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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-03-17, Page 7Dominion E erimental Station Jersey Cow Boosts Another Record it Canadian and World's Records day class record which was at that time acclaimed as the world'erecord Again Broken by British Col- for yearling Jerseys,; by the'produc umbia Jerseytion of 9,013 pounds of milk and 524 pounds of fat.,This record of her was later exceded by the present holder of the title, Grayainere Alice 585854A owned and tested by 51. N. Tibbles of Oregon. An unofficial report was unfortun- ately allowed to reach (empress a few weeks ago in'` which - Retta was credited with only 636 pounds of fat. and with establishing only a new Canadian recordin this class. No correction'was made at that :time as it was not deemed advisable to recti- fythe error until she calved success- fully and proper official announce- ment of her wonderful accomplish- ment could be made. Retia dropped a live heifer calf on February 12th, 1927, and has there- fore comiilied , with the calving re- quirements in order to qualify her for the 305 day class under the lie- cord of Performance regulations. She carried her calf for 206 days during the period of her test. ,- Farleigh 5t.14iawes Bette was bred by E. W. Paitson at Duncan, B. C., and acquired' as 'a yearling by the Dominion Experinnental ,Statiop, shortly after her dam, St. Mawes Landseer 3rd Daughter was pur- chased as a foundation 'cow for the Station Jersey herd when it was es- tablished early' in 1924.,. She was raised and has been handled all her (Exner•inaental Farms ,Note) The Canadian records for the lar - est production of both milk and'but- terfat by a two year old Jersey heif- er in the 305 day class, -as well as the world's record for butterfat pro- duction in this class, have been brok- en by ' Farleigh St. Mawes Retta— 21677. This : animal is owned and was, tested .by, the Dominion Experi- mental Station for the Okanagan Valley, located fit Sumnlerland, Brit= ish Columbia. By Producing, in 305 days under the regulations governing the Canadian Record ' of 'Performance, a total of 11,606 pounds of mill eyieldiug 648.78 pounde of butterfat,: Retta has ex- celled the performance of the former bolder of the so=called world's record for production in this particular class, namely,: Blue Fox's Eminent Queen, 64969A,, owned by F. H. Young of 'South Carolina, , which produced 11,348 pounds of milk' and 642.16 pounds of butterfat under the regu- lations of the American•..Record of 'Merit for Jersey cattle. It may • be recalled . to' mind .that Farleigh St. Mawes Renta a year-ago as a seniorearlin broke the 305 Y g, life, 'both "as'a calf' and as a eow, by the present herdsman at the' Experi- mental Station, Mr. Jas, Aitken, who was formerly herdsman for T W. Paitson To his kindly, coineistent and regular attendance in handling and milking and to his excellent judgment in feeding, the highest credit' for these ' records oC'Retta's must be given. Perhaps to the dairyman the most interesting phase of the production of this egw lies in the excellent mar - grin of profit fitwhich she shows, Like all her stable mates she -Inas all her food weighed to her at each feeding and accurate production ,costs are. therefore available. Her total' feed bill for the ten months even including allowance for pasture was $105.30. Her feed bill for the corresponding period of her first test was'S106,21 . While it was actually lower this year, this is accounted for by the fact that her grain retion was lower in cost per ion than during the previous test' but the average consumed for the en- tire period of both tests was about the same, being 3,004 pounds in 1925 and', 33,078 pounds in 1926.: However, her consumption of roughages Bitch as silage, roots and alfalfa hay, was much higher during the last test than previous. Her daily 'ration of grain did not exeeed 12 pounds perday at any, time, : and this amount was fed for only a few days as it was dropped to 10 pounds. per ` day when it was found that she did not respond. The grain mixture, fed consisted oi; oat chop, bran and oil meal in the ap- proximate ratio, of 2:2:1. This tittle was varied in. season but the ingred- ients were not changed.' Only.meagre, pasture was available for the summer months but liberal soiling. crops