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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-09-15, Page 6Riv.alry Improves Reps' Produce Saye Ontario Minister of Agri- ctilttare----Aanirnals and Pro- duce Should Be Compared With Those From Other Dis- tricts The only way to improve the qua- lity of agricultural produce is to "bring them. in contrast with the article:; grown in various districts;" Hon. P. M. Dewan, minister of agri- culture for Ontario, said in opening the Belleville fair. "The farmer, by comparing his animals and produce with others, will attempt to improve his breed • and grow better produce next year." Mr. Aswan told the fair di- rectors at the official banquet. "There. is a sincere effort on the part of all fairs being held this year to raise the standards above last year. The Ontario government is aiding all those fairs that are making a sincere effort to raise up their standards. Exhibitions should make an attempt to succeed finan- cially without the aid of racketeer midways. The provincial police are• now working to clear up all the racketeers in these midways. "Education of the farmers, es- pecially young men and women, is the only way by which agriculture will improve. The young people must be educated to combat the large firms and organizations that are buying up all the produce of the farm at low prices. If this con- tinuos the farmer will not be able to make a decent living." Have Expensive Tastes Strange grasshopper stories are being told in Saskatchewan these days. This was a worn, but per- fect $1 bill, when Buster Truker happened to drop it from bis pock- et while stooking wheat on his farm near Craik. He discovered the loss four hours later, hunted until he found the spot he drop- ped it. The bill was covered with grasshoppers when Buster picked it up. They had eaten big pieces out as can be seen. A 'hopper is seen in the palm of one hand: Sharp Increase In Freight on Lakes Bigger Western Crops To Boost 'Activity of Shippers SARNIA.—A sharp increase in the number of lake vessels in oper- ation was reported in Marine cir- cles here, with the added expecta- tion that fall movement of vessels will at least be on a par with last year. A number of extra freighters are being placed in the grain -carry- ing trade in view of the bigger Western crops which are being moved to the Head of the Lakes. Tree Line Navigation Company officials said several of their ships will shift from the package freight to the grain business. Three freight- ers which have been tied up here for some weeks 'expect to get rnov- ing orders. A great improvement in steel and Trop ore shipping has also been noticed in the last few weeks. This increase is mainly due to the pick- up in the automobile trade, it is stated. Both part of the Canadian National Exhibition spectacle, the milling crowd of pleasure -seekers along the fair's midway at Exhibition City of Toronto, and the prize Hereford bull, present a striking contrast. His Highness (at the right) got quite a bit of attention from agriculturally - minded visitors himself; at the moment he ;seems to be surveying - the crowds, amusing themselves in other ways, rather grimly. Discover Mound Near Wingham Find Interests Historians—May Be Work of Prehistoric Mound Builders What is expected to be an im- portant find, from the standpoint of ' historical interest, in west Wawa - nosh Township, Huron County, near Wingham, will in all likeli- hood be brought to the attention of proper authorities for an investiga- tion. The find is a large mound of earth believed to be the work of the Mound Builders. Located near the site of an old Indian camp, near the famous Mud Lake, the mound, although in a swamp, is made of clay. This also strengthens the belief that the clay has been carried for some distance to build the mound. It is almost seventy yards around the mound, which rises in the centre to a height of fourteen or fifteen feet. On top of the mound there are two stumps of trees, which by their ap- pearance have been cut for at least 500 years. In size they are larger than any known in the country. Farmers in the neighborhood of- ten speak of finding Indian relics in plowing, and older residents do state that in the days of the early settlement the farm on which the mound is located and now owned by .Albert E. Johnson, was the loca- tion ocition of an Indian camp. W crk Of Artist Even Fools Rats Royal Steadman, who for 23 years has made models and pic- tures for the United States De- partment of Agriculture files and bulletins, said last week that one of his paintings was so lifelike it fooled even the rats. "I finished a painting of an apple, cut in half and showing seeds exposed," Steadman said. "1 put it on a window sill to dry. The next morning I found it on the ,floor With tracks of rats over it and the painted seeds eaten off." Noel Coward is trying to pro- vide better movie shows aboard ship for the British Navy. Ship Leaves Men On Arctic Ice CHURCHILL, Man., The motor ship Therese reported last week she was just south of the Arctic Circle in Foxe Chanel. The ice that had held the ship captive for several days had open- ed