HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-02-25, Page 6TOCWL1Y? FEBBVABY as, 14>32 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
News and Information
for The Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Ontario Department of Agriculture)
yawners will Benefit
The new hog grading regulations
put into effect by promulgation in
-the Canada Gazette of January 30
extend the provisions far trading in
liogs on the basis of official grades
in such a way as entirely to elimin
ate flat-priced trading. Hogs sold
front farmer or other producer right
down the line to the final packer or
■processor must be traded in on the
basis of official grades. This en
sures to the farmer fit 11 benefits of
the agreement with the packing in
dustry whereby a premium of one
dollar is paid for all hogs grading
‘“Select Bacon,” The regulations
aso provide for that premium for
Quality, which is rightly his, passing
back in larger measure to the origin
al producer.
Field Boots For Horses
Turnips and carrots are the most
commonly used of field roots as feed
for horses. There is no question as
to the value of field roots as feed
for horses, a value which is too little
appreciated.
Roots are rarely sliced or pulped
when fed to horses for the reason
that the- outstanding virtue in root
feeding is the beneficial effect on
the teeth and gums resulting from
the necessary biting into the whole
root. The principle values of roots
in the ration for horses are:
1. Increase paiacaoility.
2. Form a succulent addition
highly desirable, forming as it does
a food in the natural or unchanged
form.
3. Assists in or increases the di
gestability of coarse fodders.
4. Benefits the teeth and gums.
5. Are slightly laxative.
6. Cheapens the ration .
7. Form a splendid tonic or con
ditioner.
3. The lamb crop is stronger,
ewes milk better, and lambs grow
more rapidly.
4. Parasites are a source of ser
ious discomfort to sheep. The good
shepherd should be mindful of the
corfort of his flock.
He also points out that as a re
sult of dipping the saving in feed
and increased weight of lambs and
wool may easiy amount to from 50c.
to $1.50 per ewe. The cost of dip
ping under ordinary conditions
should not exeed throe cents per
head.
Must Have License
All persons other than producers
including farmers transporting their
own fowl, must have a license from
the warden and the county clerk if
they want to transport fowl on the
highway from one place to another
The provincial statute requires that
such licenses be taken out regardless
of whether or not there is a local
by-law, but it is thought that the
passing of a bylaw by county coun
cils strengthens the officials’ hands.
The purpose of the license is to en
able the police to get a better check
on chicken thieves as all persons
other than the producer or farmer
when transporting fowl must carry
his license, produce the same when
requested by the authorities and al
so show a record of the purchase
made from the vendor, The- license
regulations does not apply to a pri
vate citizen transporting fowl bought
from a farmer, but will be required
from a purchaser if he is a dealer
in fowl.
after the date of farrowing, In or
der to qualify, there must bo a?
least nine pigs in the litter, raised
to marketing age, and at least 30 'per
cent, of the litter must grade as
select bacon,
The prizes will be awarded on the
basis of weight, size, quality and
uniformity of the litter. The meth
od of grading hogs in the competi
tion is changed this year, i, e„ the
official weight and grading will be
pn the basis of carcass weight and
rail grade, instead of live weight
and grading on foot.
The Federal Live Stock Branch
and the Ontario Provincial Live
Stock Branch offer $275.00 in prize
money which is divided as follows:
1st, $25.00; 2nd, 24.00; 3rd,
$23,00; 4th, $22.00; 5th, $21.00;
Gth, $20.00; 7tli, $20100; and eight
more prizes of $15,00 each.
In view of the substantial prizes
offered nga)in this year, and the
fact that there is no expense in con
nection with entering the competi
tion, we are looking forward to hav
ing a goodly number of entries from
I-Iuron County again this year
For Further information and ap
plication formes apply to the Ontar
io Department of Agriculture, Clin
ton, Ontario.
IMPORTANT TO
COR RESPONDENTS
Once more we would remind our
correspondents that all items relat
ing to entertainments of any des
cription where an admission fee is
charged, or silver collection taken,
are regarded as advertising and are
chargeable at our regular prices.
When publications, is desired under
the above conditions, instructions as
to whom they are to be charged
should always be given, otherwise
they will not appear. Reports of such
gatherings after they have taken
place will gladly be received.
“Any pigs for the skim milk?”
“No isiree, I can buy a -pig to kill
cheaper than I can raise them, The
hens get all they want, The* rest is
thrown out."
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All over Ontario it is the same.
They call it overproduction, igo the
price had to be cut to $1.45 per
hundred. The farmers are begin
ning to think there is something
rotten in the state of Denmark.
There used to be money in the milk
business before so many got into it.
