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THURS., MARCH 1, 1934
NEVIS ND
Timely Information for the
Busy Farmer.
( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
PPENINGS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS
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most elaborate ' or the simplest in- i erations unda a government policy
stallation will fail if the operator is have an excellent opportunity of pro -
careless or unable to grasp the true clueing valuable breeding stock for
significanee of the benefit of fresh distribution among commercial pout -
air to the flock. • Ragged, staring trymen.
feather, vices, feather pulling, ean- The most effective way of breecl-
nibalisin and general debility in both ing to improve egg production is to
chickens and adult stock inay fre, select the breeding stock frein among
quently be traced to a deficiency of the progeny of sires and dams that
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this essential. Simplicity with the have proved to be good breeders.
minimum of attention and utility un. Such a method of breeding constiJ
der most conditions are the chief ad- tutes what is known as progeny
vantages of the eotton-eront house testing. When the progeny of a
and for this reason it is recommend- certain mating prove to be uniform-
ed to the busy farmer, although the •ly good, that same mating should be
abject of this simple design for von- repea,ted for as many years as the
tilation may be frustrated if ordin- parents are living and breeding stock
ary precautions are not taken to should be selected from the progeny.
meet changes in wind, temperature, To prevent in -breeding, new blood
and humidity, if the screens are sel- should be introduced into a flock ev-
dom or never raised to admit the sun, ery few years but only after the
or if they are allowed to beeoree
plugged with dust and filth.
Huge Market Reported for Ontario of reactors as recommended inthin
bulletin.
Soya Beans
Canadian .Soyabeane Limited, of
Milton, Ont,, reporte to the Ontario
Marketing Board that there is a de-
finite market for at least 250,000 to
800,000 bushels .of Ontario -grown
soya beans, exclusive of the export
demand. •
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, HOW Much Shall I Seed Per Acre?
The following rates per acre for
seeding are general recommendations
based on experiments by the Field
Husbandry Division of the Dominion
Experimental Farrns Branch: Oats
21/4 bushels, fall and spring wheat
11/4 bushels, barley 2 bushels, mixed
grain„ barley, 1 bushel, oats 1
bushel, peas large size 3 bushels,
peas small size 2 to 21/4 bushels,
buckwheat 11/4 to 11/4 bushels, corn
bpshel, potatoes 18 to 20 bushels,
mangles 6 to 8 pounds, turnips 3
Pounds, rape 8 to 4 pounds.
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1934 Plowing Match
Accepting the invitation of York
County plowmen, the recent conven-
tion of the Ontario Plowmen's As-
sociation decided to hold its annual
match at Maryvale next October. It
was stated that the first plowing
match in the York district was held
exactly one hundred years ago. Thc
site 'will be . the 550 -acre farne
"Maryvale," owned by P. P. Mon
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her, Hundreds d ploWerzen includ-
ing many with international reputa-
tions, will participate in the contests
-which will include every class of
tractor and team plowing.
aecigiseeti.
er•Care of the Hen
Natural incubation is still used
extensively on the fame', for the hen
can do good if she is properly looked
after. However, if the hen is to be
Used for incubation, see that she
gets a fair chance. Set several at e
time in clean nests, preferably in a
separate room or colony house. See
that they are free from lice, put feed
and water in the pens, and give thein
well selected eggs. By testing out
the unfertile eggs it may be possible
to transfer the remainder from three
hens to two and return the third to
the laying quartets. When the deck:.
are hatched it may be that one hen
can take care of them all. Keep the
mother and her brood away from the
rest of the flock, in. a sanitary coop,
on clean ground.
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Cleaning and Grading Fibre Flax
Seed For Export
When cleaning the fibre flax seed
for export the greatest care should
be taken to see that the seed is not
only cleaned up to standard grade
but is entirely free from noxious
weed seeds. The elimination of bro-
ken, shrunken and darkened seeds
greatly increases the germination
percentage and improves the appear-
ance so that a much better price it
received on the export market.
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Ontario Pastures
!Over twenty-three per cent., or
one acre out of every four of the im-
proved lands in Ontario, is in pas,
ture, says Prof. N. J. Thomas of 0.
