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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1943-05-28, Page 2h'. 1�. ehal*e1,49A Editor, shed at Seat0104 Ontario, ev- ,ya' Thursday - afternoon McLean T rose 8 beer1"ption crates,. $1.50 a year in dva nee foreisR $2.50 a year. Single copies, 4 centeeaeh. EAFQRTH, Friday, May 28, 1943 Farm News In another column on the editorial page. in this week's issue of The Ex- positor, • we. believe our readers will be interested in the article under the heading, "Huron County Fede -ration , of Agriculture Farm News." This is " the first article of what we believe will not only be of interest but of great educational value to this great farming community. Each week these articles will ap- pear on the same page of the paper and under the same heading. ' The articles will ,not be compiled or edit- ed by us, but by different officials of` the Federation of Agriculture, and will, therefore, deal with the prob- lems of the farm; their discussion and solution from the standpoint of practical farmers. The Expositor welcomes this new farm department, made at its sug- gestion, .because it has always felt that the farmers in this district, which is one of the finest agricultur- al districts in Ontario have never been articulate enough in . presenting their problenis` and setting out their claims for recognition '"before not _ only the municipal governments, but the Ontario and Federal Govern - 'tents ' as well. It is , an opportunity which we know the Federation of Agriculture Will use to the greatest advantage_ in furthering the interests of all de- partments of agriculture, combining with it sound educational values and a greater interest in every -day work on the farm. • TheTwentp-Fourth The ' twenty-fourth of • May, the Queen's ' birthday, was not a holiday this year,' for. the first time in the , memory of any living Canadian. In the days of the good Queen, the 24th was the oldest and the one patriotic holiday of the year. • Its discontinuance • this year be- cause of war conditions, came as a blow to every citizen over the age of fifty years, because from youth on- ward it was looked upon and antici- pated as the 'one great holiday of the` year, and second only to Christmas in. importance. Times may change, but h,abit is hard to break, and sentiment hard to crush. Otherwise,, why did --all the villages and towns in the district, as well as many others over Ontario, including many of the ..leading cities, diose their places of business on Mon- day last and take a holiday? Why? Just because it was the 24th! What other answer is there? • Death Of Alberta's Premier Hon. William Aberhart, head of the first Social Credit Government the world has ever known, died in the hospital in Vancouver early Sun- day morning.' He had been ill since Easter. Mr. Aberhart spent the greater part of his young life on a farm near Egmondville and received his secon- dary education at Seaforth Colleg- iate Institute, where he was a bril- liant student. Later he graduated from Queen's University, Kingston, and in 1910 went to Calgary, where he was principal of one of the city hhi//gQ�h schools, before entering poli- AI'ways a great Bible student, he " founded the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute in 1927, from where he broadcasted every Sunday and built up an ever widening, listening audi- ence ,through the rural districts in *he Province of Alberta. During the early years of the de - Solon he became interested in -the l id theories of Social Credit ieart interjecting into his re- ►uS ,boadcaci ,the theories of 0# l re'an d 1 ° lned *a •wide ' fol. tho"p'rovw ,6r,.m. J�.i ,umA.0 P:,,�:'.o-t9,.Ir. :GF14 ince which kad been .kit hard by a $secession 67 bad crops and the de- 'presston. - 1 the 1935 provincial-electiol - the Social Credit party,, which had . can- didates in almost every constituency, Swept the country, and Mr. Aberhart was chosen Premier, although he was. not a party candidate in that election. Mr. Aberhart, however, was nev- er able to put any of his Social Cred- it theories into effect as all his legis- lation toward that end was ruled un- constitutional in Provincial and Do- minion courts of law and the Privy Council. In spite of that fact, how- .. ever, he was returned to power again in the election of 1940, and continued to act as Premier