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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1949-09-02, Page 2HURON tl; eLean,,`d' . th Ontario, i�shed at �leaf�r, ev- ursday afternoon by McLean Xefclber of Canadian ,YNe Clews:p a .err ...�,klyy- P•. Association. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies; 5 cents each. Advertising rates on opplication. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, September 2 The, Rain Was Needed The rain which fell over the week- end will be worth many thousands of dollars to district farmers. It was just the kind of a rain that they like —a quiet but steady downpour that penetrated into the ground. The kind of rain that does the most good. The prolonged dry spell *had re- sulted in badly damaged pastures to such an extent in some cases that it was necessary to feed hay in the fields. - Not only were pastures suffering, but wells in many instances were dry, and creeks and rivers were at a record low. While the rain which fell will assist in relieving the situation it will, by- no means, eliminate it. Additional moisture is needed in many areas. • A Good Summer It will only be a few more days until the end of summer is at hand. Once Labor Day has come and gone and schools again get under way, summer to all practical purposes is over, regardless of What the calen- dars say. It has been a good summer. We -,complained about the heat at times, but even though it was pretty hot some days, it generally cooled dur- ing the night. There were occasions when we needed rain and before its absence `Caused serious damage we ° had a good shower. Crops on the whole were good. While June frosts and army worms irt some cases lessened the hoped for yield, the average return was exceI- lent. Hay was light for the first cut, but was good for the second cut. And what really counts, the farmer's net return for his summer's work is bet- ter than average. Yes, it has been a pretty good summer. • Lower Interest on Municipal Debentures A proposed establishment of a Crown corporation with power to borrow up to $50,000,000, and in turn to lend it to Ontario municipalities for sewage and waterworks installa- tions, which was announcel by Pre- mier Frost in London on Monday, recognizes a problem facing many smaller municipalities, but hardly gets to the root of it. While it is true that certain mun- icipalities taking advantage of the new corporation may find some sav- ings in interest, the fact remains that the real estate within those municipalities must continue to bear the entire cost of such capital out- lay, as were suggested by the Pre- mier. It is doubtful the extent to which real estate can continue to carry the load. The proposal, rightly enough, pro- vides that only those municipalities who are in a financial position satis- factory to the Ontario Municipal 13oard, may participate. But this' qualification in itself indicates that the relief will be based not on need, but on the financial standing of a municipality.. What will be the posi- tion of a municipality which; in the eyes of the Municipal Board, cannot afford, let us say, a sewage system when the Department of Health says such a system is necessary to the health of its citizens? It makes little difference 'What the rate of interest is on debentures which municipali- tiesare not permitted to issue. Commenting on this aspect of the situation, the Toronto Star recalls that "in 1045 "the Dominion Govern- rit acted ''to the provinces and their. municipalities a Measure federal assrstanoe for their p,uhlic works which was not a matter site l►ly of favorable interest rates, but 'Y an ,actuarant of money • to he, ex- tent of one-fifth of the cost. In that case,. too, only approved works were to be eligible, and they had, in addi- tion, to be planned in advance and thenpP ost ;fined to a period of slack or slackening employment. That of- fer was part of the larger scheme which came to nought because the Dominion -Provincial conference fail- ed of : agreement." , • Shepherds and Crooks Encouragement is being given in parts of Scotland to a revival of the old crafts, and these centres will help towards producing truly Scottish articles. One of the most ancient hobbies in the world, that of making shepherds' crooks, has never died, and herders in the heart of the High- lands are still expert at turning out attractive as well as useful crooks. In the dark