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'170 Huron County Fruit Growers
Jeear Sir or Maeam:
The Huron, County Fruit Grow-
er's Association, cordially Invite yoli
and your friends to their fleet
tanuoal Mende and' Field Day, •on
reedy, July elet, at Geo. Leith-
walte and Sons faien, on No. 8
Beltway. near Goder4eh. , You are
receeteed to bring a basket Menlo
len* white will be peeled and
'serve! on tables. The prograartme
is as follows':
2.00 p.m. Aseemble at Laithwalte's
l' farm
lee to 5,00 pm. --Trip through the
• ceche-id ant reforestation block,
for the older people. This part of
the programme to be in, -charge
of Professor J. B, Hewitt, CA,
College, Guelph, and Mr. W. El,
' Porter', Editor of the reamer's
• Advocate, Zeldin.
Sports will also be arranged tor
• the younger people during the
afternoon', with ,Stew'art lelidelee-
' ten and: George Jlobustoil in
' charge. Substantial prizes are
being provided through the cent-
• tese* of the Niagara Brand Spray
Company and the Canadian In-
dustries Limited.
6.00 pme-Imnele *n )amto be
Collowee with a nursical programme
and the following speakeref
I' her. Robt. B. Tuner, 'Warden,
i ;Huron County.
f' WT. Ian! MacLeod, Brighten,
'Primer Agricultural Representative,
Weems County.
' Mr. George Wilsiort, or Mr. Wm.
Viewraan of the Ontario Farm Pro-
ducte Control Board, Parliament
Buildings, Toronto.
Duirug the clay a lucky number
draw will be made for the Seetch
Motor Rug and the 'Chenille Bea-
aread, kindly donated by Me, and
liars. D. A. Smith, Sloan. Crest
Palm, Baylield. The proceeds of
the lucky number draw will he
need for edAtcational and adverts -
Ing purposes by the .Association.
As this is the first Picnic and
Field Day held by the Assoeietion,
the otficers are desirous or a good
turnout. We trust that =thing
will prevent you and your friends
from attending this pecnic on. Fri-
day, July 2let. We will be looking
forward to seeing you at that time.
Mrs, D. A. Smith, President.
' James A. 'Shearer, Secretary.
TJi iotussas POST
:7C7M1),NifftSDAY, ,P1/1.1' 19t1 1939
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Orierearty, July 14,
Scott, widely-knowa fanner of this
dietriat and k3aO'W throughout .on,
taro as
a great horsetraan, 1VOS ia
sitaatilv b181ed,at hie term on the
eleventh concession of Blibbert late
Thureday aeternoon by a bolt Of
lightning when be Was driving e
lead of hay in tram a field.
With him at the time Was, his ten -
Year -old son Donald Soott, who wee
riding on the toed, with his dad.
They had reached the end of the
lanewey leading into the "grounds
whet the bolt sereck euddeuly, As
far as can be determined Mr. Scott
Nircts kilieti instantly and tell over off
the load. At the same time one of
the 'horses of the team was else
killed and then the load of hi&
started to burn. The terrified boy
leaped from the toed and ran to the
house where he called his mother
and ehe and her father, Doeald. Mc-
Kellar ran to the scene.
Tike tragic accident occurred
shortly after five o'elock Taureety
alto:nee:1 when an electrical storm
was hitting this district. There was
considerable light:mg at various
points zirrl there was a heavy down -
Pour of rale,
Saw Load Burnng
A light rain failing at the
time but the lightning and thunder
did not seem severe, according to
hist brother, Thomas' ,Scott, 'Mho
was in the barn, waiting for the I
load to arrive.
'Sly father and I were waiting
for the load when Dad looked' oat
and said: "There is a load burning
We bad better see where Russell i
is." I looked out then and saw the
smoke.
!Scott told how he and' his father I .,
Started out and met Donny, who
called to them. "Daddy's killed and
one of the horses,"
They went on to the wagon and
found Ruesee lying on the ground
beside the dead horse, and the bay
on the load burning,
While Denny Seott said be
-wasn't hurt, his uncle believes he,
may have been, stunned because of
the time it took lien to run to the i
1 barn, a di:star:ea of only 60 rods..
' WILLIAM SPENCE
'Estate Agent,
Conveyancer
and Commissioner
General Insurance
Office
Main Street. — Ethel,
SEASON 1939
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Premium 13. No. 243
Enrolment No. 3039
SULTAN 14552
Pure bred black Percheron
Stallion will stand for service at
home barn lot 28, 16th conces-
sion of drey Township, ih
mile west of Moncrieff.
