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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
INFORMATION FOR FARMERS AND
POULTRYMEN
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By W; H., Johnston
In the 'London Free Press
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FEED POULTRY;: WELL TO',,
GET BEST RESULTS
Consideration was given at the re
cent meeting of the Poultry Industry
Committee in Ontario to the question
of the impression abroad that the
quality of eggs now being offered
for sale in Canada, particularly from
producing areas in Eastern Canada
is not as good as that of a year ago.
Nutritional experts advance the sug-
gestion that there is a definite re-
lation between the quality of feed and
the quality of the eggs, produced,
and that, in instances where birds
are allowed to'range for themselves
and given little or no cereal and pre-
pared feeds, very few grade A eggs
are produced.
With the growing volume ad the
lower grades, amounting .ta as much
as six cents per dozen on some
markets, or upwards of 80 per cent
of the value. This, officials of the
Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture, claim should be in itself the
greatest possible incentive for more
systematic feeding of laying stock
at this time of the year..
PULLETS ON RANGE
SUMMER FEEDING
In the care of pullets• on range
during the summer months, one im-
portant point in feeding is to see'
that they have enough to eat. That
can be easily done, providing enough
hoppers are used. One four foot,
covered hopper for mash and anoth-
er for grain will give sufficient feed-
ing space for each 100 birds. Water,
of course, is very necessary as well
as limestone grit or oyster shell. The
main points are to keep the hoppers
filled with feeds and to guard
against moulds.
Hoppers and water utensils placed
on frames four inches high, covered.
with inch -mesh wire, prevents the
birds from coning in contact with
the nearby ground -often a source
of worn'/ and other . infections.
• Clean range houses, clean fresh
water, plentiful supplies of .well-bal-
anced mash .and grain are the sec-
rets of growing strong, healthy pul-
lets for fall and winter production.
' Mites can be controlled by painting
the roosts at Ieast once a month
with a mixture of one quart crank
case oil to two quarts of kerosene.
WARBLE FLIES CAUSE
ENORMOUS LOSSES
Not only is the warble fly one
of the worst insect pests of cattle
but it is a destructive enemy of the
ancient Canadian art of leather
making. Cattle hides comprise the
principal material used in the ten-
ning industry of Canada, and ap-
proximately 70 per cent of the cattle
hides used in the manufacture of
leather come orginally from Caned- f
ian farms. The remainder has to be
imported. But for the damage caus- o
ed by warble flies to the hides, Can-
adian farmers would, be able to sup-
ply the entire amount.
The 'full extent of the losses in-
volved every year through warble
fly damage is not generally recog-
nized As `the result of anextensive
sive survey, it has been found that
at the very minimum 50 per cent of
all Canadian hides taken off in one
year were damaged by open - or heal-
ed grub holes, and on this basis Can-
adian hides were worth $700,000 less
in finished leather than if they had'
been clear. Owing to control meas-
ures now adopted, '70 per cent of
the Canadian .hides are entirely us-
able. The total losses in Ontario
have been stated to be $5,000,000 a
year, and according to the pamphlet
"Warble Flies .and Their Control in
Canada," issued by Publicity and, Ex-
tension Division, Dominion Depart-
ment".of Agriculture, it is estimated
that the losides from all causes
(damage to hides, injury tocattle
Irons fright and worry, reduction of
milk production, and wastage of
beef) attributable to warble flies
throughout the Dominion are from
$7,000,000 -to $14,000,000 annually
The following synopsis of the James Lamb, of Usboene, was the.
earlhistor of thewere RevssaidpresentwasandnotedChalk,and
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even the latter figure. This pamphlet
givesfull information on the best
way to control the pest.
Two species of warble flies have
become widely distributed in many
parts of the world, particularly in
Europe, North America, and to a
less extent in Asia. There are no
warble flies in South America, a fact
which is not overlooked by the Ar-
gentine exporters of cattle hides.
Warble flies occur in every part of
Canada where livestock is raised. In
Canada and in all countries where
they are prevalent and abundant,
warble flies are one of the worst
insect pests of cattle.
WORLD'S CHAMPION TO RACE
IN STRATFORD
Ontario harness horsemen will pay
homage to the illustrious Dean of
their profession, Victor Fleming, at
The Grand Circuit Meeting of On-
tario, at Stratford on July 22nd. This
first of the „regular two-day race
meeting to be held here has been de-
signated as Vic. Fleming Day and
Vic. will .be an hand personally to
mingle among his old friends and
acquaintances and to give the general
race -going public an opportunity to
see the man who has brought fame
and many honors both to himself and
to Canadian racing and breeding in-
terests.
