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SITOR
StPlished1869
A. Y. McLean, Editor
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SEAFORTH, Friday, January 4th
Parliament Prorogues
The fifth session of the twenty-
fiist Parliament was prorogued Sat-
urday evening. During the nearly
• three months during which Parlia-
inent was in session, there was com-
pleted an impressive list of legisla-
, tive accomplishments, _many of them
• being of far-reaching importance.
Amongst the major achievements
the session might be listed the fol-
lowing:
1. Approval of a 2-2-2 formula of
income, corporation and sales taxes
Toward the $380,000,000 annual cost
tat universal $40 monthly pensions for
100,000 Canadians 70 years of age
-and over and similar pensions for
145,000 of those in „need between 65
and 70 years of age.
2. Increases of from 33.3 to 45 per
cent in the pensions for 161,486 dis-
abled veterans of World Wars I and
11, 19,759 war widows, and 124,000
dependent children thereof, making
an additional cost of $27,916,885 an-
nually to the federal treasury.
3. Graded salary, increases for up-
wards of 211,000 members of the Civ-,
• it Service, R.C.M.P. and the -armed
ii 8, at an additional cost of
about ,000,000 annually.
•• 4. An amendment to the Combines
Investigation Act outlawing resale
price maintenance practices.
"CEstablishment of a three-man
St. Lawrence Seaway Authority to
t3pend up to $300,000,000 far the deep-
ening of ,the $t. Lawrence -Great
Lakes waterway system, either in co-
. 'operation with the, United States or
• for Canada to carry out the project
on her own.
6. Approval of an agreement be-
tween Canadian and Ontario govern-
ments whereby Ontario will put up,
„About, $200,000,000 for the develop-
•tnent of 1,000,000 horsepower ,of elec-
tricity on the St. Lawrence.
7. Authority for the 13oard•ig
'Transport Commissioners to effect
equalization of the Canadian freight
rate structure and payment of a
000,000 annual subsidy to the, C.N.R.
and, C.P.R. railways on .maintenance
coati for the so-called "railway
bridge" across Northern Ontario.
8. Approval of the' despatch of the
27th' Brigade and two of the propos-
etreTeAn R.C.A:F. squadrons to Eur-
ipe1 as part of Canada's commitments
to the North Atlantic Treaty Organ-
ization integrated forces being built
up there against -the threat of Corn-
muniet aggression.
9. Abolition of all regulations un-
der the Foreign Exchange Control
Board Act.
10. Legislation to provide $6,256;-
000 annually as additional financing
for the Canadian Broadcasting ,Cor-
poration for the next four years be-
• Ond continuance of the $2.50 'annual
radio license fee.
11. Special $20,000,000 emergency
credit arrangements to aid Western
-wheat farmers, due to unprecedented
weather conditions, whereunder they
have been unable to harvest and sell
...their crop in the customary orderly
taaanner.
12. Amendments...o the Civil Ser- •
Vigo Commission Act as to the,salar-
ies and tenure of office pf the com-
missioners.-
13. An increase in theGovernment
,Printing Bureau revolving operation-
ul fund. from $2,000,000 to $4,000,0,00
gratually. •
_11 Approval of a protocol expand-
ing the 1.2, -member :state North At -
Untie Treaty Organiiation to takein
e and Turkey' ds members.
Approval of the Finaneial Ad -
*Won Aet rep*Ini the Con
solidated Revenue and Audit Act and,
other financial statutes.
_
16. Amendments to the National
Gallery of Canada Act enlarging the
board of trustees from five to nine
members and effecting other im-
provements in its operational set-up,,
17. Amendments to the Canada
Elections Act. '
18. Announcem,ents of government
policy to proceed with construction
of a $22,700,000 causeway for vehicu-
lar and railway traffic across the
Strait of Canso between the Nova
Scotian mainland and Cape Breton
Island and for a committee, headed
by William Hogg, former Ontario
• Hydro Electric Power Commission
engineer to conduct a further investi-
gation on the proposed -$103600 irri-
gation and power -dam on the South
Saskatchewan River.
The New Year
With the advent of another year,
Canadians will look forward with
confidence and hope to the future.
