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By:, G . N., Bu1'uike, F'.C.I.C;, Hem or
the? Department of Clieitw tr'y and
Director. of Soil. Sul'veys, °'4)ntario
Agricultural College ' •
(NOT7 --° This " is the second in ,.a •.
series of. comments by .well-kaokvn
authorities, written expressly for
•the r , eekly Floss of Ontario)
Ontario farmers hate done a splendid
job of • fond,' production. during, these
• shortages o to f
war years, in spit •`tlie sh9 g e o
labor and equipment which
had to
o b
e
met.They have shown a high' degree
of efficiency in the . use of laud -and a
noteworthy resourcefulness in .adapt-'
ing their farm operations to meet the
. changing wartime needs for the various`
agricultural product, •
For theP resent, the demand for in-
tensive productionron our farms is still
upon . us. Food is still a weapbn of
war in the Pacific and, although the
war in Europe is over, the great needs
of the liberated countries there must
be met until their own production can
be made sufficient. How long this may
be isnot to certain, but one °authority
has estimated •,-that the 1944 level of
Canadian farm production will be re-
quired for at least the next two years.
After the war is over, the •changed
position with respect to world supplies
and world markets for farm .products
may necessitate profound ' idj'ustments
fn our agricultural program:
As a -result of the ' experiences fol-
lowing the last war, farmers are look-
ing ahead with more concern for the
future. Among other things they re-
cognize that greate efficiency in . the
use. of land, labor 'd machinery will
be necessary. A low cost of pro-
duction will be an important factor in
meeting postwar competition,
In general, the lowest. cost of pro -
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solidated Pool Care to Manitoba, Saakatch-
, - •ewan, Alberta, British Columbia and to
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•OVIN&i. PACKING. JikreimR' All STORAGE
Kidney Acids
Rob Your Rest.
Many people neper .seem to get a. good
night's rest. They turn and ,to
awake 'F
and count sheep. Oftn they blame it on' ..•
`nerves" when it may be their kidneys.
Healthykidneys filter poisons from the
blood. • If they' are faulty' and fail, poisons
stay in the system and sleeplessness, head-
ache, backache often follow. If you don't
sleep well, try Dodd's Kidney Pills --for
half a century the favorite remedy. 103
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duction is Lobtdaed .with high Yield
levels, and high yields an be main-
tainedmy en fertile and productive
soils. Fond is fabricated soil fertility.
'It 18 o t of the wealth of our soils that
we have produced the food to fight tike
war, and it is out , of the wealth of
onr'soils" .that we roust coit'tinue to'pro=
duce the flied to 'win the peace.
It is timely , then, in our post-war
planning, to ask, ourselves What Men. -
sures `'• are we.. - taking to *surd that
spit' fertility on our farms is being,
Maintained in the ,interest .of efficient
use of laud, and a • prespe^rous and
enduring agriculture.` During the past.
o . onnage of fertilize:
ten years, the to -t1,,.to n ge _ rt
ili
ers used in Ontario has approximately
trebled, yet in spite of this, and, the
introduction of improved varieties of
crops, unproved drainage,. 'and the
wider use of more efficient .tillage;
seeding ° and harvesting machinery, the
average yields of the common ;farm
Crops have failed to sham a correspond-
,ing improvement.
It is true, however, -that. on mangy'.
farms 'crop yields have been increased
far above the average where good soil
•manageirient is being practised. Thus.
we are forced •to conclude that on a
muck larger proportion of our Ontario
farms the yields are considerably lower
than the average, and we are taking
moreout of the soil than is: being "put
back.
There are other striking indications
that. point to the 'need for. a vigorous.
program for soil imovement and soil
conservation in Ontario. The increase.
ing difficulty in growing alfalfa and'
clover, en, soils •which' formerly pro-
duced them in abundance. • is. but an-
other reflection •of failing fertility in;
the soil. The depletion of the humus,
or organic matter, in -our intensively
-enitivated, heavy -textured soils has
made them •harder • to work, more
difficult to drain, and less productive.
The lack of humus in our sandy soils
is making them more subject to leach-
ing of plantfpud -in wet seasons and
less retentive . of moisture in ,dry sea-
sons. The decline .in fertility ; the
failure to balance adequately the• soil-'
depleting (clean -cultivated') crops with
soil -conserving (hay-pasAu re) crops in
the rotation; the lack o3.;inanure ; and
inadequate use of commercial fer-
tilizers under intensive cropping have
contributed . also to our soil erosion
problems. We do not need to look :far
to ' sed' unmistakable' ei-idences of • the
need for a province -wide program for
soil conservation.. •
During these times, of higher farm
incomes, far-sighted farmers are in-
vesting surplus earnings in Victory
Bonds, to create' reserve capital for
postwar ' adjustments and farm• im-
provements. Money invested in Vic-
tory bonds now will insure ready ,funds
for future 'financing-of-individual--sail--
building programs, and will contribute
greatly to the stability and security of
the farming industry.
