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%an said one greup4of ,000 persons
,Marehed 1,200. miles Via the" Carpath:.
100, Rumania, and Hangary, ,accem-
Panie*„bY 38,000 horses and 6,490 head
of'eattle.,Thirty-eight, thousand walked
- 1,200 miles threngh the Danube .Valley
by; way of Bulgaria with 19,000 horses
and 5,500,1aeaci Of eattle.";
-The prospect for these VolKcleutsche
la gloomy. There is no place for them.
14 the :Tteich,. .They eannetyklossiblY
--hOpe-- to return whence they
th.eirefaY Germany'only adds to the
• growing , •
. • .
Big territorial Josses in the east
MONEY . TO LO
. . .
. Now the) TIME 1:0 Stop paying
rent and to buy a .fart. '
Write us if you have, been.think-•
-abeat It. We may- pe able
to help you wAlin. loan.All in
gniriesr. treated .,,,CoOdentially.,.
- MOAT1GAGE "CORPORA.T6N '•-.
-LONDON - -WINDSOR
SIN THOMAS CHATHAM
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also* adVeraely affect; the Germans In.
another WaY. Nazi. teed Siipply-eX-
pertEr.had cOrM,ted on the benefits a
eXcellent, crops .in ',Poland and, the
Baltic couutries;'Whiff Germans. 'sewed:
out there „the RnasianS have'now come
to reap. Tor the Reich. feed- Stapply
situation the -104s of the Baltic Coun-
tries and 'great parts of the.. Polish
imeans 4 further treduetion..lef
.food rations, already, Out to the n100-47
mum of sustenance.
--The \New York Times.
MAi‘EICINCr riSbag in Britain from Canada the
Canto:Um Products
Field: in Iiigh Esteem
istige ,Thoi 4:1440,41 in
Britain. Never& II*
As NOW
orrAwA,
Itobertson, agriceltural, cerombnuener
for Canada in Great pram* WnOis
Cituada- ;males ,
G. Oardiner, 'Minister of -AgrieUlftires
and officials -of ,theAgrieulture 'Depart-
ment; said ..on hiS arrival. In 'Ottavva,
that the prestige f-.4 Canada; in Britain
was neveras high- tie, BOY. Thapeopi.e
are-
amazed.ihow, Canada with Verndation,
of 160 iithan. twelve million, haa dello
so, much in the war. effort 'now the
Dondnion hai been ,abie to. .centribute
not only 11).1,predibly large qUantities,
eaSential food prOdnct,s.tif notably high
finalitY; "to SuPPlY, armament% • and
Mrmitions and te Maintain hundreds Of,
thousand'S ef Ingn and women In the
navy; arnly fote.e, Wei the
British. gnessing Wird. • •
Ration' Increased:
'Col, 'Robertson paid that as a result
of the generous supplies of .bacon ar!
. . British. Ministry of Food has been
„ , enabled to increase the weekly ration
IAVEKiNVeTAng: 2',24-.---Dr.„,nnd Mrs, usi: AM.:, per rom
Daniel Blake of Toronto. are spending to • six ounces per week: in .:.1.911
.haidayo:*,ivitly pr. vows,tuicle,Mr. Canada ,shipped over 425 Million.
.pounds of bacon. to Britelit; •in
the *agrrounding_ie0MMUni • -1942,- 600 1111111011 pounds
, 676 Minton Pound% and this year will
Miss Mantyre of concession ship .stibatantially more tlian. in .19,43.
Ashfield,.._fs visiting, her cousin, -Canadian bacon is arriving -
In 'Threshinguis the order of the day; longer to cross thelsceart--andr-hasto be
irs.--Clifeordr--Kilpatrfek,Akis_week. l_taltiA,good condition, but now tak
two maelaines in the 'neighborhood at held..in cold. storage much longer than
the same time. ' • • in. normal times. - Consequently British
Mrs. 'James Bird. of Brussels IS .consenters do n6t 'reeeive as. high-class
-Spending a few days .with her niece, a product as In times of peace. Col.
