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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1948-08-20, Page 2R an, 1ditar. e forth Ontario, eve a r ori bon by McLean ;erlbers.of Canadian: Weedy Newspapers Association. xptien rates, $2.00 a year in oreign $2,5.0 a year; Single cants each. V., Sing rates on application. s Second Class Mail 'Kea OfficeaDepartme t, Ottawa '• WORTH,Friday, August 20th Conditions Nearly Perfect The grain harvest is over and it s ,'been gathered under conditions uat' were nearly perfect. It is true le hay weather was a little catchy, t most of it was housed in good condition, and there was a big crop. As far as the grain was concern- ed,there was, possibly, the best yield fu 'a generation. Wheat was a good lstaid and well headed out, with pup grain. Barley was equally good and oats were a bumper crop. In fact there has not been another harvest in a decade that equalled that of this year. It was not section- ally good, but good all over the coun- ty, and reports from other parts of the Province would indicate that the country generally will have an out- standing crop. It was not only the crops but the weather that was outstanding. 'Throughout the whole of harvest the weather was as near perfect as any- tme could wish. Bright warm sun- ahine without any humidity. Showers carie when they were needed and were followed by bright sun again and cooling breezes. With labor conditions as they are today, that kind of harvest weather was a boon to the farmers. Grain filled and ripened and was harvested at the expense of less sweat than has been expended by man or beast in this generation. Of course that kind of weather does not appeal to the summer resort people and the holiday makers. But the world needs foodstuffs more than anything else at the present time, and for quite some time to come, and Nature has seen that this year, at any rate, first things are coming first. There is still much harvesting to do on the farm, Leat the corn, beans and roots give equal promise to the grain, and pastures are green. What a year! What prices! But good times and prosperity have to start on the farm before they can in any way become general. • The Embargo Is Off The Government embargo on the shipment of Canadian cattle to the United States, which has been in force since early in the war, was re - Moved on Monday last, and Canadian farmers • are now free to ship their cattle across the line until the quota of 120,000 per quarter is reached. What effect the lifting of the em- bargo will have on the income of the farmer, as well as that of the con- sumer, will not become immediately known. If all our cattle are shipped to the States to obtain the higher prices ruling there, a shortage may arise here, and no doubt the price to the consuming public will be jumped. But whatever the immediate or ultimate result may be, it would not be .wise to assume that Canada will suffer a meat famine. It should be pointed out American buyers are not eompelled'to give Canadian shippers the top price for beef over there. It . expected that much of the Cana- dian beef shipped will be feeders, :;rlliic American farmers will finish their own pastures before killing. Consequently, prices are not likely to reach the top retail levels, and isuadi&n butchers who are figuring hat they can get away with too big poke jump just because the em- rgo ;has ,been lifted, are likely to in for a'• sad awakening, should also be remembered that large qUantities of beef that Can- US ,y".� raising for the. British Sk�r� Jti��L1. *�. Y• svailable to !ill tie shi..,�jhe In line- .., hequota is Bil- ges ..' p• aperr hat xrieat prices over there are aneeting,with coUS.uxl '"' erresistance. Sq reach ,so; in fact,. that there is quite a peesihil4 that the reaotiOn will radically reduee the demand for Canadian 'cattle. Producers should remember, too, that if Canadian prices are raised to an excessive figure, asimilar reac- tion will quickly manifest itself in Canada, and all the more so because. our per capita income is considerably below that of the people of the Unit- ed States. Such a move would spell disaster, consequently beef suppliers would not be wise 'to let beef prices get out of hand. Profiteering will not long be overlooked in Canada today when the highcost of living has already raised the tempers of all consumers. • It Paps To Advertise This is the leading editorial in the current issue of "The Lion," the monthly publication of the Interna- tional Lions Clubs: "Nearly eves�y Lions Club realizes the great benefits which flow from stories in the local newspaper telling of the clubs service to the public. Most clubs are on the