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SEAFORTH, Friday, November 14
What Is The Signal's Guess ?
In an editorial comment . on the
action of the Provincial Government
at its recent special session in allow-
ing
llowing • the Ontario Liquor Control Act
to lapse in Huron and the other On-
tralrio • Counties; where the Privy
Council has ruled the Canada Tem-
perance Act was in effect, we -'said
that this action was possibly due to
the impossible situation in which the
Ontario Government found itself.
And we still believe the Ontario ti
Government would find themselves
on the spot if they continued to en-
force all the measures of their own
Liquor. Control Act, when a number "
of the measures in that Act are not
embodied in• the Canada Temperance
Act, and any infrigement of these
measures do not constitute an 'of-
fence under the latter Act, which by
the decision of the Privy Council,
Huron County is ,governed.
Apparently, however, the editor of
the Goderich Signal -Stare has a very
different opinion on the action of the
Ontario Government, from that held
by The Expositor.., In its leading edi-
torial last week on this subject, it
said in part: "All in all, it must be
admitted that our contemporary 'has'
reached a high degree of originality
in its conception of the situation."
And, the Signal continues.: "It is
quite easy to guess whence came the
impulse to withdraw enforcement of
the Provincial Act."
Well, The Expositor"made. its guess
and published it. What is The Sig-,
nal's guess?
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Did Mr. Bracken Speak Too
Soon?
When the result of the recent by-
election in York -Sunbury was an-
nouncer, Mr. Bracken, is reported in,
the 'newspapers to have made the ex-
cuse for the poor showing of his
party, in that electionto the fact that
the Liberals had stolen a man from
his own Conservative ranks.
In reply, Mr. King made this com-
ment: "Now that, coming from Mr.
Bracken, seems rather strange. Un-
til not too long a time ago 'I.was un-
der the strong belief that Mr. Brack-
en belonged to our party. Indeed, in
my correspoldence with him, I was
led to think he was a'Liberal. I, am
even of the opinion that there was a
time, not too far back, when he
might have been glad to join, the
Government at Ottawa; if the offer
had been made to him.
"You can imagine my astonish-
ment, therefore, when I was inform-
ed that Mr. Bracken was the new .
leader of the Progressive Conserva-
tive party. Mind you, I think that it
is the best thing that could have hap-
pened to us. I am very thankful that
he is in there."
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The Melancholy Dans
r We are not referring at all to the
chaotic state of the world, nor to the
hostility shown to each other by our
so-called peacemakers, but to the
apparent demise of Nature., • °The
lengthening hours of darkness and
the days without sunshine,' a tiine
when we lose the flowers that have
cheered us by their color and beauty
for so long, and a time when our
friends, the birds, have nearly all
winged away to a softer, milde1clim-
, ate, and when cold blasts from the
west and 'north give us fair warning
of winter days to come.
We do not believe for a moment
that because Nature has heard and
learnedof Russia's harsh . attempts
to, frustrate harmony in world of -
fairs;, she is adepting her present
dreary attitude. We know that this
mood comes over her every year at
this time, and we know too, that she
only seems:to be dying.
We -know that because we have.
the all -embracing -assurance thatshe
will -come to life again before very
long. In six months, or perhaps a
little earlier, or then again, perhaps
a little later.
But Nature does not want to look
dead and dreary. That is why very
soon she will put on her all -embrac-
ing mantel of white, which trans-
forms everything so completely. This
sparkling mantel is not only a beau-
tiful
eautiful thing; it's whiteness is symboli-
cal of all that is pure and worth
while.
Then, when Nature thinks she has
sufficiently tested our constitutions
as well as our endurance, she will
come backagain' in all her beauty
and charm. Not all at once, of
course ; just bit by bit, and Sometimes
with some hesitancy, but she always
comes.
We hope too, that when the time
for donning her happier mood has
come again, that happiness may have
come in some measure to a -still hop-
ing world.
