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• THE EXETER MI.MES-ADYOTE.'
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"How do I•
Ike young /".
P Y 9
"Oh, .I .learned that se-
cret when I discovered
Shredded. Wheat. It's
the whole wheat, you
know, and has iron for
making red blood and all.
ths elements for building
healthy tissue and bone.
And by the way, it's
ready -cooked and ever
so easy to serve for
breakfast or lunch. T just
pour milk or cream over
the biscuits. On cold
mornings I heat the milk
—it makes a most deli-
cious hot
eli-cious.hot cereal, and with
fruit it's a treat at any
time."
THE CANADIAN .$HR6DDFD WHEAT
COMPANY. LTI
DDED
WITH ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLE WHEAT
For sale by Traquair & Lindenfield
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Hogarth Hatchery
y
We have in stock the following poultry needs and feeds:.
Lay Mash, Oyster Shell, Grit, Cod Liver Oil, Beef Meal, Meat
Scrap, Bone Meal, Charcoal, Buttermilk Powder, Fish Meal,
Alfalfa Leaf Meal, Worm Pills for intestinal worms in poul-
try; Leg Bands; Barred Rock Pullets; Breeding Cockerels in
the following breeds, White Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, Black
Minorcan and White Leghorns.
Motor Oil, one ci wart 20c.s ten gallons for 65c. per gal-
lon; five gallons for 70e. per gallon; Best Gr3tde motor Oil
75c. per gallon.
ALSO ANTI.FREFZE,AT $1.25 PER•'GALLON
WE ALSO I••IANDi E CELWams
•
News. and InfOritation
for TIe Busy Farmer
{Furwtshed by the Onturrio :Depart )adopt of Agriculture).
In the opinion of Dr, E. S. Archi
bald, head of the Dominion. Expert-`
znental Farms, the farmer .call 'help
himself out of ,present difficulties by
Increasing his yield or erop per acre,
and in this respect good seed and
fertilizer, together with more horse
power on cultivating and other ma-
chinery,,should play a prominent
part, , '• ii41au
A special radio, program of music
College songs, yells, etc. will be
broadcast over station ,OKGW, Tor-
onto, from 9 to 10 p.m, Friday, Jan
wary 30th, from the annual convpr-
sazlone at the Ontario Agricultural
College, No doubt many alumnae
of .the •0. A, C. and, MacDonald In-
stitute will be. interested if they tune
in on this program.
Careful Selection Needed
•
When male birds of good parent
age are used for mating purposes
with hens of proven production' abil-
ity, there is bound to be an increase
in egg production. ' In an experi-
ment recently concluded, fifteen
birds had an average production of
123.6 eggs. per year each. When.
careful selection of strong . males•.
was systematically supplied, the pro-
duction jumped to en average of
258.5, an increase of over 100 per
cent, in six years. 7
Coming Events
The following; important agricul-
tural meetings will be held at King
Edward Hotel, Toronto, early in
February:
Ontario Field 'Crop and Seed
Growers' Association 'annual meet-
ing February 3rd.
Ontario Plowmen's Association an-
nual Meeting, February 4th.
Ontario Association of Fairs and
Exhibitions annual convention, Feb-
ruary 5 and 6.
,Ontario Vegetable Growers' As-
sociation annual meeting, February
10; annual convention, February 11.
O.A.C. Short Courses
An interesting series of- (Short
Courses has been arranged for. the
month of .February at the Ontario,
Agricultural College. Lectures • will
be given by O.A.C. professors, offi-
cials of the Department of Agricu7-
tore,' and outstanding, Ontario..au-„
thoriti'es on the' various subject. Tit:
:program follow: .Short Courses in•.
Fruit Growing, February 2nd to 7th;:
Short Course in Vegetable, • Garden-
ing, February 9th to 14th; Short.
Courses in Landscape Gardening, on
February 16th. to 20th; Short Course
in Floriculture, February 23rd to
27th. These courses wilt be carried
out under the supervision. of the 0.
A. C. Department of Horticulture
and will. provide much valuable in-
formation for those who desire to
attend.
Sow Thistle Experiments
To secure more ,definite informa-
tion' on the .control of sow- thistle;
comparative work was done in 1930
by the O.A.C., the Department's
Crops and Markets Branch, and W.
