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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1949-09-16, Page 2Editor ny eaforth, Ontario, ev- afternoon by McLean of .Canadian lewapapers : °elation. iFJc,�ptaon rates, $. a f a 200 year in y tore n $2.50 a year. Single VS, cents each. "vertising rates on opplication. Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAPORTH, Friday, September 16 Restrictions Again The recent announcement by Chairman Robert H. Saunders, of the Ontario Hydro -Electric Power Commission, that hydro users could anticipate reintroduction of restric- tions at the end of September, dis- pels any doubts as to the power pic- ture in Ontario. While construction now in progress and projected is ex- pected to ultimately result in a suf- ficient quantity of power for day-to- day use during the critical fall and winter period, it is apparent that that happy day is not yet at hand. While it is encouraging from the standpoint of the average consumer that the power position is such that only dim-outs may be needed in the immediate future, there is no assur- ance that before winter is over re- strictions as severe as those in effect last year will not be required. In the meantime, and until con- struction catches up with demand, there is nothing for the consumer to do but co-operate wholeheartedly in observing whatever regulations may be in effect from time to time. Only in this way can the limited power available be used to the best advant- age of all. • Immunization Week The present week has been set aside as National Immunization Week. It is a period during which we can all reflect on the advantages which have accrued to all ages and classes as a result of the medical dis- coveries that during recent years have made immunization possible. At the same time, we can all take positive steps to ensure that we all are taking full advantage of the im- munization program that is avail- able to us. Last year 85 Canadians died from diphtheria, a disease about which a great deal is known, a disease which can be prevented. Diphtheria toxoid is almost 100 per cent effective. It is safe and easily administered. Nor is it a procedure limited to those in fortunate circumstances. Toxoid immunization is provided free of charge at public health clinics, or for a small sum from the family physi- cian. Yet 85 persons died last year in Canada from diphtheria. Last year 155 Canadian children lost their lives to whooping cough. Whooping cough, too, is largely pre- ventable. Whooping cough vaccina- tion given in infancy can greatly re- duce the number of cases and the severity of this most deadly of all children's diseases. Yet 155 lives were lost. Medical science admittedly lacks many answers where diseases like polio are concerned. But medical science has the answers for diph- theria and whooping cough. Yet more lives were lost from each of these diseases than from polio. This Shameful situation can only- be rem- edied by public education. It is for this. reason that communities are urged to support the seventh ob- servance of National Immunization eek, sponsored by the Health I,eag(e of Canada from September th td 17th. • �!nnrek ing Gan Not' Do f nerpthrng 'his district is as interested as any In Canada in the scientific rain - g experiments that have been ess in this and other coun- ttingrecent yew's, Rain in- scienttif Bally would have been icularl valuable during the past summer, when, on , facemienserep suffered and pastures were. parch through. laelx of rain., the rainmaking process, clouds'' are induced to givellp their moisture and send down rain when they- are seeded with dry ice tossed from an airplane overhead. Results obtained so far have encouraged the hope that man ear► -.a a weather in a way �,�,.ect �+• to produce great benefits. To visualize the possible benefits given district, any one need only recall. that. often the margin between a bumper crop and a disastrous fail- ure is represented by a few inches of rain. As the Winnipeg Free Press points out, there is good reason to expect great things from rain -making ex- periments. Adding a word of cau- tion, the Free Press says: "But the scientists themselves are the first to warn us not to expect too much. An indication of what the dry ice treatment will do and what it will not do was given by a Canadian sci- entist and a U.S. scientist recently to the United Nations conservation con- ference at Lake Success. "The Canadian, Mr. J. L. Orr, of - the National Research Council, said that in 24 per cent of all the Cana- dian experiments, rain