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S1 AFORTII, Friday, October 2Znd
a The Big Shots !
We have heard a great deal, and
are still hearing a great deal, about
the Big Shots and the monopolies
who are waxing fat and becoming
millionaires—those who have not al-
ready reached that point --out of the
money the Canadian people are.
spending in their war -effort, and all
at the expense of the working peo-
ple, the farmer and the common ev-
ery -day man on the street.
We never did take a great deal of
stock in this line of argument so
eloquently advocated by so many
and, after reading a few things in
the,:recently released Dominion Bur-
eau of Statistics, we are rather in-
clined to take a great deal less. Fig-
ures may lie, but it is very generally
recognized that the figures of the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics are as
reliable an authority as any in Can-
ada, or out of it for that matter, and
these figures show very conclusively,
three . things:
- That during the past 25 months •
the number of Canadian workers
has increased by 20.1 per cent. and
the aggregate of their weekly pay
rolls by 45.7 per cent.
That in manufacturing alone•, the
numbers of workers has increased
by 34:8 per cent. and their weekly -
earnings by 65.1.' per cent.
That the average per capita week-
ly earnings' in the eikht leading 'in-
dustries rose from $25.25 as at June
1, 1941, to $30:95 as of July 1, 1943,
or 22.6 per 'cent:
At the same time, in this 'two-year
period covered by the figures, the
cost of living has only risen by 12 per
Bent. It is plainly evident therefore,
that the real wages in Canada, 'are
very much higher than they were be-
fore the war, and also the fact that
there is much more work. Now
many families have three or four
workers in addition to the head of
the house, which makes the family
income many times what it ever was
before. Even after taxes, unem-
ployment insurance and other things
are deducted from the weekly wage,
the net int"ome of Canada's Work-
ers has been very materially increas-
ed.
No one begrudges this increased
income to the workers 'because every
one wants, or should want, to see
our standard of living the highest in
the world, so that our Canadian fam-
ilies can be provided with proper
food, clothing and advanced educa-
tion. That is Canada's aim.
But what we can and very much,
do object to is the incessant and in-
sincere babble of some professional
political and labor agitators about
labor and the farmer being "ground
down." And the same people who
spread the absolute lie that a few
"big shots" and "monopolies" are
profiteering and being allowed to
become multi -millionaires out of
Canada's effort in this war.
As a matter of fact, Canada's "in-
creased national income, which is,..
• largely due to war production, is
not in the hands of the big shots and
combines. The excess profits tax
and the income taxes attend very
strictly ,to- that matter. •
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, Telling The News ,
Do you remember back in the
Spring of 1940, when the British and
French armies were being , routed,
h'owersistently and gently the mil-
Itary headquarters "used to tell us
'the war news in these words: Ev-
erything is goingaccording to plan.
Do you remember too, how after
few day's repetition, that simple
rbrase got on your nerves, because
your sense, if not your imagination,
i
td fou that f there was actually a
it was the Germans and not the
Who werk operating it? The
lwever, are not very good
loss bl Headquarter was ..,
J �,. :k,, . fly.::
tweak the ire'vs as
lu `jo usin those
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-very dark days..
But now that conditions are re-
versed and it is the Germans who
must do the explaining to the folks
back home, that explaining is bOcom-
ing increasingly difficult, because af-
ter telling their people that the Rus-
sian army was annihilated about a
year and a half ,ago; that Germany
could never be bombed, and a few,
things like that; and the conquest of
Italy - by the Allies was not even
dreamed of, it takes quite a lot of
explaining. So much so in fact that,.
one simple phrase like the British
used to tell us that it was pretty
.much a case of: every man for him-
self ' and the devil catch the. hinder-
most, won't do:.at all. Perhaps the
Germans being a stolid race an&
lacking our imagination, need a lot
of telling because of what has al --
ready been told.
At any rate, here are some of -their
better terms, which the New York'
Times has collected, in which their
news is being sent back to Germany:
' "In conformation with elastic
fighting tactics, the town was evacu-
ated."
"The 'enemy is following tentative-
ly."
"Wherever our troops have given
up terrain, this has always , been
done methodically."
"Our troops have detached them-
selves from the enemy."
"The enemy is following up our
movements only hesitatingly."
