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The Clinton News Record, 1931-06-18, Page 6THE CLIN' ON -NEWS RECORD NEWS AND INFORM TION '`t'HF BUSY FARMER FOR. ( Furnished by. the . Department of ; Agriculture ) Look out for the cabbage maggot. The cut worm is best avojde(I 1y ch - cling your cabbage, cau'lifiawer and lettuce plants with a tinned paper or mulch paper' protection, sunken a few inches into the ground and stand- ing 'an' inch or two above it, Three hundred students of Went - 'worth County recently visited arid made ' an inspection of the Ontario Agricultural College, as 'a result, of which they obtained much worthwhile information. It is haptd that other .counties may follow the lead set.by Wentworth. Purchase of Limestone, George R. Paterson, who is in 'charge of feed Ad fdi:tilizer distri- bution work for the Department, points out that rthereappears to be, some doubt as to what type of lime- stone to advocate: "The situation is :such ' thatat present the various grades of agricultural limestone of. fared in Ontario are about equal in value according to their degree of fineness. We do not suggest where limestone shoiild;,,be' purchased, but we ,feel that loetiori • of quarry` and freight cyst should form a major consideration. Local quarries that offer material of a suitable nature at satisfactory prices might well be, patronized." Growers' Coun l Organized Giving force to the recommenda- tion made in the Somerset report, representative Smit' and vegetable growers to the number of about 60 met last week in Hamilton and or- ganized a Growers'. Market Council, The gathering was sponsored by the new Ontario Marketing Board as one of its first steps to ,aid agricul- ture in this province. The function of the council will be to develop the orderly marketing of Ontario "fruit and vegetables, with special consid- eration to extension of markets and also todeal in an advisory capacity with the various problems of grow - as. A petition was directed to Pre- mier Bennett at Ottawa, ` imploring him to impose us soon as possible fixed values for duty on cabbage, cauliflower, tomatoes, and early po- tatoes, on the basis of the recom- mendations of the Canadian Horili- cultural Council. The following of- ficersof the Council were, elected: H.L., °raise of St. Catharines, chair- man: M. IVf. hair-man:M..M. Robinson of Hamilton, vice-chairman: the provincial Board NEW CHRYSLER SIX STYLED LIKE THE CHRYSLER EIGHTS °1150 F.O.B. Windsor Ontario, in. eludin standardt'actoryequip- meat (freight and taxes extra). "CANADIAN -BUILT FOR CANADIANS" Gera Chrysler—Enjoy the Difference HERE is a car that seizes and holds everybody's attention because k is styled like the smart Chrysler Eights. Variety in bodymodels—variety in colors—the length and grace of a x x6• inch wheelbase—double-drop frame permitting the lowest possible center of gravity—yo-horsepower engine— steel body that combines beauty with tremendous strength—weather- ' proof internal hydraulic brakes, al-. ways self -equalizing. In all, a remarkable combination of fine quality and low price. Take a drive— and learn the difference, CHRYSLER SIX $1140 to 01130 • CHRYSLER "70" 5102$ • CHRYSLER EIGHT DE LUXE $2010 to mei, (Six wire wheels standard on De Luxe Models) • CHRYSLER IMPERIAL EIGHT $3e25 to 54150. all/ perces f. o. L. Windsor, Ontario, including standard ' factory equipment ('freight and taxes extra). Speelat competent extra, Lavin CLINTON, ONTARIO ins rhtce walls and ceili f gs wit yproe ERE is a wallboard that does not burn, made from gypsum rocktinto sheets 4 to 10 feet long, 4 feet wide and .% of an inch thick. It is used for interior walls, ceilings and partitions. As well as being fire-resistant, it has structural strength, insulation value and is draught and ,vermin -proof. Use Gyproc Joint Filler for seal- ing the joints between -the tall, broad sheets of wallboard. When you are "doing over" any room in the house or adding new ones in the attic or base- ment, use Gyproc for walls and ceilings because you can nail it directly over the old surface. Gyproc is also an excellent base for Alabastine, Gyptex or wallpaper. Gyproc is Canada's pioneer.non-burning gypsum wallboard. Ask your nearest dealer for full details and a Gyproc direction sheet. Or write us for the FREE. booklet, "Building and Re- modelling with Gyproc". 374 GYPSUM, LIME and ALABASTINE, CANADA, LIMITED Par"is Ontario (For Sale By) Geo. T. Jenitan$ - The Clinton Lumber Company asemementaninewinsmemmenseew Clinton, Ontario Clinton, Ontario of Directors includes: Itepreseeting the Fruit Gs'owere-Tames E. John- oon, of •Simeoe: R. Mills of Spartan F. Watson of Dixie: Iloward Leav- ens of Pieton: J, Smart of (lolling - wood, and Chairman Craise: repre- senting epresenting Vegetable Growers.