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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-11-05, Page 8PGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Ti-IURS., NOV. 5, 1936 AND Timely Information for the Busg Farmer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Where Crops Fit In , There are some crops which are not • well suited to very fertile soils. Buckwheat. • for example, often pro- duces too march 'straw' and too little grain on rich soils, especially those soils which are very high in nitro- gen. Oats are likely to lodge badly on soils too rich in nitrogen. On the other hand, a fertile soil is essential- for profitable yields of wheat and barley. Rye will grow well on rich soils but it is also a particularly good crop for litylit infertile soils. Tur- nips require a fairly fertile soil, but, itthe soil is unbalanced in its fertil- ity by having an over -abundance of nitrogen in comparison with other elements of fertility, there will be luxuriant tops but small roots. Current Crop Report The October crop report gives a review of conditions in Ontario as compiled by a large staff of regular correspondents, as follows: Weather conditions 'since the end of August have been particularly favourable for growth and late crops made remark- able gains, off -setting to a consider- ' 'able extent the slow development ear- lier in Central and Western Ontario due to intense drought. Potatoes, root crops and sugar beets are now expected fo have a larger yield per acre than last year, while the yield of corn for husking, corn for fodder and total cuttings of alfalfa will be less. Pastures, which were reported to be in the lowest condition in years at -the commencement of August and again at the first of September, have improved, tremendously and are now in normal to above normal condition throughout most of the province. Farmers increased their acreage of fall wheat this season and fields 1�ve tut excellent appearance! A large acreage of nett/ seedings of hay and clover was so badly injured liy the 1Might in 'Central and West- ern Ontario that it was ploughed up, and the remaining acreage in' this section, although greatly benefited by recent rains, is very spotty and con- siderablby below average in appear- ance. In Eastern Ontario the acre- age of hew seadillgs is . about normal and with plenty of rainfall all season stands are in good shape. Fall ploughing has been done under fav- ourable conditions there. r 3oys',Inter-Club Contests The advance of club work in On tario was evidenced at the Ontario Agricultural College on Friday, Oc- tober 23, when 118 teams of two. boys each represented a similar num- ber .of um-ber.of agricultural clubs in keenly contested judging competitions and oral examinations. These boys' • represented clubs in the following projects—Dairy Cattle, Beef Cattle, Swine, Foal, Grain' and Potatoes. The competitions '-consist of submitting the contestant to tests of their ability in judging classes and answering questions pertaining to their year's work. The winning clubs in Dairy Cattle, Beef Cattle,; Grain and, Potatoes will represent Ontario in the Dominion contest sponsored by the Canadian Council on Boys' and Girls' Club Work at the Royal Winter Fair. Clubs Organized in 1936 No. of Member - Clubs ship. Calf Clubs ...... 63 1093. Swine Clubs 6 89 Foal Clubs 41. '710 Poultry Clubs .. 6 111 Grain Clubs 45 '795 Potato Clubs 30 546 Boys' Horne Garden- Clubs 18 2'71 Girls' Hone Garden and Canning Clubs 56 '778 Girl's Rome Making Clubs 237 1434 IV9A (E A C}REM AT01'}17 SEED Lloyd Metcalf of Bownianville anc Wesley Werry of Hampton, of the Durham County Calf Club, were suc- cessful in securing the highest score in competition with 29 other clubs Second place was taken' by Grant Heslop of Freeman and Clarence. Kingston, Palermo, of Halton Coun- ty, in the Dairy Calf project. The Ilderton Calf Club of Middle- sex County represented by Duncan Fletcher, Ilderton and George F. Robson, Denfield, and closely follow- ed by Alfred Allin, Bowmanville and Howard Minton, Enniskillen, of Dur- ham County were the two successful teams in a competition of 15 clubs in the Beef Cattle Club project. The teams from the Simcoe Junior Swine Club and the South Ontario Swine Club composed of the follow- ing members, placed first and second respectively in the Swine project Victor Small, Stroud and • Edward French, Locust Hill and D. Ross. Will- son, Locust Hill,—Ontario County. The