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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,
THURS., JAN 7, 1937
NEWS
AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
Timely Information for the
Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
REFORESTATION PROGRAMME 'course is only practicable where land
OF NORFOLK CHAMBER canrhbe, secu eyd at,a ii.easonable price.
,OLe County Council has agreed to
OF COMMERCE pay one half the cost of additional
land. Several townships have agreed
to pay one quarter the cost and a
government grant of 525 is available,
on recommendation of the school in-
spector, for additional grounds.
The Norfolk Chamber of Commerce
offered a prize of -$5 in each Town-
ship for schools entering in 1936 for
the best planted and eared for plan-
tation. A similar prize will be given
Except in unusual circumstances the same entrants in 1937. Also a
such as high priced land for garden grand prize of $25 for the best plant -
or fruit purposes, every farmer ed and cared for plantation in the
should aim to maintain at least 10 County at the end of 1937. Judging
per cent.of his farm as a woodlot, will take into consideration the size
This percentage of course will vary of plantation, method of planting,
somewhat from farm to farm. The variety of trees most suitable, care
advantage to the state in maintain- and cleanliness after planting, pro-
ing this percentage has been recog- teetion from animals and percentage
nized by granting an exemption from of survival.
municipal taxation for fenced wood-
lots up to that amount,
Outside of the desirability of such
Ever since its organization in 1925,
the Norfolk County Chamber of
Commerce has had as one of its chief
objectives, the preservation and con-
servation of the farm woodlot and
the reforestation of waste land in the
County.
1. The Farm. Woodlot
County Council Activity
The Norfolk Chamber of Com-
a policy from an aesthetic stand -I merce has supported the reforesta-
point, the many features of which: tion policy of the Norfolk County
are apparent to all nature lovers, wei Council whereby 1,000 acres of land
believe the policy a commendable is now owned and planted by the
. • one from an economic standpoint. I County, We believe 100 acres should
A farni with a good woodlot 151 be purchased and planted each year
• easier to sell and brings more money, by the County until all . available
• than one without. It provides fuels cheap land is taken up.
for the home and lumber for build-
ings and repairs. It gives work in
the winter, tending to relieve unem-
ployment. In fact the scientifically
managed and properly cared for chased for the purpose of supplying
woodlot may be regarded as winter fuel for tobacco kilns and which is
agriculture and the woodlot area may being completely denuded of all for -
be as profitable as any other part of est growth, the Simcoe Rotary Club
the farm. held a meeting in November 1936 for
2. Reforestation of Waste Land the purpose of considering this ques-
This is an entirely different pro. ques-
tion. .A. committee was appointed to
draft a policy to cope with this situ-
ject from the farm woodlot. It in- atlon and present it to the proper
volves buying up cheap ]and, plant- authorities. The committee has met
ing it to trees, and waiting 20 to 25 and a draft bill is now being prepar-
years for a return on the investment. ed embodying the principle of not al -
(Christmas trees may bring an ear- lowing the cutting of any tress mi-
ller return.) Several Norfolk cit,- der 10 inches,' two feet -frons the
zees have purchased land and have ground, without the permission of a
had it reforested, For their enter- county forester.
•
prise they find themselves penalized! While we do not like too muchro
, by an increased taxation due to the 1
hibitory and compulsory legislation
it would seem that the gravity of the
situation demands some such drastic
measure.
Compulsory Legislation
Alarmed by the ruthless destruc-
tion of wooded areas in Norfolk pur-
increased value of the land on ac-
count of tree growth.
The Assessment Act reads as
follows:'
i (h) nand", "Real Property" and
"'Real Nstate" s ipI i3elyde; MI tree
and lilldol w9Rd .peeving upon land•
Under this clause a landowner
contemplating the planting of forest
trees (or orchard) faces an annually
Seed Growers Plan Display
Delegrates to several agricultural
eonvelltlgils to he held in Toronto,
February 9 to 12, 1837, will have an
increasing ta;; which, 1l0 Ot1reT $rOw_ opportunity to get iiiore than the
germs. of good ideas.
ing crop entails, The Norfolk Cham- Members of the Ontario Seed
ber of Commerce has for years been Growers' Association are planning
a seed display which will be. in posi-
tion throughout the week, This ex-
hibit will be quite different from
those seen at fall and winter fairs.
Samples of grain held for sale will be
shown. In contrast each sample in
this display should be dentical with
commercial- lots of similar quality
for sale on the farms represented.
