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The Seaforth News, 1931-01-15, Page 4PAGE FOUR THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY, JANUARY •15,• 1931 o.. In -A Few More Weeks t Our Stock MUST be Ckaned 0;'i BARGAINS IN BOYS' AND YOUTH'S LUMBERMAN'S RUBBERS BOYS' OXFORDS AND HIGH SHOES CLEARING AT AWAY BELOW COST MISSES', CHILDREN'S AND INFANTS' SHOES AND SLIPPERS STILL TO CLEAR OUT. f .tred W. Seal rth ,..!`gaJe"x•isr,.ait: 65%, Dorothy Caldwell 61%. 'Whiner of Spelling prize, Ruth Leggatt, Perfect attendance this term — Dorothy Caldwell, Gordon Calfl�r�+ell. ' Teacher, Elva D,' Storey, Mr, and Mrs. John: Yeo were visit- ors with 1VIr. and iMrs. Thos. Lyon os Saturday, Miss Mildred H'iiborn left Tuesday for her sister's, in Freelton. Mrs. Alice Jackson spent Sunday with Mrs. John Yeo; BAYFIELD. There passed to her Eternal Home early Saturday mo•rndng, ,January 110, one of ottr oldest and most highly es- teemed residents in the person of Mary Jane.. Snider, widow of tite late Samuel Snider, who predeceased her twenty : years ago. Mrs. Snider was aged eighty4teeo years, two months and fifteen days. Early in November Mrs. Snider had the misfortune to fall and break her leg and since has been confined to her bed and suffered much pain. The deceased,te whose maiden Mary s wasJb bo me is November tuber Jud �1 wan 't Penns born l tt Y t 1848. "iat.1185I3 she moved with her parents to Indiana and there in 1567 became the bride f Samuel lSoS�five der. To this happy n children, Samuel A., Rebecca Ann, Sarah Almeady, Joshua Reuben, Ja- cob Herbert. When .they first came to Canada they settled in Toronto and a few years later mored to the Saubte line, Stanley township. In 1894 Mr. and 'Mrs. Snider moved to Bayfield to the hone where,with the exception of a few. years .in Detroit with Mr. and i Mrs. McClinchey; shehas 1 ,s iv ti e d rs, l - ever since. After iii. Snider': death,. Mr. and lire: McClinchey came to make their hone with Mrs. Snider. She was a member of the Presbyter- ian Church'. Surviving are three chil- dren, Mrs. Henry McClinchey, Mrs, C. E. Whitehill, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Ilerbert Solder of Alberta. The funeral was held from the .home Mon- day afternoon, January 12th;to Bay- field cemetery. service being taken by Rev, R. M. Gale, assisted by Rev. F. H. Paull. The pallbearers were Jos- eph and Fred McEevan, Norman and David Stephenson, John Dowson and W. H. Speed. The annutal meeting of Trinity Church Guild was held at the home of Mrs. N. W. Woods on Thursday af- ternoon, January 8th. The year just past has been successful and a balance of over $208 is in the treasury. Offi- cers for 1931 were elected as follows: President, Mrs, F. Baker; vice presi- dent Mrs. George King;• secretary, Mrs. N. W. Woods; treasurer, Mrs. H. R. McKay; Rower committee, Mrs. John Pollieck, lire, John Tip- pet, Mrs. F. A. Edwards. THE SEAFORTH NEWS Snowdon Bros„ Publishers. BLYTH. Liberal Response to Appeal for Clothing. .Mrs. J. Colclough, Supply Secretary of Huron Presbyterial of the United Church, reports that the recent appeal on behalf of dried out or hailed -out crop sufferers in the Wrest, met with a liberal response. Returnts of clothing were received from James street, Exeter, North St., Goderich; North Side, Seaforth; St. _\ndrew', Blyth; Queen Street, Biy'th, Wesley Willis, Clinton. Ontario St.,. Clinton. Dungannon end Bluevale. . There were many articles of good used clothing and also a liberal sup- ply+ of new goods, socks; stockings, enderwear, sweaters; mitts, dresses, etc., especially for children, men's and women's clothing, shoes and rub- bers, blankets and quilts. Shipments have been sent to Peace River, Al- berta; and Rabbit Lake, Saskatche- wan. A total of eleven hundred and. fifty pounds. Women's Association, --The Wo- men's Association of the Queen street United Church met in the school room of the church on Tuesday, Jan. 6th. President. firs. J. W. Mills pre- sided. Meeting opened . by