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HURON COUNTY COUNCIL
The Camicil •of the municipal cor-
lperation of the County of Huron met
in the council chamber in the Court
Anise on Tuesday January 27th, at
2 o'clock in the afternoon, pursuant
to statute.,
The following Reeves and Deputy
Reeves having filed with the Clerk the
necessary certificates of election made
and subscribed the declaration of of-,
fice and took their seats as the Huron
County 'Council far 1931:
Townships.
Ashfield—John A. 1VacKenzie, Dun-
gannon.
J,. E. Ritchie, Lucknow.
Colborne—+A. J. Goldthorpe, Goderich.
Goderich—William Hlaache, Goderich.
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Grey—John eNab, Brussels.
J. F. Collins, Ethel.
Howick—J. W. Gamble, Gorrie.
M. Leonard, Gerrie.
Hay—L. H. Rader, Dashwood.
Uhzllett---M. Armstrong, Londesboro.
aleKillop—J. M. Eckert, Seaforth.
Morris—W. J. Henderson, Wingham.
Stanley—A. P. Keys, Varna.
Stephen—R. A. Goetz, Dashwood.
W. H. Sweitzer, Dashwood.
Tuckersmith--W. P. Thompson, Sea -
forth.
Turnberry—I. J. Wright, Wingham.
Usborne—Jets. Ballantyne, Hensall.
East Wawanosh—+R. H. Thompson,
Belgra+ve.
West Wawanosh—Wm. Stewart, Au-
burn.
Towns.
Clinton --,G. H. Elliott, Clinton.
Goderich—J. W. Craigie.
J. J. Moser.
Seaforth—J. W., Beattie.
Wingham—J. W. McKibben.
Blyth—J. R. 'Cutt.
Brussels—A. C. Baeker.
Exeter—B. M. Francis.
Hensall—Owen. Geiger.
The• Clerk presided.
After calling the roll and reading
the provisions of the Municipal Act
as contained in Chapter 233, R. S. 0.
1927, relating to the organization of
county councils, the Clerk called up-
on the members of council present to
make nomination for the office of
Warden of the County of Huron for
the year 1931.
The following nomination was then
presented:
Moved by M. Armstrong, seconded
by W. J. Hfenders'on, that J. W. Beat-
tie, Reeve of Seaforth, be elected
Wlarden of the County for 1931.
There being .rue further nomina-
tions made, the Clerk declared J. W.
Beattie duly elected Warden.
The newly elected Warden was
then escorted to his desk by Mr. Owen
Geiger, who in a few words intro-
duced him to the council and besought
for him hearty co-operation of the
council during the year.
Mr. Beattie addressed the council
regarding the matters before them for
the year.
He expressed his hearty thanks for
the honor shown him and promised to
give his 'best attention to the matters
of the council. He said there were
strenuous times and we were all
thing of retrenchment and he thought
if all would act together, much could
be done in reducing expenditures and
by other practises of economy.
The following communications were
read and dealt with:
From the Provincial Secretary and
Dr. J. M. Robb, Minister of Health,
re the motion passed relating to the
Scott Memorial Hospital matters.
From the Canadian National Insti-
tute for the Blind, asking for an in-
creased grant—Executive Committee.
From S. L. 'Squires, 'Secretary of
the Good (Roads, re the Good Roads
Convention and county fee for the
same.
From the Salvation Army asking
for a generous grant. — Executive
Committee.
From the Huron Plowmen's Associ-
ation, asking a grant.
From the Clerk of Goderich Town-
ship with reference to a township
gravel pit from which the County
Highways Department has been tak-
ing gravel without remuneration and
asking action of this council.—Sent to
Good Roads Commission.
Report of the Old Age Pensions
Commission, showing that in Decem-
ber there was paid in Huron $11,162.75
of which the
Dominion paid $ 6,581.38
Province of Ontario.... 3,348.82
County of Huron .... 2,232.55
The total for the year paid in Old
Age Pensions by Huron County was
$22,949.83.
Applications for the auditorship
from Dr. W. F. Clarke, Goderich;
John Cameron, Ashfield; A. E. Erwin,
Bayfield; C. E. McDonagh, Ashfield;
P. F. Doig, Fordwich.
Fram'cis-Weight: That this council
express ,our sincere regret that ex -
Warden Baeker, of Brussels, and the
Deputy Reeve of Ashfield, are unable
to attend this meeting ,of council ow-
ing to illness, and that we sincerely
hope they hay have a speedy recovery:
-Carried.
