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SEVENTIETH YEAR
'WHOLE NUMBER 3239
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, . JANUARY 10, 1930.
THE TOWN DOCTOR
(The Doctor of Towns)
• Says
TO MR. AND MRS. AVERAGE CITIZEN • OF SEAFORTH
Regardless oi' what I think, irrespective of your opinion, there is indis-
putable proof that no individual, business, industry or community ever got
+any place doing the same old thing in the same old way. •
We are all humans, subject to our own peculiarities. We object to change,
and most of us detest preaching., and dislike being told; yet every one of
us wishes to .be healthy, wealthy and wise. We all get in a rut more or
less, and true it is that the only difference between a rut and the ,grave{ ie
the depth; and the longer we stay ii a rut the deeper it gets.. I1ow readily
we discard the old and accept the proven new depends on how deep we have
sunk.
Great educators have said that the most difficult undertaking to -day is to
get the people to think -one goes so far as to say that of every one hundred
persons, two of them do all the thinking for .the other, 98. Maybe that's
tight, but I maintain that you and I will do our share if we are shown a',d
given a reason why we should think, especially about that which affects otir
fun and our pocketbooks.
In sixteen years experience I have found that you are always willing to
listen; and although you do not always act, I lay that to the fact that' you
have not been given the proper incentive. It is my further belief that you
are willing to think about Seaforth and willing to do something for Seaforth
if you are given good and sufficient proof that doing either or both will put
money in your pocket.
You and I --all of us -have been told .by civic groups and through the
columns of the papers we read, hundreds of times, that we should do this,
and we sho,,pldn't do something else, all for the vague reason that its good.
for the corrlmunity. But if I know you and know my own reactions to such,
you are not "sold" on the idea that it9' to your particular advantage always
to practice what they preach.
You cannot be sold on anything that you know nothing about -the only
way to know about anything is to think about it. A cow in a pasture gazes
at a speeding railroad train, but does not really see it; the alarm clocic rings
in the morning, but the house cat goes •on sleeping; a crawfish feels and a
billy goat smells, but because they never think about it, it doesn't mean any-
thing. If you could ask them they'd tell you that they did not see why they
Mould be any different.
If you have never got down to brass tacks and tried to think out where
you'd get anything out of taking an active part in community affairs, you
don't know whether or not there is anything in it for you. If you have never
offered to do anything along with other fellows, you don't know whether
you'd even get a kick out of it. The only way to find out is to try.
You don't have to be one of the big toads in the puddle in order to do
something." It isn't always money that counts, nor are clays of time away
from work necessary. The big thing is to get right mentally. Think about
Seaforth as a business -your business. Don't holler about it, just think
about it as you go along doing whatever you do to make a living.
The fellow who never trys, never knows; and he is the fellow who misses
the real fun and the good things of life.
Try thinking about Seaforth.
,,C�.!o.pyright, 1029, A. D. Stone. Reproduction prohibited in whole •r in
part..
This Town Doctor Article is published by The Expositor, in co-oper : tion
with the Seaforth Lions' Club.
MRS. WILLIAM SCOTT
I think of one I loved and who loved
me,
Her buoyant spirit always seemed to
be
An inspiration and a tonic rare,
Of mirth and zest; that drove away
dull care.
Her life, a star amid the firmament,
That shone where e'er the pilgrim
pitched his tent;
'Her faith, a beacon light upon the
road,
That leads from earth to Heaven's
blest abode.
H. ISABEL GRAHAM.
Deaforth.
particularly is in they handling o
grain for export. Most of the Can-
adian wheat crop is handled by a pool
operating with headquarters in Win-
nipeg. It has been holding back the
season's wheat crop for a higher
price than the Liverpool market was
willing to pay, and the outcome of
the tussle is awaited on two contin-
ents with a great deal of interest. It
is the calculation of- the wheat pool
that Liverpool will ultimately have
to meet the price demanded in Can-
ada, and some encouragement for that
point of view arises from the smal-
ler wheat production this year in Arg-
entine.