introduction of Foal Clubs in- to the competition proved a very popular contest and 30 teams com- peted. The Dufferin Foal Club re- presented by Glen Ledlow, Orange- ville and George Reid, Orangeville won first place and Jack Whitting- ton, South Monaghan and Fred Brown, Millbrook, of the Millbrook Foal Club, of Durham County, won second. The Grain Club competition was keenly contested, with the Durham County team winning over the Peter- borough. White Winter Wheat Club by the narrow margin of two points. The members of the winning team from Durham County were Mac Wal- ker of Campbellcroft and Carl Nichol, Port Hope, and of the second team- James Moore of Peterborough and Eric Douglas of Peterborough. The Potato Club team Of Alliston, South Simcoe, composed of Arthur Binning of Alliston and Frank Gif- fen, Creenore, will represent Ontario in the Dominion finals, The second plane was secured by Lloyd Cumming of Barrie and Gilbert Baldwick, Bar- rie, in North Simcoe District. During the day and evening, the contestants were addressed by the Hon. Duncan Marshall, Ontario Min- ister of Agriculture, and Dr. G. I. Christie, President of the Ontario Agrictural College, Guelph. To the winning teams, silver tro- phies were presented by '"The Far- Iver," The Ontario Breeder& Asso- ciation, Ontario Field Crops and Seed Growers Association and Mr. J. T. Cassin, Soil Testing Service Given at Guelph Winter Fair Through the courtesy of the Ontar- io Agricultural College, fanners may bring samples of their soils to the Guelph Winter Pair this year, and have them tested free of charge. A knowledge of the lime, phosphorous and potash requirements of their soil will enable the farmers to purchase their fertilizer requirements on a more .sensible and economical basis. This is only one of several features of the seed department at the Pro- vincial Winter Fair which will make it of unusual interest to farmer visi- tors. The College will also have, an attractive educational exhibit which will include a display of some of the newer . and more promising varieties of grain; such as the Erban Oat and the Nobarb Barley:, With the co-operation of the. On- tario Corn •Growers' Association a special display of commercial and seed, grades of corn will be featured, as well as information as to varie- ties, culture and uses of this impor- tant crop. Exports of Canadian cattle to Great Britain for 1936, up to '.Octo- beri15, amounted to 33,285. head compared with 5,213 head during the corresponding period of 1935. A.' D FERTILIZE S WER ;u. T LITTLE CST The sturdy Preston Fertilatorbolts on to the grain hopper of your old seed drill and gives you proper placement of the fertilizer—down the spouts with the grain 1 Sows any make of fertilizer. From $39.00 to $44.00, according to size. Special terms on earlyboolcingsforSpring delivery. Write for complete information. ( OTHER EASTERN STEEL PRODUCTS The Jamesway lino of poultry equipment ie the most reliable and complete rn Canada. Trto•Lap orBlti•Roil metalroofing is durable, easyto apply (3ightoveryour old roof) and inexpensive. Send ridge and rafter measurements for free cost estimate. -Freston Steel Trues Barns—Fire-proof, weather-proof, ruet•proof. Most popular,company-built barna ,n Canada. Eastern II Products mired, Guelph Mica, Prestos, Ontario Factories also at MONTREAL dna TORONTO HAPPENINGS REGARDING CHEESE Next week, Nov. 9 to 14, is ,cheese week in Canada. Here are a few facts about this very palatable food: Tradition .tells u s that several thousand years before Christ, a n Arab herdsman went forth one day as usual to the tendance of his flocks carrying with him by way of lunch a bag of dates and a skin bottle made from the ,stomach of a calf, filled with mills. When the time came for his noon -tide meal and rest, he open - ad his primitive milk container in order to drink; but to his amaze- ment, instead "of the milk with which he had filled it at dawn, there trickled forth only a clear, watery fluid. Startled, he ,slashed open the skin bottle to explore what had hap- pened inside, and saw immediately that a cream-wite, semi-solid, lumpy mass had formed. Curiosity prompt- ed him to taste this, 'and tasting he found it good. Relating his experi- ence on his return to the camp at the end of the day, his tribe from that time forward, often experiment ed with part of their milk -supply, and this, if credence may be placed in an age-old tradition, was the be- ginning of CHEESE as