Clinton News-Record, 1947-04-03, Page 7I"CIURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1947
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HURON COUNTY FARMERS' OWN NEWSY PAGE
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Toronto — Our trip has ended, and,
'with most ,travellers, we wouldn't
have, missed it for the world, ,but
'ware glad to be back home again.
Now it is my task to summarize the
)results of our tour, difficult though
it is to sort out the importance of all
'We've seen and done.
We :were in Britain in a time of
crisis when the unprecedented bad
weather added to ail the accumu-
.7.ated troubles after the war. But
-_none of us can speak too highly of
`*Ise hospitality we received every-
where we went. The British people
'_have asp unusa111y high regard for
assatiAri9p
CanacNans and this speaks volumes
for the conduct of our men and
women in the armed forces who
were overseas during the war.
We were terribly disappointed that
continuing snow and card prevented
any plowing whatever, aid our hosts
were equally disappointed, I believe
that if :Canadian plowmen make the
trip next year, our British friends
'may arrange the matches for another
time to make sure the weather will
not interfere.
Another result is that Scotland's
champion plowman, Bob Allen from
Aberdeen, ,plans to compete in the Ls -
For Body and Fender Repairing
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14 YEARS' EXPERIENCE
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Rattenbury St. W., Just West of Bartliff's Bakeshop
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ANNUAL MEETING
Huron -Perth Liberal Association
Cardno's Hall, Seaforth
Wednesday, April 9, 8 p.m.
Hon. Douglas Abbott,
Minister of Finance, who will have a message
of importance for every elector.
W. H. Golding, M.P., and
others will speak.
ALBERT KALBFLEISCH, W. L. WHYTE,
President
"find Save the King"
Secretary
ternatiowal Plowing Match at King-
ston, Ont.; next fall. You may re-
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enia in 1939. Because of the wa
Outbreak their passage was cancel
and the ship was the first sunk by
Nazi submarine'.
The weather was a constant hnn
ranee to our plans and the reel cri
meant kohl hotel rooms night of
night. We were to 'have seen t
Giant's Causeway in Ireland but sn
blacked the roads. However we
aged to visit a good cross-section
England, Scotland and Northern I.
land and were able to make somh
conclussions about the state of Briti
agriculture,
LONGER GROWING SEASON
In many respects .farm metho
.in Britain are different from tiro
in Canada. The normal rainfall
'growing
Isles is much heavier and
growing season is ,much longer they
BLYTH
Mas'. 1$harah Radford, Palmerston,
.was with Mr. and Mrs, Norman
Radford,
Miss Eileen Robinson, Toronto,
'visitedher parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
II. :Robinson.
Mr, and Mrs. Murray Scrimgeour
, and Dlainne, Tillsonburg, were
j guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. 'Scrim-
geour.
Film Showing
The Y.P.U• sponsored' a showing of
ithe film, "The IQing of Kings," in
the United Church school room Fri-
a 5ternoore
ds I Dr. and Mrs, Parker, WingChange From Florida
lram
se returning from Florida Friday eater
in noon, met with a rude interruption
the on their jonauey home when they
e. reached Blyth and heard the dis
General Average $1,131
At Holstein Dispersal
Oxford County Holstein Club paid
$8,000 for the ,ten -months' -old 'bull,
lioucleholme ;Sovereign Rag Apple,
at the dispersal sale of the Houck -
holism herd of J. El Houck, :held
Friday, at Brampton.
This bull, who will be added to
the battery of bulls maintained at
the •atrtibicial breeding unit operated
by the Oxford .Olnb, is a • son of the.
noted twice :all -Canadian .Montvic Rag
Apple Sovereign,
Monday, under the chairmanship of
Jahn Arnmatrong. Total sales for 1946
-were $69,738.45; increase in volume
of business of $26,000 from 1945; net
savings $5,598.33. The Board is con-
temipiating a building program on
property reeently purchased from .7.
Zuefle.
