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With us service
iso profession •
....nota sideline
mose thetractor
henixatbn, There was so
work for the slow -plodding
of the horse world and their
numbers rapidly declined.
rd..
But now the big Dobbins and
Nealiea who broke the sod on
cattuliart find are r+ tin
popularity. "They're Yen?' Mlich,
ia demand right nOwt" os
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Ralph Remo, 110410 trainer f
Agriculture .Canad is three
teems of Clydesdales on the
Central Experimental .farm in
rttawa. w
"Heavy, holm are a' I draw`'
at shows and fairs and there pat
aren't enough good show horses
in Canada _ .to ineet the demand,
This has pub up thePrices—a
good Clydesdale or Belgian geld-
ing°ready to show would sell for
about $3,000 these days," ,
And a team of guile ordinary,
draft horses for farm work would
-cost PAO, Mr. Henrysays. Add
to that $000 or $700 fora set of
harness and about $1,0.09 to feed a
team' for a year and work horses
are not . as cheap as one might
think, °
So even with fuel coats going
up, it would be premature to say
that draft horses are returning to
the farm in large numbers,
However, Mr. Henry points out
that some farmers do use heavy
horses for some special jobs.
"For example, Many cattle-
men in the west use a team of
horses to haul feed to their cattle
during the winter. They can
make it through more snow than.
a tractor and you don't have to
worry, about them not starting on
a cold morning."
But most of the new work. for
heavy horses is in the • parading,
advertising and public relations
business. The brewing industry
was one of the first to rediscover
the heavy horse. Breweries have
traditionally used draft teams.
Originally, the horses had great
utility in the trade, hauling
'wagons of beer barrels between
the factory and retail outlets.
"I'm not sure why the heavy
horses are so popular today.
People, especially children, are
impressed with their size. ' Most
mature show animals weigh
more than a ton. And a good show
team has snappy footwork which
will really please a crowd." „P' .°
a z engi e, th
l�e•
�
orse r i`
h16i es regi=.
Ralph HenryeAlriCulture Canada's horse trainer, hitches up two Clydesdales to 'the
Tally -Ho, a wagon used to transport visitors around =Ottawa's Central Experimental
Farm, Mr, Henry says heivy horses like these Clydesdales are making a, comeback as
show horses. '
val to nostalgia. Many people can
remember, or would like to re-
member, when the work horse
had a place on every farm.
At the Central experimental
Farm, horses were used until the
late 1950s to pint in crops and to
clear snow from the Iarm's road.
ways. When it came time to put
the farin's work ' horses out to
pasture, Ludger Bellefleur, chief
of Agriculture Canada's public
services section, had an idea for
keeping them at work. Their new
job was to pull wagonloads of
visitors` on tours of the farm.
Theidea has worked very well.
Last year, nearly 30,000 visitors
to the farm rode the tour wagoe
which is called the Tally -Ho.
Mr. Henry, who drives the
wagon, . uses the six big Clydes-
dales in three separate teams. He
also puts them in a four horse
hitch for local parades, and next
year hopes t
o use allot theme in a
lsix-hoysehitch..,
1la.lyi -0
"kfewl►ears agd if was veal'
difficult to get sets of harness for
heavy horse teams," he explains.
"But now there are a number of
custom harness -makers, espe-
cially in Mennonite communities.
"The difficulty now is to find
someone to shoe the horses." For
saddle horses one can buy fac-
tory -made shoes, but for the
larger horses the iron . must be
heated and hand -turned for the
right fit.
Agriculture Canada is fortu-
nate because Mr. Henry does his
own blacksmith work. The horses
must be shod every five or six
weeks.
Horses were at` their peak in
Canada in 1921 when there were
3.5 Million of them on Canadian
farms. The number dropped to
2.8 million in 1940 and then to 2.4
1
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million in. 1945. By 1955 there4had
been a dramatic drop -832,000
horses remained on Canadian
farms. There were only half that
many a decade later and in Jude,
1973, when Statistics Canada
stopped keeping track of the
number of horses, there; were
only 342,000 - of them. Most of
those were saddle horsesor•other
light breeds.
Of the heavy horse breeds, .the
Belgian is the heaviest. The Bel-
gian horse is very popular ` in
Canada and the U.S. They range
through every shade of brown.
The Percherons, a French,
breed, are the next largest and
may be anywhere from white to
black, • but are usually a dapple-
grey color.
The Clydesdale was probably
the most common breed in Cana-
da in early farming days. The
Clydes are usually brown with
1our.white socks•an a lot of fine.
d �' `- ting,
ail'
y . � 8S.
• `'� Two other British breeds b bf
heavy horses are less common in
Canada. They are. the Shire,
which is usually black with four
white socks and the Suffolk
Punch, which is smaller and
stockier than the other breeds.
In Quebec, there is a Canadian -
developed breed of light draft
horses called the Canadian. They
are dark brown to black and are
very sturdy for their size.
IN DEMAND
The demand for paper prod-
ucts is expected to increase by
about seven million tons over
„ the next three, years. -
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED
Do not say, "Numerous of his
poems have. appeared. in the news -
Paper." Say,k"MANY of his poems."
