The Seaforth News, 1931-02-26, Page 4a
PAG FOUR
'HE
SEAFORTH NEWS
Snowdon Bros., Publishers.
WALTON.
The 'fourth meeting of the merry-
makers -of the boundary was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Wat-
son. The first part of the evening
was spent in a continuation of pro-
gressive euchre, 'The score for the
. evening, was Odds 69, Evens 46, and
the score to date is Odds 212, Evens
284. The highest score for the ladies
is Miss Grace Manning and for the
gentlemen Mr, William Aitken.
Lunch was then served and this was
followed by a very enjoyable pro-
gram. The first part was a com-
munity song. The next item was a
duet by Mr. Earl Watson and Mr.
Blain S'hortreed, followed by a solo
from Mr, Earl Watson, This was
followed by a reading from Mr. Blain
Shortreed. The program was brought
to a close with an instrumental From
Miss Elizabeth Mills, The rest of
the evening was spent in dancing, the
music being supplied by Miss Eliza-
beth Mills, Mr, H. Kir1e by and Mr.
Robert Patterson,
Mr. Arthar Pullman has returned
to his duties a%ter spending, a week
with his mother at Mitchell.
A great many from our vicinity at-
tended the funeral of Mrs. J. J. Mc
Gavin on Monday.
Mr• Clarence Steiss and Mr: George
Love spent a few days at Dublin last
week.
A son arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Noble McCallum, Tuesday
the 17th.
2'Ir. and Mrs, Toni Elliott entertain-
ed their neighbors and friends to. an
�- ^ enjoyable evening last Thursday. The
evening was spent in card playing and
dancing, Everyone reports a good
time.
Mr. Wm. Clark of Brussels spent
a few days with his daughter; Mrs.
Gill, last week.
The people of Walton and vicinity
were greatly shocked and saddened
on Friday afternoon when news of the
death of Mrs. John J. McGavin, a
highly respected citizen of the 12th
',concession of 141cICillop Township,
was learned, Mrs. McGavin had been
enjoying the best of health apparently
until Thursday morning when she was
seized with a severe attack of illness,
which gradually but surely carried
her down until the messenger of
death ended her suffering about ,hree
o'clock Friday afternoon. Mrs. Mc-
Gavin's maiden name was .Estell'a
Jean Berry, fourth daughter of the
late John Berry and. Mrs. Berry. She
was born in 107/1 and spent all her
girlhood days west of tihe gravel
road on the 12th concession, She was
married to John McGavin, her now
bereft partner, in 11893, and to this
union there were born two children,
(lJean) Mrs. Wilbert Turn'bu'll, and
Glordion, at home, who are left to
nsoarun• . the loss -.af .a loving mother.
firs. MdGavin is also survived" uy
her aged mother, Mrs, Emily Berry;
three sisters, Mrs, Andrew Young
and Mrs. J. T. Campbell, Cypress
Rivers, Manitoba, and Mrs. J. C.
Bntch'art, Edmonton, Alta.; two
brothers, Joseph and Thames Berry
of Gilbert Plains, Man. Mrs. Mc
Gabin took a keen interest in the
welfare of the community and was
very active in church work. She
held offices in the various depart-
ments of the church—?Lad'ies' Aid
Society, W. M. S. and Mission Band
and was an untiring worker. Mrs.
McGavin was a great lover of the
beautiful things of nature and of
sports. She was an ideal home
maker an'd her sudden passing means
a great loss to the church and coin
munity.
The funeral was held from her late
home on the 'Leadbnry line, Rev. J.
.W. Maines of Walton conducting the
service on Sunday and internment in
'Brussels cemetery, The ,pallbearers
were Messrs, Silas Johnston, Thomas
Leeming, V4'illiant McFadzean, James
Lawson, John Smillie, Ed. Bryans.
Mr. 'snd Mrs. James Watern of De-
troit, Mrs. Frank Glew of Clinton,
and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Booth of
IStreetsville attended the •funeral of
Hie late Mrs, J. F. McGavin.
