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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-07-19, Page 2tl yin t rn "i'tG Si Since 1860 Serving the Community First llshed at SEAFORTIi, ONTARIO, every Thursday morning by McLean Eros., Publishers ANDREW Y. McLEAN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Canada (in advance) $2.50 a Year United States (in advance) $3.50 a Year SINGLE COPIES — 5 CENTS EACH Authorized as -Second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Member of Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, JULY 19, 1957 Congratulations To A Neighboring Publisher Congratulations to A. Laurie sponsibilities' when he says: "Pub- Colquhoun, who, it was announced lishing a weekly newspaper in one of last week, has become publisher of the best and most prosperous small the Clinton News -Record. Mr. Colqu- towns in Ontario, is a task in which hours has been associated with the a great trust is placed with the pub - paper for many years, during which usher. It is my hope that this trust he has been responsible to a great de- may be justified in the future as in gree for the progess which it has the past." made. In his now position he will be His readers need have no fear as able to advance still further the to the faithful manner in which Mr. News -Record and enlarge the extent Colquhoun will carry out the trust to which it serves its 'community. that is on 'him. With his readers, his In a message to readers of the friends, the citizens of the commun- News-Record, Mr. Colquhoun indi- ity his paper serves, we wish him cates his appreciation of his new re- success and best wishes. Modern Building Styles Eliminate Hammocks The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics is authority for the statement that the production of hammocks in this country has dropped nearly 100. per cent in a recent one-year period. Value of all the hammocks made in Canada in that year was but $18,500. Lamenting the decline, the Ottawa Journal believes that the chief rea- son for the slump in the demand for hammocks is, of course, that there is no place to hang them. From Victorian times to around 1920, the Journal says, no well -regu- lated Canadian home was lacking a comfortable front porch—sometimes -shaded by Virginia creeper, scarlet runner beans or morning-glories— and a hammock with gay -colored fringes, swinging lazily across a se- cluded corner. It was a place where Mother could relax after slaving ov- er a hot stove, Father could read the evening paper with his boots off, or where the youngsters would careen until the hammock would overturn, dumping its juvenile cargo to the floor. Housing styles have now ruled the front porch as passe, and such back porches as still exist are far too small to accommodate the wide swing of the hammock which brought comfort and solace to youngand old alike. True, an occasional hammock can still be found on the broad verandas of cottages in the country, but even these are disappearing year by year as the fabric fades and wears out. A final quietus has been given the hammock -making. industry by the A Festival Of Canada (Peterborough Examiner) If our progress continues in the next ten years in the same way as it has since Confederation, we will have nothing for which to apologize but a great deal of which we can be proud (in 1967) when Canada will be celebrating a centennial. The task will be to draw it, with dignity, to the attention of other nations, that they might take pride with us in the achievement of an adult society. Such a task will take much plan- ning. It will not be an enterprise which can be undertaken lightly or -with little thought, and ten years will not be 'too much time in which to fashion a celebration which will turn heads in our direction. We are thinking in terms of a Fes- tival of Canada. A festival which will provide a meeting ground for every part of our national life; trade, industry, folklore, culture, sport, his- tory—anything in fact which has taken part in determining the Domin- ion. To this festival we would have invited the world at large. The site for such a festival would also need carefrtl thought. There are hound to be provincial jealousies *Melt would have to be considered lit in ten years, all objections coup successfully met. restiv '1s of this stature that we eve iri mind world lose nothing for rYe1l,�prtfat'ec'l: ;skimpy prepar- lads toight•• drzft into 1d 1 5 ro (Matte I6 '. "s OvernMent t'. Royal Canadian Navy, the Journal adds. For centuries one of the essen- tial emblems of sea -power, the rat- ing's hammock has now given way to foam -rubber