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The Seaforth News, 1932-08-25, Page 4THE SEAFORTH NEWS. THURSDAY AUGUST 25, 1932.. THE SEAFORTH NEWS, S'nowdon Bros., Publishers. WALTON. Duff's 67th Anniversary, -:The anni- versary services of Duff's United Church were a grand success, The large cliurch, 'building was taxed to the utmost to accommodate the crowd which came out in the morning to "'Bear a discourse by Rev. J. N. Gould, of Grace, Church, St. Thomas, on !Faith. Mr. Gould is a very forceful preacher and the `message which he brought will not soon be forgotten: 'The Just Shall Live by Faith," Ram., i1:17, world -known teat of Martin Lu- ther, was the spealkees morning sub- ject, in which a contrast was ilFawn between the life grasping after mater- ial things --the life oif materialistic Rideal -and the life of the spiritual ideal. Itt Ms eve'nin'g address Jesus' :value of personality, His dare for the individual, were portrayed with in - 'stances df individuals, as Magdalene, and little children who clambered ahout.His knee. When we see and knave the best, how can we be 'made rto care for it, was the theme of Ms sermon. The choir of twenty-seven ramices, assisted by Mr. James: Scott es€ Sealerth deserve special mention. Mr. Scott rendered a couple of solos, also a duet with Mrs. Colin Fin'gland, which were very much appreciated, bb•th morning and evening. The pro- ceeds of " anniversary amounted to around $300. On Monday evening a good crowd turned, out to enjoy a lecture by Rev. Wm. Paxton, F.R.JG;S. of Liverpool, England. Dr. Paxton is a man five foot seven in height and weighs one hundred . and sixty --five pounds. In appearance he is about 34 or 35 years of age, but must ,be much more.. Besides being a minister of one of the large churches of England, he is a journalist of no mean ability and eontributea articles to several maga- zines . aga-zines: of which the British Weekly is one.'. He has travelled on, `three con- tinents and is a real leader in public fife. His. lecture on Monday night gave those who were, present a glimpse of customs and usages in the Scottish :Church o'fone hundred years ago. Mr. Panton will be welcomed to Wal- ton whenever he finds it convenient to return. The music for the evening was supplied by the Wingham chic Quartette of the 'United Church, This anniversary marks the 67th since Duff's congregation was organized and 20 years since opening of the ,present fine edifice. About $300: was realized during the anniversary. To that section of Huron county of which Walton now form: the centre there was a great influx of set- tlers during t'ite years 1852 to 1856. These settlers were English. Irish and Scotch. The latter came via Ayr, rOutario. The first settlers came on foot along the Huron road, There was no Seaforth then and, no direct road from Seaforth to Walton. These im- migrants crossed the stream at places cal ed• Harpurhey and Roinborough. lRovborough was situated abotnt one and one-quarter' miles north and one and one-quarter miles west of where the village of Sea'forth now stands. I:t was the site of a grist mill erected by the .Canada Company, The erection of the mill "constituted part of the service the Canada Company was to render for a large grant of Huron county land. Some of the settlers crossed the stream at'Roxlborough, others at Her- purhey. Mrs, McKay, of. Ethel, Who celebrated her 89th birthday on• June 115th, 1932, tells of crossing the stream at Hanpurhey. The _company with which she came as a child, was cam- eased of thirteen members. Night ov erto'ok them at Harpurhey. There was m0 accommodation mmodiati'on f r 'hem. A large a t ge elm tree three or four feet in diameter had fallen dawn