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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-04-03, Page 9ky, APRT Std, 1962 ` n lb es ass e'.'ar e Gordon Lindaay Smith For screenings, fences, vegetable gardens, walks and other places we may wish to cut off partially or en- tirely from the' general view there is a wide 'assortment of quickly growing . annual flowers. These plants will reach two to teu feet high in a few v;eeks and` will make just as.good a screen or background as permanent shrubs and hedges. In moat 'seed catalogues along with the date of flowering, hardiness and .other 'factors, will be listed the mature height and usually syme In- dlcetlon of the speed these flowers grow. 'In' the tall category are cosmos, hollyhocks, giant zinnias and marigold', spider plants, orna- mental sunflowers and many others. Planted well apart and in good soil these will form a blossoming back- ground for the regular flowers and will hide practical bits of the back- yard we fro not wish every passerby to see. For the same purpose one can also use annual climbing things like nasturtiums, sweet peas, scarlet runner beans, morning glories, an- nual hops, etc. Spread the Vegetables,`, In most parts of Canada it is a mistake to plant all the vegetable seed in one swoop. Far more satis- faction will result and much larger total yields as well as finer quality, where each packet is roughly divided into three parts. The first acid smallest of these parts is sown �>a a ou the early side and if they come throug)t without serious frost we have Bogie. extra early vegetables.. The second er main sowing goes in at the.. regular time, then from a' fortnight to three weeks later we make the last sowing. rWith some quick maturing things like beans, earruti}-, and beets, one, can make 'even' more sowings at' intervals of a' fortnight. In the warmer see - Dons of the country it is,. ,wssible to go right on planting most* vege, tables up to early -July. By spread- ing out in this -way we not only get a continuous supply of i eget tables but we get- that supply .right at itsbest quality. To extend the season still further experts adopt the practise of sowing three differ- ent types of the main vegetable, an early maturing•sort, a medium one and a late one. This is a particu- larly sound policy with such things as garden peas and corn, as the former must go in fairly early to get a start during the cool weather and the latter is not safe much before danger front the last frost is over. Specialities t)ne of the best things about gardening is the wide range of special interests. Anyone can 'soon become an expert along certain lines of his own choosing. Some people like to concentrate on rock gardens, others on window boxes; or an extra ti dRoWPORFAMkiVa p111"13 the NATIONAL way! • 1. Start Chicks right on Chick Starter made with National Chick Mix Concentrate! 1 3 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 '1 $_ //;$t*°' IfIt (f/i la UI / ((`�'I' r.; 1 I, 2. 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IR M o 5E COUNT ON 1 1 .1 1- 1 1 mum ■mi r r atm I M M tw11 1M S- 1.111.11 See rear NATIONAL Dealer NAy—Look for the Weld Orem• wed Ilea Shen • WILLIAM STONE ' SONS LIMITED INGERSOLL ONTARIO NS -3 FOR POULTRY, TURKEYS, HOGS and CATTLE F•rtilis• Yoor Crop with NATIONAL w•II-cured, proporly-filoodird FERTIUZER , w • ,Ane lawn of, say, bent grass. Others go in for rare dwarf 'plants or sperh41 borders of various distinc- tive Colors. Still, others accept the challenge of shaded quarters and with tuberous begonias and other plants that actually prefer to keep away from the sun, they make a brilltaut tthpwing.. The seed cata- logues will help In choosing plants for any of these Special purposes and, of course, for the more ad- vanced there are all sorts of other literature. it gives one quite a thrill .o be pointed- out as "That's the person on our street or in our town •viho grows the best of 'this ur that." ' Two of the, commonest mistakes'. of -'the new gardener are planting too close tegethor and too deeply. 'When sawing. one should 'always try and picture the. resultthg plants. Even tiny flowers like alyssum or portulaca, things ,that are only u' inch or so high at full maturity, will require room. The safe rule is about at least half as much space between as they are high when fulJ grc wn. With small flowers and vegetables this means at least a couple of inches between and with, say, zinnias, peas, beans, ete., four to six inches. 'With dahlias and corn this should be 12 to 18 inches. The rule for depth is three times the diameter of the seed' or root planted. Now this does not mean that one should, measure with cal- ipers but siniply press in tiny seeds, while such things as beans and peas should be covered about an inch deep, A few very tall flowers like gladiolus and dahlias should go from six to 12 inches. CORRECTIONS The Signal-St€tr of March 20 con- tained an account of a eourse in para -rescue work being taken by LAO. Donald Nevins. His name is actually Corporal Donald Fowler Nivins, who is the son of Mr.' and Mrs. Wilford Nivins. - In the issue of March 27, the account of the Public School com- mencement stated that the junior boys' athletic championship award was tirade to Robby Fowler and Robert Gardner. It was made to Bobby Fowler and Billy Gardner. The Signal -Star regrets these errors, '4110001;1•11..111. 