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THANKFUL
(By Edpa Jacques)
Naught to ''be thankful• for, did you say,
As you sat by the old garage to -day.
The crops are poor and the cattle thin,
And the spuds are not' what they might have been.
And there isn't much you can sell this year,
You're going to be very hardup you fear.
Well, what if you are, why man alive,
If you have to struggle and skimp and strive,
And pinch a dollar until it hurts,
For winter woollens and 'shoes and shirts.
We've all been over the trail before, '
And poverty's often knocked at the'door.
It won't hurt you a bit, old man you know,
If you have to put the gears in low.
When the crops were good and the prices high,
Say, didn't we soar and spend and fly?
The sky was the limit, we took the air,
And blew our crops 'like a millionaire.
But there's always a time when we have• to pay,
And the bills pile up for a rainy day.
And you start to think where you, might have stood
If you'd kept your head when the craps were good.
But cars cost money, and trips, Oh say,
The dough has a habit of melting away.
And what crops we had in our countryside,
When the wheat threshed out like a golden tide.
And the God of harvest with lavish hand,
Scattered • his riches across the land.
When the wheat poured out on the granary floor,
And there 'wasn't room for a bushel more.
But let's forget what we might have done,
There'll be more harvests and rain and sun.
But let's be decent and take the blame,
And be sports enough to play the game.
And letls oome down to earth and stay,
And get a grip on the things that pay.
Miss Jacques, a Canadian girl living at Moose Jaw, Sask.,
seems to have hit on a reason and suggests a remedy.
REPORT OF PUBLIC SCHOOL INSPECTOR, EAST HURON
Goderich, Feb. 16th, 1931.
To the Warden and Members of
The Huron County Council.
Gentlemen:
On July 1st, 1930, by Act of the
Legislature, the Inspectors of Public
Schools came under the full and direct
control of the Department of Educa-
tion. Previous to that control had
been divided between the County
Council and the Department of Edu-
cation. It is, therefore, by special re-
quest of the council that the follow-
ing report has been prepared, since
they considered' that the public inter-
est in education would. -warrant its
publication.
There are 119 teachers in East
Huron, of whom 35 hold First Class
Certificates, 82 Second Class and one
a Kindergarten Director's Certificate.
Seventeen are men and 102 are wo-
men. They average high in ability,
while few, in any, proved incompet-
ent; their interest and devotion to
their work cannot be questioned.
The total number of pupils on the
roll was 3,255, an increase of 104 ov-
er the attendance of last year; the
average attendance for the present
year was 2,464, an increase of 105
over last year, showing us change in
regularity. One of the chief draw-
backs to the advancement of pupils is
due to irregular attendance. It is a
detriment to the absentees and is al-
so harmful to the rest of the pupils
and the lessons lost must be repeated.
The chief cause of absence is due to
sickness, especially in the rural
schools. Pupils. lost 22,400 days in
1930 from this cause, which, • if it
could be verified, would indicate an
alarming health condition; it is, how-
ever, git;en as •a ready excuse' for ab-
senee, when the cause is otherwise.
Other main causes are home help and
parental neglect; there were only 19
cases of truancy, 15 of which were in
the towns.
There were 356 candidates at the
Entrance Examination, . of whom 282
succeeded in passing. This gives a
percentage of successful candidates
of 84, which is higher than in ordin-
ary years and considerably* higher
than the average over the province.
The average age of all. successful
candidates was 13 years and 5 months.
There are only a few schools pay-
ing salaries less than $1,000; what
may be done in a year of depression
and under reduced grants can only
be guessed at. A reduction to com-
petent teachers of experience would
be discouraging and disappointing.
Total salaries in the Inspectorate
amounted to $115,355. The total
grants paid reached the sum of $33,-
462. The rural •schools carry a 'bal-
ance of $86,356 over to the present
year. The urban schools• carry a
negligible sum. The total local as-
sessment for the Inspectorate is
$18,637,124.
No new schools were built this year:
improvements were made and the pro-
perties are as a rule well cared for.
About six new schools are :badly need-
ed. These are unfit for children in
such a county as this. Otherwise the
Inspectorate has reason to be proud
of its school buildings and the equip-
ment furnished them.
