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SEAFORTH, Friday, July 30, 1948
The Same Might Be Said Of
Seaforth
A subscriber writing to the Gode-
rich Signal -Star had this to say in a
recent issue:
"Sir The catalpa trees in Court
Mouse Park, now covered with beau-
tiful blossom, add wonderfully to the
attractions of the park. The town
fathers of earlier days were forward
looking and their foresight has giv-
en Goderich a splendid asset in the
handsome park in the centre of the
town. But we must not be content
with what our fathers did; we should
look ahead and plan for the genera-
tions to come. Little has been done
in recent years in improving the
park. So far as I can see, keeping
the grass cut is about all that is ac-
complished. Could not the town af-
ford to plant more ornamental and
flowering trees, so. that there should
be a variety of bloom throughout the
summer season? here's hoping,"
The same thing could be said of
Seaforth. Our fathers, too, were
forward looking men, and their fore-
sight has done much to beautiful our
streets. It is true that we have no
catalpa trees, which in bloom are ex-
ceedingly beautiful, but the greater
number of our streets are lined with
maples, which in summer and fall
lend a beauty to the town .that is
equalled by few in Western Ontario.
These trees, however, were plant-
ed three-quarters of a century or
more ago, and are practically all past
their peak. Decay has set in and one
by one they are dying out. Most of
them are broken and half dead_
Are we going to be. content with
what our fathers did? Could not our
town authorities plant new tree's to
take the place of those that have
gone, and so keep their ranks intact?
Not a thing has been done so far,
and the time for acting is fast run-
ning out. Here's hoping.
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Mr. Bracken's Retirement
The announcement over the week-
end of Mr. Bracken's retirement
from the leadership of the Progres-
sive Conservative party, while it
contained an element of surprise to
the public generally, was, we believe,
fully anticipated by Members of Par-
liament on his own side of the House.
Since his selection as leader four
years ago, Mr. Bracken has travel-
lede a stony road. The old-line Tor-
ies never did favor him, and only toI-
erated his choice as, leader because
it was believed at the time that his
record as Premier of Manitoba would
carry with it strong support from
the Western Provinces, and also
draw many agricultural votes from
Ontario and the Eastern Provinces.
Unfortunately for Mr. Bracken,
none of these things transpired and
rising discontent against his leader-
ship -has materialized year by year,
both in the House and in the coun-
try.
For one thing, Mr. Bracken refus-
ed to take a seat in the House for
three years after his appointment as
leader, choosing rather to travel ov-
er the country in an organizing tour.
in choosing this plan, it is possible
he made many friends, but his iden-
tity with the party was largely lost
through his absence from Parlia-
ment.
Again, after the first flush of party
enthusiasm over having captured a
top notch prospect, it was not long
before the old-line members began to
Make trouble. Then came the discs-
tra (sres4ts of the by-elections to
hiar17 ;toy be followed by his resig-
at on at 1ead+er.
whop: the mantle of his office
will fan will not be known, un-
tilthe nati, nal Conservative con-
vention, to ' be held in early Oc-
tober, Therts, however, no dearth
of aspirents+.. r, 'Graydon was House
Leader of his party until Mr. Brack-
en took his seat in 1945. Mr. Diefen-
baker, perhaps the strongest debater
in his party;' will have strong West-
ern support„ and there are several
others.
But the old-line guard will 'see to
it that there is no mistake in the
choice of leader next time. A West --
ern Leader might hold very differ-
nt ideas about protection and money
matters, and the real party men
want control left in Ontario,
In fact, it is not unlikely that Col.
Drew, Ontario's Premier, will be
drafted for the job. He has the sup-
port of the high protectionists and
the money interests in both Toronto
and Montreal, and there is no doubt
about his willingness to step into
bigger shoes
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The Fear Of Work
There are quite large numbers of
thinking people throughout the na-
tion who will thoroughly agree with
the words of a writer who recently
remarked that quite a long time ago
the kindly people of the western
world decided that no person would
starve..