had hit the ground. In selective tests using only super -cooled cumulous clouds, re- sults had been 43 per cent effective. "The word of caution came from Dr. Vincent J. Schaefer, the United States pioneer in this field. It was a reminder that before rain can be generated there must be clouds—and the right kind of clouds. So far there was no evidence to indicate that men would be able to break a drouth prevailing either under cloudless skies or clouds holding too little water. "Thus for the near -desert areas of the west where these conditions are the rule, this rain -making technique provides little or no hope. But for the rest of the country, which often gets rain ,clouds but no rain, the dry ice experiments seem to hold prom- ise." • NO CARD, NO BREAD (W. L. Clark, in Windsor Star) Without a ration card in Soviet Russia, no one can buy bread or food. ' Hence, if the local Soviet Commissar wants to discipline anyone, all he has to do is threaten to take away the ration card. Or, if he cracks down harder, he can take away the card. That would deprive the individual of food. By retaining control of the bread and food, the Kremlin compels the citizens to forfeit their freedom in • return for sustenance. It is a cruel and effective way to whip tens of mil- lions of people into line. If Canada were ever taken over by the Communists, all freedom would be gone, just as it has vanish- ed in Russia. It's as well to keep that always in mind. iilY Hale+ J*Boyi! The traedy of sons wor log on to get married• and start up for MY - a •farm for years, Baiting -for their self, but he kept an talking aboUk• lathers to give -tho.Isl a chance to 'how he hadtaller. over the tam,, start up for themselves is some- only when .ilial father died." thing' which happens all, too fre- Last week in• the village I no gtteptiy in rural . placed.' ,X ,Suppose Beed a new sign hanging over the the 'acme thing appliesu where service station at. the . corner, 71t fathers operate factories or certain said "Alex Maedonald, Lessee? business establishments, but I am Everybody in sight was talking only familiar with the farm cases. about the fact that Alex had made Jim Macdonald' has six., hundred the break trent home. TheY,. acres of land in our township. couldn't understand how he would' There are three barns • en it and leave the 'home place for the Un-. two good 'houses and a smaller certainties of running a service house that cu 1d easily be fixed station, particularly in view of the. up. His oldest boy is twenty-nine fact that every corner in the vii: and the younger lad is twenty-four. lage seems to have sprouted a ser - They stopped s'c'hool when they vice station in the past tiro years. were just starting to high school. I knew why. When I met Jim They have worked very hard and later on to the week he, was as the Macdonald Places are• actually stern and straight as ever,driving show places in the township. up the Main Street and net, look. The older boy, Alex, started go- ing at the service station with. ing with a girl two years ago and studied unconcern. Later in the I know that he wants to get mar- hotel I said to him, "To bad about tied. He came to our threshing Alex leaving like that!" A flicker and his trace was long and sort of of pain seemed to cross his face. grim. He shrugged his shoulders for a moment and then he said in an attitude of defeat, and said, slowly, "What's wrong with this "The _old man tore into me last generation? They want to get out night when I asked him about tak- and make fools of themselves. I ing over the 'Macfarlane place. He tell you, Alex will be glad to come wanted to know why I was, unhap- back some day and work with us py and said that when he died he on the farms." was going to leave everything to The tragedy was that I knew Jack and myself. I tried my best that no matter what happened, to explain to him that I wanted Alex would not go back. • "THEY'RE NOT TALKING" (Hamilton Spectator) For nearly fifteen minutes the other night in Toronto, seven teen- aged hoodlums punched and kicked a prostrate 120 -pound boy as he lay on the ground of a parking lot. The performance was watched by residents of the district, then the gang got in a jalopy and went on their way. That's hardly worth space in the press these days. It's plain routine; not real news. But as its goes on, and the type of courage displayed by these contemptible juvenile thugs registers on the public mind, it is at least shutting up with extraordinary force the spluttering sentimentalists and apostles of "self-expression" who are the main cause of it all. You don't hear now about the need for buying off these fine young Can- adians with movie halls, lollypops and lessons in. Esperanto or Dutch, or the danger of "frustrating" them through making them obey the com- minutes laws. The public knows the only medicine that will stop them and is beconmingincreasingly fed up with the apparent inability of the authorities to dish it out. There is only the consoling "self -expressionists" dente that the f _.