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SEAFORTH, Friday, May 3, 1946.
Removing Streetcoag( s,ion
Like many other towel's in this • part
of Western Ontario, Kincardine has
had a Main Street congestion prob-
lem that must receive immediate
consideration in the interest' of pub-
lic safety. There, as here, there is no '
time restriction on parked cars. On
Saturday nights this creates .not only •
a' dangerous hazard to the travelling
public; but'a traffic jam that slows„up.'
or completely stops intending shop-
pers
from ,reaching their purchase
_points.
Possibly impatient at, or despair- •
ing of town council action to remedy
the situation; one large store in that
northern town, has taken the mat-
t& into its' own hands in an effort
to expedite its Saturday night busi-
ness and, we understand, several
other stores are going to follow suit.
This store has cleared out and en-
larged its back store entrance and
cleared . away all the refuse .in the
lane so that customers' cars can
drive up to the back- entrance, and •
installed lighting that willplainly
illuminate the surroundings. Then it
advertised that all Saturday night
customers who had parcels to col-
lect, would receive delivery atthe-
'back entrance only, .instead of lining.
up their cars two and three deep -at
the entrance on Main 'Street. ,
That is as it should be, and why
other towns are putting off action
until some very serious'or fatal acci- •
dent forces theirattention on : the
danger of this traffic congestion on
Main Streets is very hard to under-
stand. Because compelling rear
trance, acceptance and delivery of
all goods -and -parcels 'would greatly
expedite instead4'of -interfere with
the -"business of both the customers
and the stores.
•Not •only that, but in the case of
our own town it would accompli h a
housecleanin • of both lanes at he
rear of the business blocks that run
parallel' to Main Street. These lanes
are crowded with unused and un-
necessary outbuildings and refuse of
all kinds that create a very' serious'
fire hazard, particularly so during
the summer months.
That fact was clearly emphasized
*on Saturday night last, when fir of
g Qs
undetermined origin broke out :''at
the rear of a business block oh the
east side of Main Street. Fortunate
ly there was no damage done, but
'had the fire ,occurred at midnight or
the early, hours of the morning in-
stead of six o'clock in the evening,
or on any other night but Saturday,
the` town has no assurance that one
or more business blocks would not
have been wiped out. •
Now would be as good a time as
any for Seaforth to take a lead 'in
clearing up this very -dangerous traf-
fic congestion that arises frequently
on our • Main Street, by having three
and 'four, lines of parked cars and
trucks on week days, and always on
Saturday nights. Action is overdue,
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Are Price Controls Needed
That is a .question that has about
as many,answers as there are people
in business. The only unanimous
vote ' on the affirmative side comes
from the poor consumer, but unfor-
tunately tunately , tile, poor ' consumer is ' pretty
, .`much a forgotten man,these days.,,
If the lid was tak lfoff completely,
just how .long would it take to dig
sipate completely war bond savings
in the purchase of even ordinary
necessities, is another question of
interest. .
Perhaps no one knows the correct
answer-- to either" question, buta
comparison -- of.. prices holding in
Windsor aid thosein Detroit, .across
'the • W. .
. bo rdar • price yy, ere • p e ceilings
have been largely removed is at
least iiluMinatting.
nµWindsor, soft drinks are:lc, in
Detroit 10e tod15gr . am lir ers h
h s enndd hot ,dogs: are ltic
4
]tib, ?il'inds(); to Detroit, • 21e,
Bread i ' Windsor i8 •oc to"10c; in
Detroit; c to eT
Xn Windsor butter°is 4 c to •44c; in
Detroit itis 550. to 60c.
Shox'tehing in Windsor is 17c; in
Detroit, 27c...
Two-party full telephone service.
in Windsor is' "'$2.85 per month; in
Detroit the charge is $5 to $6 per
month.
Electricity for an average family.
of four in Windsor. is $5 to $6 for
two months; in Detroit it is. $16 to
$24 per month.
A haircut 'ir Windsor is 50c;'• in
Detroit it is -75c to $1.
A shave in Windsor is 25c while
in Detroit it costs from 50c to 60c.
Good quality chocolates in Wind=
sor are 70e per pound; in Detroit, $1.