Wright -Henderson: That Reeves
Goetz, McNlab, Craigie, McKilbbon and
Keys be a ,Strildng 'Committee for
1931.—Carried,
The following are the 'Standing
Committees for 1931: • ,
Executive—J. R. Cutt, G. If. Elliott,
0. Geiger, W. P. Thompson, J. W.
MeiKi'hbon.
Legislative—J. W. 'Gamble, I. 3.
Wright, W. 3. Stewart, J. Vir. helt+art,
-J. E. Ritchie.
Finance--iA. P. Keyes, J. J. 'Mo,
A. J. Goldthorpe, M. Lomat* Its A.
Goetz.
l idueation--1B. M. Francis, 11f: Leon-
ard, A. C. Paeker, J. F. iColline,.J. M.
Eckert.
Prayl� }ert;!r-•4. Z. ser', W. H. Sweit-
ieF, YY . TrtiaciFor• R. Rader, J. P.
{,JY
Collins.
House of Refuge—W. 3. Henderson,
W. P. Thompson, J. McNabb, B. M.
Francis, J. R. Cutt.
Children's Shelter --J. W. Craigie
J. W. Beattie, J. W. Gamble.
Agricultural Advisory 'Committee
I. J. Wright, L. 11. Rader, W. J. Stew-
art, W. H. Sweitzer, A. J. Goldthorpe
Old Age Pensions --d• W. McKi'bbon
J. W. Craigie, M. Armstron, A. P.
Keyes, R. A. Goetz,
Warden's 'C•omniittee—A. C. Baeker
0. Geiger, M. Armstrong, W. J. Hen-
derson, J. McNabb.
Good Roads 'Commission—J. Ballan-
tyne, R. H. Thompson, J. A. McKenzie
Ballantyne-Eckart: That M. Arm-
strong and G. W. Holman be auditors
of Criminal Justice Accounts.—Car-
ried.
Henderson Craigie: That John
Cameron be appointed county audi-
tor.—Carried.
Rader -W. P. Thompson: That A.
E. Erwin be appointed a county audi-
tor.
Cutt-Rader: That James Ballan-
tyne, J. A. McKenzie and R. H.
Thompson be the Good Roads Com-
niission.—•Carried. '
'Henderson -R. H. Thompson: That
M. Proctor be appointed to the Wing -
ham 'High •School Board.—Carried.
'Cutt-Moser That J. W. Craigie
be appointed a member of the Gode•
rich Hospital Board.—Carried.
Elliott-Haake: That Frank 'Fing-
and be appointed trustee on Clinton
Collegiate Institute.—Carried.
Francies -Elliott: That H. T. Rowe
be appointed a member of the Exe-
ter Board of Education. --Carried.
,Craigie-Moser: Thet J. J. Robert-
son be appointed trustee of the Gode-
rich 'Collegiate Institute.—+Carried.
McKibbon-Henderson: That R. L.
Stewart be reappointed trustee of the
Wingham High School Board for a
term ,of three years.—Carried.
'Craigie-McKibbon: That Goderich
Marine Hospital, the Clinton Hospi-
tal, the Wingham Hospital and the
Scott Memorial Hospital be granted
$1,000 each.—Sent to Executive Com-
mittee.
Mr. Irwin, a former Provincial
Highways Inspector, was present and
was asked by the Warden to address
the council.
On motion of R. H. Thompson, sec-
onded by W. P. Thompson, the council
adjourned to meet on Wednesday.
Wednesday.
The Striking Committee report was
read by the Clerk and on motion of
R. H. Thompson, seconded by A. J.
Goldthorpe, the report was adopted.
Mr. George Spotton, M.P., was pres-
ent and addressed the council.
Dr. Field, Inspector of East Huron,
was called on and spoke to the coun-
cil. Dr. Field said that owing to the
Education Department taking over
the matter of this office, the Inspec-
tors were not now, under the neces-
sity of reporting to the council, but
that both Inspector Beacom and
himself were willing to render a re•
port if it wasthe wish of this coun-
cil.