evenings of winter, shep- herds spend hours shaping, sand- papering and paring specially select- ed horns' of rams to fit to suitable sticks. It is not easy to find trees or saplings that will make good staffs, and sometimes long walks across the moors and hills are made to some glen where it is known there are like- ly sticks. Most of the craftsmen pre- fer to have their own crooks with a natural bend for the handle, and they will go to the extent of twisting a young sapling into the desired shape and fixing it so that it grows thus, if a natural hook cannot be found. The length of a crook may be var- ied to suit personal taste and use, but five feet is a common size, for it has been found that that gives the shep- herd a convenient reach when he wishes to catch some particular sheep or Iamb at lambing time. Once lamb- ing is over, some men put aside the long crook and use a Shorter version, or a cane. For a specially good crook, perhaps with designs cut on the han- dle, a shepherd can receive up to £5 ($20), and such sticks are even ex- ported, though it is much more com- mon to see horn -handled canes "made in Scotland," overseas.. • WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: ZOOMING POPULATION (Winnipeg Free Press) With the entry of Newfoundland into Confederation and the well - sustained rate of immigration and natural increase in the Dominion as a whole, Canada's population has skyrockted in the past year. When the Dominion Bureau of Statistics comes out with its 1949 mid -year population estimate in a few weeks, it is generally expected that the total will be in the neigh- borhood of 13.5 millions. This is an increase of more thali, 600,000 from the 1948 figure. New- foundland's population accounts for slightly more than half of this busi- ness. A statistical picture of the new and greater. Canada that has emerged as a result of Newfoundland's entry, has been drawn by the Financial Post and it has several noteworthy aspects. The new province, for in- stance, will add about 4 per cent to Canada's area, 1 per cent to our na- tional income and about $70 millions to our -national debt. The addition of Newfoundland's 3,000 old age pen- sioners to the number in the other nine provinces will bring the Domin- ion total to 251,000. There are slightly more than twice as many Protestants as Roman Cath- olics in Newfoundland. Including the Newfoundland figures with those of the other nine provinces, the totals for the Dominion are: Protestant, 5.9 millions; Roman Catholics, 5.1 millions. The net increase in Canada's for- eign trade will amount to about $60 millions annually. As. a result of the removal of tar- iffs, producers and manufacturers in the rest of Canada will be able to increase their exports to Newfound- land substantially, The Post esti- mates that the value of the New- foundland market under the terms of union should be about $100 mil- lions a year. a r rr, g There's a 0;io, :feQ 3fg to the country about 'this, tiJ ie of year• '1 Sensed it this, n►,oxtiing when I woke • at daylight and heard the Johnson's 'Calling their cows. They've finished their harvest and aredoing some road•.,. work. This. is a fill-in between' the harvest and the fall work, and le really in- tended to give thele dome cash because they just started last year. Anybody who, has ever farmed will tell you how scarce cash can be during the first •two years, We're through harvesting here. Most of the grain was threshed In the field. There's still buckwheat to be harvested, but it will come in time. At the house we're in the middle of the pickles. The tomatoes are ripening and the cu- cumbers seem to form faster than they can be plucked from the vines. Mrs. Higgins brought over a bushel of pears yesterday. That's why we had to go into town last night for the sugar. I had a wonderfully relaxed feel ing as I lay in bed on this fine August morning and listened to the, sounds of the world coming to life. The early morning freight screeched ik,s it came up over the grade and then coasted into the village. The Higgins dog barked and our pup picked up the refrain, and another dog, away across the river, started barking as well, giv- ing a strange and unreal echo to the other sounds. The birds were chirruping with that strange and almost metallic sound that they have in the minutes before dawn. I heard a bed spring in the next room give a screeching whinge as a sleeper