HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-04-04, Page 2eSTAFFA'
As one step on Hibbert Township's
road to reconversion, the 80 -year-old
sawmill at the west edge o1 Staffa,
village is being put hack in commis-
sion byaveteran 01 overseas service
in two wars, Ernest R. Allen, who
served in the First Great War as an
engineer officer, and in the Second
Great War as officer commanding a
company of the Canadian Forestry.
Corps, has applied gratuity, money to,
the purchase of the old mill, which he
is re-erj019910g and expects to have
in operation about arid -April,
The mill lies been idle for seven
years. It is believed to have been
built about 1865; in the latter part of
the 19th century the property in-
cluded a grist mill as well as a saw
mill.
Mr. Allen joined the Royal Middle-
sex Regiment of the Imperial Arniy
in 1914, and rose in a year froni priv-
ate soldier to be a company sergeant
major, 111'1915 he was, commissioned
in the Royal Engineers, and posted
to a tunneling company, with which
he worked at the precarious task of
underground mining in trench war-
fare. For two years after the 1918
armistice he remained in Western
Europe as an officer "of "the prizes -of -
war commission. At the end of the
First Great War lie held the rank of
acting major..
For live years after his return to
Canada in .1921 Mr. Allen was in the
lumbering industry at Millbridge,
near Bancroft in north Hastings
county, From 1926 until 1939 be was
in the mining industry, spending two
years in Labrador, and working in
other mining districts across North-
ern Canada to British Columbia and
the Great Bear Lake district. Mr.
Allen, who has his bachelor of sci-
ence degree in mining engineering
from Queen's' University, and who
has done postgraduate work at the
Houghton School of Mines, worked in
geological survey and as a fleld
engineer.
Volunteering his services as soon
as the Second Great War began, Mr.
Allen succeeded in getting into the
army again at the end of 1940. He
was taken on the strength of the
Canadian Forestry Corps, . Dec. 31,
1940, with the rank of lieutenant, and
went overseas immediately as a re-
inforcement officer. With only a
week's interval between putting on
the 'uniform and sailing for Britain,
his kit -buying was necessarily a hasty
affair; the eiderdown sleeping bag he
had used in the mining areas went
with him as part of his military out-
fit; most of his kit he did not have
time to buy until after he arrived in
England.
Dining four wartime years in the
north of Scotland he advanced from
subaltern to major, and commanded,
successively 8th Forestry Company,
from Quebec, and 20th Company,
from Saskatchewan. He returned
from overseas in July, 1945, was
retired from the army effective Aug.
5, and moved with Mrs. Allen to
Staffa Aug, 22. During this winter
they have been repairing and altering
the house on the three acres .of land.
which go with the mill, and Mr. Allen
at the same time has been putting the
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mill machinery in shape, installing a
new boiler, and building up a stock
pile of hardwood logs.:,
Mr. Allen has been buying logs
within a radios of about 10 miles
around Staffa. The early spring has
upset his delivery schedule to some
degree; logs which he had expected
to haul by sleigh are having to be
trucked to the mill'. His . markets he.
expects to' find among wholesale.
lumber in en.
PULLORUM DISEASE
CHICK KILLER No. 1
Pullorum disease, or as it used to
be called, bacillary white diarrhoea,
-is' without question the most serious
cause of all chick losses, states Dr.
Charles A. Mitchell, Dominion Ani-
mal Pathologist. Chilling, overheat-
ing, feeding, and other types of in-
fection may cause heavy losses in
individual flocks. but the number of
such flocks is small compared to
those affected with pullorum disease.
It is now some 46 years singe Dr.
Rettger of Yale University reported
that this disease was due to a micro-
organism, now known as :Salmonella
pullorum. The genus Salmonella is
an important one in both human and
animal diseases but the species
pullorum fortunately confines its
activities to birds. Man and animals,
under ordinary conditions, are re-
sistant to this infection.
11 is possible for chicks to be in-
fected and yet for losses to be very
slight. Handling, feeding and other
contributory factors play an import
ant part in this. In most cases, losses
vary from 20 to 90 per cent and
many of the survivors become car-
riers of the infection. ' The number
of .infected eggs which hatch may
be quite small but, owing to the ex-
treme susceptibility of baby chicks,
the infection spreads through thein
very rapidly because of the activity
of the chicks in pecking at every-
thing, including infected discharges.
Infection may be introduced into
a clean fleck by infected eggs, baby
chicks, or adult birds of either sex.