Nave_ 'You an Entry in the 66 99 which way the wind'" blows send 1 you want to know y f your dollars away from Clinton. It will be only a matter of time until you will have nodollars to send f I merchandise pwasn't just as good, -more o f 'ten bet- ter; fometimes lower, we, u prices in, s t were not just as lo the business and professional men of \Cl inton would not call to your : attention the importance of patronizing home stores and home industry. . Your job, your investments and the future our town hinge on the loyalty of all. _ of Dollars spent at: home stay here to keep the wheels of bus- iness .turning. T hey make for' better jobs, -, better homes, better churches, better' schools and generally increased pro- perty values, Whether it be a dime's worth of ant -killer a" y . a motor car or a pair of shoe strings ---BUY . T HEM IN CLINTON. 1 There isProsperity for Clinton when ` We StkekToether W. H. HELLYAR IRWIN'S—DRY GOODS MORRISIl CLOTHING CO. R. H. JOHNSON PLUMSTEEL BROS. TTIE C. & S. GROCERS A KI THOS. H W NS ' CLINTON HDWE., & FURN, DAVIS & HERMAN THE W. D. FAIR CO. A. T. COOPER T. J. MoNEIL IBTIRGESS' STUDIO. WOMEN'S EXCHANGE CO. CHAS. V. COOKE N. W. TREWARTHA W. J. NEDIGER MILLER HARDWARE 00. L. LAWSON & CO, SUTTER & PERDUE W, T, O'NE3t THOS McKENZIE ESTATE J. A. FORD Bc SON kl, `OHARLESWORTH C. H. VENNER' W. GLEN COOK H. A, IIOVEY 3. B. MUSTARD GOAL 00. R. 3. MILLER E. WARD Place Your Dollars on the e To: • . '.- ,ro ,Circuit c ft were provided. ; The cost per pound' butterfat -'085 excgptionally `1ow,,be ing, 16 1-5 e per pound, even though all feeds'were charged, against this cow at full market prices. She is •innteesely bred 'for produc- tion. being of straight S. Mawes) and. Resettles, Olga Lad ,Breedings Her. wire is 5t. Mawes Retta 3rd's Son- 14879-484382Aes Her dam is St. Mawes Laedseer 3rd's Dagafirter- 15228--471336A in the herd of the Dominion Experimental, Station at Summeriand. Both sire and dale were imported by E: W. Paitson formerly of Duncanelironentlre Cary of Oregon. The sire and•dam were both by Susy Anna's St: Mawes-131371A who was' by Poppy's Sl. , Mawes 115434A, a straight 81. Mawes—Rosaries' Olga Lad bull. ,Susy Anna's St. Mawes' dans was also a;St. Mawes—Rosaries Olga:Lad_bred cow. On the maternal side both the sire,:and darn of Retta were straight St.Iaiawes and Rosar- ies Olga Lad. Inasmech as these blood lines mean' production by Jer- sey breeders it eau easily be seen that Botta 'comes by per production quite ,honestly. At' no time in her life has she been forced. She has made her two phenonennal;records on ordinary farm care ' and farm grown. feeds .with the exception' of the oil meal. She has always been milked three times a day and had the privilege of a loose -box. Her yearling son, by a grandson' of St. Mawes Lad, is being used in the Experimental, Station herd at present, COuntg News - 1 GODERICH:' Special anniversary services were, 'held Sunday in the North Street .'United church, which drew large crowds at' both the Morn- ing and evening services. The preach-.. er for the day was the Rev. D. C. MacGregor, B.F., D.D., of St. 'And- rew's church, London, and president 'of the London Conference.' Dr. Mac- Gregor delivered two very inspira- tional addresses while special music was given by the choir and added greatly to the success ofthe occasion. Perhaps a brief reference to the his- tory of . the North 'Street Methodist church now known' as North Street United -church . might not be out of place. Methodism. in Goderich is- al- most as old as the town. In Janne or July, 1832, Rei*. Thos. Whitehead vis- ited the town and finding some ad- herents of the church, held a service in the storehouse of the Canada Com. parry.. In his report of his tour. he wrote this of Goderich:- "We want a little sanctuary in this place. Mr. Prior hopes to secure a lot. From good friends we expect nails, glass id paint. Other material -and ear-, pouter work will be furnished or the spot. A timelier of English immi- grants have taken upland on the London and Huron roads." "I't was not, however, until 1841 that his dreams were realized. In thei mean- time Goderich continued to be a mis- sion, united for a time.with the San- given, then itself becoming' the centre of a district. Jt was'served bec trav- elling preachers, then by students, who lived in the towe, "boarding