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THE'SEAFORTH NEWS..
' THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1931
Our Stock MUST be
Cleaned Our
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.
Fred Woseafrth
Wil
The 1anciscape and roads have talc -
en on rather a wintry appearance, a1
though it is keeping tecy:.nuld Which
is mach appreciated a° `
Mr. Wesley Clark, a former tesid
est, has opened'a barber at" p
Mr: ,Edward. F.itzs rnutoins of TLioirnb
dale„who has been spending a couple
of weeks' holidays With -his aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs, Robt. J. Clark
of McKillop, returned to. his home
this week, _
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gill spent the
week-end with friends , 10 libnkton
and vicinity.
Mrs. Enoch Clark -who, has been
out dkessm'aking in Grey Tp., has re-
turned to, Walton , for the tvinter
months.
P. B. Gardiner was in -Toronto 'on
business lasf week.
St, George's Church held their. ves-
try meeting on. :Monday afternoon of
this week,
The eggemarket tooka sudden drop.
Living is getting back to pre-war
prices, •
The sewing club meets at Mrs.
Neal's on Thursday,
Clarence S•teiss has been laid, up
with jaundice for the past week.
'Mrs. F. Hackwedl visited with. Mr:
and Mrs. E. Hackwell for a couple
of days this week.
The young people of .Duff's Church
had a debate in the basement of the
church on Monday evening.
A number from the village attend=
ed the Fireman's. Ball in Blyth Friday
evDetuiffg's.
United Church congregation
greg-
tion
held their annual meeting on Tuesday,
Y,
Jana 1'3th. Rev. Mr. Maines hes re-
signed. Lt is five years since Mr.
Maines first ministered to this - con-
gregation and has made many friends
during his stay.
Y
'
Mr. Ralph Conner who is here from
the West visiting friends in Brussels,
has been visiting old friends in and
around Walton. -
Mr, and Mrs. John Sholdice of Lon-
don visited the •latter's parents a con
pie of days last week.
Mr. Suitor of London spent Sunday'
with Mr. and Mrs. R. Hoy. Mr. Hoy
accompanied him back to see his dau-
ghter. Mrs,' B. Wilson who had a seri-
ous operation in the hospital lint we
are glad to report she is improving.,
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
Snowdon Bros., Publishers.
WALTON.
Euchre and Dance, Friday, Feb-
ruary '13th; in the GAV.V.A., Sea -
forth, under the auspices of the Can-
adian Legion.
Walton Horticultural Society.—The
Walton Horticultural Society met at
the home of H. B. Kirkby in the vil-
lage on Thursday evening, January
15Ith. There was a fair attendance.
call-
ed
�l•I , F. Rutledge, a 1
r
Thepresident,g ,
ed the meetinto order, and after the
reading of the minutes of last annu-
al meeting which were read and ad-
opted. Pians were proposed for the
best working of the Society for 1931.
The elections of officers took place
and the staff of 1930 were re-elected,
viz.: Hon. President, D. Johnston;
President, F. Rutledge; Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. H. Kirkby; Secretary
Treasurer. Gilbert' McCallum. Dere-
gates were appointed to attend the
convention in Toronto in February.
viz,, Mrs, Rutledge and Mrs. Kirkby.
:Meeting closed with the intention of
a further meeting after the conven-
tion.
Scotch Social -A Scotch Social was
presented in the church basement un-
der the auspices of the Young People.
A debate on "Oratory vs. Music as a
power in the w-,rld." was well pres-
ented by both sides taking part. Af-
ter the debate a Scotch program, con-
sisting of songs, orchestral numbers
and recitations. was well rendered.
The committee in charge deserve
coedit for their very helpful entertain-
ment. A dainty lunch
was served at
the close,
Quite a number from- here took in
rhe Firemen's Bail at Blyth on Fri-
day evening. January 16. Music was
furnished by Kirkby and Watt.
The January meeting of the Wo-
men's M4ssionary Society and Ladies'
Aid of Duff's United Church. was
held at the home of Mrs. Wm, Neal
Wednesday afternoon. There were
fifty ladies present and Mrs. Edward
Bryans presided. Mrs. Bryans offer-
ed opening prayer and Mrs. McCal-
lum read the dlet•otional leaflet. Mrs.
