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The Huron Expositor, 1956-07-20, Page 2gas. ?ii cean, Editor ed, at Seaforth, Ontario, ry ; hnrsday morning by McLean O,seription rates, $2.50 a year in anee; foreign $3.50 a year. Single ies, 5 cents each. Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 is Authorized as Second Class -Mail- Post Office Department, Ottawa SEAFORTH, Friday, July 20, 1956 .farming Tomorrow Changes that have occurred dur- ing the past fifty years in the man- ner of doing things have been great- er probably than during any compar- able period of history. And in no area have the changes been greater than lthey have in the farming indus- Mechanization, alone, has played a major role in altering the farming picture, but it has by no means been the only factor. Science has contri- buted to moreproductive crops and dietary studies have resulted in more efficient meat and poultry pro- duction. What changes does the future hold? Some scientists have come up with some answers which are based on thesupposition that experiments now• under way prove successful. Here is what, they suggest, we can anticipate: , First, the average farmer would know far more about his land and its capacity to produce than he knows today. Crop and livestock producers will be able to control both yields and quality in a , way now known only in the laboratory. The future farmer would be able to judge each improved practice in terms of what it would pay him at the end of the year. He would know to the penny the difference in returns from one variety over another, or one level of fertilization over an- other. Allfarming operations, from seed bed preparation through harvest, wil be done by machines. But there would probably be less machinery in the fields than today. Seed germina- tion will be vastly improved so that growers could plant with assurance there will be no need to replant. Powerful new chemicals with a high degree of selectivity will have been developed for more efficient pest control. Plants will be tailored fit a.I.vance farm practices. For exam- ple, newly designed corn plant with short stalks and uniform ears at uni- form height would be easier to har- vest and would produce more. More will be known about how JULY 2O .i956 plants .row, the role of light and in - e o high and low temperatures on their growth. Plants may that be bred to take full advantage of natural' soils and climate. The farmer will have simple, easy-to-use methods of measuring fertilizer and water needs for his crops. This will enable him to predict yields with much greater accuracy and he would be able to ad- just the rate of application to a cost that would be profitable under exist- ing farm prices. Powerful new tools for changing plant characteristics—the production of mutations—have been found. The most recent experiments involve -nuclear irradiation. A more—effici- ent use of rainfall will be made. Fore- seen are new chemicals which would enable a farmer to spray his fields and seal in the moisture. All in all, quite a rosy future. Worthy Of Support Directors of the Seaforth Agricul- tural Society during recent weeks have been busy discussing with mun- icipal councils in the area served by the society, the efforts the board is making to acquire Class 'B' rating. In order to qualify for Class 'B', a fair must pay out in prizes in utility classes a minimum of $3,000 per year for three consecutive years. Having' been accredited as Class `B', a fair becomes eligible for grants 'on capi- tal expenditures amounting to 75% of the expenditure, . as well as addi- tional annual amounts totalling $1,- 200 for judging and junior activities. In 1955, the board lacked but $242 of 1955, the board lacked but $242 of reaching the $3,000 minimum. There is no doubt as to the merits •of the case whieh the directors pre- sent. Seaforth fair, despite munici- pal support below that enjoyed by comparable fairs in the district, kas progressed to a point where it is the equal of or better than any fair in the district. In order to maintain this position, however, additional as- sistance is a necessity, and it is for this reason the members of the board are endeavoring to acquaint the pub- lic with the facts. Nor is there any doubt as to the benefits that accrue to a municipal- ity in which a fair is held. That this i recognized in many centres is in- dicated by the fact that Mitchell fair receives a grant of $500 from the town; Brussels Fair, $300 from Brus- sels, and Teeswater Fair, $400 from Teeswater. Logan Township grants Mitchell fair $350. In comparison, Seaforth fair received a total of $625 in municipal grants last year, an av- erage of $125 from each of the five municipalities that contributed. It is to be hoped that sufficient support will be forthcoming to en- sure that the fair will be in a posi- tion to offer prizes in an amount that will result in a Class 'B' rating. In this way Seaforth and the district it serves can be assured in the years to come of a top-rated fair. .Nurses On Motorcycle ,Tine , Violet Tindall is the pilot au& Leith Nance, the crew, m the motorcycle journey from Calgary to Toronto. The trip so far, to eter-2,340 miles—has cost.. thei4 $101. They are both student Aura es. at the Calgary General Hos- pital.