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SEAPORTH, Friday, January 15
ON' CHECKING PRICE SPREAD
Ontario farmers were on ,sound
ground when in attendance at the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
meeting in Toronto last week they
urged an all-out investigation into
the price spread between producer
and consumer.
Speakerg' pointed out that farm in-
come is declining, while food prices
are not. This results in the purchas-
ing power of the urban resident be-
ing increased, while at the same time
that of the rural resident decreases.
The association wants to know what
causes this disparity.
The prime reason, of course, for
the increased spread between the two
prices is the improved standard of
living which both city worker and
farmer equally enjoy. This has led
to demands on the part of buyers of
foodstuffs, including the farmer's
wife, for arrangements and packag-
ing of` products in fashions that
would certainly have appeared to be
unnecessary to our grandmothers.
No longer 'does the cracker-barrel
sit on the grocery store floor. For
breakfast we insist on a variety of
prepared foods, each expensively
packaged, rather than on oatmeal,
which is available in bulk. We have
our milk delivered in bottles, rather
than ladled from a can, as used to be
the case. And, of course, as far as
milk* is concerned, the Ontario Milk
Board dictates the price spread be-
tween the producer and consumer.
Then, too, various regulations at
all levels of government, designed to
' ensure the purity of food products,
result in added cost. The grading,
the packaging, the handling, requir-
ed to be done in a certain way; mean
• - more work and more cost.
It all adds up to the fact that we
purchase our food products in much
more conveniently arranged units
than was formerly the case.We are
assured, as a result of the various
regulations, that the product is pure
and wholesome. But we have to pay
for these benefits.
It may well be that a Study of the
whole problem would reveal practis-
es which could be eliminated without
reducing demand or endangering
health standards and which thus
would reduce the cost of processing
and distributing of food products.
Any savings which could be made
would be of benefit both to the pro-
ducer and the eonsumer.
-GOOD NEIGHBORS
'For a good many years now
branches of the Women's Institute
have,been active throughout the dis-
trict. Practising good neighboring,
the branches have gone about their
work quietly, but efficiently, doing
good in the districts they serve.
We have become so accustomed to
the Women's Institutes that it takes
something like a story which we saw
Oeintly and which was prepared by
the Women's Institute Branch and
gone Economics Service, to remind
us of the job of work that is being
&Me.
"These groups of rural women
seem to find the most original, per -
nal ways of meeting a need as it
arises.," the story says. "For instance,
to Aylmer institute started a fund
to, buy an artificial eye for a young
giant. Allenwood sends home
king to families in time of bereave-
ut. Alliston helped a New Cana -
Ian music teacher by giving her the
.0e tither reom, rent free, as a
lace to do her teadhing. Another
eh reports, sending gifts to a
wh finances had been eo•
MAW."'
express *dr neighboi.
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'bless in iociabillty, too --especially in
sociability with newcomers an d
strangers in the community.
"Beehive Institute in North Wel-
lington has done an interesting piece
of work in conducting a cooking
school for, their new neighbors re-
cently arrived from Holland. The
Dutch women asked for this help in
learning Canadian ways of cooking
and they, themselves, organized the
classes. The Canadian Institute wo-
men took turns in giving the courses
according to their special abilities.
The secretary reports: 'One of our
members offered us the use of her
very modern kitchen and the Insti-
tute members paid all expenses. We
had two . classes of Dutch -Canadian
ladies, one of women and one of girls.
We taught them how to make tea bis-
cuits, muffins, pies, tarts, cakes of all
kinds and at their request we con-
tinued with lessons on meat and meat
substitutes, potato and other vege-
table dishes. Their progress and
their enthusiasm were beyond de-
scription. We also sponsored a bak-
ing class at the. fall fair especially
for New Canadians. Ne gained much
in the way of friendship through this
project'.
"Incidentally Kendal reports that
their most interesting meeting of the
year was the meeting when New.
Canadian women of the community
demonstrated national dishes of their
homelands—the Netherlands, Czech-
oslavakia and Poland. And Hunt-
ingdon .East's outstanding program
of the year was put on by a visiting
Indian Homemakers' Club, the In- ,
dian women giving the addresses and
the entire program. Exchange visits
with Homemakers' Clubs are becom-
ing very popular with Institutes in
areas close to an Indian Reserve."