Peter 'McArthur outlined the mis-
sionary news, in splendid detail
Hymn, Standing at the Portal," was
sung, after which Mrs. Joseph Ben-
nett had charge of third chapter of
t'he study book, "The Fruits of Chris-
tian Missions in Japan," lMrs. John
McDonald read the minutes of the
previous meeting. The roll calf was
answered by giving the name of a
missionary• in Japan. Mrs. Walter
Davidson, the treasurer of 'W.M;S.,
read a splendlid report of the society's
work 'during the year 1930, and was
pleased to report that the W,M.S.-had
exceeded its allocation which was
$4'I.5, Mrs. Peter Gardiner offered
the closing prayer. Mrs; •Peal' Shaw
president of t'h;e Ladies' Aid Society,
presided' over the meeting of that
body, Mrs, Shaw read` the 19th
• Psalm; Mrs, Robert Reid led in
prayer; Mrs. P. B. Gardiner read the
minutes of the previous meeting. Fol-
lowing a lengthy business discussion
and planning work for the society,
two verses of hymn 282 were sung.
Mrs. Maines closed the meeting with
prayer. A splendid lunch was served
by a number of the ladies.
The following is the annual report
of the various organizations of Duff's
United, Church for 1930 giving: Ord-
inary fund, receipts, $2,092.67; for
maintenance and extension fund, $912;
Sabbath School, $17.1.98; Adult Bible
Class, $50.011; Sioung People's Society
158.25; Woments Missionary Society,
415.28; Gleaners'
Missi n Band,
d
.
10570Ladies' Aid Society, 027;12.
The large attendance present at the
meeting was well pleased with the
past year's report and the congrega-
tion, as well as the pastor, Rev. W. J.
Maines, BAA., are to be complimented
on the splendid work that has been
carried on. Much regret was felt
when the pastor, Rev. Mr. Maines,
who has administered to the congre-
gation for almost five years, tendered'
his resignation to take effect at the
end of the conference year.
A large number of the congrega-
gation were charmingly entertained at
a deiightittl Scotch social on Monday
evening in Duff's United Church,
Walton, with 14r, Douglas Ennis pre-
siding. The programme opened by
all singing one verse of "'O Canada"
f-J:lowed by an orche'stra selection
-The Bonnie ,Briar Bush." A very in-
teresting debate, "Resolved that it is
.,f greater ad -vantage to an individual
to be gifted with Musical Talent than
the Power of Oratory." was then
given. Those on the affirmative were
Miss Jean Turnbull, Mrs. A. McCall
and 'Mrs. J. McDonald; those on the
negative were Mr. Harvey Johnston,
Mr. Gordon lfcGavin and Mr. Colin
Fingland. The judges were Miss
Isabel Ritchie. 'Mr, Kenneth Jack-
son and lir. C. Sellers. The very ca-
pable manner which both sides dis-
played held the attention of the audi-
ence throughout and made it a dif-
ficult task ror the judges but after
careful delibenation decision was giv-
en
iven in favor of the affirmative. After
the debate a short programme, de-
cidedly "Scotch" was • enjoyed by
everyone. This consisted of selec-
tions by orchestra. piano duets by
Miss Gertrude .Miller and Mrs, E.
Radford; scios by Mrs. C. Fingland,
Mrs. H. Johnston and Mr. Kirkby.
Two Scach choruses were pleasingly
rendered by a number of the audience
who were called unexpectedly to the
platform. A very humorous panto-
mime "Wanted—A Wee 't-\Wifie" con-
ferred to the audience the splendid 'ta-
lents of those taking part. After all
singing "Coming through the Rye"
accompanied by the orchestra, lunch
was served cafeteria style and a soc-
,al half hour was spent. The conven
r of the. Social ,Committee thanked
all who had assisted in any way to
make the evening a. sud'cess. This was
responded by a hearty clap and the
evening was brought to a close by all
singing "Auld Lang Syne."
celebrated her eighty-+OOttlt birthday
last•�:eek,
- Mr, and john Symington
Auburn celebrated the fiftieth annl-
per'sary of tlieir \xvedding' on Ohrist-
tnae Day.