EncouragingWealthp Sport
The Seaforth Branch of the Cana-
dian Legion is to he heartily com-
mended in its efforts to promote
clean, healthy sport for the teen -ages
in . Seaforth during the coming win-
ter. •
Everyone knows what the 'Lions.
Park and Pool has accomplished in
the way of providing a healthy out-
let for youthful energy during the
summer months of the past number
of years, and the members of the
Legion should receive every help and
encouragement in providing a simi-
lar .service for the boys and girls of
our town during the winter months,
when opportunities for healthful re-
creation are not so plentiful.
The Legion has already completed
plans for the erection and maintain-
ing
aintain-iig of three large outdoor rinks. One
of these willbe on the Separate
SchooI grouns; the second on the
Public School grounds, and the third
at the High School. The latter will
be a boarded rink, and the other two,
although open, will have a large ice
surface.
These three rinks will be maintain-
ed in the highest state of efficiency
consistent with our Canadian winter
weather, and will provide ample op-
portunities for every b9y and girl of
school age to skate, to learn to skate,
toplay hockey, and to learn how
hockey should be played.
At the Iast meeting of the town
council, the town fathers made a
grant of $300 to promote this scheme
of the Legion, for which it is to be
commended, 'as there is . no greater
town asset to this or -any other town,
than a healthy, happy and -energetic
lot of boys and girls, made possible
by clean, supervised sports, and the
facilities with which to -indulge in
them. °
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A Champion Of Babies
Dr. L. '1.C. Frank, director of the
Zachry Institute of Human Devel-
opment, New York, speaking in
Montreal last week, uttered what
we believe are some very pithy
truths.
"A helpless, dependant infant,"
he said, "physiologically unstaple
and not yet capable of what he may
easily. accept later, is 'according to
what has become standard routine,
not only kept away from his mother
and denied mothering, but often
limited to a feeding once every four
•hours regardless of his cryingfor
food and his acute need to be moth-
ered and cuddled." ' .
"Many babies become tense, rest-
less and unhappy on these fixed rou-
tines and rigid practises that deny
them the -satisfaction and fulfilment
of their basic organic needs."
There you have it, and, in our`
opinion, every word of it is true.. Of
course, if it is generally adopted, a
good many mothers will miss a good
many movies, but we back the grand-
mothers to the hilt when they main-
tain that it is perfectly right and
proper; likewise -"common sense, to
feed a baby when it is hungry, and.
cuddle it when it cries.
Years Ag
PHIL 0`'
intsroOloo Mani Ptck�d From
Thecpuron Depositor of fifty and
Twgnty4hI. Years Ago.
From The Huron Expositor
November 17, 1922
Mr. Don Murray, Bayfield, • has
purchased Percy Tippet's grain chop-
ping outfit and; does work each Mon-
day, Wednesday and; Friiay.
Hunters in quest of game are scour-
ing in the"old cedar swamp on the
12th concession of McKillop,
Mr. Hugh Rinn's horse ran away on
Saturday last and caused some ex-
citement in 'Winthrop. The bit broke
and the horse bolted, throwing Mr.
Rhin out of the buggy. The horse
ran east and was caught Dy Mr. Tre-
wartha. The harness was badly brok-
en. •
Miss Margaret Cuthill, of Winthrop,
is teaching for Miss Marion Scarlett,
who is attending her mother, who is
Mr. Ray Pfaff, of Hensall, had the
misfortune to have his finger badly
Lacerated recently while operating
tile machinery.
Seaforth hockey club was organiz-
ed on Tuesday evening at" "a meeting
in the Town Hall, with the following
named as officers:\ Pee•eident, W. J.
Duncan; secretary -treasurer, Charles
Holmes; manager, 'A. W. Dick; cap-
tain, Reg. Reid; committee, J. E. Wil-
lis, J. M. McMillan and Ross Sproat.