This is the year that .marks the cen-
tennial of the reaper, that famous
machine invented by Cyrus Hall Mc-
Cormick in 1831. As a fitting means
of commemorating this unusual event
Hanyphries & Co., local rlicOormicic-
Deering dealer, has arranged a pro-
gram for Thursday, Feb, 26 at Wal-
ton. This entertainment is for the
enjoyment of every farmer and his
family in this community.
',Romance of the Reaper" is not a
`staged' picture taken on an imagin-
ary lot with built-up scenery. Pt was
actually filmed on Walnut Grove
Tarin, the old McCormack homestead,
near- ,teele's Tavern, Virginia. Scenes
showing the building and assembling
of the world.'s fist reaper were taken
inside and outside of the log 'orge
'sho'p; the, h.etlow•; and forge, and the
• old equipmenft used 100 years ago are
shown. The homestead pictured was
actually the home of the McCormick
family, built by Cyrus' father in 1822.
The indications of worms are rest-
lessness, grinding -of the teeth, picking
of the nose, extreme peevishness, of-
ten convulsions. Under these condi-
tions the 'best remedy that can be got
is \m'iller's Worm Powders, They
will attackthe worms as soon as ad-
ministered and will grind them up and
they pass away in the evacuations.
The little sufferer will be immediately'
cased and a return- cif the attack will
tact he likely.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
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BLYTH.
The building and stock of Ezra
'.Bender's general store, the latter yal-
ued at $16,000, were totally destroyed
Eby fire early Sunday morning. Both
are partly covered by insurance, the
stock to $13,000. The fire's origin is
nnexplained. The first alarm was gi-
ven at 3 a.m. by George Cowan, who
smelled smoke entering the window of
his bedroom at the Commercial Ho-
tel. The firemen responded quickly
and in a few minutes had two streams
of water playing on the flames. They
thought they had it under control
about 4 a.m., but it broke out again,
having apparently got in between the
double ceiling of the second floor. Mr.
(Bender was the last to leave the store
and es he is very careful of fire can
not account for its origin. 'The build-
ing is owned by Dr. Milne.
Word was received here on Wed-
nesday evening last of the death in
Toronto earlier in the day of Mrs.
Flora Weir, wife of Rev. •George
Weir, pastor of St. Andrew's United
Church, Blyth. Mrs. Weir succumb-
ed to an attack of influenza. The 'de-
ceased woman had gone to Toronto
about two weeks ago, due to the ser-
ious illness of her little granddaugh-
ter. Patsy Lou Paris, daughter • of
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Faris, 56 St. Ger-
main avenue, Toronto. While in the
city, Mrs, Weir alas taken 01. On
Monday the Rev. Mr. Weir was call-
ed to his wife's bedside and she pass-
ed away on Wednesday. Mrs. 'Weir,
whose maiden name 'vas Flora Mt: -
Into -8'h, tkias born in Glengarry, educ-
ated et Whitby Ladies' College. and
for a few years before her marriage
was on the teaching staff of the Ot-
tawa Ladies' College. She was a
zealous church worker, taking keen
interest in the WMJS. end for two.
years was president of the Chatham
Presbyterial. Her husband was pas-
tor at Glencoe for ten years, also at
Ridgetaw.n and for the last six years
at Blyth.
',Besides her husband, one daughter,
Mrs. E. M. Faris, and one son. Stew-
art, Toronto, survive, The rem'ain's
were brought to the manse at Blyth
on Virediaesday and the funeral took
place Friday afternoon in St. And-
rew's United Church, after which in-
terment was made in Woodstock ce-
metery. The sincerest sympathy of
the citizens. of Blyth and community
k extended to Mr, \Veir in his ber-
eavement,
Mr. ,and Mrs, John Riley of
Jamestown, Mr. and Mrs, Thos, Gras -
by near Auburn, also Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Johnston were guests of
John and Mrs. Grasby on Tuesday.
Messrs, Joseph and Frank Mc-
Caughy, also Mr. and Mrs. Thos,
Granby of near Auburn visited
Charles Nicholson on Tuesday even-
ing.
