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Feed Service A Few Reasons Why You Should Use “MAPLE LEAF” FEEDS FORMULAS â€"â€" are the result of experimental work conducted at Canadian Agricultural Colleges and Ex- perimental Farms. SALES POLICY â€" All feeds are sold on the open formula. The exact number of pounds of each in;- gredient used to make up the feed is given on every bag. QUALITY â€" The highest quality ingredients obtain- able are used in Monarch and Cafeteria feeds. BAGS -â€" All chick starters are packed in high grade cotton bags. The bags are printed in wash-out inks. With every bag of chick mash the housewife gets more than a yard and a quarter of high grade cotton. CAFETERIA CHICK STARTER is the result of the well known Cafeteria Experiments that were conduct- ed by the Poultry Department at the Ontario Agri- cultural College. It is a very palatable ration due largely to its coarse texture. The oat groats, barley, and wheat are rolled instead of being finely ground. MONAR‘CH CHICK STARTER is granular in texture and is higher in protein than Cafeteria Chick Starter. It gives excellent results and where poultrymen have been accustomed to feeding this type of ration you will make no mistake in buying Monarch Chick Starter. ' RESULTS: Monarch and Cafeteria Chick Starters are used by thousands of Canada’s best poultrymen. We receive hundreds of letters of recommendation every year. For further recommendations and in- formation on feeding, read “Feed Facts for 1940”. PAGE EIGHT THORNHILL MOTORS THORN HILL â€" CALL â€" LANGSTAFF, ONT. PHONE THORNHILL 72r11 ONTARIO Sunday evening was the fifth Sun-day in Marc‘h and! the Y.P.U. was in charge of Miss Jean Robson. The lesson was from Acts 1, 6-14 verses. Edwin Kyle read! a poem “The Cross was His Own.” Eleanor Heacock «rave a reading “Easter Means Life.” The topic was taken! by Miss Vera hunter of Laskay who gave a very interesting rendering of her smbject “Making Lilfe Count". Sadie Wind-as contrfouted a poem. After the clos- ing hymn and Ibeneddction a very profitable program came to a close. Mr. Charles Robson was appointed delegate to the Y.P.U. Convention in Aurora this week. Communion service pestponed from the Sunday before was held at the close of the service on Sun‘ day. Monday was moving day for A1- bert Rumble who moved to the for- mer Lorne Malloy Farm. Als-o Mr. Veenhon and family who came over from Holland a few months ago moved to the McNaughton farm la‘te- 1y occupied by Mr. RumJble. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. WaLker Sn, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walker Jr. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wil- son. 'Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Bowen are stay- ing with their daughter Mrs. W. Willflamson until ' their home at Teslton is ready for them. Mr. and) Mns; Lorette and family hlave moved to part of Mr. Mitchell Hadlwen’s house. Last Friday and Satunflay after- noons cihunch membens held! a saw- ing and chopping bee getting a supâ€" ply otf wood: ready for the season. The inaugufial meeting of the re- organized Richvale Ratepayers As- sociation was held :in the basement of the school, Spruce Avenue, Stop 22A on Tuesday evening, March 12 when the following were elected: to office for the current year: Presi- dent, W. Adams; lst Vice-President, J. T. Loftus; Secretary, Jackson Taylor; Treasurer, John Johnson; Audritors, Fred Rose, S. McPherson, A. W. Smith. ~ An important meehing of the Ribhwale Ratepayers Association will be held) in the basement of the school, Spruce Avenue, Stop 22A Yonge St. Tuesday evening, April 9th at 8 p.m. 'FHE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO RICHVALE TESTON the United Church S. S. Hall next QSaturd‘ay at 2.30 p.m. for their reb- I{ular meeting. Beautifully coloredi Vlanterni slides will Ibe shown which ; all the memlbers will enjoy and mus- ical- selections will be given by some of the memlbers. The boys and girls of the community are cordially l invited. I The Mission Band will meet in The North York Red Cross So- ciety will hold! its next regular meet: ing on Friday, April 5th at 2.30 p.m. in St. Johnr‘s Parish Hall, York Mills. The guesrt speaker will ‘be the outstanding Canadian author, Mazo die 18. Roche. The Women’s Association of New- tonbrook United Church is holding a Spring Tea on Thursday, April 4th at 2.30 pm. in the Sunday School Hall when the Women’s As- sociations from Thomhill and Tes- ton and Maple and! the Toronto Cen- tre