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Jjt: Oranges that ;have been ef-
kr tau farming through bre use of
?1) rrlamvtjng implements and the part
aiadorn farm anaeihainery is play -
reducing the farmer's costs+ of
taeti!ou,- were the highlights in an
ddre;3's on "The New Era in Agricul-
+ta4re" given before the Rotary Club
Of Terdrztto, last week, by John Mar-
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ant.l. Of the Massey -Harris Company.
¥r. Martin, by striking .contrasts of
slmodiuction figures, brought home to
thtls audience the importance et agri-
culture in Canada, showing that the
value of the fodder crops of Canada
for 1937 amounted to $138,000,000 -
Whereas that for the total gold pro-
duction of Canada, tsar the same year
wap $143,000,000, or "praotically the
same amount for fodder -just feed for
horses ,and cantle, as far the gold pro-
duction of Canada," and tisat "the
dairy production of Ontario and Que-
bec alone was $157,000,000 or $14,-
000,000 more than for the total gold
production of Canada."
"The Story of the development of
agr culture from the small olearings
of tfL'e pioneer daY4190 tope larger 0.0re-
afgea acre-
aOf UAW." a Pape ke 004, "was
largely the story of the intrbda tten
and development of farm implements.,
and Canadians 'had 'played a most im-
portant part In it."
Exports Important to National
Economy
"Men like the Harris's, Massey's,
Wisner's, Patterson's, Verity's, Cock-
s"hutt's, Frost and Wood, had put Can-
ada right in the forefront of imple-
ment making in the world," he said
and told how the small plant started
in Newcastle by Daniel Massey in 1847
Thad grown and of the amalgamation
with the Harris Company in 1891.
How,the business spread to fifty-two
countries of the worlds and spoke of it
as 'being as firmly estable!hed in the
business of a score of other countries
as in its own native land.
"As a result of its export business,
Massey -Harris," he said, "in the ten
year period from 1928-1937, spent in
Canada $21,261,000 more than the. to-
tal of all its sales in Ganda, surely a
worth-wthile contribution to the na-
tional economy of Canada.."
Removes Stoops From Farming
"One of the oldest of callings," the
speaker reminded his audience, "farm-
ing had seen few changes down
through the ages until the coming of
mechanical aids. Now changes take
place with such rapidity that we do
not stop to consider the transfosrana-
tion that has taken place." He fours'
a ready means of recalling what farm-
ing meant in the pre -machine days by
reference to these famous pictures of
the great French Artist, Millet, which
still adorn the walls of many (homes
-"The Angelus," "The Gleaners," and
"The Man With the Hee," and point-
ed out that they all shad one signifi-
cant characteristic and that was the
bent backs of the people working in
the field,
The full import of -"The Man with
the Hoe" he brought home with dra-
matic force in the few lines he quoted
from Edwin Markham's now famous
poem in which be calls on -"Masters,
Lords and Rulers of all Lands to
straighten up this shape," but Mr.
Martin, added, "each step in the em-
ancipating of the farmer from this
back -breaking, brain -deadening toil
has come about by the introduct on
of some nevi labor-saving machine,
and thus modern farm machinery had
done more than all the Masters, Lords
and Rulers of all lands to straighten
up turas shape."
Farm Production Costs Lowered
"Even with Canadian farming on a
higher standing than it had ever been
there or in any other part of the
world, it still had great problems con-
fronting it, such as the difficulties of
Western Canada and soil --drifting, rust
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to their trained eyes and fingers.
• But no one person can be an expert on steel,
brass, wood, leather, foodstuffs, fabrics, and all of
the materials that make up a list of personal pur-
chases. And even experts are fooled, sometimes, by
concealed flaws and imperfections.
• There is a surer index of value than the senses
of sight and touch . . . knowledge of the maker's
name and fo% what it stands. Dere is the most cer-
tain method, except that of actual use, for judging
the value of any manufactured goods. Here is the
only guarantee against careless workmanship, or
the use of shoddy materials.
• This is one important reason why it pays to
read advertisements and to buy advertised goods.
The product that is advertised is worthy of your
confidence.
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Speed
Tender vegetables a r e quickly
grown. A Check by dry weather or
anything else invariably causes wood-
iness. To eliminate such danger ex-
perienced market gardeners push
their plants Along with frequent ap-
plications of commercial fertilizer.
This must be applied carefully so as
to be close to but not actually touch-
ing stem's or roots.
Perennials
Perennial flowers add a feeling of
permapenoe to any garden. Coming
on yeas after year they maintain in-
terestroughout the dormant months
and because of their quick start they
usually bloom ahead of annuals. While
solid perennial beds are very popular,
anther satisfactory plan is to have
a few of these plants scattered about
the garden for early bloom and fill in
between with annuals.
