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The Seaforth News, 1938-07-07, Page 7THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1938 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE SEVEN • * 1/...74,011 1 Duplicate I � I Monthly Statements I I II 111 I jAlso best quality Metal Hinged Sea I r Idone! Post Binders and Index. t I I I The Seaforth News I I I 0 •'e-!•rI1mo..11i.0....in....YY--�aasw+Ylw.....wn-...-.cF-••...1. We can save you money on Bill and Change Forms, standard sizes to at ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Phone 84 SHOULD WE !RAISE HORSES. (Experimental Farms .Note) With the return of spring activities it is a very opportune time to ana- lyse the horse power available on farm, what it will be next year and the next few years. According to the Dominion Live Stock Service, the horse industry in Canada suffered a steady ,decline in population of almost half a million, or 14!11 per cent from 19Z6 to 119316, The United States Bur- eau of Agricultural Economics reports a total decline of 28 per cent for the corresponding period. In Quebec the horse population was 388,690 against 12166,1600 in '191315, or a decrease of 213.2 per cent for the same period. While it is known that more mares have been bred and more colts raised during the last few years, states J. ,A. Ste. Marie, Dominion Experimental 'Farm, Lennoxville, Que., yet the av- erage age of the horses at present in use is high and it is safe to assume that the horses will continue to rise in prices for a few years. Therefore, whoever is in need of horses should give due thought to this question. The point often discussed is: Who should raise horses In the writer's .opinion, every farmer should aim to raise at least enough horses to take care of his needs, and, others with the necessary facilities would find it an interesting line to intensify on their farms. This is the time of the year most of the breeding of mares is being done. While the 'best date of (breeding a mare will rest very largely with eacllt individual farmer, in prac- tice, foals born in May or 'June will do best. ' The most important consideration is to choose the soundest and most likely mare available and breed her to the :best stallion in the district, keeping in mind the endeavor to raise a colt that will meet the Market demand when offered for sale. 'W'hen the mare has been bred, it is wise to return her to the stallion at 411 days after the first service to veri- fy she is in 'foal. Should the mare fail to be ie Foal after two or three ser- vices, she should be examined by a qualified veterinary before being re- turned again. In practice, also, it is often noted that mares coming from a distance to .be bred will arrive in a heated condition and often in the rush of time, itis desiredto have the mare bred at once, with the return to the •farm taking plane at once and sometimes hurriedly. This is a bad start. The mare, upon arriving at the !breeding station,should have a rest of half an hour if 'heated! through coming a distance. After being bred, she should also 'be given fifteen to 20 minutes rest. The raising of 'horses is like any other enterprise. it is the study and the application of the details that .will lead .to success. +Many foals would be saved if more were known of the de- tails of procedure, particularly at foaling time. Farmers may secure such information from the nearest agricultural office. Fruit Crop Report. Western Ontario: Present moisture and temperature conditions continue very favourable, 'particularly in regard to assisting the best cultural opera- tions. Insects and fungus pests are under excellent control int most well: sprayed orchards,but in poorly spray- ed ostchards or where rain interfered, scab is reported to be developing. Moisture supp`iies are needed in Nia- gara Peninsula and Burlington. iStrawiberries—Despite frost damage to early bloom in localized areas of moat :producing districts, the splendid plant development itt existing wide row's with generally heavy bloom and increased acreage wilt undoubtedly, offset any ,frost ,damage, and pros- pects are now favourable for a larger production than last year. The 'prelim- inary estimate shows an increase of 8 per cent for Western Ontario. Raspberries—!Despite .estimated de- crease of 6 per cent in ;bearing acreage, all indications .point to a yield .practi- cally equal to :that of last season, This is accounted for by 'vigorous cane growth, good set and fruit develop- ment to date. 101ther small ;Fruits—A medium to heavy set is showing on all currant and gooseberry plantations, and, with continued favourable weather, an av- erage crop of good size fruit is