mattresses. Costly Benefits • (Financial Post) "In contrast to other sectors of the population which are asked to bear additional burdens, farmers will re- ceive benefits under the government program including additional subsi- dies, higher minimum guaranteed prices, etc." That report happens to deal with the recent Netherlands government budget. But it might have been writ- ten of dozens of others. All over the world governments have been *rack- ing their brains to do more for the farmer. Yet agriculture is no more prosperous than it was before all this sort of thing started. And certainly the, individual farmer is far less in- dependent. The trouble is that this public help costs money, and the farmer like ev- ery other taxpayer must help foot the bill. Farmers in France, Ger- many, Japan, Britain and a score of other countries, are subsidized into growing wheat with little. or no mechanization and on land that is un- suitable or far too costly. These countries would be better off financially to use their scarce land for high priced concentrated food products such as butter, milk and truck crops and to buy better and cheaper wheat from Canada. How- ever, once started, governments find these subsidies are hard to stop, even in the United States, where produc- tion in pampered lines becomes greater than the domestic market can absorb and must be stored or dumped abroad. Towns and Newspapers (Carleton Place Canadian) Towns and their newspapers usual- ly lag or lead together. Progressive journalism is the unfailing tonic of the lethargic community. There is no better community asset than a home newspaper equal to the needs of the community. While a poor 'newspaper is better than none to the individual reader, that does not hold true for the town. What can a goon' newspaper do for its community? It can serve as the town's messenger to the outside world. It must take the leadership in the .community projects if they are to be successful. It is the infallible line of communication between thq local government and the citizen. It is to the newspaper that all organiza- tions turn for assistance in public welfare movements and without that assistance they face ---failure., The newspaper deserves to reap the reward of its initiative by shar- ing in the general improvement of business and community affairs it has assisted in bringing about. The good newspaper deems it a pleasure. to serve its community and its read- ers eaders and is fully arare that/it is only through doing a full measure of ser - * ice that it can pro ess aidp ros- per. SEDUM! THE COUNTY PAPER To Tour Radio -TV Station Blyth Women's Institute plans to have the August meeting take the form of a tour through CINX Radio and Television Station, with a picnic -supper in a nearby park. —Blyth Standard. Honors in Second OAC Year Mr. Stan Hiseler has been suc- cessful in passing his second year exams at Guelph OAC in Agricul- tural Engineering. Mrf Hiseler_ is married to the former Eleanor Wightman, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. W. L: Wightman, Blyth. He secured first class honors in his exams.—Blyth Standard. Attendance Up At Museum Attendance at the Huron County Pioneer Museum was 811 ahead of last year up to Tuesday of this week. On July 9, the attendance figure was 4,468, whereas it was 3,657 on the same date a year ago. The register shows visitors from all parts of Canada and the United States. Some registrations were from London, England, and Zwei- bruecken, Germany. — Goderich Signal -Star. Scott Child "Satisfactory" Three young children figured in accidents this week. Two were in- jured by automobiles, and one sev- erely scalded. All were admitted to the Wingham General Hospital for treatment. Only one child, Charles Scott, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mac Scott, Wing - ham, is in a satisfactory condition. Treated for injuries received in a car accident was Miss Marilyn Bolger, of R.R. 3, Walton, who was admitted to the Wingham General Hospital on Sunday. with a frac- tured right ankle and chest injur- ies. Miss Bolger did not stay in the hospital overnight.—Wingham Advance -Times. Clinton Credit Union Builds After selling their downtown lot the officials of the Clinton Com- munity Credit Union Ltd. are pre- paring for action on the larger lot on Ontario Street. Estimated cost of the building is $40,000, and it will include some extra space to let for offices, besides that re- quired by the Credit Union. Only five years old, the Clinton Com- munity Credit Union has grown in that time from one member with a 25 -cent deposit, to 1,161 active members with $238.082,98 in sav- tings. Since organizing in July, 1952, loans have been made total- ling $856,465. The balance sheet for June, 1956. for this triving community group now shows 545 borrowers, and total assets of $335,- 569.50, actually $100,000 more than the same time last year. W. V. t Roy has been secretary -manager of the Credit Union sinee, its be- ginning.