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The Huron Expositor, 1956-04-20, Page 211 QR, sEAFORTH, QNT-,, APRIL 2O 1956 �RtF EXPOSITOR -Fstabiia ted 1960 A. Y.11,1eLean, Editor Published at Seaforth, Ontario, egery Thursday morning by McLean 4'r gyros. .ember of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa '•.EAFORTH, Friday, April 20, 1956 They Contribute To a Greater Canada It was sound advice that Dr. G. E. Hall, President' of the University of Western Ontario, had for London Kiwanis Club when he urged that "older Canadians stop labelling their 'new friends' as DP's." The fact that those who recently have come to Canada may ,. have names somewhat different than those to which people in a particular dis- trict may be accustomed, is no rea- son, Dr. Hall pointed out, for them., to be denied the respect that every citizen of a country such as Canada is entitled to receive. After all, the only truly native Canadian is the Indian. Canada's population today is the result of suc- cessive waves of immigration begin- ning with the French some three hundred years ago. The greatness of the country has become apparent because of the strength of the people who through the years have come to inhabit it. Without the deterniina- •tion, the belief, the adventuresome spirit with which those who came to Canada were possessed, Canada's re- sources would never have been de- veloped. And so it is with the most recent arrivals. They have the same will and determination to succeed as earl- ier pioneers, and in making their way in their chosen country already . have contributed in a major sense to a greater Canada. ttr Not Good Enough While there have been helpful re- sults from the drive sponsored by provincial departments of govern- ment to cut the toll of fife and Ioss 91 property from highway accidents, there remains much to be done. Suggesting that only with a great- er response from the motoring pub- lic is a more successful campaign possible, the Kincardine News points out that "February is the shortest month of the year. It is also one when weather conditions may contri- bute to traffic mishaps. In the dis- trict which is under provincial Police supervision, of which Bruce is one of six counties, there were, in that month, 167 accidents which caused five fatalities, injuries to 50 persons and caused 82:3 warnings to be issued, 655 charges laid, uncovered 88 ve- hicles with defective equipment and 363 motorists who exceeded the speed limit, 40 who were convicted as care- less drivers, seven who were found driving after licenses were suspend= ed, 4 for driving while intoxicated, and 16 with their ability impaired." Since Huron als, is within the group of counties lb which the fig- ltes apply, it is apparent that here, too, there is much'room for improve- ment. What Other Papers Say : ar4.441. ,.Ira Good Old Days (Strathroy Age -Dispatch) 1 often wonder how many old- timers around Strathroy can remem- ber when we put our shorts on over our heads; when anybody could hitch up a horse; when there were no such things as wrist watches; and a hired girl was lucky to get $2 a week. Or flow many remember when boys col - ted cigarette pictures; when ev- bddy' had tonsils and kept them; hp appendicitis and hen nobody had most everybody kept the Sabbath. Surely there must be a lot of :folk around here who can remember when they carried a lantern on the dash- oard of the spring wagon arid drove too igh mud and dirt most of the 04 when they slept on a -,straw took a bath • in the wash tub ren only on Satu day night; when a back covered with - carpet served- as a doorstop; and When congress gaiters were the most stylish shoes. Future Of Small Fall Fairs (The Farmer's Advocate and Canadian Countryman) The annual convention of the On- tario Association of Agricultural So- cieties is neither the time nor the place to decide whether small town- ship fairs should be continued, or united in one streamlined county ex- hibition. Evan D. McGugan, Assist- ant General Manager of the Western Fair, raised the question at the re- cent convention and supported am- algamation with strong arguments, based qn observation and experience. However, any delegate to the con- vention who dared to advocate such a policy would forfeit popularity and destroy any chances he might other- wise have of gaining, by popular vote, a position of prominence in the Association. Moreover, it is unlikely that the Provincial Government, through the allocation of grants, will force any drastic change in the Fall fair pat- tern in this Province. The only way the problem can be satisfactorily studied is by a small committee