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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1946-10-24, Page 6CHRONICLES of GINGER FARM By Gwendoline P. Clarke Maybe there has been an Octo ber as warm as this one before bu I certainly don't remember it. In fact it isn't warm—it is downrigh hot. It seems so queer—hot weath er and ' autumn leaves. It jus doesn't make sense. But then there isn't much that does make sense these days, so maybe the weather- man is pust sort of keeping in step. However things are straighten- ing up a little bit: the steel strike and the farmer's delivery strike both having come to an end it is possible there will be probably something a little more like peace on the home-front—providing the erstwhile strikers can be persuaded to stop fighting among themselves, w * * Then of course, we are all anx- iously awaiting the findings of the Royal Commission set tip to in- quire into the production and distri- bution of whole milk. Which re- minds me—a funny thing neatly happened the other morning. '`I forgot to get our daily quota Of milk from the barn. The truck picked up the cans before I even thought of it, "Well," I said to myself, "it looks ep if we shell !chow what it feels like to buy fif- teen -cent -milk for once in our lives." And to tell you the truth I didn't quite relish the thought. But Partner saved the day. He remembered I hadn't been after it and brought me some up in the milk pail, so we were able to drink eight -cent milk after all. * * * There are still plenty of farms changing hands in this neighbour- hood and when a farmer sells out we know just about what a let- down feeling it must give him. But the other day I came to realise that it is possible to have that same sense of loss but on the instalment plan. You see, we had to conte to the parting of the ways with Perch, one of the good old faith- fuls with which we started farming in Ontario. In fact he was the one remaining link with our early struggles in this game of farming, Perch, along with his team -nate, Nell, served us well through good times and bad. Then about five years ago Nell dropped dead in her tracks .while ploughing, pre- sumably of heart failure. That left us with Perch and Prince, and finally just Perch, although other horses have, of course, been pur- chased to take the place of the old ones. * * * Perch was quite a character. No matter what horse he was hitched up with he always had to be a little ahead, it was the sante last thing at night or first thing in the morn- ing. He seemed absolutely tire- less and yet always looked half- starved. But he wasn't—he couldn't be on the oats that he ate, When he wasn't working Perch was quite contented out in the pasture. He didn't worry about anything or anybody, unless he thought he had been left to pasture too long with- out a drink in which case he didn't bother to wait our convenience but would jump the fence and help himself. In fact he could jump any fence he wanted to if he felt like it but strangely enough he never bothered unless it was for a special reason. For instance, in his later years, Perch was allergic to cold water, so, rather than walk through the creek to get home he made a detour by jumping a couple of fences. Even this last year when he was past work, he, could still take a fence like a colt. Yes, poor old Perch was still young in spirit right up to the very end even though he had "heaves" so badly he sounded more like a tractor than a horse and was so thin you could count his ribs. The thin- ness was not lack of food but lack of teeth to chew it with. In cold weather he also hat' a habit of "getting down" and not being able to get up again. Horses can suf- fer a lot that way so there was only one thing to do and Partner had it done—swiftly and painless- ly, which we thought was more hu- mane than keeping the poor old thing around to suffer and eventu- ally die. But still when an old horse goes something of yourself goes with it and when it is the last of the orig- inal stock it is like losing part of the farm. * * * However we haven't been lone- ly for horses just lately. A neigh- bor's team has been visiting us quite frequently, crossing over two of his own fields and then into ours. One day the young lad came after the truants and they gave him quite a run for his money. But eventually he got them home. Then we went into dinner. Came out and the horses were nowhere in sight. Which wasn't surprising since they were back in our field again! That's the time when a farmer is clad to have a boy WANT AN ISLAND?. NOBODY ELSE DOES Here's a rare photo of Rockall,, about the most friendless and unfriendly place in the world. One of the world's smallest is- lands, it is claimed by no coun- try, is too forbidding even for birds and is seen only occasion- ally by ships—generally when they meet their doom on its cliff -like coast. About 83 feet long, rising about 70 feet out of the Atlantic Ocean, Rockall lies 300 miles west of Scotland. Only one expedition has ever been :}isle to land on it—that of the French Arctic explorer Charcot, in 1021. He found not even t blade of grass growing on the islet's solid rock. ROCKALL'=ee, i'"*" ''ref" MILES SCOTLAND' :::Atfantic Ocean GREAT BRIT Aid,, CE Architect HORIZONTAL VERTICAL 1,5 Pictured 1 Bend 17: S. 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S. — 30 Certified pub- 49 Erbium 19 He arranges lic accountant (symbol) for — to be (ab.) 50 Abstract being shown 33 Ocean 51 Dined t ,� ii 5 ■2; 6 7 ■ia �■■ 13 111.11r2', 16 . ■y 17 ■gall I9 at � M" ■ 13 14 yFil ti f f 1■ 15 16 ®■■ 28 ■ 29 ■ 31 ■■■ r 3i: �■ 39 :.iu, .. Ill ■i36 9•■■� ■ :. 37 f�'Rtj{si+'F 38 39 a 'fi 4z ra'jM nyy l" `` 4 N5 46 ■47 48 49 50 Fa, °..r55 52 53 %ti5y II �. 