Avoid -such expressions as, "all
the farther" and gall the higher,"
in the sense of "as far as" and
"as high as."
Distinguish between the adjec-
tives, "EXHAUSTING" (tiring; de-
bilitating) and "EXHAUSTIVE"
(thorough; comprehensive). Thus:
"This is an EXHAUSTING exercise
we have been practicing," and,
"They published an EXHAUSTIVE
study of
sly the region's ,blistery,
s
„Avoid t t He is `a
7 'n
en� �nz m�� .�t°4s �h',�etter
to say, "I a is MY friend," or, "He
is ONE OF MY FRIENDS."
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED
Papier-mache. Pronounce pay -
per -ma -shay, principal accent on last
syllable.
Finance and financial. Pro-
nounce first syllable of both words
as "tin" (preferred to "fine"), ac-
cent second syllable.
Terpsichore (the art of dancing).
Pronounce turp-sick-a-ree, accent
second syllable.
Preventive.Pronounce in THREE
syllables as pre-ven-tive, and not
as "pre-ven-ta-tiv."
Vibrato (pulsating effect in mu-
sic). Pronounce vi-brah-toe, accent
second syllable.
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OFTEN MISSPELLED
Climatic (pertaininVo climate).
Climactic (pertaining to a climax).
Connoisseur; .observe the"nn" and.
"ss." Recur and recurring;; preferred
to "reoccur" and "reoccurring."
Hostile (unfriendly). Hostel (ladg-
Knickknack; observe the four
"k's." Withhold; two 'Vs," s," Withal;
only one "h" and one "I," lines -
hold; one "h."
Peccadillo (petty fault);; observe
the "cc" and the, "it." Dispensable;
"able." ,Digestible; "ible," Fila-
ment;
ilament; "1a. Filibuster; "1i." Avoir-
dupois; six vowels, "oi"' twice.
Bouillon (soup). Bullion (gold).
Despair; "des." Disparity; "dis."
WORD STUDY
"Use a word, three times and
it is yours.? Let ui increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word
each day. Words for this lesson:
CIRCUMSPECT; watchful and
discreet; cautious; prudent. "Poli-
ticians must be quite circumspect
in .their general behavior."
.ENGENDER;
Jo, give rise to;
overtures at friendship Were real 'ui.,
fed PRONE; havingnatural loan- PLOWS14" epi
� i
1-6 ftrrrowsemi L.H.C.
ation; disposed. "She is. °much :too
prone to mischief,"
lin tows
are. On -
i
.Some cows near
on the Pill — anethg..::
denied Co the peopleof Sbµ
ern Ireland.
-The cows' are part of ai'rel,
search programaimed at.
having the :*hole; herd terve
at the same time.
4.5 ft rrov4 semi ;plows
5-4 furrow 3 pt, h.
2-3 furrow 3pit,:h
4-4 f urrowtroil
PlOws:
2 mai 300; 2-h.ad ha
r'
'motet'.
4-roW
stalk cho a
-row pickers -
OFTEN
ers,
R. h produce. "Thteirresponsibie be -4
�iiSr � ftie captain eirfiidered a
sense of insecurity in his men."
TENTATIVE; of the nature of
an experiment; conditional. "While
we are waiting for a decision, we
must make some tentative arrange-
ment."
ENJOIN; to forbid or prohibit.
"The doctor :enjoined his patient
to stop smoking immediately."
ULTRAISM; extremism; an ex-
treinist point of view or act. (Pro-
nounce ull-tra-iz'm). "Because of
this fanatical man's ultraism, we
find it very difficult to:believe in
him."
DIURNAL; daily; recurring ev
ery day. (Pronounce die-urr-n'l, ac-
cent second syllable). "His diurnal
habits are well known." ..
REBUFF (verb); to reject -a -
bruptly; to check or repel. "Our
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looks better in the jar," says Mr.
Byers. He does not pasteurize his
honey, however, because there is
speculation that it "breaks down
the yeast and it may affect the
nutritional value of the honey".
Bees produce better in warm,
sunny weather with normal mois-
ture, says the MountForest bee-
keeper. He is expecng an aver-
age crop this year, about 12 tons.
Honey isn't the only product
obtained through the efforts of
the bees and their keeper.
By-product§ include wax for pro-
cessing into foundation poles and
candles. The pollen is sold to
Western Canada honey producers
who feed it to the bees they buy
;from the United States. Some of
the pollen is used for human con-
sumption as well. It is dried and
cleaned, then sent to health food
companies that pack and sell it to
health food retail stores.
But these by-products are sec-
ondary. "The most important by-
product of all is pollination, for
the good of everybody," says Mr.
Byers. He says the indispensable
part that bees play in the pollina-
tion of our essential crops is of
"utmost importance to the entire
agricultural industry and to the
country's economy as a whole."
Beekeeping is undertaken by
people from all walks of life,
either as a hobby or vocation.
True. The apiarists are only the
collectors. The bees de all the
work. But, without someone
running the risk of getting stung,
how would we get that sweetest
and purest food of all onto our
tables?
110ney. It sure takes the sting
out of beekeeping!
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