The •grants payable this year will
be based on the statistics of 1930. The
amodndt,:of the salary grants is de-
terinitted by the t.ercentage that the
salary bears to the equalized' assess-
ment; if less than 3 mills the grant
is 4 per cent. of the salary; between
3 and 5 mills, 8 per cent.; between 5
and 7 mills, 12 per cent.; between 7
and 9 mills, 16 per cent; between 9
and 12 mills, 20 per cent., and between
12 and 15 mills, 26 per cent. There
are higher percentages but they do
not apply to schools in Huron County.
There is a grant of $75 on a Perman-
ent First Class Certificate and $60 on
an Interim First; $60 for a Perman-
ent Second, but none for an Interim
Second. There is a grant of $1.00 for
each pupil in average attendance.
There is also a grant of 50 per cent.
on equipment, which includes water
closets, wells and blackboards. There
is no change in the grants on Agri-
culture, Music, Kindergartens, House-
hold Science and Manual Training.
School Fairs were held in the usual
centres; the attendance is sufficient to
show that the interest has kept up
and there appears to me to be a
steady advance in the attainment of
the aims sought by the Department.
Public Speaking has become a prom-
inent feature; very considerable tal-
ent is exhibited.
Qualified teaching of Music is ex-
tending to the rural schools. Howick
and Tuekersmith seem most interest-
ed. I expect that instruction will be
given this year in all the urban cen-
tres. There is no reason why the
child's education should not be ex-
tended to one of life's greatest enjoy-
ments.
There was added $1,000 worth of
books to the rural school libraries.
Their growth has been consistent for
-several years past. Sea -
forthPenny Banks in Clinton, Se•a-
forth and Wingh,am are in a prosper-
ous condition; in spite of trade depres-
sions, the balances are substantially
higher than they were last year.
A successful meeting of the Teach-
er's Institute was held' in Wingham.
Dr. Amoss, Inspector of Auxiliary
Classes, added much to the success of
the meetings.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the
Secretaries of the schools for the
promptness with which they sent in
their reports and their general accur-
acy.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN M. FIELD,
I. P. S., East (Huron.
OXEYE DAISY AND
WILD CARROT
In this article we are treating these
bwo weeds together as the remedial
measures in both cases are very simi-
lar.
Oxeye Daisy is a shallow rooted
perennial, producing a single white
and yellow flower on a naked stalk.
It is very prolific, a single plant pro-
ducing from 5,000 to 8,000 seeds;
flowering in June with seeds ripening
in July, and is found in old pastures,
hay lands and road sides, and soon
choke out the grasses where allowed
to multiply. This weed does not give
trouble on cultivated lands worked un-
der a system of short crop rotation,
but where found in hay and clover
fields these should be .mowed early in
order to prevent seeding, followed by
4l'low plowing and cultitation until
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY : MARCH 6, 1931.
only a seasonable remedy and requires
to be done at short and regular in-
tervals to be a satisfactoryreventa-
tive until late Pall, and all know the
spreading nature of the plant branch-
es after each cutting,. making it an
almost impossible task to cut at all.
Grazing by sheep for a number of
years is more effective. than the fore-
going, especially in woodlots and lands
impossible of cultivation, and where
sheep are not kept, the only remedy
for these 'woodlands is cutting and
pulling by hand.
For a number of years municipal
councils have been spending large
sums of money for the cutting of
weeds along the roadside, which in
the ease of the two weeds treated in
this article, is not bringing very sat-
isfactory results. We are convinced
that if these monies were spent for a
few years in securing the co-operation
of the landowners • and patrolmen in a
judicious cultivation and levelling of
the roadsides wherever this is pos-
sible, 'followed by seeding to a hay
crop such as timothy and alfalfa,
which would give some return for the
labor spent, would be a wiser one
than the present one of annual cutting
which is not remedying the evil upon
the public highways to any great ex-
tent.
Remember this: Could we keep all
our land's entirely free from these two
weeds for two,.or three years, neither
of them would give us further trouble,
excepting where the seeds lie dorm-
ant in the ground during this period,
whereas if allowed to ripen and be
carried by birds, wind and watercours-
es, it will be necessary for us to con-
tinue the fight indefinitely.
Yours sincerely,
A. A. CUTHILL,
Weed Inspector of 1VPcKillop.
THE SNOWS OF SOUTH
HURON
(By Bill Powell)
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago
to satisfy.a boy's hang -over, I s-
ited South 'Huron to see once ass in
the snows blowing across the fields
of that part . of Ontario. Saturday,
February 14th, it was a bit frosty up-
on arrival. The snow and wind and
frost -that look I longed to see again
-when the roads leading to Seaforth,
the then salt metropolis of Canada,
were blacked for miles with farmers'
sleighs, loaded with grain, hogs, beef,
saw logs, and cord wood for the salt
blacks: The snow and 'frost were
asstated above, butthe sleighs
there s g
and their loads were not present.