Mrs. Herman ' Robertson explained that about- eighty
Mrs. S. B. " Stothers and, daughter's, per :cent. of the British bacon ration is
Agnes and Ruth, of Arthur, who have made up of Canadian bacon. He said
pent the iffX-WeelS lit 'Mew d'Ot:•'' "thar Crmailitm-eheese--eontinuesr4o7be-
tage at returned home.tin Mon -..held in high regard througheut Britain
day morning.' -11S- -it,,..11as-,beeh• seventy -
Miss 'Olive Blake underwent- r- seri- five years.- The British cheese ration
OUS OPOTatiOn 011 1)Io day morning in is three ounces per week, but Mtli.
Qoderieh. ,hospital. r condition is with supply. •
' ' Shell Eggs" Favored
. Canadian, *. egg, powder is _regarded
by Me Britian -Ministry' of Food- as nn
excellent --food product and the five -
ounce package finds favor among con -
"snipers. •
think there will be any hesitancy on
the part ef-the British housewife and
tee. betels and restaurants te,....,retUrn
-toishell eggs after „the_wrii-2-Arsi what
extent egg, powder' vvill'he used in the
cenfectionery. and . bakery trades . de-
pends, on .ifs price :in -competition w,ith
-frozen-f-egg - -
• Canadian. Beef and Apples
,Frken ',beef from Canada is now
Arriving in ,Britain in considerable
quantities and is appreciated. •
The British people welcome the
apples from Canada, he said.- Before
the war; Nova Scotia and British. Canada's first organized 'argicultural
Colprebia apples were available .in sub- ventures. ••
.stantiaLquantities, but shipments- since I Progress Slow at First'
1939 have been sharply reduced. •
dolii.:,Rebertson said that he was After the first French cblonists mine
to Acadia on Canada's 'eastern shore,
The Blue Water Ifighway between Woe from
Port Albert and Kineardine IOW been the Clinton armee
gb,rbir ayolivitrt eactmouertaid, gotduA,ctirtoner., fizeordwofteirthe. feteaforth'iakeiettli
former-miiontry. to, UNA, tAit4,11 Om* yogi phoo Wsitar
a position ab teacher in a akhOot at and, _Sewerage System
. Monti:eat where the jtariaege lang.uage.= ^Grand ISend ratepayers at awning
1.14 %,t411214:111)14.0sinesa carried' ?On' by OA' e 1:14sididt °PreMvirtiltelar letbtorideetter abt:Utelf4:
Ring ' family Wingham for ..gamt sau„, to Install a water aawerags
ears.. has been 04441 ----to- Aiegulatgor-nystera-for. sow0‘0641k 4ottagola,
Weinberg 'of' °Chatham who already a* fire protection for the Wire areL
htha es Missotuoutr so "4 .ray\itt ,0:ivahto4tinathira,0404a, pin:0 roulitearw744.ireatt.:Arka,t3T,44Rfdrowilainpriittomowleors., wtv. 10,044 ap!o_yetz
few
painful accident last week.. Uer hallu weeks' *go while' engaged in&Pnegnill '
IfeollStkonint one °tIlyt.11:1PA SilleettWera4 ttrhit;MeMirtitht
came in 'eOutact with. a rOw Of descend- ipurgegt, wrote her name and Aorta lea,
and lie will b. htMl oft tork
time, • tichoneals, OrClinton, with the R.O.N.
Mr. and Mrs. 1). G. Plum, Brussel,' who advised her that he vvas the
°Wolin"' the 'engagement (4. thefr recipient of the egg, while on duty at
daughter, *Virginia Irene, to CSM. sea, and that the cook. Qtk, the beat
$(07100.tImI)rsAl. 8. taJowhnot,rslijoutta0011;StiOna., Mrs.