up somewhat and presence of open water around the Therese was allowing its crew to get some rest after many anxious watches. Overcast skies and intermittent showers kept Father Paul Schulte, the flying priest, from making any further surveys of ice conditions from the air. He had been attempt- ing to find a clear path through the ice for the Therese. Experienced in Arctic Life Patrick Baird and Reynold Bray, Arctic explorers travelling ou the Therese, were landed ou au island off Cape Wilson as the ship drifted past the point, When the Therese is able to break through for a scheduled stop at Igloolik, N. W. T., it was thought probable the men would be picked up again there. No concern was felt for them in the event the Therese was unable to reach Igloolik. It was explained the men were experienced in the Arctic life and dwell able to look after themselves." Farmers of Bruce Form "Junk Pool" Organized, They Get Profitable Return for Selves Instead Of Peddlers Something new by way of a "wrinkle" was disclosed in Wing - ham, as five Bruce county farmers received word of their "junk pool." The purpose of the co-operative or- ganization was to make as much money as possible from the scrap iron and junk which accumulates around a farm. For the past few months they have been gathering up the crap iron and other metal. waste on their farms. Shipped Scrap to the City When they_had a truckload, they shipped it to Toronto on a hired truck. Batteries, scrap iron, parts of an old steam engine, implements and even feathers were all bundled up and shipped. Returns saw each of them getting over $10 after the trucking costs were paid. Reluctant to allow names to be used, in such a way as to be named as organizers of "junk pools," they did say, "we are sick and tired of junk dealers coming along and of- fering 25 and 50 cents for a whole pile of crap iron. We used to take it and be glad. to get the stuff off the farm. Now we are determined that if they can make money at it, so can we." Classrot.Am Fodder Supply Decreasing Educator Declares That Liberal Arts Colleges l;:verywhere Are Facing a Crisis Liberal arts colleges everywhere are facing a crisis, Dr. George 13. Cutten, president of Colgate Uni- versity, Hamilton, N.Y., said at a convocation held in connection with Acadia University's centennial ce- lebration, Wolfville, N.S. Causes of the crisis were an .in- adequate supply of "classroom fod- der," due in part to a sharply de- clining birth rate, the growing pop- ularity of junior colleges and a fall- ing off of personal contributions available for privately endowed in- stitutions, the Acadia graduate said. These factors were making the maintenance of liberal arts col- leges 'in the United States difficult and their future uncertain: Trend Towards Practical Added to this was the general modern trend toward a "practical type of education such as that af- forded by courses in engineering, business and agriculture." Dr. Outten said "the pinch for raw. materials in the form of students" was a condition that obtained tie - spite the fact that "never before in the United States and probably VOCE OF THE PRESS CANADA "WIDER STILL AND WIDER" A year ago there was a rift be- tween Premier Hepburn and Mr. King, a few months ago it be.eanie a gulf, now it is a chasm. — St. Catharines Standard. GOOD BATTING AVERAGE Police record in the town of Leamington for the' past month shows 25 prosecutions and 25 con- victions. And even in the big leagues they do not bat that way. 1N OPPOSITION TO RENO Now the thing has been started, under the auspices of Hon. Harry Nixon, of allowing a marriage of outsiders to take place at Callan- der that place may ultimately be- come as popular for unions as Reno is for divorces.—Brantford Expositor. THE AGRICULTURAL REPRE- SENTATIVE Premier Hepburn has been pay- ing public tribute to the assistance he, as a farmer, has received from the district agricultural represen- tative stationed at St. Thomas. These officials do render a fine type of service to agriculture and the people engaged in it which does not always receive the recog- nition which is its clue`;—Brock- ville ue`: Brock- ville Recorder and Times. PATHS ON HIGHWAYS A great deal of highway build- ing has been and is being done, but not'naueh provision has been made for pedestrians or cyclists. In other countries, when highways are built, so also are footpaths for the pedestrians and in some lands, lanes also are made for the use of cyclists. Probably if that were done here, it would reduce high- way accidents and restore the pleasure we once enjoyed of walk- ing in the country, now possible only at the cost of being ready at any instant to jump into a ditch whether it is filled with water or not.