aroand" . while they preached, and 'studied in preparation for their oi'- 4lination. On October 4; 1841, Thom- as Mercer and; Frederick Widder, act- ing for the Canada Company„ deeded to Rev. E. Evans and Rev. Thomas Fawcett, lots 5 and 6, east 'side of, North Street; commonly known as lots running numbers 853 and 8?5. On the more southerly part of the lots a frame church was built, placed somewhat farther back from the street line than the buildings that succeeded it„ The furnishings were simple. The seats were ,benches with out backs. The men occupied seats oh one side of the room, the women on the other side. Thomas Fawcett was the minister at the time. The circuit rider and student preacher now made way for a resident pastor. As the society had no parsonage the minister: lived in a rented house on East street, on the site where Mrs. Sueyd's house now stands. It was not long, howeyer, until a Parsonage Committee was formed and on March 18, 17854, the building committee had a tea -meeting in the Temperance Hall which was kindly loaned for for purpose. After' tea the assembly adjourned to the church where ad- dresses were given and several musi- cal; selections by the choir. In 1868 the parsonage ;was -'-enlarged, being made into a two-storey building which stood until 1912. It was torn down And replaced by the present commodious house. The old frame chinch served ;the, congregation for spine 16 years or more, One cere- mony which must be mentioned took place there in 1855 when William Campboll was married' to Emily Shar- man, daughter of William Sharmbn. The former is the • oldest and "one" of: the most prominept , citizens today. His wife passed on some years egg, In 1.857 a committee was appointed to plan for the; erection of a brick church but when the tenders for the work were received they were deemed too high and the matter was defer - 'red -for farther 'considerations; .Two years eater it was decided to precee6 with the ,erection of a .brick church which was to be 60x40 feet of brick on a stone fonindation. In 1860 the church was dedicated with '>,, fitting ceremony and hn the following even- ing a tea -meeting and 'entertainment was held at evince Sheriff McDonald presided. In 1865 the seating capac- ity _ was increased by placing a gal- lery;around three sides of the Audi. to•xes, But still more: room was needed and in 1869 an addition of 24 feet was made to the length of the building. In 1875 when the union with the New Connexioin body had been formed North Street and the>old Brock street churches were ;milted under' one superintendent. Ins 1878 the ,.trustees of the 'Brook street church- agreed to sell their building and nse the sum obtained to enlarge North street, church so that -it would accommodate hour coegregations. This was done and the building with slight alterations was used until 1906 when it was torn down and the pre- sent church erected in its place. It should be mentioned that in 1888 the congregation had paid off all 10001 - gages on the building and it remained free of debt until the new church was built; The `new' church carried.. a mortgage of a few thousand dollars: until 192e when once more the entire: property was freed of debt. In 1925 the Congregational,' Presbyteriain, and Methodist Churches having formed a union the name , of the church here becanfe North Street 'United church. With its property free of encunn= brance with its people united, not only in, name but, in spirit the church looks "forward to increased effort. and greater efficiency of service for the Kingdom of. God. MITCHELL; rive months ago, while Mr. and Mrs. Ii., G. Berry were snovieg, one of Mrs, Berry's best dresses was taken by someone. Bunt- ing through the house and goods fail- ed to produce results. Yesterday, while Mrs. Berry was upstairs she heard their front door being quietly opened and, closed again. When she investigated she found a parcel had been left inside,the door, but no per - ;.