A` • downtown . movie in Windsor
charges 45c to 48c; in , Detroit the
charge is 85c.
Bus or street car fare in Windsor
is 7c; ,in Detroit, 10c.
Meals in an ordinary good restaur-
ant in Windsor cost 75c; in Detroit,
$1.75 to $2.25.
,-Chocolate •milk ' shakes in Windsor
are 15e at the fountain; in Detroit,
23c.
The list goes on and •en, but that
is enough to suggest that Canada
keep her price controls for a week
or two. yeti
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Whp.?
The Canadian Bureau of Statisti'c's"
has released some very interesting
facts: -
There . were 213,000 unemployed
persons in Canada on February 23rd,
which was the date of the most re-
cent survey, which is an increase • of .
41,000 in three months:
Of. 'the unemployed,., 179,000 .were
men, and there were 34,000 women.
The largest number of unemployed,
82,000 were between the ages -of 25
and 44., years, while the next largest,
42,000,' were, between the ages of 20
and 24 years.
. The hardest hit Province was Que-
bec, with 75,000 jobless. Next was
Ontario with 56,000.
With every industry in town and
city. and every farmer in the coun-
try crying out for help, why are
there 124,000 men in Canada be-
tween the ages of 20 and 44 years
out of employment?
There may be quite a number . of
answers to that question, • but we
fancy the nearest one to the truth
would be that the great majority of
these men do not want jobs;, do not
want to work. Possibly they figure.
that the Government owes them a
living • without work attached' to it.
But why does it? Or why -should it?
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Foot Troubles
The National Association of Chir-
opodists is authority for the state-
ment that United States feet are go-
ing 'to the dogs. So much so, that
nine out of ten Americans have .foot
disorders including corns, calluses, -
fiat feet; athletic's foot and deformi-
ties of toes.
And the chiropodists are very un-
happy about it, "because they argue
that "No. matter what your walk of
life, your feet have to carry" you a
long way." And to prove it, these
foot doctors hung.. pedometers on
people invariousjobs and tallied up
their ' daily mileage.
Here are some totals:, Women
shopper's average eight miles a day;
during • the Christmas rush they may
tramp up to eleven. '
Chorus girls, high-kicking'thrbugh
three showsa day, dance seven miles.
A cop on the beat covers a mere
eleven miles in his travels.
When plowing, a farmer plods 25
miles, five more than a • postman
making his daily rounds.
The easiest -;job on the feet is that
of a stenographer,'whose average' is`
four miles. No record, however, was
kept of the jaw mileage in handling
the stenographer's gum.
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Thais All Right --But !
A friend `was complaining to Rus-
kin' about the weather.
"Why, Henry," rejoined the gen-
ial -phi-'osopher, "there's' really Ino
such . thing as bad weather."
"No?" was the doubtful retort.
"No," replied Ruskin. "Sunshine
is delicious, rain in refreshing, wind
braces you up, snow is exhilarating -
all different kinds of good weather !"
That's aTl right,. but right now
what we want,' and badly need, is
a lot of that refreshing quality" in
good weathe*.. We need'a lot of rain.
0, ligia R •Picked From
(xpolitor of Fifty and
!illtytlhre Yuri Ago. .
From The.. Huron Expositor
May 13, 1921
Mr. James Jarrott, -of llpger4, who
has finished his second term at the
' lV;edicat, college, London, has taken a,
position in the Hydro plant in Niagara
Falls . for the summer.
Mr. E. 'Drummond, Hensall, 'while
engage( in .strenuous -work during the
recent fire of Mr. Thos. .Murdoch's
livery barnys, had the misfortune to
break one of his ribs, but 'was una-
Ware of it for several days, until af-
ter medicalexamination discovered'
the cause of his pain.
Mr. S. T. Holmes has erected a
large garage at -the rear of his resi-
dence on Goderich St. West. •
The spring. ;anniversary services in
connection with First Presbyterian
Church were held on Sunday last,
when Rev. F. Matheson, of Stratford,
occupied the pulpit:. The choir, 'Was
•under the'leadership of Mrs. JUL G.
