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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1942-4-15, Page 3Clear telephone lines for ALL-OUT PRODUCTION Your telephone is part of a vast interlocking sys- tem now carrying an abnormal wartime load. Don't let needless delays hold up messages on which pro- duction efficiency, may depend, OTHER "WARTIME TELEPHONE 'TACTICS" BE SURE you have the right Onumber , , . consult the directory. ANSWER promptly when the bell rings. BE BRIEF. Clear your line for OS sell. USE OFF -PEAR hours for your Long Distance Calls. look lrl fflag, Out • There t on 6,So0 000 da?elehhans calls, they an vnY imPortant. The Plebiscite Vote In the next few weeks all political parties, in Canada must work side by side to see that Canada gives Premier Icing an affirmative answer to ,his 'plebislcite that le to be voted VI this, month. There are only two answers to the question that will be on the ballot; a "yes" or a "no." 'The firs' answer will relieve the Premier from hie• pledge made be- fore the last election that con- scription of manpower would not be instituted for overseas, service. 'Conditions leave 'ohanged greatly since March 1940 and the governs -men,: wishes to feel free to deal with tibia problem, as the situation. •demands. The government must be free to take whatever action is necessary to keep the enemy from our shores. If by sending men over- seas they can best protect Canada, then surelyit is better that that should he done. Voing "yes" does not necessarily mean voting for conscription, but rather to untie Mr King's ha.ntis to take the best action -possible for our nation, To vote "no" would be to tie the goveromtent's 'hands, in .u, crisis,. A good loud "yes" will have a ,stimulating effect . an Canadian morale. It would let our ruins' know that "Canadians are awake to the serious- ness of the adtuatlon and will ,sitp- port them in. whatever may be neces- sary for Canada to do her share to meet the, emergency. The fate of the British Umpire, the fate of 'Canada, is being decided morose the Atlantic. and the Piscine, Will Be A Stay- . jHome People A report from Ottawa last week, 'revealed( that the Seun'lttons and Supply Department has, under ad- visability of action• to restrict pleasure travel by railroad and that a move may be taken along this line soon. .However, any restrictions along this, line are; definitely in the Sormative stage, and no information was available on what steps may be taken, Or when. Posatbly this report is'but a feeler of the pulse of the public. Perhaps it is a softener, far with the reetrio- tion, and nations on gasoline and rubber, ,Caaradians will be bound to adopt other means of getting about the country in, a hurry. iShould the move to restrict travel by railroad come into effect, It will mean that Canadians will become a very much stay-at-ltom•e people. The transportation facilities of the nation are severely strained to cape with the ever'-increaain.g pro- duction, of 'war materials which must he anoved to sillilApirg ports as quick- ly as possible, Because of ' the wartime shortage of steel 'and be- cause peacetime factories, have been turned over to war production, new railway .nollin.g stock is becoming harder to get . The Dominion, Trate alt Controller has made the state- ment that: we sinrlply must make full nae of all the, tranelportation facilities art our disposal and curtail• stent of non-essential travel must be introduced. What an opportunity i.e presented to the merchants of the small towns to cope with the big city merchant only these. wise enough to look ahead can grasp, and plan for. A Worthwhile Effort Th0repor:t sent out from Huron that twelve hundred farmers of this county liad promised to keep records of the cost of producing certain 4".s Farmers drive ears less than city people and get low rates from Pilot. But formers do drive— one unin- sured accident could wipe out ' your horn or your savings. Buy the full protection of Pilot Automobile Insurance now. W. S. SCOTT BRUSSELS Representing " 1Fo write insurance to cover selected risks in Automobile, Fire, Burglary, Plate Glass, Public Liability and ether general insurance. LHE BRUSSELS POST Wednesday, A,pril lfstb., 1942 artiolets on their farina has aroused some comment. From Woodstock comes the state• motet khat farmers of that disriet are ,skeptical as, to the value of the pro posal. Some of them tried to keep record's, of faren production costs but quit women the "figures, revealed they were toeing money." The theory of paying Ohenaelves wages and setting up sinking funds for depreciation was' described ,as "tantastie dream- ing." The general rule in Oxford, they said, is to work from 5 in the moaning until 7 at night, wait for the hakwest and. hope to meet their aMigaions, The London. Free Press sees value in the Huron experiment. '%Many d,eparturee from accepted: habits menet be suede before the farmers receive anything like the return for their laibors' that the importance of their work justifies . , At present mos farmers have to keep their noses -se closely to the grindstone that they bayonet the time for what moat ,buslneesenen regard as es senial-4'he keeping of accurate records of costs and returns." it is understood that the cost records to be kept by the Huron farmers relate mainly to hogs, Poul - toy, soya beanlswhite beans and sugar beets; and it is proposed to take the records for a period of five years as establishing a, true standard. The Federation of Agriculture in this county, under whose auspices the proposal is to be +tarrted