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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-04-28, Page 6«WH’W THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1032 the; orrm times-advocate Baby Chick and Custom Hatching We are offering blood-tested quality Baby Chicks in six popular breeds. Barred Rocks, Chicks in six popular breeds. Barred and White Rocks, White Wyandottes, Black Minprcas, White Leghorns and Jersey Black Giants. We have installed a new 30,000 egg capac­ ity incubator for custom hatching only- Trays hold eleven dozen eggs each. Our charge is 2 1-2 cents per egg. Plant is in charge of an experienced operator. Phone or write your reservations early. Depend on Hogarth to give you a satisfactory hatch. THE HOGARTH BABY CHICK HATCHERY EXETER, ONTARIO PHONE 184w News and Information for The Busy Farmer (Furnisjied by the Ontario Department of Agriculture) Clipping the horse that has a big lieavy coat maeks work easier for Totli horse and attendant. Groom­ ing is not always as thorough as it might be even with a clipped horse to say nothing about the one with a iong, heavy covering of hair. Too big a rush the first day of ^seeding may break the heart of the young horse that is unaccustomed io work. Even the mature horse that has been idle all winter feels the strain of the first few days on ■the soft ground. Bring them to a fail day’s work gradually. School Fairs School Fairs are being continued throughout Ontario by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. This ■spring, however, the pupils of the rural schools will not receive seeds -Xis they have formerly and special judges will not he provived, but the Department expects School Fairs to *3? a carried on much the same as in the past. The Agricultural Repre­ sentatives, therefore, will require the co-operation of various"people io assist in planning any necessary -changes and to assist with the judg­ ing at School Fairs. Plant Raspberries Early When starting a raspberry patch or plantation the planting should take place very early in the spring, isefore the canes have budded out. This enables the plants to go for- vzard without much shock. 'It is .•important that the soil be carefully •prepared and well fertilized if one as to secure abundant crops. Two general systems of planting •are equally popular. With the hill system the plants are set about four feet apart each way, while if the hedge row system is used the dis- ionce between the rows should be -about siz feet, in order to provide' "plenty of room for cultivation. If th© -plantation is of considerable size, the best method to adopt is to run ■ ■a furrow and set the plants in this. For a small plantation the hills may 4be opened with a spade with equal success. As a rule there is greater danger USBORNE * HIBBERT MUTUAL EIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head’ Office, Farquhar, Ont. President FRANK McCONNELL Vice-Bres. ANGUS SINCLAIB DIRECTORS J. T. ALLISON, SAM’L NORRIS SIMON, DOW, WILLIAM BROCK. AGENTS JOHN ESSERY, Centralia, Agent for Usborne and Biddulph OLIVER HARRIS, Munro, Agent for Hibert, Fullarton and Logan W. A. TURNBULL Secretary-Treasurer Box 295, Exeter, Ontario of shallow planting than of setting the plants too deep. The crown should be at least four inches lower than the level of the ground in such a depression. Cultivation later on will level up the soil. In, setting the plants the earth should be in a manner that the row of plants' is trampled firmly above the roots .so as to ensure proper contact between the soil and the small roots. Farm Horses Come Back 'The present low price of oats and other feeds in contrast with the higher costs of gas and oil required, in tractor operation combine to in­ dicate that the horse is rapidly re­ gaining favour as a medium of farm power. The next few years will likely see a revival in horse breed­ ing and the use of heavy draft horses on the farms of Canada, both east and west. Under present con­ ditions horses can be bred and rear­ ed cheaply and when 'they have reached working age, the charges for depreciation/' fuel and repairs are surprisingly low, for the self­ oiling engine has nothing whatever on the self-repairing heavy draft horses. Hew To Use Fertilizer Experience shows that fertilizer broadcast on top of the soil will not give nearly as good results as will the fertilizer drilled into the soil. The exact placing of fertilizer must he determined for each class of crops and for each general type of soil. Fertilizer drilled into the soil for grains gives better results than an equal quantity of the same fer­ tilizer broadcast and worked into the soil. For grain, the tube appli­ cation, as accomplished by the ord­ inary grain drill teruiizer equip­ ment, gives satisfactory application up to 400 lbs. an acre. For potatoes fertilizer should be sown on either side of the seed pieces but not in contact with them, and on a level with the seed pieces, neither above nor below them. For turnips and mangals grown on the drill, broad­ cast the fertilizer on the land just before drilling it up. For beans and peas, special care should be taken to prevent seed and fertilizer coming together. Two very impor­ tant points in fertilizing all crops are: 1. -Get the fertilizer down into the damp soil. 2. Don’t let much of it come in contact with the seed oy seed