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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1949-09-09, Page 2• EX • ON EXPOSITOR Established 1869 A. Y. McLean,' -Editor Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.00 a year in advance; foreign $2.50 a year. Single copies,. cents each. Advertising rates on opplication. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post •Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, September 9 Fall Fairs and the Small Exhibitor We were talking to someone the other day who had just returned from spending a day at the "Ex." And the thing that he noticed most was the lack of interest shown by the crowds in the purely agricultural aspects of the fair. - There was no crowding, he said, in any of the places where stock was being shown, but in contrast one was hardly able to force a way through the midway. He wondered if there was a lessening of interest, even among average farm folk, in good stock. That would not seem to be the case at local fairs. The stock shows us- ually attract large crowds of inter- ested spectators, , who carefully watch the judges as they select the ing recent years, there has been a winners. On the other hand, certainly dur- falling off in the number of exhibi- tors of stock at the average fall fair. This is not to say that the number of head shown is less—the reverse is the case—but rather that fewer ex- hibitors are going to the trouble of :fitting an animal for showing. ,\ What the reason may be is hard to say. There may be a feeling that it is a hopeless task attempting to com- pete against the so-called profession- al exhibitor. Or it may not seem worth while to take the trouble to bring out one or two head, even if they are potential prize winners. In this day of little farm help, the pre- paratory work necessary to make any kind df a showing is a big fac- tor. Many farmers just haven't got the time. • If the reason for the little interest being shown by purely local exhib- itors is a hesitancy to compete against large exhibitors, introduc- tion of special classes, open only to those who have not previously ex- hibited, might be a solution. Whatever the cause, it is a trend that bears watching -by agricultural societies. To an increasing degree the success of their fairs is depend- ent upon a mere handful of exhibi- tors, who, if they chose, could by their attendance or otherwise, make or break a fair. machine in a held, has not the judg- ment or experience ('and in many cases the, Strength and- size) neces. sary to face traffic conditions as they are found on the highways today. It is sometimes suggested by those who believe that youngsters should be permitted to drive on the high- way, that a tractor travels slowly, and they thus can do no harm. In most cases this is so. But the menace to highway safety lies not in the speed of the tractor, but rather that in the charge of immature hands it may be placed in such a position as to be the unwitting cause of an acci- dent. There are many cases where it may seem foolish to refuse little Joe or young Bill permission to drive the tractor to the next farm. But that may be the time when an accident occurs. And under the law, as it stands today, whoever gave permis- sion to Joe or Bill to do the driving will be responsible. • Children and Tractors The recent conviction of a farmer on a charge of having permitted a nine-year-old boy to drive a farm tractor on a public road in Oxford County brings to the attention of the farming community an amendment to the Highways Traffic Act, that be- came effective April 1st of this year. The young lad was driving a trac- tor and leading a team of horses. On meeting a car the horses became ex- cited and in the ensuing excitement the tractor upset. The Highway Traffic Act, as now amended, provides that no one under the age of 15 is permitted' to drive, and no one may permit or employ a person under the age of 15 to drive a farm tractor on a public highway. Until the law was amended last spring, there was nothing to prevent a-.five-year-o'ld from driving a trac- tor on a highway, providing someone was foolish enough to let him. And from the number of tractors manned by mere children that one saw trav- elling, not only on country roads, but. also in the streets in town, there must have been- a lot of foolish people. It was not that many children were, under ordinary circumstances, more capable possibly than their par- ents indriving the tractor, The trou- ble lay in the fact thata