W. Hislop, a farmer near :Stratford,.
Part of Mr. 'Hislop's farni was very
badly infested with so.w thistle. Four
plots of about two acres each were
used and on these the effects.o•f sev-
eral methods Of cultivation as well
as •of fertilizers were tried out. On
two plots a crop.of mixed grain was
grown. One of them had .been disc -
ed in September and plowed in Oc-
tober 1929, while the other had been
plowed in July and cultivated in Au-
gust 1929, A crop of mature grain
was taken from each of the plots in
1930. The one plowed in July and
cultivated in August had only half
as much sow thistle and yielded al-
most twice as much grain at . the.
other. Four hundred pounds per
of 2-12--6• fertilizer was applied to
half of each lot. On all plots there
was a very large increase in yield,
where fertilizer was used, as well as
a noticeable Weakening and decrease
in the number of thistle plants.
This is Onion Week
The organized onion growers of
Ontario are making splendid head-
,way in their effort to market in-
creased supplies of home-grown on-
I.onS. Through the efforts of an ap-
pointed eampaign enanager a num-
ber of important organizatioiis have
inaugurated an "Onion . Week '
Which .commenced .on, January 26th
The press has lent valuable .space to
further the success of the campaign
Special literature dealing with the
onion has been distributed by both
the federal and provincial l?epart.,.
ments of Agriculture; radio talks
are being given on the same ,subject
by the Ontario Department of Agri-
cultural and by the Qanadjda Nation-
al Railways radio chain. he Unit-.
ed Hotels of Canada are putting
special menus on for this week and
are distributing special literature to
their guests, While the immediate
object of Onion Week is to reduce
province, it should also have the
Province, it should also ave the
happy result of :demonstrating to
our consumers the worth while
Value of the horde -grown product.
Canada imports •one million dollars
worth of onions yearly, while On-
tiario growers are' able to produce••a
sufficient supply to meet all de-
mands.
Roots in Cattle itatioins
That silage alone for dairy cattle
Is not sufficient and ropes should al-
so be.inoluded.in the•a'egular rations,
'Prof. J. C. Steckley of O:A.C„ stated
at the Experimental Union meeting,
He was supported by W. J. Bell of
the Kelnptville Agricultural School,
who pointed out that the cost of pro-
ducing roots was not excessive, par-
ticularly where the ground had been
thoroughly cultivated before sowing.
In all the rations quoted for daily
.cattle, Prof, Steckley urged feeding
roots at the rate of two pounds daily
for every hundred pounds. of ;live
weight,of the animal, in addition to
one pound of alfalfa or ,red clover
hay and two pounds of silage. Where
no silage was available, four ,pounds
of routs should be fed, he said. In
feeding beef cattle, roots also occupy
a prominent place, the speaker ad-
vocating four pounds daily for every
100 pounds of animal's live weight.
Both speakers clamped that it was
impossible to .get too much succul-
ence and, palatability in the cattle
rations and in their opinion roots
constituted one of the most impor-
tant feeds in this respect.
MIovenhent of Seed ' Cohn.
, The double corn borer quaraintine.
which for several years was placed
rnz. the ;seed corn prddiicing,eouutles
of 'Ontario ha.a,:now beet lifted;. no
that .it is. now permissible to ship
seed corn on the ear anywhere with-
in the quarantine area which now
takes. in .ali'of Old Ontario,
Farmers in the' silo corn sections
of Ontario will welcome this inforni-
ation because it will again insure
them of a source of seed corn proven
by. experience to be of high germi-
nation and vigor. • •'
Producers of seed corm will par-
ticularly appreciate the lifting .of
this regulation, because they have
at present large quantities of excel -
:lent seed corn on hand and they now
have an opportunity of •distributing
this material on the ear over the
province.
'It must be remembered, however,
Orat although ear corn may 'move
freely throhgh•out Old Ontario, the
corn borer quarantine is still on and
no movement of corn can take place
from a quarantine area to a free
area.
Corn borer regnlatien.s have dur-
ing the past five years lessened to a
very marked degree corn borer in-
festations' in the corn -producing
of Southwestern Ontario. The 'per-
centage of infested stalks in Essex
has been reduced from 83 to 16.7 in
Kent from 78 to 22, in Lambton
from 34 to 7.4, It Middlesex from
28 to 9, in Elgin from 40 £o 9, and
in Norfolk from 16 to/5.