best of terms with the editors, and get free pub- licity all the time. Some realize the advantage of display advertising, and pay for space in their papers, in addition to the acres of free adver- tising they get. "The Lions Club of Sheridan, Wyoming, is one of those far-sighted. clubs. On another page of this issue of 'The Lion' will be found a repro- duction of a page ad which the Sheri- dan Lions paid for. It is shown to indicate to other Lions Clubs what a live club can do, and how it appreci- ates the help the local newspaper gives it. "The ad lists eight activities which the Sheridan* club carried on during the last year, and the sums the club spent in these causes. They are: Bought 16,676 bottles of milk for children; established a blind man in a booth in the Post Office at a coast of $300; paid $20 for a scholarship at the High School; donated $150 to the Future Farmers of America'; paid $50 for phonograph records for the school; spent $217.50 on a play- ground; made Christmas donations of $32.42; and gave $1,000 to the Hos- pital Building Fund—a total of more than $2,620. "In addition to all these, the club spent money for the Polio Fund, the Red Cross, a Hallowe'en Party, the Friendship Train, and the High School basketball team. "This ad sets right before the eyes of every citizen of Sheridan the uses to which the Lions Club puts 'the money it raises from the people. Next year those people will be doubly willing to help the Lions put over a still better program. And the news- paper publisher knows that the Lions appreciate all the things he has done for them without charge." • A Good Combination An Englishman, at present a resi- dent of China, bought four stone Buddahs as souvenirs for a friend in Great Britain and decided to clean the little idols before he sent them homer In the process he found they contained diamonds worth nearly $750,000. Cleanliness is said to be next to godliness, but in this case we would say it was a nice combination. By Harry 3. Boyle I was• cutting weeds around the was heated *ea dual bya Matt fence bottoms when a strange iaoic- named McGuiness, He was a , on @, : it ing vehicle passed :by, It was a SharpI teok his word :far 2 ,bought• a mare from him cut down democrat wit)/.. rubor that sb.e was in $bane. Her wiadi tiro. A comfortable e lo bxin g ear was broken nond you u could hear Iter He had a gypsy away. H d YP.y seat had• been•installed ig, plage.oi! , pant a anile aw. y g the usual wooden affair, A: horse dope her, 1 bided my •time, Ile of somewhat advanced years was had a nice chestnut horse and pulling the vehicle and an old gen- I needed a mate for him. I happen- tleman, wearing a strays' hat, ►vas ed on a r Qal good match;` but a perfect devil of a horeet She was three years old and had never had the harness. She was a tricky one. She would let you put .the harness an, but the minute you started, she would buck and rare and break everything. To look at her you would think she was as quiet as could be. "I bought her and put her on pasture. I made up to her so that she would come running to me for sugar if I went out to the pasture. McGuiness came along and eyed the mare. I told him I wouldn't think of selling her. I let him coax me into getting her up, and later I put the double harness on 'her. Then I said, while she stood there as quiet as could be, 'I got to tell you, Fred. She won't drive single.' He was all eyes for that horse. I said, 'I think I'll keep her: He just reached in his pocket and pull- ed out a hundred dollars and hand- ed it to me. Then he hopped into the buggy and pulled on the lines, and then it started. She bucked and reared and wrecked, every- thing. What I didn't tell him was that she wouldn't drive double nor single. Well, so long." I could still hear him chuckling as the rubber tired contraption rumbled over the creek bridge and rights be telling you this, but I disappeared around the bend. driving. When I paused in the laborious task of eradicating • wild carrot and a host of other pests, the old gen- tleman called "Whoa!" to his; horse, waved his hand be a 'friend- ly greeting, and said, "Got a horse to trade?" I laughted and said, "No, 1'm afraid net." That seemed to retrieve the old gentleman, and while I leaned on the scythe he pulled out a plug of tobacco and cut some from it, then carefully rubbed it in his hand and put it in the pipe. He made a rite nal of the whole thing, finally light- ing it, and when the :smoke was whirling up he said, "1 knew your father pretty well. I'm Horse Dan MacOallum." Then it all came back to me. This was one of the most famous horse traders in the county. The stories about him were legion and it