HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1937-04-15, Page 6THURSDAY, APRIL 15th, 1037 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
Farm News
Quantity of Feed For a Ren
The question is frequently asked
as to the amount of feed a hen will
eat in a year, Those who are in a
position fro know claim that with
mash and whole grain combined a
hen will eat from 80 to 90 pounds.
On the basis of wheat at §1.20 per
bushel the cost would be §1.80, and
at present prices of feed it will cost
around that figure to .feed a hen
through the year. On this basis she
would have to produce nine dozen
tuenty-cent eggs in order to pay for
her feed alone. However, in many
flocks average production is crowd
ing twice this amount, which allows
for a margin of profit after raising
the pullet and allowing for over
head and labor.
The British Market
According to the terms of the new
Canada-United Kingdom trade -pact,
recently made public by Hon. Chas.
Dunning, Minister of Finance, when
the 1937 budget was presented to
the House <of Commons, Canadian
farmers will continue to have free
entry to the British markets for ba
con, .’hams, cattle beef and dairy pro
ducts. The quota on bacon remains
at 280,00'0,010.0 pounds per annum,
which gives bacon hog produc
ers ample scope to expand their
business. Canadians are safeguard
ed in exports of cattle and meat up
to 50,000 head of cattle per annum,
and the value is enhanced by the
one and one-half cents per pound
duty, on foreign chilled beef imposed
by the United Kingdom last Decem
ber. No change was made in the
1932 agreement regarding dairy
products which were accorded free
entry. While the United Kingdom
was at liberty to apply preferential
control against Canadian dairy pro
ducts at the termination of the pre
vious agreement, no action has been
taken.
New Types of Soybeans
A new variety of soybeans, pro
duced by the Division of Forage
Plants, Experimental Farms Branch
will be distributed for the first time
this coming Spring. The new variety
had been named “Kabott” and was
obtained as the result of several
years selection within a mixed lot
of seed which originally came from
Manchuria.
The new variety nad been tested
on a number of the Dominion Exper
imental Farms and was found to< be
about 10 days earlier in maturity
than the Canadian Mandrian variety.
At the Lennoxville Experimental
Station, in 1936 the new variety
created such a favorable impression
that requests for seed have already
been received from a number of
farmers in the vicinity. Kabott is a
yellow-seeded variety capable of
producing good yields of fodder or
seed. Only a limited quantity of
seed of this new variety was obtain
ed from last year’s crop and it is be
ing used to- increase the amount and
for experimental purposes.
Buy Suitable fertilizers
The season for buying fertiliz
ers approaches again and every
one wishes to obtain the kind of
fertilizer, most suitable for his
particular crops and soils. Sound
advice in this respelct may be
obtained from Experimental Farms
and Agricultural Colleges, and, in
the Eastern Provinces, from Provin
cial Fertilizer Advisory Boards as
well. The latter publish annual
recommendations for the guidance
of buyers, and if these recommenda
tions are followed, one is not likely
to make the mistake of applying
unsuitable fertilizers.
The average farmers may not
yet be aware of the importance
of the different forms of nitrogen
in crop production. Nitrates are
more quickly available in the
early spring than other forms of
nitrogen and this commends
their use for eary spring applica
tion. Many fertilizer authorities
now recommend that at least one
per cent of the nitrogen in mixed
fertilizers should be in the nitrate
form, and some manufacturers are
already acting on this recommend
ation
Re-Stocking the Woodlot and
Planting on the Farm
The Season for planting trees is
near and plans should be made
early as trees planted in early spring
stand a much better chance of sur
vival than those planted in late
spring. The Forestry Branch is con
tinuing the policy of supplying free
trees for planting. The tree may i be used for planting bare land, re
stocking a woodlot or the establish
ment of an evergreen wind-break.
