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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1930-12-18, Page 6THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1930 • NEWS 'AND INFORMATION FOR TRE 'BUSY' FARMER ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Renfrew and Lanark Won • '• Eastern Ontario Counties were all epresented in the inter -county judg- ng competitions conducted at the ttawa Winter Fair on December 2 nd a. The A. H. Aeries trophy, em- lematic oe the inter -county Seed udging Championship of Eastern Maio, was wen y the ,Renniew aunty team. In the inter -county tack Judging Competition; Lanark erged to the front- mid secured the eter White Trophy for 1930. Too Muck Silage Authorities claimi that silage is an extra good feed if it es not abused, 'rem kinds of abuses are to feed telt much and to let the surplu,s accumu- late in the mangers. et should not be forgotten that silage is largely water. If the cowe are eneouraged to cram themselves with silage at the expense of grain and hay thee will not be getting enough nutrients to systain their bodies- mid a Pro- fiteble flow of milk. Preferably the grain should be fed on top of the silage so .that it will be eaten first and 'then not 'more eilage than will be eaten 'reeeilly. If there is a sur- plus it is well to -dean this out of the inanagers daine • Winners et,intennatfonal Ontario eepert Kneen and s.ep4. growers bought honor to Ontario and to themselves by winning nearly forty prizes at the International Grain and Hay Show at Chicago. In keen competition, Ontario men this year brought home two obampion- ships and one reserve championship, . as well as other high prizes in al- most every elas,s in vehich they eon - plated. Their success should encour- age many others to prepare for the World's Grain Show at Regina in 1932. 'rite Ontario Department of Agriculture has awarded prizes of $50 to each Ontario exhibitor at the International winning a. Vest price in any class. They included: Mrs. Ite. E. Maycock, 'Pert Milford, first prize and championship in field beans; Hugh Jeffrey, Whitby, first prize in soy beans; le P. Alines, tragersvilla first prize in •alsike seed. Special prizes of $25 for On- tario exhibitors with the hinhest standing in certain classes. (first) prize winner not eligible for these flpeCjals) -went to the following: IL L. Goltz, Bracebridge, field peas; Douglas Dunton, Brampton. alfalfa; William Bette; Burgeseville red clover; Alex. Bettie, Norwich, o ss"7-7 More Schools in Agriculture nection with the Department's pro- gram planned to increase the demand tosvn and city for Ontario him prodnets. The competition was stag- ed at the Agricultural Department'e exhibit at the 'Winter Fair, and a close inspeceion .if the -anions sec- tions of this exhibit can sunply an, swers to the SeVell questions asked in the convention. ' " The Departmeet -officials express themselves as extremely pleased.with. the results of the contest. Several. thousand contestants took part, and ansevers given by the inajerity ehotv that the lessons -which it was hoped to .teach were weaelear, ned ise thousands of town and city snoppers. New "Better Bull" Area After menthe of preparation which included! census taking of Middlesex registered bulls, eljdelesex County has now been declared it,"betteie bull siva" under the prat/Ult.:els of the Cattle Protection Act, beeoining ef- fective July lst, 1931: Qnficials of the Ontario Department of Agrieun tura and the •Middle,sme Livestock Del prevenient Asinteiation ' were very largely responsible. for having this done. The objeet is eo raise the stens deed of pure-bred live. -stock in the county. One- a the meet important clauses is that only registered bulls may be offered for service and no scrub animsels can be sold for breed- ing purposes. Under the new legise iation the owner may .use- his own grade stock for breeding but it is said the new. timaeure will indeeci many to butcher their grade bulls. Average Crop Yields 'The Beal crop estimates belle of the Ontario 'Department of Ag culture is of mere than passing -Wrest, giving as it does the avera production in preetically every fi erop grown in the past year. T average yield per acre in these ero is given. as follows: Fall wheat, 2 bashels; -spring wheat, 22 bushe Oats, 39.5 bushels; barley, 34.3 b hels; rye 17-7 bushels; flax, 9.8 bu bele; buckwheat, 20.6 -bushels; pe 19.7 bushels; mixed grain, 39.2 bu