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"4 SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher. ~~ EDITORIAL "Buch is the patriet's boast, where'sr we ream: His first, best country ever is at home. 1 FARM PROBLEMS " The days of easy farming are over. Of course there always has been plenty of manual labour connected with farming; but the process was com- paratively simple 'twenty-five years ago. There were fewer pests, and marketing conditions were simpler, Now wits must be joined to hands, and the hands of a community join in single purpose for general betterment and prosperity. Great as farm probl have b they will not be met by any man or group of men who merely feel sorry for themselves. Mr, R. J. Scott, President of the U.F.0., pointed this out quite clearly in his address at the Farmers' Banquet last Friday. "Two factors were. mentioned as be- ing essential for successful farming to- day. 1. Reduction of the costs of production. 2. Co-operative effort in 'production and '~~ marketing, When the Argentine Republic - can -produce butter at 14%ec. per pound; and first-class beef at $3.76 per cwt. live weight, it is time to give some thought as to how it is done, Making ex- cuses of berating competitors will not bring up market prices, Dr, McConkey, Sf the Ontario Agricultural College gives some idea of how to start the in- vestigation by urging the widest use' of young grass for feed, early cutting of hay, and curing hay by the tripod method. Another method of preserving early- cut hay and of saving hay in catchy weather is to ensile it, using molasses, which helps to preserve the feeding value, i -The advantages of making 'some molasses Ties from early-cut hay are: - 1." Well preserved legume-grass silage makes good feed. It is usually higher in vitamins, ~ protein and mineral content than corn. '2, It can be fed to the herd during the dry, hot July-August period to advantage when pastures are short, or carried over for winter feed. ; 3. There is usually a good aftermath following . the early cutting, especially if alfalfa and the drought-resistant grasses, orchard and brome, --.are-used in the mixture. This can be utilized for pasture to advantage during the late sum- mer season. The grazing should be controlled by electric fences, 4. Distributes the labour of haying. Fewer fences of the pest-harboring variety, use "of electric fences, and tractor-labor are other means of reducing cost of production, A practical step in- farm co-operation has been taken in the formation of the Port Perry Farm Bureau. This organization can deal with - local farm problems. 'It can demonstrate actual types 'of production best 'suited fo the locality and market requirements. If local farmers. have! paying ideas, or if they . have problems to meet;*the Farm Bureau should be helpful in spreading good dens, or overcoming difficulties, ~~ methods of --production;- test -sqils;, and -suggest-*---- . Germany is suffering, too. GROW ALL THE FOOD YOU CAN Practically every able-bodied man in Europe is engaged in war directly or indirectly. AN avail- able vehicles, including tractors, have been com- mandeered for war purposes, fields go unplowed, and railways are choked with oil tanks and war equipment, 'These conditions prevail in lands largely de- ; pendent on imports for their.food supply. And ' imports are well-nigh ended by blockades, and other war risks. : Thirty million men are under arms; and ninety million men have been forced out of peaceful pro- duction. 5 Germany prepared for this shortage by a seven' years food front (rationing and storage). But She cannot fight and plow, and her reserves are diminishing fast. In this favoured country we shall do well to grow all we can, And we shall be very fortunate if we gan provide food.for the Allies; live in plenty ourselves; and have no fear of war's de- struction. Under such circumstances big profits are not to be looked for. Canada can and should produce food regardless of the profit. That is part of our share of the burden of war. >0d4 - ral . NO TIME TO THINK i ("Onward") A railway president was visited by an old en- gineer who had some scheme for the betterment of railway service. The latter stated his case, ant-he saw plainly that the president was so preoccupied that he was not listening. He turned on _his heel, and said to the president, who was an old friend, "Bill, don't ever get so busy that you have no time to think." The president was' startled. He called the engineer back, and gave him close attention. He had been in danger, he realized, of being so busy that he would fail to sce things which vere of greatest value to the railway, He was in great danger of getting too busy to do his best work. This disease is a com- mon one, It hits farmers and spoils their work; it hits preachers and they decay. It hits students and they ossify intellectually. Life should" never become so crowded that we cannot find time to think. LR JN J LIMITATIONS Tolstoi on his farm, Milton! without his sight, Bunyan in his prison, Pasteur in his laboratory, all did great things for the world. All these had their burdens and their limitations--and who has not? Yet they were wrought mightily for the good of mankind. They did not say, "Because I am on a farm, or blind, or in prison, or confined within a workshop, I cannot do anything worth while." Rather did they say: "This is my lot, but I shall not despair.