a popular and constant element of the ever- changing and at all times variable diet of mankind. • The making of this first "milk -pro - duet' undoubtedly spread to other lands during those sparsely chronic- led early ages which followed, and yet all down through the later his'- tory and changes of the world, it has continued as a staple article of food, although prepared in widely differ- ing ways—until today, when there is probably no corner of the world which does not include some form of cheese aniong its best known and most popular national foods. . From available information it is perhaps of interest,. to compile a short list of the per capita consump- tion of cheese among some of the people of the world. lbsper capita per annum 23 14b1. 131%s 131%i Switzerland . Holland . . .. France . Denmark . hall, , , 12 Germany . ,-• , ,,•,, 11'(a Great 13ri1:aill °I:andinavia 7 New Zealand . 4% Unitech States .. 4% Canada . 33a The above figures are only approx- imate, of course, but they give an indication of the amount of cheese consumed among these peoples, whose important place in history and in the trade marts of the world needs }rn.further remark. A note of special interest to us in Canada may perhaps, be introduced at this point. It is this: That • the first cows were brought to Canada in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain in his early efforts at colonization, and the French 'inhabitants of Acadia brought with them the knowledge and ability to make butter and cheese for their own requirements. The United Em- pire Loyalists from the United States started cheese making in On- tario in 1782. This cheese was also originally used domestically, and not as an article of commerce—and yet, looking at present day figures for cornorndities exported, we find that this sante cheese has now earned a foremost place among • important Canadian exports. An extract from a booklet entit- led, "About Milk," recently pnblish- ed in England, and written by ' a Professor of Public Health and Hv giene may be quoted here, which reads as follows: "Cheese is composed of all the sol- ids of milk, except the sugar. A few drops of a ferment, called rennet, is able to curdle and thicken a large quantity of milk in a short time .. Cheese is really a concentrated form of milk, for 1 pound of cheese is pro- duced from 1 gallon (about 10 lbs.) of milk. It is thus specially rich in fat and protein. Olci cheese is very di gestible, preferably it should be three or four months old before be ing eaten; Further, it is one of the most concentrated foods known, and contains a great deal of nour'islnnent,. in fact there is nearly as much food value in one pound of cheese as there is in two pounds of meat." .I And now a few words as to the va hie of cheeseas an article of diet. There is no doubt that cheese is both palatable and attractive to most peo-i pie. It is capable of many adapts: I tions in its use as a meal -ingredient. It contains a great store. of energy producing units, and is an economi- cal 'source of protein. Its low cost; puts, a highly nuttitive food well within reach of every housewife, no matter how slender' the purse may OF INTEREST FARMERS COLLEGIATE GRUMBLING'S Written Weekly by as Husky a Pair of Grtunblers As You'd Wish To Meet. With mixed feelings of uncertainty and humour we embark on a strange career. We quite distinctly remem- ber having a marked distaste for a subject known in the curriculum as English Composition. • However we are informed that the rule of the semi -colon, split infinitive, commas, etc., are a thing of the past. Onward we march to victory. (We hope so). • Before recording our business we pause to pay respects. to one who has passed to the Great Beyond where the duties of a reporter no longer ex- ist, Miss Violet Frernlin, past presi- dent, vice-president, secretary -treas- urer, executive and reporter of the (former) Collegiate News. The end came peacefully, (nous esperons. Is that accent correct, Miss Depew?) but a little too late, according to her obituary printed only last week 'in this section. Fancy methodical minds and elephants, bosh, such trash -11 In her memory one of the staff has nobly composed the following epitaph Far flung was her fame, more pre- • cious her name To certain C. C. I.'ers each week was the bane She printed the scandals, the names and the plight Of some poor old devils who never did fight. At Maths she was poor, at English a wizard At "Collegiate