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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-09-14, Page 3TryIrg To Give Away A Pine troll of Hoy Conhidet now the wonderful tiling that happened to the Zion, Henry f{nntfdaodle, who has gone ower his book quite a way, and after many years of labor and profit has kind of retired. He thought he would not mow his fields this year, having clispored oe the stock, so he began lank- ing around for somebody a ho would do it and haul away the hay, "I wonder if you'd like to ha fe ' ny hay?" was the way he'd stsrt negotiations whenever a likely thence showed up, and for a tire this didn't promote any response, Well, this is expectable, Mr o ' were cutting their hone places before they looked outside, anti the weather had everybody about two weeks late anywaf. One man had his machinery al off on the other side of towh, and so on, But a good farme't who has some nice hay likes to see it cut before the juices all dry up, so Henry Hankdooclle kept asking, Free hay seemed hard to give away, somehow. Finally and every word I say is true, he came to Meritorious Goodfellow (called Merit foe short), and Merit took most kind- ly to the proposal and said to Henry, "Now I'll see that it gets out. Just go home and stop think- ing about it, and it'll get cut!" Mr. Goodfellow is a nice man, So in' the next few days Henry Hankdoodle would be sitting in ,his big kitchen window enjoying the leisure of having no hay to cut, and he would look up and see some stranger going through his dooryard, down into the hay- fields to look around. Henry wondered why it took them so long to decide. His hay was very good hay, except the little five -acre piece by the brook. This piece hadn't been turned over for many years, and it had come in to hardhack and blue- berries, and mowing it was just housekeeping, The hay wasn't worth the time, but it looked bet- ter to cut it. The young stock mouthed it over and got some good of it, and what they left made good bedding, The tail goes with the hide, as they say, P`or the sake of the fine, tall hay on his ether fields, anybody would be glad to knock down those five acres. So one morning a man who said his name was Cas Stranger knocked. on Henry's door and said, "I'm going to cut your hay," and Henry walked up through the fields with him, showing him the right places to cross the awales and things like that. .Afterward, a whole array of ma- chinery was brought on-tractor- enower, sidewinder rake, baling machine, trucks, and a station wagon with the lunches. For four days, which happened to be sun- ny and good drying days, labor continued. Handsome bales of sweet -made hay were trucked off the farm, and as they went by Henry reflected on all the years he had been building his land up to produce such good fodder. Por the sake of keeping his grassland cleared, he had just given away a year's pay - enough hay to keep a large and profitable herd all winter. Good thing he didn't need the money, he told himself. And just about. the time the last of the hay was being loaded on the truck Henry discovered that his brookside meadow of hardhack and blue- berry bushes hadn't been mowed! Henry thereupon said to Mr. Stranger, "You didn't mow the five -acre piece," "No," said Mr. Stranger. "That's a little rocky In there, and the hay ain't worth much, so we left it." Realizing all at once that something had gone wrong in his bargaining, Henry Hankdoodle 'was dismayed, and could only gay, "But, I wanted everything mowed and cleaned upl" Mr, Stranger, Whoever• he was, seem- ed disinterested, and drove away. Henry felt, really, that he was being put upon, so he went over to see Merit Goodfellow and told him so. "I can't help feeling that the back field ought to be mowed, to," he said, "Why of course it should," said Merit Goodfellow, '"There's no reason why Stranger shouldn't have cut that, too. Go home and forget about it, I'll see that some- body cuts it. I'll take care of everything." So Henry IIankdoodle went home and a few more good hay- ing days came and went with- out any special activity, and then it came off to a lowery morning, Henry was sitting in his big kitchen window again, and he saw Mr, Stranger come into the yard, Mr. Stranger thumped on the back door, and said, "I've come to mow that back field," "Good," said Henry. "I just stopped by to talk to you about it first, so there wouldn't be any misunderstand- ings." "Misunderstandings .a bout what?"