—Clinton News -Record. Scribe Sees More Showers Of late we have been getting fre- quent showers or should we call them downpours. It is sure a draw- back for the farmers, especially% for the row crop. Should you hap- pen to be a believer in signs or signals, you may remember the old saying: "A dry first of May, a wet summer," and this year May 1st was dry till late afternoon, making it wet the . beginning of the summer, such as you are get- ting today. Perhaps you will not believe in this dope, eh? But ac- cording to May, its prophesy, there are another six weeks of, wet stuff in the air. Already we have had in the first half of this century three wet summers, and all of them were predicted from the above mentioned signs. So if this proves true we may as well sit put and let happen what may. This land of ours today is in an dlaset mood, but may turn out for the best. So cheer up! --Zurich Herald. Shopping Switch On In Exeter Exeter merchants decided Mon- day to switch from Friday to Sat- urday night opening this week. $some places, however, plan to stay open both nights. In a close ballot, merchants voted 21-19 to change nights for an undetermin- ed length of time. Stores will be open this Saturday night for the first time since Christmas. At the present time it appears than all merchants will agree to be op- en Saturday night until 10 o'clock. Their is disagreementi, however, over Friday night closing. At least a dozen businessmen are advertis- ing that they will be open Friday night as well as Saturday night. There may be others who will fol- low suit. For these places of busi- ness, the two -night shopping will require them to be open roughly 62 hours a week. Owners are making plans to shuffle their staffs. The swing toward Satur- day night came because of re- quests from farmers who want to shop Saturday night rather than Friday night. They have com- plained they do not like the Fri- day night hours. It would appear from the close split in the vote, however, that this feeling is not universal. A number of merch- ants favoring Friday night busi- ness report their sales up, while others say they have dropped. Throughout the province there is general disagreement over hours. Some areas are switching to Thurs- day night shopping. according to a recent poll by a business news- paper.—Exeter Times -Advocate. From The Huron Expositor July 22, 1932 Hensall, the first three days of the week, was the mecca for politi- cally inclined of the riding. On Monday afternoon the Liberals held their convention and nomin- ated W. H. Golding, Seaforth, as candidate, in the Huron -Perth fed- eral by-election. Oct. 3. Mr, Gold- ing was declared elected on the fourth ballot. Others contesting the nomination included: Dr. R. R. Ross, Keith M. McLean. J. W. Beattie and John Scott, all of Sea - forth; Reeve Owen Geiger. Hen - salt, and William M. Doig. Kippen. Mr. Golding, the candidate, is an ex -mayor of Seaforth, and for many years has been prominent in municipal life. He is foreman at the Bell Foundry in Seaforth. Following are the results of en- trance exams at Seaforth. The highest standing was obtained by Gavin Gemmell for the rurals, with 631 marks. and Ruth Cluff for the town with 621. Successful were: V. Bell, R. Cluff (H), C. Dale, R. Dalrymple. H. Drager, J. Drager (H), J. Eckert, A. Finnigan (H), S. Geddes (H),,, G. Gemmell (H), M. Manley, N. Havenor, 0. Hilde- brand, M. Holmes (H), A. Hudson, D. Hudson (H), V. Hugill, D. Law- son, E. Leitch, E. MacDonald, W. MacGregor, M. McClure, J. Mc- Cully, M. McCully, J. McIver, M. McIver, G. McKenzie (H), M. Mc- Michael (11), G. Martin, D. Nigh, L. Nott (H). G. Pinkney, H. Rice, A. Smith, M. Southgate. J. Stew- art, W. Storey, L. Tremeer, R. Watson. The central business men were too much for the South End In- dustries at the recreation. grounds Tuesday evening. The issue at stake was only a game of soft- ball, but the players, inexperienced and out of breath as some of them were, played as if their lives de- pended upon winning it. The game was witnessed by a large crowd of partisan spectators and was um- pired by Russell Burgess. When the final bell rang, the score was 28-18. The players were: Central Businessmen—James A. Stewart, Charles B. Stewart, Reginald Kers- lake, A. C. McCaully, Ted