The last wheat crop was deficient
in volume, but if the pool succeeds
in attaining its price by holding back
the export, the amount of moriey
brought into the country will he
about the same. But, in any event,
this policy of trade restriction is ad-
versely affecting many lines, partic-
ularly the railway earnings and the
lake and ocean steamship engaged in
the grain trade. Many people are out
of employment as a result of the
blockade policy. While it may ulti-
mately benefit the western farmer,
the reaction from this strategy is
not at all favorable generally.
The coming ?year will see a consid-
erable revolution in water transpor-
tation in Canada. At a cost of
$120,000,000, the new Welland canal
will be completed, while the Hudson
Bay railway also will be opened. The
Hudson Bay ocean route will not be
reached until 1931, as it will first be
necessary to construct elevators and
docks, but the railway, which goes
through a promising mining country.
will be inaugurated early next sum-
mer. Senator Graham, who was
minister of railways and turned the
first sod at Le Pas, is designated to
-r' "eve the last spike at Fort Churchill,
where a grand ceremony is being
planned.
The new Welland canal will enatle
Jake shipping, which now stops at
Port Colborne, to go to Rrescott, the
future terminal transfer. The new
canal will also have a value because
itis a potential link in the great St.
Lawrence water project. It is at the
upper end, while the 'newBeauhar-
nois canal will be at .the lower end,
leaving only the international stretch
to be developed. The fact that only
this gap will remain is likely to be
a great stimulus for the ultimate de-
velopment of the St. Lawrence
scheme.
Canadian postal revenues in the
year just closed will illustrate' the int-
pressive fact that to reduce the price
of.a thing often produces just as much
money by reason of the greater vol-
ume of business. It is two or three
years since the domestic rate was re-
duced from three to two cents, while
a year ago this same rate was ex-
tended to Great B:i•tain, and, later
reduced from five to three cents in
the case of France. Reductions to
other countries are soon to be effect-
ed.
The mails affected by the two cell%
ato' Etre all first class and apparently
this is being enormously increased be-
cause, despite the fact that several
millions of revenue are nominally
sacrificed in the reduction, the de-
ficiency is being made up owing to
the increased recourse to the postal
service.
Hon.' Ernest Lapointe, Canadian
minister of justice, is back in Ottawa
from the constitutional conference at
London. • The accompliahmente of
Oat gathering, as has been recently
# I'd Od_• Were; tioteWorth7. The full
ref "villi not•' 'lie tirade public until
Ott; itor will' the legldtation to
FROM THE DOMINION
CAPITAL
The Canadian law in+regard to sol-
diers' :pensions is going to have an
overhauling in the coming session of
parliament. The matter is being giv-
en serious consideration by the gov-
ernment and while the identical form
of the bill is not outlined or in fact,
decided as yet, the broad principle up-
on which it will be framed is announc-
ed.
There are complaints that the pres-
ent act is insufficiently elastic to meet
the eases which come under it. Par-
ticularly is this so in the matter of
mien who were discharged as physical-
ly fit and who often made light of
their real condition in order to get
home, but who in later years have de-
veloped disabilities. A pension is pro-
posed to be paid to those who became
disabled as a result of the war, but
this supposed fitness °oh discharge has
operated as a bar to many.
The prime minister of Canada has
indicated that it is not the function
of pension commissioners to act as
guardians of the public treasury, but
rather to see that soldiers whose war
service has resulted in their disabil-
ity, either, immediate or belated, are
entitled to pensions.
• There is also likely to be a some-
what general principle that in the
casef any former soldier who be-
comin want or disabled in his de-
' elining years, the state shall provide
a pension quite regardless of whether
the disability was due to war. About
this pension question there always has
been considerable agitation, but it
seems to have been particularly crys-
talized in the last few months, es-
peially when Sir Arthur Currie, for -
.mer chief of the Canadian troops,
made a critical statement at the Can-
adian Legion meeting at Regina.
parliamentary committee will be
.cpstituted in the forthcoming ses-
sion, and while the government will
snake certain recommendations, it will
be left largely to the committee to
evolve some reforms which are de-
sirable to make pensions regulations
more elastic, and to see that the de-
wands of former service men are rea-
sonably met. The number of pen
stoners on the pay roll at present i•
16,000.