Everybody had a dollar in those
other days. Everyone worked. The
village had their, mills: wagon and
blacksmith shops, a tailor shop or
two, shoe shops the same, harness
makers likewise, cooper shops and
tanneries. These once busy spots are
the victims of modern finance, modern
big things, with men and women out
of work -and children in want in To-
ronto and other big cities.
Has Canada, has Huron County
grown better for the common man?
They have not. The salt wells are
not producing because of the trust.
Sons and daughters sought the end
of the golden rainbow of western
Canada and the western states. Huron
that once had a county population of
over seventy thousand cannot now
muster 45,000.
South Huron has been termed from
the floor of the Dominion parliament
the best agricultural district in all
Canada. So it is not the land, but
the people. Man is to ,blame for the
mismanagement of industry. It is a
wide subject that. But I believe that
back to the villages, back to the towns
and the townships of Ontario is the
remedy for the distress and lack of
gainful occupation.
A man who is industrious can grow
a large portion of the food for himself
and family. Food in the cellar is as
good as money in the 'bank-4better,
perhaps, for it is not subject to the
ups and downs of market manipu-
lators, those fellows who neither toil
nor spin, but wear fine linen and pur-
ple cloth, taken from the labor of
others.
Sunday, two weeks ago, I attended
a village church. In my day it was
a kirk, the last in the neighborhood
to put in the khist o' whistles. The
church was the same, and yet it was
not -to me. I missed the eloquence
of a Graham of Edinburgh university.
It was no the kirk where sires from
the Lowlands and the Highlands and
their families worshipped on the Sab-
bath day.
But the old pioneers had imparted
a spirit to their sons and daughters
that remained. After the service was
over there was that contact which
made the community as one family.
Humanity at its best, where the cares
and the joy of one were the concern
of all.
The world has been kind to me in
my wanderings since lang syne I left
the good Scottish folk of Huron. In
our humble cottage we were happy.
And the kirk, well I've no changed
till this day.
But the snows. The sun's rays
sent the therom,ometer above 32. It
thawed. The once well travelled roads
of Huron were cut up with automo-
biles and snowmobiles with caterpil-
lar wheels. Walking to the kirk was
bad. They were not the roads of boy-
hood(
freezing weather, which will usually
prove successful. Pasture lands ov-
errun with this weed may be cleared
by devoting these to sheep grazing
where these,/animals are•kept, as they
are every p4rsistent weed destroyers.
Being found in many grass seeds
offered for sale, great came should be
taken to purchase only guaranteed
clean seed as this is found to be one
of the most prolific sources of this
pest.
Wild Carrot is a biennial with a
long vigorous root and stems, leaves
and flowers similar to the cultivated
carrot, and like Daisy is found in hay
and pasture lands, by roadsides, and
in woodlots and waste places.
Like the Daisy it is easily kept in
cheek in-cultiV'ated fields by a regular
rotation of grain and hoed crops, but
in old meadows and lands never under
cultivation it becomes a menace to
every ono.
'Cuttin'g before the seed matures is
MAN KENT
HARDWOOD FLOORING
Priceless Convenience at Low Cost
Now is the time to consider a
Polished Oak Floor.
N. CLUFF Sc SONS
oades ago. So I scanned its pages
hurriedly. A look at the label said,
"Norman Lewis, box so-and-so, Gode-
rich." I said to my seat mate, "I've
swiped the judge's paper." I knew of
Judge E. Norman Lewis!, He had
compiled a book known as "Lewis'
Marine Manual," with which I had
something to do putting it into read-
able shape.
The humorous side struck me. I
said to myself, here is the material
for a story -swiping a judge's news-
paper. Now if the judge got a crack
at me, the joke would be on yours
truly. However, a man I put down
as in the late thirties returned from.
the smoker to his seat. He looked for
something. I surmised it was the
Free Press. So I.hande'd the paper
to him, thanking him for the forced
loan.
Tragedy haunted the humor. Mon-
day I was shocked to read in The
Globe of the accident that befel Nor-
man Lewis, son of E. Norman Lewis,
judge of the county court of Huron.
A quiet young man's life was snuffed
Ladies' Home and School Club
Home Cooking Sale
in
THE TOGGERY SHOP
on
SATURDAY, MARCH 7th
at 2 p.m.
out twenty-four hours after the inci-
dent on the train.