Prof. L. Caesar, of the
who. fs In charge of corn borer con-
trol methods, is well pleased with
the results. He points out, however,
ghat dry summers are very beneficial
In corn borer central, while in wet
seasons, with all control method's
available, little more .can be done
than keep the !borers from Material-
ly increasing in numbers.
To still further control corn bor-
ers Prof. Caesar Is now recommend-
ing that a stationary cutting'•knife
be attached to the cern binder so
that cutting may take place at the
surface of the soil. 'This eliminates
the danger of leaving large numbers
of borer in the corn stubble and at
the same time time adds around 1500"
pounds per acre more to the 'cerin
crop.
• 50 YEARS AGO
Thntraday the remains of Mrs.
lane Dearing, relict of the late John
Dearing and mother 'of iM'essr.s, Wan.
and Thonias Dearing,.of Step hen and
Exeter respectively, were borne to
their last resting place in the bxeter
cemetery. She died at the residence
Of Mr. Satinet !Sanders, Stephen.
The warden of the county fqr 1831
is `Captain Bohn ruiner Reeve of, Ho -
wick. The captain is a fine fellow
and will, no doubt, he as popular as
his predecessor, itlr. Garrow.
Markets—Whea;t $1.00; Barley
70c.; Oats 30c•; Clover' Seed $4.75;
Timothy '$2.00; Peas 53d,; Corn 60e,
Eggs 17c.; Butter 18c,.; Float per
bbl., '$5,00; Potatoes, per stag 50c.;
Apples per bag 2.5c.; Dried 'apples,
per bag 4c.; Hogs $5:71; Beef $4.;
l:iay, per ton, $8.00; Lard, 12c.; Tur-
keys, 7c.; Geese, ec,; Ducks, per pr,
46c.; Chickens, 250,
C1I I E IEID MEM1 EUS •OLS'
.oAlYA IVs 1441,STER, FARMERS
'An honorary ,degree- of "l‘‘faster
Farther". has been .conferred upon
n.>}amber of successful fsrmers in. the
West by the Nor' -West Partner, sa
farni publication et: Winnipeg.... The
first group to receive this honor con
sisted of ten olitstanditig Iarntet•a
who have siemollstrated through per-
sods ranging from} 20 to nearly 40
years. as .farmers that they ,believe itt
good husbandry, good homes, con-
tented families and service to their
cominunities. Amt1'ng the ten. to re
ceive this honor are two from thin
district, Mr. W. H. Harvey, of Flax -
combo:), Sask., .a. former h)xeter boy,
and Mr, Percy A. Switzer, of Le-
consbe, Alta,,
:a former Kirkton boy.
A short sketcl} of their history ,as
given in the Nor' -West Farmer is
reproduced as follows;
Wesley H. Harvey '
Wesley H, Harvey, Master Farm-
er, ;Fiaxcombe, Sask„ in partnership
with his two sons, under the name of
W, H. Harvey & Sons, .operates
1,760 acres of land of which 1,700
acres are under cultivation and plain -
ed to grain growing for it is In the
famous ".Goose. Lake" wheat grow-
ing ;country, However, a small herd
of pure bred ,Holsteins is kept and
enough pork,, poultry and eggs are
produced each year for hems use, as
well as marketing, some cream and
poultry products. ll 2r, Harvel* was
horn and raised on an Ontario farm,
Twelve horses, two tractors, and
-two combines,,wit1i a. complete; line
;of other egnipnlent,, • seed andhar-
vest the crop, under.tbe present plan,
Farming in this district requires. that
land be suremer-fallo.Wed every se-
cond year so that half the Harvey.
farm is bare fallow each year, Soil
drifting is avoided by leaving the
land deeply ridged each fall. Wild
oats gives the most trouble as a rule',
with the exception' of extremely dry,
years when Russian thistle heads
the list as a trouble maker. The
combine is regarded as the most pro-
fitable implement on .this farm, and
all machines are kept in good repair
as a result of a well-equipped repair
shop available for repair ,work dur-
ing slack times.
He has a silo, eight feet below the
ground and 20 feet feet above, which
stores feed for the dairy herd.
A large ,garden, well grown wind-
breaksra. row of trees on either side
of the drive way, flower garden, ten-
nis court and well kept grounds
mark this farm as one where a good
deal •ofattention is given to making
surroundings attractive.and pleasant.
