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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-08-07, Page 3t, .; Saturday Night, August 15th, this u g Sale of Sales Will Close, Big Reductions —ON— Women's Dresses Women's Coats Linens Staple Dry Goods House Furnishings Small Wares Hosiery Owing to the fact that a prolonged harvest time prevented hundreds of our customers from taking advantage of this unusual opportunity, we have decided to continue our sale one week longer than we intended to. We regret our inability to properly serve the crowds that thronged our store Saturdays night. We are forcing the prices still lower—terrific store wide reductions on every article in our 'store—dazzling bargain values you cannot afford to miss. We have no room to quote prices but come expecting the best values you ever saw. We will not disappoint you. STEWA T 0 Seaforth Big Reductions —ON— Men's Suits Boys' Suits Overalls Fine Shirts Work Shirts Hats Furnishings SPEED They say that driver can win only „It limited number of motor -races be- cause of the very definite strain which victory entails. A stripped and high. ly tuned racing machine is about the most uncomfortable means of loco- motion ever conceived. Apart from the bumping caused by stiff springs, the narrow cockpit collects all the heat driven back from the engine, and the driver's feet often become delicate- ly toasted on the pedals. The feet of the Delage drivers in the first Grand Prix were more than toasted. The exhaust pipe had been brought too near the foatgrid before it curvel to the outside of the car. This bend swiftly grew white -holt. Louis Wagner had to abandon his Delage after less than twenty miles. Robert Benoist ran the second Delage to thepits,itsbody al i h t and the metal of the exhaust pipe actually burnt through. The blaze was ex- tinguished and he carried on. The third Delage was being driven by Seneschal, France's most spectacular driver. He withstood the heat until three-quarter distance, and then pull- ed up with holes charred in his shoes. A driver suffers other discomforts than heat. The engine's roar, the bawl of the exhaust and the drilling whine of the supercharger bring temporary deafness. Dust cakes over the oil -smudge on his face, his teeth become gritty. and the desire for a long, long drink looms much larger than the bouquets, trophies and plaud- its which will be his if he wins. He may rinse his mouth and gargle a little when he comes to thepit for replenishments, but he will not drink anything. Extreme discomfort may be the result. Beneath his overalls he wears an abdominal belt which holds his middle together against the bucking Qf the machine. Without this belt to support him, he is liable to be violently sick after a few laps. That is why so many drivers go breakfast - less into a race. A mechanic is seldom carried, be - remarkably short time in the Euro- pean races. In America it may te even a little faster, because there ev- ery driver is a full-blooded profes- sional who depends absolutely on his ability to win events to keep in the game at all. European drivers are of more varied types, many of them being amateur sportsmen who race because they love racing. Outstanding among these latter are Earl Howe, who always comes to a race armed with an umbrella; Cap- tain Sir Malcolm Campbell, and Count Louis Zborowski, who had the dis- tinction of emerging unhurt from a terrific 120 m.p.h. crash. At once he put in an hour's fast running in a Merceles car so that his nerve might not be shaken. Only more spectacu- m.p.h. The circuit being so short, cars continually bunch • up, dog -fight- ing over the :boards at two miles a minute with next to nothing between their whizzing wheel hubs. This kind of work need's cold nerves and daring to the verge of recklessness. Ray cause a passenger cuts down speed, lar than Count Zborowski's escape and there is no need to risk two lives. was that o£ the Italian Jules Foresti, But without a mechanic in the car who was thrown from his car at Pen - the driver seldom has much idea of dine Sands, Carmarthenshire, at 150 his position in a road race after the m.p.h., while his car rolled over twice opening circuits, so he has to rely and landed on its wheels. For a few upon signals given by the pit person- ' moments Foresti lay with arms and nel. legs kicking spasmodically before he The "pit"—or replenishment depot got up and walked toward two menti —is a mere skeleton structure with a ' who . were coming to his aid. He has roof and a plank at waist height, since driven ih most big races. carrying tools and spare parts, churns of petrol, jugs and oil and anything Many drivers depend upon I the else which may be needed. There "bonus system" to enable them to close watch is kept on the race and race. This means that a certain firm the driver of each car is given sig- Supplies ,his car with components free nals by his own mechanics; strict and if he wins the firm producing the obedience to signals is the hall -mark particular items pays him a bonus, of a fine driver. Various signals and then tells the world that he won 'while bdes are used, but there are usually using their Merchandise. However, -only four signals: "Faster"; "0. K."; this system is very inadequate and w lower!"