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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1933-12-28, Page 2THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1033 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE FARM NEWS Cod Livei- Oils for Stock And Poultry Feeding The use of fish oils, especially cod liver oil, for stock and poultry feed­ ing, to add to the supply of vitamins has become common practice. Un­ fortunately there are on the market not only oils which are low in vita­ mins but also many which are highly rancid and dangerous. Oils •of doubtfu 1 character should be chemically tested before using. Poultry Winter Green Feed Green feeds for poultry in winter are available in the dried form of leaves and plants. Grains alone are unable for various reasons, to sup­ port normal growth in poultry, re­ gardless of the variety and combin­ ation of seeds used. This has been shown to be due mainly to two causes, namely, the fact that cer­ eals are relatively deficient in min­ erals and vitamins. Green feeds by which is meant chiefly the leafy parte of plants, supplement the de- ficiences of cereals in that they are high in vitamins and mineral content The leaved plants are relatively greater in food value than thick leaved ones, particularly in so far as their ability to supplement grains is concerned. Stock Boar in Winter The importance of exrclse for the stock boar particularly in 'winter, cannot be over-estimated. He should have a roomy paddock out of doors, close to the barnyard, ir convenient it is a good plan to let him have a run of the ward for a few hours of each day. A useful shelter, the year round, is a cheap, portable, single-boarded cabin, about 6 feet 8 ft. and supplied with plenty of bedding. For winter reeling, alfal­ fa or clover hay in racks; pulped roots, such as mangels or sugar beets cooked potatoes and turnips, 5 to 10 pounds daily; make suitable rations. High Quality Cheese The quality of the cheese produc­ ed in Canada this year is the best it has ever been since compulsory grading for export was initiated in 1923, and the Dominion has estab­ lished a new record up to the end of October with 94.63 per cent, first grade cheese. This represents an increase of 1.1,3 per cent, over the same period in 19 32, it is also about one per cent, higher than any prev­ ious record during the past eleven years. The actual increase in the percentage of first grade cheese dur­ ing this time is 16.63, but this does not tell the whole story, as the qual­ ity of Canadian first grade cheese is of a much higher standard now than in the early years of grading. The flavor and texture of the cheese and the appearance of the shipments have much approved. Keep a Record or Your Farm. Business Present economic conditions em­ phasize the importance of keeping a record of the farm business. No im­ provement in management can be made unless the essential facts are known. The farm account book, properly kept and studied, will bring out the facts and indicate the neces­ sary changes in management. The New Year is a good time to start keeping records, so, do it now. Cooling Milk on the Farm When a substance is said to cool it gives up its heat to the surround­ ing medium. Where this medium is a poor conductor of heat, such as air, the rate of cooling will be exceed­ ingly slow. A can of warm milk placed in a refrigerator where the air is. below the freezing temperature requires approximately twelve hours to cool to 50 degrees F. Consequent­ ly, attempts to cool milk in snow banks, or by exposure to outside temperatures in winter, are never satisfactory. Water, on the other hand, is a good .conductor and will cool down the milk over twenty times as fast as cold air at tne same tem­ perature. Wintering Turkeys Shingles! No. 1 B. C. XXXXX EDGE GRAIN The best grade made at a low price No. 1 Dry Hemlock barn siding 10 in. wide, any length Matched 2 in. barn flooring at $30.00 per M A. J. CLATWORTHY Phone No. 12, GRANTON Turkeys should be wintered where they are expected to lay in the spring. Housed during the winter months in such a place as a straw­ barn, they have a very fine place to make their nests in concealed places due to their wild instinct, and if some provision is not made to off­ set this habit, many of the eggs may be lost or destroyed ny predatory animals. About the time when the wet mash is being commenced for the noon feed, suitable nests can easily be constructed with boards of one inch material, eight to twelve inches wide and three feet long, making a square frame. Preparing Sheep Pelts The following direction for pre­ paring lamb and sheep pelts should be useful to farmers in dressing and cutting lamb carcasses:—spread the pelt out flat and evenly, with the wool side down. Take a pound to a pound and a half of coanse salt and sprinkle it evenly over the pelt, ex­ ercising special care with the head and legs. Allow the