Canadian railroads will . not roll up
this year the fine surpluses which
they did in 1928. Both the Canadian
Pacific and Canadian National will be
down by millions of dollars ill their
operating incomes. The figures When
they come out will illustrate once
again how vital a tactor in rail earti-
fnp is the grant trade.
The volume of ordinary me ellen
dise; hatic1lefie I efiorltbtts and. ilia
POgger traffic 'has been . heavy, but
err e e the d1t>jjutiaiu • has occurred
1tM
be based upon it be printed until the
next imperial conference, but in the
meantime the minister states that any
obstacle in the way of Canadian sta-
tus will be effectively removed.
Mr. Lapointe confirms the opinion
that the economic conference of the
coming years will held in
Ottawa, as was ped for at one
time; rather, it is •'`, signated to take
place in London in " ptembereand to
be hollowed by the quadrennial im-
perial conference in October. There
is a significance in these dates, be-
cause if these Conferences areto be
held next autumn -especially the
former one -it may be taken as an
assumed thing that there will be no
general election in Canada in the com-
ing year, but that, instead, parliament
will go, to its full tenure.
The most noted of British and
French lawyers are coming •to Ameri-
ca next sumli••jer. The bars of Can-
ada and the United States are -joining
in an invitation to the judges of Eng-
land, Scotland, Northern Ireland. The,
Irish Free State and -also of Paris to
come over and attend first the meet-
ing of the Canadian Bar Association
in August -at a place yet to be chos-
en -and afterwards that of the Am-
erican Bar Association. The imita-
tion is to be accepted and the two
iar in-
Medi-
outstand-
gatherings will take on a p
ternational flavor. The Bri
cal Association, one .q t
ing organizations of its- class in the
the world, is also to meet in Winni-
peg this year.
Changes in the cabinet which have
been frequently forecast, are expect-
ed to become operative early in the
New Year. Hon. Robert Forke, min-
ister of immigration, is destined to go
to the senate, filling a vacancy for
Manitoba which has existed for some
time. Mr. Yorke will be replaced in
he cabinet by Hon. T. A. Crerar, but
the latter is likely to become minister
of railways, succeeding Hon. C. A.
Dunning, who recently became minis-
ter of finance. Mr. Forke's successor
in the immigration department may
not be chosen immediately.
The late Hon. James A. Robb rep-
resenterl in the Dominion government
the English Protestant minority of
Quebec
TKay,
(' 0
d, very lik
emb: r of parli
y of B ome, ms}f
dnet witho t•portf
been rumors of
y; Fred W.
ment for the
come into the
lio. There have
.sive readjust-
ment of cabinet positions, but the lat-
est indications are that it will be
more or less limited.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
The following are the results of the
municipal elections held in this coun-
ty on Monday.
SEAFORTH.-•Mayor, R. G. Parke;
Reeve, J. W. Beattie.
GODERICH.-Municipal elections
were held in Goderich Monday, the
ratepayers going to the polls to elect
six councillors. J. J. Moser, who had
not been a member of the council for
several years, headed the polls with a
vote of 698. There were 10 candi-
dates and the following were elected:
J. J. Moser, 696; C. H. Humber, 610;
S. B. Croft, 516; C. W. Worsell, 418;
William` Bailie, 411; W. M. McLean,
404. The defeated candidates were:
J. B. Wilson, 382; B. C. Munnings,
361; David Sproule, 301; George P.
Gould, 300. The mayor, H. J. A. Mac -
Ewan, was returned by acclamation,
as also were Reeve Robert E. Turner
and Deputy Reeve J. W. Craigie.
Clinton. r-- Mayor, Col. H. B.
Combe; Reeve, N. W. Trewartha;
Councillors --George Elliott, C. L.
Paisley, W. • C. Cook, R. J. Miller, F.
G. Thompson and W. 8. R. Holmes.
EXETER. -Reeve, B. M. Francis,
majority over Sanders, 70; Council-
lors -'H. Bierling, H. Grieve, Harper
Rivers and David 'Rowcliffe. Bierling
headed the polls. 'School Board -R.