Taman, William C. Sutherland, Thomas R, Cluff, Louis C. Jackson, John Cardno.. Southend Industries—Wil- liam C. Barber, Gordon Muir, Alex Muir, Joseph Hart, Wallace Parke, Allan Reid, A. E. Ryman, 11. Noice and Eugene Duncan. YEARS AGONE Interesting items gleaned from The Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago. injuries that he was removed to hospital. Friends here announced that he was improving, although still confined to his bed. The finals in the doubles at the bowling tournament were played off on the green Friday evening. The competitors were Dr. McGin- nis and T. Richardson, J. Willis -and J. Beattie. Messrs. McGinnis and Richardson won first prize. The Exeter Advocate of last weeks says: "We are sorry to re- port that Mr. James Box, of Steph- en, is quite ill. Mr. Box is probab- ly the oldest man in the township, being over 90 years of age, hence his recovery is doubtful." The gen- tleman referred to is the father of Mr. W. T. Box, of this town. Mamie Chesney, Lillian Faulkner and Thomas Jarman passed the commercial examination at Sea - forth Collegiate Institute and are entitled to diplomas. Rev. Urquhart, of Kippen, will preach in Egmondville church next Sabbath. One rink from Seaforth Bowling Club is at London this week taking part in the Western Ontario bowl- ing tournament. The rink is com- posed of A. Westcott, J. MacTav- ish, G. F. Coiling and J. L. Killor- an, skip. From The Huron Expositor July 19, 1907 We are sorry to learn that Mr., William Sclater, of the firm of Sclater & Finlayson, of Regina and son of Mr. William Sclater, of Seaforth, met with a rather serious accident in. Regina one day last week. An automobile was passing and the 'driver lost control of his machine. It mounted the sidewalk• as Mr. aoiater, was passing and Min n ;.down,, , causing Such Park With a Past (Ontario Hydro News) In the fall of 1813 an American invasion army 1 under the leader- ship of General James Wilkinson, Commander of the %army of the Noyth in the War of 1812-14, as- seinbled at Sackett's Harbour on Lake Ontarbio, and proceeded down the St. Lawrence River with its objective the capture of Montreal and the conquest of Canada. This army, numbering 8,000 to 10,000 men of various units and brigades under top ranking divi- sion generals„ met some sporadic opposition from naval vessels from Kingston, while passing Fort Wel- lington at Prescott. Reaching the rapids section of the River, they navigated the Galop Rapids, and making a brief pause at Sparrow Hawk Point on the American shore, disembarked a force of elite troops at a point on the Canadian shore a mile above Iroquois. This force was to pro- ceed on land to clear any possible opposition to the progress of the main American flotilla along the rapids section to the vicinity of Cornwall. A small force numbering 850 to 1,000 men of British and Canadian units from Kingston, was following closely. At Cook's Point just east of Crysler's farm, five miles be- low 1Vlorrisburg, the Americans stopped to organize before negoti- ating the Long Sault Rapids. The British and Canadians under Lieu- tenant-Colonel Morrison closed on the American rear, took up a posi- tion on Crysler's farm, and pro- ceeded to press the American posi- tion. General Wilkinson decided to en- deavor to wipe out this opposition, and on November 11, 1813, with infantry divisions, artillery a n d dragoons, comprising 2,500 to 3,000 men, joined battle with the British and Canadian. force. Thus took place .the Battle of Crysler's Farm which, ranking in military operations and defensive importance with other battles of the War of 1812-14, resulted in a, decisive defeat to the American invasion army in its aspirations for the conquest of Canada. A com- manding obelisk, situated five miles east of Morrisburg,, marks' the place where the Battle of Crys- ler's Farm was joined, and pays eloquent tribute to the bravery of the United Empire Loyalist set- tlers who fought with the Cana- dian militia. Today, the men and women of this historic area, many of them descendants of the original pion- eers, are meeting the challenge of modern progress by giving up their ancestral homes to make way for the St. Lawrence Power Project and the associated deep -channel Seaway. A 20,000 -acre area along the Canadian side of the river. in- cluding the Crysler Farm site. is being cleared in preparation for the flooding operation in 1958, which is to form the headpond of the 1,460,000 -kilowatt power project. The power and seaway develop- ments. for years only a dream to residents on both sides of the St. Lawrence, have become a reality because of the