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THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1931. -'*-` '- - ` - V H wmcn u-as cu- li. Slimeiing fI9i:`g0s1zi1` dowrilin ifetgiiy oiee`ixigii1iCi}c1uu&:iaei. way. Thi ung; an . ' e 0 ( ac smith s s 0 ' ~ v io live s-toc li$ disappearing in village, town and;gm:iitrefz:i)n0ii`hg3:.agi2w}!;.om western.` city `md here it Still 5rVi"5 itid"ll 1&1(l'l i< that cattle raisers do not struggles against odds that are well` are ti) fun the-. risk of pouuon of nigh "rwh1ming' F0`. the use Ofltheir farms by using \Veste1'n grain. the horse is declining. Such at least which contains a meat quantity of is the explanation given by Georgeiwe(,(i soO(1;,. and wiid oatS_ To over- A. Payne, founder of the National` 'e "this '(,b5t.1c1e co], Kennedy has` `Master Furriers and Blacksmiths":ioli?0inte(i Ho`.iii.d Fi.aieig.ii, M_p_P_ .-Xssociation of Great Britain, fo1'tl1ei_i-gi. 1:3: iiamhioni to confm. with -decrease in membership of his or-fwegteiii Canada 1-ep)_*esentail\'eS as ganization from 2,000 to 500 in them `the possibiiity of having an feed "brief space of ve years. Nor isiirmint inoumi in the eievators be- itherc, apparently, any prospect offi-01.0 b`Ciiig- 5hipped_ This would the decline being arrested. Thus an!eiiminate the risk of Spreading nok-_ .ancient craft, which has furnishedlious weeds as -the seed woum be one of the mast beautiful themes to ground aiofig with the fCC.d_ |poct and painter, slips graduallyi ifrom the picture. i optimistic Reports 'l`hm-u is :1 . Interest inl vim... u-nnlzlv m-nn renort of `(HP DC-`._~_, 11'0"] LHU pusuuru. j '1`he1'c 1s :1 semnmentul interest ml the smithy which no one at all fam-i1. iliar with it can forget. Longfellowll. has snnn `rn fhnf, ' Hp ha: loft Cm... 'i11ar With ll. Iorget. Longlelluwll has seen to that. He has left tht ` world an imperishable memory of that ` ,vil1age institution under the spread- } ing chestnut tree, and of theli .mighty man who became the sym-|` bol of honest toil. What a subject` `for art ! Beauty in a humble form, the beauty that may be found in deep human sympathy, and that re- sides in what often seems to be the most commonplace of activities. Only a smithy, but what a charm when its true signicance is appreciated. And so the world mav iustlv linzur Phone 229 THE VILLAGE SMITHY GOES true signmcance is appreciates. bweeu .lut:1u.u1.n:a, u. .,.....,..., -- ,..., And so the world may justly lingur rejoicing in the happiness of the on the passing of the shoeing forge. hour! These things the smithy re- Once a busy centre where man calls, and if the blacksmith laments served beast, which in turn servedlthe passing of his craft for a very man, the smithy in many cases is practical reason, he will nd a senti-' now but a mass of ruins, an old pad- mental world join him because of the lock rusting on the door and black- happy associations with which his berry bushes creeping over the anvil. craft has always been invested. The Northern Advance :1Fa}}i{jNews`%Distiict TN}'s i Ganadian apple shipments for the. -,p1'e:`ent season to Jzznuary 30th, `:amount to 1,005,318 barrels, 27,727 half barrels and 1,240,302 boxes, as compared with 1,071,909 barrels. 15,350 half barrels and 649,123 box- es for the Co1`n:--=p011(iiI\g period of last year. The personal factor is one of the most important in the successfus feeding of 1` " declares :1 well `known 2.u ;1.or..y. The mccessfiil hog feeder 1".`lJiZ@S that feeding is not niercly u rnecaziiczil op'=1`ation, hbut one L.