was said by the older folks that he could outsmart a gypsy any day of the week Now, he jest rambled around the roads making an occa- sional trade, but actually being re- tired from the strain of his work. I asked him what he considered to be the best trick he had -ever pulled. He squinted and laughed and then, using the .pipe to illus- trate he said: "I shouldn't by WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Bachelor Era Ends (Niagara Falls Review) One change for the better at Ottawa is that at last we will have a Prime Minister who is mar- ried, for the new Liberal leader has a charming helpmate. That means a great deal and will fill something which was lacking during the regimes of Prime Ministers 'King and Bennett. • X gpwa, Antares tins ixees moles .From The Huron Expositor of Twee-. t'4l ve and Fifty Years Apsr., Fran The Huron Expositor - August 24, 1923 • Jelin McCllnc eY> of Blyth, , ) ad his barn struck bye lightning and cleatroWedd Pa Saturday when an electrical storm struck. that vielit-, ity. A' number of the ladies of. the. Altar Society of Dublin Catlxolic Church met at the home of Father McArdle on the eve of his depar- ture for Windsor and presented hint. with $ handsome ivory desk set. Mrs. Maye made the presen- tation, and Mrs. William Jordan reading the address. On Wednesday evening the lad- ies of the Catholic Women's League of St. Columban Church presented Father White' with a case of silver and an address. Mr. Peter Maloney, Beeclpwood, has 'returned home from Detroit and is now in Seaforth Memorial Hospital, having his tonsils and appendix removed. Bay:fleld's splendid new post ,of- fice was formally opened on 'Fri- days evening by Dr. N. Wood. One afternoon' recently Miss Irene Douglas, of Hensall, who so successfully taught for several years in what is known as S.S. No. 1, Tuckersmith, was quite taken by surprise in her home by the en- trance scholars of her school, and was presented with a handsome gift and a fine address. Mr. Robert Bell, of • the Bell En- gine Co., left Saturday on a busi- ness trip to the West. Mrs James McKay has sold her residence in Egreondville to Mr. Arthur 'Routledge, of town. Miss Mary Modeland and Miss Clara Pinkney are attending the millinery openings in Toronto. Mr. E. C. McClelland„ of Fort Francis, spent the week -end at the home of Col. and Mrs. R. S. Hays. He has been appointed manager of the Dupont St. branch of the Dom- inion Bank, Toronto. Mr. Thomas A. Smith, of 'the Dominion Bank staff, Kitchener, is spending his holidays with his father here. Miss May McGeoch is spending her holidays at Port Sydney, Mus- koka. Miss Marion Scarlett, of Win- throp, is visiting in Brockville for two weeks. ' Mr. Hugh Sproat, of Detroit, is convalescing after a serious opera- tion at the home of his parents, Beef -- Too Costly (Vancouver Provinee) Good beef, the mainstay of dinner -time, is get. ling out of our class. It is up there with caviar, and, if Mr. Gardiner goes his way, it soon will be on a par with larks' tongues. No doubt the Minister of Agriculture would like to help out prairie cattlemen and must cansider Canada's need for more Amerieasn dollars. But where oh where do the Canadian consum- ers get off? Feeding grove -lag yoittrg "Canadians with beef they can word to eat le d c•onsideraw tun that satinet be 3'' nor'dd either. It is nilore i g y I•tit rtant fir dollar baI neeel aiid eitttletnen. s • Just A Smile Or Two • The two women were in the hab- it of making a great surface dis- play of affection which had a bit of cattishness on both sides, First: "My dear, I don't like fo tell you this, but you should know I saw your husband out with an- other woman last night." Second: "That's nice of you. But as a matter of fact,, your hus- band and I saw them." • A grizzled old banker ina rural town was being interview on his succedsful career. "How did you get started in the' banking business?" he was asked. "'Twas simple," he replied. "I put, up a sign saying 'Bank' A feller came in and gave me $100. Another came by with $200:' "And, sir, by that time my con - deuce had reach such a point that I put in $50 of my own money." The men were dining in a group in an army camp, discussing any subject that• arose to pass the time. One of the subjects was reincar- nation, and one of the men was a firm believer and was giving his views to the corporal, one of the most disliked men in the camp. "Yes," he insisted, ."when we die we always return as something or someone else:' "Rubbish!" snapped al. "Do you mean ,to I died I might come worm?" "Not a hope!" put men, seizing an "You're never the twice!" the corpor- say that if back as a • Blinding New Residence I Township, and Lloyd Titrvey c weI The COMMA foweelAi ort fee 'lei. tiny and laud, Kerrie Bt,, to . o1. • Leroy Thiel's• new heine K, about Shannon, M•arris 7 o•Vvn hit?. -i 1Ytit completed and is now ready for Standard. the carpenters to begin their -worlrj Effected Masonic D.D.G,M, and when finished should make a i Mr. Walter Vanwyeit„ Qf Wing" - Bus taderuhome. The other ham Lodge Na 2r , : �.