HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-01-17, Page 6THURSDAY, JANUARY ITtll ,1035 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
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and light kernels. Many fanners
neglect to clean their seed because
of the work entailed, but clean grain
is absolutely necessary in order to
produce profitable crops. While a
good seed-bed, a fertile soil and good
growing conditions are all necessary
in order to secure high grain yields,
it is equally important to use well
in-
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Are You Sluggish?
To Throw Off Energy-Stealing
Impurities, enjoy a glass or two
each week of
Energizing, Effervescent
cleaned seed of a variety with
lierent high yielding ability.
If your advt. wore in this space as many
people would read it as are reading this.
But your advt. isn’t here, and people do not
worry whether you are selling real estate,
gasoline, peanuts or popcorn.
Clover Seed Scarce
Did you ever sit down in the pasture
with a pail between your knees and wait for
a cow to back up and be milked?
Of coutrse not. You know better than
that.
Well, business is somewhat like a cow.
You’ve got to go out after it and round it up.
The fellow with the milk pail between his
knees may get some milk, but the odds are
all in favour of the fellow who drives up
the cow and feeds her.
Some kind of advertising must be done
if a business is to amount to anything. Either
walking and talking or writing, or printing-
But the least costly, most profitable and
dignified way is by the regular newspaper
—people pay for it. They value it and
have faith in the advertisement in it
FARM NEWS
Crate-Feeding Pays
Farmers who are in a position
to follow the practice, find that
crate-feeding of their poultry pays
them big dividends. There are
several reasons for this. It produc
es -the milk-fed grades which bring
t'he highest prices; the leading whole,
sale merchants are now buying poul
try by Government grades with sub
stantial differentials between each
grade; the premium assured for
birds which grade "milkfed” makes
crate-feedig worth while; and all
poultry intended for eating purpos
es should be properly finished. The
farmer who has poultry to market
would do well to remember that it is
the last pound which brings the
ish and increases the value of
bird by 50 or 75 cents.
has not been too encouraging.
The Canadian Hen
Use Registered? Males
fin-
the
Good breeding practice in poultry
has long recognised the value of the
highly prepotent male bird in build
ing up flock production. When the
farmer or poultry man can raise the
average production of the pullet
flock from 120 eggs to- 159' or 160
eggs per bird in a flocks of 100 pal
lets the real cash value of the high
quality male bird is immediately ap
parent. In the whole scheme of the
National Poultry Policy the regist
ered cockered alone has the proven
ability best suited to- increasing pul
let production. These cockerels ere
bred from two direct lines of fe
males which have laid 2'0i0i eggs or
more in one of the Canadian egg
laying contests. In addition to vol
ume these dams have proven capacity
for egg size as well. And what is
most important, every registered
cockerel has been bred from a fully
matured hen. ‘The are the
of production bred poultry.
cream
Field Crop Prices
The value of the production
principal oro.ps in Ontario in 1934
is placed at $143,140,15'00 compared
. with $124,679,600, an increase of
$17,460,000 or 14.8 per cent, over
1933. The price per unit of all field
crops- except potatoes and sugar beets
showed an increase. In the case of
hay and clover, wheat and beans, the
improvement has been substantial.
In spite of a greatly decreased hay
and clover crop, the value placed on
the crop- has actually increased. It
must ‘be remembered, however, that
the value of the hay crop is determ
ined by the market price of the re
latively small proportion of the en
tire crop which enters into com
merce, The bulk of this crop is fed
on farms, and the returns depend
upon the price received for what we
may term, secondary products. In
Ontario 7'0* per cent, of the net agri
cultural income is derived from tlhe
sale of dairy products', livestock,
poultry and eggs. The prices of
-these products determine largely the
economic position of Ontario farms,
and the price trend in, these lines
of
One of the many results of the
unusual drought of t'he past summer
has been a smaller than usual cmp
as Canada is concerned, the smallest
red clover seed crop harvested in
many years. Quebec and Eastern
Ontario produced most of the red
clover seed grown in Canada this
year, the amount of which is esti
mated at only 1,500,000 pounds.
The limited Canadian production
of clover seed in all the principal
seed producing countries, and so far
this year is largely seed of the hardy
type, hut unfortunately, the totfal
Canadian supply is only about one-
third of the totjal normal Canadian
demand for one seeding. Red clpver
seed, when obtainable from North
ern United States or the more north
erly cto-unOries of Europe, is accept
able as a substitute for Canadian
seed in times of domestic shortage
in Canada, but because of t;he al
most universal shortage this year,
adequate seed supplies of this kind
will be difficult to obtain from any
source.