- I will make the most of my opportunities, and do my best wihle I have life." This is the spirit of all those who do great things. BROCK-SUNDERLAND RED CROSS The following paper has been read in many of the units of the Brock Branch. As one already knows Brock township has been divided into schoel sections, A captain is responsible for each section. If anyone in his right mind, can see something humorous or funny ahout the war situation, we would all be pleased to hear about it. It is any- thing but funny, so why do we act as we do? Why can't we be honest with ourselves Let us just sit down and think for a little while, bearing in mind that there is going on in Europe, the - greatest slaughter "of human beings that the world has ever experienced, There. are also five millions homeless women and children, elderly meh - and cripples, driven .through the country ahead of the in- " _ vading army, Csn you picture this ug al <i) 4 situation at all? No, it is beyond our imagination, but fn a small way let us try-- 'Let every man. and. woman Juat imagine your own home blown up by bomb or shell, and your barn is on "fire, you have no car as the army has take over all cars, there 18 no able-| bodied. man. to help 'you, ds they are already in the army, and if you want a real picture, imagine one or two of + your children dead or badly wounded, and thére is no doctor as they are called to the army. You must leave, with no place to go, and a cart or wheel-barrow your only vehicle. Youn Join the throng of thousands of others and try to hurry from the war zong. Surely we have gone far enough? That is only-a small picture but will do for the present, so let's be honest and ask -'ourselves, What have we done? We have blamed everbody under the sun because they did not do some- thing. We blame the French, the Poles, the Finns, in fact everybody and their governments, We want more war effort! "But we must do our house-cleaning or we are too busy at home and any number. of excuses, We can't spare anything for Red Cross work; but our neighbor has lots of money and will likely help. In heaven's name let us wake up! The people of Poland, Norway, Czecho-Slovakia, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and parts of other nations have no worries as regards their house-cleaningl They have no house, and are without shelter, their country has gone and all their belongings, This situation could just as well be here, ' Let ua not: bury our heads in the sand and endeavour to tell our- selves there is no war on. Keep the mental pleture of your own wife, daughter or mother in the throng of homeless, hungry millions, and then decide to do 'something both individ- ually and collectively. Let us all stop knocking everybody else and do some- thing ourselves no matter how small, but the more you do the better. * To be fair, the people of this area are really wonderful (certainly there are exceptions, but just forget them). Since May 24th, when an urgent call came from the Red Cross, the Town Hall in Sunderland has been open every day including Sunday, with an average of thirty-five there working up to 11 p.m. at night. Out in the country most of the ladies |ate sewing or knitting and really doing a grand job.. At one farm house this week, the ladies congregated with seven sewing machines and turned n a fine lot of supplies. There are very few homes in the Township that are not co-operating, and most of them feel, that if they can't work they will give, and if they can't help, well, they at least won't hinder, Since. May 24th the ladies have bought about $400 worth of material on credit, and most of the material has already been made up, On May 20th; a shipment of 390 pounds was shipped in from this Township to the Red Cross Headquarters, Shipment was mostly made up of hospital gowns, socks, pyjamas, babies Clothes and. ladies' 'clothing. Last week $200 was sent to be used in buying food for refugees in France. "The object of these remarks is to boost our efforts in war work. We have no individual or group of individ- udls in view, in any remarks made. Ne do desire co-operation. We want y. workers and steady givers. Sdxgent that all school sections, if not already. organized to hold 'meet- ings and get organized and: keep go- ing. We are collecting from door to door over. the whole Township, and after that each section should make every effort to raise money by econ- (Continued on'back page) T PERRY PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 13th, 1940 ha BOA