--Edwavd J. Aitkens of Leamington: 11. Car- rothers of, Tedford. W. J. Cooke of Kingston; M. M. ` Robinson of Ilam- ilton: W. B. Broughton of ,Whitby, and Cecil Delworth of Weston, The fifty-second annual report of• the Agricultural and Experimental Union for 1930 is now available. It contains a complete 'resume of re- sults achieved in the way of co- operative fertilizer experiments, uti- lization of home-grown Seeds, soil improvement, crop rotation and nus morons other important agricultural features. The Department will gladly, furnish'a copy of this booklet to any applicant, Campaign Against Weeds The •provincial authorities are leaving no st:)ne unturned in their campaign against weeds. Many of the highways have the usual prolific crops along the sides ec the road. Some of the farms throughout the country have (cops of weeds which will soon be ripening and spreading teeir seeds to the four winds Deli t'- quents in this respect will be given an opportu:7ity.to explain the reason for their contempt of the law as some as the weed inspector makes his rounds. Summer Homers For Hoge The hog does not require an ex- pensive home. INot only that, but best results are aetaulle obtained from the .cheaper equipment. Two or three cabins and a box -stall for the farrowing sow will supply the necessary housing in the ease of the farmer who grows a few 'hogs. Ex- periments have proved succesful with cabins constructed of strong though relatively light ntaterial and provided with hinged sides for free passage of air in the sunnier sea- son. They are built on runners so as to be easily shifted from place to place. The A -shaped cabin is eub- ject• to damage by the pressure' of the hogs from the inside. The up- right cabin with the peaked roof will last for years. A. circular is available at your local agricultural office giving specifications for a suit- able summer hone which when tightened up and properly protected, makes an all -year hog house. ' Promising Crepe t. Conditions throughout Ontario are very promising. From present indi- cations It appears that haying will start somewhat earlier than the average year and the yield, . espec- ially new seeding, will be very heavy Fall wheat and spring grains are making *wonderful prowth. The price of cheese has strengthened in the last..week or two, but many fac- tories report a small make, due to milk products finding their way in- to other dairy products. Mortality in Young Pigs t• A high mortality in hogs o1 {'arms in Simcoe County is reported by Stewart L. Paige, agricultural repre- sentative. Young pigs have been dy- ing .when only a few days old and in many cases have been still -born, The mortality has Been higher in young pigs than in more mature ani- mals. Mr. Page states that it is due in part to the dry season experi- enced last year and to the fact that poorly balanced rations are being fed in many hog areas. Homme -grown rations are often deficient in protein and mineral matter and for this rea- son many bog producers find it ad- visable to feed sone mineral mix- ture as recommended in charts sup- plied by the department, which aro available at your local reprebenta- tive's office, A mixture of 50 pounds of bone flour and 30 pounds of slalce lithe or pulverized limestone, with ten pounds of common salt, 5 lbs. of iron sulphate and 8 ounces of potas- sium iodide is 'recommended to be fed in addition to hone -grown feed as a measuve directed towards low- ering mortality. Pull Weeds Now Where farmers are figuring on saving a field of clover or timothy for seed, the weeds in the field should he pulled ant hew whirs the ground is soft. If impossible to mean up the weeds, the crop should be eut for hay as the seed would be so polluted with weed seed that it would be worth little in the fall. "Out all doubtful fields for hay" is a good rule. to follow. As the present acreage of both alsike,and red elo- per this year is very small compared with other years, and there is now a taiiff of three cents a pound on these commodities it may be well worth while to go to a little extra trouble in cleaning • up doubtful fields. The sane is true of timothy, he duty on which was raised to two gents a pound in the new bad - get. Last year we imported 8% mil- lion pounds of this seed so there should be plenty of room for all the clean timothy we can grow in Can- ada. The chief trauble with Caned- t,'an.