anti- cipated. Apples—'A very irregular and varia- ble condition exists in respect to crop prospects of the various commercial varieties due largely to loyal weather conditions during blooming period. Over. the whole of Western Ontario, Spy, McIntosh, Snow, and 'Wealthy now promise a slightly below average to average crop, while Greening, Bald- win and early varieties are below av- erage, The total apple production at present time can be classed as slight- ly below average. Cherries—Sweet Cherries promise What could be more complete than a combina- tion offer that gives you a choke of your favourite magazines—Sends you your local newspaper— and gives yourself and family enjoyment and entertainment throughout the whole year — Why not take advantage of this remarkable offer that means a real saving in money to you? This Offer Fully Guaranteed— All Renewals Will Be Extended MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY SELECT ANY THREE OF THESE MAGAZINES ❑ Maclean's (24 Issues) 1 yr. 0 Chatelaine 1 yr. 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Pears—Irregular set exists ]both as to variety and district. In Niagara West and Burlington areas, Bartletts are•genera'lay light, whereas in Niagara East all varieties have an average set. Kieffers show average and other varies ties sligilely ,below average, with total pear 'production prospects at present time reported to be slightly below av- erage. Peaches Ata average crop of all va- rieties of peaches is now indicated and extensive thinning 'operations are yn progress. Although the vet on some old trees is comparatively light, this is offset iby a large acreage of younger trees which are just corning into full bearing. Plums—Although set is irregular according to varieties and localized areas, slightly below average crop prospects are now indicated. General- ly speaking the Japanese varieties, while medium to .good in Eastern Nia- gara, are light to medium in Niagara West and Burlington. European varie- ties, such es Damsons are generally light, Grapes --Blue grapes show average Drop prospects with a 2 ,and 3' bunch set, while White grapes are on the light side, Vineyards are, however, in excellent condition and a good aver- age total crop under .favorable eandi- tions is now in prospect. Tomato and Celery Blights Tomato and celery blights are caus- ed by parasitic fungi which, under fav- ourable conditions, .attacks the leaves and sometimes the stems of the plants, killing various sized areas and fre- quently resulting in severe defoliation in the case of tomatoes, and a wither- ing .of the older leaves •af celery, Sev- ere attacks, particularly early in the season, stunt the growth of the 'plants and reduce the .marketable crop. Since these blights are parasitic they can usually he readily controlled by careful and adequate spray measures, but similar recommendations are hot applicable to' both crops on account of a variation in their 'tolerance to fungi- cides. While celery ;benefits from ap- plications of copper futugicides, even when 'blights are not present, tomatoes should not be sprayed except to con- trol' the diseases. The recommendations for .the con- trol of celery blights are to apply a copper fungicide Bordeaux mixture 4- 4-40 or Burgundy mixture 44-40 (copper sulphate .and sal soda and wa- ter)' at least twice to the seedling plants and every seven to ten days in the field, preferably before rather titan following rains. Rapidly gr0w711g plants require more frequent applica- tions since it is essential that the new growth be thoroughly covered with the fungicide. These blights may also be controlled iby a 30 -'S -dehydrated copper sulphate plus lime dust, •pro- vided they are treated when the air is still and the ,plants are wet with dew. In the case of tomatoes, when blights are present it is advisable to spray with Bordeaux 41-3k40 in the seedbed as well as in the field, Since growth may be retarded 'by the appli- cation of the fungicide, particularly if applied diose to the transplanting per- iod, it is advisable, unless the blights are causing severe damage; to with- hold the spray for five to seven days before, and 'five to six weeks after tra'nsp'lanting. "MYSTERY GAS" STANDS TEST Daring 'Mystery Gas" tests which took place in six Canadian cities dur- ing May hate now been explained by anannouncement that the mystery fuel was Canada's new gasoline, the improved Blue Sunoco from which the cdlor had been removed 'during the tests to prevent identification. Purpose .of these 'tests, state offic- ials of the Sun Oil Co., Limited, was to obtain 'from motorists . unpreju- diced opinions as to the improve- ments wiiidh have 'been. effected in Blue