- asked Henry. "Well, about my price. I get three dollars and ninety cents an hour for my time and -machinery, ` 'Course, I don't know how long it'll take, but I'll use you right on hours." "You'll use me right!" said Henry. "What kind of right is that? You've just hauled most 5,000 bales of hay • off this farm free of charge, and now you want , to hold me up for a couple -hours' mowing? What kind of right is that?" "'You got this all wrong," said Mr. Stranger, "I paid Merit Good- fellow for every bale I took, and I don't owe you nothin'. I just heard you wanted that field mowed, and I'm trying to be neighbourly." " .. at three•ninety an hour," said henry Hankdoodle, and he went into his kitchen and sat down in his rocking chair by the big window, and he rocked 'and rocked and thought and thought. - By John Gould in the Christian Science Monitor. Shifting Problem In Modern Cars ' Remember way back - when automobiles ;all had different gear -shift patterns, and the posi- tion that 'night be "reverse" in one car was "high" in the next? If you do, you're much older than we, or us. Those too young to remember can take our word for it that such was the state of affairs until the triumphant adop- tion of the standard shift pat- tern. Today most cars have automa- tic transmission, but with this additional progress the c a r makers seem to have reverted to the confusion of the days before the standard shift. What we are talking about is the fact that the automatic s h i f t position for "park" in one car may be that' for "reverse" in another. It may have been all right for cars to have different shift posi- tions in the old days. Familiarity with the various systems was something to brag about, especial- ly if one knew nothing else, But confusion between the "park" and "reverse" positions in these days of teeming traffic may easi- ly be disastrous. Matters are not helped by the tendency for one family to own two cars, whose shift patterns may differ. The time is here for another great meeting of minds on shift patterns, in the interest of safety. Furthermore, such standardiza- tion would very likely save the car -makers money. Pasadena, (Calif.) Sun -News. DRIVE WITH CARE! CROSSWORD PUZZLE aenOss 2. Animate, omits 5 (:row's note 2. Recreated ground }xyg atonia tbhi 1N. S1rablaeeL ir Arabian 4. Furrow 0. Domestle animal 4, Scrape off 7. Homeless child 6i, An effectUAl 1, Elves vent to blow 9. Italian river 68. Indian 1 10. shower memorial post U. Entangle H.13ulising 19. Clothed angles Ai. 0140 DOWN 23 Toward and .1 ,Fidget within 9. To 26. What poison 3 I(ranlan coin 40. in what wav garment ver, 27. Tavern t 0.,,.tlgert9•.s'..,. pp AAateila�r: A hr6� (ootirb. 1!mrn[ 7. River rnuesel p Firm 0 Tumult 2. Marren Itq4 PHan being Pallor , 0, Narrow tnlet AR, Straight, 11. foaward RRan's nares Posses , visited Ourselves ,'town in Itp.te' i0. Itinerant 40 Assent oto le member !dgf,bpp haseage out. so.ittvt 1 If. 0y,�4574 o fik OR. Neter tlo nrorls s99 UB, OornLtas. 00. ,' tojworr of „■ 22. Black Moot 29. Hurried 30. Adieotive suffix 91. Append 84. Crease 81, W. Indian timber tree 80. Dilute 40, Roman tyrant 91, Draft animate 42. Particle 48 Holly 4G sora 40 17844 -shaped 47 Swedish man's name 60. However Answer elsewhere on his page, MUTUAL ADMIRATION - Wishing her Hereford elver good luck, 12-yedr-old Patty Davis gets a good lick in return at the recent Sagamon County 4-1-I Agricultural and Livestock show. THLPARM FRONT Joktramea The real impact of the drought which blankets the prairie prov- inces of Canada, choking off and drying up lakes, ponds, sloughs, and dugouts, shows up vividly in the hills 'of south- eastern Saskatchewan near the Manitoba border. This is lake country. But scores of the little lakes have shrunk to only fractions of their normal sike. In some cases they have disappeared, leaving only alkali patches in their wake. * * * This is the Moose Mountain country. It is ordinarily a ver- dant land, It is a land of tall trees and a lot of blush. -It is a land of. recreation as well as farming and ranching. Moose Mountain Provincial Park lies in the middle of it. The park is the choicest of the lands down here, a little over 60 miles above the Canadian -United States bor- der and about 70 miles east of Weyburn, Sask. Moose Mountain is a large promontory rising about 1,000 feet above the flat prairie land. It is the highest point between Saskatchewan's Cypress Hills and Manitoba's Riding Moun- tain. It was a favorite fishing and hunting area for the Indians - the Crees and others, whose area the pastures of Moose Moun- tain and its lakes make excellent facilities for ranching, when moisture is normal. 