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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1954-02-05, Page 6uty Reeve of, Exeter nada Huron Health Unit Wiieliam McKenzie, deputy reeve Pr Exeter, was elected chairman for •195.4 of the Huron County Health (nit board at its inaugural meeting in Clinton. • Other members 'include Deputy Reeve Melvin Crich, Clinton; Reeve Alvin Kerslake, Hensall; Reeve 'Clifford Rowland, Grey Township; W. A. Galbraith, Wingham, provin- cial representative. A. H. Erskine, Goderich, is secretary -treasurer. During the meeting Dr. R. M. Aldir, medical officer of health, outlined the set up of the unit's staff and their duties. According to the general scheme of the De- partment of Health, the medical officer of health of population of 50,000 and over should be prac- tically full time in administration; clinic work should be done byes - eluting doctors. Part -Time Service In Huron, the unit makes use of several practitioners on: a part- time basis with the bulk of " the medical( work still being done by the M.Q.H. This has worked out fairly well to date, said, Mr. Akita, Buchanan Cleaners Mount Forest Successors to TONE CLEANERS We Pick Up and Deliver Monday and Thursday Phone 230 - Seaforth ANDY CALDER AGENT Ladies' and Gents' 2 -piece Suite, if; Plain Dresses, 81; Plain Skirts, 50c; Gents' Trousers, 50e. Quality. Plus Service Is Our Motto S. BUGHANAN - Proprietor and differs from the experience of some of the other health units which have found part-time physi- cians' service undependable. The staff includes a public health veterinarion, Dr. T. R. Mel- ady; sanitary inspectors W. L. H:nnpey, Huron North; R. M. Hale, Huron ,South; three clerks, Miss Alice Parish, Miss Wilda Wilson and Miss Betty Macdonald. Supervising of nursing for the unit, Miss Norah Cunningham, re- ported that nufsing services offer- ed by the unit are centred around family health. Health Counselling "Our approach," she said, "may be called health counselling rather than health educating since we wish to help the family see where improvement in health habits and attitudes is necessary and, have them take the initiative in ,this. improvetpent." She explained that the various areas where the nurses are at work are at hospitals (to visit new mothers),. the home, school, immunization clinics and chest clinics. The nursing staff includes, be- sides Miss Cunningham, Miss Mary Love, assigned to the Wingham area; Miss Dorothy Wick and' Miss Jean Marshall, Goderich area ; Miss Margaret Langtry, Seaforth; Miss Hilda P1etch and Miss Patri- cia Boug, Exeter; Mrs. Norlaine Fox (part time), and Mrs. Louise Robinson (part time), Clinton. Daughter: "I can't marry John, mother, 'he's an atheist. He doesn't even believe there is a hell." Mother: "You go right ahead and marry him, daughter. Between the two of us we'll convince him he's' wrong." Dennis Electric All Types of WIRING AND REPAIRS We Also Stock Electrical Appliances • Agents for , VISIONAIRE TELEVISION SETS ' DEEP FREEZE REFRIGERATORS • Dennis Electric Shop and Sales.— Commercial Hotel PHONE 467 MAIN STREET - "EAST McKILLOP Mrs. Fred Hoegy is at present visiting her daughter and son-in- law, Mr. and Mase. Edwin McKen- zie at Detroit. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Members and son, of Preston, were week- end visitors with her mother. Mrs. Leslie Beuermann. Sunday visitors whit Mr. and Mrs. Norman Eggert were; Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey McNicol, Sandra and Murray, of Blyth; Messrs. Al- lan and Wilson Tremeer. of Kip - pen. and Miss Mary Jackson, of Seaforth. Mrs. Kleber, of Brodhagen, is at present staying with her sister, Mrs. C. Regele, who has. been con- fined to her bed for the past week. Mrs. H. Koehler is at present under the doctor's care. • Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Rock ' and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bach, Bornholm. STRAWY Remodel Offices At Radio Station The offices of Station CKNX on Josephine St. have been undergo- ing a general remodelling for the past week, under the ,auspices of Wilfred White and Roy Bennett. Offices on the ground floor of the building will be enlarged and changed around, so there will be a larger reception room and fewer but larger offices'. Meantime the apartment upstairs- has been con- verted' onverted` into offices and when the decorating has been completed they .will be occupied by a part of the staff now in cramped quarters on the ground floor, When the re- modelling is finished and, every- body moved into their own appoint- ed space, the . continuity depart- ment, epartment, which was formerly, at the back of the building on the ground Scor, will have new quarters in the upstairs offices. The news, farm and. sports departments, as, well as the executive offices, will be situated on the ground floor.