—Niagara Falls Review. YOUNG PEOPLE OUT OF WORK An Ottawa despatch announces that 240,000 young men in the cities and towns of Canada, still are searching for something to do. Of these '70,000 between the ages of 10 and 29 have never had jobs; and it is claimed that one- third of them are on relief. It is specified that this estimates does not include rural youth, who "have been unable to strike . out for themselves, and have been com- pelled to stay on the home farm." But isn't that one of 'the chief aims of providing work; getting young people on the land, even if there be little remuneration? Better have farm boys familiar with the work helping in agricul- ture than sending to the farmers help that knows nothing of what has to be done. These days it is a fortunate youth who has a home farm on which to work and be as- sured of a reasonably good living. —Toronto Globe and Mail. FARMING'S NO CHILD'S PLAY It would come as a. shock to unthinking city dwellers to know what a variety of knowledge a successful farmer must include in his equipment before he can so much as begin to farm. He must be a chemist, a carpenter, a wea- ther prophet, a farrier, a water diviner, a blacksmith, a doctor, a wheelwright, a bookkeeper, a vet - never again will there be so many prospective students 18 years of age, as about the year 1940." He believed the declining birth rate and limitation of immigration would leave a much smaller num- ber of students for universities to bid for by 1980. "Already there are 1,000,000 fewer children in the first five grades of American public schools than there were in 1924." Canadian -Born Peer Gets Varsity Degree Viscount Greenwood, Canadian -born peer who graduated from Uni- versity of Toronto 43 years ago, and later became a member of the Imperial cabinet and of the House of Lords, came back to his Alms Mater to receive an honorary LL.D. degree. The peer is pictured, left, with Sir William Mulock,-veteran jurist and chancellor of the Univer- sity, following the bestowal of the degree at special convocation. erinary surgeon, a bricklayer, a mechanic, a thatcher or tiler, a plasterer, and something of a lin- guist. When he has assimilated a sound working knowledge of these trades and professions the farmer may turn his attention to extract- ing the best from his lands. — Johannesburg Times. Says Horses Will Never be Replaced Leamington Harnessntaker Un- disturbed by Advent Of Motors The automobile, symbol of pro- gress, will never displace the horse entirely, Herbert Freeland, 75 -year- • old harnessmaker of Leamington, Ont., maintains. Since he was nine years old, Mr. • Freeland has made harness or farmed. For well over half a cen- tury the Leamington man has seen horses engaged in farm and other work. He has watched the increas- ing use of automobiles and tract- ors. Still he believes conRdently LIFE'S LIKE THAT that there will always beharness shops. Moreover, he holds, "The harness business is a better busi- ness today than it was 50 years ago by 25 per cent." Increase In Past 3 Years 'I remember the, panic after the Civil War in the United States. For years after there were harnessmak- ers in every town making a har- ness, for which we'd get $75 today. Then, we got about $32," he said. As proof of his contention that horses are holding their own against the inroads of automobiles, and are even coming back into their former popularity the Leam- ington harnessmaker cited figures. In the Leamington district, he said, 1,500 horses had been bought during the past three years. These were purchased in addition to the animals already engaged by farm- ers. "A few years ago everybody had a tractor Today it's cheaper for horses; at least that's what they tell me," he added. Nearly 250,000 "velomoteurs," or baby cars, have been sold in Germany in the last five years. By Fred NEHER 4-2.9 (Copyright, len by Tred tabor) domioesr, "The one 'with the nipple on is Junior's" THE WONDERLAND OF OZ As they heard the terrible:heast speak, Aunt Tem and Uncle TTsnry were both startled and then 'Uncle Henry remembered that this must be the Lion of which Dorothy had spoken. "T -Told on, Mt!" ho ex- claimed. "Quit the conquest and take courage. I guess this is the Cowardly Lion Dorothy has told us about." "Oh, is it?" she asked, relieved, "When he spoke T got the idea, and when he looked so ashamed I was sure," Uncle lJenry continued. •x • Aunt Tara regarded the animal • a with new interest. "Are you tho Cow" ,slhe inquired. "Are rou Dorothy"sardly110n?friend?" "Yes, am," answered the Lion, meekly. 'q)ornold msnd are verythy `fondand I af.are aneb oteichuor. Yaam tho Ting of T e5at5, you know, and tlnngry''Beer a.nd 1 sarvo lyrlih- ('O nzma es her oer's+onal body rnn:rda." ."t'o be sore," 55.1(1 Aunl Pim, nodding. "'Tut the Xing of rtrnsta 5horlld not he cowardly.," "I've heard that said before," re- marked the Lion, yawning until he showed his two great rows of sharp white teeth; "but that does not keep me from being frightened whenever I go into battle, 'What do yotr do, run?" asked Thiele Henry. ''No, that would be foolish, for the enemy would run after me," declared the Lion. 'So I tt'emble, with fear and have in as can. far 1 "Were you seared when 1 looked at you just now?" inquired Aunt J9m. "Terribly," answered the Lion, "for at first 1 thought you were go- ing to have a fit. The human eye Is scratching l his nose very softlyrtwith his paw to hide a sly senile. "Had T not known you wore Dorothy's friends I might have torn you both into shreds." At this both Aunt J!im arid rhhlegood-bye.Itshuddered and said r