Judge Lewis was very ill in To-
ronto. Mrs. Lewis was at his bed-
side. Norman Lewis, the son, was
travelling to the bedside of his father.
Nothing so sure as death.
Since the foregoing was written Ed-
ward Norman Lewis, Judge of the
County Court of Huron, passed over
to the great unknown -"t° that
bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns." Father and son died, within
12 hours of each other, Huron coun-
ty, where the Lewis' family have re-
sided for nearly a century, mourns
their great loss.
BACON LITTER COMPE-
TITION FOR 1931 •
Huron County had six contestants
in the 1930 Bacon Litter Competition
and results recently published show
that Russell Bolton, of McKillop town-
ship was first prize winner in the dis-
trict, comprising Huron, Perth, Grey
and Bruce. Mr. Bolton also stood
second in the competition in the whole
province.
The competition will be conducted
again this year and has as its object
the establishment of a standard of
excellence for grade brood sows kept
by farmers. It is recognized that
sows which are profilic and rear large
litters of select hogs, are valuable and
are improvers of the standard of our
commercial hogs.
Any bona fide farmer may make
entry in this competition. The date
of farrowing must be between Febru.,
ary 14th and April 30th and entry
must be made within seven days after
Norman Lewis Victim of An
Explosion.
Saturday I boarded a train at Sea -
forth station, on the National. Across
the addle in the car was a vacant seat,
a grip on the floor, an overcoat on
the hook, and the London Free Press
lying on the seat cushion. I reaehed
over and took the Free Press. I like
to 'renew old acquaintanceship. The
Free Press I worked on over four de•
the date of farrowing. In order to
qualify there must be nine pigs in the
litter raised to marketing age, and
at least 30 per cent. of the litter must
ace as select bacon.
The awards will be based on the
weight, size, quality and uniformity
of the litter.
The Federal Live Stock Branch and
the Provincial Live Stock Branch of-
fer $275.00 in prize money which is
divided as follows:
1st, $25.00; 2nd, $24.00; 3rd, $23.00;
4th, $22.00; 5th, $21.00; 6th, $20.00;
7th, $20.00; and eight niore prizes of
$15.00 each.
In view of the substantial prizes
offered and the fact that there is no
expense in connection with entering
the competition, there should be a
good entry from Huron County this
year.
For further information and appli-
cation forms, apply to the Ontario
Department of Agriculture, Clinton,
Ont.
HENSALL SEED SHOW
Largest Number of Exhibits on Rec-
ord and Large Amount of Prize
Money Paid.
The annual Seed Show of the South
Huron . Agricultural Society, held in
the Town Hall, Hensall, on Friday
last, was an unqualified success.
The • number of entries was the
largest on record, and the quality of
the seed grain on display has never
been surpassed.
In the barley class there were 12
entries; in the late otas„ ten entries,
and every other class was proportion-
ately well filled.
During the afternoon the hall was
filled with farmers from the district
to hear the excellent address on Seeds
and Weeds given by the Government
Judge, Mr. H. B. Jeffs, of Toronto.
The president, Dr. A. R. Campbell,
occupied the chair, and short address-
es were also given by Reeve Geiger
and Mr. W. D. Sanders, of Exeter.
The following is the list of the suc-'
cessful prize winners:
Sweepstakes for most creditable
showing of grain and seeds, H.
Truemner.
Two bushel bag of fall wheat -W.
R. Dougall, W. Pepper, H. C. Soldan.
Two bushel bag of spring wheat -
J. Robertson, M. Traquair, H. Truem-
ner.
One bushel of early oats - Alex.
Buchanan, E. Kinsman, H. Truemner.
Late oats -Allan Bette's, W. R.
Dougall, J. Ingram, J. Robertson.
Six -rowed barley -H. Wright, J.
Robertson, O. Geiger & Son, J. In-
gram.
Field peas -Alex. Buchanan, H.
Truemner, O. Geiger & Son.
Field beans -J. Ingram, W. R
Dougall, H. Truemner.
Timothy seed -A. Buchanan.
Red clover -O. Geiger & Son, H.
Truemner.
Alfalfa seed -W. Alexander, H. C.
Soldan. i
Potatoes -W. R. Dougall, H. True-
mner.
Buckwheat - W. Alexander, M.
Traquair, 'Hl. C. Soldan.
