PAGiE SIXTEENLJL n a ,~ rR~c!AADIA STTESAN.BOWANVILE.ONTRIOTHUSDAY JUE 2th,194 Faim Forums a Strong Force Dress Smartly 1 For Good in Rural Canada The total of Farm Forum meet- ings held and reported in all Canada is 11,326 this year as com- pared with 10,449 last year and 9,- 496 the year before. Increases in the number of Forums were re- gistered in British Columbia, Sas- katchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec with Prince Edward Is- land holding its own. If you are not familiar with Farm Forum you should attend a meeting at the earliest oppor- tunity. This will be when the meetings begin again next No- vember. Essentially a Farm For- um is a small group of people who meet Monday evening in a home or a school to. discuss some vital problem related to agriculture and rural living. The Canadian Broad- casting Corporation produces a broadcast especially forthese groups. After the broadcast the group leader starts a discussion based on material provided by the National Fanm Radio Forum office. The conclusions of the group, known as Fanm Forum Findings, are writtenand mailed to the Provincial Farm Radio Forum office for tabulation and summary. The following Mon- day night the Provincial Secretary has four minutes of the broadcast time to report the general consen- sus of Forum opinion to the groups. Local Paper Farm Forum is unique in that it combines a radio broadcast, print- ed material, group discussion and written reports from the groups. The more enterprising Forums see that their local weekly news- papers receive a report of the dis- cussions. By carrying the discus- sion to its wider circle, the weekly newspaper makes the Forums a much'more useful institution. The result is a thoroughly democratic and Dominion-wide adult educa- tion project. The members of Farm Radio' Forum become most enthusiastic about the Forum method of dis- cussion. They say: "Farm Radio Forum makes the community a better place to live." "It broad- ens our outlook on many different subjects," "it creates a sense of un- ity among farmers." Radio-does provide an opportunity for con- solidation of farm opinion that neyer existed in previous genera- tions. National Farm Radio For- um is really a neighborhood meet- ing but a neighborhood meeting on a national scale. It is so con- ducted that every person in ev- ery Forum has the opportunity to make his or her opinions known and to exert a real influence on the conclusions reached. Real Action Nor should it be thought that Farm Forums just talk and noth- ing more. Forums are not slow about recommending action when they think something should be done and they are not slow about taking action themselves when there is something they can do. Over a hundred different types of action projects are being carried on in Forum communities across Canada. At any given moment almost half of the Forums in the country are actively engaged on some local task which they con- sider important. Projects range all the way from a campaign for the control of the warble fly or clearing snow off the road to the organization of a Credit Union or a larger area of school adminis- tration. The plan of organized Veterinary Services which is in operation in parts of Nova Sco- tia, Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario began as a Farm Radio Forum action project in Hants County, Nova Scotia. Fall Meetings This year National Farm Radio Forum will begin on November 41 and will continue for five months as usual. Subject matter of some of the series will be Scientifit Ad- vances in Agriculture, Agricul- ture and International Affairs, Farm and Industrial Labour Re- lations, Rural Living Standards. National Farm Radio Forum is sponsored by the Canadian Feder5 ation of Agriculture, the Canadian Association for Adult Education and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. TOWNSHIP CLERK Wm. Beacock, Blackstock Farm communities owe much to municipal officers whose duties are so intimately associated with taxation, administration, local im- provements and the many things requiring expert knowledge in local government. Cartwright has been fortunate in having veteran Township Clerk William Beacock in office for many years. He has filled the office with credit and distinction. Aside from general duties, the extent of which are little known aside from councillors, a town- ship clerk is called upon to advise farmers in many matters affecting their individual affairs. Then too, they take part in patriotic drives, fall fairs, church and social activ- ities and so forth. In all these Mr. Beacock has taken a leading part. His work is invaluable. "HITCHHIKE 'PHONES" New Agriculture, the U.S. farm monthly, reports successful ex- periments in Arkansas to install telephone service to farms located far from telephone lines but near electric power lines. Instead of travelling over conventional tel- ephone wires, the messages have hitch-hiked a ride over rural pow- er lines. The same wires have carried telephone calls and elec- tric power simultaneously with- out interference with each other. Engineers of the Bell Telephone Company and the local power companies state that further ex- perimentation is necessary before general commercial application can be made. It is only a matter of determining the best kind of system to suit local conditions, that, is