emmy _ [int PAGE TWO TnI THE DRYDEN OBSERVER © SEPTEMBER 29th, 1933. The Dryden Observer 'Elsie B. Collison, Publisher 5 Published every Friday at Ontario. b 1 i Dryden, : Subscription rate $1.50 yearly. FARM FACTS AND FIGURES -- KENORA DISTRICT The Census of 1931 reveals interest- ing information to anyone who likes to indulge in figures. The following deals with our own Kenora District, the farming industry in particular: The population including Patricia is 25,935. Kenora, the largest town has 6,766 inhabitants; Sioux Lookout 2,088; Keewatin 1,422; and Dryden 1,326. The townships adjacent to Dryden find homes for 35,233, compar- ed with 2,691 enumerated in the 1921 Census, an increase of 20 per cent. Eton is the most populous with 412 inhabitants, then Van Horne 352 Zealand 374, Aubrey: 324, Wainwright in the past ten years has lost 50 of its population, being only 226, whilst Rowell has jumped from 18 to 108. Ignace at the east end of the riding has 388 residents. The total number of farms in the Xenora District is 945 with an area of 169,116 acres, but less than 20 per cent. of this is as yet brought under the plough. Of these 945 farms 889 are the property of their owners, 2 have managers, 25 have tenants, and 29 are part owners and part tenants. The Census men also listed among- st these farms 117 vacant or aban- doned farms. These terms 'vacant or abandoned" refer to parcels of land part or all of which had been brought under the plough and crop- ped, but are now unoccupied. Further a farm for census purposes includes every tract of land of one acre or more which produced in the year 1980 agricultural products to the value of $50 or over, or which is under crop of any kind or employed for pasturing in 1931 More than half the farms, 567 to be exact, are listed under the head - ing 101-200 acres. Only 2 farms have acreage of more than 640 acres, of small farms from 1 to 10 acres 17 are mentioned, whilst 40 farmers make a living off 11 to 50 acres. Livestock plays an important part on all farms. The value of the farm animals in the Xenora District in 1931 was $309,534. Horses numbered 1321, 6 of these were under one year. and 12 between 1 and 2. 532 were mares, and 768 geldings, whilst oniy 3 stallions are enumerated. 4 mules are listed. ' ; For a dairying section, Kenora is very much under-cowed. 2,754 cattle of all kinds were enumerated, but only 1,429 are cows and heifers milk- ing or in calf. This averages less than two milk cows per farm 3% are catalogued as dry, whilst thers are 43 steers under 2 years old and 28 over than age. Bulls, 1 year and over, number 107. ~ There were in 1931, 1,092 sheep on the Kenora farms, but 426 were under one year, ewes numberéd 550, and rams 50, whilst 36 are enumerat- ed as withers. The Census men also found 60 goats on the farms. Out of a total of 1,834 swine, 22 boars and 198 sows six months and over were counted, whilst 1,017 young pigs are mentioned and 97 other hogs over C months. : When we come to the poultry division, we find 42,272, but of these 22,306 were hatched in 1931, leaving 19,966 old hens and roosters. Turkeys answered the roll call to the tune of 1,060, whilst 348 ducks guacked "hers" and 895 geese passed in possession along with 106 other poultry. Kenora District occupies the bottom position when it comes' to bees, only 91 hives been found, plenty of room evidently to sweeten our lives in this corner ol Ontario. § In answer to the Census man's ouestions as to the number of ani- mals killed for home use in this district in 1930, I find that 493 cattle, 283 calves, 210 other cattle, 98 sheep, 437 hogs, 8,819 hens and chickens, £61 turkeys, 178 geese and 132 ducks were so disposed of. Another question was the number of livestock sold alive off the. farnis on which they were raised. I find under this heading 91 horses, 203 cattle, 109 of which were milch cows and 71 calves; 131 sheep; 503 swnie; 717 hens, old stock, and 1,620 chick- ens of 1930 raising; 16 turkeys; 12 geese; and 2 ducks. i To offset those killed and sold, the following were raised on the farms in 1930: 11 colts and fillies; 579 268 lambs and 909 pigs. Then was a question about pure- Out of the whole district farmers reported owning pure-bred stock of any kind. 4 re- ported horses; 31 owned pure-brad cows and heifers; 15 mentioned pure- bred bulls and calves, or a total of 142 pure-bred cattle all told. Nine calves; there bred stock. only 75 farmers owned 56 pure-bred