While it is true' the fear of. war,
common to the whole world, is pres-
ent in the hearts of Canadians, there
probably is not a country in the
• world that can face the future with
the, same. confidence. The people of
Canada, while small in numbers, are
possessed of Walt natural resources
and a high degree of thchnical and
industrial skill. But above all, they
are realistic in their approach to
world probleths and are determined
in their knowledge' that by a sustain-
ed preparedness program war can
and will be prevented. Over -confi-
dence can often lead to disaster, but'
at the same time it must be adniitted
that as the allied forces of freedom
grow stronger in their defence pre-
parations the likelihood of war
diminishes.
It is true that at all levels -of gov- -
ernment taxes are high, but despite
taxes Canadians on the average en-
joy as high or higher a standard of
living as do the people of any other
country. There are lasses, time; that
find the going tough for periods, but
on the whole we' in Canada live in a
style which in Edroie Would be re-
garded as luxurious. It is a favored'
land; we are a favored people.
The` problem Canada will face ' in
the New Year is' that of maintaining
-its preparedness program. With the
high standard of living its people en-
joy, and with its vast natural resourc-
es, this can be done. True, it may re-'
sniff in a somewhat lessened stan-
dard; there may be thtngS we would
like but which we must deny our-
selves. - On the other hand, if we put
our pleasures first to the end that we
do not contribute our full share to a
preparedness program, it may well
be that some day we will find that it
is too late. Canadians are not lack-
' ing in courage, nor in the determina-
tion to continue for posterity the
democratic way. of life. " •
What -Other Papers Say:
"Tricks" Of Discipline
(Fort William Times -Journal)
A short time ago, a professor of
psychology addressing a group of
Toronto teachers, advocated the ab-
olition of all forms of school discip-
line "from report cards to deten-
tions."
He pointed out that corporal pun-
ishment is -rarely resorted to, 'these
days. But he would like to see `fall
the Other tricks of maintaining or-
der—the gold star, the school prize,
the detentions, also go."
He maintains that such things pro-
vide false motives for studying.
"What we want," he said, "is a
self-disciplined adult. The only way
to get that' is to let school children
discipline themselves!'
On the face of' it, Wks all sounds
very feasible, but we are still inclin-
ed to believe that there is a greatdeal
of truth in the old adage: "Spare the
rod and spoil the child."
MI throughilife grown-up children
-will -be living -in a Competitive s,o-
eiety.
v_ Those who can produce the best
goods and give better services than
their competitors will get the busi-
ness. The fastest runner will win the
raee. The best team, get the cup.
'CROSSROADS
( By James 4c.,tt
KIN G-SIE1 HE A KTS
The middle of the winter is cer-
tainly a funny time to want to go
0 visit the .'ooan 1'er one .of
he r:t to adnet it.
In facte-I did it wee'
y friend, the Curator.
"Well, s es.' ee '01'43
L wouel be all evil; or ee t�
e here,. iment, sew's a tit-
le 'strange. Weans got into you
,Yway?"
"I want to see the lions," I said.
'The lions! Now look here—
lions live in their natural et 'te in
a tro-ical climate. Wouldn't a nice
bear do just as well? . We e e
e very ni'e he -re and several
peensof. deer ani antelo"e you
'an look at to ,your heart's' con-.
-et Bet tee Hone 1 i71 s"e-itn-
neheated indoor eages so they'll
' ee through e roll reined an ven-
ter. We don't allow neop•e o look
't the lions 'n the winteetnee"
"Just the same," 1 enid stueborn
ly, "only the lions will do. 1 only
want to eee the lions."
So the Curator gave me 1 look
Which plainly said that ee knew he
was dealing with a madman, Me
he gave in and met me hirnser
when I arrived at the Zoo and took
me to see the lions.
One of them' was a big tawn,,,
powerful fellow who seemed in a
bad temper and very fierce. He
was the one I watched particular
ly. •
el -low big would you say, th't tele
Law's heart is?" I eked the Cure -
ter
"Olt, a little bigger than your:,"
he replied. •
I doubled up my fist,be-ause•they
say your iheart is jest about: the
&eine eine as ,yenr fist. It looked,
Pretty small t 1Ik1•
"DO yoti mean to tell me," 1 ask-'
ed, "that that king centhe beasts
there has a heart teat isret much
bigger than this?" I held out my
puny fist to the Curator.
"No, not nrtich bigger." -
"I don't believe it," I said tether
belligerently. "Lions must have
huge hearts. If they haven't, why
did they call•one of our eret
monarchs 'ever re Hone -reel,
the Lionheartee?"
"Is, that whe you cer e
wee out ere In the middle 0. ee
winter?" asked the Curator
sed shake of his hea'.
