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,FABORTIT, Friday, July 26, 1946
Whp Not Show Some ?
That Seaforth citizens and resi-
dents of the district for many miles
about appreciate the weekly band
ge.ncerts in Victoria Park given by
the Highlanders_Band,-goes without
saying. The weekly attendance is
axnple proof of that.
Well, why not show some? And
Put it in tangible form. At' the be-
ginning of the concert season; the
band officials announced they would
take up a colledtion every concert
night, the money to be used for the
purchase of new uniform's. It is 23
years since the band has had new
uniforms, so that the request in ev-
ery way was a reasonable one.
But what "about the response?
Last Sunday night the collection was
made up of a very few quarters, a
few dimes and the balance of the six -
dollar offering was made up of nick-
els and ,coppers.' It looked pretty
-cheap. In the face of that, the
amount of horn tooting at the close
of each number on the program look:
ed pretty cheap too.
The band is an amateur, not a pro-
fessional organization. The members
give their time and service's free..Nor
is the leader paid tor even a fraction
of the time he donates to band con-
certs -during the summer months,
not to mention the time donated to
practisest during the other ten
months of the year.
It is' human nature to take every-
thing as a matter of co-urse. But be-
cause' Seaforth has through most (d
its history, always had a band, and
at* Vs a good one, that does not sig-
nify that it always will have one. We
have been fortunate. How fortunate
only other towns without'a band re-
alize For every celebration this
town has ever had, or for every occa-
sion that calls for a public display,
we haye always been able to rely on
our band, and the band has never
failed us.
A town without a band has to pay
for that service. And these days it
pays through the nose. If Seaforth
lacked a band, what, kind of an out-
side band could it get for any occa-
sion for $100 a night? And that
wbuld be for a single occasion o
On that basis, and it is a very mo
est estimate, Seaforth Highlanders
Band and its leader, are woviding
our citizens and those of the district,
with a couple of thousand dollars
worth -of entertainment every year,
for which they receive a very enthus-
iastic tooting of auto horns.
It is pretty cheap. And, we be-
lieve, if the residents of the town and
district would stop to think, about it,
instead of taking the band as a mat-
ter of course, they would be the first
to admit it
• , -t
Canada Is Doing Very Well
Compared with the United States,
where the price ceilings have been
taken off, for the, present, at least,
the people of Canada are doing very
well. There have been a few ad-
vances in prices, allowed, but Mainly
to allow manufacturers compensa-
tion for the removal of government
subsidies and to adjust labor prices
caused by labor union strikes., '
- But, of -course, there is a clanior-
Ing by a minority in both 'wholesale
and retail business for the govern-
'inent to follow in the footsteps of
the tL$. The great majority, how-
-ever, hold another opinion. They
have noeforgotten the dizzy! heights
to which the cost of living soared
the first Great War. They had
one taste of inflation, and that was
Onough, ortunate,ly,the government
60$ With, tilent
Ito that Canada. is doing a
job IIY hOlding the line
aaint int1txon ttP to the present,
'Ate beiovir a comparison
of p ices in various lines of goods as
they were follo*Ing the first Great
War, and as they were in June last;
Foods in 1920
Butter Milk 85e per pound
18c per quart
Eggs $1.00 per dozen
Lard 42c per pound
Potatoes.. :-.90c per lb., $4.50 per bag
Sugar . 25c per pound
In June, 1946
Butter 44c per pound
Milk 12c per quart
44c per dozen
21c per pound
Potatoes:. . .75c per lb., $2.14 per bag
Sugar 8c per pound
But that is not half the story. In
1920 farm equipment prices were up
in the sky. Returned men who pur-
chased farms at fantastic prices,
paid $500 to $700 for .a team of hors-
es. It was , before the tractor was
king on the 'farm. Common grade
cows were $80 to $100; hens, $2 each,
and hay was $25 a ton: "
Clothing prices for men and wo-
men were almost out of.reach. Lad-
ies' suits were selling for $125; silk
stockings were $5.50 ,per pair; plain
cloth 'skirts were $35; silk bloomers
Were '$10 per pair, and women's
shoes were $18.00.