TERMS:
To guarantee a living foal one
week old $10.00. Payable with-
in 20 days after nitre
foals. After that time 10%
extra will be charged. Parties
'disposing of their bred mare be-
fore foaling time must pay for
service of horse whether in foal
or not. • •Stallion owner will not
be responsible for accidents to
mares or to persons in charge.
Leplie Chambers,
Owne
Died Instantly,
Dr. Stapleton of Dublin was call-
ed to the scene, but announced that
death had' been Inettantaneous.
Word of the tragic death sPread
quickly throughout the community
where Mr. Scott waa well and far-
orebly knowm ae he had lived in bte
district all VS lite, being born on
the farm next to where he hat made
his home since getting married, his
'wide !being formerly, Miss Grace
McKellar.
Mr. Scott was 48 years of age and
was the son of Mr. and Mrs,. James
Scott, His father is one of the
bestelmiown dealers de Clydesdale
horses in. Ontario and it was natur-
al that his eon should' take such a
keen interest in the thew ries. The
Stott family have been showing
heavy horses' around' at the fairs in
Canade, and the Dated States for
over fifty years and the late Russell
Scott started at an early age to
follow hr the tibetsteps of Ms
father.
Besides his wife and parents, he
leavee one son and three daughters,
Donald, Agnes and Margaret at
home and Mrs. Jahn Wallace of
Oramarty, one sister, Mae. Rev,
R. D. McKay of Prince Albert,
Sask., and one brother, Thomas
Scott, Cromart7-
Because of the teudden neath the
dance which, was to have been held
at CreenartY Friday evening vas
Postponed until a later date.
Mr, Stott wets a member and ac-
tive worker in the Presbyterian.
*lurch and had always, taken a keen
interest In. the affairs of the com-
munity, tbe latest function. being the
successful ethool reunion held at
Cromarty eehool on June 30
phone 47-r42
R. R. 2, Brussels, Ont.
Little Chats
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Farm Management
FEE.D
,POULTRY WELL TO
GET BEST RESULTS ..
'Coneideration. was given at the re-
cene meeting of the Poultry Indus-
try ,Conantittee In. Ontario to the
question Of tha impresseoz abroad
that the quality of eggs nevr being
offeredfor sale in, Canada, partien-
larly from producing areae least -
era ,Canada le not as good as that
of a year ago. Nutritional experts
advance the suggestion that, there
th a definite relation between the
qanlJity 00 tfeed and the quality of
the eggs, ereidneed, and emit, in in.
starkest' Nvhere birds' are alloWed,50
roseterefee
Reports from- test -motorists in
six large cities proved that
• ..AlitetieseroWe'lel
Days, inpte),
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BLAME YOUR OILS.
,.... because most cars are built to run
smoothly on a good regular -priced gas
It your ear aid not knock when new—but
knocks now on the same grade of gasoline
—blame it on the motor oil. Many oils
loom hard carbon inside the motor after
only a few thousand miles. The result is
knoelting and lost power. In the long rue,
the best and most economical cues for
knocking is to have the carbon removed
—then use Sunoco, the Knock -Proof Motor
Oil, exclusively. It's your safest protection
against knocks and lost powet.
SUNOCOKnocAphookmoloRou.
keeps the head on your motor longer
II 41 11 M°I 1 -
gave better performance than 13 premium
priced fuels as well as 17 other gasolines
Out into the highways and byways went independent investi-
gators. 1069 motorists were asked to test a colorless "mystery"
gasoline against the gasolines they had been using—a total of
30 competing fuels. That mystery gasoline was Blue Sunoco
with color omitted. Regular priced and premium priced
went up against Blue Sunoco and more than 8 out of .10
motorists said Blue Sunoco gave them better performance!
Tesis conducted by Might Directories, Ltd., Summer, 1938. Gasoline used inlesta
certified to be regular Blue Sunoco (color omitted) by Donald -Hunt Co., Ltd.
.With evidence like thjs...what need is there for you to pay •
to T/21 extrilor nil around satisfactory motor fuel performance?
Harry Champion's
Phone 8 Brussels, Ont. -1
range for themselves and given
little or no cereal and prepared
feeds, very few grade A eggs. are
produced.
With the growing volume of the
lower grades, amounting to as much
as six cents per dozen an some
markets, or upwards of 30 per cent
Of the value. This, offloials of the
Dominion Department of Agin&
ture, claire ettould, be in itself the
greatest passible incentive for more
systematic feeding of laving stook
at this time of the year.