There is no doubt about it. The
Women's Institutes have reduced to
a fine science the art of being a good
neighbor..
THE OTHER SIDE
The Meaford Express discusses a
problem that concerns Seaforth, or
for that matter, any other small
town, just as much as it does Mea -
ford.
The Express says: "Under the
non de plume of Agitator, a Meaford
man, in 'Our Readers Write' column,
tells about trials and tribulations' of
some local merchants. '
"It seems a farmer made the
rounds buying Christmas goods. He
touched at a men's clothing store, a
ladies' store and a jewellery store.
There may have been other calls, but
our informant did not hear of them.
"The rural shopper's technique
never varied. He wanted to pay a
• little less than the 'wholesale price.
• He said if he didn't buy the merchant,
would have the goods on his hands
and have to sell them cheaper after
the holiday, so why not give him the
post -holiday price now. He wound
up his visit by calling the Meafard
merchants robbers and said he would
buy his stuff at Owen Sound or
through a catalogue.
"Items he bartered for were swea-
ter coats retailing in Meaford for
The item sells for $7.50 in the
1, mail order catalogue ; nylon stock-
ings retailing here for $1.59. The
standard price in Canada is .$1.59;
jewellery items about 10 per cent less
than he could get elsewhere, and
men's wear several dollars cheaper
than he could buy it anywhere else.
"Our informant told how many
thousands of dollars went out of
Meaford to mail order houses for
Christmas shopping. One outlet here,
he said, took in More than a thousand
dollars worth of business in one day.
"The Express has stressed the ad-
vantages of shopping in Meaford con-
sistently. But the paper can go only
so far. It is up to the merchants
themselves toshow people the finan-
cial advantages of buying at home.
"This is not a job for one or two
merchants. It can only be successful
if they unite, and sell Meaford as a
shopping centre with 'something of
advantage to the -buyers.
"Whether Meaford's fiercely indi-
vidualistic retailers an get together
on a matter so important is up to
themselves.
"ft 1,iluire a, oreat deal more
th,
things . eihe„ weekly
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SEEN IN THE COUNTY PAPERS
Receives Degree
Miss Kathleen Hess, a recent
graduate of St. Joeeph's School of
Nursing, London, has received her
Registered Nurse's degree. The
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert Hess, of Zurich, she is now
on the staff at Victoria Hospital,
Londou.—Exeter Times -Advocate,
Guests At R.C.A.F. Party
Twenty-four youngsters from the
Children's, Aid Society in Goderich
were guests at the R.C.A.F. Station
in Clinton at a Christmbhs part' for
several hundred children of service
and civilian personnel of the sta-
tion. Each of the 24 children had
a "mother for a day." Santa ar-
rived and handed out nore than
HO gifts and each child received
a bag of treats, ice cream and
cookies.—Blyth Standard.
Injured As Car Hits Bridge
.Mrs. Oscar Keiffer, 32,,of R.R. 1,
Wingham, was admitted to the
Wingham General Hospital on Fri-
day morning suffering lacerations
to the knee, concussion and shock,
as the result of an automobile ac-
cident. A passenger in the car
driven by her diusband, she was in-
jured when the car ran off the
road on the sixth line of Turnber-
ry and crashed into a bridge. Mr.
Keiffer escaped with a shaking up,
—Wingkam Advance -Times.
Month's Snow Near Record
December -snowfall in this area
approached a record)* meteorologi-
cal officials at R.C.A.F. Station,
Centralia, said this week. The to-
tal of 36.6 inches was only one-
tenth of an inch less than the
seven-year record of 36.7 which
fell in December, 1951. Maximum
temperature during December was
57.7 recorded on December 4, and
the minimum was 4.9 on December
17.—Exeter Times -Advocate,
This additional $5,000 with, the
amount approved under date of
April 22, 1953, gives a total appro-
priation of $16,01)0 for the current
year."—Clinton News -Record.