whether extension of tele- phone wires is necessary or not. INTERZATIONAL AGET 0. F. Robson Agent for International-MeCor- mick implements and other farm necessities, 0. F. Robson located in Bowmanville a year ago to serve a wide territory. He is now erecting one of the finest buildings in Eastern Ontario and has bought a home to locate permanently in Bowmanville. Already widely known, the agency hastreatly ex- panded since he took over. For years Mr. Robson was an expert fieldman in the implement trade in Western Canada. Born in the Haliburton district, he re- turned east to invest heavily in a personal enterprise. His territory links up with that of his father and brother, also in the imple- ment business in Victoria and Haliburton. S SHORTHORN FIBLDMAN Jack Baker, Solina On the national directorate of the Canadian Shorthorn Associa- ton, Jack Baker is also fieldman for district Shorthorn associa- tions and an authority who has for years been a judge at fairs in Ontario and Quebec. He carries on the Shorthorn tradition of his father, the late Tom Baker who established the Baker Farms herd back in 1878. Jack Baker has devoted much time in selection of breeding stock for the Production Service, Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, and for leading herds all across Can- ada and the U.S.A. He has per- sonally delivered many carloads of Shorthorns to points extending from Nova Scotia to British Col- umbia. He was also one of the early presidents of the Alumni Association, Ontario Agricultural College. r ITTi1 Salute to The Farmers Of Canada e The fine contribution which Canadian Agriculture has made to the Unitec Nation's war effort has been generally recognized. It is only those, who have intimate knowledge of the problems which Canadian farmers have had to face during the war who can fully appreciate the magnitude of the task that has been accomplished. It is not only for their war efforts but for the job they are doing in supplying the starving countries of the world that we salute the, Farmers of Canada. 0 W. H. BROWN DEALER FOR CASE FARM MACHINERY FIRESTONE TIRES DELAVAL MILKERS AND SEPARATORS BEATTY BROS. STABLE EQUIPMENT 91 King St. W. Phone 497 Counties Debenture Debt To be Paid Off by Year 1949 The annual report of the audi- tors of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham to the end of last year, which was presented at Thursday's session of the United Counties Council, showed a general surplus of $32,- 882.85. Some accounts paid subsequent- ly and contracted last year will reduce the figure to a certain ex- tent. The counties debenture debt will be paid off by 1949, accord- ing to the report. At one time the total debt amounted to $812,- 164. For several years past, the counties council has been carry- ing out a pay as you go policy in order to reduce the huge deben- ture debt, contracted more than 15 years ago in a vast road build- ing prôgram. In the general revenue state- ment, income from county rate was $233,905.40; administration of justice, $7,433.29; roads, $61,757.- 50; licenses, $394.00; miscellan- eous, $60.32; social service, $13,- 483.70. The expenditures included ad- ministration of justice, $23,722.98; grants, $6,000; charity and wel- fare, $28,295.22; debenture debt charges, $74,678.62; education (public and separate schools) 4,- 324; general administration, $21,- 351.22; roads and bridges, $131,- 167.41; reforestation, $1,682.85; miscellaneous, $219.86 and regis- týy offices, $2,406.67. High and Continuation Schol expenditures were $83,005.49. .Covering the two months' operation of the counties health unit last year,tup to Dec. 31, 1945, the expenditures were $16,633.22. The above information was conveyed to The Statesman by local members, Reeve R. R. Stev- ens, Reeve Sidney Little and Dep- uty Reeve A. W. Northcutt who returned home Saturday from the June session. County Health Unit Makes Inspection of Tourist Camps, Etc. During. May the Sanitary In- spectors began the inspection of motor tourist camps, refreshment booths, summer hotels and tourist homes. In each case a general sarlitary survey was made and the water supply inspected and water samples taken for analysis when the source was other than a municipal supply. As these tour- ist establishments are widely scat- tered throughout the United Counties, the inspection of these establishments requires a great deal of time. Inspection of Tour- ist Camps totalled 64. In addition il sewage disposal systems were inspected, 160 water samples were collected for laboratory examina- tion and 54 visits made for inves- tigation of complaints. Inspection of ice supplies, water supplies, pasteurizing plants, restaurants, etc., have been continued. During May 53 pasteurized milk samples were collected for laboratory ex- amination and 24 inspections of restaurants and hotels and 17 in- spections of slaughter houses were done. Inspection of refreshment booths was done in 10 cases. Communicable Disease In presenting the report for May, Dr. C. W. MacCharles, the Senior Medical Officer of Health, stated that there was an increase in the total number of cases of communicable disease reported with 169 in May as compareci with 109 in April. Measles show- ed an increase with 112 in May as compared with 69 in April, with 59 of these cases occurring in the town of