56 ��.IM Canada Expects Record Output Of Lumber, Pulp Record lumber and pulp produc- tion is anticipated in 1997, Labor Minister Mitchell said, reporting on a survey of the woods labor situation , The Minister said forest opera- tors were expected to employ more than 200,000 men in the bush at the peak of the cutting season this win- ter. At present applications for such workers exceed 35,000 and national employment service offices are re- porting steady increases in the de- mand. As a result of the withdrawal of German war prisoners from the forest labor supply operators in Alberta and northwestern Ontario will look to the prairies for an in- creased number of woods workers as soon as harvesting has been com- pleted. With the number of skilled men limited operators are providing special training to assist new men getting into production as quickly as possible. Gold was discovered near Los Angeles in 3.8.42 by a sheep herder who was trying to dig up a few wild onions for his luncheon. Normandie Worth $161,680 As Scrap The fire -ruined Normandie, once the world's fastest and largest lin- er, will bring $161,680 as junk, The U.S. Nfaritime Commission announced it had accepted the bid. of Lipsett, Inc., of New York, equivalent to a return to the Gov- ernment of $3.80 a ton of scrap. It was the highest of five, the an- nouncement said. The $60,000,000 Normandie, ac- quired from the French, was being converted into a troopship when site caught fire at New York Feb. 9, 1942, and capsized, The navy righted her, Restoration would not justify the cost, the commission said. Evidence exists that the Japan- ese printed from wood blocks as early as the eighth century. MASTERLY SKILL is used in blending Maxwell House Coffee. The choice Latisi-Aarmerican coffees it contains each contrihute some special quality to en- sure you coffee that is cotn- pletely satisfying, Seek To Curb Greek Civil War Greek and British Officials Plan Stern Measures to Suppress Revolt Greek and British Government officials labelled the mounting vio- lence in northern Greece outright civil war and disclosed that stern measuresare under way to crush the rebellion. Greek Premier Constantin Tsa- laris said in a Salonika speech that the disorders no longer posed a question of order but 'a question of war," and declared "the State will emerge victorious by using all the .means at its disposal and without any hesitancy in taking any mea- sures." New outbreaks were reported in dispatches from Macedonia, where a strang band of 'leftists attacked the village of Pendalophos and were repulsed in a sharp battle in which 23 attackers were killed, The Ministry said it confirmed a report that the town of Deskate. captured three days ago by 2,000 leftists, was recaptured by Gov- ernment forces in a battle in which the leftists lost 80 killed, 178 cap- tured, and many wounded. A British Foreign Office spokes- man said he "did not know" whe- ther the present fighting in north- ern Greece was in any way con- ected with the return of King George II to his throne. • Evidence presented British rep- resentatives by the Greek Govern- ment indicated that Yugoslav and Albanian individuals were parti- cipating in the present actions in the north, the spokesman said, but no units of foreign troops were in- volved, so far as he knew. A Greek Government spokes- man in London predicted "mili- tary operations on a fairly big seale" in an attempt to suppress the revolt, which he attributed -to "militant Communism encouraged from the other side- of the border." Atomic Bomb Grows Obsolete Newly Developed Poison Is Swifter Killer Than Atomic Bomb The scientists of the world seem to be hs the process of surpassing the highest and most deadly achievements of the atom bomb, says the Winnipeg Free Press. The United States Chemical Warfare Service announces the development of a new poison so powerful that a particle of it, no larger than a cubic inch, or roughly an ounce, could kill every person living in the United States and Canada. And it would kill, the experts say, "silently and swiftly." New Killers Dr, Gerald Wendt, who announc- ed this discovery, says of it: "If World War III comes, which we pray will never happen, it will be a war in which most people may die from silent, insidious anti-hu- man weapons that make no sound, give no warning, destroy no forts or ships or cities, but can wipe out human beings by the millions." The new killers, it appears, are in- visible, microscopic in size, capable of spreading to reach every living enemy—and they can be easily and cheaply prepared by any belligerent who has as much as a brewery and the skill to operate it"If," says Dr. Wendt, "any small nation is com- petent in biological warfare, a large nation, even with atomic bombs, may he helpless before it." Highlights of the News Auto Output Up U,S., production 60 cars and' trucks in the past week set a new post-war, record of 91,500 vehicles, a substantial gain over the revised count of 83,270 .in the previous week,' but material shortages will considerably trim October output schedules, Automotive, News re- ported.. No Packinghouse Strike Threat of a packinghouse work- ers' strike was finally removed when the United Packinghouse Workers of America' (C.I.O.) and the Swift Canadian Company sign- ed an agreement. Farm Strike Suspended A heavy flow of agricultural pro- ducts rolled toward markets and distributing centres as leaders of 80,000 Alberta and Saskatchewan farmers announced the indefinite suspension of the month-old de- livery strike; for parity between farm costs and returns. At Ottawa a joint A.F.U.U,F.C, delegation continued negotiations wit hfederal authorities on union deman ds, Workers Back To Stelco Indications were that the Steel Company of Canada here would be the first of Canada's three basic 'steel plants to regain full produc- tion after settlement of the 11 -week strike. Workers continued to stream back to the huge Stelco plant which maintained partial production dur- ing the walkout through the ef- forts of more than 2,000 employes who did not join the strike. Nazis To Die Oct. 18 An unimpeachable source re- ported that the 11 condemned Nazi war criminals will be executed one at a time, and not all together, on Oct. 18, the final day of the period for carrying out the death sen- tencer. Some of the condemned, men were reported writing letters and documents for posthumous release. Prefers Soldierly Death Grand Admiral Raeder has ap- pealed from the Nuremberg decree of life imprisonment; he wants a "soldierly" death sentence instead. Nazis Would Try Nazis The highest German political officials in the British and United States occupation zones formally proposed that the three men ac- quitted at the trial, Schacht, Fritsche and von Papen, be tried by a German court on charges of•crim- inal action against the German people. Over Top of World After flying across the top of" the world: and establishing a new line distance record, Colonel C. 3. 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