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Thurs,,_ January 19th, 1932
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Qne of , the first of the Canadian
Life Insurance Companies to report
on its operations for 1932 is The':
Mutual Life Assurance Company of
Canada, with Head Office at Water-
loo, Ontario, which presents a strong
and encouraging statement, and one
which 'should prove ;ratifying to the
Wingham Advance -Times
Published at
WINGI;IA$ - ONTARIO
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THE TRANSIENT PROBLEM
it was anticipated that . winter in
these parts would ace a falling off of
the number ' of transients, but this
has not been the case. The Council,
are desirous of treating these people
fairly, but to do so must have the
co-operation of the citizens. Meals
for transients are supplied by the
town and also a place to sleep, ,and
if a proper check is to be kept on
this floating population it, is neces-
sary for residents to send all per-
sons asking for meals to the Chief of
Police, who will look, after them.
The giving of relief to a wander-
ing population is presentinga prob-
lem that requires much thought and
accurate data which can only be ob-
tained when handled by one person.
The Chief has been given this task
locally and, when you turn sa man
away from your door you can rest
assured he will be looked after if
you send him to the proper author-
ity.
Many of these men are very, de-
serving and many are of a type that
authorities do not want going about
from house to house. Do your share
to help the authorities and send all
transients to Chief Allen.
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A NEW IDEA
Many new ideas have come out of
the West, but the latest is that we
pay $1.25 per bushel ,for all wheat
used in Canada, while the export
price is 50c. As we use here approx-
imately 40,000,000 bushels it would
mean $30,000,000 more money to the
-wheat grower.
It is claimed this would not raise
the price of bread' to any great ex-
tent as . the price of bread has `fallen
to a lesser degree than has the price
of wheat.
If the government entertained this
idea they would have to stop imports
of wheat as the world price is much
below the $1.25 suggested by the
Western farmers.
Ontario farmers are in the sane
position with regards to the price of
hogs' and cattle. The cost of produc-
tion does not at present give them a
profit, and this is their main means
of making money.
If the Government were to help
the West • out to this . extent, they
would also have to do .something/for
the Eastern Farmer.
It looks like a far-fetched scheme
on the surface, but, ,economists may
think differently. However, we men-
tion it as it is different, and gives
us another topic of conversation.
* *
It is estimated that last year $5,-
000,000,000 was spent throughout the
world on war' equipments of various
kinds. Disarmament would do much
to save this money from the taxes of
the people.
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A man had to go to court to prove
that his neck was a part of his body,
One 'thing is sure he could not get
along very well without it.
pigeons to, aid them in their forestry
work. The pigeon is niiglitier, than
the radio attune ,
*
Tisdale Township, Northern On-
tario, has a Woman, Mrs. Josephine
Thomas, as reeve, A. large number
of ratepayers were :present at the.
first .meeting over wliicli she presid-
ed., Her presence may be the means
of more people taking an interest in
that township's affairs,
}; a;
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It is claimed that many foreigners
are on relief because during the
years 'of prosperity they sent most
of their money out of the country.
* * * . *
Several tines lately reports have;
been made of finding•: gold or silver
in the crops of fowl, The Sault has.
been the last to so report. It is Bard
to keep that northern town out of
the papers.
• .* * * *
A Los Angeles woman poured lye
`on her husband's head, burning his
eves. It was not a case of heaping
toles of fire on his head.
is * * *
A farther stated in this; office the
other day that years ago he would
take 2i bushels of wheat to the mill
and return with 100 lbs. of ,flour and
a bag of mixed shorts and bran. That
day has long since passed.
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Ashfield Township :cut all wages
and salaries a straight thirty per cent
-That is economy with a vengeance.
a- * * ej
Next week at this time we will
know who the new Warden of Hur-
on County will be. Will this honor
conte to the North encl of the county
this year?
Stratford's relief bill last year was
$72,652 exclusive of rents. The city's
share was $40,600.25. There is close
to:900 people being supported by the
relief plan there.
* * * *
Orillia is not using the "stop"
lights on their main corner during
the winter. They have nothing on
us, neither are we.
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Kincardine` has $30,000 in outstand-
ing taxies. , Wingham is really, not
so badly off in this respect after all.
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In 1931 Canada stood seventh in
the list of exporting nations of the
world. In 1932 she was fifth mainly
due, to exports of wheat.
* *
Sandy Somerville may go to Eng-
land this year to compete in the golf
championship, if business will per-
mit. We were ofthe opinion that
golf was Sandy's business.
There is a new card table on sale
which shuffles and deals bridge
hands, If it would also tell us how
to bid we would be tempted to in-
vest.