ehiid, no atter'.' :hew ;Wel'l he nay handle the • More Woodshed 'An age-old solution for the prob- lems facing parents in the disciplin- ing of their young is advanced by a correspondent writing to the editor of the Toronto Star. It may well be that the procedures suggested by the correspondent are sound. In any case here they are: "During the past few months, with the so-called teen-age problem gain- ing momentum with the kids grow- ing bolder, more daring and more cowardly, I am inclined to look back a few short years. Those few short years back were unaffected by such modern facilities as gas, oil -burners, central heating systems, etc., and ev- ery home had a certain place attach- ed wherein was stored the family fuel and where dad and mom settled the family feud wherein junior was concerned. How my dignity was hurt when I was sent to that shed to select the weapon wherewith my anatomy would be hurt in the place God pro- vided! But nowadays junior's dig- nity seems to be the all important factor in life. For dad and mom to have a session in some place and to teach their erring offspring a lesson by the means of chastisement is mod- ernly termed undignified to all par- ties concerned. Sooner or later the proverb, "Spare the rod and spoil the child," will prove true and our junior finds himself at the bar of social jus- tice. I wonder do dad and mom and junior call that dignified—and all because the woodshed was torn down and with it was torn down parental urge to discipline. And now our judges state that strapping and long- er prison terms must be meted out to cope with this so-called problem. Really, there is no problem with the teen-ager. The problem is with pa and ma—with their neglect in find- ing some place to replace that wood- shed and to perform their duty in justly punishing the wrongdoings of the young. In using proper means and applying that means with kind- ness, tolerance and reason. Then when junior's dignity and anatomy have recovered -somewhat, the bed- room, the parlor, the kitchen, the garden—anywhere--dad or mom can again reason the cause and effect and teach a verbal lesson in the light of God's teaching. Yes, I'm convinced our modern problem with junior and his gang is created by our tearing down of the woodshed." swim I guess every farm egin nunity• has a man who natteir, seems to worry about his work' Or hie farm. He ambles along casualty' from day' to day and week to week and year to year. Hia farm gets a little dirt- ier each year, and the fences droop a 'titin more and the shingles blow off the barn. He doesnt worry. Somehow or other he gets enough to eat, bestirring himself occasion- ally just in time to get Something harvested or making a little moneyi out of a load of pigs or a few calves that have been running on the cows. In. many cases he has a wife who industriously stirs the chickens up and gets enough from the cows to keep the place going. Red Sandy is a chaacter in our community. He was fortunate ens ough to have a place left to him, almost clear of a mortgage. For the first two or three years after he married Jeanie, he worked. in a quite industrious way. Slowly and surely, however, a germ of tiredlness seemed to •permeate his system. His seeding was late one year and much later the next year. The harvest was 'lost one year be- cause of his tardiness. Next year he didn't put in as much and har- vested only part of it. He seemed to discourage easily and gradually slipped into his role. Red Sandy became a character with his full red whiskers and his wit. The strange part of the whole transformation was that while his body- grew lazy, his min.d certainly didn't. Red Sandy, lounging on the bench in front of the hotel in the village, certainly could hold his own with anyone, no matter if By Harry 4, Boy,a' they were .drummers or local wits intent on having a little fun at the expense of the slow moving farm- er. arm,er. He helps all the neighbors. There isn't a bee for wood or threshing in the community that Red Sa'idy doesn't get an invita- tion to and attend. In fact, he often goes when his own work is waiting to be looked after. That doesn't matter to Red Sandy.. There's Conversation and good food at a •bee and that s what Red Sandy is looking for at all times. During the winter Red Sandy plays the fiddle at all the dances He is always willing and ready for a house party at any time. On Friday nights he plays for the dances in the Township Hall. He plays very well too. Everybody knows him and he keeps up a live- ly