Exeter.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Pym, of 'Us -
borne, announce the engagement .of
titai'r second 'daughter, Lena 'May, to
James 13. Kirkland, of Usborne.
Vernon. Tapp has taken a position
with the largest chick hatchery, in
'Canada, and is manager of the in'
'cubator rooms at Regina, having a
capacity of 174,000 eggs.
William Thomas Shute, eldest son
of the late Thomas• and Dorothy
Shute, one time well-known residents
of Exeter, died at Tacoma, Wash., in
his 53rd year. One brother and three
sisters survive: James Shute, Win-
nipeg; Mrs. Johtt Evan's, of Montreal,
Mrs, , Wm. Batman and Mrs. Thos.
Oke, of Windlsor.
Rev. E. L. Vivian, rector of AU
Saints' Church, Woodstock, is com-
ing to Exeter in February as rector
o_E Trivitt Memorial Church,
BLYTH.
Horticultural Annual Meeting—The
annual meeting of the B•lyth Commun-
ity Horticultural :Society vias held at
the manse on Friday evening with a
representative number , of members
present. ,The secretary -treasurer re-•
ported an excellent year, with -a mem-
bership of 127 and 'a good balance to
begin the new year's 'work. The 'elec-
tion of officers resulted' as -follows
Hon. President, llrs. A. Taylor,
Rev. Geo. Weir; president, Mrs. D.
McCallum; 1st Nice' President, Mrs.
F. Little; 2nd Vice President, Mrs.
G. D, Leith; Secretary -Treasurer,
Mrs. G. \I. Chambers;, assistaut Sec.-
Treas.,
ec.Treas., Mrs. Taylor; two-year direc-
tors, Miss A. Gillespie, Mrs. A. Tay -
tor, Mr's, F, Little, Mrs, R. Wight -
man, Mrs. L. Williams, Mrs. G. M.
Chambers, Miss L. Mains, Mr. J. H.
R. Elliott, lir. J R. Curt; 1. year dir-
ectors. Mr. R. Watt, 3Lr. E. Bender,
Miss L. Herrington. M•rs, F. Mar-
shall, 3,liss E. Steinhoff, Mrs, J. Laid-
law; Premium Comtuittee,, Mrs. Mc -
Ca lum_Mrs..Little. Mrs. Taylor, Rev
Geo. Weir, Mrs. -G. M Oharribers;
Purchasing Committee, Mit; 'A. Gill-
espie. Mrs. McOalluni, 'lIr"s: Taylor,
Mrs. 'Chellew. ' Miss' L• :-'Herrington,
Miss E. Steinhoff, Mrs.'G:'M. • Chain-
bers; Park and Street'.Comniittee; Mr.
G. M. Chambers, Mr. F. Argent, Mrs.
A. Taylor, Mr. J. Laidlaw. . •
Rev, Anderson was called, to. Sar-
nia Monday morning owing to the
serious illness of his mother, Mrs.
CRev.) S. Andetison.
Prix`s Aliie Toll, who had been • ill
Dor the past few days, -is' recovering.
The annual meeting of the Elyth
Municipal 'Telephone System, will be
held' in Memorial. Hall on Friday ev-
ening, January 30Th.
Mr. Franklin Ba'inton is about
again after his recent illness,
HURON NEWS.
Goderich,
Mr. Justice McEvoy will preside at
the Spring Assizes which open on
Tuesday, February 117th, The. Mc-
Neil 'brothers, now in the County
Jail, who are charged with robbing
the Bank of Nova Scotia at Brussels
while armed, will be given their trial
at this court, So far this is the only
criminal case on -the`docket.
The returns from ithe office of Robt.
Johnston, focal registrar of the Su-
preme Court, registrar of the 'Surro-
gate Court and clerk of the, County
Court, reveal .someinteresting figures
for the County of Huron; ` During
the year 1930, there were 22.6 pro-
bates, 2 probates resealed, 64 letters
of administration with will annexed,
1 ancillary letter of administration,
and 1 guardianship, issued from Mr.