piece. Current Crop Report Perth County shipped a carload of purebred Holstein cows to the U, S. A. recently, selling around the $100 mark. A Grain Club in Oats has been organized for the Junior Farm­ ers of Perth and has a membership of 72. Preparations in Kent and Norfolk Counties indicate that the tobacco acreage this year will be about on a par with that of 19,31. Allison branch of the Central On­ tario Potato Growers Ass’n. market­ ed a quantity of Canada Fancy po­ tatoes recently. These are being put up in 15-pound bags and are retail­ ing in Toronto at 18 cents each which nets the growers about 45c. per 90 pounds. A report from Temiskaming dis­ trict states that approximately 200 herds of cattle have been "tested for T. B. during the past winter with less than 1 per cent, reacting. Farmers in Wellington County are worried about their seed oats and many will use seed oats from the 1930 crop, which is most unususal. A similiar scarcity is reported in other counties too. There aypears to be a m'ore gen­ eral interest in the sowing of regis­ tered seed and the growing of reg­ istered grain this year than ever be­ fore. Down in Renfrew County last year they had the largest number of registered seed growers on record and the number will likely be in­ creased in 1932. ‘Most of the seed­ cleaning plants have been running steadily for some time and one or two of the plants running nights to keep up with the demand for clean­ ing. Improving the Appearance and Value of Farms by Planting A farmer can improve the appear­ ance and increase the value of his farm in 10 t'o 20 years by spending a few days in the spring planting trees and shrubs around the farm buildings. A cash outlay is not necessary, as he may procure native trees and shrubs in neighboring woods and along the fence-rows. The trees should be placed to give a setting for the buildings, rather than hiding them. Their ultimate size should be kept in mind in order that they will be spaced properly, and will not be too close to the buildings. As the root,hairs that take up food from the soil are at the end of the roots, care should be taken to pre­ serve as many of these root hairs as possible. When moving trees .in dry weather, the roots should be protect­ ed by wet burlap or blankets. In planting, the hole should be sufficiently large to take the roots without cramping. Rich loam should be well worked in around the roots. Some of the branches shotild be re­ moved to bffset the loss of roots, and on pruning, the final desired shape of the tree should be kept in mind, such as the distance the low­ est branch should be from the ground. The while elm, sugar maple, 'red maple, red oak, white ash and white oak are fine trees for planting in all parts of Southern Ontario. The soft oi’ silver maple should not be planted extensively as it lias very brittle wood which breaks badly when exposed to lxe.avy winds and ice storms. The native sumach and dogwood make attractive shrubs for planting around the grounds. Early spring is the best time to plant trees in Ontario. Chances of success will be . lessened greatly if left until late spring, as growth will ■be quite active and the moving will be a greater shock to the tree. GLADMAN & STANBURY Solicitors. Exeter Dull Aches Around Heart DOX Toronto, Ont, Mrs, L. Wilson, 54 Park St., Brookville, Ont., writes :-“I was suffering from severe, dull aches around my heart, and also had very bad dizzy and fainting spells, ♦’ My case became serious, so much so, I could not stay alone. My mother got roe a box of Milburn’s Heart and Nerve Pills, and after taking two boxes I have not been bothered since.” Sold at all drug and general stores, or mailed direct oh receipt of price by The T, Milbum Co,, Ltd., TOM DOBBIN SAYS (.London Free Press) Apples in Ontario can be made profitable 'adjunct to 'farmers, provid­ ed they use modern scientific meth­ ods and form co-operative associa­ tions; British and European markets well worth working for. “Let me have a basket of nice cooking or dessert apples please?” a shipper in one of the towns in Hur­ on County inquired last week. “I’m very sorry, but that is what I can’t do. We have apples of a kind but they simply are not up to the standard,” the grocer replied. Tom overheard this conversation as he waited his turn and was set to thinking. Grapefruit was there and plenty of oranges, all of good quality. The price was reasonable for both these fruits. There was abundance of maple syrup and honey, but of ap­ ples of a good quality there was nothing but an annoying .absence. Why is this? Huron is famous for its orchards. Every farm has a few apple trees. Indeed, nearly every farm has a few acres devoted to this purpose. Why? then, are apples so scarce in a coun­ ty where apples of the best quality may be and are produced in abun­ dance? In any city or village of the vicinity one may secure not only a great many of the southern fruits but British Columbia apples though folk with cultivated taste have giv­ en the matter a good deal of. atten­ tion say Ontario apples are superior in quality to any that are imported. “You ship a good many apples?” Tom suggested to a man whose business- it is to look after that very thing. “There’s a reason for doing so,” he said. “The old country people want our apples. They can handle •many more than we are offering.0 “Why did we