Seen On Television
Local TV viewers who may have
been tuned to CFPL-TV, London,
on Friday and Saturday evenings,
caught a glimpse of local people on
the screen. Friday night's news-
reel showed a scene from Victoria
Hoepital, London, in which Miss
Lenera Higgins, Reg.N., daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Cheeter Higgins,
of Blyth, played an important role
as she proceeded to introduce a
new-born babe to its mother, and
later on, its nproud father. On Sat-
urday evening the same program
took viewers on a tour of Western
Ontario hospitals, among which was
Wingham. At the Wingham stop
the camera shoived Mrs. Alex
Nethery and her new-born daugh-
ter, Constance Jean.—Blyth Stand-
ard.
Two -Car Crash
Some 4350 damage resulted when
two cars were in collision on an
icy stretch of Highway 4, one mile
south of Exeter, on Monday: Pro-
vincial Constable Cecil Gibbons, of
the Exeter detachment, who in-
vestigated, said a car driven. by
Malcolm Cooper, R.R. 1, Saltford,
was in collision -with another car,
driven by Henry Sloman, Clinton.
The Sloman vehicle skidded and
struck th,e right side of the Cooper
car, Constable Gibbons said. Dam-
age to the Cooper car was estimat-
ed at $200, and to the Sloman auto,
$1`50.2--Cliaton News -Record.
Museum Visitors Increase to 8,285
Huron County Museum dnished
1953 with a total of 8,285 visitors -
2,020 more than the total of 6,265
set in 1952. according to figures
compiled by Curator J. H. Neill.
The total showed that the number
Of visitors last year more than
quadrupled the number in the first
year, 1951, when 2,000 people twit -
ed the historic gentre. Last visi-
tor to the North Street museum
was E. C. Robb, of Martintown,
Glengary County. near Cornwall.
First visitor in 1954 to view the
relics on display was Bobby Few-
ster, of London—Goderich Signal -
Star.
Zurich Couple Wed 25 Years
I't was a haprdr eay for Mr. and
Mrs. Whitney Brokenshire on Tues-
day, Dec. 22, when their neighbors
and friends pleasantly surprised
them in the afternoon by calling
at their home to extend congratu-
lations and also presenting them
with lovely and useful gifts. In the
evening they were again taken by
surprise when relatives and friends
gathered at their home to honor
them on this special oceasion. Mr.
Ed. Kalbfieisoh, who was the
groomsman 25 yearsago, present-
ed them with a silver tray on be-
half of the brothers and sisters, to
which the groom of 25 years ago
very favorably replied. A dainty
lunch was served by those In
charge and an enjoyable time was
spent.—Zurich Herald.
Mark Two Events
Gift To Town of $5,000
Rather a pleasant Christmas
present was awarded the Town. of
Minton just two weeks ago, when
.word was received from the Chief
Municipal Engineer, Department of
Highways, to this effect: "PleaSe
be advised that the appropriation
approved for your 1953 road activi-
ties has been further reviewed and
the Minister of Highways, the Han.
George H. Doucett, was pleased to
direct that it be increased $5,000.
MEWS SWOP
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Paterson, of
Hensall, celebrated a double occa-
sion at a •banquet last week. The
couple marked, their 40th wedding
anniversary and Mr. Paterson's
25th year as municipal clerk, with
a gathering of friends at Moneta
Menard's, Exeter.. Members of
Hensall Council and Public Utili-
ties Commission and their wives,
along with relatives, were guests
of the couple. Mr. and Mrs. Pat-
erson were married on December
30, 1913. Mr, Paterson was born
in Hensall, the son or MT. -and
Mrs, Robert Paterson. Mrs. Pater-
son, the former Lillian Dora Ort-
wein, was born in Dashwood, but
her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Ortwein, moved to Hensall to
operate a store there shortly after.
—Exeter Times -Advocate.
Bill now leads •
in all his classes
Since he got
Anolucti-needed glasses;
An,V•ifien he does
• homework at night,
always has
• efficient light.
Dope of National Health and Welfare
Nolemeoloosoloomasso.moresesormoe
Years Agone
Interesting Items Picked From
The Huron Expositor of Twen-
tyfive and Fifty Years Ago
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JANUARY 15,, 3.954
CROSSROADS
• (By James Scott)
MODESTY
This hardly seems to be theme
of yeas to be worrying about
clothes—or rather) the lack of
same—but that's. how it is. As I
write this it is 'almost zero out-
side, andif there is one .thing I
would bet My.' bottom dollar on it
is that 110 one will be found' in
town tonight whose attire would
not suit the strictest ,prude.