Fur the first time in the history of
the trotting turf in Canada a World's
Champion Harness Horse will make
Ws appearance in a race against tune.
Billy Direct 1.55, the fastest harness
horse that ever lived, will be driven
the record of Dan Patch 1.55!/%, by
one-quarter of a second, that had
stood the onslaughts of numerous
great horses for 33,years.
Vic. Fleming., well and popularly
known whereverharness horse men
congregate, has been a scintillating
figure on the Grand Circuit tracks
for over 15 years and today is re-
cognized as one of the greatest train-•
era and drivers of all time. He has
driven more miles faster than two
minutes than any other man dead or
alive and has 10 different horses to
records of two minutes or better. IIe.
was born • in Dundas, Ontario, and
still retains his home there. Although
his training headquarters are Located
at Syracuse, N.Y.
TORONTO CONSERVATORY 05'
MUSIC RESULTS IN CLINTON
The following is a list of success-
ul candidates in examinations' held
recently by the Toronto Conservatory
f Music in Clinton. The names are
arranged in order of merit:
This is a
reproduction of
'BYTE* LAP
Metal Roofing
so widely used on
farm buildings.
Easy to put on,
permanent, fire-
proof, minimum
upkeep. Write for
cost estimate.
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PIANO
Associateship (A,T.C.M.)
Teacher's
Cokiditioned in Performance,
Studies, etc.—Robert C. Ireland.
Grade IX
Pass --Ruth M, Potter; Dorothy
Wright.
Grade VIII
Honours—Vera M. Pease.
Pass—Mary Goodwin
Grade .VII
Pass—Eileen Sutter.
Grade VI
Honours—Eleanor V. Petrie.
Pass—Dorothy Wade; Margaret J.
Tambiyn,
Grade V
Pass-Coronna M. Wendorf.
Grade IV
Pass—Leslie M. Wall R. Proctor.
Grade III
Pass --Eleanor J. Taylor; Mary E.
Wheeler.
Grade lI
, Honours—James S. Hall
Pass—Edwin Elston.
SINGING
Associateship (A,T.C.M,)
Solo Performer's'
I Conditioned in Ear Test and Sight
Singing -Lois E. Treleaven.
Grade IX
Pass Margaret Sperling.
THEORY
Grade V
Counterpoint, History
Pass—Phyllis 111, Lawrence.
Grade III
!Harmony, History
Hortour:e—Dorothy Wright.
Pass—Mary E. Reid.
Harmony
Honours—Mabel L. Fothergill.
Pass—Marjorie Rathwell; " Mary
Davison, Helen le MacGregor (equal)
Grade II
First Class Honours --Viola Turn-
bull; Russell\ Zurbrigg; Myrtle E.
Fothergill.
Honours -Floyd McAsh. y,
iThis same Neil Ross, just as he
arrived home near" daybreak from
' Goderich :with a load of provisions
on his back, heard his first cow bel-'
'lowing in the woods. Rushing to her
I' aid, armed with his axe, he was able
to sink it into the skull of the huge.
wolf that was attacking her as she
'defended her calf. Later on this caw
was killed by a small pack of wolves,
though Mr. Ross arrived in time to
!save his oxen.
The first municipal oganization
was affected January 5, 1835, at a
-meeting of the public at Bayfield
Mills. John Colquhoun was appointed
town clerk and practically did most
of the business until 1839 when he
was succeeded by Constance VanEg-
mond, After the passage of the
Muncipal Act of 1841, a regular coun-
cil was elected and Dr. Chalk, of
Harpurhey, became reeve with C. L.
VanEgmend, John McIntosh, James
Murray and Francis Fowler as the
councillors.
SPECIAL PROGRAMME
i IN IiONOUR OF
I" CANADIAN CONFEDERATION
a 7aour. '/'hey Usually plac-
ed a bag of wheat on the, back of
an ex as a grist, This was continued'
until William Jewitt, an early settler'
in Goderich Township, three miles
from Bayfield, brought in a hand mill
from England. " Patient oxen were
•
The 75th Anniversary of the Char-
lottetown Conference, the meeting at
which the first step towards a united
Canada was taken, will be commem-
orated in a -nation-wide broadcast on
Monday, July 17, 9.00 to 9.30 p.ni.
EDST. On ;this occasion, the Caned -
adieu Broadcasting Corporation will
join with Charlottetown, capital city
of Prince Edward Island, in 'celebrat-
ing the event with a specially writ-
ten presentation, "Unity—A Caval-
cade of Confederation."