not get in on that market a groat deal earlier?” “We sold to that market a great many years ago. Then we lost it. We did hot meet their requirements Tom wondered. He Recalled the days when Ontario orchards were a, real source of revenue to the Ontar­ io farmer. Ho recalled when ' one Wentwoith County farmer got a check for $1,000 for one season's sale. There were other farmers who did even better than that. The apple industry was at that time a real help to the farmer, “Yes,” continued the man Tom was talking to, “we sold two barrels in those days for one we sell now. But every barrel was a nail in. the coffin of our industry. We did not get across what the European trade demanded.” . And Tom recalled still another in­ cident -of those days. He was in the orchard where the packing was be­ ing -done by the son of one of the leading orchard men of the little community. The bottom of the bar­ rel was filled with apples of a really good quality. The apples actually were poured into 'the barrel, very much as potatoes would be poured into a barrel. That was not all, Af­ ter a couple of basketful of apples of good quality had been placed in the barrel a basket of apples that could not be rated higher than thirds was placed in the barrel. Af­ ter this there followed the filling of the barrel with higher grade apples This is a simple relation of facts of what actually took place. Bruised ,Fruit. These were the days, too, when the youths of the farms and the villages picked up many a dollar by harvesting apples. Not one in 10 of these boys knew his business. Apples were humped into the baskets and poured out upon the ground with anything but gentleness. (Scarcely one apple in a dozen was handled properly. The apples were left un­ der the trees till the packers came along and then the apples were left in barrels till a car was ready and the farmer was asked to hustle the •season’s pack to the railroad station over bumpy roads where the fruit was shaken to the limit. The next step was getting the apples to tide­ water under all kinds of railroad conditions and of temperature var­ iations. The wonaer is not that Canadians lost this European market, to a very great extent, but that they retained it as long .as they did. Many of the shipments in .arrival in Europe were utterly worthless. Yet the fact remains that Europe wants Ontario apples. Further, On­ tario town and city folk want Ontar­ io apples. People want those apples who are willing to pay for them. How can this want be met? How may the folk who can produce ap­ ples secure -the money the people are willing to give for this king of fruit? First by following out good cul­ tural methods. This 1,5 the founda­ tion of the enterprise. We are now speaking of the man who has a ma­ ture orchard on his hands but which he has neglected, believing it will not pay him to care for his trees. In most cases there is no need of breaking up the sod of the orchard if that is not convenient. If he should plough it very lightly, work the grass up quickly, and have the orchard sown to some cover qrop within ten days of its being broken up. If the hogs have rooted the ground, he need but do some discing and sow as quickly as he can. In by far the great majority of cases he will do welt to sow about eight pounds of nitrate of soda per each matured tree. If that is deemed to be impracticable a good dressing of barnyard manure should be applied giving each tree cared for a real treatment in this line. The soda and manure are applied to increase growth. Before the trees are stirred to life for the summer work they should be given a genuine dormant spraying. This will clean up the trees more satisfactorily than any scraping that can be done. But the pruning? you ask. A neglected orchard will need this treatment badly enough. But it must not ibe done recklessly. Nor should there be any severe pruning Indeed it will pay the farmer, who. lias not had liis hand in on the or­ chard line for some "time to secure the services of a man who really knows how this work should be done. Spraying As regards spraying, much de­ pends upon the size of the farmer’s orchard. 'Of course, the power spray­ ing outfit is just the thing. How­ ever, the power spray is expensive. Good work has been done and is be­ ing done by the hand-power spray. Everything depends upon the thor­ oughness with which this operation is attended to. The nozzle of the out­ fit must be so constructed that it gives out a fine, well-spreading, as the requirement is to reach every portion of the tree and completely cover it with a fine film of mixture that prevents the activity of -any of the tree’s or the fruit’s enemies. Spraying, it must be remembered, is wholly a preventative, not a cur­ ative measure. It should be mentioned that the only way to carry on successful spraying is to secure the Govern­ ment spray calender atid. to follow it carefully. If, after spraying has been done, a heavy rain ensues, the spraying should be repeated, as the rain is very likely to remove the protective film the snray’ng has ad­ ded, The spray film, is the farmer’s protection. When a tree vivos nromiso of pro­ ducing a very heew load of fruit THE CANADIAN SHREDDED WHEAT COMPANY, LTD. the apples should be thinned, so that no two apples are left touching each other. This is work that can be done very rapidly, once one has