Cobourg. The number of cases of chickenpox was 51 as compared with 23 in April. There were no cases of scarlet fever, whooping cough or diphtheria re- ported. Immunization A full course of 3 doses of diph- theria toxoid was completed in 277 cases and re-enforcing doses in 311 cases, making a total of 588 for May and 3,872 since the first of the year. Three doses of com- bined whooping cough vaccine and diphtheria toxoid was com- pleted for 64 infants and pre- school children. The total num- ber of inoculation doses given during May was 1,707. Vaccina- .tion against smallpox totalled 791 in May and since the first of the year 4,026. With the approach of the period during which examin- ations will be held, it will not be possible to complete vaccination in all schools, but the immuniza- tion programme for diphtheria and whooping cough will be com- pleted. Staff nurses' time has continued to be taken up to a large extent with t4e immunization clinics, but, in addition, they have contin- ued their school work and home visits and also assisted at the tu- berculosis mass X-ray surveys. They also assisted at the Crippled Children's Clinic held under the auspices of the Rotary Club in Cobourg. Home visits by nurses totalled 566. There were 125 vis- its to schools. Two public health nursing stu- dents from the University of Tor- onto had field work with the unit during May-Mrs. Gwendoline Watt, who was placed at Cobourg, and Miss RUth Aiken, who was placed at Campbellford. Miss Alice B. Nicolle, Educa- tional Supervisor, Nursing Div- ision, Ontario Department of Health, visited the unit May 21st and 22nd. Two doctors completing their post-graduate work for the Di- ploma of Public Health at the University of Toronto were allo- cated to the unit for field work during April. Dr. Large and Dr. Parker-botb veterans of service with the Royal Canadian Navy- spent part of their time during the month with the staff at the head- quarters office in Cobourg and part at one of the sub-offices at Campbellford and Bowmanville. The National Film Board has produced in Danish two films entitled NORTHWEST BY AIR and PEOPLES OF CANADA, for distribution by the Film Board in Denmark. These figures represent the yields obtained isa joint Dominion-Provin- .ial project under the supervision of Professor Thompson, Dept. of Ento- mology, Ontario Agricultural College, -and Dr. G. H. Berkeley, in which the ive counties of Brant, Norfolk, Elgin, 'Oxford, and Middlesex also cooperated. Is Farm Machinery Rhady for Business? Farmers who have ordered re- pair parts for their farm machin- ery are advised by J. M. Arm- strong, Agricultural Engineer, Central Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, to get in touch with their dealers at once. Because of the tie-ups in steel manufacture, de- liveries of repair parts may be de- layed. If the dealer intimates that deliveries are likely to be slow or late this season, other plans may be made to get the farm machinery in good running order. Temporary repairs may be resorted to while awaiting the arrival of replacement parts. Bro- shape by, acetylefie welding. A. broken gear tooth can* be built Up by that process. Ail farmers are not in a posi- tion to carry out temporary re- pairs and usually entrust the job to the local blacksmith. The av- erage smithy is equipped to make such repairs as brazing a filling in the groove worn in axles and shafting. Often a blacksmith can help the farmer in need or repair parts by fabricating the more simple ones, such as strappin wrought from iron or mild steel. Of all electro-metalluf*al op- erations, the production of alu - inum consumes the most elect - ity. H E RE'S W HA T T HE Y M E AN T O Y OU You can expect increased yields from your potato planting if you use the spray program that proved its effectiveness in last year's experiments in Ontario... DiTHANE plus DDT. With DiTHANE plus DDT, you will have a complete spray progran;i for controlling both insects and disease. Sprayed at least once a week, DrImANE is extremély effective against both early and late blight. The addition of DDT, in the form of Rohm'& Haas 25% DDT EMULSION CONCENTRATE or D-50 WETTABLE POWDER, gives efficient control of flea beetles, leaf hoppers and Colorado potato beetles. Use it along with DiTHANE in your .regular weekly spray schedule. Another point: DiTHANE SiM- plifies and speeds your spraying operations. Because it does not clog spray nozzles, it eliminates time-wasting delays to clean nozzles. Ark yo'ur local agricultural authorities for complete informa- tion on a DITHANE-DDT pro. gram best suited to your needs. Or write P. N. Soden & Company, Ltd., for a descriptive folder. DITHANE i a itrads.mark. Reg. U. S. Pt. 0f. Canadian Distributors: P. N. SODEN & COMPANY, LTD. 730 Wellington Street Montreal 3, Quebec MULE11LAMU CULTIVATED WITH A surprising situation but the average farmer cultivated a greater proportion of his land with fewer and in some cases no farm helpers. Of this achievement he may weil be proud - we are proud to salute him on this accomplishment. _________PALM«ER MOTOR SALES B O W M A N V 1 L L E '4f ----------- 4b S 1 HERE ARE THE RESULTS DT 6, per "Il 1 TRURSDAY, JUNE 20th, 1946 THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOVRdANVMLE, ONTARIO th A eLim 0 1
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