$�. . houses that are under construction. was elected Aistrlct Tiep ty irand.. are: progressing geite favprebly, al- Master of Worth' Huron District at though sometimes there hi a delay the Masonic. Grand' Lodge head re for spine inaterials, but on the Gently is Toronto.: --Blyth Stand - whole „the satpplies have come along in one of the opportunity. same thing • Huron Federation Of • AgricultureFarmNews Why Moles Burrow Moles burrow in the ground to get food. Their food consists of earth worms, white grubs, cut- worms, crickets, beetles, spiders, centipedes, millepedes, insect eggs and such like animal diet. Moles do not care for vegetation. Autop- sies on moles have shown that on- ly traces of vegetative matter are included in their diet. How To Salvage Old Paint Brushes When a farmer starts' to do a painting job around the farm, as often as not he discovers that the old paint brush has developed' a decided kink with hard turned -up bristles and is unworkable. To salvage stiff old brushes, soaking overnight, preferably in turpentine, is a well known , pre- liminary. Gasoline is, also effec- tive. After the old paint has been softened., it should be scraped off with a blunt knife or combed out with a steel comb or brush. If the first soaking fails to remove tixe paint, the process can be repeat- ed. Shellac brushes should be cleaned with alcohol, and white- wash and calcimine brushes with water. After most of the accumulation has been removed, the brush should be scrubbed in warm water with a mild laundry soap—never with a strong soap. The excess water should be shaken out and the brush left to dry. The bristles should be straightened out with a scrub brush or comb before com- pletely dry, after which the brush should be wrapped—not too tight- ly—in heavy paper or cardboard to keep the bristles straight. If the brush is dipped in paint before be- ing fully dried, the moisture will make the brush soft and listless. When a brush is being used ev- ery day, it should be filled with paint, and wrapped overnight in several thicknesses of paper, or suspended in a can of water. If used intermittently, it may be sus- pended in raw linseed oil or kero- sene. If stored in turpentine, the brush is likely to become hard. It should never be allowed to rest on the ends of the bristles for any length of time, because it will be- come warped and the flew of paint will be uneven. With a hate at the end of the handle, a brush may he suspended in the paint from a rod or stick across the edges of the can so that the bristles do not touch the bottom. When put away for a period of time, the brush should be cleaned, thoroughly dried, and stored with the bristles straight. Chlordane is the most effective ehethical yet tested by the Domin- ia>,i Department of Agriculture against cockroaches and ants. Etport Cattle "47 worth $15 Mine Illitports of live cattle from Can- ada to all 8tiil':atioi' s, in 100 to- eaklettnefett an. Page 7) Fowler', . V. 3, Marthbly quite good. Miss Inez Yungblut is progressing very' well with the re- modelling of her home and will have a very modern and conveni- ent home when completed.—Zurich Herald. Grading Blue Water Highway The Ontario Highways Depart- ment has awarded, a contract to the Carter Construction Go. for grading and putting in new cul- verts on the Blue Water Highway for five miles south of Goderich. The work has already eomznenced.. Mr. Thomas Pryde•, M.P,P., who was in town Thursday, said he, would endeavor to have repairs made to the remainder of the road south to Bayfield.—Goderich Sig- nal -Star. Another Matieson Boat A fishing boat built at Mathie- son's welding plant was shipped to Ravelle and Zimmer, Grand Bend, on Monday .It was taken on a large trasport truck. Work has commenced on another one to be delivered to the Purdy Fish Coe, Sarnia. Earlier this year two boats were built for delivery at Port Arthur. — Goderich Signal Star. Garage Changes Hands Mr. Chester Morrison has sold his garage business to Messrs. Jas. Armstrong and Ben Walsh. The new owners took possession on August 9. Armstrong and Walsh are well known to the people of this district. Both have had many years' experience in mechanical garage work. Prior to going into business for themselves they had worked for Mr. George .Radford and in Doherty Bros' garage and Stuart Johnston's garage. Mr. Mor- rison has operated the garage very successfully for many years, and his retirement will be regretted by many friends.