“)11 was in sight. She was' agreeably surprised to find the missing dress in the parcel. GODRRICH: 'Mayor H. J. A. Reeve C.. C Mo - Ewan and. Re e C. Lee returned � the other day from a very interesting trip, the Windsor to' New Orleans Tour, arranged by the Border Cities Chamber of Commerce, and reports it 'a very fine and interesting': trip. The tour was arranged .principally to advertise Southern Ontario to the United States and everywhere the ex cursionists were treated with the fin- est courtesy. They distributed 'liter - attire, gave lectures and showed:Aline at several places along the liner "It. was," said ,Mayor McEwan, "one 'of .the finest gestures, toward internat- ional amity, goodwill and mutual ad- vertising ever, put .:up as a publicity and tourist' effort and at the • same time one of the most. delightful ex- cursions- into Uncle Sara's domain' that could. possibly have been imag- ined."' WINGHAM: There : passed' away on Monday night, at his home on Scott street, John Reid,' in his 71st year. The deceased man, who had only been ill : a • few days of pneu- monia, was born in East Wawaktosh, July 244, 1856, and had spent the greater part of his life in this local- ity. Surviving are two sons and one daughter, Mrs. A. Tisdale, Loverna, Sask.; Roy, Edmonton, and Wilfred of East Wawanosh; also three broth- 'erd and three sisters, Mrs. J. $hien,' Coroitach, Sask.; Mrs, W. A. Finlay, 'W'ard'sville, " Ont.; Mrs. S. Halpenny, Winghain; T. A. Reid, Hamilton; , G. A. Reid, Toronto, and' Adana of Wat- sus, ,Sack. The Amoral will be held from his late residence, Scott street, on Thursday afternoon, with service in the United church, at'2:30 &clock, conducted by the . Rev. M.' M. Ben- nett. Interment will be made in the Wingham cemetery. SEAFORTII: There were' fifty 'ladies present at the meeting of the 'Rod Cross Society held in the lecture room of the Carnegie Library on Fri- day afternoon. The president, Mrs. a J. Gibson, presided. An excellent report of the annual provincial meet- ing held recently was given by the. delegete, Mrs. F. H. Larkin. Three ladies from Clinton, Mrs. Gaudier, Mrs. Fair and Mrs. Treawrtha, were present for the purpose of addressing the meeting on the advisability of or- ganizing..a Home and School Club, It was decided to consider the mat- ter and a committee composed of the following ladies, was appointed: Mrs. K. McLean, Mrs. 3. H. Best, Mrs. .C. Stewart, Mrs. J. MacTavish and Mrs. C. Holmes. 15 WINGHAM: Following' an illness of several weeks, James Scott, of the township of Howick, died Saturday morning. Deceasedhad alawys lived iii this locality, was never married, and for the past three. years, had made his home with R. J. Dpuglas, lot 1, concession 8, Howick township, where he died. The funeral was held from his late :residence on Monday afternoon. Interment,being made in the Wingham Cemetery.'• �Cioos of Rcba A Column Prepared Especially for Women But Not Forbidden to. Mere American shoemakers, it: is Said, are alarmed because women a' -e wear- ing larger shoes. They are afraid that they will have to discard the 4B shoe as a standard size. We should say, yes, discard it by elemeans. The 413 shoe is too small for any ordin- ary -sized woman, and she who wears it, in nine' cases out of ten, is pinch- ing. her feet. Why should .women pinch their -feet into shoes - two or three sizes' too small for them? It, is not the size but the shape of ,the foot that determines its beauty,. A natural foot, allowed to grow to its normal size, without humps, bunions or lumpy -'toes, encased in a shoe which fits it, is much prettier than a smeller 'foot which is, crammed into a shoe, which is too small` to give it free play: Bound feet are going out of style in America `as Well as in China. everything of an historical nature that from time to time comes to light line commulmty, anything relating to the early settlement of the country, documents' and relicts > of all sorts, properly labelled, So that -coning gen- erations might understand something of the life and time of the first settlers in this country. Each year sees the passing of men and women who were early settlers in the various communities in On- tario and with them dies much first hand knowledge of early :life here. Indeed, many of the children of the early settlers are ;passing, the first generation having been. gathered to their fathers long since in this com- munity. Each year makes it. harder: to gatherhistorical data, but per haps the, women, in their various or- ganizations, -might do something to" preserve,for their children and rand- :1 • 'children records of pioneer days in AewYork woman was recently their- several communities. The Wo.. , ' N: left a large fortune byher employer, mens Institute, for instance, •might g 3 er • p y ' have an historical branch, or deput- e, wealthy, banker, jon condition that she would s end`it upon herself and .thint devoting itself, 7c this: sort of p p thing. I believe it •:tuoYiid •be well no one else Her employer paid high t h'1 tribute to her faithfulness' to him wonh Canada so new . that: Canadians have not as yet come to' realize the . importance of history. Canadians have been so busy making historyso. fag that they have not bothered writ- ing it or storing it up. 