Designed as a dramatic tiarrative
and written by IIar7•y E. Foster, well-
known Canadian author, poet and
,teacher, the work will be adapted for
'radio by Ian Smith.
1 It was in September 1864 that the
Fathers of Confederation gathered in
the Parliament Buildings at Charlot-
tetown, to put into practical effect
their dreams of a great western
nation, united and forward -marching
with common ideals and high am-
bition. In this sante room, on the
lemming of the day set aside to com-
memorate their achievement, will be
unveiled a commemorative tablet,
honouring such men as Tupper, Til-
ley, Grey and MacDonald. The tablet
bears the striking inscription: J'In.
the hearts and the minds of the dele
gates who assembled in this room
on September the First, 1864, was
born the Dominion of Canada. Provi-
dence being their guide, they builcled;
better than they knew."
relieved front trips to Lake Erie of
ter that and when Mr. Biscoby, a
settler on the Huron road, near Olin-
toti, brought in the first team of,
horses, he collected the individual
grids from his neighbours for miles
around and took them to Stratford:
where a new mill had been erected. !
The first grist mill in the town-'
ship was opened by the Canada'
Company in 1833, in E'gmondville, 1
and was a great boon to the settlers
though sometimes the water in the
river was so low it could not eon.
The longer trips to London, Strat-
ford or Goderich were then resumed.
The first school in the township
was erected in Kippen, on lot 8, Lon-
don road survey, about 1840. As the
Harrison-Hincks School Acts of 1842-
1844 had
842-1844"had not then been passed, the
settlers could not be taxed to build
or support it ,therefore it was depend-
ent upon voluntary contributions for
its success, One of the chief sup-
porters of this school was Robert
Bell, a leadiaag farmer and miller.
Many of his descendants still reside
in the neighbourhood,
Tuekersmith was one of the first
townships to adopt'the township
board system of managing . their
schools. In faet, 60 years ago there
were only two ether townships in
Ontario, viz., Enniskillen in Lambton
County, and Macaulay in the Muslcoita
district, that managed their educe-•
tional affairs in this way. For a few'
years the central .board looked after
taxation, engaging of teachers. and
other matters for each of the school
section until jealousies and other dis-
agreement crept in and the people
were glad to return to the old system
of three trustees for each section,
It is doubtful if any township in the
province is under the township ,board
system at the present time.
Even in the naming of the town-
ship, there was 'a first name. that was
slightly different from the present
appellation. Named after Mr. Tucker
Smith, it was spelled with a hyphen
and two capital letters as Tucker -
Smith, but in time the hyphen was
dropped and the eapital "S" went
out. No reason was given, the cor-
rection probably being found a con-
venience in writing. . Benmiiler, in
Colborne Township,, is somewhat
similar as it is named after Ben
Miller, the first sawmill man' theta,
Neil Ross' eldest son, Donald, was
the first white child born in the
township, and with the exception at
Accident Makes Inventor Happy.
Responsible for First Telephone Speech
It was on July 26th, 1874 that
Alexander. Bell first outlined This.
telephone ,ideia, Home at Brantford
Ontario on vacation, from his position
as professor of vocal physiology in
!the School of Oratory at Boston Uni-
versity, the young inventor told his
father of his studies during the past
months.
s`If I could make a current of elect-
ricity vary in density during the pro-
duction of sound," he said, "I could
transmit speech by wire."
It took eleven months of hard 'work
and experimentation before Bell was
able to prove his theoryand a fur-
lther nine months to construct •a suc-
cessfud working model of the tele-
' phone—one ;that would transmit
speech.
On the evening of March 10, 1876,
Bell sat down before a crude trans•
Titter to try once again to project
• his voice over a wire. He was tired.
He yawned end stretched. As he did
, so, a sleeve button caught a wire
and pulled some of the equipment
over, spilling acid over his clothes.
Instantly, he called to his assistant,
"Mr, Watson, come here. I want
you." _Ian the emergency he forgot
Watson had shut himself up in the
bedroom, where the receiving appar-
atus was located. An instant later
Watson, eyes bulging with estcite-
ment, burst into the room, not to
save Bell's trousers, but to exclaim,
"Professor Bell, I heard every word
you said—distinctly!."
•
"The Latest American Humbug"
in this Liquid Transmitter, as Bell
called that first successful telephone
instrument, were the potentialities of
a communication service that 'would
'profoundly affect the relationships
between man and his fellowman. But
mean, for the time being at least, was
indifferent. The world scoffed at
BeIl's newfangled invention as it had
(laughed at Morse, Wheatstone and
the other• telegraph inventors before
him and the later derided Marconi's
wireless. The London Times branded
the announcement as "the latest Am-
/ erican humbug." It seemed incred-
ible that a piece of wire could be
made to transmit the human voice.
