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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1938-5-4, Page 7THE BRUSSELS POST WIIDNOSDAY, MAT 4t11, 1038 ,.., T]] e 'russels Post boyr;e,tt against butler U11 'Toronto /L had anything to do with the price FOUNDED --1873 dNeerease. ,The reason for the drop K. W. KgNNEAV wras the release of 1,760,000 pounds Publisher, of New Zealand and '`Canadian Butter, We :lltive a. rather two-sided way of dealing •with batter, Iu the Subsoriptt n prlee 21,18U per year, drat place for the protection of the paid in advltnoe, Siibsoriptlons in dairy interests we closed down on United States 1x111 please add 60e the nvunufactiure or importation or ear postage Oieotn:u•garine, and then we .also made arrangements whereby tons of competing butter from Australia, New Zealand could be sold here. For our own part we believe it would) have been better had the price of butter tat remained sup. It would. have Meant something to the farmersy and that is nob merely a kine), word for the farmers, be - cat se the . blunt truth Is that the rest of Ilse people are not going to get far until the farmers are well en their feet, Published JAvery Wednesday afternoon TEM TOOT' PRINT BRUSSELS --.—• CANADA Telephone 31 —.3— Bruseele, Ont. THE PRICE OF BUTTER Toronto 'reports' that huger prices. dropped eight cents per Pound last week, the figure going f-om 36 cents to as low as 28. secretary of the flouseevives' Association in Torgnto said the association did not claim its butter boycott had entirely caused the price decrease, but was sure the propaganda methodhad lied some effect. We are not inclined to believe the qu CLIPPING THE SHEEP We saw something in a little booklet today about clipping sheep. 02 course wool prices are low just now and farmers are not going to AL ca Trr�-.3... ,4'10031 -i. make Lk grcntt• dens u01. of '11, Than. .1%^013 One job w 11ich grandfather al, ways used 1,0 sate,ervioo 141100111 00 the Tenth. t'aurt euloa. And he as,. iuolly liked doing a geed deal of the I elippltil; himself, something whlelt may seem a trifle hard to under. stared, There always we'd d to be an Un- written wwritten 'sort of rule that the sheep had to be (limed •btt'ure the end of the tired wcels in Way, What • would have happened Jr that date. had been ovei-tau may be knows to 'sheephreec1ers, but we never heard tell of 1t on, 111e Tenth. Grandlfatiier's, sheep shearing Matted early, Always he would 'Welc out the pen he was going to show at the fall fair and tittese he would clip In Marell and lied see to it that they were kept in for a good while after that, We believe the same system is. still used and Palow stock. They would then have a chance to have a good enough; ileo.:e .to be rrinulled just the right length for the fall fair,. When it caste tinge to do that grandfather l was egan car hand. The hired man was anxious to try his hand at j it but he 110131313 11(1 get a chance. , Grandfather einitended Mut trim. ming a sheep for a show was a more dcticate job than Butting 1tai1' or 131;lvh130 31 mule with a boil.on Ills j_tw, ill` lYa 10.11 3111 .2Oatild0'W310 .1 •.h lie knew 'well eneeglh 110 nr v.tr would .matte much ori of the clip from such a chemo. But g'ranefatller e0nte1410d the Soutlt, dowel made better mutton than any otter sheep, There was also the suspicion roe that he favored the Do1-31 because it made such e )teat job to finish for the pen at the fa11 � fair. The hired man genel'ally brought out one o1 his books on 1 hew to trlui sheep for show purees- 1 est but grandfather would have none of it, Quite likely he believed the .1311111 who had written the hook bad never clipped a sheep in spring or trimmed. it In late summer for the fall fair; and it be had any experi- ence jte couldn't tell grandfather anything of value, Iie wee rather decided n his views on finishing sheep and trading horses, but he nearly always got the prize ou kis pen of Southdowns at the fall fair, We recall too 111th after the stuff had been brought home from the fair grandfather generally had some thing to say to the hired man about his Roches' on how to tr1111 sheep for• show ptcrilca30. 131. wasn't openly 1 133 but semethlug net far r'e- 0111e.11 fl0nl it. c�pt� FARMERS NEED CAPITAL (Financial Post) The 'Dominion Government is to be commended for iivally taping steps, to wind wp, the Farmers' Creditors' Arrangement Act, This' piece of leg+lalatlon was deaigued to meet a temporary condition arising nut of the depression, ,As ouch is considerable benefit, without eel -Ione injury, Bue tt had four main faults. There was no definite time limit 00 to how long the relief measures• would be to force. As a result no new private capital would venture into the field of agricultural investment, thus, handicapping young men wishing to embark in the business, of farming, 1 It seriously reduced the 51 - ready slim income 0f thousands of individuals nwotly retired fataners, 1 whose income was almost solely de' rived front interest on farm mart - gages. 3, 'Mere -was 110 Unifor)1 scat' ing 330140 oS debts', setblemlente were individual affairs- sometimes not permanent, , and left a Wide wake Of dlssatlefeetfon not only emoug creditors but also among those debtors who believed that other fartmers received- mere favor. able treattnent, 4, Tho measure dlatinctly favor.. ed the 9ne1licient agricultural pro- daleer at the expense of the man who shad honestly tried to fulfill his obligations, Now a resolution )los' been. intra- .dnueed as Ottawa to appoint more hoards of n^eview to wind up the heavy scculmtttation of cases, await- ing settlement and to provide that after a date Axed by proclamation no more cases. be considered. That date, in the western provinc- es at leant, may have to be post- poned untlil the prairies are assured of one normal crop. If, however, Canadian agrlcntltural sredlt is. to be restored so that farmers can once more be assured • of cheap working capital needec1 for the business of growing cattle, wheat and• other farm produce, any farther delay would prove most damaging. :'J,2' amemsea .-erwuy �,rsex:: .��ia- xn%iacx�:se r:Fa R F,, HERE IS G ODNEWS i" •l• .. , .,cur/".110 01'4"11 .-fat Every Subscri er of the Brussels Post who Renews their subscription Between April 30th. to May 10th, Will Receive A Beautiful Piece of SIILVERWARE FREE Wonderful Surprise Gift of Beautiful Merchandise SPECIAL 0 l� If Our present Subscribers Secure One New Subscri tion for 9 Months for $1.00. # hey also: will be givers a piece of Silveware FREES Send or :ring Your Subscriptions to the Bru ; seis 1.50per year af1l"tY�011}st,= MUNDZERMillai 113""Ja�hwn tti�' flit/ "tir�a zi,.. a 0)13 �"il.l'11t :AC9:VTIS A;Attri9f:1'Yt+ihfih