out, has undertaken a big task but one that •should be helpful to farmers generally. The records will at least give them ,something definite to aim at in their effort to improve the conditions, of agriculture. The seventeenth century thought, and made a proverb of it, that "a good dog deserves a good bone." The twentieth might delet bone and substitute a nice tin of dog food. To be sure, not all doge get their food in a tine, but it is estimated tlhat in commandeering all such con. tainers for •food those used for the dog papulation will surrender to wartime industry tons of desirable tin. It gives one a new idea of the four -footed friend as a consumer of i Packaged food. On the other hand his satisfaction in a good bone is e • long way from being a meth, and should' be increased if he could know that by denying himself the luxury of canned food • he is helping to put ntlore bite in, the united nations bank. —+Kincardine News IN THE GARDEN 1 . elven in invasion -threatened Bri• tain the authorities, early in the war, cane to time conclusion that it was dangerous• and inefficient for a man to work long hours without a break, Thety advised him to get away, to turn. to ,something that would make hien forget the war for an hour or two. For this sort ef relief both in Bri- tain and in Canada, gardening has been universally recommended, and eau'rounded by grass, bowers, shrub- bery or trim rows of thrilling vege• tables, a man or woman, will soon have tired nerves restored. One can get out and weed, hoe or trim the, grass: when it would be impassible to sit down and read or knit. Many eaetors declare there is, soenething healing about digging in. the clean, fresh earth, and one doesn't burn. up a Lott of gasoline in finding it. Cultivation a .Major Factor harder than It realty is is thinning No vegetable c'an develop properly unless it has plenty of room, Small thongs like carrots need about three incises between beats about four, corn three srnrouts to the 1till'. With fine seed nruele drudgery can be Saved .by sowing thinly in the feat place, With flowers drat are grown, from seed', thinning is equally im- portant. They must 'have room or tlhey will grow spindly and break dawnprobably in the first wind- storm. Spread Sowings Modern gardeners spread their sowing over two or three weeks. The odd habit of putting in the whole garden an one Satudray afternoon was not a good one, Many things were planted too soon. The entire garden going in at once resulted in a feast of fresh garden, peas, corn, carrots, beans, then a famine. A properly planted garden, with sowing spread front early spring to early summer, should provide a steady supply of the freshest garden vegetable*, from the first week in ,July until weeks after, killing frost. Th1st of eours•e, is a general state- ment and dove not apply to those baimy areas of Southern British Columbia and Ontario. No Ontario Election This Year Premier Hepburn Tells Caucus Toronto, April 20—The Ontario Legisature will be exteueded for one year with no election to be held this year, Premier Mitchell Hepburn yesterday told a [Liberal cation at Queen's Park. While no official announcement was forthcoming from the caucus which lasted less than an hour, and called expressly by Mr, Hepburn to inform hiss followers on future pol- icy, it was learned the caucus unanimwusly endorsed the premier's move. One member abjooted, but in the end agreed to make the vote unanimous. Coupled with this, was the assur- ince there would be no coalition with the appasitian. Liberal men1bers appeared satis- fied with the ruling when leaving the caucus, and a bill to implement the one-year extension will, be intro- duced within a few days. Usually all the difference between a fine, thriving garden that one liken to allow off to the neighbors and the kind a man slinks away £roan to play golf, is one or two thorough cultivations. Before the garden is planted it should be spaded or plowed thoroughly, then just as the seedy or plants ga in it should be cultivated or raked fine. Wiben the first plants are earring through, old gardeners advise an. other thorough oubtivation sand a couple more at ,ton -day intervals, later on. This l ss 'rte s itud like a lot , A f Y 0 work, but it le aui'pt'ising how 05s7 it is if carried alit early and regn• laxly, The weeds, never get 4 chance to grow and, tite -soil to bake. On the other hand, even in di'y weather Meet vegetables, will come right along,' if the soil about them is kept fine and crumbly, Thin work will be nknelu easier if 'one has the peeper tools' a fairly big, hand- ' drawn, and-'drawn, cultivates, for smtall vegetable gardens, it wheel hoe or even a email treater for the larger onee,, Thinning Will .Pay Another important job that looks 50,000 Geese at Jack Miner's Thousands of native Whistling Swam, Have arrived along the lake - shore at Kingsville, Ontario, Each year the swan arrive within two or three days of the same time. Kings- ville is the only place where so many swan can be seen at such close range on the North American continent. Some fifty thousand Can- ada Geese can .be seen at Jack Miner's these days. Many of thein have jack Miner's, band on their legs which is evidence that they have been there before. While the birds are at Jaok Miner's he leaves his place open to the public every day except Sunday. It being his home and private property he re- serves. Sunday as a day of rest. Export Backers WANTED --Alt kinds of Live and Dressed Poultry We will call at your place for any quantity. Also -All kinds of Feathers & Horsehair. Phone 70x