—Exeter Times -Advocate. t Marks 95 Years Mrs. W. J. Carling celebrated her 95th birthday on Sunday, July 8, quietly. She was remembered with cards, calls and gifts. She is' in excellent health, looks after her home and goes up the street fre- quently, walking both ways.—Exe- ter Times -Advocate. Highway Paving Under Way , Work on -resurfacing Highway - No. 4 from Blyth to Wingham, has commenced, and weather being favorable,,the job should be rapid- ly completed for the distance of 12 miles between the two points. The Brennan Construction Company have the contract. — Blyth Stand- ard. 90 Cars At Service Last Sunday evening's service at Brownie's Drive -In Theatre saw 90 cars and an estimated 500 people enjoying outdoor church. Next week the service is in the charge of Rev. D. J. Lane, of the Presbyterian Church, — Clinton News -Record. Slams Through Store Front Damage estimated at approxi- mately $1,000 was caused in the Burke Electric store on Josephine Street Saturday morning when a sedan delivery truck, belonging to the Bateson Dairy rolled back- wards down the street, crashing into the window of the store. The accident occurred at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. Ferguson Riley, driver of the truck, said .that he had left it parked ,outside Vance's drug store while •nnaking deliver- 1 ies, and when he came out of the From The Huron Expositor July 24, 1931 Messrs. Ted Southgate, A. Dev- ereaux and Frank and Tom Sills are camping at Bayfield this week. Hydro power was off in Seaforth all Friday night and until about six o'clock Saturday evening, ow- ing to a severe electrical storm. Mr. Andrew Foote, of Varna, had' his fine barn struck by a blt of lightning, damaging it in four places, but luckily it did not take fire. Miss Thelma Dale, of Toronto, is spending her vacation at the hone of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Dale, of Constance. Miss Gladys Thompson and Miss Ruth Thompson returned to Sea - forth last week from an extended motor trip to Montreal and Bos- ton - A rather serious motor accident occurred at the Main Street and Goderich highway on Friday af- ternoon. A new, car driven by Mr. R. E. Hutchinson, of New Toron- to, was ' travelling east on the highway and had just reached Main Street when a large car, driven south by a woman from Walkerton, failed to notice the stop sign, and drove directly in front of it, with the result that Mr. Hutchinson crashed head-on into the side of the Walkerton car. From The Huron Expositor July 27, 1906 Mr. A. F. Hallett, who was car- rying on a ,grocery business here since last winter, has sold out to Mr. Thomas Pethick, and left on Tuesday with his family for his • store, it had rolled down the street and into the Burke` store window: He said the truck was left in sec- ond, gear. — Wingha,m Advance - Times. Juveniles Take Cash Juveniles were responsible for breaking and entering Clinton Dairy on Monday evening, accord= ing to Chief , of Police H. Russel Thompson. The boys entered through,,a side window, proceeded to the office, and took the money out of collection pouches used by the milkmen. Investigation of this incident also cleared up the mys- tery of a break and enter incident which occurred in March of this year involving the loss of petty cash from Herman's Men's Wear. The--juveniles---were--apprehended with about $14 on their persons, which they had taken from the dairy. Probation Officer W. R. Craven, Goderich, along with Chief Thompson investigated. — Clinton News -Record. Need Swimming Pool Need for swimming facilities of some type in Wingham was fore- seen this week by William B. Con- ron, chairman of the local recrea- tion council, as a result of increas- ingly high registrations for swim- ming classes in Teeswater this year. Reporting to the town coun- 'tcil on recreational matters at the council's regular meeting on Mon- day night, Mr. Conron said that 150 children from the town had registered for swimtning classes this year. "This number could have been 300 if 'there were ac- commodation for that many at Teeswater," he told council. As it is, present bus accommodation will only take care of about 120 children, and the recreation coun- cil is hoping that there won't be a full turnout on any given day, or the bus will be unable to han- dle it. A good many children have been turned away because of lack of accommodation.