It was the same with Men's wear.
A returned soldier's civvy suit cost
$75 to. $100; shoes were $12 to __$18 _
per pair; sweaters were $13.50, and
even razor blades were $1 per dozen.
In November, 1920, householders
were paying $20.35 per ton for hard
coal, and $15 per ton for soft coal.
There was no rent control, and rents
were increased 62.8 per cent. from
July, 1914, to May, 1923, when'a peak
of 117.4 per cent. was reached.
Comparing those tables we would
say that .Canada is doing pretty well
by her citizens„ But still there is a
clamour for the lid to come off.
774 British •
The British are a wonderful race
of people.. There is no molt for argu-
ment there, even if their ways ,are
not always _ our ways. and, well, -
sometimes beyond our understand-
ing.
They are building a new House of
Conunons to •replace the one destroy-
ed in the blitz of London. But they
are building it with seating accom-
modation for only half its Members
of Parliament.
In the Canadian 'House of Com-
mons seating and desk •accommoda-
tion is provided for every member.
In addition, every two members have
a roqm-toTthemselves in the Parlia-
ment Buildings, with secretarial
help. Very comfortable retiring
rooms they are too.
But that is not enough. Recently
a member protested at crowding two
members into a single room; at the
lack of secretarial and research help-
ers, and quite a few other things.
It is different in Britain: Perhaps
because they have been in the gov-
erning business some centuries long-
er, they have learned more about
it. Perhaps ,they have learned that
making the members too comfort-
able is not good for business. The
average man won'tfr stay around
where he can't be comfortable. So
if he has to do business in the House,
he gets it 'done as soon as possible.
Wise people, the British.
They have queer ways of doing
business tOo. Recently one freshly
picked red rose was presented to the
Lord Mayor of London and accepted
as this year's instalment on a fine
that was imposed in 1379, for a minor
violation, Of a building by-law. But,
in addition to paying fines, roses are
still used for token rent payments.
At least three large estates costtheir
tenants only a single rose per y -ear.
There are stranger things too than
that„ One Welshman is compelled to
acknowledge the presence of the
Xing by sending out a knight in full
armor. And there is one Duke who
retains propertly worth $10,000,000
by presenting a white satin banner
to the King on August 3rd of every
year. Stranger in a different way,
and still in force, is a tithe consisting
of six horseshoes and 61 nails, while
another owner. accepts 'a bucket. of
snow. On the epicurean side, there
are other tithes which are still paid
by a pair of-IVIallard ducks on a sil-
ver dish, three eels or a pie contain-
ing four fish& ltritons, certainly
have a habit of making preasant ges-
tUres•to the past,
Eggs
Lard
s gone
Ditereating items picked from
Te Expositor _ of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
From The Huron Expositor
July 29, 1921
Thousands of Ford owners and deal-
ers ofrom all over Huron .County
swooped down on the villige of Grand
Bend on'Wednesday and took posses-
sion of it. The estimates stated More
than 10,000 were present.
Master Eric Balkwill, of Usborne,
had the misfortune to fall from an
apple tree at Mr. Wilson Havvkin's on
Monday, fracturing a bone in his right
arm and diseloating another,
Fraser Oliver and Annie A Speare,
the two pupils of Miss Currie at
Cromarty svccessfully passed their
Toronto Conservatory of Music exam-
inations.
. On Wednesday evening the mem-
bers of the choir of Brucefield Church
gathered at the' home of. 1liss Mar-
garet Aikenhead to entertain Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. McEwan and Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Wright. During the evening
they'were each presented with a beau-
tiful cut glass bowl.,
The annual Stinday School picnic
of St. Thomas!. Church, Seaforth, was
held in Bayfield on Wednesday. The
following received prizes in the rac-
es: Mickey Archibald, Ronald Wil-
son, Borden Meraer, Leonard Brown,
Jack Archibald, J. C. Archibald, Bob
Archibald, Walter Bateman and Bert
North.
