HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1936-07-23, Page 6THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATETHURSDAY, JULY 23rdi 1936
The cleanest farms in Ontario are
operated by farmers who practise a
short three or four year crop rotation
who are particular in the use of
clean, well graded seed and who
practise thorough and adequate cul
tivation methods.
As weeds are cut, crop losses are
cut, and in order that the worst
weeds may be prevented from
spreading, it is necessary that every
occupant of land, rural or urban, ex
pend every effort in digging, pulling
spraying, cutting or burning weeds
before they go to seed.
TORONTO MARKETS
Farm News
Cornwall Plowing Match
Plowmen and other interested cit
izens of Eastern Ontario have plans
well developed to make the 1936 In
to: national Plowing Match equally
as successful as those of other years.
The land to he plowed and location
of headquarters were approved by
a Committee of the Provincial As
sociation which visited the area re
cently.
Very enthusiastic joint meetings
were held and pr< spects are very
bright for another successful match
on October 6th to 9th.
Radish Maggot Control
Radish maggot may he controlled
by the same solution as used for cab
bage maggot, but applied in the form
of a fine spray a few days after the
plants have appeared above the
ground. The application should not
he used after bulbs, commence to
form as it very poisonous.
If it is not proposed to treat ra
dishes, severe losses may he avoided
•by broadcasting seed instead of sow
ing in drills.
The same treatment will give ben
eficial control of Onion maggot if at
least two applications are made, at
the proper time.
Henhouse Ventilation
The removal of moisture is a ma
jor problem in poultry houses. Poul
try have no sweat glands, but they
give off relatively large amounts of
vapour in respiration and through
the skin. It was found at one experi
mental station that maximum egg
production was obtained when tem
peratures were not permitted to fluc
tuate widely. A henhouse tempera
ture at 5 0 degrees is too high to be
maintained on most farms in winter
without artifical heat. Hence a low
er temperature held uniformly would
be desirable. Increasing numbers of
poultrymen have had success with
artificial heat (properly regulated, but
failure has commonly resulted when
temperatures were allowed to go too
high or to fluctuate widely.
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Currant Crop Report
Lack of rain and extremely warm '
weather during early July had a de- [
trimental effect on the growth of ■
crops. Strawberries .proved an ex- j
ceptionally short crop and raspber- i
ries have been similiarly affected.i
Pastures dried up throughout South- ' Western Ontario where the heat?
■reached record heights. However it '
is reported that wheat is looking
well, with head well-filled and plump
Haying has been practically complet
ed in most sections and a lot of good ■ hay has been gathered into the barns I
Prince Edward County reports that
canning factories are busy with peas
which are about a 50 per cent crop,
due to lack of rain. The milk flow
there, as in many other districts,
dropped off decidedly. In general the
•continued dry weather had the ef
fect of retarding the growth and de
velopment of spring grains very ma
terially.
At this time of year all gardeners
should he prepared for attacks of
Cutworm Control
The Best Qulity of rfxXX
Edge Grain Shmgles toApe sold
at the lowest ffiices a^lwe need
money. Take B tiw1 and Buy
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A. J. CLATWORTHY
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cutworms. A limited number of
plants may be saved by a wrapping
of brown paper around ea.’h. Appli
cation may be made at planting
time and the paper should cover the
plant from one inch below the
ground surface to one half tu* one
inch above.
For larger plantations a poison
‘bran mixture is recommended: Bran
25 lbs.; Paris green 1-2 lb.; Molas
ses 1 qt. and Water 2 gals. The bran
and poison should be mized together
while dry, after which molasses
should be added. Tse enough water
to bring the mixture to a crumbling
condition. The mash should be
sprinkled lightly around plants in
the evening. This mixture is pois
onous to chickens and birds as well
as cutworms.
Hoed (Top and plowing Competitions
The Markham Agricultural Society
is contemplating a departure from
the field crop competition as usually
conducted. Instead of choosing one
crop the Directors have decided to
accept entries for fields of hoed crops
Such fields may be required to have
a minimum acreage of corn, he other
crops to include potatoes, mangels
and turnips, all of which are uually
grown in the ‘‘hoed crop” fields of
the district.