A.C. The estimated total returns on
pasture in the form of live stock and
their products from the month of
june to October is approximately
$40,000,000. Of this, 084,000,000 is
derived from dairy produce. R,esults
of experiments have shown that by
proper management and improving
the fertility of the soil, returns can
be increased from 100 to 200 per
cent .on a very large proportion of
pastures.
Abortion In Cattle
It is possible .that some farmers
are having trouble about this season
with cases of bovine infectious ober-
tion in their herds. If so they Should
write to the Health of Aniinale
• Branch, Department of Agriculture
Ottawa, for Bulletin No. 150, S.
on this subject, which gives the lat-
est information regarding the disease
and offers the assistance of the De-
partment in its eradication.
All Dominion Experimental Farm
herds are now practically free of this
dread disease and ,allied troubles as
a result.of the application of the
blood test and isolation or eliminatioe
easeelles.
Hog Producers Organize
Representative swine raisers from
all Ontario counties west of Lennox
and Addington Met in Toronto re-
cently and undertook the formation
of an Ontario Swine Producers' As,
sociation. Officials state the organ-
ization is purely for the benefit of
hog raisers themselves and the or,.
ganization will be entirely in the
hands of the farmers.
Aims of the association are to
encourage the production of high
quality market hogs, to endeavor to
stabiize production and marketing
throughout the year and over periods
of years and to promote better mar-
keting conditions.
Mr. W. P. Watson, Livestock
Branch, has been loaned to the aao-
elation to do organization work. It
is planned to hold meetings in each
hog producing county for the purpose
of forming Iocal associations.
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Re-organite Cheese Production
Announcement has recently been
made by Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minis-
ter of Agriculture for Ontario, that
a general Ontario Cheese Factory
Patrons' Association is now being
formed which "promises to restore
our cheese exports and largely in-
crease domestic: consumption and
production."
• Mr. Kennedy said that the new
organization has the support of the
Government, which will aid it finan-
cially in its early stages, The move,
inent, he added, would be backed by
the whole energy of the Ontario Mar-
keting Board and the Dairy Branch
of the Department.
Central offices of the association
he said, would be established in Belle-
ville. Ile declared that abouts20 On-
tario counties have committed them
selves to the scheme.
Oecefereeed
Feeding Opportunity
According to A. A. MacMillan,
Dominion Live Stock Branch, there
is an excellent opportunity for
groups of farmers in the vicinity of
Torohto, Montreal, Ottawa, Winni-
peg, Moose Jaw, Saskatoon, Regina,
Prince Albert, Calgary and Edmon,
ton, if they could be interested in
lamb feeding.
At these points a supply of feeder
lambs is readily available each year.
If groups of farmers undertook lamb
feeding, the freight from stockyarcj
or abattoir to the feed lot would be
reduced. The making up of carloads
of finished lambs would be easy, and
each group of farmers would benefit
by the experiehce of neighbors.
Thousands of sheep raisers, in both
eastern and western Canada, •could
increase returns from lambs by re,
sorting to careful selection at wean4
ing time, marketing only those that
are finished and of desirable weight,
and putting the balance into the feed
lot for a Short-term feeding period,
Ventilating the Poultry House
The importance of fresh air for
the poultry flock is seldom given the
attention that so vital a factor de-
mands. Good stock, with the best
of feed, cannot respond to full ad-
vantage if deprived of this essential
dement.
Protection from wind and storm is
necessary but, as a disease preventse
tive, for the promotion of health and
vitality and an incentive to high egg
production, pure air in the hen -house
is as important as any other factor.
It has been estimated by compete
ent authorities thet, due to their rap-
id breathing, hens require almost
four times as much fresh air as cat-
tle, weight for weight, and that one
hundred hens will give off in breath
and droppings about three gallons of
water every twenty-four hours. It
will readily be seen that to provide
sufficient fresh air without draught
and also to dispose of the excessive
moisture in a pen, is a problem that
requires careful consideration.