bets; /tusking cern, 59.4 bushe beans, 13.4 bushels; fodder corn, 8. tons; alfalfa, 2.20 tons; Welke, 1. tons; sweet clover, 2,08 tons; po toes, 114.8 bushels; turnips, 342 bu hels; mangles, 866 bushels; sug bet, 356 beetles e carrots, 184 bu hels; tobacco, 1,006, pounds. In approximately 75 per cent theses crops an increased yield per ats, acre is indicated over 1929. Winter Fair Winner% Durham, County junior ,Parmers captured the Hen. John -S. Neartie trophy in the annual inter -county live stock judging competition at the Provincial Winter Pair, Guelph, .with a team store of 2,191 out of a pos- sible 3,000. Feel County ranked see- ond, Ontatio thiu.d, and 'Wellintgon fourth. Twaity-five counties took part is the event, Peel eounty team won the Glen Ormond Trophy for the team with the ;highest standing in heavy horses. In the inter -county seed judging competition for the Fis- cher Trophy, Oxford County led with a total of 2491, closely followed by Durham, Kent and York Counties; be 0. A. C. students' live stock judging competition for the Day' Trophy was captpred by fourth, year with a score of 5144 out of a possible 6500, by a margin of 75 points over third year. elhe-competition M every Wass ,evere. keenly...contested and the fair' proved .to . be one of the Most euccessful in nape steers. tin ri- in- ge eld he pe 6.7 Is; us- 8 - as, s - Is; 40 46 the ss ar 5 - of Early establishment throughout) Ontario of vocatiortal schools in ag- riculture, adntinistered and operated aiong lines sitnilar to those of voca- tional schools in the -cities, was forecast by Hon. Thames L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture, speaking at a banquet in his honor at Brinnpton recently. "We expect," declared Coe lone' Kennedy, "to nave these schools in operation in every county before long. We can do it and we are going to do it." He mentioned that the Women's enstitute Could play an im- portant part in the scheme. With the aid and instruction they Could supply to girl students in these schools. and girl would be able, after the three. months' tuition offered to her, to cook, sew and minister home nursing. The boys wield be taught to grow potatoes and wheat at lees cosh and to improve farming condi. tons generally. Decreased production costs wan one of the Departmentn major problems, for which a solu- tion was being sought and.the co-op- eration of all county councils ears nestly solicited. Popularizing Ontario Farm Products Prize wineersin the Ontario Parte Products competition for Ontario women held Atthe recent Royal Win- ter Fair, .under auspices of the De- partment have _been announced. - The first prize of $100 in a savings cm - count in the Ontario -Government Settings Office goee th Mks. L. 13, Bull' of 18 Ed.g.ley Avenue, ,Seerboro Junction; and the Winner of the sec- ond prize, pa .in a similar accouht, has been wen by Men. T. Milne Jamieson, of leespeler, Ont.; and the third prize of $25 in a, savinge ac- count goes to Mee. A. D. Ferguson, R.R. 3, Galt, Ontario. Tweritkive prizes ee hampers of enteric, Apples and 25 prizes of begs d Ontario. potatoes Make up. the the awards. EARLY CHRISTIVIAS SHOPPING The human element is a factor in Christ•rnes shopping, and this is some thing that should be renumbered, The human machine breaks under un- due strain just as- any piece of ma- chinery, and ineeause Christi -Jute is a time for charity to all Inunans it is only reasonable thab elhoppers should be considerate to the store clerk, the postal clerk and the servants of the express companies and rail- ways. These people want to erejoy their Christmas just as much. as, Anyone dee., You will help them' by doing your Christmas shoppjeg early. —Owen Sound Sun-Tirees. . JANUARY 6 AS CHRiSilefAS DAY Becern investigators inane to the belief that in fixing January 6 as Christmas day, the earlye Christmas The comPetitioe was- staged in con- woul were d seem to be the comet day. '''.• _ Aegust ecepetimes revealed fairly not very far (rut, for January 11 'Memo. *oioxisoaft,Smo. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD eneeseeeenenee • se" -n ••• ' e• -e. • - •. Divers "Catch" Fish off Canad's Coast Teere's svide variety of, methods and equipment used M Canedan corn- nmecial fisheries, but perhaps a. gnat many -people vvill be surprised to know that diving and diving suits should be included in the lists. Divers in -divine suits gather. ab- elone every year from' •the ocean bottom off Jed*ay in the Queen i011eriotte lelareis, British Columbia, and canned abalone • from Cenacla ere marketed in the Orient. In 1929 for -Mstalice '578. barrels of these :shellfieh were gathered and canned, bringing it price equivalent to $10 a jeciway is at peeeent the' oele 151 -ace in Britieh Columbia where the abalone fteltay is 'carried on, and tlib nieriber engaged in ibis not large. • The' abalone is e shellfieh having only one Abell, and sometizeee reach - ea a size of 'six enehes, and a weight of ppwarde of two imands. The edi- ble part of the fish is the foot, or muscle, with eriech it holds itself to the motto with mueh tenacity. While the British Columbia' catcb of :abalone is capped and sold in the Orient, the fish May also be fried, or, if flaked, it may be used it; Any one of several dishes. It is IZS,ed in these wan in: eonsiderable quantity in- the' United States. • Fishing for Abalone hi British Col- umbia .is usually done from' ,small gasoline boats whieh caner crews ot four:or five men. Each boat is equipped with an air • Plinio which supplies air to -the diver. The diver gathers the abalone on the ocean bottom and plimee them in buckets which are pulled up by the men in the boat. Find Good Herring For Scotch Curing Interesting encidental Result in Bait Investigations in Northern B.C. Investigations made under the auspices af 'the Dominion Depart- ment of Fisheries Dee sunener into the question of bait supply for the halibut fishery in IsTorthern )3ritish Columbia waters had the interesting incidental result of establishing- the presence off the west coast of the Queen Charlotte Islands of herring of a type apparently well suited for use M Scotch-etning and kippering. In Inskip Channel approximately thiley-two eons, of these herring Were taken in three days in the lat. ter part of lune, without makinium catching effort, and the fish were generally large and of superior (pul- ite'. Speaking out -of 'knowledge gained in this area on previous oes elisions, the investigator, Robert Lloyd, states ehat these herring are also obtainable in July, August, and Septemlier in Mskip Channel and other bays end inlets in this vicinity on the west coasnof the queen Char- lottes, - The investigations were undertak- en by the department at the instance of the halibut fishermen of Northern British -Columbia. for the purpose af eetermining whether or not a regu- lay' supply of bait haring could be obtained during the summer month% since fresh -bait is superior to that which has bean frozen. en this re- gard, however, the investigations' re- sults were disappointing. Herring' were found, of course, but in most eases they were small and unsuitable for •bait and the schools appeared only iregularlY; where suitable. bait fish were located 1±e -was in areas off the halibut vessels' path or in areas where satisfactory sites for' eunds could not be found within, reasonable distances of the seining grounds, and when the herring were towed in the seine any long distence for iinnouncl- ing the scales rubbed off and' dis- ease ensued. • MTh. Lloyd; an experienced fisher - matt, carried on the. investigations in the period from) May until the clos- ing days of August, using a purse seine boat. A. re -presentative of the Canadian Halibut Fishing Vessel Owner' Association, lenince Rupert. 'aecompanied len. Lloyd until the end of July and then was withdrawn by his organization. The association 'expressed satisfaction with the man- ner in Which the iiivestigatione were tendected but was diseppointee at the results. . • "Prosnecting" carried on in. wates. eloee to • Priem Rupert—from the southern end aEiteviln Island to Portland Inlet—resulted in noth- ing more.- than' three eatehes,- at Freeman Pass and; Butler Oave, to. tailing about 300 pounds of thin fish eanh. Tiee fish softenedequickly, af- ter being taken front the water,un- lese iced immediately and soft-- her - ling are of no tee for halibut. bait, Other •observations ori the aistern side of Hecate Strait ' in, Thly • and T THE SUNNY SOUTH Atelrelit Thee popislar *inter resorts . are quickly and comfortably • lefutche4,vio Can4dianNgtiona)! glad CAnnections. ChOice,of interesting routes. Costs are reasonable. Add .T.est to the California trip 'by going or returning the Canadian route - +/la Vancouver and Victoria. /Iwo ' ' I- 100 Agent of Casedian Animal Railways .,for fill information, beeklete and reservation., — Urge quantities of