so they :spread their blankets. on the ground along the trunk of the tree. The thirteen lay down with their heads toward the ,tree trunk and spent the night, It was a roundabout journey to this vicinity as the road now- beading to Seefonth through Winthrop did not exist. It was same time after 1854 that this road was "underlhrushed out" to the vicinity of Grieve's':brid.ge by Mr. John tMcFadzean, his son Thom- as MieFacizea•n, and Mr. Masher. ;bfr. John Mc'Fadzeau, and Mr. Mo cher with Mr. V1cFadzean's.two sons came in in 1854 to take up land. They 'righted a fire and spent the night on the knoll where Mr. Roy B'ennett's :orchard is now located. abt was not long before nearly all the latud in the community was taken u'p. Mr. Smillie, Mr. Simpson, .Mr. Blair, Mr. "MoTeod,' and many others came. in during the 50's. When a decision was reached to piano a church, a meeting was called about 11863 by invitation from house eo house and the people responded heartily. The meeting was held iu (Hugh 'MelD'onald's log shanty. Mir. Ijohn McIadzean was elected chair- man and .Mr. Adam .Ferguson appoint- ed secretary: "Che main item of lusl- 'ness disc;ussed was the erection of a come in and see our new and used cars Agent for ehrysler, De Soto, Plymouth JOHNGALLOP .LLtJP AGENT FOR FROST FENCE SUPERTEST GAS and OILS All Repairs and Labor Cash. church. A conum'ibtee was ' appointed to select a site. The site committee ap- proached the Canada Company but was. refused, Mr, Robert Dennison .was approached and though a mem- ber of the Methodist church readily granted one fourth of an acre free of change. IThe'first church was a frame build - in, each contributing as he or she had albility, Some gave sticks o'f tim- ber for the frame. The lumber for the first church was sawn with a whip saw. Mr. McLeod, grandfather of Mrs. John. Howard Grey township, shtareid in the use of the whip saw. The young ladies off which Margar- et M!dLeo'd (nolw Mrs. ,MclKay, Eth- el) was one, made contributions from. among them'selve's and purchased a (Gaelic Bible for use in the church. IThe little church served its time. In 41869 a new church was built seating LEO persons, and costing one thou- sand dollars. The church erected in 1869 served the congregation well, for over forty years, until the present church building ,teas erected in 191'?. IThe church is well situated, has a seating capacity of 350 persons and is well equipped to take care df all depantments of congregational work. Some time in the early part of the year 1365 the congregation was org- anized. For some time previous to the organization of the congregation in 1565 the people met at intervals for worship. At the first communion the Messrs. Hugh McPhee and James Fulton acted as elders, who together with Mr. James Campbell and \'fir. James Stnillie were elected elders at this communion season. Miss Mary Smillie has ,been the ef- ficient treasurer for .thirty-one years. The Sabbath. School was organiz- ed in 1356. The late Mr. James Smil- lie was appointed as the first super- intendent. Since that time Mr. James 'Fulton, Mr. Peter Watson, Mr. Alex. Gardiner have fulfilled the duties per- taining to that office. Mr. Silas John- ston. the present superintendent, has completed his ninth year of service. Mr. James Fulton led :the singing as precentor of the church till 1882, when he moved •beyond the bounds of the congregation. William i1'CdAllister and Daniel "Ross and William Coutts followed. The organ was installed in 11895, Miss Annie Ferguson acted as organist and choir leader for many years. Upon her removal Miss Jennie 1Ritchie held the position. At present ,Mrs. W. C. Bennett is organist and Mrs, W. E. Radford leader of the choir.' rrhe ministers of the. congregation are as follows: Rev. John Ferguson, ID:D. (I18615s18717), Rev. Alexander iMdN'aughten (11877-11885), Rev. Fran- cis Ba'11an'tyoe,MJA. 0&85-12::), Rev, David Forrest (1889-1399, Rev. J. A. Cranston, MJA.,. D.D. (1900), Rev. Andrew MadN'ab . 