The laying house at the Dominion
Experimental Station, Harrow, is 20
by 100 feet and will accommodate
500 birds. The ventilation system
consists of cotton screens on the
front with slatted ceiling and straw
loft. This house has proved satis-
factory under most conditions when
advantage has been taken of every
;opportunity to supply the maximum
of sunlight and fresh air by opening
the screens. Na system of ventil-
ation for a poultry house has yet
been devised that is "fol -proof; the
ceosetasee
The Contre of Redroot Pigweed.
The familiar Redroot Pigweed
which is so often found to be thriv-
ing in waste places around farm
buildings and in gardens is a -weed
which may easily be kept under con-,
trol if the proper measures are tak-
en. Since it is a sturdy growing
plant, crop yields will be considerab-
ly reduced when it becomes estabish-
ed in fields to any great extent.
The most effective method of on.
trol is to cultivate the ground con-
taining pigweed late into the fall,
thus keeping down the growth of this
weed, The use of hoed crops and by
means of cutting off the young
plants by hoeing will have a great
influence in ridding fields of this
pest. In fact, any measures which
are taken to prevent the plant mat.
uring seed, particularly in the fall,
will help to rid the farm of this
troublesome weed.
New Forage Plant
Introductions
(Experimental Farms Nate)
It is an interesting fact that near-
ly all of our most valued forage crop
plants have come from Foreign
lands. Many of these, were brought
to America a long time ago by the
very early settlers, while others,
such as bruin grass and crested
wheat grass have been introduced in
comparatively recent times.
In every part of the world an in-
tensive search is being carried on for
new kinds of hay and pasture plants
which can be grown successfully un-
der special soil and climatic condi-
tions. It is of great hnportance that
these new crops should be brought
to this country and tested under the
various conditions which are to be
found here. This is being done by
the Division of Forage Crops, Da
minion Experimental Farm at Ot-
tawa. When anything shows signs
of promise, it is tested on Experi-
mental FerMS throughout the Do-
minion.
In recent years the number of
plant introduetions have been large.
As would be expected, most of them
prove to bo of little value, but a fair
number show considerable promise.
Among the latter are certain strains
of millet from Asia which are sc
promising that several of them may
come into general use.
/A number of legumes are being
studied because of their adoption te
acid soils. These include strains of
Lespedeza, crown vetch, lupins, ser•
radella and a perennial type of red
clover. Lupins and serradella grow
very well on sandy acid soils in the
Maritime Provinces and Crown vetch
produces an excellent growth at Me
tawa. Lespedeza, to date, has been
somewhat disappointing.
A number of perennial plants
which do not survive Canadian win-
ters bave, nevertheless, shown pro -
miss as annuals.
These are all new plants in Cana-
dian agric,ulture. „ To these must be
added numerous improved varieties
of those crops whith are commonly
grown in this country.
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Breeding for Egg
Production
(Experimental Farms Note)
For many years, improvement in
egg production has been sought
mainly through the selection of males
from high producing dams and mat-
ing these to hens with good egg re-
cords. There is little doubt but that
this policy' has raised the general
average production above that ob,
taining when no attempt was made
to select the breeders from a produc-
tion standpoint. However, there is
much evidence te) show that the
daughters of high producing dams as
Well as the daughters of sires from
high producing dams may not neces-
sarily be .good producers, unless the
sire and dam are proven breeders.
Poultrymen carrying on breeding op -
progeny of the new sire or dam have
proved to be satisfactory producers.
• At the Fredericton Experhnental
Station last year, records were kept
on the progeny of six males. The
records show the date each bird was
hatched, her age at commencement
of laying, her body weight every
four weeks and the number and size
of eggs produced. Hatching records
for the sire and darn are kept and
individual characteristics are noted.
These records show clearly the value
of .certain males and females as
breeders over others of equally good
ancestors.
It has been demonstrated that
breeders should be selected only
from matings which gave high hatch,
ability and which gave daughters
possessing uniformly desirable char-
acteristics such as high egg produc.
tion and large eggs.
Distribution of 1934 Passenger Car
Registration Plates
TIe following is the list of license
numbers issued for 1934. The letters
G., L, Q., M.M., KW., are omitted
throughout:
Unlettered 1 to 500 ---Toronto.