W. G. Nicholson, Port Elgin, stated
that the balance sheet showed inereas-
.ed turnover, and sound business pro-
gress The overhead was compartively
low due to good management as well
as the nature of the business "The
results of co-operative activity are
not confined to the community; we
now have organizations reaching into
the national and international field,"
he stated, Hensall Co-operative, "he
said," is a meenber of the Ontario Co-
operative Union and as such is taking
its place in the broader field.
The speaker also spoke regarding
co-operative life insurance and stated
that we have recently entered the
field of co-operation life insurance an
hope to have it available in Ontario
in the near future. We are already
writing Bond Insurance he said, serv-
ing (o -operatives• and educational or-
ganizations in Ontario.
Election of officers resulted as foll-
ows: President — John Armstrong,
Zurich; Vice-president - Sarin Hend-
rick, Dashwood; Secretary — Bert-
ram Klopp, Zueieh; Directors — Gord-
on Love, Zmriah; Harvey Taylor, B2u-
cefield; for three years.
or rs more .plentiful but the fain
er is hampered by the land ownersh
systema and lack of machinery.
Bemuse most of the farms a
rented, the farmers are not in a Po
tion to modernize their buildings at
so they just .carry on the ;hard waV
pear after year. The buildings a
quite different from those in Cana
and most of the hay and grain is p
in Stacks or covered sheds, requiri
much more hand labor than is co
mon in our country,
A. great many tractors are used f
plowing and cultivating but the ma
city of farmers still stick to the on
horse cart for hauling their craps an
for drawing eat the manure. I s
only ane manure spreader of th
wheel type. Threshing machines a
still fed by hand, and without a stn
blower. Some have straw bundlers
on the back, The cylinders are of the
rasp bar type because the British
farmer wants his straw in long leng
the .Conabines are. on the increase. but
needed machines won't be delivered
for a year or more.
They use more commercial fertil-
izer than we do and reap heavier
crops. We :night learn something
n that respect. The Old Country is
sbill the fountain -head as far as beef
cattle are concerned, but I believe
we surpass them :with our dairy cattle
We can't compete with them in
he quality of their grain for they
have the longer season and inoro
moisture. British standards, in
aunds per bushel, are: wheat, 63;
arley, 56; oats, 42. The Canadian
standards are, respectively, 60, 48,
and 34. In the past we have tried
ritish seed grains and they have
riled ours, but the experiments
eren't successful because of the
ifference in growing conditions.
Some r ore to
of s bran i being s b t g at-
empted in Britain, with trees suppl-
ed by the govermnont for a small
rar•ge The British do not pratise
ontour ,plowing as far ns I could de -
ermine from numerous inquiries.
British farmers daring the war
ere divided into :three classes --
rose who could run their awn farms
without help or advice; those who
arried on with some help from gov-
ertmnent argicultural experts; and
ose who were poor managers to the
tent that the government stepped
and replaced them with more cenf-
etent men. John Wilson of Shifnal,
rropshire, told ire there were only a
ew farmers that had to be replaced
the area where he was supervisor,
armors who needed advice readily
cepted it and bhe plan worked
noathly,
Mr, Wilson also said that the farm-
s raised no market hogs as they did
at have the grain to feed them, but
gpended on Canada to supply pork
roducts.
MACHINERY EXPENSIVE
fain couraging report: "Road to Wingharn
iP blocked."
Farm Changes Hands
re Louis Daer has bought from the
s- John Barr estate, farm lot 28 and 28
red on the Hullett boundary. This farm
Sri had been continuously 10 the Barr
re family since James Barr bought it
da from the Canada Company in June,
ut 1852. It has passed down from son
wg to grandsons. Mr. Deer will partly
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crop but mainly pasture the farm,
Pnpiis Successful
The following pupils of A. E. Cook
were successful at the 'mid -winter
examinations at the Toronto Con-
servatory of Music: grade 8 piano,
Evelyn Raibhby grade 2 theorty, D.
A, Mcli'enzie, Wilfred Black (first
class honors); grade '1 theory, Kath-
waBrine Liddle.