! "Come in!" Sometimes exists only because cash prizes are additional information, such as the not large enough. Efforts are being driver's lap speed, position, etc., is chalked up on a board held out by the mechanic. One pad kills fiiles'isll day and airy day for 2 or 3 weeks. 3 pads in each paeket. No spraying, no s p'd dneest, no bad odor.,, Mk :Yom` • Di°agg%4, ,i 4r.Iroeery or General Store. 10 CENTS PER PACKEt . WHY PAY I MORE?' . THE WILSON fLY PAD CO., Hlemilcgti, The mechanic is the only man, a- part from the driver, who is allowed to touch the ear oneel it has started. This ruling obtains for nearly all big events,with the exception of the Tar- ga Florio, which is run off over a mountain circuit in Sicily, where any number of people may assist. But where only one mechanic is permitted, the driver and iiiecliaiiie usually prac- tice pit -work together 'before the ]race to save time, becaw;tse every second is e finest valuable. This often shows the and most rapid of tenni work imag- inable, and cars are replenished In a News and Information For • the Busy Farmer. Crops Come on Rapidly. Although recent heavy rains re- tarded haying operations and flat- Keech—exholder of the land speed re- tened out fields of grain in many ells - cord with 207.5 m.p.h.—was killed at tricts, the harvest is progressing Altoona in about the ugliest smash nicely. Yields of fall wheat were re - that motor -racing has ever known. ported /excellent, while pastures At three-quarters distance in a two have improved considerably due to hundred miles event, the leading earrrthe fall of moisture. Root crops are was averaging the fierce speed of 119 coming on rapidly and corn is doing m.p.h. when Cliff Bergere, who was' especially well in most counties. riding second, swung high and hit a Oats and barley promise a heavy guard rail, set at the top of the erre- yield. Apple scab has been difficult bankment to protect spectators. Ber-to control this year due to the sultry gere pitched down across the track, l weather. The potato crop looks good and there is every indication of a heavy yield. full in Keech's path. Keech tried to miss him, skidded and was hit by an- other car. Three other cars piled up, in a most frightful spectacle --that of speed out of control. A crash is about the only thing which 'shows the terrific, almost de- moniac force which a racing driver has under his hands. They say that the record-breaking cars at Daytona would, if they left, the ground at the right angle, make a leap of three- quarters of a mile before touching earth again, taking off at around the present 'record speed of 231 m.p.h. Terrible crashes always make peo- ple question the value of motor -rac- ing and record-breaking. Seagrave's "Golden Arrow" cost over £10,000, able on the hogging lot, and tank - but it proved the efficacy and a new age supplied by a self -feeder is de - and near -perfect type of steering and sirable. demonstrated the worth of aai orig- inal clutch design which stood up to made to regulate the whole system. five or six times normal load. Other In Italy comparatively big money is information was gained which only offered for all events. It is said that an engineer would appreciate, besides Achille Varzi earned over £3,500 in fresh knowledge concerning tires. Al - Italian events during the past season., so, the record-breaking run pushed American motor -racing is the near- British prestige to a pinnacle unob- est approach to a gladiatorial display tainable in any other way. This may since the days of the Roman chariot- be an extreme ease, but it is a fact eers--iexceppt, e% course, that thee* are that every development in cars --four no, delibersite attempts to knock off wheeled brakes, super -chargers, ste- one another's wheels. With the ex- bility, shock absorbers—has first ception of Indianapolis, which is sur- been conceived for the racing circuit, faced by 'bricks, the more important born from the need tor making the of the circuits are board tracks. The machines go faster and ride more one at Altoona is typical. It is just safely at greater. speed. Racing cit- e Mile and a quarter around and here' cults . are really laboratories where they •+unleash as many as fourteen new ideas • are tested as they cannot starters at once in race which will be in the factory. better than 110 speed : run off at a e PeI Hogging Corn Saves Feed. In a series of tests the practice of "hogging" corn, i.e., turning hogs in- to a field of mature corn to feed, show that material economies in meal 'feed are possible and that the