— Wingham Advance -Times. "Did you see how pleased Mrs. Smith looked when I told her she didn't look a day older than her daughter?" I didn't notice. I was too busy watching the expression on her daughter's face." Men, Women! Old at 40, 50, 60! Get Pep Feel Years Younger, Full of Vim Doi t blame exhausted, worn-out, run-down feeling on your age. Thousands amazed at what a little pepping up with Ostrex Tonic Tablets will do. Contain tonic, tunic stimu- lant often needed after 40—by bodies weak, old because lacking iron. A 78 -year-old doc- tor writes: "I took it myself, Results tine." Introductory or "get -acquainted" size only 804. Stop feeling old.Start to feel peppy and younger, today. At ll druggists. STUDENT NURSES }IOLD ANNUAL ` r DANCE A few of the guests at the annual Student Nurses' Dance of Stratford General Hospital, held fast Friday, are shown above. From left to right, they are: Elgin Schade, Walton; Miss Joan Kidnew, Walkerton; Miss Muriel Schade, Walton, and •'Charles Geddes, Dublin. Billions of Weeds Removed When Seed Is Recleaned Of all the weed spreading agen. cies known, man himself is the worst offender. - Tile truth of this statement has been proven again and again by government seed, -drill survey re- sults. One farmer in every four, it is reported, uses seed that would not grade because of weed seeds present. Flooding streams account for the spreading of weed -seeds. at time, but of course, these movements e strictly localized. Wind plays, a part, too, but such spreading is e- stricted' to the 'light winged t es of seeds and those with feathe y attachments, adapting them to flight. Animals carry and spread weed seeds, on their coats andfeet and in their droppings, With cer- tain types of, weeds a mere brush- ing against the pods scatters hun- dredsof seeds for -future g $iwth. These are examples of natural and innocent forms, of weed -seed distribution. But the seeds do not always end up in their natural The Ox and the Frog A LITTLE FROG was playing about at the edge of a pool when an Ox came down to the water to drink. In fear, the little frog swam home. "Why are you so frightened?" asked his mother. "An enormous creature with four legs came to our pool this morning," replied the little frog. "Enormous, was he?, Was he as big as this?" asked the mother Frog, puffing herself out to look as big as possible. "Ohl yes, much bigger," was the answer. The mother Frog puffed herself out still more. "Was he as big as this?" said she. "Ohl yes, yes, mother, - ''," MUCH bigger," said the little frog. And yet again she puffed herself out. "As big as . she began—but then she burst. Illustration by Arthur Rackham, from the Heinemann Edition of Aesop's Fables. MORAL: Growing bigger takes4ime—and hurryup methods are apt to be risky. The sure way to financial growth is to call at The Canadian Bank of Commerce .. . open a savings account, add to it regularly ... and watch your balance swell and swell, safely. Visit our nearest branch today ... and start growing your bank balance. The --Canadian Bank bf Commerce N -43R -h@ Cam c *a,g RArigew 1 !habitat, and it isa safe assumption that less than 10 per cent of such seeds will germinate. Man, however, does not trifle with such )haphazard means of spoilirig his fields and, craps. Far too often he fills his seed -drill with high concentrations of weed seeds, distributes them as evenly and, as carefully as modern farming ma- chinery will allow, and plants them at just the right depth to ensure maximum germination and growth. CareftitIy conducted seed - drill surveys have shown that in some provinces upwards ,of 50• per cent of seed planted has been in the 'rejected' class. That means, ac- cording to the Federal Seeds Act, that clovers and ,pasture mixture§ have contained over 300 weed -seeds per ounce and were "unsuitable for regale for seeding purposes.". The sale of this type of seed, of course, is strictly, against the Ia'w. Let us take as an example one particular lot of red' clover wluiah was found in a