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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1951-08-03, Page 2B 0 ON EXPOSITOR 0 MINN EXPOSITOR Established 1860 A. Y. McLean, Editor Published at Seaforth, Ontario, ev- ery Thursday afternoon by McLean Bros. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription rates, $2.50 a year in advance; foreign $3.00 a year. Single copies, 5 cents each. Advertising rates on application. ',HUNK fl Author.a an Se, oed Clarieail Poet Office; Depae-treent Ottawa. SEAFORTH, Friday, August 3, 1951 Your Home Town Merchant From time to time we hear some- one tell about a shopping trip they had to the city, and how they bought a lot of things. Sometimes they go on to say that they later discovered the things they bought could have been obtained in town, and at a lesser cost. We were reminded of that when we read in the Delhi News -Record a discussion of the home town merch- • ant, Thews -Record says.: "Your Horne Town Merchant . . . who is he? "H,,e is the chap who gives you credit accommodation when you are fitnaricia;ly embarrassed and carries you until you are able to pay him. "He is the chap who lives in your Town, whose staff lives in your Town and who epend their money with you and other local people. 'He is the chap who meets you cheerfully, and lets you out with a message to some members of the family, and a real 'come again' and 'good-bye.' "He is the chap who helps you sup- port your churches and charitable organizations and talks for the home town and boosts it in every way ev- ery day of the year. "He is the chap who visits you when you are sick, sends flowers to your family when you die, and fol- lows your body out any,ng the quiet trees and tombstones as far as hu- man feet may travel with the dead. - "He is the Home Merchant—your neighbor—your friend—yi.ur helper in time of need. "Don't you think you ought to trade with him and be his friend and his helper in time of need? • "Don't you know that every dollar you send out of Town for merchans is sent to strangers—to men who Player • -NI a dollar here?• You :,vilen you send 41.on't always save Polley out of your own Town. "And don't you know that the growth and prosperity of this good loiArr. and community depends very Ifirgely on the growth and prosperity of the home -town merghants? "Out-of-town visitor S judge our Town by the impressions they re- ceive from the appearance of our stores and the degree of enterprise displayed by our own merchants. "And your home -town merchants cannot succeed unless home folks like you ... and you ... and you give them loyal, all -the -year-round sup- port." though enclosed to a considerable ex- tent by glass, approaches this condi- tion. "The average motorist is probably safer in his car during an electrical storm than in his home. Upon recol- lection there are fewer cases oh re- cord of autos being struck by light- ning. And this is rather remarkable when you stop to consider the hun- dreds of thousands of cars out in electric storms, particularly in our larger cities." • Passing Bp on the Other Side Lamenting the present-day tend- ency of the people to look to their governments for everything with the resulting lack of initiative which such a course engenders, the Rural Scene, in a recent issue, tells of the minister of a large city church who recently appealed to his pew and radio audience to write or wire Prime Minister St. Laurent or Fin- ance Minister Abbott, urging the government to relieve the famine in India. The Rural Scene goes on to point out that "this appeal for pressure up- on the government was not accom- panied, at the time it was made, by an appeal to the listeners to do their Christian duty through personal con- tributions. "'Hey, Skinny, you look like the Indian famine fund,' said one young- ster to another at the old swimmin' hole, way back when charity began at home. The youngsters had been impressed by the pictures of starv- ing Indian children, which were cir- culated in the Sunday Schools of Canada when Canadian children contributed their pennies and nickels and their parents put dollars on the special collection plates." In conclusion the Scene suggests that "putting pressure on govern- ments to perform the charitable du- ties of individuals is the modern means of passing by on the other side. Write (wiring is waste) to Mr. St. Laurent or Mr. Abbott, but im- press them with your sincerity