herring, some- times very fewt always, however, the fish were too wean for satisfae- 'es tory bait use. In mid-July a pound was established at nutlet. Cove' but several dAys of, observation eisclos- eri nothing but the smaller.varienv ef fish, pais for occasiozial 'se:hoots oe „apparently larger .herring- which were too far etvey,for irepoiinding. ,poth eff the west coast :ofeleferee- .ey esteee and Langara (Nottit) le- nient in the ;Queen Charlottes her - deg were taken, :but Moree,by is not -on the halibut boats' path and at ,Lengare there was lack of suitable sites for pounds At Line:carte, 'which lies at thn notrhwest end of the Qneen -Charlotte (roup. eeveral halibut vessels baited from the:seine, and a email qemetteii of ;the &sling ' taken by ,M1r. Lloyd were iced and 'disposed of at' Prince Rupert. To secure a reenter bait eupply t0i Lan - mare. it would' be,neceseary .ppers Mei a seine Jeceve ,eciiitintiettelee Sind bait the .halibutestieeeels, direet ft�si the seine. ' emienteetesits selorammiermeemeemnensnremassemenewienesesinaseseietwarasereeesareenmesearrioneienneemianimiesselniaairiesseatrarseisaranseame emeamennenrassammineeleseeesemeememmew FACT$ AND FANCIES A fall of snow on Christmas day Happenings in the Co -unit and District. 01-1: Ten grain beats are tied up ,at Goderieh nether, making, up he Winter fleet. EXETER: '4; fete -weeks- ago an ithin appeared in the ,Exeter Times- Adyoca-te ito the e. effect that Mee George' Ifureene of Port Franki, (en Exeter Old Dee) had diecovered the lest ern of Itow. Indians mede their: fline arrow -heads. -$ome of the toole 'uses' in melting the arrow -heads, to- -gather with- nuniber of aeroweheads made by Me. Hun:tort, were placed on exhieition -in ler:entree' ane Hue- cloe has received Worn front, the AT- clieologieal Society that hie exhibi- tion had received highest heneurs, having received .•the tIoneezinle liesin- tion Ribbon. Wie congratulate gr. Hanlon. ne is it son of the late Idr. and Mrs. N. Dyer leurdop, who for many years was Manager of the ele' Melsons tank; and then of the Bank of, Montreal in Exeter.---Times-M- vegeta GODERICH: Returning to his old home town to engage in medical practiee, is Dr.e. lin..0ordort, a form- er pupil of the Goderech Collegiate Institute. Dr, Gordon will be as- sociaeed with' Dr. J. B. Whitely. This young piedkat nem is a son of lefr. and Mrs. .7. B. Graham, of the Bay- field Road, and formerly of Shep- pardton. Ire enlieted froni Goderith Collegiate with the Ariny Medical Corp; London and served in Prance' two and a. hall yang with No. 12 Canadian en Id A e rebulance. From 1921 to 1927 he -was a. brilliant stu- dent at the University of Toronto, winning a scholarship in 1925. He has been resident physician in St. Mary's General Hospital, Kitchener, Ile took a post -graduate course in Hamer Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, serving two years in general medi- eine and specializing in surgery. For the Past eighteen nionthe Dr. Gra- hare. has been engaged in industrial surgery for many Detroit plants, ellzief of which were Cheysier and Murray Body Corporations, He is it member of Wayne County, Michigan State and American Needle:1,1 Ankoci- ations. Many friends in Goderich and surrounding coinitrY will wel- come Dr. Graham to Godevith. BLYTH; Vire broke out in the residence of Mrs. D. Bowes, who lives about a mile south of the village, Saturday week. IThe citizens re- sponded quickly, but the fire had gained sueh a headway that nothing could be done to save the building. Mrs. Bowes had left a fire in the stove before going to the...earn for chores and 'although she was away but five minutes when she discov- ered that the whole house was afire. The neighboz.s and townspeople were unable to enter the building and nothing could be sexed. The loss is about $4400 With $600 insurance. WROXETER: Weoxeter lost its oldest resident when Mrs, John Gib- son died at her home here Thursday Dee, 4th, On Deeernber 14, 1929, Mb's, Gibson celebrated lie). 