Fractures Hip
While Mrs. Harvey Robinson was
walking along Dinsley St., Thursday
afternoon on her way to assist at a
quilting bee at the .haute of Mrs. E.
Sillib, she shipped and fell. Unable
to rise, she hailed a passing driver
with a team and sleigh, and he in
turn stopped C. Hodgins with his
truck. The injtued lady was lifted
on to the truck and taken to the
office of Dr. D. G. Hodd, who, after
preliminary examination, took Mrs.
Robinson to Clinton Public Hospital,
where an X-ray revealed .a fractured
hip. No. 4 highway being blocked,
the doctor had to take his patient
around by Goderich, having to travel
a distance of 22 miles instead of the
usual nine,
Support Church Kitchen
About 35 members of the Woman's
Auxiliary met at the home of 'Mrs,
ldargaret Hirons Friday afternoon,
I4 was decided to buy more Bibles to
be presented to couples married ir,
the church.
The proposed project of a new
kitchen far the oltureh met with un•
animus support, and it was decided
to back bhe projeet to the extent of
$800, subject to the approval of the
church officials and congregation,
who twill be given an opportunity
for eworeeeion of opinions at a con-
gregational meeting to be called
shotty at the pleasure of Rev. A.
Sinclair. The plan ineludes a furnace
room and :two classrooms es well as
a kitchen, Mrs. 13. Phillips contribut-
ed a reading, and ;Mrs. Scrimgeour's
group served lunch.
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in general, machinery is much
more expensive overseas than it is at
home. Motor cars are more costly to
sun, the license alone 25 shillings
($5.00) per horsepower, and car in-
surance, which is conupulsoiy, is very
high. Gasoline is still rationed and th
average car is allowed only 10 gall-
ons a month.
All food is rationed with the ex-
cerption of poultry and fish, which are
hand to get. ;Meals are very expens-
ive. Alt wearing apparel is rationed
with the exception of hats and caps,
and the allowance does not go very
far.
The fuel situation, of course is
very bad, and many cities are back
to the wartime blackout. In spite of
all these difficulties, we heard very
few complaints from the people. These.
are our impressions, and of course
NOTICE
TO ALL CREAM PRODUCERS iN ONTARIO
A proposed Cream Marketing Scheme for Ontario, under the Farm Products Marketing Act, has
been submitted to the Farm Products Marketing Board for consideration, by the Ontario Cream
Producers Association.
Before the Board eau consider recommending the scheme, it must he satisfied that a fair represen-
tation of the Cream Producers are in favour of its adoption. In order to obtain the recorded views
of the Producers, a vote by ballot is being taken on the question:
"ARE YOU IN FAVOUR OF THE PROPOSED
ONTARIO CREAM PRODUCERS' MARKETING SCHEME
BEING BROUGHT INTO FORCE IN ONTARIO?".
ALL PRODUCERS MUST REGISTER
All producers innat register to vote. Two alternative methods of voting arc provided to Cream
Producers, as follows:—
(1) By personal registration and voting in each Agricultural Representative's office between March .31
and April 30, 1947, or
(2) By personal registration and voting with the Deputy Returning Officer in charge at each local meeting,
A PUBLIC MEETING
will be held at the
Public Library, Seaforth,
TUESDAY, APRIL 8 at 8 p.m.
All ballots must he returned to the Agricultural Representative before April 30, 1947. Any ballots reetived
after that date will not be recorded.
ALL CREAM PRODUCERS ARE URGENTLY REQUESTED
TO REGISTER, TO ATTEND TIIE MEETING IN TIiEIR
AREA—AND TO VOTE. HUSBAND, WIFE, SON OR
DAUGHTER MAY VOTE, BUT ONLY ONE FROM EACH OPERATING
FARM UNIT
ONTARIO FARM. PRODUCTS MARKETING BOARD
Parliament Buildings, Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario
HENSALL
.Mrs, A, Noakes who has been in St.
