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TimeIg Information for the
Busg Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
ALSIKE ,PRODUCTION
Alsike has been a dependable seed
crap in Ontario for generations but
its ;eroduction has declined sharply
in recent years due to abnormal
weather conditions. It would seem
opportune to revive the production
of this seed crop as market prospects
for the future are good.
Alsike has brought prdfitabie pri-
ces for many years . in the United
Kingdom •and .the .United States. Oth-
er European countries. and New Zea-
land also buy Canadian alsike 'seed.
It is reasonable to expect that good
prices wil continue for well -grown
alsike seed reasonably free of weed
seeds. This clover usually, produces
from 4 to 10 bushels per acre, and
prices paid growers seldom have been
lower than $5 per bushel for average
seed in the rough: The price in 1938
to the grower is about $12.
FERTILIZER
RECOMMENDATIONS.."
An Ontario Department of Agri-
culture publication, "Fertilizer Re-
commendations" looked upon by many
progressive'' farmers ab the most
valuable of all booklets published by
the Department front year to year, is
just off the press for 1938 and ready
for distribution free to every farmer.
This important pamphlet of 20 pages
can be obtained, Mr. Farmer, from
either your Agricultural Representa-
tive, the Chemistry Department, O.A.
C., or by writing Publications Branch,
Ontario Department of Agriculture,
Parliament Buildings, Toronto. Obey
that impulse and write for it now. It
will mean money to you this year in
the opinion of prominent agricultur-
ists
The booklet does not contain any
"hit or miss" information. It is the'
result of mach careful work by the'
Advisory Board in conjunction with
farmer users, government officials
and manufacturers. It is considered
the most reliable information on. fer-'
tilizers in the province. Every sin-'
gle recommendation is backed by ex-
perimental data, in some cases gath-I
ered over a long period of years. It
is checked and double checked by the'
Board, every member of which laving'
been chosen for outstanding ability.;
One of the board's functions is "tor
examine experimental data from all
reliable sources having to do with the
use of fertilizers and methods of ap-i
plication, and to make recommends-)
tions justified by such data or by ap-
proved farm practices."
Space will not permit outlining the
It appears that in October and No-
'vemher many potatoes- affected with
field frost, Finarium Wilt and.Fus-
arium Eumartii and poorly graded
were rushed to market. They were
unsatisfactory to the consumers and
many of them turned to Maritime po-
tatoes. The demand for Ontario po-
tatoes has fallen off and many grow-
ers are receivinggonly 35c to 40c per
bag while Prince Edward Islands' are
selling at 90e per bag in carloads on
track Toronto. Even well graded On-
, taxies of good quality move slowly at
15c below P.E,I.'s because se many
`ere afraid to buy Ontario potatoes.
Confidence once lost is difficult to re-
gan.rAt the present time some well
graded potatoes are being offered
with 75 per cent Fusarium Wilt and
Fusarium Eumartii and some hollow
heart and frost injury to make 'condi-
tions worse.
There is . very little that can be
done this season to correct or improve
conditions, but.:efforts should be made
to " make preparations for the 1938
crop.
Where seed potatoes infected with
these diseases are planted in the soil
these Beide will become infected and
another crop of diseased potatoes pro-
duced .with results similar to those
existing at present. The importance
of using seed that is free from dis-
ease cannot be too strongly impressed
upon potato growers. Farmers who
have potatoes bearing these diseases
should cook them when feeding them
to livestock. If fed uncooked infec-
tion will be carried to the soil in the
manure and succeeding potato crops
will be infected.
The amount of certified seed pota-
toes in Ontario is very limited. There
were less than 1,300 acres of pota-
toes that received and passed inspec-
tion in Ontario last year. This is
less than 1 per cent of the Ontario
crop. There were very few fields of
uncertified stock that did not have
these diseases in them. Much of the
certified crop has been marketed for
table use. Growers who need a
change of seed should not delay in
arranging for their supplies, while it
is yet possible to get them.
District Representatives will be
furnished with the names of certified
seed growers and the varieties grown.