Johnston's office. and the total a-
mount of property involved' therein
was $1,223)446,317, of -whichamount
$5:3'1,OSl:80 was real estate, ..In ad-
dition to this there were 44 audit's,
1 citation, 7 contested matters and
350 matters in the non -contentious
class, during the year. The County
Court record shows 639 lien notes
filed during 1930; involving an a-
mount of $368,566190, and 220 chattel
mortgages and renewals, involving a
total of $1337,1842:97, with . 2'74, certi-
ficates issued. There were 24 bills of
sale and 19 assignments of book'de'lets
filed. There were 35 writs, 20 ap-
oearances, 13 judge's .orders end 13
judgments in the County Court, and
45 writs, 13 appearances, 20 judge's
:rders and, 23 judgments in the Su-
preme Court, and 39 executions is-
sued, with numerous filings and other
sundry items in all courts. The above
records show the tremendous amount
of work done by these courts in the
county of .Huron. All records are
open to searchby the public,
Reg. Glenn h '
as been appointed the
treasurer of Colborne 'Township, -suc-
ceeding R. M. Young, the former
treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Young re-
cently moved to Toronto, owingto
the ill -(health of Mr, Young,
Mrs. William Walters of Colborne
Exeter.
The death o'ceurred on Wednesday
evening, Jian. 7lth, of Richard J.
Murphy of Exeter. in his 68th year, et
his residence on Carling street, "after
an' illness • of a little, over two years.
The dleceased was born on the 116th
concession, 'Goderich township, the
Henry Mur 'h He
sonthelate et
otH PY
y
was a widely known business •mac of
Exeter, having represented the Mas-
sey -Harris and other firths there for
over thirty years. His disposition
was quiet wore , a snand pleasant, and he al-
ways
rile He was
twice
^
married, first to Agnes Bruce, Clin-
ton, who died- about eight years ago;
then three years ago he married Mrs.
Josie White, who, with his daughter,
Miss Mildred, mourn his loss, as do
also his mother, Mrs, H. Murphy,
Clinton, who is 93 years old; three
brother's, Thomas, of Goderich;
Bert, of 'Clinton; W. H.. of Winni-
peg, and' foto sister, Mrs, H. Mc-
Carthy and Mrs. Fred Ford, Clinton;.
Mrs. C. Daymenr, of North Dakota;
Mrs. G. C. Laithwaite, of Grand.
Forks, Minn, He w'as a Conservative
in politics, Anglican in religion and
a member of the. Lebannon Lodge,
A. IF. 'R IA. '11., Exeter, The funeral
service was conducted at the house
by Rev. Walter Jones' of Ridgetown,
d former pastor..
SECRETS OF THE ICE
OWE' UP THOSE WHOM IT HAS
OLAIDJED.
Over Thirty:. Years Elapsed Belpre
Bodies of Andree and His Ooh-'•
minions Were Discovered and the
Story of Their Heroic Expedition.•
The sea seldom gives up, its se-
erets. With the ice it is otherwise.
It receives its victims in its frigid'
oelba:ea, but presently it yields itp to
the world those whom it Has claimed.
Within the last few months a party
workg over the frozen wastes of,
Use ate 'd'wie ,upon •evldenee of
Daman remains. • Beneath the snow
bail t sere was outlined -all that re-
l.-inane('
e-
B maned o$ a prtlaattitve camp aueh ab.
4retle exgp_t_o�set up against the
e8 ihanie.
AA first those who had made the
dieeovery wondered what expedition,:
i}bie oeuld have been. Close inapee-
tion gave a pint here and there. Now
it re gym ewere aroed se of somea tact hat the
of the
Wingharm
\fir. Finlay Anderson, upon com-
'pleting' his thirty-ifive years as treas-
urer' Of the Tolwnship of East lnrawa-
nosh, has tendered his resignation.
Mr. Anderson celebrated his 9Ist
birthday on August 9th last, and has
resided in East Wawanosh for sev-
enty-five years.
Irvin J. Pattilson died on January
12th in his 60-th year. .He -was born in
East \Va'wateosh. His wife died sev-
enteen years ago and he -is survived
by one son, Oharles, of Sarnia. Sur-
viving also are his mother, and. three
sisters. Mary, at home; Mrs. Thomas
Leakey. Kincardine; s-cardine; Mrs. J. John-
ston, Toronto; and one brother, John
W. of Port Elgin.
Joseph T. Saint, mayor of Wallace-
burg. is'a former Wingham resident.