For six years Mr. Harvey was a mem-
ber of the Saskatchewan Legislature
but retired in order that,he niay givd
more attention to his farni and grow-'
ing chiIden. His two sons bare each.
taken*oie year:at'The 'College
'of Ed
ucation, the University of Saskat-
chewan. -Mr. Harvey was graduated
by Ontario Agricultural College with
the Associate• Diploma. iii 1892. A
two-storey brick house provides a
comfortable and substantial home.
Acting' as director of various cottl-
munity enterprises and co-apera£ive
associations provides en opportunity
for community service.
ferry A. Switzer
Percy A. Switzer, Master Farmer,
Lacombe, Alta., homesteaded on his
present .Yarm 'in 1892, before La-
combe was Lacombe—where 'be has
since built' up a section farni with
560, acres under cultivation, a 'com-
fortable home, a fine herd of Short-
horn cattle with good horses, hogs;
and poultry. He was 'born and rais-
ed on his father's farm.: at ;St. Marys,
Ontario. Wheat, barley oats, sweet
clover, western rye grass, timothy
and brome are the crops grown..
Horses worked in 4, 6, and S -horse
teams, supplemented by a tractor in
the busy 'seasons, take care of the
farm work. A definite crop rota-
tion has been estabi:snei and weeds
are kept under control. Mr. Swit-
zer has been breeding pure bred
Shorthorns for 30 years and always
Sells several promising young bulls
at the spring bull sales each year,
IIe ,keeps Tamworth hogs, and each
sow raisgs two litters each year. Hogs
are pastured on brume and self feed-
ers are' used geuera.11y.
1There es a • fine shelter belt of
evergreens protecting the well equip -
'ped and colnfortable ;tome, and the
hedges and lawn are well kept.
;Mr, Switzer's farni is one of • the
most substantial and progressive In
the district and he has worked ottt a
definite plan for assisting his sons in
starting a farm. Mr. S'witzer is e.
member of 'the various co-operative
marketing associations aiid preident
Of 'the local U. 1r. A. H1i enjoys the
support. and confidence of his neigh-
bors, is active in 'Boys' and Girls'
Work and in fact takes an interest
in all public affairs or itis commute-
sty, and Any movement calculated to
stimulate agricultural progress.
1JvATn OP MR14. ]r01 2'711;?.:1'
Death claimed another of tine pio-
neers of Bitt:lulph at her hone itt
Granton in the person: of Mrs.' Wil••
Ilam Foreman, after several ntoiitlis
Moen, The deceased was born ou
the 'South Bolinda.ry of llicldulph 77
years ago. She is sttrvived 'by • het'
husband aitd three daughters.
One thing you will never see lir
ead about isa work eticltn a1w s test.
glia four Zoilto-Aktonito
1piltshlleh 287:. ai4d_11': 1
1i bliihed 'very Tkuriiday *011
at tZeter, Qntarlo
SU:BSCRIPTION,$2:00• r! *slim Pt
advance,
'HATES—Fara .or• :Real ]Moats, NI
rale 50e,, each. Insertion log t i0
four ihIertiono, 21,0, sick 0100
(Pent ingertion, Miecelli►#tiM Sr"°
Ogles. To Rent, Wanted, Doss, aR
'Found 100. per line of 11* wort
Reading notices 10e. per 11i14.
Gard of Thanks 600, Legal Ow
yertiring 12 and 8o, per line. *
Meirtorian, with one warty
extra verse' 250 614:.,.
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DENTIST
formerly of Exeter
has located at 205 Wortley, Road.
London, 'where "he "t I1f ;prac'lfce
Dentistry
Phone: Metcalf 4290
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VETERINARY SURGEON '
Graduate of the Ontario. Veterlau
College
DAY AND NIGHT
CALLS PROMPTLY ATTENDED m
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• Office in C. B. Snell's cloche
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Royal Purple PoultrySpecificY
Keeps Poultry Free fromWORMS
• •Mr. Win. Jarrott, of Brigden, wrote us a year ago stating that his poultry. .had
bectitgte badly infected ith worms. We advised him Ulnae 2 lbs. of Royal Piaeple•
Poultry Specific"in each 100 lbs. of Laying Mash, for two weeks and ,continue
throughout the Winter with 1 Ib. After using it for three week(o:he wrote us stating
that in three days he noticed blood streaks in the droppings,fltlnd•that his egg pro-
duction had gone up 100%. During the Pall, Winter and Spring months he pur-
chased 600 lbs. of this Poultry Specific. We received a letter frons him the latter'
part of August, stating that he was amazed at the results he obtained, that his poultry
were entirely fm from worms, and that during August of this year his production
was 100% larger than last^year.