Messrs. 'Leslie and Norman 'Nich-
,lson spent. Sunday at Mr, C. Con-
ley's
1{r. and Mrs, Jno. $rown•aud Miss
Margaret Smith visited at Wm. Cun-
ningham's Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. James Phelan is at present in
Clinton hospital. We hope she will
soon 'be able to return to her home.
hlrs. Christopher Rogerson end
Miriam left: for their new home near
St. Marys on Wednesday. Mr. Roger-
son and Doris will also go in the near
Future.
Blyth Students Receive Diplomas.
—The annual concert and presenta-
tion of Diplomas of Blyth Continua-
tion School took place in Memorial
Hall on Friday evening, Feb. 20th,
anti was a real success. V. M. Bray
acted as chairman. The opening
somber was a chorus by the girls of
the school. followed by a boys' col-
ored chorus. The valedictory address
was given by Hazel Richards. who
also' presented
diplomas to the fol-
lowing graduating pupils:- Helen
Grasby, Matilda Maines, Mary . Den-
holm,
enholm, James Sims and W. Leiper, A
piano duet was given by Pauline
Robinson and Dorothy 'Holtzman, -A
club swinging exercise was then
given by seven girls, This was fol-
lowed by a violin solo by Lewis
Kelly. A motion song, "Yankee
Doodle," by ten boys was given.
Margaret Jenkins read the school
paper, followed by a selection by the Good prima,
school orchestra composed of PaulineAdmission 50
Robinson Piano; Gordon Lyon,
trombone; Barrie _McElroy, guitar;
Miss Stewart, Mildred Scobie and
Howard Leslie, violins. A pretty
dance was presented try Winona
Hesk, Kathleen Logan. Edith Bea-
com, Irene Walsh, Velma Craig and
Dorothy Hollyman, followed by a
violin solo by Mildred Scobie. ,A •pyr-
{mid drill was cleverly performed by
eight boys after which a piano instru-
mental was given by Kathleen Lo-
gan, followed by a duet by Dorothy
Poplestone and. Margaret Johnston,
The principal feature of the program
was a play, "The Major's Mistake,"
presented by Clete Watson, Gordon
Lyon, Howard Leslie, Margaret
Johnston, Effie Laidlaw. W. Heffron,
Margaret Jenkins. The teachers, N.
Garrett, principal, with Miss Stewart,
assistant, deserve great credit for the
manner in which the pupils were
trained for the concert as a whole.
WifeofRev. Geo. Weir Dies in To-
ronto. -The sad news that Mrs. Geo.
Weir had passed away on Wednes-
day, Feb. 1&th after a brief illness
was received here with great regret.
Deceased, the wife of Rev. Geo.
Weir.had been in that city on ac-
count of the illness of her grandchild
Patsy Lou Fraris, when she was taken
The late Mrs. Weir, during her
residence in the village, had gained
the respect, not only of the congre-
gation, but of many friends of other
denominations. She was an active
worker in all the church departments,
and a fine speaker. She was a leader
and oortversant with all branches of
the missionary society, and the or-
ganizer of several branches of C. G.
h T. The funeral of the late Mrs.
Weir was held on Friday, Feb. 20,
the service being held in St. Andrew's
Church, Blyth. Rev. James Scobie
conducted the service, assisted by
Rev. W. J. Johnston of Londesboro,
Rev. E. L. Anderson. Blyth; Rev. J,
E. Hogg of Clinton, Rev. Mr. Brem-
ner of Brucefield. During the service
G. D. Leith and H. Mason sang a
duet "Some Day the Silver Ohord
Will Break." The late Mrs. Weir,
whose maiden name was Flora Mc-
Intosh, leaves to mourn her loss be-
side her sorrowing husband, one dau-
ghter, Mrs. Faris, and one son Stuart,
.of Toronto. The remains were then,
conveyed to the C. IN, R. station and
taken to Woodstock where internment
took place on Saturday afternoon.
