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The Clinton News Record, 1936-09-17, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD TiERJRS.., SEPT. :1,7, 1936 NO Timely Information. for the Bush' Farmer "( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) Current Crop Report , Grey County reports its apple crop this year equal to that of 1935, with all fall apples turning out a good average crop and with Duchess near ly double last year's. McIntosh how- ever show a decline of about 30 'per. cent. Estimated production of Geor- gian Bay fruit district is . between 65,000 ancl '75,000 barrels. Quality is exceptionally fine. Huron County has a similarly encouraging report ib this respect. In Waterloo yields of grain have been very 'disappointing, Livestock in Brant is in fair condi- Ition, with pastures improving due to recent showers. Lincoln reports peaches as plentiful, but apple3"are only 50 per cent. of a normal crop. More rain is needed in Welland to prepare a proper seed bed for fall tvheat: Sowing of fall wheat is re- ported general throughout Went- worth. Alfalfa and second growth meadows have helped out the pasture situation in Oxford. Pastures in Middlesex are still very dry, although prospects are better sincerecent showers. Prince Edward reports that recent rains will greatly benefit corn, potatoes, tomatoes, roots, apples and pastures. Eastern Ontario has also benefited considerably by the .down- fall_ of moisture and the countryside is looking well. "Cost of Milk" 'Survey By Ontario Producers What does it cost to produce milk in Ontario? The milk producers of Ontario aim to have an answer to this question in the very near future. Through the co-operation of the Ec- onomics and Dairy Husbandry De- partments of the Ontario Agricultur- al College and the Economics Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture, a'research staff is now actively en- gaged in this study. It is planned to learn the cost for every section of Ontario and for ev- ery very type of market. To this task the milk producers' associations interest- ed in cheese, butter, concentrated products and whole milk, in co-opera- tion with the;_two above-named agen- cies, have thus far secured the active support -of more than 1500 individual milk producers throughout Ontario. Each co-operator has been supplied with an account book which has been carefully prepared by the Ontario Agricultural College and the Domin- ion Economics Branch, and approved by the joint committee of the milk producers. During the year, repre- sentatives plan to call on each of the farmer producers to provide any de- sired assistance in connection with the keeping of the records. For some considerable time the milk producers have felt that the ac- curately determined costof produc- tion would be of great benefit to them in arriving at a satisfactory sale price. With this data at their command, they are convinced they will be placed in a more favourable position. On the other hand, the milk distributor, knowing the most advantageous consumer price and al- so his distribution cost as the result of his constant contact with consum- bra, is in an advantageous position In dealing with 'farmers. Many factors in addition to price are included in the agreemente'drawn up as between milk producers and distributors, and it is the prerogative of the Ontario Milk Control Board to exercise authority in connection with agreements made between these two parties, international Plowing Match Being Held at Cornwall The enthusiasm displayed to date by farmers and agricultural experts of the Province of Quebec and New York State, as Well as those in On- tario, promises to make the Interna- tional Plowing Match and Farm Ma- chinery Demonstration to be held from Oct. 6 to 9 at Cornwall, Ont., by far the largest and inost, inter- national event of its kind in the world, according to a statement is- sued by J. A. Carroll, Secretary -'Man- ager of the Ontario Plowmen's AM- dation, ssoelation, under whose auspices it is held each year. "Many new' features win be in- cluded on the official program this year," Mr. Carroll anounced, "and foremost' among these will be the new 'visit'ors class' which is open on- ly to residents of the United States, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces,, This competition will be held on the closing day of the match and, be -1 cause of the international aspectof this year's meeting, will probably be watched with the keenest interest by all who. attend." Mr. Carroll stated that several groupsof farmers across the border were planning to charter busses to bring contestants and visitors to Cornwall. He said that he had in - 1 formed their farm bureaus that the Ontario Highway' Traffic Act permit- ted motor busses while on chartered trips to operate in this provinces without, Ontario registration plates. Officials of the match have been assuredof a strong contingent of skilled plowmen fl`om Quebec, prize winners in many contests in their. own