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Home My WebLink AboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-02-05, Page 2THE SEAFORTH NEWS NORTH McKILLOP The W.A. and W.M.S. January meeting was held at the home of iNurs. Leonard Leeming on January 6th. Mrs' Leonard- Leeming opened ' the meeting with prayer. Hymn 28 was sung, Psalm 8'? was read in ani- • son. Prayer by Mr's. Stanley Hilien. Second Chapter ,verses 2-4 and 52nd chapter, verses '7-10 of Isaiah were read responsively. Hymn 242 was then sung: Matthew, chapter 28: 16-20 was read by Mrs. Leslie Bolt- on and she then spoke 'on the vers- es. Chapters on the study book "Great is the Company" was taken by Ruth Dennis and Tehnie Dennis. A poem "God's Anvil" Was read by Mrs. L. Leeming: A duet by Mrs.. Stanley Hillen and Ruth Dennis was much enjoyed. Silent Prayer was of- fered for Mrs. Purdy, our adopted missionary. The devotional part of the meeting closed with the use of hymn 182 and prayer by Mrs. Leon- ard Leeming. The business part of the meeting was in charge of '_,the president, Ethel Dennis. Thank -you letters were read by. Ethel Dennis from Mrs. Dave Boyd, Mrs. George Dundas, Mrs. Ruby Dundas, and Mrs. Charles Corlett. Roll called with 18 members re sponding, minutes of last •-meeting read and adopted. Roll call for February meeting to be answered by a verse of scriputre with the word peace in it. Offering was then received. The treasurer's report was then given by Mrs. N. Stimore. Moved by Mrs. S. Hillen, seconded by Mrs. Thornton, that we have a copper contest for first six months. Tennie Dennis and Mrs. Charles Boyd as captains. Moved by Mrs. Leslie Bolton, seconded by Mrs. Fred Glanville that we have a birthday box for the year. Meeting closed with first two verses of hymn- 434 and all .repeating the benediction. Lunch was served by the hostess and a social half hour spent. Mr. Ed Davidson, who was under the doctor's care is much improved. CORN BREEDING FOR HYBRIDS The objective of the corn breed- ing program at the Dominion Experi- mental Station, Harrow, is to devel- op hybrids which will compete suc- cessfully or prove more suitable to conditions in Western Ontario than the American hybrids now grown. This program can be divided into three phases—breeding, testing and multiplication. The breeding work consists of is- olating new inbred lines and com- bining inbreds to make successful hybrids. Since the foundation of any corn hybrid is its component in- breds, it is essential that only out- standing inbreds be used. It requires at least five years of inbreeding to produce a stablized inbred from an open -pollinated strain, hybrid or single cross. During this period rig- orous selection and top -cross testing reduces the, number of lines from hundreds to a score or less. Many of these are later discarded when they show that they lack in specific com- bining ability. Under the present program at Harrow, only a limited number of double crosses are actually made up and tested. Single cross tests are the principal work. Through these the yield and maturity values of hun- dreds of double crosses are predicted in any one year. These single cross tests are carried on at three or four locations so that as much informa- tion as possible may be obtained in one year. The outstanding hybrids in the prediction tests are made up the following year and tested as double crosses. Only after a hybrid has been outstanding in both the prediction tests and as an actual double cross is it considered for dis- tribution. Any hybrids released by tlhe Harrow Station enter commer- cial production under name 'Her - vie". Through the cooperative efforts Harrow„ and the Provincial Experi- mental Farm at Ridgetown, a plan for the multiplication and distribu- tion of the foundation stocks of the "Canada" and "Harvie" hybrids is is in operation, The Harrow Station is responsible for the maintenance and multiplication of the inbred lines, whereas the Ridgetown Farm makes the single crosses for distri-' bution to the commercial hybrid seed producers. The seed producers make the final double cross which is the' seed that a farmer buys and plants.' .