Mullen and Mr. Harry Livens. At the
morning service a quartette, compos-
ed of Messrs. J. Beattie, • G, Israel,
Walker Hart and • D. L. Reid, sang,
and in tire .evening Mr. Mullen ren-
dered a solo: •
Mr. Sanwa Mann, of Constance, has
purchased Mr. Albert 'Coates' farm.
Mr. J. W. Free, Seaforth, is, rebuildr
ing and ,making extensive improve-
ments to his home on Sperling St.,
which, was recently damaged by fire.
Mr. Robert Edgar has improved the
appearance of his dwelling . in Eg-
mondville by the addition of a cement
wall underneath the whole ,building. '
On Sui day evening as Bruce Moore,
Don Murray and Frank King, of Bay-
field,. were 'returning from Varna, the
car ,upset in the ditch near D.
Leitch's and Moore had his collar-
bone broken; King,was badly out
about the head anis face, but Murry
escaped unhurt.
Mr. and •Mrs. W. R. Plant and fam-
ily, Mr. D. H. Stewart, Miss. -Erie
Stewart and Mr•s. J. Patterson spent
Sunda' •with London • friends:.
Mr; F. Manns, of Hensall, .has im-
preve.d his dwelling property by grad-
'ing and•patting•in a fine driveway and
levelling` the grounds and filling in
.with earth.
McDonnell Bros., Hensel!, are hav-
ing a gasoline pump put on the street
opposite their garage.
The soldier's of Hensall,. recently
made a nice improvement to the mon-
ument •opposite • the Town Hall by fill-
ing in and grading it'nicely with earth
and ornamenting it with rows of
stones. , .
•Teams are busy hauling gravel to
the Huron Road where the macadam
Work is In operation between ,Strat-
ford and Goderich. ,
Mar -leets this sleek were: Butter,
21c per 11.;' eggs, 22c per dozen; hogs,
$9.25, .cwt.; wheat, bus., $1.40; barley,
bus., 55c;' oats, bus,, 35e;..shorts, ton,
.$33; bran, ton, $32; flour,.. cwt., .$5.25.;
potatoes, per bag, 75c.
Mr.. He Cash is adding an addi-
tion to.hirx sidence on James' St.
From The . Huron Expositor
May, .8,,1896 .
The sawmill owned by Henry Wil-
lert, of Dashwood, about three miles
west of the 'village, was. completely
destroyed by fire on Thursday Morn-
ing of last week. The fire was dis-
covered about 4.30; and as the men
had been in the mill the night before
and everything was in order, the ori-
gin of 'the fire is a eystery. -
• The class lists of McGill University
are out and show that Miss. Harriet
Brooks, o.f •Seaforth,, has again. come
out at the •head of her year, as she
did- twice before.
Mr. John McCaa has purchased
from Mr:_ James. F'drsyth in Egmond-
ville, theist on West -Main St., south
of H., P. Kenned,y's, and is preparing"
to build a'neat two-story brick ven-
eer residence thereon,'' Kruse Bros.
have the contract for the brick work
and Mr. Me.Caa will do the•woodwork
himself. -
Mr. Henry Henderson, of McKillop,
has purchased, he mule' team of Mr.
George Murray; and •Mr. Murray has
sub -let to him •the contract for water-
ing the streets- for the season.
The following parties were ticketed
to points west -this -Week by.R. J.• Mc-
Donald, C.P.R. agent: William and
David Laidlaw, of . Tucitersmith, to
"Portage . Lk Prairie, Man., and Dr.
David' Manson, of Tuckersmith, to
Bathgate. N.D. '
Potatoes are so abundant in this
vieinity that farmers are offering
them for nothing in'ord•er to, get them
out of the wary. Those having largs
quantities of good. .potato onions are
burying them in the ground.
.At about three o'clock Wednesday
morning the citizens of Staffs were
aroused from their• slumbers. by •the
cry of fire, and on turning out the
•blacksmith shop, belonging to Mr. A.
Cameron, was enveloped in 'flames.
The "Alerts" of •Alm'a•have reorgan'
ized for the c•oitting season with the
followink•'effieient staff of officers:
Honorary president, Mr. George Dale,
Sr.; president", lerbert Fowler; vice-
-President, G. Brownlee, Jr.,; secre-
tary-treasurer, 'Thomas Dale; captain,
T. H. Brownlee; committee, John
Dale, Wilfred Fowler and Geo. Dale.