Inspector Beacpm also spoke par-
ticularly with reference to the pres-
ent method of distribution of grants.
Mr. C. A. Robertson, M.P.P., being
present, was asked to address the
council.
The county engineer, Mr. Patterson,
presented his report dealing princi-
pally with the best method of dealing
with the treatment and construction
of roads; the cost of maintaining
trucks, power graders and truck haul-
age were dealt with.
On motion of Messrs. Geiger and
Armstronv, the report was accepted
and ordered printed in the minutes.
County Treasurer Young then pres-
ented his report of the financial mat-
ters of the county for the past year.
Francis-Eckart: That the report
be aoce•pted and printed in the min-
utes.
Considerable discussion tools place
regarding matters pertaining to the
Old Age Pensions Act and much crit-
cism was made regarding the work-
ngs of the Act.
Armstrong -Elliott: That a grant
of $100 be made to each Agricultural
Society holding a fall fair and also a
grant of $100 to each Agricultural So-
ciety holding a Spring Fair. --Sent to
Executive Committee.
Gamble -Leonard: That the usual
grant of $100 be made to the North
Huron PIowmen's Association.—Sent
to Executive Committee.
Ballantyne-Sweitzer: That a grant
of $100 be made the South Huron
Plowmen's Association. --Sent to Ex-
ecutive 'Committee.
Goldthorpe -Stewart: That the
boundary road between West Wawan-
osh and Colborne commencing at Road
No. 25, west of Auburn, to Road No.
27, at the Nile, 'be taken over by the
County Good Roads System.—(Sent to
Good Roads 'Commission.
Geiger -Rader: That a grant of $25
be made the Hensall Seed Show, to
be held in Hensall on February 27th
this year.—Sent to Executive Commit-
tee.
Keys -Gamble: That the usual grant
of $25 be paid to each publics Ilbrary
in the county.—Sent to Executive
Committee.
McKenzie -Goetz: That the usual
grant of $25 be made to school fairs.
-Sent to Executive Committee.
Ee'kart•.Armstrong: That the War-
den be empowered to sign all orders
for 1980 not signed before this meet-
ing.—Carried.
Geiger -McNabb: That all appli-
cants re Old Age Pensions, must be
handed in through each Reeve of his
m>rnicipality fully filled out aecord-
ing to the ruling of the said Act, and
the eoindt tutee to meet at each session
d the Gd'trnty. Council and once hew
tw'eert des4ltints,-=-toeft.
Mr. Edwards did this and answer -
its
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ed several questions submitted to hien
Eckart-Sweitzer: That the Clerk
of each municipality be furnished
with a list of the Old Age Pensions
with their address and the munici-
pality in which they live L -••Carried.
Mr. Trewartha, an ex -Warden of
the county and a member of last
year's council, was present and was
asked to address the council.
The treasurer reported a cheerful
message from ex -Warden Baeker,
which was heartily applauded.
The Executive Committee handed
in their report which was taken up
clause by clause with Mr. Henderson
in the chair.
The report was amended in com-
mittee by working a cut of 5 per cent.
in all salaries and this was adopted.
On motion of ;Craigie and 'Cutt, the
council adjourned to meet on Friday
morning.
Wright-Sweitzer: That Huron
County be declared a better bull area
as the •proper steps have been taken
to the by-law to come into effect the
first of May.—(Carried.
Gamble -R. H. Thompson: That the
Old Age Pensions 'Committee shall
meet every two months or as often as
the Warden deems it necessary.—Car-
ried.
Goetz-Sweitzer: That Station St.
in the Village of Centralia be made a
county road.—Sent to Good Roads
Commission.
W. P. Thompson-Eckart: That Mr.
Harry Stewart be appointed a trustee
of Seaforth Collegiate Institute.—
Carried.
Haake and Stewart: That Goderich
township be paid for gravel taken
from township pit on Benmiller Road.
—ISeut to Good Roads Commission.
f1VfcKenzie-Craigie: That a grant of
$25 be made for upkeep of flower
beds around Court House.—Sent to
Executive Committee.
Francis -Rader: That the Good
Roads Commission make an early ex-
amination of the pavement at the
north end of Exeter as same is in
bad state of repair. .Sent to Good
Roads 'Commission.
Geiger -Ballantyne: That this coun-
ty council do their utmost to reduce
the expenditure of this county to the
amount of 20 per' cent. for the year
1931.—,Filed.