singing hymn' 438 after which the Lord's Prayer was repeated in unison. A satisfactory rep.;rt was read by the ae iet; nt secretary of the years' work and treasurer's report showed a sub- stantial bank balance, hymn 05 was then sung. Ors. :Maines closed the meetingwith prayer. Mrs. N. Garrett visited her mother Mrs. McCool, Clinton, this week. Miss Ernva Leslie and Miss Elean- or Jackson have secured positions in Toronto. Women's Institute. — The regular monthly meeting of the '1't'omen'e Iat- stitute was held in Memorial Hall on Thursday, Jan. Sth, President, Mrs, R. Richmond,resided. During the P S u 'n b st ass part of the meeting it was decided to have our socialevening ever ing on Thursday; Feb. stn with a period of names, program, am etc All are invited who west' to come, the only require- ment being to bring lunch, The Sec- retary was instructed to send in an application for a summer speaker, also to,pay for covering procured for table to hall. The topic, "WI. in Many Land's" was taken by Mrs. S. A, J aplestone giving a brief outline of w^hat the \VJ'[. has accomplished with its 40,000 merrsbers: Historical Re- search was dealt with by Mrs. Wight - uteri. ,an. She told us that Alexander Graham Bell of Brantford wash teun- veutor of the first telephone, the first transnliseion- being made from Brant- ford to Paris, Then' followed a read- ing by Miss'MM. Pate. Roll Call. was ans,tvered with a New 'dear's thought, Meeting was brought to a close by singing the National Anthem. W. M. S. 'The regular monthly ourhly meeting, of the W.M.S. of the Quell 'Street United Church was held on Tuesd v Jan 6t'i P id M CROMARTY. THE WEATHERMAN Hackney spent the week -end With her sister, Mrs. D. Gardiner. • Mr. 0, Walker is having his store wired this week b'y ,bit'. Leslie. Mt 11. Miller spent Sunday with Ms parents in the village. Mr. 0, Miller spent the week -end• at the house of his ;taughter, Mrs. L. McKellar„ MANLEY. The Ialte,heavy. snow fall made the road heavy for traffic, with not much let up of the water famine. 'O!ur genial. councillors, Messrs. Jos. O'Rourke, and Thos. McKay were sworn in last Monday at the inau.gur- al meeting heid in the Carnegie Lib- rary, Seaforth, in which they pledged themselves to work for the interests and economy of the township of Mc- ICi'Ulop, which so many of the ratepay- ers are looking for in these times of depression. Colclough presided. Meeting opened by singing Hymn 15.3. Devotional', Leaflet, "Forgive 05 Our Trespasses as we forgive those who trespass a-! gainst us.' was read by Mrs, j. 1.1e Mills, The president offered prayer. i'he heralds on the Watch Tower were then appointed—Mrs. 5. Maines, China; Mrs, A. B. Carr, Japan;'. French Work, Mrs. C. Grasby; In- dian, Mrs. T. White; India, Mrs, 5. W. Mills; Gaiatian, Mrs, Wm, How - alt; new Canadian—Mrs. R. Wight - man; temperance—Mrs, ti1'm. Hesk; Reading, 'Our Allocation Window," was taken by Mrs. Wightinan. A pleasih'g quartette was rendered by Mrs, Fawcett, Mrs. Wightman. Mrs, \1'm, Gibson and Mrs. Lyon. The new study book, "Fruits of Christian Missions in Japan" was introduced by Mrs. A. B. Carr, Mrs. Watt, Hesk gave a good reading on Temperance. Our • February meeting is to be held at the parsonage. After singing hymn 152 Mrs. Hesk closed the meet- ing with prayer. The 'Twilight Recital giro by thir- teen of the pupils of Miss Elizabeth Mills in Queen St, Church was large- ly attended, and the following pro- grain was carried nut, assisted by Miss Ruth \Park, soloist. and Mr. Douglas Campbell, organist and chn•innaster of North St. United Church, Goderich. Programme, God Save The King. Winona Hesk —"Throwing Snow Ball. Doris Rogerson tat "Lucrezia. Borgia"; (b) Duet- with E. Mills..Norine -Belly, (a) Sailing; (h) Duet with E. Mills, \lis; 11ark—(a) "You Along o' me"; (b) Four Leaf Clover. Freeman Tunnev—(a) School Bell; (h) Duet with F. \fill., Miriam Rogerson— (a)' "Sontag Polka"; (b) "Re- creation," Ella Dexter, Ethel Dexter, duets—N.) 