The annual smoker and euchre of
the Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club was
held•. Wednesday evening and was the
most largely attended• and most suc-
cessful affair ever attempted by any lighted. Then to sally forth in search .into the coop and securely locked up.
sporting club in town. Mr. Harry of the erring fowl. You approach the You go to bed for a troubled night'.
Jeffrey won first prize, a turkey; Mr. orchard with gentle footsteps and sleep, during which an enormous
Charles Holmes won second prize, a muffled bitterness as you • trip on a chicken is running you down and
goose; Mr. William G. Edmunds won piece of Wire or a half -hidden fallen chases you around so much that you
the lone hand prize, a duck, and the limb. And there in drowsy complac- are worn out the next morning.
second prize, a pair of rabbits, was
won by P. J. Dorsey. A Bantam
rooster was won by Mr. Adam Hays.
The challenge euchre with the lad-
ies and gentlemen from Tuckersinith,
held Monday in the G.W.V.A.,; was the
most successful of its kind in the his-
tory of the club. Tuckersmith was
the winner with only six points to
spare. Music for dancing was furn-
ished by Mes. O'Connell, Walker
Hart and Hugh and Pat Chesney.
Miss Anne Atkinson, Seaforth, has
t kpo ition with a large Detroit
Science has made great improve-
ments in giving hens: and chickens
scientific surroundings, but the ••ahickr
en is a perverse creature, who per-
sists in patronizing the great out-
doors. No matter how attractive you
make a chicken house, they seem to
enjoy causing no end of trouble and.
worry.
Biddy, our little red hen, is the
most persistent offender. Each Year
she raises a brood of chickens and
for some time is faithful in her du-
ties of having them within the con-
fines o.f the coop. Then, as the sea-
son progresses, and it comes closer
.to Fall, she begins to yearn once more
,dor a roost in one of the apple trees
in the orchard, .I suppose at that
she delivers an impassioned
speech. on the benefits of outdoor
sleeping and one night when we go
out, it's to find that all are roosting
blissfully in the apple trees.
This goes on for some time, and
little attention is paid to it. ' Then the
warning goes aroundpthat one of the
Lazy Meadows family has seen. ,a
weasel or some other destructive' an-
imal with a sweet tooth for a chick-
en, and the :Missus declares on a par-
ticularly cold and bitter Fall evening,
"'Phil, either you go out and gather
those chickens in off that roost, or
you'll pay me for every one that gets
lost."
Bitterly complaining, .boots are pull-
ed on, a sack is found and the lantern
of
W
1Dy
liarry I. Boy*
en coop, is dragod rep, and so the
contortions start. You may well im-
agine the results ver,�en. a person try
to balance on a cap that's slippery
with dere, while balancing a lantern,
a sack and trying valiantly to hang
onto a small swaying limb.
Just as you have flagged the first
chicken the others blink drowsily at
you, and then come to life in a start-
led way. They squawk in their loud-
est style, the back of your handl
comes in contact with the hot top of
the lantern; your foot slips on the
coop, and you drop everything in
desperate effort to hold your stance.
It's one of the most harrowing 'ex-
periences known, this gathering of
truant chickens. Just about the' time
you have bagged six or seven, you
have to drop the bag and. several slip
out of the bag, to squat in the grass
in a game of •hide-and-seek. After
you have them all ... at least you're
sure that's all . . . locked up in the
coop, the Misses appears to ask how
many you have. Sure as Fate, you
have missed one.
Thus the great chicken hunt is on.
By the flickering' rays of the lantern
you try and discern a form that looks'
like a straying chicken, but the
search is hopeless. You -cover the
orchard with a fine-tooth comb, and
then at last when you almost give up
in desperation, the chicken is found
on a higher branch of the same tree
where the others Were.