chos- en outside the Association and with no government responsibilities. When looked at in the light of modern trends and considering the essential needs of the countryside such a panel should be abI'e to submit a report that would be an invaluable guide to both Government and fair boards. Parity Prices Not Practical (The Rural Scene) All three opposition parties in the House of Commons have come out boldly in favour of parity prices for farm products. Parity prices are defined as prices that will yield the same return to the producers as the same products yielded at some previous period. This means that a definite price would be set on each farm product, and all such prices would be guaranteed by the government. It would mean the elimination of price fluctuations. But should price fluctuations be eliminated? Prices fluctuate because crop con- ditions, weather conditions, condi- tions of supply and demand fluctu- ate. The fluctuations in price indi- cate the changing conditions in the supply of and the demand for the products. Under open market conditions the prices determine how much will be produced; and the amount produced determines the prices. These two keep each other in balance, so that the total produced is equal to the de- mand. If there' is a shortage, prices rise and the higher prices cause' people to consume less and cause farmers to produce more of the scarce products. If there is a surplus the prices fall and the lower prices stimulate con- sumption and reduce production. If prices are fixed by law, the amount produced will also have to be fixed by law—and the law will have nothing to guide it in deciding how much should be produced. We have had some experience of parity prices in marketing our but- ter. The effect has been a steady de- cline in the use of butter and a sharp increase in the use of margarine among our people. This bodes no good for the dairy industry in Can- ada. The United States has been guar- anteeing parity prices on a number of farm products for a number of years; and as a result the govern- ment of that country is the unhappy owner of $7 billion worth of unsale- able farm products, which it doesn't know what to do with. Canada can't afford any such pol- icy as that. Parity prices are not practical anywhere, least of all in Canada. Some politicians may be able to gain votes in some parts of the. country by advocating it. , But we are amazed to see the Conserva- tive party urging it. The Conservative party is the only possible alternative to the present • government, It might be called on at any time to form a government; and its members should have more sense of their responsibility than to pledge it to such an impossible ex- pedient. it would be a national calamity for Canada to have a government pledg- ed to parity prices, SEEN IN -11111E To Burn Mortgage All members of the Gliunton Branch No, 140, Canadian Legion are expected to be on hand for the burning of the building mort- gage which will be held in the Legion Hall, Kirk Street, on April 20. Attendance is restricted to Leg- ion members, their wives and friends. Invitations have been ex- tended to representatives of local civic bodies and service clubs.— Clinton News -Record. Contestants,Are Disappointed, Cast of the Huron County Jun- ior Farmers drama festival win- ning play, "Bobbie Pulls Up Her Socks," travelled to Guelph on Tuesday to compete in the prov- ince finals, only to lose out In all three competitions. At Guelph five counties made festival entries. The Halton County entry from Norval won the award for best production, best male actor and best female actress. — Clinton News -Record. Crash Injures Brussels Boy A 10 -year-old Brussels boy, John Currie, suffered a broken arm, facial lacerations and shock as a result of a car accident. A car driven by his father, Donald Cur- rie, 34, provincial police said, struck the Harriston bridge, 11/2. miles west of the town on High- way 87. He received facial lacera- tions and injuries to his left leg. Another passenger in the car, Al- bert Densmore, of Brussels, es- caped injury. The car was wreck- ed.