019014909), Rev. R. A. Lundy, BA. (19094920), Rev. E. F. Ch'andller,,B!A.,.B(D., 01921- 11926), Rev. W. J. Maines, B.A. 0926- '1931), Rev. Ch'a's, Cumming (1931) The history of the U''nited Presby- terian Church of North America is in- teresting. Mr. John Shot -treed, who settled in Morris; was a member of this church beifore com'in'g to Walton. ,Mr, :Shartreed settled in 118519. He soon communiicated with Rev. John Gilles- pie of Sltartlford, Ont. who visited at Walton in 1362 and orga'niued a con- gregation. Thre first puldic service in 1Walton district was conducted by a minister of the United Presbyterian Church of North America. The first settled minister of the congregation was :Mr, John L. Robertson, ordained and inducted cin March 22nd, 1267. At that time there were two 'elders,. Mr. John Hlis'lop. Sr. and Mr, David Knight. On October 25th of the same year three more elders were ordained Mr. John Sh'ortreed, Mr. Walter Ri- chardson and Mr, Robert Sh'ortreed, On the date of the minister's ordina- tion there were two and thirty mem- -burs. The next day ten more were re- ceivect by certificate and three on pro- fession of faith, The church 'building wax renovated and veneered' with brick in 1895, The frame of it may still be seen on the farm of Mr, Wil- liam Shortreed, A few of the seats are still used In the basement of the church. The congregation secured the site Where the' present church is with a splendid' glebe Of twenty acres. • Mr. Ifidhn I31rslap's home was erected by the congregation as a manse for their minister. II/1.1910, on Oct, 311st, the congre- gation of the United Presbyterian i0hurdh of North America united with the congregation of the Presbyterian Church in, Canada. ' (Besides Rev. J. L. Robertson other ministers who served the congrega- tion were Messes. Devine, Mann, Reidy ?Filer and Milligan. ' (Three bodies have united to form' the present Duff's congregation for in 19125 the Methodist congregation united with Duff's to form one wc'r- shipping body. Among those from a distance who attended the an'ttivensary in the Unit- ed Ohurch on Sunday were Mr. and ,Mrs.' A. Dundee and family and Mr. A. Souter , of Detroit 3fr. A. Denni- son, Kitchener, Mr. and; Mrs. W. IMurch and . Mrs. Oliver Harris, Mr. and Mrs, A. Craig, Preston, Mr. and Mrs. Ashton, Gorrie. Mr. and Mrs.. H. Skinn of Windsor, :spent the week end at her • sister'a, Mrs. R. W. Iiloy. .lir. and Mrs. W. Milier of Regina spent the .ypast week with their friends, -lir. and Mrs, Aaron Hulley. Harold Philbrook of Toronto, win') spent the past two months with his aunt, Mrs. Noble McCallum, return- ed Monday to Toronto. iMiss ,Lena and Jack Drager are hol- idaying with their 'brother at Doon, IDoit't forget the football match on Mondayy evening. Mr. Thos. Mose of Milventan spent Saturday- evening with his father, James. Mose, Mr. John Wiedo and. Miss Laura Wiedo of Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- fred Wiedo, Clifford and Glen Wdedo. of Hilisgreen; :Messrs, Martin, Rich- ard Young, .Melvin Crich and Master (Harry Crich of Tuckersmith, and Mr, Cleo. Dove spent Sunday with Mr. games Mose.. (Master Douglas Coale of Toronto is !holidaying with his ;cousin, Everett Perdue. DUBLIN !Matriculation Results.-IThe follow- ing are the Matriculation results of the Dublin School:- IB'eirninger, Donalld=Latin Authors 13rdr; Latin composltion 1st, French !Authors 2nd, Fr. Grammar C. (Brenesan, Dorothy -English Com- position 3rd, chemistry C, French composition C. 