by enclosing your personal cheque for all you can afford." • Stay in Your Car Every year about this time elec- trical storms are fairly frequent, and there have been countless words of advice written as" to the best way by which to avoid being struck by light- ning. Most of this advice has had to do with staying away from open door- ways and high trees, but now we see in the Sarnia Canadian Observer something that applies particularly to motorists. "If you are driving along the high- way when an electrical storm ap- proaches," the Observer says, "and you seek a nice safe place to stay un- til the storm passes, just take the ad- vice of experts and stick right in the driver's seat. "The Bureau of Standards tells us that automobiles are practically im- mune to lightning desp4te the fact that rubber tires and the car as a Whole become very wet during a titorm. "Persons driving within a conduct- *tg enclosure are fairly safe against *Wing, and tile auto body, al. Vast Strange Land Under Sea Awaits Explorer What Other Papers Say: V••••••••••••••••••=000*••••••••••••=im....1*,........, =WS 08011.11111 (By Marvin IL Creager in the Milwaukee Journal) A third of the earth still is un- tains mixed with its chlorides, cop - explored Per, nickel, iron. Lead, esen gold Sober-minded scientists tell us and silver from the metallic veins so in spite of the tact that our teat planetary upheaval deposits modern males seem to show the on the ocean bottom - globe in great. detail_ Explorers i -Compared wiOl this masa the :lave been to both poles. They veins of mountains with their gol- have climbed the skY heights of den sands deposited by the rivers Tibet, They have hacked their are but insignificant tentacles." way to the headwaters of the Ams- At great depths there is no mo- wn. Tourists go on night motor, tion to the water. Storms raging rides through the hart of Africaon the surface have no effect be- eith the shining eyes of Bone and; tow. each form of aquatic life has leoparde upon them and the truml its own depth zone above which it peeing of elephants coming LIP like cannot live because of lack of wa- thunder. What do these eise men ter pressure on its peculiar organ - mean, a third of the earth un- isms and below which it cannot known? live because of too great pressure ocean's smassurdight.. And there is, noThtteengerufotrh aboutslusrethat ieviiirat Iiisu°;:- °off tcobeurosceea, 1 ing on out in the sea where .the "A fantastic light streaks water is more than three miles through this world of darkness deep. And the water is deeper than that over nearly a third of rigithlit. mpruoducitecoedlorebdy shalivfitsag—a.nimal organ- the earths surface. Even some isms,' Ibanez writes. "In the low - waters that are less than three est byeses sightless creatures are mites deep have not been looked v . ery scarce, contrary to COMMOI1 inte opinioa. The filaments of the car - The Danes now propose to. ria nivorous trees (strange combine- eomeCning about it. Danish scien- tiets -have been recognized leaders tions of animal and vegetable 1 te) are garlands of lamps; the eyes of in sea exploration for a centuryver the hunting animaLs, electric more. They hav„e.setit out two me globes; the insignificant bacteria, portant world'expeditione—t he last light-producimg little glands, all of one some 50 years ago. N"v'T they which open or close with Phos - axe fiending out a third, a thorough- phorehcent switches according to I:, equipped naval vessel with 11 the necessity of the moment— top marine scientists and a labora- sometimes to persecute and devour tory with every known inierument or their work. They plan to spend and at other timee to keep them- selves hidden in the shadows. If overweight and forty plus, After streetcars do not. dart. You'll get another tram or bus, But not another heart. Dept. d National Health and Welfare Years Agone Interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Twen- ty-five and Fifty Years Ago. AUGUST 3, 1951 Seen in the County Papers Outstanding Student Mise Lorna 13ray, former Blyth girl, has been awarded the Rotary Club Scholarship, valued at $100 for the moat promising student of the year at Carleton College. Ot- tawa. Lorna Is the younger (laugh ter of V. M. and, Mrs. Bray, form- erly resident here.