• It was while Bell was exhibiting
his telephone at the Philadelphia
Centennial Exposition itt June 1876
that an incident occurred which help-
ed considerably to overcome public
j skepticism. Don Pedro de Alcantara,
second Emperor of Brazil, Guest of
Honour at the Exposition, was look-
ing over the many fascinating ex-
hibits, aeon -minded by the Empress
and Sir William and Lady Thompson.
Sir William, the great cable author-
ity who later became Lord Kelvin,
was pie of the judges at the Ex-
position.
Pew people had paid any attention
to the "black -whiskered young crank"
and his "talking wires toy." The
judges, who had scarcely glanced in
his direction. heel dealded amt s- te-a.
Once before, Prince Edward Island
was in the midst of plans to honour
the Fathers of Confederation In 1914
all was ready for the 50th Anniver-I
sany celebrations. But the Great War
carne instead. During the week of t
July 17, 1939, 25 year's later, lead -I
ing figures from all over the Domini
ion of Canada will gather in the
garden province to pay a Iong post -1
pond tribute .
The commemorative ceremonies I
come at a fitting time, following the,
visit of Their Majesties, Kig George)
and Queen Elizabeth to the country!
which claims the honour of being the
Bast link forged in the chain of the
British Commonwealth of Nations.
"Unity—A 'Cavalcade of Confedera-
tion"will be produced from the Tor-
onto studios by J. Frank Willis,
former CBC Maritime regional dir-
ector. The CBC will broadcast the
unveiling of the ecmmemerative tab-
let from Charlottetown on the same
day, Monday, July 17, 10.30 to 11.30
a.m. EDST.
I walked a mile with PIeasure,
She chattered all the way,
But I was none the wiser
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow,
And not a word said she,
But oh, the things I learned from
When sorrow walked with me.
MRS. A. N. HANNA
The death of Gladys Switzer, wife
of Mr, A. N. Hanna of Vanguard,
Saskatchewan, occiuzed on Tuesday,
July 4th. in Vanguard Hospital, be-
ing the result of influenza followed
by a stroke from which she failed
to rally.
Deceased was the eldest daughter
of Mr. S. G. Switzer and the late
Mrs. Switzer of Tuekersmith. She
was born in. Goderich township on'
September 3rd, 1892. After living itt
Tuekersmith for a time she was,
married to Mr, Hanna on April 10,
1910, going to the prairie in the
pioneer days and had Lived there ever
since,
Besides her husband she leaves to
mourn their loss, four children: Mrs.
Gordon Wells and Mrs, Ernest Wells
of Vanguard; one son, Warren, and
a daughter, Buelah, at home, A son
Douglas, died eleven years ago. De-
ceased weea sister of Mrs. Noble
Holland, oHullett, and Oscar Swit-
zer of Tuekersmith. A granddaugh-
ter, Dona Wells resides at Vanguard.
The funeral service was held in
er Vanguard United Church with Rev.
Malcolm officiating.,
THURS., JULY 13, 1932 ; '
(shoe ,stone. on. the main streCt of'.:'
Paris,
i George P. Dunlop, a native of Ayr, ,
was the telegraph agent. Now 7&
yearsold and living in comfortable
retirement in Toronto, Mr. Dunlop
clearly remembers that eventful
evening. He recounted his unusual
experience not so long ago to a._
writer.
Bell on entering the combined store
and telegraph office introduced him-
self and shook hands, , then told of
Itis earlier arrangements to use the
line to test his transmitter and re-
ceiver.
Mx. Dunlop offered every,coopera
tion, made Bell acquainted with the
telegraph equipment, then while Bell
arranged his telephone.. connections
he hurried away to invite his "best.
'customer's" to witness the experi-
ment. Bell set up his _ironbox mem-
brane receiving apparatus. and con-
nected it with the telegraphline run- •
ning from' Bantford..
' _ Bell: was -to listen at,. Paris while
some friends were tc do the talking..:
The primitive instrument .only made
possible a one-way talk. Mt. Dunlop's
pant wasto. telegraph messages to
Brantford,
There was much manipulating of
apparatus at both ends of the wire. .
Bell' instructed his friends: -at Brant-
ford by telegraph as to changes that
might be made in the connections
there, to offset the booming noises
that were heard first, then the ex-
plosive cracklings that followed as
the speakers and singers at Brant-
ford sought to make themselves un-
derstood by the listening inventor.
at any more exhibits that day. and'
/were about to take their leave. This
indifference turned to respect, how -I
ever, when the Emperor, who had
visited the young professor's classes
in Boston, strode to Bell with both
hands outstretched and said, "Profes-
sor Bell, I am delighted to see you
again."