'Carlin, Eliaalbeth-Canadian history C, Ancient history 3rd, algebra 2nd,' geo'metry C, chemistry 3rd, Latin :composition C. tion C, algebra 1st, geometry C, cheap- isti'y 2nd, Latin authors 3rd, Latin composition 1st. /l1M'olyneaux, \Teronica__IJaltiu auth- ors 2nd, Latin' composition list, Fr. authors 2ncl; Fr. composition 3rd. OlReilly, John --Algebra 2nd, geom- etry C. IRyau, Leota-English composition' 3rd; Ryan, Fran pis•-1English cout posi tion C English 4iterature C. Mtrs. John Evans and family are visiting at the home of 'her mother, 'Mrs. Pat Ryan. hblrst jos Nagle visited friends Dublin on Slaiturdlay. Mr. and Mrs. H. Dinynoan of De- troit visited at the home cif Mr. and Mrs, Dave McDonnell Sunday la'st. ;Mists Katherine " Byrne, who has been vlssiti.ng friends in Detroit return- ed' home on Thurs'd'ay least. (Miss Catherine Donnelly of Buffalo is visiting at the hotme of her parents, 'Mr. and Mrs. Franck Donnelly. Mr. end Mrs. W'in. Fin'layso'n and two children and Mrs. H. 1Weiland of Seaforth visited Mr. and Mrs. Alex. 'Darling an Saturday. Mr. P. Dill returned to Detroit af- ter a week's visiit with his .parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. Dill. Mrs. P. 'Stapleton and •daughter re - 'burned from Buffalo after a pleasant visit with 'friends. 'Mr. and 'Mrs. R. Maidens and fam- ily, returned to' L'ondian after two weeks' vacation with 2lr, Mid Mrs, A. Darling. Mrs. E. Nagle of Kitchener called on her many friends in the village on Thursday. Miss Nolan returned' to Toronto af- ter a pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. C. Beale. Mrs. Charlie Surulb and family and Mr. Charlie McDaid of 1Kiitohenler were Sunday visitors at the home • df Mrs. Tom Burn's. Mr. Herb " Weston of . Galt visited .MIs', Gar - Smith for a few days last week. Mr: Lorne Cronin returned to De- troit this week. Miss Mary Cronin and Miss Helen Cronin accompauiad him on the return trip to spend a few, drays with their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carpenter spent Sunday -at Bayfield. Mr. A. J. O'Connir, Detroit, is spending ,a few clays :visiting friends and relatives ' in this vicinity. A large number from here attended the hard time's dance held at Crom- arty on Friday evening. IBro'ther Francis is holidaying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Dal- ton. BLYTH. :Mrs. Thos, 'Shwebottom of Bel- gnave visited' oyes the week end with Mrs. Clarence Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bradshaw of Jamestown spent 'Thursday witn John and Mrs. Grasby. Mr, and Mrs. John McNichol and A'tt'bry, Mr, and Mrs. Cihas. "Nichol- son, Gordon and Velma spent Sun day at Mr. Christopher Rogerson's of Belton. Mr. Thos. Gt asby of Soarboro visit- ed his •lorother, Mr. ' John Grashy on Wednesday. Ills. and Mre. John Riley of James- town, Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Johns - tan and Iona, also: Mr, and Mrs. Chas. Nicholson, Mr. and Mrs, Thos. Gras - by, also Mr. Tihbs. Gnasby of Scar - bora, " were guests of Mw. and Mirs. John Gataslby Wednesday evening. Mr. and :Mrs. Joseph Jacklin and fa- mily of Grey, visited. Mr, and Mrs. (Nelson Nicholson on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnston and Mr, Thos. Shoeb'otto•m spent Fri- d'ay' evening at John Grasiby's. Coyne, Agnes -Algebra 3rd, 'Latin, 1.Miss Mary Bnadlsha'w of James - authors C. • " ,town spent the week end with her Delaney, Bridget-ILitera'ture 3rd, gm.ndlparenits, Info. and ra Mrs. s G slby. 