close co-operation and mutual amicability of Canada and the United States. And the, Battle of Crysler's Farm now is only a symbol of 'the early grow- ing pains, that accompanied the forging of two great neighboring nations. Steps are being taken. however. to ensure that the storied history of the St. Lawrence Valley and numerous early pioneer relics are preserved. Early in 1955 the On- tario Government announced plans to preserve this early U.E.L. his- tory in a provincial park near Morrisburg. A 1.400 -acre site along the shore has been set aside for this pur- pose, and will be named Crysler's Farm Battle Park. About 12 of the area's best examples of early U. E.I. architecture, including the old Crysler home, Evergreen Hall, will be placed in the site and furnish- ed with early furniture and house- hold artifacts collected from the five counties of Leeds, Grenville, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry. The Battle of Crysler's Farm obelisk and a memorial cemetery, containing grave markers of some of the. area's first residents, will complete the historical section. Outdoor recreational facilities will include bathing beaches, pic- nic, camping and trailer areas, a games section, nature trails and boat landings. Additional plans provide for a 6112 -mile scenic parkway through about a dozen small neW,islands to be formed when flooding for the headpond occurs. This driveway, with an entrance and exit off High- way 2 in front of the new town of Ingleside and Long Sault, already is under construction. During the summer months, it will provide a picturesque drive, for tourists. From The\H'uron Expositor July 21, 1882 The Messrs. Dennie Brothers, of this town, have purchased the en- tire crop of the farm of Mr. Alex Cathpbell, of the 2n.d concession of Tuckersmith, and intend harvest- ing it. It is reported' that Mr. C. M. Dunlop intends to become proprie- tor of Sharp's Hotel when the pres- ent proprietor retires. We hope the report will prove true, as Charlie will make a good landlord. Mr. L. Thorne, Iate of Blyth, who has purchased Mr. Tos. Kidd's liquor store, has arrived in town and 'taken possession of his new business. Mr. Thorne is a good man and will, we are sure, sustain the good reputation this old and well conducted establishment has so justly earned. Mrs. William Snell, of Hullett, has had a monument erected in memory of her husband in the Kin - burn cemetery. During the week Sgt. Wilson, "the Seaforth Boy," has taken a good place in the various matches at Wimbledon, and has Won several good prizes. Messrs. A. Young, of this town, and J. P. Brine, of Harpurhey,may well be classed as the "boss" gooseberry growers of this section. Mr. Young left with us the other day a couple of specimens of this fruit, the two of which weighed one ounce, one measuring four inches one 'way and 3'r/a inches the. other. Mr. Brine's chased, these pretty closely, and thinks he could have beaten Mr. Young, but a hun- gry friend made a ratcl upon his best bush and devoured Mole •,df the Choicest Specitnens. is i4 Pet Hates On the Road ($y+JAMES-SCOTT) After a twb month respite, once more I am behind the wheel and it is not exactly an unmixed joy to' be driving an automobile again. Before my enforced vacation from motoring I had been driving be- tween eight hundred and a thou- sand miles a week and in that ex- perience of concentrated driving I had built up a lot of steam against some habits which one finds in drivers op our highways—and by- ways too. For example, one fellow who gets my back up is the lad who is about to emerge from a sideroad or laneway. He sees you coming; you are going along at steady pace because you want to get to a definite go at a definite time. He knows perfectly well that he has not time to get out on the road in front of you, unless he makes you slow down which is precisely what he does and as he jogs along and you are trying to get by, suddenly he slows down again . and turns down the next sideroad. At the most he was going to travel half a mile or so along the highway, but he couldn't wait until you pass- ed until he got out there and slow- ed traffic down for a quarter of an hour. The Greeks had a word for the likes of him. I 'also have nasty views about .all drivers who refuse to dim their lights when meeting a car after dusk, even though the law says that his must be done, and I have even uglier thoughts about the law enforcement • officers who practic- ally never give drivers a ticket for this offense, but seem to spend most of their time lying in wait for busy people who park five min- utes over the limit in a parking space. But even