drill set for seed- ing at the rate of 12 pounds to the acre. This seed was ,bought "over the fence" as cleaned seed. It had been cleaned on a fanning mill and looked to be •a very fine sample of seed. Under test, however, it was found to contain a total of over 500 weed's per ounce, consisting mainly of bladder campdon, rib - grass or buckthorn as it is com- monly known, and, foxtail, all com- mon to red clover and all quite dif- ficult to remove without the aid of specialized machinery.. In, this ac- tual case, no less than 96;000 weed seeds per acre were being added to this field, in addition to what- ever seeds had lain over. This farmer was :putting in five acres of clover. He saved a few dollars on his bargain seed but he was adding 480,000 weeds ,to Ave acres—nearly half ' a million weeds working overtidre to produce thousands more seeds; to lower his yield of clover seed; id make his hay tough and unpalatable; and to create a serious problem of eradi- cation for years to come. Cleaning ,milds on farms can only "rough -clean" seed . Tbey can tape out weed -seers larger and smaller than those being cleaned. They can remove the chaff and dirt and pos. sibly some of the lighter seeds. They cannot, however, take out the seeds which are identical in size and shape to• the clovers. Many commercial seed -cleaning plants have been set up across Can- ada' anada to meet the need for distribu- tion of clean seed. Thousand's of dollars have been spent on, highly specialized machinery for the pur- pose of cleaning seed/ almost to.100 per 'eent freed'on; from weeds at'as low a cost as possible to the farm- er. Under strict supervision by in- spectors nspectors from our government ag- ricultural gricultural departments many thou- sands-of housands-of bushels of seed similar to and very often much weedier than the one described in this article are cleaned annually by these seed - cleaning plants to a grade well within the specifications of the Canadian Seeds Act Billions of weeds are removed by the recleaning of clover seeds. BI - lions more could be removed if all Seed for planting were recleaned, McKinleys Baby Chicks CANADIAN APPROVED • PURE-BRED NEW HAMPSHIRE • PURE-BRED LIGHT SUSSEX • PURE-BRED WHITE ROCK • N. H. X L. S. CROSSBREDS • N. H. X B. A. CROSSBREDS and our Popular - • THREE WAY CROSS—W. R. X H. S. • anaasCMgig. Climate Recorded. The climate of Canada bas been getting warmer, says George W. Robertson, meteorologist for. the Division of Field Husbandry, Bolls and Agricultural Engineering at the Central: Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa. A studs, of long term wea- ther record's at six stations in dif- ferent climatic zones across Can- ada anada will reveal that both summer and winter average temperatures have risen •during the past 45 years. In general this warning up amounted to one or' two degrees but at Fort Vermilion in northern Alberta it was nearly give degrees. The temperature data for this study were taken from the records of six weather stations located at Experimental Fangs across Can- ada. anada. These stations are: •Nappan, N.S:: Ottawa, Ont; 'Brandon, Man.; Lethbridge, Alta.; Agassiz, B.C., and Fort Vermilion in extreme northern Alberta. During the summer season, May to October inclusive, the mean tem- perature for the six stations in- creased 'froth an average of 53.0 degrees during the first 15 years of the 45 -year period, to 54.3 de- grees during the past 15 years. ,Similarly during the five winter months the average temperature warmed up from 18.4 degrees, to •20.3 degrees. The average temper- ature at the six stations for the un - Usually mild wiper of 1952-53 was 3.4.6 degrees, 4.3 degrees higher than the average for the past 15 yenta• Ottawa record,3, show the least change of the six stations studded. During the winter the average tem- perature emperature at Ottawa rose from 20.0 degrees in the early years of the period' studied, to 20.7 degrees dur- ing the past 15 years. ,During the past five years, however, the aver- age climbed to 23.6 degrees. Summers at Ottawa have actual- ly been getting cooler although the trend. during the last few years was rather indefinite. The average tem- perature dropped 0.7 degrees from 57.9 in the -earlier years to 57.2 for the past 15 years. Greatest changes occurred at Fort Vermilion in northern Alber- ta. Here the average summer tern peratures climbed 4.8 degrees from 44.2 for the period 190®-23 