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The Huron Expositor, 1954-08-13, Page 6r. .y Write Your Life Story in this book Buying your own home, financing your children's education—your success in reaching many goals— will all be "chapters" in your savings'pass-book. Start your savings account today at our nearest branch—there are more than 650 to serve you. N-64 :e0 &mhierce The Canadian Bank�� SEAFORTH BRANCH — G. C. Brightrall, Manager To The Editor Toronto, August 9,. 1954. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dear Sir: In your editorial page feature column, "What Other Papers Say", 1 noted that vivacious item titled, "And Girls", credited to a writer in the London Free Press, and saying in the opening para- graph: "Last year when in Bay- field on our holidays we were driv- ing along a road when we were surprised to read on a big red barn on a prosperous looking farm the words in huge letters, 'Oliver Mo- Clinchey and Girls' One is a HEAR REV. GEO. SCOTCHMER First Presbyterian Church GALVESTON, TEXAS Graduate of Wheaton College, Toronto University, Gordon College, Columbia Seminary Fellow Student with Billy Graham, conducts Radio and Television Program on Station KJBC, Galveston, Texas Mr. Scotchmer is a native born son of this district. DO NOT MISS THIS SOUL -STIRRING PREACHER FROM THE SOUTH! IN THE LEGION HALL, . CLINTON MONDAY, AUGUST 16 8:00 p.m. CLINTON AREA YOUTH FOR CHRIST 1 toured to see often in Western Om tario the name of the farmer and his sons, but this was the first time we ever saw the daughters included." The above story drew to the front of my memory a somewhat similar farm sign in the foothills country of Alberta, and which took in even more territory. As 1 re- call it now, it read: "Jack O'Don- nell & Co., Unlimitee—Wife, Sons and Daughters." Despite the natural flavor of •Cel- tic humor in these signs, they car- ry arry a vein of stern fact and logic, which is all too seldom remember- ed emembered by off -the -farm folk; namely, that while the average net income of the nation's 620,000 farms was estimated by the statisticians as nudging $2,500 last year, or ap- proximately $650 less than the revenues of the average gainfully employed Canadian in the secon- dary industries. it takes the ener- gies of the whole farm family to win this income. It seems to mer- it recording, also, the fact that the farmer's working year (including the energies of said "sons and daughters" and the endless labor of the farm wife) though yielding $650 less than his urban cousin, calls for twice as many working hours. Of course there are merits in country life which are not to be bought in any . market -place, but I think it is reasonably accurate to assert that the above disparity has a direct link with the glamor of the city lights in the eyes of rural youth. "STUDENT" The Scot is frequently the goat when jokes are on tap, but not al- ways, Listen to this: In an English political oration: "1 was born an Englishman, I have lived an Englishman. I hope I shall die an Englishman." From the back of the hall in an unmistak- able accent came tbb.e question: "Mon, hae ye no ambeetion?" Said the gal with the lofty 1. Q. eQI commend Coea-Cola to yon— When you're feeling the pressure, It's such a refresher And a bit of quick energy, too!" Yes, ice-cold Coke has a wonderful way of giving you satisfying refreshment—renewing your energy for busy hours ahead. And Coke has as few calories as half an average, juicy grapefruit. Have a Coke. 711; Including Federal Taxes 141 Authorized bottler of Coca-Cola under contract with Coca -Colo Ltd. ESBECO LIMITED 658 ERIE ST., STRATFORD, ONT. — Phone 78 "Coke" Is a registered trade -mark i;ssetlMi THE R, HURON EXPOSITOR District Obituaries JOSEPH GERARD DANTZER DUBLIN.—The death occurred in St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, of Joseph Gerard Dantzer, day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dantzer, Kitchener, formerly of Dublin. The funeral was held Monday morning from the Saudrock Fun- eral Home to St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church, Kitchener, for a short service and blessing and thence to Woodland cemetery for burial. Rev. Father Smith offici- ated. Surviving besides his parents are three sisters, Joan, Janet and Elaine, all at home, and the ma- ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs P. Hishon, Kinkora. Friends and relatives attended the funeral from Grand Bend, London, Dublin and Kinkora. WILLIAM F. VOCK MITCHELL.