'They are be- ginning to awake to , the -importance of it, however. Some • counties' are gathering what they can and estab- lishing mueeun85 of early relicts. The best one I know of is ,that of. Simeoe county, where' a really valuable and; interesting collection has been got to- gether at Collingwood. This was done largely through the instrument- ality of one man, Mr. D. Williams of the Gellingwocd Bulletin, wlio has not only a good nose for news, but also for history, and articles of his- toric- value. The Simcoe collection, , which is kept in a room in the base- ment of the Collingwood Public Lib- rary, is growing in interest and value as the years go by.' Not only communities_ but families have begun to preserve early history. Last stammer I had the pleasure of attending a gathering of my moth- er's people, who have been having these annual gatherings for ten years or more but this was the first time I had been able to attend. The gath- ering is held alteruately in Canada and the United States, .a large num- ber of the connection being settled across the border, and they are gath- ering up all records ' of the family, . which can be found and last summer appointed a historian,- whose duty will be to put aII records into proper order and preserve them for: poster-' ity. Next year the gathering will meet at Barrie and they will erect a • memorial tablet in a cemetery in tnnesfil township, to the founder of the family on this continent, who settled there over one hundred years ago and who, with his wife and sev- eral uiembers of his family and many of his kin, lies buried there. Community history, family history, family heirlooms and family and com- munity honour are' alis worth pees serving. during the nineteen years she had served him as .his: private secretary but he said: "I do not'mvish to add to the comfort of her family," and the bequest was made subject to. a written agreement from thelady that she would not bestow any ofher leg- acy upon her family. I do not know whether or not she accepted the wealth. It seems to me it would be of little use, under the circumstances. What pleasure could a yeoman take otit of commanding .great wealth if she could not bestow some of iQ: on her loved. ones? Seems to me the man who made the - will wished to show his' appreciation of faithful ser- vice over a stretch of years but that he did :not understand what would be most, likely to make a woman happy. It may be that he knew her family grafted upon her and that he wished to protect her from thein. But at this distanee it loots as if he took the one sure method of spoiling her pleasure in her good,fort:tine. GREY: Gideon' Brown, n colored man, a well-known resident of Grey township, was found -dead in the house where : he has made his. home for some tune, just east of the -Vil- lage of Ethel. Neighbors anticipated something was wrong -as no smoke was seen coming from the chimney and, an 'forcing an entrance, found the old man, fully dressed, lying dead on the floor. 'It is thought he had been dead for several'days. Deceased, who was'the only colored man in this district, was a ditcher by occupation .and was about '70 yearsof age. He had been a .resident of- this section. for quite a number of years, but noth- ing whatever is knoawn'of his former home, or friends. PARENTS AND TEFlt.CHER$ Editor Hodgens of the Canadian Hones and Gardens says women must save the historic houses of Canada, if they aro to be Bayed, You will ' notice, if -you take the trouble to mark it, that when there is something to be done which looks difrie0lt, means a lot of work without remuneration and especially if it hap- pens to be something which men do not just know how to go at, some man ie sure. to rise up in his place and remark that this is women's work—that they are 'especially fitted