A 'Toronto first is securing con-
tracts for the right to drill for oil on
farms in this neighborhood but it is
not expected that any drilling will
be done at present,
'Peter S..Keyes, a former Wlingham
resident, died in Winnipeg recently,
Mr. Keyes went to the 'West about
thirty years ago. •
MANLEY.
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most intrepid . of Arctic explorers.
They had lain in the snow for thirty-
three years. The last chapter of a
tale of daring had been told—told by
the ice.,
In 18ef, Salomon Andree, a Swed-
ish engineer and patent expert, set
out with two companions by balloon
t r over the top of
a em t to drift p
in a ati
The roseand drift-
ed
The .b loon r
the world. al
ed away north from Danes Island,
its three adventurous occupants wan'-
ing to friends assembled below.
Nothing more was ever seen • or
heard of Andree and his party. The
North swallowed
them up.
P
All that came back from the sil-
ence were rumors. There were ru-
mors
u
mors that bottles had drifted ashore
on the Norwegian coast containing
messages. There were stories of the
men themselves, stories that circulat-
ed and refused to die down.
Two years later an expedition set
forth to search for the lost balloonist
and his two companions. A -thorough
search was made—even a story of: the
balloon's descent in Siberia was in-
vestigated. For over thirty years
nothing was heard.
And then, as often before, the ice
gave up its dead. All that was left of
Andree and his -ill-starred fellow voy-
agers were their skeletons. But An-
dree was a scientific man. He had
made photographs. Ho :had taken
great care that . the damp and frost
should not destroy those negatii-es. -
Now the whole world has seen
those photographs. Thus there lives
vividly again a story well-nigh for -
•
Lamp Explodes.—What might have
been a bad accident occurred last
Thursday evening when Mrs. Peter
Eckart was lighting 'their Aladdin
lamp. The lamp exploded causing
her face and hands to be burned, 'but
miraculously escaped from serious in
jury and no serious damage was done
to the dining room where it occurred
as the blaze was got under control at
once,
Another Lamp cut tip antics at the
home of Mr. Gerry O'Hara last week
but Mr. O''H'ara managed to throw
the lamp with ids contents out in the
snow before any dam -age was done,
Mr. William J. McKay, froin Tim-
mins, Ont,, is at present visiting With
his friends here and the call came to
see his nephew, 'Mr, Wilfred O'Hara
who is stilt in a precarious condition.
Mr, and Mrs, W. Manley spent
Sunday with friends in Seafortlt.
Prepare for 1932 Show
The Ontario Department is tak-
ing time -by theforelock, as it were,
insofar as making preparations for
the World's Grain Exhibition. and
Conference of 193-.�2
is concerned.
Farmers- are being urged by the De-
partment to keep this year's seed in
the event of the crop of next year
not being up to the high standard of
former years: Fall Fair judges have
been instructed to be on the watch
for' extra fine quality grain and seed
at this year's fall fairs and to , send
samples to the field husbandry
branch at Guelph for examination.
Officials of this department report,
that already there has been much in-
terest evinced by growers, many o'f
whom have announced their inten-
tion of preparing for the 1932 exhibi-
tion.
Cause of Asthma. No one can say
with certainty exactly what causes
the establishing of asthmatic condi-
tions. Dust Dram the street; from
flowers,' from .grain and various other
irritants may set up a trouble impos-
sible to irradicate 'except through a
sure .preparation such as Dr. J. D.
Kellog''s Asthma Remedy, -Uncer-
tainty, may exist as to cause, but there
can be no .uncertainty regarding a
remedy which has freed a generation
of asthmatic victinie from this
scourge of the bronchial tubes. It is
sold everywhere:,
Want land For Sale Ads, $_-fimes 50c
Even stranger than the story of
this finding or the remains .of .:the
Andree balloon expedition fo ' the
Pole is the amazing story of the
Hamel expedition.
One hundred and ten years ago Dr.
Hamel, a Russian naturalist, 'set out
to ascend Mont Blanc. In those days
this great mountain was not known
by theguides as it is to -clay. The
climb was thus. far more perilous.
