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SF;'AT'QRTH, Friday, April 11, 1947.
And The Floods -Came
If seasons run in cycles, it would
appear, that possibly this winter and
spring ushered in a new era. After
a decade of mild winters, this year
we had one of,the old-fashioned kind
that older people are so fond of
reminiscing over. At least) we had
much more snow than in many years'
and . with fewer breaks in the wea-
ther. Spring did not even appear to
be just around the corner until last
week.
After the blizzard of ten- days ago,
there were some country roads in
this district that were . not opened
until the end of last week, and then
they,were but trenches with piles of
snow on each side that reached up
over the car tops. On Good Friday
it looked very much as if it would
take at least three weeks more be-
fore motor traffic would have a free
run on these roads, while the snow
on many concession roads looked as
if it would last until the end of May.
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But spring came in, with a rush on
r': iday and Saturday. The ice went
out of the creeks and rivers, and al-
though much of the snow disappear-
ed
as if by magic, the sudden break-
up created much more water than
there was an outlet for. Every pond,
creek and river, regardless of size,
over -ran.. their.... banks in. , the _ course' _ ..
of a few hours, causing floods the like
of which old-timers like to talk about
too.
Perhaps they were not as bad as
many we have, heard about in earlier
days in this immediate district, but
they were certainly , bad enough to
raise the fears of the . taxpayers.
Several bridges of considerable -size
were - carriedaway,or upended, and.
will have to be rebuilt or new ones
put in their places, while in addition,
the damage to roads and highways
will run into many thousands of dol-
lars.
But even at that, Nature made"' a
quicker, better and cheaper job of
snow removal than all the expensive
-machinery of towns, townships and'
county combined.
Should Mabe Street Names
Visible
At different times in recent months
strangers 'to this town have written
'The Expositor calling attention to
the difficulty they have experienced
in finding street dames. And some
of these letters have been, published.
It is not a new complaint, as the
same . complaint is registered' against
. almost every town in Western On-
tario. But the complaint is certainly
justified. ,The streets of all towns are
named, and these names and their lo-
cation are generally, familiar to the
average • citizen. Consequently, • he
has no trouble in finding his way
about. :
But to.. . tell „a. stranger that . John
Doe lives across the road from John
White °on sucli and such a street does
not impart much information to a
stranger, particularly so when even
if he' drove through every street in
the. town, he wouldn't encounter .a
single street._ sign to identify that
street.
This common complaint is one
which should not exist. And as far.
as Se,iforth is concerned it won't ex-
ist for long in view of council's action
at a recent meeting when . the Street
Committee ;was instructed to review
the entire matter of proper street
signs and to bring in a recommenda-
tion and estimate. This is now be -
....in -worked outby the Street Com-
mittee and ,it is anticipated, will be
presented to council at an early
meeting. g. That is the proper proce-
dure, and once council has before it
the committee's report there' will be
no ;,need: for further delay because
the council of every town or village,
is empowered to' pass .a,'by-law "for
,Ithcitig the names at street corners
on ° public .or private property," anc
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Iso or nwAiberiug:, the buildings
ndlots :;long the highways and for
a Xing numbers tQ the buildiug0
and for charging the owner or oeeu-
pant -with the expense incidentto the
numbering of his building or lot."
Every street in Seaforth has a
name/ and even if the houses are not
numbered, thename of the street
should be so located" and displayed
that it _will give • guidance to all
strangers, not only in the daytime,
but at night as well.
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Dampish Britain
The people of Great Britain have
suffered, possibly,, the most severe '
winter, the most rains and theworst
floods in their history. Millions of
dollars of damage has been done to
the land and crops, as well as millions
of dollars additional damage has
been suffered by property , owners'
and municipal governments as a re-
sult' of these' floods.