—A well known life- long resident of Logan Township, William Frederick Vock, of Lot 22, Concession 9, Logan Township, died in the Stratford General Hos- pital on Monday, in his 53rd year. He had not enjoyed good health for the past two months and had been seriously ill for eleven days, at which time he was taken to the hospital. Mr. Vock was born on August 15, 1901, a son of the late William Vock and Emilie Rode Vock, on Lot 19, Concession 8, Logan Town- ship, where he farmed until two years ago, at which time his son, Carl, took over the farm. He and Mrs. Vock then moved to their present farm, 11 miles west on the same road. On June 9, 1926, he was married to Hilda E. W. Bennewies, who survives. Mr. Vock was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodthagen, a former member of the choir of that church. He had t4' "'N;'rr:int New Canadians Describe Homeland to GlenGowrieWI The Glen Gowrie W.I. held their July meeting at the home of Mrs. Clayton Colquhoun with an attends ance of 34. The citizenship theme took on an international aspect, as the New Canadian farmers' wive�et of the community were the special guests of this organization at this meeting. Each of the eight ladies told what she thought interesting to us about their former homeland Mrs. Siries told, in excellent English, the many differences in customs between Canadians and Hollanders. Mrs. Wingre display- s d beautiful knitted suits and dresses she had made for her five daughters, Mrs. Neevil brought her wooden shoes and told of Hol- land's 'homes.. Mrs. Kamarrat men- tioned how her children liked Can- ;Ida. anada, and her difficulties in learn- ing our language. Mrs. Allison, Sr., told of England, and Mrs. Cnossurn told of Holland's climate, her trans- portation and her crowded villages, and compared the cost of every- been very been secretary -treasurer of S.S. 4, Logan Township, for many' years and held the office at the time of his death. Besides his wife he is survived by one son, Carl, on the home place; three- daughters, Mrs. John (Pearl) Henderson, McKillop town- ship; Mrs. Bruce (Erma) McLean, St. Marys, and Miss Shirley, at home; one brother, John Vock, Bornholm, and seven grandchil- dren. One sister, Mrs. Eckhardt (Minnie) Huras, of Wellesley, diedi previously. The body rested at his late home, lot 22, concession 9, Logan, after 8:30 Tuesday evening, where a brief service was held on Thurs- day at 2:30 p.m., followed: by a service in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Brodhagen. Rev. Walter Becker, of that church, officiated, and burial was made in St. Peter's Lutheran cemetery. Lakeview Casino GRAND BEND THE ONLY RESORT DANCING EVERY NIGHT Monday through Friday — 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday — 9 P.m. to 12 p.m. Neil McKay and His Orchestra featuring VOCALS by Jack Levi and Johnny Noubarian ELECTRIC GUITAR by Eddie Bell day commodities in Canada and Holland. Mrs. James Mitchell, a newcomer from, a mining town in Scotland, told us of her old+ home. Each speaker mentioned the vast difference In the educational sys- tem. Roll call was, "One way I can make our New Canadians feel at home." Mrs. F'ilmore Chappel gave a thoughtul paper, basing her ideas of oitizeneitip on the poem, "71he House By' the Side of the Road." The motto, "My country is the world—my countrymen are man- kind," was ably given by 'Mrs. Fred Colquhoun. Miss Doris Johns sang twice for the ladies' enjoyment. A rotund table conference among the members followed, when many currep,.t subjects were discussed, such as excerpts from Dr. Hilda Mealbyrs new book, "So Little For the Mind"; television for children; questions on child psychology; dis- posal of food surpluses; labor laws; importance of St. Lawrence sea- way; a possible egg marketing board, etc. Mr's. Anthony Gettlers sang two (Delightful numbers. Mrs. Malcolm Lammond, in a few well-chosen words, thanked the hostess and all who took part. • Mrs. Irene Allison gave a color- ful demonstration of tulip making in paper, which everyone enjoyed. Mrs. Clayton Harris delighted with a reading. - A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Colquhoun, Mrs. Bruce, Mrs. Hocking and Mrs. Johns. Kippen Shoot Meet Results At the, Wednesday evening shoot at Kippen, the following stores were made: A. Gilbert, ,Goderich, 22, 22; H. Mathers, Exeter, 21, 20, 22; Wm. Lumby, Goderich, 24, 21, 22; J. An- derson, Hensall, 24, 19, 22; Kipfer, 19, 20; Wurm, 14, 16; Chester Lee, Hensall, 29; J. Gilbert, Goderich, 19; Lloyd, Venner, Hensall, 18, 20; C. Prouse, Goderich, 17; William Kyle, .Kipper-, 21. The next shoot will be at Gode- rich on August 18, at 6:30 p.m., and a registered shoot at Kippen on Labor Day, September 6. Nine -tenths of the forests are Owned by the people of Canada. Skinny men, women gain 5,10,15 lbs. Get New Pep, Vim, Vigor What a thrallny limbs 611 out; ugly hollows 611 up; neck no longer scrawny; body loses half-starved, .sickly "'bean -pole' look. Thousands of giris, women, men, who never could gain before, are now proud of shapely, healthy -looking bodies.They thank the special vigor -building, flesh -building tonic, Ostrex. Its tonics, stimulants, invigorators, iron, vita- min B1, calcium, enrich blood, improve appe- tite and digestion so food gives you more strength and nourishment; put flesh on bare boner. Don't fear getting too fat. Stop when you've gained the 5 10 15 or 20 lbs. you need for normal wer t. Costs little. New ' get acquainted" size o g 80c. Try famous Ostrex Tonic Tablelts for new pep, vigor and added pounds, this very day. At all druggists. 