Emperor Startled 1
He insisted on being shown the
telephone exhibit. Bell after explain-
ing in detail how his equipment work-
ed, handed the iron box receiver to
the Emperor and then went to an -
'other room to talk into the :trans-
' mitten, Suddenly there was a crash
as the receiver dropped to the floor.
"My God! it speaks!" exclaimed the
Emperor to an equally startled
audience.
Recovering the instrument Don
Pedro listened intently a while long-
er to Bell who was reciting "To be
or not to be, that is the question,"!
and so on, keeping up a continuous
talk. Handing the receiver to the
/Empress, he said, "This is the most
/wonderful thing I have ever seen, It
actilally speaks." Sir William Thom;p- 1
son said it was the greatest invention
of the age. He arranged for another
demonstration. It is said that at
three new trials which took place at
Suelge'u matt thef following -day, the
world's foremost electrical scientist
and Lady Thompson .ran back and
forth between the instruments like
a pair of delighted school children.
After Alexander Graham Bell ar-
rived at Brantford for .his summer
vacation in 1876 he wrote to the Do-
minion Telegraph Company seeking
permission to demonstrate his tele-
phone instruments over the wires of
the telegraph company from Brant-
ford to Paris, a distance of eight
miles.
Lewis B. McFarlane, former presi-
dent and chairman of the board of
directors of The Bell Telephone
"Why, That's Father's Voice"
'll?hite's Shoe ":Store -was jammed to
ich separated
those inside from the huge overflow. •
mass of skeptical but curious towns-
folk. From, time to time it was
necessary for the.. crowd to be
cautioned against noise. With nerves
pitched to the highest key, the gath-
ering
ath
ering which included Mayor Whitlaw
and many Imminent citizens, could
hardly restrain: themselves. Suddenly
there was a momentary hush as Bell, -
his black eyes blazing, shouted above
the hubbub that he heard a voice.
There it was agaiir—that time more
Company of Canada, was employed distinctly—et was reciting a familiar
by the Dominion Telegraph Company poem . . a familiar voice , . . it
at that time. When asked recently sounded 'like the voice of his father
if he could recall exactly what took —it was father—that could not be
place when Bell's letter requesting • .. his father was not in Brantford
use of the telegraph line for the ex- • . - But .. , and it faded out,
periment was received in the Domi•n- "Yes, Alex, It is I"
ion •Companys office in Toronto, Mr.'
McFarlane said: Professor Melville Bell had an -
I "My duties included attending to nounced that morning his intention
correspondence which referred to of going to Hamilton to fulfill an W
technical matters. hen the letter important business engagement At -
was received from Bell, Mr. Thomas 'bullion turned to young Dunlop as he
Swinyard, the Managing Director, took the telegraph key to ask his col -
said to me: league, Griffin at the Brantford end,
1 "'File it away. Don't pay any the name of the last speaker whose
attention to it.' ,words had been distinctly heard,
"I argued with him and he finally There was a brief pause, then more
said: 'Do es you -please, then. If whooping, booming and crackling
you can arrange it, it will be all from the receiver at Bell's ear.right us far as I am concerned: " Than , . . the voice again ... "Yes,
Mr. McFarlane repudiated the Alec, it is 1; this is your father
statement' often attributed to him speaking!"
that he rescued the letter from the! Bell had heard enough. Not only
waste paper basket after it had been was this, the world's first attempt
tossed there by his chief. Questioned to talk over such a distance, a sue -
about this point Mr. MaFarlene said: eess but it was also possible to ident-
-'Te letter never thrown into'ify the speaker.
the waste paper basket, nor did M , Far Into then Night
Swinyard suggest that this should be
done. He merely thought that the! Then everyone wanted to listen,
letter should be filed." l Originally "rented" to Bell for one
Through Mr. Mei'ariane's success -hour, the telegraph remained in use
ful pleading, Bell was granted per -:close to four hours that night to per-
mission for the test. ;mit as many of those present as pos.
George P. Dunlop sible an opportunity to take part in
!the tests. The rental was never col -
In the early evening of August leoted. Instead the telegraph interests
10, 1876 young Bell drove by horse made overtures almost immediately
and buggy from Brantford to the old for the use of the Bell patents and
Dominion Telegraph Company agency telephone instruments as an adjunct
situated in Robert White's boot and to their business.
its bolted doors wh
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