Prospective seedsmen and others
interested in the highest quality of
advocating an amendment to, the
Assessment Act which in effect would
work out as follows:
Land under tree growth shall be)
taxed on an assessment valuation
on a basis comparable with that im-
posed on ` neighboring non -planted
land of similar soil and site condi-
tions. We have asked that this a-
mendment be made optional with the
County and that it come into force in
such counties as would pass a by-law farm crop seeds will have an oppor-
validating it, The Norfolk County tunity of inspecting the best available
in Ontario and of contacting the far-
mers growers, many of whom are
expected to be in attendance.
As good seed is the first requisite
With a view to inculcating in the of a satisfactory crop, the members
minds of our children a love for trees of this Association are to be eon-
it is our objective to have a small gratulated on this progressive meth -
demonstration woodlot in connection od of placing their products before
with each rural school. This of prospective purchasers.
Council has already endorsed this
proposal.
Educational. Work
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YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
(Copyright)
A little story which I read many.
years ago has stuck to my memory
ever. since. A young woman attend-
ing a girl's college was very homely,
and perhaps she was made to feel her
lack of good looks by her classmates.
She brooded over her omission from
many "affairs" and by her non -ap-
pointment to offices and committees.
A wise and kindly headmistress per-
ceived this young woman's isolation
and grief, and she asked the young
woman to her private room. There
she showed her a bulb—uncouth in
shape, unsightly to look at, withered
and ugly. Later on she again asked
this unhappy student to her room, and
showed her some very beautiful and
fragrant blooms. Then she applied
the teachings of the bulb: out of
roughness and seeming ugliness beau-
ty can come, and fragrance. And
she bade her visitor to be patient!
and to lookforwardto the blossom-'
ings of her developed life.
The 'lesson was not forgotten. This
young woman forgot her slightings by
her classmate. She determined to
be bright, happy, helpful, kind. It�
Was not long before this young wo-
man's classmates saw her in a new
light. They forgot her 'homeliness.
They saw only her soul and spirit,
and they took her into all their activ-
ities. And in all her after -college, life
this young woman radiated happiness,
comfort, good cheer, courage, and her
face took on a beauty which was not
of lines and complexion, but of kindli-
ness and sweetness.
A majority of us have to start our
lives with handicaps of sorts. These
handicaps may be physical; they may
be poverty or semi -poverty; they may
be an unhappy home; they -may be
parental neglect. But whatever these
handicaps may be, they ought not to.
be allowed to sour our lives or keep
us back from cultural attainments,
When we find ourselves being pre-
vented, by some circumstance beyond
our control, from advancing toward
what we desire. for ourselves as rap-
idly and as easily as others seemingly h
more favoured by fortune than we s
are, then there is a challenge issued ly
to us to keep our faith, our integrity, ti
our courage and our purposes.
In my boyhood', it was •a common
sight to see lads going about in their
bare feet in the summer months. Not
always was going barefoot a sign of
family inability to provide shoes for
their sons; often the boys preferred
going barefoot. Perhaps some of us
who went about shod all through the
year actually envied our 'playmates
who went shoeless in the hot summer
months. I think that in the days 50
and 60 years ago there was much less
snobbery than there is today. What
is in my mind is this: many of those
boys who went barefoot as a measure
of domestic economy grew up into
fine youths and men; and some of
them even boast, in the light of their
subsequent success, that they went
barefoot.
All of us who have passed middle
age can recall families who were, in
our childhood, rich -this in compari-
son with most others in our town or
city. The children of these rich fam-
ilies were more indulged than were
the children of families' where the
family income was under $1000—per-
haps less than half $1000. These in-
dulged children lacked the incentives
to apply themselves at school and ou
of school with a full strength of pur
pose to get on; and then, when adol
eseent years came, these boys' wh
had to endure many humiliations a
practise. much self-denial had strong
characters and wills, and went ahead
fast and far; whereas the sons of the
well-to-do families became in many
cases slackers. in their maturing life,
and never amounted to much.. Quite
too often they were amhitionless.
courageless, with a tendency In take
things easy.
Twenty Conservatives,
Nine Liberals on 1937
County Council
New Organization For
Marketing
LIBERALS WILL ELECT ,WARDEN For the purpose of providing a more
efficient organization to promote the
There will be nine'new faces when marketing of agricultural products,
HurCounty Council convenes on Hon. James G. Gardiner, Dominion
Wednesday, January 19, for the Jan- Minister of Agriculture told the Pro
uary session, and of the 29 members,
three are aspiring for the warden -
ship. They are, Reeve R. E. Turner,
vincial Ministers of Agriculture at a
conference held in Ottawa on Decem-
ber 14th the Dominion Department
of Goderich; Reeve J. M. Eckert, of of Agriculture is to be reorganized.