Selection will depend upon what
part of Canada the reader lives.
Throughout most of the country, how-
ever, the following brief list will prove
reasonable <hardy: Delplrinuim, peony,
primrose, English daisy and violas.
Reference Books,
Seed catalogues put out by the large
firms contain much more than a mere
mention of the many flowers and veg-
etables
egetables available and recommended in
Canra,da. They specify important
points •such as time of planting, re-
sistance or lack of resistance to frost,
height, color, season of blooming,
whether :scented, and also the suita-
bility of the flower, for cutting purpos-
es. All of these points should be tak-
en into consideration in planting a
real •gandeiv, authorities state, as only
with such knowledge can a compre-
hensive and practical scheme be
and grasshoppers; the low price that
prevailed for some of its products,
the disparity of farm product, prices
with the prices of manufactured pro-
ducts generally, and the problem of
dwin •ling export markets for wheat
and consequent low price."
ut (here again," the speaker said,
he agricultural entneer comes to
the aid of the farmer and cited the
development of the One -Ware -Disc
ca carious
SCIENCE STAGING SCRAPS
Seeder which combining the rariaus
operations of tillage and seeding all
in one avoided too much over cultiva,
tion of the so 1 and left it in a mat-
ted condition which successfully re-
sisted soil -blowing and at the same
time cut the Dost of tillage and seed-
ing by at least 40 per cent.
"Iii the great need for concentrat-
ing on lower cost of production the
agricultural engineer had effected an
adaptation of the combine method of
harvesting in the new small power -
take -off combines which brought the
advantages of this most economical
method of harvesting within the scope
of the farmer of smaller acreages'. A
oneman outfit," Mr- Martin said,
"farmers last year told him that their
only out of pocket expense for opera-
tion was the Dost of gas and oil which
amounted to what it would have cost
for the price of binder twine, thresh-
er method, saving the cost of stook-
ers and threshing crews, and the wo-
man of the farm was saved the ordeal
of cooking far the threshing crew,
etc.
"Tractors, too, 'had shown as great
improvements, especially it the reduc-
tion of operating costs. Citing one
striking example in the new tractor in
the saving n oil alone, 5 quarts in-
stead of 12 being now required at h
filling and of only needing to change
every 100 hours instead of every 30
as heretofore. Saving as mush as $60
a year.
"Agricultural engineering was. work-
ing hand in hand with the farmer ie
the solution of his problems anti in
lower ng the costs of production, and
so helping to put farming on a more
profitable basis." -
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worked out.
Lawns
No garden is complete without a
lawn and the richer, greener and soft-
er that lawn is the better the whole
picture.
The average person forgets that
grass is an ordinary garden plant re-
quiring food and came just as mach
as flower or vegetables. Seed selec-
tion is also just as important. Good
lawns are produced from top quality
lawn grass mixtures, which contain
proper proportions of tiLe finer penm-
anent grasses- Seed should be sown
liberally" and the ground fertilized,
Rolling in the spring and watering.
regularly are also advisable.
Soametimes tree roots work up to-
wards the surface simply because''
there is water there and none beneath.
Heavy watering of 'lawns once a week
rather than light daily sprinkles will
prevent this danger and will also be
best for the lawn itself.
This treatment will keep grass, a
rich dark green and growing fast en-
ough to crowd out the weeds. Patches
of the latter in old lawns are usually
a• sure sign that soil is weaning out
and needs fertilizing. In hot weather
grass should not be cut as short nor
as often as in the spring and fail:
No Hurry
The beginner is inclined to rush the
season. It will not hurt to planet peas,
spinach, lettuce or radish, just as
soon an ground is ready, or sweet
peas and flowers which naturally seed
themselves.. t,For the medium hardy
type of plant, however, there is 110 ad-
vantage whatever in sowing too soon.
There is little growth in any case un-
til the soil really.turns warm.
Gardeners are advised to divide
their seed into at least three parts,
sowing a third as soon as weather
permits, a third a little later and the
balance at the very tail end of the
planting season. In this way if frost
does cut down the first batch there
will besmore plants coming on and
the season will be lengthened by the
last part of the garden sown.
NEXT WEEK-8kort Cuts, Garden
Pictures, Don't Crowd.
Th'e "Delineator."
