The Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-03-14, Page 5PON ,OUTO00$
—central Preaa 'Canadian
It may be snowing and blowing, but spring is just around the
corner when tulips, hydranges, eineraria. schizanibirs and amarytis
are in bloom -Iadoors, This display, at a Toronto store, is reminder
.to take a look at the garden tools and survey the coining season's
garden. program.
4-H Clubs Train Youth for
SLIPPERY PAVEMENT
Wet bloc(, top PaVermnt can be'
treacherous, espeelelly in the ease
of small patches Of ice, Driving too
fast is often the reason for going
into a skid and you can't al Ways
gouge by miles per bola when de,
',ertnining whether or not you are
driving too fast.
It is important to adjust your
speed to Wet Or slippery weather;
you Should start slowly, drive
slowly and stop slowly. Think
ahead and begin to slow for a stop
earlier than 'usual, When you in-
tend ,to stop. or turn give signals
sooner than you normally would so
the Ariver behind has more warn-
ing and he too, can plan aheae.
Know and be prepared for situ-
atlons that are likely to cause
skidding, ,such as curves and stop-
ping suddenly. Ice may have melt-
ed on the open road but still re-
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main or refreeze in shady spots so
ba Prepared as you approach tun-
nels or areas where there are tres
oe high buildings, Be wary of skids
Miring short periods following the
beginning of rain. Oil dropped on
the read by passing vehicles forms
GOODWILL FARM TOW
TO EASTERN' CANADA
Se successful was the tour to
Western Canada last year that
second tour sponsored by the On-
tario Soil and Crop Improvement
Association is now being planeed
to Eastern Canada,
The dates are July 5 to 20, 'fire
major types of agricUltare in' the
three Maritime Provinces will be
visited and in addition, many Plaeerl
of historic and literary fame have
been included in the tour,
The first stop will be a three
hour bus tour of the St. LaWrenee
Seaway project, Visits will be made
to Quebec City, the land of Evan-
geline in the fertile Annapolia
ley, the Reversing Falls, a tour by
boatto Halifax Harbour, tile pota,
to lands of Prince Edward Island,
a tour of an ocean liner, a svelte. in
the ocean, lobster dinners, the Ca-:
hot Trail, experitnental farms, the
Montmorency Falls in Quebee and
a boat trip down the St. Lawrence
from Quebec-to 'Montreal. During
stopovers the .party will 'stay .at
the best hotels in the "Maritimea. •
Time will be prcivided for sight-
seeing and shopping in the eapital
cities of Quebec, New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
Island, as well as Montreal. Fur-
ther details can he secured by con-
tacting A. H. Marth,t, secretary,
Ontario Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Assoc., Parliament Buildings,
Toronto.
Don't cut down your visibility -
with umbrellas, turned up collars -
and pulled down hats.
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Almost everyone is acquainted with cows called Betsy tnd Clara,
but in the mountains north of Montreal are some goats with far more
imaginative names,
Cascade, Blanchette and Nougatine are members of a herd care-
fully tended by a young woman who wears a blue cotton apron over
the habit of a nun. The cloistered sisters of the Benedictine priory
at Mont Laurier, Quebec, make goat-raising a profitable enterprise,
The milk is rich and provides good butter and cream, Light,
digestible cheese is being made on an experimental basis. The Bene-
dictine order is already famous for chocolate-making and some day
these cloistered sisters hope to develop a, new chocolate made with
the milk 'from. their goats. Quite apart from milk, the meat from
young kids, is delicate and the resourceful nuns hope to be able to tan
kidskin.
uns Make Goat
A Profitable Enterprise
With Our Farming
Wirrgbarix iiviniee•Timen, Wednesday, Afar, rage
evelopment •
secretary-treasurer, Not more than
three members from .any one family
may enter any one dub.
4-H Prize., Money
'The Ontario and Canada Depart-
ments of Agriculture each contri-
bute $1.50 for each member com-
pleting his project by exhibition
at Achievement Day. In addition,
the, sponsoring organization, usu.,.
ally an agricultural society or. ser-
vice club, provides an additional
$1.50 per member. Otht,.• prizes are
Sometimes donated by interested
Persons or groups.
Basis of Awards
Using the Calf 'Club as .an s-
ample, the awards are based as
follows: 400 points for the calf at
Achievement Day; 300 :points for
judging competition, answers to
questions and showmanship" 300
points for, Junior -Stockmen's
Award for care and feeding, feed
records and attendance at meet-
lags. • . '
Club Leaders
Club leaders are key men in 4-H
Club work, and it is through their
unselfish efforts that the work.ex-
pands. Their reward is the person-
al satisfaction of working with .an.
enriching lives of young people
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ALEXANDER'S '
attest ,zez Me surface when
Inixeri with the rain. This Is usually
washed Way by further •rainfall,
Avoid using your brakes Sadden-
ly. If you must reduce speed use
un ,intermittent touch and release
movement with your foot called
m pemping the brakes". Sometimes
you need simply remove your foot
from the gas and your engine
works as a natural brake to slow
you down. Remember to be easy
with the steering to avoid sharp
or sudden swerves,
Don't disengage the clutch when
there is danger of skidding,
Mrs. J. A. Allen Dies
In North Bay
Mrs. John A. Allen died at her
home in North Bay on Sunday,
after a long illness.
The former Agnes Sproat, of
Seaforth, she is survived by her
husband and one son, Bill, and a
brother, Dr. William Sproat, of
Stratford. Her husband is a son
of the late Robert Allen, of Whig-
ham.
'Funeral service will be held to-
day (Wednesday) at North Bay,
with interment there. John W.
I-Tanna left from Toronto on Tues.-
day to attend the funeral,
Agficultural D
The 4-H emblem is a four-leaf
clover with the letter H in each
leaf, (The four leaves stand for good
luck and achievement, The 4-H's
stand for Head, Heart, Hands and
Health and signify the training
and development that the members
undergo, The chief objective is to
provide for the members, training
in good citizenship,
4-H Club work is open .to al]
rural girls and boys in the United
States and Canada, and is part of
the extension program of the De-
partments of Agriculture of both
countries.
• 4-II Growth •
In 1954 approximately 70,000 boys
and girls were enrolled in -4-1-1
Club projects in Canada. Of these,
28,000 were girls enrolled in 4-"H
Homemaking Clubs. The balance
of 42,000 were enrolled in Live
:Stock -and Field Crops Cltrbs, etc.'
The figures show a steady increase
over the years with the greatest
percentage of gain in Ontario,
441, Objectives
There are various clubs as Beef
Calf, Dairy Calf, Swine, Potato,
Forestly, Tractor, etc. Their ob-
jectives are the same. The objec-
tives of the Calf Club, to mention
one, arc to create interest among
young people in caring for, feeding,
developing and marketing of cattle;
to develop a better general know-
ledge of breed type and the judging
and selection of cattle: to encour-
age the adoption of better methods
in the club district and to encour-
age the improvement of the type
and quality of cattle in the district.
4-14 Regnlations •
Any farm boy or girl may en-
roll in a 4-H agricultural club, pro-
vided he or she is over 12. years
of age before May 1st and has not
reached his or her 21st birthday by
November 1. The exception to this
rule is the Tractor Club. All mem-
bers' must he 14 years of age be-
fore May 1, Each club must have a
minimum enrolment of ten mem-
bers, living in the community, if
possible. Club members elect their
own president, vice-president and
THIS -W101K WO .ARESA
Wednesday, March 14th
$04ing Carnival
Thursday, Mardi liStfri
145,,,Figpre Skatiug. VarniYak
Friday,. Afar* •Vitlik
100 a4u, Orey-Bruce-Purina
Bantam 'We:key
Tournament
Saturday, Maic'h 1.7t1t.
9.00- 0.00 Grey,,Bruce-Hurott
Bantam hockey
Tournament
13.30,44,40,40 juvenile Unelfey
Bowmaiwilie vs, Wingham
Monday, Mureil 19th
4.00710,0n HoOkey Practice
• Tuesday, March 400.