--Rut the British are an amazing
people, who possess an unconquer-
able spirit. And they seem to be tak-
ing the weather disasters, like the
nnor, n their stride. At least they are
ying too much about it, and not
much of that is by way of complaint:
It was always that way. One hun-
dred years ago Ralph Waldo .. Emer-
son, the great American writer, on
his first visit to England, had this to
say: First he apologized for eating
their food "in this time of gloom and
commercial ' disaster, of affliction
and beggary." In the Midlands, "the
night and the day are too nearly of
a color, the fine soot or blacks dark-
en the day, give white sheep the col-
or of black sheep, discolor the human
saliva, contaminate 'the air, poison
many plants, and corrode the"monu-
merits and buildings."
In that year, England; Emerson
said, was "a -cold, foggy and mourn-
ful country, where nothing . grew
well in the open air, but r obust men
and virtuous women, and these of a
wonderful fibre and endurance, that
their best parts were slowly reveal-
ed.; their virtues did not come out
until they quarreled; they did not
strike twelve the first time ; good
lovers;' good haters, and you could
know little about them till you had
seen them long, . and little good of
them till you had seen them in action;
that in prosperity they were moody
and dampish, but in. adversity ' they
were grand."
"England," Emerson said, "sees a
little better in a cloudy day, and in ' )
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storm of battle and calamity she has
a secret vigor and a pulse Iike a can-
non."
It is . quite evident that a century
has not changed the English wea-
ther, nor has it changed the weather
of the British people's spirit.
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How About Ontario?
"Anything smaller?" asked. Bert
Hershey, toll collector on the Mis-
souri River bridge at Nebraska City
on. April 3rd, after a motorist hand-
ed shim a $10 bill.
"Don't you know," the motorist
replied, "that farmers don't, have
anything smaller than $10 bills these
days!" .
The collectorr took the bill and gave.:.
thefarmer his •change.
What apo°ut our Ontario farmers?;
Can't he go his American cousin just
one better? We think he might at.
that, "because we have seen an un-
precedently large number of $20 bills
in the hands of our Ontario farmers
in recent months. We know, because
the sight of a $20 bill in a weekly
newspaper office is 'something that is
not soon forgotten.
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Mrs. O'Learp's Cow
If Mrs. O'Leary's cow actually set
offthe great Chicago fire in 1871 by
kicking over a lantern, she has cer-
tainly caused Uncle Sam no end of
bookkeeping trouble.
The United States T'reasury in re-:
porting the value of paper currency
in circulation , in February last at
$26,927,777,931, disclosed . that for 76
years it has carried on the ,books an
even' $1,000,000 in bills) of unstated
denomination, marked up as "un -
destroyed."
The' Department believes bills in
that amount- were destroyed in the
Chicago fire when a Treasury sub-
station burned. But since it is not
definitely known, the amount still is
carried -on the books.
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ears one,
leteereeting items picked Brom.
'The Esposito of $ft7. end
tweeter ve learn ago.
From The Huron Expositor
April 7, 1922
Hydro power 'was off again from.
Friday evening until late Saturday
afternoon of last week. Fortunately
the sleet storm, which did such ex-
tensive d'ama'ge at London, was not
felt much iu this district. '
Mr. D. H. Stewart has purchased
(the butezer shop of Mr. Neil' Klein
and has taken- possession.
Many friends were pleased to see
Mr. G. C. Bell on the street on Tues-
day'.
Dr.' Mary Cowan, Seaforth, wire is
at present taking a scholarship post-
graduate course at the Lister insti-
tute, London, England, in writing to
her parents, telae of seeing the wed
digg of Princess Mary.
Miss Norma Jetfr'ey entertained the
Wildcat basketball team Wednes
Clay evening .
The following is the report of Eg-
mondwille School: Sr. IV — John
Strong, Roy Weiland, Charles Sher-
woode '.Gordon McGonigle, Ethel In-
gram. Jr, IV—Evalena Nott, Gladys
Miller, Lloyd Dinnin. Sr. III—Laura
McMillan, . Winnifred Kruse, Ford
Spriggs, Alex Finnigan.. 'Jr.Clif-
ford, Riley, Jeanette Finnigan, Leona
Dupee, Frank Kling. Sr. II (A)=Myr-
tle Dupee, Winndfred Riley. Sr. II (B)
—Rdy McGonigle, Raymond Nott,
Gordon Black, Willie Miller. Jr. II—
Margar.et Strong, Willie Dupee, Ev-
elyn Riley, Glenn Hake, St, Claire In-
gram. Sr. Primer -Harold Finnigan,
Irene, Strong, Elva Kruse.,— A. M.