Every farm should have a woodlot
large enough to supply the farm
house with fuel and lumber for min
or building and repairs in order that
these products may be secured
without making a cash outlay. In
ferior soils such as sand, gravel
swamps, shallow and steep .hillsides
should be left in trees, as they will
give very small financial returns if
cultivated. These are the areas that
should be planted as they will con
tinue to be a liability rather than an
asset as long as they are destitute
of trees.
Planting is not necessary on areas
that have large trees as they will
produce seed and it will be distri
buted by the wind, squiddels and
other agencies. This natural repro
duction can be secured by fencing
out the stock and it will be composed
of the more valuable species if they
are left and the less valuable, weeds,
are removed in order that they will
not produce seeds. The planting of
a few hundred trees of valuable
species not growing now in the
woodlot will give more variety and
will make quite a difference fifty
years hence. A few trees well plant
ed in locations where they will be
sure to grow well is far better than
planting thousands poorly where the
competition of the natural growth
will choke them out.. Eventually
there will be no woodland in a field
if provision is not made to have
seedlings, saplings and polewood
coming along to take the place of
trees that are cut.
Every farmer should have an ev-;
ergreen windbreak, to protect the
buildings from the cold winds of;
winter. A farmer can establish a
windbreak by making a cash outlay
of §1 for express charges on the
trees. In 10 to 15 years he will
have an effective windbreak that
will increase the value of his farm
and reduce the amount .of fuel nec
essary to heat] the farmhouse. A
year’s delay in starting a windbreak
means that the farm will be a year
longer without an effective wind5
break.
Application blanks for trees and
descriptive literature may be secur
ed by writing the Forestry Branch,
Parliament Buildings, Toronto, or
calling at the count-y agricultural
office.
PERMANENT CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE SELECTED
W. H. Porter, editor -of the Farm
ers* Advocate, was elected Zone
Chairman of the Southwestern Ont
ario Conservative Committee at a
meeting of Wardens, Department of
Agricultural Officials and Conserva
tive Committee members from nine
counties, in London last week.
Monroe Landon, Simcoe, was named
Vice-Chairman, and F S. Thomas, of
St. Thomas, secretary-treasurer.
Primary reason for the gathering
was to effect a permanent organiza
tion to promote the interests of re
forestation and soil conservation.
Norfolk, Essex, Kent, Elgin, Lamb
ton, Oxford, Perth, Huron and Mid
dlesex were the counties represent
ed.
Plans will be made for extensive
tree-planting in Essex jto beautify
the highways. ’
All County Councils west .of Tor
onto have been invited to the Pro
vincial Forestry Station at St. Wil
liams, in Norfolk, for demonstration
in tree planting, pruning and wood
lot management, June 9. The invita
tion was extended by Reeve Charles
Terhune of Port Rowan, chairman
of the Reforestation Committee of
Norfolk County Council.
Western Ontario Leading
Western Ontario is leading Can
ada in reforestation interest, declar
ed F. S. Newman, of the Provincial
Station at St. Williams. He report
ed private interests in his section of
the Province have ordered more
than 6,000,‘000 trees, to be planted
immediately.
"As St. Williams is the Forestry
station for the part of the Province
south of Collingwood and Toronto,
we ate in a position to know’the ex
act demand for trees in the Western
Ontario section,” Mr. Newman said.
"So great has been the demand for
saplings this year we have not been
able to keep up with it. ’One Nor
folk tobacco1 planter with 35 farms
has ordered 175,000 trees to be used
as windbreaks, They consists of
maples, ash and elm.”
On April 1st, rural telephone rates were
reduced by 25 cents per month — $3,00
per year.
This will mean a saving to the farmers of
Ontario and Quebec of over $100,000 a
year.
Other reductions are—
Hand (cradle) telephones —
reduced from 30 cents to 15 cents per month
over Desk type (effective with May bills),
Installation charge —
Business telephones reduced from $2.25 to
$2.00.
Service connection —
(where instrument is in place) on Business .
telephones, reduced from $1.15 to $1.00; in
side move charges reduced from $2.00 to
$1,00 (effective April 1st).