—Blyth Standard. Real Estate Changes 'The following properties have been sold through the Elliott Real Estate Agency within the past cou- ple of weeks: Herbert Dexter property, Hamilton St., to\ John Clark, of Brussels; John A. Cowan dwelling and two lots, Wellingston tailed 83.233 head, says the "An- nual Review" of the Live Stock Market and Meat Trade, issued by the Marketing Service of the Do- minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 4f the total, 29,897 were pure- bred. Of these 28,248 went to the this biuld'ing is completed it will United States, 310 to the United be an ornament to the village. Kingdom, 797 to China and the re- Mr. Harold Clarkson, second son mainder were shared by about 20 of Mr, Charles Clarkson, left on other countries, .mostly in South America and the Caribbean area. Although beef cattle and calf ex- ports to the United States were Attacked By Bult, Telford Co*, Belgrave-d)stt'ict farmer, narrowly escaped ,death. early on Monday when: he was. knocked to the .ground' by an infuri-• a 'ted bull at ,his farm, Mr. Gook. was moundingup the cows near the bush prior to taking, when 'the: bull, which was wilth the cattle, bolted, knocking him to the ground., Twice the enraged animal hurled. him to the earth as he hung on.. grimly to the ring in the hull's, nose. Finally he managed to crawl. over a fence and up into a tree. Two neighbors, 'Thomas Thompson and Louis Cook, were summoned by the man's wife and came to his. rescue. He was rushed to Wing -- ham General Hospital and was found to be suffering from severe- bruises and shock. Dr. W. A. Mc-- Kibbon attended the injured man-. —Wingham Advance -Times - Mr. and Mrs. John Sproat, Victoria St., to Samuel Burgess, of Morris Street. Mrs, Daliing, of Culver City, Cal., is a guest at the home of Mr,' J. C. Thompson. The following have received cer- tificates for teaching of art at the Toronto University summer school: Verna Adams, Clara E. McKinley, Grace J. Scarlett, W. T. Laing. F. R.. Archibald,- and.. Jas. R. Edmunds.. Mr. Wallace Parke spent the week -end with Toronto friends. • From The Huron Expositor August 19, 1898 Won Laidlaw Scholarship Miss Delores Hamilton, of Blue-• vale, was awarded the Laidlaw Fur Farm Scholarship, for receiving' the highest marks of the pupils who wz'ote their entrance exams at Wingham centre. — Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Fractures Bone in Ankle P. W. Ahrens, Logan, was in town on crutches on Tuesday, having fractured a bone just above .his left ankle. He was in the act of carrying a bag of feed from the' top of the barn when the second bottom step gave way,, throwing his foot forward. The ankle was so badly swollen that he could not have it set at Stratford Hospital until Tuesday.—Mitchell Advocate_ Appointed Organist At Petrolia Joy McNaughton, talented young: daughter of Mr. and 'Mrs. William. McNaughton, Willow Grove, recent- ly completed a summer course in; rural school music at Toronto and after spending a few days with her parents, went to Petrolla where she has been appointed organist of Christ AnglicanChurch. The good wishes of her many friends here go with her for success in her` chosen profession.—Mitchell Aden; tate. End of the King Era (By Frank H. Underhill, Canadian Forum) , Political historians of the future forts of British imperialists to con- tent refer --to. .the- last-twanty-£iv®. a_ Briticis m _ire holding, years as the King era, just as we company with a s ngle -foreign pe- now speak of the Macdonald and icy directed from London. Mr. Laurier eras. And as time goes on, King's long period of office has they will point more and more to given him the opportunity of lead - features in the statesmanship of ing us to the, goal toward whiclr Mr. King that resemble the states- Laurier's policy pointed, of an in- dependent 'Canada within a British Commonwealth which is no longer an exclusive association, which has y s for making mili- tary or economic policy, and which' tends more,nd•-.•. re..._ •.