Ontario potato growers are losing
many thousands of dollars by using
seed that is disease infected. They
are also encouraging Maritime grow-
ers to increase their acreage, when
there is such a demand in Ontario
markets for their potatoes. Forty
per cent of the P.E.I. crop was plant-
ed from certified seed and less than
1 per cent of Ontario's crop. This
very well explains the difference in
price in Ontario markets.' Diseased
seed Cannot produce good potatoes.
contents of the booklet in detail. The.
two pages on soil management grid
conservation of barnyard manureare
distinctly worth while. You grow
general crops? Well, you will find
generalfertilizer recommendations
for barley, beans, buckwheat, corn,
fall wheat, mangels, nixed grain,
oats, pear, late potatoes, spring
wheat, sugar beets and turnips.
Dairy farmers and beef men will
find recommendations for fertilizers
to be placed on dairy and beef pas-
tures as well as for hay crops. Sev-
eral pages are devoted to fertilizers
for market garden crops, while four
pages are given to best fertilizer
Mixtures for grapes, raspberries,
strawberries and tree fruits.
There is information for the tobac-
co farmer too, whether he grows flue -
cured, burley or dark tobacco.
There is also valuable data on the
home mixing of fertilizers) methods
of application, and soil testing ser-
Vice. This latter service can be Ob-
tained at OA.C., °Guelph; Tfemptville
'.Agricultural School, Kemptville;
Virestern Ontario Experimental Farm,
iiidgetown; Horticultural Ekperimen-
tel Station, Vineland; Dominion Ex-
perimental Station, Harrow.
ONTARIO POTATOES IN ON-
TARIO MARKETS
(Be 3. T. Cassie, Potato Fieidman)
Why are Ontario Potatoes being
discriminated against to the extent
of 25c to 35c per bag on Ontario,
markets? Is it because potatoes of.
good cooking quality cannot be pro-
duced in Ontario? No.
But too many Ontario potatoes are
poorly graded and have not good
cooking quality, rezelting from im-'
Maturity, frost inlui-: :ne. discases.'
Many of the consulting public have
been so dissatisfied with Ontario po-i
tatoes that they refuse to buy them.
In Toronto some chain stores and
many independents do not handle On-
tarios at all, others report that 75;
per cent of their potato trade is with
Maritime stock.
T.B. Area Plan is Suggested
Huron -Perth Breeders To Bring
Question Before Huron Council
The question of a restricted area
plan for Huron County cattle will be
brought before the County Council
at its June session, it was decided
at the annual meeting of the Huron-
Perth Shorthorn Breeders' Club hold
here.
A committee will present the ques-
tion to County Council.
A second resolution adopted by
the meeting was one recommending
that all beef offered for sale over
the Counters be labeled as to grades.
It was said, in the resolution, that
thepurchasing' public has noassur-
ance of the quality at the present
time.
It was also recommended to the
minister of agriculture that the grad-
ing of bulls and payment of prem-
iums on grade animals be instituted
this its province.
At the directors meeting which
followed, four salesmen and field
men were appointed to assist pros-
pective buyers in procuring suitable
breeding stock. They are for Huron
County, W. C. Oestreicher, Crediton;
W. H. Armstrong, Seaforth; Perth,
Lincoln White, St. Marys; ,William
Waldie, Stratford. Election of offs-
cers for 1938 took place. They are:
President, R. M. Peck, Zurich; vice-
presidents, Lincoln White, St. Marys;'
N. R. Dorrance, Seaforth; directors,
Huron 'County, Roy' Pepper, Sea -
forth; W. C. Oestreicher, Crediton;
W. II," Armstrong, Seaforth; Perth,
J. II. Robinson, St. Mary's; William
Urquhart, Mitchell; James McGilli-
vary, Stratford; secretarytreasurer,
Ian MacLeod, Clinton; assistant sec-
retary -treasurer, R. Fi. White, Strat-
ford.
Bargain Excursions -MAR. 24- From CLINTON
t'licicete oleo sold at all adiaoent C.N.R, Stations)
To C.N.R. STATIONS in MARITiME PROVINCES
Prov. o6 amebae/ New terunswlck; Pren a Edwards lslend; Nova Scotia
MARC 1 25 -26 --'Lo Ottawa $9.20; Montreal $10.55;.
