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The Seaforth News, 1934-04-05, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS. DIED IN CLINTON. There passed away on Friday at the home of his 'daughter, •2Ylrs. jaunt MdGiUI .of Ctintaat William 'Stevens, in his 1&9th year, His passing was due ,to his -advanced age, He was born at 'Barnstaple, North Devon, England,, on eantiary 1I2,',11814I6. Hiis parents were the late RWilliam Stevens and Mary (Blake, his wife. ;In June, 11&67, he married Maria Knowles Daley and two years later they carne to Can- ada. After experiencing some duffrcul- ty in obtaining living quarters they secured a house in Clinton, where they reside(! for three years. He afterwards fanmed for '315 years on the 9th cont- cass•iou o•f Mullett. Twenty - eight years ago they 'retired from farming and moved to Glutton where they 'continued to reside, Mrs. .Stevens passed an five years ago. Mr, (Stevens. ,was a valued member .of ILondesboro Methodst Ohuroh, at the building of which the was one of the active 'mem- bers. Surviving are two brothers, Frederick and :James, and one sister, Miss Elizabeth, of a family of ten; •on'e son, William of Seaforth; •four daughter, Mrs, III, Penguilly, iD!r'es- Aden, ,Mouth Dakota; Mrs. John Clark, MciLeod, (Alta,; Mrs, James MdGili1, Clinton, and Mrs. !William Watson, Sunderland, Ont. There also survive fourteen grand children and eight grandchildren. The funeral took place :Monday from the home of vtr. and Mrs. James McGill, Huron Road, one mile east of Clinton. * * *. s * * * * . *. * * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER * * (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * * ment of •Agriculture.) * * * * * * * * * * * * New Egg Grades ,The revised :Dominion egg grading regulations recently passed at Ot- tawa are now in 'force in :Ontario for all shipments.. The (forme r grade names of fresh specials, fresh extras, /firsts, seconds, pullet extras, etc. etc., 'have been changed to A41, A, B, and "C, with different weight classifications ' within each grade. The Chief 'purpose of the revision is to enable the farmer to he paid on a ,quality basis, ,as well as snaking it possiblefor the consumer to tell what * e or she is buying. (Producers are !allowed eight eggs per half -case under grade an examination and suitable penalties are made 'for any infringe- ment. Hog Outlook Favourable 'While it is likely _'thcr e will be some temporary price declines during the present year, the trend of hog prices appears upward. ,Market supply prospects are for a moderate volume during the ,first half of the year, fol- +"iowed by a fairly substantial increase. Prosects for export appear to be sat- isfactory, .and the restrictions existing on exports frown foreign countries sell- ing to the (British ,market are working ,quite favourably toward stabilization of prices. Despite the present favour- able export ,o•dtlook improvement 'in breeding, feeding, selection end pro- cessing so as to secure a large per- centage top grades of bacon is much more desirable than a marked increase in .general production, PAGE THREE More Than $2,000 in Prizes Offered for Malting Barley This Province is ideally suited to the growinlg,of Ifirat=class 'malting bar ley and, with the iperpose of encour- aging the efforts of 'Ontario .fainters in producing this, ,crop, the Ontario and 'Quebec ,Brewing Industry has of- fered prizes amounting to well over two thousand dollars. 'T'his was the recent 'anutounoe•ment of Hon. Thomas L. :Kennedy, Minister of ',Agriculture For iOn•tari'o. Ali Ontario farmers will be eligible .for competition, 'an'd the media used for exhibiting will include •the Winter. Seed Fairs, 'Combined (Field Crop Competitions, end the Fall (Fairs, six- ty of 'which have already been sel- ected. ,Prizes at the Winter and 'Seed Faiirswill total some two hundred and fifty d'ollar.s. 'Combined Field Crop caant:mations have been allotted ,over one 'thousand dollars; and (Fall Fairs a similar amount. 'Much prizes, end details of ,competition, will he under the administration of *he !Superin- tendent 'of Agricultural 'Societies, J. A. :Carron, 'Parliamen't !Buildings, To- ronto. In connection with the ,Field Crop Competitions, societies' have .been chosen in areas particullerly well- saiited'to producing the desired quality of barley, (All competitors must be paid-up members of_ an Agricultural 'Society. There .must be at least ten entries, and :tot less than eight crops inspected. 