• Mr. A. A. Naylor, of Chathm, and
formerly principal of. Seaforth public
school, called on friends in town this
week. a -t
" Miss' Ethel Be
ie. of town, and
• Miss McCloy ;and- -lvte-
Kinnon, of Tuckersmith, left on Mon-
day on a trip down the St. Lawrence.
Mx. Melvin Blanchard, of Winthrop,
has purchased the 50 -acre farm be-
longing to the'estate of the late Robt.
Hanna, for the ,sum of $2,00.
Mr. James Simpson, of Winthrop,
had a bee last Saturday raising
his new ham.' •
Mr. Garnet Passmore,' of Usborne;
met with a nasty. accident last week
while running the binder out of the
barn. In some way he caught the
large finger of his right hand between
the binder and the doorway, smash-
ing it badly.
A distressingly fatal accident occur-
red on Vie faint of Mr. Wm. Hart, a
couple of -miles south of Bannockburn
on Friday •laswhen bis seven-year-
old daughter, Marjorie, received a fall
which resulted in her death.
Misses' Marie Flannery and Claire
Sproat successfully passed their To-
ronto Conservatory of Music,exaritina-
tians in piano and Singing. They are
pupils of Mrs. J. D. O'Connell, organ-
ist and choir leader of St. James'
Church.
Miss Ella Turnbull has resigned her
school at Burk's Falls and accepted a
school at..Newcastle at an .increase
in salary.
Rev. George Leslie Mackay;son of
the late George L. Mackay, the dis-
tinguished missionary• of Formosa,
spent Friday with his aunt, M. Mac
kay.. •
•
' From The Huron EXposttor---1
July 31, 1896
Mr. John, Rae, of Leadbury, has had
a large addition put to his barn and
stone stabling placed underneath it.
The framing was done by Mr. Charles
Caen:ea-tad theemasoneworkeley-Meserse
Stafford and Somers.
Misses Alice Dundas and Mamie
McEwan, of Leadbury, who have been
in Seaforth learning the dressmaking
have nearly finished their term.
Seymour Hill, Mary Finlayson and
Violet Hill, of Egmondville, were suc-
eessful in passing the entrance exam-
inations.
The vessel On which Mr. John Mo -
Millan, M.P., and Mr. George Murdie
had. a number of cattle en route to
the Old Country, struck an ice berg
off the Oast of. Newfoundland, stav-
ing a hole in the bottom of the boat.
All) the cattle, about 400 head, had to
be unloaded at St. Johns and will re-
main until the vessel is repaired.
Mr. George Smith, who has acted
as ledgerkeeper in the Bank qf Com-
merce here for some time, has been
transferred to the Guelph -branch.
The roller and ball-bearihg harvest-
ing machine Which was purchased by
Mr, Thos. Dinsdale; of Kippen, from
the Deering Manufacturing Co., Chica-
go, is giving him entire satisfaction.
Mr. James Somerville, near Rex.
boro, finished cutting his grain on
Thursday of this week.
On Friday evening last Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Best very kindly placed
their beautiful lawn and grounds at
the disposal ofthe Ladies' Aid of the
Methodist Church for the purpose of
holdi,ng a lawn Social. The Band of
the 33rd Battalion was present and
the grounds were beautifully lighted
with Chinese lanterns. "
As Mr. McKellar, of Cromarty, was
driving into tdwn on Thursday he lost
50 pounds of wool: On missing it' he
immediately went in search but could
find no trace bf it. Shortly afterwards
he found that the one who had found,
it had Sold he wool in Seaforth,that
afternoon.'
On ThursdaY Mr. James Kerr, of
McKillop, brought into town a sample
of ore which 'he had taken from the
bowels of the earth on his farm. They
were drilling a Well and when down
120 feet the drill was drawn and in
the .midst or the sand arid gravel was
thiti ore. Under a magnifying glass
it sparkled with a bright substance
like gold or copper.
Among those PlaYing at the Sea -
forth bowling club tournament on -
Wednesday last were the following
local men: R. S. Hays, B. Speare, F.
Davis, E. C. Colernan, J. M. Best, R.
Logan, M. Morris, W. Pickard, 3.