partially roused and then without being aware of it, relaxed and slumbered on. A cow bawled By qatry 44, Boy a,'', in a lonesome way and; down the road at the Leslie farm a rooster crCOINcl 'to, the AFst tF ii ger of, sum in the sky: There' was a faint chil- liness in 4tl1e,•a�h , that made the bed se'eri ` even i r•1s' comfortable than lien i;l, cud, X.aeroupged df w,a,, in its cue] ioned warDeth; loathe to!' mak the break ,Mor the activities of another day on the farm, Down in the kitchen the • tele- phone rang. There were three strident rings. That was the call, for the Simpsons. Everybody in the community has been, waiting for old Mrs. Henderson to die. Maybe this call marked the death of Mrs. Henderson's another. For once, my curiosity wan not as great as the solid ,comfort of stol- en minutes in a warm bed on a cool August morning. The bull started to bawl. He bawls on general principles. I think he stays awake so that he can bawl in the morning and be ahead of the cows, just to prove some fantastic concept of mascu- line superiority, A truck changed gears on the hill pust past the church and then ground solemnly along the concession road. The sun started gently filtering into the room. The first fingers of real sunlight streaked the sky and one of them reflected from the mirror of the dresser back on the quilt. I lazily stretched' my hand out as if wanting to catcha bit of the morning gold. The Higgins' tractor belched into noisy activ- ity. A car coughed as it flitted by the front gate. I swung out of bed, the feel of the cold floor on my bare feet act- ing as the general signal that an- other day had started on the farm. Just A Smile Or Two "Are your father and mother in?" a caller •asked of the small boy who opened the door. "They was in," said the child, "but now they is out." "They was in! They is out! Where's your grammar?" "She's went upstairs to lay down," replied the boy. • Examining the stairway, Mrs. Warren complained to her house- maid: "Mary, these banisters al- ways seem dusty. I was at Mrs. Acker's today, and I noticed that theirs are as bright and smooth as glass." "I don't wonder, ma'am," Mary replied. ' "What do you mean?'' Mrs. Warren demanded. "Don't you know, ma'am?" Mary rejoined, "she has three smal boys!" • 'T11 tell you how to fix your own hamburgers when the wife's away," said Jones, enthusiasti- cally. "Have you got a skillet?" "Nope," Sighed, Brown, "all we have is a frying pan." • A candidate for election address- ing his constituency was surprised by a voice which, • calling from the back of the hall, said: "Well, I don't care what you say. I wouldn't vote for you if you were the Angel GabrieL" Quick as lightning came the re- ply: "If I were the Angel Gabriel you wouldn't be in my constitu- ency" Huron - Federation of Agriculture Farm News Grain, Mash Tests For Poultry Dry mash and whole grain form the basis of standard rations for laying poultry during both summer and winter. The plan `usually followed is to supply a well- balanced mash in a self -feeder and allow the birds access to this feed continuously. Too generous feed- ing of whole grain is commonly considered dangerous from the standpoint of causing laying stock to become overly fat and conse- quently increasing the death nate. Supplying approximately fifty per cent by weight of the ration in the form of dry mash, and fifty per cent by weight in the form of whole grain, has been considered good feeding practice. ' A series of five feeding testa using a total of almost two thou- sand pullets was undertaken at the Dominion Experimental Farm, Brandon, Man., says R. M. Hopper, the Superintendent, to determine the effect, if any, upon laying pullets, 'of increasing the propor- tion of whole grain fed in the ra- tion. The dry mash used in the tests was made, up .of ground home grown grains, together with the essential protein, mineral and vita- min supplements. The whole grain mixture was made up of wheat, oats, and barley in the proportions respectively of two, one, one. Each of the five tests was continued for a period of eleven months. The percentages by weight of whole grain used in the three test ra- tions were sixty, seventy and eighty. With each of the rations, dry mash made up the balance. In the first four tests, the amount of meat meal included in the mash was increased for the pens of birds fed rations that included sijventy or eighty per cent of whole