Knechtel, Teacher. -
Miss Dorothy Wilson, of 'the ''Uni-
versitq,'of Toronto; spent a few days
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Wilson.
Mrs. J. H. Wilhide, formerly Eliza-
beth Atkinson, passed away in Toron-
to in her 49th year. She was a for-
mer
ormer bookkeeper in the E. MVIcFaul
store here and was a daughter •of Mr.
Joseph Atkinson,. Egmondville.
Mr. Alex Muir, of Preston, is visit-
ing his' parents, Mr. and. Mrs. John
Muir -
Mrs. Robert Fraiser has moved into
her .new residence on North Main. St.,
recently vacated by Mr. J. W.alm ley.
Mr. William Buchanan, of Hensall,
has disposed of his line dwelling at
the east end of the village to Mr: J.
W. Ortweirt •
Miss - Helen Swan, who has been
nursing 'in Rochester; --Minn., h:as--r-e
turned to Hensall and .will practise
her profession in 'that village and
vicinity.
The Ladies' Aid. social held',in, Car-
mel Presbyterian Church, Hensel', on
Tuesday last, was a most successful
affair. Among those taking part wenn-
Misses
ereMisses' Foss and • Sharpe, Mrs. H. J.
McDonald, Mrs. J. S. McDonald, and)
Misses Maude Porter and Irene Doug-
las. .Mrs. M. R. Rennie Was accom=
p'anist.
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Our super dog .. , a small pup by
the name of "Skates," has hard arepo-
'Wien Per: a long time .rrf 'being al -
Meet useless, Toes has been remedied
toire extent in the last few,' days.
k'ates was picked) up by the Man
wlr runs the grist mill, on a cold
winter's night. He was whimpering
anti 'pouting around the door. He
came in and. made, himself at home
right away. The grist mill opera-
tor has two dogs and he cecina know
what to do with the miserable look-
ing pup. I happened along the next
days 'with a load of grist for the' mill...
On this particular occasion, it so
happened that Patricia Ann, was with
me. She took one look at that pup
nestled on. a, blanket behind, the heat-
er ii the grist mill office ... and, she
wanted him. The owner of the grist
mill was happy to get rid of the pup
. and I was caught in the circum-
stances of ..the moment. How could I
refuse a little lady of seven who had
bravely stood) up to the tortures of a
dentist without the least sign of a
whimper.
*The pup was. sort of cute. He had
wobbly legs and droopy' ears and big
eyes that looked' almost like those,
owned • by a lonesome 'human, Mrs.
Phil wasn't too happy at first, but I
found her that night smuggling a
saucer of milk out for the waif.
The question came up as to what
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From The Huron 'Expositor
'April 9, 1897 •
Gladys, the young daughter of. Mr.
William 'Dearing, Jr., of Stephen
Township, met with'a most painful
accident on Monday. Mrs. Dearing
was removing a pail of boiling water
from the stove and left it standing
on the floor and the little girl fell in-
to it, scalding an arm and leg badly.
About seven o'clock Sunday morn-
ing. citizens were out of - 'd earlier
`than usual in response to the fire
alarm.. Volumes of smoke were„seen
pouring, out of O. W. Palest's store.
The 'fire started in the back of the
store where the stock of .envelopes
was kept. His loss will be heavy, ad
the only. insurance amounted • to
$6,000..
The fine. sunny weather ' of Friday
and Saturday last were extremely
favorable for the millinery openings
in Seaforth: The etores of Hoffman,
Mcrae' and Pickard were actually ov-
erflowing with tee 'newest and most
fashionable df millinery. ..
Dan Campbell and James Baird left
Brucefield on Wednesday for Rat
Portage, ,We 'wish, them every suc-
cess.