-grown timothy has been the high nereentawe of.. weed seeds and mix- tures of clovers and other. grasses. All weeds should be pulled out at this' time, particularly the ox -eyed daisy. It is also good policy t i .cut a ,swath right around the field et haying time. This removes the weeds (seeping in from the fences. Catch-' fly, canpion, : dock and sweet clover - are among the most serious weeds Which should be pulled. It is noises to remove them to the edge of the field and destroy. • • T3;URSDAY, JUNE'18, 1931 Must -'Sta=nd -Third Trial JURY, AGAIN' DISAGREES OVER McNEIL BROTHERS ''Againthe jury failed to agree in the trial of the MacNeil Bros., tor the ,robbery of the ` Bank of Cofn- merce at Brussels last October. This was the second trial, a jury at the first one having failed to come to a decision. It appears that this _jury divided up just as the first one did, ten for conviction and two for ac- quittal. -Not only was the jury—new in this trial but also the judge, crownn, fro secutor and the lawyer for, the de- fence. The case went to the jury at 6.50 o'clock 'Thursday evening, immediat- ely following the address of Judge Costello, who spoke VI- two hours in summing up the case. ' The jury was out two and a half Inters, filing back to the crowded courtroom at 9.25 o'clock. Following the roll call of the iupry, they were asked by the court: "Have you reached a : decision -guilty or not guilty?" To which the foreman of the jury, Verne Gledhill, arose and answered: "We, .the jury, after con- sidering'the evidence, cannot'. agree as to whether the IVIcNeils are guilty or not .guilty." Judge Costello asked if there was any possible chance of agreeing and the jury's answer was in the nega- tive. Judge Gtosteilo then ordered the case traversed to the fall assizes of the Supremo Court. , • A Story with a Moral A Llan walked into a weekly news- paper office and asked the price of a certain job of printing. On being told. the price was $5.00, the customer re- marked that he :could buy it in the city for $1.00 less "All right said the printer, T`I yvill give it to you for $4.00 providing you buy it from ire on the sante terms and under the same conditions that you would if you ordered it done in the city." The deal was made. The customer was requested to write out the order, give the printer 2c for a stamp and 7c for a money order, also 20e for return postage. 'This the customer did. The printer then informed the cus- tomer that in a few days' time the parcel would be delivered through the post office. "But I want it now," said the cus- tomer. "That is the reason ,"said the print- er, "that we have to charge you a little snore. We have a printing plant and a quantity of stock here for your convenience. We pay fire insurance, help the town along by paying taxes, superset local charities, and do a hun- dred and one things for the town on the extra 71 that was asked for the article you wanted at once." The result was that the customer paid $5.00 for the job. "It's the first time that that argu- ment has ever been brought to my notice." Ise said. Some Interesting Facts Regarding World Tele- ephone Development North America had at January 1st, 1931, 21,695, 376 telephones, or 62.84 percent of the world total, a number that is almost twice the total of all other countries. Canada with 14.2 telephones for each 100 population conies second in telephone develop- ment to the United States which leads the world with 16.4 telephones per 100 of its inhabitants. New Zea- land comes third with 10.3 and Aus- tralia with 7.9 telephones per 100 in- habitants. Canada with 1,390,986 ranks fourth in absolute number of telephones be- ing ledonly by Germany and Great Britain the number of telephones per 100 population is only 5.0 and 4.1 re- spectively. It is interesting to dote that in Canada 82 percent and in Uni- ted States 100 permits of the tele- phones are under private ownership and operation, while in ,Germany and Great Britain all telephones are op- erated by the government, Argentina leads South America in telephone de- velopment with 2.5 nor 100 inhabit- ants. a density exactly equal to that, of France, Japan easily leads the Asiatic countries but has only 1,4 telephones per 100 people. In the provision of telephone facia lities for cities of 50,000 people and over, Canada leads the world. With 23.3 telephones per 100 inhabitants in these communities its closest riva] is the United States with 22.9. Jn the smaller towns and villages Canada ranks second, 28th 10.1 telephones per -100 people, being led only by the United States, with 12,1 telephones per 100 people._ Thus the inhabitants are better provided with telephones than most of the larger European cities. In Canada the telephone is used to: a greater extent .]than On any other country. During 1929 Canadians made 257.7 telephone conversations per capita, while the United States and New Zealand with 231.0 and 212.0 were the only other countries' with over 200 telephone conversations per person. Denmark with 148.6 was the leader of the European countries in conversations