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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1930-12-18, Page 7THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE Have you bought your Christmas goose? « * $ * v * * .***?* And don’t forget the Christmas letter, * * News and Information for The Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Department of AgiTe5uIture) And those school entertainment's the country over! programs ever better or the children quite as well trained? THURSDAY, DECEMBER is, 1930 Renfrew and Lanark Won Eastern Ontario counties were all represented in the inter- county judging competitions conducted by the Ottawa Winter Fair on Decem ber 2 and 3. The A. H. Acres tro phy, emblematic of the inter-county .Seed. Judging Chamjpionship of Eastern Ontario, was won by the Renfrew County team. In the inter county Stock Judging Competition, Lanark forged to the front and se cured the Peter White Trophy for 1930. ' . Too Much Silage Aulhoritcs claim that silage is an V,^F'^xtra good feed if it is not abused. " 'Two kinds of abuse are to feed too V much and to let the surplus accum ulate iu the mangers. It should not be forgotten that silage is large ly water. If the cows are encour aged to cram themselves with silage at the expense of grain and hay they will not be getting enough nutrients to sustain their bodies and a profit able flow of milk. Preferably the grain should be fed on Lqt) of. the silage so that it will be eaten first and then not more silage than will be eaten rapidly. If there is plus it is well to clean this "the managers daily. Bull of 18 Edgley Avenue, Scarboro Junction; and the whinof the se cond prize, $50 in a similar account, has been won by Mrs. T. Milne Jam ieson, of Hespeler, Ont.; and the third prize of $25.00 in a savings ac count goes to Mrs. A. D. Ferguson, R.R. No. 3, Galt, Ont, Twenty-five prizes of hampers of Ontario- apples and 25 prizes of bags of Ontario potatoes make up the other awards. The competition was staged in connection with the Department’s program plan^l; to increase the de mand in town* and city for ^Ontario farm products. *• The competition was staged at the Agricultij^al De partment’s exhibit at the ^Winter Fair, and a close inspection \Jof the various sections -of this exhibit can supply answers to the seven1} questions asked in the cdmpeitlon'/ The Department officials express themselves as extremely pleased with the- results of the contest! Several thousand contestants tools) part, and the answers gi'fcn by the mhjor- ity show that the lessons wlii^h it was hoped to teach were well learn ed by thousands of town andi city shoppers. 4 1 An esteemed citizen was heard remarking the other mornin he stood in the cheerful giver’s line, "I wish they’d have us pay our taxes twice a year, We’d get used to it, then.” **♦* ♦»♦• Exeter merchants are leading their contemporaries in a reason able scaling down of prices. Not for years have buyers been offer ed as splendid bargains as are now being put forward by the busi ness men of this town. Our esteemed farmer citizen Hiram Hinkatunk writes us that he is two years behind with his taxes, that his dog died of hydro phobia, that his cow was stolen, that the sheriff has seized his pig, that the coal man has beat him up for non-payment of his fuel bill, that the grocer has sued him for flour and bread, that his wife is ill with pneumonia, and the doctor has ordered him to the hospital for appendicitis. Barring these minor troubles Hiram says he’s all right. a sur- out of Winners at Internationa Ontario^ expert grain ay growers brought honor to-/ 0 .and to themselves by winding ly forty prizes at the lnfernatj •■Grain and Hay Show at Ghica-gc keen competition, Ontarid men year brought home two/ chajri$ d il n .lion ships and one reserve ch^mpwnship, ■,'*~’Y prizes ■ •competed. Their success shoifkU’en- • courage many others to prepare for ■the World’s Grain Show at Regina in 1932. The Ontario Department of Agriculture has awarded prizes of $50 to each Ontario exhibitor at the International winning a first prize in any class. 