Mr. John Dorrance, McKillop, has
purchased from Mr. Geo. Whitely, of
town, his fashionable trotting stal-
lion, "Maitland."
The Bicyclic Club•made its first rim
on Monday evening when between 20
and 25 wheel.» etp took 'ji'art in the
outing. •
Mr. M. Jordan, of town, has placed
a h•antlsome new delivery wagon on
the road. It was made• at the estab-
lishment of Mr. 'Ian; Kaie
Mr. Scott, of Brumfield., has hid
men • busily engaged pulling down the
old Presbyterian chuiwch. Many were
the large -gatherings who assembled
on sacramental and other occasions
t6•--h'eeat the latelteir. John Ross, who
was , pastor of the church from the
time it was built' flail his death.'
• Mr. David, Moore, 'of Egmottdville,
hair lucerne'- e•loVer. growing In his
orchard Which meats'ores 2 feet 6 hien
es .in height. . -
Mr. Aleft Monteith, Jr., left f ijiireh,
with two 'eartoads: oR satire; 8etitiitittett
for the' old Othilit rIni >ret4:
The price of'tarm Placllinei'y has
gone up' 12% per cent. Thirty-seven
speakerse, took part in the House, of
Commlons debate on the price in-
crease.
ncrease. The basis of the argument
was that this was a product used by,
farmers, and regardless of rising costs
of production and a more than 50 per
cent increase in• wage rates there
should be no increase in prices of
farm implements-In/less prices • of
farm products, were raised by an
equivalent amount.
When in doubt go back to the facts
• 3+'env Wage
and, Bates in •
Chiefly , Agr. •. '
Agricultural Mfg. , Imp. Farm
Year Imrvlements . Geode industry Prvdndtn
1939 100:0 100.0 1,00,0 • 100.0
1940 102.5 '108.2 10.54; 104,4
1941 105.8 117.9 117.6. ' 110.7
1942. 112.4 122.0 136:7 128.3
1943 112.4 123.6' 151.9 149.0
1144 112:*'. 123.3 , 152.5' 160.0
1945, 108,9 124.7 1544:i • 1640
This table tells the tale. There is
only one item, so far as I know, where
the price advance between 1939 and
1945 has been leas than in agricultural
implements. l refer ,10 farm fertiliz-
ers where the advance was only frac-
--note • carefully certain changes in tional. If there has been'a greater: in-
prices: Prices of fully and chiefly
manufactured goods'inct'eased 25 per
Cent between 1939 'and 1945, r: That
sdmewhat cryptic ,flgure means that
$1..06, in 1939 would buy a volume of
manufactured products for which, in
1945, the price would be $1.25., This
deals not with agricultural imple-
ments only but with the average pric-
es of all manufactured goods includ-
ing, of course; agricultural imple=
meats. •
What ' about farm` products. On the
same basis, farm products for which
the ,farmler received $1.00 in .1939,
brought him $1.64 in 1945 -the frac-
tions are left out in these calcill•a-
tions.
• Now don't rush to conclusions, for
years farm products ',ave been des-
perately low in' price. • Agriculture has
gone , through a period of debt and
disaster. , Through the recent price.
increases it has literally dug itself
put of the hole and • it has been a
.nighty difficult task. If governments
and business 'men are -alive .to their;
own interests they will• make agr'ie1i1-
ture the primary concern of our econ-
omic policy: Without, .a Prosperous
,agriculture there cannot be a pros-
perous Canada.
Now let us put the whole story •in
one table. We shall first measure the
changes in agricultural implements in
comparison with, products Wholly, arid
chiefly .. manufactured, with wage
rates in the farm implement industry
and with .farm products. With all the
facts in •one table- we shall have a
elearer vision of what' happened.
The.'figures in the table are index
numbers - that is we start from a
base price using the figure 100 to re-
present, the price level of 1939 -the
'figures which follow show the in-
creases in later years: .
crease in industrial .wage rates than
has taken. place .in factories produc-
ing agricultural implements it is not,
shown in recent records.
Look once mor"e at this table.