pelt to remain in this position for at least twenty four hours. The pelt may then be rolled, turning in the legs and sides lengthwise. Bring the head to about the point of the shoulder and the tail rump to the centre of the back, and roll both ends, making a tight compact pelt. Tie securely with strong cord and store in a dry, cool place. Farm Sheep Flock A flock of fifteen ewes should be the minimum on a farm of one hun- drew acres which is devoted to mix­ ed farming. Such a flock can be increased with experience, but not beyond twenty or twenty-five, un­ less it is desired to make a special business of sheep raising. With good management and care, an in­ crease through lambs can be ex­ pected of from 15 0 to 175 per cent. A flock of this size will, if given opportunity, clean u^j a very great number of weeds on a farm, yet the mistake must not be made of ex­ pecting them to get all their living of weeds and waste places on the farm. Supplementary foods, such as rape, are desirable to cevelop the flock profitably, and rape makes a good foundation for the winter feed­ ing. O. A. C. Team Won Meat Judging Title at Chicago In a competition including ten teams from ten American and Cana­ dian Colleges, a team of three stu­ dents from O. A. C. won first prize in judging meat at the International Show held at Chicago. The O. A. C. team made a score of 23513*, the Iowa team standing second with a score of 2347 and the Nebraska team with 2315. The Ontario team stood first in the judging of beef and lamb and sixth in the judging of pork. They consisted of Alfred D. Hals, of Guelph, who made the highest score of any individual in the .com­ petition, C. M. Brodie, of Gormley, who stood third as an individual, and C. N. Heath of Campbellford, who stood ninth. The team was coached by Mr. E. C. IStillwell, Meat Specialist in the Department of Animal Husbandry at the College. This is the second notable cham­ pionship won by student judging teams from the College this year, the other having been the champion­ ship in judging grain at the World’s Grain Show at Regina, last July. Cuttle Export Encouraging, Decrease in Replacements During the first forty-three weeks of this year, Canada exported ap­ proximately 166 per cent, more cattle than the entire export of 1932, ac­ cording to the Ontario Marketing Board. Cattle exports for last year amounted to 16,45.5. Latest figures for 1933 show that Canada exported 4*3,792 head of cattle. It is inter­ esting to note that of this- total On­ tario’s share was 26,280 or some 60 per .cent. Another encouraging angle in the livestock business- is- the decrease in cattle returned to the feed lot. Re; placements during the first nine months of 1932 were 41,031 head of Ontario cattle and 13,804 western cattle, or a total of >514,8315. Figures for the same period of this year show that 34,314 head of cattle were returned to the farm, or a de­ crease of approximately 40 per cent. The situation becomes even bright­ er when it is remembered that, al­ though the exact percentage is un­ known, a considerable number of replacements from the earlier months of this years have already been marketed. Attorney: “Your wife wants a di­ vorce. She was very much displeas­ ed when she found your secretary sitting on your lap.’* Husband: “That was my wife’s fault, Your Honor, She came in With­ out knocking.” Only Coating of Salt on Utah’s “Salt Palace” The Salt Lake Real Estate board says: “The Salt palace was built as a dance hall in a local pleasure resort where were formerly a bicycle race track and various other entertainment attractions. The Salt palace was not constructed of solid salt, as many sup­ pose, but rather was a coat over frame construction, which, however, had all the appearance of a real salt struc­ ture. Salt is extracted from the brine in Great Salt lake by pumping water into evaporating ponds, where the salt is finally deposited on whatever hap­ pens to be on the ground. It was dis­ covered that when the brine, which is approximately 20 per cent in the lake, had evaporated sufficiently so that the solution was about 40 per cent in strength, articles dipped into the brine would attract the crystals and they would form on any surface, particu­ larly wood. This was how the lumber was coated for the Salt palace. It was taken to these ponds, one side was allowed to become covered with these crystals, and then later salt water was poured over to weld the joints. At first the building was very bright, the crystals dazzling in the sunlight. How­ ever they were not Immune to rain, and after several seasons they were no longer the same bright eolor that they were originally. The origin of the fire which destroyed it was never defi­ nitely determined. However, like many resorts in smaller cities, it had too much competition, and was therefore not sufficiently profitable to warrant rebuilding." Readers and Playgoers Bored by Sensationalism