to 49.0 for the past 15 years. Similarly average winter temperatures went up 4.3 degrees from 1.9 below zero to 2.4 above zero for the last 15 - year ,period. What has this small but upward -trend in temperatures meant to farmers? The extra warmth during the summer months has aided in hastening growth and maturity of crops. In some cases growth and' time required for maturity is de- creased by five per cent for every increase of one degree in tempera- ture. empera ture. The frost fres period has been getting longer as- a direct re- sult of the trend towards higher temperatures: -'On the average the period' between the last spring frost and the.first fall frost has increas- ed by about 12 days for the sax stations studied. The greatest in- crease was at, Agassaz where the average frost -free period. increased by 40 drays, from 183 in the period 1909-23 to 233 days during the last 15 years. At Fort Vermilion for the same years the average frost -free period lengthened' 10 days from 66 in, the early years, to 76 days" dur- ing the Latter years. 'As a result of this genera/ trend towards warm- er weather and. a longer frost -free season, craps tend to mature earl- ier and' the risk of frost diamage,,ite reduced. • THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE The amount of trouble resultingfrom the drinking of liquor is di- rectly proportionate to the amount consumed. The amount, consumed is directly proportionate to the facilities offered to the trade by law. Far-reaching scientific re- search has establ{s'hed the above truths. If an Ontario town at pre- sent under the L.C.A. votes to close one or more liquor outlets, liquor consumption in that town will cer- tainly decrease. In Huron County, under the C,T.A., no legal outlets for liquor sale exist. Granted, a measure of illegal sale, the total consuinption' in Huron, judged by trouble resulting from drinking here as compared with L.C.A. coun- ties, is comparatively email. The police report for a. sma11 neighbor- int town under the L.C.A., for the months of September and October, 1953, "revealed that of 43 cases tak- en to court, 22 were for infractions of the L.C.A. This town has at east five legal oubl'ets. No town in Huron County bas any such record of crime.—(Advt,), CI'M PUZZLED, DOC. CAN YOU STRAIGHTEN ME OUT ON PELLET F��J6? IT'S SIMPLE, FRED. CHICKENS ARE6RAIN-EATING CREATURES AND MASH IN BITE FORM IS JUST LIKE 6RAINTOTHEM. THAT'S•• WHY THEY EAT PELLETS..SO READILY. YOU MEAN WHEN I WANT TO (,ET MY BIRDS TO V EAT MORE MASH I SHOULD USE VITA -LAY PELLETS? WONDERFUL IN THESE WAYS:- � RIGHT„ FRED- YOU'LL FIND ROE PELLETS TO BOOST WEIGHT PRODUCTION AND CONDIT10 • OF FLOCK THAT :5 NOT EATING ENOUGH AT PRESENT. 2TO PROVIDE gXTRA MASH CONSUMPTION IN COLD •WINTER DAYS. 3, TO BRING LATE -HATCHED PULLETS INTO LAY FASTER.e 4 TO BOOST EGG PRODUCTION AT END OF LAYING YEAR. 5 BIRDS ARE FORCED TO EAT ENTIRE MASH INCLUDING ALL FINE CONCENTRATE MATERIAL. YOU MEAN PELLETS SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE AS WET MASH AND SAVE THE EXTRA HANDLING? EXACTLY, FRED. ROE VITA -LAY EGG PELLETS ARE A COMPRESSED FORM OF VITA -LAY MASH MADE TO ATTRACT A BIRDS EYE AND PLEASE HER APPETITE . By Roe Farms Service Dept --1-- TELL ME AN EASY WAY TO FEED ROE PELLETS,DOC1 / . ALWAYS FEED ACCORDING TO EG6_—%'' PRODUCTION, FRED- YOU CAN FIGURE QUICKLY AT 11B. OF PELLETS PER LOO BIRDS FOR EACH 1070 EGG PRODUCTION. AT NOON, YOU CAN FEED WHAT BIRDSWJL1:CLEAN UP IN 10 OR 15 MINUTES, THEN YOU CAN HOLD BALANCE OF PELLETS UNTIL AFTER EVENIN6 GRAIN FEEDING. vL o -,e Watt EXTRA MASH CONSUMPTION /SNEE0(0 1i 4 • arx• 0,444,4 . ,fie• r' uudf (WARMS MIMING C W. R. Kerslake, Seaforth Lorne Eller, Hensall A. J. Mustard, Brucefield J. A. 'Sadler, Staffa R. 411,,910,4*, Brodhagen lRtif,.rwd+hse XYi WINIVROP Ur. Min A. -llsea;,tie 4444 fir pflwt Ai Instslor operation in St, a00401'1 Hospital, London, recently, Mr. and Mrs. Don Horne and family, Landon, were recent guests. of Mr. and Mrs. E. Haase, • aLr. Sam Pethiek spent a week with his brother, Mr. Tom Pethiers and Mrs. Pethick, London. Mr. William Kinney is visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Beattie. Mr. and Mrs.. Ken Beattie were in London on Sunday to see hie father, Mr. John Beattie, who is a Patient in St.