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The Huron Expositor, 1942-03-20, Page 3ii • s, {ti 17 hl iI .:r fj5 Surveys T Conducted By Taws h* F.ederati Agriculture Show Trends During Present Fear; Survey's conducted by the township units of 't]40 Federation. of Agriculture have now been completed and the answers classified by the Dep, arttpen4 of Agriculture at Clinton. The townships were divided into school section and each director of the unit was responsible for obtaining the d"ai in his • tion. The results are as, follows: MORRIS TOWNSHIP STATISTICS:. • (as supplied by the County Clerk) i ' Assessed acreage . - 55,130 Total assessment valuation $2,676,854 Population •1,601 RESULTS OF SURVEY-- Number of farmers co-operating 344 Ayerage; age of farm operators -48.�rears Average size of farm R 135• acres LABOUR . . . No. of farmers' sons" enlisted in. A'Utive• Force • _ 23 No. of farmers' sons enlisted in Reserve Force 8 ' No. of farmers' sons liable to be called for military training in 1942 46 No..of farmers hiring. help 58 No. of hired men enlisted in 1941 - 6 • NO. or farmers with a -hired' man at present 0. • -27 No. of farmers with adequate 'help for 1942 .....:....... . . . '147 No „o f. farm women helping with,farm work in 1941 , , •209 •women 4ielping on farms more now than in peacetime • 150 Farmers who could exchange more labour with neighbors to advent - .age in 1942 than in 1941 50 No.. of fat•Met's. who have sufficient trip in.'prospect. to. maintain the • 1941 Production. ' ' .222 . . ' No.: of work -:horses in 1941 ' 1,982 'Plans.for-1942... . LIVESTOCK. . No.; of,• -dairy" cower in 1941 1,278 Plans for 1942.-.,.. No of •.brood .sows in 1941 573 Plans for 1942.... No of, bacon hogs marketed . 8,598 Plans for 1942.:. No of. milking beef. cows 1,321 Plans for 1942.... No., Of. steers and heifers marketed, 1941• 2,612 'Plans ;for 1942.... ., No. of ewes in ;1941 441 , -Plans for 1942....- No. of laying hens, 1941 25,804 Plans for 1942.... .- Np.of baby chicks purchased in 1941.... 34,989 ` Plans for -1942... . No. of farmers expecting -to purchase more feed in. 1942 than in 1941 FIELD CROPS • .No. of acres winter wheat grown in 1941.. 1,095 Sown for 1942 No. of acres. spring grains grow in 1941.. 11,060 Plans for 1942 • No. of acres hay grown in 941 . • ' 7,931 Plans for 1942 No. of acres pasture grown in 1941 16,162 - Plans for 1942 No. o1< acres' corn grown in 1941 '323 Plans for 1942 No, of acres turnips and. mangolds in 1941 288 Plans for 1942 ,.No. of acres cash crops grown in 1941 173 Plans for 1942 No. of acres o..bush a .Na. of farmers' having land suitable for reforestation . No, of farmers desiring' an application form for free forest trees sent 'them through the mail No. of farmers planning to leave more land down in, shay and pas- ture in 1942 No. of farmers planning to leave more land down in, hay. and .pas- ture in 1943 - No.. of farmers planning to produce as much of the following products required by Great Britain in•1942 as in 1941: Bacon 281, Milk 286; Eggs • 292: Tonnage. of commercial fertilizer used in 1941 Usual rate pef acre -125; lbs. - .. FARM MACHINERY AND,EQUIPMENT No. of tractors -Steel. 55, Rubber 33 . No. of tractors that did custom Work for neighbors in 1941 No. of tractors that will be available in 1942 for custom work Amount of tractor machinery of following. items on hand: Plow, 85; Cultivator, 55; Disc, 37; One-way Disc, 7; Row -crop machinery, 4; Combine, 2; Grain Separator, 17. - No: of fertilizer drills . . No. of drills with fertilizer attachment ( No. of milking machines .- No. of grain grinders • No.