'They included: Mrs. M. E. Maycock, Port iM'ilford, first prize 2nd championship in field beans; Hugh Jeffery,. Whitby, first prize in soy beans; R. F. Alrnos, Hageys- • ville, first prize in alsike seed. Spec ial prizes of $25.00 for Ontario ex hibitors with the highest standing ’ in certain classes (first prize win- ngi’S not eligible for these specials) to th*3 i’ollowing: H. L. Goltz, j«Bpac'ebridge, field peas; Douglas ^^juuntori, Brampton', alfalfa; William Batten, Burgesville, red clover; Alex .Rettie, Norwich, oats. as well as well as otherpii; in almost UvO’i’y cvi«5S''inHF News “Better Bull”' Area S After months of preparations in which included census taking mt Middlesex ilegistered bulls, Middlesex Countyjias now been Trsekuatl a “better bulrtarea” undej^he provis ions of the '.CajLtler<Frotection Act.S becoming effective July 1, 1931. Of ficials of he Ontario Department of Agriculture ajid the Middlesex Live stock Improvement Association were v&ry largely/responsible for having t^kdone. ^Tjie object is to raise the ct'siWg.v.A -kp pure-bred livestock in One. of the most impor- is -that only registered offered for service E steward*'of llW|rcounty. tah| clauses bulls may be no/scrub animals can be sold breeding purposes. Under the legislation the owner may use his own grade stock for breeding but it is said the new measure will induce many to butcher their grade brills. and for new * SIGNS OF BETTER DAYS Better days are here. Boys are hustling home to feed the hens, fill the woodbox, and chore up generally. Youths are dis carding cigarettes and other costly Amusements, Men are sticking to their jobs till their work is dope and well done. Dealers are down to real salesmanship. Folks’are securing their dollar before they are spending it. Citizens have learned that a first rate friend is a dollar or two. M< si li :|i & A BAD INVESTMENT Brokenshire who now lies at death’s door in a Toronto He made a silly get away with his officer. He act- His whole coil- lias not shown a that can be said *9 50 YEARS AGO The new express train which liai been talked of for some time past was first run over the L. IL & B on Tuesday last. The second half-yearly examina tions of the Exeter Public School will he held this week. Miss Rowe’s department and Miss Dickson’s on Monday; Miss Taylor and |Mis§ Pitrang on Tuesday; Miss Butcher and Mr., Thos. Gregory on Wednes day. A cordial invitation is extend ed not only to the trustees but all others in the welfare of the school. At the annual meeting of No. 2 fire engine company the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. Treble, E. Howard, J. Tay lor, I, Handford, O. Johnson, John Crocker, F. Howard, I). Spicer, Jas. ’Week's. At the last regular meeting of the Exeter R. A. Chapter A.F. & A.M., the following officers were elected, for the current year; 1st Prin. L., Bro. W. Matheson; 2nd Prin. L., Bro. W. D. Bright; 3rd Prin. L., R. Seld on; Scribe E., G. Samwell; S. N-, Bro. B. S. O’Neil; P. S., Bro. C. Mc Leod; Treas., Bro. G. Willis. The Exeter Gun Club is about have new life infused into it.' meeting of the members was held the Central Hotel on Friday evening last for the purpose of re-organizing for the winter sport. The following officers were elected: Pres,, I. Carl ing, Vice-Pres., Dr. Hyndman; Capt. J. Westcott; treasurer. R. Sanders. On Friday evening last as Mr. F. Anderson, of Usborne, a short dis tance below the village, was return ing home from Stephen, accompan ied by his mother and a young girl aged about ten years, his horse took fright and ran away, precipitating the occupants of the cutter upon a pile of brick in front of Dr. Brown ing’s Drug store. Mrs. Anderson’s thigh was broken -and the girl sus tained a severe sprain in her foot and -one leg was broken. More Schools in Agriculture Early establishment throughout Ontario of vocational schools in ag riculture, administered and operated .•along lines similjU’ to those of voca tional schools in the cities, was fore- ...cast by Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, ’Minister of Agriculture, speaking at :.a banquet in his honor at Brampton recently. ‘‘We expect,” declared ••Colonel Kennedy, ‘‘to have these schools in operation in every county before long. ■are going to do it.” •that the ■play an scheme. "ion they ■dents in these schools, any girl would be able, after the three months’ tuition offered to her, to • >cook, sew and minister home nurs ing. The boys would be taught to ■grow potatoes and wheat at less cost'j^ •and, to improve farming conditions, generally. Decreased production -costs was one of the Department’s major problems, for which a solu- 'tion was being sought' and the co-; ■ operation of all county councils earn- ••■estly solicited. Average Crop Yields The final crop estimates bulletin of the Ontario Department of Agri culture is of more than passing in terest, giving as it does the average production in practically every field crop grown in the past year. ’ The average yield per acre in these crops is given as follows: Fall wheat, 26.7 bushels; spring wheat, 22 bushels; oats, 39.5 bushels; barley, 34.3 bu shels; rye, 17.7 bushels; flax, 9.8 bushels; buckwheat, 20.6 bushels; peas,' 19.7 bushels; mixed grains, 39.2 bushels; husking corn, 59.4 bushels;’ beans, 13.4 bushels; fodder corn, 8.40 tons; alfalfa, 