worse are the clods who come up behind you at night until their lights are reflected in your rear-view mirror and never think of dimming them. These peo- ple are potential murderers in any man's language and I can think Green Belt In all, some 3,500 acres of land along the river will be vested in the Crown, and will be preserved as a green belt. Behind the ardu- ous planning and preparation that must go into this project, is the Ontario -St. Lawrence Development Commission. Its Chairman: Geo. H. Challies, is a former Minister of the Ontario Government, a form- er Vice -Chairman of Ontario Hy- dro and an ardent conservationist. Early' in January of this year, work was begun on the formidable task of transplanting in Crysler Park a selection of pioneer homes constructed Well before the turn of the century. Solidly built, these old structures must •nevertheless, be handled delicately, because of their size. One Choice, for the park is a brick dwelling known as Cook's Tavern, which was built between 1800 and 1910, and used as' a head- quarters by American General James Wilkinson when he con- landed the U.S.•'forces at the Bat- tle of Crysler's Parer. Another Is .tire "'ilobertsoil H'pttse, west of CorfiWall, brt(ilt about 1810 and oeeupted until ithis syear, still(' by .a 'despetl(tlnilt of f:ts fi'r'st +3rd8i- ,dents.,.ueh old • hoii@s' xwill ba farrabged,? shits r C: exliifefirktflar of no treatment strong or harsh - enough for the like of them, , I must also protest against trucks - the size of a freight car .whiph are increasingly clogging allt the maitre arteries of traffic. On a busy road they completely enslave all other drivers. You can only go at the rate they choose to go. To pass is either impossible or dangerous. For the life of me I cannot see• why anybody should be allowed to• monopolize the Queen's Highways like this. But at the same time, I must go on record for the courtesy, care and' consideration which is charac- teristic of most of the gentlemen. who drive these mammoth trucks. On `the whole, truck drivers are the most considerate on the road, The hazard lies not in their driving. but in what they drive. Of course, all crazy fools (and they're not quite all hot-rodders) who cut in, take chances with your life; and generally show no com- mon sense whatsoever are not my favorites for meeting on a journey. And then there is the plodder— the so-called Sunday driver who, can be found on th0 road on week.. days too. I mean the fellow who, for his own mysterious reasons. in- sists on travelling at the rate of thirty-five miles per hour on a busy highway. Very often 'I find he is• the same fellow who never signals. on a turn. speeds up just as you get a chance to go past him, and goes right up the middle of a hill.. There isn't a man driving today who has not. at some time or oth- er, made mistakes in judgment. If- anyboc:y tells me he is such a one I shall give him the medal for liar of the year. To err is human, even on the highway. which is precisely why we should never. never do, the things which we know are - wrong. No matter how good our record may be. As one insurance' adjuster said to me the other day, "A good driving record the§e days is seventy per cent luck." HURON COUNTY FEDERATION NEWS' By J. CARL HEMINGWAY Help! I have a problem. Usually I don't worry about problems be- cause I can almost always think of where to get the necessary in- formation. This time I don't know the answer and have no idea where to go to get it. Perhaps somepne can tell me. I have a few fat steers to sell shortly. The problem is to find out what price I should get. I used to think the market report of the Toronto stockyards was the place to get an idea of the price of cattle. Recently I was talking to a Huron County beef producer who had shipped a number of steers to the yards in Toronto. They were sold in two separate lots for $21.75, yet the top price quoted for the day his steers were sold was $20. If I look at the paper and believe $20 is the top price for steers, I will lose about $75 on my 10 cattle. I could use that $75. My wife could have a whole new fall ward- robe. Does my wife get it, or will it be the packer's- wife? One of my boys is starting.to high school and wants a wrist watch; $75• would buy him a dandy. Does my son get it, or will it be the buyer's son? That $75 represents the in- terest on about a $1.500 loan, or' the taxes on a 50 -acre grass farm. If you happen to own 100 steers youawould lose $750 by this error - in the market report. I could take thesee,, steers to a community sale. There the buy- ers are bidding competitively and. I could 'bid' on