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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1929-12-12, Page 7{ • Improvements in. Huron Agricultural Methods (Goderich. Star) A feature of .the opening .sessioir ler the December meeting of the Hu - •on County Council on Tuesday af- ternoon of last week was the annual 'summary of the work of .the Huron •pounty Branch of the Department igf Agriculture. This was presented. (by Mr. G. A, McCague, the egi'ieul- 4ura1 representative, and his report shoved such an increasing amount of valuable work being undertaken by the agricultural office that Sea- , eral members of the county council 'were led to remark that the county was only beginning to •rea;lize the .!value •of the work that was being stone. A vote of thanks was moved by .lir, Wright,'seconded by Mr, Tre- �'Svartha, and carried unanimously, to - 1VIr. McCague for his report, and this Nees coupled by remarks that the •.eouuty should take pains to retain the services of a valuable airicul- .tural representatiye instead of allow- ing, as had been done in the past, a more •tempting offer to come from • Rome other county, with the result that Huron County lost a good man. Tho county had adopted a plan of increasing the salary of its engineer . so as to retain him and the isame policy ought to be adopted in the ease of the agricultural representa- tive, who was not paid a largo .amount. ' In his' report Mr..MeCegue touch- • led on the amount of office work car- ried on, figures showing a greater . amount of time required in the of- fice each year, though the • greater, part of the time was •spent in the -country. "During the past year," . 1VIr. McCague. reported. "we have at- tended and addressed eigAty-three meetings, the total attendance of which was approximately 8,400. This :is a considerable increase over last ,,year, when fifty-nine meetings were :addressed. 89 Per Cent. of Bulls in' Huron County Pure -Bred . "A great deal of time was spent ▪ lin the county in connection with live .stook, many individual farnier.s get- ' : ting assistance ,in the way of select- ing heard and flock sires. A cen- •.sus" in thirteen townships of the county showed that 89 per .cent. of ;.the bulls. in. the county.. were .pure - ;bred and 10 .per cent. grade, a very gratifying condition and an lndica- t;ion, of the kind of cattle in the ,• county. Before Huron County can be proclaimed a "Better Bull Area"' •a census must be taken in the re- maining three townships, namely East Wawanosh,. Stanley and Tucker- , smith. At any rate it would' appear that 'we would have easily 80 per . 'cent pure-bred, which is the requir 'ed percentage for a "Better Bull. IDV., ttab} ,,in buildingsup health and • stren thlt•^ OIEft's EMULSION corrects • iridige • and pro- ' :.motes ';!,normiii appetite.N. 41 Pleasant to Take— ' It helps Digestion ;''Eczema or Salt Rheum A Blood Disease This disease.manifests itself in little round. blisters which contain an ex- treinely irritating fluid. These break . and subsequently a, crust is .formed, and ;the intense burning; itching and smart- Yng, especially at night or when the ,part is exposed to any strong heat, is .almost unbearable. The success which las met with in skin diseases Of such eeverity is dile to .its w•ouderftil blend •.alcansing and purifying preprrtid;s, and • we know of no other remedy that rias ,done, Or can do, so mush for those who •:.sire almost driven to distraction with ac aceta rtof the terrible touro Mrs. lfartrn II. Giesbreelit, Wiutzler, Man., writes: -'"I have used R.D.B. withgood results for eczema, Aly •face and shoulders were simply covered with blotches of this terrible disease. Noth- ing dill me any good until I teak your mee.ieine and it has relieved me Of tho torriblo suffering .t had to go through day and night," • 7 Put up only by The T, Darn Co., Xatd., Toronte dn.t, ix'HE EXETER 'TIMES -ADVOCATE Aren't." "Four herds o1' about one hundred and four cows ate being systematic- ally tested for butter fat, This Is all increase .pf :seventy cows over last year. We hope, .'"commented Mr, 'McCague, "that more fai'iners who are dairy ,men will take advantage of the cow testing plan now in opera- tion. % We feel that thisis something which deserves the attention of everyone in the dairy business be- cause it gives information which is necessary in the building up of bet- ter producing herds "Considerable time has been spent installing dipping 'tanks for .sheep,. .conducting aippng demonstrations,' and giving demonstrations of inter-, nal stration. Parasite control has crone to be .t 'necessary part In sheep management, It can be safe- ly