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on are agreed that n feeding
feeding i
cattle under almost any conditions
in winter, ensilage is of much
value in forming one portion of
! the usual food, more or less limit -
led according to circumstances.
TILLSON CONVINCED
"Mr. Tillson is quite settled in
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his conviction that ensilage is of
great value as a butter producer.
In a letter just received he states
I that 20 cows were fed on ensilage
'last winter as described above,
that the ensilage improved both
the quantity and quality of the but-
ter and cream; that the butter
was a better sample last winter
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than ever before and that a higher
price was obtained for it than for
any other offered in their market.?,.;,,_.
"He further states that there is
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somewhat of a smell of sourness
in the distance from the neovered
ensilage, much less so when held
lose to the nostrils, and that to
he taste it is still sweet. He thinks
hat perfect exclusion of air would
)revent i.ny tendency to sourness
tad that in a well constructed silo
-•a ill effects will result.
batat`de fed ensilage last) winter
and the previous one to about 100`),*¢
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head of cattle of all sorts and
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ages and not only has not seen
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any bad effects from its use, but
satisfied that it enabled him to
Building
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three or four times more
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cattle on the farm than if he had
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fed them on hay and str w a..
(formerly, and not only more cheap-
spread buildings out and keep
tbut in better condition. He hope:
public services on the main floor.
in the future to give conclusional
Hot Air Entrance&
arrived at through the surer than-1
It is hot-water heated, supple-
nel of comparative tests with other'
mented with hot air blanketing
feeds.”
The editor winds up his Tillson
the entrances. An elevator serves
the department the
It with this admonition to
customs on
second floor.
youth: ' We would not say what
Horace Greeley said 'C West
Commenting on the new unem-.
but Go to Tilsonview the
. ployment office. now located im v
multiplicity and omp]& a:Tess of
comp
the building,
g, . Mr. Gregg said
F. D. Tillson's undert^'-(ngs, and
Tillsonburg in "perhaps more
'reflect upon the truth that he be-
stabilized than the average com-�
gan his career -when about your
munity of similar size in Canada."
age with one horse and a chop-
It is the aim of the Unemploy-
ping axe (and 300 acres of large-,
ment Insurance Commission to
ly uncleared land), then go "ome
find jobs, and the offices have
Fe
and go to work!' "
proved their value; he said.
Open Building
AtTillsonb�rg
Free Press Staff Re
I 17LLSONBi)RG, Nov, 15 -
s Federal Minister of Labor Milton
d4F. Gregg, VC, today officially
0 - opened this town's ultra -modern,
— two -storey $255,000 Federal Build-
ng.'
al While more than 500 residents
],'stood in near -freezing weather
y�, outside the building, Mr. Gregg
ale praised the co-operation between
ithe town and Federal Govern-
(? rl ment which culminated In new
'a quarters for the Post Office,
s Unemployment Insurance Com-
,4 mission and Customs and Excise
"We are trying to find now
places of employment for older
workers and disabled workers,"
Mr. Gregg added.
During winter months, unem-
ployment offices can take the
edge off seasonal unemployment,
he said.
Exciting Events
At a banquet tonight at Ar-
lington Hotel, given by Tillson.—
burg Town Council, Mr. Gregg
said Canada's present fndustrial;
growth is going through a stage)
t of "very exciting events. Activl-'
ties are going forward that can't
stop Canada's development," he
Designed by D. G. Creba, dic-
e trict architect of Federal De-
partment of Public Works, To-
ronto, the structure is in keeping
with a government trend to
Continued on Page 6, Col. 3)
- It�was 113 years ago on Febru-
ary d, 1841, when the first post
office was established in Tillson-
burg. The first postmaster was
Benjamin Van Norman, a name
prominent in the town's early
Clark Murray, former Oxford
ounty MP, said Tillsonburg's
ipid expansion warranted the
-w Federal building, and added
arhapa the Federal Government
ion could be urged to adopt
ame postal delivery in the com-
Attending the ceremonies were
R. L. Hawkins, Tillsonburg's
mayor; Oxford County Warden
James H. Hossack; Thomas Dent,
MLA; Walter Nesbitt, MP;
Frank Flood, postmaster; D. E.
Bremner, local Unemployment In-
surance Commission manager; W.
E. Pearson, district director of L7
Postal services, London; Tillson-
burg Reeve L. W. Smith; Deputy',
Reeve Clare Esseltine; Council-
lors Ken Anderson, Edwin R.
Pearce, Dr. D. E. Taylor, George
E, Ronson and Charles Heladon.
New Federal Building
Tillsonburg on Monday
Minister Gregg
Perform Ceremony
Formal opening of the new and an examination room fm
Tillsonburg Federal Building, civil service employees.
with Hon. Milton F. Gregg, min- The second floor, reached fron
Teter of labor, officiating, will the Ridout street entrance, wit
be house customs offices, employ
held Monday at s p.m. lVo ✓, i4iq ment offices and an apartmen
The opening to be attendedlby for the building superintendent
top Government and district of. A full basement and a good -size(
loading area at the rear of th,
ficisix an well as local leaders building complete - the new ac
culminates many months of plan- commodation,
ning and labor. The completed -
building is striking addition to
wv� 5ved�+° Sec
the town's busy main street, and
will house the postal, customs
Postal authorities and town of- Pollard estate, including the old
ficfals have been looking forward Pollard house, a landmark In
to the opening of the new build- Tillsonburg for over 100 years.
ing for several years. For some The old house has been bought by
time the structure was merely a a district man, taken down and
dream. However, the first official moved to Courdand, where It will
notice of action came last year in be re -erected as a residence.
July when the Department of Postmaster Frank Flood has 48
Public Works called for tenders years service with the department
on the building. The contract behind him. He recalls clearly the
was awarded to Olmsted and'day the old Federal Building
Parker Construction Company, opened in 1913,
Limited, Hamilton, who completed "It was started in 1911." he,
e
the building on schedule. said, "and In 1913 the postmaster
The section of land on which land two clerks moved in. I was
the building has been erected Is one of the clerks. Our staff now
deep in the history of the town, consists of myself and seven other
It involves in part the complete employees,"
and_ pwfi
and National Employment Agency olio New Tillsonburg PO Opened
o Following the opening care- New
monies, the mayor and council'of
C
/ Tillsonburg will play host to visit-
ing dignitaries and guests, at a
banquet to be given by the town
in appreciation of the assistance
given the project by Hon. Robert
Winter, minister of public works.
The new building, recently
completed at a cost of approx-
innately $250,000, is designed in
+°
spacious modern lines, with gen-
erous window space, red brick
exterior walls and stands at the
northeast corner of Broadway
and Ridout.
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It replaces the old Federal
Building, situated acrose the
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street, which has been in use
since 1913.
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The new poet office L reached
u •
by the Ridout entrance, Visitors
enter a large lobby containing
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general delivery, registered let-
z
ters, parcel post and money order's
wickets. A door leads from this
area through to the "box office,"
a separate lobby which has an-
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other entrance on to Broadway,
and which contains all individual
The Hon. Milton F, Gre
mail boxes. For convenience of
day officially opened Til
box holders this lobby -will be
at the ceremonies were
open at all hours, while the main
burg; Mr. Gregg and
lobby will be locked after regular
office hours.
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Federal minister of labor, third from left, Man-
)urg's $255,000 Federal Building. Among the guests
mood, postmaster; R. L Hawkins, mayor of Tillson-
-rebo, district architect of Department of Public
Works.
In addition the main floor con--
taine a private office for Pont.
master F. P F19,4 lunch room