-'Five Injured In Accident Five persons were injured and two cars damaged,,in an accident a mile and a half east of Hensall, early Saturday. The injured. were Miss .Jean Taylor, Chisel'hurst, fractured nose; Roger,Venner, Chiseihurst fa t!'.$erations; Ross Sararas, Crom- arty, teeth knocked out; Miss Mar- garet Templeman, : Staffa, abrasions to forehead; Leonard Clark, Hensall, teeth knocked out. The accident oc- curred when. Leonard Clark backed. out of . Mr. Melvin Traquair's lane- way into the path of the car driven by Alvin Cole, Chiselhurst The in - ;lured were treated by Dr. John C. Goddard. Constable John Ferguson, of Exeter, investigated. The Hensall Chamber of Com- merce had as their guests at their regular meeting on Tuesday even- ing, the local hockey and baseball teams. The guest speaker was Mr. Tory Gregg, sports commentator, Wingham. 'Hot refreshments were served at the close. Who's filching a senator's half- smoked alfsmokerl caters and 'replacing them with shorter butts? Be sure o read George Dixon's entertaining' account of this hilarious mystery, nn "Well, That's Washington", a feature in Pictorial Review, magazine of hu- mor, fiction. cartoons, Hollywood reports and surprises with this Sunday's ,(February 8) issue. of The Detroit Sunday Times, ` Send us the names of your visitors. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1943 ERFQRM---N,i OUNTS... v'm Al Equality in educational opportunity as between urban and rural areas has been achieved by greatly enlarged legislative grants 4 sub- stantia/ part of educational costs in Huron has been taken off your local property taxes. READ THE -RECORD • In 1943 grants to all HURON County municipalities were.. $ 38,048.00 In 1947 they were - $227,638.00 REALM --`_` Under Me Drew Government maintenance grants to hospitals at Goderich, Seaforth and Clinton have. been doubled, and new capita/ grant commitments totaling $75,000 have been made, of which a substantial part has already been paid. READ THE RECORD Maintenance grant to hospitals in Huron County in 1943—last year of old Government of which Mr. Oliver was a member.. $ 2,810.00 Maintenance grant in 1947 $ 5,511.00 Capital grants by Government of which Mr. Oliver was a member for new building and equipment, before 1943 nil Drew Government commitments 1947-48 $75,000.00 , 4GRICUt TURF Aolk.ies of the Drew Govern- ment aim at finding out how farmers can best be assisted.. Under these policies a substan- tial body of legislation raising rural living standards has been enacted, - READ THE RECORD Live -stock marketing materially improved. - Assistance to cattle shows in 'Huron. Establishment of three demonstration hog feeding stations in Huron, Extensive -loans to Huron Co-operatives. - Development of Junior Farmers work in Huron. Intensive warble fly control campaign in Huron. Many other Provincial measures which have improved form education, health and marketing, • New Miles. Consumers In 1944 15.71 275 1945. 112.08 517 4n average of 659 additional farm homes in Huron have received Hydro service under ,the Drew program every year since the Government took office. /a the last year of the Hepburn Government only 23 farm homes were added. READ THE RECORD • In 1943—when Mr. Oliver was a member of the Government of that year—rural lines added in HURON were: - Miles New Consumers 2.34 23 - Rural lines added since the Drew Government took Hydro out of politics: 1946 1947 Planned for 1948 ROADS 78.95 661 59.20 697 167;89 1145 Aid to municipalities in Huron County for road mainte- nance was three times as great in 1947 as in 1943. READ THE RECORD In 1943—the last year of the Government of which Mr. Oliver was a member—road subsidies to municipalities in HURON County totalled $ 133,878.42 Since the Drew Government took, office: In 1946 $ 245,319.42 '1947 $ 392,706.43 In addition—expenditures on King's Highways Construction and Maintenance in Huron County were: In 1943 $ 350,000.00 1947 - $ 525,000.00 Planned for 1948 - $1,000,000.00 TOM PRYDE has vigorously served your interests in, Huron in municipal and service work. He will work with the Drew Government inyour interests. . . ON- 1i6. 'lith VOTE FOR TQM PRYDE Progressive -Conservative Keep HURO-N:-IflLthe GO-VER--NM-ENT • RANKS