On motion of Leonard and Keys,
the council adjourned to meet on
Thursday morning.
Thursday.
The report of the Children's Shel-'
ter was taken up. The report was
adapted in council without going to
committee.
Mr. Haase, the Provincial Inspector
of Highways, was present and was
asked to address the council. Mr.
Haase confined his remarks chiefly to
explaining the new law regarding ap-
pointing a Good Roads Commission.
Mr. Goetz asked re keeping snow
roads open during the winter.
The matter was discussed but no-
thing definite determined, except that
the cost on the highways was 20 per
cent. of the total.
Henderson -(Rader: That the 'War-
den and 'Clerk be authorized to sign
and submit to the Minister of Public
Highways the petition of the Corpor-
ation of the County of Huron, show-
ing that there was expended during
the year 1930, the sum of $139,543.70
on the County Highway System, and
requesting the statutory grant on
that amount as provided by the High-
ways Act—Carried.
Cutt-W. P. Thompson: That under
tht new Road Commission Act, we do
not approve of having any member
on the Commission that are not mem-
bers of the County Council for that
year. ---Carried.
Gamlble-IStewort: That the Salva-
tion Army be granted $250 for Res-
cue Horne Work,—Sent to Executive
Committee.
'Cutt-Rader: That re the new act
regarding Good Roads 'Gommis•sion,
that James Ballantyne be appointed
for one year; R. H. Thompson for two
years, and J. A. McKenzie for three
years. -Carried.
Elliott -Francis: That we give a
grant of $100 to the Institute for the
Blind. --'Sent to Executive Committee.
Goetz -Wright: That the earn of
$50 be given for a scholarship for
young ladies attending the MacDonald
Institute at Guelph.—Sent to Execu-
tive Committee.
GoetzeSweitzer: That the wages to
be pal for work done on the county
roads during 1931 be at the rate of
40 cents per hour for man and team,
and 20 cents pee hour for man.—Sent
to Good Roads Commission.
McKibbon-Goldthorpe: That the
Warden ,secure full information from
the county solicitor regarding power
of the council re the salary and ap-
pointment of the Inspector of the
Children's Shelter.—Carried,
Moser -Henderson: That the county
become a member of the Good Roads
Association and that the nectssary
fee 'be paid.—Carried.
R. H. Thompson -Henderson: That
this council repeal By-law No. 5, of
1930, appointing Thomas Gundry, Sr.,
special officer under the provisions of
the Liquor Control Act of Ontario,
and that we appoint Norman Lever,
County Traffic Officer without salary,
and a by-law be passed confirming his
appointment. — Sent to Executive
Committee.
McNabb -Armstrong: That the Ex-
ecutive Committee deal with all sal-
aries and grants of the Children's
Shelter.--Garried.
Goetz-Sweitzer: That the sum of
$200, for Junior extension work under
direction of the agricultural repres-
entative, be given. --(Beni to Execu-
ti'v'e Committee.
Ballantyne -Geiger: That the re-
mainder of concession 8, Ilsborne,
from the point of contact, with the
county road No. 28, at toe Thames
Read to Whalen, linking With the
highway there be placed on the come -
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N. CLUFF tSONS
Distribors
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Anthracite
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Hamilton :dustless
Coke
Rosedale, Alberta
Coal.
N. CLUFF & SONS
ty road system.—Good Roads Com-
mission.
Goldthorpe-Cutt: That the road
from the Nile to Sheppardton, be add-
ed to the County Road System.—
Sent to Good Roads Commission.
Craigie-Cutt: That the work of
cutting down the hill and protecting
the turn on the Saltford• Hill be pro-
ceeded with as soon as possible and
that the county be asked to bear all
expense of the same.—Gent to Good
Roads 'Commission.
The County Property Committee
reported and the report was taken up
with the Warden in the chair. The re-
port was adopted.
Mr. Edwards, Inspector of the Chil-
dren's Aid Society, was present and
was asked for a statement of his du-
ties.
(Continued on page 6)
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Record $3.75
CLUBBING RATES WITH
OTHER PERIODICALS MAY
BE HAD ON APPLICATION.