Short haul Long Distance Calls —
20-cent person-to-person calls reduced to 15
cents. The extra cost for reversing charges
on calls to nearby places is cancelled (effec
tive April 1st).'’
Deaf Sets —
The special type of equipment available for
the hard-of-hearing is reduced from $2.50 to
$1.50 per month.
Now is the time to order your telephone. Our
local representative will be glad to explain the
benefits of a telephone on the farm.. It will save
you far more than its cost, especially at the
reduced rate.
Our Museums
Radio listeners across ’Canada ev
ery Sunday night hear a program in
the series, '"Forgotten Footsteps” or
iginating in the Royal Ont. Museum
and dramatizing for them the life of
earlier civilization. These programs
’are an example of the increasing
usefulness of our museums, which
is contributing to a recognition of
their value as educational institu
tions. Other sevrices known frhro’-
out Canada are those of the Nation
al Museum and the National Gallery
the former in loaning specimens,
lantern slides and motion pictures
to schools and the latter in loaning
collections of- art works or proVid-,
ing reproduction of famous works
at nominal cost. The Dominion
Archives are well known to- students
□f Canadian history.
There are about 130 museums in
Canada open to the public for the
study of art, history,' science or in
dustry. Quebec, with about 50, has
the largest number and the majority
of them are attached to. colleges or
universities. A dozen of the forty
museums in Ontario are sponsored
by local historical societies, whose
central interest is in the earlier
days of their own communities.
.-Many of tne 130 museums are
Small with little or no endowment
and (have very little money spent on
them in a year. It has usually been
the interest and initiative of one or
a few entliusiatic persons that has f
been responsible for their establish
ments and there has often not been
money enough.' to. provide a suitable
building! But as our Canadian
history becomes longer our contacts
with other peoples closer, there are
growing signs that our museums^are
entering a period of greater inter
est and use.
This infomation comes from the
Education Branch of the Dominion
Bureau of Statistics.
PRESENTAT1O5'
Mrs. Menno oesch was pleasantly
surprised op Friday evening when
the girls of her school room gather
ed at their home and presented her
with an end table. Irene Turkheim
read the address and Betty Dietz
made the presentation.—^Zurich Her
ald.
BUSINESS SOLD
One of the oldest businesses in
St, Marys changed hands when the
papers werg signed which transfered
the T'uer Bakery and business from
the name of Harry Tuer to Richard
and Eric Humphreys, well-known
bakery proprietors of Kirkton. The
change-over was made on Monday of
last week.
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A Face Covered With Pimples
Causes Much Embarrassment
There is little doubt but that impure and
impoverished blood is the soil on which
those red, white, pus filled pimples de
velop and thrive, and that nothing short
of a vigorous, persistent blood purifying
treatment will eradicate them from the
system.
Burdock Blood Bitters banishes bad bloc4
and with the bad blood banished the 1
becomes free from pimples.
Tty a few bottles and be /•evinced.
RURDOCK
Bitters
Accounted for
"The burglar held me up and de
manded my money, [but he only
took ten shillings on account.”
"What do you mean—‘on ac
count’.”
"On account of that was all I
had."
o-----O>—|O
Boomerang
When a bit of sunshine hits you
After passing of a cloud;
When a fit of laughter gets you
And your spine is feeling proiid;
Don’t forget to up and fling it
At a man that’s feeling blue,
For the minute that you fling it,
It’s a booinierang to you.
DIED AT HAMILTON
The death of Mr. James G, Jeffery
cl Hamilton occurred op April 5th,
in bis 85th year. He was a brother
of Mr. iSam. Jeffery and Mr. Harry
Jeffery, of Seaforth, and a former
resident of Staffa vicinty. He had
been living or about twenty-five
year's in Hamilton, Born at Whitby
be came with his parents at an early
age to Mitchell and later to Hibbert,
He was twice married, his first wife,
Miss Lizzie Webb, of Staffa, (having
predeceased him. He is survived by
his widow and two sisters and three
brothers: Mrs. Ray Riekes, Buffalo;
Mrs. A. Bart-on, Toronto; Wm. Jef
fery, Staffa; Sam Jeffery and Harry
Jeffery, Seaforth; two- sisters, Mrs.