100th birthday, when she received the can gretulations of a large nuinber of friends and was the recipient of gifts of a great variety. While confined to her bed for several years, she was particularly brighe and topk an interest in' the current events of the day, Her maiden name was Alison Robertson, and she wa,$ born in Cierkenville, near Greenlaw, Bee wickshiee, Seceland. The deceased was married in June, 1853, coming to Canada in 1857, the sailing vessel St. Patrick's being,five weeks on the voyage. With her husband h le. INS Howsoe; recording. secretary, Mrs. Charles Campbell. ,WINGIZAM: The-,. iLis- siott • Band of the Wileghann United Cetera.. beld a very- •simeessful, "Birthday Party" in the awed* room oe. the .church on a recent af- eeneloon. - The reere,.ram. was entirely pet.ort by the boys anegirls of the band, 'one eneeial number being a pley, "The Three Wishes." sA ,de- linhtful item was the ,presentation by- Mes. elleve S. Davison, ef, three life membership. -certificates to Miss Velem, '• daughter of Mr. and Ors. A: J. Welker, to Ruth. Itheel, infant deunhter of -• Mr. e and . Mrs, W. P, nergman,. and to Robert T. S, Devisee. The • admission to tne party • was one cent for erieh year. of one's. age, the amount -eeeeived be- ing around $16.00. pcelowing the prograuniunch was served. ' . - EXETER: Pam merehants of town were victimized last week by a local youth who passed four forged cheques for $10.00 each. The cheques were -drawn on a local eank; meide seat to the .young man in question and were supposed to be signed by' F. :T. Wickens. The forgery was not die - covered until after a discrepancy was found in Me. Wickwire's bank .ae- coast. In the meantime the youth had left town, for London, In pass. -sing the checues the young man made small puechases, .tendered the eheques and- secured the ehange.— Exeter Times-Advoeata nxrann: Ross Dignan celebrated ens 88th birthday recently, by Pay - 'inn' his brother, John, 80, and James, 86, .of town, a visit. e.The three old gentlemen had a good visit ant Many a witticism enianated from them. ,They came from the north of Ire- land, where they say the good men come Thome They ere all quite steart on their, feet and their intellect is exceptionally bright considering their 'years. THE REGISTERED COCKEREL, A FACTOR. IN IMPROVING PRODUCTION AND • EGG SIZE • (EXPerinunital Far= Note) The introduction of the Registered Cockerel fete pantry breeding work overcomes a number of very serious hazards which heretofore have been unavoidable. Some cif the outstand- ing of these uncertaittities, are first, false advertising, second, small egg lines, third, immature or diseased specimens, fourth, standard disqual- ifications and fifth, pedigree. In the, fist instance false adver- tising i$ entirely eliminated. The Registered Cockerel is bred from birds with -officially recorded, pro- duction and every operation M con- nection With the recording of his ancestry earefully checked by a Be. gistration Inspector.. In the next in- stance Registered -Cockerels -are bred front large egg lines only. All small egg birds are disqualified and never bred under the Registration Policy. In the third instance ints mature or diseased specimens are re- jected be the inspector. Any bird posesssing a standa•rd disqualifica- tion is also rejected by the inspector, The pedigree of registered cocker- el is authentic and reliable_ and ac- cepted by the Federal Government. AS was expected, poultry registra- tion was slow at first but rapid im- prevenient has token place during the last few years. The first regis- tered cockerels /appeared in 1926 and 15 regerned ae the sign cif a lucky NW- Yean: • Turkey first riecaine the °Meet - man dish en the reign of James I, whd eould _not eat the boar's head usually provided. • :One 'kiss for each berry was the oirginal mistletoe ritual, a berry be- ing removal as A kiss was taken. The firet, Christmas card was pub- lished 80' year ago. .Christinias carols originated in the Eleventh century, being sung be- tween the scenes of the miracle and ruystery plays of She period. • Chrietm,as ,trees eriginated in Germany, anti crackeve in France. , CHRISTMA$ PROVERBS • To Seam an invitation ie to make ourselves eesperieible for, our guest's leappiness as long as he is uncle* our roof. , i's a sin against hospitality to open yeur docr and shut up your eounteeanee- • The give i snakes the gift insolent. A, gift with a kind countenance is a double present. The, charitable give out at the door and Gal puts in at the window. (There is no grace in a 'gift that .sticks to the fingers. Illeate alone /nee (hearts. .` Kinclness like grain increases sowing.--innentreal Herald. 0.1,11•Nimlimoi.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• by HINTS FOR CHRISTMAS If you spill. 