••. no central organs more to merge it- self into the larger more compre- hensive Atlantic Community that is developing under our eyes. Mr. King has always been aware that no form of international organiza- tion could meet Canada's needs in Miss Simpson, of New Hamburg, mauship of the two earlier national will be the new teacher at Wal- leaders. The essential task of Can- ton. adian statesmanship is to discover Mr. Andrew Foote, of the post the terms on which as many as office store, Varna, left Tuesday possible of the significant interest - for Carberry, Man. groups of our' countir can• be in= The brickwork on the new Rom- duced to work nogether in a com- an Catholic Church Parsonage in mon policy. Il is to make them Drysdale, is now •finished. When conscious of what they have in common rather than of what div- ides them. No one can deny, now that he is retiring, that Mr. King has been the only political leader which the United States is not a of the last generation who has un- full partner. In peace and in war derstood in its full implications the he has remained firm in this un - nature of this, the fundamental re- derstanding of the 'realities of our sponsibility of Canadian leader-: situation. And now today this At - ship. So he will go down in., our'lantic Community under American history in the select company of leadership provides the solution for Macdonald and Laurier, while his i the difficulties of both the older contemporaries and rivals fall back British Commonwealth and the into the comparative obscurity of newer West European Union. sectionalists and particularists. Canada has been able to play a In the long run of history it will significant part in these recent de -- not matter much that he never velopments because during the won the passionate personal devo- King era we have been gradually tion of his followers and associa baling his large stock of staves equipped with a well -staffed De - this week and will immediately 1 tes, as Macdonald and Laurier did partment of External Affairs. We commence the manufacture of ap- of theirs. Whatever tbey may have ca now participate in the hard said of him individually, when they a pie barrels in Mr. Hugh McCort- day,to-day practice of international tried to give articulate expression nay's cheese factory. to their feelings, the majority of diplomacy„ Before we hada dip - On Friday last John, eldest son lomatic service of our own, most the y resp n people have iingl - of Mr. Frederick Hunkin, Usborne, of the talk of the Laurier and lively recpgnized that Mr. King is the leader wbo divides us least, and they have voted accordingly. This seems to be the furthest point of growth that the Canadian national spirit was capable of reaching in our day. At such a phase in its history nationalism is not a very exhilarating phenomen- on. Canadians who demand more stirring emotions in their politics Provide the policy and, the func have attached themselves to other tion of Canada to provide the isms. But sauce a united nation of Transport planes; and there are some sort is the necessary frame- still a few colonial Canadians who work within which all these other agree with them. 'But these are isms must be realized, we have all mere vestigial survivals, of us, however qualified our en- Also it should b remarked -that thusiasm, acquiesced more or less the usefulness of Mr, King's clear - willingly in the fact that Mr. King cut conception of the nature of the for twenty years should be at the British •Commonwealth has been head of His Majesty's Government. weakened in recent years by bis His statesmanship has been a more going soft over the Monarchy, at subtly, accurate, a more flexibly the very time when the Common - adjustable Gallup poll of Canadian wealth is expanding to include public opinion than• statisticians members such as India and Pakis- will ever be able to devise. He has tan for whom the Monarchy wilt been the representative Canadian, never mean what it means to us the typical Canadian, the essential sentimental Canadians. Canadian, the ideal Canadian, the . However his essential achieve - Canadian as he exists in the mind went remains.. He has led us ir- of God, revocably past the stage at which Two specific achievements will it was possible to think of Canada always be associated with. 'Mr. as a junior partner in some Britan- King's name. He brought us out nic firm. And he has assisted us of Dominion Status, the half -way to some of his own understanding house in which Laurier and Board- that neither Canada nor Britain' en had left us; and we face the can get along in the twentieth - 1950's as an independent nation, century world except in close eo- making our own policy, prepared operation with the United' States. to undertake the responsibilities of His •su'ceessors will still have an adult people in world politics. plenty to do in emancipating us - He carried us tlirou.gh the strain from our inherited antiAmerican• et a second world war without pre- ,phobias. One of Mr. King's inci- eipitating an irreconcilable split dental success is that he bas between French and 'English Cana- brought us through a couple or diens; he