"Yes, it " e
yr•tr .rt , 11 1,
eeriness of 1951 eve yew •
pie who seened to ' e •
strong and vrt1n p 1
their strength with ee
like me, that 1 ?eve, nee
the lionaearted i
be a eilerliecee 'n t ' '
now vou tee e ere,
such • very Hg "e -r • •
The Ceritereleo'-ee. •
paterce t•' e"
he said soti • '1"
this verse' i"e -e,' P
in heart. for the •• seer '
"How hg a 'ea't
pose Iran n'e't"
full of love en 'er n ee ' • ,
contented. "I supeose 't
sibie that there "et all
who have hearts -e Mg.
lion's but that doe -ret ee
they'll get to heeven • ,No" y
long chalk: We tent ahnet th
lion's heart because he is th k
of thedlangle: he can subdue an
the paysical forces aganet eire: 13
can kill or frighten his enemies
into submieseen. Yet look at ha.
now—speeing Christmas in a c -g
With a min its a toeghr "roc'
tion. Thehiegest enem'es he
to fight are not those eeer-n P '
They -re right in 11., e
and tee si"e of tee ee rt. d es
matter nt 711 No reettn- wee'
size. it must he pure or else s
wenn get very far."
The duratter is a wiee men H
made me see things in a very die
ferent wsy. I took one loon a.t
the might- jungle giant thPre ir
the captivity of his• he:ned w'nter
cage. Then I looked rt r -y 1 Vie
Est and walked out of the Zoo.
knowing I had plenty of work
do on that little heart of min
195Z.
• .1
A Smile or Two
enenweeneeeeeee..eeeneee:eeeeeen.nee-e-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-eeeee
First Grade Boy: "How did you the rector says 'Dearly Beloved'
lrke -that movie?"
Second Grade Boy: "It was
okay. I shut my eyes during the
kissing scene and made believe he's
choking her!"
you feel as if you had received a
proposal."
Drivtng in Alberta last summer
an Easterner happened upon a na-
tive who had itiet brought in an-
,
Two spinsters 'met on the street other gusher on a farm inherited
and began to ,talk about their re- from aft old aunt.
apective churches. "How's busines4 tut' here?" in -
"1 understand," said one spinster, (paired the Easterner, intending to
"thgt at your church the attendance promote companionship.
is very small.' Is that so?" "Brother," replied the Albertan,
"Yes, I'm sorry to say it is," re- "out here we do more -easiness by
plied, her friend. "Thermapa so few accident than you do down East on
,pepple there on 'Sunday that when purpose."
Hens PrefereVenter To Snow
As most poultry ,raisers know,
water is essential to good -health
and production in laying bens. Two-
thirds of. the weight of the whole
egg, including'the shell, and about
half the weght of a mature chick-
en is water. Chickens will consume
about twice as limey pounds of wa-
ter as of feed.
Naturally in winter time it is dif-
ficult to keep the water from freez-
ing. The question arises, is snow
a good ,subetitute for water? J. L.
Tessier, of the Dominion Expert':
mental. Station, Inepuskasing, . re -
.port on tests made at that Sta-
tion to find the answer.
In two different _yearn two
groups of 150- hens each year, hay -
Mg about bhe same body weight,
age, and apparent laying ability,
were used. One group had water
to 'drink, while only snow was pro-.
vieed for the other group during
the severe winter weather when
water would ordinarily be frozen.
Neither group received wet mash.
Results as judged by egg produc-
tion showed that water was far
superior to snow. The productiou
in the group receiving water was
16.2 per cent higher per bird than
the birds in the group receiving
snow, while the feed consumption
per bird was 10.6 per cent less for
these in the,group receiving Water.
Since the egg pi -eduction. was
considerably lower and feed con-
euniption higher in the group receiving snow, it would ,be advisable,
says 'Mr. Tessier 'to keep water al-
ways before the birds., even though
this might Involve extra. attention
to' keep it front freezing.