said that more losses of the sheep .owners are .due to parasites than anything else. The number of the breeding ewes In the county is al most doubled what it was two years ago .and we believe there is still room for further •d'eYelopment. "Though the hog situation has not been particularly favorable there had been considerable improvement, sta- ' tistics sewing an . increase in per- tentage •of .select hogs marketed for ; the county.from 2,78 in 1924 to 39.2 . per cent, lis1929, and a decrease in the percentage of shops, lights and .feeders from ';11.4 to only 2.7 per cent. in 1929. "This is the second largest poul- try producing county in the Province' and considering the high.number of fowl kept, the standard compares favorable with other districts. Prac, tiealls° every flock owner has come to realize the value of culling. Thera are six junior farmers in the county who have made a 'special study of poultry culling and report that they have, culled approximately 25,000 birds., No Lime Deficiency .Found in Huron "During the past year there have been forty-one fertilizer, experimen t'alaand 'demonstration plots laid out in the county. This work is under the .supervision of the chemistry de- partment et Guelph' in conjunction with our own district office. The particular aim in, laying out there plots was that the farmers in gen- eral might become more familiar in the use and value of commercial fer- tilizer. The results from there plots are not available at present. Some oft themswill be checked up on •later crops for residual effects, ,Commer- cial Commercial fertilizer in many :cases is not well understood. While there is more being applied each year we find that concentrate, high priced fertilizers are being used for some purposes where a cheaper fertilizer of lower analysis might show equal- ly good resits. There are 'numerous inquiries from time to time 'regarding lime applica- tions, From numerous tests we ;have not foualcl �a';ity :Buse-deficd:ency. 'iii 'the soil. In spite of this there are many applying lime. As to weed control Mr. McCague repoliitedt..•tlidr some .municipalities had shown an improvement which speaks well, for the work of the in- spectors, Generally" slieaking road- sides and badly infested fields had been cut. .The corn borer inspector reported that tho :acreage of canning corn was increasing each year :by nearly fifty per cent. and the decrease in in- fection was about the swine percent- age. (18 Per Cent. of Sprayed Apples Free Front Scab atncl Insect Injury Those taking advantage of the spray service this year shows con- siderable increase. There where 45 orchard then who received regular calls and about sixty-five others re- ceived the regular spray service bul- letins. An average of four visits was made to each orchat'd during the sarlier part of the season when spraying was in operation. In a re- cent survey it was found that 68 per,cerit: of all apples grown by the members of the service were free from scab and insect injury. Of packed apples there were 43 per cent. graded first, 32 per cent. grad- ed second and 25 per cent. domestic. From. these grades you will under- stand that the general quality of the apples was high: We know that the ripple crop in the county and in the province this year was very heavy but men with clean fruit received eery good returns. School fairs aro continuing and improving from year to year. Our fairs this year showed an average increase of fifty-three ehibits per fair. This is indeed an excellent in- dication of the interest and success 01 the School fairs. Due to the success of the- "500 party" to the Royal • the Ontario Government saw fit to repeat the trip. Tett boys were sent from Hu= non County and were selected from the ten highest in the Royal Judg- ing Competition held at Clinton on October 25th. Itt this competition pix classes of live stock! were judged rind rive 1 t classes of rains and r - 0 grains v go tablc.g, There were forty-five con tesbants which utade this cur largest incl most keenly contested compoti- 'ion weer held in the caunty. This ".r an indication that Our junior Tarin- ,4rs are taking more interest in °lir •ompetition.s which is indeed very ;ratifying. 