- of cream separators No, of, farmers 'requiring new machinery, in• 1942 MISCELLANEOUS • • • No. of farmers with Hydro at present No: of farmers who mould install Hydro if available No. of farmers. with sufficient seed, grain for 1942. ' No. of radios' - No. of farmers taking a daily •paper,'•178;••weekly paper, 287; farm magazine, 2174- no..of phones, 298; no. of cars, 281; no. of trucks, 11. ' • - .No, of faiuD.ers who think that- farm prices ,sihould be based on cost • . of production plus a reasonable profit No. of farmers who would-be willing to keep a record of the cost of ' . producing some farm product in 1942 GREY TOWNSHIP • STATISTICS: (as supplied by, the County (110 10 Assessed acreage 64,882 Total assessment.. -valuation $3,238,822 . - Population .. '> ' 2,272 ..'rFOl3EW'GRD . .. - •• The Far ,Survey was conducted by the Grey Township . Federation. of Agriculture. Each school section director was responsible for canvassing the farmers, of his 'section. The completed. lists were sent' to the office of the ' Ontario .Department of .Agriculture, Clinton, for tabulation. The objective of the survey was to find out the actual farm conditions relating to labour, machinery and equipment, livestock, field crops, and other Important farm phases, so. that assistance could be given for. the 'production 'of foodstuffs so necessary for the Canadian, war effort. -Number of farmers co-operating • , Average age of farm operators Average site of farm 'LABOUR • "� No. of farmers' sons enlisted in Active Service No. of farmers' sons enlisted in Reserve 'Force No. of farmers' sons liable to be called for military'training No. of farmers hiring help - No. of hired men enlisted in 1941 ' No. of farmers with a thired man 'at present No. ,of fainters• with adequate help ;for 1942 No. of farm women helping•,with farm work in 1941 . Women helping nn J'airrrs more now than in peacetime Farmers who could ekchange more labor with neighbors age in. 1942 than in 1941 .0 . No, of fanners who have sufficient help in..prospect , 1941 -production 'LIVESTOCK ' •- No: tot, ' ilr_,1,41:..,.. , • .: i .. 4 No: of dai t " ws in 1941 , No. of brood %soya . in 1941 No.•••o€•••bacon ikhoge marketed...,........ 8,858, No. of milking peef cows , ; .' • "•-. 1,071' No. of steers'.'and• heifers. marketed, 1941 • 2,754 _?No. of ewes ilaistketed in 1941 286 ,No. of goats instrketed in 1941 ° 75 'No. of laying;:he Marketed. in 194134,553 " 1 , 1,092 1,323 • 662 9,157 1,378 2,618 534 29,189 41,805 123 • • ' 1,199 11,138 8,122 15,858 408 295 .452 4,312 101 77 105 92 491 88 35 41 152'• 32 6 5'6 800 67 -('09nt.Inued fir* Falb 3) y depoara,ted, :.,with red,white and blue streamers and , sagss, while the dining room tablewas lovely with a. lace. cloth and silver :basket -of sweet Peas„ and torn.. Theevening was, spent in playing cards and Chinese. neckersand a sing -song was enjoy- ed. Lunch was then serv,ed, after which John Moore, in a few, well-chos- en words, presented Miss Hudson with an airforcering, the recipient making a fitting reply. Misses Muriel ,Robertson and Shirley 11/EcNairn plan- ned the event. -Mitchell Advocate: 84 83 274 244 300 181 r 393 46 years 131 acres 22 • 4 in 1942 39 • .79 to advent - to, maintain the Water Overruns:Read in Spring Thaw With the mild weather of last week, most of the snow- in this vi- cinity disappeared and with the rain on Sunday the ice on: the rivers brokeupand in Thsome instances =there was threatened-dalnage --from 'tlotds. On the lake road near "Sodom - on Monday the water wasrunning across the highway at two different. places, At one place a motorist be- came stalled and the water was run- hing.in one of the car doors and out the other: A passing truck pushed the car through the ,water. - Exeter Advocate -Times. , • Awarded $2;500 James Harvey Messer; of Toronto, is awarded '12,500, in -. a settlement reached in the $7,500 damage ,suit brought by him against ,•the McManus Petroleums, Ltd.; of London, and the counter -claim of $1,000 was dropped. The claim arose out of an accident at the juncture of Highways 4 and 84 at= Hensall on' October 11, 1941, The case was scheduled! far the spring. assize court which opened in London On ,Monday. Mr. Messer is a son-in- law of Mr. Hillery Hortonr of town, and . Mr. Horton was with him at the time -of the accident. Mrs. Kohl, of London, wifose 'husb'and was ' killed at the time of the accident, is suing Mr. Messer foil.»$20,000 and the case being tried. in London. -Exeter Advo cate-Times. - To Manage New Radio Station Friends 'of Jack»'Davidson son of Mrs. W. A. Davidson, town, will be pleasedc-to learn of the fine proinotion he has received with' the Northern Broadcasting Co: from. whom he has been manager in' Kirkland Lake for tile past three years. Jack has been sent to Peterboro, where he will, be manager of .CHER, a new 'modern station which will be opened in a few weeks;-M-itehell Advocate. - • Had Limb Amputated,. Mr- J. A. Johnson, editor of the Mildmay Gazette; underwent an oper- ation for the amputation of one of his •legss.below the knee in..a Toronto hospital early lost week. Mr. John- ston had been in: Bruce County Hos- pital for a time undergoing treatment for a diabetic condition. Mr. .John son is well known in this district -and his friends hope for his rapid recov- ery.