N. Creech, William Dearing and F. J.
Delbridge. Creech was high man.
HENSALL.-The Hensal1 municipal
elections resulted as follows: "Reeve,
Robert Higgins, re-elected, 183; Owen
Geiger,. 175; Councillors - William
Consitt, 263; George C. Petty, 212 ;
R. J. Cameron, 20'7; J. OrtWein, 187.
William Sangster was the defeated
candidate with a vote of 182.
GRAND BEND. -Councillors, Bren-
ner, Arnold, Oliver.
IBLYTH.-Reeve, James Cutt; coun-
cillors -'I. Wallace, C. Bell, K. Hef-
fron, George • White; School Trustees,
J. Mains, J. Sims, W. White.
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Fammwmaeamor
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s usiness.
N. CLUFF gt SONS
conclusion of hisaddress, aa• short dis-
cussion on this important phase of
live stock production will be led by
the club shipper, Mr. C. M. McGre-
gor.
Joseph Forrest, of the "lnd conces-
sion, Tuckersmith, will deliver his
lecture, "My Country." 'Mr. Forrest.
rwill deal with this comprehensive sub-
ject from the standpoint of patriotic
coeoperation..
The programme will be interspers-
ed with interesting and humorous ob-
servations and readings by our social
committee.
The meeting will commence sharp
at 8 o'clock, and a cordial invitation
is extended to. all.
MANLEY
Notes. -Rev, J. M. Eckart left for
Councillors. -J. Leiper, J. Forbes, H. Hawthorne, N. Y., to resume his mis-
sionary work in the Eastern States.-
MOGRIDGE, R. Lawson. The many friends of Mrs. Jerry
MORRIS. -Reeve, W. J. Henderson.' O'Hara are pleased to learn she is
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Cncillors--�B. Watson,; A. Wheeler,' improving -Congratulations to Mr.
J. Brown,- F. F. Brydge"s.
HURON COtT'NTY
COUNCIL:
The following Reeves and Deputy
Reeves will compose the Huron Coun-
ty Council for 1930:
Seaforth-J. W. Beattie.
Goderich-Robert Turner.
-J. W. Craigie.
Clinton -N. W. Trewartha.
Wingham-J: W. NKibbon.
Exeter -B. M. Francis.
HensalleeRobert Higgins.
Brussels= -A. C. Baeker.
utt.
1 liam Thompson.
olds.
strong.
Kenzie.
nderson.
dthorpe.
-T ompson7
BAYFIELD.-E. A. Featherstone,
W. J. McLeod and W. H. Talbotwere
elected village trustees Monday, while
M. Roses and •Bruce Thompson , were
defeated at the polls. The vote:a-
Fe:atherstone, 131; McLeod, 112; Tal-
bot, 86; Thompson, 53; Ross, 51.
TUCKERSMITHI-Reeve, William
Thorepson; Councillors -C. McKay, A.
Brown. William Archibald, Ira Johns
COLBORNE.---eCollborne Township
had a lively contest far the reeveship
and council, four candidates contest-
ed the office of reeve, and A. J. Gold-
thorpe was successful, defeating W
L. Young, Frank Wilson and Aaron
C. Fisher. The councillors elected
were: Melvin Lyndall, Won. Thomas,
George Feagan and John Pitblado
Nelson McLarty was the unsuccessful
candidate.
IfOWICK. - Thomas Inglis was
'A eeted reeve of Howick Township at
to municipal election here. W. J.
Gamble was returned deputy reeve
by acclamation.. Candidates elected
to the council were: Fred Taylor,
Milton Leonard and Thomas Lovell.
USBORNE.-•-Reeve; -James Ballan-
tyne; Councillor•§ --a Westeott, Wil-
liams, Shire, Dew.
STEPHEN: Reeve, Goetz; Deputy
Reeve, SWeitze '; Councillors, Gill,
feeavers and De�airing.
EAST WA.WANOSH: Reeve,
Thompson. Councillors, G.- • 'Young-
bltitt, W lteid; P. Walker, It Derr.