for it and if it is to be done at all the ladies will have to take it in hand. Sometimes,"too, this proves to be a very good way to get the women interested. Women like giving them,- selves hem-selves and their energies to the pub - lie weal, so perhaps the .historic houses of Canada will be saved. Personally, we believe that there should be an historical association in every county, or perhaps, indeed, in every community - an association which would keep in a safe place REBEI .iH, NEWS FROM THE PROVINCE big' ALBERTA Gas and Oil Production Preliminary 'figures on the produc- tion of natural gas and petroleum in the province of Alberta for 1926, are given as follows from the bureau of statistics at Ottawa: Natural gas production, 10,418,097 cubic feet, valued at $8,041,100. Petroleum production, 217,088 bar- rels, valued at $906,968. Alberta is now thelargest producer of oil and gas in' Canada, In 1925 the production of gas amounted to approximately 9,000,000 thous'aind feet, and the production of oil 183,- 000 barrels. ' SIIO.CLD ENCOURAGE PT.IPILS TO lENTE,R ESSAY CONTEST 'On page six of this. issue will be found „the first annonincement Of •an Essay Contest ' for school children welch' is being conducted by a group of weekly papers, including' The News -Record: Not may ., are .there valuable cash prizes to be won, but pupils winning; prizes will bring Ion - or not 'only '' to themselves, but to their, parents, their teachers,' their schools aired the connnnni'sy as a whole. There 'is no :• reason why 'e reader of The News -Record should" not win the;fiest prize. We believe' that a number of the -'prizes can be brought home to this community, and WC urge parents and teachers to do all tl ey'can.do to encourage boys and girls: to enter the contest, Read the rules carefully and if there is; any- thing' about' them that you do not 'understand, the editor will be glad to explain. fancy: Irene Hoggarth and Eleanor Skinner; boys' comic: Harvey Hud- son. The judges were Garnet Case, G. W. E. Hemphill, M. Drysdale. • Testing Qut New Gas Field Three wells to test the new Milk River structure for gas and oil will be sunk this summer, as part of large operations planned' by'the Canadian Western Natural Gad Co., and the Union O11 Co of California... New Tourist Resort to Open - • The new million -dollar tourist hotel: built by the Great Northern Railway in. Waterton National Park, near Cardston, will be opened, this season.' Itis to be known' as the -Prince of Wales hotel. Crops at Fort Vermillion- - Twenty-three farmers in the Fort Vermillion district, in the far north western part of Alberta, 650 miles straight north , of the international, boundery,.last year raised a total of 9,200,,buslielt' of wheat and 13,000 bushels of oats.-" Their average for wheat was 25.5 bushels, and for oats the: average was 86 bushels per acre, They also :had, an: average yield. of barley of 30 bushels.:te the acre. This. is the farthest north point 1n Alberta raising• grain, and is some 200 miles :farther north than the farm of, Her- man Trelle on which was raised the 'world's chanapiol wheat and oats of 1926. HBNSALL: A successful nnasgeer ado carnival was field on the Hensail rink Thursday evening, in charge of George Hudson, manager of the rink.• Followilkg aro the prize -Winners: Young meas race: Herbert Hog- garth, Milton og-garth,,Milton Boyle; girls' race: Flor- ence . McDonald, Mildred Scruton; ladies 'character costume: Avis Lin derficld, Mildred' Scruton; ,.girls' How many words in A first prize of $100.00 and twenty other cash prizes will be awarded to those making the most words from the twelve letters contain- ed in—NYAL CREO- PHOS. This wonderful all -the - year -round Nyal Rem- edy—the family guardianagainstaolds, bronchitis, deep-seat- ed coughs: and pul- monary troubles —is familiar to Canadians everywhere. It has re- stored health and strength tohousands. Now you have the oppor- . tunity to use your skill and ingenuity in making a List of words from NYAL CREOPIS.OS send win a cash prize. Ask the Nyal druggist for IVyal Creophos Weed Contest sheets, which ex- plai ,ln detail how $600.00 is' being 'offered in cash prizes for lists of words made from the names of certain Nyal Preparations. And remember that the safeguards of good health are found, at the DRUG STORE "Once a �tprial- alwsysOf ,i"-. a