"The detachment movements of
our troops progresses according to
•
'Our rearguards are retreating
under constant struggles."
These may be all right to describe
what is happening to them now, but
the German headquarters will have
to be much better still when they
have to tell their people about some-
thing really big, such as the driving
of their armies, which are now fight-
ing on several fronts, back into Ger-
many. And, it would appear now
that they haven't a great deal of time
left in which to prepare the news of
such:a_shock.
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Rationing The Bible
Last week the publishing houses
in New York reported a shortage of
Bibles resulting from the lack. of
sufficient paper to meet the demands
for the books.
The treasurer of the Oxford Uni-
versity Press, Mr. Henry Walck, said
it was the first time in 100 years that
the .demand for Bibles had so far ex-
ceeded the supply, and that his con-
.,, cernwas rationing Bibles to book
stores to percentages of their pre-
vious sales. s�
The American Bible Society, which
distributes Bibles at' - colt; also re-
potted that it had been forced to
ration the books.
•
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A Message To Advertisers
(Kincardine News)
Here is what an executive of a Toronto . manu-
facturing concern doing a world wide business,
found out when he took two weeks' holidays in
rural Ontario. Two things stand out with smash-
ing clarity. First, that 67 per cent. of farm peo-
ple read the local weekly; second, that "any
advertiser wishing to reach the greatest number
of farm people must use the local paper." He
uses the word "MUST." Isn't it obvious?
Next 'in order are farm journals, 51 per cent.
for one; 20 per cent, for the next. Ent we have
found that, generally, farmers take two and often
three farm papers so that these per'centages can-
na be added together. Over it all is this:
"Farmers are at mail boxes when the local week-
, ly comes.' That fact establishes "reader inter-
est." So in those two paragraphs is the whole
story. Big dailies and national magazines scale
down to 5 per cent. and 3 per cent. respectively.
It is time these facts and .figures_ were drilled
home to industry, goverments and advertising
executives and agencies..
• The "agencies" are middlemen hired at liberal
commissions to advise national advertisers as to
media and to prepare copy. Their "take" is scaled
on rates. Their service is good. Like everyone'
they are out to make money. But they bare too
•long been by-passing the weeklies in many im-
portant instances. That means they ignore the
tremendous farm buying power. Sixty-seven per
cent. of rural, Canada represents over 3,000,000
people, according to the Canada Year Bpok. Why
then treat rural •Canadians as "poor relations"
not' entitled' to know what is being offered and
recommended?
The . weeklies• have been lauded by prituue min-
isters and important personages as of vital im-
portance in the life of Canada, and yet we find
many vital wartime messages to rural Canada
, appearing in farm journals and not in weekl'i'es;
partidularly over the signatures of the Minister
of -agriculture and minister of labour. For in-
stance, as of 'September 23, the niiniater of labour
has a page and a gtia,rter "add" in a farm journal,
"A Message to Men Who Work on Farms," and
not a line In, the weeklies. Gan lt' be that he is
not informed about the 67 per cent? Does he
not wish to reach all the farmers? '
The whole thing doesn't ,.:add up to common
sense. There are, of course, the enlightened ex-
ceptions which recognize rural people as of high
importance. The insurance :companies; the banks
and the public services such as hydro and tele-
phone, and a few 'enlightened 'industrialists, 'use
the weeklIe`d' freely to state their ,serefeee.
Now that •we•..are in ,the throes of.. War and are
tool' to come to the days of redonsttruotion. and
ptla�d'e,,, it is high crane for 'the .weeklies •generally
t+d" e*pre9a• thelingelitet, matter aril• come to
iSli'owtl'o'1n in behalf of : hetnselvea and their
tendert',
gone
lntereetin*items picked from
The Exgoeitor of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
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From The Huron Expositor
October 25, 1918
The chilly days of Fall are with us
again. That brings up a favorite
topic ... the 'benefits of a good warm
fre. This year a lot of people are
going to do • without warmth in their
homes but at Lazy Meadows we are
pretty well equipped for whatever the
weatherman may bring us.