But in the _morning •paper there
was a full page advertisement of
chethes which, to put it in a re-
strained fashion, were not design-
ed to overburden the wearer with
extra. weight or covering. They
are designed, of course, forauckier
people than most of us—for the
sort of folk who about this time
of year Seel they have had enough
of a good old-fashioned, Canadian
winter and dig into their gold-filled
pockets and buy a round-trip ticket
for Florida, or Cuba, or Mexico, or
some euch sunefilled place as thgt.
Anyway, looking with envy. at
- the latest version a what the well-'
From The Huron Expositor
January 18, 1929
Mr. James Jordan, Dublin, for 30
years Clerk of Hibbert Township,
has resigned. At' Monday's meeting
of the council. Mrs. -Kathleen
Feeney was appointed in his place.
Popularity of Grand' Bend as a
summer resort has so increased in
recent years that the ;amount of
hydro:5 power used has gone up 300
per cent. As a result, 'the Ontario
Hydro Commission authorized ex-
penditures of $4,000 for new equip-
ment to relieve the present over-
loading condition.
3. F. Daly, W. A. Crich, G. C.
Bell and W. A. Wright were in To-
ronto this week attending the
motor show.
The rural -schools opened Mon-
day with a full attendance, having
been closed owing to the flu.
Mr. Wilbur Keys has purchased
the McLean farm on the Mill Road,
which had been leased for a num-
ber of years by John Nicholson. -
Mies Mary Ellen Dempsey, of
Manley, has left for Guelph, where
she has been engaged on the teach-
ing staff.
Mr. Tony Siemon, Manley, has
left for Detroit, to seek his fortune
in the automobile industry.
Miss Mary Smith, Seaforth, has
been successful in passing the pro-
vincial examination in London and
has obtained the degree of Regis-
tered Nurse. Miss Rivers, of Eg-
mondville, who wrote •the examina-
tion at Owen. Sound, was also suc-
cessful in obtaining the degree of
Registered Nurse. Miss Gingerich,
Zurich, who graduated in the slim-
mer, also received her registration.
Farmers are ,harvesting pine
stumps in McKillop to have a re-
serve for another year.
The new Stanley Council met at
Varna Town Hall,„ for their first
meeting, when the following offic-
ials. were appointed for 1929:..Clerk,
J. E. Harnwell; Treasurer, George
Beatty; assessor, Joseph Hood:
collector, William Reid; Board of
Health, Ed. Merner, John Pepper
and Dr. J. W. Shaw; auditors,
Lorne Marrton and Alex McEwan.
A successful hot lunch bonspiel
was held at the local rink Tuesday
with 10 rinks.. competing. Ross
Sproat's rink, 'composed of George
Charters, J. J. Huggard, Charles
Holmes and R. J. Sproat (skip),
carried off the bacon. Thos. John-
stone's rink took , second .prize,
which was also bacon.
Honored on Golden Wedding Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Weir, of
Goderich, marked their 50th wed-
ding anniversary on New Year's
Eve at the home of their nephew,
Rev. and Mrs. W. Weir, Brampton.
Mr. and Mrs. Weir have been resi-
dents of Goderich •since 1945. when
Mr. Weir retired from the C.N.R.
shops in Stratford. Mr. Weir came
to Goderich originally from ScOt-
land on January 1, 1913, and Mrs.
Weir followed in April of the same
year. stfhey resided in Goderich
and Southampton for two years. and
:n 1915 went to Stratford, where
Mr. Weir was employed with the
C.N.R. Mr. and Mrs. Weir were
married on New Year's Eve, 1903,
in Leith. Scotland, The ceremony
was conducted by Rev. Wm. Ross,
of St. John's United Free Church*
Mrs. Weir, a native of Leith, is
the former Helen Crockett. Mr.
Weir was born at Kirkcaldy-, Coun-
ty of Fife, Scotland.—Goderich Sig-
nal -Star.
'Gun -alley -the Nation's Food
Many people think Federal De-
partment of Agriculture employees
are employed solely in work of va-
lue and interest to the farmer.
They' are surprised' to learn that
hundreds of these employees are
fully engaged in protecting the
health and welfare of consumers.