• * *
Trap -Nesting Geese
Perhaps the most important tool
of the poultry raiser is the trap -
nest.. Invented and used in the
nineteenth century it...provided the
first step in the scientific eppeottcli
to poultry breeding. Today, chick-
ene are very efficient ,prodecers of
eggs and meat compared with those
of even 25 years ago; and much of
this Improvement has reaultbd'from
the application of sound breeding
practices. '
In contrast the domestic goose
has long been overlooked by poul-
try investigators, and consequently
little improvement hes been record-
ed in its production characteristics,
In recent years, there has been a
revival of Interest in goose produc-
tion, says E. S. Merritt, Central
Experimental Farm Poultry Divi-
sion, and the Division ha's under-
taken more toneentrated program
of the study and improvement of
the domestic goose than h th
past,
The trap -nest, although consider-
ed a soundly established tool by
poultry investigators and breeders,
has never been, used to arty great
extent with geese. Investigators at
the University of Minnesota found
in .1950 that domestic geese could
be trap -nested successfully. Ac-
cordingly, a preliminary investiga-
tion of the feasibilite of the trap -
nest was Made at the Central Ex-
perimental Farm in 1951 with en-
couraging results. About forty-five
females were trap -nested in special-
ty -designed nests:- The geese were
handled with care and allowed to
become familiar with the nests be-
fore the breeding season. Less
than five per cent of the eggs laid
were classified as floor eggs, that
is, eggs laid outside of the nests.
With,an enlarged eeroject during
1952, it is thougiht that much valu-
able information will be obtained
to serve as background for recom-
mendations on the breeding of
geese. Thus bhe goose breeder will
be able to arrange his bteeding
program on a sound economic and
genetio basis. Study of the goose
has long been neglected and the
project of theecentral E'xperimen-
tat Farm should help to king it up
to date.
* * *
Buy Fertilizer Early •
Order andtake early delivery of
your, fertilizer, is the recommenda-
tion of tbe Ontario Advisoly Fer-
tilizer Board to farmers in the
Province, The Board backs up this
suggestion with several good reas-
ons for so doing. They add that
tbere , are also advantages to be
gained in buying the thigh analysis
fertilizers. , •
First and foremost they ,pointout
that some 350,000 tons of fertilizer
is used in Ontario annually, and
that 75%,of this volume is used on
spring crops. However, the fertil-
izer manufacturins only have stor-
age capacity for about 45% of this
amount. This makes it impossible
for them to meet the demand if it
is all concentrated in the spring
months. Thus buying at this sea-
son of the year is ene way of mak-
ing sure you are able to get the
fertilizer supplies you require for
next.' spring's plantfne. • Added tti
thee advantage, is, the ,fact that
buying' now enemies the buyer of
getting the particular analysis de-
sired.
Cost is also an ImPartant-taet.or
to the buyer of fertilizer. To
ceurage early pUrclutse the manu-
facturers allow a special discount
on all mixed ferdlizers purchased
during January. Aft the same time,
there have been price advances hi
(CmItintied on ?age
Little Jane Primrn
has lost her vim,
And simply
cannot regain it,
Lunching on liver and
good foods will give her
New energy --
and shell retain it.
Dept. of National Health and Welfare
Pa TS Agone
t t,,, t ng Items Picked From
ree et'n Expositor of Twen-
t .fiv- and Fifty Years Ago
From The Herron Expositor
Jarivary 7, 1927
0 :ef • ei licspie ri et e .
a n ul el' ent cm Wednesday of
t wo6hen he fell on o e Ic
:1-1;.• h •e and frac ured t• : ee
r bs, G ving si ' e ng foe gn,•tatho'
C" nes r re '•0 :c-ent a o t hi
duties n Sale riai, when th
a'neemene so si-vere that he con
nine' do tor. Sinee teen he tae
e n rot ed to his home
Mr, T. F, H ys, who is in his 89th
year, reeve ba k to McRillop on
Monday 'o est lin vote in tee
municiral ole t 011.
n'r. ley Hem'erson McKillop,
et on Monday for Cochrane, where
he will send the winter.
McKillop Council for 192T is as
follows: Reeve, Frank McQurid
(eighth term as reeve); Council-
lors, J. M. 'Eckeee, John Dodes,
Thomas McKay and Daniel Regele.
Township:" Reeve, William
Morris; Ceuncillors, Allan McDou-
gall, James. Jeffries, Wm. Harper
and Martin Feeney.
'The annual meeting of the Sea -
forth Fire Brigade was held in their
club' rooms on Tuesday- •evening.
Following the meeting, an hour or
two was spent. in euchre, the prize
winners being: 1st, T. Johnstone',
2nd, H. Smith; consolation; W. Gil-
lespie, the Prizes being 'donated ,by
Jno, Cummings. The following were
the officers for the year: Chief,
Thos. Johnstone; foreman, Charles
Holmes; assitJ. Sproat;
zsecretary, ith; 't, R. treasurer, G.