11t is further required that only Register- ed O. A, C. 1No, '211, Barley be sown, and 'that the minimum( acreage be five acres, In case where a field entered for competition comprises more than five acres the entire 'field will be judged. 'Before a competitor can qualify for t prize, at least fifty bushels of the crop must be cleaned to Grade No !1. Field and bin inspection will'be made without cost, and barley 'must be ready for bin inspection and final gra- ding not later than 'December 1. Prizes in each competition will be awarded as follows: First, thirty dollars; Second,twenty-five dollars; Third, twenty dollars; /Fourth, fifteen dollars; Firth, ten 'dollars, and Sixth, Five dollars. Winter and Seed ,Fairs will include Guelph Winter Fair, Ottawa Winter Fair, !South -(Western 'Ontario Corn and 'Seed Exhibition at Chatham, Qui•e'te District !Seed Fair, and the Ottawa Valley Seed Fair. At 'each of these exhibitions fifty ,dollars .will be distributed in prizes. Eighteen dol- lars in prize money has been alloted to each of 'the Fail Fairs, or a total ,of ten hundred and eighty dollars, No exhibitor may 'win a prize at more than one ,Fall (Fair: This, bow - ever, will not debar the exhibitor from competing at one of 'the large seed shows or winter fairs. 'Barley will be judged on its suitability .for malting, not for seed. The points desired in Barley .for malting, in order of relative importance are soundness, size and uniformity of kernel; freedom from other grains; and freedom from weed seeds and inert .matter. Concluding his remarks on this sub- ject, Col. Kennedy said: "While I heartily endorse any .movement de- signed to encourage Ontario !farmers, the action of the Ontario ,and Quebec Brewing Industry should have an even more ianporta'n't result than .only raising 'the standard for malting loan'1•ey. 11 look to e definite improve- ment in all Ontario barley; whether ,grown for malting, feeding, or any other purpose." Dehorning Cattle (Experience hes 'proved the great advantage from every standpoint of dehorning commercial cattle, and a great 'benefrt 'would accrue to the live stack industry if al 1 commercial cattle were dehorned, Every effort should therefore be made to attain this object, and it more than merits the active support and co-operation of the press, and all itstitutiouis •and or- ganizations in'teres'ted in the dive stack industry to encourage the practice of dehorning all horned commercial ,cat- tle attle between ,March '115 and April 15 or during the month of October. Champion Egg Eaters Allthough, •compared with some other countries, the per capita con- sumption of poultry in Canada is rela- tively law, Canada retains the egg - whin championship, 'with 24!316 dozen eggs consumed per 'head of 'population ,119138. 'While the average consump- tion of poultry by each inhabitant of the United 'States in that year was about ei8 pound's, of which 7.7 pounds were hens and chickens. Altogether 1x12 241',21016 pounds of poeltry and eggs has been relatively well maintained. Lu Jere last year ,according to the bulletin, "The. Agricultural !Situation," issued by the Dominion Department of Agricultnre, the number of hens and chickens on farms in Canada was 54,943,000, Soft (Bacon. The further expansion of our bacon 'trade with Great (Britain depends to a large extent upon quality improve- ment. Recent advices from the Brit- ish market criticize our supplies 'on the score of underfinish in a large percentage of bacon sides, as indicat- ed by softness and flabbiness. This soft flabby bacon is most likely the product of •undedfinislted hogs, of which there are •considerable numb- ers being marketed at yards and plants in Canada et the present time. The remedy lies with the producer in holding back unfinished 'hogs. In most 'cases another week or so on feed would put on the -finish so neces- sary for the making of firm bacon•. Ail hogs ,of bacon and select weights shouid be properly (finihsed al their weights. •Uudeefinish is as detrimental as ovenfinish, .and in this case is a very serious' obstacle to efforts be- ing made to popularize Canadian bacon with the (British consumer. Every hog raiser is asked to