Today practically all food pro-
duct e entering commercial chan-
nels of trade are inspected and
graded at some stage by Federal
Department of Agriculture officials.
This ensures that they are whole-
some. and of the quality they are
represented to be by those offering
them for sale. The inspection and
grading applies to wheat and other
cereal products, fruits and vege-
tables, dairy products, poultry pro-
ducts, and all classes of meats.
An Illustration of the work in-
volved in this protection forthe
consumer is indicated in the latest
report of the Meat Inspection Ser-
vice of the Health of Animals Divi-
sion, Ottawa. The report states
that "Approximately 70 per cent of
all cattle, calves, sheep and swine
slatightered commercially during
the finical year 1952-53 were slaugh-
tered 'under the supervision of the
Federal Meat Inspection Service."
The Service was engaged principal-
ly, in:
1. Veterinary examination before
slaughter of food -producing animals
including cattle, swine, sheep,
goats, horses and, poultry to elim-
inate those affected with disease or
other unwholesome conditions.
2. A thorough veterinary .post-
moitern examinationof each car-
cassat time of slaughter to detect
and eliminatediseased and other-
wise unfit meat.
8. The destruction for food put --
poses of all diseased linsolitid or
nirtvlielesorbe Meat andmeat by-
pi/ideate.
' of Medi &odritrotko*
te,A#0.— tioasHaess dud* *ft
articles of food,
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5. Guarding against the use of
harmful 'preservatives and other
dexterious ingredients.
6. Supervising application of the
Canada Approved inspection legend
to meat .and meat food products to
show that they were at time of
marketing, sound, healtlitol and fit
for food.
7. Informative labelling and pre-
ven•tion of false and deceptive lah-
ening on meat products.
• 8. Certification of meat and meat
products for export.
9. Inspection of meat and meat
food products offered for importa-
tion into this country.
Inspection of meats was carried
out on a full time basis in 124 meat
packing plants and- covered 13;084,-
059 meat animals, of which 79,423
or less than two-thirds of one per
cent were condemned.
Fifteen years ago, in 1939, the
Meat Inspection Service covered
only 83 plants and 6,081,899 animals
of which 36,677 or approximately
the same percentage were con-
demned. This indicates the expan-
sion of the Service in 15 years.
In all, 90 -causes of condemnation
of carcasses and portione of car-
casses in the various classes of
animals, including poultry, are list-
ed in the report.
To provide this meat inspection
service, the Health of Animals
Branch employe 499 persons, 210
of aihom are veterinarians.
Itt addition to this invectioe for
disease, ,another group employed by
the Live Stock Division of the Mar-
keting Service, grades either- the
live animals or the dressed car-
cassee as to quality and weight ac-
cording to -standards established by
latv.
Similarly, less extensive inspec-
tioft--and grading services are pro -
'ceded for other classeeedf fetid that
eater 1le ii1�tiat diet and most
of9hO -fib" rit and graders come
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dresee,d man or woman won't wear
at the faehionable beaches, a
strange thought occurred to me.
In the summertime there is no
more confirmed' sun -worshipper
than I. Of a beautiful July morn-
ing, you can find me any day I'm
at home out in the sun, soaking up
the ultra -violet rays, wearing noth-
ing more than a .pair of ehorts. I
don't walk down Main Street that
way, but I feel no shame whatso-
ever about wearing next to noth-
ing around my own garden or in
my own house. Mlle rest of the
people in the house pay no atten-
tion to me, and, I assume they find
nothing offensive about my scanty
habilithents,
But here is the funny part of it.
Once the wintry- winds begin the
blow and my sun-bathing days are
over for another season, I become
the mast modest chap you ever did
see. 1 -would sooner be caught by
Senator McCarthy than in my
shorts. If the telephone rings and
I am stripped to the waist shaving
in the .bathroont, rn wrap myself
pp like a niummy before walking
down the hall.
'Now I am exactly th▪ e same fel-
low who thought nothing of it dur-
ing the summertime and the people
who are likely to see me are ex-
actly the same people wli0 have
no objection whatsoever. to my hiele
of clothes during the sunny days.
Yet we would all be horrified it1
appeared that way in the wint4
time.