province. These contestants will also demonstrate the excellent pro- gress made in horse -breeding in Que- bec by' bringing teams representing the breeds most used in Quebec. They will include Percheron ,Belgian, Clydesdale, andthe native French- Canadian breed. The latter was e- volved in Quebec and, is the only breed of horse originated in Canada, These teams will qualify for- the horse show- held during the match by. participating in the plowing contests. An old-world touch will be provided by a few yoke of oxen from the French-speaking province which. will participate in a special plowing dem-. enstation. Also on display will be at least ane pais of the French-Cana- dian breed of cattle. Plans for the four-day assembly at Cornwall have been thoroughly worked out by the executive of the Ontario Plowmen's Association in co-operation with. the Eastern Coun- ties Plowmen's Association, made up of ten branches from the seven On- tario counties of Glengarry, Stor- t Mont, Dundee, Grenville, Carleton, Prescott and Russell. Ten local com- mittees are completing all details which they claim will make this year's match the greatest in the his- tory of the association and exhibition plowing. There will be more than SQ coni - petitions on the program, with tro- phy and cash awards valued at over 34,000. As the match will be held within 25 miles of the Quebec boundary and just across the Roosevelt Bridge from the international border, the execu Eve committee has been given every assurance that many thousands of spectators will come from Quebec and the United States to support their local contestants, and present indications point to the breaking of last year's record of more than 500 competitors and 100,000 spectators. CROP REPORT September 10th, 1936. Below will be found a brief syn- opsis of telegraphic reports received at the Head Office of the Bank of Montreal from its Branches. General Although harvesting operations in the Prairie Provinces have been de- layed temporarily by light to heavy scattered shower's, threshing is ap- proaching completion in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Southern Alberta. Wheat yields generally are light, but the high quality of the grain is be- ing well maintained.' General rains are needed to facilitate fall cultiva- tion and to restore soil moisture re- serves. In Quebec during the past twoweeks crops have been slow in ripening owing to cool weather and rains, and these have also delayed harvesting, but except in the case of apples, good crops are indicated. In Ontario 'crops generally are below normal, except in the Southwestern and Eastern sections. Pastures and late crops have been improved by re- cent rains. In the Maritime Provin- ces- crop conditions generally continue to be satisfactory but rain and cool weather have delayed harvesting op- erations. In British Columbia crops generally are satisfactory' and grow- ing crops benefited by heavy rains at the end of August. Province of ,Ontario Fall wheat was harvested under favourable conditions- with an aver age yield but spring grains were dis- appointing. Late spring frosts and absence of moisture when filling re- duced yields and quality consider ably Growth of corn was-rearded but With recent rains has shown a dis- tinct improvement. Roots have been revived and are progressing favour- ably. An average yield of sugar beets is indicated. Small fruits and early tree varieties were much below normal but late applesg are sizing well. Canning and field peas were light owing to unfavourable weather conditions. Tomatoes of good qual- ity are being delivered to canneries in fair volume; the yield is dependent apoit Autumn weather. conditions. Harvesting of tobacco has commenc- ed with prospective yield and quality Well below average. HAPP[NI.NG8 (continued from page 3) WHEN STEEL CAME TO GODERICH against 25 for his opponent and be- came the first M,P. for Huron. He died in 1841. Thesettlers nominated the Tiger to take his place, while Captain James McGill Strachan was the Canada Company nominee. With open voting at Rattenbuiy's Hotel —(this was on the road between Clinton and Goderich) lasting a week, feeling ran high. Ri- oting was prevented only by the ar- rival of the 'militia' from London. When the returns gave Strachan a majority of 31, Tiger Dunlop . con- tested the election, and a commission was sent to Goderich from York. When they ;learned that the Canada Company had notified their settlers to vote for Strachan or be dosed out, and that fraudulent votes had been cast, Captain Strachan—a truly fine gentleman—was unseated and the Tiger was awarded the seat. In 1849, after the passing of the Municipal Act, which ended Canada Company rule, Goderich was Meer; porated as a town, but Tiger Dunlop• did not live to see this. He died the previous year while serving as sup- erintendent of the Lachine Canal, and now rests beside his brother in the Dunlop Cairn at Gairbraid, near the village of Saltford which is just "over the river" from