The enterprising Richmond Hill
Agricultural Society which last year
conducted a very successful compe
tition for “Best Managed Farms’’ this
year is planning a change. It is now
proposed to have a contest for the
••Best Plowed Farms.” It will be in
teresting to learn if the York Coun
ty farmers who win so many prizes
at plowing matches will be equally
successful in this contest to include
all plowing on the home farms.
The Cabbage Worm
The cabbage worm is a velvety
green caterpillar commonly found
feeding on cabbages and cauliflow
ers. It also attacks turnips, rape,
Brussels sprouts, kale and radish.
It eats large circular holes in the
cabbage leaves and frequently bores
into the centre of the cabbage heads,
making the cabbages unfit for mar
ket and spoiling them for home con
sumption. Control measures should
be applied as soon as injury to the
plants becomes evident.
Dusting with arsenate of lead and
hydrated lime is the most widely re
commended remedy. One part of
the poison should be mixed with lime
and the mixture dusted on the plants
in the early morning, or late evening
when the leaves are wet with dew.
Patricular care should be paid to the
central portion of the cabbages and
cauliflowers since it is usually the
favorite spot for feeding. Two or
three applications of the mixture
should be made as required, care be
ing taken to apply the dust immed
iately feeding becomes evident. Due
to the waxy condition of the leaves,
the use of a poison spray has not
given satisfactory results.
War Against Weeds
Dry weather and bright, hot sun
shine are the farmers’ greatest al
lies in the war against weeds. July
and August are busy months for the
farmer, and it is during these months
when the weather is usually hot and
dry that the maximum damage can
he done to weeds with the minimum
of effort.
July plowing and early after har
vest cultivation is to he highly re
commended.
Hay fields known to be dirty
should be ploughed immediately af
ter haying the furrows left to bake
and dry out for 10 days or two weeks
and cultivated frequently as a Sum
mer fallow and seeded to Fall wheat
early in September. This so called
dry cleaning method is very effective
on Sow Thistle, Twitch Grass, Blad
der Campion and otlmr perennial
weeds.
Straight -Summerfallow is also very
effective, although somewhat more
expensive. Late sown buckwheat fol
lowed the next year with rape or
roots is a splendid method of check-
.ng weeds.
HOUSE FLIES BREED
IN GARBAGE
Dangerous Disease Carriers Menace
to Public Health
For many years public health ef-
foits have reduced the scourge of ty
phoid fever and many other danger
ous contagious diseases by govern
ment enforced legislation in respect
to the inspection of cattle, milk-pas
teurization, the chemical purifica
tion of suspected water supplies, and
the elimination of many other known
breeding sources of diseases. But
little has been done officially about
the common house-fly. Each sum
mer it infests the land wherever
mankind exists. It is born and bred
in rotten animal or vegetable matter
lives on filth and refuse. It carries
germs of infectious diseases into the
home endangering the health of
everyone, from the defenceless babe
in its crib to the elders of the house
who relish the tasty salad, upon
which a fly may have recently been
feasting and spreading disease germs
that have accummulated on its hairy
legs.
Public spirited citizens should
fully realize the seriousness of this
menace and take measures to check
it. Searching out hidden unsanitary
fly breeding places, keeping homes
well screened and foods covered at
all times are important. But the
■quickest and simplest method of kill
ing all flies is to place a few saucers
of Wilson’s Fly Pads around the
house. They will attract the flies
and kill them all in a few hours.
STEADY friges rule
IN TORONTO LIVE STOCK
Monday’s Live Stock Receipts
Cattle ............................ 2320
Calves ............................. 830
Hogs ............................... 1,410
Sheep and Lambs ........... 820
Prices on weighty steers for ex
port were steady and firm, with the
trade on butcher cattle a little more
a Hive in the late session of the Tor
onto Live Stork Market on Monday.
The market for other grades was
slow and steady. Calves were steady
and firm, with hog prices unsettled
in the early part of the day, but
steady by the close, Sheep and lambs
also settled steady. The cattle hold
over from Saturday was 1,000 head.
Most of the good and choice grade
weighty steers went to overseas buy
ers at prices ranging from $5 to $5,-
60, while on a few sales of weight}’
steers, butcher cattle and fed calves
prices appeared to be 15 to 25 cents
higher than last week’s low level.