-;,'.iEi`i.1;}, . ;l and C..;Su ob- -,:e1'vation of hi; aiiixmxhs, to obtain the maximum development and `the greatest return;; for the fc.`-;l cc-:;- sumed. Bleanina - Test Fanning Mill Screens ` In the district 1'ep1`esen ativ-.3's oice in Wellington County, :1 small fanning mill driven by electric motor, has been installed for the purpose of testing fanning mill .. The farmers bring: in 3`; OI testlng Lzuuuug uuu' screens. The bring 3* small quantity of oats, which are pull through the mill. It is then deter- mined the proper screen which they should secure for their fanning mill.` Many farmers have taken advantage of the service. ` grains. The average yield per acre of the . follows: Oats, 36.7 bushels; barley, 32 bushels, and mixed grains 38 bushels. In pounds of grain per above crops during the years 1922- _ 1929, according to statistics, are as - `acre the yields are: oats, 1247.8, ` gbarley 1536, and mixed grain 1520. : Tn harm: of cligestible nrotein Der Acreages or nome urown urn-Ila Require Adjusting Oats form by far the greatest` .acreage of Ontario grown grains. ` {There are ve and one-half acres of ` oats to every acre of barley grown ` in this province; ~thcre are three and ` two-thirds acres of cats to every ` acre of mixed grains; there are two ` and one-quarter acres of oats to every acre of barley and mixed: grains. I The average yield per the` gbarley 1.5.36, and mixeu grain Luau. In terms of digestible protein per acre the yields are as follows: Oats, 109.8 pounds; barley, 3-8.2 pounds.` and mixed grains 136.8 pounds. I H` +`m-mars aim to uroduce more] land mixed grams wo.z5 pounus. l i g | 1111511 111511 c produce more but the a "1")* . (F1... If farmers aim protein at home and thus lessen the from amount of this costly nutrient they of the sal must purchase in order to balance in cash. their rations satisfactorily, they should plan their cropping systems Mr. an so that more barley and mixcd,(leath o< rains will be grown, fewer acres of`nighl., A1 oats and larger acreages devoted toiaccident, ` legumes. . United ~ i Thursday Acreages of Home Grown Grains Renuire Adiustins! l [l portance present farmer who is contemplating the pill`-1i1`nanv chase of chicks this year. ' of these is the mortality rate of tl1e`Of the conglmg-3,50, who lled gm chicks he buys, _and the second, theirichul-ch_ l01`05PeC'0iV ability 35 Egg` l31`dl1C'31`S~;Rev. W . B. Smith. pastor of Trinity 1mi1lion chicks try flocks are to their present gure of approximately fty million birds, * ' lllulhtlity 'a..LL:Luuuu. ; . . 318 Poultry Year service was attended by upwards of 13 TWO f3Ct01`S Of 0l1t5t1n(1iT1g imua hundred members of Collingwood ] lhCmSG1VS `E0 t`lLo(li;'e of Oddfellows, together with 1 sympathetic friends from Col The 1`Stiling\\-od and B`-.i`zilo, and members AA\4 ....--...._. Cl cl Service: were conducted by It is estimated that a total oi eightylchurch and Rev. Daniel Norman, 1-. , W111 ,1"? 1'eq1'1,11`ed 11Y~.turned missionary from Japan, and Canadian farmers this year if poul-`school mate of Mn 'I{ifs0'n_ be maintained at j__ ' | _ _ The new patrol boat that is being 1 , a11"111g for anibuilt for the Government by Ditch- t ?W1`3-8'9 m01'l3a1ltY Of 25 Pe1'_em--burn s, Limited, Orillia, will provide;`1 and a loss from predatory animals. labor in Ormia for 25 or 30 men, etc., of ve per cent. To take care`1t is expected that a good deal of: f 3115 `1e 11a11d! 111919 has been 9' other employment will result in the 5t1'1k111g' 1111'ea5e 111 the number f1to\vn for numerous steel fabrications