The pallbearers were Jas. Sims, J. H,
R. Elliott, D.. McGowan, D. Laidlaw,
R. B. McGowan, Jas. Richmond,
.Miss Ada Stackhouse is visiting her
brother. Dr. Roy Stackhouse of Rid-
getown.
Miss Hazel Petts of London spent
the week -end with her parents, .lir,
and Mrs. W. J. Petts.
Mrs. Geo. Patterson visited with
Walton friends and attended the
funeral of the late l'frs, John McGav-
in on Monday.
Baillie Parrot is attending the fun-
eral of his uncle. Jas. Parrot, this
week.
,Liss Janet Hood attended the fun-
eral of her sister, Mrs, Buckley of
Paris.
A Corrector of Pulmonary Trouble.
—Many testimonials could be pres-
ented showing the great efficacy of
Dr, Thomas' Ecleotric 011 in correct-
ing disorders of the respiratory pro-
cesses, but the best testimonial is ex-
perience and the Oil is recommended
to all who stiffer from these disord-
ers with the certainty that they will
find relief, It will allay inflammation
in the bronchial tubes.
Want and For Sale Ads, 3 times 50c
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Friday,
Feb. .27th.
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STAFFA._,
Mr, and Mrs. 0. W. ,Reed spent
the week -end in 11=ltamilton,
The community were shocked on
Tuesday morning to hear of the sud-
den death of Mr. Robert Norris. As
yet funeral arrangeanents are not
complete. ,
There died at his late home Thurs-
day morning James Miller, a 'pioneer
resident of this township, in,his 75th
year •after two weeks' illness, Mr,
Miller was born in this ,to'wnship'
and spent all his life ehre. ,Besides
his widow he leaves to mourn, two
sons, Leslie and'Ray,nmond, and one
daughter ',Agnes, also two sisters, Mrs.
R Campbell, Moose 'jaw; Mrs. 3.
Cornish, near Mitchell, and two bro-
thers, Mr. J. 'G. and Mr. Archie
Miller, both o''1 S.taffa, Fauera'l ser-
vices were conducted by Rev. M.
Parker and Rev. Mr, Rodgers.
HIBBERT.
Mr. Robert Norris, a well known
Hibbert township -far er, passed
away suddenly at his home near Staf-
fa at 7 o'clock Tuesday morning front
heart trouble. The deceased man was
born about 65 years ago on the •farts
on which his death occurred, Though
never a rugged m'an, the late Mr. Nor-
ris had enjoyed -good health and only
on Saturday had acted as pallbearer
at the funeral of Timothy Miller at.
Staffa, Mr. Norris was a son of the
late (Robert Norris, and was noted
particularly as a breeder of Short-
horn •cattle and heavy horses. For
many years he was a director of the
Hibbert, Logan and ,Fullarton Agri-
cultural Society. He leaves to mourn
their loss his widow and one son,
Samuel, on the fartn; also one broth-
er, Janes Norris, a teacher in the.
Normal School. at North Bay. and
one sister, Dr. Margaret Patterson,
'Toronto, formerly Margaret Norris,
and Canada's only woman magistrate.
WEST BRODHAGEN.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Regele took
a pleasure trip to .Ellice on Sunday
last to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Dietzie.
The new game warden, Mr. Matt.
-Murray, is planning a big na'bbit drive
this week so the boys don't need a
gun license if they go with him. The
poor rabbitswill now catch fits. What
is the gun license for; can we farm
which waslaunched by 'Premier Ben- '
nett, will be carried to a conclusion i
during the regular session of P'arlia-
mens which will commence next i
month.
(Next fall and winter should put to
a very practical test the merits of the
Bennett policy in the face of the
most adverse conditions which ' have
confronted Canada since Confeder-
ation.
RRELIEF FOR _ VETERANS
Officials of the Pension Department
finding the appropriation for living al-
lowances to unemployed veterans ex-
hausted, 'took
x-hausted,'took the drastic step of cut-
ting the allowances. The allowances
are given only to :pensioned veterans
who are unemployed and whose pen-
sions
en,sions.are insufficient to live upon.
