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The Seaforth News, 1938-06-30, Page 7J. THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1938 is ...a% ----do®un•.-�glu�s; ao e.�a�aa..� O iu.. ...a ...maw. fa 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements rr We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Also best quality Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. The Seaforth Ne •Phone 84 F' l 1 1 1 1 1 11 0u./gag4s---qw--+wn+..-qu.—..e,o---.mn—�.•au�.+.u,w�wa THE ROANS Hanvey Condon led the fine big team of mares out of the barn and on to the watering trough. The harness clinked and clattered as the gray and the pinto strode eagerly toward the brimming trough of water; and Har- vey's whistle vibrated through the crisp, early morning air. His was the first .team out; within the 'barn the other teamsters were still adjusting the heavy harness.' Harvey took great pride in being the ,first out of the bunk house, the first to breakfast and the first to hitch his 'team to the mowing machine, so that he might be the first in the great fields of ripen- ing hay. While the horses were drinking Mr. 'Goodlow, owner of the Crumpled Creek (Ranch, approached, "Good morning, ,Mr. Goodlow," said Harvey, "This is sure a noble pair of mares I'm working, Well matched too. Plato never shirks, and Dolly IGaay is hard against her collar every minute, It's great—driving such a good team." Mr. Goodlow hesitated; his shrewd eyes rneasaured the young man. "You understand horses, Condon," he said. `I've had men who said that Pinto would run at the droop of a hat, and others who couldn't get a lick of work out of Dolly ,without wearing out a whip. Because you're a good hand with horses I'm going to ask you to hook •up the .blue roan colts this morning. There isn't another man on the ranch I'd trust 'em with. �'m short of horses, else tI wouldn't ask even you to take then. Jim Doane'll work these mares." A shade of disappointment .flicker- ed across .Harvey's face. He had been driving Pinto and Dolly for a week, and, knowing their .ways, he felt sure that Jim 'Dba•ne could not manage them, He understood the .worried ex- pression in his employer's eyes. Goodlow had 'been having a trying time with his men, for help was scarce, and he had been unable to choose. Already the haying was de- layed, and there was continual com- plaining and (bickering among the THE SEAFORTH NEWS' hands, "Sure, Mr, Goodlow, I'fil ,drive the colts, 'here comes Jimnow. I'll turn over )Dally and Pinto right off. 'Sthall I use the same mower iIv'e had?" "Yes," said Mr. IGoodaw; "and I'll help you .hook sip the colts. They've worked at ploughing and in a wagon, but this'll be their ifirst time in a mowing machine." Although Jim Doane said nothing as be took change of the mares, he glared sullenly at 'H'arvey as he led them away. The colts were three years old, of heavy draft stock and well matched both in size and in color. The fresh, partly broken team interested Harvey, and he handled them carefully. He had a way of softly humming and tanking in low tones to the horses; and the blue roans, though nervous and impatient, were soon harnessed and hitched to the mowing machine. 'By the time Harvey slipped into the iron seat of the avower the other teamsters had made a round or two in the hayfield. "I don't need to warn you to be careful," said ,Goodlow as Harvey hastily examined the "'sickle" bar and saw that the gears were thrown out, and that everything else about the machine was in readiness ,for his trip. I'1.1 'be careful,' replied: Ilarvey; 'Tye handled colts before," "You've got to watch out for your- self and also for the others," said !Goodlow. "You'll all be working pret- ty close together down in that field, and if one team bolts it'll throw the whole outfit into a panic," ""Well, 'I''m ready now, Mr. Good- ,low," Harvey replied, smiling. "just step away from their heads, please." The colts lunged .forward, but Har- vey kept a firm grip on the reins. The animals twisted and tried to get from under the clanking harness, hut every strap and 'buckle was firmly adjusted., Then they forged ahead out of the corral and straight for the wide -swung 'ga'te that opened into the fields. 'Harvey had all he could do to clear the posts; but he managed somehow to do it, and the iron -rim- med wheels of the mower same into the freshly cut stubble of the field and chugged through the shallow fur- rows as the roans plunged on toward the standing hay. 