-13lyth Stand- ard. From The Huron Expositor August 6, 1926 We understand that Miss Welsh, of Hen -all, eho teaches at S.S. No 3, Hay, has been re.engaged eith Co-op Staff Changes Mr. Leslie Rutledge recently re- eigned his position with the Blyth Farmers' Coop to assume new du- ties with the Canadian Pacific Rail- ays. Addition to the Co op staff include Miss June MacDonald, of near Teeswater, as bookkeeper, and Mr. Wm. Mountain, in charge of farmers' supplies.—Blyth Stand- ard. Improving Store Fronts The two Hanna stores on Jos- ephine Street have been undergo- ing improvements re-cently. 'The men's wear store tia.e been treated to a smart looking green and yet - Mrs. Essery on mer birthday was - a telegram from her granddaughter In Central America. She also re- ceived a lovely basket of flowers from the Centralia W.M.S. or which she has been honorary presi- dent since 1939. On Sunday friends and relatives from Toronto, Kin- cardine, Lucan, Exeter, Crediton, Usborae and Centralia called .t.ce honor her. — Exeter Times -Advo- cate. Has New Chief of Police Mitchell ;has a new chief of po- lice. He was appointed Thursday - morning and is F. G. Phillion, 38, Ingersoll, who has had six years' experience in this line of work at Parkhill and Delhi, and • has been presently employed in Ingersoll. Quito in contrast to our previous - chief of police, he stands 6 feet lea inches and tips the scales at 215 pounds. He has high school junior matriculation, is; a graduate of the - Windsor Business College, in junior acepuntancy and holds a diploma in the St John's Alubu- low finish and workmen are en- lance Corps in First Aid to the in- gagedDont of the ladiee' wear store. The jured. Mr. Phillion is married and at present in rebuilding the finish will be natural -toned sand- has two children. Council receiv- blow plywood. — Veingham Ad- etidons_ixmaitpcphleitilatiAodn‘soefaotre.considera- vance-Times. Chair Presented To Hospital Have Impressive Record . I Londesboro B.A's wound ug, The Goderich Rebekah Lodge their regular schedule of games recently made the presentation of Monday night when they won a a fine chrome wheel chair, which close decision from the viisting can be folded when not in use, to Dungannon squad. The score was Alexandra Hospital. This valued 9-7 for Londesboro. The B.A.-re piece of equipment was presented have compiled an impressive re - through the Caucer, Polio and T. cord- this season. During the sche tun years at sea. B. Fund, and was received by the dule they won 9 games, tied one, • None of the lights of the earth we One may wonder, after a few . e , e an increase in salary, superintendent, Miss Helen Black, and lost two. Both losses were to Min,Itea in a modern aquarium know can compare with those of Harold Shepherd, Hensel!. who th's abyal world. All the presentation Leine made at the the Clinton Radar School, and the eesthe ar tificial broke hiarm while riding on the s with every conceivable form of hospital by Mrs. C. Tweedie, Mrs. tie was with Bemuiller. The •C' pale before the varieties of marine life leering at bine what ' fires sideea.lk in front of D. A. Can- Gilliam Bannister and Mrs. Fred' team in this group will be getting more could be found and- e hy. But • telon's shop, was taken to a hos- its organic brilliance." Such is the strange world into pital in London last week for an The f, let hi that the capacity of the: ' sea for animal life is unbe:ievable which the eleven Danes intend to x-ray, when his arm was reset. ' nd entists have only paddled probe. A steel hawser 15,000 met- Dr. Aubrey Crich, who has been asc' out on tee surface of aquatic lite(9.3 miles) long will used to visitingat his home in tOWn for William Baldwin, 75, near Dun-, the B.A.'s should win handily. In , res be gannon, is in Alexandra Hospital, l Walter Tares and Glen Carter, lower...in.etruments that only the the past few days, and who has, For, as Blasco Ibanez points out in Goderich, with burns to his hands' they have what has proven to be a I most skilled underetand. The great- been at the Mayo Clinic for the his "Mare Nostrum," the land is a and face after an early morning reliable pitching staff that has est known ocean depth is 10,800 past 26 months, let Monday to e- etle-Plane serface while the sea is ffire destroyed his large brick done them yeoman service this• metres (6.66 miles). It is to the come associated with' the Lock- year.—Blyth Standard. Fritzley.