The twilight of the sensationalists has come. The gods they challenged are either moribund, totally defunct, or so changed as to be unrecognizable. Respectability has become a joke; right and wrong, inextricably mingled, Louise Maunsell Field writes, in the North American Review. We are all so used to having “the facts of life” paraded before us in their ugliest possible aspect that we no longer become excited or indignant. We can no longer be shocked at any­ thing, because we have become used to everything. Familiarity breeds in­ difference at least as often as it does contempt. We can still, some of us, be re­ pelled by vulgarity and bad taste; and we can most of us be bored. We were profoundly bored last season by many plays that struggled to be dar­ ing, and succeeded only in being dull. As for psychopathic studies pro­ duced under the guise of fiction, they may be well done and consequently in­ teresting, or they may be merely te­ dious; but they can’t rely on “frank­ ness” and “daring” any longer. Radio Peculiarities Radio transmission reproduces not only the pitch and tone, but also the characteristic timbre of each mu­ sical instalment, because each sound wave entering a microphone has not only the general characteristic of fre­ quency, but also infinitely smaller waves within the general frequency wave. These incidental—or supple­ mental—waves within the tonal fre­ quency wave are caused by the pe­ culiar or characteristic timbre of the instrument producing the sound. For example, the tonal frequencies of both the violin and the saxophone, playing the same note, “A,” will be identical, but the incidental “overtone” waves within the frequencies will' be differ­ ent and will also be transmitted, iden­ tifying the characteristic “form" or “timbre” of the instrument itself. California’s Inland Sea The Salton sea is a lake in the Colorado desert, in southeastern Cali­ fornia. Ender ordinary conditions it is a salt marsh covered in places by shal­ low lakes about 30 miles long, 12 miles wide and 280 feet below sea level. At times of freshets, the lakes expand in­ to a water body covering approxi­ mately 50,000 acres. Water from the irrigating ditches of the Imperial val­ ley keeps the level of the lake falr-ly constant and unless this is diverted it will continue to maintain its previous area despite heavy losses from evap­ oration. Terraces slightly above sea level on the sides of the basin indicate that there was formerly present a lake called "Lake Cahuilla,” which was 12 miles long- and 30 miles wide. Horae&hoe Supentitions There are varying views on the ori­ gin of the superstition concerning the horseshoe. Some think it is lucky be­ cause it has seven nail holes in it. Another idea is that the horseshoe is lucky because witches are afraid of it. So if a horseshoe is placed out­ side your door, no witch will dare to enter. It is possible that one object of hanging up horseshoes is the old days was a desire to appear wealthy in the eyes of passers-by, for only a comparatively rich man possessed a horse, shod with iron. By the way, the luckiest horseshoe is sup­ posed to be the first one shed by a mare, and you must hang this with the opening at the top in order that the luck may not drop out! When fire broke out in the garden of the Neapul Hotel, Torquay, Eng- land, timber from the roof fell on the button of an* automobile horn and woke the gubsts. Here and There The Canadian Pacific Railway supply farm, Strathmore, Alta., had the best Holstein cow in the four-year-old or over (not in milk) class at the Royal Winter Fair recently held at Toronto. Banff Winter Sports Carnival will be held from January 31 to February 4, it is announced, The carnival will be followed by a series of sports week-ends, each being devoted to one parti­ cular type of sport. The problem of truck-rail com­ petition was declared a national one by S. Hayes, M.A., in a re­ cent address before the Engin­ eering Institute. He saw regula­ tion and restriction in areas where the truck does not be­ long as the only solutions. Christmas festivities this year will be enlivened by Japanese oranges of which 38,400 boxes arrived at Victoria recently aboard the Empress of Canada, for distribution to a number of Canadian cities. 5,000 boxes were left at Victoria and the fruit will doubtless feature in the Empress Hotel Yuletide celebra­ tions. Since October 1, 1930, a total of 101,765 people have been set­ tled on Canadian farms or given farm employment under the au­ spices of the Dominion Depart­ ment of Immigration and the two great transcontinental rail­ way companies, according to a report issued by the Department of Immigration. 