McMichael; Thitieg Benin, :Alex Wil-
son, J. Weir, W. K. Pearce. J. M.
Best won second prize in the cetutola.-
tlan finals. •
'Messrs, T". COlentan' and R. 3.
'McDonald, ofIgeafOrth, fll Play with
the-fAirttort Mekilleere-if"Pcirett-n*
London on. Ftiday n4 Sattiblar
Min Florence Minton le t for
Chicago en TinitSer *1100 She Will
Vay an extended Viet: With WOWS,
Pki.11A OMER, of
LAZY MEADOWS
Harry J. Boyle
Times have certainly chauged. That
isn't a very original statement, I'll
admit, bat at the same time the fact
of ,the case seems to rear up and
smack you quite hard. The thing 1
have in mind at •the monient, this
being on ,towards the end of JUIY. is
paying the mortgage.
When my grandfather ,had a mort-
gage on his place he used to drive
into town with a load of wood, a sitle
,o`f pork and a few .bags of potatoes
and . . well, other items of farm
moducts. He would go around ,to
see Isaac Smith, who was a retired
private banker, and the one who held
the nmetgage on the farm. Mr. Smith
would offer 'him. a drink and they
would sit and chat for a while.
My grandfather after a half-hour of
pleasant conversation, 'Would bring up,
the matter of the .mortgage. M. Smith
would be almost apologetic about
having to send him a notice. They
would distuss crops and .nay grand-
father would tell him how had things
were on the farm, and . Mr. Smith
would nod agreement, but would at
the same time have bus own opinion.
Presently they would get around to
settling the mortgage. After a half-
hour or so - of pleasant haggling, it
would be settled and Mr. Snaith would
have some cash, some potatoes, a
side of pork and some other farm
Produce, including a quart 'of sweet
cream which my grandmother used
to send along on the express under-
standing that it was not to be in-
cluded in, the deal. All in all, it was
a pleasant experience for all the.par-
ties concerned.
My father used to settle his mortg-
age, .with. the_local baek. Ed...Meyers
was the manager of the bank and he
was quite reasonable and the, kind of
fellow It was never difficult to deal
with. Sometimes my fether would be
a little shy of cash and he would tell
Ed. aud they would fix it up so .that
the Mortgage could be settled when
a .load of pigs went to market.
I am•new In the predicament of
...„
having to deal with a mortgage cow -
pithy. The estate Which handled my
mortgage .has always been a rather
decent one. The matter has.now been
turued over to the mortgage depart-
ment of a big trust and loan com-
pany. My mortgage came due in the
middle of haying and I just put it
aside, figuring on' going in to see
them a little later on.
I got kind ofa eilesey letter, hut
that- didn't make any difference. I
put a bag of potatoes and a couple'
of dressed chickens in the back of the
car and went to town. Taking the
notice of the interest . due and the
nasty letter, I went into a big place
that loteked as if it might have been
at old Roman temple. •
I Was" passed from secretary. • to
clerk and back to the stenographer.
Then I went out to an anteroom and
sat' down. Somebody beckoned me,
and I stood, at a little, railing, and she
passed me out a form to fill in. It
was headed "Mortgages Overdue.' l I
had to fill in a lot of vacant spaces
and practically,sign my life away. I
„filled in forme and signed others, and
all in all had quite a time, but 1 left
with my potatoes and dressed chick-
ens and' a' distaste for this modern
form of commercial life.
__. Y63, -Sir, ..times certainly doechange!
7, JUST A SMILE OR TWO
A bishop attended a banquet and a
clumsy waiter dropped a plate of hot
soup in his lap. The clergyman glanc-
ed around, with a look of agony and
exclaimed:
"Will some layman please say some-
tbeng ' appropriate!"
•
In preparation for a coming event
little Joan bad been told that Daddy
was ordering a small brother.
.Triplets arrived, and when Joan
heard that she said to her' mother:
"Why didn't you order a baby your-
self? You know how Daddy stutters."
•
Jimmy: "Daddy says there isn't •ate -
other womafl in the worle' like you,
Momma."