Per capita. (Canadians make 8 tunes more use of their tele- phones than the British who reported 82.1 echversations per capita and over 13 times more than the French who make 19.1 •calls per capita. WHEN THE PRESENT ,PLAN OF SELECTING A WARDEN STARTED IN HURON COUNTY AL the opening session of Huron county council' ,meeting at the court house here this week County Clerk Holman produced an old • minute book in the' cover of which was pasted a resolution adopted by the council Jan, 23rd, 1900., which answered the question, when did, the method of selecting the county warden alter- nately from the Liberal and Conser- vative ranks come into vogue? The minute is as follows: "Moved by Nh. Cook, seconded by Mr. Miller, that this council wish and will give our support to'a member of the council alternately between the Reform • and Conservative members such member to be selected by his own party for the office of Warden of the county from year to year. "Every member of the council, for the year 1900 agreed to the above by a standing vote. Dated at Goderich Jan. 23rd 1930. , W. LANE, Clerk."' -{Goderich Signal ARE THEY PLAYING WITH FIRE Has it occurred to the Church bad - los which nowadays are so freely of- fering advice to the governments of the day as to methods of dealing with the industrial depression that the present situation is at least as much the result of the failure of the Church and its leaders as of the soci- al system and the politicians? Sel- fishness, and the disregard of the Christiao principle that every man is his brother's keeper, are the primary causes of the distress that exists to- day. To. induct • man to "love his' neighbour as himself," has been the task of the church, and if it had suc- ceeded in that task: there would have been no need to change the social system. It might have been suppos- ed that the Church would preach that mankind are suffering punishment for their sins, particularly, the sins that brought about the great war—which is perfectly true: and would have gal- led men to repentance. At any rate, having in mind their own difficulties and disappointments, the clergy might at least have sympathy with the political leaders, many of whom are just as sincere as the ministry in their desire to find a method of solving the unemployment problem; but who find themselves facing facts instead of theories,. and hampered likewise by the innate selfishness of mankind, .precisely the point at which the Church has failed to afford thein the support for which they might look to it. If the Church should ab- andon in despair its own spiritual domain, and the weapons -of moral suasion, to launch into the econo- mic and political field. it would take a dangerous course, first because its ministers will be dealing with sub- jects upon which manifestly they are not qualified to speak with authority and secondly because they will be playing with 'tire. It is comparati- vely easy to put a light to the tinder that is lying apout these days, but ter, Helen, to Mr; Stuart Stanhury, it will take rougher methods than clergymen 'are wont to advise to ride the : whirlwind of flame that might rush •across the country. Canada had ono experience of the results bf preaching such as that of D1). Salem" Bland itt the Winnipeg strike. ' Packett Times, • EZEThR-IDr. and Mrs. J. •-H. C. Willoughby of Cobourg, Ont., armour!. cos the engagement of their daug'h B.A., MD. son of Mr, and Mrs. 3. G. Stanbuiy of Eieter. The marriage will take place at 'Saranac, Lake, New York, on June 26th, rHULLETT .The engagement is tan- nounced of Miss Evelyn Irene, daugh- ter of Mir. David and the late. Mrs. Carter, of East Wbwanosh to Wil- liam Dale Knox, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Knox, T}Iullett. The marriage will take place the latter part of June, W. M. DD ug Discourses on Threshers `and Threshing Machines in Tuckersmith. •On the death -of Mr. WIllian Hud- son, who had nearly reached tht cen- tury mark, one of the oldest threshers. of this township has passed through the shadows to the promised -land. I Was a small boy when I saw hien and his 'brother Joseph and San Downs, threshing with • an''Ottawa machine with tenhorses, in our neighborhood. The grain was plump and the straw bright;, it had been cut With a cradle and bound by 'hand. • There were no sow•thistie or other noxious weeds ex- except Canada thistles, which the pioneers soon subdued by summer fal- low and:.seediug down and cutting them early in the 'day. The first threshing machine I ever saw was what was called an "open machine." It had just a cylinder and was run with a jack and a belt. it had no fanning mill nor straw car- riers, and the grain and chaff were all together and had to be put through the fanning mill