until his death. It is now considered doubtful if Social Credit in Alberta will long survive the death of Mr. Aberhart, as his following was almost entirely personal and it was that fact and not his theories that held the govern- ment together. • Thep Don't Complain We have rationing of tea . and cof- fee and sugar and butter and meat in Canada, and as time goes on, there are a good many other foods that will come under the same ban. And on the wholewe have taken it pretty well too. But every once in a while we see something about food conditions, in Britain that sometimes makes is wonder if the war has real- ly touched us here in Canada at all. Here is a letter from a woman in Leicester, England, bearing on this subject: "For more than a month it has .. been a case of half -rations in eggs, which means one egg for two of us, instead of a monthly egg for each. We find the way to make, that egg go as far as possible is to scramble it with potato and spread it on bread and margarine. "We have got quite into the way of cooking more potatoes than we need for the mid-day _meal, so there are some left over to make a supper, dish. We have had potato scones, cheese pudding, and if there is any jam . to be 'spared,a. sweet pudding can be made. Applesauce made with as much potato as apple is very good and has helped to lengthen the time we had apples. Potato can be use- fully added to any stewed or bottled fruit. • "If we feel a shortage of anything here, we can not grumble—weare so sorry for the poor people in Europe 1 who would be so glad if they could have what we have. We must all help them ,when we can." No complaint—just thankful for what they have. • Looking For An . Earlp Winter? At the May meeting of the Men-. heim township council, 'a 'committee was formed, composed of Reeve Jackson Clark, Deputy Reeve Lav-' ernge Sibbick, and Road Superin- tendent L. E. Peterson, for the pur- pose of obtaining full information concerning . 'snow plow equipment available, and report their findings to the council at the June meeting. We wonder if the snow situation had not been disposed of by the first of May last, or if the Blenheim coun- cil is just looking for an early win- ter. The experience of last winter has certainly made many township coun- cils snow plow, conscious. During. • an average winter, most rural mun- icipalities depend upon the provin- cial and county plows to ' .dig them out after a storm and, usually, those facilities are ample. , Last winter, however,°Was another winter, when for weeks at a time in some sections in this part of Ontario, the only transportation facilities were provided by a . highway or county road, every concession road =bein'g so blanketed with snow that it was impossible to travel on them. Even at that, there would be a days, or two ata time when a village or town or . a whole township would be blocked up by snow. Provincial and countysnow plows, with all their power and size, were unable to buck their , way through the miles of drifts. Plows = were continually breaking down.; repairs were diffi- cult and pd par were hard to get. .: is Snow prow crews pei!ortned super 0044. ;9044 eC Mr as& reefs elle. From The Huron Exposltor May 31, 1918 Mr. and ¥ra. John A. McGregor, "wand T alk" Tuckersinith, held` a re- ception on tete evening of May 24th for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Butt, on their return front their wedding trip. . The union picnic held in Mr. A. Doupe'% field,. Usborne, on May 24th, was well attended. While engaged in turning the sep- arator on Saturday during the thun- derstorm, Mrs. Meje_aig, of Cromarty, had a very narrow escape. 'Lightning entered the barn, striking the separa- tor and damaging it considerably. Luckily Mrs. Mcicaig escaped without injury. - ,Lieut. A. J. Grigg, of Clinton, has been appointed registrar for the cen- sus of man and -woman power for the riding of South Huron. Dr. McKee,, of Toronto, has taken over the dental practice of Dr. F. J. Bechely, who recently joined a Tor- onto Battery. A landmark in the shape of • the Presbyterian church shed at Chisel - burst has gone, Mr. Frank Fitzger- ald having moved it last week to the Davey farm to. be used as an imple- ment shed. Thomas T. Watt, aged 37, employed. on the farm of John Beattie, McKil- lop, was trampled`to death by a bull in his employer's stable on Sunday