Mother; "That's very flattering of
TaII Timothy
james Kelly brought a ;Stock of
timothy bay to this office on Tuesday
morning that meastired 5 feet 4 ineh-
es in height. M. Kelly remarked that
it was just a .sample of what 'a 10-
acre field had yielded. He took 39
loads of haY off the 10 acres.—Blyth
Standard. ,
Orangemen Given Life Memberihip
tt,
A 'cerentony, which is p,erhaps not
unique, but rare, took place at the
L,O.L. No. 863 lodge rooms on the
12th of July morning, as Orangemen 0 .
from the Londesboro district gather-
ed preparatory ,to attending the- cele-
bration in Blyth. Three veteran Mem.
leers of tlie lodge, Messrs. Geo. Mains,
Frank Little and Fred -Gibbs, were
made honorary members of the lodge,
a fitting etrileate to their long years
of fatithful service to their Order, And "
to that lodge 'in particular. Mx. Main:,
has been a member of Londesboro
lodge for 56 years, Mr. Little 55 years
and Mr. Gibbs 50 y.ears. All were
keen participants in the celebration,
as Auburn and Londesboro lodges. '?
united, in the -annual Orange "walk."
—Blyth Standard.
Pillars At Community Park '
1.•
'Workmen are now 'engaged in erect-
ing two new cement pillars at the
entrance to Exeterei.Community Park,
The pillars are on either side of the
road -where the arena and school
grounds start. The outside of the
arena which contains a large eurface
of galvanized sheeting has jut been
sprayed with .a coat of aluminum
paint. The work was done by Ger"ale
-Gratton;of--Grand Bend.- —Exeter
Times -Advocate. •
Ankle Fractured
Mr. John Strange had the misfoa
tune to fall from a lad.der Wednesday
morning fracturing • a bone ' in his
apkle, He will be laid up lee some
time.—Exeter Times -Advocate..
Highway Workman Severely Burned
David. ,McCumber, thirty years of
age, is in Alexandra Hospital, suffer-
ing from severe burns from his waist
down, caused whenan open pail of
gasoline he was carrying'•bur,st into
flames. McCumber, an employee of
the Storms Construction Compete',
was engaged with other workmen last
Friday 'aftertioon in cleaning up
asphalt paving equipment on thellfnue
Water Highway, near the 4th •cOnces-
sion of Ashfield, when the.. accident
hapPened: He was carrying gasoline
from a storage tank to the paving
equipment and passed too close to
men using an open torch and the
fumes from the gasoline ignited,.
showering the lower part of the.man's,
body. Fellow workmen seized a blan-
ket and smothered- the blaze, but not
before IVIcCumber was badly burned.
McCuinber, Who is .married, has been
a resident of the Port.Albert"area for
him."
t'hiJnimg etY00"
:."And he says it's a good
•
' Stranger:"Wbat's, that whistle
blowing for?"
Native: "There's 'a fire some-
where."
Stranger: "Buf-why do they blow
the whistle for the firer
Native: "They don't blow it for the
fire„' They blow it for the water.
They've already got,the fife. See?"
Boss (grimly): "Smithers, loafing
on ,your job is like coasting on a.
bicycle."
kSmithers• '''How's that, sir?"
•
"Neither can be done for any length
of time except by going down hill."
:Huron Federation Of-:
.,iNStar.
i a year and •a half.—Goderich Signal-
• Agriculture --Farm ews
Retiring, To Colborne Property
Mrf. Thomas L. Prest, who for some
•
years has been manager of the Brus
eels branch of the Bank of Commerce
is retiring from the service of the
bank and has purchased from Norman
Lassaline the brick house, with a
Mall acreage, on the 8111 concession
of Colborne Tow-nship; which was
once the home of the late John Buch-
anan. Mr. Prest some thirty. years
ago was on the staff of the Goderich
:beanc-h- -of the Bank ofeConeneer-deened
his wife is the •former Mugs Helen
Shephard of this town; so they are
returning to a. community in which
they have many friends:— Goderice
Signal -Star. ' 1
Fell Off Load of Hay
'Leonard.' James, of Noe ...4. Highway,
sauth of town, had -the misfortune to
fall off a load of hay on Wednesday of
last week, breaking his left leg. He
was taken to Wingham General Hos-
pital where if was set and placed' in,
a cast, and after remaining there for
a couple of days was taken to his
home.--Winghtien Advance -Times.