14110t't- C'ottt.'ses Valunlile There was a nlontlt"s course itt 1 EDITORIAL Cold, the real sort of cold, that puts life and mettle into the heels and yim into business --that's the sort the weather man has sent us, * * !F * N * * * Recent visitors to Toronto say that there was a tremendous dif- ference between the 'cattle at the Royal and the cattle in the stock- yards. That's the pity of it, * * * * * * * * And, by the way, have you discovered how to get along with December? When the wind is in the East, put .on your overcoat. December is a friend of :the race when you square up to him—by pulling on your overcoat. * * * * '* * * * And now for Christmas; 'There 15 no game like playing $anta Claus The sly old fellow ,has sent this snow and this nippy weath- er; not for the purpose of freezing our water -pipes, but to build a road to everyone to whom we may bring the gift .of Itappiness,' The closed hand receives nothing. * * * c * * * * Word comes to us. that Mr. Goo, Pentland I.P.S. for Haliburton is doing wonders in the way of rural education. He engineered the trip of a .train -load of youngsters to the Toronto Exhibition. Just now he is making a path leading directly from the rural public school to the university. What we need just now in all parts or rural Ontario Is plenty of good school masters and good mission- aries. * * * * * * r * What about this thing of thinking prosperity? In the first place, there's no use of grousing. A meowing cat catches no mice. Neither does a pussy capture game by dreaming about it. She secures best results by watching:at the right hole. • Further, good business does not consist in blowing bubbles, be they South Sea bubbles or November Wall Street bubbles. Work and save. Waste not, want' not. Give values. Spend no labor for that•which is not bread! Ah, that sounds like preaching? Would that tens of thousands of quiet folk had heeded such sound doctrine. Industry and frug- ality are the" great fortune -builders and repairers. * * s * * * * * - UNPREPARED! Sorrowfully do we ,admit that the weather man caught a whole lot of us unprepared for the trick he played'.en us last week. Down he came upon us freezing our waterpipes and raising trouble gen- erally. That grin on the face of the plumber tells its own sad story. Our Christmas cash went to swell the bank account of the man with pipes and wrenches," the only citizen who could help us in the time of our distress. If late November can play such scurvy tricks, what may we look for in January and February? The coal • mean is humming a merry tune while the rest of us are digging up all our cast off clothing in the vain effort to discover what being comfortably warm really feels like. Hardy souls suggest the rvood- saw as a fine heat generator, but such extreme measures are to be •, resorted .to with •caution. A few bushels of the heat we did not welcome last August would fit in nicely these days. home economics and agriculture at Wingham last January, and while the attendances of these courses was not large we feel 'that all those who attended received beneficial results. In a course,sof this icind.it.is not ex- pected that all phases of farming can be dealt with. If • we do }nothing more than get ever jurji:or : , young people interested in thinking along lines of tmporved,,;ferming and. give them ail.' insight into the possibility of farming under .better conditions, we feel that our time has been well spent. Another feature of these courses which is also of great value is the social aspect which lends to a better rural community and for forming of associations which go to- wards making a better rural life. One Iine of our work which has developed a .greet deal this year is. requests for assistance in farm drainage. It is not necessary to dwell on the importance •and necess- ity of under drainage and farmers are beginning, to' realize more and more all the time that money spent in this way is a sound investment. This fall with the assi.tance of the drainage department at Guelph we have conducted thirty drainage sur- veys converiug approximately 1,000 acres. Many other phases of the work were .commented on by ,lir. McCague but space prevents a full report of his remarks. 'Fire broke out in the large brick residence of Mr. W. • G. Willis, in Seaforth recently. The fire 'originat- ed under the roof of the kitchen and fanned by 'a gala of wind, ate its way into the main part of the residence. After a two Hour struggle the fire- men succeeded in getting it under control. Mrs. W. J. Baker died at her home in Parkhill at the age of 66 years, She had been ill with pneumolria for a few days. She is survived by her husband and on.e son Lloyd, Hotel Employee's Wife III Mre 'Doe was a happy little(wife_ and mother who went about her housework singing and taking rare of her little tubo -year-old girl. Soon for some reason, she began to droop acrd- lose weight. Such a deep cough came that It patted her lungs con- tinually, Iter lursband was anxious about her, but as he had to work long hours in a big hotel, he could ,not nurse her or heap