'The head mower a1•waye marked out the fields in good-sized sections, fol- lowing as a guide sometimes a fence, sometimes an irrigating ditch; the fields were blocked out systematically, and the mowers fell in one behind the other upon the same block of land. When the hay in that block had dwindled to an acre or less all the machines except one would move on to the next section. In that way there was less danger that sickle bars would interfere with ,hors'es' feet. Each mower stook his turn in finish - What could be more complete than a combina- tion offer that gives you a choice of your favourite magazines—Sends you your local newspaper— and gives yourself and family .enjoyment and entertainment throughout the whole year — Why not take advantage of this remarkable offer that means a real saving in money to you? This Offer Fully Guaranteed -- All Renewals Will Be Extended Please clip list of Magazines after checking Publications desired. Fill out coupon carefully. 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Before he lowered the sickle bar and threw the .machine in- to gear he halted the colts to wait till the other ln•awers had a good start dawn the long swath; he knew that the rattle and click of the knives would startle the colts, and he omelet - ed plenty of room in ,which to handle them. The roams chaffed and fretted while the string of eight mowing ma- chines paesed them and the teamsters called to Harvey. One or two hinted that he had a dangecotts tack before hint, and (Jim 'Doane, when he came within hailing distance, stopped 'Pin- to and Dolly, "I say, • Condon, I stuppose you think you've made a hit with the boss, him choosing you to drive the colts when there's some of us here who've forgot more about horses than you'll ever learn. Well, if you want to know it, he asked me to take 'em, 'btrt I said nothin' doin, I ain't fond of .risking my life with unbroke colts pn a mowin' machine. You keep 'cot a good ways back of me, under- stand? I ain't situck on working too close to ,a greenhorn kid who thinks he knows all a'b•out horses." "If that's the way you feel about it, Jim, I'll drive in ahead of you. You won't he in any danger so long as you keep your distance behind me," replied ,Harvey, a bit nettled at the mans display of jealousy, ,Without waiting for a reply, Har- vey carefully lowered the sickle bar, spoke gently to the roans and guided then into the swath of grass that the last machine had cut, He shovel the gear lever forward; and with a bur- ring clack the -knives slid into action. The roans jumped, snorted, lunged sdiewise and then, as the shuttling knives bit into the grass, stopped. Harvey raised the sickle .bar .free from the grass ,and ,gently urged them forward. O$ce more the .colts strain- ed against their collars. He lowered the bar, and this, time the colts kept moving, A glow of pleasure shone in his eyes. There was music in the steady throb of the sickle; tittle ;puffs of •pollen rose from the long heads of the timoshy; tiny butterflies flut- tered up from the fragrant grass. There was the joy of aacomplisls- ment and the work well done in the busy clack of the ,knives through the heavy hay. He ;paid no attention to the occasional taunts of Jim Doane, who considered that (Goodlow had slighted his own superior horseman- ship. Harvey had been mowing almost an hour when he heard the thud of horses' feet behind him and the buzz- ing whir of a sickle bar. He glanced over his shoulder and saw iPinroto and Dolly charging down on him, with their great hoofs pounding the turf, and the sickle ripping and tearing through the grass. Some distance in. the rear Jim Doane, making no effort to overtake his team. 'Could he have done it ou pur- pose?" 'The thought occurred to Har- vey, but he had no time to dwell on such suspicions; he must get the blue roans at a safe distance from those whirring, razor -keen knives of the sickle bar. He hastily kicked the lever free from the gear shaft and with the reins held fast in one handjumped off his seat, intent only upon saving the team that was in bis care. :He plan- ned to swerve them off to the .freshly cut ground at the left. A sweeping glance ahead and to the right showed the seven mowing machines moving 'slowly down 'the block of hay ;land. Not ane of the other teamsters knew of the impend- ing danger. 'Goodlow's words flashed to Harvey's mind, ''1!! one team bolts, it'll throw the whole outfit into a panic." He shouted a warning, ibut not a mower turned his head; the noisy clatter of each man's machine pre- vented his hearing. Harvey dared not leave his colts and try to stop the racinij mares. That would only mean another runaway. But if the mares kept on toward the seven machines, there would be a frightful stampede, ani not all ,those drivers could be re- lied upon to have a thought for their teams. 'They would jump, as Doane had done, 'and 'so long as they saved themselves would care little .what happened to horses and mowing ma-. chines.