sheen between them, and 6 others laid claim to 8 pure-bred hogs. Twenty- | eight poultry men and women owned 1,137 pure-bred chickens. In 1930 the value of the dairy, poultry, honey and wool products in the Kenora district was $156,443. The dairy products were the most val- uable, $111,254. Farmers milked 1,302 cows, producing 6,260,353 Ibs. of milk, . of this quantity 1,746,223 1bs. were sold; 2,338 gallons of cream were marketed, and 21,074 lbs. of butterta sold. The number of pounds of butter made on the Kenora farms was 100,- 008, and 34,467 of these were sold off the farm, and in addition 1,425 lbs. ot cheese were made at home. The Kenora hens did their best tc make a record when they laid 149,- 175 dozens of eggs, more than doub- ling their 1920 record. Of these eggs, 75,445 dozens went to market, and from some of the remainder 17,204 chickens were raised. Although not the sweetest district in Ontario, our northern bees pro- duced 16,100 lbs. of honey, and 15( ibs. of wax. In 1920 we only produced 2,856 1bs. of honey in the district, so we must be getting a bit sweeter. The 498 sheep that were shorn pro- duced 3,097 lbs. of wool, not quite 7 ibs. to the fleece. Scattered amongst thz 945 farms nthe district are 240 automobiles, 233 binders, 93 gasoline engines, 42 motor trucks, 12 silos, 32 threshing machines, and 56 tractors. Eleven farmhouses have piped into the kitchen, 8 into the sathroom; 28 have the telephone; 206 have radio; and 23 electric light or gas. In the whole Kenora district there are 1471 radios. 575 farmers are on a gravel road. 98 on improved lirt roads. 229 are less than five niles from town, and 211 less than 10 miles. 178 report more than 25 miles from: a market town. 594 are less than 5 miles from a railway station, 255 are less than 10 miles, whilst 8 are 25 miles or more from a railway depot. In conclusion, the total value ot 'and, buildings, implements, machin- ery and livestock in our district is 52,633,944 which worked our amongst the 945 farms, makes each farm vorth $2,787, not bad considering chat most of us, according to all stories, started with nothing. Better still, those who grumble about being assessed for their wild land in the school sections' will find that, ac- sording to their own figures, for of course the Census men put down the statements given them, the value of che land, wild or improved, works sut at $6 per acre.--W. W. Howell. SHACKLING THE TRANSGRESSOR by Dr. 0. C. J. Withrow. water Seven years ago Dr. Withrow was convicted and sent to Kingston Penitentiary. Two and a half years later he was released, because of illness, on a. ticket-of-leave. In this book he sets forth simply and with commendable restraint, the events oi those thirty months when he was behind bars and five locks. He tells his story with little reference to him- self, for his purpose is not to win sympathy to himself for thé grave injustices done him, but to direct attention, active, purposeful attention, to the sad conditions of Canadian prisons. He does this by narrating many incidents of prison life and by describing with careful accuracy the routine of the prison. He tells, for instance, of the school that keeps open for three quarters of an hour, the library with shelves of mutilated books, and the hospital which renders service when it must. His accounts of the prison are graphic; his statements are emphatic. It is such a charge, substantiated as it is by fact, that it first startles the reader and then bewilders him. The final reaction is one of burning anger that conditions, developing from stupidity and ignorance and brutal to the point of savagery, have heen allowed to exist in our country "Shackling the: Transgressor' puts a great responsibility on every sane- thinking Canadian. It is a respon- sibility to abolish an age-old system that has taken no count either of scientific research or prison reforin as it has been instituted during the past fifty years. "Shackling the Transgressor," 24R pages, $2.00. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Limited, Toronto. manner, of all kinds, likewise Cigars, keeps--Everything fresh, most reasonable prices. . Orders Delivered The Dryden Bakery Mr. A. McCardle wishes to announce to the public of Dryden and its surrounding district that he will in future carty on the biisihess of The Dryden Bakery rand he will at all times do his utmost to supply the public with the best of bread, cakes, buns, pies and pastry, etc. of the highest grade at most reasonable prices--Confectionery Cigarettes and Tobacco will al- ways be kept in stock--Hot Lunches at all times--Ice Cream and Soft Drinks--In fact everything a modern store of its kind of the Our price for BREAD, white, brown and raisin, full 24 ; oz loaves is 8c per loaf = | The Dryden Bakery A. McARDLE, Sole Proprietor. ifi a thorough business-like highest grade obtainable at Phone &1 DI STRICT NEWS DINORWIC By T. Hauta. Bert Lyon visited hic home here over the weekend * * * Fred Cone and J. Zoccole have left by canoe across country to Mine Center. * * * M. Zoccole, who has been visiting his brother at Welland, Ont., return- ed home last Wednesday. * * * The farmers have started digging their potatoes here and they are turning out to bes of good. size and quality in spite of the dry season. * * * Mr. H. Jardon, of Winnipeg, has returned fo: Dinorwic to make final arrangements for the reopening of the Hudson Bay Company's store. * * * Visitors to Dryden during the week included Mr. and Mrs. Bartz, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hauta, F Eger, M. Fecho, and Misses Edith Finlayson and M. Ayers. * * =» A charge of assault, brought by F. Besselt against A. Jeske, wag tried before Magistrate Pronger at Dryden on Friday. Each was assess- ed half the costs of court. OXDRIFT The Oxdrift Women's Institute hald their monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Wm. Miles with eighteen members present. Arrangements were made for the open meeting in Oc- tober. A demonstration was given by Mrs. Browning and a paper on making fruit cake was given by Mrs. Amos. A lovely lunch was served by the hostess at the close of the meeting. The next meeting will be held in the Community Hall on Oc- tober 20th in the form of a social evening. > SECTION FOREMAN KILLED Kenora, Ont., Sept. 23.--Joe Stem- koski, relief section foreman in the Kenora yards, was found lying on the tracks at 8 a.m. Friday, his body badly mutilated, having apparently been hit by a passing train. He was instantly killed. It is presumed that Stemkoski had heen clearing the points, and did not see a train coming and an east- bound local, passing at that time, is believed to have been the train in- volved. In the C.P.R. service Stemkoski had been in continuous employment in Kenora yards since 1916. Victim of a bad accident ten since 1907, months ago, Stemkoski had only re- sumed work. He is survived by his widow and four children. Coroner J. A. Kinney will conduct an in- vestigation. SUBSCRIBE TO YOUR DISTRICT | NEWSPAPER. IGNACE Mrs. A. Manning and Miss McCarty were visitors to Winnipeg for a few days recently. * * * Miss Mildred Robertson was given a surprise birthday party by the young ladies of the town on the cccasion of her 15th birthday. * * = A meeting was held at the home of Mrs. McClelland to arrange for a date for the harvest supper. The date was set for October 3rd, in the Community Hall ® * * A birthday party was held at the home of Mrs: H. Colley in honour of her daughter Marjorie's 12th birthday. A number of her girls friends were present and an enjoyable evening was spent playing games. E. W. Beatty, K.C., chairman and president of the Canadian Pacific Railway was appointed to the position of vice-president of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada at a special meeting of the directors of that company recently. Churches ST. JOSEPH'S R. C. CHURCH Father Belanger, P.P. Sunday: 10 a.m. Holy Mass. 11 a.m. Catechism. 7 p.m. Rosary & Benediction. ST. LUKE'S ANGLICAN CHURCH 10.00 a.m.--Sunday School. 11.00 a.m.--Holy Communion. 7.00 p.m.--Evensong and Sermon. Rev. W. M. Clarkes DRYDEN BAPTIST CHURCH Dryden, Ontario. "The Church with a Welcome." 10.00 a.m.--Sunday School. 1 11.00 a.m.--Morning Worship. 7.30 p.m.--Evening Service. Thursday, 8 p.m.--Prayer Meeting. . Friday 8 p.m--B.Y.P.U. --F. M. Ward, Pastor. THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA Dryden Ontario Oxdrift-- 1.30 p.m --Rally Day Service. 2.30 p.m.--Divine Worship. Dryden--11, 00 a.m.--Rally Day Service. 7.00 p.m.--Divine Worship. We continue our re-opening ser- vices with "Rally Day" Services. Our visiting preacher is Mr. George Dyker of Kenora North Mission. You are, especially invited to the morning service in Dryden, when tho Rally Day programme will be given. "Come and worship. John W. Howes, Minister. Dryden Lumber are right. 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