That from Elizabethan poor laws,
designed to help only the indigent,
poor relief has developed until there
are now no real fears from the cradle
to the grave—except the fear of
work; at least, fear of work of the
kind mentioned in the third chapter
of Genesis after Eve acquired that
New Look.
Yet there is another fear—the fear
that Canada, about the healthiest
nation on earth, will not be able to
acquire hospital beds fast enough for
the people who will climb into them
at the taxpayers' expense.
It is a well known fact that the
greatest problem facing industry to-
day is the lack of production of the
man-hour. Shorter hours do not ac-
count for the lack of production en-
tirely, because with modern machin-
ery that would not be much of a
problem, if any, if the working man
since the war produced as much as
his pre-war brothers.
In the matter of work, a man to-
day wants to do less on a 40 -hour
week than he did per hour on the
60 -hour week of less than fifty years
ago. It is not because the work is
heavier, or takes more out of the
worker. In fact industry today sel-
dom requires muscle, because mod-
ern machinery is designed to reduce
fatigue. Fingertips can do most any
job in industry, including raising
railroad engines.
If man insists on producing less
per hour, there is nothing else for
it but for machinery to do more.
Machinery is daily becoming more
complicated and expensive, but they
will have to be worked more hours
if interest and depreciation is to be
met, or they will become too costly
to be invested in.
Strangely it is not the older men
but the younger and stronger em-
ployees whose failure to produce in
the few hours they are asked to
work that brings down the produc-
tion in industrial plants and. adds ma-
terially to the overhead costs, which,
in turn, create the high prices about
which we all complain.
Shorter work hours are only pos-
sible when man learns to produce
more by getting more per hour out
of every machine.
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The Real Reason
Recently when Major V. A. Arnold
was addressing the Liverpool Corn
Trade Association, he spoke these
truths about grain prices, which have
raised bitter complaint among Cana-
dian wheat growers:
"Farmers, and in particular those
in the middle' -west of the United
States and the Prairie Provinces of
Canada, blamed the Exchanges for
the low prices which &they obtained
for their grain, quite overlooking the
fact that the, volume of world trade
had been curtailed by the actions of
their own and other governments,
and that the remedy was not more
and more restrictions and regula-
tions, but freer trade so that effec-
tive demand might increase and
pricesrise
Year Ac one
fps itooP li $*e4 from
'Om Idivoolltor .t Ottyand
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From The Huron Expositor
August 3, 1923
Miss olive Taman, who spent some
months in Cochrane, has returlted to
town.
Miss Belle Campbell and Mrs. Herr,
of town, left on Wednesday on a trip
to Vancouver.
Albert Harvey, of Klippen, who owns
and operates the farm he purchased
'from Mr. Detweiler some three years
ago, has a ''field of wheat that yielded
3$ bushels per acre, and tested 62•'
pounds to the bushel.
At the regular meeting of the Mc-
Killop Mutual Fire Insurance Co., held
in Seaforth on Friday last, Mr. T. E.
Hays tendered his resignation as sec-
eetary-treasnrer. The new secretary
is D. F. McGregor, who needs no in-
troduction to the .policyholders.
The Lower School examination re-
sults for the Seaforth Collegiate In-
stitute
nstitute are now available. Of 124 can-
didates , presentingthemselves for
these exams, ninety-two passed in all
subjects. Among this number
were: Zoology — P. Carnochau,
B. Hillen, J. Lowery, F. McClinchey,
J. Smith, T. Storey, L. W'ankell,
Rands, J. Carbert, H. Smillie; Physio-
graphy: J. Carbert; Art: G. Snowdon,
Cora Sherwood, C. Wieland, M.
Thompson; Botany: E. Hicknell, E.
Kennedy, Ed. Rankin, M. Wallace;
'Geography: J. Morrison, A. McLean,
M. Sillery; History: J. Daly, G. Rey-
nolds.
° A rink of .touring lady bowlers from
Stratford, composed of Mrs. Dingman,
Mrs. McKay, Mrs. Smith and Mrs.