SARARAASAN i Motherland, He sn ESN BARA We congratulate, Mr. Dubie enterprise. SN SEL OAAASARAAAAA ARRAS SR SECC A ARR SY] Keep Looking Straight i SE E------ a tT Ta tT tt "Immediate" The Impérial Order Donghitons of the Empire across Canada are I raising. One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) for a Bolliigbroke # Bomber to be presented to the Government. . X The crying need of the present time, and if we + are going to win + this war, is PLANES and MORE PLANES. : Dominion is contributing, Scugog Chapter is doing its part. i) Any Patriotic person who would like to help with this-call of the by may leave their contribution and name at the store of $ Mr. I. R. Bentley. All contributions must be made within two weeks. * STA : ; »" head § * Weygand General Weve: and's Message to the o French Army i Paris, June % (AP).--General Maxine Weygand, the i Allied Commander-in-Chief, issued this exhortation to his *" armies today in'an order of the day: i "The German offensive has now been launched on the : entire front from the sea to Montmedy. n "It will extend tomorrow as far as Switzerland. ' "The order remains that each one fight with no $ : thought of retreat, staying where he has been placed and 3 looking straight ahead. - " "The Commander-in-Chief is fully aware of the mag- i nificent example of unflinching effort ami valor which 3 the armies engaged and the 'air Army' have shown. i "He thanks them. n "France calls on them for even more. 8 "Officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers, the 3 5 , welfare of the Fatherland demands of "you not only your " 5 courage -but all the dogged resistance, initiative and 2 13 fighting spirit of which you are capable, . 2 : . 'The enemy has suffered heavy losses. Ri 'Soon he willicome to the end of his effort. We have " i __ reached the last quarter of an hour. i ; "Hold tight." { : RS eee LAAN J a SAN din id AA ONSANN "Urgent" Every Chapter in the | Ki A o%e%ets iat nO A HIVE OF INDUSTRY One of the busiest places in our Village is the Port Perry Creamery. For years they have been making "Goode" Ice Cream and Butter. have gone into the making of cheese, equipped factory (under the managément of Mr. Hen- | derson) has a vat capacity of 16,000 pounds. The establishment of this industry in Port Perry will be of real value to the farmers of this community -as-good-prices-are-offered-for-milk: Now they Their well Milton Goode upon his it is his intention to open Park on July First, and a going to be. a rooms in each cabin. coolness for hot weather, - built for boating, Later built. Port Ports. Birdseye Centre Cabin Pa Park Mr. E. G. Michell is a busy man these days, for "Birdseye Centre" Cabin most attractive Park it is There is a lovely view of the lake from all atl of the Park. The cabins are pleasingly built--three They are to be supplied with running water and electricity, ming pool and bath house with showers, ete., provide An excellent swim- An ample wharf has been a dance pavilion is to be "Birdseye Centre" Park is a valuable addition to 7 The churches have. united to co- operate with the War-Work Commit- tee to do Refugee work and will meet every Tuesday afternoon from two till five at the. Community room to cut and sew. The following representa- tives from the Churches were appoint- ed by the Church: United--Mrs. Peterson; Anglican, Mrs. W. Turner; Presbyterian, Mrs, Archer; , Catholic, Mrs. Leahy, Mrs: Turner and Mrs. Leahy will convene the Refugee Com- mittee. It is 'earnestly requested that any one having ends of new material such as flannelette, dress goods or any cotton or woolen goods that would make into clothing for children, bring them to the work room on Friday or Tuesday of the following week, This work is all voluntary and any contri- War Work Activities butions you can make of good work- able materials will be thankfully ac- cepted. Buttons! Buttons! whose got the Buttons? White Pearl Buttons, the ye of a dime and tied in groups of three to be used on Soldiers' Pyjamas will be, gratefully received on Friday afternoon at the work room. Last- Monday 4000 surgical dress- ings were sent to Red Cross at Osha- wa, This request only came to us less than two weeks ago to supple- ment an ord® for 45,000 dressings at Oshawa, which is now in the hands of the Toronto Branch and perhaps on its way Overseas. Last week an error was made in the statement of the amount collect- ed by the C.G.LT\ Girls from the coin bags in May, it should have been $16.51 inatead of $61.51, Watch your label; it tells when your subscription expres $1.50 per year in advance. 