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Proper Recreational Facilities For Young And Old are coming to be looked on as one of the most important features in any community, and th-e best means of fighting juvenile delin- quency. West Lome, Ontario, is only a comparatively small community â€" some 800 people in all â€" yet it has just completed this impressive Arena and Sports Centre at a cost of more than $30,000.00. Situated right next to the Bowling Green, the Arena will serve for many com- munity activities during the Spring, Summer and Autumn. In the Winter its ice surface of 100 by 180 feet will be used for Hockey and Skating. v5HDIlT5f(jl^ Always A Payoff KATHRYN BEMIS Henry Hall came breezing into Ills suburban bungalow. No Mandy in tlie kitcbcii. no wife Grace in sight. "Grace will warm up some- thing and call it dinner!" he spulter- fd. "Why docs slje p]ay bridge gn Tandy's day cTfi?" But after liv- ing ten years witli a balcl-headcd, flat-chested little scrimp of a man like himself, a niodcst-salaricd man- ager of a women's apparel shop, he couldn't blame Grace for craving entertainment. He switched on a lamp in the living room and settled into his chair by the radio. His gaze lighted on his encyclopedia. He look out tlic first volume his hand touched, Perhaps a little Shakcsi>eare would brighten his talk. He started as something flew out from a leaf, zigzagged to the ruf;. A ten dollar bill! He snatched it up, stuffed it into liis billfold. Grace, hiding her money in booksl He yanked out another masterpiece, shook it. Two more tens fluttered before Henry's eyes. Within a few minutes, he had shaken down $200 instead of meaty knowledge, from the awe-inspiring tomes. Hut from that night on, Henry was worried. The allowance he gave Grace was small. She must have scrimped on household ex- penses a long time to save that money. What sinister project was she planning? So he was greatly relieved one evening when she met him at the door and quavered, "Oh, Ileniy, I've been rohhed!" Henry managed to look concern- ed. He asked, "Kohbed? What's gone r" '"I'wo hundred dollars I saved from the house-money! I hid it in the encyclopedia! I've slaved â€" done without Maiidy days on end â€" saved what I would have paid her-" Her bitter disaiJiiointnient over- came his desire to punish her. He jumped up, saying, "Waitl Just a minute!" He raced upstairs to his clothes closet. He reached into its dark confines for his old brown coat. The brown suit had miaccountably dis- appeared! ''Where in the" dickens is my old browM suil?" he callcil downstairs. "That moth catcher? I warned you I'd give that rag away or burn it up! But I did even better. The old clothes man gave me 60 cents for it!" From now on, Henry was a changed man. binding that old brown suit had become his obses- sion. Then one innriiing when giv- ing instructions to one of his sales- women, he abruptly wheeled about, dashed out to the street. He grab- l)e<l a passing m.in by the collar of his shabby l)rowii coal, demanding, "Wherc'd you get that suil?" The voice of the stranger shook with ((ar of the madman he judged Henry Hall to be. "(iriss and Gris- rom made it for me â€" five years ago," he said conciliatingly. "Ha!" jeere<l Henry, not relaxing h^s hold. "(Iriss aiul Grisconi made that stnl for I'ue ~ llic fabcl's inside! .Sinart, aren't you?" "What's coming off here?" snap- l)e'l a piihcrman, thrusting Henry aside. '"I'his mail's wearing my suit- he's got the moneyâ€" he's â€" " A'ler the matter had been talked out I 're the police sergeant and llen.y was ronviiiccd that the 'iraiii^ir had once been afTlucnt SOMEMES FROM Jolm12L4.syeLL mfej^l So much interest was»aroused by Ontario's first Grassland Day, held last July at Woodstock, that it was decided to hold three of them this summer in different parts of the Province. Their purpose is to demonstrate best methods of hand- ling the hay crops on our farms. 'i'he first of the three was sche- duled for Thursday June 24 on the farm of W. H. Ruthven of Alliston. Eastern Ontario's demonstration will be on Thursday, July 22 at the Kemptville Agricultural School, Kcmptville; while Western On- tario's Grassland Day will be at the farm of George Junes, .Woodstock, on Wednesday August 4tli. » * » Before putting tile in any of your fields, it's a good idea to check on the acidity of the soil before decid- ing what type to use. Millier con- crete or clay tile will give good ser- vice under normal conditions; but it is said that in higli-acid or high- alkali soils, concrete tile shows a certain tendency to deteriorate. * * * If you have a catlle-licast that shows signs of lameness, maybe you're overlooking something valu- able. Anyway, that was the ex- perience of Miilar<l F. Holconib, a New Mexico farmer. He had a cow that had been limping for six years and recently he found â€" and dug out â€" the cause, llis wife's long-lost diamond ring was firmly wedged in its hoof. + ♦ • A great many hens stoi) laying in July, and that's a good time to cut down wastes by cullitiK the slug- gards, as they will eat six or seven pounds of feed a month in spite of their non-production. Birds with bright combs and uucolorcd beaks are the layers â€" and should be kept. * * * Some chicken raisers say "1 al- ways get more eggs when 1 turn niy chickens out for the summer." But the records say that this shouldn't be the case, and that if your flock gives more eggs when turned out, the clianccs are that they're not getting a proper diet indoors. "I used to turn my chickens out but haven't done so for years," says Mrs. Harvey Rostat. "It just doesn't pay to do so." She should know btcause since she lias kept her hens shut up, yearly egg production has jumped from IK) to IRU per hen. .