i` mmerc1a.1 hatcheries producipg ap'itanks and other metal and wood Darts} p1'Ved.h1kS imd 1931 P1'm15e5 15ithat will be made for boat construe-l be a big year in the poultry worlldition by other factorieS_ 1 l as l _..j_c The Hog Market for Grain There is considerable interest for farmers in a statement recently pre- [pared by Canadian authorities from `Canadian conditions as to the acre ivalue of the three principal grain- |crops, wheat, barley and oats, when '.fed to hogs. The factors for consid-`*1 lcraition are the price of hogs, thegc 1:-.mm.1nt of grain fed to produce ,pound of pork, and the acre yieldll? 5 f the grain concerned. It. is foundjl itha`. when -100 lbs. of grain are fe(l`1 `to produce 100 lbs. of hog the per acre value of the grain is: '; twith Wheat Barley Oat l l:0_`.1`S (Yield (Yield (Yield 1 at 25 bu) 40 bu) 52 bu) I .5510 $37.50 $48.00 $42.50 1 ` 9 33.75 43.20 38.25i.` 8 30.00 38.40 34.001" 7 26.25 33.60 29.75! 6 22.50 28.80 25.50; I Western Feed Grain ` Ontario live stock would be fed al- most entirely upon feed from West- ern Canada instead of feed imported from the United States, under a`. scheme of Hon T. `L. Kennedy, Min- ister of Agriculture, which has 211-` ` ready been put under The ` chief reason why Ontario stock! not fed on grains from Western . nn.m,1.. ;; Ham rattle New Low Prices for Spring! Reports partmcnt of A.gricu`.tu1'-.- p1;A.,:.,;-... `most optimistic survey of conditi th1`oug'hout the province. (loner: SDl'ni{i11;`, t'*1er(: sw.-1ns `.0 ha\'::- in ` little \.in`u.-1' `.;i`.1i.1;_.-,' oi c.op., .. `nu... cfnniz in H10 main wintered xx The weekly crop renort ' provmce. mwonuv-uny: ll.,`(f.lK ....l...-1 `live stock in the main well.i I _ Yet to the returning exile it has ul ,:mmm- ainrninnnce. To him it mean<| the returning exue lb um a. deeper signicance. joyous days of boyhood, when every! place in the village was a nest of wonders and ying sparks from an` anvil a glorious pyrotechnic display.` Sweet memories, of school, of play- I `rejoicing :|c8.1ls, and I +1. nn,z.:1no' of * vvnnvc 100`)- 1': pr; condmonal ce. Gonernllyi `.n H-.1\-n h_.;._._ under a`. edy, 1 al- 'ay. rs llution am Lantity nnedy i, nfm` tatives 213' ; vators .is Lding d. 3 u th [Jl'..`.', _r._ nnnditiona the peg} ; After crouching in a clump of bushes on the shore of Rice Lake for four hours, Constable Traves of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was rewarded by the capture of Jas. 38.25iShi1ling, a Rama Reserve Indian, 34.001hunted for the past four months for : ems. rig ~`a*:~aa~" iv:-"2; o "36 . eiIi i)sr digpectedlatha? ggcrnd deglledlfl .Ab* 150. citizens. of Port Mc- :en N1coll and Midland, with a generous ar oftewn fabrications"sprinkling of C.P.R. officials, lead by g ap-I k 1 h . ` .e`lPipe1' Donald Sutherland, chief stew- tan 5 am 0t e1 pent" ard of the C.P.R. boat Assiniboia. ~65 fo b at t` A 'orlld.ltion Baetericg 0 cons we i1)a1`aded into one of that cc_>mpany .= gdlflllngd halls hat Polft McI1\`.`{1collAllasl 1 ` ' _ kT urs ay nig t to onor 1'. vin it 113"?111;11;1sed}I(f)tfhOEh(Fd11ar`I Gallagher, who was _recently pro- 7 ractie and th ` .d f J d `iimoted to the supermtendency of P 9 195` ence u 3` C.P.R. Great Lakes Steamers, and TdhPe and will take p5595Sin at Mr. J. A. Davidson, who succeeds the grain-Ce~ In fact he has already take?