Goderieh. That opencairn, with the slabs of the family lying flat upon the graves enclosed by the rock wall, is ',the greatest landmark to remind visitors of the stirring days that formed the opening chapters of Huron history. One Saltford resident, Harry Mc- Creath, has done much to improve the appearance of the cairn_ but the last time I visited it I had to remove N.R. hill and marched across the the grass from the slabs to read the 'foot -bridge constructed by army en - time -worn inscriptions. g]neers. Many Goderich boys answered the call to arms. The memorial to those from the town and nearby country- side who gave their all "in honor and Then, when drillers, seeking oil, glory" reminds us all too, well that found salt, the town bloomed and the descendents of British and Penn- business flourished. The salt Indus- sylvania Dutch settlers have cher- try made Goderich known throughout ished freedom and a simple admire- the world. When Lord Dufferin vis 1 tion of their forefathers and of Can- ited Goderich, in 1875, arches around ada. the "square" were made of salt bar- rels, Here are a few faded pictures front those times. Because of the immense business between Goderich INTEREST of that gale of fury:.—went down an over 200 lives were lost! In wintertime sailors, with time on their hands, turned to hockey and, in her day, Goderich had a hockey team that ranked among the top-notchers The last great ice classic was about twenty-two years ago when the sail- ors played Peterboro: The battle, a regular old-time iionnybrook, contin- ued at the Bedford Hotel following the game and the bus which carried the Peterboro warriors to the Grand Trunk station had every window -Uro - leen en route. In Goderich every boy of former generations caraied a moniker. There were so many McDonalds, McDou- gals, McKays, McLean% and McLeods that people had to distinguish each individual with a nickname. The cus- tom 'spread to include every boy. To mention merely a few of then:: Bliss, Beachy, Balky, Geek, Hog, Husky, Plug, Punch; Rock, Spike, Suet, and Whiskers. c1, Peregrine Maitland. (Goderich was rained in honor of Lord. Goderich.) Where the Indians camped on the river flats there is now a fine golf course. The old Opera House (where I won a prize for being the first kid to whistle alter eating a number of soda biscuits) is now the weary "Garden" for the followers of John L. and transient bone -crushers.. The ' rivalry in sport and social ambitions between the Menesetung Canoe Club and the 1VIarine Club no longer exists.' The life-saving boat, which was fox so many years in charge of Captain Babb, has gone where the grapevine twineth. A few fishing boats still put out from the harbor and one day last year the McKay Brothers and Albert Leonard made a haul of over four tons of. perch, The Octogenar- ian Club (a noted institution com- prised of men past the eighty mark) has changes in its membership an- nually, Graham's castle and Gay Green's curiosity shop stand like yesterday. The Park House, at the top of Har- bor Hill,stands close to the site of Tiger' Dunlop's first'log structure and was the . office of Thomas Mercer Jones, Galt's successor as superinten- dent of the Canada Company. An im- mense hand -forged anchor, all that was salvaged from the Menesetung II when she was rammed and sunk by an American schooner in the early days of Goderich, rests on a platform not far from the lighthouse that casts its circling beam out on Lake Huron to welcome or warn mariners. Near.. the lighthouse stands a relic of the Crimean War but since 1887, when a ramrod killed ; the little Coutts boy, the old cannon has rested in silence. The Memorial Gates on Huron Road, erected on the occasion of the Goderich Centennial in 1927. commemorate in their twin pillars the two founders of the town—John Galt and Tiger Dunlop. The Buffalo and Lake Huron Rail- way laterbecame part of the Grand Trunk. Today the line from Goderich is a connecting link in the Canadian Nationalchain and that link is one of the best in the entire system. As a youngster I Iiked to clamber on the yard engine and ride front the harbor to the top of the hill. It is about a utile and a third from the harbor to the C.N. station and the grade is very steep—almost two per cent., if I am correctly informed. In the early days The war ended the military train- ing aemp at Attrih's, across the Mait- land, when young men would gather at night to sing: "Tenting tonight on the old camp ground . ." How well I remember when a ` Grand Trunk trainload of soldiers pulled in- to the station at Goderich one night and one of the officers asked a bunch of pop -eyed youngsters for directions to the camp. We all offered explana- tions and .completely muddled the of- ficer who thereupon chose me as his scout. At the head of the whole re- giment I marched, -with the head man himself across the Maitland bridge, through Saltford, and around the winding road to the camp. I doubt if I will ever have a bigger thrill in my