Hamilton, Winnipeg and Mrs, Robt.
Johnston, Buffalo, predeceased him.
The funeral was held on Thursday
afternoon from Staffa United church
to Staffa cemetery.
THREE PERSONS INJURED
Three people had a narrow escape
from fatal injury late Wednesday
night when a car, which police say
was driven by Norman Geromette,
19, of Dashwood, crashed into, the
ditch two miles north of Seaforth,
With Geromette were Hilda Mair, 16,
also of Dashwood and Daniel Munro,
60, of Brucefield, Removed to Scott
Memorial Hospital it was found that
Munro was the most seriously injur
ed. He is suffering from extensive
lacerations, internal injuries and is
in a serious condition, police say.
Geromette is suffering from a bruis
ed shoulder and cuts, while Miss
Mair was cut about the face. The
car was travelling north according
to County Traffic Officer Norman
Lever, who with, Chief H. Snell, in
vestigated. For apparently mo reason
it suddenly headed for1 the ditch and
rolled over twice before coming to
a stop.—Huron Expositor.
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7
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Reliable, economical, well-made.
It’a Jameaway all through. The
Jameeway Oil Burning Brooder
will save you money and time,
gives you stronger, healthier
chicks.
Eastern Steel Products
370 Ouelph Street
Preston, Ont.
imited Factories also at
Montreal&Toronto
Canadian Pacific Extends Air-Conditioned Service
Toronto Markets
CATTLE PRICES
GAIN AT TORONTO MARKET
Monday’s Live Stock Receipts
Cattle ................................. 3,750
Calves .................... ............ 1,070
Hogs ................................... 1,650
Sheep and Lambs .......... 1,300
•Cattle (prices gained 25 to 510'cents
in active trading on the Toronto
Live Stock market, Monday. Calves
were steady to firm. Hog prices
closed down 15 to 25 cents. iSheep
traded at previous levels, while
lam'bs advanced 50 cents. Day’s
cattle holdover was estimated at 300'
head.
Good cows moved chiefly beween
§'5 and §5.50 with a few selling up
to $5.90. Canners and cutters were
priced at $2.50 to $3.50. Butcher
bulls were from $4.75 to $5 and
bolognas from $4 to $4.50. Choice
fed calves gained 25 cents to sell at
$8 to $8.50, medium grades ranging
down fro $6.00 Western Stockers
brought $4.40 to §5.50.
(Choice vear calves were priced at
§9 to $9.50 with common light
grades between §5 and §7.
'Off-truck bacon hogs closed at
$8.60 to §8.75. Car hogs were quot
ed at §8.25 f.o.b. and at §9 Off cars.
Rail grades were $11.45 to $11.65
delivered.
Good feed-lot lambs went at §11
with a few medium quality at $10.
Plain spring lambs brought to
§9.50 each. Good light sheep moved
at §5 to §6.
WINCHELSEA
Mrs. George Godbolt, of iCentralia,
visited on Wednesday with her sister
Mrs. Clarence Fletcher.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Foster and
Verna spent the week-end witihi Mr.
and Mrs. Ray Parkinson, of Rus-
seldale.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Elimville W. A. met at the home
of Mrs. 'Garnet Johns on Thursday
last with a good attendance.
Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Brock and
family visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Wellington Brock of Zion on Sun
day.
Mr. Reg. Delbridge is sporting a
new V8.
The members of the W. M. S. held
a quilting for the bale at the home
of Mrs. Joe Ba.iley on Thursday last.
Miss Genevieve Kerslake spent
Sunday with Miss Elaine Robinson.