Conditions during the last year
have been such that very abnormal de-
mands • were made upon the money
voted for the purpose, It was over-
spent some time ago but every dollar
of it went to help give a 1"iv,ing to a
war
casualtyor his dependents ifs-.
epe s m
tress,
Departnien't officials faced with a
depleted cash till were stampeded in-
to maleing a reduction without even
taking the veterans pito their con'fid
ecce..
Mr. Bennett heard of the action and
it did not take him as long to cancel'
the reduction as it book others to put
it into effect. Money can be raised
in two ways—by authority of parlia-
ment, or by warrant, The warrant is.
justifiable' only in an emergency. Mr.
Bennett said .the distress of veterans
and their people was most certainly
an emergency and directed that funds
to continue allowances at the current
scale be raised by warrant,
mH'isprompt action was not only an-
other evidence of his close attachment
to the interests of returned sten and
their dependent's, it removed at' once
a heavy cloud from. the .none too com-
fortable homes of many thousands of
those who served in the Great War.
ONTARIO LEGASLATURE
Premier George S. Henry made his
maiden address as Prime Minister of
Ontario to the Ontario Legislature on
Tuesday last when speaking on the
debate ori -the adoption of the address
in reply to the 'Speech from the
JThrone.
ers not protect our property_ But ill 'Striki'n'g out in the finest speech
sennas there are always same fel-' Hon. Mr. Henry has yet made in the
seen that a al' jab th big aegis'ature, the Prince Minister made
lows that wanto no work. If they had spirited attack upon Mitchell F.
a nice young orchard' planted andHepburn, MT., Provincial Liberal
that pest came and destroyed some,
I wonder if they would go and buy a
license to shoot them. I th'in'k they
would run and get the gun anti shoot
them all without the game warden.
:O•ne_-more week and the month of
February is over, sante was not wild
this year, oaly dry so: far.
Mr; Charlie Regele received a let-
ter from. George Steurnagle. a form-
er resident of West Brodhagen who
had a light stroke last fall. He is im-
proving and i; able to be up and
around but not able to work yet, He
complains about hard times in New
York state same es here, in his town-
ship there are 79 farms for sale for
taxes, ranging from two acre lots up
to 260 acre farms. The worst 01.01
is the water famine. He has to draw
his water for stock, 24 cows, 13 young
cattle, 4 horses and pigs. He draws
80 cans, 10 gallons to a can per day.
He writes the snow is three feet deep
on thelevel and there are same drifts
10 and 12 feet high. They had some
cold weather, 30 below zero, but not
long, only a short spell. He tells of
one farmer who has to draw his water
for his stock eight miles, which is
quite a job in the winter when it is
cold,
BORN. •
RICH'A'RDSON.—In Scott Memor-
ial hospital, on Tuesday, Feb. 24th,
1931, to Mr. and Mrs, Norman
Richardson. Brticefield, a daughter.
CO0K.—In Scott Memorial Hospi-
tal, on Wednesday, Feb. 25th, 1931,
to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cook, of
6ieusaIl, a daughter. ,
STATISTICS,
If it be true that figures: "never
lie." it is equally true that they very
frequently miselad.
There are.. for example, the figures
on employment in Canada compiled
by the Dominion Bureau of. Statistics.
The !Bureau, as such organizations
are judged is accounted thoroughly ef-
ficient yet nothing could be more
futile than an endeavor to sum up etn-
ployinent conditions on the basis of
its statistics.
!Someseven thousand employers re-
port monthly to the Bureau. Among
the seven thousand so. reporting there
is today probably 30 per cent, more
etnployfneat than there was six
months ego. Where amen and women
were working three or four days a
week last !Fall, they are now working
six days and in some cases ,getting a
bit of overtime as well, 'But these,
facts are not shown in the records.'
Nor is the fiuctatioti of "white
collar" labor, farms labor or day labor
given any consideration, The Do-
nminionfigures cover only a small
section of Canadian worlcers "" and
cover that section very incompletely.