4, t. * One of the ranches down here is owned by John B. Minor, who also operates a bigger ranch in southwest Saskatchewan, north of Swift Current in the Great Sand Hills. Flying across the southern part of the province, he ex- plained that much less land is needed to graze one animal on his Moose Mountain ranch than on his much bigger ranch in the Sand Hills. * * The flight across the southern part of Saskatchewan gives a clear picture of the impact of a year of drought. The picture is spotted. Some areas will produce a fairly good wheat crop, such as noeth of Weyburn, where as much as 20 bushels of grain per acre may be harvested. These are areas which had timely rains - enough to replace at least in part the moisture literally sap- ped from the ground and wheat stems by unusually high temper- atures this summer. The flight, in Mr. Minor's Cessna 172, followed a course which was almost a straight line from the original Minor place 26 miles west of Cabri, Sask. This ranch has been in the fam- ily since Mr. Minor's father came to Canada from Nebraska in the early 1900's. * * Y The younger Mr. Minor, in his mid 30's, a leader in cattle raising and a growing influence in provincial and national af- fairs, feels that in some ways the drought has been overem- phasized. He feels it is sericus, But he feels that published re- ports have tended to give the wrong impression and have led readers in other parts of Canada and the United States to think of the vast wheat and ranching area of the northern Great Plains as one big desert land, with dust blowing and vegeta- tion almost all gone. In this he agrees with the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, of which he , is a director. The group feels that the seriousness of the present situation has been overempha- sized, * * "While the situation is tar from desirable, it Is not dis- tressed," the directors insist, "nor do we feel that there will be any 'panic' selling of live- stock at depressed prices. Panic has been avoided by actions of the provincial and federal gov- ernments, together with prompt and efficient action of the live- stock men themselves, who have reduced herds to the long-term carrying capacities Of their ranges, and by obtaining fodder supplies from al 1 available sources." As he piloted his Cessna across the flat plains, Mr. Minor point- ed out how the colors of the patched landscape below give the full story of the dry period. There were browns and yellows, with little green, writes Bicknell Eubanks in the Christian Science Monitor. Some of these are patches of wheat and coarse grains, such as oats and barley, that manag- ed to head up and will be in condition to harvest. A lot of it never came to proper fruition, or it may be too short, with weeds growing amidst the grain. It will be cut and baled for feed for stock during the winter, It catches and holds the few rains that come down, and it acts as a "seal" to keep subsurface moisture from being drawn to the surface and evaporated. A side effect, equally important, develops from the light color of the surface. This tends to reflect much of the intense heat of the blasting summer sun, No longer is the Old "black" summer fal- low considered the -hallmark of a good farmer. Despite the drought, farmers are busy. The designs they make in their fields, discernible from the air, mark the kind of work they are doing. A continuous line indicates swathing or mow- ing for hay. Broken lines indi- cate bales of hay or grain cut for feed. Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking 5 V 1 1 3 A VX ` 2/3N0 N V 0 3 ra 5 yl M 1 1 V V 9' 1 V MVO 9 5 a 3 1 V 6 l 1 if 1 5 13 X wo NM ND 3 N 0 H 7 0 est IN 6 5 n bnd NDAY SCI1001 IESSON By 'Rev, R. 41. Warren, B,A., 43.11. Aquila and Priscilla, Able Teachers Aot 18:1-3, 18-211 94.26; Romans 16:3-52, Niemory Selection: Every man hath his proper gift of God. 1 Corinthians 7:7. The Jews have suffered at the hands of many rulers. In Paulo day, Emperor Claudius Caesar commanded all Jews to depart from Rome, the capital city. But the Jews are an enterprising people, For so many centuries without a homeland, when driven from one country, they are soon doing a successful business in another. For Aquila and Priscilla, their explusion from Rome bad a happy sequence. As they worked at their trade of tentmaking in Corinth, they were joined by Paul who had the same trade. For a year and a half Paul preached in Corinth. When he left for Ephesus, Aquila and Priscilla accompanied him. They remained there when Paul pro- ceeded to Antioch. In Ephesus this consecrated couple performed an important service to Apollos, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scrip- tures, who