Purchasers of red clover seed
next spring m'ay expect to find
priced considerably higher than
any recent previous years, and would
be well advised to seek their
quirements early.
ANDREWS
LIVER SALT
s[In TlNS-r-35c «nd 60c
EXTRA LARGE BOTTLE, 75c
Andrew Urquhart, a farmer resi
dent of the 11th line, Fullarton, died
recently in Mitchell, in his 71st
year.
Mr. and! Mrs. R. J. Robinson, of
Ailsa Craig, celebrated -their golden
wedding anniversary on Saturday
last. The whole of their- married
life has been lived in Ailsa C!raig,
where Mr. Robinson is well known
as a leading cattle dealer.
Joseph Seili, a native of Biddulph
died recently in Wheatiley in his
92nd year. In 1870 he married El
len Morgan, of MfcGillivray Twp.,
who predeceased him in
1930. Deceased is survived
daughters and three sons.
January,
by five
look strong
earn your liv<
for
if
in
madam, and
ALL FRILLS AT ONTARIO
HOUSE TO
The Canadian hen of the last year
or two has been building up a com
merce all her own. Four years ago
Canada was sending no dressed poul
try to Great Britain, but lately there
has been a sharp development in 'the
export trade. A large supply was
sent to the British Christmas far-
ket last year and -the year before.
During the past twelve months over
two and a quarter million pounds of
dressed poultry have been exported
■and another generous supply was de
livered to- the British Christmas
market. A large supply of Canadian
poultry finds its way to Newfound
land. Itl is the same with eggs.
Two years ago the Canadian export
of eggs was only 270,0010' dozen, but
it is now running at the rate of two
'million dozen in the year, having in
creased nearly eight tames. Great
Britain is the cihief market.
Conventions in February
re-
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Cabinet council! set Wednesday,
February 20th as the date tor the
opening of the first session of On
tario’s 19 th Legislature. It will be
devoid of "frills” to use the expres
sion, of Premier Hepburn.
There will be a few social events-
during the session and the formal
opening may even lack the- custom
ary glitter and color of military uni
forms always associated with this
event.
W, L. Hou-cke, member for Niag
ara Falls, and E. A. Lapiee're, form
er federal members for Nipissing,
who defeated Charles McCrea in the
riding of Sudbury will respectively
move and second the address in re
ply to the speech from the throne-,
The cabinet approved of this choice
at a three-hour meeting.
Capt. W. L. Bayfield, V.C., of
Pontypool and Toronto, was appoint
ed by the Hepburn Government to
tlie post of Sargeant-at-arms.
Premier Hepburn reiterated his
intention of asking the legislature
to refuse- to vote further- monies for
the upkeep of Chorley Park, the
residence of the lieutenant-govern-
er..
"We are going to conduct the Leg*
isl-ature session as economically as
possible,” the premier said. "There
will be few frills. The taxpayers
can't afford it. The need fon econr
omy is the reason why we will not
vote funds, for the upkeep of Charley
There is nothing personal
Dr. Bruce is -a fine gentle-
I have the highest regard
Housewife — "You
enough to w-ork and
ing.”
Tramp—“I know,
you are beautiful enough to go on
the stage, but evidently you prefer'
the simple, 'happy home life.”
P. S.—He gojt the sandwich.
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Little Anne received, three dolls
among hei’ Christmas gifts. Her a-
bundant supply caused her to become
slightly careless. One day an arm’
fell off one doll, exposing the sawy
dust stuffing. ‘‘Well, you
obedient dolly!” -she exclaimed.
dear
"I
knew I had told you to chew youiv
food fine, but I didn’t think you
would chew it so fine as that."
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about it.
man and
for him.
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Boy's definition of a waffle: "A
pancake with -a nonskid tread,”-—
American Boy.
The only business* that .runs
smoothly all the time, is a dead one-
drifting out to> the sea of oblivion.
Canada Makes Progress Says Beatty
C.P.R. President Reviews Past Year and Finds Evidence of
Permanent Economic Improvement in Advances so far
made—Predicts Canadian Wheat as Best in the
World will find Steady Market.
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Arrangements have been complet
ed by the Agricultural Associations
concerned tio hold their Annual
'Meetings and Conventions, as an
nounced below:
Ontario Plowman’s Association—
Tuesday, February 5th, commencing
at 10.30 a.m. King Edward Hotel,
Toronto.
Ontario
Growers’
; February
a.m.
Field Crop and Seed
Association—Wednesday,
6th, commencing at 9.30
King Edward Hotel, Toronto.