• Joseph's Hoslpital• - t (Continued from Page 3) about 644,000 pounds were in evis- cerated ready -to -cook form. (Large retailers are now demand- ing eviscerated poultry, and this is partleulary • true In the case et turkeys, where the demand for eviscerated birds far exceeds the supply. While the eviscerating (capacity in Canada has been steadily in- creasing and is around 700,00* pounds: per day, it is not sufficient to take care of the evisceration during the period when turkeys are normally mmarketed which, in West- ern estern Canada, is -from November IS - to the latter part of December There will have to be considerable development of additional capacity, states the Poultry Division, U the supply of -turkeys prepared in eleis► manner is to be sufficient to meet the demand. New Stock of Beaver Oats -In 1948 a start was made`on: the development of a new stock e! Beaver oats and a limited quantity of first generation. seed of this new stock will be •avtillibie for seedlnR in 1954. Beaver oats was first distributed) in 1945, chiefly to farmers in On- tario, .says R. A. Derick, Cereal Crop Division, Central Experimen- tal Farm, Ottawa. The seed first distributed was sealed as Certified in 1946. the variety was accepted) for registration by the tlanadias•. Seed Grower's' Association. In the following year Foundation Stock seed was made available to Elite Stock feed growers in Ontario. Prom -the progeny of a largo 'number of panicles selected from the original Foundation Stock. about 40 strains remained after dis- carding the poorer ones. Thesd were .tested for yield endstraw strength in 1950 and 1951. During these two years, several strains were discardedlargely on the basis of lower yield .and poor straw quali- ties. In 1952 the meed from the strains that were retained was bulked and increased as Elite Stock seed. Some Views on Lamb Some interesting views, 'both et consumers and retailers, came to light at the lamb exhibit sponsored by the Consumer Section, Canaan Department of Agriculture, at thew Royal Agricultural Winter Faqir. Toronto. The exhibit showing retail cuts of lamb with colored photographs of this meat cooked in several ways drew keen interest from the crowds. Many retailers stopped to look at the cuts - and compared ° them with their own methods otl cutting lamb. Butchers in some/ communities said they were not anxious to handle lamb because of the difficulty i>1 senilig froyit euta. This may be because the but+cber is 'not using newer merchandising methods, or because the consumer is not conversant with the many excellent dishes that can be made from front stilts. 'Consumers' main complaints were that lamb is, not available regularly and that most of it is for fat. Many asked' whether present production methods were being di- rected toward producing leaner lamb. Care of House Plants Don't be too disappointed, if the house plant you got. for Christmas or the New Year does not last 'as long as you had- 'hoped. '](goat plants are grown to bloom through the holiday season, but the modem hurtle in winter time is not such ae to encourage 'them very much. Among other things the tempera- ture is generally too ,high and the humidity too low. There •are some things you east do to keep them blooming longer - Give them ample sunlight, keep the air cool and moist,. never let tkm soil dry out, keep them out el draughts, and keep any insects unr der control. Night temperatures• should be 60 degrees 'or lower, so It is worth moving a. plant to the coolest room at night. The exception to this is the Poinsettia which skew warm nights, never befog 60 de- grees,- and does not relish sadder changes of temperature. • A plant needs water when tills soil has dried out so that it crump bles in the Mand. Most plants are best watered, 1$y standing the pot - for a few moments itt a 8halkvw pan or saucer containing an inch or .two of water. The pot should be removed when the surface of the soil -appears moist. The humidity in most houses in far too low for most house pleads --,particularly cyclamen's. Humidi- fiers or pans of water placed on radiators will help. Standing the. Pots on saucers or trays of graver which is kept moist is another way to provide 'humidity, but the pot it- self must not stand-in water. Pyrethrum or rotonone sprayer will kill aphids, white flies or red. Aider mites, or nicotine sulphate limy be used. Be careful to Ovoid, leaving hoirae ]ants in a draught, and If you we D'oking gas; remember that alit ptants are most suseeptible to any ir, unburnedItwillegas ausethat ,bee's'tjieapegii ,intro" the ewes to drop ofe,, r 4 4 A