Howie, skip, stormed the 'Seaforth
green on Saturday evening and chal-
lenged a local premier quartette of
men trnndlers, and carried away the
honors of the evening by three shots.
The personnel of the Seaforth de-
fence were: Chas. Holmes, Dr. R. E.
Fisher, R. E. Bright and Thos. John-
stone, skip.
Mr. W. M. McGregor, Kippen, who
for 'many years has been in the thresh-
ing business in that vicinity, has dis-
posed of bis threshing outfit to Det-
weiler & Caldwell, who will make a
strong team. -
Arthur Anderson and his mother,
Mrs. John Anderson, Kippen, who
were on a motor trip to Marlette,
Mich., visiting friends, have returned
home.
Mr. R. E. Cresswell and his 'sis-
ters, the Misses Creswell, arrived here
from Denver, Colorado, on Friday and
will spend a few weeks with their
aunt, Miss Fowler, Centre St.
Miss Hargan, of town, has moved
into her beautiful new home'on Gode-
rich St. West.
Miss Annie Kistner, of Manley, met
.with a .painful accident when she fell
and had two of her ribs fractured.
.Mr. Harry Edge has completed the
concrete work on the 'bridge over the
Johnston drain.
Mrs. H. Warner, of Enderlin, N.D.,
visited this week at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Coleman in Tucker -
smith.
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From The Huron Expositor'
July 29, 1898
During the past week the following
have been ticketed to distant pants(
by William Somerville: Mrs. James
Weir and daughter to New York
State: Miss, Alberta Doble to London,.
England, en route to Germany; Thos.
Whelan to Fargo, N.D.; Mrs. W. G.
Willis to Detroit; Mr. and Mrs. T.
Pringle to Milwaukee, Wis.; William
Irving to New York; Harold Cherry
to Chicago; Mrs. Thos. Grieve, Mc-
Killop, to Dowington, Mich; George
West to Detroit.
Mr. Phillips, of Stratford, has been
appointed agent of the Grand Trunk
Railway at Seaforth.
Mr. Thos. McMillan, of Hullett, left
on Wednesday on a trip to the Old
Country for his health.
Misses Lydia and Letitia Campbell,
of Bad Axe, Mich., are spending their
vacation with their uncle, Mr, John
Campbell, McKillop.
A young child of Mr. Thos.'G. Scott,
a little over a year old, fell out of
an upstairs window to the .ground, a
distance of about 16 feet, and as a
result had its collarbone broken.
The first load of new wheat was
delivered at Ogilvie's Mill on Thurs-
day morning by Mr. Hugh Campbell,
of Hullett, near Constance. It tested
60 pounds to the bushel and ' brought
68 cents a bushel.
Mr. James Reid, son of Mr. James
Reid, of town, returned on Thursday
from the Klendyke.
Mr, Orville Ehmes, of Zurich, has
returned from a visit to Port Huron
and Point Edward. He.made the trip
on his bicycle.
Miss Bella 'Farnham, of Constance,
entertained a number of her young
friends on Friday last.
Mr. Charles Latta, principal of the
Alvinston public school, renewed old
acquaintances in Hillsgreen.
Estimating the injury done' by the
frost 011 July 10, at $100 to 100 acres
in McKillop, the loss will amount to
$40,000.
Mr, Wm, Hudson, of Tuckersmith,
brought in the fif'st load of mew wheat
to Cook Bros., Hensel!. The wheat
was good and plump, and of ,two
kinds.
Miss Fitzgerald, of Grand Rapids,
Mich., and Miss Dorsey, of Seaforth,
were guests this week of Mrs. A. A.
Goetz, of the New Commercial Hotel,
Hensel!.
A game in the senior championship
of the Canadian, Lacrosse Association
was played on the recreation grounds
here on Friday afternoon last between
the Tecumseh Eims, of Toronto, and
the Beavers, of Seaforth. The gime
was an interesting one and some ex-
pellent lacrosse was played. The score
was 9 to 1 in favor of the Beavers.