G., B. Hanley
cooked it ,for his breakfast.
tillakeelpaltaceeMerad rliTtlit)tiePtilt:MbertTlai PiesTheindttallith eofr TCril8theridge Eveline, Me-
Thetheta-zSreatifteorftoliviToo4r 'tC4015unlheiniuh, JThbs oeCacratnrreeyd, woe sowituForfdalreoarr t.ilBe..41:10marteletor.,
is an-II:tercet° ,of-- ivy& mikl.S. over .Ausi.,,,ber-von-, NE,Dvik.ottrileyt Londen_rostd,
As a bit of "vac.ation diet, it might
be interesting this Ny,eek to delve into
some of the hiStory 'of Canadian agri-
culture. I ran across some reference
Pera4OmPileici...1a, the, Wartime. In-
formation Board'.at Ottawa Which
Jrigued. me, lieeause like others we
generaill'•iiiink''"bf" 'this itidustrY'in
„terins_jof„: wheat, cots, and chickens,
barns, Chores, etc.' .Possibly few people
in the rural and semi -rural areas ever
twa agriculture•,,eXcept that la,
-laere, .blit as a Matter of fact,-there'5.
romance attached, to it, the romance
of achievement. .S6 herels something'
,
about it. - •,
censns in.. Canada the nuniber farms
totalled 732 715 with a combined acre
age of 475,000,006 'acres. Well, -in
" 635, just. 400 years,. age—and that'.0
really a short, -span itt'tirae-;--:-rttcques '
Cartier reported .the Indiaris around
Ilochelaga.; where , Montreal •now
ef land for the production of 'maize.
The Huron Indians, the,. area
close to Lake Huron and Georgian
Bun were, growiuk corn,.. peas and
beans when first visited by white Men.
PrimitiVe. as they c_were, these vvere
munieation, deficiencies hindered de-
velopment and it moved -along-slewly,
but it is interesting to know that by
th
1852 -ere were close' to. 100;900 farms
in Ontario..
„
. It was in the year 1812, not so -1-eng
ago, that Western Canada's agricultur-
ailiStory,beginS; with the Selkirk Red
et lenient in Manitoba- A little.
over -a hundred' 'years later -Western
Canaht produced in.the 190-43. crop
year 9,400,0001- bushels of flaxseed,
which. is Onlyone of Me smaller -pro:,
dneing of its gram cibps. The Selkirk
gSeillers had a; hard time, not Only
With the Indians, but also because of
- between -the 2-Northwes
Company and the HudSon's Bay Com-
pany... Thepopulation didn't increase
fast andagriculturaldevelopment was
equally slow. .Howeyer, this changed
—and qiiIckly==onee the Ganaditin
Pacific Rail-pi:ay reached t Boniface,
opposite Winnipeg, in 1878.
e
the Unll"rjanlaB
ited Stateagthin-cked,tite:viitLa
ilW:t,
&illy Of them bringing their stock and
equipihent, but to Meet- new soil and
climatic conditiens it was necessary
to change many farming- practices.
However,- it wasn't long before , large.
faring ---=compared with the Eastern
conception -.--were built ' up- ,Wheat
production for export -'became increas-
ingly important. The *history of agri:.
eulture-in the 'West has been brief but
salid with„ many important develop-
ments, chief • Of which as everyone
knows is;the recent change over' to
mechanization.
messenger when you have banking to
o save'tfine; PP:dine. anc.1, tires
ou Waire maifie—threi you can etifey .
. . ••
banking seryice. Write out nearest
bratichfQr detailed information and
special forms..
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pressed: during' the two years he Was
in -:Britain by the courage. the cheer -
fa, fortitude, and the ,ingenious
re-
sourcefuluess 011ie British housewife.
'She has been one of the principal bul-
warks of -the nation, has looked. after,
the children While their father is awaY
in., Africa or India or on some. other
sghtiug=front, kept up their -morale,
stood for ,hours in queues, made a
.Utgo far, andbas even found time
to do' Something for ,„the Red Cross or
ther war agency. Now---sli
alset_shelter with the children from
flying b)Nnba.- She is the modern
heroine," he said. • • •
Concerfiing post-war trade for, Can-
adian agricultural products in Britain,
Col. Robertson said it will depend ing
census showed only 441 Acadians hay -
Col. .arpents - (an arpent . equals
principally on • quality, continuity of
supply, and price, rather than on senti- 0.84 acre) under cultivation, with 866
etittle 407 §beep and 86 goats. The
Canadian agriculture went .throngh
several diatinet. stages. It developed
slowly until*1750. 'qtig*earlieet forms
were noted in the Maritime Provinces
and Quebec. 4 Settlement becalne
brisker in the next h-andredyears in
Tipper and Lower Canada and agri-
culture kept pace.. Then came Con-
federation m.1867. -Completion of the
'Canadian Pacific Railway in 1886
ened--np..___Western*"Canada%and de -
vele nient 'of -agriculture moved swift
while that of Eastern Canada went
thrOugh.--a--period-' of - adjustment.