The weather was bad,- and tho ex-
perienced eyes of tire Swise guides
saw worse to come. But Dr. Hamel
overrode alltobjeccions. He had pier
ned to stare -start he would.. Pro-
testing, the guider followed.
Six hundred feet above the fambus
Grand Crevasse, the roped party's
feet set moving tt giant mass of snow.
Alt avalanche moved, gathered speed,
overwhelmed them, swept them into
a giant crevasse. •
Seventy years passed and the He-
mel expedition was nearly forgotten.
Then th,, Slow; downward march cf
the great glacier gave up its dead.
Embedded in the ice were the bodies
of the doctor and his guides, in ap-
pearance exactly as they were at toe
moment of death.
Locked in the crawling ice -river of
the Glacier - de Bossons, six bodies
have been moving slowly clown from
Mont Blancr the towards w ds t e valloy below
for the last fifty years. The slow
march of the glacier now nears a
point when it will deliver up its bur-
den, and, with them, the secret of
what fate overtook the Corkindale-
Bean expedition,
It is true that something is already
known of the tragedy, for Dr. Bean's
body . was recovered and his last
scrawled message to the world.
It was addressed to his wife, He
wrote:
"We have lost our way, and we are
in a hole dug in the snow at a height
of 15,000 feet. I have no hope of
descending. We have nothing to eat.
My arealready feetlr a
dy frozen, -and I am.
exhausted. 1' hove only the power to
write a few words."
Maybe, in a year or even less, the
last messages of the other members
of that party will be hewn from the
solid lee in which they have been
travelling slowly for so many years.
In Chamonix, the village that lies
at the foot of Mont Blanc, there' lived
for years a widow. She seldom spoke,
butuentl
r
E gazed towards. the.
eq y ,
snow -el .
ad summit m t abova the village:
In her employment. were several
guides. But they were never called
upon to climb.. Their task was !gra-
pier: it was to watch the slowly mov-
ing Glacier de Bossons.
Her story is soon told
In 1864, two Austrian counts, with
Swiss guides, set out tomake the
ascent, They reached the peak; but.
on their way down, while crossing
the Grand Crevasse, the snow gave
beneath them, 'and they, were precl-
pitated into the chasm of ice.
For twenty years the widow of one
of them waited for the ice to deliver
up its dead. •
But the glacier watchers were not
rewarded for their patience. No bod-
ies embalmed in ice appeared in the
slowly moving, gigantic,, mass. This
time the ice had kept its .secret.'
Westphalian Wild Horses.
There are still many wild horses
in Europe. Anannualround-up took
place recently -on the estate of the.
Duke of Croy in Westphalia. The
horses there—about 200 in all—live
in an enclosure of 1,200 acres. Each
year many beaters surround thein,
and drive them forward until they
are enn.'d rra Tho p LA a eo L T o animals
are quickly tamed, and are generally
good-tempered. The horses aro a lit-
tle taller than Shetland pontes; each
one has a black stripe running along
the back.
WEST BRODHAGEN.
There died in Bro'dhagen during.
the week Mr. John Wolf who had'
made his home with his daughter,
Mrs, John Querengesser.
Mr. and- Mrs. Wtn, Koehler mad
son Manuel and Mr, and Mrs. Charles
ors a' visit with Mr.
Regele were Sunday
and, Mrs. Geo..Hloegy of Grey.
IWe are having a nice winter so
far, lops of snow for sleighing but not
too much. It is so dry that thefire
is seil'l burning it 'the pineewamp•
n
a much
have beeti
.What might at
a
b"
morn serious accident occurred at the
home of Peter Eckart on' Thursday
evetritfg when Mrs. Eckart was light-
ing an alladin lamp and it exploded,
;with .the result that she was badly
•burned about the face and hands, Her
spa extinguished the lire and - :saved
the house, The doctor was called
from 'Dublin to attend Mrs, Eckart.
She might have lost her eyesight,
if her glasses; had not saved her eyes,
but -the glasses were burned.
MARRIED.
COAOK:LEY,AIIJL'EN —At the Unit-
ed . Church parsonage, Londesboro,
on • Jan. lab, by the Rev..5, W.