48*
HOW MY WORLD WAGS
By That Ancient Mariner
DEAN D. HURMDY
J Dr. Davis, Dominion chemist, sees
a $12,000,000 cider market for cull
apples. Lots of jack in cider. No
Coal - Coke - Wood
"Burp 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.
SOLD BY
Wm. Ament & Co.
Phone 50 or 52
SEAFORTH m - - ONTARIO.
Dublin Wins 1930 -
On Saturday night, 'Feb. 28th,
fore a record, crowd of enthusia,le
fans, the Dublin aggregation defeot
ed the Mill Road to the time of 4.1,
to cop the championship. In spite of
the soft condition of the ice, the game
was fast and thrilling at all times.
The two teams, sums oned `'by re-
feree G. Muir, skated out on the ice
confident of victory. The Millroaders
with a one goal lead, were given the
odds. The first period found each
team pressing the play to the best of
their ability. Each goalie was kept
busy, as shots came at them from all
angles of the rink. But the net-inind.
ers proved invincible, and the final
bell climaxed a scoreless period.
In the second episode, Dublin open-
ed the scoring, when Morris beat
McCartney on a low redhot drive
from left. wing. But the Easterners
did not enjoy the lead very long,
when Dale sneaked through to beat
Matthews for the Millroader's first
tally. The rest of the period found
the play fairly even, with each team
making weak rushes.
10p'
';'T'he , thirc
pressig t
one oc1,..
after
time, the4
Mill Road defence`
by 1VIeCartn!ey Arteria
utes of continuous '-bombard
C'artney .. gradually 144,
Easterners seized.:the opP4•
beat him on a 1 `close in isli.
goal tied up the round.,
the period remained scoreless, pnd the
final 'bell found the score 24. 41.14747o
of Dublin.
Since this score tied lip the
3-3, a'n overtime period .was 'necI
sary. It was agreed to ploy 5' '
utes each way. This overtime pe ioill„
found the Mill Road greatly weaken
ed by the night's work. As a result*.
Dublin beat them for two 'tallies,:
which cinched the championship arid`
McMillan Cup for. them.
Line-up of the 1930-31 Champions:
Goal, Matthews; 1. defence, V. Lane;
r. defence, Hieknell; centre, J. Maya
1. wing, Morris; r. wing, Malone;. subs.
Malone, Moylan, Malone.
r
wonder it is called apple -jack.
* * *
"Bertie, aged 7, swallows Bible and
is rushed to Toronto General hospi-
tal," . Bertie will probably become one
of those atheistic undergraduates.
* * *
"Foolproof ballot paper proposed."
Printed on foolscap?
* * *
Rhapsody.
I can see a thousand cats,
Delicately tinted pink.
They are sleeping in the sun,
(I've not had a single drink).
There are some of palest green.
Others seem a silk white.
They are swaying in the breeze.
(I am not the least bit tight).
I can see a thousand cats,
They're as pretty as you please.
Look up! Look up! See them now?
Pussywillows in the trees.
* * *
Charlie Chaplin confessed to being
nervous at the prospect of meeting
George Bernard Shaw. Oh, pshaw,
Charlie!
* * *
What are these A.B:C. conspiracy
trials that the newspapers mysterious-
ly refer to from time to time? Prob-
ably we R 2 B X -Q -Z 4 not being up
in our algebra after all these years,
but while we N -V those who scintil-8
at that sort of thing, our in -l0 -tion
is 2 S-A 2 solve the matter in our
0-N way, and we hope 2 C -Q -R a
solution B-4 long. People R 2 red -E
2 say such F-4-ts R merely M -T l's
and will come to 0, but we wish to
st-8 that N -E time we may B priv-
ileged 2 sing the L -E -G of such D -
tractors we shall deem it an X-L-ent
thing. Certainly, we shall not D -V -S
from our plans if it takes us until
we R 8-E. We hope U R finding
this as plain as A. B. C.
* * *
"Camp Borden hockey team flies to
Kingston." The birds who don't fly
to Kingston are jail -birds.
* * *
Lady Heath will essay a trans-At-
lantic flight from America to Eng-
land. Back to her native heath.
* * *
Police court item: "Widow claims
she drank most of 432 quarts or liq-
ubr."
It can't be done.
They're always kidders.
'Tis best to shun
These Merry Widders.
* * *
Nfany a grass widow is also a grasp
widow.
* * *
Nursery Catalogues.
The catalogues are coming
Ev'ry morning in the mail.