Through the, war years, when other'
Prices were rising; note how close to,
the pre-war level stood the price ,f.
farm implements: The farmers want
fair treatment' for themselves, they
are entitled to it -they have . had a
rough tide in the past. They know, if
Members of Parliament' and, at times,
Cabinet Ministers do not, •that higher
wage .rates increase the cost of pro=
'duction and ihis must be met by high-
er prices.
I go one step further, There is a
special index of commodities ,used by
farmers,' It is, published by the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. From-
the-figures-given
rogrthe•figures given I have workedi out
the percentage changes in the follow-
ing items between the average of 1939
and January, 1946: •
Products
Agricultural Implements '.. '8:9%
Seeds 77.4
Feed 61.8
Gasoline, oil and grease..:22.0 •
Building Material , • 61.2
Hardware 17.3
Binder Twine 3.4.8
Farm Labor 110.$
Percentage
Inorease
These' are the facts as they stand.
From their experience farmers know
how -costs of produetion have risen in
their own business, they will appreci-
ate the efforts of those, who despite
difficulties and higher costs of pro-,
duction, have limited increases to rel-
atively, small advances over the 1939
'level.
Price control has its. 'value: .Slowly
we are finding out that two and two
Makes four and if costs . of produc-
tion • are increased prices must rise
or peepie will go without the things
they want. ,
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JUST
A SMILE OR TWO
He was dug out of his wreoke car
-and carried to a doctor's office. Doc-
tor:,*
oc-tor:,* "I can't do anything for "'him.
I'm a i1etei jnary surgeon."
• Patient: '.'That's all right. I' was
a .jackass: t'o think ..b could do 60 miles
an hour -on those old tires!,"
•
Plumber (arriving late): "How
L'ave,.you managed?" -
• Householder: "Not so badly,
While we were waiting for you' to.
arrived, I .taught the children • to
swim." •
e •
After the, hlackout the girl said:
"'Erbei•t, you, really shouldn't have
kissed me like • that. with all those
•
people 's6 close around us even it it
was .in the dark,"
"I didn't kiss you," ,said the boy,
looking angrily arouh4, iu the ,,,crowd,
"1. only wish I knew .eho it was -I'd
teach him!"
'Erbert," sighed • the girl, "you
couldn't teaph 'imp- nothing!" i
"At any rate," said the auctioneer,
"mine is a business that a , woman
can't take up.........,...,,,,..-
"`Nonsens'e," put in the strong-.
minded lady.. "A woman would make
quite as good •an auctioneer as ,any
reran." • ''•
»Would she?" retottetio,„the other.
"Well, yen try. and 'imagine an un-
married lady standing. pp before .i
-crowd and saying, 'Noih', gentleman.,
411 I want is an offer'."
Huron Federation Of
Agriculture --Farm News
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Students Roselyn Awatrds
Exeter school's feurtit ,comltmenoe- •
ment last week in the brightly decor-
ated' arena was: • a' largely attended'
event. The program was supplied by
the Glee Club -of fifty, voices and the
25 -piece orchestra from the' Sir Adam
Beck' (i. L, London,e under ,the' (Urea,
tion of C. g. ,Chapman: from Zuriehh
receiving graduation ,diplomas were: .
June Beierling, Arvis , ETa•b{erer,
ine Haberer, Audrey , Heimrich, Mar-
jory Kropp, Nola'''. Krueger, Helen
O'Brien', 'Bruce Eickmeier, : These
young folies' are to be congratulated
for their flee standard they have
shown. Their many friends' wish them
all continued success, -Zurich Herald.
'Cruise' Atlantic
Winston Shapton,' a student' at the
Guelph, is one of 68 students
from' the college who have embarked
for Bermuda on a two-week training
cruise. The group, members of the
University naval training divisions of
the R.C.N., sailed.'from Halifax Tues-'
day of last week. During .the cruise
they .take over as quartermasters,
lq,okout, boatswain's mates, stokers,
electricians mates. They will' also'
:handle such jobs as scrubbing decks,
painting 'ship..and assisting as cooks.
