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PAGE EIGHT THE CANADIAN STATESMAN. ~OWMANV!LLE. ONTAT~IO Offciai Comerment Farrn News Offers Nany Points for Study - The following brief items are taken from a recent release direct lrom the Department of Agricul- ture, Ottawa. News of this char- acter app2ars regularly in The Statesman generally for the in- formation of aur farm subscrib- ers. As we bave pointed ouf be- fore, a study of trade in farmn pro- ducts may be found useful in esti- mating trends, calculating what is best ta grow for profit next sea- son. The comment, in brackets is aur own. Soviet ,Wheat Soviet Russia has sald 50 thou- sand mefrie tans (1.8 million bu- shels) of wheat to India in ex- change for an undisclosed quan- tity of Indian tea. The wheat is which took place at the end of 1947 and amounted ta about 7.8 million bushels, and prospective buyers are nat willing ta pay the bîgh price asked for the unsoid surplus of appraximately 117 mil- lion bushels. (Russia and Argentine remain- ed outside the world wheat agree- ment. They appear ta have no' difficulty in disposing of surplus in direct, independent trading.) Australian Apples During the current apple ýexport season over 3.5 million bushels have been exported fromn Austra- lia. 0f this quantity, aver 3mil- lion bushels went ta the United Kingdom, 320 thousand bushels tob deiveed inRussian shiPs remainder ta the Far East. befare october 1. Australian Wool Argentine Grain Australian w o o 1 production The president of the Argentine during 1947-48 amounted ta the Economnie Council bas announced equivalent of $500 million which that the entire 1948 wheat crop was $203 million mare than in the bas been sold. In March, 1948, previaus season. The global quan- exporf wheaf stocks were set af 11 tity Fold was 3.8 million bales. million bushels but since then this The average price for unscoured quanfity has been disposed of wool was 52.9 cents a pound, thraugh trade treafies with Bra- against 32.8 cents in 1946-47, an zil, India and Paraguay. increase of 61 per cent. The price The corn situation is less favor- for scoured was 70.6 cents, an in- able as export shipments ta datelcrease of 27 per cent. are few. The United States Occu-1 (British shuf ouf Canadian ap- pational Forces in Germany have 1 ples. Socialisf Britain takes in- discontiniied t h e i r p urchases, i ferior apples from down under. Twenty-five years' experience, plus Sicard's tradition of autstanding performance have combined ta skyrocket the SNOW MASTER junior inta, leadership in its field. It's the first snow blower at a low price that's pre. cision-built for its job from drafting board ta finial tests. The powerful, compact Junior The junior is equally effective in narrow Ianeways, sccondary roads and busy down- town traffic arcas. It clears new snow, old snow and ice from curb ta curb ta provide maximum usage of roads ansd streets. Mountcd on a short whcel-base with four- 2'e exclusive "urist-action"' chute, being telescopic and revolving, provides easy maneuverability on a full 220' arc for pin-point precision in casting f rom 3 to 50 f t. It permits *'pack-loading" trucks at any angle, in motion. WVhen loading trucks the tre- mendous force of snow propulsion from the chute fully packs ever truck in record time. -~Wrist- action"~ allows driveways, Ianeways and intersecting streets ta be left perfectly clear too, without stop. ping or backtracking, Leaside The wool situation at 52.9c per lb. unwashed;is a contrast to Can- ada, short 16 million lbs. annually for domestie consumption.) 1948 Tobacco Crop Acreage of tobacco grown in .Canada in 1948, according ta the first estimate of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, is eight per cent smaller than the record acre- age harvested last seasan. The acreage planted this year is cur- rently estimated at Il1>5,374 acres while the harvested acreage in 1947 was 125,267. The acreage af ail types, with the exception of cigar tabacco, shows a reduction frorn last season. The preliminary estimate of production of tobacco, however, shows a substantial increase over the quantity harvested in 1947, and is estimated at 126,681,000 pounds, compared with the 1947 harvest of 106,688,000 pounds. The average yield of tabacco, in- cluding ahl types, in 1948 is set at 1,098 pounds per acre compared wvith 852 pounds per acre in 1947. (In recent deals wifh other Commonwealth countries Britain has accepted their fabacca; ap- pears ta want ta eut down Cana- dian exports while using Cana- dian experts w~hile using Cana- dian boans ta promote trade else- whcrc. Big Rye, Flax Crops The combined output of fal and spring rye for Canada from the 1948 crop is estimated by the Dominion Bureau of Stafisties af mid-August to bo 26.3 million bu- shels, nearly double thaf of 1947. brings the advantages of thc famaus SNOW MASTER to a whole new range of users, from small communities with limited budgets ta the largest cities as an auxiliary unit to the SNOW MASTER. It's ideal for county commissions, raad contractors, industrial companies, loggcrs and many others. wheel drive and sturdy construction through. out thc Snow Master junior is maneuver- able and powerful for close-in work around buildings, a clear run in the open, or large area clearing at airports and industrial