The cunning colored catalogues,
I've never seen them fail
To make me want a garden
Where the honey -bee soft drones;
Where velvety green spaces
Have inviting stepping -stones.
Those popular young poplars
That from Lombardy derive,
I'd set against the sky -line;
And I'd certainly contrive
Some tuberous begonias
A -blooming in the shade;
Then, roses, glads and dahlias
Where sun would lend them aid.
I'd scatter Alpine poppy seed
Among the rocky spots.
Then, evergreens and fruit trees,
Maybe spruce and apricots,
I'd group in clumps. That method
Ts a fundamental rue.
And certainly I'd not forget
An ornamental pool.
There waterlilies rare would sleep,
And darting goldfish play.
And then I'd have -but stop! Enough!
Dry up, and fade away!
For I'm a guy just dreaming dreams,
A dweller in a flat.
I cannot have a garden,
So, be still, niy soul! That's that.
The 'Greenshirts took the silver cup
And carried it away.
The Orioles won the honour
Of fighting to the end;
When the Gsreenshirts met those sial-
rt,
They found them hard to bend.
Vince Lane went burning up the ice,
He's captain of the Greens;
He took some bumps and gave some*
too,
He's always there, it seems.
Joe and Emmett and George Malone
Are nimble on their feet,
The way they got about the ice,
It gave the fans a treat.
Mattie in goal stopped some dandies,
I heard one old boy say:
"The Saints above'll look down with,
love
To see that young man play."
Hicknell and Daly were the stars,
They did their level best;
Time and again they made a rush.
That put George to the test.
Jim Morris deserves much credit,
He showed what he could do,
He handled well the stick he had,
His aim was straight and true.
John Moylan's but a small wee lad,
But had the grit to stay;
He'll be the hero of the game
In years not far away.
Art and Wilson are two good boys,
They're fighters to the. core,
Every time they made a rush,
The crow thought sure they'd score_
The goalies in the Mill Road nets
Sometimes made me shiver,
Some of the shots he stopped that night
Would make a brave man quiver.
Wilse McCartney on left defence
• And Larky on right wing,
Are the kind of boys to make a team,.
Not scared of any thing.
Now that young Donnie Dale, my
friends,
Looked pretty good to me;
The way be buzzed around that rink
Was very nice, to see.
And there's another pair of boys,
Jim and Pavey by name,
Whate'er they do, they're always fair,.
They always play the game.
There's another lad named Elliott,
From out nigh Varna town,
Who came out best from every test
And won himself renown.
THE FINAL GAME
Last Saturday I hitched up Maud
And to myself did say,
"I'll just put on the old' fur coat
And drive to town to -day."
I'll go and see that hockey game
Between those well known teams,
The Orioles from the 'Mill Road,
And St. Columban's Greens.
Wiho won the! game? Don't ask me that,
'Tis tot for me to say,
Again I say, please do not ask,
Who 'twas that won the game.
The Green Shirts won the silver cup;
The Orioles, they *on fame.
When comes the harvest time again,
They'll stop to talk a spell,
And say: "It was a dandy game,
And didn't we do well?"
I put old Maud into the barn,
And to myself did say:
"I'll just take off the old fur coat
And call this day a day."
ART B. HILL.
Heavy Losses Recorded.
In his campaign to find some way
in which losses to sheep breeders
through the activities of dogs might
be curtailed, the Honourable T. L.
Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture,
has unearthed some interesting facts
regarding the money paid to farmers•
by municipalities last year as a
direct result of sheep -killing. With
the report 75 per cent. complete, it
was shown that Ontario municipali-
ties have paid $110,000 to farmers
who have lost sheep. Simeoe County
led with an expenditure of $6,902 and
Kent was second with $4,435. Other
counties heard from are as follows:
Bruce, $3,408; Dufferin, $4,087 ;
Durham, $2,141; Elgin, $1,74&;, Essex,
$4,253; Glengarry, $2,169• Norfolk,
$1,838; Northumberalnd, $1,945; Ren-
frew, $2,018; Stormont, $2,725; 'Wei-
land, $2,392; Grey, $3,127; Hastings,
$8,286; Lanibton, $2,598; Ueda, $2;a
079• Wellington, $3,5'18; York, $4•,259;
Middlesex, $4,311.
Of the northern municipalities,
neither Kenora nor Thunder Ida ' d'
anything to pay last 'year'.'
paid $36.66 and Manitioulhii, 'oi
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