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From The Huron Expositor
January 15, 1904
Mr. George Merner, Dashwood,
met with a serious accident Wed-
nesday while engaged in cutting
straw at H. Truemner's on the
Goshen Line, He fell and not on:
ly broke his leg, but split the knee-
cap as well.
Mr. Patrick Rowland, Walton,
has taken a contract to cut a quan-
tity of wood for Mr. S. McPherson.
Mr. James Connors, Cthis.elhuret,
has sold his farm on the 13th con-
cession, Tuckeramith, to Mr. Wm.
Leitch, near Constance, for $5,500.
Mr, R. N. Brett has just shown
us the skins of two white foxes.
whjch he had tanned. They belong
to Mr. John Rankin, and were sent
to him from Siberia, by his brother.
They were beautiful. furs and were
tanned as only Mr. Brett can do it.
1Ver. Peter McKay, Tuckersmlth,
is making an excellent,reputation
for himself as a breeder of Short-
horn cattle., He recently /sold a line
young bull, 12 months old, to Mr.
Thos, Colquhoun, Gowrie, Fullerton
Twp., for •$125. •
The congregation of Thames Rd.
Presbyterian Church had a bee Iasi
Thursday and fixed up the .sheds
which fell In about two weeks ago.
Mr, Williani Cudmore, of the firth
of Archibald & .Cudmore,, has been
in Sudbury for several weeks, dis-
posing of a lot of horses.
The s.now, on the level at St.
Columban reaches to the top of
the elevated sidewalk to the depot.
Mr. Mex Smith, Ileneall, the
well-kn.own hog buyer, .paid out on
Wednesday of last week nearly
$2;500 for hogs.
Mr. Samuel Horton, Usborne, has
sold his two-year-old filly, aired by
Texas Jack, to Mr. Brock, of near
Winchelsea, for $170.
In the report of successful one
didatee in. the recent examinations
at' the Toronto University, we no-
tice that Fred Fowler, Ilullett, hag
passed 'hie first-year exam in the-
ory' of music with firstelass stattd-
lug.
"Miss • Janet. GevenloOk, Wbo hae
toon,:in ,,Ilkikota for •itout or 'ft
vfolthic horlitather, Mai
L fttftlook,
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1 have been sitting here, limiting,
out at the snow-covered landscape
for some time,. trying to And _any
logic in all this,. and it has Just
about got me beaten.
The best 1 can think of is that
modest"), is really a mental condi-
tion 'and has -little relation to the
amount or kind of covering any-
body chooses to wear. I don't re-
member it, but 1 have often been
told of the days when a lady's)
ankle was thought to be risque and
revealing. To tell the truth,
can't remember •a time when I've
ever botbeeed to look at a lady's
ankle. They are' just taken for
granted these times.
So it goes for all the-, fashions.
Recently I have heard the folk of
my own or an older generation ,say
some pretty bitter and scathing
things about girls wearing slacks
and boys wearing jeans. Not so
long age there was a terrific fuse
at an Ontario school about the
length of the tunics the girls were
wearing. The thing which puzzles
me is how can anybody have an
absolute standard as to what con-
stitutes being properly dressed.?
This may be desirable, but as long
as the human mihd is so fickle as
to accede to every whim of fashion;
you are only asking for trouble if
you set an arbitrary standard of
what is fit to wear and what is
not.
If you do, you many 'find your-
self more than a little embarrass-
ed one of these days when you are
caught Wearing the very ahing you
condemned only a few years back.
Who knows, I may yet be caught
wandering around the house in my
summer shorts in the middle of
winter. But you can bet your life
that January has got to get a lot
warmer first!
To The Editor
Montreal,,Dec. 28,21953:
Editor, Th l Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: As an advertiser in
your newspaper, we want to tell
you how much we .appreciate your
co-operation in enabling C -I -L to
reach the residents in your area.
As we pause at the year end to
take stock of resul•te, we want t
say thank yfiu. It is realized that
it is not always easy for you to
give our advertisements all the
time andattention required for
best reattts. . • •
The"C-I-L advertising appearing
le the daily and weekly press has
made a very significant contribu-
tion in informing the Canadian
public_of our Company activities
and products. It is planned to con-
tinue this form of afivertising
through your publication.
This letter brin,gs,- with it our
sincere good wishes lor your con-
tinuing prosperity and our thanks
to you for a job -kell done.