At last they are all safely tucked
Teacher Has Arm Injured
Miss Audrey Heinrich, teacher or
the Blake public school, had lier left.
are cut at the wrist on Friday after-
noon by opening a window at the.
schoolhouse. A very interesting Hal-
lowe'en party was enjoyed by teacher
and pupils and the afternoon was hap-
pily spent and almost at the close of
the program the teacher received the
injury, but medical aid was immedi-
ately given and the pupils were veryf
glad to meet their teacher on duty,
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-onday morning.—Zurich Herald,
Hallowe'en Patty Well Attended
a en a s
firm.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewberry, who spent
the past year 'with their daughter,
Mrs. James T. Scott, have" returned
to England.
The following is the .report of Hen-
sall Continuation School for October,
in order of merit: Form II—G. Luker,
H. Smith, J. Hardie, M. Tremeer, L.
Pybus, M: Ingram, L. McDonnell, R.
McLean, Jas. Tapp, .Bova Blackwell,
L. Workman, W. McLean, L. Jarrott,
B. Horton, G. Jarrott, J: McDonald, J.
McKenzie, W. Bell,. N. Follick, J.
Steacy, F McLean, A. Smith, D. Hog-
gartth. Form I—E. Heffernan, G. Hud-
son, L. Fisher, R. Broderick, R. Stone,
A. Soldan, H. Boyle, J. Carmichael, A.
Eacrett, A. Scruton, H. Whiteside, T.
Smith, L. Hoggarth, O. Workman, V.
Smith, G. Farquhar, G. Blackwell, E.
Anderson, C. Eyre, M. Simpson, K.
Elliott, G. Love.
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From The Huron Expositor
November 19, 1897
Reginald Elliott, son of Mr. B. V.
Elliott, of Exeter, •has been appoint-
ed manager of the .Molsons Bank at
Norwich.. .
Mr. R. Smith has been appointed
tax collector for Hullett to fill the
vacancy ckused by the death of Thos.
Neilans. q�+
Mr. Robert McCord, of Thames'
Road, who took part in the Fenian
Raid of 1866, is an applicant for the
medal which is to be awarded- to
those who took port in repelling the
raid.
On Wednesday afternoon the nom-
inations for officers or the Seaforth
Collegiate Institute Literary Society
were held and the election will be
held next Wednesday. Nominated
were: Blue Ticket: President, J. R.
Morrison; vice-pres., Miss B. Young;
recording sec., D. D. Wilson; treas.,
Miss 'May Kemp; managing commit-
tee, F. Neal, Miss H. Robinson, Miss
D. Daly, Ft' Beattie; editorial com-
mittee, Miss M. Beattie, Miss C. Case,.
R. Muldrew, A. Hammett. Red Tick-
et—'Pres., A. S. Bond; vice-pres., 'Miss,
L. Davis; recording sec., Miss M. Mc-
Donald; treas., J. McGavin? managing
committee," Wm. Aberhart, Miss M.
Elliott, W. Pickard, Miss B. Punch-
ard; editorial committee, Misis M.
Daly, Miss A. Lynch, F. Lawrence, F.
Jackson.
Mr. John. Dodds is erecting a large
barn on his property in Harpurhey.
He intends erecting a brick residence
next Spring.
Mr. D. Tiernan, of Dashwood, who
has been in Dakota for the past nine
years, is home on a visit to his
mother and brothers.
Messrs. McKellar and Towers, of
Cromarty, arrived home from "Mani-
toba, where they have been during
the summer.
.-Mr. Jas. McArthur, of Hensall, had
the misfortune to meet with quite a
painful accident one day last week.
He was engaged in pulling apples in
his orchard when a limb, on which he
was standing,broke, and in falling
severely sprained his ankle.
At the winding up meeting of the
Geueral Jubilee .Committee held re-
centle, a resolution was passed to the
effect that some momento should, be
presented on behalf of the citizens of
Seaforth to Sgt. Herbert, who serv-
ed for many years in the British
Army. Accordingly a number of citi-
zens gathered In the council chamber
for the purpose of making the pres-
entation. M. Y. McLean was appoint-
ed chairman and Mayor Scott read
an appropriate address. He was pre-
sented with a silver medal accompan;•
led by a suitable address.