Horses of not more than $150 in
value imported into the U. S. from
Canada are dutiable at $20 per head
horses over $150 in value are sub
ject to. a duty of 20 per cent, ad va
lorem. Prior to January, 1936, the
duty on ^horses of not more than
$150 in value was $30 per head.
From 1931 to 193*5 there was a slow
but steady increase in the number
ci Canadian horses imported into
the United States and in 1936 tihe
imports rose to. 1*7,156 head for the
not more than §150 classification
and to 326 head for horses over frhe
§150 figure,
WHALEN
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were recent
visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Camm, of
Thames Road.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Morley, of
Detroit, visited for a few days dur
ing last week with the former’s par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. 'Gunning were
recent visitors of Mr. and Ms. Alf.
Erock, of Union.
The W. |Aj. and W. M. met at
Mrs. Stewart’s home, 'Centralia, on
Friday. Mrs. E. Squire had charge of
the W. A. Meeting. Mrs. Melville
Gunning read the Scripture lesson
and Mrs. Stewart favored with an
instrumental and Mrs. Wm. Morley
gave a reading. Several business
items were discussed.
Mrs. Wm. Morley presided over the
W, M. iS. The devotional leaflet was
taken by Mrs, H, Squire and Mrs.
Morley. Delegates were appointed for
the Presbyterial in Goderich April
2'tth. Rev. Stewart closed the meet
ing. Refreshments were served by
the hostess and her assistants.
Mrs. Milne 'Pullen spent the week
end in Exeter with Mrs. Earl, who
is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. N. Ogden, of Exeter,
visited With Mr. and Mfrs, F. Squire
on Wednesday of iast week,
A play Will be presented in this
■church. ion Friday evening by the
Staffa Y. P.
Miss Maida Morley is holidaying
with Alice Passmore, Thames Road,
Mr. and Mrs. ,F. Squire and Shir
ley Were Suhday visitors with Mt,
and Mrs, Geo. Squire, Granton.
The Canadian Pacific Railway
Angus Shops at Montreal are
humming with activity these days
as the Company continues its
Comprehensive programme of dir
conditioning. In the current year,
aiiSconditidning equipment will
be added to 136 cars, including
standard sleepers, dining cars,
tourist sleepers, parlor cars, and
day Coaches, and these, in addi
tion to the 130 cars air-condition
ed in 1936, Will permit a very
considerable extension of air-con
ditioned services throughout the
Dominion.
Provision is made by the 1£>37
programme to provide air-con
ditioned dining cars on all trains
carrying air-conditioned sleepers
of parlor cars, besides additional
sleeping and parlor cars for use
on trains between Montreal and
Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa,
Toronto and Ottawa, and trains
39 ahd 40 between Montreal and
Saint John, N.B. Air-condition
ing of tourist card for use on the
transcontinental trains between
Vancouver and Montreal and Tor
onto is a new and interesting fea
ture of the 1937 programme, This
will supplement last year’s Ser
vices which allowed air-condition
ed standard sleepers, compart
ment-lounge, bedroom and parlor
cars fro be used on transcontinen
tal trains between Montreal, Tor-
ronto, and Vancouver; the Mont
real, Toronto, Hamilton, Chicago
services; and the night trains be
tween Montreal and Boston, Air-
conditioned sleepers and lobnge
cars were also provided for tho
"Mountaineer” service between
Chicago, St. Paul, attd Vancouver^
Some idea of the Work connect
ed with air-conditioning is given
by the pictures above. Oafs are
stripped, as in lower right, and
insulated to keep out heat, cold,
and dust. The pictures at the
left show some of the material
being placed in the cars. The
Satisfaction written all over the
face of the young lady, in "Lower
5,” expresses the public’s feelings
toward this new type of control
led comfort. In the centre is a
close-up of tho control equipment,
by which, as the arrows indicate,
the individual han regulate the
volume and direction of tho flow
of airM