Infected hens usually appear quite
healthy and can only be' detected by
special tests, but there are occasion-
al outbreaks of acute disease, in
adult birds due to the same organism
that attacks chicks.
Chicks hatched from infected eggs
usually show symtoms during the
first few days of hatching,. the peak
of losses being reached about the'
tenth day, but losses from the di-
sease may occur when chicks are
several weeks old. They show lassi-
tude, loss of appetite and, 'in some
cases, diarrhoea. They usually die in
a few days, but some niay last- for
weeks, Some recoverr but continue to
harbour the infection in the ovary
or some other organ. Such birds be-
come spreaders of infection to other
birds, not only through the infected
eggs they lay but by direct contact
with other birds.
It is easier to establish and main-
tain a clean flock than to get rid of
infection after it has become estab-
lished. If a flock is clean any addi-
tions of eggs, chicks or adult birds
War on Warbles
or Heel Flies
Losses:
Attributed to warble flies m Canada, amount to
nearly $14,000,000, annually.
Damage:
Gadding of cattle during the summer, reduction
in milk flow, loss in flesh, wastage of meat in
infected carcasses, injured hides.
Control:
Destroyed most easily in grub stage after having
reached the backs of cattle by application of
rotenone wash usually procurable at drug stores
and spray companies, with directions for using.
Quantity required approximately one pound of
powder for twenty cattle for three treatments.
When To Treat:
Early in spring when grubs commence dropping.
Repeat twice at monthly intervals.
How To Treat:
Apply material with stiff brush and rub in well.
Cost:
Per animal, per treatment, should not exceed two
cents.
Savings:
As much as five dollars per animal.
This advertisement is inserted by
the Agriculture Committee of the
Huron County Council.
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of either sex should be obtained only
from clean sources. The introduction
of clean birds into infected flocks
only results in their becoming. ' in-
fected. For many years blood tests
have been employed to detect adult
birds that harbour the infection and
the immense amount of work that
has been done shows unequivocally'
that $hese tests are as accurate as
any, test used in human or veterin-
ary, medicine. It has been generally
accepted that there was only one
serological type, that is, that all
strains of the organism could' •be
detected by the same test fluid, but
now, through the work of Dr. Younie
of St. Catharines, Ontario, it is rea-
lized that there are' strains of, S.
pullorum in some flocks that can-
not be detected by the usual test
fluid, or antigen, used in the past
and it has become necessary to' de-
velop new antigens to overcome
this difficulty, The Division of Ani-
mal Pathology, Science Service, Do-
minion Department of Agriculture,
has been engaged for some time in
developing and testing antigens to
meet the new conditions; with a con-
siderable measure of success as
judged from results.
The intensive attack that has been.
made on this disease in the last few
years, by the co-operative efforts of
all concerned, is alreadybeginning
to show results, and there is no rea-
I son why it should not be eradicated'
in the not too distant future;'
deed, the welfare of the poultry in-
dustry demands that this be done.
WARBLE FLIES CAUSE
ENORMOUS DAMAGE
Damage to Canadian cattle direct-
ly or indirectly attributable to war-
ble flies continues to run into sever-
al millions of dollars a year. Injury
caused by warble flies is of two
kinds. The chief injury ih the dam-
age done to beef carcasses, due to
the presence of warble cysts. The
affected parts have to be trimmed
from the carcass, and, because the
'cysts usually occur in the more ex-
pensive cuts in the back and loin,
the damage done by. the trimming
i and the consequent disfigurement is
considerable. Also the injuries to
hides results in-large'losses, A hide
with a hole caused by the grub is
useless for making the best leather
articles, and hides showing five or
more holes are automatically dis-
counted in price.
Other serious causes of damage
are the reduction of the milk yield
in dairy cattle and loss of flesh in
beef cattle, with a general deteriora-
tion in the health of the animals. On
the approach of the warble flies, cat-
tle become terror stricken and rush
madly about the field in their efforts
to evade the flies. This is a peculiar
reaction, because the flies do not
about the harmful effete on the
cattle.
Warble flies are of two kinds,
known as the common cattle grub or
'heel'fly, and the northern cattle
grub or large warbel fly. Their hail -
its in general are the same. The heel
fly appears in the season, March to
June, while the large warble fly is
active from early June to August.