.
IL
A. Sills.
The annual curling •rnatch, PreSie
dent vs. Vice -President,' wthic'h of-
ficially opens the curling season in
town each. year, was played on New
Year's morning, when eight rinks
made up the drew. Four clpb bags,
donated by John, Broderick for the
highest plue, score, -were won by.
T. S. Smith's rink. Tee rinks- were:
President—G. Dick, Dr. F. J. Bur-
rows, R. Winter, T. Johnstone; J.
Sproat, C. Stewart, W. Thompson,
W :' E. Southgate; J. Allen, F. C.
Jackson, 0. Neil, T. S. Smith; W.
Elcoat, W. R. Smith, J. C. Greig,
W. E, Kerslake. Vice-President—
R. N. Bissonnette, C. Holmes, C. A.
Barber, R. E. Bright; J. Hinchley,
T. Grieve, J. 13roderick, R. J.
Sproat; D: Reid, Geo. Jackson, O.
Dick, G. A. Sills; R. McKenzie, W.
J. Duncan, J. G. Mullen,' R. Boyd.
From The Huron Expositor
January 3, 1902 •
Miss Bella Bethune left Monday
for Regina, where he has secured
the position of teacher in tbe pub-
lic school in that town. Wiles Bella
Watson left4he same day to take
a position as teacher in a school
in tbe Fort William district.
chool, and
ic fi
week. W. J. Moffatt, the new prin-
cipal of Seaforth publMrs. Moffatt, arrived in town last
The entertainment held in Cavan
Church, Winthrop, Monday evening
under tbe auspices of the L'ady
Workers, was a successful and
pleasant affair. Rev., Peter Mus-
grove was the ehairmann:
cellent addressee were elven li
Rev. McNeil, Walton; Rev. Neil
Shaw, ed Egmondville, and Rev. F.,
H. Larkin, of Seaforth. Recitations
by Arthur and 'Tack, bright little
sons of the chairman, brought down
the house. .MIss Vera Rose and
Miss Somerville each sang a vocal
solo, while the singing of the Sea -
forth Methodist choir was much en-
joyed.e'
Mr. D. Regele, of 1VIctleillop, held
a successful bee hauling wood to
Cardno Bros., Seaforbh, on Thurs-
day.
Mise Bessie McTavish, of Tucker -
smith, who has taught for the past
two years in S.S. No. 6, Grey, was
presented with a lady's companion
by her pupils at the close of the
school term.
Master Roy gime, of Blyth, met
with a bad •accident on Monday.
He was using an axe when heac-
cidentally hit the thumb of his left
hand. The nail wee tern off and the
thumb badly bruieed and split.
WIH ile(Mr. Henry Gellman, son of
James Onliman, Hay Twp., was out'
shooting a few days ago, his gun
exploded and 'was literally blown
to pieces, Luckily, however, Henri,
'got Off without a scrateh.
Robert ,Sno*deri and Toe. Rau, of
Dresdale, who have -purchased all
the cedar poste strewn along the
beach of Lake Huron. from Taylor's
Grove to Snowden's north farm, the
wreckage of the Schooner Emer-
ald, are at preeent teaming them
to the Sable Line.
• ,
/ Fractures Wrist
(1‘felson Dow, Stafta, fracturetthis
right wrist last Wednesday morn-
ing while cranking 'his tractor, He
received treatment at Stratford
General Hospital. — Mitchell Advo-
cate.
Hospital Receives Gift
The Wingham General Hospital
'vas the recipient ,of a useful gin
enni the John Cronyn Currie estate
est week' when twelve portable'
leoreseent lighting units were do-
- ted for emgrgeney Ilse when the
ower epee off. These units bane
^en distributed throughout the
eoseital and are ready for instant
-,s^ —Wingham Advance -Times.