AlA
to A-9999—Toronto
AA -1 to AF-300—Part Erie
AF -301 to AM-300—Welland.
-AM-301 to AP-700—Dunnville.
AP -701 to AT-999---Simcoe
AX -101 to AY-600—Aylmer
AU -1 to AX-100—Tillsonburg
AY -601 to AZ-999—St. Thomas.
B
B-1 to B -9999 --Toronto
BA -1 to Bl!),600"—St. Thomas '
IBD -601 to 3311 -400 --Leamington
BH -401 to BK-400—Kingsville
BK -401 to EIC-999—Sandevich
BL -1 to BN-200—Wingham
BN' -201 to BP -400 --,Walkerton
BP -401 to 43S-200—Hanover.
BS -201 to BT -400 ---Durham
BT -401 to BZ-400—Guelph
BZ -401 to BZ-999—St. Marys.
04. to 0-9909—Toronto
CA. -1 to 0A-900—St Marys
CA.901 to CF-900—,Sarnia
CF -901 to 0P-200—St. Cathatines
CP -201 to CV-500—.Niagara Falls
CV -801 to 0Z-500—Galt
CZ401 to CZ-999—Kitchener
D
D-1 to D-9999—Toronto
DA -1 to DK-500—Kitchener
DK -501 to DP-800—Stratford
DP -801 to DS-400—Mitchell
DS -401 to DIP-900,-4Clinton
DU -901 to DW,900—Goderich
DW -901 to DZ-400—Harriston
DZ -201 to DZ-999—Kincardine
E-1 to E,9999—Toronto
EA -1 to EA-900—Kincardine
EA -901 to EE -900 -.-Brampton
EE -001 to BK -300 --Orangeville
EK -301 to EM-999—Newmarket
EN -1 to ES-800-43arrie
BS -301 to EV-100—Orillia
EV -101 to EV-.600—Gravahurst
EV -601 to EW-500—Bracebridge
MW -801 to EX-2O0—Huntsville
EX -201 to EY-200—Amherstburg
EY -201 to EZ-700—Ridgetown
EZ -701 to EZ -999 --Dresden.
F-1 to F-9999—Toronto
FA -1 to FA-all—Dresden •
FA -601 to PC-500—Petrolia
F0-501 to FE-100—Wallaceburg
FE -101 to FF-700--Strathroy
FF -701 to F -300 ---,Watford
FJ -301 to FL-300—Listowel
FL -801 to FN-700—Milton
F14-1701. to FT-200—Owen Sound ..
FT -201 to PIT-200-14eaford
Fte-401 to FW1,-700-0ollingwood
PW -701 to PY-500—Woodbidge
FY -501 to PZ-999—Unionville
11
11-1 to H.9999—Toronto
HA -1 to SIB -800 --Unionville
114B-801 to UH -200 ---Lindsay
1111-201 to HO-200—Peterborough
110-201 to 110-800—Havelock
H0-801 to HR-700—Perth
1111.-701 to HS-600—Elgin
11S-601 to 11.17-400—Smith's Falls
1111-401 to IIV-999--Carleton Place
,11W-1 to BZ -999 --Ottawa
0-1 to J-9999—Toronto
JA -1 to JT-800—Ottawa
JT -801 to 3V-100—Arnprior
JV -101 to JW-999--4lenfrew
JX -1 to JZ -500 ---Pembroke •
JZ -501 to JZ-999-0ampbellford
K
K-1 to K-5000—Toronto
K-5001 to IC-0999---1Weston
KA -1 to KB-200--Campbellford
KB -201 to KB-NO—Keewatin
KB -331 to KB-760—Kenora
KB -761 to K0-70—Dryden
KC -71 to KC -99 ---Fort Francis
• 1(1)-1 to KF -500 ---Fort William
KF -501 to IC3-991-3'ort Arthur
3CK4 to IU(-100—Screiber
KK -101 to 1(k-000—Cochrane
.K3<-901 to KL -500 --Iroquois Falls
KL -501 to KN-800—Timmins
KP -301 to KE-300—New Liskeard
KP -301 to R-300—New Liskeard
1<R-301 to K11-900-eCobalt
KR -901 to KII..400-Sault Std Maxie
KU -401 to KUI-600e-Bruce Mines
KI1-601 to KU-999—Thesealon
ICV -1 to KV-300—Blind River
KV -301 to KV-500—Richard's Land-
ing
KV -501 to KV-999-4Gore Bay
KW -1 to KW-300-eLittle Current
KW -301 to KW-430—Mindemoya
KW -431 to KW-680—Manitowaning
KW -681 to KW-999—Espanola
EX -1 to ICX-100—Chapleau
KX-101 to KZ-999---Suclburry
L
L-1 to L-3000—Weston
L-3001 to L-9999—Iramilton
LA -1. to LA-600—Sudbury
LA -601 te LB -200 --Sturgeon Falls
LB -201 to L0-999—North Bay
LD -1 to LH -283 --In Reserve
M
11(-1 to M-9999—Hamilton.