Ontario Association of Fairs and
Exhibitions — Annual Convention,
Thursday and Friday, February 7
and S, commencing at 9.3 0 a.m,
King Edward Hotel, Toronto.
Ontario Vegetable Growers’ Assoc
iation—Annual Meeting on Tuesday,
February 12th, commencing at
a.m. Convention, Wednesday,
ruary 13th, commencing at 9
King Edward Hotel, Toronto.
Ontario Horticultural Association
Annual Convention.—Thursday and
Friday, February 21 and 22, com
mencing at 9 a.m. King Edward
Hotel, Toronto.
9.30
Feb-
a.m.
Cleaning Seed Grain
Plan early for next year’s grain
crop. Farmers with good grain of
a variety which gives high produc
tion in their district! should save
their best grain, for next year’s seed
ing* Farmers who have been grow
ing a variety of grain with low yield
ing ability or one unsuited to their
district should plan to procure good
seed grain for next year*
Farmers using t'heir own seed
should clean and grade it thorough
ly before seeding, Where farmers
are fortunate enough to have a clean
ing plant in their district, they may
get their grain, cleaned for a nomin
al fee. Those Who have not tfhe ad
vantage of a cleaning mill can pro-
cure good seed by using a hand
grain cleaner to remove weed seeds
Some
THE OLD-TIMERS
when high
years again
has thinust
the business
shall run
us all aside,
sun,
day
tide
In after
And youth
Old warriors in the
We’ll hear them planning- golden
dreams
And rise to caution: "Niot so fast!
There’s danger in these costly
schemes.
The easy days can never last!”
As once we mo'oked our elders when
They tried our folly to restrain.
They’ll call us "poor old fogies” then
And all our speeches- will be v-ain,
We’ll be the ancients in the way,
The graybeard dwellers in the
past.
And we’ll be laughed at when we
say:
"The easy days- can never last.”
In vain we’ll talk of twenty-nine
And thirty-two and thirty-three.
The younger men who holid the line
Must le'a'rn their lessons just as
We.
They’ll v-ote for bonds a hall to
build
As lightly as our votes- were cast.
And we old mossbacksi will be stilled
Whene'er we caution; "Not so
fast!”
When one among us shall arise
Tn years to come Co speak a word
Of prudence and of counsel wise,
Recalling what to- us occurred',
In fancy I can hear it said:
"Let’s get the resolution passed.
The poor old. duffer’s off his head!
He thinks- the good times- cannot
last.”
Edgar. A. Guest
Take eafe of the ito-morr'ow'; your
yesterdays will take care of them
selves.
I
of our recovery
economic catas-
swept over the
world in 1929 and 1930 has been
markedly different from that of
any of the previous cases of busi
ness expansion in this country.
This time we seem to be experi
encing a process of slow rebuild
ing, and, as far as I can see, one
of permanent re-adjustment of
our economic activities to condi
tions which have radically and
permanently changed. What we
are today ex
periencing is a
process of
steady, and I
hope perma
nent growth.
This to my
mind would be
an entirely
normal result
of the causes
which led to
the great col
lapse of Cana
dian business.
The boom con
ditions which
THE course
from the
trophe which
E. W. BEATTY.K.C.
Chairman and President e _ i i n ... a a a Canadian Pacific Ry. I O 11 O W e O a
temporary de
pression after the Armistice were,
as far as Canada is concerned,
chiefly the result of forces and
conditions in other countries. Ac
tually our productive boom re
sulted from tangible demand for
Canadian products, and from con
ditions in other countries which
directed a flow of capital into
, Canadian development. Equally
the economic collapse in Canada
resulted chiefly from forces op
erating in other countries.
Nothing is more important in
our economic life than our great
exporting industries. In the case
of wheat I have never accepted
the alarmist views which have
been freely expressed. The world
surplus stocks, produced partly
by active encouragement of pro
duction in many importing coun
tries, and partly by a series of
unusually favourable seasons in
Europe, seem to be needed to
meet the marked shrinkage in
production in 1934. .While com
plete recovery of world commerce
in wheat must depend on some
limitation of excessive economic
nationalism, on greater stability
of monetary exchange, and on in
crease in the total volume of
other forms of world commerce,
I see no reason to believe that
Canadian wheat, the best in the
world, sold at fair prices, Will not
find a steady market.