Presbytery Women’s Association Executive will «be guests. The Newtonlbrook and Lansingl Auxiliaries will visit the Willowdalel Auxiliary at their Easter Thank- oftfering meeting in Willowdale United Church on Wedne-sd‘ay, Amril‘l 3rd! at 3 p.m. Mrs. A. E. Armstrong will bring a message cm the work of Central Ind‘ia., A very Large congregation as- sembled last Sunday morning in the United Church on the occasion of the Quarterly Communion service. The choir rendered suitable music and the pastor Rev. A. H. Halfbert spoke on “Discipleship”. Fifteen new members were receivedI into church membership. Mrs. Harry Smith has been conâ€" fined to her home through illness for the past week but is making a good! recovery. The ladies of ‘the W4M.S. met in the S.S. Hall last Thursday for a sewing meeting and complete& two quilts. One was made fer the Red Cross. The Young People’s Union held! a soclal evening last Monday when the members of Lansing Y..P.U. were guests. Miss Mary Douglas, social com/enor, was in: charge. Af- ter a happy evening of games, conâ€" tests, etc. lovely refreshments were served. Nearly sixty were in at- tendan-ce. The Newtonabrook Y.P.U. is pre- paring a play which they‘ hope to present the first week in May. Mr. W. ThNe'w, Tem|“e'r.ance Sec- retary of the Newtonbrook United Church Sunday School presen-ted' a Sil'ver pr to Miss: Dorothy Hui-d, winner in the Senior Class at Y011k County Temperance Federation Ora- torical Contest in 1939. Rev. W. A. Whattam of Toronto, FieLd' Secreâ€" tary for the Ontario Temperance Federation, donated‘ the Cup. The presentation was made during the S. S. session last Sunday morning. Mrs. Eranlk Mitchell and little Catherine returned last Friday af- ter spending last week with Rev. and. Mrs. A. H. Hallbert. They leave this week for Ridgedale, Sask. A good representation flrom the United] Church attendedl the Youth Temperance Federation Contference last Wednesday in the Carlton St. United Church, Toronto. Rev. A. H. Hallbert attended the funeral of the late Mr. W. J. Mc- Allister at King- last week. A numlber from here are attend- ing some of the sessions of the To- ronrto Conference Branch W.M.S. Anmual Meeting and’ School“ for Leaders this week in! West United! Church: in Toronto. The final euchre in the ean-oyalble series conducted by the Veterans was held last Thursdlay evening. Thirty-eight tables were in play and the following were prize winners: Ladies, Mrs. ‘C. Burr, Miss Myrtle Burr, Miss Carol Trunk, Mrs. Mil- ler; Gents, R. Cunningham, L. Coup- erthtwaite, P. Dixon, R. Brilling‘er. Lucky Draw prizes, Mrs. C. Burr, Mrs. Davison, V. Trunk, D. Claver- ton, Mrs. Marshall, K. Stotts, Mrs. Sunnmerfeldt; Grand prizes for ser- ies, Ladies, Dorothy .Shearny‘gen'tle; men,w Chsrles Beckett} Red!‘ Cross draw, Bob Scadding. Proceeds for Red: Cross d‘rarw were $21.40. Rev. ami Mrs. A. H. Halbert at- tended the funeral service last 'Ifilesâ€" day of the Very Rev. T. Alfbert Moore, D.D., inr Howard Par‘k Unit- edJ Church, Toronto. Unionville Pastorâ€"Rev. A. E. Owen 10 a.m.â€"Church School. 11 a.m.â€"“The Church is called to a Wider Field.” 7 p.m.-â€"-The Y.P. Union in charge of this service. Message given by Mr. Nelson Hickson. EBENEZER UNITED CHURCH 1.30 p.m.â€"Church School. 2.30 p.m.â€"“T}1e Church is called to a. Wider Field.” NEWTON BROOK CENTRAL UNITED CHURCH UN IONVILLE .u uugli xlvrh week in May. xi will meet in S. S. Hall next m. for their re,- lutivfully coloredi be shown which I enjoy and musâ€" )e given by some The boys and rity are cord'ially Tern.“er-ance Sec- itCanI'OO'k United 1001 presented a 54 Dorothy Hurd, 3r Class at Yonk Federation Ora- QRQ Re'v. W. A. Richard of England was captured andI held for ransome the price of his release was a flight of six Gyr- ‘falcons, a ransom that took most of the treasury of England to pro- icure. But while fza'ccnry was one iovf the finest and‘ most thrilling of 'all sports its fame has become one 10f hearsay to-d-ay. There are a few enthusiasts who still train their own [hawks and] hunt in the manner of the Persian Shahs but they are few in number. To-day sport has be- come the slaying of birds by science. No longer the matching of bird against bird and the pnize of life going to the swi'ftest and the most elusive. Almost as far back as history goes there are records of the use of birds for sport. Even while man was in the early stages of his evoâ€" ‘lution he had developed something a little different from the urge to lkilill for food, something which to- day we know as