IMy father was always a great wood
provider. No matter how lax he ma*
have bees In planning for other kinds
of farm' work, he was never known
to start the winter without a wood-
shed full of dry kindling and _hard-
wood. Each year so many dry cedar
rails were drawn up and attacked be-
hind the woodshed. Along with that,
there 'was a pile of buzz -wood. That
came from the slash behind the barn
. light summer wood cleared out
of the swamp and cut with the cir-
cular saw. In addition there was win-
ter wood. This Was a pile of beech
asd maple tops. During the late sum-
mer he used to spend a couple of
Sundays in walking through. the bush
looking for trees :that were fully
grown and in danger of starting to
decay.
He and the hired man would strike
out for the bush on cold, frosty or
stormy winter days and cut down the
trees he had marked. I can well re-
member days when it was. blowisg
and storming at about fifty or sixty
miles an hour. They would head in-
to the 'bush where the trees protect-
ec you from the storm ,and soon the
frosty air would resound with • the
noise of the axes and the steady
"whining -moan" of- the biting .saw as
it cut through the green timber.
The bottom logs were cut in ten of warmth too muoh.
The munition plant in. town was
closed down for a few days owing to
the number of men who were off on
account of influenza.
MMr. Ferguson, of Ul'O Canada Furni-
ture Co„ Woodstock, was here on
Sunday attending the funeral of Miss,
Gertrude Reid:
Mr. John Finlayson, of the Bell
Foundry, is a victim of influenza.
Mr. Wesley Free is recovering from
a, severe attack of pneumonia.
On Friday night, previousto the
,closing hour, W. D. Fair, of 'Clinton,
a bookseller, noticed smoke coming
from the second storey, and on in-
vestigation found that a fire had
started in the stock :room.
Mr: Benjamin Snell, of Constance,
who gave his leg a nasty cut with a
corn hoe about a week ago, and which
turned to blood poisoning, is now on
the mend.
Among the deaths reported from
influenza this week were: Mrs. An-
drew Calder, • Frank Weiland, who
died at sea, Dr. McGinnis of Wallace
burg and formerly of Seaforth, Mrs.
John Quail, Miss Gertrude Reid and
William Oughton. Those who were
seriously i11 were: Muriel Willis,
Douglas Beattie; Bertha O'Connell,
Jas. H. Wright, Russel H. Sproat, G.
D. Haigh, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dev-
ereaux and. Mr. Jas. Devereaux.
- The "Misses Turnbull, Olive Rankin
and Kate Cowan are home from Tor
:onto, as all educational institutions
are closed in the city.
Mrs. W. W. Meredith, of Wallace -
burg, is here owing to the illness of
her brother, Mr. J. F. Reid.
Mr. and Mrs: W. W. Hutchinson, of
Hibbert, were officially -notified on
Saturday that, their son, Pte. John
Gordan Hutchinson, had been killed
in action overseas.
Mr. Wm. Clark, of Constance, is
confined tp his home with pleurisy.
Ptes. E. Snell, Hullett, and W. Sle-
man, of Clinton, both 161st boys, ar-
rived home from overseas last week.
Mr. Madden, manager of the Mol -
sons Bank, Brucefleld, has purchased
the house of Mr. T. McKenzie of Clin-
ton.
Mr. Thos. Mcelymont, who for
some weeks was spending a pleasant
visit among his old friends in Kippen,
has returned to his home in London.
Mr. Thos. Wiley, the old veteran
tax collector. at Kipper and Stanley,
is again making his rounds.
•Mr. W. •Vanhorn, of Hensall, is mov-
ing. to the farm owned by Mr. Milne
R. Rennie, which he bought from Mr.
John McLean:
Mr. H. E. Rorke; a.of Clinton, has
purchased the grocery business of E.
E. Huu'niford' 'of that town.
Lieut. George McTaggart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McTaggart, Clin-
ton, is home- on a short furlough. He
has been overseas for three years.
From The Huron Expositor
October 27, 1893
Mr. Joseph Perkins, of Usborne,
while driving along the gravel road
to Clandeboye on Thursday afternoon
of last week, was in the act of light-
ing a cigar when the horses started
suddenly, throwing the driver over
the back of the buggy and, breaking
his back. He was picked up uncon-
scious and has. since died.