Quebec City $14.55; Ste. Aline de Beaupre $15.15
ROUND TRIP FARES '
Tishsts, Fares Transit Limn and information from Agents. Ash for Eandbili
•C .NAD' N a ATI NAL
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Canadian Bacon Hogs Too
Old and Too Heavy to Meet
Danish Competition In
Great Britain
J. B. Saintsbury, One of England's
Largest Dealers Offers Friendly
Criticism of Canadian Products;
Suggests Cash Prizes at Canadian
Fairs by Bacon Packers for Bacon
Hogs Six Months and Under.
Are Canadian bacon hogs taking
the place they should in the British
market? And, if not, then,why not?
Perhaps J. B. Saintsbury, one of
the Largest English dealers in bacon
products has the correct answer.
In an interview with the agent of
one of the largest Canadian packing
and export companies, the , English
dealer said; "As soon as you can un-
dertake to give ane what I want. I
will give you an order for a thous-
and bales a week."
The Canadian agent writing to his
company in Canada, gives the foie
lowing report of his talk with. Mr.
Sainsbury.
"A few days ago I had a long in-
terview with J. B. Sainsbury, when I
was discussing with him the posei
bility of him increasing his standing
order with us for Canadian .bacon.
"We had a. very full examination
of sides of bacon from each of your..
plants, and cooking tests of same.
As a result J. B. decided , that he
would in the meantime leave the posi-
tion unchanged.
"He seemed, as he always has been,
anxious and willing to increase his
purchases of Canadian bacon and!,
said, 'As soon as you cant undertake
to give me just what I want, I will
give you an order for a thousand]
bales a week.'
"The chief criticism which J. B.
had to make of Canadian bacon was
the heavier bone and shoulders as
compared " with Danish bacon. He
gave it as his opinionthat this is on
account of the age at which the Cana-
dian hogs are killed as against the
age of Danish hogs, and is one of the
disadvantages which Canada suffers)
against Denmark.
Cash Prizes
"During our conversation he said,
'You will remember I sent out to
Canada a couple of cups for competi-
tion and I wonder why the Canadian
bacon packers do not institute some
scheme of offering cash prizes or
cups at the various fairs in Canada
for the best bacon hogs of an age at
death of six months or under'..
"He said it seemed to him that
Canada had got to do something to
induce the farmer to get his pigs a-
long and finished at an earlier age
than at present, and he felt that his
suggestion would be an inducement to
the farmers to start on this work.
"I mentioned that I understood
there had already' been an improve-
ment in the age of the finished Cana-
dian hog and he said 'Good, but ob-
viously there is still more to be done
in this direction.' He particularly
asked me to put his suggestion be-
fore you."
Note: The two cups referred to by
Mr. Sainsbury have been competed
for annually since 1934 at the Royal
Winter Fair and the Winter Fair,
Guelph, in the "Sainsbury Challenge
Trophy" competition. The sides win-
ning this competition have each year
been from hogs well within the age
limit.
White Grubs Are Costly
To Farmers
Have you ever noticed when visit
ing the country during the season of
preparing the land for seed that the
best farmers allow their poultry to
run loose in the fields? A city man,
accustomed to think of hens as kept
l yards,i ht think
in wire -encircled m g
there was a little bit of carelessness
there, but the very reverse is the case,
The busy hen is doing a most useful
work, comparable with the value of
the eggs she lays.
Watch the hen. pecking away indus-
triously behind the ploughman as he
turns the sod. Sometimes the pigs lir
join in the game: They are feeding
on the enemy grubs that have been
developing in the pipelines in which
the mother beetles Paid their eggs, and
Which the ploughshare has uncovered.
Occasionally the robins, quails and
skunks take a hand in helping the
farmer in thus ridding his toil of the
pests.
The White Grub is one of the worst
of these. Ordinarily it lives on grass
roots but it likes potatoes, the roots
of corn, wheat, oats, asters, geran-
iums, strawberries and roses. En-
tomologists of the Dominion Depart -
Meet of Agriculture made an exam-
ination of many farms in Eastern On-
tario two or three years ago and found
anaverage loss of $188 per farm,
The May beetles which lag the eggs
that become white grub are burly
brown insects which fly about at night;
In 1934 a major flight of them caused
much destruction . by defoliating trees
and shrubs • in over 4.000 square miles
of . southern Quebec.