'Folk Song"; (h) "Fly- ing Doves." Olive Healy -(a) "Skip- ping Redowa"; '(h) "Merry Pheas- ant," lir. Campbell gave a helpful and interesting talk on "The Value of a Musical Education," outlining on the blackboard some of the phases it develops in the individual. Lena Munro—,(e) "Jesus Bids Us Shine"; (b) Duet with Miss Mills. Pauline ' o — Rnbins n Theory D on tr �' em s attottt 0 blackboard. Evelyn Wightman—(a) "Skating." g. Winona 'Hesk—(b) Duet "Comrades in Arms:" 'Mil's Week— (a) "Boat Song"; (b) "Little Boy Blue." 'Roselle Cunningham, E. Mills. duet—"Time •1 Peace." Jean Mc- Callutn—(a) Study; (b) "Happy Go Lucky." Rev. Mr. Anderson then spoke eloquently on tnesic, its appeal on life an dhow that the piano is the fundamental instrument 'tor musi- cal study. After candy"w^as passed by the younger pupils, the benediction was pronounced, The following is the report of S. S. No. 110, East Wawanosh, • for the months of November and December; Jr. Printer,—Isabel McGill 82%. Sr. Printer — Dick Leggatt 75%, Ruth Leggatt 74%. Jr. IIII.—ldward Quinn 56%, Sr, DM—Ralph Caldwell 74%. Sr. IV. — Margaret Caldwell 711%, Doris Barr 70%, Gordon Caldwell HIB.BERT, Tile inaugural meeting of the Rib- bert Gott • nci4 was held 5 at �taffa on � er es= al4onday,Jan, 12,isAllmemb members ent who subscribed td the declarafion of office. The following appointmetnts were trade; Mrs. K, Feeney; Clerk; Jloseph le Roach, A'ssess'or; A. A. Colquhoatn, Auditor; Dr, 5. S. Mc- Gregor. M.O1H.; James Scott, Sani- tary Inspector; John Roger, -Tp. En - for carryiag.out provisions D. and 1'N. Act; Thos. J. Molyneaux, School A'ttendatice Officer; Alex. McKellar and Andrew McLellan, sheep valuators; Frank Tuffin', care- taker of Tp. Hall, and Patrick Mal- oney, By -Law No.' Duey, \Tt•eed� Inspector, B S 363 confirming the appointment of municipal officers, and By'Law No: 364 authorizing the Head and Treas- urer to borrow a suni not exceeding $10,000 for ourrent expenditure were passed. A number of orders were is- sued The meeting adjourned. Mrs, Kathleen Feeney, Clerk. ST. COLUMBAN. The C.W.L. are holding a dance in the parish hall Friday, Jan. 23. Close's orchestra. Mr, back Moylan of Ottawa spent the week -end at his home here. Misses Mildred and Gertrude Mc- Grath of Waterloo and Agnes Mc- Grath of Stratford spent the week- end with their parents, Mr. 'and Mrs. P. V. McGrath. Miss Anna Feeney has returned to Chatham. McMahon-O'Reilly.—Sacred Heart Church. at Yale, Michigan, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Saturday. January lath, when May Elizabeth O'Reilly, daughter• of Mr.. and Mrs, James J. O'Reilly, and Vincent E. McMahon, son of Mr. Andrew J. McMahon, were united in marriage at a Nuptial High Mass celebrated at ten o'clock by the pas- tor, the Rev. ler, :Martin. The bride was exquisitively gowned in blue chiffon with ihat and shoes to match slid carrying a beautiful bouquet of tea roses and lily of the valley, tinted with sprays of maiden hair fern. The bridesmaid, Miss Alice O'Reilly, the bride's • sister, was also beautifully gontsed in chiffon. the color of ashes of roses with shoes and hat t6 match and carryinga bouquet of pink r•sec, similarly intermingled with lily of the valley and maiden- hair 'fern. Mr, Peter Carpenter was the groomsman. After the wedding breakfast, the bridal party left for Detroit to attend a reception held at the groom's home. Fallowing a short visit at the bride's parents home in St. Columban, lir. and Mrs. Mc- lfalton %viii leave on alt extended wedding trip to Chicago and other western cities. Their residence will be fu Detroit, Michigan, Changing his plea to one of guilty. George Weleb wa.4 sentenced at Stralt- ford on Monday to four neontits at, hard labor on a charge off breaking and entering the general store at St. C,'luurbau on 'Christmas Eve. Welsh had pret"ious'l'y plleaded not guilty +to the charge, and his hearing had been adjourned. John .Murray appearing in his behalf said that Welsh was intox- icated that night and d'id not