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the georgetown herald wednesday march 8th 1944 no store 4 taverns 448 people in trafalgar in year 1817 continued from page one at first than the timber which is a foot in diameter measured about two feet and a half from the root of ttsi tree and all under that size and the rest they birdie and kill with an axe in this state it will produce nearly as good a crop as if all were cut down and this only oosw six dollars per acre in both cases boarding and lodging included the nest of the umber is cut down by degrees for fencing and firewood etc 19th a good work horse may be had from fift up glxty d a good cow from eighteen to twenty dollars yoke of oxerl four years old from fifty to seventy dollars a good sheep ol the same age from two to three dollars 20th the average quantity of wool produced by a sheep is two pounds and a half its price is one shilling and ten pence hall penny per pound 21st beasts are turned out about the first of may and taken in about jbe same time in december 22nd sleighing lasts about three months that is beginning about the first of january and ends about the last of march plowing begins about the 20th of april 23rd season of growing wheat is from the 25th of august until the 1st of october the time of harvest ing said grain is from the 20th of july until the end of august 24th the quantity of wheat to be sown on one acre is from a bushel and a peck to a bushel an average crop is from fifteen to twenty five bushels per acre 25th respecting pasture as the wild woods constitute our principal pasturelands we have not yet made sufficient experiments to enable us to answer your query but our raea daw lands will generally produce one ton per acre and an ox of four years old will gain two hundred weight by a summers run in our woods and his meat will be well flavoured our dairy produce is of an excellent quality butter sells for a shilling per pound 3ieese the same price 26th the ordinary course of crop ping on new land is wheat the first year harrowed in and sometimes a crop of oats are harrowed in in the spring on the stubble then it is sown awn with timothy or clover or both together and is used for meadow for three or four vears till the roots rot in the ground and then plowed up after which buckwheat or pears are general ly sown first and then wheat perhaps the same season nd then peas or buckwheat or oats and then wheat and so on alternate lit tit or wmi nure is used but new land and or chords require it most 27th land is frequently let on the shares on the follow u k terms the lessor finds the leasee in terms in boarding in farming utensils and in half the seed and then receives one third of the produce if the leosor finds finds everything the leaser has one thlr of the roduce if the leason find evrr thing ttit leasee has only one third of produce enough land can be had m cither of these ways 28th land at the first settling of our township sold for 1 50 per acre it now sells f r pour to five dollars p acre also a farm of t hundred acres with a lo house and a bam upon it with one hundred and ten acres cleared in the customary way may be had for fifteen hundred dollars if frame buildings are upon it a greater price but seldom in proportion to the buildings 29th the quantity of land for sale we cannot justly describe but we sup pose three or four thousand acres and there ire but few farmers in our township who would not even sell their improved farms if they had the offer of a good price 30th the state of the public roads at present is but indifferent but they are capable of improvement at a very moderate expei se as the f ict of our country is generally level great 1m provements might be made by means of canals and locks respecting our navigation we are situated on the ooaat of lake ontario and thence have the benefit of all the adjoining waters besides we have two very fine streams called the twelve and the sixteen mile creeks these can be made na igable waters for boats some part of the year four miles from the mouth to communicate with our mills on dundaa street the mouth of the sixteen where it empties into lore ontario is navigable for vessels of a considerable burden and forms a safe and commodious harbour 81st the causes which retard the improvement of our township and the province at larne arc various the first an principal cause you have already very justly observed that is the want of capital this may perhaps be best illustrated by the facts know then that the greater number of our farmers when they first settle in the lld woods have dttle more property than a concha yoke of oxen a log chain and an axe and some have little or no property at ail but their- axe alone the family generally consists of a man and his wife and a number of young children unable to hire hands the whole of the labour naturally develops upon the man and hence it is for six or seven years till such time a the fxoots of the umber begin to rot in the round so that he can use the plough and until tt oldest of hi children trow up to bep aim hli toil to inces sant four or five acres u an that he is able to clear and sow in a season and that is generally put in so late that it produces but little so that the whole of his crop will scarcely sup port him through the year but many times he has to work out for part of his bread clothes he must have for himself and his family and these must be got out of the store and mer chaht goods are very dear in this pro vince and as he hath nothing to pay with he is obliged to go on credit these ip a few years soon run up high so that by the time he gets his farmhn such a state of improvement- as might enable him us live comfort ably he is frequently obliged to sell it in order to pay off his debts such is the consequence of beginning poor but this you will observe is only the gloomy side of things