Joseph's Hospital, London, receiving
treatment in the interest of her health
has returned.
R. II. Middleton President
R. H, Middleton formerly of Clint-
on, was reelected president of Hensall
Chamber of Commerce at the annual
meeting of the organization. Assist-
ing hini will be Walter Spencer, vice-
president; W. B. Gross, treasurer; M.
G. Drysdale, secretary; J. A. Pater-
son, assistant.
AUCTION SALE
of --
FARM STOCK and IMPLEMENTS
at Lot No. 11, Concession 1, Stanley
Township, on No. 4 Highway, 1 mile
south of Brucefielir or Viz mines
north of Kippen, on
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,
at 1 p.m. sharp, the following:
HORSES—Clyde mare, 7 yrs. old;
Belgian mare, 12 yrs. old; Percheroe
mare, 13 yrs. old.
:CATTLE --Durham cow, 4 yrs. old,
due time of sale; Durham cow, 6 yrs.
old, due time of sale; Durham cow,
8 yrs. old, due APO 16;Durham
caw, 7 yrs, old, due April 17; Dur-
ham cow, 5 yrs. old, due ;May 20;
Durham cow, 10 yrs, *16, due May 3;
Durham heifer, 2 yrs. oId, recently
freshened; Durham heifer. 3 yrs. old,
due October 10; Durham heifer, 4 yrs.
old, due May 5; Durham heifer, 3 yrs,
old, recently freshened; Durhamheifer, 2 yrs. old; Durham farrow
cow, 5 yrs., old; Hereford heifer, 3
yrs. old, due time of sale; 2 Hereford
yearling heifers; 2 Hereford calves.
,PIGS—Yorkshire sow evith litter;
30 chunks, approximately 75 lbs.
IMPLEMENTS — Mpssey-Harris
binder, 7 fit. cut; McCormick binder,
6 at. cut; International 13 -disc fer-
tilizer drill; 112assey-Harris 33 -disc
drill; 3 drum steel roller; 2 drum
steel Toiler; Oliver 2 -row seuffler and
bean puller; 'Massey -Harris spring -
tooth cultivator; 4 -section harrows:
2 walking plows; 2 -furrow plow;
3 -furrow plow; one -row seuffler: 10 -
ft. hay rake; 2 farm wagons; flat
ick; gravel box; set of sleighs awl:
lot rack; buggy' cutter; democrat;
arming mill; dram type cement
mixer; cutting box; set of breeching
arness; set of single harness; horse
oilers; collar tops; wagon sills;
ouble trees; whiffle trees; neck
okes; forks, shovels, grindstone; set
of sling ropes; root pulper; Ioggieg
chains; scythe; DeLaval cream sep-
rator; Daisy churn; grain sacks;
silkpails and numerous articles.
FURNITURE — 6 dining room
chairs; couch; 2 beds, springs and
mattresses.
TErRMS---,OASII
No reserve as farm is rented
ED. B'OYES, Proprietor.
EDWARD W. ELLIOTT, Auctioneer
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The foregoing, with H. Lawrence y
and T. C Joynt, form a nominating
committee, which will bring in a slate
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of sbandnng committeees.
Rev. H, Sanderson presented an
illustrated address on "Bees," and W.
B, Cross, retiring treasurer, reported
a cash balance of $50, wibh no acc-
ounts outstanding.
Cooperative Annual
The annual meeting of the Hensall
Districb Co-operative Incorporated
was held in the Town Hall, Hensall,
some of their may be wrong because
they were gabhered in only a few
weeks.
We had a last few interesting days
around 'London. On one trip we were
shown through a big tire plant and
saw a stable equipment factory near
Reading. The equippnent was good,
but too expensive for the average
fanner. We saw one new machine
which milks cones and pipes the mil
directly to the dairy cooling system
Another day was taken up witl
obtaining our passport visas and
visit to the Anglo-American Oil plan
in lots 'wartime quarters outside Lon
don on the Themes. Mr. Burges an
Prank Ellis were our hosts.