2.20 tons; alsike, 1.46 tons; sweet clover, 2.08 tons; potatoes, 114.8 bushels; turn ips, 342 bushels; mangels, 366 bu shels; sugar beets, 35 6 bushels; car rots, 34 bushels; tobacco, 1,000 .l,bs. In approximately 75' per cent, of these crops an increased yield acre is indicated over 19 29. '-Yo.ung hospital“lTas made a bad investment of his life, effort when he stole a car, thinking lie could . theft'. He acted like a simpleton when lie shot an ed like a ninny in attempting to escape the police, duct has been stupid. In all that he lias done he single manty quality. He’s a tough and that’s all of him. Yet when he was caught the law saw that no violent hand was laid on him. The 'best medical and surgical aid was given him. Society poured blood into his veins. The highest skill in nursing was placed at his disposal. If he survives he will be given the fair est trial that organized society can provide. In all this the conduct of officials has been eminently right aud proper for white the com monwealth is not revengeful it brings offenders to book for all misdeeds. iThe poorest investment -in the world is for anyone to turn his powers against the ten commandments. CHRISTMAS AND ITS SEASON- By Charles Dickens the per We can do it and we He mentioned Women’s Institutes could important part in the With the aid and instruct- could supply the girl stu- any the Winter Fair Winners And numerous indeed are hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoy ment;. How many families whose members have been dispersed far and wide in the restless struggles of life, are then reunited, and meet once again in that happy state of companionship and mutual good-will which is a source of such pure and unalloyed delight, and one so incom patible with the carles and sorrows of the world, that the religious be liefs’ of the most civilized nations, and the rude -traditions .of the roughest savages, alike number it among the first joys if a future state of existence, provided for the blest and happy. How many old recol lections, and how many dormant sympathies, does Christmas time awaken.! ',We write these words now, many nixies distant from the spot' at .which, year after year, that Many gaily many brightly then have ceased to the hands we grasped have grown cold; the eyes we sought have hid their luster in the-grave, and yet the odd- house, the room, the i voices and smiling faces, the the laugh, the most minute trivial circumstances connected these happy meetings, crowd our mind at each recurrence of season, as if the last .assemblage been but yesterday. Happy, happy Christmas, than win us back to the delusions of childish days, that can recall to old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the sailor and the tra veller, thousands of miles away, back to his -own fireside and his quiet home! we met on day, a merry joyous circle, of the hearts throbbed so then have ceased to beat! of the looks that shone so glow; merry jest, and with upon the had can our the 15 YEARS AGO ‘ Mr. C. W. Robinson and Mr. Jos- Hawkins have formed a partnership in the implement business formerly conducted by Mr. Robinson. Since the House of Refuge was? opened, 467 inmates have been ad mitted and it is encouraging to note* that there are fewer inmates, now During* that there ar $4, than for many years. the year the little farm raised 2d tons of hay, 200 bus. of barley bus. of oats, 30 bw of onions, 1,000 bus. -pf mangolds, age cost per inmate $1.06% per week. ■Mr. Thos, .Sanders, attending the College in Toronto, succeeded junior examination with first-clas* honors, ranking eighth in his class. Mr. Howard Quackenbush, a stu dent of Milwaukee Dental College, is- spending the holidays with his par ents in town. Mr, Arthur E. Wood lias been giv en an appointment on the staff of the Imperial Baiilt of London Branch. N ‘Mr. Wm. Ok(>, ’’of tended the Fat Stoc< held in Toronto and from his excellent’ herd of cattle made a good showing which he dis posed of at fancy prices. A two- .g.‘’year-old Shorthorn weighing 1620 ; pounds took 5th place jn a class of 32. This animal brought 9§c. per pound. A Polled Angus calf thir teen months old and weighing 1030 pounds was sold for 11 p-nts per pound. •Messrs, Enos Windsor, Thomas Penhale, Claire Wqod and Linden Harvey, students at. 'Toronto Univer sity are home for the Christmas holi days. to A in the cele- wed- 25 YEARS AGO Mr. Abe Dearing last week moved into the residence vacated some time ago by Mr. Thomas Creech, known as the Hooper property on Huron St. Mr. Geo. Cudttnore was taken sick on Tuesday while working in the woods and was brought to liis home here, where he is now under doctor’s care. Mr. and Mrs* Rd. Downey brated the anniversary of their ding at their home, Exeter North, on Tuesday evening, by a small gather ing of friends. Mr. L. H. Dickson, who sustained a dislocation and fracture of his right shoulder in the runaway last week, is- progressing nicely. |MT. and Mrs. M. Gardiner very pleasantly entertained the choir of jC^n.