^lHl careful re- cords kept of the loua Denionstra- enoiigh to buy rustoiii-made suits and now was clothed in one of them, he returned to the shop, a chastened man. Mandy's black face wore a broad grin that night when she placed the beef roast before Henry. She said, "Mr. Hall -you know what? My hoy freii' looks swell in your old brown suit be bought off'cn that «\' dos' mail. He's sure geiiirous, too." "Wlnjt's tlli"/" asked the sud- denly alert Itenry. "You see, we's fixin' to git mar ried, Mr. Hall, Not havin' steacb work, I ain't saved much, but tha man's makin' up fur it I He's alread> boughten me a white lectric 'frig' rater â€" big as two like you'all's got ! The End tion Flock show that with confined hens the profit per bird was $1.82 as against $1.12 each for those that were given a "summer outing". ♦ ♦ * This is about the time when many grain fields throughout the Province will be showing evidence of mus- tard â€" one of the greatest "robbers" we have. This bright yellow weed, if allowed to get thick, shades the grain besides competing with it for plant food and moisture, thus cut- tinc down the grain vields consider- alily. A li(.;lit infestation of mustard in the grain may be controlled by hand I)iilliiig; and with the advent of 2-4-U, mustard in wheat, barley flax, oats, etc. can be controlled without iniuriiig the grain crop, if properly applied. If is not recom- mended, however, where fields are seeded to clover. Best methods of conlrulliiig and eradicating mustard by cultivation, as suggested by the Ontario De- partment of -Xgriciilture, arc as fol- lows: (iive thorough and repeated after-harvest cultivation to destroy successive crops of seedlings; put in a hoed crcip â€" citlier roots or corn â€" the following spring, then sow with grain the next year and seed down with clover. Canadian "seeing the Egypt has an area of 36^,2W sciiiare miles and a population of about 16,(XI(),0(H). cattle are certainly world" these days. At the end of May forty purebred heifers left Malton Airport to be flown to Uuito, down in Ecuador. Tliis was the first shipment of any importance to that particular area, but more dairy cattle are scheduled to follow. * * * Much interest is being shown in the findings of a New Jersey cattle raiser who discovered that by add- ing salt and molasses preparation, pol.iloes could he made just as palat- able and fattening to steers as corn. If his idea works out, as it seems likely to do, it may accomplish future wonders both in easing grain shortages and in providtng a profit- able method of geltiiig rid of sur- plus potatoes. * ♦ » Then there's the old one that Joe Weber and Lou Fields used to pull in vaudeville. "See that cow over tll*re," Joe would say, "She's worth a thousand dollars." "Is that so?" I.ou would reply. "My goodnessâ€" I wonder how a cow could ever save up that much money!" I ! t 4 BOO Population â€" $30,000 Sports and Recreational Centre â€" Above is an interior view of the new Arena Building just completed by the citi7ens of West Lome, Ont.â€" a strikmg example of what real, live community spirit can accomplish, and One which might well be followed by other Ontario towns and villages. Average Prices Received by Ontaurio Farmers May 15, 1948, with Comparisons Wheat, per bus.- c Oats, per bus c Barley, per bus c Rye, per bus c Flaxseed, per bus $ Buckwheat, per bus c Potatoes, per cwt c Turnips, per cwt c Hay and Clover, per ton, loose $ Horses, per head . -. $ Milk Cows, per head $ Beef Cattle,- per cwt., live weight $ Calves, per cwt., live weight $ Sheep, per cwt., live weight $ Lambs, per cwt., live weight $ Hogs, per cwt., live weight $ Butter, per lb c Chickens, per lb., live weight c Turkeys, per lb., live weight c Ducks, per lb., live weight c Geese, per lb., live weight c Eggs, per dozen c Mav 15 Aver. 1931-34 : 70.0 37.1 45.2 51.0 1.20 49.1 84.2 32.0 10.09 91.75 45.41 4.48 5.26 3.40 6.84 6.03 22.4 13.5 Mav 15 1947 127.4 67.3 89.4 203.9 3.03 88.2 172.0 75.7 13.18 94.02 129.44 12.56 14.28 6.52* 14.13 17.10 48.6 24.3 31.9 24.0 24.7 32.9 Mav 15 1948 153.3 96.1 126.5 260.5 4.85 130.6 304.1 108.4 14.58 89.07 139.81 15.37 18.27 7.43 16.80 22.27 69.8 27.0 34.8 26.7 27.9 â€" 38.9-- • i * ' 1 Men of The Kailroadâ€" serving the nation twenty-four hours a day, everv duv. On their abilities deiieiids the ruiulioiiinj; of our great eonimercial arteries. The Railroads. Serving in quiet, unassuniiii" fashion these Men of The Railroad have lieiiieilmake Canada's transportation system one of the finest. Men like these, some of Canada's finest, are in the service of the publicâ€" at your service. DAWES BLACK HORSE BREWERY One of a series of advertisements in tribute to those Canadians in the service of the puhlic U TTLE REO GIE By Mc '0 'I