for those who are so fortunate as to weather out the storm of the first ten years without sinking their plantations are gener ally enabled to spend the remainder of their days in comfort the scarcity ol labourers and the very high price of labour so that the produce will scarcely pay the hands forms another hindrance to the improvement of our township and the province aj large another hindrance is that in many places of this province large tracts of land have been granted to certain individuals and these being generally men of for une are under no necessity of selling their lands but hold them at so high a price that poor people are not able to buy them again there are many of these gentlemen gone out of the province so that there is no oppor tunlty to buy from them so it still remains a wilderness and the poor people who are settled round such tracts have road to make and every other public duty to perform at their own expense which greatly enhances the value of such land to the great in jury of inhabitants another hindrance respecting our township is that a great number of lots are reserved for the crown and the clergy and notwithstanding that these lots might be rented for twenty years for a very small sum of mo ney yet the land in this province has hitherto been so plenty and cheap that no one cares for renting land who can have it in free simple hence it is that the great number of them still remain unsettled but when settlers become numerous this evil will soon be done away what in our opinion would con tribute to the improvement of our township and the province at large would be to encourage men of prop erty into the country to purchase the waste lands of our province which if sold even at a moderate price would introduce such a flow of capital into our province as would not only en courage a respectable race of settlers of every description to come in and cultivate the face of the country and turn the wilderness into fruitful fields but would also make trade and- manufactory of all kinds flourish then would our province no longer re main poor neglected and unknown to the rest of the world but would be come a respectable colony not only to support herself but she would add a large revenue to the british crown and her redundances would contribute to feed the hungry and clothe the poor of other nations sir we have also seen your se oond address with your additional queries which we answer as follows 32nd we know of no one in upper canada whom we would sooner trust to publish the statistics of our pro vince than yourself 33rd we are willing therefore to trust the whole to your own veracity and may the highest success crown your labours it is true we have seen a parcel of heteragenous stuff in the niagara spectator printed against your plan which like the palace of vanity ap pears to have no foundation and like it too shall vanish into air yes into thin air and leaves not a trace be hind indeed such 111 timed jargon quite unsupported by reason will only serve to urge the business on more rapidly and here sir is a striking proof for it has reminded us at the end ol our work of what we should have done in the beginning namely u jointly offer you our warmest thanks for the strenuous efforts you have made and the spirit of benevolence you have dls protocnty of our province and qu played in endeavoring to promote the happiness of our fellow subjects we have used provincial currency in all our calculations which is five shillings to the dollar excepting where we have mentioned dollars signed by james mcbride jj da nlel munn charles biggar duncan mcqueen absalom smith james big ger amos bigger michel buck tim othy bobbins james thomson natha nlel cornwall james hopper henri loucks lawrence hager joseph smith j edgar hoover keveajus new gangerter menace the chief of the fbi in a timely series of artices starting in the american weeklj with this sunda s march 12th issue of the detroit sunday times tells ho hoodlums who turned prohibition into a night mare are back again back to bigger more lush rackets created by wartime shortages back with hijackings gun ba ties and murder get sundaj s detroit times typically fine letter received by soldiers comforts committee the soldiers comforts committee are again busily preparing to send another shipment of smokes and chocolates to the men and women serving overseas the biggest job is getting the correct addresses and you would be helping the committee a great deal if you would phone in the address of your overseas serviceman at once to mrs w v grant 236 alter 6 o clock or mrs a reeve 275 w in the meantime letters keep coming in from the boys thanking the com mittee and the georgetown people for their kindness typical of the senti ments more or loss expressed in all is the following letter from lieut k d barber recently recaved wednesday january 12th 194 no 1 cajiu caob mrs sidney mackenzie treasurer gtcrgetown soldiers comforts com mittee dear mrs mackenzie i wish to thank the members of the soldiers comforts committee for the very nice box of chocolates which received at christmas time they were very much appreciated and enjoyed as chocolates arc rather bcarce in england especially at this time such treats from home help to give us tht christmas spirit when we remember the abundance of good things we used to enjoy in our own country in this unit the men made all sorts of toys in their spare time before christmas and distributed them to hundieds of children invited to our christmas party as there were very few toys in the regular shops boxes from home helped to provide the children with sweets and many things they had never tasted before christ mas dinner for the troops consisted of ti rkey with all the trimmings plum pudding mince pie etc so that we fared very well the food situation here in england has improved slightly and there are very