News" we were made appear lizards But romances may conte, romances may go , But of dear old V. F. we ever shall Crow. The policy of the new paper "Col- legiate Grumblings", shall be impar- tial regarding politics, temperance acts and even jokes told by the staff. If a personal interview cannot, be ob- tained with your editors C. & D. (not cash and delivery nor cats and dogs) Co. Ltd. (patent applied for). Soci- ety, sport and world news should be in by Monday morning, preceding 'hoped -for -publication. And now, dear readers, we have a sad duty to perform. It concerns the demise of our so-called football team. The scene d the fatality was Goderich; the time last Thursday af- ternoon. By this accident our local entry in the football league ceased to exist, that is, in the minds of Mr. E. A. Fines, our genial manager and coach and captain and Mr. V. V. Franks, his able assistant. Upon our return from the scene of the war, we were promptly rebuked, criticized, dissected and apostrophized by our fair young ladies. But what could we clo? We had tried our best, lost our wind, swallowed our gum, ,and barked our shins for the glory of of clear old C:C.I. But all in vain. It was .the fate of the gods to allow our fleet rivals to storm'our walls in the last twenty seconds to gain a vic- tory. (Doesn't that sound rather Caesarian; Miss Nixon?) We hope that you have succeeded in gathering from this conglomeration of data that we lost by the humiliating score of 1-0. Enough said. The lineups: Goderich: Goal, B. Swiger; fullbacks, E. Senner, C. Anderson; halfbacks, D. Mason, K. Arthur, S. Barton; for- ! wards, H. Holman, J. O'Brien, S. ICraig, B. Westbrooke, H. Moody; I subs, B. Watson, L. Riley. Clinton: !Goal, Biggart; fullbacks, Mustard, Paxman; halfbacks, Hovey, Mon- teith, Tyndall; forwards, Johnson, Cornish, MacDonald, Finch, Lind- say; subs, Jack Clancy, Reid, Clegg. Store Vegetables In , Home Cellar The storage of root vegetables for home use during the winter 'months presents little difficulty. Beets, car- rots, cabbage, celery, parsnips, pota- toes, and rutabagas, more commonly known as swede turnips,'San be stor ed easily inany frost proof, inoist, dark, but properly ventilated cellar.. The most suitable temperature for storage is 33 degrees Fahrenheit. In all cases, states T. F. Ritchie, Chief Assistant Horticulturist, Central Ex- perimental Farm, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, the vegetables chosen for storage should be well - grown, free from insect injuries and other blemishes, and should be of medium size. Medium-size vegetab- les, fully grown, have much better quality than the larger, over -grown products. A good storage place can be cheap- ly constructed in the corner of a dwelling house cellar, using either lumber or insulation board. A row of studdings ,erected with sheathing on the outer and inner sides will pre- vent the extreme rise in temperature caused by the furnace. The door of the storage compartment should be constructed to correspond with the walls and have two sliding• panels, one at the top and the other at the bottom as a means of regulating the temperature during very cold wea ther, It is better if the window on the outside wall of the cellar can be used as a ventilator. If the cellar floor is concrete, a three-inch layer of sanely loam soil should be spread, on the part meths - ed in the vegetable storage compart- ment. This will enable the humidity of the compartment to he kept right, and by applying water to this layer of soil at intervals the air can be kept moist and prevent the stored vege- tables from withering. This soil will also be -useful for the, storage of the cabbage and the celery plants 'which should be stored in an upright position with the 'roots attached, the cabbage with the heads touching and the celery placed as closely together in rows, but 'with, a spaee of eight Inches between the rows'. Slatted bins made of limber, one inch thick by three inches wide, for ends, sides, and floors will allow aer- ation and prevent loss through beat- ing. The root crops and potatoes can be stored in these, and when the cab- bages and the celery are taken from the garden for storage, the loose soil attached to the roots" should be care- fully removed and the rough outside leaves stripped off. be. Cheese should be used often, •in combination with' other foods, as the main .shish of a meal, and whenever utilized in this Sray, other protein foods should be