Yours very truly,
CANADIAN INDUSTRIES
• LIMITED
T. M. ATKINSON,
Advertising Dept: Manager
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Toronto, Jan. 5, 1954.
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: I was interested a lot
in that agricultural survey showing
that "Huron and Perth Counties
continue to lead the Province in
terms of agricultural worth," ac-
cording to the official statistics is-
sued by the Provincial Department
of Agrieulture. •
The following twin points from
your own 'editorial columns and the
news columns of one of your daily
contemporaries, will speak for
themselves: (1) "With 675,299
cleared acres, Huron had in 1952
field crops valued at $15,400,820;
Perth field crops amounted to $12,-
066,1500"; (2) "Edmonton (C.P.):
Two Will Control
(From The Fergus News -Record) ,
(Editor's Note.—The descrip-
tion of a 'broiler operation will
be a familiar story to this dis-
trict, where for a number of
years broiler prOduction, total-
ling many thousand birds a
month has been under way.)
Fergus is soon to have another
new industry. It is a new venture
by a local firm, James Wilson and
Sen. This company was founded
nearly 'a century ago to make oat-
meal—and still does. It is the old-
est industry in town, except the
newspaper.
The new building will be a so-
called "broiler factory." It will be
used entirely for the raising of
chickens until they are large en-
ough to sell ae brbilers. There will
be 12,000 to 15,000 of them in the
building at a time, and four "crops"
will be harvested in a year.
There will be chicks on, each of
the three floors, all the same age.
They will run at large. The bnild-
ing will not he heated, but there
will be brooders for warmth. Heat
will be supplied by propane gas.
Two men will be able to leak
afters12,000 to 15,000 chickens, be -
cease feeding and watering will be
done by,nutontiatic machinery. A
time clock will regulate the feed-
ing. Every. 15 to 20 minutes, feed
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Alberta's industrial expansion
the light of its six-year-old oil
boom shows oil and natural gas
still running second to agriculture.
The land continues the main source
of wealth, providing a direct liveli-
hood for approximately 340,000 of
the province's 1,000,000 residents."
The above made this reader pon-
der on the tendency of today's ur-
ban worker to, not MO take in
terms of wages "all the traffic will
bear," but, also, to take agriculture,
the farmer, and hisfood supply,
pretty well for -granted. The smooth, •
way in which the essential ton-
nages of food au& fiber flow end-
lessly from the 'good earth tends to
dull -down the appreciation of the
people in town and city of their
dependence upon agriculture..
* While the essential facts and fig-
ures are doubtless available to the
Food and Agriculture Organization
(F.A.0.) 'of the United Nations. in
this world (which, if it isn't exact-
ly- a man's world, is certainly an
urban world), it seems to ie that
the people have only the haziest
idea of• thestatus, size and services
of the agricultural industry around
the earth. It would certainly be
interesting and revealing to see an
authoritative picture of the. total
productivity of the 60 per cent of
the human family still at work in
the world's fields. If translated in-
to dollars, or any other of the
major currencies, I imagine the to-
tal would be 4 humbling experi-
ence and might induce a spet of
tremility and appreciation in urban
minds. As the total would likely
balance all the secondary, manu-
facturing and processing activities
combined,. I am not disposed to
mention any specific mass -produc-
tion industrial 'giants'. Moreover,
while the farmer feeds all, one-
third of the world's industrial
plants wouldn't turn a wheel if
their raw materials .failed 'to come
in from the farms,
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G. A. C.
15,000 Chickens;
an'd medicated to prevent outbreaks
of disea.sebefore they start.
Each door will have 10 to' 12
brooders. The chicks will come in
as day-okls and will be ready in
10 to 12 weeks. There is' no profit
if they are kept any longer. They
will all go out at one time and the
buildings will the completely dis-
infected to be ready for the next
lot.
Special feeds will be given, with
three different types fed over 1.1.
weeks.. About 3% carloads of feed.
will be consumed .by"eath, flock and
the food will be Stored in, .bins on
each floor. It takes 10 to 11 pounds
of feed to raise a chicken that will
weigh 3% pounds. TheChickens
will be sold alive to an Atirora firm
which processes them and sends
them to big chain stores.
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