1VIessrs. Robert McLean, John 'Dins -
dale, James Mustard, Jr., Alex Mon-
teith and Samuel Cudmore, of Kippen,
are taking in" the World's Fair.
The old tannery on the river flats
in Egmondville has been dismantled
and the framework hauled away. It
was an old landmark, having been
built' during the early settlement of
the country, and lately owned by Mr.
Neil Hill.
Miss Florence Johnson, of town, is
at present in Wingham teaching mus-
ic in the absence of Miss Houghton,
who is in Toronto.
Mr. Charles Aitzel, of Seaforth, has
soil! his fine chestnut trotting mare
ta- Mr. H. Dumert, of Zurich.
Miss Allie McDonald, of towai, and
daughter of Rev. A. D. McDonald,
leaves next week for Toronto to at-
tend the Presbyterian Ladies' College
there.
Mr. Roger Pepper, Tuckersmith,
has purchased the Cyrus Turner farm
oh the 3rd concession; L.R.S., for the
sum of $3.800. -
Mr. Wm. Allan,, Tuckersmith, has
sold his farm do ;the .7th concession
to Mr. David Ferguson, of Grey, for
the sum of $5,650.
Mr. James Campbell, Jr., son of Mr,
James Campbell of the Grey bound-
ary, left .Walton for California last
week.
Mr. James Scott, of Cromarty,, was
returning home late one evening
when his horse became unmanageable
and threw} him on the ground. His in-
juries were severe, but he is now re-
covering.
Mr. John Morrison, Waltfin, has
been successful in his third class ex-
aminations and is now fully entitled
to attend Model school. -
IMr. Cudmore and his staff of men
pressed 14 "tons of hay for Mr. R.
Nichol one day last week.
Mr. Joshua Snider and Mr. George
Pollock, of 'Drysdale, left Hensel' 'for
Chicago on Monday last. They in-
tend to be gone about a week:
Mr. A. J. Carter, of Walton, has
leased the farm of Mr. Duncan John-
son for a term of four years at $125%•
a year.
Mr. D. D. Willson and Mimi Nettie
Wilton visited Brantford on Wednes-
day. Mr. Wilsoih went down to at-
tend the Bow Park Earle. sale.
Mrs. -Thos. Dote, of Brucefleld, re-
turned on Saturday from a visit to
Moose Jaw, and brought a good re.
port of the West. ..
Mr. • Peter McGregor, of Brucefleld,
has acid his Nhaiadsome bay driving
mare to Mr. George Cox, • the well
known horseman• ser Detroit,
On.: Friday last $Mr. D. D. Wilson, of
Seaforth, 'shipped ai car ' lead of :tun.
nips ko Novs„ Scotia .tn feed the nor-
oughbreds he is ixli i rting•, and which
aro detained 3a elnataitutine.
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y Barri J, Boyle
er twelve -foot lengths asd carefully
skiddedeup for hauling to the' mill.
The rest ole the franks and the tops
were cut up and the smaller branch-
es. were drawn. up. for the-13uzz-saw.
It was a delight to see that .wood dry
out and season and then late in the
summer the neatly piled and split
wood would be wheeled In and piled
•in the woodshed. There was a dry
almost fragrant smell from the wood.
You coulds't look at it without think-
ing of the •bright, .hot flames curling
up around the sticks . while the heat
radiated in a steady glow and the
whole house was a haven of comfort
on a cold day.
Our front room was a delight. Us-
ually at night we didn't have a lamp
in the parlor. Just the light that
came in from the' kitchen table one,
and the flaring glow of the fire be-
-hisd ,,the mica -fronted stove served to
illuminate that room. They little fan-
cy brass kettle on the old heater us-
ed to bound around ... almost burst-
ing with steam, while the cat purred
on the rug in the warmth. Father
used to rock steadily* in the rocker
with bis pipe glowing in the semi-
darkness. The • flickering firelight
made his face seem as if it were
cast in some precious metal. Mother
would take the other rocker and bask
in the heat and the children would
flop down on their stomachs on the
rug, and after tiring of play they
would join in the quiet, warm com-
fort. •
I guess that's one of the reasons
why I can never have patience with
men who dos't provide a good pile of
wood each year.. I like the comfort
:JUSTASMILEQRTWO:
A little girl was walking with her
mother through 'a London square, and
asked why the roadway was covered
with" straw.