If you don't dea-13, with your own•
sins firsts :thing in the morning, your
neighbors will have to deal with them
in your kids all the rest of the day.
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Authorized Bottler of "Gots-Cola"
. GODFRICII - ROTTIliNG - WORKS
58 PICTON ST. J,1 LEPIIONE 498
.PMOPM FOR lF Art0*
:FUND DISOOMMED
Money from Legion Bingo6 to Re 'VOW
Hereafter to Furntsli Half
At •a joint 'meeting of the o'. erseas
Parcel committee and—the- Canadian'
Legion, held last week, it was decided
to discontinue. the .appeal for funds
for cigarettes and parcels for the nen
overseas.
Many Go . erieh .menand women
are
hoxae and seems to ,b� almost int;
passible. to. find out hew many, , of,
those -still ,abroad will. remain there' for
any 'length . of tirne. Major Jane,. who
has been' hkeeping, records for the
Legion, has a list of enlY Jen, Tamen And
w01ne11j.who 00/1), to, be::fairiy certain
toremain �u Europe
xndii.
for,
some months to come.
•It is probable
.thitt . others will, be added to this' num-
ber.
bola, :later and that .n certain number
,of navy personnel will be .alloat for
•some time,, but even their families are
nat in a position. to know definitely.
The parcels • committee; of which
Mrs. Walter Newcombe is convener,' has
somewh=at over 1f54 still on hand, which
is enough to care for the Christmas
needs of those who Will require. parcels.
If; more parcels than this need to be
packed, . the Legion will supply what-.
ever, funds are needed out of moneys
collected et binges.
The Legion, will, continue to operate
the Saturday night bingo games, but
from now on the money Will be reserved
for use in decorating and furnishing
the new Legion headquarters which,
it is expected, will soon be turned over
to the, branch.
Those moneys whicfi!`have. already
been collected and not yet spent for
the , benefit of the boys overseas will
be held in a special account and will
be used for that purpose as occasion
demands. Many 'Of the boys .and girls
who were overseas when themoney
was gathered and for whose comfort
it was intended are ` now back . home
and . have become • members of the
Legion. They will there be able to
determine to what use the cash is to
be put. •
At this week's meeting -the ladies off
the parcel committee and the members'
of the Legion both expressed their deep
appreciation of the generous assist-
ance rendered by so. many citizens of
town --over the --past -five- years.- - In:
'addition to numerous personal dons
tions of cash and goods, members of the
Women's Institute, both chapters of the
I.O.D.E., the Women's Hospital Aux
diary, as well as some, unattached.
ladies, _reported °at' -the Town 'hall on
Saturday. nights and helped . at the'
bingo games. The Legion hopes that.
this assistance will be continued while
the games last. Speeiail appreciation
was expressed of 11. J. Sutherland's•
kindness in running a special notice
at the theatre for many months with-
out charge. The widesupport of the
games • themselves by ,,many citizens
made them an outstanding success.
M1AT RATION IN BRITAIN
(Granby, Quebec, .Leader -Mail) .
For any Canadians who feel dis-
posed to express vexation a
turn to meatrationing ...there is
sovCreign mental remedy. It lies in
_tb consideration of the food ° regula-
tions under which the people of Great
Britain have lived for more than five
years. The British, meat ration is
based on value. Each adult may buy -
weekly meat valued at 'one shilling and
twopence, or about -27 cents. It aver-
ages out at .about one pound ; and that
iimeludes bone—about two-fifths of
average pre-war consumption. bare
statement. of the figures should be
enough to evoke in the mind of, any
Canadian the diflicitlties llritish women
face in making a four -pound roast spin
out for a• week in a four -member family.
mit IL W. WXLSON
Shell Oil, Company of Canada,
The progress of the war has per-
mitted p
mitted another business executive to
relinquish duties for the Canadian
Government 111 England, and to return
to . private ,busi lessin Canada. In
this case,it is H. W.'Wilson, who has
headed the operations . in Great Britain
of the textile division of the Depart=
went of Munitions and Supply.
Before going to England, Mr. Wilson
was general sales manager of Shell
'Oil Company of Canada. Soon after
the outbreak of war he was loaned
by Shell to the •Canadian Government.