4,00- 5.30 Public School Skating
0.00- 7.00 Hockey Practice
7.00- 9.00 Double Header
Ilroutuhall •
1,00- 8.00 Fireman vs. Foundry
a.00- 9.00 Kinsmen vs. UFO
Wednesday, Mareh 21st"
Broomball Kinsmen vs. CKNX
Thursday, Msirch 2211(1
.0040.00 Ilroomball
rigemetr" vs. 'UFO
Kinsmen vs. Foundry
Friday, Alarelt 23rd
Presbyterial' Church
Skating Party ^
Saturday, March 24th
• Open .
HOSPITALIZE-FOUR
AS RESULT OF FALLS
Four people were hospitalized
and eight others received treat-
ment at the Wingham General
Hospital during the past week as
a result of accidents and 'falls in
the district.
On Monday Gladwyn Campbell,
of ,Turnberry, received a fractured
right arm when he fell off a stone
boat after it struck a tree.' He was
released after a cast was applied et
the hospital.
Russell McConnell, R.R. 5, Kin-
cardine, received painful injuries
to his left foot on Wedn6day,
when it caught between a tree
stump and a log boat. He was al,
lowed home after X-rays had been
taken.
Bill Coultes, 20-year-old son of
Mr. and 'qrs. Robert Coultes,
R.R. 5, Brussels, fractured his right
wrist on Thursday, A cast was ap-
plied at the hohpital.
Ian Mundell; son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Mundell, R.R. 1, Bluevale,
received treatment for a cut leg,
at the hospital on Friday. Paul
Emberlin, 13, son of Mr. and Mrst
Fred Emberlin, was treated• for
painful neck injuries incurred
while playing hockey for the Luck-
now team. He was allowed home
after X-rays had been taken.
Mrs. Annie McGregor was ad-
mitted to the hospital on Friday
after fracturing her hip in a
at a nursing home. Her condition
was described as tair.
On Saturday Charles Congram,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Con-
gram, was' treated for a fractured
right wrist: "
Falls caused three accidents on
Monday: Mrs. George Drehmann
was adithittect to the hospital with
a fractured 'left wrist, as a result
of a fall. Mrs. Mae Johnston,
2, Wingham, fell -on the' ice
mid fradthred her left wrist. Both
fractures were. reduced under ether
at' the" hospital: ' ' '
Mrs. Mary Garniss, 80, fell on
the floor at her home and fractur-
ed her right arm at the elbow. She
was admitted to the hospital where
the break was reduced under ether
and a east, applied. Her condition
there is reported as fair. ,
Kinettes Present
Cooking School
HERBICIDE MAY SOON
REPLACE HOE
"Substituted u r ea herbicides
promise to he the most versatile
and powerful chemical tools work-
ing for Canadian agriculture," says
A, R. Appleton, agricultural repre-
sentative, Du Pont Company of
Canada Limited,
speaking to the eastern section
of the National Weed Committee
recently, he reviewed the work be-
ing done in Canada with the urea
formulations.
Substituted urea herbicides such
as Karmex W, are being tested at
a number of Canadian locations as
weed killers fqr use in agricultural
applications without harming the
crops. Success would spell an end
to most hoeing and mowing and ef-
fects would he longer lasting and
cheaper in the long run to achieve,
Mr. Appleton told the group. •
"Judging from last season's trials
it looks as if potatoes, canning
corn, fodder corn, peas, mints, car-
rots and beans may stand up to
applications at rates up to one
pound an acre," he said. "Hardy
perennial weeds such as sow this-
tle might require two pounds to
the acre.
"Allthe substituted urea formu-
lations kill by root.absorption. For
effective action, sufficient water
must be available to carry the
chemical action down to the roots.
The chemical penetrates heavy soils
to a depth of about two inches;
with lighter soil types it may go
down six inches. At the low rates
recommended by 'agriculture, stu-
dies have shown that soil micro-
organisms decompose the herbicide
within four to eight months in
cultivated soil.