reduced to a mini- mum. ini-m mr, Because cheese is so rich in protein, it should be combined with carbohydrates or starchy foods. These, with the addition of the leafy and root vegetables, and almost all fruits, are an excellent combination' for the maintenance of a reasonable and well-balanced diet. 1 The weird. witches of the midnight hour, have floated back to their lair in the Unknown, and cob -webby sky brooms are idle in some forgotten corner. All of which is merely anoth- er way of telling the readers (if any) of "Collegiate Grumblings," that our Hallowe'en dance is all over. Where- by, and whereas, we must needs take a deep breath and plungs into the chronicling of this brilliant affair. Eight p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, A.D.H. (after doing homework) was the "witching hour," when old crones and beautiful ladies, ghosts and cull'ud gen'lentens paraded across the stage for the benefit of the costume judges, Mrs. Fines, Mrs. Fingland and Mrs. Cuninghame. Prizes were awarded as •follows:. Fancy dress single, Miss Beattie, who wore a really clever Indian outfit. (We forgot to ask her whether she was Mini -ha-ha, or Mini-a-choo! Pan= cy dress couple—Faye Lindsay and Agnes Agnew. Faye and "Morgan" said that they represented Peace' and War, but everyone thollgilt they were Prince Channing and the Beautiful Princess. Coptic Single -Isabel Col quhoun, who succeeded in transform- ing herself into a perfect "Planter's Peanut. Comic Couple—Hazel Cow- an and—who were a pair of haggard hags, if ever a witch rode a broom- stick. Most original costume — "Fishy" Cameron, who booked charm-. ung as an alarm clock. Since we have mentioned the rev- ellers' costumes, why not mention our illustrious assembly's holiday wear. Miss Manning and her decoration. committee succeeded in transform- ing this particular section of the school into a graveyard or a morgue. We'd irate to say which because there were skeletons hung from the lights, and graveyards lolling non- chalantly in the ,corners. By the tithe the prizes had been awarded, the first -formers, who oc- cupied the three front rows, began to shiver• in their shoes (we hope) Why? Because Mr. Franks and his trusty committee, were prowling a- round behind the stage curtain, pre- paring mysterious torture for timid first -formers. And were they timid! Just read now this poen: • If poem it's claim It relates of one newcomer • Cowan by name. "Kiss dear Miss Cornish, Romantic .young flannel" Initiation trouble? Believe Ole, I'll say! After the initiation co niittee had. succeeded in sufficiently embarassing First Form, these trusty infants pro- ceeded to entertain us further by yo- delling some ditty in favour of Hal- lowe'en. Nor were they the only. ones with musical' ideas. Third and Fourth (girls) also tried out their vocal chords. Fifth Formreally had something original, in the form of a skit. It concerned the different 'teachers of the staff and their characteristics , (good or otherwise.) And were their 'faces red. Jack Plumbtree, Robby Hale of town and Reg. Price, whohales from Sea - forth C.I., supplied music for the fair followers of the dance. Lunch was provided by Mist Depew and her cohorts, who. Hurst have, a Penchant fon whipped cream, because the only tarts possessing this deli- cacy found their way into some ob- scure corner of the pantry,where they awaited the lunch committee. Here they were discovered by two. Fifth :Formers.. But alas, the discov- eters ..were discovered before they could abscond with the spoils. Ladies, andgeiitlemen, small boys, a n d policemen, th e "Collegiate Grumblings" .has exhausted its re- sources far this week, therefore we must say—An revoir. (Come again, Grumblers, wecan stand a lot of grumbling.—Ed.) Canada is the largest supplier of canned peas to the island of Jamaica, B. W. I. The bulk of the Canadian output of flax is used for upholstering pur- poses. eo :,�,i o'mmm°m°i �,i■'i i �,i m �°miimn°mi m`°m°f° m o°i me°xm'm°m°°°i m ° ®°�0'4,°o°e ®°� ;, by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD ;®• (Copyright) YOUR WORLD AND MINE i°Y:•is for: ■`1■ :Y■,■': e°� AN d'■i"°°■,i■ e°fiaiie i IN m ereos o •' -T -' Life for most of us must be lived within a very narrow circle. In Scot- land a hundred or so years ago the rad- ius of the circle of journeying of most persons was under 10 Hiles. Even 10 years ago there was a man in Eng- land who mane his 'first visit to Lon- don at age 40, and he