The next day brought our grand
finale in London. We had dinner at
the famous 'Simpson's restaurant in
the Strand as guests of iAmglo.,Am-
erican and .Salada, and later we saw
a goof] variety show at the Pallad-
ium theatre. The theatre was so cold
we 'had to keep our coats on but our
hotel, bhe South Kensington, was the
wartiest of the entire tour.
Newt morning, a Friday, we left
for .Southampton to board the Queen
Elizabeth for the voyage home. We
sailed that afternoon, and arrived in
New Yodk the following Wednesday.
The weather was better than on the
eastbound ,eressine and none of us
missed a meal, although the big ship
rolled a bit. Canada's champion
skater, Bambara AnnScott, and her
mabher had .the ,cabin next to mine
but we saw little of their because
Barbara was resting eater her stems -
netts European tour.
TRIP WELL PLANNED
Our entiee trip was well planned
from start to finish and all of us
are grateful to the sponsors, the
Salada'Tea Company of Canada, Ltd.
and Imperial Oil Ltd. Their nepre-
sentatives took excellent care of us
all the way through. We are also
indebted' to officials of Canada House,
Ontario House, and the Canadian
National Railways, who tools such
pains to arrange oar travels.
We have returned thankful we have
4n Canada such a land of plenty. Our
big disappointment- was bhe lack of
plowing .in Britain, but we shall al-
ways remember the courage, stead-
fastness, and waren hospnbality of the
British people, and .then kindness to
its as we visited then cities, their
farms, and their homes The trip
was well worth while and we''ll never
forget ser experiences.
AUCTION SALE
OF FURNITURE
at tate home of Mr. James Allen.
Brucefield, on
FRIDAY, APRIL 11.
at 1.30 p.m., consisting of following:
Living; roan furniture; mahogany
settee; mahogany table; occasional
chair; 3 small tables; 2 rocking
chairs; 'Morris chair; fernery; studio
couch; book case; walnut what -not;
k oak hall rack; 2 extension tables;
• sideboard; 6 dining room chairs,
1 Walnut bed and springs; 2 bed
a moan suites; 2 other beds; 2 chest
t of drawers; te,pestay eng S'x9'; con-
- goleum rug 9'x9'; linoleum mg 43s'x
d 6'; porcelain topped kitchen table;
treater; range; hot plate; electric
iron; 2 cake cabinets; hand washing
machine; pore)) chairs; glider; 2
toilet sets; pictures; sealers and
numerous other arbieles.
JAMES ALLEN, Proprietor.
E,DWA,RD W. ELLIOTT, Auctioneer
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Spring Improvements
Already Under Way
LOW COST LOANS AID
FORWARD-LOOKING FARMERS
For many 'a progressive fames:.
Spring is the time for putting into
effect plans to make his farm more
pa'oductive and more profitable.
Hundreds ,of Canadian farmers'
'
looking for ready money to finance
'looking
improvements, have found the
answer in is Farms Improvement Loan
from the Bank of Montreal. Such
loans have covered the purchase of
l'agricultural equipment and irachin-
ery electrical systems, livestock sot
:bungling up 'herds, and a score of
lother purposes that have helped in-
crease farm profits.
Do you want to repair or extend
your farm buildings, buy a new sep-
arator or refrigeration pnlnp, instal
a better drainage system or improve
your farm in any other way this
Spring? If so, call at the Is of M
to discuss you: financial require-
ments.
Mr. Robinson, manager of the
loeal branch, will be glad to discuss
your plans with you. You will find
he understands a farmer's problems,
and he win be anxious to help you
get your improvement plans under
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CLINTON
NOTICE
TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITII
FOX BOUNTY
Township of Tucker m til will pay bounty on
foxes killed within the Municipality at the rate of
$3.00 for a mature fax and $2.00 for a pup. Persons
claiming bounty must produce pelt to the Clerk
within two days of the killing and take the neces-
sary affidavit.
E. P. CHESNEY,
CLERK
Township of Tuckersmith
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