HOW MY WORLD WAGS
By That Ancient Mariner
DEAN D. HURMDY
Lines For February 2nd
The bear's in the breeze;
If his shadow he sees,
'Twill his bear -ship displease,
In his hole back he'll squeeze,
And lie there at his ease,
While we'll still have to freeze.
And each wintry disease,
Such as cough, cold and sneeze,
Our poor vitals will seize.
Of the 'bear in this wheeze,
I'll speak words such as these:
He's a big hunk of cheese.
Over in the States, on February
2nd, they substitute a very humble
animal for the lordly bear. While
trying to recall the name of it, I • rax
aeross my polyglot friend, Hans Piers
re iSimpatica, whohas taken out :1}i5'
first citizen's .papers with Uncle Sam.
"I think," he said, slowly, with, tie.
linguist's passion for precision, `I
think they call it `Pulverized. Pig
Day." I thanked him and passed on,
murmuring to myself dazedly. "Pul-
ro'erized Pig Day!" f Then 'bhe term
came to me. Why, of course. Ground
Hog Day.
* * *
A recent news item from Port Ar-
thur speaks ,of the curious swaying of
a grain elevator. We can't explain
that, but we have heard of a fer-
mented grain elevator that caused
swaying.
* * *
With regard to last week, said to
have been "onion week," we wish re-
spectfully to paint out that there is
no such thing as onion weak. Which
thought causes us again to burst forth
into song, thus, and to wit:
0 onions strong! Last onion week
(How our tears for thee did fall!
Both proud and meek of thee did reek,
• Yet a good time was had by all.
* * *
Consider what some of the poets
have said about ,the humble onion:
"Although thy breath be rude."
—Shakespeare.
"Tears! Idle tears!"
—Tennyson.
"Whose fragrance smell to heaven."
—.Milton.
str
"ong."Serenely pure and yet divinely
—Pope.
"More enduring than the pyramids"
—Old John J. Annonymous.
* * *
A society note in a Toronto daily
describes a 'bride who `greeted a
Iarge number of her friends clad in
her wedding gown of white lace."
Yes, yes, but what did the bride wear?
Y * *
From England, where sailors are
"Jack Tars," soldiers, "Tommies,"
policemen, "Bobbies," comes a propos-
al to call traffic cops "Berties," in
compliment to Hon. Herbert Morri-
son, Minister of Transport. Then
traffic cops for airmen will be "Air-
berts."
* * *
Mrs. Adeline Doyle is suing for
$10,000 for alleged injuries from be-
ing hit by a buffalo at Toronto Exhi-
bition last fall. We will just add -a-
line to say that many of us would
welcome $10,000 for being hit by a
bear on the stock market last fall.
* * *
In our more lyric moments we have
been known to attire ourselves in
spats. A friend once remonstrated
with us, and we think, citizens, that
our defence was adequate. "Is it not
far better," we painted out, "to have
spats on our feet than with our
neighbors ?"
* * *
We admire the frankness of Elgin
county's new warden who is said to
prefer fiddling to making a speech.
Too many speeehm-akers are mere fid-
dlers with words. And that brings us
brethren, to some thoughts in con-
clusion, expressed in a brand new
poem entitled:
Farewell Banquets.
I've listened to guys
Who thought themselves wise
As they chattered of this and of that.
Who tried to amaze us
By rolling out phrases
Of platitudes oily and fat.
I've listened in wonder
To much stolen thunder,
And reams of statistical rot.
It was hard to feel civil
When lots of the drivel
Seemed vapid, inane, not so hot.
But it filled me with joy
When some .stoutish old boy
Made use of one gem of great beauty.
When he shouted or muttered,
Or just merely uttered.
"Our jooty! Our jootyl Our jootyl"
Coal - Coke - Wood
"Bup Reading Hard Coal Now"
The peace of absolutely quiet heat—the cleanliness of
sootless, smokeless fuel — many moments saved be-
cause it needs so little attention. Safety, comfort, as-
sured of its dependability. These are among the things
enjoyed by those whose homes are heated with our
Famous Reading Anthracite.
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Wm. Ament & Co.
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of lane Ontario Older, Boys' "Parlhamelnt'
and more than •sesenty, local boys'
work beards are. 'busy to -day preOttr
ing their plans for the• raising of
$13,0(0, with which to carry on Trail
Ranger and Tuxis work during the,
coming year. It is hoped that 12,000
Tunis boys and Trail Rangers will
help their leaders in this great effort.