learned the proper method of doing it. ( Little will be done to build up the apple trade of a community till it is undertaken co-operatively. When this is done, spraying can be done with powerful machines that drive the spray where is is required. Dem­ onstrations can be given that mean far more help than anyone not ac­ quainted therewith can imagine. Supplies of all kinds may be secured at the minimum of cost. Sales in foreign market can be negotiated on the best terms, One other consideration must be mentioned here. To carry on apple culture successfully, there must be cold storage facilities. Apples will not do well when they are kept in warm quarters. Experienced men as­ sure us that apples deteriorate more in the first week after picking than they deteriorate in any other similar period of their existence. It is a well known fact- that apples should be placed in cold storage the very day they are picked. This is all there is to that situation. Just now it is looking for too much to expect the Government to provide such cold storage facilities. Farmers must attend to this matter that so closely affects their interest them­ selves., It can be done, for it has been done. It may seem hard saying but only those whose records war­ rant their being taken into an ap­ ple grower’s association should be considered. The agreement should be entered upon only by farmers, who in every sense of the word are men who will see an association through. Marry associations fail be­ cause those farming them, are lack­ ing financial soundness and moral worth, and good business methods. Now that the nations comprising the British Empire are setting their house in order at the Imperial Con­ ference this, summer at Ottawa, the farmers of Ontario will be slow itw- deed if they do not do what they can to push the apple business to the successful issue t deserves. The Imperial Conference is an opportun­ ity that must'not be missed by the- fruit growers of Canada. MRS. THOMAS JARMAN A well-known and highly esteem­ ed resident of Seaforth, passed away* in Scott Memorial Hospital recently in the person of Mrs. Jarman. De­ ceased had been in poor health for the past two months and about a week ago was taken seriously ill and removed to the hospital. Mrs. Jarman whose maiden name was Sarah Harris was born in. North Wales 6t5 years ago and 44 years ago came to Canada. One son and one daughter, besides her husband mourn her loss. BUSINESS TRANSACTION . . Mr, T'lios. Elliott, of Wingham, has purchased the grocery, book and shoe business including residential1, property from George A. lVIachan, of Blytli. Mr. Elliott’s farm of 160 ac-* res in Culross township was ex­ changed for the property. A NARROW ESCAPE Ellice, 'ine eieven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stratton, of eighth line of Blanshard had a nar­ row escape from death recently. Mr. and Mrs. Stratton had gone to town; in the afternoon leaving Ellice at home. He took down an old shot­ gun whch had not been in use for; many years and loaded it with shells he had found somewhere. Apparent­ ly he was timid about firing it off and tried to replace it on its hang­ er but in so doing pulled the trig­ ger. He lost his little finger, and the shot ripped his trouser leg and, badly skinned him by the blast. No' person was about and he did the best he could to stop the flow of blood until liis parents returned. fjNF of our policyholders is a grocer. His earnings over a period of years have run between $4,000 and $6,000 a year. He has saved something each year and is .. carrying twelve thousand dollars of insur- ariceTif* the Confederation Life. Name.... Address. For an average payment of thirty dollars (depending upon your **ge) you can immediately put back into your estate a thousand dollars in capital. Write now for pamphlet describing Pension Bonds and Monthly Income Policies. Confederation Life Association, Toronto. 's. Please send me particulars of your Monthly Income Policies and Pension Bonds, Association One day last year he telephoned for a representative to call . . . This is what he said to him: "See this business ? It repre­ sents eighteen years of hard work upon the part of my wife and myself. I started , , It when I got married. Out of earnings from it we have paid for our home, educated our children, and I have $12,000 of insurance with you. I also had about eleven thousand dollars (as I thought) safely invested. Three years ago I got speculative fever. Now ,. . all my savings have gone. I have had to re-mortgage my home. The only thing that I now have that is still worth one hundred cents on the dollar ts my Confederation Life Insurance, "Now, Mr, ------------■, I can easily afford, out of .earnings, be­ tween six and seven hundred dollars a year for additional life insurance protection. I don’t care whether I save a nickel beyond this. 'How much additional insurance can I now buy for that amount.” Our representative told him and recommended the type of policy that he should buy at his present age. This policyholder has increased his immediate estate by nearly twenty thousand dollarsand has been able to assure to his wife and children the wherewithal to carry on in comparative comfort and safety. The security and stability of Confederation Life Policies have never been more forcibly demonstrated than during the past few years.