This will be the first salt -water cruise
of many of the students.. - Exeter•
Times -Advocate. •
Levelling Fair Grounds ,
A large bulldozer beloegsng to Hur-
on' County is being used to'level off
the grounds of the .South Huron Agri-
cultural Society. The oltl stable on
the property has bee;t ren.odelled'and
fitted up with 16 bol: a tA1s. A num-
her of farmers have devoted censid-
erable time, and equipment in fixing
up the property, 'and several business-
men have made generous offers to
help along with the expenses•-Exe-
• ter Tunes -Advocate.
• . Colony, House' Burned
A ,coal oil stove was the cause of -a
fire at the farm of Henry Leishman,
Huhett Township, on_ Saturday when
a colony house, along'with 300 week-
old • chickens, was' destroyed. The
wind, fortunately; was- blowing in the
opposite direction to • the Leishman
buildings which were saved, --Clinton
.News -Record.
Purchase Tourist Camp
1Vir. and Mrs. Harry, Wells recently
purchased a combination tourist camp
and dancing pavilion called the ."01d.
Oaken Bucket." This camp, has 'an:
'ideaj' location for the tourist trade,
being situated two miles east of Es-
sek:-on Highway No, -3.1` They. intend
moving the first of. the week ;e: they
take possession, on May 1st,-W6ng-
ham Advance -Times.
Hold Family Gathering
Mr. and Mrs. George Cowan, .of East
Wawanos•h, celebrated their 30th, wed-
ding anniversary on Mdnday,. April 22.
Members of the •Family who were pre,
sent were Mr, and Mrs. Tiensen•Cow-
an. and children, Judith, Co::ar-ie and.
Jim; - Mr, #nd Mrs. Lc s.ie Dalgliesh
.and daughters, Janice lard Dianne, all.
of Stratford; •Mr'. and Iyirz. Geo, Cow-
an, Jr.; 'and Teddy, Hensall, and Bill,
at hornet Mr. and Mrs; Thomas • Ev-
ans. Stratford, and, Mr. and Mi Ken:
neth Cowan:' Midland, wcrnr•unable to
•.be present. They were presented with
a 'lovely table lamp by the family-
' -Many cards and congratulations were
also received. -Blyth 'Standard. • •
-Elected' Bencher of. Law Society
.' R. U. Hay's, K.C., 1 •t; again, been
elected a bencher of the 1law Society
of 'Upper Canada, hi•h hiss third
eleetion, The first ,s -as in 1936: in
,1911 he was again elected, anti now
he is once more chosen by his .felloW-
law'yers for a term of • five years.
Benchers forsn the governing hotly of
the legal profession in the Province of
Ontario. • Each five ..ears the 3,200
members of the • 'profc.5:,io•n • in ---that
T'r`ovince elect thirty of their number
to this governing body. So it is no
small honor that has bran thrice be-
stowed upon our fc•.1uv•townsi9ian,-
I Goderich •Signal -Star,
• Present Three -Act Comedy'
"Good Gracious, Grandma,' was,the
arresting. title of a thr'c-act comedy,
presented: by the 'Fort Albert Dram-
atic Company in the lecture hall of
Knox Church en 'tl'ucsd ry evening urt•='
der the auspices of the Y.P.S. of the
church. There •was a • lar'ge attend-
ance and the clever pr'e entation was
recei.ued iwith warm a?';.i' c•ia.tio 1- The
cast inci'uilerl Horace and Fred Craw-
ford, Mrs. Howard Quaid, Mrs. Bert.
Crawford, Mrs. Clifford Crawford.
Miss Clara Willis, Roderick. and Don-
ald. McK•enzle'•and Harold Adams.
Miss Mary Joyce Strachan aid Miss
Barbara, Henry provided. piano duets
during the evening.-Goderich Signal -
Star.
Knitted 167 Pairs of Socks '
At the final meeting of the Carry -
On -Circle of the Monkton Patriotic
Society at the home of Mrs. W. F-
Dalling, it 'was disclosed that Mrs.
F. Darling, a senior member of the
circle, had knitted • 167 pairs of socks
slime the, organization of the group
in February -1942. Their work during
that period included. 80 quilts, 200
garments including' 8ffiSgea; aprons
and underwear, layer es, • sifpplies for
60 navy ditty, bags, foot for booth
sale, 204 pairs of seeks, 42 sweaters .