know just exactly what he was doing. He had gone to Mass at the St. Colum - ban Church and+as f w ejectedfrom n church for making a disturbance, ac- cording to Mr, Murray. Counsel foe. the accused contended that it was not Welsh in his ordinary mind that en- tered the store bult it was Welsh, a ratan under the influence of liquor. Actin Crown Attorne • E. h m1 G. T o g y P n stated' that the matt h e so e l e had record in -crime and that he could be punish- ed by fourteen years in prison. I't was the duty of the court and the duty of the police officers to prevent the spreading of such crime as breaking and entering, said .lir. Thompson. He submitted thalt Welsh knew enough that all the people at the genenal store were et Mass when he broke in. He took ad'van'tage of ttfis fact and the crown asked that he be given a sev- ere punishment. iIagistrate Malcins in handing out s'en'tence d.eceared there was a difference in this kind of break- ing and entering and the eases where men did it c0 purpose and carried fire arms around to help them carry out their motive, Welsh had been ar- rested about three o'clock in the mor- ning after the store had been entered He had run his car into the ditch and'' walked' back to the store, and by that time provincial officers had arrived. tomserawassannarmaseaot Odd Questions Asked Which Some times the Meteorological Bu- reau' u•peau` Oisswot Ansver• What kind of questions does the public ask the Weatherman? There is almost no end to their variety, eve are told by a writer itt Popular Mechanics Magazine. There are, however, certain queetions that are asked over and over again. Some. of these relate to the dates and other Particulars . of memorable stomia, Bold winters, floods and, other out-` standing weather events. • At' least three or four times a year somebody asks for information about the ' Big Wind in Ireland," it is stat- ed. This name ie applied to a violent tempest that swept over the British Isles in -January, 1889, causing great deetrttotion „by land and sea, Strange too tail, though it is almost completely forgotten in the Old Country, it is frequently heard' of in America. It wag a recent event at -the, time Irish era jgr tion to this country was at hi tide, following the terrible tam: A of it me or - and the m F in of 1844 4A de - on the eeryed among 're has been p mendants of the Irish who came over at that Deriod. The public is. always mtfeh inter- ested In record-breaking extremes of weather. There are many questions as to the highest and lowest tem- peratures ever registered, the pieces. and least rain- fall, t a in the peat s having g a _ observ- ed, winds ever obs Il �e st ran es to ,t g ed and, so on. Statistics on such subjects necessarilyvary somewhat from year to year. Several places, for instance,have successively held Foy catnep. F the blue ribbon for hot w h many years this distinction was en- joyed by Wargla, a town in the Al- gerian Sahara. Then, in 1918, Death Valley, Cal., established a new world record; with a reading of 134 de- grees. This held good until 1922, when it was surpassed.by two degrees at the village of Azizia, in the Italian Sahara. The low tetcperature record has been hid since 1892 by Verkhoy- ansk, Siberia, close to the Arctic Cir- cle, with an official reading of 90 de- grees below zero. The rainiest known place in the United States is Glenora, Tillamook County, Oregon, where the rainfall averages 131 4.4, inches a 'year, and the driest is Death Valley, where it averages a little over one and one- half inches a year. Whether the heaviest snowfall occurs in the high Sierra of California or on tho upper slopes of Mount Rainier, Wash., is an unsettled question. Chicago's nickname, "the Windy Oity," raises the question whether the city is actually windier titan others. The answer is that the wind measure- ments in Chicago show a higher aver- age than in any other large city of the United States (only,slightly high- er than in New York), but are sur- passed at many smaller