-Wingham Advance -Times. 10 29 100' 250 161 75 214 1,193 Plana.for'..1942..:. 1,19 2,034 Plans for 1942:.... 2,28 352 Plans (of 1942.... Plans, for -.1942... 9,29 Plane for 1942•.... 1,15 Plans for 1942.... 2,78 Plans for 1942.... 336- Plans for 1942..:. 100 Planer for 1942.... 39,126 4 for t4EE totes brook teticl co; agic 3a ng Powder, Vriucr A ei TO OtitO Transferred To Toronto ..... 1V Ir. Ken Johnson, of the Dominion Bank staff, has been 'transferred .to the Davenport and Lawton- 'branch, Toronto. .He'left on Tuesday to take over hisnew position..' Ken is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Murray Johnson of town. We wish him every success on behalf of his many friends.-Wing- ham riends-Wing- ham Advance -Times. Successful Box Social A- large crowd was present at the box socialtheld in Eden School on Friday evening. Mr. Earl Whit- ing acted •as ..chairman for the pre - (BY dw4thtit+ Fos Ford itl,:The 411d9n Ferree P.l I •'Frederic G. etsttik, veteran West.' depid;edrthey would see what 'Mileage e ern Ontario neWepa erraan. and for 6!O -- years a resident ofSeaforth, died this week. He was 90 ears of age, In his early days ° he was a wandering, printer. .and..4workext his way from 'London to New'-; Orleans- and from New Orleans back Io New York and thence to Menir-ea1; It was from Montreal thathe welxt. to Seaforth to start a weekly in I r78, which be con- ducted onducted until his retirement some 30.. years ago to become customs officer of that .town. •«* `Lasa sumzner,w,jten.-we were taking •our_:,holi.days in Bapield our favorite ooeupati'On. in the ":e'v'ening was to, stroll d'owur to a .bench on the high banks overlooking Lake. Huron and watch the sunsets. ,'here are no more glorious sunsets in the world! - not even chose over. the Mediterranean- than editerraneanthan the sunset's 'Of Take Buren.''An- other oecupant of this bench was Mr. Neelin. He was growing feeble, . but his mind was as clear as ever. It came out in course. of conversation with 'him that • we ...:,.were connected'. with The Free Preis.' The old man nearly jumped out .of his skin. It was on Theo $'re° .Press, after ali appren- ticeship on TherSari ia'Observer, that he obtained this first regular job as. a Printer. In'the course of various vis- its to the bench when we joinedhim in - mutual admiration •of the Huron sunsets, he told us something of his life. * * * • The great Chieago• fire took place in 1871 and the youthful printer and a fellow printer on The Free Press Hodgert; duet by Doris and Rex Skin- ner with guitar aeeompaniment: A special feature was a humorous skit by Miss ,A.' Sanders' and Mrs. M. »I4c- Avoy, of Exeter; also readings by Miss Sanders. Mr. Frank Taylor. act- ed as auctioneer; realizing, $84.50 from the sala,,of-attractively decorat- ed -boxes. The proceeds were donat- ed'to-. the Queen s- Canadian Fund. - Exeter Advocate -Times. - • Won Quilt Draw The Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion held a most successful ladies' bingo in the armouries on Friday evening. The attendance was exceptionally good. At this gathering a draw was made on a beautiful quilt which had been donated by Mrs. Herbert Camp- bell and on which the ladies had been selling• tickets. ' The holder of the lucky ticket was Miss Anna For- -Wingham Advance -Times. _ • •res ;.-. CKNX WINGHAM 920 Kcs. 326 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Friday, March 20-7.30 a.m., Rise and Shine; 4.30 p.m., Laura at the Keyboard; 6, George Wade's Corn - huskers'; 10, '"Vniees Of, Victory." Saturday, March 21-8•,45 a.m., Hythn Time; 4 p.m., Th'e Shut -In Haan; 7.30, Marshall Hatchery Pro- gram; 8; OKNX Barn Dance: Sunday, March 22-11-a:m., Ohurch Servi ; 4.15 P.m., CKNX Program Gossip;; 6; Venus Concert.. • Monda'y*, March. 2.3.