'Misses Mary and Mable Fear spent the week end with Misses Addie and 'Margaret Bell. !Mr. Harold 'Cunningham and Tis,, !Rosetta visited at Nelson Nicholsot's Thursd'ay evening, Miss A. :M Mathes of Toronto is visiting her parents, Mr. and' Mrs. John Moines. IMr, and ,Mrs. Harvey McCutcheon and family and Mos. R. Scott of Brus- sells' were visitors 'with the former', sister, Mrs. Ropbent'Craig, on Sn'tdgy. Mr. (Russell Armstrong of 'Lonctwn spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Martin Arni truing Annie and Gordon Craig are visit- ing their grandmother, Mrs. F. !u4c- Cubchcon • and other relatives near Brussels. Mr, and Mrs. Win. Tanney of 'Cor - onto spent,the week' end with the for- mer's mother, Mrs. A. Tuunee. Mr. and Mrs., Naive./ Garniss anil daughter, J'ylia of rDeLeeit were visit- ors with the former's brother, :vfr. George Garniss. Mr, and Mrs. William Woods of Walton visited the latter's sitter,, Mr. H, M. Patterson. McKILLOP.. We are sorry to hear that Mr, Gor- don Hulley is on the sick list again. Harvesting is ,the order of the day. C:antadhan history - C, geometry C. chemistry 1st, , ID,il1, Gondtyn--IAlgelbna 2nd, geom- etry C, chemistry lint, Donnelly, Irene -Canadian history. IC, algebra 2nd, chemistry 2nd, F,r, composition C. Doyle, Frank -Literature 3rd, Can- adian history 3rd, algebra list, geom- etry C, eom-etry-.C, chenristry 2nd. Doyle, Nellie -Canadian history C, algebra 1st, chemistry 3rd, Latin au th'ors C, oompasition-3rd. (Eckert, E'ileeu-JCan•adian history C, geometry' C, physics. C. 'Eckert, Vincent ---Canadian history C, algebra C, chemistry C, Latin au- thors C, Latin composition C. Clare, Gormley -!Chemistry C. Fr, co'm,poasiti•on C. Holland, Jolhtt-,Ancient history C, •chemistry C. 1Krauskop'f, Fha'ncis_,Geometry C, physics 2nd, chemistry 2nd. 1Krausko'pf, IUrsula�AIgebra 1st, Latin authors ''C, 'Latin ' composition 2nd.. M'cCarthy, Daniel --(Algebra C, La- tin composition. C. M'dCarbhy, "Genevieve -Literature C, Canadian history` C, algebra let, chemistry 2nd, Latin authors C, Latin composition 2nd: 'Vetiver, Jlolini=•-'Chemistry 3rd. MioQuaid, John-lCanadian history C. chemistry C. Molyneaux, ,Jack -English composi- Chua'ch "services, Sunday, August 281h. Services will be wlbadtawvnl at Duffs and Bethel and a joint service 'well be -held at. Coven IOhuroh,-Win- throp, at 2.00 p.m. Rev, Charles Mal- colm, of Egnlandivilie, will be itt charge. Mrs. Joseph Somers, of :Stratford, wars a visitor at the hotne of Mr, and Mrs. Alf. Bron'n for a few days. WINTHROP. ,Mr. and Mrs. Fergus Bullard spent Sunday with relatives in London. IMlisi; Betty Bullard returned home with them atter sp'endin'g` the pa's't unnnutllr there. Mr. and Mrs. William Wheatley' of ,Regina, returned home on Monday af- ter spending the past month with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Wheatley. F,•' )Mr.. aF'at" Powell' of Myth -spent IStintdla'y, with frien'd's e'aslt of the vil- lage. 1Wiivtihtdp Ovals defeated 10 fodtbal hast' Saturday; evening by Egniond vil!le, the score being 2 to''I. IMr. Tim Eaton spelnit .Sunday with 'Mr.. and IMrs. Foster Bennett. - ST. COLUMBAN. Miss Evelyn IM'dGrath of Buffalo' spent 'Sunday d't her home here. !hiss Mary Gallagher of Toronto is visiting her uncle, Mr. John Delaney.' 