stream of repartee, directing it to the dancers as they pass by the platform. The Agricultural Representative once called on Red Sandy and gave him quite a lecture. Red Sandy listened to it all, smiled at the proper places, nodded his head in agreement, chewed his tobacco and waited. When his visitor finished, he said: "You see that farm down the road there. That's the Leslie place and the finest in the county. It•s killed six generations of Les - lies. Pm living and well. So's my wife. 1 aim to stay that way. You go up and talk to Joe Leslie." Red Sandy is slow but somehow or other everybody likes him and he's regarded with a certain tol- erance on the part of all the neigh- bors. Just A Smile Or Two Janey (aged five) : "Mummy, is it true that before people are born they're dust?" Mother: "Yes, dear." Janey: "And when they die they go back to dust?" Mother: "Yes, dear." Janey: "Well, I looked under my bed just now and there's some- body either coming or going." • A -woman was mailing the old family Bible to her brother in a distant city. The postal clerk ex- amined the heavy package care- fully and inquired if it contained anything breakable, "Nothing but the Ten Command - meets," was the quick reply. BACK IN EUROPE (London Free Press) • Charles Lindbergh is back in Germany again. This time he is reported- to be making a private survey of European reconstruction. The visit re - cans that other visit he made in pre-war days when he was the feted guest of Hitler and Goering. When he was taken around the great factories in which the Luftwaffe was being pre- pared against the day when it was to fly over Polandi and raze Warsaw. The Americd.n flier, who was a popular idol in the world was so im- pressed by Germain air power, that be returned to warn his nation, and others, df the unparal- leled strength and power of the Luftwaffe. He was indeed enthusiastically convinced of the might of. this huge Telltale force. As events proved a few years later, Hermann Goering's force was Lthe most powerful military weapon in the world—save the Royal Air Force. Up until the autumn of 1940 the Luftwaffe had the war all its own way. There was no haltidg it. But then, when German armies were estab- c lashed im.: France and the German squadtl•ons flew across the Channel the story changed. The Luftwaffe was beaten. After the winter of 1940 it was never again top dog in the world of amili- tary air power. Much water has gone over the dam since then, Lindbergh fought with United States squadrons in the Pacific theatre, With credit and success. He has stayed out of the news, and is almost a forgotten figure. But people will naturally spec- ulate as to what particular aspect of German reconstruction Lindbergh is so interested in at this tittle, J'' Roturn From Extensive Trip 1Mr, and Mrs. 'Weele3" Lamport returned Friday evening from ani extended tour' through the nprth- ern portions o1 the United States. Pends 'were yii;ited inYanco}tver: A. trip was taken to portions of California. Many friends welcom- ed, them and PAany an'a lead lnter- esting acquaintances •'were made The trip was made without acct; dent and greatly enjoyed,—Exeter Times -Advocate. $,;indents Win Scholarships $ilas, the abut middleger. agqainst pis own doctoe3 sante. Prayed strenuous ball on a wager. , Be wont make the same mistake trice. 1 OIIAt1YANT •i NATIONAL 'N -'I 'AN•9111.1/01 The lecturer was emphasizing the demoralizing effect of divorce. "Love," he said, "is a quest; a proposal, a request; the giving of a daughter in marriage, a bequest; and marriage itself the conquest. But what is divorce?" Voice from the audience: "The inquest." Years Agone The Department oft Education, To- ronto, has announced that the fol-. 'lowing students of Brussels Con- tinuation. School ,have been suc- cessful in winning DominionaPro- vincial Student Aid Scholarships: Dorene McFarlane, Doreen 'Menzies and Isabelle Speir . Each of . the above scholarship is valued at $100.—Brussels Post. • Suffers Injury in Fall Mr. Robert Watt is confined to his bed suffering from injuries. sustained last Saturday morning When he fell from the top of a coal car, a distance of 14 feet, to the ground. Mr. Watt had climbed to the tap to release the brake, and it was while he was proceeding with this operation that the unfor- tunate accident occurred. Friends hope for his speedy recovery.