- But he himself, handicapped as he was with a team of half -broken colts, what in the world Could hedo' td prevent such a catastrophe? The roans, aware ,that the snares `were approaching rapidly, 'b'egan to rear and .prance in nervous terror. Harvey eased his pull on the reins a little, .and the machine, 'unhampered ,be, a dragging sickle bar, rolled eas- ily along; but instead of guiding the colts to she left where safety lay he held them to a course straight ahead of the changing snares and at a, pace that permitted !Pinto and ,Drolly to gain on 'him. 'By reining his team slightly in advance of the runaways and at an angle that would keep the colts clear of the sickle ,bar, he would PAGE SEVEN head off the mares and, swing them away from the seven mowers end an toward the fence across the field. It was risky not only for the roan colts .but for himself; Hanvey thought of the colts, not of himself. His soft humming had changed to a steady flow of `horse talk" as he ,gripped the .reins (braced both feet against the iron cleats at the base of the seat and fought tq ecantrrol the paaticky roans.. The responsibility for IGoodlow's whole outfit seemed suddenly thrust upon him. So close were the mares now that flecks of foam spattered upon his shoulders; it was difficult to gaarge their course and manage the running colts. Duce ;Hanvey had driv- en in a chariot race at a county fair, but the thrill of ,the contest was as nothing compared with this danger- ous" ride. Bu,t he did not lose his head. He pulled in the roans until he could have reached out his hand and 'touch- ed the noses of ;Pinto and Dolly, which now were on the right-hand side of the machine. Lf he had been able to control his own •team with his left band he could have grasped P to- to's bit and saved the situation then and there, but to guide the colts re- quired every ounce of the strength in both his hands. Already both teams were ploughing through the tall, un- cut grass, and the sickle bar of Doane's mower' was slashing "and shrieking as it gouged into the heavy stand of hay, . Hoping to calm the mares. Harvey began talking to ahem, but his voice seemed to have no effect .on the mad creatures. Their forefeet thudded dangerously near the right wheel of his mowing machine; he dared not swing the colts farther to the left, for that would point them in the direc- tion of the seven mowers, who now knew what was .wrong. He was afraid to crowd them mstuclt more to the right lest one of .the mares thrust a hoof through his wheel and be thrown. As it was, both teams were galloping in a wide circle, and Har- vey experienced a thrill of re- lief when be noticed that their course was leading them away from the seven mowers. Then the roans floundered through an irrigating ditch; the wheels of the mower spun aver one bank and crashed against the next with such force that the clamp that held the sickle bar in an upright position was jarred loose; and Harvey, though jolted almost off his seat, shifted the reins to his left hand and with his right made a wild grab for the lurching sickle, His fing- ers closed over the knife guards so tight that the steel lacerated his flesh, batt he clung fast, for if the sickle once dropped to the ground Pinto and Dolly would surely get their front feet caught in the guards and be crippled beyond aid. The strain of hanging on to the jouncing bar and holding the colts to their course was terrible, but Harvey realized that the blue roasts were slowing down, and that Pinto and Dolly were wheezing and panting and almost exhausted. The fence was less than two hundred ysrds away, and both teams were headed straight for it. He "could not boar to weaken when the struggle was so nearly won; but his fingers -were getting numb, and his grip on the reins and bar was slipping. He clenched his teeth, pull- ed the sickle bar as far toward him as it would conte, then reached over with his left hand and looped' the reins round it. With a gasp of relief he shifted his right hand to the reins; the weight of the bar pressing against theta acted as a drag on the bits of the colts, and the reins kept the bar from falling to the ground. They covered the last hundred yards to the fence at a lutubering gallop. Pinto and Dolly had forged slightly in advance of the colts and were the 'first to stop. and the heads of the roans were drooping when they halted close to the heaving mares. Leaping 'from his seat, 'Harvey gently stroked the sweat -drenched colts and hummed softly -to the mares. Suddenntly his humming ceased. His .quick eye discovered a heavy raw- hide awhide whip trailing iby Dolly's side; the lash was entangledin a strap of the 'breeching. He looked closer and saw a long welt .across the •grav mare's flank. His suspicion that Jim Doane had purposely started the run- away was •confi•rmed by that telltale evidence, for the whip was Doane's personal .property." iGiancing over the backs, of ,the mares, .Harvey saw Doane approaching through 'the wav- ing field of tinothy. He disentangled the whiplash. Even in .his ij.ust wrath be had fore- Mo.ught of .the team -s, and in order that 'there s-hould be no".further mis- hap to the horses die hastily fastened their. halter ropes to the fence posts. Then he strode Month to meet 'Jinn ,Doane. 