N
N-1 to 3000-41amilton
N-0001 to N-9000—iBrantford
N-9001 to N -9999 --Paris
0-1 to 0-200—Paris
0-201 to 0-4700—Woodstock
0-4701 to 0 -9999 --London
P-1 to P-7000-4London
P,7001 to P -8200 --Glencoe
P-8201 to P-8999—Chatham
81
R-1 to R6200 --Chatham
R-6201 to R-7200—Tilbury
R-17201 to R-9999—Walkerville
$
S-1 to S-3000—Walkerville
S-3001 to S-9999—Windsor
T-1 to T-3000—Windsor
T-3001 to T -8000 ---Oshawa
T-8001 to T-9000—Bowmanville
T-3001 to T-9999—Port Hope
17
U-1 te 1.7-100--,Cobourg
1/4501 to 1J-8400—Believille
U-8401 to U-9999—Picton
V
171 to V-400—Picton
V-401 to V-1000—Deseronto
17-1001 to V-300—Napanee
V-3001 to V-8000—Kingston
V-8001 to V-9000—Gananoque
V-8001 to V-9999—Broekville
W-1 to W-200—Brockville
W-2001 to W-330—Prescott
W-3301 to W.6300—Cornwall
W-6301 to W-6700—North Bay
W-6701 to W-7400—Powassan
W-7401 to W-8300—Parry Sound
W-8301 to W-9100—Burk's Palls
W-9101 to W-9999---Wiarton
x
X-1 to X400—Wiarton
X-101 to X-700—Port Rowan
X-'70.1 to X-2800—Midland
X-2801 to X-4400-1Vankleek Hill
X-4401 to X-5700—Alexandria
X-5701 to X-6300-10asselman
X-6301 to X-8200—zWinchester
X-8201 to X9300—Keniptville
X-9301 to X-9900—Tichborne
X-9901 to X9999—Tamworth
Y
Y-1 to Y-400—Tamworth
Y-401 to Y-1500-1Tweed
Y-1501. to Y-2800-03ancroft
Y-2301 to Y -3000 ----Hastings
Y-3001 to Y-3500—Minden
Y -e501 to *i-4500---eileavereon
Y-4501 to Y-6300—Sutton
Y-5301 to Y-5900-4Capuskasing
Y-5901 to Y-6200—(Rainy River
Y6201 to Y-6700—Englehart
Y-6701 to Y-9999—In Reserve
RECIPROCAL TRADE PROSPECTS
BRIGHT
The outlook for reciprocal trade
between New Zealand and 'Canada le
very bright, stated J. W. Collins,
New Zealand Trade Commissioner
for Canada at Toronto, who arrived
at Halifax recently from Jamaica
where he has been on a visit in the
interests of trade between the Bri-
tish 'West Indies and New Zealand.
Continuing, Mr. Collins said that
the ecent advance in the price of
wool and meat has brought about a
great revival of trade in New Zea-
land. Every penny increase in the
price of wool, he remarked, meant a
million pounds sterling additional
reventie. This betterment in the ec-
onomic situation in New Zealand will
provide a greater buying power, he
declared, and should lead to a great-
ly increased trade with Canada.