He acted °'as general liaison and supply
officer between the Canadian and the
British . departments of supply on.
,textiles and other commodities. Now
he' has returned to Canada as vice-
president of the Shall Oil Company of
Canada, Limited.
ELM
The elm. is a favorite tree of many.
Tall, gracious and aristocratic; its long,.
curving branches make a beautiful plc-
ture as it stands in solitary beauty in
a river -bottom meadow. Often .there
are '"groups ct three ur four—in the
midst of a pitsture plot and"d'uring the
noonday -heat placid cowslie' in the,
comforting shade. One., sees Ulnnus
4mericana guarding the story -and -a -
half • white farmhouses, nestling against
lsides';., they stand beside tall -spired
hurches and watch over the sleeping
grounds of yesteryear's pioneers.. They
line- both sides 'of streets= in quiet •vil-
lages. -
No .one • knows when the settlers
first began transplanting elms. But
it is reasonable to suppose that austere
Puritan Fathers approved the reserved
dignity and .gracious beauty 'of Ulmus
and encouraged. the home -makers in
a ueW land t� pelt young elms around
the cabins and houses and to set them
about the village commons.
The -' ehn has appeal in all seasons
t the re-
t
e of the .scar. In winter the fon * slender
branches sway in cold winds„: On still,
frosty •days the tree resembles an:
etching silhouetted against steel -gray
sky. In ,spring dense flower. clusters
line the twigs with taw ny-red blossoms,
soon` to'�be followed by the fiat, round_
whitish=winged fruits .that sail off
one day ona-s'trong breeze. ,In summer
the' tree' is a green bouquet; each leaf
sharply 'modeled with docile serrate
margins„ And ,when the frosts of fall
lie white over pasture, field and
meadow, •the elm trunk is a gray vase
holding -'yellow' leaves on long, grace-
ful, drooping stems. • •
The elm has served ,man's practical
needs, for the wood -is peeali.l,riy tough
and hard. From it .have coma wheel-
litibs. saddle -trees, barrels 0 nil boats.
Oohoosk-ah, the Indians twined it, "It
slips.'' But in addition to practical
purposes 'Onus Americana has. lifted
man's spirit with its beauty. Stately
and dignified but gracious Aug friendly,
• it• •is• a cherished member o.f, the tree
fancily. -London Echo:•
.
R.C.A.F. personnel counselling • sta-
tistics show that oflly b one per cent.
of R.C.A.F. male personnel want to be
About twenty 'students from Panama,
Colombia,Ecuaidor, Peru, Venezuela
and Bolivia may be coining to Canada
next spring. They will be the first to
come under a plan -to exchange Can-
adian and • I:a tin American - students.
These unofficial "ainbassadors of good-
will"
oodwill" will certainly help to cement
relations between' Canada and Latin.
A nerican countries. •
Snarled . traffic is usually caused by
snarled tempers. aviators in a cgmmerCiall'"Cal°2;icity-
fir.. and Mrs. George.Alien, Wingham,;
.recently celebrated, their liftietlm wed -
cling anniyersary. Mr. Allen IS 'sV.iag-
ham s chief of pollee.
Dr. D.. G. Steer,, after practising gin.
Iiensall for ten years,; has resa ed to
London and is succeeded by Dr. Sebierlk,
formerly' of Wroxeter end Toronto.
U. 3. MacKepzie has sold. -hist farin
on the„ pith ,concession - of 'Morris* ,n.ear
'Belgrave, and has botl'gbt the hard-
ware'' stbre and dwelling , of J::
Geddes.
Mrs..3aznes Cardiff of Brussels, who
is in her' ninety-first year, slipped on
.€t
Mat, in her home and fell, splinter-
ing a bone in her hip. She was re-
moved to. Clinton hospital.
Rev. Mr. ° Bridgett of Fordwich,a
retired minister,-: will • take over he
pastorate of the Bluevale United
church, • in place of Itev. J. W. Johnson,.
recently deceased. , He will assume his
duties' the first :of ctoher. -
William Proctor, Brussels, b usi -
B is u ness
man, was struck by .a ear driven by
Miller McArter while crossingMain
street on Fridayandsuffered .
head
injuries and fracture of both legs
above the ankles. He was removed to -
the Clinton hospital.
Bruce Roy, of Londesboro, has been„
awarded the Massey scholarship given
each year to a student from Huron'
county entering the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, Guelph. He is a gradu-
ate of Clinton Collegiate Institute and
has taken an active part • in junior
farmer work.