1.111111111111111.111 o�ials Cemetery � Mals - Mem T. PRYDE & SON Clinton, Exeter, 'Seaforth Write Box 150, or phone 41J, Exeter and we shall be pleased, to call. WE ARE AGAIN Contracting Barley for the Canada Malting Company the same as last year. Our elevator has been completed awl we are equipped with four ramps to provide you with SPEEDY, UNLOADING FACILITIES. W. G. Thompson. & Sons. Ltd .I Hensall. Day phone, 32; night phone 2. _6tf QQDE iNAIoTA Easily outshining all the other, passengers in their clothes adorned with thousands of mothher of pearl buttons BERT and REBECCA MAT'iIIEWVS go into a'dance called "Knees Up Mother Brown" on arriving at New York's Idlewild Airport, recently, from London. Senior king and queen of the Cockney Peariies (charity collectors), the couple will take ppart in a British good -will bus tour of the United4 States. The; 66-year=old Mrs. Matthews estimated the; e were about 30,000 pearl buttons on her costume and another 30,000 on her, husband's outfit. She said she sewed them on over a period of years. Circled Square 50 Years Ago.In 45 Seconds; Will Visit Here In July (By Alex. Meteor,, Winnipeg) To conclude my. racing recollec- tions. After the big Toronto race September 10, 1898, I did not ex- pect any more racing that season Leaguer.. By pacing McLeod, a "pro," I automatically became a "pro," fait voluntarily. It The big manufacturers of the day were all supporting racing - teams andt.I.felt and did not continue my regular sure I would catch a place on one training. • ,So I was not • in. very of them the following spring. Ho - good • shape when I received a mss- ever, before spring the bicycle man - sage from Toronto from the then ufucturers had utt 4--121e- 'acedw Canadian track champion (proles- with a falling errand, owing` o sional), Angus McLeod, inviting Inc failing interes in cycling, they got to Toronto to man oue of�the pacing together and withdrew their •sup - machines. He was - to attempt- to port of racing and the bottom break practically all Canadian Crack seemed to have dropped out of the records. ` So towards about Septem- sport in short order. Softie of the ber 25, I left ;for Toronto and- put riders wentto the U.S. the season up at the Grund Union Hotel, .which of '99, but professional racing iu Was quite a popular centre for Canada just seemed to have died athletes. McLeod was riding fur a sudden death. Hud' 1 remained the Evans and Dodge• bicycle outfit 'amateur I should at last have seen of Windsor, Ont. The Dodge part more action in '99. As it was, -1 of the organization afterwards bion- just rode a feww' ' local and county sowed out to the- Dodge Motor Car races and, nothing important. Co., which -since has made" plenty . �V Twenty wenty Races in 1900 of history and multiple millions in In Wins I did see more action. money for its founders. The record Soapy Smith appointed himself my attempts were to be made at Ilan- malinger and did an energetic job. Ian's Point, Toronto Island, on a Sia that year I rode and won twenty fine quarter -mile board track, Koh- races and lost a disputed one. Most ably the 'fastest. track in- Canada. The pacing teams consisted of two triplets and 'one tandem. With Fred Dunbar of Stratford I man- ned the tandem. I had a few days' training while waiting for a favor- able day for the record attempts. Dunbar and myself got the big notices ,when practically all Can- adian professional records ,were very substantially reduced.- We paced McLeod a half -mile in 50r/� seconds and learned it was si�veral seconds faster than the Can`Itdian record and within a half -second *Z 17 ATIO%$ Ii OHD. 70$ CATCHING iLT Millions of small, slivery fish will soon be running in streams border- ing an the Great Lakes when the annual smeltrun begins, altuost as soon as the ice goes out ort the streams. The smelt, averaging less. than 14 inches in length, are one Of- the most'prized early season delicacies caught do Ontario waters. So far as is knowu, the fish were 'first planted in bake Michigati as a 'possible food for lake trout and in- creased tremendously. t3ome - years ago, .however, they, were ,..stricken by {t mysterious disease which al-, Dost wiped thein out. " They have come hack in tremendous numbers and,, have spread from ' Northern Lake Huron into some parts of the St. Laweuce River. Here are the regulations ,regard - lug, the taking of the smelt : 1. Fishing for smelt where u licence is required, resident smelt seine licence: This licence .permits the. use of a seine up to 30 feet long and six feet deep, ora dip net not to exceed six feet by six • feet, for rho 'taking of smelts only, for personal use and not ler sale. It is valid only during the months of March, April and May and will be issued by the regular licence issuers inThe princfeeipalIs$1.mselt fishing ureas. 