Other primary products, such
as minerals, lumber, and bacon
are being exported in increased
volume and at better prices, lar
gely owing to the Imperial trade
agreements of 1932, and the news
print industry shows clear sign of
recovery,
It Is to be regretted that the
past few years have seen further
increase in the debt of the Domi
nion, the Provinces and many
municipalities. Much of our pub
lic debt has been incurred for
purposes obviously legitimate as
part of the ordinary government
of the country, but much has re
sulted from experiments in the
direction of governmental partici
pation in business. Regrettable
as is the loss occasioned by errors
on the part .of private enterprise,
this type of loss is corrected by
a reduction in the income and
capital holdings of ’ those who
finance the enterprises. An un
wise investment by a public body
means a permanent charge on the
tax-payers. I recommend this
thought to those who believe that
further expansion of govern
mental activities is the best
method of protecting the ordinary
citizen from exploitation by cap
italists. In actual fact the safest
policy for great capitalists is at
present to buy securities issued
by public bodies and to leave the
chance of loss to be carried by the
mass taxpayers.
Throughout the past year the
matter of the country’s railway
problem has received an increas
ing amount of public attention,
and I am convinced that proposals
for its solution along the lines of
unified management for the two
great companies have made de
cided progress. In all directions
are observable a greater willing
ness on the part of the public to
enter upon an unprejudiced con
sideration of the case, and even
among those classes whoso inter
ests might at first glance seem to
be threatened by any such pro
posals, I discover a growing de
sire to examine their possibilities
and to find out if they really are
as dangerous as those who early
rushed into print to attack them
would seem to believe. This is
all to the good. If unified man
agement will not stand up under
the most searching criticism, ob
viously, it should not go forward.
But the criticism should be fair
and honest and it should be based
upon a fairly sound understand
ing of railway economics and not
upon personal interest or preju
dice. I say nothing less than the
truth when I affirm that most of
the criticism that has come out
so far will not stand up before
any one or even two or three of
the above tests. I shall not fur
ther deal with the matter here,
■except to say that I can see no
other way than unified railway
management in which the country
can put a stop to the continual
cumulative wastage of vast sums
of money and can safeguard the
future of both railways while ade
quately preserving the property
rights of the Canadian people in
the Canadian National, and those
of the shareholders of the Cana
dian Pacific. In a word this is my
proposal for unified management
—it is a partnership between pub
lic ownership a,nd private owner
ship with the added advantage of
private operation free from poli
tical control.
Both Canadian Railway systems
as well as the railways of almost
every modern nation, have suf
fered to some extent from the
growth of highway transporta
tion, The general use of priva
tely owned motor ears, and an in
creasing amount of pleasure
travel in prosperous times, have
led to the construction of a great
network of modem highways,
which in turn have been used as
the right of way for a great num
ber of freight vehicles. To a
great extent the operations of
these vehicles and their policy in.
setting their charges, have .not
been subjected to the same close
supervision which public authori
ties have long given to railway
operations and tariffs. In this
case also public opinion is press
ing for better handling of the
situation. The railways do not
question the advisability of build
ing good roads, or of permitting
them to be used for commercial
transportation, but the perfection
of the present attempts to. proper
control of this operation will, in.
my opinion, return to the railways
at least some of the business
taken from them by highway
transport and place both highway
and rail transportation on a
sounder basis.
It is also interesting to note a
growing public sentiment in the
direction of demanding some con
tribution to the upkeep of our
great and costly inland waterway
system from those who use them
—especially in the case of ships
of foreign registry.
With every correction of these
special cases of unfair competition,
the Company must depend chiefly
for a restoration of its normal
business on a recovery of Cana
dian prosperity in general. The
outlook in that respect is com
forting. The very careful studies
prepared by the Dominion Bureau
of Statistics indicate a condition
far from as alarming as some au
thorities would make it.
In this great and scantily popu
lated country we .should not, how
ever, be talking only of recovery.
Canada should look forward to
expansion in every direction. To
my mind the policies needed to
insure this are very simple. I
should list them as: scrupulous
care to prevent the debts of public
bodies and resulting destructive
taxation from any further in
crease; concentration of our
efforts both in public policy and
private business o.n the increase
both in volume and prosperity of
our primary industries — espe
cially agriculture; public and
private business policies lookings
to increase the population of Can
ada —- especially in the agricul
tural areas; and, as I have re
peatedly said, ah immediate cor
rection of the burdensome and
costly duplication of transporta
tion facilities*
It appears to me that we can
look back on 1934 with some Con
tentment, as a year during which
we found that the world was not
ending, and that by industry and
thrift nations and individuals
could still prosper. What inter
ests me more is that I believe we
can look forward to 1935 and suc
cessive years with confidence that..
under Providence we shall see in
them a period when Canada Will
revive that faith in her future
which too many of us seemed to
lose, and that we shall again
come to realize that all that Is
wanted to sot this country on a
forward path of progress are such
simple virtues as energy, honesty,
and ordinary common sense.
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