Brussels, Ont. 40 -mile Speed Limit Now law Toronto, A,pri1 11, -- Highway speed limits across, Canada have been fixed at forty miles per by authority of. an Order-in••Council passed yesterday at Ottawa, the On- tario Government has been advised. "We will enforce it rigidly," said Premier Hepburn. He said the order comes into effect on May L Abtornsly.General Conant, at tbe same time, stated enforcement in- structions will be sent out to all Provincial Pollee detachments. Some time ago, Munitions' and Supply Minister Howe announced a forty -mile -an -hour limit but, at the time enactment of the speed measures was left to the Provinces. Both Premier Hepburn and At- torney -'General Conant protested strenuously that enforcement of the lower speed 'would be difficult under Provincial enactment. They •atnessed that, if Ottawa made the all Canada order under authority of the War Measures Act, drivers would be more prone to obey the measures. This action was: strongly, recommended by them to the Federal Government. Still Time to do Odd Jobs Seeding will. 60011 be under way on farms 'throughout Canada and this, year most farmers. ere going to be busier than ever before due to the deemed for .more essential food psw;dncte and the shortage of labour. In the next week or two is a good time to get several odd jabs done, say •officials of the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture. Taste another look over the farm ma- chinery and ,see what . repairs ere necessary. New machinery is going ta be next to impossible to get. Have a look at door steps, loose boards, broken window panes, around the house and farms, sued see if they need fixing. ,New is a good :time to be sure the roofs 011 house and berms do not leak, Fesquito'and fly Screens may need soave pabeluing, Get rid of and mos - Miaow, filie , a breeding places far s g ht � might gttitoes, The poultry houses g be looted over to sea , dE they are ready for Nie sandy baby [hicks. ,Britain needs millions of :dozens, of ggs, Gs.rdau+ produce is, going to be .more essential this ,year, Mie garden cata,togiies are sold' out and it would be wise to planter this year's Drops. 111i,e• waocllot is an, asset on any farm,'lt will do better by having dead trees reanoved. Some of llhc trees may provide, material ter fixeng any fences around, the 'farm that need repairing. Mend Holes in Screens To Make Them Last Wire is made from metal, and all metal must be conserved. sieves and, strainers may be neatly patched' or darned with wire ,from screening of the same mesh, using ravelled wire for thread, A coat of thin paint applied each spring will prolong the life of gal- vanized screens,. Gamer screening doesn't require painting except tit prevent stains. Frames of screen doors and win- dows, that have pulled apart at the corners, take a new lease on life when braced with a piece of metal. Out the farm, baling and other types of wire should be carefully salvaged for future use. It's likely to be hard: to get. Straighten out bends, splice and wind in neat rolls. Keep. where It won't rust. Warning to Truckers During the months of March and April it is illegal for truckers to 'carry anything but half -loads. Road maintenance costs enough at any time without fully loaded trucks breaking the •road -bed up with Crest and spring rains combined to snake the country highways muga snore opento damage. The coon tY is insisting on strict adherence to the law on the part of truckers in this regard, and have instructed Provincial Police to be on the look- out for those who disobey the law' which forbids anything but halt- Holes, alt Holes, in door and window screens loads art this time of year. ClheSNAPSI4OT GUILD CLOUD PHOTOGRAPHY Clouds make grandpictorial ilfor subjects outdoor he elvs e, and the finest kind ofbackground JROM time immemorial great bil- lowing masses of cloud havefas- ctnated men. Undoubtedly primeval man looked up at the sky and won- dered where the thunderheads came from. The Greeks believed that ZeuS, hiding behind the rain clouds, amused himself by hurling at the earth the thurtilerbol is that Vulcan fashioned for hirn. Today the scien- tists have told us where the clouds come from, and What snakes light- ning flash, but we still like to see clouds in the sky and many of us like to picture them with our carte eras. Doing this, as In the above hie tors, will be a simple matter if you have a filter to aid in your Job. A inter—be it yellow, orange, or red --will hold back curtain ]light raye from the sky proper and thus Increase the contrast between the clouds and the sky, A deep yellow filter was used In making this Week's illnatr'ation,'and a considerable degree o1 contreat was obtained. But If a red filter had been used, even more striking con, trast between the clouds and the sky would have resulted., That's all there 1s to the technical side of picturing clouds, or getting clouds in the background of your pictures, but pictorially picturing Maude ist m all a matter of filters and propos exposure. Actually, to be suc- cessful, aloudanaliea lia,Ve to be treated much like ally landsaapo pia tore—and that means you must in- clude some familiar subJect in the foreground to be used as a basis of comparis0u for the distances in- volved. nvolved. That familiar subject fan be a 011111,`a tree, it house, an animal, or part of the landscape. In our pic- ture this Weelt, it's the gracefut gulls. Don't keep your eyes to the ground at all times: Look at the sky coca- signally, Look for iitterosting cloud%, anti you'll find your pictures ready- made. 2gS. John van ,Guilder