The peettle of Canada are dependent
upon remedies other than those pro-
vided by nature for the exter,nination
of pets and insects.' Over $800,000
worth of insecticides are made yearly
according to the General Manufac-
tures Branch of the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics, Departinent of Trade
and Commerce.
"Don De Dieu" Oats
Not As Represented
,Seed Sale Illegal
Additional attempts are being
made in both Eastern and. Western
Canada to sell at a price of $5 per
bushel, or 3 ib. for $1, an unlicensed
variety of oats known as "Don de
Dieu", which, according to t h e
claims of the promoters, will yield
as high as 300 bushels per acre, but
tests made by three Dominion Ex-
perimental Farms prove substantial-
ly otherwise. These tests made in
1936 and 1937 at the Experimental
Farms in Ottawa, Lennoxville, Que.,
and Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, Que.,
have disclosed that the "Don de Dieu"
variety does not give as -Marge a yield
as the : established and widely used
licensed, varieties known as "Banner"
and "Victory", which are currently
selling in 'Ottawa at about 85 to 90
cents per bushel for No. 1 Commer-
cial grade seed.
The tests a t the Central Experi-
mental Farm, Ottawa, gave "Victory"
oats a yield of 65.5 bushels per acre
and "Don .de Dieu" 44.7 bushels. At
Lennexville, • "Banner" oats returned
58.9 bushels per acre and "Don de
Dieu", 49.3 bushels. At Ste. Anne de
la Pocatiere, "Banner yielded 95.4
bushels per acre and "Don de Dieu"
83.8 bushels,
On the basis of these tests the
Dominion Cerealist therefore recom-
mended against a license being issued
for "Don de Dieu" so that under the
provisions of the Dominion Seeds Act
it is a violation of the law to offer.
these oats for sale as seed.
As a warning to farmees in the
Province of Quebec the Minister of
Agriculture of that province has is-
sued a public notice under the head-
ing of "Farmers Beware!" in which
he 'states that certain salesmen are
travelling through the province sel-
ling at prohibitive prices some varie-
ties of grain such as "Don de Dieu",
"Merveilleuse" oats or other grains
bearing some similar fancy names.
`These seeds," he explains, "are be-
ing sold in violation of the Dominion
Seeds Act, as they are not licensed."
The statement continues: "The fab-
elous prices demanded by these varie-
ties of grains should be sufficient to
arouse the suspicions of farmers. If
these varieties were as valuable as it
is claimed, the Department of Agri-
eulture would be the first to recog-
hize their value, but tests made at
Experimental Farms with these
grains sown under the same condi-
tions as other known varieties, have
shown that they are of much lower
quality.
"In certain sections of the province,
some salesmen, instead of selling the
seed, induce the fanners to sign a
contract under which the latter agree
to hand over, in the fall, half of the
crop obtained in payment for the
seed. Other agents have the effront-
ery to offer for sale with seed pota-
toes of dubious value a bottle of liq-
uid manure at $1 a gallon ,to be ap-
plied to the crop during the summer.
The price of $1 a gallon is sheer ex-
ploitation.
"Once more, we urge all farmers to
be on the lookout when visited by
these salesmen whose sole object is
to fatten their pocket books in, sel-
ling under false pretences, products
of average value."
Canada and Czechoslovakia)
All *vet Canada Iast year there
were people mourning' the death of
Professor Tomas G. Masaryk, the
great democratic president of the
Czechoslovakian Republic. Not only
did the Czech citizens of Canada re-
gret his passing, but all men who
love liberty and appreciate the bles
sings that are the inheritance of free-
dom joined with them in their sense
of loss.
Masaryk died at 87 and the great-
est and busiest years of his life
were spent after he had reached the
age when it is being demanded in
this country and many other coun-
tries, that men should cease from ac-
tive labour and be at rest, giving up
men. H.
their places toyounger G.
Wells described hint as "the sonand
heir of all that was best in the liber-
alism in the nineteenth century, a
man who lived to see the dawn of the
new age of fearless thought and un-
concealed efforts."
Czechoslovakia has a population of
about 15 million, mainly Ctechs and
Slovaks, with 23 per cent Germans,
5% per cent Magyars, 3r/z percent
Ruthenians and some Poles. By the
Peace Treaty after the Great War
Czechoslovakia acquired about 80 pee
cent of the whole industry of the
Former Austrian Empire.