Now we jump backward again from
our 732.715.1!arm5 .sof 1941 tolhe early
Acadian 'era of 1671. That year the
inightV deveiopment---that--laak„,.taken,
niaceltrflie three hiindred yeara
.-faverable . as can be expected. We that time is emphasized" by Ames
hope for a complete recovery, - which 'Salo* ns.that there were 8 -.8334 -
Several from this ' community at 700 head of cattle On •Canadian"farm
tended the joint -service at Hackett'S on December 1, 1942, and sheep ninn-
bered, 2,482,1(Xl. '•
in the lower. St.' Lawrence *alley
some -attempts at ;agriculture appear
to bave bertn as early as 1608. when
'Ciffamplainthe founder of Quebec'.
eame --the-;efrontrv-. The first real
-farmer .1s 'said " to have been Louis
D'ehert. 'started farming in 1617
6,1 tbe site of *lutt noW Quebec
(Vv, was some timP befote the
nonnip -Of that day 'SAWA able to become
church on Sunday,afternoon.when Rev.
DeWitt Cosens, 'who -With his family
Is spending this mouth.at Point Clark,
very acceptably filled the 'pulpit and
•enjoyed meeting friends of former
years. •, •
Mr. and Mrs. -C. Hallam and familY
were in Blyth on Sunday afternoon to
calf On her brother, who rettlined from
the hospital two weeks ago. '
Bertram Curran Of Cornwallis,
who has been home on leave, returned
to his post ,on Wednesday.
.• Miss Shirley Twamley. of Londen
fait esOurrati. Of St.
visitors, with Mrs: T. M. Anderson last
•.week: •
in.'food Strife:S.
Tt_Was tlto Vroneh• "Who ititTOdritied
rigrieratiirP in_ iTnner rianada.- (1).n,
t'arioN:.vc-rili•the-Prst. spttlemeint stavfed
,1w 'Irreintenage- 'at ;Kingston in .1671:
Hee tran.§Pnrtatierki"aild •COOk.^
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sdys• 770
601/42/0/44/7 nteots•
4064-ro; el/XI-014MO;
4-4feeopir,eacevaAap
P/PE.,e,/vagge.4/044.
AND /11,46-4Z/NES.
ro
mRezs 0,0,774 op
Aheis&Y suivP44-44
year'S *ate. The town has it Cash sur- staniey, township, her -eightieth'
lus 4418,000, butit was idecided
retain this inew .1.es4hle .post- -
, -
war needs.
After, an -illneSs of some mouth%
Thomas D�dds dled..on August liith at
his home in McKillop township in his
eighty-flr8t-Year.,----He--was-a---tiative of
MeKillop and spent all his life on the
same -farm. He waS predeceased by
his- wite, and surviving .are two sons,
William, on the homestead, and Adam,.
of. Listowel. He Was an elder Of
throp, andsuperb).-
day school for fifty
.week_gmAttO.
entation was . made
Cavell church, Wi
tendent •of the., S
-Years,- 091 •
his' death a pre
to him by the teachers and *officers of
the- Sunday school „in, ,rectigniition" of,
ng _service. - 4
Martha Louise Little, widow of
Aaron Qoates;• died at Sea1!ortltQiF 912i, in her seventy second year.
Deceased was .born in.I.Iffilliett town--
s•hip, a daughter Of the late. IS?.Lri and
Mrs. Thomas Little, ' find lived at
Brampton for many years before. going
16.-SieafOrtir--soree---years-
survived by one sister, Mrs. Charles.
Glew of London._ The funeral took
rich township, a daughter o1! the late
and Mrs,JOhn McCartney, and
spent.her early, life ili that township..