-e�cpress. ionists" have hiked for cover and are not like- ly to come out. They dont dare. • • Just A Smile Or Two "The instrument man is here again, madam." "Tell him to take a chair." "He's already taken three chairs and the living -room sofa, madam." • Nobody seemed to take much no- tice of Brown. He tried to get in a word now and then, but some- body with a stronger voice always took command of the conversation. At Last the ,talk turned on the subject of dogs and Brown felt sure that his chance would come, for he owned a dog of which he was proud. "There are some dogs," remark. ed Robinson, "that have more in- telligence than their masters." "That's' quite right," said Brown, "I've got one like that." lwo-gN c,reee: was fast Olt cif r#w • I ':shot *As! at mos: finks ASee • 1,is an Fos. eye Was bright . becaute., !4!0 late plenty of fresh Bele slaw •p8.rwtwr t!. N ori.i4 ryas# �K• �t�t�M4 Farm ;,'Bolsi d Kr* r ilium k3,. Brown bas dis- vrr posed of Isis farm on the 11th can "ceasip,,ot, orris Towhip ns, to Mr. deorge k eskit�, w o gets POsses- aion next March 10The farm, cont prises x00 acrs�.. Birth Stancard on Northern Tour John W. Hanna is one of the '2$ Members 'of the..Ontario .Legisla4 tu'e touring Northern Qnto7rio. rite .gays the trip 'la extremely intereet 'ing. and that the north Icountry"'is• `developing fast.—Wingham tAd� Vance -,Times. Injures Hand and Arpp, 1Vlichael Schiestel, of Teeswater, was admitted 'to the hospital after an accident While sawing at, Gor- den 'Litt'a ••sawmill. Ilecaught his left ,arm in a cirenter saw, serious- ly injuring MMS innid,•and- fractur- IJng his arm. Three fingers and his thumb°were amputated, as a result. —Wingham Advance -Times. She: "My sin is vanity. I spend hours admiring Amy good looks." 'He: "That isn't vanity, that's imagination." • A British call-up doctor had to examine two young Englishmen who had been called up. One of them wore a truss, and for various reasons he was rejected. His pal, hearing of his friend's success, and being a slacker, went the next day for Ms examination and borrowed his friend's truss. "How long have you worn this truss?" asked the medical examiner. "Five years," he replied. "Well," said the M.O., "if you can wear a truss upside down for five years you will be just the man to ride a tank in the Armoured !Corps." Huron Federation of •• Agriculture Farm News A Woodlot Can Be Profitable The farm woodlot has • proved over and over again to be a good investment, and wherever possible every farmer should have his own reforestation or conservation plan. Most farmers have an area of rough or strong land that would produce more revenue as a wood - lot if properly cared for, than as rough pasture. It is on record that one farmer who followed good woodlot practice, and who kept re- cords of everything removed, found that the land in bush was produc- ing sufficient revenue to pay the rent of the farm. In the management of a woodlot it is important to observe one or two things. Cattle should not be allowed to graze in the bush, be- cause they destroy all the young growth which protects the roots of the trees from drying out. When cutting wood for fuel, it is advis- able to remove all dead trees, and in order to findthem when snow has fallen in winter, it is a good plan to mark their location during the summer. It is also good prac- tice to remove undesirable species of trees, such as ifonwood, which do not produce trunks satisfactory for making into lumber. The same applies to crooked and misshapen trees which occup space that could be utilized for growing straight trees of good lumber var- ieties. Gilts or Sow For Herd Breeding ears . c one; interesting Items Ricked 'From The Huron Expositor of Twen= ty-five an Fifty Years Ago..' From The Huron Expositor September 12,.1924 At5the mid -summer examinations of Toronto Conservatory of Music. the following pupils residing in this district passed the following examinations: Intermediate grade, Miss E. Naftel, Goderich; Miss E. Snider, Brucefield; Junior Grade, Mrs. W. McLaren, Hensall; Miss E. Fisher, Kippen; Primary Grade, Miss Jean