Mr. Jacob Weber, of Dublin, 'has.'
made extensive improvements in his
hotel property since he assumed pee -
session.
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From office boys to president ,sounde
like a Jul --but seine dike their
hurdles high,
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L4zy
QSWERof
MEADOWS
Dy Il�lrey s, $oy1. _.
My wire was of''the mpini.on that I
was quite daft. She kept watching me
all during supper and 1 felt that she
was considering whether I was suf-
fering from some strange new malady.
"You'rs just joking," she said fin.
allyl; "you don't really .mean that
you're going to go bath and stay ,in
the sugar shanty tonight." • 1 smiled
and reassured her that it was my 'firm
intention to go .back and sleep in the
sugar shauty'and that I had finished
the chores early for that express 'pun -
(pose.
"But what will the neighbors
think?" she finally adked. "They'll
think we've had a fight or something,
if they find. out that you've slept in
that silly place!"
"My dear," 'I said, "I've always had
a desire to spend a night 'back in
the bush in the summertime. I know
what it'•s 'like when we're sugaring -
off, but I think it will be fun to go
.back there for a night. I've got some
thinking to do, Besides, didn't you
yourself tell me the other day that
some doctor 'fellow was writing in
that magazine that we should do the
things we want to do while we're
young enough." _
She looked exasperated and I •pick-
ed up a couple of blankets and some
matches and tobacco, and piked back
the laneway. The sugar shanty was
a bit dusty, and I swept it out. 'Then
I hacked some new cedar boughs
from a small tree and put them in
the 'bunk, built afire in the 'old heat-
er and went (back to theiver. With
the aid of a small pole, a lino and
fish hook and an obliging worm 1 'man-
aged to catch three fish. It was pleas-
ant along the river but when the sun
dippe. down 1 went back to the shah
ty and lelAdled the fire up again.
I lay back on the bunk with the
fire going and smoked for awhile and
listened to the trees whispering. It
was peaceful and quiet and I got my
"thinking"over. Then I slipped off to
sleep. I woke up before dawn and
had to think (pretty fast to realize
where I was. A squirrel and a chip-
munkr, were having a domestic argu-
ment and Whey were chattering away
to beat the band. There was a smell
of cedar boughs and I thought it was
one of the most pleasant experiences
I had ever had.
Having cleaned the fish the night
before I hade my breakfast on the
fried beauties with a Tittle butter and
bread I had .snitched from the house,
and boiled a pot of tea from the •sup-
ply we keep in the shanty. I sat
down on the doorstep and watched a
rabbit who wept a wary eye on me.
A chipmunk came close enough to
snatch a crust of bread. Then I pick-
ed up the blankets and went back up
to the house for the morning chores.
My wife didn't mention it, except
to ask how I had slept, but she took
some ion; looks at me for a couple
of days, until she had assured her-
self of my returning normalcy.
:JUST A SMILE OR TWO:
"You're nuts about Betty, aren't
you, Jack?"
"You said it, Joe."
'Well, I hear you caught her kiss-
ing a guy at a party the other night.
What's the big idea of letting him get
away with it?"
"Well, you see, I'm kinda . .
"WJhy didn't you smack him one?"
"I'm waiting. Just waiting, that's
all."
"Waiting? What for?"
"Waiting till I catch her with a lit-
tle guy."
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A woman called up the editor of
the local paper. "You know," she
said, "we've subscribed to your paper
for 40 years and I thought you might
want to print a story about my hus-
band. He's a wonderful man, doesn't
smoke or drink, has always been a
model citizen in every way. He's
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never used strong language and he's
never once stepped inside a theatre
or a movie house. In fact, he has no
vices or bad habits. And• tomorrow
(he's going to celebrate his 80th birth-
day!"
H•ow?" asked the editor.
Customer: "One mouse trap, please,
in a hurry—I have to catch a bus."
Clerk: "Sorry, sir, our traps don't
come that big."
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Teacher: "Junior, what is the first
thing your father says on coming to
the table?"
Junior:. "He says, 'Go slow on the
butter, kids! I don't know where the
next pound is coming from'."