BTU Lj ,, ''r.-•,aEtedv'e, 1VC. strong;
B:
Tucker -smith -1
McKillop -John
arrullett-Mat. Ar
Ashfield -J. A. M
-Thomas
Colborne- -A. J. G
East Wawanosh-+
West-Wawanosh-Willis Mole.
Goderich-Tp.-J. R. Middleton.
Grey -H. A. Keys.
-Frank Collins.
• Morris -W. J. Henderson.
Hawick -Thomas Ingles.
-W. J. Gamble,
Stanley -Reuben Goetz.
-William Sweitzer.
Usborne-James Ballantyne.
Turnberry-Isaac Wright.
Hay -L. H. Rader.
REPORT_ OF HOG
SHIPMENTS
The following is the report of hog
shipments for month ending Novem-
ber 30, 1929:
Walton -Total hogs, 172; select
bacon, 67; bacon, 76; butchers, 16;
heavies, 1; lights and feeders, 2.
Hensall-Total hogs, 472; select
bacon, 129;.baoon, 280; butchers, 44;
heavies, 3; lights and feeders, 6.
Seaforth-+Total hogs, 140; select
bacon, 58; bacon, 73; butchers, 1.
Huron County Locals -Select bacon
2,778; select bacon, 788; bacon, 1,560;
butchers, 244; heavies, 44; extra heav-
ies, 6; lights and feeders, 37.
Huron • County -Total hogs, 5,804;
select bacon, 1,753; bacon, 3,210; but-
chers, 601; heavies, 67;. extra heavies,
9; lights and feeders, 87.
FARMER'S MEETING
The Seaforth Farmers' Club will
hold its first meeting of the New Year
in the Town Hall, Seaforth, on Wed-
nesday evening, January 15th. An
unusually interesting and instructive
programme has been arranged as :al-
lows: 8 p.m. -Welcoming address by
the President, Mr. William Charters,
and preliminary proceedings; u •20-
mirute address by the Club Secretary,
"New Year Observations f' R. J. Mc-
Millan. Our secretary is a director
of the Farmers' Co -•operative Co., and
will place before the meeting any new
features of co-operative effort the
company may have in view.
Thomas E. Livingston, of Hullett,
who was a delegate at the U. F. 0,
convention in December, will give a
short talk, "Impressions at the Farm-
ers' Convention."
W. V. Jefferson, of Tuckersmith,
will speak from the subject, "Root
Hog, or Die." Mr. Jefferson will
point out the necessity of the farmer
of to -day making a close study of his
activities if he is to meet with a fair
measure of success. •
W. H. Armstrong, of Kinburn, will
be present and address the meeting
on the subject, "The Production of
Baby Beef for the Market." Mir. Arm-
strong has smile years experience in
this line of production and his ob-
servations will be interesting. At the
and Mrs. Fergus Horan.... on the ar-
rival of their son, John Edward. -
We are pleased to see Mr. John A.
Eckart around again after his attack
of pneumonia, but are sorry to learn
that his family has •been quarantined
for measles. The January thaw
which had stripped the fields of snow
and threatened to be injurious to the
wheat crop,. has been replaced by
yesterday's snow storm.
Death of An Old Resident. --a A
gloom was cast over the village on
Tuesday last, when it became known
that Mr: Fred Koehler had passed
away suddenly, having been about as
usual half an hour before his death.
Mr. Koehler was horn on the farm
where he died, and where his whole
life had been spent, 70 years ago. At
the age of twelve years he started in
the threshing business with his father,
and with his death passed one of the
oldest threshers of the county. Start-
ing with the old •open cylinder ma-
chine he was fan+► �r with all the .net at the home of Mrs. Roy Lawson
threshing machinery down to the ,,n Thursday ofthis week.="Mr:•Ma+.
Armctrcng eras successful at the polls
on Monday for the reeveship, having
a majority over Mr. Adams of 23.
The old councillors were re -elected. -
Mr. And. Snell went to Blenheim on.