In 1863, Ebenezer Butt'erick, a coun-
try tailor of Sterling, Mass., conceiv-
ed the idea for a set of men's graded
shirt patterns.. They were the first
standardized patterns for clothes, and
they sold like hotcakes. One winter
evening his wife remarked that a great
many mothers would like patterns
from which to make their children's
clothes. So 'a pattern for a baby's
dress was drafted and graded from
measurements taken on a email
nephew- All patterns were cut from
tissue paper and put up in neat bun-
dles by the family. They were sold
through agents, one of whom, Jones
Warren Wilder, game in one day to
say that women up in the country
were asking for patterns for their own
clothes, So a woman's wrapper pat-
tern was drafted on Ellen Butterick's
dining -room table.
The business grew rapidly, and in
1867 Mr, Bulterick moved it to New
York. Mr. Wilder joined the firm
with a brilliant idea --make the mass-
es pattern -conscious with a fashion
magazine. The result was the "Metro-
politan," started) ie 1869 with an edi-
tor (Mr. Wilder), a writer and an
office boy. Be 1871 the newspapers
were beginning to write of this "great
fashion bazaar." The Buffalo Daily
Courier remarked quite seriously that
"They have solved a grave . social
problem which was 'dissIolviug family
ties.' Making their own dresses will
prove a blessing to restless--w'omeri
who in their idlesiesus have turned af-
ter the false gods of suffrage." The
Butterick firm was selling 6,000,000
patterns annually, and the Metropoli-
tan was no longer big enough. So it
was merged with their catalogue The
Ladies' Quarterly Report of Broadway
Fashion. The name a was (Changed,
and, as the "Delineaitor, ' It carried
41be news of fashion all eves the ovum
try. -Time and Delineator.
BETWEEN GERMS
It's hiard`enough for germs to keep
alive, chased as they are from pillar
to post by doctors and nurses, and
du,out of their caves and cyclone cel -
tans by relays of antisepti•es. But now
sctence discovers that germs even
have to fight between themselves to
see whish is going to make people
sick and from what. The discoverer
of this civil war among germs is a
British microbe sleuth and lover of
statistics, Dr. D. Barron Cruickshank.
There are no ringside seats where
fans can watch Dr. Crtiicks'hank's
fight between two of man's deadliest
enemies, the tuberculosis 'germs and
what Dr. Cruickshank thinks is the
cancer germ- Ringside seats would'n.t
he worth muelh anyway, since the sup-
posed cancer germ is too stmall to be
seen -even with the most powerful
microscope- -
Dr. Cruickshank gets all his fight
news about it, not from the germs
themselves but from the British death
records. Out at Simms Woodhead
Memorial Laboratory, Papworbh, Eng-
land, the doctor spends a lot of 'time
poring over such documents. He
counts • all the names of people who
died from sander each ysear. Then be
counts those who died from tuber-
culosis. Every year that tuberculosis
drops behind, cancer gains about as
many victiians as . tuberculosis ,loses.
From pencils,, paper, a calculating ma-
chine and the death records, Dr.
Cruickshank has figured out that can-
cer germs are tiny, invisible "bugs"
that live inside tuberculosis germs) un-
til they get powerful enough to make
trpuble- The Dancer germs raise slow
growing families, taking nearly half a
man's lifetime to bring up enough
cancer babies to cause a human body
any harm. But meanwhile the body's
own disease -fighting cells pitch in. If
they fail to "get" the tuberculosis
germs the victim dies of that disease
and any cancer germs just get lost
in the sthuffle.
$ut if not all the tubercuiossie germs
getl killed, some of their cancer germ
tenants keep on raising families and
sooner or later the human victim gets
cancer.
Lately something seems to have
pepped up the tiny cancer germs.
They are lc lilting more tuberculosis
germs then, ever. That disease seems
to be disappearing. According to
Irr. Cruickshank the cancer gem's
pray manage to do away with tuber-
culosis altogether. So far so good,
but at the same time more and more
people are getting cancer, and get-
ting it earlier ands earlier in life,
AItheugh Dr. Cru:'rcksshank relies on
the old saying that figures do net lie,
other experts leok en with raised eye-
brows, waiting for- more proof.
From the State Hospital at Colam-
bla, South Carolina, comes news of
two sister 'germs that . got into a bat-
tle. Both were malaria germs'- One
has the, habit of giving its victims
chills and fever every three days. The
other is a LItle better natured and
works every four days.
Doctors at the South Carolina hos-
p1tal were giving cases of one or the
other hind of malaria to tnseir patients
en purpose, not beeanrse the medicos
had anything againt the patients but
because a, case of malaria some'tmes
cares certain insane people and these
patients were insane.