night. Watt was tieing the animal UP when it turned on him. • Duncan McCallum, of Walton, an old and'esteemed resident of Walton, died a fortnight ago and through his love for his church left a legacy of $500 to the church. Mrs. J. C. Greig, Mrs. L. T. De - Lacey and Miss H. I. Graham were in Clinton -on Wednesday attending the executive of the Huron Presby- terial Society. Lieut. M. Thompson has returned from overseas and is visiting his mother, Mrs. T. R. Thompson. The Seaforth Dramatic Club pres- ented the play, "Within the Law," in the Goderich Opera House on Friday evening last to a large crowd and were most enthusiastically received. Osifer.,a . : ZyMeadows_ From The Huron Expositor June 2, 1893 - Mr. Robert McMillan, of Hallett, while raising his neW barn recently, instead of choosing sides in the cus- tomary. . manner, pitted the unmarried against the married men. The young men, captained by the veteran Silly Rinn, won an easy victory, to the con- sternation of- the benedicts. Mrs.' W. B. Kerr, of Brussels, was engaged one afternoon in lacing up a pair •ot shoes for her son. She was using a pair of scissors to tighten the iaees and in pulling the lace broke and the point of the scissors pierced her nose, going through the nostril. A somewhat serious accident oc- curred to Mrs. James Wright, of Mc- Killop, on Friday last. When near the old lime. kiln she overtook Mr. Blanchard, of near Winthrop, who was driving ateam and wagon. Mrs. Wright passed Mr. Blanchard as did also another buggy which xas ahead of her. Mr. Blanchard's 'horses be- came frightened and ran away. In passing . Mrs. Wright's buggy the two vehicles collided, taking a wheel off the buggy and throwing Mrs. Wright out and injuring her shoulder. She was taken to the residence of Mr. George Habkirk and medical aid sent for. Mr. John Modeland, of Egmondville, has purchased a handsome new phae- ton from Mr. O. C. Williams, of town. ,Miss A. Powell, of Philadelphia. whd,has been visiting at Maple Hall for the past two months, left for her home in ,that city on Tuesday morn- ing. She was accompanied by Miss. Maggie Case. Mrs. John Jarrott, of Kippers, clip- ped five sheep, washed the wool and had it out to dry inside of three hours the other day. Mr. Wm.' Anderson, with his wife, arrived in Donnybrook from Africa on May 24th. He has been away eight years and his many friends are glad to see him again. Mr. James Swan, Brucefield, the en- terprising machine agent, has deliv- ered three carloads of the Massey - Harris Co. machines in that vicinity, this spring. 'rhe Thames" Road Presbyterian Church received considerable dam- age by the windstorm on Tuesday of last week. human efforts - under the worst possible conditions of snow and cold, but there is a limit to humanendurance as well as to machines, and that limit was reached many times and in nny places during . the six months' winter just liasSed. Possibly it was with that thought in mind that the -Blenheim council formed their committee. And ' at that, they are setting an ex- ample that many . other township councils rnight:f of-. low, if they don't want to be found napping again next winter. (BY *tarry J. l o, 1.) Anybody who has an inclination to- wards talking about the weather would certainly get plenty of prac- tise this year. They tell me that the boys who hang around Murphy's Em- porium in the village have been hap- pier this year than they, have been. for a number of •years. When the war started there was general belief in our townnhip that talking about the weather had 'been destroyed for the duration. It didn't seem to be possible for people to go on talking about such a thing as the weather in the face of world shatter- ing events like the war. The wea- ther prophets are a hardy race, how- ever. They have a craft that has been handed down from one genera- tion to another. When Germany invaded Poland they immediately started talking about•`the black muck of the polish rains . . . and the rains that would certainly come. - They had the Ger- man :mechanized forces completely caught in the mud. This didn't last very long. When the (blitz came on London our local weather preachers began talking about .the cloudless nights and they were certain that the traditional English fog would sweep. in and blanket the country complete- ly. When the Russians and the Ger- mans started tangling