It will pay every poultryman, no matter what feed he is using, or if he mixes his
own, to add one pound of Royal Purple Poultry Specific to each hundred pounds
of feed liming the whole season the poultry are shut in. While this great tonic de-
stroys the worms, it at the same time tones up the birds, keeping their digestive •
organs active the same as if they were on range, compelling them to take from 15%
to 20% more good from the feed they eat. This is naturally reflected in increased
egg production.
Worms in poultry is often mistaken: for other diseases. The birds become very
this and show symptoms of diarrhoea. When badly infested they will die. '
Put up in 30c.. and 60c. packages, $1.75 and $6.00 tins,
also 100-1b.. air -tight bags—$14.00. For sale by 4,600.
dealers in Canada. If your dealer cannot supply you,.
write direct. •
Royal Purple Laying Meal
We can supply you with Royal Purple Laying Meal ' with or without the
Poultry Specific mixed in. Mr. T. L. Matheson, Innerkip, Ontario, tells us that he
fed Royal Purple Laying Meal to 600 pullets last year with the Royal Purple
Poultry Specific and got an arerage of 74% production from the middle of Decem• •
ber until the middle of March. He also states that he has received the largest pro-
durtion of eggs he has ever had during the twelve months he has been using Royal
Purple Laying. Meal, and that it keeps his poultry healthy during the entire season.
If your dealer cannot supply you we will be pleased to quote you a price, freight
paid to your station.
VIMLITE (formerly known as Vitalitea isb sole
for this wonderful wire -filled product used for windows in poultry houses, barns,
sun -rooms, etc. It lets through the ultra -violet, growth rays from the sun that will
not pass through ordinary glass. Write for descriptive circular.
books
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with illustrations in colour, describing the comnlon diseases
REEalWe will be very pleased to send you one of our 32 -page
F of Stock and Poultry with particulars of the Royal Purple
lthe • lines F es for each,and details of different mea of feed
remedies
we manufacture. It deals with 186 subjects of vital interest
to every farmer• and poultryman. -, 10
THE W. A. JENKINS MFG. CO. LTD., LONDON, ONT.
For sale by Traquair & Lindenfield
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Hogarth Hatchery
y
We have in stock the following poultry needs and feeds:.
Lay Mash, Oyster Shell, Grit, Cod Liver Oil, Beef Meal, Meat
Scrap, Bone Meal, Charcoal, Buttermilk Powder, Fish Meal,
Alfalfa Leaf Meal, Worm Pills for intestinal worms in poul-
try; Leg Bands; Barred Rock Pullets; Breeding Cockerels in
the following breeds, White Wyandottes, Barred Rocks, Black
Minorcan and White Leghorns.
Motor Oil, one ci wart 20c.s ten gallons for 65c. per gal-
lon; five gallons for 70e. per gallon; Best Gr3tde motor Oil
75c. per gallon.
ALSO ANTI.FREFZE,AT $1.25 PER•'GALLON
WE ALSO I••IANDi E CELWams
•
News. and InfOritation
for TIe Busy Farmer
{Furwtshed by the Onturrio :Depart )adopt of Agriculture).
In the opinion of Dr, E. S. Archi
bald, head of the Dominion. Expert-`
znental Farms, the farmer .call 'help
himself out of ,present difficulties by
Increasing his yield or erop per acre,
and in this respect good seed and
fertilizer, together with more horse
power on cultivating and other ma-
chinery,,should play a prominent
part, , '• ii41au
A special radio, program of music
College songs, yells, etc. will be
broadcast over station ,OKGW, Tor-
onto, from 9 to 10 p.m, Friday, Jan
wary 30th, from the annual convpr-
sazlone at the Ontario Agricultural
College, No doubt many alumnae
of .the •0. A, C. and, MacDonald In-
stitute will be. interested if they tune
in on this program.