Wednesday of this week to visit his
sister, Mrs. Latimer.
are .enjoying a fair measures of good:
health, which it is hoped 'will long
be spared to them. It is a,'iways a
pleasure to them to relate'' to• their;
Children and ,grandchildren many an
exciting experience of former days. ln,
those days .when churches were few in
number, the home of Mr. Kelly's par -
eats many a time saw the Holy Sacri-
fice of the Mass offered therein: Their
hospitality was beyond measure .and
their charity reached far and near.
The first Roman Catholic church and
burying ground of Morris Township
was built on land which his father
donated for that purpose, and several
years after this church was abandoned
for a better' building and site in the
village of Blyth. Many years of
wedded bliss, many a trial, and many
a happy day has been the lot of Mr.
and Mrs. Kelly during those past 60
years, , and 'it is hoped they will be
spared -to enjoy. many another happy
occasion.
HULLETT •
The Election. -The following is the
result by polls of the elections held
cn Monday last.
For Reeve -
Poll No. 1 2 3
Aiiams .... 28 45 16
Armstrong 104 66 58
For Councillors -
nary ...... 67 80 32
Forbes .... • 28 34 39
1Vlogridge .. 44 48 19
Lawson ... 83 48 48
Leiper .. . .74 58 38
4 5 6 7
95 20 92 79-375
69 28 39 44-403
80 16 48 81--4154
99 41 95 45-372
98 19 99 110-437
77 19 71 49-895
105 23 94 79- Ry^
CONSTANCE ..
Notes. -Miss Annie Ashby return-
ed on Friday from a 'visit with friends
in Hamilton. -Mr. Robert Armstrong,
of Detroit, is visiting his brother, Mr.
Mat. Arnistrong.-Mr. Thomas Jar-
man, of the West, and his mother, of
Seaforth, visited on Monday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Leitch.
-The Women's Missionary Society
modern tractor hanlcd separator and
for 57 yeers he never missed a sea-
son's threshing. When he finished the
season last fell he remarked that it
would he the last time he would throw
the belt off the engine, and those
words have become true, Mr. Koeh-
ler was always a man of genial dis-
position, a kind husband. father and
neighbor and was a favorite with all
who had the pleasure of his acquaint-
ance. He is survived by his widow
End a large family, all of whom re-
s'cle in this riistr ct, and to whom the
sympathy of all is extended in their
sad bereavement. The funeral will
be held on Friday, January 10th, to
the Evangelical Church, which adjoins
the homestead, and of which church
he had been a life long member. The
services will be conducted by 'his pase
tor, Rev. Mr. Gross, after which in-
terment will be made in the Evangeli-
cal cemetery.
MORRIS
Diamond Jubilee. - The diamond
jubilee of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Kelly, of
Morris Township, will be quietly cele-
brated owing to road conditions, but
will at a later date be held.
There will be the renewal of their
nuptial on Friday morning at nine
o'clock in St. Michael's Church, Blyth,
when the bride and groom of sixty
years will be present at Thigh Mass.
Mr. Kelly is the last surviving pioneer
of Morris Township and who has
seen many of the trials of pioneer
life. They were married in St.
Augustine, January 10th, 1870, when
there were no snow plows to clear
the roads. They started out at six
o'clock in the morning and it took six
hours to make the trip of 16 miles,
with teams and sleighs, over snow-
banks and through trails the young
couple pledged themselves to love
each other. On their return about 150
guests were present to receive and
congratulate them. Mr. Kelly was
born in Tipperary, Ireland, 84 years
ago, and came to Canada when four
years of age. the was a son of the
late John and Ma aret Kelly and the
last surviving mebi 'er of a family of
eight children. Mrs. Kelly was born
in Gore of Toronto, 76 years ago, a
daughter of the late Patrick and
Mary Phelan. To this union a fam-
ily of eight children were born, P. J.
and Albert, of Morris Township;
Thomas, of Blyth; William and Leo,
at home, and one daughter, Mrs. Wm.
Devereaux, Jr., of Seaforth, and one
son, Michael, who died 17 years ago,
and one daughter who died in infancy.
