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rhe Advance-lames, Wedne American Visitor
Sees.Danger in
Ditching Swamps
A letter sent to the Mary Hastings
in the London Free Press from an
American visitor has particular inter-
est for residents in the Wingham area..
Many people in this district feel that
the ditching of swampy sections is a
mistake, and that we should be trying
to conserve water rather than hasten-
ing the run-off. The letter follows:
Dear Mary and Housewives: Several
things—agood many thoughts, prompt-
ed these few lines—namely, the break-
up of winter, balmy breezes of coming
spring, the torrent of water in the
river, a drive in the country, the Van,
shawe dam, necessity of such pre)ecta
and the .tremendous cost which .gyent,
pally comes right back to our own
pocket books.
Then, in contrast to the millions of
gallons of water now flowing, I think
of the arid summer, the complaints of
city and country folk of "water Short,
age." After living in the Mississippi
Valley I have Witnessed over tiny half
centuryvlan ninoof ofa
individual,
eti e f
county
farming the poorand
state regarding drainage, where we
cut all our timber, drained our swamps
in every way, tile, pipes and ditches,
to assist and accelerate the flow of
water off our lands, Sure, we wanted
to have more acres under cultivation,
and we wanted to get to work on it
earlier in the spring,
But what did we do? We made a
dust bowl. Then we spent millions of
dollars in pumping stations and other
projects to hold and bring back the
moisture to our lands. What fools we
actually were! There was plenty of
natural tillage ground without com-
pletely clearing our bushland.
My farm sisters—driving through
and around your wonderful London
and district countryside, I see signs
of similar action. Lay hold before it is
too late. When husband and sons start
talking of cleaning out bush or
swamp, talk to them. Point out the
devastation •brought upon ourselves,
talk about it 'at farm forums, aid and
assist all reforestation programs, For
I tell you surely—and I speak from
bitter experience—you, too, will bring
about the same situation, if you carry
on the way you have been.
Your countryside is an open book
to anyone who has been through the
"dust bowl" experience. I could write
many lines on the subject and give
many reasons for bushlands and
swamps being left intact. To boil it
down—the balance of nature's evapor-
ation' by the heat of the sun is upset
when the expanses of wet and moist
shaded land is done away with. ,Pools
will not bring back the evaporation
ratio. You ,must have the acreage cx-
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This community was heavily dam-
aged by the storm which struck it on
Monday night, There being no tele-
phone service it is hard to say what
the extent of the damage is, but from
the highway, No. 4, down the 5th con-
cession of East Wawanosh hydro wires
are down, trees uprooted and barns
either pretty well demolished or flat-
tened to the ground.
The farms on the fourth, which is
the south side of the road, faired much
better than those on the north side. As
far as we can learn the houses were
not severely damaged. The church
choir loft roof and sheds were blown
away, some of the sideroads are block-
ed with fallen trees and we haven't
been able to learn how far north the
storm struck, but we do know it was
a mile and a half wide. We have often
wondered what it would be like to
witness a tornado, now we khow. As
far as we can learn no lives were tak-
en.
The Fanning Mill
by Bob Garbed
GOOD NEIGHBOURS
There is no one in the world who
knows better than the farmer, that
it pays.to "love thy neighbour as thy-
self." Yes, this old rule laid down in
the good book is still being practiced
in the 'farming areas of the world,
whenever need arises. This has been
pointed out very aptly in the past
week, in the , storm striken areas of
North Huron. You may live in one of
the largest cities in the Dominion and
still not have a friend, or for that mat-
ter, a neighbour, in a strict sense of the
word. But when, you live in a rural
area, you soon find that there is no
limit to the value of those friendships
you establish with your neighbours.
For example. . . . Only a few short
hours after the wind had died down
in Morris, Wawanosh and the other
damaged townships, neighbours who
had been more fortunate were on the
scene helping to clean away rubble,
gather stock and offer condolences.
Work bees have been going on ever
since, with not only township neigh-
bours, but people from far and near
offering their services. On Friday of
last week, in Morris Township, a car-
load of Mennonite farmers from Poole,
down in North Perth, drove over to
the storm stricken area to help. Down
in their area, neighbours are even
more valuable than they are here, for
the true Mennonite way of life, is
based upon a community spirit, and
a share-and-share alike principle. If a
farmer loses his barn, everyone chips
in to help him rebuild, and in the
past these people haven't believed in
insurance. Their only insurance was
their strict code of community living.
If a farmer lost his crop or 'his stock
his friends each gave a share of their
goods to give him a new start.
It's nice to see that we haven't lost
all our neighbourliness, It's nice to see
fortunate people turning out to assist
unfortunate friends and neighbours.
It strengthens ties of friendship, re-
news friendships, and faith in fellow-
men. It get's things done in a hurry.
I remember quite well talking with
a young fellow recently, a veteran of
the service during the last war, who
had been born and raised in the city.
He. was thoroughly fed up with city
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I hope this letter will be, accepted
in the spirit it is written, and that is— life and upon the conclusion of his and I am sure that. many of the storm
I want to he a Reed neighbor too, service covimIttments he bought a stricken farmers in this area will aP-
YOUr column fills a very needed small farm on the veterans' Land Act, preciate what I mean When I say that
Place, Mary Hastings, More power to Neighbours to him, a city dweller, "A friend in need is a friend Indeed:"
your writing hand, Were unnecessary and he tells me that
he didn't go out of his way to establish
any ties or friendships with his neigh-
bours in the community, until one day
he came down with pneumonia. While
he was confined to his bed, he soon
found that his crop was being harvest-
ed, his barn yard cleaned out and his
other work brought up to date by
work parties of interested neighbours.
I will always remember the tears in
that young man's eyes when he told
me that story for to him neighbours
are now the most valuable asset that
he possesses. To the rest of us, who
have never had that experience, that
fetched, but it is true