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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-02-11, Page 2THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1032 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE News and Information for The Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Department of Agriculture) that the grain conies from the threshing mill in a- fairly clean state, and one of the objects of the Brotherhood of Threshennen is, throiiglx their organization to im­ prove the quality of the work done by the average thresher. liaising px’oHfie Sows Sterility in pigs is difficult to cure but most forms of it caxx be pre­ vented by proper management. Fer­ tility is heritable, therefore always select breeding stock from large lit- tgrs. Breeding saws must have more protein and calcium than fattening Mock in order to build up flesh and bone in their young, The important sources1 of supply of these are meat and protein meal, xuilk and legu­ minous pastures. Exercise is> es­ sential for regular production, Show •conditions sometimes causes steril­ ity, but this is ■ when the pigs are bver-fat and lack exercise, Expos­ ure in winter* will delay breeding -Contagious abortion is spread thro’ Afterbirth, dead piglings and charge contaminating the food, • ter and bedding. dis- wa- The San Jose Scale bug-That the San Jose Scale, the boar of the Niagara fruit growers, again looms up as a dire menace te the industry, was the statement of Prof. L. Caesar, provincial entom­ ologist, when addressing the Nia­ gara Fruit Growers’ Association re­ cently. Reviewing the history of this pest, prof. Caesar declared it to be the worst menace to the fruit trees that Ontario has ever known. Its arrival was first noticed in 1929 after an absence of » aozen years from Nagara. orchards. Since then the scale has increased tremendous­ ly, and he feared that the mild weather conditions this winter would result in its return next seas­ on to a very large extent. Effective ..spraying of all trees with lubricat­ ing oil, using 4 per cent, was urged by Prof. Caesar. ered by the C. N. E. directors, Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy and Hon. Ro­ bert Weir offered the utmost as­ sistance of their deaprtments to raise standards and obtain cheaper feed, urged quality breeding and stated that the markets were open for high-class stock in uniform qual­ ity. Hon. Mr. Kennedy declared: “We are going to try to get a large export market by producing beef of a bettex* quality than in any other country in the world., and no tariff walls or exchanges will be able to keep it out of the United States or tlie export markets of the world. Every day buyers from the United States are searching the eastern part of the province fox* purebred T. B. tested animals and the only reason Canada does not send more across the 'border is that there are not enough purebreds.” The Minis- tex* also paid tribute to the Junior Farmers’ teams and clubs which en­ couraged the young farmers to ap­ preciate their opportunities aaid which taught, them all the know­ ledge that had been obtained for the improvement of the industry. He said: “These young farmers will im­ prove the live stock of Canada to such a degree that the countries of the world will come to us. We shall not have to go to Denmark or any other country for our purebred ba­ con sires, for in the world stock we will ANOTHER PAPWS VIEW We made a mistake in hist week’s issue of the .Sentinel, scribex* told ns about it. day there office box We called telephone for a spool of No. when we got home we found it was No. 60. The train was reported 30 minutes late. We arrived at the depot twenty xninutes otter the train had gone. We got our milk bill and there was a mistake of ten cents in our favor, and too for sail it needed a new timer. a spark plug and it’s run fine ever since, Yes, we made a mistake in last week’s issue of the paper.—Qlen Elder (Kan.) Sentinel. A good sxxb- The same was a letter in our post that didn’t belong to us. for ninety-eight over the and got 198. We asked 5 0 thread and We felt sick the doctor said we were eating much. We hadn’t tasted meat two months. The garage man tho jitney was -missing because We cleaned MORE WOODHAM AND KIRKTON REMINISCENCES Late Corn and Fertilizers late fer- Many farmers are talking planting of corn this year and tilizing in an attempt to control the ■corn borer. In this connection, O. A. C. officials conducted a test in Essex County, planting corn at three different dates, a week apart. Suit­ able fertilizer was applied at 200 lbs per acre. The fertilizer increased the yield of ears 700-.pounds per ac- i*o in the earliest planting, and' 715 pounds per acre in the lastest plant­ ing. Late planting meant a larger per cent, of immature ears at har­ vest in all cases; but from the plots planted last there was 33 per cent, less soft ears in the fertilized area than there was on the unfertilized. The gain of fertilized corn over un-i ’fertilized had not only been main- taned but had increased where the' corn was planted latest, and had been fertilized. This was in addi­ tion to barn yard manure. Good soil preparation, good seed and cultivation results are proper must be provided it best to be attained. An Attractive Home if I“Oh, what an opportunity •cnly had the time!” This is the re­ mark of a lady visitor at the Ontar­ io Agricultural College recently. She had come to the Colleg.e to make inquiry about certain perennials which she wished to plant in the yard of her farm home, and was told about the short course of instruction in landscape gardening to be given at the College