afterwards. The straw was all hand fed by pitch fork and large sfaoks of straw were built by our fathers all by hand, but there were giants in those days, both in size and courage. There were also two threshing ma- chines in our neighborhood called Tread Mills, which were propelled by a team of horses. One of these was operated by the. late Senses M',oir, of Usborne, and the other by Samuel and Benjamin Smillie, which they had brought with them from Lower Can- ada and had been manufactured by Moody, of Terrbonne. After this the ten horse power separator carne in vogue, which was equipped with fan- ning mills and straw carriers. Two men generally bought these machines in partnership, each furnished a team and with the hired man, called the third thresher; and the farmer where they threshed supplied the other three teams and the hands by changing work with his neighbors. There were some big days threshing dono in those days and I question very much if our present threshers thresh any more grain in a given time than they did then, and the rate for threshing was seven dollars a day and the threshers supplied three leen and two teams of horses. No profiteering then. Among those early threshers were many outstanding non. The late William - urray who was the veteran thresher of Tuckersmith, who with 'his sons were expert threshers for many years. Another early thresher was the late John Finlayson. When I saw him first hewas a powerful built young Highlander, ,and as a boy I often admired his strength and ability at bans raisings; logging bees and in throwing the shoulder stone and.' sledge. He did not live to be an old than, yut was stricken while still in the strength and vigor of his man- hood. • Other early threshers were William and George McKay. There were a large number of 1VIeKays or ' McT{ies settled in Tuckersmith and they had distinguishing names. Other. horsepower threshers were Sam Dear- born, Sandy Kennedy, John C'ox, the, Ironton 'brothers (James and Wlilllam),, the Whiteford's, John Carey, Joseph Lake and William Towers. In the early eighties the steam threshers came into use and among- the mongthe earliest of these threshers was Robert Dalrymple, who, with his two sons, William and Archie did some excellent threshing for several years and their price for threshing was a dollar her hour. I paid for my thresh- ing last year at 83.7b per hour. About the same time, Thomas Dinsdale and' his two sons, John and -.Robert, also got a steamer and for many years did a large amount of threshing in this township and the adjoining townships of Hay and Stanley, A little later the McMillan boys, John and Miles, purchased a new steam thresher and with Paul Boa. as third thresher, did some fine work, for when Miles was running the engine and Jack and Paul were 'feeding, we boys in the mots had' to work. . There are a number of excellent improvements on the modern thresh- ing machine, the self feeder dispenses with the band cutter and the feeder, so that two men are now required to operate the machine, where formerly it took three. The elevator for the grain and the blower for the straw dispenses with several "hands," but it is worth the difference. It seems to me that the trouble is, that the threshers have to pay an exorbitant price for their machines; then in turn, in order to pay for them and live, they have to charge the farmers an excessive price, and which is out of all proportion to the price of grain, so it seems as if something has got to be done as with threshing and tax- es the farmers of this good old town- ship of Tuckersmith are being hard hit, and something should be done. -- -:W. .filacLaren one._—iW.MaeLstren Doig, L.L.B. One month it's rain, another brings blizzards, and then comes blistering sun. So in swift succession are the forces of the elements ma.rtialed against your roof. Brantford Roofs have been pitted for years against the severities of Canadian weather. Year upon year they emerge from the battle with colours rich and mellow. They have done and are ready to keep on doing their job 'of protecting the interior of your home from damage. It is this quality of stubborn defence against the onslaught of storm and sun that has helped to build the reputation of Brantford Roofs. Choose the treatment most suitable for your individual requirements at your nearest Brantford dealer's. He will help you and estimate how little it costs to give you the beauty, fire -safety. and weather protection of a Brantford Roof. Brantford Roofing Company, Limited, Head Office and Factory: Brantford, Ont. • - Branch Offices and Warehouses: Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, Halifax, Saint John,N.B., and St. John's, Nfld. 1.87' ForSale By: CLINTON. HARDWARE AND 'FURNITURE CO..