Bakery Business. Sold
Announcement has been made of
the sale of the Gibson -Bakery 'in
Wingham, to Mr. Gordon Leggett,
who 'Wile take possession On Monday.
Sept. 2. Mr. T. H. Gibson • came to
tewn. 24 year ago from Fordwich and
purchesed the bueiness Ofthe late
Alf.' Nichols.' This is ' an old establisb-
•ed business and for the past sixty-six
year's has only been under two owner-
ships. IVIr. Nichols carried en for 42.
Years prior to Mr, Gibson. Gordon
TLiemggeas'.tt a returned man and since
his discharge has been employed b
-Mr. Gibson — Wingham Advance -
Times.
' East Wawanosh Fernier Injured
Adam Robertson, East Wawanoste
farmer, is Tir""(VinghamGentrai Hos-
pital, suffering from injuries sustain.,
ed 'when' he was knocked down while
unhitching a team of horses fromo. a
wagon last week. The front wheel'
passed ,over his shoulder, causing a
broken shoulder. He is also suffering
from a badly torn hand. Mr. Robert-
so0. and his on, Alex, were drawing
In hay. They had •backed the wagon
oet of, the barn and were tunhitching
the team, prior to connecting the wag-
on to. 'thee tradtor Poi' unloading.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Tall Samples of; Oats
Afound veryits f iwnaey tp hl s o of fiCi caertiehio• oats
ter part of UM week fried the 'Ed. •
jarmuth farm, lot 25, concession
Logan. -Mr. Jarxpnth's sample nfea-
sured close to 5 feet 4 inches from
above the foot and 'he had about a
quarter acre of -such. The plot. on
which it grew was formerly a garden.
ll'Ad°v‘ve'Cawteh.o Can
Chnrch Youhg people of 13riek' met at
Firiondo HonoberatNetwhii:vss
-Weds
On Monate; SOW 15, the United
he _home of .Lealie Wightman te' do '
honor to Mr. and.Mrs.' Ken Mason.
Who were recently married and are
taltitig:-up farining fn. this 'district. Ken
ately returned from oversea . having.
gone through the Nornaandy cane-
Paigli • atidealso-that of: Holland,. Mr.
mad Mri. Makin Were presented withl
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WI/1*Mb/ AdVkilt#6411ties.. •
Institute To Award 20 Scholarships
The Agricultural Iiastitute of Can-
ada announces that it will award 20 -
scholarships of $800 each in open
competition for post graduate train-
ing during the University Year
1946-47e. The competition IS open to
both men and 'women; to graduates in
agriculture, and to holders of other
degeee-se-p-r-ovided--thatethe -eourse tak-
en afforded suitable preparation for
graduate work leading to service in
the field of agriculture. In the case
of candidates from faculties other
than Agriculture, evidence must be
presented of intention to enter the
agricUlteral field on coixtpletiou of
graduate training.
The awards will be made, to uni-
versity graduates who. are residents
of •Cenada for additional study in the
biological and physical sciences; in
social sciences, and in the field of
Agricultural Extension. Ih making
the awards, consideration will be giv-
en to: (1) Academie attainteent; (2)
experience; • (3) need for workers in
any partieuler
Application forms may be obtained
on request from the General ,Secre-
tary, Agricultural Institute of Canada,
1005 Confederation Building, Ottawa.
The filled-in application forms must
be in the hands of the Secretary by
August 2.0, 1946,- and should be ac-
companied • by; (1) a transcript of
University record; (2) a summary of
experience; (3) three letters of refer-
ence, one of which- preferably should
be from the head of the department
of the institution in which the appli-
cant -has studied; ,(4) a recent photo
or snapshot; (5) any other informa-
tion, such as original reports, that
ght be helpful to the Scholarship
Ommittee in determining the quali-
fications of the applicant.