co-oper- ate to the best of his ability, Raspberry Plantations Where manure is not applied to raspberry plantations until the spring. a cover crop is also advisable to pre- vent too late growth of •cane. As the advent of mosaic disease is making it advisable to renew planrtations more frequently, the grower Who is unable to get large quantities of manure will !find that shorter rotation lends itself more to the cover crop and ,mulch ,system, for each new plantation may be preceded for season by a crop of slaver or 'alsike which, when turned over, will leave the soil in excellent condition .for the new plantation. This method of renewal, say every 6 years, 'with proper greening manur- ing, cover crop or mulch, and .ade- quate quantities of commercial fer- tilizers, will render it p.ossib*e for raspberry growing to take its place beside orcharding, in being more or less independent of the failing and in- creasingly expensive supply of. manure. APRIL FOOL The old custom of setting aside a day for the playing of 'harmless pranks is almost universal, . though the origin is. really unknown. One theory is that et originated in France, which led all dCleristett:donr in cotu- mencing'the /New Year en 'January 1, instead of March 311. !Before the change was made the merrymaking culminated on the octave of the feast, (April lest, when visits were made and gifts 'bestowed. 'With 'the adoption of The new calendar in 1:564, ,New Year's Day was carried back to January 1; and only pretended gifts and mock ceremonial visits were made on April 1, with a view to making fools of those who were so slow as to forget so 'important a change. The custom once started was kept up long after its origin had been forgotten and its continuance will always be assured, for it ap- peals to a phase of human nature cemmon ,to all (nen, ''A little non- sense now and then is relished by the wisest sten, and after all man is but a "grown-up edition," of /the small boy who still delights in put- ting a brick under a hat on the side- walk or a purse with an invisible string in an alluring position for 'the edification of the passer-by, or who tries to persuade his another that there is soot on her 'face, only to re - :card her ,with 'April 'Fool when she hies herself to the 'mirror. I AM COUNTING ON THEM "Did you not suffer a great deal on the cress, Master?" asked Michael of Jesus, when 'Be returned to Heaven. „Yes," answered Jesus simply. "'How many know of your dying for them on the cross?" asked Michael. "The people o,f Jerusalem and Judea know of it," He said. 'But did you sot die for. the whole world, Master, and how are they to hear about it?" asked Michael. "Yes, 'I died for the world, and I have told Peter and Andrew, Janes and 'John, and the rest, to tell the world," said Jesus. "But 'suppose, Master," inquired Michael, anxiously, "that Peter and Andrew and the rest will not go 1 Have you made any other arrange- ments?" "No," said Jesus. "I am counting on them," 'He is counting on yon— On life, money and prayer; And the day shall declare IIf you let Him have all. Dr -if He on that day, To your sorrow must say "I had counted on you, Sat you failed me." 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Get our Quotation on Your Next Older. et Morth SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, f All' Get ALVIVI COMPARATIVE FIGURES 'In 4332 the last year for which comparative figures are 'available all tate domestic consumers served by Hydro municipalities used an aggre- gate stun of $1110716,000, or an aver- age cost inclusive of all charges of only 11.'5'7 cents per kilowatt-hour, Ac- cording to (United ,States een'ill's ;fig- ures for 1532 the domestic consumers served by 'privately -owned utilities in that country paid an average of '5.60 cents per kilowatt -'hoar. at is a simple natter to compute that, if 'Ontario Hydro domestic con owners had had to pay for the 740,- 000,000 kilowatt-hours they used in 1932, es much per kilowatt -'hour vs United !States consumers paid, their bills would have aggregated the vast sum of S401',4190i000, or nearly $30,000,- 000 more than the amount their elec- tricity actually cost them ,under Hy- dro service, A similar computation for the years 1911!4 to 19312 inclusive, based on actual Hydro records, as contrasted with costs per kilowatt-hour in the United States