89,236 of these people were settled without fi­ nancial assistance. Expression of confidence in a brighter business outlook in Canada, coupled with definite improvement in conditions throughout the Dominion, was made recently by1 H. J. Hum­ phrey, general manager, Can­ adian Pacific Railway, eastern lines, in an interview during his trip of inspection to the Mari­ times prior to the opening of the winter navigation season. Five ports hitherto not touched at by world cruises — Penang, Straits Settlements; Semarang, Java; Boeleleng and PadangBay, Bali; and Zamboanga in the Zula Archipelago — have been added to the 1934 itinerary of the Canadian Pacific liner Em­ press of Britain, sailing from New York January 4. The cruise will cover 133 days and 30,916 miles and will return to New York May 14. Special low fares with gener­ ous time limits for the return trip will be available on Can­ adian railroads for the Christ­ mas and New Year holiday pe­ riods, it is announced by C. P. Riddell, chairman, Canadian Passengers’ Association. These low rate tickets will be good be­ tween all stations in Canada and also between points in Canada and certain United States con­ nections. During his visit to a village school a minister put this question to a class of little girls: “If all the good people were white and all the bad people were black, what color would you be?” iSome answered “White” and some “Black”. But little 'Mabel replied: “I guess I would be stre.aky,” PERFECT MAPLE LEAF The most beautiful maple leaf, prize winner in the nation­ wide competition conducted by the Canadian Pacific Railway, was submitted by Mrs. C. McConnell, Fredericton R. No. 3, York Coun­ ty, New Brunswick. It has a flare of autumn coloring ranging from light yellow to deep blood red, and its perfect symmetry and form Won it distinction in competition with 10,000 other beautiful leaves, submitted by enthusiastic Cana­ dians from Coast to Coast. The leaf, a thing of sheer beauty, was selected by such outstanding artists aS C. W. Simpson, R.C.A., R. W. Pilot, R.C.A., and James Orockert. In the largest leaf phase of the competition, six-year-old Bobby I-Iume, of RGvelstoke, B.C., made an astonishing win with a leaf Showing an area of 222 square inches. The success which greeted the original competition this year has encouraged Canadian Pacific offi­ cials to plan for another Compe­ tition on a larger and more com­ prehensive scale next fall. Mr. and Mrs./ Thomas Willis and Wanda spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Coward in Usborne. Mr. and Mrs. H. Ford, of Exeter, Miss Eileen Hodgins nnd Mr. C. Braund, of London, spent Christmas with Mrs. A. Hodgine. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shapton and son, Mrs. Cecil Walker and family, Mr. and Mrs. Parr, Mr. and Mrs. E. Powe and son Teddy were Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Powe. Mr. and Mrs. M. Sleamon and June and Mrs. John Sleamon spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. John Jones neaT Exeter. Mrs. B. Hicks and family spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs, John i Essery.| Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Reeder and family, Mr. and Mrs. iCOoper Mc­ Curdy and' Joanne, Mr. and Mrs. F. Reeder and Mr. Jack Reeder spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Huxtable. Mrs. Margaret Fletcher and chil­ dren are spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Moodie in Us­ borne. iMr. Cecil Hodgson, of Toronto, and Mr. Herman Hodgson, Guelph, spent the holiday with their parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Hodgson. Mr. and Mrs. D. Maltby and young son spent Christmas at their home in Galt. Mr. Gordon McDonald spent Christ­ mas at his home in Glencoe. Mr. and Mrs. L. Johns and family, Mr. and .Mrs. Roy Johns and family, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith and family, ,Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Smith! and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith and Miss Flossie Davey were Christ­ mas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Rich­ ard Davey. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Essery and family and Mr. I. Neil spent Christ­ mas with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pen­ warden. Mrs. A. Hodgins is visiting with her daughter Miss Eileen Hodgins tn London. Mr. and Mrs. A. Copeland and young son of Windsor and Misses Margaret* and Helen Hicks, London, spent Christmas with Mr. and iMrs. A. Hicks. Miss Mary O’Brien, o£ London,, spent the holiday at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles McFalls, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McFalls and family and Mr. and Mrs. Samson McFalls and family were Christmas visitors with Mr. and Mrs. John McFalls. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Wilson and eon Douglas spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Th os. Boyes. Mr. and Mrs. R. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowden and family and Mr. and Mrs. R. Schroeder and fam­ ily spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowden. Mr. and Mrs. George Baynham Jr. and family spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. E. Carruthers in Lon­ don. Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Huxtable spent Christmas with the latter’s parents Mr. and Mrs .J. Love, Hills- green. ■ iMr. and1 Mrs. Andrew Procter; and .children, of St. Marys, spent Christ- ■mas with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Murice Neil and Mr. Garfield Neil, of Detroit, spent the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Neil. Mr. and Mrs. E. Heatherly, of Lon­ don, spent Thursday of last week, with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lightfoot and daughter spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. L. Schwartz in Cred- iton. Mr. Chas. McQuillan is spending the holidays at his home in Luck­ now. LUCAN STORE ROBBED Robbers broke into the JJ. M. Ross & Co., general store at Lucan and stole a large quantity of clothing. Entrance was made through a side window. Preliminary checkl-up shows that the robbers took men’s clothing suits, overcoats, shoes, rubbers, ties and other wearing apparel, as well as a large quantity of women’s wear. They broke two windows in taking the merchandise out. Two years ago a similiar robbery was staged on the same store and $1,800 worth of clothing taken. There is no such thing as idle gossip. Gossip is always • most in­ dustrious. Pimples Not Dangerous But Very Embarrassing For the past 56 years MANUFACTURED OWlY BY THE T. MILBURN CO., Limited Toronto, Ont, CDANDEBOYE INSTITUTE The December meeting of the Clandeboye Women’s Institute was held at the home of Mrs. George Dixon. Mrs, L. Amos read the Christ­ mas Scripture Lesson. Roll call was answered by “Ideas for Christmas”. It was decided to give $5 to buy some useful household material and also the members to make two quilts for a family who lost all their house­ hold effects in a fire recently. It was moved to send $>5 to the Christ­ mas jcheer fund of the War Memorial Hospital. A paper on 'Christmas, was given by Mrs. James Dixon, which was very much enjoyed. A demonstration on embroidery stitch­ es was given by Alleen Paton. The usual greeting contest followed, put on by the hostess, prizes going to Mrs. L. Amost, first; and Mrs. L. Phillips, second. Refreshments were served by the hostess and her com- mitte. THIS ’N THAT During the recent strike of sea­ men in New Zealand inter-island mail was delivered by aeroplane. Human hairs are stated to have an average life of etween four and five years each. Women to the number of 248 are working as deaconesses In the Cllurch of England. Co-education was once a race for supremacy between the sexes, but now its neck and neck. The modern home is one in which a switch regulates everything but the children. The preliminary estimate of the wheat crops of the three Prairie Provinces is 264 million bushels, compared with 408.4 million bushels in 19 32 and a final estimate of 3 01, 181,000 bushels in 1931. Slow motion pictures reveal that when a bullet is shot at a pane of glass, the compressed air travelling in front of the projectile pierces a hole in the glass before the speed­ ing bullett strikes it. Nearly half the flying machines sold this year in Great Britain so far have been bought on the hire-pur­ chase system. Motor-cars and po­ wer-boats have even been accepted in part payment. Sunday School teacher—Why was it that David said he would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord? Bright Boy—iSo he could go out­ side if he didn’t like the sermon. “Well,” said the cheerful wife, who labored under the delusion that she had an operatic soprano voice, “If worst were to come to worst I could keep the wolf away from the door by singing.” “Undoubtedly!” wae the instant response. DO NOT WORRY If you feel downhearted and sad Thinking of things that are going bad Firmly say, “I’ll have a good time” To worry all day is simply a crime. If you dread what is coming next Choose from the Word a golden text Muse upon it during the day And all your cares will flee away. Thoughts of how you have been blest Will give to you the needed rest Have no desire for worldly pelf But love your neighbor as yourself. While parsing through this vale of tears We have our troubles and our fears But these can all be set aside While with our loved ones we abide. Forget that you were feeling blue Let your thoughts be .kind and true And the dark clouds you so much dread Will break in blessing o’er your head. —H. J. Pettypiece Forest, Nov. 11th, 1933 ’ Pimples are caused by the blood being in an impure condition, but there is a simple way to get rid of them by giving the blood a thorough cleansing by the use Of Burdock Blood Bitters. Mr. Wm. Fraser, Thorburn, N.S., writes:—“I was greatly troubled with pimples on my face. I used ointments and salves, but they did no good. I took one bottle of Burdobk Blood Bitters and the result was so satisfactory I can recommend B. B. B. at all times.”