lived but 12 miles away froth the world's metro- polis. It is true that today, with mo- tor cars and motor buses, most of us can have a wider circle of move- ment than did our fathers, yet even so, most of ars do not get very far from home. Many in Ontario have never been to New York, or Chicago, or Montreal or Winnipeg; While it is true that the travel habit has greatly • increased—as witness the scores of thousands of Canadians who go every year to Florida, or to Cali- fornia, or to England, or to Europe, or on the cruises -which have become so : much advertised, yet, as I have said, the great majority of us must go on living in a very narrow circle This is because we have not the time or the money to go a -journeying. But is it any hardship to have to stay close to hone? And what do we get when we are able to visit far places? I know that theoretically we get—or should get -a very great deal; but actually what does the ave- rage traveller get from a trip to Eng- land, or to the West Indies, or to New York, or to'Florida? One sees things, of course, and has life-long memories of things seen, but what is there in just seeing a country, or a city, or a great man? I heard a man say the other clay that he had seen Kipling —had talked with him; and another man delights in the knowledge that he once spoke with our present Iing. But when you come to estimate the value of meetings of this sort, what value do them have? And what value is there in seeing New York's skyscrapers? or in see- ing the Rockies? or in having been to South America or to India or to Japan? Seeing famous persons and daces are just sensuous experiences. When we go to England on a sum- mer holiday, we want—most of vs— to see a long list of places—just to be able to say that we saw them. Yet no matter how many places and sights We did see, there remains a larger number that we did not see. When famous men and women come to Toronto, thousands of men and women make quite extraordinary ef- forts just to see them, and it may be to hear them speak or sing or play a musical instrument, or act. I am willing to grant that when we have travelled much, we read books, magazines and newspapers with greater understanding and interest, but the measure of this larger under- standing and interest is small. I know, for example, that, in my own case, I am glad that I saw Paris — very superficially, and that I sailed down the Rhine and saw its castles, and that I saw a Queen's birthday celebration, at night, in Amsterdam; but I do not feel_'badly because I have never been to the Orient, or to South Africa, or to South Anserica, or to Alaska. Fortunately for all of Os we can get an adequate under- standing of all countries, in their past and in their present, from books and pictures;. and in these present times, the moving picture theatres bring re- mote countries to us vividly, and in their natural colours. We can make our inner eye behold ancient Egypt, and Jerusalem, and China, and India and Greece and Rorie.. And we can make this inner eye see the great Hien and women of past clays. It would not help us much if we could seo..a Caesar, or a pharaoh; or Char- lemagne, or Louis XIV, or Charles Dickens, or Robert Louis Stevenson, or Florence Nightingale or jenny Lind, or Queen Victoria. Just what am I trying to get at? It is this: We can get a full life—an overflowing life—right where we are:. We do not need to live in a big city, _ or in a fine home, or among rich peo- ple, in order to live 'abundantly. Nor• do we need to be rich. I read a fine book recently called'." A Place in the Country, by Dwight . Farnham, published by Funk & Wag mals. I suggest that you should urge your public library to obtain this de- lightful book, in order that you and many others can read it. This book. tells the story of the making of a-, country home by a man and his wife - within commuting' distance of New; York City. These persons had a to-• tal of $6000 to put into a place in the country. Now $6000 may seem to you and me to be a small fortune; but it. is about as big as a 1 -cent piece a- long side the fortunes which many a millionaire has spent on "a place in the country". New York man and,' his wife acquired a small "estate",' • and then for years, and years there- after, they found an intoxicating - pleasure in developing it to make it a dream place. As I read this book I felt that . similar and equal pleasure is open to almost every man and women who has the will and