5 cents a single copy PERRY Port Perry Lions STREET FAIR DRAW AND DANCE Proceeds, in Aid of Health and Welfare Work Wednesday -June 26th Wednesday, June 26, will be a gala evening in Port Perry. The Port Perry Lions are sponsoring their third annual Fajr and Ddnce., The Fair will be opened with a Grand Parade, with Bands, Decorated truck, cars, bicyeles, pets and clowns, for which adequate prizes will be given. ) | The Grand Parade will leave the Ifair Grounds at 7 p.m. Wak (Standard Time), and will proceed along Rosa street, down RY Queen: street. Lions Bill Smyth, Jack Clough and Ernie Mec- Clellan in-charge. En rn RC Games and booths, with Lion Bill Chapman in charge will LN be played from 8.30 to 11.30 at Lakeside Park. i RY The Street Danée with music by Bernard Tierney's hn Orchestra, of Oshawa; is in charge of Geo. Manning. LAN Get ready now tor the Grand Parade--Floats, Bands, ow Clowns, Oshawa Girls' Fife and Drum Band, Jr. and Senior Whitby Brass Band, Bowmanville Band, Oshawa Sea Cadets. Prizes will be given for the following classes: Children's classes--Best character group, Best Decorated Bicycle, Best Decorated Doll Carriage, Best Decorated Tri- cycle, Best Costumed Boy, Best Pony. Qutfit, Best: Pet Display. Classes 1, 3 and 4 join the parade at the Town Hall. Open Classes--Best Decorated Car, Best Merchant's Float (Car or truck). wT : Lucky Number Draw---1st Chesterfield Suite; 2nd Biceyele or Radio; 3rd Radio; Four prizes of five dollars each. The draw will. be made during the dance at the Draw Prize Booth. : The Lions Club is a valuable asset to our town. - Last year the Club bought a slide for the children at the water- front, sponsored Bantam, Midgel, and Juvenile Hockey; assisted the merchants in Christmas cheer work, tonsil operations, provided glasses for children in town and vicinity, aided the library and war committee. The Lions Club is go- ing to provide eyesight tests for all children in the district. You may share in this work by helping the Lions Club make this day a success." The Lions Club is your friend. * Help the children of our district by attending the Fair. The Lions Club will use your money wisely as we realize what war means at this time. The parade pr izes will he given out immediately after the parade at the Draw Prize Booth. Admission to Carnival, Dance and Draw; "Lion Berl CHRERSIOR, Sec'y. Farmers' Night and Banquet 256 cents. , President. TY "Jim Kerr [In his address of welcome, Mr. The second annual Farmers' Night and Banquet was held under the joint "| nuspices of the Port Perry Business Men's Association and the Port Perry '| Farm Bureau on Friday evening of last week at the High School. The banquet Was provided by the Women's Association of the United Church, and was thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Harry Peel, President of the Business Men's Association, presided. Peel told of changed farming conditions. Years ago it took nineteen men on the farm to feed themselves and one man in the city. To-day one man on the farm can feed himself and four men in the city. Reeve Letcher gave the civic wel- come and stated that good work has been done in recent years in road-and water front improvement through the co-operative effort of the community in this district, . Mr. R. M. Holtby spoke of the actual cash value that comes to the farmers who go to see what others are doing, and who learn new methods of farming. Frequently the men who stay, at home don't even know the value of what they have on their own farms. Mr. R. J. Scott, President of the U.F.0. was the guest speaker. He spoke of. the increasing spirit of dis- covery among farmers--the desire: to find out what is best, 7 The dangerous man in the 'com- munity is the isolationist--the man who goes nowhere and cooperates with nobody unless-compelled to do so. But these men are growing fewer as the years pass. . Economics will have to hé applied to farming. Planning in the light of rapidly changing conditions cannet be successfully carried out without the united effort of whole communities. The present situation in the hog in- dustry is a case in point, A stabilized price and some local guidance as to actual 'market needs would be very helpful in this mattgr. A real study is being made as to "parity" prices--in other words, prices received by farmers for their products as compared with prices. .they must pay for goods they must buy. On this basis hogs should be $11.85, wheat $1.13. Conferences as to goods required, markets available, and profitable ex- pansion, are needed in orddr that in- telligent marketing may be effected. No government can find a market for farm products that are not wanted anywhere. A fact usually overlooked is that with an 'increase in urban population comes a smaller demand for farm pro- ducts, Brain and nerve work re- quires less food than manual labour, Competitive producers are, able to put their, goods on the market at 'much lower figures than thosé expected and paid in Canada. For instgnee, the Argentine Republic ean produce but- ter at 14'% cents instead of 24c. as here, and first class beef at $3.55 live | weight. All this points to need for a serious study of methods to réduce costs of production. More can be done for the farmer by reducing his costs of pro- duction thar by any other means. (Continued on back page)