yards. FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE The junior's positive four-wheel drive, giv'es super traction to, ride through the worst snow and ice conditions. Its four power driven wheels guarantee performance beyond the caîl of dut>'. The junior bas the guts ta provide a lifetime of service. POWERFUL CASTING CHUTE ne nowerful castine c ut vn lq nw Ul i lU feet in cither direction into adjacent fields or vacant lots. Its long range permits operator ta use the wind to cast over far side of road and prevent drifting back onto cleared area. - Ont ario îonths when snow is likcly to make side roads Sa difficulf on a articular date, when a visit might be planned, that if wvould e impossible for either staff or, ie parents ta arrive at an np- 1 aointed hour at each of several whao]s. During the 1947-48 sehool year. ,616 sehoal children were given 3rotective inoculation îagainst dip- 1eria, 941 were vaccinîîted ag- igainsf smallpox; public hcîilth lurses made a hralth inspect ion )f 5,615 children and gave fil-st id and other interviews ta 2,180 îildren: Health Unit nwedical of- 'cers a.esis;ted bîy staff nuirses.t nade a physical exarniniffon of 540 pupils; and medical nf~r rid sanitar ' inspectar.4 niide a ltailed sanitary sîlrveY of!91V. y schaol buliding in thse tUulitt 'ounties. What goes on in flic home gues ut to the nation. I The Canadian rye crop as cur- rently estimated is exceeded only by the 1922 crop which reached 32.4 million bushels. A near-record 1948 Canadian flaxseed crop of 18 million bush- els from 1:9 million seeded acres is also forecast. Last year the autturn was 12.2 million bushels, while the largest flaxseed crop previausly harvested in Canada was one of 26.1 million bushels in 1912. (Rye, outside guvernmenf con- trols, has beeft selling at a bigh price. Farmers -will produce as above under a free price incen- tive. Same with flax.) U.S. Conservation Program On August 4, the United States Department of Agriculture an- nounced the 1949 Agriculfural Conservation .Program extending protection ta natural resources in the folL.pwing fields: protection against soil erosion; maintenance of soul productivity; maintenance of pasture yields; water conserva- tion; land use adjustment; main- tenance of farm woodland. Con- gress bas authorized $262.5 mil- lion for the program which is to operate in every agricultural county of the United States and ifs Territories, and ta lie admin- istcred by 3,029 county and about 30,000 community cammittees. (Durham County should note this vast amount in the U.S.A. on a county basis. The Statesman has repeatedly suggested plant- ing trees locally ta preserve wa- fer resources./) An accompanying ediforial sug- gests consideration of all the above items at the approaching national convention of the Pro- gressive Conservative Party. Mixed Fertilizers In the trade year 1946-47 a total of 657,282 tons of ail fertilizers was used in Canada according ta the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. 0f this total, 561,464 tons were mixtures. If is interesting that of the total tonnage of mixed ferti- lizers used, 60 per cent was of two grades: 176,647 tons of 2-12-6 grade and 164,986 tons of 4-8-10 grade. The 2-12-6 is by far the most popular fertilizer for grain and farm crops and the 4-8-10 is the potata and garden crop fer- tilizer. Other counfries may bce using more nitrogen for these crops. but so far Canada has not found tVhis ta lbe neccssary. There is now relatively little arganie nitrogen used for fertili- zer purpases. Small amounts are supplied in some "tobacco fertiliz- ers, and a relatively small ton- nage of bone meal, tankage and blood is sold mainly ta florists and for use in backyard gardens. Canadian exparfs of nitrogen under International Emergency Food Council allocations during the year ended June 30, 1948, are esfimated at 132,422 tons as com- pared with the total domestic con- suniption of 27,000 tons. (Farmers have been scrambling around ta try ta get fertilizers, urged ta gef their orders in early and offen go short. They will want ta know why 132,422 tons of nitragen were exported and only 27,000 tons distributed in domnestic use.) County Health Unit Maps Out School Program Plans for the school health ser- vice for the 7,500 pupils in the, 216 elementary sehools of the Un- ited Counties were completed byj the Health Unit Staff af a meet- ing at the Cobourg office on Sept. 2. The healfh supervision of school children, who censtitute 15% of the population, takes up marc ime of the staff than any other one part of the Health Unit pro- gram. But the seheol health su- pervision pays dividends. For example, by the end of the schcol ycar-autumn 1947 ta June 1943 -if was found that over 40% of the children with visual defeets had the appropriate treatmcnt in- cluding provision of glasses. Dur- ing the school period 1947-48 a total of 1,266 defects other than teeth were found among school children. Most of these would not have Ïbeen. discovcred in an carly correctable stage and brought. ta t.he attentionnof the Durhazm Co. Breeders Win Important Prizes At Can. National Ex. Press releases on prizes won in the livestock classes at the Can- adian National Exhibition, Tor- onto, have been so brief and cas- ual that it has taken some close scanning to, learn of the success of Durham County