returns from hogs so fed are sub- stantially greater than the cost of growing the corn. The type of hog developed is entirely satisfactory; the practice of "hogging" saves con- siderable labor in feeding; and it supplies considerable grain f o r growing hogs at a time when farm grains are most scarce. An ample supply of fresh water must be avail - home-grown grains are all fed and it suddenly dawns on the feeder that he must buy. Fertilizer regpire• ments may readily be estimated be- forehand. Other important items may be estimated and purchased to advantage before required. Bulk buying is best. It casts the feed man more' to sell a bag of feed than a ton. It will cost the farmer less to take his own delivery in most cases. The credit system is conducive to extra costs and should be avoided. Farmers will do well to stick to pro- ven commodities and standard mater- ials until new ones have been tested In 1927 Ontario exported 20 car- loads of apples. In 1929, 120 carloads went overseas and in 1930 it had in- creased to 390 carloads. This year the Government confidently looks forward to a total export of 800 car- loads, nearly all of it destined for the English market. Spray Service Invaluable. Prof. Howitt, of 0. A. C., has se- cured reports from agricultural re- presentatives and spray supervisors as to the results being obtained in their respective counties. The fol- lowing statement from Dundas and West Stormont counties is typical of all reports received: "Every or- chard has shown decided improve- ment since going into the spray ser- vice. The best example of what can be accomplished is fund in results obtained in an orchard near Iroquois. In 1928 they harvested one thousand barrels of apples which were 35 per cent. clean. In 1929 they had twelve hundred barrels of apples which were almost 100 per cent. clean. In 1930, they harvested 1,700 barrels and in the whole crop found eight apples with scab." Buying Raw Materials. George R. Paterson, in charge of feed and fertilizer distribution for the Department, points out that cost of raw materials is an important item in the farmer's, cost of produc- tion. The farmer requires feeds, fer- tilizer, limestone, bindertwine, oil, lumber, machinery, and a host of other things to manufacture farm products. The farmer" also has to consider the weather which is a very uncertain 'fatter. Therefore, cost of production of farm products is an unknoi n quantity, as every case is diffe nt. While he cannot control the breather, the Harmer can rocosts of la* materials. The of l control tinge to estimate feed requirements is after the harvest, not after the response to the campaign was be- yond expectations and farmers ap- pear to realize the value of giving their flocks the hest of attention. The campaign was carried out in co-operation with the Ontario and Dominion Livestock Branches, and under supervision of A. G. Skinner, local agricultural representative. Fertilizer and Sow Thistle. The 0. A. C. Department of Bot- any is conducting an experiment to test various methods for the eradic- ation of sow thistle. In the experi- ment one-half of each plot received complete fertilizer, while 'the other half was left unfertilized. In the un- fertilized portions the sow thistle plants were more numerous and were always larger and more vigor- ous than those in the fertilized sec- tions. The plants in the latter plots were dwarfed and showed no indica- tion of flowering this season. County Sheep Dipping Week. Haldimand County has set a good example in the way of a ,. County Sheeffi Dipping and Drenching Week, which was conducted this spring. x`ifteen demonsl!irations in dipping and drenching were made at the var- ious dipping tari'ke' in the county, more than 3sheep 200 were treated fo, 'external parasitea and about 80 Iter cent. for internal parasites.e Government Turkey Farm. Dr. G. I. Christie and Professor Graham, of 0. A. C., visited the Government turkey farm at Forest- ville in Norfolk County recently. This project was started five years ago on a farm consisting almost en- tirely of blowsand. At present there are some 1,800 birds at range with 500 more expected. Some of the- old- est birds at nine weeks old had at- tained the weight of 7 pounds and were expected to be ready for mar- ket by September. The system employed on the fares is to imove the young birds which are incubator -hiitched, into field houses at the age of two weeks. These houses are placed in fields of young rye in which the birds are al- lowed free range. By this method and with the help of green .manure crops ploughed under, a relatively good soil is being built up. Inconsistent-•wPrroaperity Mag ne Chicago: 111; 'altnioti`Mtcet• 61,13' not m a " , matki.lat. sit the de 4 ent 'tilt rifei/e. rolgagt Ev 1ntioi —A nitlhb ' 'Wit' q velopme, t fns at lastiroclubetl whose tienteSt tritrtnpl is to a .Hall 'iii a hrls " with ons licit Relybiter: „•6.. 5G :G.