There are in Canada to -day 23,000
persons who were born in Czechoslo-
vakia, the large majority of them, un-
married men. Some of these are
found in every province, notably On-
tario, Alberta and Quebec. More
than half of them are urban dwel-
lers. Over 18,000 are Roman Catho-
lic in religion; the balance are main-
ly Lutheran, Greek Orthodox and
United Church.
Canada does quite a large trade
with .Czechoslovakia, especially when
it is remembered that that country
is now ahnost self-supporting in food-
stuffs. We did riot send any wheat
there in 1036, only a little flour:,- The
main ' export was ahnnrnum bars to
the value of $130,000 out of a total
of somewhat less than $200,000. How-
ever, that is an export trade which
is growing.
TTHUR,S., MARCH 17, 1938.
Sap's Running In
Millions Maple Trees;
Big Yield Expected
In Eastern Canada the most posi-
tive evidencethat Spring is near is
the, fact that the sap is now, running
in the millions of maple trees, and
the maple syrup and maple sugar'
which will be made from the estimat-
ed 24,000,000 trees that will be, tapped
is expected to yield this year a total
revenue of more than $4,000,000. 'In
1937, due to exceptionally adverse
weather conditions, the yield of map-
le products in Canada was much be-
low normal Production of Maple
syrup fell from 2,922,719 gallons in
1936 to 1,232,069 gallons in 1937,
while the sugar crop dropped from
9,231,803 lb. in 1986 to 4,413,147 lb.
ill 1937. The total revenue of both
maple syrup, and maple sugar last
year was $2,245,042 or $1,468,739
less than in 1986. The prospects this
year are 'for a crop equal to, if not
larger, tfian in 1936.
Most of the maple syrup and map-
le sugar produced in Canada comes
from the Province of Quebec, which
accounted last year for 90.2 per cent
of the sugar and 67 per cent of the
syrup of the total production. On-
taria produced 6.6 per cent of the
sugar and 32 per cent of the syrup.
The remaining 3.2 per cent of sugar
and one per cent of syrup came from
the Provinces of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia. The'chief source of the
supply of maple products in the Pro-
vince of Quebec is in the counties of
Beauce, Brome, Mississquoi and Shef-
ford in the Eastern Townships, and
south of the River St. Lawrence and
along the North Shore between Mon-
treal and Quebec City. In Ontario the
counties of Lanark, Leeds and GIem.-
garry in; Eastern Ontario are the
principal areas- of production, though
the largest sugar bush in Canada is
12 miles north of North Bay, where a
dairy company of that city has a
square mile of bush leased from the
Ontario Government. In that square
mile there are over 30,000 maple
trees, of which about 10,000 will be
tapped this year.
The maple trees from which the
sap is drawn, when it runs as Spring
is approaching each year, usually in
March, are owned by farmers in
comparatively small bushes. One of
the largest manufacturers of maple
products is the Maple Sugar Produc-
ers of Quebec, which is a farmers'
cooperative organization of about
3,000 members. This cooperative
has a large modern plant in Plessiss-
ville, Que. It sells its products under
its own brand name.
It is estimated that there are fully
70,000,000 maple trees in Eastern
Canada of which only more than one-
third are tapped so that there Is an
opportunity for much greater devel-
opment. There is a ready market
for all the maple products produced
in Canada. Maple syrup and maple
sugar will keeet indefinitely if kept
in a cool place. They are wholly
pure and natural products. The syrup
is made by boiling the sap in evapor-
ators toa temperature of 219% de.
green Fahrenheit, and sugar to 240
degrees. It takes about 40 gallons of
sap to make a gallon of syrup and
there are about 10 ib. of auger in a
gallon of syrup.
The Maple Sugar Industry Act,
administered- by the Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture prohibits
any adulteration' of maple rroducts,
forbids the use of the word maple or
any derivative of the word in the de-
scription of a syrup or sugar which
is not a pure maple product, requires
the proper naming of the ingredients
of syrups or sugars resembling pure
maple products, and the indication' on
menus or bills -'of fare in public eat-
ing places, restaurants and hotels,
that where such is the case an arti-
ficial temple flavour is used to flav-
our foods. Maple Syrup must not
weigh less than 13 lb. 2 'ounces per
gallon nor contain more than. 35' per
cent water, and maple -sugar must
contain not more than 10 per cent
water, maple butter, maple cream and
mania wax not more than 15 per cent
water.