grain, This was done to ensure the intake of protein being approximately equal for the birds consuming the differen rations. All pens received buttermilk for drink. The performance of the birds con- suming different proportions of mash and whole grain in these four tests,, as measured by the number of eggs laid, mortality rate, pounds of feed consumed per pound of eggs laid, and the effect upon body weight of the birds, showed only small differences. In the fifth test the rations supplied were the same as those, in the first four, excepting that no buttermilk was suppliedd and the amount of meat meal in the mash was not increased for the birds consuming the larger proportions of whole grain. In this test, the i3rotein intake of the different groups of test birds was not equal- ized. The results of this test showed there was no difference in mortality rate caused by the two rations, and that there was appreciable effect upon egg tiro- Hg'who Is cheerful is wealthy; Need never tourney alone. Hearts -that are happy are healthy; Better a grin than a groat*. • MINT OF NATIONAL NIALTM AND •ILEAII duction nor the other factors of economic importance in poultry keeping. The results of this series of feed- ing tests indicate that rations that include the essential ingredients to maintain the health of the flock and support high egg production may be satisfactorily supplied in varying proportions of whole grains and mash. Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- tyflve and Fifty Years Ago. Banker Goes ti`s WW1 Mr, J. G •. McDougall, who has been the accountant with the Bank oa Commerce here fox nine Years, With ooeaa,onai periods ae relief • manager at other points, Is being trgnsferred to the branch at Blyth as malinger. Hls Successor here, has not been named. = .Goderich Signal -Star. Injured in Tractor Fall Bruce Walker, son of Mr. and L.,r$. Norman Walker,. Brucelield, is in: Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea - forth, with serious injuries suffer- ed when lie fell off a tractor. His shoulder hone and (five ribs were fractured, and one of the ribs punctured his lung. ----Clinton News - Record. Injured in Fall At Threshing -Jack McEwan, Clifford, was ad- mitted to Bruce County Hospital, suffering from a fractured thigh and right wrist, sustained in threshing operations at the Wm. Seip farm, Minto Township, Mr, McEwan was injured when he fell from the top of the threshing ma- chine to the barn floor. He was operating the straw blower at the time of the accident.-,Wingham Advance -Times. Observes 90th Birthday Congratulations to Mrs, E. J. Miners who, on Wednesday cele- brated her 90th birthday. Mrs. Min- ers is at.. present esiding with Mrs. 'Sutton, She iss remarkably smart for her years and has al- ways maintained an active interest in the James St. Church and Sun- day School and in the W.C.T.U. Members of James St. showered her with' cards of congratulations. —Exeter Times -Advocate. From The Huron Expositor August 29, 1924 • Mr. Fred Bennett, of Winthrop, who operates a ditching machine, has engaged My. George Eaton, and they are busy ditching for farmers in and around the village. Mr. J. Decker, Jr„ of Zurich, has taken nine of 'his blood horses to Toronto Exhibition and should car- ry off the majority of awards in his class, as he has some very fine specimens of horse flesh. Dawson Reid and John 'Stewart left on Friday for Kirkland Lake, Where they will spend several months. Mr. J. E. Keating has moved in- to the cottage on Goderich St. West which he recently purchased from Mrs. Arch. Scott. Miss Grace Scarlett, who has been successful in securing her art supervisor's certificate recently in Toronto, has taken a position on the Hensall "'Continuation School staff. Fire was discovered in the mill of the Canada Flax Co. about 4 p.m. Wednesday and almost before an alarm could be turned in, the whole interior was a mass of flames. Four years ago the 'mill was burned and was rebuilt and equieped with new and modern machinery. It will be a heavy loss, not only to the company, but to the . town, as it gave employment to a large number of men.. While Owen Flynn and his wife of Hullett, and Miss Ella Evans, of Beechwood, were driving went on the Huron, Road on Friday, they were injured and their buggy de- molished by an auto going east, driven by two Stratford men. The. horse escaped injury when the car struck the front wheel and