—Wingham Ad- vance -Times. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. old home in Louisville, Kentucky. The fall wheat is now nearly all cut and a good deal of it housed. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hartry are now comfortably settled in their new home on Centre St. Mr. A. Hugill, of the Huron Road West, has got the brickwork of his new residence completed. The walls are of red brick with stone facing. Messrs. John and Edward Dev- ereaux, of the Huron Road East, are having handsome and artistic new verandas erected around their residences, which they built last summer. Rev. Mr. Laird, who is engaged in working up the half million dol- lar endowment fund for Queen's College, Kingston, preached in Mr, Carswell's churches in McKillop on Sunday. The first storey of the new agri- cultural hall was completed this week by Contractor McMillan. § § From The Huron Expositor July 22, 1881 Mr. Robert McMillan, of Hul- lett, returned home from his visit to Southwestern Kansas on Thurs- day of last week. He was much delighted with his trip. The coun- try and crops look well, but a ter- rible hall storm passed over a sec- tion of the country, taking in a strip about ' six miles in width, doing great damage. The grain crops were completely threshed out and destroyed. The congregation of Duff's Church, third concession of Mc- Killop, have erected a commodious and comfortable new shed for the accommodation of their horses on NOW -you can afford a WESTINGHOUSE= SELF DEFROSTING, FROST -FREE REFRIGERATOR a. 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HOLDEN) The youth of the land may wel- come the advent of the sleek, purring diesel locomative, but there are many among the older generation who are reluctant to see the passing of the steam rail- way engine. The faithful iron horse, which railway officials, with an eye to economy, are discarding, has play- ed an important part in the de- velopment, -,of Canada. It was a great day when the old wood -burn- ing .engines -began to -haul--freight and passengers between the towns and villages .of our country. The isolation of scattered settlements was overcome. Industry and com- merce were stimulated. In time a railroad was built to the Pacific coast, anti the whistle of the steam locomotive was heard on the prairies, and in the mountain pass- es of the Rockies. There, is something fascinating about a steam engine. It puffs and snorts like a living thing, and the smoke from the stack is seen in an endless variety of patterns. There is no sound, just quite com- parable to its whistle as it chuff - chuffs along through the farm lands, across bridges, and along river valleys. Heard at a distance, and few sounds travel farther, there is no menace in its tone. It is a lovely sound which suggests vast spaces and far away places, yet it also speaks comfort. Peo- ple, tossing on sick beds, have been cheered by this sound in the long watches of the -night. Several generations of small bays have looked on the steam locomotive with admiration and wonder. They have thrilled to see the fireman shovel in the coal. They have imagined themselves sitting at the throttle, pulling the whistle cord or ringing the bell. But railway executives say that its days are numbered. It requires more shop work than the diesel, and is more costly to operate. But perhaps some eccentric mil- lionaire might acquire a small branch line and stick strictly to steam. As an added inducement to passenger traffic, he might give to the small fry the privilege of riding up in- the cab, or helping the conductor to punch the tickets. Thus for a while the romance of steam railroading would be pre- served until the. harsh laws of economics forced the amateur rail- way magnate out of business. Sunday. The shed is erected on the -farm ' of Mr. George Murdie. Mr. Brine has cut and threshed his peas of this season's growth, and has re -sown the same ground and expects to reap a second crop. Two crops in one season from the same ground is doing well. On Sunday as Mr. Isaac Lawr- ence, of the 13th concession of Hullett, was driving to church with his wife and mother, the horse became unmanageable, breaking the shafts. Both ladies jumped out, his wife escaping unhurt, but his mother had her arm badly frac- tured. Mr. George Sproat, of Tucker - smith, had a narrow escape from a severe accident a fed days ago. He was unloading hay in the barn with a horse fork, when he was thrown backwards off the load to the floor, severely injuring his back and shaking him up generally. Had he fallen between the horses and the wagon, which he came very near doing, he would have been much more seriously injur- ed. CROSSRO With Proper Dyoty (By JAMES