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Clinton News Record, 1954-09-09, Page 7it '•I RSDAY S01'TE11¢.BER 9, 1954• i I CI.INTON ] EWS-REGC1ti;D PAGE Sk'YEtY Bassar%sk •or Civet at Ends Its r '� WE SGIUTC THE + �0 �e'S 4H CLUBS (/ydfs'✓►� ..-... v . ..^ai.•" .moi � , i ar ---r----;� ... ' � , � Ali • ::.• Cecil McRoberts John J. Jones -reeve and councillor of Dela- ' WareTownship; John J. Jones, :857. ft/fiber president •of rhe Byron x'elephene 'Company, died in Clin- ton Sunday at the, home of- his daughter, Mrs. BrockOlde. 'He was born in Delaware Towii- shipe'and lived there until retire ment:to Toronto ten• years ago. He Was.; son of the late, Mr, and Mrs: Henry G. Jones. ' Before moving to Toronto hewas a member of Littlewood United Church where he served as a steward. His wife, 'Che former Jessie Nugent, died in ;Heis survived by two daugh- ters, Edith; Toronto; Mrs. Brook Olde, Clinton;.a brother, Wiliam, Delaware Township. Fgnera1 service was conducted from the McFarlane funeral home, Lambeth, on Wednesday after- noon, September 8, by Rev. W. M Kiteley, Calvary United Church London, and Rev. W. G. H. Hume, Littlewood United Church. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery, Dela- ware.. Six nephews` were pallbearers; E, Harold Nugent, Versey Scoyne, London; Gordon Evans, St. Cath- arines; and Clifford Jones, Mor- ley Jones, Hebber Hamilton, all of Delaware Township. Service's for Cecil, M'cTtoti'erts, 74, Granton, formerly; of L,ongen, who died in St. Joseph's Hospital; Loladon Were' „conducted a't' Luean on Sunday afternoon in' the Has- kett funeral home, by Rev. Thom- as E. Head, Granton United Church, and Rev, A, E. Lloyd, St,` Thomas. Interment was made in Birr United Church Cemetery,, He was born in London, Town- ship, and was' a" son of ' the late Mr. and Mrs. David McRoberts. For 15 years he was a>member of London police„ force, ,and left in 1916 to start a grist mill at Gran- ton. Ile operated this for 26,years. He was a member of' Granton United Churcho a former/ reeve of Biddelph Township, and active in Masonic circles being a member of Granton Lodge, No. 467, and a former PDDGM of South Huron. His wife, the former Mary J. Lockrey, died six years ago. Surviving are one son, Kenneth W., London; two brothers, the Rev. Chester McRoberts; of Sherk Ston; Herbert, Minneapolis; three sisters,; Miss B. W. McRoberts, Clinton; Mrs. Margaret Anderson, Kincaid, Sask.; Mrs. Flossie Mat- thews, Toronto, and one niece, Mrs. Robert Hardie, Granton, FARMIRS We are shipping cattle every Saturday for 'United Co-operatives of Ontario and solicit your patronage.. We will pick them ap at your farm. Please PHONFf COLLECT not later than Friday nights. Seaforth Farmers Co-operative li. S. Hunt, Manager PhoneDay9; Evenings 481w - 39-tfb Blyth-Belgrave 441 Calf Club /Mefinal,meeting or the Blyth- Belgrave 4-11 Calf Club was held *t the, farm of;rames::Coultes, A clasaof'Hereford heifers was judg- ed and reasons` were given by all members, Harold Baker, assist- ant agricultural representative, gave a short quiz on 4-11 work. Lunch was served at' the house and the meeting adjourned, • JIuro Entries . n, In Livestock At Western Fair Though not` particularly strong in entries of livestock,at the West- ern Fair, London still,,, Huron Countyy, will be sending some of its best t5 compete against the other animals in the, annual competi- tions. Robert E. Hern, Hensell ' is entering cattle in with 248 others in the beef cattle exhibit. Among the 775 dairy cattle ex- pected will be exhibits from the stables of the following Huron farmers: Baxter and Turton, Goderich; Eldon H. Bradley, Gode- rich; Edward F. Bell, Blyth; Wil- liam Boyd, Walton; Huron County Holstein Breeders Association, Clinton; Huron County Home, Clinton; Ross Marshall, Kirkten; Gordon Reynolds, Seaforth; Peter Simpson, Seaforth, And of " course, in the sheep class, Hullett Township's Ephraim Snell will be making his usual good showing. There are 441 sheep expected to the exhibition. Canadians this year will pay about 5305,000,000 in taxes ear- marked to provide the federal uni- versal old age pension, about $50,- 000,000 short of the amount that will be required. Refreshing Secret 'What a wonderful drink Coca-Cola is... with a rare, delicious flavor all its own. And how refreshing the bit of quick energy it gives you. How nice, then, to know that Coke • has as few calories as half an average, juicy grapefruit. Have a Coke! Four generations have made Coca-Cola by far the most asked -for soft drink in the world. Authorized bottler of Coco Colo under contract with Coco -Coln Ltd, ESBECO LIMITED 658 Erie Street STRATFORD, ONT. "Coke" is