After 'their marriage Mr. and
Mrs. HanIerfarmed for some years 1*
otle,rich teWmfillp, tind fOrty-tout
years ago moved to eStaniey toVviaship.
Mr. Hanley *died in 1926. - Surviving' -
are tIVo, sons, Mervin, of Stanley, and
Leslie, of TOrouto';.'A daughter, Nit*
Tboutas, Jennison, . of Swift Current,
Sask., and six grandchildren.
-The Coast Province
' Tina brings us 'across- to the ikro.;;
vine which touehes the Pacifie ocean,
l3ritish COlumbia. Akricultnrewas
started -111-'-the-Fid-Ser- Lake- diAtiet•
about 1810. „Cultivated areas were of
necessity small,. and• expansion Was
blocked by the Kagg1/44—n
wooded" •Couh-try. The HudsozTi.: Bay jars, cool •aid e1 ield-rnbeut'two-
Company,.._maintained:*•-a•• nUmber----of* • • -
farms in and around Fort Vancouver. Pickled Spiced Beets
15 large beets
. 1 teaspoon celery seed
1 ttibleSpoon salt
• 3 'liirge white ordens-
1 teasl000n nnistard seed
' 6 pieces cinnamon • bark,
long
•••'-q/Zr-eup, biow+,--Stigar
0 cups. vinegar
Boit-beets until -tender, peel and. Slice: -
Peel. ,and slice onions and mix with
beets. Pack: into sterilized Jars, Add
sPices to' vittegari pring to boiling' point
and pour ,over beets. Seal, Yield:
four pints. '
. Barbecue Sauce '
•
2 quarts ripe tomatoes
3 large onions, chopped ,
4 sweet red PePPers, chopped'
2 •„carrots ; scraped
3- Caps vinegar .
1 cup Water •
• 4 tablespoons brown sngar. .
216 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons 'allspice •
teaSpoons cloves „
teaspoons 'cinnamon
2 teitSpoons ,.ginger .
2 teaspoons niitnieg
-
Cut •tomatoes' `into,- pieees' (do not',
peel), mix ail ingredients together and I
bring to a boil. Cook for one hour, or
mitil soft eriongh to pass through ti!
vslienAt'es: Strain:rod bottlet Yield: four
•
,j.ams,
, jellies and pieties, lit. es-
sential :foods perhaps, brit how much
they canadd to meal interest!
Everyone who.. counts on ft home-
made supply wilt be,interested in a
foldei called "Wartithe .Tams, flhles
and Piekles" 'Which -may.' be -obtained
4rpe of charge from the Department of
Agriculture; Ottawa. It contains .in-
formation that 'will be equally helpful
tothe beginner and to the •experi-
eneed housewife' and„...a •Collection of
tested -reelpes -that tire- specially...goad.-
Today.'s recipes - are chosen' -from
'this ne* folder.
— Peach Jam'
6 enPa peeled, sliced peaches
3 cups sugar
'—
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Mix all ingredients. Let -stand 1
hour. Cook slowly .until thick, About
and on Vancouver Island in the early
days. Then agriculture got a -fillip,
'indirectly of course, from the ,Cariboo
gbld ,rush in the 1850's, because Pro -
:duce had to be supplied to the -camps.
It Was not until the, ..80's, however,
that commercial planting really began
•prePerly..---.1„Since then -British--C
Unibidhas_built up an enviable reputa-
tion for the production 'et axibleef and
other fruits. Its scope can be ganged
by the fact .that when contracts were
made,uj for 1943-44 to supply 'fresh
apples to' the „United Kingdom this
Province was able to supply 200,000
bushels. -
Now for a little recapitulation of
the achievements of - agriculture -from
the humble beginning of the intrepid
Acadians Of 1671 with their 400-0dd
acres under cultivation. Canadian
agricultural- objectives for 1944 are:
Wheat, 17,500,000 acres; oats; 16,377,-
296 acres. For commercial -market-
ing 7 million hugs,' 1,160,000 cattle,
929,009 sheep; milk,. 17.5 billion lbs.;
creatnery—bUtter,', -803;874;000. 71"
'elieege,,, 161,910.000 lbs; *eggs, 367,500,-
600 dozens:. chicken and fowl, 250
pounds; obseed,'crops, oVtr three
milliontitres. • -
"They're aiming for 15 rnillion bushels
,of *apples and 658,980 Items of potatoes;
3,007,700 gallons of maple syrup;
86,507,000 pounds of ' honey and four-
teen million Pounds of Wool. '
.That's achieveinent, isn't at? Surely,
agriculture rin Cilinada ha§ 'it romance
and, background of. -which we May
well be proud. •
cppEgicg TOVVNSIIIP-
,
GODERICHTO.'WNSIIIP,. Aug."