The Ontario Legislature
In a measure, known as the ,Dog
Tax and Sheep Protection Act, intro,
duced by Hon. Thos, L. Kennedy,
Minister of Agriculture, to the On-
tario Legislature, provision is made
for owners of sheep in unorganized
territory to be placed on the same
footing as is provided where there is
municipal organization in connection
with responsibility of dog-worryieg
of sheep.
• Under the present act, where there
is •municipal erganization and the
municipality has paid damages for
sheep worried by dogs, the munici
pality is entitled to recover from
the owner of the dog without prow
lug that the dog was vicious'nr ac-
customed to worrying sheep. In the
portions of the province where, there
is no municipal organization a sheep
owner can only sue the owner of the
dog for any damages sustained
through sheep worrying, and he is
still subject to the common law rind
The new act provides that the owner
of the dog shall be liable to the owns
er of the sheep for amount of dam-
ages, and it will not be necessary in
any action to recover such damages
to prove that the dog was vicious
or accustomed to worry sheep.
'Col. Kennedy also introduecd the
Community Halls Acts, which pro-
vides that where the Legislature has
assisted a municipal corporation to
build a community hall or establish
an athletic field that such hall or
field shall not be sold without the
approval of the government. As the
act now stands, such hall or field
may be sold without consent •of the
government and it is felt some checl
against this should be made.
The committee on -Game and Fish,
under chairmanship of Coulter Mc-
Lean, Cons. Eglinton -Toronto, divid-
ed its hearings into different sub-
jects. The anglers petition for -geeat-
er propagation of the maskinange,
asking that a full time biologist be
appointed to study the problem It
was also asked that the province be
divided into zones as to fishing per-
iods.
Various hunters aseociations-were
heard on the question of use of the
dog in deer hunting. Divided opin-
ions were heard both for and against
the issue, but it is likely to be
brought into the House through a
bill to be introduced by D. J. Taylor,
Progressive, North Grey. Baiting of
ducks and geese was strongly oppos-
ed, while a fifteen day period for
partridge shooting and for deer hunt-
ers was also asked. 1,
A request for a government inves-
tigation into abuses in the building
and construction industry was made
by to the Legislature by Russell!
Nieshitt, K.0., 'Conservative member
for Bracondale, Methods now used- '
Mr. Nesbitt termed "infernal' and
'Criminal" in connection with cer-
tain general contractors. He asked
that the labor committee of the leg-
islature be called to probe existing'
conditions -which he claimed were re-
sponsible for pushing sub -contrac-
tors into bankruptcy, throwing men
out of employment and generally
creating chaotic conditions. The
practice of the large bulk contrac-
tors in "peddling" contracts was
criticized, and he also urged a min-
imum wage law in the building in-
dustry.
Ontario'child •welfare laws were
discussed by Hon. W. G. Martin, Min-
ister of Public Welfare, who expres-
sed the hope -to tine legislature that
the day would not be far distant
when these laws would be consoli-
dated into a Children's (Charter or
Child's Bill of Rights. Hon. Mr.
Martin gave a comprehensive pleture -
of the government social welfare
-
legislation, pointing to the'Children's
Protection At under which since •
1893, 32,000 children, had been made
wards of Children's Aid Societies:
and under the Adoption Act 9,000
children had been adopted into fine
Ontario homes and given full legal" '
status with the families. Since in.
troduction of the Unmarried Parents
Act in 1921, about $1,000,000 had
been collected for the support of
these infants thus relieving the mune '
icipalities and philanthropic soieties
to a large extent.
Mr: Martin expressed opposition
to the suggestion that the Juvenile
Court age be increased to 18 years,
pointing out that while there is much
to be said in favor of that move, yet
at the present time the Industrial
Schools of the province have no faci'
ities for proper training of these old-
er offenders. Consequently Mr. Mar-
tin opposed raising the present maxi-
mum age until there is provision for
the segregation of those who have
• 16 from children ,of tender
years.
Ontario's secial services, ho point-
ed out, are more advanced than those •
of any other government in North •
American and during 1932 free ser-
vices at a total cost of almost $120,-
000,000 had been available to the
people.