on the Russian front they started up about the Rus- sian Winters and the weather in that part of the world. The trouble was, none paid much attention to them. That's a rare in- sult to a specialist who talks about the weather in our part, of the cone - •e try. Our hien have studied the art of imparting weather information- for years. They know that there's noth- ing to be gained by simply telling people that the weather will be such and such. They know that the pro- nouncement has to be started with an expectoration and closed -with an- other one. If there . happens to be a brass cuspidor around that gives off a :resounding ring, so much the bet- ter. The situation is completely chang- ed now. The weather men who clus- ter around the big stove at the store are happy again. They now have the late seeding to ruminate on. It has made them very happy. They are digging up all the stories about late seedings and years without sum- mers and polishing them with all their might. When you walk into the store and take your place around the stove one of the prophets will look up, shake hts head like . a sad dog that has just lost his best bone, send an expert shot towards the cuspidor, wait for the ring, and then say dole- fully, "Bad weather, 'ain't -it, Phil?" Maybe' this column shouldn't have been written. It puts a fellow in bad humor to see days rolling ,off on the calendar and then to look out each morning to find that it has either rained during the evening or else is starting to rain. -You look out and see the water lying on the fields and the hens clustering around inside the hen house looking dismal and evi- dently just waiting for. sunshine. No wonder a fellow gets bitters:about the weather talkers! • •Just a Smile or Two :` Alice: "Maud has made some swell marriages, but divorced all her hus- bands." "° Gladys: "Yes, she moves in the best triangles, so to speak." The'mistress of the house heard the bell ring and saw a Chinese peddler standing at the front door. Quickly retreating, she called out to the maid: "There is a Chinese at the door. You go, Ella. That was too much for the peddler. He stuck his head in the door and shouted indignantly: "You go 'ella yourself!" • The reporter was sent to write up charity ball. Next day the editor called him to his desk. "Look here what do you mean by this? 'Among the most beautiful girls was. Horatio Lucian Dingley.'- Why, you cray idiot! Old Dingley isn't a gill and besides he's one of our principal sharehold ers." .,. -. "I can't help that," returned the re- alistic reporter. "That's where he, was." • "I say, Smith," exclaimed. Jones, "where's that silk umbrella I lent you?" "I found it was my own, so I kept it," replied Smith. "You don't say so. And here I'Ve been dodging old Robinson for. three weeks, thinking it was his!" Huron Federation O Agriculture --Farm News SUGGESTIONS TO HURON COUNTY FARMERS RE SPRING SEEDING Everyone in Huron County agrees with the line in the children's poem, "Rain, rain, 'go away, crane again another day." This is the. latest spring on record. Ernest Adams, of Hullett Township, has kept track of the start of seeding on his farm' for the past • 40 years. Only once did seeding start in March (1910) and eight times in May (1904, 1916, 1917, 1926, 1928. 1934, 1937, 1939). Farm- ers agree that this spring is very sim- ilar to the spring of '1.916, with this difference, that very little growth of any kind has taken place so far this year. We are justa month behind in 'growth of grass, development of fruit buds, and blooming of early flowe5..1 Farmers also know that early sown oats and barley produce the heaviest yields. However, this spring it has been impossible to start seeding on many farms, due to continued rains and cool weather. I would estimate that around 25 per cent. of the seed- ing has been done 'in South Huron and much less than that in North Hu yon. The question .. naturally arises: Should oats and barley still be- seed- ed at this late date? Yes—decidedly so because we will need all the oats and barley that possibly can be grown to feed the increased population of cattle, hqgs and poultry on our farms. If we' do not grow the usual acre- age of oats and barley in Huron this year, then we will have to depend on Western Canada or else cut down on production—and production must be maintained unless we, are to experi- ence