The word Tuxis is a eoined work
made up of letters having a special.
significance. "X" in the centre stands
for Christ with You ("U") and ("i")
on either side. The "T" means train-
ing and the "5" Service, so the word
implied co-operating in training and
service for Christ.
These two programmes, Trail Ran-
gers for boys 12 to 14, and Tuxis for
boys 15 to 17, are used by the Pro-
testant churches in providing training
in complete Christian living. Through
them the church is helping boys who
are living in one of the mast impres-
sionable periods of life to Seek Truth
—Cherish Health—Love God—Serve
Others: On Sundays the groups meet
in the church as Sunday school class-
es and during the midweek for those
other' activities that are dear to the
heart of every boy.
Associated with these programmes
there has grown up a movement that
for years now has been finding ex-
pression through district camps, boys'
work conferences and the Older Boys'
Parliament. The democracy of this
Tyr
what son e
but a ntocls
principle purppse ro
not to o slate t
give boys ax,larg' r
earrying'on of thea:
The money raise
this campaign is f�
ana. local work and' it
Boys' Work 'Board's o1' t1te pSeln
setting up and .supervi
Camps, ' Boys" Work'Coni'eri .
Father and Son Actiritie'a, Athfie e;
Meets and the work of the 1i+
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Work of this character is help
the community, the Church and Sonet
day 'School. It develops resourceful-
ness, initiative , and originality in th
boys and directs their energies f t
wholesome channels. It has had apt
couragement from. 'gov'ernments,
vice clubs and; good citizens genera:
ly. Its standards are exeeptiona 1
high and are worthy of .extension';t
every nook and corner of Onitar'i ,
The boys who go out, unselfishly
and enthusiastically in February, : to >:•
raise the money needed by their pro-
vincial movement are showing a: spirit.
that should meet with the most gen-
erous and practical approval of the .
citizens.
A SPECIALIST IN BARRED ROCKS.
Practical Methods followed by one of Ontario's Largest
Commercial Fanciers of the Breed.
By F. E. Ellis in The Ontario Farmer
James M. Scott, known to all his
friends as "Jimmie," is a thorough-
going fancier of Barred Plymouth
Rocks. As we travel over Ontario
the large-sized farm flocks and the
commercial poultry projects are sin-
gle -comb White Leghorns with almost
monotonous regularity, At Sunny
Crest Farm, just out of the pretty
town of Seaforth, Mr. Scott has de-
veloped a big poultry enterprise on
Rocks alone. Wben the writer called
at his farm last fall, carpenters were
busy converting the straw shed of
the main barn into a three -deck lay-
ing house that will accommodate 1,500
birds. It is easier to build houses
than to produce the pullets to fill
them but in this case the pullets were
already on hand. We strolled out to
see them and inspect the houses.
This is no small lot poultry enter-
prise. We had to walk over the best
part of 25 acres to see all the pullets.
Next year the pullets will be spread
over another field of the same size
and for two or three years after that
they will have as much clean range.
Mr. Scott has solved the problem of
soil contamination by going into part-
nership with his father and having
the privilege of spreading his grow-
ing stock over the whole 125 acres in
the farm. As the soil is well drained
and a regular rotation of crops fol -
owed, there is little danger of this
soil ever becoming infested with in-
testinal parasites. Confinement rear-
ing is not a live subject here and
the chances are that Sunny Crest
Rocks will be free range reared as
long as there is poultry on the farm.
The uniform,, well grown pullets
were a recommendation for the meth-
ods followed. Mr. Scott's farm and
his supply flocks are known as On-
tario Breeding Stations. The two
mammoth incubators have a combin-
ed capacity of 12,500 eggs. The chicks
that are to be retained on the farm
are brooded for two or three weeks
in batteries in a specially heated
room. From the batteries they are
moved to 10 by 12 colony houses
heated with brooder stoves and, if the
weather permits, allowed free range.
As a means of housing his pullets
comfortably in hot weather, the open
air shelter has been adopted and
found to be superior to the closed
colony house. The shelters are of
the type devised by the writer—six
by eight with two sheets of four by
eight asbestos board forming an A -
shaped roof. Sides and ends are of
wire netting, and there is a floor of
inch -mesh wire under the roosts.