the sporting stinct. [became restricted these men still 'expected to kill the same numbers of birds. The result may well be a repetition of the passenger pigeon, extinction for many species of ducks. Then in 1920 when ducks "were at a precariously Low ebb there in- ,canze the great drought and for ten On the plains of Mongoliaiyears there was no water on the 'the hard living Tartars whose lifelncsting sites of millions of ducks. was a struggle to gain a meagre'The dreaded duck disease carried off 'li-fe from an inhospitable land, had tens of thousands of witer fowl of time to discover and perfect the ancient sport of falccnry. From the mountain fastness of the Mongolian mountains they captured and train- '. ed the young of the great gcllden eagle. Mounted on their wiry pon- ies they flew their hunting birds after the hares and foxes of the vsteppes. Marco Polo tells of the ‘sport in his voyages. In China he found that the highly civilized and refined Manchus were in the habit of indulging their natural instinct for blood in the fascinating sport of falconry. Andi throughout all Europe and Asia the story was the same. So highly thought of'was falconry that in. many lands only kings were allowed the privilege of flying hawks. It 'become almost a religion: with the tyrannical Asiatic emperors and through their desire for better birds they actually open- Ied trade with far off Iceland as 'early as the third century AD. Amongst the birds that were most adaptable for the sport the great G3qfalcon of the sub arctic was the finest. The Gyrfalcons speed, his endurance and the fierce urge to kill that dominated its character made it the perfect bird. Because of the inaccessalbi-lity of its haunts ‘it became almost a fabulous posses- ision. Icelandic Gyrfalcons were litâ€" Eerally worth their weight in gold l and there is a story that when King lRichardJ of England was captured lali kinds. And still the hunting went on without respite. Finally against the wishes of many hunters and of the makers of ammunition and guns, the United States and Canadian Governments got together 'and formed a treaty whereby .all hunting seasons for North America would be regulated: in accordance with the abundance of the birds. in theory this was a wonderful step but despite the tireless and heart- breaking work of its organizers, 'the wealthy .and politically power- IIJul industrial owners plus the co- operation of rrany hunters who had i‘ieen blinded to the state of things by very competent propaganda have Irranaged to frustrate to a certain extent the carrying out of the com- :serva‘tionists policy. , The amazing thing is that 0th the industrialists and the hunters could be so short sighted. It must be apparent to any thinking man that one cannot go on depleting the ibreeding stock of any species in»- {d‘afinitely without the inevitable re- sult -of reducing the species to such (‘a low point that it succumbs to ma- tural ccnditions and disappears. In theory the only may to preserve for posterity and even for ourselves, the; [birds which our sport depends on, is -.to kill only the surplus birds and ileave the breeding stock unchanged. {This is the job of every man- and woman in the fraternity of hunters. v ‘This brief history of the sport'in flight is uncomparalble with the of falconry serves to introduce a ‘meagre thrill of the pot hunter who discussion of sport to-day. There are few outdoor men who have not at some time or oh‘ter experienced the thrill and! excitement of an early 1 morning hunt through the fields and the sudden explosion as at pheasant or quail rockets into the crisp au-‘ t-umn air. It is to these men that this article is dedicated. To every man who has fired a gun at wild; life and) who knows and appreciates the subtle code: of unwritten laws that we call sportsmanship. This is an appeal for understanding of the condition that to-d’ay menacesl the sport of antiquity. Unfortunately there are a large body of hunters who are so utterly selfish and so completely oblivious 'to the rights of others that they have threatened the whole sport of hunting with a sudden end that will have unforeseen and! ddsastrous ef- fects not only on the hunter but murders the bird as it sits, who gives it no chance to escape. The true sportsman takes only a few birds at a time. He clbeys the hunt- ing laws. And the fact that he plays the .game gives him- infinitely ncre pleasure than the man who shoots ten times the numlber of birds by pot shooting, can ever have. The sportsman does not need: to be told' but the other man must be con- vinced that he is responsible for jthe life or death of a species that biologically are as complex and as deserving of life as the species We call man. Those who know the li‘acts and who still continue with their policy of “get the birds and never mind how you do it”, will some day have to answer to poster- ity for wilfully andl rblindily depriv- ring the world) of living creatures that are not only beautiful but vitâ€" tally important to our welfare. Unfortunately there are a. large body of hunters who are so utterly selfish and so completely oblivious 'to the rights of others that they 'have threatened the whole sport of hunting with a sudden: end that will have unforeseen and! disastrous ef- fects not only on the hunter but on the economics of agriculture andl through agriculture, all humanity. This is not the ravings of an ideal- ist. I am as enthusiastic a hunter as any man or boy in the country but a close contact with the facts of biology make it oompletely db- vious that the wild life of this counâ€" try is in: the most dangerous state that it has ever been. For instance take the duck situa- tion. In 1855 hunrters in the West- ern plains shot wagonloadxs of ducks and! geese daily without appreciably diminishing the numbers of Wild fowl. A bag of three hundred d-uoks was not tfhe exception but the rule in those days. And as the coun- try opened up the breeding grounds BIRDS AND SPORT (By Farley Mowat) THURSDAY, APRIL 4th, 1940. became restricted these men still expected to kill the same numbers of birds. The result may well be a repetition of the passenger pigeon, extinction for many species of ducks. Then in 1920 when ducks were at a precariously Low ebb there came the great drought and for ten years there was no water on the nesting sites of millions of ducks. The dreaded! duck disease carried off tens of thousands of witer fowl of all kinds. And still the hunting went on without respite. Finally against the wishes of many hunters and of the makers of ammunition and guns, the United States and Canadian Governments got together 'and formed a treaty whereby .all hunting seasons for North America would be regulated: in accordance with the abundance of the birds. in: theory this was a wonderful step but despite the tireless and heart- breaking work of its organizers, i'the wealthy and! politically power- iliul industrial owners plus the co- operation of many hunters who had i‘ieen blinded] to the state of things Ly very competent propaganda have In’anaged to frustrate to a. certain extent the carrying out of the com- :serva'tionists policy. i The .amazing thing is that 0th the industrialists and1 the hunters ‘could' be so short sighted. It must be apparent to any thinking man that one cannot go on depleting the breeding stock of any species in- {d‘efinitely without the inevitable re- sult -of reducing the species to such: “a low point that it succumbs to ma- tural conditions andl disappears. In ‘theory the only may to preserve for posterity and even for ourselves, the [birds which our sport depends on, is ‘to kill only the surplus bird's and- Without dealing at all' with the economic danger of destroying what is known as ‘na‘ture's balance’ it should] be obvious to the hunter that the perpetuation of his hunting de- pends not on somebodfy else but on each individual sportsman. If every man who hunts was tovolbey the- laws la’d- down! by the government, which are actuallly much ’too lenienrt for comfort, amt refrain from game hogging, the difference in the num- bers of game birds would become apparent in the space of one season. The true sportsman does not need' to be told‘. He shoots his birds fly- ing, and the thrill of getting a bird! in flight is uncomparalble with the meagre thrill of the pot hunter who murders the bird as it sits, who gives it no chance to escape. The true sportsman takes only a few birds at a time. He obeys the hunt- ing laws. Antl the fact that he LOCAL NO’I‘ES Migration is in full| swing. In the 'Last week reports have come in from local observers with increasing fre- quency. Amongst the spi’ing birds 'that have arrival are Killdeer, Rdbin, Song Sparrow, Sharp-tailed Hawk, Pinrtail, Green-winged: Teal. Hooded Mergan-se'r, Phoebe and Rub-winged; B'lacik bird. ‘Every man must be his own game Warcflen’. Additional notes report MBEdOW- lanks from Richmond! Hill: (John (Ix-zen) Glaucous Gulls at Toronto :1 I a Loon seen near Sunnyside. You can help by becoming a men). bér of the RedI Cross.