a+drastic food shortage. Shortage of transportation' such as railroad cars aftd lake boats will hin- der ,the movement of Western grain Ontario ntario in sufficient quantities to look after the large demand. It, there- fore, appears that farmers Would be well advised to produce as much oats and barley as possible on their own farms to feed the livestock and Poul- try on hand, Another question that is asked is the variety' of spring grain that should be sown at this • to date. Early ' varieties usually produce more than late varieties when seeded late, therefore early oats like Alaska and Cartier should he sown in prefer- ence to Banner, Victory, O.A.C, 72, Em•ban or Vanguard. I would recommend mixed grain such as Alaska or Cartier eats and O.A.C. 21 barley (lilted at the rate of 50 pounds each and eo-vn at 100 pounds per acre),. in preferende to growing barley alone. Let me repeat, that ,3.t .appears high- ly desirable, •even bt thin late ddrte, for, farmers to seed their Weal adre- age tq• oats end •li'aitet. If thi'a cannot'sbb 't enei 'Vthat other crops earl be growit • to.'help ,out the feed s1tneatlole? Pe slit dile to dig, cuss a iiuni'ber of crepe fiat m(ay b ', used. Firht and 'fbreaOat AS ruby!' v�rv-.rriw.v'."a Culvert Washed Qut Owing to the heavy rains the larll= culvert on the Bronhon Line. 13 miles south of the Zurich Road, weal., completely washed out, as the ems. was 'carried away for twenty- feet• each aide `of the culvert. It will takl some tall planning by the engineeN- and Hay -council. just what tq do. .M the meahtime the road is closed, N- traffic.=Zurich Herald. corn for 'husking purposes. Corn is an excellent grain for cattle, .hogs and poultry and there are early varieties that will ripen in Huron: Wisconsin 355, Wisconsin 531, Pioneer.•355, mid nesota .301, Kingscrost M. The seed dealers have a supply o different hybrids on hand. If you de sire further inforrhation on the early hybrids for husking purposes•, drop mel a line at Clinton. ' Husking corn can be. planted in early June in either rows or much better, in hills. If the proper variety is used, the ears will be ripe before the fall frosts. The yield should be around 100 •bushels or more of ripe ears per acre., One nice thing about husking corn is th length of time in the fall when hushing can be carried on (from the 1st of October until the end of Noveniber). 'The cobs of corn can be kept in a crib or put upstairs in the implement shed or barn in such a fashion that air circulation is allowed up -through and around the ears. In this way, the ears will keep throughout the winter without getting Mouldy or musty. A supply of corn, on the ear will be found to be mighty :useful grain for cattle, hogs or :hens next winter. .Therefore, I have .no, hesitation in recommending an 'in- creased acreage of husking corn this yeiar for Huron Couity. • Soyabeans are another crop that cati,'be grown by the average mixed farmer to balance up his oats and barley with a high protein. Cattle feeders like soyabeans for this pur- pose. Mixed with oats and barley at the rate of 4 to' 8 lbs. per 100 lbs. at the time of chopping will result in a meal mixture which will produce either milk from 'the milk cows or gains from the beef cattle. Soyabeans should be planted as soon as the. land will permit seeding. Use an early variety like Mandarin, Manchu or .O.A.C. 211 at the rate 'of 45 pounds ,per acre in drills 28 inches apart. Soyabeans should be kept scuffled and clean throughout the growing season. When ripe in Sep-, tember or early October, they can be combined with good results. The yield .should be in the neighborhood of 20 bushels per acre. , Of course, if .,you have a surplus of soyabeans not needed for livestock feeding, you can sell them readily at a guaranteed price of $1.96 per bushel for No. 1 grade delivered Toronto. Soyabeans are recommended this year to produce a high --"protein feed to balance the oats and barley for economical feeding of 'cattlie. Another crop that can be - planted' in early June is white field beans., This clop can be considered a war crop because Great Britain. has -asked Canada to supply around 1% milliiYri .birahets''Of white field beetle fronii this, year's erop. • Our own domestic requiremettts ,are .orlitintl one•hatf itii111on bi<sliels, aiud tfle •tr'.S,A will take any anrp111s. (teyeee sed on Forgo j") Teacher Dies Suddenly Death came suddenly to Miss Pearl Love, 'at her residence, Exeter, when* she lived alone. When she, who for' the past eight years, has taught that primary class in Exeter public schools did not report for duty in the morn- ing, orning, the caretaker was sent to in vestigate, and. found that she had died. Dr. Dunlop, doroner, investigat- ed and decided that an inquest wail not necessary.