'sale, throw a iiiheh ovs er your left shoulder, and ill -luck will pass you by. Always try to have a hit of mis- letoe In the house, for it is a luck bringer. • For every kiss you take Ander the niistletoe a beery must !be picked and when all are plucked the privilege ceeses. If you find a bit of red ribbon or red:wool amongst your presents (es- pecially woe)) you will have luck in love. Be ,suee to wear the trifle while you make your wisle. If you went a "Happy Christmas" put more into it than you take out. ---ilerentreal Herald. ONCE MONEY, SEAWEED NOW INDIANS' FOOD Ask Canada's Pacific coast In- dians to name the foods obtainable from the waters of the Dominion and they will probably pAt seaweed in the list. In earner years seaweed was "money" among neitish Columbia Indians in the sense that it was used, to a limited extent, as a medium: of barter between northern interior tribes and other tribes living along the coast. This ,barter has, now practically disappeared but if sea- weed is no. longer money it remains in use as a11 article et Indian food. For food purposes especially among the Ltdians' of the' northern coast of the province, the seaweed is pressed and partially dried, and in this form it will apparently remain in a satis- factory condition for ti considerable length of time. Part of its value from the dietary standpoint is doubt- less due to its eontent of iodine, an element which reseiumh has shown to be valuable as a preventive of such diseases as goitre. Incidentally, it iney be noted ehat sea fisit also con- tain a eonsiderable pereentage of io- dine and this is one of the reasons why doctors and dietitians them - mend frequent ieclusion of fish foods ie the -household menu, As a matter of fact, of course, ceiletin seaweeds are eaten by other people besides Indians, For in- stance, numbers of People in Canada and elsewhere like dried dune a Variety of seeweed, and in 1929 Canadian- producers marketed over 100,000 pounds of this mariee pro- duct and received for it a little more since that time the number has in- than $10,600. On Canada's Atlantic came to innoxeter, then a, mere clear- creased very rapidly. A large num- eeast some use has been made of ing in the bush and joined forces I bet. ne these desirable birds will be seaweed, in combination with fish with Mr. Gibson's -brothers; Themes available for tale this fall, offal, in peoducing fieh meal, which and Robert who had built a saw mill 1± is a well recognized fact that is a valuable stock food, So fee' and grist -mill. Left a widow 62 chicks bred from hens are much sup- there has been no continereial utils years ago, Mrs. Gibson raised a large aloe to those bred front pullets, igation of seaweeds on the Pacific family, only, Mrs. D. Ilf. Wialker, of Every registered male is bred from eoast ef the Dominion. Niagara Falls, Surviving -her. The a -hen as pullets are.never bred un - funeral service was held Monday af- til tho' have completed their yearly tampon, interment being Made in record aed have been registered. Wroxeter 'Cemetery. To. qualify for registration a fe- RUSTY IS A BELIEVER IN SEA,FORTle: A. D. Sietheriand, neale lutist lay 200 or more eggs CHRISTMAS FOR ALL, member of the , town council and which weigh 24 ounces per .dozen or lee bad, 1± is only fele to say, been well-known there has announced that ,over tiering the year. ',Registered in a fight. Quite a resent fight. He he will enter the mayorality contest cockerels must have at hest two had lost some feathers, And ebits of this year, eleetioes being held the diSect lines of 200 egg feinieles which down still ' floated tremulously first XellrlaY ill the year. lefee Stith- have laid 24 ounce eggs or better in through the air. Out he had come eriand expeas to Make several "clean their pedigree, or in other 'Winds out victor. He had driven • away. ups" if elected, he states. Mere: they inua be sons and grandsons of seven other hungry sparrows, and Richard Parke has not yet, anneunc- registered hens., The sires of these thus had the crust ofebreed all to ed whether he will be in the field for registered` cockerels must be tegiss himself. He' began pecking off las- mayerality lionoes or not, but eiti- tered birdit er the sons Of 200 egg does morsels. zens 'of Seidl:nth are larking for- birds with -eggs weighing at least 24 . orhie ie the first squids meal I've ward to an interesting fight when ounces per dozen.- • had for a „week,". he chirped to 'him* the town goes to the none. 