—Brussels Post. Mayors Trade Seals and Pens Mayor J: --E. Huckins is now the possessor of two unique .paper- weights in the shape of miniature seals. They were set him as a gift by Mayor H. G. R. Mews, of St. John's, Newfoundland, when the St. John's Pee -Wee hockey team came to Goderich last week to play in the Young Canada Week tournament. Mayor Huckins in- formed town council that he has returned the courtesy by sending Mayor Mews a pen rrl n_,pfactyred` in Goderich, — Goderich Signal - Star. Beet Loader For Kippen The Canada and Dominion Sugar Co. Ltd. announced Wednesday at a meeting of sugar beet growers in the Hensall-Kippen district that it would establish a mechanical un - loader at Kippen this year. This loader will be exactly thesame as the one at Centralia and is be- ing put in for the convenience of the growers in that area. G. W. Montgomery, Huron agricultural representative, supported -the movement and stated it would.. be an asset to the district. Several new growers intimated that in view of this new machine they would be planting beets this year. —Exeter Times -Advocate. Grain Carriers Clear Berths to believe that there will be more employment for sailors and work- ers in related occupations this year than has been the case for the past two years. First ship out of the harbor this year was the S.S. Starbuck, which left on Wed- nesday of last week. Since then the steamers Superior, Mantadoc and James B, Eads have also. cleared port. While prospects look better in the grain transportation business, commercial fishermen in the district are not so happy. Fish- ermen operating out of Goderich, Bayfield and Grand Bend report light catches of white fish and perch so far. Fishermen were hampered by ice for several days before they were able to set their nets.—Goderich Signal -Star. Addition Ready For September Chairman C. S. MacNaughton told the South Huron District High School Board Tuesday night that architects expect to have plans completed. in May for the $137,000 five -room addition. The board will immediately call for tenders in the hope construction can be fin- ished by September. With steel and other building materials in short supply, however, the new class- rooms may not be available until after the term starts, This would necessitate establishment of tem- porary quarters outside the school. The board will attempt to get the new cafeteria constructed first so that all rural students can be ,ac- commodated for lunches when the new term starts. The present cafe- teria will not serve the increased enrolment expected in September, Plans call for an extension to the north of the existing building which will doube the cafeteria size. Rest of the addition includes five class- rooms and washrooms. Enrolment is expected to jump .from 460 to over 500 in September. — Exeter Times -Advocate, Wins On Barrel Raffle The Wingham firemen's barrel, which had been sitting on the "'Maitland River ice betw;,n the C.P.R. and McKenzie bridges for the past couple of months, went out with the spring freshet on Tuesday afternoon, and tumbled over Howson's dam at 44 seconds past 2:28 p.m. Jim Cameron, of Lower Wingham, was richer by a first prize of $50 for the closest guess on the time the barrel would go over the dam, and George Car- ter received the second prize of $20. Earlier in the day the bar- reI floated down to within 50 yards of the dam, only to get stuck on a projecting piece of ice, delaying its passage ' over the dam by a couple of hours. Members of .the fire department were on hand to clock the exact time of the bar- rel's descent. Dave Crothers, ` de- puty fire chief, said that the fire- men would have enough money left from the sale of tickets, after paying prizes to buy two extra oxygen tanks for the fire depart- ment's resuscitator, purchased by the men of the fire department last year. Well over 400 tickets `were sold on the raffle.—Wingham Ad- vance -Times. Some of the big grain carriers have already left their whiter berths at Goderich and more will be steaming out for the head of the lakes in the next few days. 'With the export market for wheat picking up, there is good reason YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. From The Huron Expositor April 24, 1931 Master Joseph Eckert, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Eckert, Mc- Killop, had the misfortune to have his right hand badly cut when he an.d his sister• were splitting kind- ling on Saturday. He is progress-. ing as well as can be expected. The barns on the farm of Mr. Joseph Hugill, 5th concession, town line, in McKillop, were completely destroyed by fire on Monday eve- ning. Mr. and 1Virs. James T. Scott and family, who have been residing in Windsor for the past four• years, have returned to Roxboro, where they will make their home. Miss Susie Govenlock and Miss N. Campbell, of Seaforth, who spent the winter months in Flor- ida, returned last week to their homes here. Messrs. Ed. Daly, L. Jackson, Tom Cluff and Charlie Stewart motored to Montreal over the week end. Mr. E. H. Close has leased his residence on Jarvis St, to Mr. F. W. Darroch, who will get posses- sion on May 1. Mrs. E. W. White. Mrs. G. P. Cardno