Careful Selection Needed
•
When male birds of good parent
age are used for mating purposes
with hens of proven production' abil-
ity, there is bound to be an increase
in egg production. ' In an experi-
ment recently concluded, fifteen
birds had an average production of
123.6 eggs. per year each. When.
careful selection of strong . males•.
was systematically supplied, the pro-
duction jumped to en average of
258.5, an increase of over 100 per
cent, in six years. 7
Coming Events
The following; important agricul-
tural meetings will be held at King
Edward Hotel, Toronto, early in
February:
Ontario Field 'Crop and Seed
Growers' Association 'annual meet-
ing February 3rd.
Ontario Plowmen's Association an-
nual Meeting, February 4th.
Ontario Association of Fairs and
Exhibitions annual convention, Feb-
ruary 5 and 6.
,Ontario Vegetable Growers' As-
sociation annual meeting, February
10; annual convention, February 11.
O.A.C. Short Courses
An interesting series of- (Short
Courses has been arranged for. the
month of .February at the Ontario,
Agricultural College. Lectures • will
be given by O.A.C. professors, offi-
cials of the Department of Agricu7-
tore,' and outstanding, Ontario..au-„
thoriti'es on the' various subject. Tit:
:program follow: .Short Courses in•.
Fruit Growing, February 2nd to 7th;:
Short Course in Vegetable, • Garden-
ing, February 9th to 14th; Short.
Courses in Landscape Gardening, on
February 16th. to 20th; Short Course
in Floriculture, February 23rd to
27th. These courses wilt be carried
out under the supervision. of the 0.
A. C. Department of Horticulture
and will. provide much valuable in-
formation for those who desire to
attend.
Sow Thistle Experiments
To secure more ,definite informa-
tion' on the .control of sow- thistle;
comparative work was done in 1930
by the O.A.C., the Department's
Crops and Markets Branch, and W.
W. Hislop, a farmer near :Stratford,.
Part of Mr. 'Hislop's farni was very
badly infested with so.w thistle. Four
plots of about two acres each were
used and on these the effects.o•f sev-
eral methods Of cultivation as well
as •of fertilizers were tried out. On
two plots a crop.of mixed grain was
grown. One of them had .been disc -
ed in September and plowed in Oc-
tober 1929, while the other had been
plowed in July and cultivated in Au-
gust 1929, A crop of mature grain
was taken from each of the plots in
1930. The one plowed in July and
cultivated in August had only half
as much sow thistle and yielded al-
most twice as much grain at . the.
other. Four hundred pounds per
of 2-12--6• fertilizer was applied to
half of each lot. On all plots there
was a very large increase in yield,
where fertilizer was used, as well as
a noticeable Weakening and decrease
in the number of thistle plants.
This is Onion Week
The organized onion growers of
Ontario are making splendid head-
,way in their effort to market in-
creased supplies of home-grown on-
I.onS. Through the efforts of an ap-
pointed eampaign enanager a num-
ber of important organizatioiis have
inaugurated an "Onion . Week '
Which .commenced .on, January 26th
The press has lent valuable .space to
further the success of the campaign
Special literature dealing with the
onion has been distributed by both
the federal and provincial l?epart.,.
ments of Agriculture; radio talks
are being given on the same ,subject
by the Ontario Department of Agri-
cultural and by the Qanadjda Nation-
al Railways radio chain. he Unit-.
ed Hotels of Canada are putting
special menus on for this week and
are distributing special literature to
their guests, While the immediate
object of Onion Week is to reduce
province, it should also have the
Province, it should also ave the
happy result of :demonstrating to
our consumers the worth while
Value of the horde -grown product.
Canada imports •one million dollars
worth of onions yearly, while On-
tiario growers are' able to produce••a
sufficient supply to meet all de-
mands.
Roots in Cattle itatioins
That silage alone for dairy cattle
Is not sufficient and ropes should al-
so be.inoluded.in the•a'egular rations,
'Prof. J. C. Steckley of O:A.C„ stated
at the Experimental Union meeting,
He was supported by W. J. Bell of
the Kelnptville Agricultural School,
who pointed out that the cost of pro-
ducing roots was not excessive, par-
ticularly where the ground had been
thoroughly cultivated before sowing.
In all the rations quoted for daily
.cattle, Prof, Steckley urged feeding
roots at the rate of two pounds daily
for every hundred pounds. of ;live
weight,of the animal, in addition to
one pound of alfalfa or ,red clover
hay and two pounds of silage. Where
no silage was available, four ,pounds
of routs should be fed, he said. In
feeding beef cattle, roots also occupy
a prominent place, the speaker ad-
vocating four pounds daily for every
100 pounds of animal's live weight.
