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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1962-01-04, Page 3• • RO:N, ED CARI, -At the end of the year, as write this, I am forced to re view the events et. the past. has been said that success the future' depends,, on abili. to avoid repetition of mistake of the past. IlEMINOWAY I 1t n ty s That we, as farmers, have made mistakes in the past there is little doubt. When we were given a support price "of $25.00 for hogs we were much too. en- `-tbpsiastic and paid dearly for our , enthusiasm, Fortunately, most hog produeera_ weathered the storm without too much in- jury, but few of us would like to repeat the experience: With a floor price of 17 cents for milk powder, we managed to put that industry into a situa- tion that is stili, quite panful: We weeld do well to recog- nize our weaknesses: "`I think -we need to admit that we are .the descendants of that part of the population of the old lands that was just a little more daring, more energetic, more confident, more 'ambitious, and more im- patient than those 'who stayed in the home lands. We perhaps should also admit that rice are a little more shortsighted. I wonder how many of our -problems could be linked to these characteristics? In the broiler industry it was these qualities that made us jump from one hendred to , a thou- sand, to 10 thousand, to 50 thou- sand. It is said that we take three steps forward and then two back. To me, the broiler industry is taking the two steps back, as is the dairy industry, at the moment. Hogproducers, perhaps, have accomplished this and are again ready to .tep ahead. Beef men are apparent - ly going from the second to the third step+ X wonder if it' was the eau= tidus people who stayed at home that has enabled Sweden to naw have the second highest standard of living, surpassing Canada, who . is now in third place. . The passing Of the horse 'in, favor off the tractor was inevit- able, but would we. ..not have been better off had . it taken • a little longer? -• An article in the 1! arnily Her- ald which stated: "Under its new minister, Bill Stewart, On- tario's Department of Agricul- ture is set to launch a massive campaign aimed at inducing On- ' tario farmers to increase feed grain production by 20 per cent. The biggest reason is fear that Western Canada will have another short crop." Doesn't this "massive cam- paign" fit in exactly with the characteristics listed that have proven our downfall in the past? Is "fear" a good founda- tion on whi }r to base construc- tive thinking? I have long advocated that Ontario farmers should "' base their farm operation more close- ly to the production of their land,_..but it should be a bal- anced production. • If the West gets rain in June and July to up their yields, will Ortario,farmers have oats at $30 a ton again? If fed grain is short and ';buttercup" has. to: eat -hay it might well solve our butter surplus' program. Pro- duce good crops,, yes, but let's remember our weaknesses. • • FURROW AND FALLOW (By FAIRBAIRNI There has been quite organization within the, .• On -Department of Agriculture that is progress—it happe every sound enterprise. Th etre the same, even th many will be wearing new It's good; to know that fel like Bill Watson, former stock commissioner, is mo into a top position on 'the as. Chief of the Production Extension Division, -that Bennett, former Chief Agr tura] Qfiicer, takes over Chief of the Marketing Divi and Dick Hilliard becomes C of the Administrative Di;viis These are critical times' the agricultural industry in province and the new Mini of Agriculture, Bill Stew has moved quickly to field team of 1962. With the Deputy Minister, Ev Biggs quarterback, and a backfield Watson, Bennett and Hilli he has shown definite abi as a coach . All ,he needs are some new plays -ani suspecr`lie has been ',screen a lot of the recent games an effort to devise those:_, At At'his first press confergn Agriculture ''Minister Stew _suggested that Ontario farm increase their feed grain p duction in 1962 by 20 per ce This increase, he felt, could profitably fed to livestock the: farm • but it should be go coarse grain and corn variet —the latter early maturing. there's a tip on the first pl for 1B62. Any farmer buying fe knows prices have gone up a are now a good five dollars ton higher than last year. Ho ever,some economists don't e pect them to go much •high but that doesn't mean anyo should pass up any opportune to buy oats or barley or cor It might be less expensive buy it from your neighbor ,The has some. The oat and ba • ley crop on the prairies w less than twQ•-thirds of la year's and only imports wi hold prices around current le els•. Present indications are tha many livestock producers wi rut back hi 1962 but it's a ways a ganible to try td for" cast this type of thing. Fo those who raise hogs,• though we suggest thinking about hi 'ti'hg the market in the fall 1962. Of course, if too man people do that it •could•• back fire. Seed grain prices are a bi higher too—recommended imum prices in Ontario -for 'eat and barley are up a little over last year. Weather conditions at harvest were not the best, as you know, so; supplies of re- commended varieties may not be too plentiful. However, we hear that quality, including germination, is satisfactory ev- en though the color might tend to throw you off. We would like to pay a per- sonal tribute to a man it has been our privilege to know( for most of the 33 years he devoted to• the service of agriculture in Ontario. Dr. C. D.' Graham— Cliff—resigned as Deputy Min- ister at the beginning of De:- cember. Cliff didn't want to quest --+he has been taxing . his waning strength to carry on far Shine time now. III health, - has forced him to leave his desk. vacant, on two occasions. This hurts 'a man like Cliff whose whole life revolved around Whathe cordo do for the farm'ers at this provittet. Farm; folk. in Onta#'iq, Will not forget Clem Graham. a re- tario but ns in e fac- ough hats. lows live ving team and Gard icul- as sion, hief ion yin this ster art, his new , at of ard, lily now we- ing in ce, art ers ro- nt, be - on ad les So ay ed nd a w- x- er„ ne ty n. to ff r - as st 11 v- 11 1- e - r t - of. y t min WIN -CHELSEA (Intended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Roy Macdonald, of Staffa, visited on Friday evt` ning with Mr. and Mrs. Cblin Gilfillan and family.. - Mr. and Mrs. John . Coward visited on Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. Tom' Coward and family, near Woodham. Christmas visitors in Winchel- sea were: Mr. and Mrs.. Wib Coward and Susan, of London; Mr. and .Mrs. Bob Bibby and family, of'Y'ii itbre Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Parsons and family, of near Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Murray Coward and Pamela, of Sunshine 'Line, and 1VTr. •arrtl'Mrs. John Coward with Mr. and Mrs. Philip- Hern and family, Mir. and; Mrs: Howard -e Day - marl ,and family; ofKippen.; Mrs. Joseph Dayman, of ,Exe- 'ter, and Mrs. Nelson Clarke, of Farquher, with Mr. and Mrs. William Walters and• -,Danny. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gilfillan, Randy and Wendy, of Exeter, and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Smith and Penny, of Crediton, *wit Mr. and Mrs. Colin Gilfillan,. Grant and Barbara Anne. Mrs, Annie -Veal and Mrs. Bayhham, of Exeter, and Mr. and Mrs. Art Ball • and family, pf Clinton, with Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Kerslake and family. Mrs. Garnet Miners visited with Mr. and Mrs. Eric Carsca- den and family, of Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clarke and Mr. and Mts. Harold Clarke,, Bobby...and Eugene with Mr. and Mrs. Beverley Morgan and family, of Thames Road. Mr., and Mrs. Freemarl,411'44e and family 'with Mr. and Mrs, William Dickey and family, of Woodham. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Del - bridge, Bruce and Fred with Mr. and Mrs. ,.';Squire Herdman and family, of Elimvllle South. Mr. and Mrs. Elson Lynn and family with Mr, and, Mrs, Tom Skinner and family at St. Pauls, Mr. and Mrs.. Tom Campbell and Helen with Mr. .and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Cottle, Thames Road, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Steph- ens and 'Doris with Mr. and Mrs. William Bierlfng Dash- wood. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hern and - family spent Tuesday with Mrs. Christina Hern in Exeter. • Master Denni and Miss Di- anne Hutton visited on Tuesday with Mr, and Mrs. Freeinan 'Horne and family. . Dootor to. portly patient: 'Fol- low this diet, and in 'a cduple of months I want to "sae three- •feurths of you back hre for a checkup." , • ; 4: A FOUR -BART SERIES, Portraits of the Thirties;' will be seen Wednesday 'nights dur- ine the month of January on CBC -TV's Explorations program. The series will examine the lives of three provincial premiers who came, to power at about the same time, and 'the ef- fects of their leadership on the 'country. Program subjects are; Premier Mitchell Hep- burn of Ontario (right) on