` late lamented J. L. Simpson. ,hen.o\'er the law. practice. Mr. Hett is ` en_eid_ a former resident of Sutton, and is Represented by J_ G_ Harvie, the , the;cnn9Cted_W1th the W811 knWn_S`b" three Orillia dairies asked the town uce aipald faflnlly-_ HG }_1aS many frlends council at a recent meeting that a ieldlm Orlnlav Including D1`- Stephen regulation be placed on the sale of foundi_L9akv Whose 1101119 W35 at Sutwn milk within the town area. While re fediln his Youth the dealers welcome competition, it *' ~~-- --- .\rn= nninted out that the present I Unless une:-zpected changes take] place the land in most p1;1uc-.5 will by suiciently dry for seeding in a very; few days. The soil at present is ini wonderful shape, there being fewer wet spots than in former years. Provincial Constable Jack Palmer 01' the Ontario motorcycle patrol, who has been stationed at Orillia, has been ordered to Mimico for two months to check up on loaded trucks on the Lakeshore highway. Mr. R. J. Allen of Stayner was honored at the recent district meet- 9 ing of Georgian Bay No. 29. lI.0.0.=F., held at Collingwood when inc was elected to the highest oiee in the district, that of District De- puiy Grand Master, with jurisdiction over Alliston, Barrie, Creemore, Col- lingwood, Cookstown, Meaford, Stay- `ner and Thornbury lodges. Navigation opened at Owen Sound Eon Tuesday, March 31, when the tug |Hurrison" cleared for Fitzwilliam Island in command of Capt. Franx Waugh. The steamer returned on .Wednesday and again Capt. Waugh was given the board of trade time honored hat for bringing the first iboat in. of Colling'w0od s esteemed residents, celebrated the ftieth anniversary 01 their wedding last week. The bride and groom of a half century ago were tendered a surprise dinner by their family on the evening of April 6th, and were later presented with a purse of gold by Jas. Leggatt U1. .behalf of their two daughters and {three sons. i Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Leggatt, two F I A sale of horses at the farm of W , . . , . 10\uetsb1tt11n_'1ecum'seth recently brought bu a. wd of `I in V935, tV1\ 02 were not slow 1n plck. Creeky/X1`. 'B dIc'Rae of Pmche ~ for th e` h~1 d.mf was very 510W . S mt d 1.~.dt"1ee no1'es, but became .~ up -8 h_a1}11 a01`n`0 an1ma!s were run; . hg) has 1%; as $140, whxch was the bugt tllnax .v .T1:1e 1o\_v mark \_vas $80. 02})Ve1a,er)pr1ce reghzcd was me"f `. =:1n* T319 `We Sw`1>`~`1se _ sa (2 :1: me smtlements made 111 I I 1 lchurch. SGIVICOS Conuucu.-u u_y `~;Rev. 5/1Church, Y~.turned iischool and Mrs. Jns. Kitson, whose .death occurred in Bu'a1o Sunday `.night., April 5th. following a motor `accident, were buried from Trinity .United Church, Collingwood, last `Thursday afternoon. The impressive lmwann mm nfhrmded bv upwards `Thursday afternoon. The 1mpresswu attended ;a :Lodge ` many Col- glingwod "of ';church. .42.... xx. `R 1n1iH1. nnsfor Trinity Buy at the Low Prices NGW The careful p1'epa1-ation of 1) & H Laekawanna A11t1m.1cite i1.lS11.1'CS the delivery of the most effl- eient, cleanest and safest fuel that money will purellase. Buy t0-da_\f at the low prices of the year at Lewis & R0be1-tso11 s. Stove and Nut Coal . . . . . . . . . . .$15.00 Egg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$14.50 Pea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$12.00 Buckwheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10.00 Stove and Nut Coke . . . . . . . . . .$12.00 WE CAN SUPPLY YOU LEWIS & ROBERTSON \`.'I`1EI\ the <:zwef'11`. and H11-if/ty housekeeper buys fuel to heat the 1101110, three questions 11atu1'a11y arise : lst. .What fuel gives the most heat per dollar `.7 2nd-What is the cleanest fuel? 3rd. .What is the safest fuel? ANTI1RACI'J.`E answem.-s these questions in no 1u1ce1-tain terms. ' PHONE 91 g ij _ Barrie spends $800 in corporation fcharity annually, but think of Lind- say \':i`:`.`. :51,-100. ` In the Lhirty benchers of the Law `Smiety who were electer}. Mr. D. ';.\'I.-Carthy, Q.C., was second on the {cf ' V1( L iisf. V Mr. W. L;. LILLIB, England next week. (`.w=m1-nnwn has Shh cords. or wood tms season. A 42-lb. otter was captured on a West Gwillimbury farm last week. T`nn~ino' Hun nnxf. spnsnn Z311`. J. J. West. u\\'1lhmbury Iarm last ween. During` the past season Mr. J. J. Brown, our enterprising seedsman and - product dealer, has handled about 7,000 bushels of potatoes, pur- chased for shipment abroad. A+ -,2 mnnnnr nf tho Ann1e Lu- iunglanu next week. Creemore has shipped out 18,000 cords. of wood this A AOJM AH-rm um: r-nnhn-pr] nn :1 chased 101' smpmcnn zmroau. At a meeting of the Acme crosse Club last night, the following ofcers were elected for the year: R. Gunn, captain; F. Hornsby, Sec.; R. Gallagher, Treas.; Committee: W. Edwards, J. E. Cassin, A. McVitiie. Mr AH C1'nvp1' \vri m.< us from Spring and Fall $1 COATS $1 muvarus, .1. 15. uassm, A. iucviuie. Mr. Alf. Graver writes us from Jackson, Mich., saying he is going to Batavia, 111., to be foreman of the I\'ewton Wagon Shops at $1,000 a year. He says there are 57 Barrie people between Detroit and Chi- cago, and all that he has heard from are doing well.. A nnnv of the Bible. nrinted in doing wen. A copy of the Bible, printed 1618, is in the possession of Mr. J. A. ll/Iathers, New Lowell. It contains the Old and New Testament, the ser- vice of the Church of England, and the 100th Psalm set to the tune of Old Hundred. The owner has re- fused an offer of 100 sterling for his ancient tome. Speeding right on the main street of Barrie resulted in six settlements being made by offending motorists n traffic court Friday morning. It is not a case of watch your step, but watch your speedometer when you go joy riding around town these | spring days. i_contempt; of court in failing to ap- .pear as a witness in a liquor case. Shilling ed to the woods, but was itaken into custody when he came to llook after his muskrat traps on Rice 'Lake. Brought before Magistrate McCaughrin, he was sentenced to three months. A near fatality occurred at Dun- can recently when a stray bullet from :v. .25 calibre rie in Mr. Jack We1ch s hands, struck the head of Mr. Jas. Harbottle, also a resident of the vil- lage. The bullet came within an inch of hitting the right temple. Though dazed, Mr. Harbottle made his way i to his brother Ra1ph s home and was ` later taken to Owen Sound hospital, where the bullet was extracted. Mr. I Hm-bottle, who was not in a grave . condition, is maklng satisfactory re- ; covery. `L. 5Mr. W. C. Little, M.P., goes to '11:-y-1 on A nnvf uvnnlr May 1st the Lefontaine post ofce will close and rural route No. 3. Penetanguishene, will be started. Mr. Thos. Boyelnhas been awarded the contract for carrying the mail. `This is the second route in the nor- thern part of Tiny township and the two give almost complete coverage Iof the district. l was pointed ` basis on which milk is sold in the ` northern town is unfair to the local : dealers, who have an investment of a over $60,000 and contribute no small . sum to the taxes of the town. In , other words, the Orillia dairymen are .- maiana nvntection. Fift"Y:a_1fs Ago other Worus, Luu Ll]. seeklng protectlon. Firth & Moore Page Seven 109 Dunlap St. Perfectiy Cleaned by Our New, Up-to-Date Cleaning System Goods Calied For and Delivere