There has always been hard work in
it. Frank goes out to his cows at
fide o’clock every morning, He
takes a. last look around the barn
about 9 p.m. Coming in, he pulls off
liis boots and kicks them under the
stove. He hangs his heavy clothes
on a peg behind the door. His wife
is stj.ll pottering about. A boy of
eight sprawls on a couch reading
the pictures in the paper.
“Do you think the imilk cheque
will come to-morrow?” the woman
inquires.
“Should be along any day now,
Why?”
“Do you think we could buy Bob
by a pair of new shoes Saturday
night? His feet were wet when he
came home from school to-day.”
There was a wiggle on the couch
as the boy heard his name mention
ed,
“Gee, dad, it was cold in school
to-day. The stove was low. Teach
er said she had to economise,”
“I guess she has. We all have
to, these days,”
“How about his boots, Franks'
They’re done.”
“Well, I don’t know, -Meg. There's
the license for the car to come out
of this cheque, and part o’ the feed
bill, We’ll see what’s left,”
“Pad, it says la the paper they’ve
put down the price of milk to the
farmers.”
“Yes, son, I heard that.”
“Couldn’t we buy some more
cows, dad, and make more money?”
“We’ve got too many cows now,
■More milk than we can sell.”
“Is there to much milk for the
,big city, daddy? I don’t understand.
“Neither do I, son. Now run oft
to bed.”
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In a dim-lit room in a back street
in the city two figures sit motion
less. ' On a make-shift bed in a cor
ner, three children are asleep, One
stirs fretfully and is seized with a
fit of coughing,
“•Mother, I want a drink/’ A fi
gure rise quickly and crosses the
floor with a cup of water,
“Here, take this, dear. Now lie
down and keep covered.” Her hand
brushes aside the hair and rests I?
moment on the -brow, Quietly she
withdraws to the other figure.
“Is she fevered?”
“Yes, she hasn’t been so well sine# we stopped the milk.” Silence, thepj
—“Do you think you'll be hble to?
get relief work soon?”
“Don’t know, Meg. I’ll try again?
to-niorroiv?”
“They said things were going to?
pick up. X don$ understand it,”
“Neither do I, Meg. You had bet'*
ter get to bed now.” The woman?
slowly rises. There is another fit?
of coughing.
“Mummy, I want a drfnk.”
In the depths of the city there artf
many anxious Megs, and along thw
concession lines are* innumerable'•
worried (Franks. The agricultural
colleges continue to turn - out brllfE
limit young graduates to tell us how;
to increase production and the pro*
ducers and distributors wranglei
over the price, And township couiw
cils discuss economy, and city courw
oils concern themselves with slue*
walks and gasoline pumps and swim*
ming pools. And the big problem,,
which is the alpha of aMjthese lesser)
problems, and the omega of which.'
has to do with iittle Bobby’s boots
and the.nourishment of the fevered!"
child must need wait.
Importance of Institutes
While the 1200 Women’s Institutes
in the Province of Ontario the de
voting a good deal of time and
thought and drawing -on their re
sources for relief and community
service of various kinds their main
objective is educational.
The country women at their reg
ular monthly meetings pass on to
each other much valuable informa
tion gained tlnougdi practical exper
ience, and they are utilizing ro
splendid advantage the literature
available from various sources. The
Institutes Branch of tne Department
cf Agriculture provides giadnate
- nurses, dietitians and seamstresse-s
•to give systematic instruction to
groups of women and girls in their
home centres. Last ye-.u there were
75 two-week courses in sewing, 41
in home nursing, 25 in food values,
■and in addition there were 7 4 three-
day courses covering these lines. In
•■a few cases special instruction in
handicraft, needlecraft and house
furnishing were given. Nearly 5000
girls and women took advantage or
these special courses.
Daring 1931 there were 31 cours
es of one month’s duraton for girls.
Twelve hundred young women,
most- girls, from the farm took ad
vantage of this systematic instruc
tion which covered housing, cloth
ing and food problems, with classes
morning and afternoon. The Depart
ment of Agriculture is, in this way,
trying to take to the girls of rural
Ontario some of the advantages en
joyed in the centres of population
-through classes established in the
technical and high schoois, as well
-as in the higher forma of the public
-schools.
JT.t Pays t.Qi?I)ip Sheep
In discussing'the- fact of parasites
rm sheep and methods for their con
trol, a Canadian authority gives
four good reasons as to why it pays
to dip sheep. These are:
1. Sheep that are free from ticks
stud lice grow more and better wool.