registered trade mark 4.13 fi Phone 78 Including Federal Taxes Career At Bayfield, Far From Home (By our Bayfield correspondent) ting around the house, and the C. Fitzgerald, gitche(ier, who was the int to build' on the lake- front of the formerThomas. h1 Elliott',farin in 193t, sees plenty, Of wild; lite ,in the .denlelY wooded ravine .beside his beautiful auminer home. In July' he shot, an animal,, which be -thinks was `elver -cat, a native to the Southwestern. United States and Mexico, It also goes by the name of ring all and is sometimes called a coQff-cat, but is really a bassarisk, a first cousin of the raccoon. He is;ai friendly little beast who makes' :a good householdpet—not being' a true civet! He preys on field mice, rabbits, etc. • • When Mr. Fitzgerald first glimpsed it, three years ago, he thought it a Bob -cat. ' Its body was long, slender and humped like that species. He did net see it again until this year when it had evidently grown fat feasting from garbage cans. Every night it came and very cunningly dumped the can, which at at the back of the garage, over towards the edge of the ravine. Sa Mr. Fitzgerald rig- ged up an extension with a three- way switch, when his son, Carl, of Toronto, was visiting him early in July, They. watched . from the window of the darkened cottage, turned on the extension and saw the intruder. 'The so-called civet - cat was quite brazen. It looked at them while Mr. Fitzgerald went outside and fired his shotgun at a distance of about 20 feet. It just crouched behind a log and then slid off into the ravine. After they'd been in the house about 15 minutes, they heard it again. And once more Mr. Fitz- gerald went outside and took aim. But theanimal which had been looking at them over the front of the can, ducked down and the can received the charge of shot. It peeked up again and then disap- peared. They did not hear it again for over a week. With the next rattle of the gar- bage tin on July 19, Mr. Fitz- gerald decided to shoot from the bedroom window. He turned on the light but hit his gun against the window. This attracted the animal's attention. It turned and faced the house and this time the shot hit its mark. Mr. Fizgerald describes it as be- ing larger than a raccoon with the same black -face markings but the head was shaped like that of a foe. ' It was rusty red in colour like a fox. And the only point in which it seemed to differ from the description of a civet -cat was that while the latter's tail is ring- ed all he way up, this beast had only two black rings near the end. How a civet -cat could get so far from its native habitat is a myst- ery, unless of course, it was brought to this country as a pet and escaped. After about a month, the Fitzgeralds have noticed that there is an occasional nocturnal raid on the garbage cans so they wonder if there is a mate some- where about. They wish now that they had sent the body to a taxi- dermist. On the other hand there was no doubt about the identity of two animals which peered through the screen window in the cellar at Mrs. Carl Fitzgerald as she carried a platter of food down! In great excitement she rushed up and re- ported the presence of two skunks. Carl Fitzgerald rushed out. E. C. Fitzgerald grabbed his shot -gun to put an end to the little poie-cats. "Where are they?" he asked as he went around the house. "Right behind you," answered the son. Father didn't lose any time get - pretty black and white creatures ambled off into the gully. Last week two red foxes were seen in the ravine. I' Crop Report "Recent rains have held' up'har- vest operations` considerably, ,but in most areas this work' is. com- plete reports G. W Montgom- ery, agricultural representative for Huron '• County. "A •7consi'dereb e amount 'of fall 'plowing has been done. Indications are that Winter wheat will be sown in considerable. acreage this year. A good deal of interest is being shown' in the Genessee variety which has proven very satisfactory in trials 'to dare.' Corn in this area has .been mak- ing good progress. A number of farmers have been reporting con- siderable rust in their bean crop." Sporting Life Spans The fencer, who can count on over 62 years of participation, has the longest active life in his sport. of any athlete. Jockeys stay in the sad- dle an estimated 22 years, the base.' ball player keeps going for some 18 seasons while the table tennis player lasts for 16 years. • These figures, appearing in the Canadian Medical Association Jour- nal; were taken from a study of ° nearly 5,000 per- j'� ' sons.participating - - in 12 different n ,Jop an.lar Tsphe e - ,Japan. The re- searchers found that. field athletes, like