the desire to have a place in the country, or who, already has a place in the country. I know- and probably you know—persons who are drinking wine front the cup re- presented by a home of their own,. which they are yearly beautifuying. Within this home they can have books which lay the whole world at their feet—the world past and the world present. They can be fireside and bedside travellers all the year round. They can go to London and Paris and Rome and Tokyo; they can climb Mount Everest, and seek out a North-West Passage to India with Sir John Franklin. They can live in the drowsy South Sea Islands, or in the Black Mountains, or in Siberia, if they wish to do so. They can en- ter the palaces of kings, and have a part in all the intrigues and sins of ' French and Oriental courts, if they wish such experiences. They can , live the lives of great artists, or great reformers, or great travellers, or great statesmen. They can be gr -eat physicians, or scientists, or in- ventors, or preachers, or schoolmas- tern right inside their own hones. It is not what we see or hear which matters; what matters is what ive incorporate into our daily life. See- ing H. G. Welts with the fleshy eye isnt going to make us any different from what we were before we saw hint; but if we absorb the spirit of. ' Wells, if his thoughts become our • thoughts, then it is this which will profit us. Just going' about seeing sights and places doesn't enrich us.. But if to what' we have seen we add understanding of what is signified by what we see, then we are truly and ' permanently enrichced. Fortunately we can get understanding without sight—and even without hearing — even as Helen Keller did. Abraham Lincoln saw very little of the world. His boyhood and youth Were handicapped more heavily than are the boyhood and youth of most . of my readers. Yet Lincoln allowed no handicaps to prevent him from. • getting learning of a sort, and under- • .standing; and in the end, from get- ting etting his name on the roster of the world's immortals. The fact is that we do not have to have a wide cir- cle, 'as measured by miles, tri curler to live a large life. Where we live right now—whether town, or village, or City, or farm—is a place where we can live largely and abundantly and happily. The unhappy in the world are they who imagine that true and full living consists in tenuous things—in posses- sions, in sights, in food and drink, in lustful pleasures. True life is chief- ly a matter of the spirit, not of the senses, not of possessions. COUNTY NEWS GODERICH: With the admission of William Walters, aged Colborne Tpwnship farmer, to Alexandra Hos- pital last week, with a broken thigh, therewere five cases of broken legs or- hips in the same ward at that institution. The room, with so' much apparatus strung to the ceiling on pulleys, loops' like an old-time fire hall of the horse days. Mr. Walkers aci'iclentally fell walking from the house to the barn. Two other patients received fractures in motorcycle acci- dents, one in an autoinobile crash and one slipped and fell: on a polish- ed floor. KINCARDINE sardine will be the centre of activities for a newar- tillery unit creation of which has been authorized by Headquarters of the department of national defence at Ot- tawa. Creaton of the battery is part of the plan of reorganization and rite-' •chanization of units in military dis- trict number one. Bruce and Welling- ton regiments have been disbanded units of artillery and the new artillery units are being created out of the die - banded infantry units which have been inactive the past few years. SEAFORTH: The engagement is announced of Helen Janet, only daughter of Mr. William Beattie and the late Mrs. Beattie, of McKillop, to Mr. Robert McMillan Scott, only son. of Mis. Scott and the late Robert Scott, of Brussels, the marriage to take place quietly the second week in. November. " The sunflower, which is cultivated ' in Canada mainly for feed for birds and poultry, for ensilage as cattle feed, and as an ornamental plant, is generally recognized as indigenous • to North America. It was used as food by the North American Indians, the seeds being eateii.raw, or pound- ed and mixed with other seeds into flat cakes 'whieli were dried in the sun. In 1615 Champlain found the .. Indians in the vicinity of Georgian Bay cultivating the sunflower. The oil' which they obtained from the ., for the purpose of reorganization RS seeds was used'for their hair.