Both speakers clamped that it was
impossible to .get too much succul-
ence and, palatability in the cattle
rations and in their opinion roots
constituted one of the most impor-
tant feeds in this respect.
MIovenhent of Seed ' Cohn.
, The double corn borer quaraintine.
which for several years was placed
rnz. the ;seed corn prddiicing,eouutles
of 'Ontario ha.a,:now beet lifted;. no
that .it is. now permissible to ship
seed corn on the ear anywhere with-
in the quarantine area which now
takes. in .ali'of Old Ontario,
Farmers in the' silo corn sections
of Ontario will welcome this inforni-
ation because it will again insure
them of a source of seed corn proven
by. experience to be of high germi-
nation and vigor. • •'
Producers of seed corm will par-
ticularly appreciate the lifting .of
this regulation, because they have
at present large quantities of excel -
:lent seed corn on hand and they now
have an opportunity of •distributing
this material on the ear over the
province.
'It must be remembered, however,
Orat although ear corn may 'move
freely throhgh•out Old Ontario, the
corn borer quarantine is still on and
no movement of corn can take place
from a quarantine area to a free
area.
Corn borer regnlatien.s have dur-
ing the past five years lessened to a
very marked degree corn borer in-
festations' in the corn -producing
of Southwestern Ontario. The 'per-
centage of infested stalks in Essex
has been reduced from 83 to 16.7 in
Kent from 78 to 22, in Lambton
from 34 to 7.4, It Middlesex from
28 to 9, in Elgin from 40 £o 9, and
in Norfolk from 16 to/5.
Prof. L. Caesar, of the
who. fs In charge of corn borer con-
trol methods, is well pleased with
the results. He points out, however,
ghat dry summers are very beneficial
In corn borer central, while in wet
seasons, with all control method's
available, little more .can be done
than keep the !borers from Material-
ly increasing in numbers.
To still further control corn bor-
ers Prof. Caesar Is now recommend-
ing that a stationary cutting'•knife
be attached to the cern binder so
that cutting may take place at the
surface of the soil. 'This eliminates
the danger of leaving large numbers
of borer in the corn stubble and at
the same time time adds around 1500"
pounds per acre more to the 'cerin
crop.
• 50 YEARS AGO
Thntraday the remains of Mrs.
lane Dearing, relict of the late John
Dearing and mother 'of iM'essr.s, Wan.
and Thonias Dearing,.of Step hen and
Exeter respectively, were borne to
their last resting place in the bxeter
cemetery. She died at the residence
Of Mr. Satinet !Sanders, Stephen.
The warden of the county fqr 1831
is `Captain Bohn ruiner Reeve of, Ho -
wick. The captain is a fine fellow
and will, no doubt, he as popular as
his predecessor, itlr. Garrow.
Markets—Whea;t $1.00; Barley
70c.; Oats 30c•; Clover' Seed $4.75;
Timothy '$2.00; Peas 53d,; Corn 60e,
Eggs 17c.; Butter 18c,.; Float per
bbl., '$5,00; Potatoes, per stag 50c.;
Apples per bag 2.5c.; Dried 'apples,
per bag 4c.; Hogs $5:71; Beef $4.;
l:iay, per ton, $8.00; Lard, 12c.; Tur-
keys, 7c.; Geese, ec,; Ducks, per pr,
46c.; Chickens, 250,
C1I I E IEID MEM1 EUS •OLS'
.oAlYA IVs 1441,STER, FARMERS
'An honorary ,degree- of "l‘‘faster
Farther". has been .conferred upon
n.>}amber of successful fsrmers in. the
West by the Nor' -West Partner, sa
farni publication et: Winnipeg.... The
first group to receive this honor con
sisted of ten olitstanditig Iarntet•a
who have siemollstrated through per-
sods ranging from} 20 to nearly 40
years. as .farmers that they ,believe itt
good husbandry, good homes, con-
tented families and service to their
cominunities. Amt1'ng the ten. to re
ceive this honor are two from thin
district, Mr. W. H. Harvey, of Flax -
combo:), Sask., .a. former h)xeter boy,
and Mr, Percy A. Switzer, of Le-
consbe, Alta,,
:a former Kirkton boy.