While po age limit has been set,
age may be a determining factor ie
making awards.
* * *
200 Million Trees
Tree "planting, with .the object of
improving living conditions on prairie
farms and providing shelter eo gar-
dens and buildings against strong
winds", has been practised on the
prairies for 45 years. Afforestation of
the treeless prairies is at all times
difficult die to the climate which fav-'
ours the growth of grasses to the
disadvantage of trees. To 'Meet thi,e
difficulty the Dominion Government
established ,a Forest Ntirsery Station
et Indian Head, Sask., in 1901 and
another at Sutherland, Sask,, in 1914
under the then Department of the
Interior. 4n 1930, these two famous
stations ibecaane units of the Domin-
ion Experimental Farms. Through-:
out their history, they haVe proxided
anti are providing--a,-useful- service;
farmers, and, by the end of Match,
1945, had supplied a.""grand total of
11)6,000,000 trees, „ mostly free, for
,planting ott prairie farina.
tinder the Prairie Farm Rehabilita-
tion-Aetrtree pianting-activittea.have
been: accelerated in the drought areas
intolving up to the end of 1944, AS
per the il„Patai,„ ,nittual relsoft; the
dlattitnitlen afid platithxg of 16,70,222
etrees. Promotion of this work has
been carried on in connection with
the ' Agriculture] Improvement Asso-
ciations of the P.F.R.A, scheme and
by demonstrations on District Experi-
mental SUb-stations.
Winter Feeding of Beef Cattle
At the Dominion. Experimental Sta-
tion, Swift Current, Sask., intensive
investigations have been made into
the winter feeding of live stock. With
prospects of a limited supply of
roughage this coming winter many
farmers are wondering what amount
of feed will be necessary,to maintain
beef, cattle through the winter.
• The investigations of the Station on
winter feeding" have provided the
following information: To 'maintain
beef cattle in normal thrifty growing
condition, it requires from ,.eight to
ten pounds of hay per day for a calf;
12 to 14 pounds for a yearling, and
16 -to 18 pounds for a mature cow or
a two-year-old. The. feeding period,
if no pasture is available, varies from
125 to 150 days, depending ,en winter
con-ditionsee Ori the foregoing basis,
it is a simple matter to estim,ate the
supply of hay required, "if the cattle
are in poor condition to enter the'
winter the,ambunts fed should be in-
creased accordingly.
In the case of a dairy epee or where
the beef eoins•also fed for the farm
milk supply, a satisfactory ration is
two pounds of dry roughs for every
100 pounds of the animal's
live weight
and concentrates at the rate of one
pound for every three to four pounds
of milk produced. Alfalfa hay and
clover hay fit in very well with the
cereal grains and prairie hay', and
grain hays are more satin with
•higher protein foods such es bran and
oilcake.
f the grain hayse_all ha. ve approxi-
mately the same feeding value for the
maintenance of beef cattle. Spring
rye dot in the early dough stage has
given good results. Some question
has arisen as to wheat hay being too
strong a feed foe cattle, but no bad
results have been found and it is
considered one of the best feede for
wintering. It ie important, says the
Station, that: plans should be .reede
row to conserve euitable rough
for winter feeding from every pos-
eible source,
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Chick Market Age
The age at which chickens are mar-
keted has a direct beating on the
qualify of the carcass and on the
amount of feed reqUired to produce.a -
pound of meat. Leonard Griesbach,
Dominion Experimental Station, Fred-
ericton, Ist.B., points Out. .Chickens
will not fatten when they are .grow-
nriffdlY,--WO-11-Ffi-iffiiiile: piao-
deafly full grown when moved to the
fattening pens. 'Usually this would
be about six months of age Por the
heavy breeds, 8110h as Barred Rocks, 1
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but it is not profitable to keep them
-long after they -are full grown be,
copse the amount of feed, required to
produce a. PoUnd Of. grain inereaSee
-With age, and the 'quality Of the ear,
Cass Is highest shortly after Maturity,
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