rugby play- ers, have the s rortest professional life -8 years. Swimmers are next with Sts years. In view of the increasing impor- tance placed on sports, the Cana- dian Journal stated, the medicaipro- fession has taken some notice,of the sportsman in relation to health. This, however, is one of the few studies published about the life span and. health of the athlete. The researchers also examined the reasons why athletes retire, finding that decline in physical fitness cuts off the careers of most wrestlers and jockeys but is unimportant in retir- ing tennis players and fencers. Ac- tual disease forced the retirement of 20 per cent of Japanese athletes, the survey showed, with tubercu- losis striking nearly one of every 11 in the group. Injuries were the most important factor in stopping cyclists (22 per cent) and football players (10 per cent). Wrestlers .were not much af- fected by the injury factor, a finding which suggests, according to the Journal, that Japanese wrestling is a lot less brutal than the variety shown to American TV spectators. Ontario's Winter Wheat Yield Said To Be Second Highest In History Field Crops Branch of the On- tario Department of Agriculture report that Ontario farmers have just harvested a 23,000,000 bushel wheat crop with an estimated yield of 32.3 bushels per acre. In spite of unfavorable weather conditions the 1954 Ontario winter Wheat Crop has proven to be the second highest in yield ever har- vested in Ontario. It is exceeded only by 1953 yields. Average yields for the last ten- year period have exceeded the pre- vious ten-year period by four bushels per acre and the ten years previous to the first great war by eight bushels per acre. These increased yields can larg- ely be attributed to improved higher yielding varieties and to added fertility, The three most popular varieties now are Cornell 595, Genesee and Dawbul. Excel- lent seed is available from the many registered growers of these varieties in the province. Soil fertility also plays an im- portant part in increasing yieldse. An extract from a report of the Advisory Fertilizer Board of On- tario, states, "The influence of fertilizers on the catch,of clovers and grasses seeded wih cereals, and the residual effect on succeed- ing crops may be as important as' 'the more immediate effect on the cereal crop. Also proper use of fertilizer offers substantial in- surance against winter killing of fall sown grains and hay crops." Farm yard manure is exceIIent for winter wheat, and when ample amounts of this material are avail- able the Fertilizer Board suggests an addition of 200 to 300 pounds 20 per cent superphosphate per acre. Where manure is lacking, fertilizer applications should be made according to soil tests. For general guidance, however, the Fertilizer Board recommends 2.12-10 or 3-18-9 at 300 to 400 pounds per acre, for winter wheat, rye and winter barley, If 4-24-12 is used the rate can be reduced to 225 to 300 pounds. If wheat land is to be seeded down these rates might well be increased by 50 to 100 pounds. Grasses may be fall seeded at- the tthe time of seeding the grain but the clovers usually thrive better when spring sown. Soil testing is done without charge at such agricultural institu- tions as the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph; the Kemptville Agricultural School, Kemptville, and the Western Ontario Agricul- tural School and Experimental Farm, Ridgetown. Suitable soil boxes and instructions for taking samples are available at all agri- Cultural representatives offices, • In the market for all kinds of Grain.. Low s d Price mean poor demand ane' --alt must —quality l'Y ust be. good. Dry grain a necessity;will be pleased to test Y our`: 'grain for moisture before delivery. • 'red O. Ford PHONE 123W CLINTON gg LOW COST QUALITY Milli TING Depend on us for every printing need from a letterhead to a complex adver. thing, piece. Esti- mates givenon request. tate,a, FINE PRINTING s` PHONE 4 • for Estimates • and Quotations Clinton News -Record you, qua a NEW BARN? • Is your herd outgrowing your present barn? Have you enough space to store the products of your farm? If not, perhaps you need a new barn, or an extension to your present one. Don't let a shortage of ready cash hold back your plans for a better farm— whether it's a new barn or the renovation of your buildings generally. You can get nioney from. the B of M through a Farm Improvement Loan — at low interest rates and on a repayment plan to suit your individual circumstances. Why not see your 5 of M manager this week? You will n like his helpful Y DANH approach to your plans. 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