Murdoch, Brucefield; Miss J. Bonthron, Hensall; Miss E. Cook, Goderich; Preliminary Grade, Albert Salter, Clinton; Nor- ris Rozell, Clinton. Mrs. J. L. Dorsey left on Tues- day for her 'home in Duluth, after a month's visit with friends and relatives in this vicinity, weight, while others use 800 l 900 pounds, there is no question as to the litter from which gilts should be retained for breeding. Compro- mises will be necessary as some litters grade high, but eat a lot of feed, and others eat less but do not grade as well. The gilts saved should be of good type and from litters that were better than the herd average if improvement is to be expected. The sows retained in the herd should be those which have dem- onstrated their ability to produce large thrifty litters of easy feed- ing, high quality bacon pigs. The question of whether to breed from gilts or mature sows is one on which experimental evidence shows considerable difference of opinion. Some farmers follow the practice of breeding only from gilts but the majority use mature sows or a balance of mature sows and gilts. Possibly the answer is contained in this relative. popular- ity. The reasons generally put for- ward for breeding only from gilts, are their lighter feed consumption, and because if any prove barren, they can be turned off to market before they exceed bacon weights —even though they may be extra heavies. Results at the Dominion Experimental Station, Lacombe, Alta., however, indicate that ma- ture sows wean stronger, heavier igs and average about one pig more per litter. These are im- portant considerations when ec'on- only of production is so closely re- lated to the number of strong, thrifty pigs weaned, says J. 0: 5tothart of the Lacompe Station. More iitnportant than the' ques- tion of gilt or sow, is the quality and capacity of the individual fe- males that. make up the herd and the choice of replacements. Some gilts will outyield certain mature sows, and vice versa, but the real probleth in developing the breeding herd is to keep only the older sows which have proved themselves and choose gilts that will improve •f ire- duction in succeeding generati'ens,• Sonne farmers say they have not; the. time to watch the feed bin and eolapate the relative economy Of different litters, but when some pigs go to market and .grade !risk; after using only, 000 td 000 oupde of feed from weaning to market. • From The Huron Expositor " September 8, 1899 Miss Annie Brett, daughter of R. N. Brett, left on Monday for Huntsville, where she will be en- gaged as teacher in one of the de- partments of the public school of that town. On Monday, Labor Day, there were 200 tickets sold for Stratford and 50 for Toronto at Seaforth sta- tion. W. Brownell, son of Mr. 'Sydney Brownell, of town, has been ap- pointed to a position on the teach- ing staff of the Stratford Business College. T IN�f•' Choir Gowns h members of the Wlughanu ' 'ignited, Church choir looked very' egg a1Ct in their •new�„ wines;. coIoredi. gowns sin ;Sunday' The gowAis are' made' of -a" li ht weight •ltengaline' and,: the bri>f t 'color harmonizes' 'with the . gang's!; ehurch color echeme Cluude Vincent, Qf Dante - mouth, N S., filed tiro choir's or- der, ,very:`!promptly„' and ,. ttisfao- torily. A choir • of forty mentbere turned out tp greet ; ; lr, Allen,; Ben nett; 'the .nea>P•,orgaltlst nud, choir Returning To England 'Mrs. G. Wilson is sailing pack to England, leaving Friday after a three months' 'visit with her daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. Max Harness. Mrs. Wilson is going back with very happy memories being much impressed with the abundance of food and no rationing in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Max Harness will wish her bon, voyage from London and will then leave for a week's vacation at North Bay.—Exeter Times -Advo- cate. leader of Wingha n 'United Ohurch.. Wingham Advance•TiMea To Attend r, Rhode's College Bill Armstrong, on of - Mrs.