"Best results are obtained if ap-
plication is made before plant
growth begins, or in the fall, If
dense growth is present, tops
should be removed and the hare
ground sprayed," he said,
Careless Manure
Handling Is Costly
Some farmers lose as much as
$100 per month during the barn-
feeding season because they do not
handle manure correctly.
This is the claim of G.. R, Snyder,
supervisor of the farm advisory
service of the C-I-L agricultural
chemicals division, who says that
barn manure should be considered
as a "crop" and handled with the
same care. In his estimation, man-
ure losses in Canada average 30
per cent and on many farms, ex-
ceeded 50 per cent.
Mr. Snyder explains that a Um
of mixed manure contains about
ten pounds of nitrogen, five of
phosphorus and ten pounds of pot-
ash. In addition, it carries 900 lbs,
of organic matter and some essen-
tial minor elements such as iron,
copper, manganese and magnesium
Value of manure is lost when the
liquid portion is drained away tin-
der badly constructed barn floors,
washed away by rain when manure
is piled up outside or by evapor-
ation. This portion contains about
50 per cent of the nitrogen, 60 per
cent of the potash (more in cow
manure), and a small part of the
phosphorus.
For efficient utilization of their
barn manure, Mr. Snyder suggests
the following rules for farmers to
follow: Intall a concrete floor in
the barn to prevent leakage of the
lixjtdd portion; use chopped straw
as bedding material, It, soaks up
five times its weight in liquid ma-
nure; spread 20 per cent stable
superphosphate (Stable-PhDs) hn
the gutters every day after cleaning
the barn usually about 1 Melds
Per animal, This adds phosphate,
soaks up any liquid the straw fails
to get, keeps nitrogen from .chang-
big into ammonia and eSeaping in-
to the air, and Makes. the hirthitte
'better baltotata
Behind the main building of the
I priory at Mont Laurier is land
running back to a rrvcr an , tore
this progressive group of women
turn from their prayer's to oper-
ate a highly efficient farm, They
keep about 500 hens, grow fruits
and vegetables and raise goats.
The priory's meticulously clean
goathousc has stalls for 25 milk-
ing goats. In a corner', a wooden
platform equipped with a fleck-
yoke is where Noegatine .and her
sisters take turns munching from a
pail of oats while being milked. On
the wall hangs a chart recording
the milk given by each member of
the herd, for these nuns are buSi-
ness-like farmers.
Along the river bank is the goat
pasture. The grass is thick and
the land rich, hut not because
nature made it than way. These
farmer's in blue aprons are com-
pletely up-to-date on agricultural
methods, Their alkaline soil last
fall was treated with limestone
and this spring will be enriched by
groWing clover and alfalfa, Their
pasture flourishes with the help of
modern chemical fertilizers, scien-
tifically applied to meet the needs
of the soil.
After these lucky goats have
grazed their fill, their thrifty keep-
ers protect the grass by driving
the herd into a "lounging area"
where Cascade, Blanchette and the
others take their ease, nibbling on
straw and making milk. At sun-
down; the goats with the quaint
names quietly obey. the young nun'.:,
call and file into the Boathouse
with its whitewashed stalls.
Fruits and vegetables grown on
the priory farm are carefully
chosen for their food value. A
special variety of black raspberry
is cultivated because it is high in
vitamins, The henhouse is a model
of efficiency, It is not so surpris-
ing then, to see these secluded
fields being plowed with a shiny
now 'tractor, confidently driven by
a. nun in billarking skirts.
The gunman walked up to a
theatre cashier, stuck a gun in her
face and growled:
"The picture was terrible-give
Me everybody's money back!"
through the 4-H program.
4-II Meetings
Generally, one meeting a month
from May to September inclusive,
is held with each club or joint
meetings, at a farm in the area, to
discuss feeding, judging, fitting and
showing, records, etc. The parents
are welcomed and encouraged to
attend these meetings. Semetithes,
it is felt that the Parents are get-
ting as much from the meetings
as the members.