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And there was the little girl who
signed her arithmetic paper, "Mae
West,' 'because she knew she done
'em wrong.
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There was a man who boasted be
rah things in his household. He did
—the lawn mower, washing machine
and vacuum cleaner.
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Visitor: "You don't mean to tell
me that you have lived in this out-of-
the-way place for over 30 years?"
Inhabitant: "I 'ave!"
Visitor: "But, really, I cannot see
what you can find to keep your busy."
Inhabitant: "Neither can I—that's
why I like it."
: Huron Federation Of
:Agriculture--FarmNews
Poultry Industry is Big Business
In 1947 the value of all poultry
meats and eggs sold off Canadian
farms or farm consumed was valued
at $235,859,000. This figure included
,poultry meat of all kinds and eggs
produced by urban and rural dwel-
ters not strictly classed as farmers
for census purposes, and also the
eggs for hatching. The comparable
figure for 1946 was $203,693,000.
Of the 1947 figure, •$147,884,000 re-
presented the value of eggs, the figure
for 1946 being $124,298,000. Of the
p9ultry meats, chicken and fowl were
valued at $64,993,000 in 1947 and at
$61,934,000 in 1946. Turkey) meat ;n
1:147 was valued at $14,565,000; in
1946 at $10,140,000. Geese to the va-
lue of'11,521,000 were used in 1947
and in 1946 the value was; $1,169,000.
There was an increase in 1947 of duck
meat, the value being $588,000 com-
pared with $508,1000 in 1946.
Domestic 'consumption of eggs and
poultry meate increased in 1947 over
the preceding year. The per capita
consumption of eggs in 1947 was 24.04
dozen compared with 23.27 dozen in
1946. Over two pounds mare chicken
per person was eaten on the average
in 1947 when the 'figure was 21.17
pounds. Per capita consumption of
turkey, goose and duck was slightly
higher.
Crooked Keel -Bones Can Be Avoided
The •housewife who buy's :poultry
has sometimes found .herself with a
bird With a crooked breast -bone or
keel as it is termed. Occasionally the
keel is. so much out of chapel that it
interferes with carving, and it always
takes away from the attractiveness of
the bird on the table.
A consumer wishing to avoid crook-
ed .breast -bones in her purchases of
dressed poultry should buy only the
top grades', Grade Special and Grade
A, as in these grades croolced keel
bones are not allowed. In Grade .Bo
slightly crooked keel -bonen are per-
mitted. On the other hand, the poul-
tryraiser wishes to know how to avoid)
producing them so that he can qual-
ify for the more profitable straight -
keeled, birds. •
The keel of a young 'bird is prac-
tically all cartilage, and most of the
crooked keels develop between' the
ages of six and 16 weeks. The.faster-
the rate of calcification of the keel
in relation to body growth, the less'
will be the crookedlness.
Experiments have shown that
croo(ke'd keels are inherited to a Cere
tain extent and families of birds) rais-
ed under identical Conditions vary
greatly in the extent of crookedness
of keel, rays August Johnson, Poultry
Division, Central Zxperiteental liarm,
Ottawa. It is ,possible, therefore, to
improve this •oharaCteristic by pedi-
gree breeding;
In growing birds, males develop a'
greater proportlon of dreoitedkeels
than females. In tests, the Percent-
age of Crooked keels Was fnroreased
by early roosting, sharp roosts, or the
feeding of a rachitic diet. The ex-
tent to which roosts can affect the
keels depends upon their sharpness
and whether the birds are closely con-
fined. The greater the length of time
spent on the roosts up to 12 weeks
of age. the worse will be the condi-
tion of the keels.
To produce market poultry • with a
minimum of crooked' keels, there
should first be genetic selection of
pedigreed breeding stock on a family
basis. The chief preventative mea-
sures thereafter are suitablegrowing
rations, and proper roosting' condi-
tions. When roosts are used they
should be three to four inches wide,
with plenty of floor space so that
the growing birds will spend less time
roosting. The birds should not be
encouraged to roost too early.