sCOTT)- I was in the capital of Canada last week and that's a very inter- esting place to be what with all the goings on we've been reading about in the paper. But, you know, I never go to Ottawa with- out getting a differentfeeling about this country. No matter what anybody may say about oth- er cities—and Canada is getting to be a country with many great cities—Ottawa remains different and something apart. • That's the way it should be and that's the way I hope it will al- ways be. The chances are pretty .good that this. will happen In the_ Parliament Buildings there is a large scale model of what the capital of Canada will look like when the beautification scheme is completed. It is very impressive and as I looked at it I wondered what Colonel By would have thought if he could have seen it. When he started the town there he could not have had any idea that some day it would blossom into this, a wonderland of beauti- ful, winding drives, masses_ of shrubs and flowers - and solid, stately buildings. And standing still in the cen- tre of . everything is the House it- self, with the carillon in the tower pealing out the sonorous melodies and the patriotic airs, with the red -coated Mounties at the door, and the constant stream of men and women—some of humble sta- tion and attainment, some the most illustrious and famous in the land. All of them, great and small, have their' places in great work which has produced the Canadian achievement, all of them must , have—as I had when I stood there 1 —a sense of a mighty task well done and a destiny even greater to be accomplished. As I stood in the rotunda of the I Tower I felt these things and' wished that I had brought Katie Scott with me. I don't think you , can start too young in impressing our children with the greatness of their native land, and there is no better place in Canada to get this feeling than in the Peace Tower in Ottawa. As you walk up the broad path and the impressive steps you no- tice the cars oL the visitors -wittz license plates from every province in Canada and from many of the United States. You realize that this is a mecca, that folk travel thousands of miles just to see the place where Canada's public serv- ants meet in council to decide the problems of the nation. Here is the place where the people's re- presentatives have a free voice, and as you stand there and, in a way, partake in this process, .yoin begin to realize what democracy means. And then a bell begins to sound throughout, the building. The at- tendants firmly but courteously clear the centre of the rotunda. Parliament is being summoned for the day. And sharp at half past two a small procession passes by, There is no fanfare and very lit- tle color, but a hush comes over everybody present. First come the blue -uniformed . -guard, then the other functionaries and, the centre of it all, the gleaming mace borne to the House of Commons_ Behind it come the black -robed Speaker of the House and the Clerks. It is a very solemn moment, and'. I have never watched it that the crowd was not as quiet as in a cathedral. The very cornerstone of the democratic system is pass- ing by and Vie people stand proud and silent as the symbol of free- dom is carried to the House withi proper dignity. Seeing a car rolling down the street without a driver, a marc: dashed from the sidewalk, clam- bered into the car, and slammed. on the brakes. A second man ap- peared from back of the car, puff- ing and complaining. "Wha's big idea? .,Ir outa gas. , I'm pushing' my car to a gas station, and you're the third quick.thinker I've met in. the last two blocks." STOP insect damage to your grain • ( HOWARD Spray bins with HOWARD BIN TREAT — Does not harm grain — Has prolonged killing action Costs less than .1/10c per bushel ON SALE AT . . Seaforth_ ' Farmers Co-operative • Seaforth, Ont. BIN TREAT RELIABLE SOURCES CANADA, it has been said, is a country which has policies favourable to importers.' First, because our customs tariff is low, with many items on the free list. Secondly, the rapid growth of the country is expanding our home markets at a pace Canada never has known before. The steel industry here in Canada has expanded somewhat (faster than has the home market, so that today Canadians need to import less of most kinds of steel than in earlier days. On occasion, steel from other countries is ,sold here at prices below Canadian costs. This occurs when there are prolonged or temporary surpluses else- where. But a pickup in demand in the exporting country reduces or extinguishes these external sources of supply. r(Chat is why, year in and year out, the Canadian producer is the most reliable source of supply. THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL OANANONE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO