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The Huron Expositor, 1955-01-14, Page 21�:'U`;itr F iy'le K`.i ", 4v; HU EXPOSITOR Established 1860 Fubliahed at Seaforth, Ontario, every Thursday morning by McLean A. Y. McLean, Editor Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Advertising rates on application. PHONE 41 Authorized as Second Class Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa EAFORTH, Friday, January 14 -THE WEEKLY l lu;<Y PAPER It is not often that a ])articular ,,profession, or a particu ar industry, or a particular business has the bene - lit of an objective and unsolicited re- view by someone in a position to gauge its worth and the job it is do- ing. But that is the case with week- ly newspapers. The Royal Bank, in its monthly Newsletter, assesses the weekly news- paper picture and indicates the extent to which it has progressed in the fast moving age it now is serving. The bank's monthly. newsletter says: "Use of weekly newspapers for ad- vertising has been growing steadily, not only among local merchants but among concerns that advertise in all parts of the country. These national advertisers are realizing that the good coverage given Local tradesmen would be equally good for them. "This is not to say that the weekly press is something new, but only that it is entering upon a new era, with advertisers and their agents show- ing new appreciation of its worth." Canada's 963 weekly newspapers have a combined circulation of 2,457,- 140, ,457;140, the newsletter says. Some dis- tribute a few hundred copies every week, while others have a circulation in the thousands. The newsletter says: "There are few millionaires among the 535 pub- lishers who are members of the C.W. N.A., but every weekly newspaper represents a respectable amount of ,capital for the size of its town. "It is, usually, a family enterprise with strong bonds of community loy- alty. Ninety-five per cent of editors of weekly, twice -weekly and tri- weekly newspapers had served one or more terms as president of the local chamber of Commerce or Board of Trade, 45 per cent had been mayor or reeve, or held other high elective office, 97 per cent were members of a service club, and 90 per cent had served as club president." W. Telfer, managing director of the C.W.N.A., is quoted as writing: "If someone asked me to list the virtues of the weekly press, I would give readership the prime position. Any paper, if it is to be influential, must not only have subscribers—it -must have subscribers who read it thoroughly. "My own opinions and those of many readers and publishers with whom I have talked, make it appear that the weekly newspapers have perhaps a better claim to this Criterion of worth than other news- papers." COMMUNITY INTEREST There always has been a difficulty in getting people to take their pro- per place in a community—to accept and carry their proper share of the responsibility that must be that of - every citizen. Officials and elected representa- tives frequently complain that Citi- zens don't take an active enough in- terest in local affairs. Others some- times like it that way—the sort of operation that permits them to do as they please. Bu officials who know what it takes to make a progressive community, know that citizen interest is indis- erasable in getting a major job done. solution, perhaps, lies in a state- ment recently attributed to Thomas Ry Reid, civic affairs director of the Ford Motor Co., who said: "It isn't enough to 'sell private citizens on the that they. have a job .to do . . . e who are in government must fake . , it their business to find * for them to do." fere is no doubt much could be mplisshed in furthering the in- es of a coinlnunyty generally if it use w is rabble of opportuni- et eitiien eo-operation and . ; As the Milwaukee 1 po but, "A colifinunity that wants seriously to do a job can find ways to do it." THE WEAKER SEX If you are a male, you might . as well face facts. You are not as heal- thy as your female counterpart, and you won't live as long. In any ev- ent, that is what the statistics teach us. A recent survey shows male hospi- tal patients in the U.S. outnumbered women patients by 77,720 late in 1953 —643,156 men to 564,436 women? This was despite the fact that an average of one-sixth of all persons admitted to hospitals are women having babies. The women outclassed the men in every age bracket. Even in the child- bearing ages of 15 to 44 years there was an excess of 13,233 males in the 6,539 registered hospitals covered in the survey. The results of the survey, made by the bureau of medical economic re- search of the American Medical As- sociation, come as a big surprise, as voluntary health insurance plans show more females than males util- ize this service. Dr. Frank G. Dickinson, bureau di- rector, said it was believed when the survey started that no more than 40 to 45 per cent of the patients would be males. "The evidence of higher hospital in- cidents or morbidity rates of males strongly implies that they are the sicklier and more hospitalized sex," he said. A 1954 study by the U.S. public health service showed the average expected lifetime at birth is 71.8 years for women and 65.9 for men. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: Lazy Students (Brantford Expositor) At university if a student does not pay attention to business and get the required standings, out he or she goes, to make room for someone with the aptitude and application to win through to graduation. Why should not the same principle be applied in the schools in the next layer down? Surely young men and women of high school age should have enough sense of responsibility - and obligation to appreciate that they are not just going for a social ride. For no matter how indulgent or prejudiced their parents may be, the other taxpayers also have to foot the bill. Keeping Away From Colds (Ottawa Journal) There is some really excellent ad- vice on care of one's health in Win- ter contained in a little booklet dis- tributed by a large Canadian insur- ance company on the eve of the New Year. Not withstanding the best ef- forts of the health advisors, they fall down on the subject of keeping clear of colds. The advice is sound enough —but who except hermits or the very well-to-do can follow it? On the top- ic of how to avoid the common cold, the booklet reads: "The first rule is to keep away from anyone who has a cold. Keep even farther away from coughers and sneezers. If there's a cold epi- demic, try to keep out of crowds." In theory this is grand stuff. n practice, it's something else again. At home, a man who retreated to at- tic or cellar, keeping away from his wife and children because one of them coughed or sneezed would be labelled by his family and neighbors with a tag 'which no respectable newspaper would print. The idea of staying away from crowds would give a youngster a sterling excuse for staying out of school, but might invite the stern at- tention of the truant officer. Sunday sleepers -in could weasel out of going to church on grounds that they would be in danger of catching cold there. This might win the grudging approval of the insurance company but certainly would not appeal to their pastors. A bored M.P. could defend himself for napping in his room in the House of ,Commons be- cause he might catch cold in the Chamber from a member of one of the opposing parties. But most of us must ask : How can we keep away from people with colds when crammed into an over- crowded bus. or street car? Besides, if you. day alone, hermit. fashion, Who 4,; t►tt ss o �� d � t1 eold 1i11, THE HURON EXPOSITOR JANUARY 14, 1955 SEEN IN THE ' COUNTY PAPERS Went To Hospital Mrs. Rose Merner and young- est son are patients at St. Jos- eph's Hospital, London. We wish them a speedy recovery.—Zur- ich Herald. Home From Hospital The infant five -months -old child of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bosh - art of the Bronson Line, has been brought to its home after being in the hospital for some time, where it was in incubation. The baby weighs only 5'1z pounds, but seems well and doing nicely. Zurich Herald. Thieves Get Cash An undisclosed sum of money was stolen from Exeter District Co-op on Sunday when thieves smashed a large cast iron safe. - The men gained entry by break- ing down a door at the rear of the building. Police Chief Reg Taylor is being assisted in the investigation by a fingerprint expert from the provincial po- lice.—Exeter Times -Advocate, Fractures Arm Mrs. W. H. Finkbeiner met with a painful accident on Sun- day. Following a visit with her neighbor, she was returning home and fell on the icy pave- ment„fracturing her right arm. She was attended by Dr. Mat- thews and later removed to South Huron Hospital. She is now convalescing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fahrner.— Exeter Times -Advocate. Actions For Supreme Court Five jury and one non -jury cases are slated to be heard by Mr. Justice J. Maurice King, of Stratford, at sittings of the Su- preme Court of Ontario slated to open in Goderich next Tuesday afternoon. One jury and one non -jury action originally listed on the docket have been settled. All the actions are for damages arising out of motor vehicle ac- cidents.—Goderich Signal -Star. New Equipment Used At Fire Clinton firemen were called to aid Brucefield Fire Department in extinguishing a fire in the brick home of Seldon Ross, R.R. 1, Brucefield, last Friday morn- ing. The blaze which started in the cellar and spread up the par- titions on one side of the house, was first noticed by Mrs. Ross. Damage was mostly caused by smoke and water. The smoke was so dense that it hampered the firemen and access to the cellar had to be made using the Scott Airpak recently obtained by the Clinton Fire Department. --Clinton News -Record. 25th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Norman Clair- mont, Colborne Apartments, had quite a change in weather con- ditions when they marked their 25th wedding anniversary Sun- day. When they were married here 25 years ago, a regular blizzard was in progress. Last Sunday, on the other hand, was a comparatively mild day. Mr. Clairmont is a native of Gode- rich and has lived here all his life. His wife is a native of Bel- fast, Northern Ireland. They plan to hold a dinner at a later date to formally mark the anni- versary.—Goderich Signal -Star. Beehives Upset Lloyd Wheeler, apiarist, re ported that Last month he had 24 beehives upset. This is a serious matter for the bees, prepared for wintering, were disturbed and it meant examination of the hives and recombing of the damaged ones. This involves a great deal of work, but is only the least serious part of the af- fair for it will not be known until spring how many of the bees died from exposure. The hives were tipped over by boys who tracks were followed in the snow to Brussels. The boys may not have realized the extent of the damage they did, but are warned that•any repetition will be dealt with.—Brussels Post. Enjoying 76 Degree Weather We had a letter from Misses Olive McGill and Isabel Fox, who for some weeks now have been holidaying in sunny Flori- da, and the letter debunks last week's report that cold weather was being experienced down there. As proof the girls sent along a weather report clipping which gave the day's expected high as 76 degrees, with a low of 53. The girls were wearing sundresses and developing a real summer tan. They also re- port having a real nice Christ- mas which they spent with oth- er vacationing Canadians. For the benefit of the girls and our other American subscribers, we can at least at the moment, re- port unusually mild weather here too, with the snow pretty well cleaned up, but with plen- ty of icy roads, but all in all, wonderful weather throughout the holiday season just closed.— Blyth Standard. Farmer Injured A Colborne Township farmer, Frank R. Linklater, 34, escaped with lacerations, bruises and a possible fractured skull but his car was demolished when it left No. 8 highway about a mile and one-half east of Goderich Tues- day morning. Police said Link - later was travelling east toward Benmiller to get some feed when a front tire blew out. The car went into the north ditch, hit a tree, then hit a telephone pole and came to rest on its side. An unidentified airman pulled him from the wreckage. The airman hailed a passing Bell Telephone Company truck and the tele- phone employee called Goderich for assistance. Linklater was brought to Alexandra Marine and General Hospital by ambu- lance, where he was treated for inuries, including a bad facial laceration. Provincial Constable Harold Highton inve tigated.— Goderich Signal -Star. Store Takes New Lease The A & P Store has taken a lease on the Goderich Bowling Academy on West St., and will move to its new location when alterations to the building are completed some time this spring, according to Mr. Ivan Cook, Goderich store manager. The A & P 'Store has been lo- cated in Goderich for about 20 years. The location on the Square from which it will move in the spring will be taken ov- er by another local business. For some time now the A & P Store has found its present lo- cation too small to handle its volume of business. The store draws customers not only from Goderich and immediate district but also from Clinton and dis- trict, Lucknow, Kincardine, Bay- field, Grand Bend, Blyth, Wing - ham, Zurich and Varna. When completed the store will be of e modern super market type. It will handle a complete line of fresh meats and this will be in one large department, while other departments will be gro- ceries, dairy, produce and bak- ing.—Goderich Signal -Star. CROSSROADS (By JAMES SCOTT) BED AND BOARD The other day I was talking to a student of the University in London and he was telling me that he had changed his board- ing place six times so far this year. Now I suspect that this particular lad is a bit on the temperamental side, but I do know that the Dean's office finds that it is not such an easy task to assemble a list of boarding places which will satisfy the fas- tidious tastes of Mr. Joe College e - days. Amo _ the usual complaints which are registered with land- ladies every season are the us- ual ones about -food, insufficient heat, beds that squeak, bath- rooms that always seem to be occupied, and rooms where the landlord expects that the occu- pants will share the same .bed. This last is something which the students consider an unusual hardship. As far as that goes, I'm one who likes to sleep in his own bed and not with some charac- ter who, on a cold and frosty night, turns over suddenly and take -441a the blankets with him. In fact, I'll admit that I have felt highly outraged every time this has ever happened to me. But when you get right down to it, we must be getting pretty soft if little things like this cause us much annoyance. AS I was talking to that student with his long list of complaints about the places which he had -had to put up with, I couldn't help thinking that it was a good thing that the pioneers were not people like him. If they had been, the trees would never have got cut down here to this day. In one sense, accommodation for transients a hundred years ago was a great deal ahead of what it is today. That is, the taverns were much more numer- ous. In fact, you could hardly go in any direction where there was any settlement at all for mere than five miles without encountering a tavern. Just What conveniences and luxuries these wayside iritis provided, however, was another matter, although they all boasted proud- ly about their hospitality. One of these inns just east of Stratford, for example, had a sign on its door which read: Within this hive we are all alive, Good liquor makes us funny; If you are dry, step in and try The flavor of our honey. The old-time teamster who wrote this down records that he accepted the invitation and that he found there was so much noise he wondered which was there — the honey or the bees. He also tells of some of the other delights which were likely to meet the traveller in those days. The inns were little more than simple log cabins. To get a bedroom to yourself was en- tirely unheard of. Indeed, it was almost always impossible to get a bed for yourself. Or as a matter of fact, you were lucky to get even part of a bed. On bad nights or other busy times, the men bunked on the kitchen floor on straw — fresh if they were `lucky — and huddled to- gether as close to the open fire as possible. The food varied greatly from tavern to tavern, but even at the best it never offered much more variety than salt pork and pigeon pie in sea- son. When one thinks that a trav- eller coming into the Huron Tract would probably make ten such stops on ten successive nights before reaching his home- stead, he begins to think that the students who complain about their wretched quarters are a far different breed from their ancestors. Of course, may- be brave, work is so exhausting that a Man needs real luxury to restore him. Maybe! But at some universi- ties which still have pretty good reputations—I'm thinking of Oxford and Cambridge --e man is still lucky if he has a toom with a fire in it and has more than ; lne thin blanket to Over Na bed. YEARS AGONE interesting Hems Picked from The Huron Expositor of 25 and 50 Years Ago. From The Huron Expositor January 17; 1930 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Love and Miss *Agnes Love, of near Kippen, were Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Love. Mr. Thomas Purcell, Manley, has taken over his late father's farm and is giving up his posi- tion with the King Construction Co., which he has held the past four years. Mr. and Mrs. De Geer, Sas- katoon, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Colclough, Constance. Mr. and Mrs. De Geer had a very sad errand here. Their youngest son, Earl, a young man of 24 years, came east in October to visit his brother, who is sport- ing editor on the Border Cities Star at Windsor. He, with two other young men, were out in a boat on Lake Erie, when the boat took fire. The three took to a raft but one returned and man- aged to get the fire out and was later picked up alive in the morning, but the other two bod- ies have not been recovered. Mr. Ed. N. Talbot has sold his fine 70 -acre farm on the Bron- son Line, Stanley, about 2 miles north of Blake, to Mr. Allan S. Steckle, who will get possession on April 1. Mr. Talbot has re- served the use of the house until June 1. He intends to retire from farming and will likely move to Goderich with his fam- ily in the spring. Mrs. J. Dayman, mother of Mrs. Robt. Green, of Hensall, had the misfortune to slip off a chair on which she was stand- ing to attend to some household duties, and in falling to fracture her foot so badly as to prevent her using it. The Seaforth Lions Club are arranging' for their annual ice carnival to be held in the near future at the Palace Rink. Ex- tra good prizes will be given for both fancy and comic cos- toumes for men, women, boys and girls. The committee in charge are also negotiating for an ad- ditional outside attraction. Early Tuesday morning the residence of Miss Belle Jackson in Egmondville was completely destroyed by fire. When discov- ered about 7:30, the fire had made such headway that it was impossible to save the building, and although some of the effects were removed from the burning building, some valuable old furniture, paintings and silver were destroyed. The fire is sup- posed to have originated from a defective chimney leading to the fireplace in the living room. Miss Ida McTaggart had the misfortune to fall on the pave- ment near her home on North Main St., on Friday last, and in the fall fractured her leg. Mrs. William Davidson, Sea - forth, is recovering from a ser- ious illness of pneumonia. • From The Huron Expositor January 13, 1905 The recent high winds blew the roof off the barn of T. Son- ylie, Dungannon. It will be a total loss as the owner of the building was only insured against fire. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Homuth who left Wingham over a year and a half ago, and have since been laboring as missionaries in West Africa, have returned home and are residing now in Toron- to. Mrs. Homuth's health failed and she was advised by the phys- icians to return to Canada. There were lively times in McKillop on election day. The number of candidates in the field altogether were 13. This is said to be an unlucky number, but we believe the ratepayers were all right in their selection. Miss S. Forbes has been on a visit of a week's duration to Toronto. This young lady has relatives there and enjoyed her visit. Miss G. Galbraith, Varna, has returned to her position as nurse in Chicago after spending her holidays at her home. A surprise party was held at the home of Mr. Robert Cald- well, Londesboro, on Thursday evening, when about one hun- dred gathered. Mr. Thos. Cole, Londesboro, has purchased a new engine and is very busy cutting wood at present. Mr. Robert McCartney, Sr., of Moose Jaw, arrived in Bruce - field Saturday, evning. He in- tends spending the remainder of the winter in Ontario: He can't stay away from Old Ontario very long, and his many friends are always pleased to see him. Wood is offering more freely in Kippen this winter than last, the reason being that is is not in such active demand on ac- count of so many burning coal. Mr. Wm. Doig, son of Mr. John Doig, of Tuckersmith, who has been in Algoma for some years, is visiting friends in the neighborhood. Mr. Doig is much taken up with that country and says there is ample work for all who desire it during the win- ter. He says it is a poor man's country. Kippen blacksmiths are mak- ing up for dull times last win- ter, as the hard, icy roads make shoe sharpening necessary and frequent. It is a bad wind that does not blow any person good. Miss A. E. Ross, Brucefield, sister of Dr. Ross, Seaforth, was in Hensall last week visiting friends, who were pleased to see her after an absence of four years, during which tithe she has been engaged a teacher in the Indian Industria School at Regina; and Winnipeg and on leaving was ppi'esented with a endsome gold locket.y ick Junior IN THOSE 'GC. - WHEN THE HORSE (By Harry "Sloan in Horse and buggy transporta- tion was not always as roman- tic as the young people of this jet age have been led to believe. It is true that on a cool sum- mer evening, when grandpa was a young man, he could get his best girl in his buggy, wrap the lines around the whip, and for- get about driving while the horse chose its own way. But it wasn't coo) every evening, nor was your best girl by your side every, time you needed to use the horse and buggy. Sometimes the roads were knee deep in mud, or entirely hidden by snowdrifts as high as the fence posts, and the temperature well below zero. You were not always driving a gentle old mare who could find her way home on the darkest night. Sometimes the horse was ready to run away with any sort of excuse, such as a corn husk blowing across the road. If you think a flat tire on a dark night is serious trouble you should have a wheel run off a buggy! Horse and buggy transporta- tion was particularly irksome about 40 years ago. Most of us had ridden in cars enough times to get the thrill of faster transportation, which made the horse seem slower than ever. Most of the horses ,in those days were terribly afraid of an automobile, with its noises and its clouds of dust. When people started anywhere with a horse and buggy, their fondest hope was that they would get there without meeting a car on a narrow stretch of road. A neighbor boy used to drive a horse which stood on its hind legs every time it met a car. One time the horse reared so much that it seemed to be about to fall back into the buggy. The boy jumped out of the buggy, exclaiming: "Toby, if you're gettin' in, I'm gettin' out!” It was never easy to make a trip by horse and buggy when the mercury in the ther- mometer had shrunk clear down into the bulb. Folks with inventive minds figured out ways of keeping their feet warm on long Winter drives. -Some used a jug of hot water, and others a heated rock. Uncle Charlie put his, lighted barn lantern between his feet beneath the lap robes. He was comfortable untl the lantern caught hs pant legs and lap robe afire. Luckily for Uncle Charlie, there was snow on the ground and the horse was gentle. He stopped the horse and jumped waist deep in a. roadside snowdrift to• put out D, DAYS' • VMS KING the Kansas City Star) the fire. Horse and buggy, transporta- tion was disagreeable during the rainy season. Most buggies were equipped with tops and side curtains, but most drivers did not like to drive with the curtains • on unless it was actually raining. Yet it was a slow job to put them on when a sudden shower began, and the driver usually was soaked. 'Muddy roads made the horse slower than, ever. Many of the roads crossed ,streams at fords instead of bridges. The result was that occasionally in rainy seasons, the horse and buggy had to wait until the flooded stream ran down. At times the driver had to put up for the night with an acquaintance on the side of the creek opposite his home. The passengers were always in for a rough time when four adults took a long ride in a two -passenger buggy. Of -course the young fellows never ob- jected if the four people were two boys and their girls. It gave the boy a chance to hold his girl, and he never complained about her being too heavy. When the roads were drifted full of snow, the buggy was of little use. The usual methods of transportation then were either on horseback or on foot. In case emergency required the use of a wagon or buggy, - the fence had to be let down and a new route taken across the fields. Use of a horse on a cold day was not as easy as it might i seem. Cold bridle bits put into a horse's mouth in sub -zero weather would stick to the horse's lips and tongue, and tear off the skin. A good horseman took time to warns the bits by rubbing them with his bare hands and blowing his breath on them. After a long drive, the horse would be so warm that he would ,chill if left standing out in the cold wind. Most drivers would either cover the horses with a heavy blanket or put them in a stable. It was sometimes a little dangerous to take your horse' to the stable when you arrived home late on a dark night. Most of 'the boys didn't take time to light a barn lantern. They knew their way ' around the dark barn, but there was always the risk of stumbling into the rear of a sleepy mule. The horse and buggy days had at least one advantage over the present time: Your driving mare could raise you. a colt, but who ever heard of a convertible raising a midget car? Farm News of Huron Hatchery operators report a below average demand • for chicks for this season of the year. There has been an increas- ed demand for farm account books from this office. While there is very little snow, recent ice storms have made travelling conditions on country roads very treacherous. Important Farm Meetings Jan. 11—Annual meeting, Bayfield Agricultural Society, Town Hall, Bayfield, at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 15—Annual meeting, Huron Central Agricultural So- ciety, Agricultural Office Board Room, Clinton, at 1:30 p.m. - Jan. 15—Annual banquet and meeting, Western Ontario Jer- sey Cattle Club, United Church, Lambeth, at 12:30 noon; guest speaker, J. A. Ferguson, Presi- dent Ontario Federation of Ag- riculture. Jan. 19—Annual meeting and banquet, Tuckersmith Federa- tion of Agriculture, Egmond- ville United Church at 7 p.m.; guest speaker, Robert Carbert, CKNX, Wingham. Jan .19—Annual meeting and banquet, East Huron Agricul- tural Society, Melville Presby- terian Church, Brusels, at 7:00 p.m. Jan. 20—Huron County 4-H Club Leaders Association, Ag= riculture Office • Board Room, Clinton, at 8:30 p.m.; plan 1955 urogram. Jan. 21—Huron County Fruit Growers Directors' Meeting, Ag- ricultural Office Board Room, Clinton, at 1:30 p.m.; plan an- nual meeting and banquet. Jan. 24—Agricultural Office Board Room, Clinton, 1:30 p.m.; organize a Huron County Dairy Herd Improvement Association; guest speaker, 1Vir. C. E. Mori row, Live Stock Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, To- ronto. Jan. 26 ,,Annual meeting and banquet, Stephen Township Fed- eration of Agriculture, Com- munity Hall, Crediton, at 7:00 pi.m.; guest speaker, Rev. W. A. Young, Padre at the O.A.C., Guelph. , Jan. 25-28—Annual conven- tion, Ontario Soil and Crop Im- provement Association, Exhibi- tion Park, Toronto. - Jan. 27—Hurn, County Soni and Crop Improvement Associa- tion bus tour to annual conven- tion in Toronto: Junior Farmdr Meetings, 1955 Seaforth . Junior Farmers: first Tuesday of each month; in Seaforth District High School. South Huron Junior 7'armers: first W,ednesiday of each Mon�th, Smith Huron ;C, h ,School. Hate - miners: second ai Wednesday of each month, Com- munity Hall, Gorrie. North Huron Junior ' Farmers: second Thursday of each month, Com- munity Centre, Belgrave. Col- wanosh Junior Farmers: third Tuesday of each month, Parish Hall, Dungannon. Clinton Jun- ior Farmers: second Tuesday of each month, Clinton District High School. Canadian Farm Loans This year, tahe Canadian Farm Loans Board, a federal government agency.,ep.gaged, in making long term mortgage loans to farmers, issued its 25th annual report. In its 25 years or operation, the Can- adian Farm Loan Board has lent $91,548,192 to some 39.115 Cana- dian farmers. During the past year a total of $7,816,750 was ap- proved for loans, an increase of approximately $2.000,000 over the previous year. During the year ending Marcia 31, 1954, 2,091 first mortgage loans and 591 second mortgage loans wore approved. The average loan every five loans made in 1954 was for over $6,000. Farm Loan Board loans are available only to farmers actually farming the land offered as secur- ity and are made for such purpos- es as purchasing livestock and farm implements; 'paying debts; assisting in the purchase of farm+ land; making farm improvements; etc„ Farmers may borrow up to $1,0,000 on first, mortgage at an in- terest rate of 5 per cent repayable over a period of 25 years or up to - 12,090 on combined first and sec- ond mortgages. Performance of Various Strains of Fowl Many rapid growing strains or fowl have been introduced to most parts of ,Canada in recent years, Strains which grow rapidly and` produce meat economically may not be the roost economical pro- ducers of eggs. It becomes of In- ereas,ing importance, therefore, to' know the relative performance of the various strains both es to egg' production and rate of growth. Egg production and growth re- cords are now available from' five purebred strains tested at the Ex- perimental Station, Fredericton, N. B., reports Leonard Grielfbach. Growth recende have also been ob- tained on eight crosses involving these strains. Of the five pure- bred strains tested, four were bred] with meat production the primary object, one Was a strain of a gen- eral purpose breed which had been selectedfor years with egg ,pro- duction, as the primary object. • Fallowing are mine of the inter- esting results obtained: "(1) 'Tho' (Continued on Page 7) ti t • •