- Blyth Standard. Clothing Manufacturer Opens Mr. Joe Marks has established a clothing manufacturing business here, for the purpose of selling di- rectly to the consumer •public at wholesale prices. Mr. Marks will manufacture a complete line of men's-, women's and children's wear. Until a suitable location has been established the business will •be conducted from his residence on Dinsley *Street. Mr. Marks has been, and still is, associated with clothing manufacturing firms in Toronto. He, of course, is well known here, and is married to a Blyth girl, the former Margaret Scrimgeour.—Blyth Standard. R Afi. Dmal.epr where the thumb was e&.sed,-- . i eter Times -Ad— cafe, g, Interesting Items Picked From. The Huron, Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor September 5, 1924 Mr. D. Ivan Hill, .Stafa, left on Monday to take up his work at Waterford High School, where he has been engaged to teach science and physical culture. Mr. W. C. Gaffes, thresher at Zurich, had the misfortune to in- jr' his knee -cap while threshing the Bother day, and will be laidup for some weeks. Mr. Wm. R. Dougall, of Hay, captured, e. large eagle alive a few days ago. It had one leg broken, and after it swooped down and caught a chicken was unable to fly away again. It measures six feet four inches from tip to tip. Mr. Robert C. McLean, of Kip - pen, motored to North Bay where he was chosen teacher for the third grade of a 12 -room school, from 300 applicants. Miss Scarlett, Winthrop, has been engaged to teach as an assist- ant at the continuation school in Hensall. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Southgate and son, Ted, and Mrs. Oscar Neil motored to Toronto for the week- end. Miss Evelyn McGrath, St. Colum - ban, has secured a school in Til- bury and will teach there the com- ing term. Dr. M. Ross Savauge has return- ed from Toronto, where he spent a few days conducting an optome- trical clinic at the Exhibition grounds. Mrs. M. Murke and Miss Luella, who have been visiting Mr. Thos. Moylan at Beechwood, have re- turned to their home in Ottawa. Mr. Thos. Sherritt, of Hensall, had the misfortune a day or two ago to break one of the bones in his foot when he jumped down from one of the timbers in his barn to the gangway. He is now getting around with tie aid of crutches. • The angler had just landed/ a fish when the inquisitive woman chanced to be passing. "Oh," she exclaimer, "that poor little fish!" The angler replied: "Well, mad- am, if he'd kept his mouth &hut he would not have got into trouble." Huron Federation of Agriculture Farm News Compost Has Limitations ing to go away. But the aphids The commercial .fertilizer bust would not take the hint at Harrow. Phey stayed on beyond the three Hess has grown to a sizable leans- i years. And that meant the cost of try in •Canada during the last quer- I letting the land lie idle became ter of a century, and with it many prohibitive. compost materials have appeared I The other method was to bed the new tree down with a clay pack at planting time, since it was known that the insect does not like heavy soil, but this proved too durnbersome. But in the spring of 1948, a col- lection of seedling rootstocks for peach trees wasplanted at Har- row. Included. were •apricot seed- lings of an unknown variety, and seedlings of the Lemon Free, El- berta, Gold Drop, Banner and Kal- amazoo peach varieties. Some of the weaker trees were pulled up in June of that year and' the roots were found to be infect- ed with the peach root aphid. A few trees of each peach seedling roostock were thea examined and infection was found in each case. An examination of the apricot seedlings was more promising - An occasional colony of mature aphids was noted on the roots, but the over-ali infestation was almost neg- Ugible when compared with the peach seedlings. That discovery was enough to encourage the horticulturists. They went ahead and budded apricot seedlings to the Valiant and El- berta peach varieties and next year expect that the trees will be ready for testing in old peach tree soil. Peach growers in the Niagara district, as well as in Southwest- ern Ontario, will be keenly inter- ested in the final result of this experiment. on the market. Compost is not a .substitute for commercial fertilizer, But good compost has a place in agriculture if the cost of the material and the labor involved does not exceed its i a'.uc. It can be used for window - boxes, potting plants and lawns, or in intensified farming like market gardening where it is difficult to maintain the organic matter in the soil. If available refuse is gathered and nitrogen material added to hasten decomposition, a