McKillop Township, and Reeve W. "All the information we have been
R. Archibald, of Tuckersmith, There: 'able to obtain impresses upon us the
were 18 acclamations in the 24 muni -opportunity to extend our markets for
eipalities, farm: produeta" said Mr. Gardiner.
Although this is the "Liberal year"
in council, according to an old custom "We believe that if this work is to
the warden is chosen alternately by be done successfully it must be done
the Conservatives and Liberals, the by the Dominion Department of Agri
Liberals are outnumbered by far, be -
culture, and have decided to reorgan-
ing nine to 20 Conservatives, In pre- ize the Department in such a manner
ions years the parties have been more as to provide the facilities necessary.
or less evenly represented. Returns We intend to set up an organization
from the five remaining municipali- within the Department to- centralize
ties having a late election are as the administration of our efforts,. and
t follows: • also to establish an organization in
COLBORNE—Reeve George C. Canada, in Britain and elsewhere, to
1 Feagan, defeated A, J. Goldthorpe by study the requirements of possible
o 127. !customers, and to assure to them ser-
nd Council—M. Tyndall, J. Pitblado, . vice and satisfaetion.
This contribution to The News -Re-
cord is addressed in particular to
young people who may feel that for-
tune is being unkind to them, and who
may, therefore, be feeling rebellious
against the world.
To these young persons_ my mes-
sage is: Accept present circumstan-
ces without bitterness. Endure all
the friction, the hardships, the injus-
tices, and the repressions of your pre-
sent lot. Do not let anything sour
your nature or Iower your purposes or
flaw your character. Present circum-
stances won't and can't last forever,
Along the road of your life is some-
thing much better for you, if you have
kept your ideals, your character, your
purposes and your courage: The main
present matter is to prepare yourself
as fully as possible for the opportun-
ity which will surely present itself to
escape from present unhappiness, or
hardships, or handicaps. What you.
want to be tomorrow you must strive
to be today. Ou' tomorrows are our
todays in extension.
Perhaps I ought to address myself
also to parents. Quite too often gloo-
my and soured childhood is a conse-
quence of parental neglect, or sev-
grity, or husbargt-and-wife incivilities
and spats; or of parental practices
and habits which lower parents in
their children's esteem and trust.
From social workers whose work is
looking after wayward daughters
and sons, or working in districts
where there is a good deal of pov-
erty and viciousness and where chil-
dren are deprived of many of the
safeguards and comforts and amen-
ities possessed so abundantly by the
children of parents in good circum-
stances and living in respectable dis-
tricts—from social. workers I hear a
good deal about drunken and disso-
lute fathers and disloyal mothers;
and about children who have gone
astray and who are often "court
cases". But not all parents, thank
heaven, are wicked. It is just that
too many parents allow themselves
to be themselves, without much ef-
fort to be their best—best 85 their
children would like them to be. Quito
too often parents are just themsel-
ves, without sustained effort to be
better than their natural selves. 1
submit the view that there is obliga-
tion on us all to do our utmost to be
at least equal to our children's expec-
tations and trust.
One great teacher's counsels to
those who are his students is to go
counter, to their discreditable in-
clinations. Thus, if one does not
want to be an early riser, then one
should become an early riser, just to
acquire self mastery. If one does
not want to go to church,` then one
should go to church, just to be a
conqueror of his. inclination. 1f one
does not want to accompany his wife
to a concert, or to a "party", or to
some friend's place, then he should
do what is contrary to his inclination.
I grant, my readers that this is un-
pleasant and unwelcome •doctrine, yet
I can see that its practice would be
good for us. The certain thing a-
bout mostof us is that we . do the;
comfortable or easy thing whenever
choice is offered us, and in so doing,
we lose our self-mastery, and cheat
ourselves out of those experiences
and attainments which would elevate
us in worldly esteem and worldly
fortune.
But whether we be young or old;,
whether we be in comfortable cir-
cumstances or be handicapped" by
lack of a living wage, we are under
igh obligation to conquer our baser
elves. It is when we are conscious -
fighting against foes and difficuI-.i
es and weaknesses} that, life: tor: us:
Chisholm, N. McLarty. "T h e Department's organization
GREY—Reeve—Henry Keys, 641; will promote the production of the
John McNab; 262. • I quality and quantity of products re -
Deputy reeve — Thomas Wilson, quired in the markets at home and
519; W. Broadfoot, 375. +abroad. Information gathered by the.