Mr. Hugh Gillespie, carpenter, of
Cromarty, is .engaged with Mr. Wal-
ker, Staffa, and is assisting in get-
ting the factory in running order .for
the making of butter. . .
The- plows' are now well started in
'the sod and -with a few fine days the
.golden grain will be in 'the handeeof
the, sower.
In the list of _these who .rave •suc-
cesseudly passed ,their examinations
at Trinity Medical College, Toronto,.
we notice the names of the following:
F. A. Scott, Stanley, and) nephew of
Dr. Scott, Seafarth; .J. S. Hogg, son
of James Hogg, McKillop; J. W. Liv-
ingston, Seaforth, ,and J. T. Elliott,
son of Wm. Elliott, Town Clerk.
Mr- James Cowan has returned;
from a trip to Manitoba. When he
left there the prairie province was one
vast glittering expanse of snow. •
1VIr. Thompson Mcentosh, of McKi1-
joy, has gone to Montana to seek his -
fortune:
The auction. sale on the farm) 01 Mr,
J. 11. McDougeil, Huron, Road, Tuck -
eremite, on Friday fast was quite a
success. Calves sold at $50 a pair,
two-year-old heifers at $34 a plece,
and a two-year olds bull sold for $60.
Mr. McDougall. wielded) the hemmer
himself. '
Hoffman Bros'„ Das)hwood', have se-
cured the contract for ,the erection of
Mr. Moser's neer brick h•otei.
Misses .Amide McAllister and _Mln-
nie Sheffer,..Hen,sall, are leerei'n.g the.
mysteries of 'millinery at Mr. E. Ran -
tile's store.
Mrs. James Laing, Jr.., Cromarty,
who has' been ill for some time,” is
able to take a drive out now.
Mrs. Robert Porter and Iiie'son,
of Fargo, N.D., are here on a visit to
Mrs. Porter's parents, '
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New Stenographer: "How db you
spell 'graphic'•- with oris 'P' or two?"
Bose: "Well., df yell's* going to use
any, you Might as, well ,go the ti nit."
the pup war to be called), Higgins
was over the next clay and took a
look at .tike pup and said, 'He loop
as poor as skates." It was one of
those silly things ,that seem to stink
and; the 'first thing we knew the pup
was being called) "Skates" all the
time.
Poor "Skates" didn't have -• much
sense 8.bout anything. He got in the
way of the horses, .. and the - catrs
all (took a delight ea beating him uP
and, be was even -afraid of the
little- pigs, 1f the cows were out be-
ing watered' hie the "barnyard; ' then
Skates would manage somehow to get
between, them and the stable door.
When you went into''t'he milk house,
Skates would get under your feet and
cause'you .tin trip arid) cuss him a bit.
Along came the fine spring weather
of the last few daye and Skates seem-
ed • to undergo aecompiete change. He
became more sedate andat last start-
ed into doing the things we told him.
When. • I told him to round up the
calves and drive them back into the
stable, he did a beautiful job .ofheel-
ing. He has discovered that -there's
far more cense in chasing animals
from behind than„there is iri getting
almost trampled to death.
It may be the spring sunshine -
but whatever it' is, Skates has finally
become an accepted member of the.
household at Lazy •Meadows,.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO
"My advice to you, colonel, is to
go through the movements of delving
ititthout 'using the ball,” said the golf
instructor."
"My dear fellow," answered the'
Colonel, "that's precisely the trouble
I'm trying to overcome."
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For most of us, life is what we
make it, but for the pedestrian it's
IF he makes it.
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Mark Twain once said: "When I
was a boy of 14, my father was so
ignorant I could hardly -stand to have
the old man around. But when I gat
to be 21, , (•'was astonished at how
much he ,had managed to learn in
seven years."
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Doctor: "Yur cough is' much bet-
ter this morning."
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Patient: ' Itought to o be,, I was
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practising all night.
"Riches," said, the teacher, es • he
was reading to his class, "take unto
thednselves wings and fly away. What
kind of riches does the writer mean?"
Blank looks met`his gaze.