towns on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The strongest wind ever measured on this continent was nominally 186 miles an hour, registered on the summit of Mt. Washington, N.H., Jan. 11, 1878, but certain necessary corrections reduce this figure to about 140 miles an hour. Far stronger winds occur in tornadoes; but they have never been measured, "How large are the biggest hail- stones?" is a perennial question. Huge messes of ice have sometimes been found after hailstorms, bit' they were doubtless the result of several hailstones freezing together while ty- ing in a heap on the ground. The greatest possible size of a single hail- stone cannot be staled with any; cer- tainty. In August 192-0, a hailstone Weighing four and one-half pounds fell through the roof of a house at Heidgraben, Schleswig-H•olsteln, This stone was hear'y ten inches long. There have been several bigger hail- stones, but they were not se well authenticated. "Why," the Weatherman is asked, "is a hailstone built up, like an onion, of successive layers?': Hall le formed in the violent =draught of air at the front of a thunderstorm. In this turbulent region the hail- stone, first frozen at a high level, makes several journeys alternately up and down as' It enouaters stronger or weaker rising currents; at 008 time gathering a coating of snow aloft, and at another a coating of ice from,rein below, until finally, on•ao- o aqunt of Re large size or 'on account of a weakening of the upward blast, it falls to the ground. Two rare phenomena that the Weatherman cannot explain to his own satisfaction, much less to that of the layman, are ball lightning and will-o'-the-wisp. St. Elmo's fire—a harmless brush discharge of electricity from pointed objects -is something that most peo- ple have read of but few. have seen. It is commonest on high mountains; less common at sea, Asthma No Longer Dreaded. 'The dread of renewed attacks 'from as- thma has no hold upon those who have learned to rely 'upon Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. So safe do they feel that complete reliance is placed on this true specific with the certainty that it will always do all that its makers claim. If yon have not yet learned how safe you are with this preparation at hand get it to -day and know 'for yourself. A LOVER OP i'ATURE. Col. Batttell's Good Deed In World of Commercialism. Not many lovers of nature and ad- mirers of picturesque scenery take the practical steps to preserve nat- ural beauty that Col. Joseph Batten, of Biddlesbury, Vt., did, according t.o an item in the Dallas (Texas) News His enormous purchase of wild acre- age of little oogceivable use caused comment In his tifotime. But on his death it was round that he had been actuated solely by a love for nature and fear that civilization was peeper- ing to eliminate the. picturesque. His will bequeathed 30,000 acres 7n the Green Mountains in trust to the presi- dent and fellows of Middlebury Col- lege for use as a natural public park. Because of the forethought and the business acumen of Col. Batten, Ver wont finds itself in possession of a stretch of natural scenery. Only re- cently the Supreme Court of the state has upheld the validity; of the purpose to which the colonel dedicat- ed teeg llttu d ovee Lit 1tb ectico of a ilvnte e'tt� ill seekingso eundeiun p P Y part of it for power purposes. If the colonel had lived later than he did or had not held in his heart a )ove of natural beauty,, the picturesque gorge of the Middlesbury river would be dedicated to the god of hydro -electric power, and New England would be deprived of a park typical of its rug- ged scenery. Every section of the country can- not be fortunate enough to have a Col. Battell combining the financial means with the sentiment to create such parks as his interest has saved for Vermont. No place would want to preserve from, a commercial iuva5ion more than a few localities that can. be identified by scenic individuality in the life of the commonwealth. The