing an -ade- quate food supply' for the United Nations in the great struggle. MONUMENTS at first cosi Having our factory equipped with the most modern machinery for the exe- cution of high-class work, we ask yov to see the largest display of monu. ments of any retail factory in Ontario. All finished by sand blast machines We import our granites from the Old Country quarries direct, in the rough, You cam save all local deal- ers' agents' and middleman profits by seeing us. E. J. Skelton & Son at West End Bridge—WALKERTON SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK Wont Normal Pep, Vim, Vigor? Vry °scree Torn* Tablota. Contain* tonics, *num, logs, iron, yitatnIn °Mourn, phospnorual Aida to normal non, viouty eteg 20, 40, or 50. t introdnotory oiao only, ;me. u. eoustext mr.441 ,of Mit package, nwkor remade tow On0o. ),/4 gruSgWto• atart takiOn CatroVrobloyi so,01,7; Officials say it is 'still Urgent - for farmers, everywhere in Canada to take all' possible steps, to prolong tho life of their machines, -v-This point they stress without reservation, Only when equipment le found to be in an unre- Pairable condition should it be dis- carded or traded in, Disoouraged official sources is the practice of sell- ing worlca\,ble traotors from the farm with the 'expectation of buying a new one, Tractors should be available for those who need them most, as there are not many 'for distribution. This :last injunction can better be comprehended when we repeat statis- '4ics for Western Canada, as . an ex- ample for Eastern Canala, as well, There are 9010 tractors available to distribute in the west section which has to serve seine 300,000 farms, or a ratio of one in 33, Many farmers will expect to make application for a tractor for the first time -because of labor shortage, horses getting old and generally to :operate the farm more effielently. Stich real needs, obviously, are-deserving:of primary attentiom A bright spot nevertheless is that the supply of repair parts is gradually improving and the time factor in dis- tribution has been overcome, But— and this must be recognized—there is still a shortage of critical materials in the United States •for some repairs. As we are dependent on the United States for some of our supply, this condition may effect Canadian farm prpduction for some time. All farmers are strongly urged to order their re- pairs early, which will help machine trade and the machinery administra- tion to .plan ahead and get repair parts diStributed on a more equitable basis. But most farmers have not given much thought to tools, including pliers, wrenches, etc. Well, a survey shows that the need for such tools is be- coming felt more and more as time goes on; and SQ . far there has been little general improvement in distri- bution, Until some relief is in sight farmers should conserve their present tools with the greatest care. When you. take 'ern out, remember to put 'ern back, is a good rule to follow in this wartime shortage. HYBRID CORN ADVANCES (Experimental Farms News) For many years the husking corn area of southwestern Ontario was planted to' open-pollinated varieties. Hybrid corn was advancing rapidly in the United States and experimental trials in, Ontario had shown the super- iority of this type of corn over the open-pollinated kind. However, it was not until 1939 that hybrid corn really invaded Ontario and established a beach-head. So successful was the in- vasion that in 1940 practically half of the corn acreage in Essex and Kent counties was planted with hybrid seed. In 1941 the hybrid corn acreage ad- vanced to 75 per cent and in 1942 to over 80 per cent of the total acreage, R,J. SCOTT ..sayp. G. F. H., BUaley„ Donlation Ex peritnental. Station, Harrow, Ont. During the winter of 1.o424s. the -sale of :seed was very lleavY and, it' appeared that very little acreage' would be planted with open-pollinated seed. .Aut .3.94a proved tq be a testing season, :Heavy rains during the normal planting sPason delayed plant, ing in most of Essex and Icent ..O9114- ties,. particularly on the heavy !Sell% In some cases planting Wsl delayed until late Poe, Because of the short- ened season many farmers • 'planted . seed of early maturing hybrids. A! few: growers, doubtful of even matur- ing a crop, swung haelc to early strains of open-pollinated corn because of the! lower price of seed. Others planted : no corn at all, thus reducing 'the ex- pected corn acreage, Nevertheless,' the hybrids occupied the greater part of the corn aoreage and definitely continued to' -show their superiority over open-pollinated sorts. AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS PLAN MEETINGS During the month of February the city of Toronto will be the mecca for thousands of farmers from all over the Province, Throughout the month the majority of the agricultural associa- tions and societies 'will be holding their annual meetings and conventions and, with serious problems of war- time production confronting the whole agricultural industry, these sessions are expected to be of more than usual interest, In addition to the meetings and conventions the Ontario Depart- ment of, Agriculture is to conduct ex- hibitions of labour-saving devices for the farms at the Royal York Hotel from February 1 to 5 and at the King Edward Hotel from, February 7 to 11. The Ontario Crop Improvement As- sociation is to hold a seed ,display,.from February 7 to 11. The list of meetings and their dates, scheduled for Feb- ruary, is as: follows: Ontario Vegetable Growers' Associ- ation, annual meeting, February 2; Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Assoc., joint convention', Feb, 3; On- tario Fruit 'Growers' Association, an- nual meeting, February 4; Ontario Plowmen's Assocaition, annual meet- ing, February '8; Ontario Crop Im- provement Assoc.; potato growers special meeting February 7; business meeting, February 8, annual meeting, February 9. Class "B" Fairs Associ- ation, annual meeting, February 9. Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies, annual convention, February 10 and 11. Ontario Horticultural Association, annual convention, February 24 and 25. Details of the programmes for thicst meetings and conventions are now be- ing arranged and: will be made avail- able to members in the near future. NEW MURAL DEPICTS GREEK FAMILY LIFE A mural depicting Greek family life has. been completed in the Royal On- tario Museum. Using its own ex- hibits to help reconstruct the scene, the Museum has portrayed the home of a well-to-do Greek in the late fifth century before Christ. We see the family gathered at noon in the inner court, with its gaily painted pillars and mosaic floor.' The children are playing on the upper gallery. Below, an old slave is roasting meat on the altar, an offering to the gods and a treat for dinner, for the wifes brother has come to call. He and his host rest comfortably on couches in the shade eating dried fish and garlic. coarse bread and cheese. A slave pours the wine which will soon induce someone to take the lyre from the wall and sing 'heartily. Meanwhile the women are -Weaving near-by,,, Museum visitors will enjoy determin- ing which objects in the picture have • been copied from originals in the near- by cases, BISHOP SEAGER WAS NAMED METROPOLITAN OF ONTARICt Rt. Rev. Charles Allen Seager, of London, Anglican Bishop of Huron,. was elected at Toronto by the House of Bishops of the Eccleciastical Prov- ince of Ontario to be Metropolitan of Ontario. The appointment carries with it elevation to the rank of archbishop, with the prefix "Most Rev." and style "His Grace,". Archbishop Seager suc- ceeds the late Most Rev. J. G. Ander- son, Archbishop of Moosonee. Arch- bishop Anderson is being succeeded as Bishop of Moosonee by Bishop R.. J, Renison, rector of St, Paul's church, Toronto. Archbishop Seager has odeupled the see of Huron since 1932, when he was translated from the diocese of Ontario, of which the see city is Kingston, to succeed the late Archbishop David Williams, Archbishop Seager is a native of Goderich. A Frenchman was relating his ex- perience in studying the English language. He said: "When I first dis- covered that if I was quick, I was fast; that if was, tied, I was* fast; if t" spent too freely. I was fast; and that not to eat wa.s to fast, I was dis:conr- aged. But' when I came across the sentence 'The first one won one-dollar prize." gave up trying." atumm gmamm EIM11110 1;11ALIngi ODOM RIRIMIgl PgUlfil WOMMO DEILI OCIMURNO MIMEO DOWEIH OU1011gifilOM EMU MRDIE10 Ogi131114 II11510.% MUMUO OMMUU, W@WIA611.SEIMMIA ORIEOPPl al-Greek god of war 41. Anger 43. Piece to hold puts agriculture. Several faults are basic to the over- all picture. One is that while there has been, an' increase in the tonnage of materials for new machines. in 1944, there will not be ,sufficient number of them to meet . the needs, Replace- ments will be greater thas ever before because of the extensive use, of mach- inery from 1941 to 1943, and the changes in production that have taken place since that time. 'Wide Qublicity has been given to the fact that, 80 per cent of the 1940 tonnage will improve the situation in 1944, but that does not quite give' the correct' impression, and May lead to Over-optimism and eventually hard feelings. Those who control distribution of available, farm maehinery and equip- ment are concerned with the needs of both Western and Eastern Canada. But in the west the purch•asing powei of the farmer •has so increased in the past three years that the 1944 allot.7- xnents will not nearly meet the need or the demand. It will, however, en-, able agriculture to. carry on if repairs are distributed•to them in time and if further conservation practices are ,fol- lowed, custom work with' machines is adopted, and co-operative use of new Bustfitss and Professional Directory ROMM SEAMORS WEREj AP Po MEP foR Ktowt4 114 AMERICA BEtoRE WAKE MER CAME ? of ALL EDIBLE. f aud5 PROD Lieu eEti.oti M1611.11# rim frwrinsi aThatoNft; Da wane eniers BISEXVID Bi WALLY BISHOP YOUR EY ATTENTION Our 26 POlut Scientific Elm ation enables us to give /Q4A 4044 Comfortable Vision F. F. HOIVILTT Optometrist Phone 118 Harriston CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS A. Distant 4Z 24. Generation 1. Kind of rock 5. Kettle • 25. Devoured 5. ShoVe 6. Wavy (Her.) 26.. Any split 5. Melodies 7. Boil slowly pulse 11. Division of 8. Stocking a long poem 10. Sentence 12. Ward off structure 13. Mountains 11. anclosuret ( So. Am.) 16. Sloths „ 14. Malt 18. Laths ' -" beverage 19. Bandagite 15. Scold per- r, support an sistently ' arm ;17. Female 20. Hebrew dry sheep measure 1 18. Pig pens (vtur.) SO. Marsupiali 21. Poem (Aust.)t 22. Giri's name 123. Metal WY. Antelope.) 28. Plant Went , a region 19. Thrash ' no. Underground' Passage, 41, Prick 1, painfully]. its. Past fluid it Tuber' fin, Danger . 411.1foth "4.,„ a. Cavalry f,,, It sword AL Valley of ?, the Moon 28. A.rtificial hazard (golf) 30. Metal at Piece of • baked clay; 33. Projeeting , end of a church 34. EquipmentA 35, Spheres 37, Eye 38, Early inhab- itant of Scol,1%nd Y# January 13, 1944 'MOS 441 40:4 eit44! 44:Seottitih0, Gaelic rl p, Wagers V " DOW, kisA rm- *Tiber ot UW100011011 itltier (R011),: .• it1,4 44? Cot0.19o,. Kin Vaake.§ s n nte;b1C, 47e)riif •16s606I,