Sunoco, Conducted by an inde- pendent fact-finding organization, the tests were • made by 11(069 motorists chosen at random, driving practically all makes of cars, ,Each car was drained of the gaso- line it had 'been using ,and refitted with the `mystery motor fuel." A•fteb each motorist :had given the gasoline a thorough test, the reponts wore col- lected and tabulated. The result was that, '86%a of ;the motorists reported that this "Mystery Gasoline" gave a .better performance than the 'gasolines they, had been using, which totalled 3a, ineluding 1113 premium -priced fuels. This .new improved Blue Sunoco, now available to all motorists, is be- lieved to be the 'first gasoline itt Can- ada to be thoroughly tested and ,proven by motorists themselves be- fare, being .placed on the market. Send us the names of .your visitors. TOWN TOPICS 'TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Deviney of St. Ma spent the week end itt town,—M Mary Fidiayson of Toronto was visitor in town this week.—Mr, base was in Toronto last week.—M Janet Lindsay of Florence is visiti in town,—Mr, B. Kydd, of Berl spent Sunday with !friends in town, Mrs, 'Thomas Beattie of Toronto w a weekend visitor with friends town,—,Mrs, Wm Drew of Toron was a week -end visitor at the Iho of Mr, john Dodds. --Mrs. M. Brod rick left Saturday far Chicago a Denver where site will spend the ne two months.=Miss 'Jean Ohidtey Clinton is the :guest of friends here. Mr, James 'Robb and Miss Rob left on a trip to 'Edmonton. The many friends wish them a ve pleasant holiday, — Mr, and :Mr Hugh 'Wels'h and daughter Gladys Hamilton are 'visiting the former parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Welsh: Messrs. M. Broderick, D. S'hanaha Geo. E. Henderson, W. 'E. 'Kersiak and '3'. McQuade motored over to th horse races at ,Listowel on Tuesda —The Canada Furniture 'Co. hay closed down for a couple of weeks t take stock and make repairs number of local 'bowlers attended th bowling tournament in •Goderich o Tuesday,—Mrs. Laurie, of S'eatbl Washington, is the guest of her siste —The W. T, 13.'s .held •a 'jolly littl affair in Case's Hall last night—Wm Hargon of Ingersoll spent a fe days in town last week.—Miss IGret Watson of Regina is expected• hom this week.—Miss Maude Hartry o Red Deer, Alta,, is home for the sum mer vacation—+Andy 'Thei1 has gon to Berlin where he has accepted position.—Cardno Bros. are ,havin the roof of the opera house covere with elastic roof paint. The work i being clone by E, E Hallett,—Mr. S Noble of London, Eng., spent th week end with his cousin, Mrs. J. B Thompson. Mr. 'Noble is the head o he Immigration department of th Salvation Army.—Misses Gladys an Sadie Thompson leave to -day on isit with Miss Aileen Raymond it London,—Mr, R. H. Archibald, wh tas .been teaching at Guelph for th sash two years, has accepted a posi ion on the staff of the Dunvill choal,—.Miss Sadie Holahan is !tom cont Zephyr for the summer—Mrs tewart and children from 'Portland Ore„ are visiting the former's par nts, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McDougall —Mr, Frank Docherty is spendio its vacation in Detroit—Mrs. Ru oiph of Toronto, who has been vis ting friends here for the past tw weeks, has returned to the city. Bayfield. Some three or four hundred people saw the game of football between Bayfield and Tuckersmith, on the (list, the score being .5 to 0 in favor of Bayfield. The game was fast and clean. Mr. Holman of Seaforth reF- ereecl.—IDr. Lloyd Moffat and wife, of London, motored up to spend the hol- iday:—Former school teacher, N. El- liott, from Tara, is back at the lake- side for a two week's holiday.—Mr. F. S. 'Glass, of London, is spending a few days at his cottage which is beau- tifully situated on the river bank. Bass fishing has been exceptionally good this season, --Mr, C. Edwards and son Fred of Toronto have made many good catches.—Mr, Casey At- kinson and Mn, Parsons of Detroit have gone in their yacht for a nine days' trip to Georgian Bay. Dublin. Miss C. McKenna has gone to Mil- waukee to spend the summer months. —Miss Mary Pierce of Detroit is vis- iting friends here. --Quite a number from here enjoyed the excursion to Goderich, Mrs, (Dr.) Michell and Mrs. Jas. Krauskopf are in Stratford. Zurich, Rev. C C J. Maass left last week for his new home near Philadelphia. Mr. Maass and his estimable wife will be greatly missed.—C. Hartleib has bought the Morson harness stock at Hensail,—Mr. Russell ,Zeller is spend- ing the week in Detroit with relatives. — Industrial development coupled with a reasonable demand for protec- tion make it clear that .Zurich should have waterworks.—Miss Gladys Mc- Nivin of the public school staff of teachers, has left for her (tome in Goderich.