valuable product is produced. But plant ma- terial must be grown somewhere, and if it is merely taken from one area to be used as compost for another, naturally the first area suffers. Usually it is more econ- omical to use manures when they can be obtained, says G. W. Mich- ael, (Fertilizers), Dominion De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa. Conditions are different in such intensified farming areas as are found in Japan and China, where commercial fertilizers and manures are scarce. There, farmers cannot afford to waste organic matter. Compost material is most import- ant and farms are equipped with concrete tanks, usually built in the shade, or so that they can be shad- ed with straw or brush. All suit- able refuse including leaves is col- lected and is dumped into the tank. A proper amount of nitrogen ma- terial and water is added, and the bulk is turned from time to time. Quite a rigid procedure, which in- volves considerable labor, is fol- lowed in making the compost and in applying it to the land. Certain- ly it would not be very practical for Canadian farmers, • Donkey Bali. Drawn Big' Crowd no largest crWod of 'tho S•easog was on hand Monday night at the Town Park, when the Wingham Kinsmen presented the weird game, ,dun•}rey baseball. The obstin- acy of !thy , donkeys added to the enjoyment of the game, at least from the spectators viewpoint, and kept the large crowd in an uproar for the entire game. ° . The Anal score „was Kinsmen 4, Belgrave Farmers $. Apparently the riding' of donkeys is an art not easily acquired, and some of the boys were sore in, spots the •following morning. —• Wingham Advance - Times. Family Gathering Heid A happy, occasion took° place Sunday at the 'home of Mrs. H- Hingst, Roland St., when the mem- bers of her family and relatives celebrated her 86th birthday. The children present were Dr. and Mrs. H. W. Hingst, Thamesville; Mr. and Mrs. Charles • Hingst, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hingst and: daughters, Patricia and Carol, and- Hulda and Flora. The relatives were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rudolph, Mrs. Clara Mc- Henry, Margaret, Esther and Bete and Mrs. Bertha Witmer, of De- troit.—Mitchell Adhocate. Former Resident on Police Force Mrs. Edna Paterson, formerly Edna Stoakely, •of Wingham, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stoakley, of town, was "sworn in" as a part-time constable last week in Kitchener. Her appointment was made by the city council at the request of the police force. Her duties will be accompanying the police when making the arrest, of a woman, accompanying a wo- man prisoner to court and search- ing her if necessary. Mrs. Pater- son is also a city employee.— Wingham Advance -Times. Won Scholarship Apricot Peaches Under Test Next year something new will be planted on old peach land at the Dominion Experimental Station, Harrow, Ont. The something new will be apricot seedlings which were budded to Valiant and El•ber- ta peach varieties in 1948,. and the idea is to see if an apricot -peach union tan be made permanent and productive. The black peach aphid, or peach root aphid, got the horticulturists started on the project in the first place. This aphid lives on the roots of established peach trees without apparently affecting the growth or productivity of the trees. But when old, infected trees are replaced by young, clean trees, aphids left behind in the soil swarm to the young replants with disastrous results. Two methods were tried to dis- courage the aphids. One was to let the ,peach acreage in the Orchard. lie •fallow- for three years,hoping the aphids would get tired of wait- • Former Agent Retires Herbert Alfred Thomas, freight and passenger agent for the C.P.R. at Guelph for 2.8 years, has begun his holiday leave of absence prior to his retirement this month. After completion of the C.P.R.'s Guelph and Goderich branch, Mr. Thomas was the first agent at Auburn sta- tion. Later he served as station agent at Blyth until 1921. Then he moved to Guelph as fregihtxzfi,AJ moved to Guelph as. freight and passenger agent. A native of St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, Mr. Thomas will retire to Galt where he has purchased a home.