- Grate rs_Grate Armstrong, left Wednesday for Vancouver, .B.C., where he will. attend Rhode's College, an 'R.C.A.. F. School. Bill, who graduated- from high school last year, recent- ly received his admission papers - from the academy which selects students throughout the :Dominion: for officer training in the R:C.A.F. A number of Bill's friends held a farewell party for hint on Tuesday night and Rev. H. Mahoney pre- sented reseated him with a leatherkit on: behalf of the boys. .Exeter Times - Advocate. Harvesters 'Leave For West Two dozen men from Huron County left on Saturday from the National Employment Office, God- erich, bound for Winnipeg and other Western Canada,. points as harvesters. They were: Fred Mc- Gregor, R.R. 5, Clinton; Orby Cook, R.R. 3, Goderich; Miles and Fred Marshall, R.R. 1, Blyth; Donald Watt, R.R. 1, Blyth; Eugene Har- vey, R.R. 1, Goderich; Ivan and Willard Benneweis, R.R.' 1, Born- holm; Roy Birchill, R.R. 5, Brus- sels; Fred Walsh, R.R. 1, Varna; John Grundy, R.R. 1, Centralia; Harold McCallum, R.R. 1, Walton; Robert and Calvin Hulley, R.R. 2, Walton; Wm. Hull, R.R. 4, Brus- sels; William and Robert Buchan- an, R.R. 3, Blyth; John Cook, R.R. 1, Belgrave; Gordon Mason, R.R. 3, Blyth; Allan Barbour, R.R. 2, Luck - now; Ken Redmond, Wingham; James Greaves, Dungannon; Jas. Watt, R.R. 1, Blyth; John Ryks, R. R. 5, Goderich. Clint Hodgins Seen On TV Television was the means of re- cording the success of a district. boy who is making a name for himself on the harness horse cir- cuits in the States. Last week -end Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Beavers were' viewing the races from the Long; Island raceway, when announcer Clem McCarthy called out the' name of Clandeboye's Clint Hodg- ins as driver in one of the sulkies. The Beavers' watched the race• with keen interest and were able• to follow Clint throughout the mile. Before the evening was over they saw him in a second race. -Exeter Times -Advocate. Successful At C.N.E. Competing at the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition last Thursday, Robert Wallace was quite success- ful Showing in the small white' and the broad -breasted bronze - classes, Mr. Wallace walked off with four firsts and four seconds out of eight entries. This Is the third year the Wallace Turkey Farm has competed at the C.N.E.; and on each occasion has been very successful, a fact which speaks well for the product. Mr. Wallace was accompanied to To- ronto by his son, .Alvin, and a' neighbor, George Nesbitt.—Blyth Standard. • Peonies Move Best in September September is the best month to divide andtransplant peonies, but they should not be moved more often than once in five years, ,un- less there is special reason for do- ing so. Choose a fine day for dig- ging up the plants and take care not to damage the roots, which in a large plant may go down a foot or more. The leaves of the plant should be cut off before starting to dig and the loose earth removed from the roots which shouldbe exposed to 'the air for a few hours. Wash off all the soil with water. Examine the root carefully to see where it can be divided, with as little damage to the tuber as possible: A very large clump can be divided by forcing a digging fork down into the centre, but smaller ones can be forced apart by hand. Each division must con- sist if a tuber with two or three eyes, but divisions with six or sev- en eyes are better for the' aver- age gardener. Before planting the ground should be well dug and if possible some well -rotted manure added and well mixed. in. The root should be placed so that there is about two inches of soil above the crown. Too deep planting is fre- quently the cause of peonies not blooming. A mulch should be put on the first year after the ground has frozen, but when the plants are well established no much is' necessary. The leaves should be out back each fall and burned in order to destroy any disease germs which may be present. Fewer Acres, But Greater Returns The Agricultifral Engineering Division of the Experimental Farms Service, Dominion • Depart- ment of Agriculture, has cast a comparative eye on census returns for 1881 and 1941 and has noted, some striking contrasts between the two sets of .figures. Chalices are the contrasts will be even more striking when the 1951 census ie eotnplete. The rural population of Eastern Canada was 300,000 greater in 1941 than it was in 1881. But the rural population of Bast - ern Canada amounted to only 41 per cent of .the total population In 1941, compared With 14 per cent in 1881. The tiutn'oer of farms in 9lastern Canada ii+itlt 100200, 200.200 and over 880 ares each waa greater in 1941 !than It was in 1881. (Continued Mk Fag I) #'s a good idea to have a dittiCe, SUPPOSE you have what you feel is a good opportunity which calls for bank credit. If one bank cannot see it your way, or if you think you can get a better deal elsewhere, you're free to "shop around". Banks compete to serve the most diversified needs, no matter how special7zed any of them may be .... personal, business, or farm loans, money transfers,. collections — to name just a few. 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