life! At other times the soldiers were moved in coaches down the C. By this bine there was a lively trade in lumber, flour and other commodities 'on the Lakes and ship- building became a thriving industry. Fishing entered into its heydey. and American cities, chiefly in salt and fish, a United States Consul was stationed at Goderich. About twen- ty-five fishing boats (to be later sup- planted by steam tugs) putout from the harbor in quest of herring, which were then in great demand. Stur- geon, now a' luxury, could not be given away! The taverns, some of which still stand today, did a roar- ing business. At every grocery store there was a barrel of free liquor for the gentlemen customers and tea on the stove for the ladies! When salt was discovered inpay- ing quantities in the United Stater a number of owners of salt weIIs in Goderich and Saltford lost their shirts. The strong survived, and salt is still an important industry; The Western Canada Flour Mills has a salt output of 12,000 tons .per year' and the Goderich Salt Company pro- duces about 60 tons per day! : Inci- dentally, last summer, at such a re- mote place as Great Bear Lake, I was pleased to find salt with the Goderich label. With the opening of the Canadian West, Goderich became one of the most important points on the Great Lakes forthe trans -shipment of grain. The first grain elevator was built in 1860 by the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway to handle grain from the schooners. By 1890 grain from the West Was being dumped in- to its bins. In 1897 it was destroyed by fire and a half million bushel elevator was constructed by the new- ly -organized Goderich • EIevator and Transit Company. A fire wiped out the plant' in 1905. This time the elevator was rebuilt of concrete and, with frequent additional bins being built, now has a total storage of three million. bushels. In 1928 .it handled nearly 17,000,000 bushels, the Western Canada Flour Mills handling an additional 4,000,000 bushels. The latter plant, with a milling capacity of 2,500 barrels of flour per day in addition to its ele- vator and salt plant has grown to such proportions since 1875 when Ogilvie and Hutchison built a 100 - barrel stone mill. The harbor at Goderich is today entirely different from that in which schooners sought shelter. Now : two long docks shoot out into the Lake and the harbor is guarded by two long concrete breakwaters, to which Bert McDonald, the harbor master; hustles anglers when the fish are, nibbling. There is a minimum depth of 23 feet in the harbor and, in 1928, 22 grain carriers berthed for the win- ter in its shelter, with 6,000,000 addi- tional bushels in their holds. • Goderich has given more than her uota of men to the marine calling, which a large number of young and old "chiefs" and "skippers" give vidence. Many of her sailors "lie Jeep. in the deep", for' the storms of e Great Lakes are not mild affairs, n November 9th, 1913,, with, many reighters stranded' to become' a to- tal loss, 13 ships -caught in the teeth a to A directory c.,.? cold storage war•e- ;houses in Canada has just been pub- ev in English and French as a as farmers' bulletin by the Dominion th Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 0 and is available on request to the fr and Extension Branch. Time has wrought changes in Goderich. The Menesetung River was changed to the Maitland in hon- or of the Lieutenant -Governor, Sir 0 FARMERS Back to School! School days are here again! In thousands of households, life gets back to after - holiday regularity and routine. The home telephone IheIps the children to keep :in touch with their new-found classmates — lightens' the home -keeping burdens for Mother — keeps Father in touch with his world. Have you a telephone in your home? Nothing yields more for what it costs than the home telephone. the -yard engine labored to move two cars of grain up the hill at one time. Now, powerful locomotives haul six ears and more up the hill without dif- ficulty. Many old-timers clearly recall when wood furnished fuel for the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway. The original site of the railway ter- minal at Goderich was near the Hu- ron Road—about a mile and a half from the present location. The turn- table pit may be seen there today. Then, Indians gathered to watch the "iron horse" perform and marveled, that it remained on the tra4ks. William C. (Billy) Patton is part of the Canadian National System at Goderich, He has been on the yard engine there for twenty-seven years Whenever I call on hint now he likes .. to have me tell of my vagabond jour- neys along the Arctic or in the Or- ient„ while I prefer to recall the "good old days" when 1 travelled de luxe on the Grand Trunk up the hill -. at Goderich. `JsTIEIERE is the answer to— WHAT you ought to buy? WHERE you ought to buy? . WHERE you ought to sell? WHAT you ought to do? . WHY, in our advertising columns, of course. WHICH please read, WHEN pleasure and; profit will result.