There are fifteen grandchildren and
three great grandchildren. Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly still continue to reside on
Lot 12, •Concession 7, Morris township,
where they first undertook the re-
sponsibilities of married life. Both
(By Another Correspondent)
Notes. -Mr. and Mr§. Robert Rog-
erson spent New Year's with Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Shannon, of McKillop. -
Mr. Robert Armstrong, of Detroit, is
spending a few days with his bro-
ther, Mat. Armstrong. - Remember
that ot+rch is at two o'clock next
Sunday, and Sunday School after
'church -Mrs. Austin Dexter has been
under the doctor's care, but we are
glad to say that she is some better.
-Mr. and Mrs. Charlie R:ley visited
Mr. and Mrs. Matt. Armstrong Sun-
day evening. -Mrs. Austin Dexter
has been able to return home after
a few days treatment in Scott Mem-
orial Hospital, Seaforth.
was- - --
Thank. You.
I just want to most heartil thank the elect-
ors of Seaforth f9i,tb,e_ip.trek, taken in the
past election held for Mayor. Even if you
voted against me I feel that having a,contest
'
for Municipal offices is the proper tlig to
-I feel that I have been repaid even if de-
feated by stirring up some interest in Town
Matters. Wishing you a very prosperous New
Year.
JACK DALY
NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR
THE BUSY FARMER
water,, The
lately
we'ig'ht, as
sired hens
r urine 000fow
day.' in view; A:
parent that the wa
titularly inipnrtant t
the' winter months Failure
water properly hinders di estion
will rause co istipation, with ;a i.esu
ant curtailment Of eggproductie
Protects Fruit Trees
Two methods are adopted ,>
Central Experimental Fes' to
tect fruit trees from Witty, o
being girdled .by mice and: rabl
The first one is to wrap the trunk
of the trees with building paper, arae
the other one is to encircle the trunk
with a wire protector with a entail.
enough mesh to prevent a mouse ire*
going through it. In either case the
paper or protectors must be put closer-
to the ground, or better Estill, set in a
shovelful of cinders. These forms of
protection should' be put on now, par-
ticularly on trees up to six inches in
diameter.
Crop Acreages
The following statistics of the Fine.
cipal "_field crops of Ontario for 1920 .,
show the acreage as compiled by the .
Onfrio Department of Agriculture in
Cyo-opetta�ttion with the Dominion Bur. -
'Ean .of Statistics:
1928 1929
Fall Wheat 693,660 691,662
Spring wheat , 109,805 106,610
Oats ... 2;659,980 •2,335,311)
Barley 615,544 622,063
Rye ...... 66,307 . 52,023
Flax, .'. 7,964 , 5,4.92
Buck'trheat 271,243 294,334$
Pease. 3..
lafixed grain. 906,693 ,
Husking corn110,192 120,000 -
Beans 50,953 63,73Z
Fodder corn 299,307 287,565
Alfalfa 743,230 685,880
Alsike 155,867 189,843
Sweet clover 413,468 388,106
Hay, clover 2,811,076 2,915,221
Potatoes . 181,241 148,435
Turnips 71,791 'i2,502
Mangela, . 33,567 30,395'
Tobacco 33,977 23,073
Sugar beets .. 45,294 36,864
Carrots .:2,002 1,777
They Do Make Good
There is food for thought in the
fact that out of the fifteen times Can-
ada has won the wheat champion-
ship at the International E::hihition,
it has been won twelve times by Eng-
lishmen who came to the Dominion
without previous farming experience.
Live Stack Instruction `'
Short course students as well as
regular students attending O., A. C.
are afforded an opportunity to benefit
by all the activities of the Depart-
ment of Animal Husbandry which has
charge of the well equipped Live
Stock Farm. For themlast two years
the Stock and Field Crops Short
Course has been extended from two
weeks to' a month's duration, which is
so divided that considerable time is
allotted to the judging of the princi-
pal classes of live stock and discuss-
ing the important problems of feeding
and management commoh to ealch
class. The 1930 calendar offers an
additional privilege to the Short
Course students in theform of a six-
day course in farm meats.
amerlieslaia
Banquet Own Exhibitors
A unique banquet was recently ten-
dered by the Brant County Council to
Brant agriculturists, including all
those stock breeders and grain grow-
ers of Brant who by exhibiting at
the big fall and winter'exhibitio'ns in.