Mr. Percy Brown, of Winchelsea,
who for the past two seasons has
been engaged as assistant butter -
maker at the creamery there, has se-
cured a good position as biittermaker
in the neighborhood of Mi:tchell.• '
Mr.. John Wood, of Usborne, who
has been in Portage La Prairie and
neighborhood for the past'month.pur-
chasing cattle for feeding .purposes,
returned home on 'Monday: with two
carloads, coltiprising forty head.
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eney are the chickens, completely un- At dinnertime the Missus relates
aware of the trouble they are start- how the neighbors had chickens kill-
ing, and seemingly enjoying the great ed last night. You look like a cher-
outdoors. ubim as you exclaim: "I had a gf^eat
The stickler is that s they always idea when I brought those chickens
seem to be too far from the ground in last night!" And you wonder why
to reach to with your' hand. A chick- your wife looks at you so strangely.
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•JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
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A
Employee: "Could, I have tomor-j
row off to help my wife with the
housecleaning?"
Boss: "No; we're muchtoo busy."
Employee: ."Thank you, sir. 1
know I could count on you."
•
Irate Wife: "I want an explanation
and I want the truth."
Erring Husband: "Well, make up
your mind. • I'm afraid you ean'.t have
both."
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Masher (to new .cook) : "We want
you to show what you can do tonight,
Jane. We have some rather special
people coming for a musical evening.
Do• your level best, you know."
Cook: • "Sure, sir, that I will. It's
a long time since. I did any singing,
but you can put me down for a cou-
ple of comic songs, if you like."
Returning to duty from leave, the
soldier, loaded to the eyebrows with
kit, boarded a tram for the station•.
When the conductor came around for
the fare, he offered him a workman's
return ticket.
"This won't do, chum," said the con-
ductor; "it's meant for workmen on-
ly "
"Issat so," replied the soldier,
shifting his pack to an easier 'posi-
tion. "Well, if I haven't a spot of
work to do, I'd like to know who
lias."
The Lions • Hallowe'en party was
well attended on Friday night acid
everyone present had a good time.
The event was in charge,of the :boys:
and girls committee of the Lions CI'ub•
and games were participated in,
treats supplied and prizes awarded.
for various costumes. Prize winners
were as follows: Best girl, Rhea Hall;
best boy, Betty McDonald; 'funniest
girl, Bernice McNeil; funniest boy,
'Jim Armstrong; young girl, Paige•
Phillips; young boy, Benny Wasman;
honorable mention: Marlene Walsh,
Jim Jackson, Betty Galbraith, Joanne.
Hodgins, Ainne Rutherford, Graham
Jackson, Kay Morrison, Wayne Jack-
son, Glenyce Bainton, George Web-
ster. The pianist for the songs was
Miss Mills. Judges of costumes were
A. K. Kernick and Jack Stewart.—
Blyth Standard.
Real Estate. Transfer
.- Mr. Pat O'Connor has sold. the
house he recently erected •on Albert
Street to Wildred Ramsden, of the
R.C.A.F., Centralia. Mr. O'Connor•
has rented a house at Grand Bendi
and is now commuting each day to•
his work with the Exeter Rural
Hydro.—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Moving To Exeter
"Don't bring me any more bilis,"
said the husband, in despair. "I can't
face them."
"I don't want you to face them,
darling," replied the wife. "I only
want you to foot them."
:'Hur�n Federation Of
Agriculture--FarmNews
Pay 50% Freight' On Feeder Cattle
,In order to relieve congestion result-
ingo from the slowing 'down of cattle
marketings during 'the period of the
packing' house strike, and to assist in
the movement of feeder cattle from
areas in' Western Canada in which
there •is insufficient winter feed, the
Right Hon. James G. Gardiner an-
nounced on October 23 that he has
arranged for allowance of` a refund
of 50 per, cent of the actual freight
charges on carload shipments.billed
to Eastern Canada during te re-
mainder of the calendar year. _
Shipments limited to steers born
after January 1, 1944, and to heifers
born after January 1, 1945,, may be
billed from any point in the Provinces
of British Columbia, Alberta or Sas-
k'atchewan, to any point east of the
Province of Manitoba.