Company's policyholders. It is very.
pleasing to note that the Company
has maintained its earning power in
so high a degree as the surplus earn-
ing of'. 0,509,688.31 are greater than
theearnings of a year ago. - these
earnings being reported after an in-
crease in acttta'rial reserve and am-
ounts left on deposit of $6,407,228.95
is set up, and after a deduction from
income to provide for possible loss
of 'mortgage interest. The large
earnings cover the su rphhs paid or
allotted to policyholders during the
Year, permit of large special charges
for possible losses and ,leave the ag-
gregate
ggregate surplus funds consisting of
general investment .reserve and free
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surplus at approximately the same fi-
gure
gure as one year ago.
Policyholders or beneficiaries were
paid during the year $17,146,147, .in-
cluded in -which is the large sum of
$5,034;912 for policyholders' divi-
dends.
The Company's Annual Meeting is
to : be held on February 2nd when
statements will be presented in great-
er detail.
* *
There is a peach tree in Oregon
which is bearing peaches, plums,
prunes, apricots, pluncots and nectar-
ines. ' Now we know what is meant
by graft:
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It' is said that many are wintering
in Bermuda this year, due . to the 'ex-
change, who formerly went to Flor-
ida for the winter. Uncle Sam does
not realize that in discounting Can-
adian money he is slowly but surely
losing out.
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DOWN GOES THE PRICE OF
ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS.
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ALL REGULAR TYPES ARE ALSO
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Utilities
Crawford $lock.
COMMISSION
Phone 156.
News and Information
For the Busy Farmer.
Published by Direction of Hon, Robt.
Weir, Minister of Agriculture
According to a cable from London
the United Kingdom apple markets
are showing a somewhat better feel-
ing following the usual holiday lull
and prices have strengthened some-
what for limited sales of barrelled
and boxed varieties on some markets
particularly Liverpool.With sup-
plies comparatively short, there is an
improved demand and: Ontario apples
are moving a little better on the Lon-
don market.
Clean Nests, Clean Eggs
It takes less time to place clean
straw in the nests than it takes to
clean eggs. ' Some eggs will become
dirty in spite of the best of care, but
the egg cleaning work is greatly re-,
duced if the nests are cleaned at egg
gathering time when, dirt is • noticed
and a little clean straw is added once
or twice each week. Tliis is a good
early morning job before the hens
start using the nests. If you have
no straw stack, keep a bale of straw
in each laying house so that a meas-
ure of the loose straw can be work-
ed up and added by har.•7 1.; to any
nests where the boards ale "oc:coraing
bare or the straw is soiled.
Crate -Feeding Pays
Farmers .who are in a position to
follow the practice, find that crate-
feeding of their poultry pays, them
big dividends. 'There are several rea-
sons for this. It produces the mill=
fed grades which bring the highest
prices; the leading wholesale merch-
ants are now buying poultry by Gov-
ernment grades with substantial tiff-
ferettti-ars between each grade the
pretnium assured for birds which
grade `milk -fed' makes crate-feeding-
worth
rate-.feedingworth while; and; all poultry intend-
ed for eating purposes should be pro-
perly finished before being marketed.
The farmer who has poultry to mar-
ket would do well to remember that
it is the last :pound which brings the
finish and increases the value of the
bird by 50 to 75 cents.
Stewarf's Disease of Corn
Agricultural authorities are becom-
ing concerned about Stewart's' Dis-
ease of Corn. This disease, so far,,
is most serious in the Southern Stat-
es, though it has penetrated as far
north. as Ontario. Damage of one
vvllion dollars annually has been re-
ported from Ohio. Last season the
disease made its appearance in Nor-
folk, Essex and Kent counties. Sweet
corn and the early -planted field var-
ieties seem to be the most .suscep-
tible,Once established it will live
for at least three years in the soil,
depending on weather conditions.
Mild winters favour the disease,
A field may be attacked any time
between germination and tasseling
and a badly damaged plant wilts,.
tarns yellowish, becomes stunted -and
either there are no cobs or these are
shrivelled. The whole field has the
appearance cif being hit by frost ()l-
a
ra severe draught and is often con-
fused with these weather conditions.
ter, such as second cut clover or alf-
alfa and other, well -cured grass or
cereal crops that have :been cut when
green. The feeding of a few m:angels
from day to day, as is well known,
has very desirable effects. The ini.-
ltortant thing is to see that all pigs,
except the very young, get some
fcrnf of vegetable matter regularly.
The results obtained from this prac-
tice' will amply_: repay the cost involv-
ed in the small quantity of fibrous
feeds used;
Why Burn Straw Stacks?