F`rr,ally someone had tlhe bright idea
of giving a doubleheader malaria, 3 -
day germs and 4 -day germs all to-
gether. That's where the relatives
started the fight Mixed- malaria nev-
erhappe'ned at al& Dither one ><. cross
sister or the. other 'tl sn.
Pertinent Points
(Continued from Pap 21).
Tright ooipe to life long enough to ad-
minister a solar plexus upon the ho-
es of the dictators and thereby stop
e jitterbug disease now epidemic in
e Balkans.
• r •
Mussolini made -a fatal • mistake
when he 'stirred up the Moslem world.
And! while all the citizens of Albania
were not 1,ni love with King Zog it is
safe to say that 'a vast majority of
the Albanians will defend their coun-
try to tlhe last 'drop of blood. The
mountaineers of that country are
more than expert when it oom'es to
knocking a man off from behind a
rock, and the chances are many of
Benito's a�oldaects will pay dearly be-
fore the country is pacified.
* • •
The King of. Italy should pin a
medal on Benito for the heroic cap-
ture•sof Albania. The little kingdom
has an area of 10,629 square miles
and apopulation of 1,003,124. The 'd-
banian army had 812 officers d n,-
ly 13,305 men. Benito used 40 nes
and forty thousand soldiers, besides
several war ships to conquer an all
but 'helpless array:
* * •
After the Big Push of 1914-18 end-
ed several huge fortunes were made
by retrieving scrap iron from great
numbers of battle fields. Just think
what will happen at the end of the
next scrap in case history repeats it-
self, And the funny part of it is, we
think we are civilized. 1 wonder!
* * •
Niemoelier and Schuschnugg are
fast becoming symbols of brutal dic-
tatorship, and no doubt their ultimate
disposal has caused Herr Hitler many
sleepless hours- It • is extremely
doubtful if the German public would
stand for the outright murder of
either of the two men.
* * •
While Europe is backing and filling
every twenty-four hours, the Japs con-
tinue to gobble up select morsels at
the expense of John Bull and France.
* * *
History tells us that dictators must
move always forward. Once they
are stopped the jig is up. Such be-
ing the case, 'there is little cause for
alarm- Because changes are that the
democratic powers • will soon have a
wall of steel . around the totalitarian
powers. At least, that is what the
world hopes for and expects.
* * •
Our greatest comfort arises from
the fact that John Bull has, and al-
ways will, win the last battle. The
situation in Europe may seem pretty
black just now, but in the last an-
alysis at means little because world
thought re-f'a"site rys'tallizing and it is
dead against al who would rule by
force.'
* * *
All patriotic Canadians should sit
down afrd calmly weigh their manifold
blessings. That done they should
warn those among us who are not in
complete sympathy with our govern-
ment to get out and stay out for all
time. There is nothing gained in pet-
ting rattlesnakes.
* * *
Uncle Sam has $15,160,154,245.18 in
his strong box, according to last re-
port. My gosb! Just think what a
splurge 'Adolph would cut if he could
get his fingers on a few billions of
that golden ihoard. It must be aggra-
vating to Herr Hitler when he knows
that quite a lot of this gold has been
shipped, out of various European
countries to prevent some ill natured
gentleman, like himself, from being
tempted.
* * *
The most damnable influence abroad
in the world today is propaganda. We
never know where it begins or wihere
it ends. We find it in high places
among the so-called learned people
and in the jungle among the knights
of the road. Wo find it in the very
air we breathe and the end is not in
sight. The rule of sanity is slowly
tottering and the grizly head of' un-
belief lifts its head higher and high -
e r.
* * *
Herr Hitler and Benito are on the
spot at the moment. Should war re-
sult the world will be able to lay its
blame exactly where it beloings. Kais-
er 13111 kicked up the row in 1914,
and has spent the last twenty-five
years trying -to lie out of it. This
time there will not be the slightest
doubt as to which country or cambdna-
Lion of countries begin the slaughter.
* « «
Tlhe only fly in the ointment is the
fact that democracies are flirting
with the Soviets.' There never was
and never will be a more deadly virus
than that sof •Cornmun.ism. It is more
devastating than the Black Death
which ravaged Europe in the Middle
Ages.
* * ak
"Suffer little Mhildren to come unto
Me." So said the good Lord. When
we read those words we cannot help
comparing them with conditions ex-
isting in Italy today. Hundreds of
homeless men, women and children
are forced to flee Nazi wrath only to
collapse on the slopes of the Italian
mountains as they struggle heroically
towards the French border, where
they arrive in starved condition and
with their feet bleeding from jagged
rocks. The Nazi brand+ of Christian-'
ity must be founded upon the teach-
ings of the devil, instead of that of
the Babe of Bethielbem.