'Mary O'Sullivan of Toronto spent the week -end with her parents here. Joseph Moylan' oif Kitchener was home' over 'Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Allan Brant of To- ronto spent .Sunday with Mr. :and Mrs. James O'Reilly. Mary MdGradh of Toronto is spend- ing her vacation with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. P. H. McGrath. • 1 * * * • * * * -* * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER * *-(Furnished by .Ontario Depart- * • ment of Agriculture.) , * r • * * * * * * • * * iPreli'minary estimate of the yield per acre of various crotps over ,the .pro- vin'ce is as follows: Wheat, 30.11 bush- el's; fall rye„ 172 bushels; hay . and clover, tons per acre, 1.27; alfalfa, tons per acre,first cutting,,1.79. Prospects are reported to 'be ex- eeplbionallly goad for a large pear crop in Ontario. Mie trees came through ithe wi'n'ter with very little injury and .weather conditions have been excel- lent for the development of the fruit. INitigara district looks for a yield double that of last year and Burling- ton also expects to top lat year' fig ure. Taken as a whole, the production for the province should be far in ex cess of 1931. It is interesting to note that weather conditions have-. not 'been so favorable in Nova Scotia, where the orop will ,be about two - third's of that of 'last year, while '.Bri- tish Columbia will likely have a crop about equal to that of 1931. A report to the Ontario Marketing 'B'oard states that a new package for hothouse tomatoes has been devised and is making a bit with the trade ac- ross the border, bringing a premium of about 115c per basket over other packages. The new package is a corr- ugated paper' carton with a "wood h'and'le, giving it the appearance of a peck basket, Each tomato' is labelled and cellophane wrapped. The cello - ,phane of course is transparent and the !buyer can easily see the to'm'aitoes without removing the wrapper and spoiling the appearance of the ',puck= age. The cehlaphane wrapper also has other advantages as it keeps the tam. ato firm and keeps out ft -vesture. Current Crop Report Harvesting operations have been delayed by cetcdty weather in both Western and . Eastern Ontario." Pas- tures in Western Ontario and pard of 'Central Ontario are reported excel- lent. The condition of cattle' and the milk --flaw is above normal for the time of year. In Eastern Ondarlo,, `on 'the other hand, the pastures are ,Ary poor and the cattle and milk flow, are ,sufferingaccordlin'gly. :South Simcoe reports practically all 'early potatoes harvested and sold train the disitrict, One farmer month of Ali'lls'ton dug over 2,000bags from 14 acres. He reports the demand mu.c'h .greaterthan ex- pected, truckers taking their supply right from the field. In -Lincoln hail storms caused many thousand dollars worth of damage to peaches, pears grapes, plums and apples, A tobacco" c'op of 20,000,000 pounds is expected in Norfolk ' and harvesting opera- tions are :now in full swing. The 'blue - ,berry crop in Muskoka an'd. Parry Soured districts has not been up to ex- pectations. - Trade in Farm Products A statement just issued by the Do- minion inion Biureau of Statistics estimates the total • of Canada's trade in tacm productsfor the fiscal year 1931-02' at 15308,4180,201; of this amount .$2124,- 728469 represents .farm products ex- ported while $90,7511,939 represents 'Farm products imported. Mushroom Exploiters Busy ;The wnettep'ioylmerat situation' - has proved a boon .to unprincipled pro. TRY Cillespies Cleaners & Dyers WITH YOUR NEXT ORDER Phone I96w. We call and deliver V. J. Gillespie Prop. tnaters selling mushroom spawat, says the bureau of Plant Industry, U.S. Department o'f" Agriculture, in a warn- ing just issued. Promoters describe mushroom growiii'g as a new and un- exploided bus'in'ess requiring only a small capital investment. and coanpar- atively little experience, with almost certain- prospects oflarger ,prolfiits be- cause of the alleged scarcity and high prices of musihrodtns. These claims are for the most part misleading, says the Bureau, advising anyone who :prro,- Ip'oses to grolw rnuslhrooms to thor- oughly` investigate market conditions and the risks ,of the business. ,3• (Ontario Farm Organizations