as set forth in the Congression- al Record and in the American Year Book, indicates a differettce between the 'result of applying United States costs per 'kilowatt.Jhour to . quantities of efeotrical energy used by Ontario Hydro, domestic consumers, and the actual Hydro charges paid by the Hy- dro consumers of more than $250,000,- 000. Such figures serve to enephasize the real achievement that the Hydro un- dertaking 'has accomplished in reduc- ing costs per kilowatt-hour to the consumer as compared 'to costs paid elsewhere, and show 'that very large sums of money: result from applying the difference in costs per kilowatt- hour to the tremendous quantities of electrical energy used by Ontario's 1-Iydro domestic consumers. Even if it be recognized that the probable effect of attempting to charge in Ontario at the rates preval- ent elsewhere would have been to pre- vent Ontario consumers from using as match electricity as they actually did under the low Hydro rates in force; 'rhe fact neverthelesls remains that Hydro has probably saved in ac- tual cash to 'Ontario consumers many tens of millions of dollars, and it has, in addition, made possible the enjoy- ment of comfort -giving and labour- saving appliances on a scale that but for low .Hydro rates would have been beyond the reach of a large propor- tion of Ontario consumers. BASIS OF NEW PICTURE A synopsis of the early 'history of ,the 'Rothdhilds which is the basis of the new 'George 'Arliss 'film, "The 'House of Rothschild" is contained in a recent issue of the 'Canadian Jewish Chronicle, written by 'Henry W. Le vy. The scene is set in the 'German town o'f (Frankfurt, '17.911. At the gate of rhe 'Juclengasse—'.he ghetto—the guards are putting up the chains. Dusk is approaching and no Jew may enter or ;leave the Jew street and Jews outside of this district are there at their 04111 risk. Few Jews chance be- ing locked out, being a Jew is enough of a risk. From the window of the House of the !Red 'S'hield from which the family name of the Rothschilds is derived, the old Mayer Amschel Rothschild, 'founder of the 'family fortune, contemplated tee fate of his people. 'He watched with .resentment the way his fellow Jews were being herded like cattle into the Jew street. "Some day and somewhere," be thought, "it is going to be different. The Jew will be treated as a 'human being; he will be able to lift his bent head and look up at the world," 'Birt the old man, 0 dealer in coins and cu- rios, was 'not 'tong to continue lois. musings. (Running wildly through the streets to his door ,was his third son, Nathan. He came with the news of the arrival of the tax collector. 'Fore- warned, the Rothschilds prepared for his coming. The !Rothschilds 'had met the tax collector before' they knew hiin for an unscrupulous, thieving and heartless grafter. 'Valuables, lest they be immediately confiscated, were put away. All indications df prosperity were exchanged for the ragged and well worn. ' IA thundering knock at the door and a vicious "Open up, jowl" and 'the tax collector was in 'the midst of the Rothschilds, !Evidence of poverty was all about flim; he was given a :dupli- cate 'book of accounts. (But he didn't helieve what he saw before him. The Fax collector didn't believe Rothschild and Mayer Amschel knew it. It was just a farce, preliminary to the deal, The tax collector was go- ing to raise Mayer Amschel's tax Iran 2,000' gulden to 10,000. Then be- gan the 'b:argaining. Finally it was settled, Mayer was to continue paying :2,000 gulden tax but he was to pay a huge sum to the tax collector. The .ax collector left. Not more than a few minutes later a messenger rushes -inwith the news :that 10,000 gulden 'n transit from Prince Lowenstein has been stolen by 'highwaymen. The nrtney saved 'front the lac collector was lost in another nay. Mayer 'Am- schel rages. He suffers as 'stroke 'and is taken upstairs. IA little later, know, ing his death is near, he calls his five sons together. He !speaks: The cost of transporting bullion. from one nation to another is trem- endous and beset with groat risk, aa. times of peace there are robbers; in:. times el war the nations Place impen- etrable barriers .in 't'he ways of trade.. Within your lifetime there will be many wars. 