4-11 Contests
About the third week in October
the' Provincial Inter-Club Contests
are held at the Ontario Agricultural
College at Guelph. Two members
are chosen to represent their club
in the competition. Winners then
represent their province in the Na-
tional Contests held at the same
time as the Royal Winter Fair.
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Waterloo Cattle Breeding
Association.
"Where Better Bulls Are Used"
Get on the bandwagon ;Ind breed yam,'cows artificially to the
hulls we have in sorrier, as frearly (i,090 farmers did during 1955.
During the three months since the end of our fiscal year,
November 20, 1955, 297 new members joined our Organization.
This is 13 more than during the same period the previous year.
Since the end of our fiscal year, we have inseminated 1,583
more cows than in the, same period . of 1955 when we bred 1,165
more cows than in the same period of 1 994 01' 413 novo
increase than we had. during 1955.
• OUR. voLUmE, OF BUSINESS IS INCREASING FASTER
than it has for several years.
The cost is low and the quality of calves you ,will get iS high.
BETIER CALVES FOR nErrErt, LIVING-.
For service or more information, phone collect
to the Waterloo
Clinton—Hu
Cattle Breeding Association
2-3441, Mildmay 130r12
Between-7.30 and 10.00 a.m. week days
7.20 and 9.30 HAIL Sunda y. and holidays
Cows netieed in heat later should he bred the following day, I
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hogs no matter what the market price is.
If you are feeding straight grain to hogs
YOU ARE WASTING TIME.
WHY! Because grains alone do not contain
the proper levels of nutrients to get hogs off to
market in a hurry. Tests prove that straight
'grain-fed hogs take up to 2 months longer to
reach market weight than balanced-fed hogs.
Get YOUR hogs off to market in record time
THE SHUR-GAIN WAY.
Call us about SHUR-GAIN HOG FEEDS.
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The,Moffat cooking and laundry
school which was sponsored by the
Wingham Kinette Club in the town
hall last Wednesday was a decided
success in spite of bad weather.
When entering the hall, each
lady was presented with a recipe
hook • from Moffats and favors
through the courtesy of MeKibbons
Rexall drug store and Vancear
I.D.A. drug store.
Mrs. Vic Loughlean, president. of
the Kinette Club, welcomed those
present and 'introduced Gordon
Kennings, Moffat representative,
who acted as master of ceremonies
for the evening and also conducted
the draw for prizes.
Miss Denyse Pesant, home ser-
vice dieector, kept the audience in-
terested with' the many attractive
dishes she prepared, When com-
pleted, these Were presented to the
lucky ticket holderS.
One electric fry pan, donated by
Burke Electric, was won by Mrs,
Gordon Rapson. A coffee pereo-
Milatoe, also donated by Burke Elec.
II I trio Was won by Mrs. Orville Mas-
i' tings, •DraWs were made for 41
other prizes, including four from
McKibbons ftexall drug store.
During' intermission the Stratford
• Bottling Company \presented each
Person with a bottle, bf Coca-Cola.
Cal Btlirlte, local Moffat repre-
sentative concluded the evening' by
the ICitiette Club for its
Co-operation,
ro riends
FARMERS!
NOW IS, THE TIME TO START
THINKING ABOUT YOUR
Farm Machinery Needs
WE HAVE A FULL RANGE OF
MASSEY-HARRIS
SEED DRILLS
No, 810 in 4 models, Meehanicat Power or hydraulic Lift
No, 300 on Steel, High Or Low Rubber Wheels, Famous M-H.
("mist :tint Clearance Lift,
OTHER MODELS TO (1:100810 FROM
DISCS
No, 35 'Wheeled Tarlatan Disks ,IllarroW
No. 31 Tandem Tractor Disc Harrow
Goble Offset Disc Harrow
No. 509 One-Way Discs
SPREADERS
Three Light Draft Meitner. Spreaders with 47.00 and 90 bushel
capacity,
TRACTORS
Packed with Famous M-H Features!
Many Models to Choose From!
Come in today!
'CHARLES HODGINS
Your :Massep+liarris Dealer
Wingham Phone 371