Johnston, Lillian Allen of Bien-
heim, to Harold Coakley of Con-
stance.
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Never neglect times of feeding for
regularity in. feeding is most impor-
tant, aid' its effects are far-reaching.
Will Count Crows' Feet
Farmers of Essex County have de -
tared an open warfare on crows dur-
ing the next few weeks. The cam-
paign will close with a- banquet at
Leamington and crows' feet will be
counted at this function. - Crows
drive out the game end song birds
and to this, is laid the. increase in
insect pests in the county, A, few
years ago a targe number' of quail
and 'Hungarian pheasants were dis-
tributed through the county in' the
fight to bring back game ands- song
birds and these have increased,- 'dur-
ing the. years to an appreciable! ex-
•
Cut Production Costs.
Pointing out rhat: • history 'down
through the years showed 'seketi fat
years and seven lean years, the I -Ion.
T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agricul-
ture, in the course of a recent ad-
dress. remarked: "We are experi-
encing.one of the, lean years now,
but we mus not tot wort y � or become
o
discouraged, for hardship is good for
us all." He urged fa•t'hers to inter-
est their sons in farm :activities:
The in and out"farmer had suffer-
ed during the past ' few years, he
said, and would continue to find the
industry unprolfi'tab'le. To succeed in
agricultural pursuits, Col. Kennedy
said, the producer must -maintain
production costs' 'at the minimum,
which means that the farmer must
feed only the best live stock.
Won $100 Scholarships,
The winners of the fifteen scholar-
ships donated by the T. Eaton Co,
to members of the 1930 'Royal 500"
party have been announced. ;Catese.
scholarships of $100 each are to be
applied on a regular course at 0, A.
C, In all, 198 young men tried the
examination .held in each county.
The winners were: Western Ontario
George Downey, Bruce;, William
Keyes, Kent; Thomas llcGlalialtan,
Wellington; Cameron 12cTaggart.
Middlesex. Centrsf Ontario—Alexan-
der W, Davidson, York; john Dry-
den, Ontario; James Hancock- Dur-
ham; Austin Broamn Dufferin. East-
ern Ontario—'Phil 5tltrader, Dundas;
Lawrence O'Mara, Grenville; Gor-
dbn Reid, Prince Edward; James 1'fe
Neice, Carleton. Northern Ontario—
Gladstone Ridler, Fort Wlilliani; Ern
es't 5, Gosselin, Rainy River; Ray-
mond
Baker, " Manitoulin, Thee
young risen' will snake 'entry b at O.
A. C. next Septernber. The Ontario
Government is cancelling all tuition
fees for such winners during the
first tw'o years of their respective
ne
courses:
Coming Events. '
Ontario Field: Crop- and Seed Grow-
ers' Association annual- meeting,
Feb, 3, King Edward Hotel, Toronto.
Ontario . iPlawnien''s Alsso�ciatio.n
annual meeting, Feb. 4, King Edward
Hotel, 'Toron'to.
Ontario Association ton of Fairsu.
Exhibitions annual convention,a d
Feb.
5 and 6, King Edward Hotel, To-
ronto.
Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso-
ciation annual meeting, Feb, 10; an-
nual convention, Feb, 11, King Ed-
ward Hlotel, Toronto.
Ontario H!osticul'tural Association
'innual convention, Feb: 12 and
13,
King L+`•dwa•rdHotel, Toronto.
Dog Menace Continues.
In common with other counties in
1
Ontario, dogs still appear to be a
serious menace to the sheep industry
in Si'mcee County, according to the
annual report of Stewart L. Page,
district representative. During the
last five years 1,089 sheep were de-
stroyed with payments of $12,692.
MrPage puts the loss through sheep
Wiled by dogs and injury and worry
to -sheep in the flock et about $20,-
000 'annually. - A committee of the
Sinmoe County.Council has beet; ap-
pointed do investigate the matter.
New interest, h'ow^ever, is apparent in
the sheep industry in Sitncoe• Coun-
ty.' With a total of 111 tanks in the
county, 6000' sheep were dipped dur-
ing 19130, Three sheep clubs organiz-
ed in the fall of 1928 are carrying on
under supervision o'f the Provincial
Live Stock Branch. Two lamb fairs
were held, one et Barrie and one at
Carley, which - proved. successful as
demonstrations on market require-
ments in weight and finish required.