—Goderich Signal -Star. Farmer Burned in House Fire down to playoff work in the very near future, and on the strength of their play during the schedule, Take Out the Click (Winnipeg Free Press) A shipment of typists' desks from France ,arrived recently at U.N. headquarters. Directions for fasten- ing typewriters to these were con- tained in an envelope attached to each desk. A brave attempt had been made by the French manufacturer to rendor the directions in English, as follows: tube of a number of turns corresponding td the, peii4illit of the machine, each tube 4.1)0Ut two pounds. For instance, for a typewrit- er machine of 34 pounds, weighed about, turn the tube of 17 teeth. To unbend the spring engaged the spin- dle into a hole, turn the tube, take out the click, take off the spindle, take out the second click, and brake the tube by hand. It does not necessarily take genius to do all this, just know-how. What is evidently needed is a good, steady typewriter -man able to keep his head in emergencies. • The Old Local Time (Toronto Financial Post) In a booklet issued recently by the Robert Mitchell Co., Montreal, cov- ering the 100 -year history of the firm, an advertisement is reproduced showing the Mit schedule for the newly opened Grand Trunk Railway line joining Toronto and Montreal. Dated October 18, 1856, the notice includes the following information for the benefit of passengers: The trains will be run on Montreal Time, which is: - 81/2 minutes faster than Brockville Time. 12 minutes faster than Kingston Time. 141/2 minutes faster than Belleville Time. 23 minutes faster than Toronto Time. Fortunately the general adoption of Standard Time, a short period lat- er, put an end to that confusion but not forever. We now have the an- nual uncertainty over Daylight Sav- ing. a volume. -rile number of terrestrial ani- mals, ie most insignificant comear- ed with the maritime ones," Iban- ez says. "Upon the earth's surface (mural smaller than the ocean) the beings occupy only the surface of the soil and an atmellpheric can- opy of a certain number of met- res. Birds and insects seldom go beyond this in tiWir flights. In the sea the animals are dispersed ov- er all its levels, through many miles of depth multiplied by thou - sande and thousands of longitud- inal leagues. Infinite quantities of creatures, whose number it is im- Poss'ble to calculate, swim inces- santly in all the strata of its wa-, ers. "The immense aquatic ma.," Ib- anez contirwee. "tree times more salty than at the teginning of the plant, eresuse of the evaporatien th it. ha. dmIii bed h litmid with- out ebsorbing its components, re - home Baldwin apparently was wakened by the crackling flames and aroused a conipanion, Lloyd Gallen, asleep upstairs. The two men escaped 'in their night cloth- ing. The fire spread so quickly it met of the Philippines. Vast areas covered by waters not more than a mile deep have never been studied,. Earlier expeditions have resulted in important addi- tions to knowledge of the weird ocean caverns, but the greater depths still hold their secrets. Sci-e entists do not know whether any lite at all exists at the extreme depths where the pressure exceeds 1,000 atmospheres. They can only, speculate as to what it ie tike if it. does exist. The most amazing thing given up by the deep recent years was a fish caught off Southeast Africa. It belonged to a group which zoologists had believed ex- tinct since the Cretaceous age, some 80 million years ago. But tile re it was, ; s chipper as a Flaw beau niuskie, It was five feet long and. weighed 125 pounds, accordirg to officie recores. Quite a fish. wwww Contour Competition Planned For international ••; , I e titions Wild Carrot Wild Carrot, usually referred to I Queen Anne's Lace, is one of 11 he a new feature at the big, the most commen, biennial weed§ tlaeih - At an official meeting of ehe Monday chyCehvuernngotVthearsi;liatale,vir coati Rt eovn J. Durrant was raised $150, bring- ing it up to $1,800. wood Clinic at Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Naylor and femily, of Chatham, were visiting with' Seaforth friends on Sunday. Mr. Naylor is a former principal of Seaforth public school. Work was started this week on was not possible to save the furni- of the celebration of the annivers- ture. The telephone line to the ary at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. The the new bridge to replace the iron home was burned, disrupting ser- I guest speaker at the services was. one 2y2 miles north of Seaforth, vice in the area.