Wednesday; Jan. 3; premier 'William-.A,berhart of• Alberta (cen- tre) on Wednesday, Jan, 10; Premier Maurice Duplessis of Quebec (left) — Part One on ',Wednesday, Jan. 17, and Part Two on Wednesday, Jan. 24. By KEN WATSON', Curling is' a gRame for all ag- es — including the small fry. Children as young. as •.eight can learn the rudiments of the game, '"thanks to "Jam Can" curling, which is easy 'to set up and can be enjoyed in any neighborhood. It was on a mild March morn- ing back in 1936 that the writ-, er, fresh from a trip to Toron- to and the first Brier triumph for his rink of sliding school- masters, returned to his class- room in Winnipeg to find ;) to .his••. utter dismay that the Stu: dents had defaced -almost all of the new desks in the room with chalk marks. Closer exam ination and a few discreet in- quiries revealed that the kids excited by the good -fortunes of dear teachex-,on the ice had triedto capture some of the excitement - for,'- themselves in his absence by chalking circles on the. tops of the desks, then with pennies as _ curling ' rocks they had themselves a bonspiel. The ingenuity of the young'uns was a bit .surprising, for to my knowledge curling was a .game they had never witnessed. At .the time it Was still pretty well grandpa's prero atalive. Today dinner talk in curling OPP TRRtease Area Statistics Highway ^traffic statistics for November 1961, for the Conn, ties of Huron, Bruce, Grey, Wel. lington, • Waterloo and Perth, -known s No.+6 District, Mount Forest, are (figures in brackets are for the whole province): Motor vehicleaccidents, 184 (2,337); fatal -accidents; 9 (77);. persons killed, 10 (87); persons injured, 35 (1,013); vehicles checked, 5,480 (62,431); warn- ings issued, 1,827 (23,712); charges- preferred, 613 (8,011); registration and permits, 16 (345); licenses, operators, chauf- feurs and instructors, ,66 (669); garage and storage licenses, 0, (10); defective equipment, 107 (1,109); 'Weight, load and size, 14 (556); rate of speed, 200 (2,764);' rules of the road, 117 (1;-543); careless driving, 46' (490); fail to report accident; Sec. 143, HTA, 4 (57); fail to rerirain-at scene, Sec. 143a, HTA, 0 (20); other charges, HTA, 15 (78); criminal . n_ egligenee, Sec. 221, C Code, 0 (8); dangerous driving charge, Sec. 221 (4), C Code; 1 (28); fail to remain at scene, Sec. 221-2, C Code, 4 (39); drive while intoxicated, Sec. 222, C Code, 3 (50); ability im- paired, Sec. 223, C Code, 17 (208); drive while prohibited, Sec. 225, C Code, 3 (67); uni- form strength, 138 (1,875). FRESH PORK CUTS 447 W , WHEN THIS LITTLE PIG goes to market he provides us -With 'a wonderful variety of fresh,,,tark cuts for winter -time meals. Fore quarter cuts shown here are Boston Butt; Picnic Shoulder and Pork Hocks. Center sections show chops; loin .roast; tenderloin and spare ribs. The+ihind quarter shows the leg and leg steak. Knowing cuts of meat and where they come from makes shopping cosier and more interesting. `JAM CAN CURLiNG- BOON TO YOUNGSTERS- season OUNGSTERS season includes. Big and Mary who go to high school as well as Mother and Dad. But the chatter is now rubbing 'off on the small fry who are lately be• ing inducted to the rites 'of the fraternity through the medium of Jam Can Curling. During the past few winters dozens of letters have reached my desk asking for the rules, regulations, dimensions.: a.n d equipment required for jam can play on ice. So 'here and now for communities interested in setting up. this exciting out- door game for the small fry, let me'pass on the specifications as forwarded,' by Principal H. G. R. Walker,. of Lakeview School, Regina, in which city t� the best of my knowledge this in- triguing miniature of the roar- irigigame originated. - 1. Age group—Grades 3 to 6. or ages 8- to 11. Stop • there' un- less older students have their own league. Competitions pre- ferably restricted_ . to similar age or grade groups. 2. Preparation "of i c e Scrape snow to ground. level, then flood. - One sheet of ice is 45 feet long and 8 feet wide. In . Regina, Principal Walker wisely delegate' older students to. make 'and maintain the ice for the kids in the lower grades. 3. Rings Scratch into ice surface"- with 21 -inch nails driven through a 2"x4" board and .rotated. (See diagram for dimensions)._ 4. Jam tins; --4-pound tins. Round outs bottom' of empty can by ¢ounding bottom (from in - Misses Patricia: **MOM pod Kathleen' Stapleton in Sar - uta with Miss Debbie beau, Mrs. Louis `Dil%n • and Toro- , thy- in Woodstock. with Up. ,and Mrs, Wilfred Duffy and'fami&ir.,' Mr. and Mrs. James Koran. and family, Mitchell, and Mr. Fred Clairmont, of Brantford, spent ,Christmas weekend with. Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Horan.-_. --Mr. -anti- Mrs: Steve Maloney. and Wilfred famiMaloneyly; _ find.gaY, with Mr, -Mrs, Joseph Stapleton in Lori., don with Mrs. Charles Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Looby and family in Dundas with Mr. and Mrs. John , Robinson and relatives..... Mr. Gild Mrs, Don MacRae and family in Sarnia with Mr. J. MacRae, Mr. and Mrs. Ken . Chambers and family; Wingham; .Mr. and Mrs. Roland Vanstone and fam- ily, Hensall; Mr. --and Mrs. Jim Brown and family; Mrs. Edward Brown and Linda, Egmondville; Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Joliffe, Lon- don, and, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Racho and family with Mr. and Mrs. Earl Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Maloney and Ian Richard; Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Murray; Mr. and. Mrs. Bill Feeney and daughter, Miss Catherine Feeney, all of Kit- chener; Kenneth Feeney, Hes- son, and Mr. and Mrs. Len Feeney arid family, St. Marys, with Mrs. Catherine Feeney. Mr. and, Mrs. Frank Krauss kopf, Mr. and Mrs. John Kraus, kopf and family; Philip Kraus: opf, Napanee; M'r. and Mrs. Bill • Krauskopf, Strathroy; Mr. Mrs. Bob Price, Albion, and Mr. • ` Mrs.' Kearns, London, 1 with Mrs. icholas Krauskopf; Mr. +d. Dean, Mary Helen andand Debbie, of Sarnia, with friends in the Village. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carpen- ter spent- the New Year's with friends .4n„,Guelph. a-. EaMr. and Mrs.. Michael Nagle in Stratford 'with: Mr: and Mrs, Earl Nagle). and 'Mrs, Jim Macdonald, Preston, and Mr. and .Mrs, Les- lie Whetham, Galt, with Mr. and Mrs. A. Whetham. Mr, and Mrs, Pat O'Rourke, and family, . Dundas,, with Mr. Bili, and Mrs. Jack O'Rourke and Mr: J. Blonde, Chatham"•, with Mr: and Mrs. Joe Shea. Mr. and Mrs. • Pat Flannery, London, and Miss Rose Marie Flannery, Stratford, with Mr. and Mrs. John Flannery, Mr. and Mrs. Prank. Burns and Joe spent New Year's in London. side) with a baseball bat so that it will ride down the ice more easily. Then pour fresh cement into jam pail until within an inch of the top. 5.. Handles -Use 6 to 8 -inch iron , spikes. After bending, in- sert when cement is soft and let cement harden. Iti pos- sible.- tQ play without andles, Kids -can grasp top off pail with thumb and forefinger as long as tins are not filled too full. ' 6. Rules -Same. as those gov- erning adult curling... ' 7, Hacks —. -Don't bother -- snow bank or barrier at end of sheet of ice is sufficient. . 8. Brooms—Any "old broom will do — housebrooms a n d whisks included, MACK By C. •A, DEAN, M.D. MEDITORIAL: . I will see many persons this winter with persistent colds and other re- spiratory infections (bronchitis, sinusitis, . etc.), • "Catching a cold" is a very complicated prow. cedure about which a great deal is unknown. Lowering of a per- son's resistance, coupled with rapidly • changing tempera -tare .and/or humidity probably is the basis for most respiratory ills. Various cold; viruses that are present in the air, or those from an individual already in- fected in the household, are victthenim. easily picked up by the One of ,the main causes, of lowered resistance is fatigue. This results from both lack of sleep and overwork. ,Around the Thanksgiving and Christ- mas holidays this is especially true, since everyone 'seems to become more fatigued than at any other time of the year. Other causes of lowered re= sistance are anemia, chronic ill- nes.es (Such as arthritis, etc.), mental worry, and an incorrect diet. `The persons who never seem to catch "colds" are those who avoid most of the pitfalls I've mentioned above. If you' are a victim of frequent colds, check - to see if you aren't negligent in one or more of these areas. Once a person' is down with a cold or another respiratory illness, he should be extra care- ful. A head cold can easily turn- into an attack 0 sinusitis and a chest cold can be compli- cated by -:-a bronchitis or bron- chopneumonia. The treatment, of choice with most colds is still adequate rest. Aspirin and nose drops are of only slight help. : Some of the new sinus and cold remedies, which "shrink the nasal membranes," are. helpful in some cases, but they tire best prescribed' by a doctor. CENTRE ICE The diagram shows standard specifications for the rink.. WALTON Guests 'it,. the ';home 0 Mr. and. 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