and Miss Evelyn Cardno attended the operetta, Dorothy," given by the Glee Club of the Uni- versity of Western Ontario at Lon- don on Thursday evening of last week. The barn on the farm of George Armstrong, of Hay Township, was completely destroyed by fire Sun- day evening. It appears that the children, while playing around the barn, came across some matches and set fire to some straw and chaff lying close to the barn. § § From The Huron Expositor April 20, 1906 Mr. W. C. Davis is putting an ad- dition to the residence part of the Molsons Bank in HensalI. , The horse sold by Mr. Frank Kettle, of Hullett, for $270, was sired by Prince of Midlothian, owilled byMr. W. A. Ross,Mc- Killop. of Mr, James Fulton has just com- pleted the brickwork on his house in Walton. Mr. John Robb bas purchased Mrs. 'J. P. Brine's stable -for $125, and intends moving it to his own property. While playing football at The Bell Engine Works during the noon hdur .on Tuesday, Mr. William Oughton had the • misfortune to sprain his ankle and break a bone in his foot. Mr, W. 1)btigall showed us the ,Other day a Very handsone otter PARSONS SKETCH` BOOK As one who is not a member of that communion, I would like to pay a word of tribute to the Angli- can ,Church. This, of course, is not written with the discernment which guided the seer of Patmos in his letters •to the seven church - 'es, for the holy Spirit disclosed to that inspired writer;, both the vir- tues and the faults of the church- es. No church on earth' is entire- ly free of faults, and the most earnest members of the churches are the most fully, aware of the faults within their own commun- ion. In the great break frotp the Church of Rome, the Anglican Church preserved for rion=Roman Christians the Christian Year, with its seasons and festivals. In this regard, the policy of the Lutheran Church was somewhat similar, whereas the Calvinists Churches were inclined' to ignore the Chris- tian year. But most churches to- day recognize the value of the Christian year, and realize too that itis a safeguard against those who would •make almost every Sunday a day to emphasize some cause or another. The Anglican Church has provid- ed for all christendom a rich trea- sure in the development of its prayer book. Early prayer books displayed something of that grace which animated the translation of the King James version of the Bible, and this grace has been retained in subsequent versions. There is peauty and dignity in Anglican worship, and this has been expressed in architecture, and in the interior appointments of church buildings. It is a worship- ful experience to simety stand within some Anglican Churches, while the light filters through stained glass windows, and the sounds of the busy world are hush- ed in the quiet of -the sanctuary. • The Anglican Church has been rich in scholarship, in the develop- ment of church music, in pietY and in missionary endeavor. But per- haps this attempt to write a few words in appreciation of a great church has been prompted chiefly l by Anglicans whom I have met, both among the clergy and laity, !whose kindness, graciousness and steady goodness bear witnessto the Christian faith. These people speak well for the church tradi- tion and background in which they have been raised. skin, which he ha& purchased from an Indian from near Hesall. It was a particularly fine pelt, beau- tifully furred. Mr. McDougall says it is the first he has seen around here •for about 20 years. The Dominion Bank has opened a sub -agency at Dublin for the con- venience of their numerous cus- tomers in that district. A new floor was placed on the Egmondville bridge this week. Mr. William Bethune left Tues- day for Owen Sound, to resume his duties as purser on the C.P.R. Steamer Manitoba. Mr. Samuel Eagleson, of Mil- ton, North Dakota, who a few months ago bought the McTavish farm on the, Mill Road, Tucker - smith, will not takeup his abode there, having disposed of it to Mr. W. J. Herbert, also of Walton, who is now in the neighborhood. Mr. Hubert intends to make his home there. He will have a nice home. From The Huron Expositor April 22, 1881 , Vanstone Bros.' flume in. con- nection with •their mill in Brussels, was washed away last Sunday. A Mr. Thomas Sturgeon, of the 5th concession of Hay, lately sold to an American buyer a mare and a last spring's colt for which he received the neat 'sum of $310. On Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock, fire was discovered in Sharp's Hotel. The fire originated from the stove pipes. Little damage was done. Mr. J. M. McGregor, formerly of Seaforth, and son of Mr. Daniel McGregor, of