seldom any complaints from the public the bare necessities of life are still moderate in price but luxuries cost fabulous sums the people have buckled down to steady hard work in an effort to bring the war to an end as soon as possible i hope canadians are exertirg the same great effort forgetting their lit tie discomforts and inconveniences banishing from their minds any thought of personal 8 for the main objective and goal winning the war quickly just as we who stay behind the lines in these training units as in itructors or administrators plug away at our tedious nerve straining work without the excitement and stimuli tlon of battle and conquest as a re ward the novelty has worn off for us years ago but we know the lob has to be done without any praise or pdl ilcity so we do what needs to be done bo the best of our ability we only hope that the victory will be used as a means of ridding the world of war we hope that a better more understanding unselfish world will be born out of our victory most tof we want to return to a canada where we can live and work and play in peace with our families may i thank you and the mexnbera again for their gift c yours kbktm bakbefl and the undersigned will not be oafai to any person of whose claim they shall not then have notice dated at georgetown una 0th dap of march a d 1944 bert berry and harvey peavoy administrators of the estate of cecil w keeler by their solicitors dale and bennett georgetown ontario reduced butter rations canada s butter ration will be tern porarlly reduced this measure is ne cessary because butter production dur lng november december and january was about 5 400 000 lbs below produc tlon for the corresponding period of last year an important factor in re duclng production has been the 1043 44 winter subsidy payments which dl verted milk from butter to cheese pro duction the reduction in the butter ration will save about 5 000 000 lbs equal to one weeks normal ration allowance the reduction will be made by post ponlng the dates on which butler ra tlon coupons 54 and 55 become valid ordinarily these would have been good on march 16 under the reduced ration plan coupon 54 will not be good until march 23 and coupon 55 will be good on march 30 thus until further notice one butter coupon will become good in each week the value of the coupon is not changed it is still good for a lb of butter the corresponding reduction is being made in the butter quotas of hotels restaurants and other public eating places retailers should call to their cus tomers attention the fact that butter bought with coupons 52 and 53 must be made to last until march 23 and trade orders should be placed with re duced butter sales in view for march notice to creditors in the estate op cecil w keeler farmer deceased all persons having claims against the estate of cecil w keeier late of the town of georgetown farmer who died on or about the 8th day of no vember a d 1943 are hereby notified to send particulars or same to the undersigned on or before tne 8th day of april ax 1944 after which da e the estate will be distributed with re gird only to the claims yr which the undersigned shall then have notice notice toatedrrors in the estate of william el long merchant deceased all persons having claims again the estate of william s long late of the town of georgetown merchant wbo died on or about the 13th day of january a d 194 are hereby notified to send particulars of same to the undersigned on or before the 29th day of march ax 1044 after which date the estate will be distributed with re gard only to the claims of which the undersigned shall then have notice and the undersigned will not be liable to any person of whose claim they shall rof then have notice dated at georgetown this 29th day of february aj 1944 ethel mary long and margaret j long executrices of the estate of william h long by their solicitors dale and bennett georgetown ontario 3t honeeto creditors in the estate op anne b- thompson late of the town of georgeton in the county of barton spinster deceased all persons having claims against the estate of annih 5 thompson late of the town of georgetown hi the county of halton spinster deceased who died on or alxwtnetftzr day of february 1944 are hereby notified to send in to the undersigned executon of the last wm and testament of ttte said deceased or her solictor on or be fore the 29th day of march 1944 fan particulars of their claims immediate ly after the said 2mb day of marefc 1944 the assets of the deceased wfb b distributed amongst the parties en titled thereto having regard only to claims of which the saw shall then have notice dated at georgetown ontario tms 25th day of february 1944 rev m t qrlffln thompson 633 james st s hamilton and george franklin thompson milton ontario executors of the said estate by kenneth m lanojdon georgeton ontario their solicitor 9k get your 00000 passenger it renews your 1943 plate t s 4 00000 1944 motor vehicle permit your 1944 motor vehicle permit is now ready good citizenship and good sense tell you to get it now take good care of your 1943 plate wartime re strictions require that you use it for another year your motor vehicle permit fee remains the same with your 1944 motor vehicle permit there will be issued a windshield stamp such as that illustrated the display of this stamp will validate the use tf your 1943 plate 1944 drivers licenses are now available and should be secured at once financial responsibility do you know that both your motor tebicle permit and dniers license will be automati cally suspended until you file proof of financial responsibility if you are com feted of a 1 tolation of the law following an accident you may find an insurance policy difficult to secure then it s better to drive safely and aioid acelejits than to find yourself unable to drive at all geo h doucett minister of highways