As 1930 was the end of the second
year for the clubs, a sale, of club rams
was hell, most of ,which were pur-
chaeed by club nternbers.
Weekly Crop. Report. ,
A somewhat more optimistic- note
is struck in the weekly crop report
(rani the district. representatives.
Generally speaking the number of
live stock an -hand on Ontario farms
is about the same. as in previous
years. but is inmuch better condi-
tion. Farmers are also purchasing
smaller quanttities of feed grains, due
to ample supplies in their own barns.
Little feed is being purchased in
Bruce, farmers having' plenty of hay
and grain on hand. With eggs at 22c
per dozen in Durham, production
generally remains about 50 per cent.
All stock in Frontenachas reduced
slightly and a ntnch heavier flow 'of
milk in the district is indicated'. Far-
mers of Glengarry are still forced to
draw water owing to its continued
scarcity.. Grenville reports that large
quantities of alfalfa, ,sweet clover and,
grains' are being cleaned out at the
seed -cleaning plan. Dairying is ons the
increase in Grey while an increase in
the number of cattle being kept is re-
ported in Hastings. Egg production
is heavy in Huron and dealers are
paying > 28c for extras, Hogs are
scarce in Middlesex and are selling
at a top price of $9 per cwt. Surplus
cattle in Oxford have been marketed
at fairly satisfactory prices, while in
Prince Edward a small demand. • for
dairy cows is indicated,:
Essay Contest Winners
As a follow-up to the 19130 Royal
500 Pasty" the Agricultural Repre-
sentative Branch conducted an' es
Say contest open to : all titem:Fers. In
addition to local prizes offered for
the three best essays in each county,
Y,
each of the writers of the ten best
essays in the province receives free
transportation, board and lodging for
two weeks while attending mac of the
s`horr courses at O. A. 'C., Guelph, or
the Keniptville Agricultural School.
The winners of these prizes and the
counties they represent were: Donald
Watt, Glengarry; -Wallace Holliday,
Grey; Jack Lawson, Halton; R. S.
Lumsden, Lanark; Kenneth Bolton.
Leeds; •Nortna•n-Fdfndall, Northumb-
erland; Mervyn Oeh•nt, Penth;' W. J.
S. Grant, South Sitncoe; Wallace
Mooney, Sudbury; SherwoodT,aylor,
Waterloo. That trip • holds much of
educational value is clearly indicated
in the essayssubmitted by the 284
young men, Lessons in efficiency of
production and marketing were glean-
ed from their visits to the various in-
dustrial
ndustrial plants, while 'front the Royal
Winter Fair they received an inspir-
ation that will -result in "Better Agri-
culture" throughout Ontario,
Increasing Turnip Yield.
An increase of 25 to 35
in yield per cent.
y e d of turnips has been obtained
in a number of demonstration tests`
conducted by the Department of
Chemnietry, O.A.C. In the past twenty
years, the ,growing of turnips has be-
come an ; important phase"' of farm-
ing in" Central Ontario and although
profits were diminished due to con- '
tlition's itt 1930, turnips continue to
be an 'important 'adjunct of many
mixed farms in- ;Ontario, Growing
co'ndi'tions of 1930 were especially
bad„ due to the long .drought. The
ttsual pest, the turnip -louse, . was in
great evidence, rendering many a
crop absolutely worthi'less. This in-
sect is difficult to combat, because it
is a "sucking mouthed insect" and
sprays have little effect upon it. T -en
different Fertilizers were used in last
summer's experiments, rates varying
from: 400 to 750 petards per acre.
The average yield for all 'fertilizers
was 639, bushels: per, acre while the
average for the unfertilized' was 4161
buslhels. :'This .is convincing evidence
of the profits obtainable ,from the use
of fertilizers. The turnip crop is one
Which seems to require a special
supply ` of phosphoric acid, hence -a
relatively hf hhos hat
P p e Fertilizer'''
lilt
e2r-=
1'2—
6 is well atupted:
to the
crop.; Thoroughness of application is
one "of the important points in the
uses of fentilizer on turnips.
4u.