—Clinton, News- Rev. Gordon Peddie, B.A., of Knoll- -known as Grieve's bridge. The new ridge will be a hantlsome cement Record. wood Park Presbyterian Church, Hold Anniversary At Bayfield' Splendid congregations attended:. the services at Knox Church, Hay- field, on Sunday, on the occasion, arch one. The county has also pur- London, who was a former minister' chased a lot from the farm of B. of Clinton and Hayfield, cburches, Rising and will make an 'S' ap- Special music was rendered by the' proach to the north end of the new choir of St. Andrew's Church, Clin- bridge, so as to eliminate the deep ton, at the morning worship, and' snow drifts which form at the pre- Masters Douglas Fleischauer and• sent turn each winter. The work Beverly Boyes singing a lovely is being done under the supervi• duet, "Take Up Thy Cross." Mr:. Peddie chose for his morning sub- Patterson.sion of County Engineer T. Rdy Little Spencer Jeffery, son of Mr.; ject a text from the Gospel ace worth a Canadian seed champion- cording to John, chapter 1, verse and Mrs. Archie Jeffery, Staffa, ha; Ishii). The family is reported to 46: "Can any good thing come out hospital'hae been eating the new potatoes of Nazareth? Philip saith unto returned from Stratford since the first of June' The dos- Nathanael, come and- see." In the where the child underwent a ser - Jet Potatoes? Following our announcement that Ralph Seddon had unusually fast growth in his potato patch this year, Mrs. Finley sends in a re- port that the tubers in her garden have outstripped the former record holders in this locality-. In fact, it would almost appear that they are ious operation. ing sentence in the official teport eventing the seating eapiCTty oi The new bridge just west of saYs: "It takes a woman to grow the church had to be augmented Cromarty has been completed and potatoesFrankly, we're wonder -1 with chairs, to accommodate the' ing how some of the spuds would wors,hippers, and the Praise was, work in the gas tank of our car.— Wingham Advance -Times. is now open to traffic. The work was under the direction of the township road superintendent and Patrolman, Simon Sararas. John McDonald did the cement work, which reflects much credit on his WOrkmanship. The flower beds at Hensel' sta- tion are now looking their best, which speaks well for the section foreman, Thos, Shaddick, and his International Plowing alatch and in Southern Ontario. Indeed, K. S. Warm Machinery Demonstraeon Murphy, Fieldman for the Crops -.vhieb is Wile heel this year QI1Branch of the Ontario Department LAW lleigllb.Orti near Woodstock.'i easihr states this new feature 14 lee, manager of the matelii Ho, ith WAS announced by F. A. tia,git'; dralfing ta of Agriculture, says that they are divided leaves which resemble Wee of the cultivated Carrot. recognized by their much- .ittrTtenhge tee fie mg of 101111 Thi reff3aN es ant pWiriodoteaarnrdota hbarsis tal ydeset a good deal of IntOrelit and sup- port, The Upper Thames Riveri leaves, as mentioned aboeet el -e Much divided, while the clusters oi CoPservation Authority is support - flowers are in compound umbels ing ease open to local plowmen, while the Ontario Conservation As- which resemble the bird nest cavi- eociation is providing a trophy for' ties. Mr, Murphy states that on the best work done itt contour plowing during the entire match. Classes will be held On each of the fleet three days of the Math (Oct. 9, 10 and 11), with the clue on Weenefulay, Oct. 10, open only to rnemberg of Junior Farmer Mach- inery Clubin Ontario, On Thurs- day, October 11, there will be an open class e;hich will permit en- tries from the United States as well as those from Ontario. How- ever, competitors in the reneges on the previous two days will not be eligible for this latter clams. Re- presentatives of the Engineering Department of Ontario Agricultur- al College have selected a field within walking distance of the lo- cation of the "Tented City" which they feel is Ideal for the purpose. Additional interest will be added to the feature by the entry of an American champion contour plow- man. The organization handling the big matoh at Bethany, Mis- souri, have stated they expect to have a representative participate in the contour open class, as well as one who will take part In the regular competition. In turn, Bob Timbers, of Stouffville, a former champion from the International, will compete at Bethany on August 16 and 17. Regarding