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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-04-23, Page 6TIICRSDAY, APRIL 1936 rarm News Inoculating Legume Crops When JLegume crops are being lilanned for spring seeding, consid­ eration should be given to the ques­ tion of inoculation, This is particu­ larly recommended for such crops as alfalfa, sweet clover, and soya beans especially when seeding for the first time. Inoculation consists of add­ ing a culture of the proper bacteria to the seed at the time of sowing. It is easy to carry out and helps to in­ sure success with the crop. Care of the Farrowing Sow A little extra care at farrowjng will often save a greater percentage of the litter. Include some bran in the meal ration to prevent a fever­ ish condition. A week or ton days before farrowing place the sow jn a farrowing pen that is dry, clean and free from draughts. Bed the pen with short straw. Keep a watchful eye on the sow at farrowing time but do not disturb or assist her unless absolutely necessary. Provide a warm bran slop for the sow a few hours after farrowjng. Earlv Marketing Means Better Prices Now is the time to start the long season crops of vegetables required for the early market. At the Central Experimental Farm the following varieties are recommended. Cabbage: Golden Acre, -Copenha­ gen Market, Early Jersey Wakefjeld. Cauliflower: Early Dwarf Erfurt and Snowball. Celery: Paris Golden Yellow, Golden Plume and Phenomenal. -Onion: Sweet Spanish, Prizetaker (Denia), Southport White, Yellow and Red Globe for growing trans­ plants. Pepper: Harris Earljest, California Wonder. Potato: Irish Cobbler which should be sprouted for four to six weeks prior to field planting. Tomato: Abel, Alacrity, Canadian Earljans, Bestal, Bonny Best or John Baer. The two latter are used for the main crop. Grass and Clover Seeds A fair demand continues for most items at moderate prices. The lower Ottawa Valley reports an active trade Over 100,00 0 pounds of certified timothy seed have been sold to date and the demand is keen for thjs quality of seed at 5 cents per pound. It is believed that about 50 per cent, or 60 0,000 pounds of timothy in this area has been sold. Commercial no. 1 grade seed is moving freely at 4 1-2 cents per pound. in' .the St, .Lawrence counties it is believed that about 60 per cent, of the timothy crop or 600,000 lbs. is still held by growers. Sweet clover in this area is moving slowly at prices ranging from 3 cents to 4 cents per pound for grade no 1. The demand for seed in northern Ontario is quiet although some tim­ othy has moved at 4 cents per lb. for grade no. 1. Offers for no. 1 red -cloved range from' 8 cents to 9 cents and for alsike 12 cents to 15 cents. Very little red clover or al­ sike js available in this part of the province, except in mixtures. The low prices have discouraged the threshing of a lot of mixed seed and timothy in this part of the province. In south-western -Ontario red clover and good timothy are in de­ mand for cleaning purposes and sub­ stantial quantities are still held by growers. There js a fair supply of sweet clover also throughout the country but very little alfalfa, alsike and 'Canadian blue glass, which have already been absorbed by .the trade. The present demand is good for al­ sike and alfalfa, fair for,red clover and poor for timothy and sweet clover. The Seed Supply Another springtime has come and another seeding season when farm­ ers naturally become seed-minded. The- first thought of a farmer should perhaps be given to an es­ timate of the quantity of seed likely to be required for the area to be seeded. Ih this connection Suffi­ cient seed should be provided so that the rate of seeding of grasses and clovers especially, be generous. The next consideration should be given to the quality of the seed to be used. This -consists of the selection of suit­ able varjeties and seed of a high and known grade whether purchased or home-grown, thoroughly cleaned to remove weed seeds, inert material and liglit-bodied or- undeveloped seed or kernels. Good seed should not only give a high percentage of germination, but should also pos­ sess the necessary reserve of plant food to sustain the seedlings ad­ verse conditions by being plump and well filled. Experimentalists and plant breed­ ers are emphasizing strongly the matter of adaption of varieties to section of the country as a whole. Selection of variety therefore, calls for more- special attention than may be generally supposed. Suitability of variety -should be determined by date of maturity, yield and market value. Efficient -cleaning contri­ butes in a large measure towards the good quality of seed. This may be accomplished by using a properly equipped and operated hand fanning mill. If this is not available a ■central seed cleaning plant should be employed. Assisted by government subvention