Harpurhey, has let the contract for the erection of a $10,000 brick dwelling in Winnipeg. Mr. John Sanderson, of the 'B' Line, Howick, has sold his farm containing 100 acres, to Mr. Mat- thew Sanderson for the sum of $2,000. This farm, considering the quality of the soil, was well... sold. On Monday a number of the friends and neighbors of Me. John Snell assembled at his residence; on the 7th- concession of Hulled;` the raisin •of his barn. to assist rn g After the hands had gathered and got the timbers together, Messrs. E. Dexter and R. Nott were chos- en captains, and called the hands to their respective places, the for- mer taking the east and the latter the west side of the building. When all were ready, Mr. William Riley, the framer and commander-in- chief, gave the word to raise, and after a good deal of lifting and a lot of yo -heaving, the bents Were reared nrito place and the race eornnieneed, but it was not long WOO the•, dleers of the w est side br�31bd ell .�eato be ilviews. '.R..R. No. 1, Sebringville, Ont., April 12, 1956. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: A door-to-door can- vass to get members for the On- tario Hog Producers' Co-operative is underway. This operation should have been done before the adven- ture'was started an.d before a char- ter was allowed such a compulsory system. There is nothing wrong seeking membership to a co-opera- tive and those members who 'do join up are the ones who should support it. We see some people telling oth- ers to support it—yet they them- selves won't take their own hogs to an assembly point because they might be subject to unusual shrink losses. This has happened and can be proven with recent facts. Non-members should not have to contribute. It should be their members who pay. The supporters to this plan comprise the produc- ers who produce about 10 per cent of Ontario hogs, otherwise more hogs would be assembled into as- sembly points. They don't sell all the hogs because they never get them into their possession to hold for a sale. Supply and demand rules the market. Some time ago hogs were up, and now hogs are down. The hog Co-op has not held the price up because the price has come.. down and so supply and de- mand must_be the ruler and .;sot the agent. A recent plan has been taken to order Quebec 'shippers of hogs in- to Ontario packers. Last week some 3,000 hogs appeared on the Ontario Stock Yards and that is a poor showing when 40.000 hogs are killed weekly. When this Co-op started last May they bad 11 members and they ran for months before they attempted to get more members. They as- sumed that any one who had a hog to sell was automatically their member. One would imagine that they think they own the hogs, When a hired selling :agency, is al- lowed to direct around other peo- ples' property, somebody is wrong. Yours truly, ' THEODORE PARKER R, LSI O•'ADS . THE GOOD EARTH . AGAIN, • (By JA -MFS SC076 Varna WMS Names Exeter Delegates Varna United Church'W.M.S. met at the home of Mrs..Perce John- ston with 18 members and one visi- tor present. Mrs. Watson Webster had charge of the worship service. The meet- ing opened with quiet music. The hymn, "God of Mercy, God of Grace," was read in unison, '101 - owed by the Lord's Prayer. 'Mrs. Pitt took charge of the busi- ness. There were 21 calls to shut- ins. Mrs. Pitt and Mrs. Anson Coleman are to look after the send- ing of the baby layette. Mrs. W. Webster and Mrs. An- son Coleman were appointed dele- gates to the Presbyterial at Exe. ter. A discussion was held in re- gard to entertaining other socie- ties. The Scripture reading was taken by Mrs, Elmer Webster. Mrs, Wat- son Webster read from the Mis- sionary Monthly. The study book was taken by Mrs. Watson ,Webster and Mrs. Harvey Hayter. t After a long absence it seems as good a way as any to take things up -by saying that it was not be- cause of what several good ladies of the surrounding area said to me about hand-knit socks that this space was,not filled recently. I was just plain too busy. As for those socks, it never oc- curred to me when I wrote that I liked them that anybody would take.exceptiorii to such a statement. But you never know. Apparently there are quite a few lads around who feel exactly the same way I do, but who are not so lucky. It would seem that more than one such fellow called his better half's attention to what I had to say and the result was that from F'v'.ry direction I have been hauled over the coals for talking about things I know nothing about. As the lad- ies so harply pointed out, it is all very well to 'talk about band -knit socks when you tre not the one to