—The winery of the lake is no more. The 'building used for that purpose is now equipped for manu- facture of heating apparatus.—Mr. F. W. Rarttconub, CIE., and assistants are here surveying ,and staking out the east ,branch of the big 'drain north of ;Zurich.—The first load of new hay for the .season was brought into town on Saturday by Mr. Chris Either, "Why the shivers?" "Thio is my fifteenth ice cream and niy •girl hasn't turned up." 'Why not have a 'hot drink?" "Daren'tl We've never seen one another—it's all been done by writ- ing—and I- told her she'd recognize me becaltse • I'd be eating. ice ,cream!" D. H McInnes Chiropractor Office — Commercial Hotel Hours—Moat. and Thurs. after Electro Therapist — Massage noons and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treat - meat Phone 22V. HAZARDS OF HIGHWAY TRAVEL A CENTURY AGO A chart a £ the hazards ls of highway travel in (Ontario; which has reached such an appallling peak :to=day, would date back more than a century. 'Rec- ords do not indicate the toll which reckless idrivi•ng and runaway .horses may have taken (100 years ago 'but the thrilling experience .of highway robbery was not uncommon and at east one case of "drunken driving" has been recorded, Robbery of mail and !passenger on Upper Canada stage coaches operat- ng between Kingston and Toronto (then York) was reported as early as 118211, four years after the service— inking Montreal and 'Toronto over - and -began. • "During the winter of 18418," one tistorian notes, "a drunken driver drove the Upper Canada stage into open water of a lake. One of the pas- sengers clung to 'the stage coach all tight and had his hands so badly rested that they had 'to Ibe am- putated," These exciting dangers of the road were the cause of less concern, haw - ever, than the discomforts of travel n the early 111th century. 'Roads on which .114 per cent grades were but one of the unfavorable conditions, were not uncommon, and during the spring and fall vehicular travel was invited to two or three miles an hour. These .conditions existed at a time when stage. coach travel in 'England had 'became a network of lines .com- parable with the motor coach ser- vices in America today and horse- drawn coaches were averaging from 10 to 14 miles an hour, "In '1(8316," it is reported, "bhe Dun- das Road near IGueiph was :almost mpassable in spring 'and autumn and little better in summer. In 13512, there was yet no .road fit .for vehicular traffic 'between Goderich and Port Sarnia," Those uncertain days of travel were unhappy ones for the farmer who paid .16 cents, or higher. per bushel, to convey his wheat crap to Lake ,Ontario from nearby townships. In some years because of the had state of the roads and consequent cost of transportation, it was unprofitable to market his grain. Land values suffered greatly in the districts where existing trunk roads fell into disrepair. In the early 111830's however, the 'Upper Canada Legislat- ure recognized .the need of highway improvement and made grants for the construction of plank roads on Yonge Street, Kingston Road and Dundas Road, with immediate enhancement of land values justifying the •p'ub'lic ex- penditure, "So important was fhe effect of plank roads," it is recorded. "that their caustrt ction through the town- ships of Toronto and Chinguacousy increased the value of •farms along their routes by 30 per .cent, The physical asset of good roads upon which thousands of square miles of farm and orchard lands are abutting in rural ;Ontario today is no less apparent. This year and within. the last decade that process of 4100 years ago is being repeated in North- ern Ontario as the great northern trunk roads of the provincial highway system cu t by the homesteader's door, (bringing hint ;76 miles closer to Toronto .and within short driving dis- tance of his local markets, He -"It is estimated by the end of a940, twelve million people will be living in auto trailers" She—+'Yes, all the houses will be vacant and the vacant lot< will be occupied." Suitor—!Please marry me, dear. Actress—I'll marry you on one condition. You've got to let hie con- tinue with my career, Suitor—Let you! I'm depending on it. Husband. (fighting a hosing 'battle): "You're not entirely without faults yourself." V1'ife—"I'm aware of that. If I'd had a few less I'd have been able to get a much better husband than you." The young lawyer, retained by a farrier to •bring an action against a railway company for the 'loss of 214 pigs, did his best toimpress the jury with the magnitude of the case, "Just think of it, ;gentlemen! Twen ty-fo.ur pigs—twice the number there are in the jury. lox!"