'The banking firm ,that can transport money 'trout] one capitol to another will be in a favored position. Following the precepts of their fa- ther, the House of Rothschild 'forges its way up'from the ghetto until it is the supreme :banking power of Eur- ope, 1W'heh (N'apoleon's army menaces- the peace of Europe, it is the Roth- schild money that eatables the Allies— England, Prussia, Austria and Italy— to thwart him and send 'the Little Corporal into exile, Wellington comes back to 'England a conquering 'hero. A huge dinner is held in his honor. 'But when he finis out that 'Rothschild is not at the fess tive beard—was not invited because he was a 'Jew—he leaves, "T'f Roth- schild cannot come here, I can go to hitn. Meanwhile 'Wellington's aid, Cap- tain Titzrey, 13ptain'Fitzroy, also -beats a track to the Rothschilcl's. 'He is in love with Julie who is inclined to let love have -its, way even though ''the Captain is a Gentile. While visiting Rothschild Welling- ton hints of a huge !French loan 'that will make the (firm that floats it the greatest financial power in Europe. Rothschild bids on it, his bid is the lowest but he gets no part of the loan. On asking why, 'Baron 'Ledrantz., the Prussian fiscal agent replies; "A technicality." "Am I to infer," asked Rothschild', "that the technicality is that I'm a._ Jew." "Yon may place whatever interpre- tation you may desire on my words, -1•fr. Rothschild, Your day is done," The knowledge that all the powers he had helped to conquer Napoleon had conspired against him with Led- rantz, convinces Nathan that the Jew - leas no chance for respect or dignity- in ignityin the 'outside 'world. 'Therefore he farkids the marriage of Julie to Cap- tain Fitzroy. To avenge :himself for the insult from Ledrantz, Nathan breaks the bond ntarlcet, forces down rhe bonds to a point where the con- spirators charged with a fourth -of the :.'an, are lacing financial ruin. They send for Rothschild. He will rescue then only if they turn the entire loan over to him, 'He has already prepared ' the memorandum for such a step and he insists that Baron Led'raiatz 'be the first to 's'ign the paper. iLedrantz retaliates on the unfortun- ate Jews of !Germany, 'Frankfurt and the !Hoose di Red 'Shield are stared' by a mob incited by the agents of Ledrantz. Nathan hurries to the aid of his family. Nathan is reproached by his brothers with having brought on the oppression. They ask him to buy the safety of the 'Jews from Le- drantz,.He prepares to leave for the enemies' camp. Ledrantz has already ordered his arrest should he try to leave the country. Bet then word comes by secret messenger, that Na- poleon has escaped. Napoleon tries to get his support. His brothers favor a change of alliance. !Nathan stands firm. To make a long story 's'hort the Rothschilds agree to support the Al- lies provided the Jews are granted freedom from oppression. The 'Allies agree and the 'Rothsc'hild's fortune is pledged them• Rothschild risks all in support df the Allies. His resources - were nearing an end 'when word comes of the victory at Waterloo. It reaches London. by pigeon post. Later, official confirmation comes through the 'War 'Office. Rothschild. had saved 'the day. iEngland honors him. The Ring holds a brilliant re- ception. Nathan Rothschild kneels be- fore bion, as slowly the '(Zing ,reads the citation of England's praise, and he becomes Baron Nathan Rothschild. With 'the doors of English society opened to the Jews there is no longer any reason for opposing the marriage of Julie' to Captain 'Fitzroy. She can now enter into a marriage with "dig- nity:" A father's dying wish` was once again respected. A little boy did errands for a t o mai, Who baking oatcakes, 'thdught she would give him one as a treat. She .spread one thickly with jam. and gave it to Hint. A little later then boy returned, "Thanks for the ,jam, .misses,"he said. "/'here's your board back again." "So you asked 1Betity to marry jou?" asked a pian of the other. Yes, but I didn't have any luck," replied his 'friend. "Site asked Inc if I Iliad any prospects..." "Why didn't you tell her about. your rich uncle " x I did. Betty's my aunt 'Keep your stock free from blentisfe• With ` (Douglas' Egyptian Liniment Removes iisflalmmation, ilnickly re- lieves bruises, sprains, strains, sivell- ine's, contraction of cords, stiffness of in ots;and.sore muscles, Want and For Sale Ads. 3 times, 50c