timeliness of the Battell bequest sup- plies a warning to all thatthetime to act for the preservation of seeuic spots is in advance of the demand of commercial development. SHIPBIi1LDING. Had it Birth on the Banks of the Nile. Shtpbullding had its birth on the banks of the Nile, according to the belief of Prof. Elliott Smith, express- ed in the London Magazine Although, he says, ata very early period in the history of mankind logs and floats of various kinds were used by many people 'to cross narrow sheets of water or for paddling along coastlines, the real history of boat building began when the earliest t it dwellers on thebanks of he Nile w tied together bundles of reeds to. make floats. • These simple craft not only determ- ined the form of the wooden ships that succeeded them, but the methods. of construction for making the reed floats, i.e., tying them together with:, cords, were also adopted, when wood- en ships came to be built by adding planks to the hollowed -out logs which eventually degenerated into the merekeel of the composite ship. Thus the earliest Egyptian term for shipbuilding was the word signifying "to bind." Even at the present time we still find upon the Nile all these primitive types that are survivals of phases to the history of shipbuilding; sone of them more than -sixty cen- turies old. Mather ,Gre.vesr Worm Extermina- tor xternmina to'will drive worms from the system without injury: to the child, because its action. while fully effective, is mild. Massey -Harris No. 19 Spring=Tooth Cultivator The NEW CULTIVATOR with the Great "THREE-WAY" CLEARANCE Makes a Fine, Clean Mois- ttrre Retaining. Seed Bed.. JOHN GALLOP AGENT FOR FROST FENCE SU'PERTEST GAS and OILS All Repairs and Labor Cash. VARNA. ' ii\lr, M. El'Iioltt made a' shipment of live stock to Toronto .Saturday. bit's. Sparrow is attending her mo- ther, Mrs. A. Gloster. who is in poor health. ITthose. who attended the funeral of the lisle Helen Mitchell ' h 11 fnom a dis- tance were Mr, and Mrs. Hamilton, Messrs. .Andy. and Jack Hamilton of Michigan. 'Mil's Mary Oltuter Itas returned to London after spending some time at the here. her 'ho Mrs. L. McAsh spent Sunday with relatives in Brucefield. ' The song of the auto horn is some- w^hat stilled owing to recent snow falls. ' Mr, and Mrs, William' Reid enter- tained a few friends Friday evening. Mr, Harold Connell is suffering from blood poisoning. Mr. adtt Mrs. Seebrook, Of Owen. Sound, werethe guests of the latter another, Mrs. Browns, during the holi- day season. • Mr. Wilfred Chuter has purchased the Johns property.. The members of the A.Y.R.A. of St. James' -Church, Middleton, Trin- ity Church; Bayfield and St. Johns' Church, Varna, held their monthly social evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs, john Beatty. Between 65 aetd 70 were present and ell proclaitn- ed a good time, Next meeting will. be held in St. Jaiites School room, at Middleton. Messrs. John and Andrew Hamil- ton of Pontiac, Michigan, visited with Mr. and +Mrs. John McAsh last week. They, along with Mr. Jas. Hamilton and Mrs, Samuel Hamilton carate over to attend the funeral of their aunt, the late Miss Eleanor Mitchell. Mr: and Mrs, Melvin Talbot of Stanley, visited ,with M.V. and Mrs. Len. Talbot on Thursday of last week. New Terror for Smugglers. As a means of combatting the in- genuityof diamond smugglers, the authoties of the Port of New York are X-raying wealthy society women who are known to have bought a lot in Paris If she fails to dia'mohds dwhen the h! arrives declare them 6 B she will be asked to step inside a e. e�osla.h-aonat ruoted. booth h in the Nett shed. ewo an stands there, the ex- pert in ill be able to see at enema if any solid objects are conceal- ed Should she have hidden a dia- mond ust before leaving the ship, lt will be seen, 'as also will any jewel- ery hidden in the heels of her shoes or in her clothes, , Twins Plentiful. Medical literature reoords some re- markable oases of multiple birth, and. makes