came to Ephesus. Apollos knew of the baptism unto repentance for sins, Aquila and Priscilla expounded to him the way of the Lord more per- fectly. They also helped prepare the way for a favorable recep- tion for him in Corinth where he had an effective ministry. After the death of Claudius, Aquila and Priscilla returned to Rome, Paul's greetings to them in his letter 'to the Romans indi- cate that much of their valuable service is unrecorded. Here it is, "My helpers in Christ Jesus: who have for my life laid down their own necks; unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles." From this we see that they risk- ed all for Christ and had a use- ful ministry among the various Gentile churches. God can make the wrath of man to praise Him. The decree expelling Jews from Rome turn- ed out well for Aquila and Priscilla. They were led into a friendship with Paul and an un- derstanding of the Gospel that " opened the door for effective lives of service, Would that we had more lay- men who would enter such an experience of the salvation of Jesus Christ, that while continu- ing with their work, they would be effective witnesses for their Lord. Wanton Destruction Of Animal Life Naturalists ail over the world were elated recently at the birth of a whooping crane - America's rarest and tallest bird - in the New Orleans Zoo. Why? Because these birds with their snow-white plumage seem- ed likely to become as extinct as the dodo, Some scientists were beginning to call them "modern dodos," Short of the hatching of a dinoswur egg, no other event in the animal world could have given bird -lovers a greater thrill. There are only seven whooping cranes in captivity and only forty still alive throughout the world. It's these great birds' resonant, ISSUE 36 - 1961 trumpet -like cry that gives them their name, On windless days it can be heard three miles off, Man's interference often leads to the wiping out of wild crea- tures, but the dodo is extinet because he allowed himself to forget the art of .flying and gradually lost his wings. So when European sailors came to their homes in Mauritius they were able to kill and eat them whole- sale until the last One had gone, Experts warn that the horse may soon become extinct. But "Soon," according to a famous geologist, "means within ten or twenty million years" Two famous Austrian wild creatures, the duck-billed platy- pus and the facinating little koala bear, reached the point of near -extinction a few years ago. Only drastic protection measures saved them from disappearing from the earth. From the Turkish oast comes news that the eleven -foot -long monk seal, once common on the Mediterranean coasts, may be near extinction, Some Egyptian fishermen found a female monk seal near Port Said some years ago and thought that it had somehow wandered there from the Arctic, They packed the creature in ice and consigned it by railway to Alexandria for examination. The journey killed it. Naturalists are unanimous in asserting that man's craze for wanton destruction was the cause of the annihilation of the beauti- ful bird known as the great auk, or garefowl. Since its extinction - the last specimen was clubbed to death by fishermen in 1844 on Eldey, a rocky isle off the south-west coast of Iceland - more books have been written about it than about any ether bird. The men who killed the last specimen, on an island inhabited mainly by gannets, thought it was a witch! About eighty skins or stuffed specimens of the great auk sur- vive in the museums of the world to -day - the sole remains of a species which once could be numbered by the million. When the office manager tell you your salary prospects look brighter he may be thinking of the new colours proposed for banknotes. BACK BREAKER - Bending over backward to obey the law is Mike Aubrey of New York. Less agile motorists would rather avoid the park- ing spot, but the actor -dancer Mike found no trouble reading the upside-down no parking sign. He had to move, 30 2 20 MIGRATION TO WEST GERMANY (Monthly rute per year in thousands) 5 10 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 WESTWARD TREK - Until the East German government closed avenues of emigration, more than 150,000 refugees fled to West Germany in the first seven months of this year. News chart, above, traces the rate of East to West refugee flow from 1950. High point was during time of abortive revolt in 1953. To date, about three million persons have crossed. West German government estimates 75,000 have migrated in the opposite direction in 1960 ad this year,