avoided the kind of leis., decades without an oiitbrealc of takde whish, repeated• la the •the fever of 1891 and 1911. If we 1940's, would 'have had more fetal can get throw# another twenty the, the i , eotus'equenees a y had, n de thirty year's vc+itHout soiree ?in- till paseeelled - atriats Whining a lace-• 'earlier e ; p l;.a'tiripi defeated the f i (�l;ontiiattod on Page G) Tuesday for Fort McLeod, Alta., where he has secured the position of principal of the public .school. Mr. Charles Wright, of McKillop, restricted throughout the year, left on Monday last to visit his cattle for dairy purposes continued brother, James, in Michigan. He to cross the border to the number went by Sarnia, and intends driv- of 45,800 head. ' Ontario, Quebec ing all the way. and the Maritimes provided the Miss Teresa Axt wheeled from majority of dairy cattle for export, Zurich on Saturday and spent Sun - Exports of cattle for slaughter to day with her aaunt, Miss Lizzie other countries include some 5,300 Dietz in Seaforth. to Newfoundland and about 860 to Mr. William Ament will finish St. Pierre, out of a total of some 6,250 head exported. The value of all cattle exported reached close to $15 million com- pared with about $18 million in 1946. Preparing Cattle for the Show Ring met with an accident. He was as - With the approach of fall fairs listing in unloading grain with a requests are always received by the Animal Husbandry Division of the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for pointers on fittingg ani- mals for exhibition. Preparing dairy animals for the show ring, or even for the auctioneer's plat- form„ needs care and extra work, but the additional effort will be well repaid in competitive showing or in more profitable sales. The best way to get good results is to follow the procedure adopted 'by good showmen, says V. S. Log- an, of the Animal Husbandry Divi- sion. Selection of the animals to be exhibited is usually made well in advance of showing time. In- deed, the cows to be shown in the milking and dry classes will be bred to freshen or approach fresh - swing, and while swinging a fork- ful around he was struck and knosked down, falling across the tongue of a wagon. Besides break- ing three ribs, he was otherwise injured. Mr. Alex Stewart, of Cromarty, met with a painful and dangerous accident one day last week. He was hauling in grain and in some manner a horse kicked the fork he was using and it struck Mr. Stewart on the neck and breast. He was taken to Dr. Tufford's of- ,fice and made comfortable. Mr. W. L. McLaren, of Cromar- ty, has rented his farm to Mr. Jas. Rivers. Miss Edith Bonthron, Hensall, has returned from Grand Bend where she spent a pleasant holi- ening at the most suitable time to day. compete in their respective class- es. During the- preparation for shows or sales, the feeding is reg- ulated to produce medium or slightly better than medium flesh- ing, a sleek hair coat and mellow skin.. The controlled feeding of young stock is even more import- ant than that of mature animals. Training the animals to lead on a halter itt an early age is most important in the preparation for exihibbition, for in close competi- tie t an animal that leads and standswell will attract the atfen- tien of the judge to her good quali- ties. All show stock should be blank- eted-with lanketed`with a light to snediura weight blanket from two to three weeka before exhibiting. Frequent anal thorough brushing will improve the conditions of the hair coat, It is coleiMett ptaetiee be clip the tails Mr. John Finlayson, of Hensall, is having a neat dwelling erected in the village. Below is a list of First and Sec- ond' Form examination results at Seaforth Collegiate: Form I-11. E. Abell, E. M. Abell, S. R. Aetzel, I. A. Arnold, M. Brownell, J. G. Crich, T. J. Cummings, J, T. S. Dickson, C. Dopp, M. E. Elliott, E. C. Evans, J. Govenlock, G. J. Ham- ilton, M. L. Lawrence, G. MeDon- aid, A. J. b. McMann„ M. McMil- lan, M' Murphy, E. M. Pickard, C. Prendergast (Han,), R., B. Bond, D. Campbell, Bert Van Eginond. Form 11—R. L. Elliott, T. M. Latt- er (Hon.), W. A. Pickard, R. An- derson, M. Heattie, A. Brownell, G. A. Gray, A. Jackson, B. McDonald, H. Wilson,'E,. Wright, L, J, Blatch- ford, Ii. J', Eberhart, W. Gillespie, J, CloVenloek, 3'. J, Kinney, 3. Me- Gavin, Ryan, $, Scott, .. 1 . Waugh, IX 'Wren, E. S. Welsh, t Borden days about our equality of status with Britain was largely in the nature of rhetorical flourish. We have not solved all our prac- tical problems by any means. Evi- dently there are elements in the British Foreign Office who still la- bor under the delusion that it is the function of Downing Street to