'The dant of the 'Registered -male self. "Penny, how those big, stupid WINGITAMe The ,December nuist Ilee a worthy opecinten. -Of the people think of no one but them - meeting of the Women's • Missionary breed she represents- so far ae type selves. Haven't they got eyes lin Sodeey, the •Ienited church . was and colour are concerned, she must their head? Or eers? We have to held on Tuesday recently • in the be, of good size and above all -she 'live an wen as they. .tield we- do it school, tome with thirty -nix nadies in must have constitutional. vin.cam The without !help:" . attendance. After tinging the hymn, cockerel before being registered; must He took several mouthfuls. "I sup- Shephaces watched- their be passeeby a Registration Teepee- pose they (think they are as impel:. Plockeei ll4ks Gerain,el -led in prayer tor, be at least six months of age, be tent ae we are! I wonder who'd and Men, tender led in the respon- free femn ,disqualifications and pos- nip off the bugs feted the gardens if sive reading of the _Birth of the se ss good breed eyes; . ee. we AU died of the cold?" Christ Child, Luke 2, verses 8 to 15. Being bred from parents which ire A child can* Mit of the house. Mks. R. E, Laidlaw then told a -been- herie -high production arid lang.e eggs She had A .wooden box in her hand tifel story hindging on the event of registered cockerels pima& the which the eileeed. on a square post Jesus being taken by lefary axid Jos- breeding necessary to. not only ine set Up in the ground. "Come en, -eph into Egypt to -escape the -wicked crease' the egg production. in Any other little birdsl" she called. '"Here Xing Herod, Men. 3. Blake read a ilock but to inane egg size sie well. is something fee you. He shan't paper on cancelled printer, which Sine these:actin:eels are bred from have ellen:le ' good!" She ehooed gave much :food for thoughts pictur- tnethee .hons -the buyer can rest as- Rusty away, but she was laughing, it� ng how easy it was for .our actions sured he is getting ends possessing, "Here is enough for all of you,e she ceneel our Prayers. '114 prairie good, eienstitetion a,nd- plenty of vig- said, and hid behind a bush. orcier to' further eur ,Saviours work our. A fine -her guarantee of these • Eusty iminedialy investigated thee turn eighb. inound and refuse desirable qualities lies in the fact the box.. It held green and crumbs to do the first thing. we are asked to that enay registered cancels'. Is ap- and,, bite of meat. The, seven °thee 'do, making any trifling amuse to "moved arid Marked by .the Regietea- sparrows. caene bask._ Rusty allowed justify ourselves. in ' Miss tion 'tepee -ter. . them to itay. Jean Obriseie accompanied ety Miss Parties wishing to improve in -o-• "Merry- Chrietmas!"- "leveled th-e G. Robertson swig very swealy "0 'auction and egg siecenn their poultry • Mild, .."Please grow warin feathers Little Town efeBethlehemee Ws. R. flock ehoulit secure Regestered males for the cold," -She returned to the E, Laidlaw gave it very eonnirehen- to head thei1:. breeding pens fa l.' the sive report of the - disteict Meeting contitie spetrig. „ , , , , Rusty -setabout, eating ae herd as hold- in, Salem some tim,e ago and Poultry Registeaeion :week in- CFO.- hacould, The sseven other- birds did which had been prowded—ont last Ada eiseconducted by the Poultry Di, likewise. "Maybeee thought Ituatir, meth • to Make time for other bust s of, the eleeperimeinal. Farms "there Are a few people who realize ness,The -election of officers wee BeteiCh of the. Federal D,epirtment of they -athn't as. hence -thin as we are: then held for the --ensuing veer, w-hich Aviculture; co -opera -5i with tee It'seahout • ' ; • iseutted ae-fneewee President, • Meg., Canadian Natioeal PAtil5sy . e irP • 1 getter 'Wee:P54d emtespendingessereterY, I Venter Central Hatter . . ! pecee--Meirehe ',Banning, s. W. 'Greer; ereasurer,. 