very much. The doctor said she needed the greatest care if she was to get well again, and for Airs: bee this seemedan utter impossibility. But •no• --there was help at hand. She was admitted to the kindly care and skilful Medical attention of the Toronto 1Iospital for Consumptives at Weston. .In three month&' time she increased in weight from 98 bounds to 122 pounds, which was a .splendid train; indeed, and sho soon went home to a cry happy little family. bunds are. needed by this hespit al for such work, and your subscription will be gratefully, received by W. Jt.. t'harlton and A. 14. Ames, at 223 Col- lege Street, Toronto ra ABOUT TILE BIBLE SOCIETY The annual meeting of the Exeter Branch of the Bible Society was held recently, the public services having been•, conducted by Rev. D. Bright, M A;;,'or Lundell. the new' Field Ses cretary. These services were inter- esting;",profitable, but the collection was less than last year. At the business meeting the .following were elected for 1930; the ministers of the four churches and one layman from each congregation. On motion of i\Ir. J. G. Stanbury was re-elected president and Rev. J. W. Down was elected se lretiary,treasurer, instead of Mr. 0. S. Howard who has so ef- ficiently filled that office for the past seven years. Our income from all sources for 1928 was nearly one hundred and ninety dollars, this be Ing ten dollars less than the prev- ious year. The Exeter Branch is compcsed of twenty, one -thousand acre blocks of the best farming land in the country with the rich and pre- tty town of Exeter as its hub. This branch now holds first place among the village and rural branches in Western Ontario. That the canvass may be thorough, the branch has been divided into nineteen sections and thirty-eight collectors have been selected "by the Executive .owing to to lateness of the season and the road and weather conditions it is considered wise to ask some of the men, who believe in good works to canvass the rural sections this year: Of the whole number who have been advised of their election as col lectors, only four declined to act and returned their lista blank and they are men. We trust no others will follow such an example. The sec- tion turned down by these mon is the best rural section in the whole branch and must be well canvassed. Our hope is that we shall be able to find some men in that part of the branch who will do the collecting and do it well: The work is so ar- ranged that any section can be can- vassed in a few hours. Let us Drake It united effort to hold the Banner Place that we now occupy. The returns should be made to the secretary -treasurer not later thn.n 'the twenty-second of this month. All contributors. of $2.00 and up will re- ceive free a copy of the annual re- port and the official organ of the Bible Soelety for one year. This magazine is entitled, "The' Bible Iu the World" and it is a very fine work. This ai peal is sent out 111 the name of the eiecutive by the socre- tart'-treasut'er. Tho •employees of this 'Town Weeks 'Evaporator Clinton, held a social evening At the Old Timers' Club Rooms, after which they pre- sentocl Mr. and. Mrs, 'Weeks with air address and a sugar and cream set to Mrs. Weeks and a fountain pen to Mr, Weeke, READY IN TWO I1riTM;. 'S A HOT NOURISHING BR FAST SH SHREDDED WHEAT All the'body-building e added, nothing taken a ly nourishing. ' Gives n with hot ith .all :the bran f the whale «heist e nts of the whole wheat, nothing a So easy to serve and so delicious- igor and life to tired tissues,. Serve cold milk or fruits. ZURICH Among those . who attended the, Winter Fair in Toronto were F. 0, Kalbfleisch, Alf. Pfaff, Ted Haber-. er, Jacob Deichert and Gordon Sur- erus, Mr. and Mrs, Len Hoist, of De-' trait, visited with the latter's par- ents 'arr. and Mrs. Oscar Klopp, over the holiday. Mrs. Alex Foster spent a week with her daughter Helen in Toledo. Helen has a good position in that city. i1r. and Mrs, Louis 'Weber, and Mrs. W. C. Wagner were week -end visitors with relatives in Detroit. The Luther League pleasantly sur- prsed Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kalbfleiseh (nee Miss Viola Prang) by assembl- ing at their home. During the' ev ening Miss Gertrude Schilbe read an address and Mr. 'von Yungblut pre- sented titeni with a beautiful silver flower basket: lir. Newell Geiger, of Toronto Un- iversity, attended the funeral of his grandmother, Mrs. S. Rennie. Mrs, Egan, of Exeter and her brother Mr. James Sweet, af the Luean News staff, have moved into Mr, P. E. Butler's house on S'irillfain Street, Lucan. 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