--9 a.m., Voice of Memory; ,12 noon, Farm and Home "Hour; 5.45 p.m., Mitchell Ayres Orch- estra; 7,;Agden's Hoedown. • Tuesday, March 24-10 a.m., .Mid - Morning News; 3.45a•p.m., Gene Autry, songs; 6:30, Hyde Tractor Program; 9.30, The Friendly Voice. Wednesday, March 25-8.30 a.m., Studio Roundup; 11, Empire 'Caval- cade; 6:30 p.m., Goderich on the Air; 9.30, Dance Time. gram consisting of a patriotic num- Thursday, March 26-8 a.m.; OKNX ber by the school children; intro- Breakfast Club; 4.30 p.m., Organ Mel - mental duet by. Misses! Marie ,and odies, H. Pym; 6.45, Your Evening ITazei Buswell; solo by Mrs. John News; 8, Wayne King Orchestra, No. of 'baby chicks purchased in 1941.. 46,957 Plans for 1942.... 58,945 No. of farmers expecting to purchase more feed in 1942 than in 1941 FIELD CROPS . No: of acres winter wheat grown in 1941.. 1,108 Sown for 1942 ',1;323 No. of acres spring grains grown in 1941. 12,394, Plans or'1942" 12;86`!- No. of acres hay grown in 1941 9,100 Plans for. 1942 9,109 No. of acres pasture grown in 1941 18,844 Plans for 1942 18,069 No. of acres corn 'grown in 1941 453 Plans for. 1942 430 No..•of_acres.-turnips and mangolds,. 1941 -355. Plans for 1942' 865 No. of acres cash drops .grown• -in 1941 173 Plans for 1942 214 No: of acres , of , Mush. ... 3,642 No. of farmers having land suitable .Ear reforestat on , .... - 85 No. of -farmers •deairing an application for free fo est trees' .sent -them through the mill., - , • • 76 Nb. of farmers planning to,„leave more land do'Wn in bay alid pas- ' ture in 194f 144 No. of farmers planning to leave more land down in hay and Past- .ture in 1943 - . 105 No. of farmers plaiining to produce as much of the following peodnetlf - required by Great Britain in 1942 as tin 1941: Bacon 306,-12(111c :'-807.-•Eggs- 314 -. ._ ..- Tonnage of commercial fertilizer used in 1941 406 Usual rate per ante -125_1W. FARM MACHINERY -AND EQUIPMENT - 140 No. of tractors, 1921 -Steel 70, Rubber 51 M No. of tractors that did custom work for neighbors in 1941 . No. of tractors that will be available in 1942 for custom work .. Amount of tractor machinery of following items on hand: 1 low 112, "Cultivator 82, Disc 38, One-way Disc 14, Row -crop mao'hili!ery, f; Combine, -8; Grain' Separator, 28. Number of fertilizer drills 4o. of drills with fertilizer attachment No. of milking -machines No. of grain grinders No. bf cream separators No. of farmers requiring neV machinery in 1942 MISCELLANEOUS . •. a - Nd. et farmers with Hydro at present 71 NO. of -fanners who would' i'ns'tall Hydro if dfailable 93 No., of . farfliers with silfficient seed 'grain for 1942' - ..• ... • : 966 No: of radion : f,... '260 No, of farmers'taking ••a dai'ly,.4ap'gr', 2191' 'Weekly paper, L65; farm .magazine, 342; ria. og phones; .$40no» tit-eartir•-8-10t -no: o4 -t ltkSr- __.. A , I'N'o. of Whim who think that is arm Prima should be based' tin' dust of prodnction `plus a reasonable profit ..•.:. ., ". ... w9'29 NO. of ga tira.w:1I6 wetilct be; WI1liui ' t*,10611 rreeord of the, 4)04 00 prridtiefing thine Bryn '!! diol in 1942 v. W ... +. L•.. S 174 121 .47 •4fl 141 88 18 39 287 98 1,0: looked , like . atter the con flagiatien... They headed for the Windy City. -In those days itinerant printers, with a printer's rule, had no trouble getting a job anywhere. After -Welting over Chicago they decided - they would head south •for St. Louis, They work= ed for semei time in St; Louis and then tnade up their minds, to beat it back north. They boarded a freight car which they thought was, headed north. When they woke up in the.. morning it was a strange new- coon- try, an, unfamiliar landscape Tiie river was broader- and 'bigger and flowing in the wrong direction if they were going north. They sten found they were headed south and. before the train stopped they were in New Orleans. It was New Orleans of the Old South. • ,s * Mr. Neelin started off to see the city. He was passing a saloon when he heard 8; terrific noise and'soon out of the door was thirown a Negro who had been stabbed and was dying. Hav- ing ,the instinct of a new§$aperman he gathered , up the » story: and the names and hurried up to She city room of The New Orleans Picayune with the,,yarn. Here was a chance to make' an odd dollar and possibly