^Qhpi’cii pit Wednesday,, even ing. Win. Westcott, of Usborne, while visiting at the home of his daugh ter Mrs. E. Shapton, Stephen, fell from a verandah and broke his col lar bone and was otherwise injured. A very successful meeting was held on Monday evening in the lec ture room of James Street Church, under the auspices of the Royal Tem plars of Temperance. Rev. W. Goodwin presided and , introduced the following program: Duetts by Misses Gill, Gidley, Godwin and Mr. Heywood; readings lum and McPherson; A. H. Going. Mr. T. B. Carling at the Winter Fair in Guelph by Miss McCal- address by Rev. spent Thursday I 250 bus. of 22ty of beans, 40 bus. potatoes, The aver- food wasfor who has been of Pharmacy, in passing his Canada at th© Centralia, at- show recently two- animals nplica l ions a n<$Ta fter-effects, is noth I. Angier’s ling up after ig the* develop ment* < f bronchus dr other chest. i the co, There Enuils.i m for huij&i measle and trouble* In who! relieves . the It incrc u=es 5/lality and enables the • • child tatbrdB’ off the disease more quickly after ill For ovltr prescribe cause oQiJs tonic, aud strengthening influence^-and be cause its laxative action is so needed • in bringing the lit tic tots back to sound, vigorous health. 66 - >ping-c^igh.Ar>gier’s greatly of coughing. 0 years, doctors have Angier's Emulsion be- with, less danger of •65c. and-$1.20 at Druggists. ^Endorsed by the Medical Profession " Dr. Wood’s t I Times-Advocate Hogarth Hatchery 75c. per gi Popularizing Ontario Farm Products Prize winners in the Ontario Farm .Products competition for Ontario women held at the recent Royal Winter Fair, under auspices of the Department have been announced. "The first prize of $100 in a savings -account in the Ontario Government -.Savings Office goes to Mrs. L. IB. Durham County Junior Farmers captured the Hon. John S, Martin trophy in the annual inter-county Live Stock judging competition at the Provincial Winter Fair, Guelph, with a team score of 2,191 out of a .possible 3,000. Peel County ranked I second, Ontario third, and Welling- ...1 fourth. Twenty-five counties took part in the event. Peel County team won the Glen Ormond trophy for the team with the highest stand ing in heavy horses. In the inter county seed judging competition for the Fischer Trophy, Oxford County led with a total of 2491, closely fol lowed by Durham, Kent and York Counties. The O-A.C. students’ live stock judging competition for the Day trophy was captured by fourth year with score of 5144 out of a possible 6,500, ’by a margin of 75 points over third year. The com petitions in every class were keenly contested and the fair proved to be one of the most successful in many cases. THE TOY-STREWN HOUSE Norway Pine Syrup Pneumonia Left Her With Terrible Cough Mrs. A. W. Power, 581 Jane St., Toronto, Ont., writes:—• “Eight years ago J had a very serious illness, T had a bad attack of pleurisy and pneumonia and was six months in bed. This illness left me with a terrible Cough., X tried several cough medicines, but they did not seem tc have any effect. One day my mother brought me homo a'bottle of Dr. Wood’s Norway Pin6 Syrup, and after I had taken several more I noticed my cough gradually leaving me. Since that time if ever my husband ana children, or myself, have bad colds I always get ’Dr. Wood’s/ ” > Price, 35 cents r bottle; large family rise, 65 cento; at all drug and general stores. .i, - - — We have in stock the following poultry needs and feed Lay Mash, Oyster Shell, Gi<t, Cod Liver Oil, JBeef Meal, Meat Scrap, Bone Meal, Charcdal, Buttermilk Ponder, pish Meal, Alfalfa Leaf. Meal, Wonfa Pills for intestM 'Wns in £pul- try; Leg'Sands; Barred Rock Pullets; Breeding Cockerels in the following breeds, White Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, Bl^ck Minorcasland White^Leghorns. ’ ____ _ z quart 20c.; ten gallons for 65c. per gal- " Ion; five gallons/or 70c. petf gallon; Best Grade motor Oil er gallon./ ALSOJ^TI-FREEZE AT $1.25 PER GALLON WE ALSO HANDLE CELO GLASS Moto& Oil, o I YE me the house where the toys are strewn Where the dolls are asleep in. the chairs, Where the building blocks and the toy balloon And the soldier guard the stairs; .Lor. me step in the house where, the tiny cart With its horses rules the floor, . And rest comes into my weary heart, For I am at home once more. 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