HAY Reeve, George Armstrong, Department will be distributed to
638; Alfred Melick, 388. Council, Max provinces, producers, marketing agen-
Turnbull, William Haugh, Fred Hab-, cies, shippers and others concerned
erer, Roland Geiger; defeated Henry and efforts will be made to grade
Schilse, !products as required by consumers
MORRIS—Reeve-E. Cardiff, 599; and direct them to available markets.
F. McCallum, 239. Council—F. Dun -
,n
can, 471; C. Wheeler; 393; E. Bryant"Encouragement will be given to
' 401; R. Wallace, 293;. J. Phelan, 284; efforts to cut docosts of produc-
W. Shortreed, 253 W. Henderson, 249 Bon and distribution and thus in -
STEPHEN --Reeve -' . Chester Ma -!crease the returns obtained by pro -
Whinney, Deputy reeve —Edward ducers. It is our intention to shift
Lamport. Council — Thomas Love,1 the emphasis from control over the
Roy Ratz, Edmund Shapton, r its bj
realizaproducetionwhich of ahas higheforr unitoect pricthee
throughlimiting production and dis-
seems worth while. The man or tribution; to an effort to reduce the
woman who allows himself or herself cost of production and distribution
to be crushed has lost the battle, and
then life becomes very dismal, and
may become very bitter.
Always face the sun, for then the
shadows will fall behind you.
per unit and to increase the demand
for our products by giving service
to our customers which it is hoped
will result in a greater net return
per unit of labour and land".
oileSNAPS1I0T CUIL
Good Photographs Are Worth
Taking Care Of
Pictures like this you don't want to lose. The place for them is in an album,
ADOSSIiSSING the picture, turning
to it repeatedlyand showing it
to friends are the chief delights of
photography. Making the exposure
is, to be sure, exciting. But the proc-
ess is momentary whereas the prod-
uct lasts.
Each print is proof of your handi-
work with a camera, plus a graphic
reminder of some incident that
thrilled you, occasion that you en-
joyed, or place that you visited, phis
an expression of what you saw in
the subject at the time. Thus a pic-
ture can furnish permanent pleas-
ure, a pleasure that may be shared
with other people.
To be fully enjoyed, howevoi, pic-
tures must be treated like the valu-
able possessions that they really
are. Soiled or broken prints, astray
in boxes and drawers, can hardly be
a source •of pride to their owner.
They deserve proper care, Are your
photographs a reproach to you in
this respect? Here comes a dare?
Give yourself a photographic eve..
ping, devoted to organizing your
Pictures into a collection that yo.
may be proud to show.
Assemble all your old negatives.
and pick out those for which prints.
are lacking. Some of the best may
be missing. Almost everyone gives
prints away and a collection that is
planned without consulting old neg.,
atives is likely to be short of many
fine specimens.
With your complete lot of pia -
tures before you, classify them by
topics or dates and put them into
an album. Put thens into an (Mum-,
that's the remedy. There they will
be safe from such sufferings as
broken edges, curled corners, thumb
brands and other afflictions which
rage among prints that do not get
proper care, Then.you'li have your
pictures in such shape that you can
find them without delay—and give
your friends a peek now and then
without apology.
ue JOHN VAN GUILDER.
1
Advertising is
Good for Us!
That dusty picture of an optimist and a pessimist—the optimist
seeing the doughnut and the pessimist the hole -is just a way of
describing most of us: some of us habitually look on the bright side
of things; others of us on the dark side. Always there are those who
have a melancholy pleasure in fault-finding. And so there are al-
ways those who look upon advertising as an economic waste and a
means by which the sale of inferior merchandise can be promoted.
It quite possible to discover wrong things about advertising—just
as it is possible to find wrong things about water and air, about
books and speeches, about motor ears and aeroplanes, about schools
and churches, about Canadians and Scotsmen, about knives and forks.
Advertising is news and information, and who shall say that it
is wrong to communicate news and information? It would be a pret-
ty dull world, full of dull people, if there ceased to be a dissemina-
tion of news and information.
In all ages and in ail countriesthose giving out news and infor-
mation have attracted to themselves attentive audiences; and this is
as true today as it was 1000, 2000, 3000 years ago,
What stores are busiest? Is it not those stores which give out
most information about what they have tot sell? The public is daily
rpending money—probably $2 a day for every man, woman and child
in the trading area covered by the circulation of our newspaper—or,
say, $2000 for every 1000 persons. So you can calculate for your-
self—you, a retailer, what is spent daily in our own community for
food and shelter• and clothing, and for all the other things.
The Clinton News-Kecort
Gives the News of Clinton and Community—Road I.