111 ,11141, • AUGUST 13, 1954 Farm Accounts Help Commiercial farming is raipidly passing into the category of big private business, and a large amount of capital is required to finance the successful farm busi- ness. An example can be found in the capital investment of all the Illustration Stations and Experi- mental Substations operated in Canada. During the period 1948-52 the average total capital invest- ment in these farms amounted to $23,000 or $50 per acre of total farm area. The .greatest propos tion of the farm capital was in the land and buildings, a total of $12,- 000 or 52 per cent. The value of the farm livestock made up about one-fifth of the capital require- ments and the machinery and equipment about 2$ per cent. The money required to purchase •a good farm, has always been relatively large. But experience has shown that, given all the personal re- quirements for successful farming, the opportunities for success on a good farm are much better than on a poor farm, even though the debt load may be greater both in total and proportionately. There is no better method of measuring the financial success or failure of a farm than by keeping a set of accounts. Such accounts need not be complicated and a suitable book may be obtained. from the Queen's Printer, Ottawa, for the nominal sum of twenty-five cents. One interesting way of compar- ing the success of the farm busi- ness is to divide the total farm in- come in the year by the total cash expenses. This will give a 'figure which indicates the income which was received for every dollar of expense. An analysis of the farm business of all the Illustration and Substa- School Cornerstone Laid Several hundred people Sunday witnessed the laying of the corner- stone ornerstone for the new $600,000 Wing- ham district high school by John W Hanna, M.P.P. for Huron -Bruce. When completed the school, now under construction on a 14 -acre site, will consist of 18 classrooms, a gymnasium, cafeteria and rifle range. " It• will serve portions 8f ten municipalities and will have a capacity of 550 pupils. The cere- mony was held in connection with WWingham's 75th anniversary cele- bration. A. D. MacWilliam, chair- man of the' special building com- mittee, spoke, as did J. H. Kin- kead, Goderich, representing the Ontario Department of Education; Architect J. D. Kyles; the Hamil- ton contractor; Mr. Hanna, and Mr. James S. Armstrong, of Brussels, board chairman. Others present were James G. Workman, . Toron- to, second principal to teaoh at V -Ingham' school: former teacher, G. L. Brackenbury, Port Hope; pre- sent principal, W. S. Hall, and Rev. Alexander Nimmo.—,Brussels Post. ¶h@ C8oQ oil 'F L© ' OCAk / —� WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH MYBIRDS, OOC- THEY'RE ALL THIN AND STARVED LOOKING. HARRY, YOU GUESSED WHAT DO YOU THAT MAY BE, HARRY, BUT RIGHT FIRST TIME MEAN,. DOC ? LOOK,THERE'S VITA -LAY IN THE HOPPERS -THERE'S WATER IN THE AUTOMATIC FOUNTAIN THEY ARE STARVED, BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHERETO FIND THE F ED AND WATER. ,1 THESE BIRDS ARE LOST IN THIS PEN. ON THE RANGE THEIR FEED AND WATER WERE ON THE GROUND, AND WITH NEWLY HOUSED PULLETS YOU HAVE TO MATCH THE RANGE HABITS, 1.451) WHAT SHOULD I DO THEN, DOC, ) TPUT EXTRA WATER PANS ON' THE FLOOR, HARRY, AND LOW FEED HOPPERS AROUND PEN AND SCATTER OYSTER SHED. AND GRIT ON THE MASH TOO. UNTIL THEY ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THEIR PEN. WHEN PULLETS ARE PUT INTO LAYING PENS, HARRY, REMEMBER TO By Roe Farms Service Dept. vt-IS PUT EXTRA WATER PANS ON FLOOR LEVEL . 2; LOWER FEED HOPPERS TOFIOOR LEPEL FOR P/RST fEW WEE,t5 3 sUPPLyouciaMP,QDO&asSO YOUR '-L O , - C44/'7- 41/55 /T A FEED ROE P/T4.LgyE66M4,S' .. TO sap,oLy TyE400E0 11/1:4.6,245,5, 86-NEP/TS CP {BEEN RANG E. itIDwrrFi An am;: t aMi YOUR B/RD$ 60 ROE /44-.4 ECS MASH IN MASH OR PELLET FORM W. R. Kerslake, Seaforth Lorne Eiler, Hensel) A. J. Mustard, Brucefield J. A. Sadler, Stan R. Shouldice, Brodhagen p:;.AlAtiyun34.,+'oersi:46A tions, using this method, indicates that during 1948•+52 these farms re- ceived 'back $1.55 ,for every dollar of expense. Expressed the other' way around, this means that for every dollar of income, 65 cents was paid out in expenses. These expense figures quoted here in, elude the value of new equipment bought during this period. Cash expenses are such a vital part of the farm business today that it is important to realize the fullest possible benefit from suet) expenditure in order to