4 scarfs, 16 pairs of mitts and gloves
and
shell 28Advsailors' caps. The amount of
money they. raised -was- $789:69: -Mit '
ocate, •'
In Memoriam Gift To Churoh
lrrinfty Church has 'received a• love-
lY pair of .brassy oan'dlesti'eks present-
ed by Mrs. C. A. Miller and Sack, in
loving 'mettiory of a;. on and brother,
Edward Miller, who lost his life in
the last war.-Mitehelt• Advocate.
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Farm Land Values- •
The .average value of occupied farri:i.
lands in Canada in 1945 is reported
at 430 per acre. This is the same
value as reported for 1944 -7 -and •it is
the first time since 1940 that average
values have failed to show an in-
crease,. However, in six prCvinces•in
the Dominion, increases in value were
reported,- but these increases were off-
set by decreases reported for Ontario
and Quebec. As a large proportion of
the occupied farm lands in 'Canada 18
'located in these two provinces, the
average . for the Dominion did, not
change from 19.44.
The values per acre by Provinces
(With the 1944 values within brack-
't) were: Prince Edward Island, $43
4411; Nova Scotia, •$41 (341).; New
Brunswick. $42 ($40) ; Quebec, $57
($58) ; -Ontario. •$57 ($58) ; 'Manitoba
$21 ($20)•; Saskatchewan, $18 ($17);
Alberta; $20. ($19); British Columbia,
$67 ($64).
Meat Consumpticih
Total' civilian consumption of the
various kinds of meat in Canada in
1945 is estimated at 136.5 pounds per
head of population. This is. about
18 pounds greater than the average
pre -rear consumption,* 1935.38. How-
ever, the 1945 meats consumption is
13.3 pounds leas per head • thhtl fn
1944; Nearly all this reduction is at -
Pal Con-
sumption which for 1945 is estimated
at 10.6 pounds lower than the 1944'
consumption of 6-174 pounds per head
of population. Consumption of lard in
1945 estimated at . 5.9 ,pcunds per
head (civilian), is 2.4 pounds less
than the 1944 estimate, but it is two
'Pounds higher than the pre-war av-
erage
verage of 3.9 pounds•, 1935-39, per head
of population per afinunn: t .
a *
Less :Farris Poultry
A:ccoi'dinig to trio, surrey of rDeoe a-
ber 1. 1945, just issued, 'the estimate
for ail poultry on .Canadian farms . at
that.....da.te totalled 57,447,800 bi'r'ds, as
campared with 66,604,200 birds ori
December 1, 1944, a decrease •of 13.7
per cent. Hens and •chicken.s declin-
ed 13.2 percent. In 1945 there Were
53,717.700 hens and chickens compar-
ed with 61,918,300 on. Dec. 1, 1944, De-
creases were also registered in tur-
keys, geese and ducks. The number
of turkeys in 1945 was 2,555,500 "while
a year ago they totalled 3,275,000,
Geese in 1915 numbered 558,000, a
decline from the 632,500 in 19.4.1.
Ducks in 1945 totalled 616,600, A year
ago they numbered 778,400,
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Protects Live Stock
According .to the 'annual report of
the Veterinary. Director General of
Canada, 135,02¢ empty stock cars and
28,188 trucks were 'disinfected during
the fiscal year ended March 31, 1945.
Ministerial Order No. 37 requires that
all empty stock cars arriving at cer-
tain designated points be cleaned and.
disinfected. Trucks which have car-
ried. liVe 'stock are also disinfected at
certain points. ,This. work is carried
out under the supervision of the Con-
tagious .Diseases Section of the
Health of Animals Division, Domitlio-n
Department of Agriculture.
Best Treatment Por Rickets in Stock
The past winter has been rather
hard on bulls. This is particnlea"
true In Western •Canada . where an
early winter forced many farmers and
ranchers to stable their bulls one
mouth earlier than usual. Some of
the ybung stock is now sharing in its
gait the results of this prolonged.
transfer; from grazing to stall feed-
ing: with rickets., their ,feet turn in
and they Walk With a lack of vigour
and sureness 'of stride.
Dr. Charles A. Mitchell, Dominion-
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