Lucky Lad
Kevin Delbridge, eon of Mr. ands
Mrs. Jack Delbridge, ptiraoulouely ee-
caped injury Wednesday afternoon
when he was run Over by a tractor.
Riding 'behind the vehicle, driven by
iris father, he Wet his $rip *Theft they
streek a bump omitting up the lame of
the farm of his uncle+, 'Qhaeles Del-
bridge. Ile was dragged around by,
the rear tire which ran over his:'hipsl
arid, abdomen. — Exeter Times -Advo-
cate.:
Knocked Unconscious By Fall
Donald Petrie, teenaged son. of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Petrie, had the mis-
fortune to fall from a truck of the
Exeter canning factory Monday af-
ternoon and rendered unconscious.
from the fall. He was taken to the
office of Dr. Dunlop, who fearing in-
juries to the back and shoulder, had
the lad removed to St. Joseph's aos-
pital in London for X-rays. The X-ray
revealed that apparently there were
no injuries and the lad returned home
the same evening.—Exeter Times -Ad
vocate.
Former SchoolMaster Returns
Mr. W. A. Gregory and son, Tom,.
of North Battleford, Sask., spent a
few days visiting in Exeter. Mr. Gre-
gory is renewing old scenes and .old
acquaintances df his boyhood days.
He is a son of the late Thomas Gre-
gory, who is well remembered; by old-
timers) as one of Exeter''s earliest
schoolmasters. It is, twenty-six years,
since Mr. 'Gregory last visited Exeter
and he notes many changes. There
are only a few of the older generation_
that he remembers that he has met.
Tom was a member of the airforce
during the war and he is now visiting
Ontario for the first time. — Exeter
Times -Advocate.
Near Century Mark •
Mrs. Alice Robson, who has the dis-
tinction of being (Clinton's oldest rest
dent, Friday, celebrated her 97th birth-
day. Mrs. Robson, in spite of her ad-
vanced years, enjoys fairly good
health and takes a keen interest in -
the life of her church, Wesley -Willis.
United. Mrs. Robson makes her home.
with Mrs. T. J. Watt, Rattenbury St.
W., where the quiet birthday celebra-
tion was held. It is the wish of her
'friends that sae may be one of the
few who reach the century mark.—
Clinton News -Record.
Attended Golf Tournament
Dr. George W. Howson, John P. Mc-
Kibben, W. H. French and Ron Rae
attended the druggists' and doctors'
golf tournament at Guelph on Wed-
nesday. Each member of the foursome -
were successful in winning a prize.--
Wingham Advance -Times.
Hibbert Man Has 76th Birthday
Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
George Mitchell were: Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Edwards, Mitchell; Mrs. Al-
ton Schwerdfeger and Beverley, Ot-
tawa; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wintering -
ham and family: Logan Township, the'
occasion being the seventy-sixth birth-
day of Thomas Mitchell, Hibbert.—
Mitchell Advocate.
Staffa Man Buys Property
Gerald Agar, of Staffa, has purchas-
ed the property of Len Wahl at the
east end of town and contemplates
raising poultry. There are 21 acres of
land on the premises. He gets pos-
session October 1, althoegh he will
move earlier if the Wahls can get ac-
commodation elsewhere.—Mitchell Ad-
vocate.
Bride -To -Be Showered
Between 50• and 60 neighbors and
friends gathered at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Johnston on Tues-
day night for the purpose of honoring
their daughter, Miss Iona Johnston,.
in view of her approaching marriage
later this month. Miss Johnston was•
the recipient of a miscellaneous show-
er, which included many lovely and
useful gifts. Miss Kathleen Hosford
read a suitable address, and the pres-
entation of the gifts were made by
Misses Margaret Marshall, Mildred
Charter. Ida McGowan and Shirley
Radford. 'During the evening the•
bride-to-be was assisted( in displaying
her trousseau by Mrs. Orval McGow-
an and Miss Margaret Marshall. In-
cluded in the displaywere numerous
pieces of china and linen. Lunch was
served before the gathering disperse
ed.—Blyth Standard.