other features of the International, Mr. Lashley states that plans are well under way for several important demonstrations. One new one will be the conetruc- don of a farm pond, for which pre- liminary work IR already under way. Other demonstrations will cover the' care of farm woodlots, fire fighting, seed cleaning, crop dusting, and forage crops, He adds that the very co-operative local 'committee is working diligentlef. At the same time, applications' reaching his office for exhibit space aro well above the figure for the same time laid year. With all these indications, he feels there are good prospects that the inter- national will be bigger and better than ever. maturing seed, these flower clus- ters fermi into a ball, with the seed inside. When ripe—that is in the fall and winter—these balls break off and are rolled along the ground - by the wind, providing one means of dispersing the seed, According to Mr. Murphy, this weed is fast becoming common throughout all Ontario. It is not uncommon to see it in Northern Ontario. Wild Carrot is found along roadsides., pastures and clov- er fields, where it often shows up badly in second- cut hay, He feels, that spudding is one of the best means of control where there are only scattered plants. However, clipping before it flowers will also keep it from spreading further. Mr. Murphy suggests that badly infested fields of hay and clover should be plowed before the second cut. By clipping pastures several times during the season, this weed can be easily control- led. He points out that Wild Carrot Is very susceptible to 2-4-D and if no clovers are present, 2-4-D can be applied at the rate of 1 pound active material per acre. This spraying should) be done just be- fore full bloom and again in late September, as spraying at this time will kill the small seedlings of Wild Carrot. In conclusion, Mr. Murphy feels that as this weed Is becoming all too common throughout all Ontario one of the above methods of con- trol should be employed to prevent further spread. A Smile Or Two pferd the Huron Expositor August 2, 1901 Mr, J. M. Govenlock, Winthrop, owner of the brickyard there, had the misfortune to have his barn and its contents burned one night last week. It was supposed to have been cauaed by the heating. of some new hay which was, stored in the building. Among those who left Heneall on Monday evening and Ttleaday morning on the cheap excursion to Manitoba, we learned of the fol- lowing: Jas, E. Troyer, Wm. Jack- son, Henry Jackson, Isaac Jackson, Peter Stewart, Fred Pfile, Arthur Dignan, Chas. Dick, John Tapp, Al- bert Fee, Jas. Reid, Wm. Perkins, Chas. Campbell, R. Ben.gough an.d Wm. Johnston. S. P. Brine, of town, had a nar- row escape from serious injury Monday afternoon. In front of L. MeFaul's residence his buggy col- lided with another buggy and he was thrown to the ground and ren- dered, unconscious. He was taken to the residence of Mrs. Kemp and Dr. Shaw was called., No perman- ent injury was caused, however. While climbing down out of a tree on Monday, a young son of Mr. Wm. Hartry fell, alighting on his hands, with the result that both wrists were broken. One of the most successful gar den parties that has ever been held in Varna was held Wednesday night under the auspices of St. John's Church. The Seaforth braes band was present as usual and more than sustained their former Mph reputation. Mr. Montgomery Patrick, Tuck- ersmith, has rented his farm on the seventh concession to Mr. Sam Laidlaw. Mr. Robert Hawthorne, Egmond- ville, cradled one acre and a half of oats on Friday, Ad Mrs. Hugh Simpson bound the same. When it is understood that Mr. Hawthorne has only one arta, the other having been taken off In a threshing ma- chine some years ago, and that Mrs. Simpson's age is 66 years, it was a remarkable feat. She said she could have done another acre and a half. By those who were up early en- oughi to e.ee, it is Said there was a slight frost lad Monday Deeming. Has 94th Birthday led by a choir of men from Zurich' Evangelical Church. They also contributed three special numbe:s. to the great joy of those attending; Grandmother Essery celebrated the service. The minister, Rev. EY. her 94th birthday at her home J. Lane, conducted the devotion, in Centralia on Monday. Surround- and Mr. Peddie preached a very ed by flowers and. cards, she work- inspiring sermon from the text., ed on an intricate piece of tatting, one of elle many she has complet- ed in the past, to give to a friend. Among the many tributes paid to Concerned: "What do you do when a girl faints?" Conceited: "1 stop kissing her." • Small boy to neighbor: "Just like a woman. SU hasn't seen that guy for over two years, and then she turne out the light." "As Moses lifted up the servant. in the wilderness, even so, must the Son of Man be lifted up."