—Zurich Herald. Clinton Nurse Wins Award Among the eighteen 'nurses to gram duate at the Guelph General Hospital School for Nurses on Thursday wale Miss Margaret H. Middleton, daughteo of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton, ci Goderich township. The special prizel- for operating room technique, "award- ed by Dr. J. M. Savage, was receiv- ed by Miss Middleton. Her parent* and Mrs. James Johnston and Mist Myna. Middleon attended the gradual', ing exergises.—Clinton News -Record. Former Agriculture Representative , Mr. Ian MacLeod, agriculture gee presentative .here for many years and' later of. Brighton in Northumberlantl County, has been transferred to ths, City of Brantford in Brant Cdunty.— Clinton. News -Record. Some Real Pigs Mr. Orval McGowan, of East Waw- anosh, recently -marketed 33 hogs, 331 of them being graded selects. The hogs were' sold to Watson tiros., of Blyth, and, we believe, is considered: a record number of, selects for one shipment of hogs.—Blyth Standard. Takes Position At Goderich Miss Eileen' Robinson who has bee= ., teller in the local branch of the Can- adian Bank of Commerce for some time, ,has been ,transferred to the Goderich branch, and took' over her new duties on Monday. Miss Betty Fairservice has taken over teller du- ties in the Blyth branch, and Mier Doreen Vincent is the new member of the local staff:—Blyth. Standard. Newly -Weds Honcbred. A` number of friends and neighbour of S.S. No. 11, East Wawanosh and -Hullett, met at the home of Mr. anti: Mrs. George ,Cowan, Sr., in honor of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Cowan, ern' Dungannon, who were' recently 'mar- ried. The evening was .spent in•play ing 'games and a':.social time, after- w•hice Mrs. Falconer asked the young" couple to come forward. Miss Norms& Doer read an address and Roberti: Giousher and Arnold Falconer pre- sented them with a lovely wall mirror and end table. ' Mr. Cowan replied •suitably, on behalf of his wife. LunclI. was served by the h6stess, and the wedding -cake was passed around by• the bride.—Blyth Standard. Purchased Home Mr. Jack Hodgert has purchased' from Mary Kestle the fine :residence• on Station Street recently vacated by Mr. Don Size, who moved to Toron- to. Mr. Hodgert gets immediate pos- session. The real estate transfew was put through by C. V.' Pickard.—' Exeter Times -Advocate. Appoints Town Clerk ' The town council in special meet- ing on Friday night last 'appointed) Sherman H. Blake, of town, to the dual position of clerk and treasurer of the corporation•. • Mr. Blake suc- ceeds Neil J. MacKay, who held the position for a short time after the re- tirement of L. L. Knox on account of illness. Mr. Blake's salary .will be $1,800 and this duties will begine June 151h. Three additional applicatiops for the position were received, mak- ing 21 in all, but the final choice was between two of the applicants, the council dividing five to three in favor of Mr. Blake as 'against an out- side applicant. Mr. Blake has been the accountant at the Royal Bank for several years. He is a -married man and resides on Newgate St. with his wife and young •daughter. He is highly regarded in business and oth- er circles and the appointment is generally popular. A peculiar cir- eumstance is that, the house in which Mr. Blake lives is:the same as that in which Mr. Knox was living `when he was appointed town clerk over 30, �' years •apo.n—Goderich Signal Star:... Brussels Flier Missing Flight Sergeant Harold. L. Huether, son of Mrs. John, Huether and the late Mr. Huether, is reported missing after •air opersitions overseas in the Royal Canadian' Air 'Force easualty list released from Ottawa Tuesday night, 1 'light Sergeant Huether bad been engaged In quite a few trips ova et. enemy territory, his sister, Mrs. Allan Searle, of .. Walto+n, repotted - His family: believett That it was freer One of :the recent l.Iieavy -aide on e-- (( O11enit* o8 nag fir, c 4 Ii