Mary . Emma . Carter, wife of John
T. McKnight, Clinton, died at her
home there on September 12th, in her
sixty-first' year. She was born in
Hullett township but spent most of her
life in Clinton. She is survived by
her husband, two sons, Glen, of Exeter,
and .Capt. -Leonard, McKnight; of Lon-
don,fand a daughter, Mrs. L. Batkin,
Clinton. Edward Carter of Goderich
is a brother.
Fa Home
Destroyed by Fire
Fire completely destroyed the farm
home of'Mervin Lane, R.R. 4, Seaforth,
early Thursday morning last. Mrs.
Laine awoke about 4 o'clock and dis'=
.,a
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DISABLED
IMAL D�
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91Qr18 CLINTON : ' 215 `STRATFORD
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ROOM F O R RENT/
The problem of not enough
homes is still acute.. Any
unoccupied space in your
house -is urgentlyneeded.'
The Housing Registry will
welcome your Ofet- of
accommodation And 'you
tior make a' few extra.
dollars by turning over
that spare Loom to some '.
homeless wanderer.
JOHN LABATT LIMITED
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�overe the ",lire. She aroused her
husband and their two children,' :and
they escaped with little time to l*re,
as the twostory frame building burned
„quickly. ;All ' that was saved was
few articles of, bed clothing.. ti'l'hhere
was some insurance, '
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• The 'Whitechurch United church' was..
the scene on .September .lith, of the
wedding of Doris .. O. McCienaghaxi,.
Iagersville; daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. , McClena'gha.n, . 'White-
church,, to Sgt, 8. Leeson, also f he
R.C,A.F. .a:t . l lagersville, on .of , Mrs.
D. Leeson, Vancouver, B.C. The. cere-
mony was performed, by Rev Mr. New-
ton. They were the first. :Couple mar-
ried in the United, church. aifd the
church board presented them with a
Bible. TheyFwill reside 'at Vancouver:.:
Overholt—Regier. •
St. Boniface ;church, Zurich,, was
the scene or Saturday, ,September 8th,
of . the marriage of Miircella,eldest
slaughter of.Mr. and Mrs. Fred Regier,
to Maim, 'Overholt, eldest son of Mr.
and . Mrs. Melvin Overholt, Drysdale.
The ceremony was performed by Rev,
Father Lacier. The couple left on an
extended honeymoon trip to Toronto,
Niagara Falls 'and other points. Guests
were present from Detroit, Toronto,
Windsor, Goderich, Make and Drys-
dale. , ....
Mann:HIastie
-At the parsonage of the Ontario
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couple will reside on the htiklearrormaeg
farm near, Cyton. !rhe briide it it
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Seaforth.
iinowies-41ethetet-
The marriage ,of, Marion Ilrleb.J,
day filter of Mrs; and . t% WO
John J; Mater,,. Seaiorth,, to
Douglas 'Odgers Knowles, boon -of Knowles. and Mrs.
'Huntin don,
Quebec, waif
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'Huntingdon,
hytarig•-church,
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on September' l5tb, The ceremony Was
performed by "Rev. K. H': 'Wali 411,
assisted by Bev. Thomas Knowing,,
Afterwards a reception was held iSt
the .o'
C c e and1
tamer ial Hotel, .later, .-�.--
and rs. Knowles ' left for • aliburb b,
'and'Huntingdon, Quebec, for the holes •,
moon. They will reside in Exeter..
-Toronto Man Buys'•
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One . of, Clinton's largest intillatrks4.
the Clinton Knitting Company, man,
faeturers of hosiery, : has been 0014
to H..11. Harris of Toronto; The
company, which now has about ,ping►
employees, was established ,more thins:
forty.;years ago. Latterly. the ,chief
shareholders were Lt. -Col. K. B. Combe, •
Morrison and' the new owner,
who hasnow purchased the Int,etests
of Col, C,00mbe-gd.` Mr. 'Morrison, '
Mr. Morrison, who has been associated;
With the firm for over twenty years,
retires from the post of vice-president
and manager, Thomas W. Morgue;..
remains as superintendent of the. plant,
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"AN EMPIRE TEA THAT'S FIT FOR A : KING
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`'¢apks are .continually making small loans to meet these .
emergencies which can upset. the. best -planned budgets.
Three out of --every five bank loans are for I ss than .
'$500. Many of these are used to take care Of such expenses
as doctor. or hospital bills, teinpdrary embarrassment
at tax -time, a sudden journey, the winter's coal bill.
g111y educational needs of_the family often ai a financed
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by small ba ""ttans..
These shun loons enable individuals `t'o consolidate
debts, and to pay back from income. .
Small loans furnish just one more example of the servile
available't'o you at ,your hank.
This Advertisement ii' Sp
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