— Clinton News -Record. We Must Think of Quality In Our (Pielie the Menthly Letter of the Food Royal Bank of Canada) We have become so accustomed too well the budget. difficulty bee to thinking of increasing our food gets into when he withdraws con- tinually without putting equal. amounts or more into his account.. Our health is to a large extent in the hands of our farmers. The. veterinarian may put drug store, remedies into the feed box to cure' the ailment of livestoek, and physi cians may prescribe pills and ton-• ics to cure the idle of mankind. brought. about by eating faulty food. It is good to have high. Yields, but luxuriance of crops of itself is not goodness. production as merely a matter of opening up new land that it is somewhat shocking to realize that the World supply of new land is just about exhausted. We must think, in these days, how to make two blades of grass grow on land where only one grew before, Or, if we insist upon ex- tending our farm land we must make it out of worn out or infer- ior soil, after learning how to cor- rect its shortcomings. Soil, plants, animals and men) are dependent upon one another. If the human race is to survive, we must concern ourselves with seeing to it that the soil is pre- served and conserved. It must be protected from washing away or blowing away, and it must be en- riched so that it has the proper nutrient qualities for our plants. There is no use in our eating apples to keep doctors away, or carrots to improve our eyesight (even if these results are guaran- teed) unless the apples and the carrots have secured excellence they should have. Attention has been directed by national and international organ- izations to the plight of people in oreign lands who have not enough food to go ,around. It is time we in Canada turned our attention to this other aspect of the food prob- lem. We need to think of quality as well as quantity. One good tur- nip may provide as much nutri- tion as two poor ones, and if we can grow the same number of good turnips as poor ones we have thereby doubled our crop of food. The tack of a plant nutrient in soil may he made up by applying fertilizer, and using farm manage- ment. Because the deficiency may communicate itself to every one of us through our daily meals, these three features of farming become of pressing importance to people in every -business and in every part of Canada. A run-down mil grows run-down food. Every crop takes away part of every mineral from the soil, ands every bank customer knows onIr not get enough of them. Goodness in food. plants should imply possession of those qualities, that satisfy the requirements of animale and men for heat, for ere orgy, for growifla, for body repair and .for reproductihn. To achieve - such goodness is a noble' ambition. for oar farmers, andtb retain it is an equally high Mtn for our food processors, The quality of ttie food, we eat' is the chief raceme in: our physical Illness-. No health' campaign can. succeed unless the materials of which tfre body is built are sound. Professor Ellis said, "To be - healthy is. to be well fed, If the - foods prod,used by farm and gar- den satisfy all' ;food- requirements; so that bodies can' be kept in health!, then the works of our - hands are good. Orr the other hand . . . if the women develop goitre; if the babies have rickets, if the men cannot work because they are crippled- with arthritis, if the chil- dren have white spots on their teeth, or if the girls- have anaemia- - . . these disorders' are evidences. of malnutrition and' faulty feed- ing." Many of the sag on which food' crops are grown do not supply the. plants with sufficient minerals to enable them .to synthesize vitamins in quantities 10 meet our demands. Further, and worse, we are not saddled' to use many of our plant products ih the -form in which na- ture glees them tie us, but demand' that they be pro-ceseed. Unless we - know what' nutrients are retadVerr itt the„preeesaitg, and make up the miantity teem' other sources, we do'