2. Fishing for smelt for personal use without a licence: (a.) Three foot dip net: The use of a dip net having a diameter Of not more, than 3G inches is perinitted at any time during March, April and May with- out a licence. Smelts taken with. this net are for personal use and not for sale. (b) Six foot clip net : •Smelts may be taken without a licence in a dip net not' more than. six feet square or:stx— feet in_ diameter be- tween sunrise and sunset during April and May only. Fishing for smelt is prohibited in the waters of the Counties—of Victoria, Peterborough, Northum- berland and Durham, but is permit- ted in the waters of Lake Ontario fronting the Counties of Northum- berland • and Durham 'Wand the mouths of streams in these counties. Johnson returned to his native town after some year: abroad. "Has he changed much?" asked one who had not seen him. "No, but he thinks he has." "In what seny?" "He persists in talking about what a fool he -used to bei" - of these races were local and West- ern Ontario mostly. ' Tlie most important and interest- ing was a setas with a tall farmer from hear' Ilatriston named Peter Cowan. Pete had gained quite 'a. reputation over iu his district and surrounding counties. One July 1 races were billed for Wroxeter. I had raced in Wroxeter two years before• and Geo. Spotton remem- bered. George was in charge of the sports that ,,day and he took special pains to -see I was notified, as he wanted some opposition for of the world record for tandem. Mr: Cowan, who would be {t cinch So we knew what we could do and to win otherwise. 'So it happened were going to make an official series'I we did 'furnish the necessary fire - for tandem., However, it was now { works for the ,spectators. Pete Into October and the weather turned I started all out to do his usual cold and we never did get• the I stunt of running all, opposition off chance. their • feet.. Lying 'in behind 'him Manufacturers Withdraw Supgort I thought he would have to be extra I `met many well-known athletes 'good to Win by that kind of race of the time, including some of the tactics,,. Someone remarked to Toronto ball club of the old Eastern George Spotton that Pete was a League (now the International cinch to- win, as, he was leading me a few .l+ngths starting the last lap. George said, "you watch when they conte to that bandstand" an eighth of a mild froht the finish; it was a mile race. Sure enough, George called the shot correctly. I turned on the heat 'just where he said; Pete bad nothing left for a finishing sprint and I was quite a long way ahead at the finish. The other two races were very decisive also, al- though.'Pete changed"his tactics by not going all -out at the start. Al- though Pete was aitrong, plugging rider, he lacked the very necessary finishing. sprint on short distance track events., Later in the season I beat .him in all ten times. He just didn't have a finishing winning spurt. End of Racing Career That season practically . finished my racing career,as racing next season had become almost extinct. Looking back. I can see the mis- takes of various kinds, - such as turning "pro" too soon. Consider- ing I never had any scientific train- ing or eoaching, I, guess I should be satisfied 'with the succus achieved. However, I had a grand time and met •a great many fine people iii' the four seasons I raced. I still find the bike very useful and , ride quite a lot yet, but in a more dignified position. I expect to visit fioderich in July or August, but I don't expect to circle the Square in NI seconds as I did' over fifty years ago. I would rather someone else .had written these racing recollections, but of course there .was no one else who could reinetnbc•r details and dates, etc. I hole to write more articles on other suhjecftt later and look forward to my visit to the Fast this summer. "What. married?" said a roan to a no -rood drunken friend. "Don't make me laugh. How did you ever get a r• r tie "1 hast sobered rip and there she was!" There Is DANGER TO SECURE THE CHICKS YOU WANT WHEN YOU WANT THEM. , Order Promptly Several Hatches already com- pletely sold. 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These representatives will be available for consultation at the POST OFFICE Taxpayes in this area are invited to take advantage of this free service to the public. • Let Your Income Tax Office Help You * -14 NOTICE To Ontario Producers of Eggs and -Poultry The Ontario Farni<' Products Marketing Board has received a petition for the ap- proval of a proposed marketing scheme for eggs, under the provisions of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing. Act. A vote by ballot has been arranged s o that the Board can determine the 'opinion of producers on this proposal. ' If you are 21 years of age or over and have produced and sold eggs during 1951 and / or are producing and selling eggs in 1952, you are eligible to vote. Any member of a family engaged in the production and sale of eggs is eligible, if over 21 years of age, but onl y one member of such a family is entitled to 'vote.... A copy of the proposed scheme ma y be obtained from the officers of your County of District Federation of Agricultu re or from the office of your Agricultural, Representative. Producers will have the opportunit y of voting by ballot on the marketing "scheme for eggs on April 17, 18 and 19, 195 2. Polling stations will be established at strategic centres in each county and distri ct. Due notice of the location and the time of voting will appear in this paper next' we ek. Each producer of eggs and poultry w ho wishes to vote will be required to declare his eligibility and to register with the retu rning officer before receiving a ballot. Your Agricultural Representative is the Chief Re turning Officer for your County and Dis- trict. Deputy -Returning Officers will be ap pointed for each polling division. VOTE AS YOU LIKE --BUT VOTE ONTARIO FARM PRODUCTS MARKETING BOARD • Parliament Buildings, Toronto, Ont, A111.11111111111111111111111111111101.11111111111111111111111111111111 • •