The freight refund will be payable
when the applicant is in a position
to certify that the cattle have been
retained in his ownership for .a per-
iod of at least three months from the
date of shipment. To facilitate
prompt payment of refund, it is im-
portant that a shipment be consign-
ed to the prospective applicant.
Where the consignee shown on the
freight bill is other than •the appli-
cant, it will be the obligation ofsthe
latter to satisfy the Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture that the cattle in
respect to which application - for the
freight refund is made are those cov-.
ered by the accompanying freight
bill.
Applications for freight refunds
'should be _made to the Assistant Di-
rector, Production Service, Live
Stock, Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture, Ottawa, and. must 'be ac-
companied by receipted freight bills
and by affidavits on forms furnished
by the Department indicating that
requirements have been complied
With.
Remove Ceilings On Feed Grains
Effective October 22 price ceilings
were removed on oats, barley and
screenings in all forms and positions.
At the same time price ceilings on
meat and meat products, except ani-
mal fats, were removed and the_ sub-
sidies on graine used for livestock
feeding amounting to 25 cents per
'bushel on wheat and barley and 10
cents per bushel on oats were dis-
continued.
The feed grain freight assistance
policy will remain in effect until the
end of the current crop .year, July 31,
1948.
In July the Dominion Government
announced that ceilings and subsidies
on feedgrains would be continued for
as long as price ceilings remained On
any important livestock prodtfets. Lt
had been intended to de -control meat
Mr. C. W. Phrkinson, of the.- Bank
of Montreal, is this week moving his
wife and family to Exeter from Chat-
ham and will occupy a residence on.
Andrew St. The family consists of
four ' children: Jim, Donna Marie,
Elizabeth and John Wesley.—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Librarian" Completes 4 -Weeks Course
Miss Reta Rowe, the local librarian,
has returned to her duties at the Car- „
negie Library after taking a four-
week intensive• university course irv.
library techniques. The course was
the first of its kind to be held in.
Canada and was promoted to meet
the needs of practising librarians. Lib-
rarians were present from Lucan,
Parkhill, Aylmer, Dutton, Springfield.
Thamesford, Kirkton, Embro, Argyle,
Lakeside, Port Burwell and Exeter.
As none of the attendants have had
any previous university or technical
training at the 'conclusion of the
course they wrote for their Grade 'E'
Librarian's Cestiftcate. Mrs.. Sweet
was relieving at the Exeter, library
during Miss Rowe's absence.—Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Modern Funeral Home Completed
The new and modern funeral home
• of Mr. R. A. Currie has .been complet-
e" ed and is one of simplicity and beau-
ty. The outside is constructed of
• white stone marble and red rough
• brick with _leaded glass windows, In-
side the .main entrance on the right
is a reception room and on the left
prices in' September, but when the the organ room, which is equipped
principal packing ,plants were closed With a Minshall electric organ. From
down by an industrial dispute, the the reception room glass doors. open
Government felt that it would be un- into the large chapel;. off this at the
wise to de -control meats at that junc- end is the alcove and .family rooms.
ture. "Now that it seems certain The walls .are panelled in natural
that the dispute in the packing indus cherry and birch. The ceilings are
tryhas been settled, it is expected'finished in a blending cream stippled
that meat supplies will rapidly return plaster, with spft lighting effect's and
to normal and that ceilings -can safely the floors are covered with mottled,
be removed," stated the Government.'g'Iey rubber 'flooring trimmed in black.
The entire building is sound proof,
announcement. I and offers the same privacy as we
To ensure fulfilment of Canada's home.—Wingham Advance -Times.
overseas comte,itments•., of livestock �
products, and in , view of •the short -I Thrown From `Horse
age of feed egrains in Canada, the In attempting to ride a horse on
Government reiterates its policy of Sunday near the Royal T, Mr. Wm.