CROWN ATTORNEY OF GREY
COUNTY MUST REFUND 162,850
IN FEB COLLECTIONS
As a result of a Provincial audit
of the accounts of the Crown Attor-
ney's office for the County of Grey
covering 1931 and 1932 the Province
of Ontario and County Crown At,
torney W. D. Henry, K.C., of Mark,
dale, have been ordered to refund
to the County of Grey and the City
of Owen Sound the sum of $5,700
the amount divided equally between
the two.
The amount mentioned represents
fees which were collected over the
two-year period by the, Crown At-
torny which the Provincial auditors
say he had go right to collect, and
which were shared on a 50 per cent,
basis by the Province.
The accounts were all passed by
the County Board of Audit, but when
objection was taken last year by the
county and city authorities regarding
the high cost of the administration
of justice in the county the matter
was taken to the office of the At-
torneyeGeneral, an investigation was
promised, and the accounts were
forwarded to Toronto, with the result
that word was xeceived that these
refunds must be made.
The investigation revealed that
there had been collected a fee of $2
for all court adjournments, for which
there is -no provision in the tariff,
while there had also been collected
a 50 -cent fee for the writing of
Crown Attorney letters, for which
there is also no provision in the tar-
iff, while fees were charged in each
case where several charges had been
laid against one person, whereas
there should have been just one fee
to cover them all, and in all instances
of this kind there must be a refund.
There is also an adjustment to be
made between Crown Attorney Hen-
ry and the Highways Traffic De-
partment with respect to fees and
fines paid into the department, some
of which should have gone to 'the
county and some to the townships)
and it is possible that Mr. Henry's
refund•may be reduced slightly when
these adjustments are made.
Crown Attorney Henry receives a
straight salary bf $4,000 a year,
which includes his remuneration as
Clerk of the Peace, and in addition
50 per cent of all fees collected. It
is felt in municipal circles in the city
and county that the abolition of the
fee system of remuneration would
have the effect of lessening the cost
of the administration of justice.
.GODERICH: Mackenzie King is
dead, the victim of a hit-and-run
motorist The death -dealing car was
identifiedes that owned by Mr. Ja-
cob, of Clinton. Arrangements were
made for a suitable burial in
Dr. Mabede cannine !cemetery. It
should perhaps be expained at this
point that "Mackenzie King" was
the name of a thoroughbred pedi-
greed Scottish terrier owned by John
Graham, Gloucester Terrace. Ott
Saturday last, "Mac," entirely ob-
livious to an approaching ear, eat in
the middle of Huron road waiting
for his master, who was coming a-
long with a horse and sleigh. The
ear slowed down until it was almost
upon "Mac" and then, according to
an eye -witness, the vehicle picked up
speed again and a rear wheel passed'
over the animal, killing him almost
instantly. The driver, apparently
thinking he had missed the dog, did
not stop.
WRO BEHEADED KING
CHARLES?
DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
Barbados, known also as "Little
England," may have solved an his,
torical mystery. A Barbadian has
found a letter dated 1669 from John
Newington of Barbados, to James
Drawater, London, England. It
states that one Hugh Peahen "who'
hae been in the island (Barbados)
almost 20 years and lived with many
persons of good esteem, falling sick
was much troubled in conscience . . .
and did acknowledge himself "ye per-
son that cut off ye head of King •
Charles, tor which he had 100
pounds sterling." Following the de-
claration Peachell died, "after re- •
ceiving as much comfort as ye di'
vine, one parson 'Lashley, could af-
ford him." The letter adds that one
William Hewel was at the moment-
h,eld at Newgate, for the beheading..
THAT DEPRESSED FEELINff'
IS LARGELY LIVER
Wake up your Liver Bile
—Without Catania
You are "feeling punk" 'amply becalm your •
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bile into your bowelaDigestion and elimination
aro both hampered, and your entire syetom is
bong poisoned.
What you need is n liver stimulant. Some- •
thing that goes farther than salts, mineral water,
oil,, laxative candy or chewing gum or roughage"
winch only move the howele—noring the malt
onute ni 1roublo, pour bvor.
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