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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1928-5-9, Page 3THE BRUSSELS POST 4, tett g eel tette to et Ewe gte 111 ittettettet +44-ei a teeegeet the teee to 4ve a tetteet tteet etattete l tt e! i T` e e if et fetes tete ti -,i• teter`itt It ettetitel ele{^ e y =. ThrcThree Plefierations of E rio-ucer Fmy t L 7 ; John McMillan, Famous Axeman ofHuron Co, became �Garli♦amentarpyy Debater ;4 to 4.4 .0+,t 14 t, ,11 4N 4.4:lf ifHr,4 M•' i f :l"1 ot;t4 lto.". X48 14 1✓ 1,f int} ,f 4, 4, .11µ�it' ,4 4: 1 111# ` ;. 1`.+ 1`: .44 ..+4,4,4 :; +,f (11y Hon, Duncan Marshall in The leamidy Herald & Weekly Star) JINGTH of tenure on British ti farms has helped to establish a pride in agriculture in the home land that has done much for its success and permanency. How often is it told that this is the third or fourth generation of the same people on same farm, In the sane manner the breeding of high class live stock is handed on from father to son, sometimes for several generations, and studs and herds and flocks have been built up, and the work carried forward by sons and grandsons, each one endeav j ming to add something to the success- ful achievements of his ancestors. , This pride in the land has been one of England's and Scotland's greatest agricultural assets. When one visits a crofter district in Scotland and sees the struggle made for possession or tenure of a bit of land, that may be far more Productive, he realizes the land hun- 'rer that has made these people such k p p splendid settler, in a new country where they can obtain farms of their , own. Once having secured owner- ship in heel these people have been very loath to part with it. Ono strength of Ontario agricult- ure is •the tenacity with which fam. Mee cline; to the farms their fore- bears literally hewed out of the for- ee•ts that once eo thickly covered the. province.. The task of making u ]lone by the removal of the timber in the Queen's bush, was one not to be lightly undertaken, and required courage and industry such as is only found in the hearts and lives of real pioneers. Afterwards, the keeping of the 4'e cleared fields and comfort. able hones in the family name le well worth while. A Broad -Shouldered Scot. In 1813 a young Scotsman then scarcely out of his teen: was working iu the New Cumnock Ironworks, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, to earn a steerage pt :..ige to Canada, the land of opportunity, where farms were within the reach of all. John McMil- lan had been born in the• t i11age of 1{irkcolnel, in Duntfrieshire, on the banks of the NMI, one of tha most delightfully picturesque parts of all Scotland. His people were very poor, his father being unwell, and he was apprenticed to a shoemaker in the village. But as this was learn- ing a trade, not earning money, this broad shouldered young Scot who stood 6 ft. 2 in. in his stocking feet, ran away and undertook the labor- ious tasks allotted to a beginner in the Ironworks. to earn his passage money to Upper Canada. In 1844 he purchased from the Canada Company Lot 2, in the 5th Concession of Hallett township, in the County of Huron, and the third generation of McMillan's, his grand- son William, is farming' this land to- day. John McMillan built his log shanty on this farm in 1845 and dur- ing the next seven years he chopped, cleared and fenced! with his own hands seventy acres of as solid hard- wood bush as ever faced any axe man. The help he got in logging he paid back with his own labor, so the entire achievement was his. The shoemaker's apprentice very quickly became an export axeman and the windrows of trees he felled is still a topic of conversation among the old- est of the second generation in the neighborhood. John McMillan is one of the ex- amples of a man determined to suc- ceed in his chosen calling, and bring- ing to his support not only groat physical strength but a rare intelli- gence that readily recognized the value of knowledge in wresting a livelihood from the soil. If there was a better way to handle soil and so improve the crops, he was out to learn and adopt it. The condition of his land, the quality of his crops, and his methods of farming made him early recognized as a leader in his business, consequently he was selected, in 1880, as a member of the Agricultural Commission ap- pointed to report on farming condi- tions in Ontario. As a Lecturer. Though he had no technical train- ing in agriculture he was asked to lecture to the students at the Ontar- io Agricultural College, Guelph, and being' a gifted public speaker, and having a sound knowledge of suc- cessful farming, his work among the students was greatly appreciated. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the Agricultural College, appoint - THOMAS MoMILLAN, M. 1'. ed to assist in its management. Mr. McMillan was also in great demand as 0 speaker at Farmers' Institutes, and one of his addresses, "Weeds the poor farmer's friend," is still re- membered. In this address he gavo "weeds" the credit of compelling bad farmers to cultivate and till enough to kill therm, and in this way to firm their soil form 0 dust mulch to prevent evaporation and so cneure better (trope. Not long ago Dean Rutherford, o4' th' •Sitekatebeeome Agricultural College, was speaking oi' this address as one of the first that interested ]tins in slier''ec ngti'ult- In 1882 John McMillan was elect- tel to House 1 the H lu of Commons for South Huron, but Sir Richard Ciut- w•right having lost his seat, Mr. Me- 3'iiltnn t . rc•ed in hie favor and gave hint the seat in le83. In the three following general elections of 1887, 1891 and 1896, he w' cleat- ed and represented the constituency. in the Home. of Commons as a Lib- eral. In 1900 b:, was defeated by an independent liberal candidate. On the }nestlings and in Parlia- ment 'John McMillan was to be reekoted with in any debate, and when matters affecting agriculture wore under discussion he was easily recognized as an authority. Last Summer Archie Hislop remarked to me that Huron County had produced a great many able public speakers among the politicians whom he re- membered; but he said there were none for whom their antagonists had x more wholesome respect than John McMillan. He had a ready command of language, a great fund of inform- ation, and a wit and force that made the most doughty opponent quail. Tho Second Generation John McMillan was succeeded in the "Holm Farm," as they named it, by his son Thomas McMillan. As a young man Tom had not the best of health, though he says he cannot quite remenebor when he was not well enough to milk cows. For many years they were the largest patrons of the local cheese factory and milk- ed 20 to 25 cows. Ever ready to adopt up-to-date methods of farming McMillans were among the first in Ontario to use silos, constructing them in a corner of the barn, in an octagonal form about the year 1889, and later, about 189'r, building huge cement structures that are still standing and partially in use though no longer completely filled' as they had capacity for 40 acres of fodder corn, which at one time formed an annual crop on the McMillan farms and was used to feed dairy cows and beef steers. When a lad of about fifteen Tom McMillan attended a debating soc- iety, organized in his neighborhood and took part in a great many of the discussions. Possessed of a natural aptitude for public speaking he soon became quite proficient as a debator. Some half dozen years later, the late Thomas lG:bson, then member of the Ontario Legislature for East Huron, attended one of these debates, and when the 'Ontario general election came on in the following June he in- sisted that 'PQM. McMillan should take the "stump" for him ,and that the part this young man should play was to attend the meetings of the opposition candidate, The practice then was to offer some time to your opponent at every meeting, and no better tealning could be given a young man in public speaking than to go up against an opposition meet- ing. That was tate real test of his mettle. It was soon recognized that Toon McMillan, like his father, was an opponent worthy of anyone's steel. Later, in the Dominion elect- ! ion, McMillan senior was not over • keen to -trust the battle to the boys ' but party friend, insisted on Tom tale taking the stump and from then until the present day any poli- , tical contest in Huron is likely to hear the vo ire of Thomas McMillan. One of the Ontario farm journals boys offering prize.. to farm 1 oys for essays on practical agricultural - males such es. "Wintering Stock Cattle. "Undet'dtaining Farms," "Soiling Crops," and Tom catered the competition with the result that in the twelve or fifteen competitions he won first prize in all but one, and in that he came second. He was writing of what he knew and did, ' 11n(1 11.0 better tribute could be paid the McMillan methods of farmnig than the winning of these prizes. Shortly after this time I'. W Hod- son became