McCallum, of Hanover, was thrown
off, landing on his head. He was tak-'
en to Wingham General Hospital suf-
fering from a fraetured •skull: His
condition is considered serious.—
Wingham Advance -Times.
Celebrate Golden Wedding.
About sixty friends of Mr, and Mrs. -
William Cook gathered at their home
on East Street on Monday afternoon
to honor the couple on the occasion
Review" ,,by Dr. E. S. Hopkins, As- of their fiftieth wedding anniversary:
allowing no exports of oats and barley
during the current crop year. •
It is ,anticipated that the decontrol
of oats, barley and screenings will
result in a freer movement ,to feeder
positions.
Soil Conservation I porta Problem
The term "soil Conservation" has
been aptly defined in a comprehensive
article in the "Agricultural Institute
sociate Director, Experimental Farms Mr. and Mrs. Cook were married on
Service, Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture: •
Soil Conservation involves much
more than the words' strictly= express,
he says It is 'possible, for example,
to conserve dry land soils` byhaving
them in grass or wet soils by leaving
them without drainage. These. meth-
ods would conserve the soil but they
might not -prove a profitable type of
agriculture. What is 'involved is ra-
ther soil improvement or the efficient
utilization of the sell. It includes not
only the' conservation of the soil it-
self, such as the control of erosion,
but the improvement of the produc-
tivity of the soil by the µse of man-
ures, fertilizers and cropping meth-
ods, drainage, irrigation, flood control
and propel; utilization of the land.
Dr. Hopkins points out that, to a
country as large as Canada, it is but
natural that wide differences' should
exist in the soil and climate. Some
soils are more productive than oth-
ers.
thers, Even in .their virgin condition
they were more fertile and they will
stand cropping abetter. Some soils
are nearly neutral in reaction, while
others, such as large areas in East-
ern Canada, are acid, Some soils are
too wet for arable agriculturewithout
drainage, while others are too dry.
The extent of these soil differences,
perhaps, has not been appreciated.
In a general way, Canada may be
divided into three main regions: •The
flee humid eastern provinces; the
three awl -arid to sub -humid prairie
provinces; and British Colorable, it-,
self containing many quite distinct
climatic zones. Rut it' would he a
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Nov. 3, 1897, at, the home of Mrs..
Cook's father, James Itorton, Colborne.
Township. They lived. in Colborne
township all their married life with
the exception of five yews in Ashfield.
They have been living •retired in Gode-
rich since a. year ago last April. The
couple were the recipients of n num-
ber of beautiwul gifts on.Mond.ay, in-
cluding a tri -lite lamp, a wall mirror
and flowers. In contrasting today in
Colborne Township with pee time he
was married, Mr. Cook points out that
there are ••larger farms and fewer'
buildings. Many buildings which were
part of "smeller farms in bygone days
have been -rated -when taken over
over into larger farms, he said.—God-
erieh Signal -Star.
Excelis At Plowing Match
With close to 1,000 spectators look-
ing over proceedings at the Perth
County plowing match at the Ken
Kraemer brunt -east of Mitchell, last
Wednesday, Roy Russell, RR. 1, Mit-
chell, piled tin the top honors of the
day, winning the age -limit class for
jointer plows in sod; the Royal Bank
trophy for walking plow classes;- the
J. F. Pearen silver cup for the best
ins" and outs In his class; first prix&
in the competition for plow ,teams
judged on their performance in front
of. the plo*; the Salada special qual-
ifying him, to compete in 1948 for a
trip to Britain.—Mitchell Advocate.
Has Distinguished Visitor
- Rt. Hon. Arthur Meiglfen was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Moses+
Thursday evening, recalling the days
when Mr. Moses was his pupil in Cal-
edonia High ,School.—/Mitchell Advo-
cate, •
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