« «
. One Nazi, plus one Swastika, plus
one Communist equals double distil-
led cessedarsess in any Ianguage, and
the sad- part of it' is that Canada has
a smattering of all all' three. It's just tuxo
bad we have no St. Patrick to rid
the country of . the breed after the
fashion of Ireland and the snake®.
"Well, what do you think of the
candidates?"
"Well, the more I think of them,
the better pleased I em to think only
one orthem can be elected."
•
Her Father: "My boy, do acu re-
alize you've been here to dinner ev-
ery tight (this week?"
Suitor: "Yes, sir, but it's really
quite O. K., because I've fixed it up
at my' lodgings to have only beds -and•
breakfast +there in the future."
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Traffic Engineers Strive For
Safety Daring Royal Tour
Officials of tlhe Ontario Department
of Highways were concentrating all
their efforts today to effect a drastic
reductioni in traffic deaths and acci-
dents during the next two months.
Their work was inspired by the re-
eemt appeal of Highways Minister
Hon. T. B. McQuesten for a province -
wide decline in'highrway fatalities and
i ',juries during May and June as a
tribute to, King George and Queen.
Elizabeth while they are visiting Can-
ada.
anada.
Statistics of the accident recording
division of the 'highways' daepautmsent
revealed that "unless every molter ve-
Thiele operator and every pedestrian ill
Ontario joined in :the current accident
,,,.,T
prevention plan, some 2,000 people
might be prevented from seeing Their
Majesties and taking part in the cele-
brations connected witlh the Hoye!
tour.
Records showed that an average of
100 persona lost their lives each year
during this period, and 1,900 others
were injured -many of tlherh incapaci-
tated -,for lengthy periods. The major-
ity of 'theses accidents, it was pointed
out, were classed, as "preventable'
and could be avoided in 1939 by the
elimination of three fundamental but
easily corrected accident causes -
momentary inattention, excessive'
speed and impatience.
The Department of Highways was
also planning for safer driving during
the visit of the King and Queen on
another safety "front." Department
officials were holding conferences
with (highway traffic engineers and
traffic experts of the provincial po-
lice department.
The purpose of these conferences
it was explained, was to map out a
series of routes by which motorists
would be able to drive in greater saf-
ety'and, comfort to the larger Ontario
centres where Their Majesties wilt
visit -
Every attempt, was being made, an
official 'stated, to see that all main
and secondary roads would be utilized)
in the most efficient manner. It is
hoped the plan will succeed in dis-
seminating the flow of traffic as much
as possible and prevent congestion
and delay.
Strong 'public support of this istiep
to reduce the highway accident ton
during the vista of Their Majesties to
Ontario is anticipated by officials of
the" Departmaent of Higthwayw. They
said the "Roy tour routes" now being
drifted would be released in various
parts of the province a few weeks
prior to the arrival of the King and
Queen at those points.
Flaying over the. Bay of Naples, an '
air pilot turned to Ms passenger and
said: "Have you heard that phrase, ,
'See Naples and Die'?"
"Yes," said the :passenger.
"Well," said the pilot, "take a good
look --the propellors come off."
LONDON and WINGSAM
NORTH
A.EL
Exeter 10.34
Hensel! - 10.46
Kippen ' 10.52
Brucefield 11,00
Clinton 11.47
Londesboro 12.06
Blyth 12.I6
Belgrave 12.27
Wingham 12,45
SOUTH
Wingham
Belgravv
Blyth .-
Lond"esboro
Clinton
Bruoefield
Kippen
Hensall
Exeter
C.N.R. TIME
EAST
P.M.
1.50
2.06
2-17
2.26
3.08
3.28
3.38
3.45
3.53
TABLE
A.M. P.M.
Goderich 6.35 3.314
Holmesville 6.50 2.52
Clinton 6.58 3.06
Seaforth 7,11 3.16
St. Columban 7.17 , 3.22
Dublin 7.21 3,29
Mitchell 7.30 3.4E
W EST
Mitchell
Dublin
Seaforth
Clinton
Goderieh
C.P.R. TIME
EAST
11.06
11.14
11.30
11.45
12.05
9.26
9.36
9.47
10.06
10.25
TABLE
Goderieb
M•emset
Mctlaw
Auburn
Blyth
Walton P
McNaugibt
Toronto
WEST
Toronto
McNaught
Walton
131ytb
Auburn
McGaw
Idetneet --.�
Ooodderlch
P.21
4.28
424
423
4.41
5.05
5.15
9.00
A.M.
8.3914
12,03
12.13
12.23
12.31
12.40
12,46
,... 12.55
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