increase in- come. Cost of production record kept by the Illustration Stations Division indicate how important it' is toreduce costs in 'certain phas- es. For example, in 1962, about 701 per cent of the cost of ,producing wheat on fallow is up to the end of seeding. In this particular exam- ple it is the tillage done''this year that determines in a large meso - sure the net ,income which will be derived from next year's crop. The use of recommended crop rotations and rates of fertilizer application, for each type of farming are other ways of increasing total revenue without increasing coats propor- tionately ropostionately as much. And then a final key to success,. besides good business sense, Is toy like and enjoy farming. This, lea probably more important In agri- culture than in most professions. Laying Houses Without Roosts With the 'present trend towards' wider poultry houses and larger pens,. the question of roosts has been given a good deal of consid: eration. Wider houses require a wider roosting area which reduces[ the amount of floor space for feed- ers and the bird's. Elevated drop- ping pits or boards make the whole floor area available to tfre birds,. but the area under the roosts could not be used for feeders: Some poultrymen have eliminated) roosts from the laying house in; order to have more space avail- able for other equipment. Howev- er, such a system of laying bird management may lead to certain problems. The absence of roosts in the lay- ing aging house may result in serious losses due to crowding, especially during cold weather when the birds would tend to huddle in the corners during the night. Further. since all the droppings would be deposited in the Iitter, the litter would 'become damp and would pack very rapidly. This 'would necessitate special litter manage- ment in the case of built-up litter.. or • frequent changing of the litter The damper, dirtier litter may re- sult in a higher percentage of soiled eggs and a higher disease incidence. The Experimental Farm at Ins dian Head, Sask., undertook a pro- ject to see what effect the absence of roots would have on the general performance of laying birds. Its, this study it was found that the pens without roosts became con- siderably damper than .pens witty roosts and the litter had more ten- dency endency to cake in spite of the fact that it was turned frequently and: lime was added to the litter. Mor- tality seemed to be influenced by the moisture content of the litter with •the highest mortality occur- ring in the dampest pens. Iv, pens without roosts and where litter was changed at intervals, satisfac- tory results 'were obtained. The absence of roosts did not seem to affect the other factors studied. There were no losseer which could be attributed to crowds ing nor did the pens without roost* produce a :higher percentage of soiled eggs than pens with .roosts. Production 'ger pen, however, ,was low( r in the pens without roosts due to the higher mortality in these pens. It would seem that laying birds could be maintained without roosts as' long as the litter could be kept reasonably dry. Check Milking Machine Operations. Atter checking the ,performance of over 1,000 of the milking mach- ines in use in New Zealand dairy herds. the Dairy Division of the New Zealand Department of Agri- culture found only 20 per cent. or about one-fifth of the machines ex- amined were operating efficiently .and required no attention to im- prove their performance. Checking of milking machines started in 1951 when 100 machines were inspected and 77 of theta found to be needing attention. Its 1952, 546 machines were .checked[ and 79 per cent of them need_ ll adjustment or repair, Last year„ 1953, 983 machines were examined and 80 per cent were below maxi- mum efficiency. Results of last year's cheeks in. New Zealand show that 8 per cent of machines had no air reserve and 72.7 per cent bad air reserves un der standard,. Vacuum pumps on 61 per cent of the machines were below satisfactory capacity, more than half of them being pumps of insufficient capacity for the types or sizes of machines• to which they were attached. Vacuum gauges on 57 per cent o4` the machines were inaccurate and' 66 per cent had relief valves that were of obsolete type or in unsat- isfactory condition, There were air leaks in 69 per cent of the plantt. Pulsators having incorrect or irreg- ular ratios were found on 24 per cent o; machines, leaping pulsa- tors on 12 per cent, and releasee pulsdtota set incorrectly on 19 per cent. There were unsatisfactory machine parts on 36 per cent but the main weakness in this eats. gory was in the rubber. As a result of these findings, farm dairy instructors in $4 dip• tricts are being trained and equips - Ped to check machines so they can attend to requests received from their own and neighboring) tier tricts as they can be arrange L