them myself and. take the cattle home if the price was too bad. This looked like a very good plan until recently when I began to wonder if cattle were going direct to packers. like the hogs, where no reliable price re- ports are, made. I looked up some' shipping reports from Government. sources and found that something. over 42% of the slaughter cattle'• go direct to the packing plants. Alas for my plan! Under these conditions. the bidding is only mildly competitive. so I still haven't found out what price the buyers are really able to pay. Please! Can anyone tell me what the fair. honest price for my cattle should be? FARM TOPICS SUBJECTS OF INTEREST TO FARMERS FARMYARD MANURE IN CROP ROTATIONS In 1922, experiments were start- ed at the Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Farm, Kapuskasing, Ont., to furnish in- formation on the value of manure Upper Canada village and fronting on a small copy of the earliest ship canal built along the north shore of the St. Lawrence, The dominant structure in the park will be the Crysler obelisk. which is to stand atop a terraced elevation overlooking the river. At the opposite end of a 1,200 -foot mall leading to the monument will be a reception centre and restaur- ant. The museum already contains hundreds of fine examples of ear- ly U.E.L. craftsmanship? Several beautiful examples of hand -made furniture have' been cleaned and restored to their natural wood fin- ish. The collec£ion also includes the unusual galvanized iron bathtub used by Captain Alexander Far - linger, the first skipper to take the river steamer Lord Elgin down the Long Sault Rapids in 1903. Its astonishing design would amaze and confuse the modern bathtub devotee. Special Museum 'Attractive hand loomed bed- spreads and coverlets, spinning wheels, butter stamps and molds, broad adzes, wooden spades, grain cradles and even an early version of the pressure cooker are only a few of the many other ' museum pieces in the assortment. A special museum building in the park will house the pieces remaining after the old homes are furnished, Com- mission officials say. Long term plans are underway to make the Crysler park and the scenic drive rank ,with such On- tario beauty spots as the Niagara Parks system, Under a 10 -year reforestation plan for, the whole 3,500 -acre park area, 100,000 seed- lings have already been planted in Crysler Park alone. 'thus, when the St. Lawrence Power Project and the Seaway are completed in 1900, one of the rich- est stories m Canada's history will be preserved and safeguarded for the r$ture ad commercial fertilizer for crop production. H.. A, Hamilton ob- serves that I the experiments have yielded some interesting informa- tion, in verifying previous experi- mental work and in furnishing in formation which might be of par- ticular interest to farmers in Northern Ontario. Farmyard manure has exerted a,. definitely beneficial effect on the physical condition of the soil. This is of special importance where heavy clay is encduntered. In ad- dition, while farmyard manure' contributes to the organic matter of the soil, it should not be forgot- ten that it is with a suitable rota- tion that organic matter is con- served. Our experiments -have veri- fied the fact that manure should at all times be supplemented with. phosphatic fertilizers. This might be achieved either by adding sup- erphosphate to manure in the stable or by the addition of super- phosphate in the field. An application of eight tons of manure twice during a four-year rotation—of oats, barley, hay -was decidedly superior to a single 'ap- plication of 16 tons. In cases where farmyard manure is limit- ed it would therefore be advisable to cover a 'greater acreage thinly rather than heavy applications ov- er a small area. In deciding on the crops and ro- tation to be used, the following should be borne in mind: Crops differ in their response td manure applications, For instance, experiments showed that oats re- sponded well • to ,manure applica- tions, whereas barley response was poor. In the case of barley, com- mercial fertilizer was undoubtedly superior to farmyard manure in producing and maintaining good yields, The fact that manure has a last- ing effect should not be construed to meanthat it is possible to main- tain adequate soil fertility on a farm with the mere use of farm- yard manure. The need for sup- plemental additions of commercial fertilizers cannot be too strongly sttressed. Experiments at the Farm have conclusively shown that best crop yields can be eke e p a m d e a combin r attdn of farmyard an- ui'e and commercial fertilizers is - used, - d-