Superintendent of Farm - ere' Institutes for the Province. He bedeted on Tom McMillan becoming one of the lecturers and for some 20 years, he spent a part of each win- ter discussing farm topics through- out Ontario, and was regarded, as WIC of the most practical as well as one of the most effective lecturers on the Institutes' staff, He talked from experience only. This work, however, was never allowed to in- terfere with the farm operations. The winter feeding of cattle has been the chief operation on the Mc- Millan farm. This entails of course the production of feed and other pre- parations for the winter's work, Be- ginning in 1880, for forty-eight con- secutive years, a group of steers has been fed on the McMillan farms, and it is doubtful if beef cattle feeding has been carired on by any other On- ' tarso farmer with uniform succoes. As many as 118 steers have been fed in a winter, but of • late years, be- cause of difficulty in securing help, the number has been reduced, and last fall sixty were put in to feed. The plan has always been to winter the cattle well on silage, hay and grain, and finish theist on the grass, selling in June or July. Of late years sweet clover has been grown for silage. Me. McMillan greatly prefers it over corn. It leaves the land richer where corn exhausts it, and by growing the white nammata be has cut from 12 to 15 tons of sil- age to the acre. It is cut quite green before the stalks begin to darken at j the roots and makes excellent feed. It is cut before harvest and the ground is ready for the plough and that much work is over. He grows about 18 acres for ensilage. • One half of Mr. McMillan's success in feeding cattle might be attribut- ed to his judgment ' in buying his steers in the autumn. No bad doers can find it place in his feed lot, He is not looking for thin stuff to put on a lot of meat, If steers are on any sort of grass Tom says lie likes to buy those in the best flesh as that is rather good proof that they will put en meat when f ed. He is also look- ing for shapely animals with some breeding about them, no sealawny steer is wanted to spoil the appear- ance of the bunch. He is looking for type and uniformity and he always wants a few of what he calls "top WEDNESDAY, MAY 9th, 1928. notehers," they are good to fill a buyer s eye, l ul in numb Millin er of yr:,'n ilio , Me cot pt ty vitu hr t , Robert, exported their own cattle heel lEuld theist in Glasgow and for pix years, from 1863 to 1808, the McMillan cattle realized a higher price on the Glasgow market than any other import cattle, and as these were years when a great many beef cattle wore marketed across the water, it was no light achievement. Tom made nine trips over with the: NAVA. himself and so had an oppor- tunity to study the market at first hand. Since 1900 Mr. McMillan has sold his cattle at home, with the ex- ception of 1021, when cattle could hardly be disposed of in Ontario. Then with his usual resourcefulness, he secured space on a steamship et high rates, but sold well in Glasgow and made at handsome profit on the transaction. In 1913 some of Thos. McMillan's cattle went to the Buffalo market and the Buffalo Daily Live Stock Record, of June 25th, 1913, had this to say of them: "The two highest priced loads of Canadian steers that were ever marketed here, were sold today, the price being $13,50. Opin- ion among order buyers for shipping cattle was generally that they were beyond doubt the hest finished cattle that were ever offered for sale at Buffalo out of the Dominion. The two loads were fed by Thos. McMil- len, of Seaforth, Ont., who is one of - the most prominent farmers in the Dominion. These two loads averag- ed 1,540 lbs." The McMillan's, father and sons, imported Clydesdale horses for sev- eral years, bringing over some 35 head, but abandoned it in 1895 when horses became very cheap. Thomas eicMillan breeds a few Clydesdales yet, and both he and his son William like good work horses and keep such :bout them, - Mr. Thomas McMillan has judged heavy hoses and beef cattle at a great many Canadian ex- hibitions from Charlottetown, P.P.I., to Vancouver, 11. C. In the year 1901 he mint five weeks judging at fairs in Western Canada. Thomas McMillan married Il'Iiss Mary McLean, who lived in an ad- joining township. She was e daugh- ter of the land, with a full apprecia- tion of the value of rural life, and until her death two years ago was an admirable helpmate at the "Holm Form." Their eldest son John oiled while in residence on the adjoining farm leaving one son. The only son living, William, is an ideal rarmcr, who keeps abreast of his work with less fuss and more efficiency than most young farmers I have met. The daughter Margaret is still at school and has a lively interest in all out-of-doors. One of the most constructive things I know about Mr. McMillan's operations, at one time or another, six young men have engaged to work for him who at that tune didn't poss- ess a dollar, and now every one of the six own his own farm free of encumbrance. They probably learn- ed farm management in a good school and knew something of good methods of cultivation before they left the McMillan employ. Thousands for Drainage. There are few farms with a more complete system of underdraining, Mr. McMillan estimates that in their present farm of 350 acres they have $7,000 worth of tile drains. No tile loss than 3" in diameter were put in and tho main drains are much lar- ger. For years they used to bury one and sometime two car loads of tile. This said Mr. McMillan was tho hest spent money on the farm. "It was a job," he added, "we always looked after ourselves. We hired one or two ditchers to dig but we al- ways saw, when the tile was laid, that the water would run, I remem- ber when a youth I disputed with a ditcher about his levels," he re- marked, "I well understand that this man would not readily take the opine ion of a boy, so I went off to the barn got a horse and stoneboat and hauled a barrel of water up to the ditch, dumped it in and proved to the ditcher that the tile would not carry it off because his levels were wrong, and so got the ditch corrected be- fore it was too late." This was a ease where thoroughness counted. In 1906 Thos. McMillan was ap- pointed a member of the Special Connnittee on Horse Breeding in Ontario, and inspected and valued foe the Department of Agriculture all the Draught Stallions in the Counties of Peel, Simceo, York and Ontario, In 11320 he was a member of the Ontario Rural Credits Come mission that recommended the.estavb- hshmont of the Provincial g'avings Banks and Farm Loans, Mr. McMillan was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons Here andThere'J (62) Quebec.- -When the 1921 (.hip ping season opened here April 22 the Canadian 1'ae a fleet suppiled fifty per cent. o the sl(ln(-re 1`.+t doelt v1 with 8.8 Mantelare, Mnuu'oyld and Mehita. 19,1' three ships carried in round figures 2300 immigrants aboard mostly of British litock and des- tined to farms in tine West. International Advertising Con- vention and Exposition to he held at Detroit, July 8-12, is already at, tracting wide notice and will con- tain under one roof everything re- lating to organized advertising in every phase. Advertising men from overseas will attend and bookings are being made on ('ana- dien Paclfle liners from Great Britain and .Europe well ahead of time in view of the large demand for travel that will arise. Sixty-five miles of salmon fish- ing in the Caine River, New Brune - wick, were enjoyed recently by five anglers from Chicago and the U. S. Middle West and by a party of New York newspapermen, in- cluding W. McGeehan, internation- ally known New York Herald -Tri- bune sports writer. Both parties were staying for shout a fortnight in the care of Harry Allen, well known New Brunswick guide. They travelled Canadian Pacific to their fishing destination. Okanagan. — Word is received from Washington that the Okana- gan project, during the last year, had a higher per acre yield of apples and a consequent higher acre return to the grower, than any government irrigation project in the United States. The local project, with 2.567 acres in apples, has a yield of 35,142,750 pounds or 9.812 pounds to the acre, a yield which brought the growers a re- turn of 51,030.851, or the high re- cord price of 5239 an acre. On the Yakima project the average yield was 9,602 pounds to the acre or al the rate of 1216.16 pc: acre. The nenre=t 1pplc.aeh to the W.leliiug- ton record was on the Sus rivet project in 1T, ,tena, where the average wee $};i."..33 :air acre, fol. lowed by the Boise ptoktet, with a price of 5143. Ottawa. -- The Department of Agriculture ht,s 9:001 a rcpuii showing hot: the nn d an "hull plane is comltattimt wheat rust— bow the 1 In (1'.011 Air Force, the Federal 0-Ivi •tapeta of Agri1ulturs and the pathological plant of the 1Tanitnbl Tr)(.1131 0 t,,-1 1011..011 ,d Winnipeg are uniting 10 t'1. 1:1 the enemy. 1 mut ti, yi: " rhe work (0314 initial_: in tLe r potsnr0 1 t slides at 1 fermi flit• teles end at different Ire02:uns These of ro Atlee x904,11 •L at- tempt to 1 a11,•et turn 1411i:odes des of from tem to - 0433 tee i , : .t -(t.' of the earliest ppearinee (t rust spores, the region over which they first appear•• the rate at which this spore content of the air In:'rea -. s over various regions, t1 :• vi::ibiltty of spores caught at these hte!e01 alt!tudea and the rela,ion of c.•r- tain enviconmental and clima,tle factors to the rale of deveintunant and spread of rust. Tightly stop. tiered bottles are used, ventaipine wooden paddles to which are at- tached microscopic slide; lite91i) smeared with vaseltne. These slides are exposed for 15 minutes at varying altitudes; the shales re• placed in the bottles and then re. turned to the Government labora• tory at Winnipeg." in 1917 and 1921, but was elected in 1925 and again in 1926, member for South Huron, the last tie,m by a maj- iorty exceeding 1,100. Interested though he is in politics and public business, having also served his town ship as Councillor and Reeve, Mr. McMillan is above all else a farmer, with pride in his land and his cattle. His clean fields, hearing excellent crops, are a tribute to the industry and efficiency or himself and his son. They are farming 355 acres now but hope to reduce the area bringing the work more within their own efforts. "Holm Farm" stands as a monument to the ambition of a young Scots- man who in the vigor of his young manhood desired to make a home on the land in a far country, It is this pride in the possession of a piece of land that will save Can- adian agriculture. CREATES LARGE SURPLUS Right Hon. Winston Churchill, Chancellor of the Exchequer for Gt. Britain, who presented the first fin- aneial statement showing a surplus in years, His plans for the coming' year created a sensation by their drastic and daring qualities, 4 Suburban railroads of Sidney, Australia, are to bo electrified. o tC.t N4 ]Si° fro, orff te JHEN you build a new house or repair an old one be sure to use Gyproc. Gyproc also gives quick construction; insulation against cold and heat—and fuel economy, Write for free book, "Walls That Reflect Good Judgment," containing interesting infor- mation on home planning with Gyproc, Roc - board and Insulex. CANADA GYPSUM AND ALABASTINE, LIMITED Paris Canada 4) Fireproof x=fl1bodrd For Sale By Wilton & Gillespie - - Brussels, Ont. S. F. Davison - Brussels, Ont. PERTH COUNTY Ex•\Vardsoa Jas. Dickson, of Stint - rot d, and fai,ner,esiilen,1 and ex•teeve of Elora, passed away on Friday uiaht. Chas. Skinner, a native of Alitcltell and who has been tllanaget of the Mit- chell Nurseries Co., died in Tot on to General Hospital. Jnu,'l'ait, of Ellice Twp,., pleaded guilty in police court to four chat ges of fraud, three committed do the town- ship and one in Stratford. While taking a !nose to water, Wil- liam Miller, aged 0 years, Octet ante nl' .1nu. n\iills•r, Con. 2, ltlornington Twp., was kicked (01 the. head by the animal and suffered severe CUES. w Welt neeessilntrd(001111stitelms He was also badly Meisel Main( the face. T1,1. 1lfficifal Board of St. John's U11- ilt0 ('hatch. St hal fon d, in x4,11111 les- ion, go tinted Doti. pUctot, 1{i v Stanley Owen, hear,• of (absence fc l 2 months, July arid Angtoit, th1' year so that he may 1::110 a tttp Ur the 1191 Lr'nd, N• 1(win Bode, of Logan. is musing male Ie+nil ao Ili,. 1esult of 01, tac- c•idc•„t while p011pir 9 air into a pas - aline 9111,-111' The 11(141,•11 Wa,lith ( est the tithe.011d the fo1co of tir di the gasoline rut, 11 gait g , n his hand aid at m, igniting au the same time. Sone 11 (11ine1R of AI ilOwl) crt'ar3l,• uteri in fines end coot^( 2110 .111 194141 iu police r(1111, as it 11,1111 of luv'tg <om,• I..•4', slid whiskey fn t.1 n11' Sisal f, td vnutl•s nn illi1,1,11. s,n(e' day, (ago. 'rimy vele chat aid ver•- ir usly With with pUlsliasirl. 1'grlro il- legally and looting 911 11lt•)aai lilac• rs. nVellingino 'Hughes. aged 23 years, i in Solari,' i! (1i•0t cal lio>,pital snit -r- ing E OM 11 111%,,h,4 wrin,d itl Lice ab- domen. Elie „cel,lel(t immured at th„ young man's bottle, hour St. Malys .R•t9ti. The other members of the 2011111y were iii boa at. 1)14' 1'1 1110 111111 Upon hearing the report, ruse»d 8 'wn' 4.111(141, 13,181,11 111,11 9, .lhiot lylrtt 1111 the 11^min 11n I111e0nscln113 condition. The young tease is not mal lied, and, according to the family, had been in goon health and spirits pievb,u1 to theshootin': ilatia The Union School Section on the boulder y, ^2/, miles East of Listowel, 11<:s decided to enter the competition for school ground's improvement. A `011 ,1 Bowling Association (, t B As n ration has been formed at Sti•atfotd, New Ham - 8111g Emit, o, St. Mat ys. Milverton, illitetieli, Tavistock and Atwood in the grrup. A schedule has been drawn up, no. Dalton's valuable flock of sheep were attacked by vicious Dublin dogs, ' on Ftiday night orSntur•day rooming. Sevens sheep and four lambs were de• strayed and r•iioht.l("obs left mother- less '1'114' doge could .ca1e.•Iy be driv- en off, BRUCE COUNTY Che,;ley is pu(131,4. ug 1c fire truck, Lucknnw wilt observe Thursday aft- er 1100115 4/.5 a hail-haliday. A llu1illet of untried bates In Ludt - new are being pulled dcul;, the nlat- e1la) Eli f e Used it: build]( t, e 9 etvltere. Tile high pi ire , i lumber dr (- 11. Huth M1{r:111Ts•0r, '0,11 ,1 fin -roan 1a the t'. N. 11,111sBip9y, rut twith a 1 etiU'.'ui eteider t t.1,)), ithim dil:g • tool , nils. in the ye, 43, Ore r f thee" ac- ' c•irteui ly tell cis his trot, 01115111ng a of ru16.1 of his to es 1.'h,• �i omens In:411rue 1f Cl, natio bolo- 444,id, 41t( 41 pug.. 1( tt+ctet, at j'1' hewnto loci, : ft,r the health of iv-Moms11 the 131,1111411 Et (Akin lir ore E t i, su!a 1741 -r ,-1ha1.i2- . vid(d 1: .1 ri;2, l'utd to .mb,rdize e. t'• eh t far !beet (1110 11• L• l,' lid Ed. kilo dy, of the Cue- • tens. mai Excise 1 tit., Tit- urs., paid a 011( 1, tie nrigi,larr},. r(1a. rf (Thep- -1.0w. C'att'g11i, sow bamptotl and Nil- u.•0e, 9 sea,clt of i'lieit stills, but l was unsuccessful in 1 ,(:141tg guy. lie 1, (ma that, ben r big w tva" being made ht bap- 9113:1ities in all the phtres, 17:1 clean bottle,. being f(?mud ;1114(4 111)110. T,,roneo cleat. 411149cas ern:pittiu that hoes shipped ft nm Port. Elam shrink 24 lb, ;•a.0h, fn spite of facet that the pool=sets w, -re fed and giv.11 all the w,:t 11 l'';::1111 4' 111 1 d,Tnl: 11111(1 being tt'r•igllele1d1in7 'Po 1 1,00. 'Phe insp4-et.]oa i11' 1130 Yuri Elgin stock settle proved I that they V$ el Tn pet feet order. w.ans>m�.17.,mwaws,avw. sm•_-,mann.w,.cr.-,a,xm cvuz:iuww mn ann:uv,c-w.11'..,. .0 v.:,s.e "Oswald" Adopts First Alders' test aid, so invaluable to human sufferers in time of need, is usually highly appreciated by the recipient but never more so than in the case of Oswald, who showed his gratitude by adopting those who had rendered first aid and probably saved his life. As a result, Oswald has a private car in which lie travels regularly and has become well known throughout that sec- tion of Ontario in which he travels, while the first aiders, employees of the Canadian National Electric Railways, have a new pet. Oswald is it pigeon who suffered severe injuries when while flying, he attempted to push aside a rapidly -roving electric car on the Canadian National lines near El- dorado Park, Ontario. The pigeon was struck by the car and when picked up by the crew, Motorman Cecil Brown and Conductor Joe Watson, was found to have sus - tallied a broken wing and other in- juries. Tho employees of this rail- way standhigh in their First Aid tests, having won the Galloway Cup on two occasions, A First Aid kit is carried on each of the ears an the contents of this hit were used in rendering first aid to the injured pigeon. Results were such that the injuries soon 'healed, and the pigeon was able to fly again, but it became evident that Oswald, as the pigeon was named, had found a new home for himself, for through- out the winter he lived in Line Car 252, making his home under the Quebec heater which is carried for heating purposes. And any stran- ger entering the car is greeted by Oswald with a flood of "pigeon English." Since the accident occurred last Fall, Oswald has made every trip with the car covering 150 utiles daily, and is tthoronghly at home m his new surroundings. If taken from the ear he immediately flies back to it. At Georgetown, Acton and Guelph, "ports of call" for the car during its daily journeys, children and adults join en asking after the health of the bird which has become a pet all along the roAt Brown's Mill! Norval Ont., where the crew go in with cars o grain and come out with cars loaded with flour, Oswald has learned to make a practice of leaving this private car and dally- ing for lunch durfitg the switching operations each day. The photographs show Oswald with his rescuers! the crew of Car No. 252.• -•Canadian National Rail- ways photograph.