twins seem commonplace. There le one instanceof seven living children born together of which only one did not survive. Five cases are known of six children born at once. The average of twin births to sin - le ones is about one, in 100 tri g , lets D abut one in 6,000; and five births at a time about one in ten million, It Is rare lot all four of quadruplets to survive. * * :4 * * * * * * * * * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER s: 4' (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * * ment of Agriculture.) * s: 4' * * * * xi * * * * ,By winning almost forty prizes in the Grain and Hay Show in Chicago, Ontario exhibitors demonstrated that our seed stocks end climatic condi- tions are quite favorable to the pro- duction of highest quality: commod- ities on the Market. Exhibits O'AaC. 'Warm tribute has been paid to the O.AC. by the International Livestock Exposition officials for the excellent character of the 'Colleges exhibit at the recent 'Chicago show. During the last four years a series df four- have edu- cational laced at been P exhibits ' al ea ca O.A.0 The f neri� to nal by the I t a first one referred to the use of leg- umes in crop rotations; the seoond to the development and usefulness of the Canad'aian type of bacon hog, the third to Canadian. 'lamb, end the ex- hibits fourth to Y Alfalfa. These have not only been of outstand- ing :value at the big expoeitioti, but have also been a splendid medium of advertising for Ontario .products. The collegeis to be congratulated ora its very useful.work in this connection. Experimental Union Gathering Prominent agriculturists 'fromall parts of Ontario were itt attendance at a banquet given last week in con- nection with the Sprach annual meeting of the Ontario Agricultural and Ex- perimental Union at O.A.C. Praising the work done carried on by the 'Union Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Minister of 'Agriculture, issued a strong appeal to the young men of Ontario'to stay on the farms and be proud of 'their catling. 'Dr. Archibald, director of the Ontario Experimental .Farm at Ottawa, and. Mr. 5. B. Fairbairn,. Deputy Minister of'.Agricielture, also delivered addresses. A strain of opti- mism'Denuded the address of Mr. D. %. Gibson of Caledonia, president of the Union, who in referring to pre- vailing unsatisfactory conditions in the farming industry, declared that farmers should be in Ito way discour- aged, as similar conditions State been experienced before, "History repeats itself," 'he. said, "The past is a,'guar- antee of the future, And just as an era of prosperity followed the serious depression of 35 years ago, so there will come in the near future better times for the 'farmer as well as for others.," Experimental Work At the Experimental Union gatlier- ing:in Guelph fast week, the secretary, Prof. 'W. J Squirrel!, reported that Material had been distributed itt 1930 for a total of 48 cooperative expert= mental projects which covered prac- tically all of th•e cultivated crops of Ontario. The work was entirely voi- untary on the part of the .experiment- ers, this constituting a big factor in the success achieved. President Gib- son stressed' the value of the cooperat- ive experiments in enabling the farm- er in his particular locality to decide whet variety is best for his soil. "Successful larmrtg," he declared, depends on successful crop growing. But that is only half the story. 'Live- s'tock should interlock with crop pro- duction, and Ontario farmers must in- clude good livestock in their business itt .order to be prosperous," Advice to Dairymen 'Canada's dairy industry will re- cover ;from its slump and dairyhnen once more will be on the road to prosperity when those connected with the industry realize that duality is the allaitnlportant Lector, J. B. Griffen, secretary of the Ontario Milk Pro- ducers' Association, told delegates to the, annual .con vett of 'Eastern Ontario Dairymen at Cornwall last week. IIe unged herd owners to keep only profitable stock, using the scales and Babcock test to eliminate"b.oard- ers" front their herds. 