'Mee. Einetiniental.:Feem OttniCa, Montan SINGING THE CANDLE OUT ' I1ese are many curio ue custards eonnected with, the singing ref egrets In the Isle od'ilinin villagers assem- bled in the chinch oe. airietems eve mid, in turn, sane n meet Each held a lighted candle end,although sonie ef the carols were Sengehy, the eing- en. had to stop When the candle wait ' out. , J , CHRISTMAS GREENS Ohristmes ;trees, as a family, are the oldest of all trees. Scientists say that their direct ancestors were the first flowering- plants on earth. They are believed to have originated during a period" of very seyere cli- mate, their neeenelike•leaves present- ing lees surface to cold and expos- ure than the broadleaved trees that evolved in later periods of the earth's history. THE WORD "CAROL" ' The word "carol" was originally 44cpepoIrnoie'd a nit oidripayng danosinging',. lri esofth Irtene, 'word came to denote a lively tune suggeetive of daneing 'Ohristneas •was universally ereognized as a tinie for merry as well as religious songs and so in the carols sung at this sea- son reheats facts were alluded to irt simeee phrases and sung to merry dancing tunes. Op...../f...,0e....44.0.,,,•••• CHRISTMAS TREP.,S? ' In regard -to why Christmas trees came into use, the following explan- ation is given: It was the desire of the church -to combat) the heathen customs which preys:lied at this 'sea- son. Christmas canes and Christ- mas plays were introduced and later eanist trees," or Christmas trees, adorned with lights arid gifts, the latter in comtnemoration of ;the gifts brought to the Ohzist •Child by the "wise men." There isa diversity of opinion as to Where the Christm•as tree custom originated, it being ere-- dited to both Italy and Gemranv. . ul.....••••••••••••mar..wime.0.0 WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION STATEMENT There was a considerable deceease in number of accidents reported to the Workmen's Corapensation Board of Ontario during the month of Nov- ember, there being 4,708 aecidente att -compared witit 5,758 during October, and 7,006 during November a year ago. The fatal accidents, numbered 38, as against 44 last November. The totalbenefits awarded during November amounted to $692,582.96, $498,144,87 of which was for cent- pe.nsation and $94,438.09 for medical To date this year there have been 64,573 accidents reported, as compar- ed with 80,815 for the same- period last year and the total awards for compensation and medical aid amount to $6,792,286.22 .e.s against $7,343.69 for the corresponding -period of 1929. OUGHT TO HAVE MORE COINTSID., ERATION .Two Jarvis boys, aged 13 and 15, walked from their home in tluit vil- lage to Goderich and. return, it dis- tance of several hundred miles. They were gone for twelve days, during which time they had only two -sub- stantial meals, living for the greater part a the time on apples and maw vegetables which they picked up in the fields. For the runaway boys it was simply a lark, although it migbt have turned out seriously, For their pareete, it was a time of extreme anic iety. They hact not the slightest knowledge of where the boys were or what had happened to them. Nat-- Orally their imaginations would con- jure up all the dread possibilities, Beys who are old enough and• cap- able enough to look after them'selves out in the cold world for nearly two weeks should have a sense- of apprec- iation for their parents' feeliegs. In this case, ell's well thet ends wen. The boys admit that they learned a lesson aria they. would doubtless be t.lie first to warn other boys against the folly of the'' example. LONDON ROAD The Deceinber meeting of the Connmunity ChM was held at the home of Mrs. Iiiieley with 13 mem- bers and several visitors present. This meeting was for the election of -officers end also 2 quilts were quilt- ed to send north for use in the dis- trict where mx. and Mrs. Pred Slo- man have charge of. a sane' ear. The roll call was responded to by a gift for children w,hich was. also tient with the quilts, me following offi- tiers were elected for the coming year ,President: Min. Geo, Hanley, Vice Press Mrs. Nernnin Tyndall. Sec.-Treas.: liers. Fred Aectersori. Convenore of the different ecem. mittees are: • Flowers.: Mis. W. ereffat. Buying: 'Mee. Win. Stanbury. Social: Mrs. Geo. Falconer. Refreshments were served by the Stanley ledies. The Janitery meet- ing ivill be held at the home of Mrs. Peed Andersen, Miss Pearl Critteeden has accept.. ed a position as saleslady With Mr. A. T. Cooper, Clinton. Ur. and Meg, Frank Lane and babe spent a few days lase week with Forrnosa friende. Miss Wields -on Attended the 11.11.0. Convention in Toronto last week. Me. Fred Nett had the Miefortune to lese one of lee horses last week. Mr. and Mrs. Hawa.rd 01 Snobbrook Hullett spent .-Stinctay with Mi. and Nn:,s. Norman Manning, . YX) der agreenteete approved by Parliainent the administration of the, fisheries of the Plairie Pt -evinces M ITOW; fie that hands' '• of tete thspective Peoeiecial govethetents, -Until this. Year these 'fisheries were under fed- eral eontrol,