The one obvious fact is that we, in
common with the rest of the world,
have a great real of unemployment
and that we would have had much
more hut for the already reasonably
successful efforts of the 'Bennett
Government to stimulate industry in.
commerce in 'Canada. '•
The program. in that .direction,
lLeader, for his unwarranted cam-
paign during the two recent by-elec-
tions in West Hamilton and Gren-
ville. Premier Henry charged the
Liberal Leader with carrying on the
most unwarranted attack, upon a gov-
ernment in the history 01, the prov-
inee, all the charges having been
found baseless, and answered to. the
satisfaction of all.' Mr. Hepburn,' de-
clared Premier Henry, did not have
the courage to contest either seat in
an effort to en -ter the Legislature and
debate the questions of the day on a
proper British system of government,
but contented himself to run at large,
and permit others to sacrifice them-
selves, void of responsibility and will-
ing to carry on campaigns of villiflca
tion found to be utterly fotutdation_'
less,
W. E. N. Sinclair, KC.,: Opposi-
ti•pn Leader, in speaking on the de-
bate, made a plea for agriculture
which he declared to be in a deplor-
able state. He urged that ,the Agri-
culture Committee be made a fact-
finding body which was followed out
by Hon. T,L. Kennedy, .Minister of
Agriculture, at the com'mittee's first
meeting.
',Hon, H. C. Nixon, Brant, Progres-
sive Leader, also spoke in the debate.
He also placed on the order paper :a
notion asking the House to affirm the
principle of plebiscite and referendum
on the question of Liquor Control.
The motion Will be heard, but in it is
seen a move to have the Liberals in
the House declare their stand on the
question in answer to their provincial
deader, Mr. Hepburn, who is declared.
a wet.
Many pieces of progressive' legisla-
tion are contained in the Speech from
the Throne that was delivered at the
opening of the Legislature by Ilion..
W. D. :Ross, Lieutenant -Governor,
Special attention will be paid to the
department of Public` Welfare, ad-
iimipistered by Hon. W. G. Martin,
Brantford, in carrying out many rec-
ommendations of the Ross Welfare
report, Establishment of health units
throughout the :province is to be pro-
ceeded with under the direction of
(Hon, ]}r. J. M. Rabb, Algoma, while
Hon. W. H. Price, Attorney -(General,
will introduce amendments to the ju-
dicature act to re -constitute the Sup-
reme Court of Ontario. Question of
trade disputes, revised laws concern-
ing hospitals, and uniformity of book
debts will be dealt with by.legisla=
tion.
"Plans for special surveys of local
crop conditions and nmarke'ting op-
portunities have been miade." said
'H'on, Mr, Ross,‘.`and will also include
the improvement of herds in regard to
milk _production and more effective
means of portecting Jive stock against
the ravages of parasites. The applic-
ation of electrical power to agricul-
tural operations is meeting with very
encouraging results.
!Premier Henry explained to the
!Legislature the Government's wide
program'ne in their effort to assist un-
employment under the ,plan laid d'o'wn,
by the Federal Government whereby,
b'o'th governments and municipalities
are contributing, The bill autho, iz
mg time expenditure of $4.500,000 was
Massey-UUarris No. 19
Spring=Tooth Cultivator
AGENT FOR FROST FENCE
All Repairs, and Labor Cash.
The NEW CULTIVATOR
with the Great
"THREE-WAY"
CLEARANCE'
Makes a Fine, Clean Mois-
ture Retaining. Seed Bed.
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SUPERTEST GAS and OXLS
given second reading, during which
,Premier Henry declared some 43,000
men in all parts of the province have
'been given employment and that be-
fore the programme . is concluded
some $15,000,000 will have been spent
in the province on this special relief
work. Some 201 municipalities have
had their plans for this work approv-
ed, while 1'7,000 heads of households
and single then have received relief.
Hon. W. H. Price, Attorney -Gener-
al, indicated that Legislation is to be
shortly introduced to transfer the op-
eration of the Security Frauds Pre-
vention Branch from the Attorney -
General's Department to under the
direction of a- Board This Board
will have similar •powers as the Ont-
ario Railway : Municipal Board, and
the Liquor Control Board, and will
specially supervise the operation of
the act in governing the issuing of
securities, and the operations of stock
exchanges. Cal. Price explained' this
tnove was thought advisable due to
the fact that those interested find
many contentious angles to discuss
and such a Board will deal adequate-
ly with the Act.
The Agriculture Committee of the
Legislature in its first meeting of the
session, re -appointed J. Edgar Jamie-
son, Southwest Simcoe, as chairman.
In co-operation with the Federal
:Government, the commitee approved
the policy of the Ontario Department
of Agriculture making grants to as-
sist farmers or others for the estab-
lishment of power seed -cleaning
plants. Grants ',nay be made on the
fol'lo'wing basis: that the total grant
shla•il not exceed 50% of the actual
invoice cost 'plus freight from factory
to point of installation of seed clean-
ing and grading machines and a total
grant not to exceed $500. Applica-
tions for grants must be accompanied
by a statement signed by fifty bona-
-fide farmers residing in the district;
that the Minister is satisfied the in-
stallation is in t'he best interests of
agriculture in the district; that the
ap'plican't shall sign a contract' to keep,
the plant in operation and repair and
that it shall be binding for seven
years.
As a direct move to solve the prob-
lem of marketing fruit and vegetables
in the province, the report of W. B.
Somerset, was presented by Hon. T.
L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture.
After a wide survey into the question,
Mr. Somerset reported that a mar-
kets hoard be established in the pro-
vince to have entire authority over
all marketing conditions, I't is likely
that Mr. Somerset will be appointed t
as chairman of this. board. Through
it the government plans to •reorgan-.
ize agriculture in their efforts to as- i
sist the farmers in their many prob-
lems. Mr. Somerset is likely to be
given a free hand to work out these ,
methods for the betterment of mar-
keting.
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' NEWS AND INFORMATION s
* FOR THE BUSY FARMER a
(Furnished by Ontario Depart- 5
ment:of Agriculture.) s;
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Where Profits Begin.
If your hens lay 81 eggs a year
.or more you should be able to show
a profit. A ten-year average of the
cost of 'feeding laying hens show's
that the yearly expenditure is $2.43
per hen. \sgith eggs selling at 35c a
dozen it takes 6,195 dozen or 81 eggs
to pay for the hen's keep. • Eggs
laid in excess of that number are
profit. •
Plenty of Alfalfa Seed.
Sixty thousand bushels o.1 home-
grown alfalfa are available for distri-
bution in Ontario this year, accord-
ing to P•olfessor W. J. Squirrell of
O. tA. IC, He points out that the nor-
mal requirements are about 30,000
bushels, but !hopes that all this seed,
barring that intentionally' held over,
will be used, because of its cheap-
ness '(about Half the price of last
year), the shortage of home -gr o'ivn
red clover, and the necessity for re-
seeding ninny meadows killed out by
drought last succimer.
Profit Factors Important.
J. E, Whitelock, assistant director
of agricultural representatives, w•as
the speaker at the banquet conduct- lbs
ing the Short course in 'home econo-
mics and agriculture at Shelburne, b a
in'Dnfferin County. Inc a thought- r
prdvokmg address, he asked the clues- 10
tion, :Just 'how good farmers are 0
we?" and went on to explain how 100
the average yield of barley was 45 o i
Ontario, inc'iaverage Danish farm-
er, he pointed out, secured 100 lbs.
of gain for his hogs for 400 lbs of
feed, while in [Ontario it usually re-
quired over 500 lbs, of feed. The
conclusion was that every detail of
the factors',influencing profits on . the
farm must be heeded,
Needs'�of Agriculture.
In addressing the London , city -
county dinner of the.. - Chamber of
Commerce, -Hon. Thomas L. Ken-
nedy stressed three main needs for
agriculture in Ontario today:
1st --The need of. growing quality
products; second-rate products have
little market in these days` of keen'
competition.