"The lady in that house has just
had a little daughter sent to her,
dear," said the mother.
The child looked at the straw again
and exclaimed: "Awfully well pack-
ed, mummy, wasn't' it?"
•
Suburban Resident: "It's simply
grand to wake up in the morning and
hear the leaves whispering outside
your window.'
City Man: "It's all right to hear
the leaves whisper, but I never could
stand hearing the grass moan."
.
"No," said the employer sternly,
"I will not do it! Never have I sold
Some Changes At Sky Harbor Airport'
With the arrival 'in Goderich at the
week -end of anothen contingent or
student pilots of the Fleet Air Arne
of the Royal Navye direct from Eng-
land, Sky Harbor is now one hundred
per cent. "navy." Officially No. 12 is
now known as the Fleet AlT Arm Ele-
mentary School of the Common-
wealth' Training Plan, "and will con-
tinue as such indefinitely as far as
we know," Manafer J. R. Douglas told
The- Signal -Star. Sky Harbor is stilt
in the throes of a building program.
It bas 'always had growing pains, but
Mr. Douglas explained that,• as far as
buildings are concerned, it has. never
yet had the required accommodation
of a "full school," although for a long
time it has been training the requis-
ite number of students. Scarcity of
labor and material has been the rea-
son for the delay. Meanwhile the
school has been able to "get along"
by making shifts as occasion arose
and thus released contractors for
more urgent work.—Goderich Signal -
Star.
Fire Destroys Auburn Buildings
Citizens of Auburn were given an
unwelcome and unexpected Thanks-
giving Day feature attraction on Mon- ' .e.
day when just at the noon hour it
was discovered that a large frame
building belonging ' to the • Hp:ron
County Road Commission, and sitilat-
ed on the Auburn main street, had
caught fire. . Immediately a call was
made for -the volunteer fire brigade,
and the Auburn hand -pumper went in-
to action. A call was put through to
Blyth and the Blyth fire department
responded as speedily as was pos-"
sible, and added their assistance to '
the Auburn brigade. Many citizens. in "
Blyth, anxious for •someexcitement
on an otherwise quietly -spent day; fol-
lowed the brigade over.—Blyth Stand-
ard.
Hold Surprise Party
A surprise party was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Rey-
nolds,
on Tuesday evening of last
-week, when the immediate relatives
gathered to honor Sgt. and Mrs. Lloyd
Reynolds. An address was read by
Preston Dearing and Mrs. Wes. Wit-
mer,
itmer, on behalf of those present, pre-
sented' them with several very: lovely,
gitts.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Bone- in Foot Broken
Mr. William Allison, of town, while
assisting in cutting some wood in Us -
borne Township Friday of last week,
had the misfortune to fracture a bone
in his foot when a log rolled on it.—
Exeter Times -Advocate. -
Visit Aunt On 90th Birthday -1
Mr. Fred Gliddon and his niece,
Miss Audrey Glidden, of Vinemount,.
were week -end guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. S. A. Hewitt. On Sunday
they went to Goderich, to visit their
aunt, Mrs. Joseph 'Cook, who had cele-
brated her 90th birthday the day beel
fore. - She is a remarkable woman, '
did all her own gardening this slim-
mer, and made her own birthday cake.
Eight of her eleven children tare -liv-
ing besides 45 grandchildren, 39 great "
grandchildren and one great great-
grandchild. , This is a real record
when it comes 'to desL3`endants.—Mit
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anything by false representation and
I will not begin now."
For a moment he was silent; and
the clerk wnho stood before him could
see'that the better nature of hig em-
ployer was fihting strongly for the
right.
'No," repeated the employer, "I
willnot do it! It is an inferior grade
of shoe, and I will never pass it off
as anything better. Mark -it 'A Shoe
Fit 'for a Queen' and putit in the win-
dow—a queen does not - have to do
much walking!"
She: "Let's talk about you for a
while."
He: "Yes, dear."
She: "Well .then, what does a
young man like you s'ee• in a. girl like
me?",
Huron Federation Of:
Agriculture --Farm News
How Milk Subsidies Are Allocated •fore the layers at all times; also oy-
ster shell or some other good source
of calcium.