Chianen Were Entertained
'eons, Kinsmen and Legionnaires
e 'eels to several hundred chi! -
ren here, Beginning at 1 p,m.,
nec 19 the children of Exeter, ac-
^ompanied by Santa in his sleigh,
-r-ded 'to the theatre where they
enioyed movies. The treats were
^assed out by Santa Claus and bete
ee-reatee 'n charge. A second
•Ieny ens held at 3 p.m. for the
-leldren from the rural schools.—
Exeter Times -Advocate. •
Leg Broken in Fall
Mrs. Charlie Lloyd had the mis-
"(metre +0 fall off a kitchen stool
env•lech she had been standing
Tee" sdav morning and break her leg..
n two places. Alone at the time,
-lte. managed to crawl to the tete-
nhone and knock it down to the
leer and, summoned aid. She was
^ke"-i'n W'notam General
were-» here condition is report-
' seesiactory. Wingham .Ad-
-nee
Pole Crashes Store Window
When Meton Vock banked into a
ight standard on Main Ste Thurs-
lav about 9:50. a.m., it broke off at
the base and toppled over into the
TT. G. Berry & Sons display win -
'ow, sthashing the big plate glass
nindow and some of the contents.
Mr. Vock had been backing hie
truck up to a tractor that is used
n removing snow from the street
when the accident occurred. Dam-
age was estimated at, $350. — Mit-
chell Advocate,
enjoyed. --Zurich Herald.
Stormed -In Roads Delayed Weddings
Bertha Popp,' 20, -year-old bride-to--
be finally got married on Saturday,.
Dec. 22, after waitieg 24 beers at
bhe church. Alvip. McGee; 21, was
to have married her at 2 p.m. on
Friday in Dungannon "United
Church, 12 miles north of Ode -
rich, but ,blizzard -swept roads halal
the couple apart. „ItefcCeels parents
restrained him from trying toNtrav-
el the 12 mileson horseback. The.
couple rejected an offer by Judges -
T: JitI. astello to marry them by
telephone and waited oee the teterem-
turieh Herald.
Cattle Fall in River
A rather unusual accident took
place last Wednesday afternoon
around 4:00 p.m., when seven head.
of cattle belonging to Henry Gal-
braith, a mile .and a hall north of
town, fell through the ice in thet.
river. Altogether 20 head • •had
crossed the .river earlier and (diet.
seven bead crashed: through on the,
return trip. A call for aid was,
sent to the Wingham Fire Depart-
ment and a tow truck. was sent out
frown a local galage Along with
'members of the lire brigade. Un-
fortunately- snow prevented thee
truck from getting close enough to
be of assistance., The men finally
had to haul them out by hand to
safety. A veterinarian was sum-
moned and with the help of volun-
teers worked through the night un-
til 8:00 a.m. in -an effort to save -
them. They managed to save four..
—Wingham Advance -Times.
Are Holidaying Here
, Mr. and Mrs. Quimby Hese, an—
two children, of Sault Ste. Maile,
are spending pare of their holidayse
at the home of the former's mother,.
Mrs. A. F. Hess, of town, while the'
balance will be spent with friendse
in Toronto, Mr. Hess is a promiaren
ent employee of the Department of '
Lands and Foreste, Province of On-
tario, and is now at the Sault Ste.
Marie branch of that department..
There is a massive amount of work,
being done at this branch in forene
protection, construction work,. the,
planting o young seedling- trees,.
timber malagement, logging opera-
tions, preservation of E sEr anIt wild-
life, to keep tab on hunters who go -
beyond their restrictions—one man
found out the consequences when
a magistrate assessed him $200.00„.
plus costs, when he shot a moose..
There is also a big fish hatcherye
in which spawning for lake trout.
and nearly two ,milliten. eggs 'haven
been transferred to the .Ship Cane
al Hatchery—three trucks moved!
90,000 speckled trout- fingerlings -
from one hatchery to another.
Things really are done on a big,
'Had Successful Dinner
The directors of the Bayfield
Agricultural Society held a very
successful dinner at the Albion Ho-
tel when over 40 members enjoyed
a turkey dinner. Mr. Montgomery,
agricultural representative for Hur-
ort, County, was the guest speaker.}
Mrs. T. H. Mack, who has -been ae
member of the society for the past
leavefour years, and whb plans to leave
was presented with a ser-
vice diploma in'recognition of her
eeriness. Progreesive, euchre scale there.—Zurich Herald
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Better Days for. Canadian
Fartners''.(By R. A. Farquharson, in Saturday
Early Census figures show that
cities and towns are growing larg-
er, villages and hamlets smaller.
Figures on the farm ,popula,tion are
not yet available but it is safe to
predict they will prove that the
drift from farm to city in the last
10 years,has been the greatest in
our history.
This will. bring another outburst
of viewing rurge depopulation with
alarm. No one has ever explain-
ed why there should be so much
con6ern About the drop in popula-
tion in rural areas when it has
been accompanied by a .progres-
sive increase in' farm production
and a progressive decrease in the
cost of producing food.