\7Vhen with the use of suitable
chemicals they can be converted into
manure the question "Why burn
straw stacks?" is 'really pertinent.
Straw is worthsomething more than
as a bedding material, and not the
least valuable is its use for the mak-
ing of artificial manure. The use of
100 pounds of ammonium sulphate
and 102 lbs, of line to each ton of
straw, and this thoroughly soaked
with water produces a manure of dis-
tinct fertilizer value. From three to
six months are required for the or-
ganic changes to become effective,
and the resultant substance has much
of .the appearance and practically the
same value as barnyard manure.
Keep. Mangers Clean
An inspection of the mangers of
stables when cows are not doing well
might go a long way towardfinding
out the cause of trouble. Sanitation
in mangers and the drinking supply
is in many cases very poor, When
cows don't drink as much water as
they should, or leave a certain am-
ount of meal in the. bottom of the
mangers, the trouble may generally
be laid to the door of poor sanita-
tion. An inspection of mangers and
drinking cups " would probably show
that the cups had become fouled with
chaff and spoiled silage, and when
left for even a day the water is fil-
thy. It is reasonable that cows will
not drink . freely of this water. Any-
where from a quarter of an inch of
hard accumulated filth can sometimes
be scraped out of the manger. It
has a stench which makes the ani-
mal quit eating long before it has
had enough. Drinking bowls' and
mangers should be kept clean if the.
cattle are to. flourish.
Pigs Need Fibre
Winter fed market pigs and breed-
ing stock relish a little fibrous mat-
ter to clow, and they need it regu-
larly. They will eat straw if noth-
ing better is available,' It is easy
however, to give thein something bet -
Barley Smothers Mustard
Experimental work carried out at
the Central Experimental Farm, Ot-
tawa, shows conclusively that barley
can be used most effectively in smo-
thering out mustard. It has been
found that barley sown at the,rate
or 3 bushels per acre is most effect-
ive for this purpose. Incidentally, it
is also shown that heavier seeding
produces a higher yield of grain per
acre.
in his business over which he has
entire control, the returns to dairy
farmers of this Province would be
ver smith greater than at the pres-
ent
1.
ent tune, Proper breeding and feed-
ing of, dairy herds for five years will
change the dairy herds' in ' Ontario'
from in many eases, no profit at all,
to at least a paying basis,"
REPORT OF HOG SHIPIVMENTS
For Month Ending Nov,. 30, 1932
'T'otal ]d'ogs - Wingham 682, Wro-
xeter 235, Belgrave 316, Bluevale
253, Huron Co, Locals 4122,Huron
County .8882.
Select Bacon: 'Wing'hana 185, Wro-
xeter, 85, Belgrave 94, Bluevale 76,
Huron • is 1067, lluroit Co.
pit t o.tt Co. Locals
2540,
Iia on - Wingham 401, Wroxeter
a h
125 iBelgrave 188, Bluevale 137, IIur-
on Co, Locals 2750, Huron County
5468.
Butchers - -' Wingham 81, 'Wroxet
er 24, Belgrave 30, 13luevale 30, ldur-
en Co..Locais':, 223, Huron County
'/01
Heavies - Wingham 2, Huron Co.
Locals 32, Huron County 42,
Lights and Feeders - Wingham 8,
Wroxeter ., Belgrave 2; Bluevale 8,
Huron Co., Lorials 30, Huron County
104.
C. N. R. Earnings
The .gross revenues .of the Canad-
ian National Railways far the week
ening January 7th, 1988, were $1,7A4,-
061, as compared with $2,381,077 for
the corresponding period of 1932, a
decrease :of $657,016,
i\cl in a Vienna paper; "My dear
wife, Frau-is lost, To anyone who
finds her and keeps her, I will give
a reward of one thousand marks."
Dairy {Problems
The solution to the question of de-
moralized rettu=ns from the dairy
business, according to George H.
Barr, Director of the Dairy Branch,
is not more cows,but better cows
through improved feeding and breed-
ing. "Better cows mean economical
production. By this I mean that, in,
many cases, I have found dairymen
feeding ten cows where five animals
should be sufficient to produce the
same amount : of milk, providing, of
course, that these five cows have been
properly bred, and are being fed in
the most approved way.
"Losses clue to poor breeding and
improper feeding, in addition to care-
less handling of milk and cream have
assumed almost staggering propor-
tions. During the year '1932' more
than 20,000,000 pounds of second-
grade creamery butter was produced
in Ontario. The difference in re-
turns between first and second grade
cream is approximately three cents
per pound butterfat, hence the direct;
loss from this ,' source alone was
about $600,000.