2. A clean flock requires less
3feed and is more easily kept in good
The Use of Potash
It is the light, sandy and gravelly
soils and muck soils that as a rule
are markedly deficient in potash,
and on which profitable returns may
be- expected from the application of
this element. The rate of applica
tion will, of course, depend on a
number of factors, chief among
which are the- character and fertil
ity of the soil, and the nature of the
crops to be grown. For most grain
crops an application of muriate of
potash of 50 to 75 pounds per acre
will be found sufficient. For clover
and alfalfa these amounts might be
doubled with profit. For potatoes,
roots, corn and leafy crops general
ly*, ICO lbs. of muriate of potash
per acre may'be considered an aver
age dressing, but frequently 20 lbs.
may be profitably used. As a rule it
will be found more advantageous to
use potash with forms of nitrogen
and phosphoric acid than alone and
it is always advisable to try out tne
fertilizer on a small scale before
making largo purchases.
MEMORIES OF CANADA
From a New Year card sent to
former pupils in the Doaninion, by
Miss Mary Tweedie, Headmistress
of Edinburgh Ladies’ College, one of
the twelve British Headmistresses
who toured Canada last summer.
We’ve wandered—here in Europe,
In Norway and in France
In Germany, ‘and Italy
The lands of old romance;
But we never met the vigor
Nor the eager spirit found
That wrapped up round so gaily
On the fair Canadian ground;
The snow-peaked hills and prairies,
The mighty waters’ roar
The land of orchard blossom,
And far Vancouver’s shore,
‘The tall, upstanding forests
And the tales of men of yore.
Fill our hearts with dreams of
beauty
And our minds with nature’s loro;
And the people are our kinsmen,"
Showing up a kinsmen’s love
Which we render in full measure
To that land where still we’d rove.
Edinburgh —Mary Tweedie
•condition.
.. DAFDN LITTER COMPETITION
FOR 1932
.Huron County had twenty-seven
contestants in the 1931 Bacon Litter
Competition, conducted by the Pro
vincial and Federal Live .Stock
Branches. The Province was divid
ed into five districts, Huron County
being grouped in District No. 4
along with the Counties of Welling
ton, Giey, Bruce and Dufferin. The
list of prize winners show that in
District No. 4 contestants from Hu
ron County secured nine of the fif
teen prizes offered as follows; 1st,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th
and 15tli. This is indeed an excel
lent showing for Huron County.
The competition will be conduct
ed again this year, and has as its
chief objective, the establishment of
a standard of excellence for grade
brood sows kept by farmers. It is re
cognized that those sows which are
prolific and rear large litters of sel
ect >hogs, that are good feeders,
making- good gains at low cost, are
valuable, and are improvers of the
standard and quality of our com
mercial hogs.
Any bona-fide farmer may make
entry in this competition. The date
of farrowing must be between Feb
ruary 14th and April 30th and ent
ry must be made within seven days
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About this Milk Business
(By Andrew Glenn in the Toronto
Star)
In a restaurant, I was looking
over the menu with one eye and lis
tening absently to a radio announcer
with the other. When .ne ceased
speaking, I imagined I had heard Die
words, ‘‘The March of the Little
White Goat.” The dainty staccato
notes of the music which followed
seemed to confirm the impression
tliat the “other eye” had registered
correctly.
The little white goat was the first!
live-stock to be brought to our farm
She was just a -kid, timid, playful
and intelligent. She is now an In
stitution. Farmers sometimes as?::
“Do you milk her.”
“No, she’s not that kind of a
goat.”
“Then why do you keep her?”
“Oh, just because, I guess.” If.
you can tell why a small boy keeps
a dog, and an old sailor, a parrou,
you can explain the goat. Their milk
is said to be high in fat and protein.
We would like to have some now,
for one of our cows is being stripped
and the other three are dry. The
brown sugar on our porridge sadly
misses the cream. And yet, this
seems to be a land of flowing milk
The big red truck hurtles down the
road every morning collecting the
cans from the neighboring farms.
I visited one recently. Frank took
me to the barn to.see the stock. Not
a show place. Just a typical mixed
herd of about fifteen cows, well
-groomed, clean, in good flesh, con
tented to live on the farm, Frank
is proud of them,
“Sos that Holstein there. She
gives ine two pails a milking,” Her
big barrelled middle and large
shapely udder attested the fact.
“How are you making out, Frank?'
“I’m not making out. I’m going
in the hole.”
“How much do you ship?”
“Three cans a day. But it does*
n’t pay for feed, and they shut us
off two days a week,”
“What do you do with the milk
held back?”
“Wo separate and sell the cream
to the local creamery?'
Away with
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