from February 15th to 19tli. On looking over the pro­ gram of this short course she saw that there was to be instructions and demonstrations in garden plan­ ning and the selection of tho most suitable- kinds of trees, shrubs flowers, and he longed to take course. The opportunity is there for and for many others, and no better way could be found for farm wo­ men, or men either for that matter, to spend a happy, interesting week in the middle of winter in studying swid maing plans for the beautifica­ tion of their farm homes so that their lives might be more enjoyable in the years to- come. All persons interested in this course should understand that there is no charge for instruction and a program of the course may be for the asking. and the her that had Improving Live Stock liveAddressing a banquet of 600 sstock breeders and exhibitors tend* there will ,be no place where we can get have in Seeds are Weed the Canada.” Menace by Canadian strikingly the Studies carried out weed specialists show menace of weeds through the multi­ tude of their seeds. For instance, a single plant of wild mustard, sink­ weed, foxtail, pigweed, or campion, produces from 10,000 to 20,000 seeds; worm-seed mustard about 25,00-0; shepherd’s purse about 50,- 0 00, and the tumbling mustard about 1,500,000. Moral: Weed should er be allowed to go to seed. About Threshing nev- theOf all reports submitted at recent 18th annual convention of the Ontario Brotherhood of Thresher, men, one of the most interesting was that of W. G. Michael, Dominion Seed Branch, Harriston. This report covered a survey of Western Ontar­ io threshing mills, which lie made last autumn. Mr. Michael pointed out that light grain, and price of 1931 a difficult year. I Further, he found the common makes mills were efficient providing they were in a good state or repair and adjusted properly. The survey re­ vealed, however, that the weed screen in the shoe of most mills evas entirely inadequate, the usual width of this screen being only 12 to 15 inches, and in some cases the screen was either plugged up or covered with a board. As there is plenty cf room in the shoe of all sills for a screen at least four feet wide, Mr. Michael recommends that a screen from three to four feet wide be made standard equipment in all new mills and that this screen be equip­ ped with travelling brushes to keep it clean. The second weed screen in the’ deck just behind the cylinder was also recommended. This screen would catch most of the light weeds such as sow thistle-, which ordinary- , ily go out with the straw. Other observations made in tho survey were that 10 per cent, of the thresherman were careless, inexper­ ienced and inefficient and that the work done '.by this group was uni­ formly poor. 'Some farmers in their anxiety to get the threshing over in in a hurry would not give the thresher time to adjust his mill or clean it properly, and in some cases he was not allowed to put on enough wind to clean the grain properly. These cases were, however, the ex­ ception rather than the rule. ■Grain and weed screens in some cases did not receive enough care. Some niille were too large for On­ tario conditions. Some tractors wex’e too small to keep the steady speed, all of which resulted in poor­ ly cleaned grain. As it is now becoming practice to market commercial grain direct from the threshing mill without fur­ ther cleaning, it is most important cutting, made that most of of threshing I find scarcely one school Now, add the and and a half in then have some Kirkton school- Nerves Werea Total Wreck Could Not Eat or Sleep Mrs., Geo. XI. Mills, Lake Alma, Sask., writes}— X was taken down with rheumatism and was unable to walk for some time. Although I got back on my feet I was not right as 1 could not eat or sleep, ana my nerves were a total wreck, . t I derided to take Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Hills, and found after taking two1 boxes I had gained five 5rounds, and never missed a night’s sleep, Right now ' never feit better in my life?’ Sold at all drug and general stores, or mailed direct on receipt of price by Tho T, Milburn Co'.r Ltdi Toronto, Ont, Dear Sir: Since my last article re the twin villages of Kirkton and Woodham I am inclined to think there are st’ill a few old timers left from the kindly and appreciative correspondence I have received and I desire to express my gratitude and also to any who find me in error in any detail I will gladly appreciate any correction. For instance I am in receipt of one who signs himself “Kirkton Old Timer” and disputes a pump works in Woodham during the 70’s. He says Mr. Jas. Swallow, ‘ the veteran pump maker of Woodham, was not even a resident of Woodham in the 70’s. Well, old-timer, I thank you for the nice kindly way you explain it, but I don’t think you went back far enough. I did not mention many names conducting the industries of either village. (The pump works I referred to was conducted by Chixs. ‘ Chappell and those lengthy pump legs were all bored by hand. After Mr. Cliappel left, Abray & Edward, then operating the saw mill, install­ ed a lathe and began manufactur- pumps in the late 70’s. I am also pretty sure Mr. Swallow took over the business from the above firm in the late 70’s.' My reason for think­ ing so is I notice Mr. Swallow “Jim” to most of us, celebrated his golden wedding anniversary last year and your scribe had the honor of driving to St. Marys to meet the bride and groom on their return from their honeymoon. Now that is close to 1SS0 and “Jim” was there a few years previous. I spoke of our school in my last, also I mentioned something about good-sized families