breeders. How- ever a personal visit to the sta- bles and show rings revealed that sheep classes froru this district just about dominated the show. In the horse section the only local entry we could find was a win- ner in the roadster class shown by Miss Barbara Ann Rolph of Or- ono. The following is a summary of awards in the sheep classes: Boyd Ayre, Hampton, practical- ly swept the first in Cheviots. He captured the reserve in the ram class and took bath the champ- ionship and reserve for ewes. Boyd repeated in Southdowns, taking mos± of the awards as well as the championship in ewes any age and the reserve for ramn any age.4 R. B. GlaspelI, Bowmanville, had the champion rami and reserve ewe in* the Hampshire Downs, also the champion ewe any age in the Cotswold classes as well as the champion ram any age. Beath Farms, Oshawa, won the championship in Suffolk Downs, rams and ewes and the reserve ewe. Harold Skinner, Tyrone, took the reserve championship for ewes in the Oxford Down classes. Ahl the above awards were in addition ta the leading prizes in the variaus classes. A. & P. Announces Retirement Plan For 3,300 Employees In a letter to more than 3,300 emiployees of the Great Atlantic & Pacifie Tea Company in Can- ada, John A. Hartford, president,j announced this week that thel company had adopted a retire-1 nient plan. Entire cost of the retirement plan will be borne by the com- pany and no employee wîill'be re- quired to contribute. Some de- tails of the program, tentatively scliedulcd ta become effective Oct. 1, stili remain ta be worked out, but ail full-time employees who have completed five years of service automatically become members. Those with shorter pcriods of service become mem- bers as soon as they have com- pleted five years with the com- pany. The retirement plan is in Une with the campany's policy of sharing with ifis emnployees and customers savings brought about by efficiencies in the field of food distribution. It was the first in that field ta adopt a five-day work week for food store employ- ees, insurance and other benefits. In the letter to empioyees Mr. Hartford said: "In adopting this plan the comn- pany is giving recognition to the loyal service of its employees who 1 have aided in the progress and success of the company . . . I'arn confident that, with your contin- ued loyalty and cooperation we can look forward to such suctess-1 fui operation in the future."' Technique of Big Lie i By Joseph Lister Rutledge We don't know wbether Hitler originated the idea that if you make a lie big enough, almost any- one will believe it, but hie certain- ly used the idea and gave it com- mon currency. The sad thing about it is that, in aur very fallible ways, there is a certain amount of truth underlying the contention. People do seem to have an amazing ca- pacity for accepting as truth fig- ures that would make any ama- teur economist gag. A fairly recent instance was the newspaper and radio story of a retailer who was found guilty of imposing a 218 per cent profit on a transaction in nails. This hearty figure was accepted by innumer- able people as a simple fact, and so became another of the unwar- ranted refiections on our system of enterprise. Had these profits been actual we wouldn't have been writing this piece, but would have been sharing the resentment that was s0 general. Presumably the 218 per cent came into the matter somewhere, and the figure itself isn't disputed but, as presented, if was one of those juicy big lies that seemn to muddle the thinking of otherwise intelligent people. Naw, just what might be an honest and reasonable profit in the building trade market we would flot knaw, but even in a most generous mood we would hardly say it might be 218 per cent. That sort of.reflection was ail that the commentators needed. They recognized the bigness of the figure, if flot the lie, and they knew also that, being ammunition for the willing critic, it would be well received. So why look far- ther? Had they looked farther, however, they undoubtedly would have recognized that the 218 per cent would only have been a pro. fit under very unusuai circum- stances, to wit: if the merchant hadn't needed a store in which to carry on business, if he didn't have to pay himself or bis clerks any- thing for services, if light and heat and power were supplied frec, 'if the property and stock went on forever in unempaired efficiency and value, if insurance companies would carry bis con- siderable risk without any charge, and the city generously supply ifs services and protections without taxation. But the 218 per cent less these deductions was prob- ably no more than any reasonable citizen would have thought a fair return for the risk and effort. That is the technique of the big lie. 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It Is belng done nearly every day by many people who buy insurancel They look at the cost of a policy rather than the amount ot money they wlll recelve if a loua occurs. Let us arrange your Insurance protection today to prevent tomorrow's financlal loua. StuartI R. James INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE Phone: Office 681, Res. 493 King Street - Bowinanvllle PAGE EIGHT THE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVMLE, ONTARIO THURSDAY. SEPT. fth. 1948 T-A-XIL LPhone 822 BOIWMANVILLE - ONT.