PULLETS ON RANGE
SUMMER FEEDING
In the care of panels, on range
doting the eummecr months, one 101
Potranit point In teeding is to see
that 'they have enough to eat. 'Illicit
tan' be easily (lone, providing
enough hoppers are used. One
four.toot, covered boPPer for mash
and another for grain will give
sufficient feeding space for each 100
birdte. 'Water, of course, is Very
necessary as well as limeetone or
oyster shell. The main points are
to keep the hoppers filled ‚with
feeds and to guard agitinet moulda
hoppers and water utensils pine
-
ed ou frames .four inches' :high',
covered with intlomesh wire, pre-
vents the birds from coming in eon,
tact with the washy ground--obten
a source of worm and other
tiours.
Olean range howies, Olean frekth
water, Vended SupPlies of
WOlilbat-
a.iiiced mane adol grain are the see.
rets of growing strong, healthy pul-
lets for tall and winter production.
Mites can be combrolled 13y Painting
the remits, at least °Woe a month
with a, mixture of one quart crank
case oll to two quarts of kerosene.
WARBLE FLIES CAUSE ,
ENORMOUS LASSES
Not only de the warble fly one
of the worst insect Peals ot cattle
but it is a destructive enemy of the
ancient ICanadlan art of leather
Vtillk481g. Clattee Wes mnipallse the
Principal reartertal used: in the tan -
ring Industry of Canada, and
approximately 70 per cent of the
cattle hidee. used In, the manufac-
ture of leather come onglinally from
Canadian ta.reobt The remainder
hae to be imported. But for the
damage caused by warble flies to
the hidee, Canadian fanners would
be able to supply the entire amount
The full extent of the losses its
volved every year through warble
fly damage its not generally recog-
nized, As the result of an exteao
sive survey, it has beets found that
at the very minimum 50 per cent of
all Oanadlian hides taken off In one
Year were damaged by open or heal-
ed grub holes, and on this basis Cam
tidian hides were 'worth. $700,000 less
in finished leather than it they had
been clear. Owing to control meas
Iurea now selOpteidl, 70 per tent or
the Canadian hides are entirely us-
able, The, total leases in Ontario
have been slated to be $6,060,000 a
year, and, acouedndg to the pamphlet
"Warble Flies .and Their Control in
Canada,' issued by Publieity and Ex.
tenhion Drisiont Dominion Depart.
meat of Agriculture, it is estimated
that the losses from all causes
(dunnage to bides, initimy to cattle
from fright and worry, reductions of
talk production, and wastage of
beet) attributaide to warble flies
rthroughoult the Dominionare from
$7,000,000 to 914,000,0000 annually,
and in some eeasone, may exceed,
even the latter figure. Ilas pamph-
let gives Pine inlotenatIon on the
beat way to control the pest.
TWO snecies. of warble flies have
become widely distributed in many
parts of the worlkl, particularly in
Europe, North America, and to a
len extent la Asia. There are no
warble fees in South America, a fest
which is not overlooked. by the Ar-
leentine exporters ot cattle hides.
Warble flies occur in: every part of
Canada where livestock is raised. In
Canada and in. all counitaiee 'where
they are prevalent and abundant,
warble files are 000 of the worst
insect pests of eagle.
Pig Producers
Using More Grain
An the flaked Kingdom is Om.
ade's, ceder grain. markeh and also
the Itergeet grain market in the
world. a study of imports of
grain provides many facts of inter-
est to farming industry of the Do-
ncOicilon to a review or
the years 1931. to 1938 intlasive,
matie (by the limpereal Flconoinfe
Oommietee, the imposes of sit
grains retained in Great Britain,
atter exports, averaged eves 9,90e,
000 tone, The total saiPPItee et
grain over the period have shown:
only minor variations but their cone -
position has changed considersifiy.
Over 50 tper cent of the grata tm.
Ported Into the United Kingde*t to
wheat, Imports tell torn 63 ram -
lion, tons in 1931 to an average of
lees than 5 million tone during 1$64-
3s. Irmecete of corn (maize), ea
the other 11and4 hove shown. 13,Th
ward tendency, and in 1936 ankh 1332
ware about one minion tons, greeter
Oh= in, 1961-30. A decline Wanted,
however, in 1938 'and Was probably
due Partly to the reduction in
world supplies ant high pekes.
Barley inverts have also shown a
steady Increase since 1633. Part of
tease increased ststeetlies of grain ars
01nkl10ni1ited4Y, )belIng need bY ,Pfir
producers, as atter 1931 the Intro-
duoton of the bacon quota caused a
eharp rise Its the number at rifts la
the 'United Kingdom, Imports ot
oats, oa the other hand, have falient
consistently, being replaced, it to
reported, partly by Improved
natural pastures and green todnero
and partly by maize, which to ed
anitted duty free, whereas imperfa
of oats from foreign, rsources are
subject to oustomn tariff,
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