Rev. A. E. of Goderieh Occupied
the pulpit of Union ehurbh on ,iniday,
delivering a splendid .serinoti.,,
will b'e no serviee nt Unioxr.on SutulaY,,
August 27th. '
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WASTE PAPER BECOMES:.
A WEAPON OF. WAR
Without the things that are
toade,from waste Piper' our
men fn Ow services literallY '
could not carry on. That's why
it is So urgent*that we. civilians.
Save !every Scrap of waste:over
we can, ViVatch announcenvents
in the daily papers and, Over the
radio for .where and how the
paper you save will hecollocted,
start saving paper.treavi
JOHN LABATT LIMITED
London °Mole „.
Dowel troubles, although happen.,
ing , at any time of ,the year, 'aro
'mere prevalent during the het sum-
mer and early fall nionths'.
Simmer Phi is ono of ;Om worst
troubles,. but diarrhoa, dysentery,
celie,, cramps and pains in the' in--
testmes, OT any looseness of %the
bowels should have immediate at.
tention. ' •
Thenetien. of •Dr. POiler's Extract
*ot Wild Strawberry.' is pleasant,
rapid,' reliable and :effectual in help -
log to cheek *the . unnatural dis-
lt haq been ,on the)narket for the
paqt 11.1 ears,' (so, why' (Nperiluent
with new and wattled retuedie51
Ciet 5, Dr. IrsOWler *a' and feo,
The it 1Iliburn ,Co.. Ltd., irerouto„ Oat.
Hot Dog Relish
41/2 pounds (15 to -48) sweet red
peppers . •
3' pounds (12 to. 15), green pePpersl,
3 pounds ; (1.1); to 15 niedium)
onions .? .•
4 cups vinegar'
1 eup stgar
.1 ,teaSpoon ifirstard see0
• . 1 tablespoon...dry mustard
' 1 tablespoon celery seed
tablespoons_salt •
Wash,,peppers And remove seed*eores.
Peel onions. Mit vegetables throbig1i".
food chopper, using.coarse knife: plare
jh large pre§orving kettle, cover with , •
boiling,„Water _and let stand five min-
tites..' Drain thoroughly:. Ada
And sot pook until
hot sterilized jarS., Seal. •Yield,.: six
ntes. ;Stirring OPeit$10T1tail., rimr. into ,
!vegetables' are tefider; abot t ten 'min-.
• Hess Old
This 'slory '110W,thrt the•
"Y:00111-
hourgers' delianee of the (k.q.uninS.
tends eVen to the etildren. t .
At sehool a little girl was asked b
the Nazi teacher who was the greatest-,
lIgnre'• in the modern lii8tory . of the
eenntry.' . "
"The', Ginn& Duchess Charlotte,,,' re,
plied the
wail anuoYed„, flowevtsr;
1ie. tried again,
"But who was it that fled the eoult.,
try, lkaving them to light their ewnl,
battlesbe demanded.
;the little girl eould on8wor dint ono:"
too..
"Rudolph Hem"; she said. •
. 4 :both bottles and
iditopsi.. Jett downriabilwastefiri.. I
to leave a lot of them at you/
Summer cottage, when they.
might otheriirise be put to good.
use all winter long. For bottles
and cartons are iised. over and
:over again. So please. return
.your summer's C011eetloa " of
empties, in: their original car.
fans, • itosiP,-:* so your *league .
Brower** Retail Store, and help,