do the knitting. This, of course, is absolutely true. I have never knit a pair of socks in, my life; I wouldn't know how to go about it and I don't intend to learn. But just the same, I'm the fellow who wears the socks and surely that gives me some justi- fication for writing about them. I feel the same way about the land. I have never farmed in my life and I'm too old a dog now to think about learning, but just the same these days when spring rolls around I feel some kind of myster- ious urge which is hard to explain. It has been. a long winter. Or it seems that way to me anyway and the other day it was a real treat to get outside for the first time to potter around the garden. I was cleaning out a flower bed and pull- ing off the leaves which had blown in and knotted around such plants as the iris and the peonies. There's only one way to do this. If you use a rake you'll break off the tender shoots of green and red which are just beginning to show. You have to get down on your knees and get your hands right into the earth. Now this seems a simple enough thing. Lots of people are getting, their hands into the earth almost every day, but others like me ,are more likely to be using our hands in different ways. Yet, as I said;, there is something, strange about what happens to me when I 'am in contact with the good rich soil of Huron County. The only way I _can explain it is that it is a -result of our heritage. No matter what we are doing now, most of us in these parts are - sprung from ancestors who came here to till the land. The impulse, although it may have been sev- eral generations back, is still in us and we respond to it whenever we are in contact with the good earth. I know a fellow who only the• other day made what a lot of us thought was ..a remarkable deci- sion. This man is the nephew of the late B. K. Sandwell, who was the distinguished editor of Satur- day Night for many years. He him- self was a most successful execu- tive in one of our largest publish- ing houses. Yet, just a few weeks ago he gave up his job and moved. his family to a large farm. It is his intention to spend the rest of his days on the land. Acid not as a gentleman farmer, mind you. When I was talking to him, he told me that for years now he has spent all his leisure hours either out in the country or studying ev- erything he could lay his hands on about modern agricultural meth- ods. Deliberately, he took years to prepare himself to go on the' -farm.. Now he thinks he is ready and he has taken the plunge. You see how it goes? It was int his blood•all the time and eventual- ly he could not resist the call of the good earth. I know that life on the farm is not all beer and skit- tles as they say, but I think that. fellow was a pretty wise man and I think- maybe it might not be suet), a bad idea for some of the rest of us too. But we'd have to prepare our- selves for it first. The earth is good only when you know how to be good to it. Modern Form Problems Discussed by Dr. J. G. Ire Pape, B.S.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. ARE YOUR PULLETS -DEVELOPING TOO RAPIDLY? In the past decade pullets have been developed at a much more rapid rate than formerly, and in the eyes of many poultrymen this accelerate development is undesir- able. Why? What influence does early development have on econ- omically important characteristics such as age at sexual maturity, feed costs, egg size, livability, egg production, and distribution of egg production throughout the year. What are some of the factors that can influence the rate of de- velopment of pullets and what af- fect do they have on the subse- quent performance of a pullet? (1) Breeders of egg production strains have worked towards rea- sonably early sexual maturity be- cause it has been shgwn that this characteristic is associated with high annual egg production. How- ever, early sexual maturity is closely associated with rapid early growth and, as one character be- comes fixed the other must come along with it. Thus it would ap- pear that breeding for early rapid growth and early sexual maturity has also been responsible for some of the increase in production. • (2) Perhaps more striking is the effect of season of hatch, and (3) amount of light to which pul- lets are exposed during their ma- turity period, on sexual maturity and egg size as illustrated in the accompanying table. Effect of Date of Hatch on Age At Sexual Maturity and Egg Size Days to % Large reach 25% eggs (12- . production month period Month hatched: January 164 87.1 February 172 86.5 March 184 89.0 April 187 93.1 May 189 94.1 June 195 93.8 July 190 86.4 August 