Butcher cattle on the whole were
slow, with top steers from $4-75 to
$5, and common varieties ranging
downward to $3.50.
A few butcher heifers went at
prices between $3.50 to $4.75, good
butcher cows bringing $3 to $3.25,
and common grades ranging down
ward to $2.25, With some bulls
netting $2.60 to $3, choice fed calves
held steady at $6 to $6.50. Medium
to good grades brought from $5 to
$5.75. A few Western stockers sold
at $3 to $3.50, with trading dull.
The calf market was steady to
firm at a general top of $6.50 a few
choice selling at $7. Common light
grade calves sold downward to $4.50
while grassers and heavies brought
from $3 to $3.75’.
Truck hogs were steady with the
majority selling at $9 for bacon off
car grades going at $9.25, and car
hogs quoted at $8.50 f.o.b.
The lamb market settled with
good ewes and wethers bringing $8.-
50 and bucks going generally at $7.-
5 0. Culls sold at prices ranging from
$6.50 to $7, A small offering of
sheep sold steady at $1.50 to $3.
GARAGE FIRE THREATENS
LUCAN BUSINESS SECTION
Lucan’s business district was
threatened by fire late Monday af
ternoon when a garage occupied by
Dr. M. Soiper was burned to the
ground and set fire to half a dozen
business places before being control
led.
The fire of undetermined origin
started in the newly constructed
frame garage at the rear of Dr. So
per’s office and residence, the build
ing formerly occupied by the Cana
dian Bank of Cmmerce. The garage
■was in flames in a minute and em
bers scattered over Main street. The
outbreak was at 5.30 p.m.
Flames set fire to the rear of Le
Gros’ grocery store, to the frame
section at the rear of Dr. Soper’s of
fice, the rear of Stanley’s Hardware
Store where a number of windows
were broken1’ by the heat. The rear'
of Miss Smith’s confectionery also
caught fire and embers set fire and
burned the awnings from the Smith
, establishment and also from J. M.
Ross’ general store.
Flaming embers scattered over the
street as a high uvind fanned the
flames and for a time there was fear
that the entire block might be prey
to the outbreak.
The local nre brigade arrived and
checked the spread of the fire in
other buildings but the garage was
burned to t<he ground. Dr. Soper’s
car was in another garage at the
time.
Loss of the new garage was $200
covered by insurance. There was an
other hundred dollars damage to
the adjoining buildings and the awn
ings.
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An analysis of records obtained
from 3,123 families in various urban
and rural areas in the provinces of
Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta, show
ed that the consumption of milk per
head was about .74 of a pint per day,
or less than three-quarters of a pint.
The survey was undertaken by the
Economics Branch and the Dairy
Branch of the Dominion Department
of Agriculture, in co-operation with
the Quebec and Alberta Departments
of Agriculture. According to diete
tic authorities, every child should
drink at least a quart of milk a day,
and adults a pint a day per head.
The scarlet fruit of the silver buf
falo-berry tree imparts a gay touch
to the prairie farms where the tree
is used in the surrounding shrub
beries. It is a native of the prairies
and is found in hills and along the
streams from the Pebmina mountains
in Manitoba to the Bow River in the
Rocky Mountains. In the Manitoba
hills the tree grow to a height of 18
feet. It is generally armed with
thorns.
LEAVE PASTURE TO FIND FOOD
GODERICH, July 20.—Cows turn
ed out in the fields today returned
to their stables in less than an hour
for something to eat, so burned are
the pastures, as the drought in this
section reached its 42nd day.
Dairies state there is a suffucient
milk supply, but the customary sur
plus has disappeared and the cost of
production has increased consider
ably.
In the past 24 'hours the mercury
dropped as low at 52 degrees and
last night in some homes fireplaces
were burning. The beaches today
were deserted. There is no indica
tion of rain.
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Canadian agriculture and agricul
tural products form one of the out
standing features of the Canadian
Government exhibition at the Great
Lakes Exposition at Cleveland, Ohio.
The Canadian section occupies a
prominent position adjoining the
grand staircase in the main building
having a fifty-foot frontage in the
“Aisle of Flags.” The exposition con
tinues for 100 days, from 27th June
to Octobei' 4.
(Lady Godiva has been banned
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actresses from Hollywood.
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