Show Large. Annual Turnover :Figures reveal that during the past year 42 Ontario farmers' co-operatives emilaracing 28,000 members did am av- erage yearly business per member of $5817. This does not by any means represent all of theco-operative ef- fort in the province. It does tend to show, hc'we•ver, that farmers are unit- ing in their efiodts to 'keep in business. The sixteen mifiilion and a kalif dollars worth of bu'sines's conducted 'by these included in the above figure repres ents sales of 'li've stock, wool, dairy pnoduets, poultry, products, fruit and vegetables, seed and grain and mis- cellaneous products and the, purchase for resale to members of such articles as m'achifnery, feed, 'fertilizers, twine and many other thing's. European Pine Shoot Moth The European pine shoot moth was imported into Canada in recent years and is rapidly becoming a serious :me- na'ce to Many species of pine grown in this country. S'cotc'h pine, red pine, jack .pine, and znugho pine are particu- larly susceptible to attack. Every ner of ornamental pine trees, pine. plantations or natural pine forests, es- pecially in Southern Ontario, is urg- ently requested to co-operate in an at- tempt at an early eradication of this pest. Cut off the infested shoots and buds in the fall. A valuable service Will be rendered by reporting any in- festation to the Dominion En'tomofo- gist, Department of Agriculture, Ot- tawa. No postage is required on let- ters sent to the above address. Census Farm Figures Figures released by the Bureau of Statistics in connection with the cen- sus_taken last year s'how that the t:ntmlber o'f farm's in Ontario has. de- creased from 192,053 in 1921 to 192.i ,14 1174 in 1934, a difference of 5,779 farms. The number of Ontario farms by acre content is given ,as follows: 1 to 10 acres, 15,91314; 11 to •50 acres, 30,6015; 51 to 100 acres, '68,1620; 1131 to 200' acres, 518,295; 201 to 299 acres, 9,4E; 300 acres and over, 9,269. Another report shows the numiber of automobiles on 'Canad'ian farms to 'h'a've increased from, 157,000 in 19121 to 3121,300 in 1931. Ontario has by far 'the largest number Of .cars, 195,716. at haus also 14,586 motor trucks. Other farm machinery' is listed as follows: Tractors, 19000; gasoline engines 45,- 000; 'bi'nd'ers; 10,000; : threshing ins - chines 8,400; cream separators, 127,- 000; 27,000; milking niadleines, 4,000; silos, 35,700; electric motors 9,600. A total of 32,294 farmus. in Ontario have gas or electric. light, 411,3160 have 'radio, 193,- 932 93,9131? have telephone 20,1154 water piped in the kitchen, and 112,1179 piped in the bath room: Ensilage Oats, Peas and Vetches The following excerpts tram the an- nual report of the Dominion Field Husbandman for 1931 will be of spe- cial interesit to farmers wtio include oats, peas and vetches for ensilage in 't'he'ir general crop plan: Oats, peas and vetches in the dough stage produce a high yield of good quality ensilage and 'cutting at .this. stage is to be recommended over oarlier.or later cuttings. It is not advisable to allow the oats, peas and vetch crop to wilt more than two or' three hours before ensnl- iag. Adding water to oats, peas and vetches does not improve the quali'ty of ensilage, , 1O'ats, peas .:and vetches put into the silo without ctnttiug will produce en- silage which is mouldy and not fit for IThe length o'ftime in storage a't, pears to have no adverse effect on oats-pea's-'vetc'h ensilage. Lots kept in separate test sil'o's through periods of` three, seven and nine months, respect- ively, at the Cen'tr'al Experimental Farm,. Ottawa, gave excellent ensil- age, -T'he length of time in storage ap- parently. having no adverse effect on the material.