A short sketcl} of their history ,as
given in the Nor' -West Farmer is
reproduced as follows;
Wesley H. Harvey '
Wesley H, Harvey, Master Farm-
er, ;Fiaxcombe, Sask„ in partnership
with his two sons, under the name of
W, H. Harvey & Sons, .operates
1,760 acres of land of which 1,700
acres are under cultivation and plain -
ed to grain growing for it is In the
famous ".Goose. Lake" wheat grow-
ing ;country, However, a small herd
of pure bred ,Holsteins is kept and
enough pork,, poultry and eggs are
produced each year for hems use, as
well as marketing, some cream and
poultry products. ll 2r, Harvel* was
horn and raised on an Ontario farm,
Twelve horses, two tractors, and
-two combines,,wit1i a. complete; line
;of other egnipnlent,, • seed andhar-
vest the crop, under.tbe present plan,
Farming in this district requires. that
land be suremer-fallo.Wed every se-
cond year so that half the Harvey.
farm is bare fallow each year, Soil
drifting is avoided by leaving the
land deeply ridged each fall. Wild
oats gives the most trouble as a rule',
with the exception' of extremely dry,
years when Russian thistle heads
the list as a trouble maker. The
combine is regarded as the most pro-
fitable implement on .this farm, and
all machines are kept in good repair
as a result of a well-equipped repair
shop available for repair ,work dur-
ing slack times.
He has a silo, eight feet below the
ground and 20 feet feet above, which
stores feed for the dairy herd.
A large ,garden, well grown wind-
breaksra. row of trees on either side
of the drive way, flower garden, ten-
nis court and well kept grounds
mark this farm as one where a good
deal •ofattention is given to making
surroundings attractive.and pleasant.
For six years Mr. Harvey was a mem-
ber of the Saskatchewan Legislature
but retired in order that,he niay givd
more attention to his farni and grow-'
ing chiIden. His two sons bare each.
taken*oie year:at'The 'College
'of Ed
ucation, the University of Saskat-
chewan. -Mr. Harvey was graduated
by Ontario Agricultural College with
the Associate• Diploma. iii 1892. A
two-storey brick house provides a
comfortable and substantial home.
Acting' as director of various cottl-
munity enterprises and co-apera£ive
associations provides en opportunity
for community service.
ferry A. Switzer
Percy A. Switzer, Master Farmer,
Lacombe, Alta., homesteaded on his
present .Yarm 'in 1892, before La-
combe was Lacombe—where 'be has
since built' up a section farni with
560, acres under cultivation, a 'com-
fortable home, a fine herd of Short-
horn cattle with good horses, hogs;
and poultry. He was 'born and rais-
ed on his father's farm.: at ;St. Marys,
Ontario. Wheat, barley oats, sweet
clover, western rye grass, timothy
and brome are the crops grown..
Horses worked in 4, 6, and S -horse
teams, supplemented by a tractor in
the busy 'seasons, take care of the
farm work. A definite crop rota-
tion has been estabi:snei and weeds
are kept under control. Mr. Swit-
zer has been breeding pure bred
Shorthorns for 30 years and always
Sells several promising young bulls
at the spring bull sales each year,
IIe ,keeps Tamworth hogs, and each
sow raisgs two litters each year. Hogs
are pastured on brume and self feed-
ers are' used geuera.11y.
1There es a • fine shelter belt of
evergreens protecting the well equip -
'ped and colnfortable ;tome, and the
hedges and lawn are well kept.
;Mr, Switzer's farni is one of • the
most substantial and progressive In
the district and he has worked ottt a
definite plan for assisting his sons in
starting a farm. Mr. S'witzer is e.
member of 'the various co-operative
marketing associations aiid preident
Of 'the local U. 1r. A. H1i enjoys the
support. and confidence of his neigh-
bors, is active in 'Boys' and Girls'
Work and in fact takes an interest
in all public affairs or itis commute-
sty, and Any movement calculated to
stimulate agricultural progress.
1JvATn OP MR14. ]r01 2'711;?.:1'
Death claimed another of tine pio-
neers of Bitt:lulph at her hone itt
Granton in the person: of Mrs.' Wil••
Ilam Foreman, after several ntoiitlis
Moen, The deceased was born ou
the 'South Bolinda.ry of llicldulph 77
years ago. She is sttrvived 'by • het'
husband aitd three daughters.
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