'Some .mess you've made, let -tin' them colts run like that. Why didn't" you turn out?" sneered • Doane. "Don't suppose a greenhorn like you knowtg that lettiti' colas run away spoils 'em foe keeps." Harvey .faced hint. "This is your H. H. Wines ehiropractor Office — Commercial Hotel Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after Electro Therapist -- Massage goons and ley appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat- ment Phone 2e7, whip?" ,It was 'more an assertion than a question. '111 sore is. iGive it beret" 'replied Doane. "I sure intend ,to," said Ramsey, with his eyes itlashing and ,his jaws firmly set. 'Then he let .!Ry the raw- hide lash. Again and again the whip whistled sharply throng -h. the air, and th-e stinging blows fell across ,Dbane's shoulders, on his arms and his ilegs and on his cringing back. IIt was not the cowardly man's begging for mercy, but the arrival of Mr. 'Goodlow on horseback that caus- ed Harvey to stop. In a few terse words he explained what had hap- pened. Doane, thoroughly cowed, bad nothing to say; the evidence was too strong against him. Nor did he ask again for his whip when Mr. ,Good - low paid 'him off on the spot, Birds Are Useful Some of the birds that save mil- lions of dollars in crops every year are still -misjudged. Fault raisers often look on -robins as enemies bedau'se of the robins' appetite for cherries. 'Yet robins consume insects 'harmful to fruit craps throughout the year, and only during the (flocking periods' in June and July do they eat cultivated fruit to any -extent. Wild berries, as soon as they are ripe, form the great- er part of their food. Woodpeckers are often suspected of damaging trees by their drillings. Each hole drilled means that the ,bird has located the larva -of •a destructive woodboring insect. Woodpeckers are among the most valuable forest con- servationists. With their heavy ,bills they capture -insects that other ,birds cannot get. When swallows' nests are torn from the eaves of barns, some of the best friends of the ,farm have been burned away. Swallows, catching their food ,on the wing, consume vast nuns- (bees of harmful ,flying insects, espec- ially during the nesting and "moulting periods when they, like most other birds, -eat little besides animal food. Young birds inside the nest often eat more. insects than their parents. Swallows should be encouraged to 'build on 'barn eaves by providing mud for nest -mortar and a shelf to support nests. Even small entrance holes might be cut in .barn ,gables. Vegetable Insects A 715 -page bulletin, profusely illus. trated, on insects attacking Ontario vegetables, written 'by Professor Law- son Caesar, Provincial Entomologist, O.A.C., Guelph, is off the press and may be obtained by writing the Sta- tistics and Publications Branch, On- tario Dept. of Agriculture, Toronto. This booklet will ,be of value to every vegetable grower in ,Ontario, curtaining as it does the -description, life history and control methods of in- sects that annually cause a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars of Ontario vegetable crops. Vegetables experts state that ,there is a remedy for every insect pest at- tacking vegetables and these .remedies are all outlines in Professor Caesar's valuable ,pamphlet. Damage by June Bugs It ,has ,been a ,common ,idea that the June bug," adult of the white grub, did no serious damage to 'foliage. But Observations made last year where these !beetles were ,flying ift large num- bers, put a neve light on the subject, These beetles fly at night and feed upon the foliage of trees and shrubs. Upon the approach of talon they ,fly to grasslands where ,they enter the soil and remain ,hidden until nightfall. Therefore, the owner frequently .is at a loss to explain the source •oi the da- mage. 'Tih•e tops 'of some birch trees were 'seen to be practically defoliated within a week !after the beetles "appear- ed. Oaks, walnuts, hickory and many other trees were damaged also. Young trees have been saved by jarring them at night when the 'beetles are flying and collecting 'then on 'Sheets spread underneath. Hens and other thirds rare very fond of these (beetles as well as their lar- vae, the white .grubs and but for their habit of hiding during ,the day, they would doubtless have been extermin- ated long ago. This protective noctur- nal habit' saves them,`" Seine do get "scared, alp" -during the .day and caught. The robin frequently gets one of these beetles and tears him 1 .pieces. Send us the flames of your visitors