The heel fly lays its eggs in rows on
the hairs of the legs and lower parts
of the cattle; the large warble fly
attaches make breathing holes. When
full species, each female lays from
400 to 800 eggs. The small grubs
hatch in from 3 to 7 days, penetrate
the skin, and migrate through the
system of the animal. They remain.
there during the late summer until
early winter when they again mi-
grate, and finally come to rest under
the skin of' the back. Here the grubs
form cysts and make breathing holes.
When full grown they squeeze their
way through the rolesand drop to
the ground. They change into black,
hard, seed -like objects from which in
4 or 5 weeks the adult flies emerge.
At once they mate and the female
lays her eggs.
OF the 2,500 Bell employees who
enlisted for war service, over 1,700
are back on the job. They have been
given refresher courses to bring them
up to elate or to help them recapture
their old skills.
Ninety per cent of those returning
want to continue in telephone work.
Eventually, we expect thirty-seven per
cent of our entire male staff to be vet-
erans of World War II.
There's lots of work waiting for them.
As has been shown in many parts
of Canada, the complete control of
warble flies in any area is possible
only when all the cattle in a com-
munity are treated at the same time
by a Dorris or Rotenone wash ap-
plied to their backs in the early
spring when the swellings on the
backs of infested animals become
conspicuous. The dates of applica-
tion
pplication of the wash vary in different
parts of' Canada. Generally speaking,
in the interior of British Colubia,
the first treatment should be given
Our big job right now 'is to clean up
delayed orders and we are losing no
time. No less than 75,000 telephones
have been installed since V -E Day.
Telephone instruments will soon be in
better supply. Central office apparatus
is the real problem. It takes time to
snake and instal this highly complicated
apparatus. That's why applicants in
areas where switchboards are full will
still have to wait some time for service-
We promise it won't be a fninute
longer than necessary.
in February; in the Prairie Provinces
and Eastern Canada about the third
week of March. The second and third
applications should be made at in-
tervals of 28. days, and, if practica-
ble, a fourth after an interval of 35
days. More than one wash is neces-
sary because all the grubs do not
mature at the same time.
Stinson -Jones —
An interesting wedding was held at
the home of Mr. and Mre. T. G. Jones,
Godericlr, when their daughter; Mar -
J. M. GOODWIN
Manager.
1.
garet Ruth, was united inmarriage'
to FO. John Gordon Stinson,'DFC.,_
son of lilr. and Mrs. Wilson Stinson,
Port Arthur. Rev.' Richard Stewart.
officiated. Miss Gwen Jones was her
sister's bridesmaid. : .Fit. Lt. Allan
Stinson of Clinton, ;brother of the
bridegroom, was best' man. Mr, and
Mrs. Stinson will reside in Kingston,
where the bridegroom will resume his
studies at Queen's University. Guests
were present from Toronto, .Peter-
bor, Tillsouburg, Clinton and 'Fort.
Wil ]intim.
Public Enemy No. 1
i Cancer is exceeded only by heart disease as
cause of death. Because it frequently means
long and cruel suffering, and is the disease we
dtead most, it most decidedly ranks as Public
Enemy No. 1.
Yec cancer in its early stages usually causes no
pain. That is why relatively few cancers get
any treatment in their early stages when most
of them can be cured by radium, x-ray or
surgery.
Cancer of the lip may be mistaken for a cold
sore that does not heal. The first sign of
cancer of the throat may be hoarseness. Cancer
of the stomach, in its early stages may be
mistakenfor indigestion.
To -cut down the death ram from cancer in
Ontario (5193 Ontario people died from this
disease in 1943) funds are now being raised
and a drive is being organited in this province
to conquer cancer. Here are the objectives of
this campaign:
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1—To organize and operate fully equipped cancer
clinics at suitable centres where people may ha
examined, and, if necessary, treated according to.
the newest scientific methods.
2—Te pay a portion of the cost of treatment of
cancer for those needing financial help.
3—To pay travelling expe>wes to and frau clinics
if needed.
4—Te conduct an energetic ,program of cancer
research in Ontario.
As a citizen of Ontario you are asked to con-
tribute to this very worthy cause. Your
donation may help put such measures into
effect as will save the lives of some of your
loved ones -even your own life. It may help
to free the world forever from the dread
scourge of cancer..
This appeal is for an objective of $2,000,000
to provide for a three-year program of cancer
researchy treatment and province -wide service,
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ONTARIO CANCER FO'UNDATiON
This organized drive against cancer is a feint effort of The Ontario Cancer Treatment
and Research Foundation and The Canadian Cancer Society.
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