In summing up the scholars T. can recall who attended Kirkton school from Woodham alone. There was well over fifty and in looking over the school reports in the different townships published in the Journal today, equal that number. number of Kir kt on scholars those from a mile either direction you idea how that old house was packed. As I recall, Win. first male teacher school, and Miss NIitchell, teacher of the juniors. But J m indebted to Mr. Amos Donpe brother of William Doupe, the first teacher in the present school, for the information . that a log school house was the first. The students, lioweVer, seemed to be of a mixed variety. As he informs me, on a cer­ tain Monday morning when all the two legged scholars arrived they found the schoolhouse occupied by four-legged ones in the form of sheep, as mostly all farmers raised sheep and the roadside was their pasture. It is evident the two-leg­ ged students saw a Monday holidays in sight by filling the school on Sat­ urday night with the quadrupeds and as a result, the .Monday holiday. I do not feel like passing on without a few remarks about txie first teach­ er; a very strict disciplinarian, yet sincere in his efforts to instill into the minds of the scholars knowledge for future use although a sad sequel Was to terminate a brilliant and use­ ful life. I herewith relate some of his brief history as suppled by Mr. Amos Doupe. After resigning from the school, Mr. Doupe studied Medicine and gra­ duated as an M.D. His first prac­ tice was in partnership with Dr. Bu­ chanan, of Zurich. He then moved to. Mitchell and opened an office shortly after joining in wedlock with Miss Kate walker, sister of the late Alex’ Walker, of that town. After practicing in Mitchell he de­ cided to try his fortune in what was then practically a new country, Barry Sound. He and his bride went by rail to Collingwood, and then took passage on the boat Wau- buno for Parry Sound and that was the last ever heard of them. The boat went down in a raging storm and all on board were lost, Not a single soul was spared to- toll the Doupe was the in the present Hornibrook cf of the tale and not a body was every found.. This was November 23nd, 1879. Now my object in going into details in some instances is to give the rising generations some idea that those twin villages have turned out some very prominent men. X will just mention one other for the present, and that is Timothy Eaton, the mer­ chant prince of Canada, I wonder how many know that Mr, Eaton got his start in Kii’ktoii >n a small log building not even situated on a cor­ ner, but on the brow o> the hill just west of the E. N, Shier store. Some people maintain £>t. Marys was his starting point, He did move to St. Marys1 later, hut Kirkton can claim the credit for his start and the first merchant in Kirkton. So now, you young villagers and others, there is just as good and even bettex* chances today by taking an optimistic view of a situation, as even Timothy Ea­ ton yet ox* many other* notables I may jnenton from that vicinity, Yours very truly ■S, J. Elliott. Exeter, Ont., Jan. 15. 1932. (In St, Alary,s Journal-Argus) JAMES ST. W* A. The regular meeting of the Janies St. W, A, was held ill the church parlors on Thursday* February 4th Mrs* colliding the president, was in the clxajr while Mrm Maude Hey­ wood was in charge or devotion­ al period. After- the reports had been read the meeting was given over to completing the plans for the supper which the ladies are hold­ ing on Feburary 16th. Mrs, E. Roxycliffe and Mrs, J, Rowe were named as the managing committee, Convenors were named for the var­ ious divisions of work. 'Mrs. A, Q. •Elliot, convenor of the program committee is planning a splendid program to follow the supper. After the business session, lunch wa& ser­ ved and a contest enjoyed, On Sun­ day, February 9th, a special meet­ ing of the W. A. was called follow­ ing the morning service. At this meeting the members voted to un­ dertake the painting of the exterior of th church as their worki for the year. The proceeds of the supper will be used fox* this purpose. MAIN STIWI' MEN’S VISION The Main Street United ChuxW Men’s Union met in the church par* our oxx Wedneday night, February) 3rd, 1938- The meeting was opened) with a hymn and prayer, after whic$ Mr. Ross read the Scripture lessor from the 1st psalm. The president* Mr, Layton, tendered his resignation as representative of the'Men’s Un* ion to the Official Board of thel church. His resignaton was accejw ted on motion of Mr. B- W. ,F* Beavers and Mr, Silas Stanlake watf appointed representative on motion) of Mr, Geo. Mawson. Two musical selections were given; a vocal solo’ by^Mr. s. stanlake and a vocal duett; by Messrs. J. Francis and Harold,' Skinner, In the unavoidable a'bsen* ce of the speaker of the evening, Mr, R. G, Sayers, Mr. G. C, Koch’ gave an address on “Services whieji) Science can render,” A hearth vote) of thanks was given the speaker onj motion of Mr. W. G. Medd and th© meeting was closed with a hymn and prayer. veils come hackIf handy for brides who paint up just to cross some canned goods. they will be don’t want to the street for the• Another* difference between sexes is that a man can’t gush over a present that delights him about as much a& the itch would. Moreover, the old-fashioned ma$ who kissed his sweetheart’s hand* didn’t have to watch which one thei cigarette was in. MS Away with Waste! That’s the Sonora battlecry in merchandising I That’s the reason for ,TSo jobber’3 D1S‘ . counts. Mo Jobbers- Vowsing’ No gobble Trans- rtation. CtEAR, AS A SEU. 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