a Rib. However, whet the city editor discovered that it was only a, Negro who had peen killed Neelin was blunt- ly ..told that the murder of a -Negro was not news in .New Orleans. How- ever, he did succeed in getting a job. :. s * After some time in New Orleans -he, started wandering again. As soon as he made enough money in one job he . went on to the next city. -Finally he beat his way'to .New' York and se- cured a job as a printer'with the old New York Sun Those' were the days when Charles Dana' was in his glory as editor of The Sun, which was look- ed upon as the brightest paper in the United States. Neelin remembered Dana well as he saw him dashing through the composing room. Neelin figured that he was the last man left who had worked with Dana on The Sun. in Seaforth. . • Seaforth ' was not a Conservative centre and Mr. Neelin,-(pund the go Ing hard. He prreeeded to eanass Liberals and Conservatives alike..for subsermtione.. He . approached- one old Scotch Itiberal, who, to his sue - prise, gave 'him a subscription. for the new paper. "You deserve a . subscrip• tion for your courage; if not for your discretion," the Scotchman added in paying over to him his $2:00. • a' r * 3° Mr.. Neelin toll• us-of.meeting Sir John A. Macdonald in the historic went fro 'the g414'3 - the. s:C4oneervatives o John 'spoited ham -;and o tho: front.. as the younges' .m east and gave him on® of-hi'.i red ties'.. Mr Neelin• shill ;ha;i preserved. --alt -s uv»e it day the .always wore a red, , red tie he had on everyday the , net him en thebench overlop Huron Lake.' s. z f'. Itis sense of humor and flip,,::'b never Deft him . stud, there was ati a'merry twinkle 31ihittevb as 114'k fi: us of the'ga-y»- old days- when. he ;0 red room of .the old Queen's Hotel. seeing the world.. We will miss.;.' It was an organization meeting of Neelin the next time we go to,J the -party and the youthful editor field. • : 9 e * * From New York Neelin went back to. Montreal and secured a job as a reporter on The 11$ontreal • Gazette. While on„,The Gazette he married and it was then he decided it was time he settled down and he came to Western Ontario to start a Conservative paper Is Your oisoni Are you sick and tired out ovarynmrn Ing - always constipated can't eat without pain and distress? Your liver is poisoning your :system -permanent i11 health may be the result! • Your liver is the.largest organ in your body andmost important to your health. It supplies energy to muscles, tissues and glands. If • unhealthy, your body lackp_tbis energy and becomes enfeebledyouthful vim disappears. Again your liver pours out bile to digest food, get rid of waste and allow proper nourishment to reach your blood. When your. liver gets out ofOrder proper digestion and nourishment stop -you're poisoned with the waste that decomposes an your intestines. Nervous troubles and rheumatic pains -arise from this poison: You be'corloe constipated, stomach and kidneyscan't work properly. ,The whole system is affected and you feel "rotten,' head- achy;"backachy' dizzy,. tired out, --a ready prey . for sickness and disease. Thousands of. d'Opile are never sick, and have won prompt re of from these miseries with "Improved 'keit-a-fives Liver Tablets." The liver is toned up, the other o function normally and Ig goad �th results: Today "Improved Frnit-a-rives' aro Canada's largest selling liver tablets. They must be good! Try them yourself NOIr: Let "Fruive-eves" "- put you back on the road to lasing health - feel like a new person 25e, Sec: 99 lila it, Always,Faw Wo Since I was twelve kyr I suffered from constipation and never felt well. I started taking 'iron-a-t1wea and I can -truly w adei�t'ti1 lief Every' one should try .Fruit -a tives" and enjoy life,os;I do note. I have never berureic t for Vet Mrs. Florancs FViltlannaetn, Montreal, Qua. "faun Dawn For Years, Has Period !: Health" I was badly "ruts , down and terribly _. nervous.Mydlger tion was poor and 1 was alwayss 1co etipated. Fruit. a-tivee '. soon made ms' better and thers 11Y nothing like it fe making you wen and giving yogi : new pep and energy. After year'. of bad health Fruit-a-tddves made me feel fine. Mr.Roy Dagneau, Chaiham,Ons. 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