8. To maintain -body weight, feed
mash moistened with water, or skim -
milk (or mash pellets) at noon—as
much as the layers will clean up in
a half-hour.
With further reference to the ap-
plication of Subsidies for the produc-
tion of dairy products, as announced
recestly by Hon. James G. Gardiner,
Minister of Agriculture, and adminis-
tered by the Agricultural Food Board,
the Board has made the following
explanatory statement:
"The Board is authorized to. apply
the subsidy of fifty-five cents per 140
Pound's on milk' for fluid consumption
in all areas where such subsidy., is
considered necessary to ,Maintain pro-
duction. In other areas -where the
previous rate of subsidy, viz. -twesty-
five cents per 100 pounds, is consid-
ered adequate this subsidy will ap-
ply.' 'The subsidy of thirty cents per
hundred pounds for milk which is con-
centrated will be extended to apply
on milk used in the manufacture of
skim -milk powder-. provided that the
milk or butterfat is not otherwise sub-
sidized. The granting of such sub-
sidies will he considered on receipt
of recominendatjo'ss from Provincial
Milk Boards or Commissions,
"In the case of milk manufactured
into cheddar cheese for • which a sub-
sidy of thirty cents per 100 pounds is
provided, application should be made
by the management of the cheese fac-
tory on forms supplied for the pur-
pose and sent to all cheese factories.
"Under authorization granted to the
Agricultural Food ,Board, distributors
and manufacturers of• mill[ or milk
products are required to obtais per-
mission from the Agricultural Food
Board before purchasing milk or
cream from producers other than
those from whom they were obtain-
ing supplies at the date the Order
became effective, which was Septem-
ber 9th."
How To Keep Hens Frorri'"'bying
The easiest way to get more poul-
try and eggs, with both feed and
equipment scarce, is to reduce poul-
try losses. There are many 'things
flock -owners can do to reduce losses.
1. Sell old hens not needed for
breeders, or, else house hens and pul-
lets in separate buildings.
2. Scrape, sweep, scrub and scald
the laying house floor before putting
layers in. After floor is dry, use a
good disinfectant on floor and walls.
Clean and disinfect all equipment.
3. Give layers elbow room — four
square feet of floor space per bird
for light breeds, four and •a half ,for
heavier ones. Provide at least 20
linear feet of Wash hopper space (op-
en on both sides) -for eery 100 birds,
Have one nest for every six birds..I!
trap nests are 'being used, one /rl'or
every four birds:.
4. See that layers have at least five
to seven gallons of water daily per
100 'birds. Remove chill from water
in cold weather, 'so birds will drink
all they need. Water is the cheapest
thing in ,a hen's ration; eggs are
mostly 'water.
5. Provide ventilation w 1 th o u t
drafts.
-6• Select pullets carefully at hour-
ing time. Reject 'those that are lame,
undeveloped and .those that have grey
eyes ,with irregular pupil,.
7. Keep. a. Clean supply of grit be-
chell Advocate.
Hospital Purchases Operating Table
A new operating room' table has •
been installed' at the hospital. The
table, modern in every respect, was a,
piece of much needed, equipment.
9. Cull hard and often to save feed I With the addition of this table the
and reduce losses. Birds won't be operating room is now very up-to-date
disturbed so much if culled at sight as other equipment includes an ilium -
with a flashlight. inar -.light, suction machine, donated
10. Act promptly if'disease starts. by the Croyn Currie estate, as well
Get an accurate diagnosis from a as.. many other smaller articles.—
veterinarian, or a poultry specialistWingham Advance Times.
who knows what it's all about. Re -17,000 Attended Teeswater Fair
move dead birds from the laying Favored with ideal weather,. Tees=
house and completely burn them or water Fair set up a. new record when
bury them so deep that dogs, rats or I more than 17,000 people were in at- -
other animals can't get at them. tendance." The gate receipts 'alone -
11. Get rid of rats; they waste feed amounted to $3,375. J. A. ,Carroll,
and spread disease.' superintendent of Agricultural . Socia -
12. Don't let chickens have the runties for the province, officiated at the
of the .barnyard and hog lots. opening ceremonies,. and congratulat-
�t ed not , only the directors of the fair,
Outline of Methods Control Mastitis but the people of the counties in the,
Mastitis or gorget, a disease of the area, for heving a fair of such call
Tees -
cow's udder, is the bugbear of the
bre He pointed out that the Tees
dairy farmer asd the cause of much water" Agricultural Society did not.