We cheer new advances in fac-
tories which reduce the number
of man hours required to turn out
a motor car, a refrigerator or a
suit of clothes. Technical advanc-
es on the farni have been just as
spectacular but have been obscur-
ed 'by writers, and speakers who
concentrate their attention on
what is wrong on the back comes=
sions. •
Mechanized' agriculture requires
a ,wider range of abilities from the
successful farmer than ever be-
fote and also requires much great-
er capital. The farmer who can-
not meet ,the new „conditions is
naturally attracted by the pay of
blie city factories.
eAs eeopulatien slips in the .coun-
try,naci one has suffered seriously
nedethe gain to the economic posi-
tion has been' eropounced. We
complain about food,' nests, ,but
most food, ie terms of bours of
labor required to purchase it, is,
surprisingly enough, cheaper no*
than it was fifty years a.go and
much cheaper than in the days be-
fore the binder revolutionized' ag-
riculture.
Fewer pehple on the farm are
producing more food than ever be-
fore in the world's histo?y, Along
with bbe increase in quantity has
come an ever-increasing variety.
The farm income per capita is
giving the farmer, and his wife and
his children more money to spend
than they have eves' had before.
The greater leestire mechanization
has brought means more time to
enmjoeyebn
liatei.
zation in the fields has
spread to the farmhouse. Elect/ell-
cation has opened up a new mar-
ket for all the labor-saving devices
the city woman has long enjoyed,
but which the old isolation has
kept out of the Parrabotuse. The
farmers of today read more, travel
more. They „have to be mechanics
es well as hortieulturistan
The new. farming 'tlematids" a
higher standard,educetion and
the emzetny schools are ehanging
to meet this need, Today farmers
should be judged by what they, se-
coMplish with their time. There
are comparatitrebt few now who
cling to doing things the hard way.
In 1949 Canadian farm produe-
' lion -hag increased 1e0 per cent
above the 1901 level' .and' in the -
pressure days of the last war, the
'increase amountedno 200 per cent.
The output per farm has doubled.
'and the output per worker 'has in-
creasedneatly'70 per cent.
On average ,throughout Canada.
farms are now twice as large as
they were in preetactor days and
bhe census 'gimes will show that
the trend „to larger farms is con-
tietuing. Last year the farm labor
koree declined be' 62;000 men.
The increased urbanization of'
Canada has been built on tbe'
downfall of the horse, which one
the farm had a surprisingly brief'
period of glory. Agricultural his-
torians say that the age of anima/
power—the horse. age—did .not
come into its own ,ineCanada until
the 1850'e, and even then much df
the farm work was still done by
hand because of the lack of im-
plements to do the job.
' Oxen were more use to the early
farmers until the ,steei plough—
bvause it was selepoliele
ing, reduced the power needed to'
.P1111 it by at least a third—was in-
troduced in 1830. It was not -until
then that the faster horse replaced
the plodding oxen in the Most
basic of all, fat -ming operations.
14",- tractors are replacing
horses so rapidly on the farms of
Canada that in, a few more years
the horse will be as rare on bee
flelds as bhe horse and buggy to-
day is on the highways.
It is argued that horses have al-
ready become a luxury and then
remain only 'where a anner needs
them in winter Wert( or cannot 51 -
ford the capital "nest bf a tracter.
Sentimental attachment to fait
horses will no longer be a facto
the time the next census adds
the livestock population. . •
Sale of horse meat in butcher
'stores in an increasing number of
Canadian cities is not only a re-
flection on the high price of been
it bears a direct relation to the
fact that in tbe last ten years the
number of farm tractors has
jumped from 20,968 to -55,425, In
the one year of 1948, farmers
across Canada averaged an ex-
penditure of 4237 each „on me-
chanization.
In the United States it is esti-
mated that tractor equipment
saving •farm'ere nearly tiro billion
man-hours a year. The time sav-
ed by tractors has led both in Can-
ada and the U.S:: to more diversi-
fied farming -operation, to more
livestock and to espealalty crops
which produce. more Dabney and
add to tee farm ,standards of liv-
ing.
Had this diversification not taken
Place, the tractor would have meth
-
ed many more men from the farms
to the cities,.
Attually tha tractor le a farm
product of only the last 30 yeaxs.
It .1 was first moos -Produced in
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