Toronto, Guelph and Ottawa, had
broadcast the name of Brant County
over a wide area. The guests of
honor and the chief speakers of the
occasion ware Dr. Christie, president
of 0.A.C., and J. M. McCallum, in
charge of the live stock marketing,
Dominion Live Stock Branch, Ottawa,
Tt is hoped that this gathering may
is the percursor of many such events:
in other counties of the province.
Canada's Victories
Canada's victories at the Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition . and
Grain Show in Chicago have been the
subject of many eulogistic remarks.
among the coveted honors won by
'he Dominion were he championship
Chorthorn male and' female, grand
^hampion Clydesdale stallion and
hare, champion csirlot of market
;amps, numerous championships in
sheep classes. and many prizes in
grain and seeds secured by exhi.
from Ontario wesa to Alberta. Pro'
ably the outstanding ire iividual vie -i •a
tory was the capture df, first prize
for the best bushel of wheat by
hitherto unknown farmer from the
foothills • of Alberta, This impressive
showing or^e again demonstrates
that Canada's soil and climate ars
the most favorable in the world- for
producing the highest quality farms
products.
Live Stock at O.A.C.
The live stock at O.A.C. has gone
into winter quarters in satisfactory
condition despite the shortage of fall
pasture. This year the college brood
mares had an extra fine lot of foals
of the good draughty type needed to
improve the horse industry. They are
in good growing condition and for the
present fill an important place in live
stock teaching work. Quite a number
of cows and heifers in the beef barn
are nursing .very promising calves and
the situation for instruction work in
beef cattle is favorable. In the dairy
barn, students are able to work on
ring after ring of dairy cattle that are
typical representatives of their re-
spective breeds. The sheep popula-
tion on the far has been increased
and sheep breeding and feeding pro-
jects can be carried on more extens-
ively than in recent years. The swine
herd is up to strength. This herd
provides material for class room and
slaughter -house instruction, as well
as hogs for experimental purposes.
The breeding stock have a num
fall litters that are quite proi
It will be seen from this rekde
er of
ising.
that
Current Crop Report
Poultrymen in Durham reported a
substantial increase in egg production
from poultry and in some cases a 50,
per cent. production is -declared. The
snow and ice have played havoc with
the sugar beets remaining in the
ground in Essex but interest is main-
tained in auction sales at which gdod'
prices are reported. The cheese fac-
tory patrons in .Glengarry have been
greatly disappointed and the revenue
from that source is half a million
dollars less than last year. In Huron
the prices for cream have been the
lowest in three years. A water short-
age is expected in Lanark as a re-
sult of the snow and ice blockage of
the water sources. In Lincoln, the
bright spot of the heavy snowfall
seems to be the excellent covering'
provided for the fall wheat. Middle-
sex and Perth report p• essimisticallj0
regarding the condition' of the roads
and the falling off of milk sales. Wel-
land suffered heavy damage to fruit
trees with over 250 telephone and
electric poles down.
A Big Investment.
There are in Ontario, according to
R. W. Wade, director of the live stock
branch of the Ontario Department of
Agriculture, over 180,000 farms main-
taining live stock with capital invest
ed in this stock of approximately 240
million dollars. This investment is
roughly proportioned as follows:•-
Horses, $82,000,000; cattle, $120,000,..
NO; sheep, $7,000,000.; swine, $14,,,-
the
1'4,-�the Department of Animal Hug 0001000; poultry, $18,000,000.
is doing its part in building up the ';P' Dairy cattle return yearly
live stock industry of the province. tarso farmers in the proceeds:;
salef their products, appro
At egg contains a large amount cattle lthieltr an, o tmual
of water and the beams body is like, $2'r;OOo,00a wltilb" the i
wise composed for a great part of :veal: calves appioxinin
Water For Hens $100,1100 000. Stock `cd A !t
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