investigation and . research on the confine its efforts to a one day fair,
part of Canada's veterinary officers. but encouraged junior clubs, field
A number of different types of germs competitions and breeding clubs.. Hee
are able to infect the udder. Some also introduced V . A. Cockburn, of
of these attacks result in acute mas Drumbo, president of the Ontario
titis, and in other cases in chronic Fairs Association, who spoke briefly.
mastitis, A feature of chronic •mas —Wingham Advance -Times,
titiS is the slow but gradual progress Hold Trousseau Tea
of the disease—so gradual that its Misses E. and H. Downing enter -
presence, is often not recogsized until tained at a trousseau tea on Thurs-
the udder is seriously damaged. There day for their niece, Margaret Adeline
is no cure for chronic infectious mas- (?owning, whose marriage to Ken-
titis, hence emphasis is placed on neth Cameron Tyerman takes place
prevention. next week. The guests' were received
At the recent meeting of the Cen by Miss E: Downing, assisted by Mrs.tral Canada Veterinary Association at R. F. Downing. The tea table was
the Dominion Asimals Diseases Re- covered with a lace cloth centred;
search Institute at Hull, Que., mas drith pink and white Godetias, Glad-
search
came under discussion, and loll and Mums decorated the" tea
the following recommendations were loom and living room. Mrs. M. Lay
adopted. rock and :Mrs. J. Wilton `poured tea.
(1) The best method„ of control at Assisting in the tea room were Mrs.
present is early accurate diagnosis; 0: Davidson, Mrs. J. Bryans, Miss
proper arrasgement of animals in the Addie Cardiff, Mrs: A. Ratan, Mrs, J.
Milking row, milking infected ones Cameron' and Miss Betty Beet: Others
last, and practising sanitation. assisting were Mrs. J. Gibson, Mrs.
(2), The daily use of the strip cup R S. Hamilton, Mrd. W. Williamson,
in infected herds is recommended as :Mrs. McCurdy Lowry, Miss Doreen
one of the means of detecting early Long and Miss' Jean Wilton.-=Brus-
cases and should be constantly prat- Fels Post.
tiled on all asimals in a herd where New .Commanding 'Officer at- School
disease is known -to exist.
(3) Bacteriological examination is
considered to be the most accurate
method of diagnosis. Due to inher-
ent ^difficulties connected" with this
method, somewhat less accurate but
more practical methods of physical
and chemical examination must in
general be employed.
(4)• Treatment of animals chronical-
ly infected and with deranged udders
is seldom of value. Animate in which
there. is extensive fibrosis in the ud-
der should be 1Pemoved from the herd.
(5) Early cases Seed not be re-
garded as hopeless but treatment
should be carried out only by an ex-
perienced veterinarian:
(6) Injuries from any cause, espe-
cially mechasical and thermal ones,
result in increased susceptibility of
the udder to infection, Care should
therefore be taken to avoid injury.
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Wing Commander Kern. Patrick, 28.
chief radio instructor at No. 1 Wire-
less School, Montreal, since June,
1940, has -'been posted to, Nos 5 :Radio
Sclidol, R.C.A.F., Clinton, as com-
manding officer It was announced on
Monday by Air Vice Marshall A. de-
Niverville, air officer cotmnanding'
No. 3 Training Conmmand, R:C.A.F.
A resident of Moxftreai sines Febru-
ary, 1940, when he arrived in Charge
of the advance party to open . No. 1
Wireled"s -School on Queen Mary Road,:
he had been stationed at the school
since that time. ,Born at St. John, N.
B•., he enlisted in the R,C:A.F. on
Sept. 6, 1939, being • the first signals
officer to be commissi�glaed at the out-
break of btlte war. e 'Was attached
to the '17th Coadtal., Artillery Squad-
ron at fit, John, then went to Tren-
ton as an instructor' before going to
No. 1 'Wireless School as chief tech-
nical officer. --•-•Clinton News -Record,
,