','Surely some ore can answer a
question like that. You, Brown, what
kind of riches deb the writer mean?"
Brown hesitated for a moment, and
then plunged), "Ostriches, sir."
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' A teacher .of American history ask-
ed if anyone in her class 'could answer
the question: "What was the reason
for the Puritans coming to this coun-
try?" The best answer read: "They
came to worship in their own way
and to -make the other people do the
same."
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"What. did one moth say to, the
other?"
"Gee, rt s, good; to get back in civ-
ilian clothes.again!"
Huron Federation Of
A riculture--FarmNews'
Useful Hints For Shearing Sheep,
With the wool harvest at hand "a
few hints on how to remove the clip
may be 'helpful, '
Some ,sheep raisers are inclined .to
view the wool returns from the flock
as of little consequence and hardly
worth its removal from the sheep.
Canada consumed) in 1946. approxi-
mately 0O million pounds of grease or
fleece wool, worth about $23, million
dollars. Canada's annual production
of grease and pulled wools approxi-
mate 18 million pound's, leaving 72
million pounds to •be. imported Prom
other sheep growing countries of the
world. Canada has a market at a
world value for the wool of 12,857,142
sheep or practically four "times its
present sheep population.
As a means of increasing yield or
profit from theflock great care should
be shown in the 'removal of the wool
clips.' In shearing sheep the follow-
ing points should be observed: Pro-
vide an extremely clean place 'in
which to shear. Shear only when
wool is dry; never when damp or
wet. Keep the holding pen for the
sheep clean and free of droppings)
'which may discolor the wooL Be gen-
tle in handling the sheep. Set the
sheep' on its rump. '
Begin shearing on brisket, then
belly, crutch, right rear leg, left rear
'leg and over left side. of rump, Fore-
head next, then brisket to jaw, and
over back of head:. Now clean the left
front leg, then lowering the .sheep on
its back begin at rear left flank and
shear to front left' flank or length-
wise of the body, carry on this, stroke
until just over centre of the back.
Raise the sheep and finish right side
by shearing from 'the ,spine to 'front
of neck following, down over tete right
front leg, then to belly, rear right leg
and *nisei at the rump. The technique
is simple and may. be done with' com-
fort to both shearer and; sheep. Try
.and avoid second cuts. Make a smoothy
job; it adds value to the clip. '
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Egg ` Inspection
Under Dominion Regulations, sup-
ported by ' ,provincial legislation to
cover the fields of purely provincial
,jurisdiction, it is required that all
eggsbought and sold in Canada must
be handled on a basis. of grade. A•11
grading is according to the Canadian
Standard Egg Grades and is d'4ne on-
ly) in Registered Egg Grading Stations
with the single exception that a .pro-
ducer may grade his own eggs for
sale. • I,t is the function of the staff of
the Poultry Products Inspection Ser-
i/ice, Dopjnion Department of Agri-
culture, to check and supervise grad
.ing stations, including graded retirees
to producers, to check the. grading of
eggs as sold) in wholesale and retail
channels, and to inspect and) issue
'grade certificates for eggs roving in
Carlota between' provinces or to ex-
port markets. The fact that Canada
has a, completely established system
of egg grading and 'egg marketing
greatly facilitated, the shipment of
eggs. to Britain during the war and
sines then.
Keep Eggs Clean
Cleaning eggs is not a substitute
for ^clean eggs,. No type of cleaning
can do a satilefftetor°y Job eln stained)
or very dirty eggs. Any type of cleans-
ing removes to some Went, rise pro -
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WHY CHURCHES ARE AMP,TY.
The Editor, The Hrinen eepesitor:
' Dear Sir:' About ,two weeks ago 11
read with ?mirk interest in the 'Free"
Press a letter by Murray L, Hopper,:
under the above -title;" It was in ,ani
sewer to a letter written by a minis-
ter, I did not see the first letter, but ' ,
M. i oppor etaten the: wrlter, hard- put/
the onus of empty churches on the
laymen.