threw the buggy by the fence. Dr. Tray- nor was quickly on the scene and the injured taken to the home of Mr. Louis Dorsey. Mrs. Flynn was later taken to Stratford Hospital w'-Ien it was found two upper ribs were broken at the spine. A marshmallow roast under the auspices of "The King's Daughters" of Constance Church was held on the banks of the spring at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Jas, Sim- mons, Lanterns and a . huge bon- fire chased away the shadows and gave the place au inviting appear- ance. About 40 young people were present. Beef Versus Dairy Mechanization It costs a dairy farmer in East- ern Canada more to mechanize his farm of 150 acres than it costs a beef farmer in Eastern Canada to mechanize his farm of 150 acres, yet, on a percentage basis, it is possible that the beef farmer will make more money in the process. There is ho "money -back guar- antee' to go with that statement And many dairy farmers may be able to prove the opposite. It simply summarizes the conclusions which may be drawn from a recent study made by the Agricultural Engineering Division of the Experi- mental Farms Service, Dominion I)epartment of Agriculture. Two make-believe farms — one dairy, one beef •--' were studied by the division. The power and equipment needs of each were examined and a figure struck to estimate ' the cost of adequate mechanization for each. The dairy farm estimate came to $5,845, the beef farm figure was $4,460. The difference, $1,385, represent- ed the cost of a row cultivator, corn binder, ensilage cutter and milking machine. Basic require- ments to both farms were:• •horses, harness, tractor, wagons and sleds, hay racks, ploughs, disc harrows, cultivators, drag harrows, grain drills, binders, mowers, rakes and tedders, hay loaders, manure spreaders, seufflers, grinders and small tools. By operating the beef farm on a straight grain and grass basis, it was thought possible to eliminate the corn -handling machinery. The same could be true on a 'dairy farm,, too, of course, but corn is more likely to be grown for -dairy animals. The farm income figure arrived at in each ease made no deduction for the farmer's labor, but all oth- er expenses were pretty well cov- ered before it was determined.. Thus, the dairy, farm income was estimated td be $6,306, the 'beef farts; income $5,580. Using the capital invested in the' machinery as the sole yardstick— as distinct from the total capital investment in land, stock,. " build ings and machinery ---the return on the farmer's investment in the medhanisation of the dairy farm ,tllontiniued on Page '1) • From The Huron Expositor August 25, 1899 Mr. 'leo. Jeffrey, who has been living on the White farm, Rodger- ville, has purchased from Mr. Wm. Monteith, of the Thames Road, Usborne, his 100 -acre farm, known as the Miller farm, for which he pays $5,800. Robt. Dalrymple, Sr., and John Nicholl, of Chiselhurst, left for lug t$ ,tjil'y- tax put on the r,oai, Made ,it 'hit of.a "11058 oh`Win at.,, but ,we are Woking forward to the time when the asphalt topping is o to lgeto, It- Is•..'tio he �&'ald .�1ehet wide „• around Clan 'C,l.e4er s fleece and 24 feet cIP,Wn ]Juin, $t.:The..- w,ork'la under the sug;ervision of - County l «ngineer;• T 1Z, - I'2ltttsol],. —Clinton ]`Yews-It,ecerd,., ~Highway To Bayfle;id Now Open Nie. 21 I•nghway between ( 'ode- - rich and Bayfield was oPenisC tori traffic again` on Wednesday, just one week after heavy rains hit the area about live miles: south ' of- Goderleh and Caused severe wash- outs. A fleet of about 25 trucks - was rushed to the area of destruc- tion and no time was lost in mak- ing repairs. The gravel for the fill- in was obtained from Porter's farm on the 4th concession. Motorists are warned to drive slowly over' the repaired road until the gravel settles more. In the meantime the•' black top will not be put on. The laying of a black top surface on. the highway commenced on Wed-• nesday at the outskirts of Gode- rich and is proceeding down the•' highway for almost five miles.— Goderich Signal -Star. Car Hits Hydro Pole Vernon Witt, 23, of 8200 Witt- combe Avenue, Detroit, lost control pf his car on Highway 4 three miles south of Exeter and struck a hydro pole Saturday. Witt was alone in the car and was reported to be suffering superficial cuts about the face. Damage to his car were estimated. at $700. The auto- mobile was towed into Exeter 'for repairs. Constable Zimmerman, of the Provincial Police, investigated. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Injured By Mowing Machine Ray Feltz, six-year-old son of Mr. Xnd Mrs. Wilfred Feltz, R.R, 2, Mitchell, was removed to Stratford Hospital around five o'clock Mon- day afternoon, his right ankle hav- ing been severely injured when it was struck by the blade of a mow- ing machine on his father's farm. The accident occurred around three o'clock when the lad was taking some water to his father who was using the horse-drawn machine to cut weeds. Several tendons pf the foot were cut and the bone was in- jured, but it is •felt that the foot was not endangered.—Mitchell Ad- vocate. Rush 'Work on Bayfield Street The tile which has been piled on Main St., Bayfield, for the past two months, was laid by a machine run by Dave McKenzie, Kintail, in two days. Work commenced on the river hill on Monday and finish- ed at Clan Gregor Square on Tues- day. George McLean sent a bull- dozer to Had in the open drain on Tuesday evening. The ditching, to- gether with the preliminary spray- • Car Damages Londesboro Store A chinaware display in the win- dow of Norman Alexander's store at Londesboro was reduced to frag- ments at 4 o'clock Tuesday after- noon, when an automobile came through the plate glass window of the store. Force of a two -car col- lision at the main intersection sent a car driven by Percy Harding, Hullett, through the glass store' front. Mr. Harding was driving south on No. 4 highway with John'. Adams, also of Hullett, as a 'pas- • senger. The Harding car was fol- lowed by one driven by J. Shoe- maker, of Walkerton. When Mr. Harding began to make a left turn off the highway at Londesboro, the Shoemaker car crashed into it from behind. Brunt of the damage was incurred by the Harding- carr which became a near wreck, and by the window and chinaware dis- play. No one was injured. Provin- cial Constable Helmer Snell, Sba-• forth, investigated.—Blyth Slamds- ard. Dedicate New' Church Dedication of the new Church of: God at Grand Bend took place onr Sunday. Rev. Harold Boyer, of St - Louis, Missouri; was 'the guest' speaker. The new .brick -veneer" building, opposite the schoolhouse ' at Grand Bend, will replace the• old B -Line Church. Rev. Glen Beach: is the pastor. Built by donated labor ruring the winter and spring: months, the impressive new church' is valued at $40,000. Last year sum- er services of the parish were• conducted in a large tent in the• same spot. The addition of the church marks the second house of, worship dedicated at the summer' resort this year. The Church of England, 'on the Blue Water High- way, was .opened earlier in the summer. The board of trustees of the church include: Gerald Snider, chairman, Ken MacGregor, Ira Tetreau, Alex and Bole Desjardine, Mrs, Charles MacGregor, secre- tary, and Mrs. Norma Turnbull, superintendent of the Sunday School. Plans to dispose of the B - Line church are incomplete.—Exe- , ter Times -Advocate. Manitoba on Tuesday. The following took advantage of the cheap excursion to Manitoba Tuesday morning and were ticket- ed by W. Somerville: J. H. Ray, Miss Brodhagen and Mrs. W. H. Douglas, Hullett, to Alexander; N. T. Adams and son, Thomas, of Hullett, and John McClure, McKil- lop, to Killarney; Mrs. Arch. D. Somerville, Miss Coates and Noble Forbes, McKillop, to Melita; H. Carter, Tuckersmith, to Beresford; T. J. Wilson, Seaforth, to Car- berry; Mr. and Mrs. D. Moore, Eg- mondville, to Deloraine; Mrs. But- ter, Seaforth, and John Rands, Hul- lett, to Indian Head; John Mc- Kenzie, Tuckersmith, to Portage la Prairie; P. Burgard, Egmondville, to Griswold; Mr, and Mrs. T. Eat- on, Seaforth, to Gretna; Walter Drake and Daniel Wall, Hibbert, to Souris, and Mr. Dennison, Sea - forth ,to Morden. Mr. Andy Curry, of Harpurhey, left on Tuesday for Neepawa, Man- itoba, where he goes to take charge of a butchering business for his uncle, and if he likes the country will become a permanent resident of the Prairie Provinces. a S34 Say pg5 Sa�e� O000 � .G� 5 804. WAY uw Before you ever cross the road—"PAUSE- "PAUSE- Look both, ways" is your safety code. Wise persons, young and old, use extra care when crossing road- ways. They look both LEFT and MGHY to see that the way is clear. It takes but d second « . • but it spells S.A«F=Ii-Y'-Y. OEO. 144. 'boutr r, ItVnitier ..ONTARIO DEPAltYM'ENt. OF' HIGHWAYS • 4. • • •