These shelters are almost as open as
the trees of an orchard, and it was
from the trees that we always got
our best pullets in the fall. Each
shelter will house about 75 pullets
and they were stretched at wide in-
tervals over an alfalfa meadow. Pre-
vious experience with large and small
colony houses had convinced Mr.
Scott that the best pullets are reared
hi small bunches.
We walked through the trapnest
house. Here we had our best chance
of inspecting and handling the ma-
ture stock. "We airn for large Rocks
with large production of large eggs,'
said Mr. Scott. We left convinced
that he had all three qualities. Both
hens and pullets were still doing OE
per cent. and with practically no cull-
ing. About 100 birds are run in Re-
cord of Performance and here we
found an accurate record of both num-
ber and size of eggs. He is growing
his own male birds from hens with
pullet year records of 204 to 265, eggs.
His best foundation stock was watch-
ed from eggs purchased from British
Columbia and proved in Record of
Performance.
The rations are designed to make
the largest possible use of the grain
that is grown on the home farm. The
growing mash formula is as follows:
2 bushels mixed g -rain (oats and bar-
ley), 1 bushel wheat, 1 bushed corn,.1
bushel hulled oats, lei per cent. salt,
2 per cent. bone meal. Of these
ground grains only the hulled oats
require an explanation. There is
now a machine on the market, reas-
onably priced, that will hull oats rap-
idly. Mr. Scott purchased one so as
to be able to make larger use of his
fine food. At the time of our visit
both young stock and layers had this
mash in their hoppers. "To furnish
more protein for the layers we give
them fresh creamery butter milk
drink in the afternoon and also feed
semi-solid buttermilk," said Mr. Scott.
"Our reason for using the more ex-
pensive semi-solids is that we find
that it gives us a higher egg produc-
tion and is also an insurance against
a shortage of liquid buttermilk." The
daily feeding schedule for the layers
is as follows:
7 a.m. Rolled oats fed in troughs.
11.30 a.m. Dry mash mixed with
liquid buttermilk and a small portion.
of molasses. Just enough of this
moist mash to be consumed in a few
minutes.
4.30 p.m. Sprouted 'oats and semi-
solid, all they will consume and be
ready for their grain. About one
pound semi-solid to 100 birds.
6 p.m. Five pounds wheat per 100'
birds,
"We have found that to enable the
birds to consume large quantities of
feed, which is necessary to heavy
production, their appetite must al-
ways be kept on edge, never allow-
ing any moist feed left over," ex-
plained Mr. Scott. These rations, of
course, are for summer feeding.
Sunny Crest Farni, we believe, is
clue to play an important part in
Barred Rock history in Ontario. It
is already one of the largest farms•
devoted exclusively to Barred Rocks,
it is making an excellent showing in
Record of Perferemance and Laying
Contests and it is firmly based on a
large farm that affords ample clear&
range and where a large part of the,
feed consumed is grown. Althedgih,
he claims nine years of poultry ex-
perience, the enthusiastic proprietor'
of the poultry end of the farm is still
a young man in his early twenties..
It will be interesting to watch devel-
opments on his plant in the next few
years.
CONSTANCE
Quite a number of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen Flynn's old neighbors spent last
Friday evening with them in their
new home. The evening was spent in
cards and dancing.
Mrs. J. A. McRae, bf Seaforth, is
spending a few days with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Walter Scott.
Mr. De Geer, of Saskatbon, is vis,
iting at the home of Mrs. Oolclougln
and other friends in the vicinity.
BRUSSELS
House Burned.—Vire caused from
an overheated stove comp1eto1 r de-
stroyed the house and contents of W.
P. Hutchison, three miles east of this
village, on the ninth concession of
Grey about nine o'clock on Sunday
night. Mr. Hutchinson had put a 'big
fire in the stove and lay down on the
sofa to read the paper, intending to
get up in a few minutes and check
the fire. Instead, he fell asleep and
was awakened some time later by
smoke which was choking him. Re-
membering some valuable papers lip,
stairs, he rushed up and{ secured theme.
but when be attempted to refit,,
found the stairs bloeited "r..
There was only one avonite...o pc
left, and that was t'h puth ,'tl
clew. He wan ,ninji +
Mir. uttsh 'on's lr
Alt, $1;806.
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