Mr.: Hopper is surely correct when,
he. states that the ,Christian Church
was at its, beat at the origin when at
Pentecost ,the . 120 members in the
upper ' room were all filled .with the ,
Holy Spirit and were fe8,rless in their,
witness, of faith in the Risen Christ.'.
They were accused of being 'dirunk,
but Peter rose to the .occasion "and
stated , that this Spiritllling was
promised by the Prophet Tael. Fear
feel upon alt, and great grace was in
them all. Persecution soon followed,.
and many were scattered abroad who
went and there preached) the Gospel.
Great 'signs and) wonders were
wrought by the Apostles. Saul of
Tarsus had a ddvhle call -to go and
preach, and he says, "I was not dis-
obedient "tee the.heaventy. vision."
' This spiritual 'oonddtion continued;
for'about 300 years, when th,e Roman
Empire was well reached by the Gos-
pel.
Christ, and five:). nth t time on _ he
Constantine
the
Church seemed to .,t
,ake on worldly
things and lost their true witness,
and for• 1100 years the •Church had a
checkered expetience,
Wycliffe, Huss and Jerome of
Prague were men' which held up the,.
torch of life and ,then Martin Luther,
with his illumination of faith' in
Christ, became • the centre of the
great Reformation.
Knox in Scotland and Wesley and:
Whitfield did much to call men to re-
pentance and faith.
We do not hear .of any empty
churches under Johnathan Edwards;
Finney, Moody'or Billy Sunday.
Mr. Hopper has some fine things to
sayin his letter, but we are sorry to .
see.' him drop entirely faith in Chris-
tianity, and ridicules the thought of
conversion; or a changed heart, and
asks us to accept the man-made'thome
of 'man know thyself." I fear he does
not know the: first principles of the
Christian faith, Our great founder of
Christianity says: "Except ye be con-
verted
onverted ye cannot see the kingdom. of
heaven," (Matt. 18:3-4).
Now as to tike theme, "Man, 'know
theyself," Paul has "a splendid answer;.
"Hath not God made ...foolish . the . wise
dom of the world," etc. (1st Cor. i:'
20-24).
tective coating of the she1L' and has-
tens deterioration. of ,quality, The
surface of an egg is sl:ightLe- moist
When 'it is laid. Clean nest material
is the. only way to prevent .staining.
In the laying , house no dirty litter
should be allowed, and frequent col
lection.of eggs avoids dirt caused by
birds walking over or soiling other
eggs already in the nest. The point is
to keep eggs clean and avoid, the ne-
cessity and labor in cleaning them:
Canada has •attained a notable repu-
tation on the British market for clean
eggs. .
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Have Given Farmers Millions.of. Trees
Free trees are supplied to farmers
in the Prairie Provinces, for shelter -
belt planting by the Dominion Forest;,
Nursery Stations at Indian Head and
Sutherland, Sask. These trees are
grown and distributed, by, th,e Stations.,
Broadleaf trees are supplied free of
charge, while a small charge is ,made
for evergreen trees, the planters pay-
ing express charges 'on shipment. Up
to and including the .Spring of 1946,
over 200 millions of broadleaf trees
have been distributed to more than
4,000 planters every year, and prec-
-tically five millions • of evergreen
trees to more than 800 planters 'an-
nually.
For the most part, the Forest Nurs-
ery Stations and the planters have
concentrated attention .on establish -
ling 'farm and home shelter belts for
the purpose of providing protection to
,people, •livestock; .gardens and buil&
ings, bile during the past 15 years
many farmers. have:gieen some ,atten-
tion
ttention to planting field shelterbeds for
the purpose of improving conditions
for crops •growler -under field condi-
tions.,
Full information on the subject is
given in publication 785 on "Planning
and Planting Fieldhelterbelts" by
-John Walker, Superintendent, Forest
Nursery Station, Indian. Head. Chap-
ters are devoted'to benefits from field
,shelterbelts, planning, what to 'plant,
extent of planting, and)_ seasonal care,
together with valuable information
about trees. A free copy of the pub-
lication may be obtained by writing
to the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture, Ottawa.