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Sap's running; Spring's co 1in gI
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
Birthday Avalanche For. Lord and
Lady. Baden-Powell
The holiday seclusion of Lord and
Lady Baden-Powell at Nyeri, Kenya
Colony, East Africa, an their unique
point birthday, February 22nd, did
not preclude receipt of the custom-
ary avalanche of letters and cable-
grams of remembrance and good
wishes from Boy Scouts and Gin
Guidesall over the world. .Canada's
message, sent by Sir Edward Beatty,
as President of the Dominion's Scout
Association, read: "Best wishes_ for
your continued health and happiness
from every member of your Cana-
dian Scout family."
"Saturday Night's Tribute To
Scouting
We know of no other organization
for the promotion of any branch of
conrmimiiy welfare which can put on;
year after year, .so notable 'a pro-
gram of speeches as is regularly pre -
seined at the dinner of the Canadian
General Council and the Toronto Dis-
trict of The Boy Scout. Association.
WILL' LIVE IN LONDON
Rey, and Mrs. S. L. Toll, parents
of the Toll Brothers, famous for their
hitch -hiking exploits, are to become
residents of London. Rev. Mr. Toll
recently retired as minister of Whit-
by United church. Mrs. Toll was for-
merly Miss Maud Roberts, of St.
Marys and has -many friends and re-
latives there. Their two sons, Ells-
worth and Leroy are now on their
way to South America' where they
plan to tour the continent on be
cycles. Mr. and Mrs. Toll were for-
mer residents of, Hensall, where Mr.
Toll was pastor of the Methodist
Church.—Exeter Times -Advocate,.
PROPERTY PURCHASED
FOR CREAMERY PLANT
Messrs. Stacey Bros., of Willow
Grove, have purchased the Hanna
blacksmith shop and the lots which
bound it on either side. It is the in-
tention of Stacey Bros. to move their
Willow Grove Creamery plant to
Mitchell, where they will be more
centrally Iocated. A large modern
creamery plant will be erected on the
site just purchased. The land secur-
ed has a frontage of approximately
two hundred feet, the depth of which
reaches, to the banks of the river. The
late John E. Stacey, father of the
present owners, started the business
at Willow Grove forty-three years
ago, his two sons, Norman and How-
ard, took over the business.
The present plant at Willow Grove
has been found inadequate to pro-
duce the output, hence the necessity
of seeking more space and the erec-
tion of larger buildings.,
It- is not known when work on the
erection of the plant will commence.
—Mitchell Advocate.
A SMALL CALF
In a recent issue we inade mention
of the large calf given birth to . on
the farm of Mr. B. J. Wolper of the
Bronson line which weighed 125 lbs.
This week we can say a few things
about a small Durham calf given
birth by a. heifer on the farm of Mr.
Jacob Gingerich of the Goshen line
south. The calf which weighed ap-
proximately 20 pounds when born in
17 inches high, and has a length of
24 inches, about the size of a. large
pet cat, is well formed and is being
fed from a seven ounce bottle, and
is thriving nicely, and will probably
some day make a large animal.—
Zurich Herald.
MINISTER'S WIFE PINCH-HITS
FOR HUSBAND ON SABBATH
Whop most clergymen are taken i11
it is necessary to arrange for supply
but such is not the case at Kiniough
a n d South Kinloss Presbyterian
Churches where the Rev. G. M. Young
is minister. Oe. twos occasions of late
when Mr. Young has been confined
to his home through illness services
have been taken by his wife, who, ac-
cording to parishioners, has delivered
forceful and inspiring sermons. Mrs.
Young is a fluent speaker and active
in all departments of the churches in
which her husband is minister.—Kin-
eardine News.
PROPERTY TRANSFER
Mr. G. C. Petty has sold to Mr.