2nd' --,Better grading of products, so
that Canadian products will be known
always as'Al' in foreign markets.
3rd—Adoption of modern market-
ing
methods to meet a changing
world. The Minister quoted facts, fi-
gures and statistics to show the need
of progress along all three lines. The
Department has done much in this
direction and under the present re-
gime it is prepared to do more,
British Apple Market.
An unusually keen demand for bar-
reled ,apples is forecast by Andrew
Fulton; overseas representative of the
Ontario Fruit G'rowers''- Association,
The demand on, the British market
from now on, he •says, should be for
both well colored dessert apples and
for goad quality cookers. Front all
accounts, barreled supplies are some-
what limited, he continues, recent re-
ponts showing that the storage hold-
ings of.blarreled apples in Canada and
the United 'States are about ten per
cent, less than last year. This, along -
with
the increased demand ori the
continental markets for barreted' stock
is bound- to Leave a .limited suppty for
the 'United Kingdom. An important
point for packers 'to remenrbed, how-
ever, declares Mr, Fulton, is to have
stencilled on the outside.. of the barrel
the net. weight of ' the contents.
'Strangely enough this seems to be an
item strongly desired by the Europ-
ean buyer and will facilitate sales
when done to a marked degree,
Soils and Crops Train.
On February 10 at Oldcastle, in
Essex County, the Department's spe-
ciallSoils a'trd Craps tgain started out
to carry the latest information to
farmers of Soutlrwestern Ontario.
Fifty-nine stops will be made during
the tour, 'which will take the traits
through Essex, Kent, Elgin, ;L'antb-
ton, Norfolk, Middlesex, Oxford,
Brant and Haidimand'Counties, with
one stop in each of Perth .and Went-
worth. The train consists of a soils
car, a crops car, a car for Lecture
purposes and a car for the staff,
whch will consist of specialists on
all the many phases of farming con-
nected with specialty crop produc-
tion and treatment of soils. Inter-
esting exhibits have been arranged
b.
y 0. A. C. Departments width gra-
phically explain the best practices in
crop production and soil manage-
ment. In addition daily lectures are
being given by specialists on the staff.
Although primarily for farmers,
classes of school children will be in-
vited to attend and escorts will show
thrnt through the train and explain
the exhibit's to them. Last year in
Eastern ,Ontario a similar train prov-
ed a tremendous success and carried
ualdable information to thousands of
farmers, A repetition of that success
is expected in the case' of this tour
which will continue. until March 27th,
Incidentally the Department is:in-
debted to the railways for their co-
operation in transporting the .four cars
over their lines free of charge,
Dairy Cattle Rations.
Continuing from lash week.
dis-
cussion dairy the e
o'f .rations for cattle,
the following is recommended where
no silage or roots are available: Al-
falfa or clover hay, • 54 abs. to '2 lbs.
to every 100 lbs, live weight. Con-
centnates-200 lbs, oats, 200 lbs. brain
100 lbs, barley, 150 lbs. oilcake,' Al-
ternative concentrates in this case .are:
150 lbs. oats, 100 lbs. bran, 100 lbs.
gluten feed, 50 lbs, oil 'cake. Where
lower grades of hay are used the pro-
portion s'h'ould be DA lib`s. to 2 lbs. to
every 100 lbs, live we'igh't, with the
foilowieg concentrates; 200 lbs, oats,
lbs• bran, 100 lbs. gluten 'feed, 250
. oil cake. A'Iternative cones-
res dere are: 100 lbs. oats, 100 lbs.
an, 100 lbs., oil take, 100 lbs. gluten
ed; or 100 lbs. oats, 100 lbs, bran,
0 tbs. ail . cake; or 200 Ids, oats and
lbs. oaf eake. 'Note--VFeed ,I lb. con -
nitrates to 4 lbs. milk. Corm or wheat
be used in place of barley in any
the above ratio
bushels in Denmark and only 30 in A aY