Power Egt1ipment in Cleaning Land
Ia the operation of power equipment
in clearing land for farms, •a tractor
bulldozer can root out a 20 -inch stump
in 60 'seconds, which' would require
four to 'eight hours, of labor to remove
by hand and team,' methods. So the
Engineering Section of the Division
of Field Husbandry, Dominion Experi-
mental Farms Service, demonstrated,
w.heil gat'her'ing information for the
revision and • expansion Of the bulle
tin, "Land Olearing."
'Consideration, was given • to all op-
erations involved in reclaiming land,
from the removal of heavy timber to
breaking and 'tillage operations, The
information compiled) includes details
on the removal of timber, pulpwood),
brush, stumps and stones, the use of
explosives, equipment, power machdu-
ery, and information on breaking,
drainage and seeding operations. A
copy of the bulletin (.Publication No.
739) miry be obtained, by writing to
torehe , DomiOttawnioa.. n" Departesent of Agz'lclil
t
. The last census of Canada showed
the Anglican 'Church as having 1,751,-
183
,751,183 population of wlfom are known to
the Chureh half that` number, ' The
United population was shown as 2,204,-
375, with 1,713,286 known, and the
Presbyterian was 82,9,147, with half
unknown. ` We would assume that
they have some leaning to these bod-
ies; or are ashamed, to be known as
having no -church relation, ..
Now; our, friend. shows no exception
in churches. I find in all our cities
many well -supported• churc'hes with no
empty pew problem's, and. again we
find some the opposite. Now why are
these conditions visible? In esellfilled
churches we se'e 'men filled with the'
Spirit and are fearless to speak the
truth, while in some others we are
afraid that the pastors fear man mere
than God, our Father, and preach hall
truths and soft-pedal on the conse-
quences of sin, and are not faithful to.
the . solemn challenge they ;received)
at ordination, and fail to follow' the
teachings of Christ. He never failed
to tell .the whole truth, ,anis warned
men 'to "strive to enter in at the
straight gate, for wide is, .the gate,
and broad is the way that ieadeth un-
to destruction, and many there be •
which .go' in thereat, because straight •
is the gate and narrow is the way
which leadeth unto life and few there
be that find it" -,(Matt. 11:13-14). An-
other message: "Many will say unto
me in that day (judgment), Lord;
Lord, have we not., prophesied in Thy
name and in Thy nam have cant out
devils and in. Thy name have done
many wonderful works, and then wiII
I profess to them: Depart from me;.
ye that work iniquity" (Matt. 7:22=23)
These are not my words, but from
the lips ' of Him who came to seek
and to save that which was lost.
Is it not a terrible shame 'that so .
many of us fail to appreciate the in-
estimable 'price our Lord .paid for our
redemption on, Calvary,, and to heal
His clarion call: "Go ye into all the
worldscreatur
e?nd) apreach ,the Gospel to every.'
"
J. B- LOBE,
- .Clinton, Ont.
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in the
One Birthday For Two
- It isn't often that two people living
in the same .house )have birthdays on.
the sante day, especially when that •
dee is April 1. Yet ,this Was, the case
.with Mrs. Bert Craefford4 R.R. 3, God-
erieh, and her daughter -in -saw- who
lives with, her. Tuesday ,held mere
thee ordinary interest for this, •house-
hOld.---IGod'erpich Signal -Star.
Will Open Studio
Mr. Jack Doerr, a veteran of the
last war, who recently completed a!••
rehabilitation .d'ourse 'in •phdtography
in Toronto,: has rented the apartments
over Gladmran .& Cochrane law offices)
and will start a studio' in Exeter.
Jack is, a former teeter boy.—Exeter
TenefeAdvocate.
Graduates "At Dairy Short Course
-Archibald R. Phillips has resumed)
hisydutles with. the Clinton ereaineem
division of 'Canada Packers Limitedd
after completing the threemontla
dairy course at Ontario Agricullttrt-af
College; Guelph. Along with 63 oth-
ers, be graduated Friday last, bring-
ing the total to more than 3,000 poi,
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