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:may be fuel of the
;future -it's renewable
effect. With heating oil pages
approaching SO cents a gallon
now, any homeowner with an
efficient wood-burning stove or
furnace would find it cheaper to
burn wood if it was obtainable for
less than $70 a full cord. Many
people in Southwestern Ontario
have already taken advantage of
the abundant wood supply with a
combination oil-wood burning
furnace for convenience as well as
economy.
A farmer with a well-stocked
woodlot of 12 to 15 acres would be
able to produce enough fuelwood
timber from the woodlot by giving
the best quality trees. more space
to grow and thereby increasing
their rate of growth.
For woodlot owners who are not
certain of which trees are best to
remove for the improvement of -
their woodlot, the Ministry of
Natural Resources can be of
assistance. Under the Woodlands
Improvement Act, an agreement
can be made with the woodlot
owner whereby Ministry staff will
free of charge mark with paint the
trees that should be removed. A
landowner with a wood-burning
unit can then cut and remove the
marked trees to provide fuelwood
and improve the quality and
growth rate of the woodlot at the
same time.
Wood promises to have even
more importance in the future.
Technology has already, been
developed to convert wood to
methanol as the basis for the
production of synthetic plastics,
fibres and rubbers, all of which
now come from petroleum. Wood
'as a replacement for petroleum is
„net a new idea either. At the end
ofWcitici. War II, 90 percent of all
motor vehicles in Swedne , were
powered by an 80-octane Mixture
of carbon monoxide, hydrogen
and nitrogen which was produced
in a wood-gas generator and fed
into a standard internal
combustion engine through
modified carburetor.
These examples are only ane
indication of the potential of our
vast resource of low-quality wood,
a potential that is just waiting for
the proper economnic conditions
in order to be realized.
for all future domestic needs even
without using trees suitable for
the higher quality lumber and
veneer products. Tops left after
logging and dead trees are
commonly used for fuelwood, but
most woodlot owners are
currently • neglecting the
opportunity to do beneficial
woodlot improvement work by
removing the many diseased,
deformed or overcrowded trees
that are present in most woodlots.
Utilization of these low-quality
trees for firewood actually
increases the production of
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ctwittg the vyeek frgovNovember
17 to '24, the ,Seaferth Police
Department lavestigeted,
occurences. They ere: Assist
Public 10; Animal complaints 11
Wilfel Damage Compalints---45,
Assist Other P.D.s. I; Children
complaints 1; Lost and Feund 1•
Polfce busy
There were no Motor Vehicle
Collisions reported deritig this,
''70711p14.preirPsdo'n was charged under
the Highway Traffic Act.
Seventeen persons were
warned of minor defects or
offences.
Her death resulted from
injuries received following a
single vehicle crash Sunday night
on Huron County road 16 east of
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John McEwing, R.R.1, Blyth
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Increasing costs of electricity
aid fossil fuels have led to a
world-wide search for a substitute
fl resource - and in South-
western Ontario, wood appears to
be a' good choice. World supplies
of oil , natural gas and coal are
Ihnited, with each day bringing
us closer to the exhaustion • of
these resources. Electricity is no
substitute either, as about a third
of Ontario's electricity is
generated by burning fossil
fuels. Atomic power production is
a source of serious environmental
concern with regard to disposal of
radioactive wastes and other
associated problems.
Wood, however, is a unique
fuel resource in that it is
renewable in perpetuity. Wood is
a clean fuel if burned efficiently.
Even if combustion is incomplete,
the products of combustion are
very similar to the products of
natural decay of wood in the
forest. As a result, there is no net
increase in environmental
pollution as there is with the
burning of fossil fuels which do
not decompose in the natural
state. Best of all, there is a large
surplus of fuelwood available
right now in Southern Ontario
woodlots.
Although considerations such
as convenience, bulkiness and
cost of burning equipment are
factors which influence the choice
of fuels, price is still the main
concern. Taking into account the
relative efficiencies in the
burning of wood versus fuel oil,
one full cord (128 cubic feet) of
hardwood is equivalent to about
140 gallons of fuel oil in heating
Brussels. Provincial police at
Wingham said she was one of six
passengers in a van which
collided with a bridge.
Surviving are her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Laidlaw and
two sis tern Donna and Gail all of
R.R.#1, Atwood. Also surviving
are her maternal grandparents,.
Horticultural group
has pot luck supper
The Brussels Hortkultural of her trip to the east coast, . "The
Society met in the Public Library Queen" closed the Meeting.
November 15 starting with a po t
luck supper at 7 P.M. There were
25 members and 14 guests
present.
Mr. A. Knight read the news
letter.
Miss Linda Meehan favored
with enjoyable Christmas music.
Mrs. Cudmore thanked her and
presented a small gift.
The Nominating Committee is
to be Mrs. C. Hemingway, Mr. A. -.1 03- - • 0441fr Knight.
Mrs. Cudmore, Mrs. N. Reid,
and Mrs.A. McCall judged the
straw flower arrangements.
These wre grown from seed
supplied by the Society. Mrs.
Florence Meehan won, with
several others in close
competition.
Mrs. S. Alexander won rhe
dom. prize,
Mrs. Cudmore gave a brief talk
76,082 to date
Help the LiOrts Clitb help the Arena
Fu d. If you pflort of pennies but want
to he e will trade your pennies Yor your
dollars. Official receipts are available.
1876
Irene Margaret Laidlaw of RR1,
Atwood died in Victoria Hospital,
London, on Monday in her 17th
year.
Girl dies after van crashes bridge
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Elthick of
' R.R.#2, Cargill.
The late -Miss Laidlaw rested at
the Peeble's Funeral Home,
Atwood after 7 p.m. tuesday until
Wednesday when service was
held at 2 p.m. Internient in Elma
Centre Cemetery.
Brussels area farmers came
away with a good share of the
prizes in swine competition at the
Royal Winter Fair in Toronto last
week.
Wm. J. Turnbull won a special
herdsman's award, placed fourth
in an inter breed barrow class for
market livestock, and had three
.firsts, a second, and a fifth in
Yorkshire classes: He won the
Yorkshire premier breeder arid
premier exhibitor awards too.
Jan Van Vliet of Brussels
placed third for the herdsman's
award, eight in the interbreed
barrow class, four firsts, a second
and a third in Lacombe classes
and was premier exhibitor and
breeder of Lacombes.
John Van Vliet of RR 2,
Brussels won a second and an
eight in Duroc classes at the fair.
two firsts, two seconds, and a
seventh, eighth, nineth and tenth
placing various Landrace classes.
He also had the grand champion
Landrace boar.
Wm. J. Turnbull, top Yorkshire
exhibitor at Royal Winter Fair.
Swine win
t Royal
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Robert J.. Robinson, of RR 4,
Walton was premier exhibitor and
breeder in the Hampshire swine
classes at the fair, where he
collected three firsts, a second,
two eight places and had the
grand champion gilt,
"Want your palms read?"
On Saturday, Nov. 27
Lions and Leos will visit homes in
Egmondville and Harpurhey as well as
Seaforth homes south. of the C.N.R. and
those missed when time ran out last
Saturday.
They will pick up the pennies you
may have accumulated, leave you a
Penny Pot in which householders may
accumulate more pennies.
A project of the Seaforth Lions Club that
makes CENTS for the .Arena Fund.
Cold weather has
arrived . . Barefoot
weather is over so
walk down and see
our warm selection
of shoes.
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The clothing items on your Christmas list can be
filled easily right here in,town
at 60 Main Street.
Our sizs range from infants to Ladies size 20 and include
regular and husky boys to size 18.
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