'He pointed out that the Canadian farther must cut his own costs to the minimum itt order to successfully compete with those of nations wlhei•e production costs are law. R. le', Wade, director of .the Ontario Livestock Branch, also delivered an' address, declaring that Canadians wotticl buy more Canadian cheese if the quality were guaranteed, IIe felt that consumers should he critical and' demand the best, Short Courses Prove Popular Theh l tee month courses in Agri- culture and home economics which opened in December last are proving quite papular in their les cell e com- munities. Eight swtch- courses are be- ing held by the Ontario Department of Agriculture in as many dilfferettt counties, at es n'an t i ,B e i'rt ce Hastings, g, Lincoln, Middlesex, Norfolk, Waterloo Wenttt'orth .ancl York. ,An average of 38 young sten were enrolled in the coarses in agriculture ami 210 young women in Monte economics coarses during the month of December. Ia addition to these, 34 oneamottth cour- se: are being staged in as many dif- ferent counties ordistricts by the ag- ricultural representatives'` cluting the ntonl+hls of January and February. Short courses in agiculture were first itt 2 stittrted in 119dt., (Since that time 638 month's courses in agriculture have been held with an attendance -of 117,559. This is an average of over 33 per year with an average attendance 'of 28. `Dile first three-Imon'hhs' cans- ses in agriculture and home• econom- ics were staged in 1:921-2, Since then: 71 such courses have ben organized with a total tends -time of 2748 bays and 3080 Trls. "The feature 6f 1930 in Essex County was the comeback in corn," states Agricultural Representative S. B, S'trothers. Essex should be in * position to take care of a good per- tion of the Canadian seed corn trade in 11931. This at one time was an ex- cellent industry with us, and we hope to secure this market once more," A Real Opportunity Some idea of the opportunity for Ontario farmers to develop the ex- port trade in hog and park products is afforded by official figures with respect to dead meet imports into Great Britain. ,For the first ten Months of 1930, bacon imports reach- ed a total of 7,414,020' cwt., valued at £'34.922,063, and 0f• this volume Calla, da supplied only 57449 c'wt, which had a value of £433,955, touring the sante period imports of hams totalled 865,03:5 cwt., of which the United States supplied 7115,359 cwt„ or more than ten times the 70,968 cwt, sup- plied by Canada. 'These were the only twoin a3ong list of deadmeat imports in Which the Canadian .con- tributioit Was large enottgh to list se- parartely. , . Rural Hydro Grows Latest available figures show a total of 7,100 miles of rural hydro lines in Ontario and it is 'proposed to add al- most 2,000 more during 1931. Reduc- tion in rates has hada lot to do with the recent rapid growth. ,Nearly every, county new has hydro in the rural districts. The average cost for current to fight the house and ;barn' and run ordinary appliances such es toasters,washing machines and irons, is abot $5.00 per month. It runs considerably higher where a• motor and a stove are operated. In addition to providing needed' conveniences, the develcpnt,ent of rural hydro is expect- ed to preve eine of the biggest factors in .improving farm conditions in On- tario in the future, 'Mlanitoulin Turkeys , During the month of December. 'over 8,000 turkeys were shipped. from' Manitoulin Is tan to different parts of� Canada and the United States. Ther. average weight of the birds was about 20 pounds, which speaks highly for the gaulity of production there, d't is worthy of note that the turkey was introduced into the inland for the pur- pose of checking a plague, of grass hoppers, which it did effectively. The farmers were not slow, however, to see that there was money in turkeys and' from, a sideline they have become a leading industry of the island.