Geo. Thompson, the brick building
known as the Petty Pork Packing
Plant and one of the first brick
buildings built in Hensall. It was
formerly used by the Petty's as a
pork packing plant and where thous-
ands of hogs were slaughtered in the
70's and 80'st This last few years
it has been used for storing. onions.
Mr, Thompson intends to build a large
grain warehouse on the site which is
along side his present grain ware-
house on the west side of the C.N.R.
tracks. The new building will , be
started this spring.—Exeter Times -
Advocate.
This event occurred once more on
Saturday, lit the presence of the Gov-
ernor-General and Chief Scout for
Canada the -Lord Tweedsmuir, and
with a list of speakers which was
headed by His Excellency and includ-
ed the Hon. Dr. Bruce, former Lieu-
tenant -Governor of Ontario, . Sir Ed.
ward Beatty and half a dozen of the
most influential business men of the
Dominion.
The remarkable- thing about the
Boy Scout movement is the continu-
ity and intensity of the interest which
it arousesaniong the best classes of
our business leaders. No. movement
is in any danger of a setback when it
can command so much of the time,
energy and enthusiasm of men like
Mr. J. I'.. 13. Stewart, with his Long
record of organization work for good
causes, or Mr. W. J; Cairns, whom
Toronto is regretfully turning over
to. Montreal, or :any others of the
notable men who spoke for scoutoraft
on this occasion.
There is a good deal of the boy
left in the average successful manof
business, and in .the Scout movement
he can givd play to that; element of
his nature in association with real
boys, and in a work which aims at
getting the best there is out of boy-
hood and making it a true prepare
-
him for manhood.' This is the spirit
of the annual Scout dinner, and we
know of no other event quite like it.
STANDS IN DOORWAY
TO SHOOT WOLF
Standing in the doorway of his .:
home, Charles Lorenz, Amberley
blacksmith shot a timber wolf at 9
o'clock Thursday morning. At first:.
he thought the animal prowling a'
round the yard was a dog, but mak- •
ing sure it was not he blazed away
to bag it on the first shot. The wolf -
measured 52 inches in length and
weighed 65 pounds.
It was the first to be bagged at--
Arpberley, near the centre of Huron's ,
"wolf" area:—Kincardine News.
MONSTER LEMON
On display at The Sentinel Office •
is a monster. lemon, measuring ten
inches in circumference, grown in
Lucknow , at Solomon's Greenhouse.
The lemon tree on which it grew, is
about 2% feet high, and has grown
from a seed planted by Clarence Mur.-.
die, while in Listowel a few year,
ago.
It has. taken the lepton some nine •
months or more to develop, the tree
having blossomed early last summer,.
About eight blossoms appeared then,
but the fruit dropped off in the early
stages of growth, with the exception
of the one, which developed to a re-
markable size.—Lucknow Sentinel.
REV. A. W. SHEPHERD TO
RETIRE FROM MINISTRY
On Sunday, Rev. A. W. Shepherd,
who has been minister of Egmoted-
villa United Church for the past two .
years, notified his congregation that
he is resigning from the ministry in
June. Mr. Shepherd has thirty-eight
years of service, He came after five
five years at Chatham. Other charges
Mr. Shepherd has had include Leam-
ington, Alvittston, Parkhill and Mark -
dale. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd have not.
decided yet where they will make
their home. — Seaforth News.
MISPLACED STRIKE
CAUSES BROKEN LEG
Last week William Heckman, a
former resident of Fullerton, and a .
brother of Herman Heckman of this
township, sustained a broken leg in •
a peculiar manner. It seems that Mr,
Heckman noticed his Ger.
man police dog bothering a sheep,
and he made a motion to kick at the
dog to stop him. The animal man-
aged to get out of the way, and Mr.
Heckman struck his leg on a box
frozen into the ground, resulting in
the fracture.—Mitchell Advocate.
APPOINTED ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT
Miss Beatrice Harris, Reg. N., of
timbre, has been appointed assistant
superintendent of Wingham General
Hospital, replacing Miss Nellie Wal-
ters, who has resigned front the
staff. Miss Harris is a graduate of
St. John's Hospital, Toronto, and has
had considerable experience in other
hospitals. For some time she had
charge of an outpost hospital. She
will assume her duties on Thursday
of this week. — Winghain Advance.
Times.
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