in many instances, such cleaning plants have been establish­ ed at different points. The Warble Season Cattle owners are advised to ex­ amine their cattle closely at this season of the -year for evidence of warble grub infestation. The grubs that have been migrating in the ani­ mal during the past ten m-onths are showing up now and will continue to appear during April, May and June. The cattle owners that did a good job of treating their animals and thereby destroyed all the grubs a year ago, need not expect to find very many grubs this season, perhaps one or two per animal. Untreated cattle of a year ago are likely to be severe­ ly infested and thejr backs in bad condition. A report has just came in from Barrie Island township -saying that the reeve of the township had just examined 100 head of cattle on one concession line and failed to find any grubs. Four seasons of treat­ ing to kill the grubs on Barrie Isle, township cattle has removed the warble and heel fly pest. What a‘ change! In four years to reduce the incidence of warble infestation from an average of 23 grubs per animal down to freedom from grubs. When the Barrie Island township cattle were first,examined in March, 1932, one cow had 1-21 grubs in her back. This picture has entirely -changed- and plenty of proof’ established to' convince all that the killing of the grubs breaks the chain in the warble life history. Kill all the grubs and thre -can be no more Heel Flies or Warble Flies. Qne million Ontario cattle were treated in 1935. The improvement in reduction of the.Heel Fly and War­ ble Fly has been as great during the two years in which the cattle of Ox­ ford and Elgin have been treated, that the work is again under way with the County Councils behind the movement to tlie extent of paying the cost. All counties, six in num­ ber, that undertook the work of Warble and Heel Fly control in 1935 are repeating their efforts again this year. More townships .have under­ taken the Warble control work this season than last. Many individual herds—the property of the more pro­ gressive farmers ,— are receiving treatment thjs year that will kill the grubs and thus prevent them from developing to the fly stage. (To be continued) THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE W. c. T. U. copied. Partly oven-fresh crispness, protected by the patented WAXTITE inner wrapper. GREENWAY (Too late -for last week) Messrs. Ervine Eggart and Elmer Shepherd spent a few days with relatives in Detroit last week. The men of the United -Church held a very successful wood bee last Wednesday. Mrs. Geo. Saunders left last Mon­ day for her home in Saskatoon after a very- pleasant visit with her par­ ents Mr, and Mrs, E. McPherson and other friends here. Mr, and Mrs. Harold Prance, of Thedford, visited Mrs. Thos. Bul­ lock last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Corsan, -of Kerwood, moved last week to their home re­ cently purchased from Mrs. Geo. Steeper, Mr. Lawrence Pollock had a new roof put -on his store- on Monday, Easter was observed in both churches here by union meetings through the week with a Good Fri­ day service in Grace church. In the United Church special music was given by the choir. Two children were baptised. Nine members were received by certificate. Communion service was observed amd the pastor gave an inspiring message from “Dawn.” Two beautiful white flow­ ers gave their message of hope -of immortality. M-r. Eldon' Steeper has bought a new car. We are glad to see Mrs. Frank Steeper and son John out again after their recent illness. | Mrs. Andrew Pollock has return- ed to her home here after spending the winter in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pollock en­ tertained their nearest relatives in honor of their daughter’s -second birthday. Miss Pearl Newton, of Toronto, gave one of her famed elocution re­ citals in the United Church Moni- day evening. Her humorous select­ ions brought hearty applause and she excelled in her rendering of the trial scene of tlie Merchant of Ven­ ice. A vocal trio consisting of Mrs. A. E. Taylor, -Mrs. W. Dixon and Mrs. Roy Whiting accompanied by Mrs. Hill gave two splendid select­ ions -and Mr. Rufus Turnbull gave a pleasing solo with violin accompani­ ment -by Douglas Gill and piano by Olive English; Evelyn Curts also played a piano solo. These musical numbers were interspersed with Miss Newton’s selections. The April meeting of the W. C. T. U. was held at Mrs. W. G. Walk­ er’s, Main Street. Miss Hogarth took charge -of t-he devotional, open­ ing hymn ‘SaviQua- Thy Dying Love.’ Psalm 91 was read and a circle of prayer -followed, after which* hymn “All the Way the Saviour Leads Me” was sung. The President then took the chair. A motion was carried t-hat $5.00 be sent to the Budget Fund. Clip­ sheet on “Recent Liquor Figures” was taken up giving these acts. The ■peak years for sales by the Liquor Contnul Board of Ontario were 1929 and 1930, when receipts were over a million a week. Later reports show how present expenditure compares with these figures. In 1934 beer sales were in round numbers $28,- 776,000 making over $11,000,000 increase in the brewer’s sales for the year. T-hat mean't 68 per cent, in­ crease in sales when ordinary busi­ ness showed only slight increase. In­ creased beer sales does not mean increased employment to' nearly so great a degree, as increased sales in any form of manufacture other than of malt and fermental liquors, be­ cause the number of persons em­ ployed for producing beer and spir­ its is comparatively much smaller than in other forms of manufacture. Hence the payroll of the brewers and distillers is comparatively short. In Canada, is a somewhat similiar amount o£ capital invested in brew­ ing, in printing and publishing, and in butter anid cheese manufacture. The brewers employ- for this capital of between $57,000,000 and $58,- 000,000, 4156 .persons, while the publishers employ 15,9 64 persons and the butter and cheese -factories employ 13,145 persons. The beverage rooms make t-he question of relief a more difficult one. In many places with beverage rooms, persions on relief whose home zsurroun|dings /are less comfortable than in former days when work was available spend their time and mon'ey in the beverage rooms. If the government .places tempta­ tion in their path, can we put all the blame on the man out of work if he does fall before the temptation? This was illustrated by our Provin­ cial President at Barrie by the fol­ lowing incident: “Some weeks ago in a Canadian city, 47 5 persons, the majority heads of .families, appear­ ed ion pay day 'for their relief funds. The next day on-e o-f the number was hailed into court for drunkenness. Out of the $9.11 he had received the previous day he had '19c. left. But he had $2.00 worth of cigarettes in his .pocket. He had spent $4.00 in a pool room and the rest had been spent for beer. When this problem- is figured out it will be found that nearly- $3.00 had been spent during this short time on -beer alone. This man-could not pay his fine and the i country was at the expense of sup­ poring him -for 30 days. And what of his-family?” \ , The ’ Miiki Research Council of New York finds that consumption of milk decreased over 37,000,000 qts. the first year of legalized beer and 59,000,000 quarts the second year. In San Francisco Dr. J. C. Geiger, City Health Inspector, calls atten­ tion to the fact that a survey shows a decrease in the last fiscal year of 3,400 gallons of milk a day. Chicago milk supply is reported to have drop­ ped $70,000,-000. This means less milk supplied to children, fewer dairy workers and thousands of tons less grain used in producing milk. The New York Coffee & Sugar Ex­ change, comparing coffee consump­ tion for 1934 with that of 1935 re­ posts a decline of over 20,000,000 pounds in sales- of- roasted coffee, which means more thaw a billion fewer cups* of coffee consumed dur­ ing! the year. On a smaller scale tlie same would be true in Ontario since the -opening of the beer parlors iSince want, misery-, crime and traffic peril follow the use of in­ toxicants by what power has. the liquor traffic such a hold over our national leaders that they favor what is really a puglic menace? The Liqu'or Traffic has a strangle hold at present on our political lead­ ers through the magic of revenue. The Dominion revenue from the maniufacture and sale -o-f liquor for the year 1935 was $23,790,000 and Ontario’s profits’ from Liquor' Con­ trol was in 1934 the sum of $6,378,- 0 00, but in social and economic and moral values the liquor revenue is the most expensive item of taxes ever collected. "What can we do The whole his­ tory of the Kingdom of God on earth is a record of the triumph of spirit­ ual forces over material -forces. Let us study the liqu'or facts and pray- for guidance. 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Of 16 escaped men, 12 were recaptured and sent to other institutions. Strawberries rank second amongst Canadian -fruits in the total value of the1 1935 fruit crop, The produc­ tion -Of 26,199,000 quarts valued at $2,249#000 In 1935 was well above the five-year average of 19,435,600 quarts worth $1,785,900. MRS. GEORGE RICH Mrs. George Rice died at the fam­ ily residence, Lot 5, Con’. 13, Lobo Township. Mrs. Bice was' born in McGillivray township 64 years- ago and -came to jLobO 32 years ago. -Surviving are her husband, -one daughter, Mrs. Alex Aitken-, of Dela­ ware; two gons, -Percy, of Westmin­ ster and Wilfred1 on the homestead. Ono daughter died 14 years ago. There also- survives -one sister Mrs. David Brazil, -McGillivray, and one brother, David Ross, London. There are also seven grandchildren surviv­ ing. 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