—Blyth Standard. • From The Huron Expositor September 1, 1899 Mr. W. E. Caldwell, near Con- stance, met with a painful accident on Wednesday ,morning, He was staying at the Commercial Hotel here and, got up in his sleep and walked through an open window and fell 20 feet to the board plat- form in front of the hotel. He re- ceived a bad shaking up, but no bones were broken. Miss Margaret Daly has been en- gaged to take charge of a school in Logan. She entered• on her du- ties last week, and she will also be organist in the church nearby. Shortly after nine o'clock .Satur- day evening the firemen had a call to the rear of Johnston -Bros. Hard- ware /store„ but • was fortunately not attended with serious results. Piece of Thumb Severed Gerald Cornish, handyman for the municipality, who ,operates the town truck in •summer and the snowplow In winter, lost a part of his right thumb while assisting with the unloading of tile for the new municipal sewer to be,faid on Carling Street. A load of ''cement tale .was tieing unloaded with a large Diesel -operated shovel when something went wrong and a piece of the machinery clipped the end of the thumb off at the first knuckle joint, as Gerald had a hold on one of the tile. He had on a pair of gloves and a part of the severed thumb was found in the glove. He was taken to the office Congratulations are extended to Miss Alice Laidlaw, who has been awarded a University of Western Ontario Scholarship for the high- est standing in six Grade XIII pa-. pers, including English, History, Frenchand one other papeit This scholarship has a value of $50.00 cash with tuition of $125• a year for two years, cr a total value of $300'. She also qualified for the schoot scholarship of tuition up to $125. a year for two ye -ars ($250 value) for obtaining an average of 75 per cent on eight Grade XIII papers. Alice ranked first in English of all; students applying for the Univers- ity of Western Ontario. She has been awarded a Dominion -Provin- cial bursary with a value of $401) per year. In eleven papers of Grade XIII, Alice obtained• nine firsts and two seconds. We wish her every success in the course in Journalism at the University of Western Ontario, — Wingham Ad- vat ce-Times. "I. saw a girl the other' day who, had a good method of beating the heat wave. She took off her stock- ings, turned them inside out, and put them back on again." "What possible good would that do?" "I client know either, so I asked her. She said her legs were hot sa she turned the hose on them." While filling a can with gasoline from a tank in which it was stor- ed, some of the liquid caught fire and in a, moment the flames shot up and ,things looked threatening for a time. Swamp fires are raging in the vicinity of Hensall. Mr. Harry Welsh, Hensall, had the misfortune to have his hand injured while working in the plan- ning mill, but was able to continue on with his work. The following have been ticketed to distant points by W. Somerville, G.T.R. agent; Capt. A. Wilson and W. H, Beattie, to Ottawa; Mrs. Downey and Miss Fortune, to Ot- tawa; Miss Agnes Hays to Mid- land where she has. -accepted a school; Miss A. Prendergast to Sault Ste. Marie where she has accepted a position as teacher; Mrs. (Dr.) Newkirk and little daughter, to Bay City; Miss Nellie Laidlaw, of Tuckersmith, to Sera - mento, Calif„ and Mr. Stevenson to Sarnia. Sheep Flocks Often Too Small Among the many tactors influ- encing nfluencing the returns from sheep on the farm, the size of the flock is an important one. The census for 1941 shows that the average num- ber of shep in a flock in Canada was 24.3 head. This, of course, includes the large range flocks of Western Canada. When the aver- age is calculated for Ontario, Que- bec and the Maritimes the figure is only 1.5.8. As the census fi ures are collected just when the lamb crop is at its highest figure, June 2, the extremely small size of the average farm flock Is ap- parent. Farm flocks of this size are far from economical, says S. 13, Wil liams, Animal Husbandry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, The charge for the Stock sire and his maintenance must be di- vided among very few ewes. Build Ing and equipment costs are like- wise toe heavy on a per head has. is, or,• as is more often the case, adequate buildings and equipment reduction in returns due to in- creased mortality ansi 'decreased thrift. 'The minimum, efficient flock size IS that 'Will'd1s can be handled by ,Continued cis Palo 0 i • HW 49 Wlielnever'you are tete' a sI allow Safety 'Sally's rule. Yes ;when you approach a school, SLOW •DOWN -.. be on the alert to avoid an accident. The rtii`es • af-.highway safety are simple to observe. Ekercike caro, and..dbt(i't take chances. Om H. bout T/ Warn ONTARIO DEPARTMENT •. OF HIGHWAYS 0. 1. i•