202 93.6 September .,200 93.4 October 179 802 November 150 78.5 December 147 72.3 (Data from the University of Delaware) Few problems with early sexual maturity or egg size are encoun- tered with birds hatched from March through September. How- ever, in Western Ontario many Chicks are hatched in December and January. The table indicates that these early hatched pullets reach 25% ,production when they are barley five months old. It has been shown that egg w4ight is con- trolled primarily by the chronol- ogical age of the bird, that is, a given bird will lay large eggs not when she is five or six months old, but rather when she has attained a certain stage of sexual maturity. The table further points out that early hatched pullets produce few- er large eggs than their sisters hatched later in the spring. It is not a matter of coincidence that the early hatched pullets are ma- turing the days are getting progressively longer; rather, the increasing amount of light is a definite cause in hastening sexual -maturity. To overcome this ac- celerated development, controlled lighting systems have been em- plorveerwith varying degrees of suc- cess. (4) Nutrition and feeding prac- tices have a definite effect 'on the development and subsequent per- formance of pullets. Experiments have shown that feeding a defici- ent diet as compared with a nutri- tionally n IY complete diet during the growing period, delayed maturity in some instances. However, this is not a feasible practice because of the adverse effects on laying house performance. Restricting the total intake of a balanced diet to an amount less` than the minimum required by the bird for normal growth, delays: - sexual maturity from a few days to several weeks depending upon. the severity of the restriction. - When desired this seems to be the - most practical method of slowing down the development of winter hatched pullets. Thisobjective can be accomplished by (a) control- ling the amount of time the birds, have access to the feeders; (b) by' feeding such a bulky diet that they cannot consume their total nutrient needs, or (c) by restrict- ing the total weight of a high ef-- ficiency type diet. Experience has:• shown that the latter method pro- duces the most uniform pullets. ,Seyeral experiments have indi- cated that the livability of pullets • reared on a restricted diet has been as good or better than pullets reared on a full feed system. The feeding system during the growing period apparently has little influ- ence on subsequent egg produc- tion. However, the feeding system does have, an effect on the distri- bution of egg production. The full fed birds tend to lay more eggs during the first 12 weeks of pro- duction and fewer eggs at the end. of the laying year, whereas the restricted fed.. birds lay fewer eggs at the beginning and more eggs toward the end of lite laying year, Your feeding and management program should produce pullets capable of coming into lay, safely. and with the capacity to lay gat a heavy rate for a 12 -month period or longer. It is hoped that this dis- cussion will bring to light some of • the factors to be considered in def- veloping replacement stock. Busy Beavers, McKillop, Organize The first meeting of the new project, "The Supper Club," was held at the home of the leader, Mrs. James Keys, on April 10, an.d' opened by singing "The More We Get Together." The roll call was answered by 19 members saying how many projects they had com- pleted previous to this one. The election of officers follow- ed: President, Sandra Doig; vice- president, Catherine Moylan; sec- retary, Helen Connolly; press re- porter, Marjorie Smith; treasurer. Grace Doig; radio reporter, Lor- etta Connolly. It was decided to keep the same name, The McKillop Busy Beavers. and hold meetings in different homes. It was decided to have pale green book covers. Helen • Connolly and Joy Jantzi are go- ing to design a pattern for book - covers. The leader then called on the different members to measure out liquirs and solids. Mrs. Keys talked on "Good Food Makes a Difference." June Smith a n d Catherine Moylan are going to demonstrate making a thin white sauce at the next meeting, Jean Scott and Agnes Hicknell• will demonstrate making a cream soup. The next meeting was held at the home of Jean and Marguerite Scott on April 16. The meeting closed by singing "God Save the Queen," A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. The roll call for the next meet- ing is to be answered by a good food habit. Home assignment was: Begin work on your reeord/books and Assemble and bring ,required. etitupirneut to •!the ` att. meeting, 9 , 1 .