Two Accidents At Lucknow
John Hollatz, aged 68, of Waterloo,.
was admitted to the Wingham hospi-
tal in a serious condition late Tues-
day afternoon. Hollatz, an emp:oyee
of the Galt Roofing Company, was(
working on the roof of the Lucknow
Industries Limited, in Lucknow, when
the fell, striking his head. Rushed tot
hospital, he was found to be suffer-
ing from a fractured skull. Hospital
authorities report his condition as ser-
ious. Suffering severe lacerations and.
concussions to the head, David Horne,.
aged 34, pf Lucknow, was admitted to'
the Wingliatn hospital about 7.30 p.m.
Tuesday night in a serious condition..
Horne was found in the ditch one
mile south of Kinloss by Dr. W. V.
tTohnston„ and taken to the Wingham
hospital. Circumstances regarding the
accident are vague. The injured man
was found some distance from his
motor scooter which he was riding.
Hospital authorities state his condi-
tion is serlous.--Goderich Signal -Star..
Lights Turned On in Blyth Park
Floodlights in 'Blyth's Agricultural
Park were officially turned on Thurs-
day night when J. Stafford, of Toron-
to, turned the switch. The opening
night was marked with a softball
tournament in which the four leading
teams in the W.O.A.A, competed.
Tory Gregg, president of the W.O.A.A.
was master of ceremonies for the eve-
ning. The softball •tournament was
preceded by a scheduled game 'be-
tween Blyth Lions and Centralia R.C.
A.F_, the airmen winning 7-0. Batter- -
les: •Blyth, W. Taras and T. Haggltt;
RoC.A.F., F. Olson and Armstrong.
The Airmen eventually came through
and won first prize in the softball
tournament, In the first game, Wing -
ham Crossett-Mercurys, defeated Sea -
forth Bosharts, 3-0. Batteries: Wing -
ham, T. Jardine and Groves; Sea -
forth, Kennedy and O'Shea. In the
filial genre Centralia R.C.A.F. defeat- •
ed W ingha'tn 16-5. Batteries for Wing -
naafi, Finery and droves; for R.C.A.
P., N'oseworthy and Armstrong.--
trttesets Pest.
Hybrid Seed Grows Most of U.S. Corn
Corn growers in the United States
are fast realizing the adrvantage of
planting hybrid seed. This year three-
quarters of that country's corn acre-
age was planted with hybrid seed.
The 65 million acres—or 75 per cent
of the total corn crop—in hybrids
now, compares with 62 million acres
—or 72 per tent of the crop—in 1947.
Fifteen years ago, only 0.1 per cent
or 143,000 acres were in hybrids. By
1938 they were grown an 14 million
acres or 14.9 per cent of the total
acreage. In 1943, five years ago, plant-
ings passed the halfway' mark when
52.4 perms cent of the total corn acre-.
age, over 49 million acres, were sown.
with hybrids.
Combines Lack Work
The movement of Canadian com-
bines from the Prairie Provinces into
the United States to help with har-
vesting, has in the past few years
begun in the latter part of May. This
year it was postponed because of
poor crop conditions in the Southern
States a.nd an increase in the number
of American combines available.
Although recent rains in many
Southern States have improved crop
conditions considerably, production is
not likely to equal that of last year.
In North Dakota and Montana, how-
ever, excellent crops are expected,--
exceeding 1947 yields—and some Can-
adian combines may be needed early.
in August.
Avoid Wet Hen. Range ,
The wise poultryman knows how
valuable green feed is as a supple-
ment to a hen's ration. But the graz-
ing area for poultry, should be reas-
onably dry.
When laying hens are allowed to
graze in soggy yards or to drink from
stagnant pools, they lay dark yolks,
and, the eggs may even be off -Mix -Mir.
Another risk of wet grazing is that
the (birds soil their feathers and feet,
Carrying hind back tri the not. A
rnud'dy nest Can only !result in dirty;
egg ohells.
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