"Another loss due ` to the same
causes," continued. Mr. Barr, "was.
sustained in the cheese business last
year. Scitne 34,000 cheese, produced
in this Province, were second grade.
At ;a loss of one dollar on each
cheese, this represent'§ a total of $34,-
000,
"In general, flavor and mechanic-
al defects in cheese produced in On-
tario are
n-tarioare showing a decided decrease
each year. During 1932 we produc-
ed cheese in greater quantities, and
of a distinctly higher quality than ev-
er before. Notwithstanding this fact,
the returns to dairy.nten were less,
due to depressed prices.
"That certain sections of the coun-
try are making greater effortsthan
others, is indicated by the fact that
the total percentage of -cheese pro-
duced undet first grade, in one dis-
trict of Ontario, was eight times
greater than the percentage pi•oduc-.
ed in another district of the provin-
ce, Putting it another way,- in one
district 261 cheese were under first
grade, In another district of equal
size, over 2,000 were below first
grade."
In conclusion, Bari -'said: "If
the dairyman would stop the leaks
MUT
Assurance Cornpany
OF CAN
THE
Established 1869
Operating Results
for�
the Year Ending December 31st, 1932'
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PROFIT .AND LOSS ACCOUNT
REVENUE,. BASIS
Surplus Funds as at December 31st, 1931, consisting:, of:
General Investment Reserve - - $ 826,490.94
Free Surplus for Contingencies - - 4,538,343.82
$ 5,364,834.76
INCOME
Premiums (net) - . $18,354,729.90
Interest and Rents (after further deduc-
tion of $218,046.44 for possible loss of
interest on Farm Mortgages) 6,878,919.69
Supplementary Contracts 2,363,362.49
Profit and Appreciation on Ledger Assets . 53,463.82
$27,650,475.90
EXPENDITURES AND RESERVES
Death and Disability - Claims, Matured
Endowments, Surrendered Policies,
Supplementary Contracts, etc. - $12,115,791.93
Increase inActuarial Reserve and Amounts ,
Left on Deposit. - - 6,407,228.95
Commissions, Taxes and General Expenses 3,415,938.49
Loss and Depreciation on Ledger Assets 151,828.22
Amount Written Off Head Office: Premises 50,000.00
22,140;787.59
Surplus Earnings for Year - $ 5,509,688.31
Special Charges:
Additional Specific Reserve against Loss
of Principal on Mortgages and Sale
Agreements - - $ 222,736.79
Amounts Written Off Book Value of
Bonds as Provision for Possible Losses 1,000,457.87
Net Amount Transferred to Surplus Funds
TOTAL -
Deductr
Surplus Paid or Allotted to Policyholders.
Additional Provision for Staff Pensions
1,223,194.66
$ 4,286,493.65 4,286,493.65
$ 4,276,309.44
17,495.00
$ 4,293,804.44
Surplus Funds as at December 31s; 1932, consisting of:
General Investment Reserve, Dec. 31st,
'1931 - - - $ 826,490.94
Transferred from Free Surplus - 373,509.06
$ 1,200,000.00
Free Surplus for Contingencies 4,157,523.97
$ 5;357,523.97
$ 9,651,328.41
Outstanding features of 1932 Statement:
Surplus funds and- Contingency Reserves
Dividends paid Policyholders-
,
olicyholders -
(Annual gnd Deferred)
Total Assets p
New Assurances paid -for
Assurances in force December 31st,
$ 11,853,105.72
$ 5,034,911.56
$132,198,392.72
$ 144,038,582.00
1932. $517,967,974.00
Lowest Expense Ratio in the Company's History.
Death losses were well within the expected.
Surplus earnings per $1,000 of total assets were $41.68.
A Purely Mutual Company
The principle of mutuality has again been justified by the grati-'
fying surplus earnings during the past year which, permit the
continuation of the unique record which the Company hasmain-
tained throughout its entire history of over sixty years in the
field of low cost life insurance.
Year
1892
1912
1932
Assets
$2,235,384
$20,071,345
$132,198,393'
RECORD OP P.
Business
in Force
$1.6,122,195
$ 77,921.,144
$517,967,974
ROGRESS
Dividends Paid
to Policyholders
$65,001
$277,631
$5,034,912
Total Payments
to Policyholders
$216,337
$1,275,886
17,146,547
The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Policyholders will be held on Thursday,
February 20d, 1933, at the Head Office, Waterloo, Ontario.
li nt W. 4. Soiintnvsrra, General Manager
R. O. McCurroeiu „fres