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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-03-21, Page 5Agrcat soul prefers moderation S 'N C I B.C.-A.1 )AS the I louse of Sca9ram, • 4 4 : • • *** 6 MI s. • t 1 I se es lr OA- 0 Aim who thhih of try pradke moderation"today iVingfnun ititvenee-Tbste4, %%sanest -013s 1 0 0 • •-•>;:v****4.-" K.".• • . • • .. Vofo.v4 'REP CROSS Moth Baas Ward. Off Predators Moth balls which protect Your, woollens in the .clothes closet also protects wool -"on the hoop sac- cording to a farmer at Prince George, This sheep man ties moth balls around the necks of his sheep to ward off predators, One whiff of the camphorated neck-pieces and the wolf, coyote or lynx, just about to sink his fangs into the sheep's throat, veers Off .and gets out. A year ago Mr. Gerharcil Jost 20 sheep to the marauders. Since be started using moth halls his losses have been nil, Don't, let neglect' inindieop your ear's peeferhamee. No Matter how inany miles have piled up, you eon still enjoy spring zip if yen trent yonr ear to our BETTER SERVICle. -Don't delay Getslyour Tune-up today! GAS. — OIL ------ LUBRICATION DOWNIE'S Sunoco Service "Where Your Dollar Goes Farther" Phone .383 Wingham 0 04401.046604.14411 0446646.0466046.0646044060440404660•660.6406640.460664046404.40.040661604•60011 CANADA PACKERS LTD. WINGHAM „airmiluilmaskivissintaxensuguntarske IES NEED FRESH FEED! W. K. Meyer, Chief Nutritionist for • SHURFGAIN Feed Service, reports: "Baby chicks on fresh feed showed 6.6 percent more growth after four weeks, compared to chicks on stale feed, in recent tests at the SHUR-GAIN Demon- stration Farm. There is no question that, along with desired nutritional levels, freshness is an extremely impor- tant factor in chick starting feeds." We manufacture SHUR-GAIN Feeds right on the premises. Be sure of fresh feed for your baby chicks by purchasing SHUR-GAIN Chick Starter. • —Central Prom Canadian We know how you feel, sport, but it's good for you. With the threat of an epidemic 'of labies in Southern Ontario, thousanda of dogs have been inoculated, still, thousands more will receive in- jections. Though several dogs have been found to have rabies, which spread from Northern Ontario, they have been infected by bites' of J .11 erro o n s or foxes and not of other dogs. Authorities are satisfied that the threatened epideinic will not materialize. Fertility and Hatchability In the Domestic Fowl S. Africa Switches From Corn to 'Wheat Traditionally a corn exporter and wheat importer, South Africa is finding difficulty 'in disposing of a surplus of'-corn, reports the Ca- nadian Trade -Commissioner in Johannesburg. -Wheat consumption in the Union is growing as a result of a movernent of the native popu- lation into urban employment where'theresis s e. greater need for -bread rather 's than cart meal. The'" Department of Agriculture for" the therefore increas- itig-its' efforts to,Persuade the corn farmer to divert- some of his land to ,Wheat, That` the project is now bringing some results is indicated in the first estimates of the 1955- 56'wheat crop which place the out- put' of '7.5 million•bags (of 200 lbs.) or alrnost 20 per cent over the final 'figure for the previous year. One of the unsung heroes of modern farming is the .petroleum chemist, Thanks to him, the oils, greases and gasoline .ased in tree- tors, combines and other self-pro- Polled farm equipment improve year by year 'to help extend the benefits of mechanized farming. All gasoline, for instance, contain certain chemical additives, states "farm Progress." )3ecause of these chemicals, the farmer no longer has to worry about clogged foci lines or starting difficulties, even after machines have beep out of Service all winter, The need for chemical additives for gasoline arose back in the '3(ls when a new refining technique was adopted by producers in order to wring more gas out of each barrel of crude oil. TIM new process pro- duced a gas that tended to oxidize or form gum in storage, whether it , was in large tanks or in the carburetor of a tractor idle for the vid n ter , Months. • Oil•:.chernists.,set to ,work on the problem•and :Oarne'-•un: with' addi- tives. known. • as -an tioXi4an tg. These CheMicals prevent oxygen in the gasoline - frOm attacking some of the gum-forming constituents in the product. . Then another line-Clogging pro- blem was attacked. It was found that gasoline picks ,up microscopic particles of copper as it passes through tubing at the refinery, in storage and_ in vehicles. The cop- per acts as a catalyst, causing the gum formation, The chemists . de- veloped a. metal deactivator which when added to the gas surrounds the copper particles and makes them ineffective. • Gasoline, however,' is not the only petroleum product used. qn the farm that has, been improved by chemists. Oils, grease, fuel oil and many other petroleum-derived ma- terials work more efficiently be- cause °clic-Mica's have been added to them, ' • —Contra ilteM Canadian WhaeS the best thing to do to enable you to live to be an octo- genarian? The answer seems to be: two in Bond "lead, Ont. Of the 1,150 residents there, 31 are between stO and 88. John Brod- erick.at 88, expects to keep going IndetinitelY. Ile says his longevity' is due to hard, tegular work isunii as splitting 'wood, good good 14nd as steady rot4400, USED MACHINERY 1--No. 44 TRACTOR, 1052. Model 1-14.11041`SON TRACTOR, with 2-furrow Plow, 1952 Model. No. 20A 15-RIEN MULL master marit( ling program ; to sec'Ic itERS! NOW IS THE TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT YOUR Farm Machinery Needs WE HAVE A FULL RANGE OF ASSEY-HARRIS SEED DRILLS Na, 310 hi models, Mechanical Power or Hydraulic Lift No. 306 on Steel, high or Low Rubber Wheels, Famous 111-11 Constant Clearance Lift. OTHER MOOFITA TO CHOOSE FROM DISCS No, 35 Wheeled Tandem Disc 'Darrow No, 31 Tolidem Praetor Dise Harrow Goble Offset Disc Harrow No. 509 One-Way Discs SPREADERS Throe Light Draft Manure Spreaders with 47,00 and 90 bushel capacity, TRACTORS Packed with. Famous M-H Features! Many Models to Choose From! Come in today! CHARLES HODGINS Your Ma.ssey,,Harris Dealer Wingluun Phone 37$ HECR SPREAD OF 1 aYi#0:00,0,0i0440.00001..004.1.0,4110000010i00404m0.0.00.0.0.11040000.00.00d0a010.0001w001,00,01•0.00,00400,00op 4=H Organizational Meetings.Held To date 4-H Club organizational meetings have Been exceptionally well attended and prospects are again for a definite increase in the number of, members in this program. Approximately 70 growers were in attendance at the annual meet- ing and banquet of the County Fruit Growers' Association and 70 municipal-officials, inspectors and spray operators attended the an- nual warble fly school held in the county, this past week. Inquiries in regard to informa- tion on. new cereal grains, grasses and legumes aro increasing each week at the office of the agricul- tural representative, G. W. Mont- gomery, Low fertility and hatchability results in a considerable loss to poultry breeders and hatcherymen since incubated eggs that are infertile and those that fail to hatch have no salvage value. There' are many factors affecting fertility and- hatchability and many of them are under control of the poultry breeder, A. P. Pileski, poultryman at the Canada Department . of Agri- culture Indian Head Experimental Farm, Saskatchewan, states that the age of. chicks seems to have some effect on hatchability. There, is a slight decrease in hatchability in the second _year and a more pronounced difference in succeeding years. A woman of respectable appear- ance was charged with stealing goods from a store. It seemed eletur case of klepternania and the Judge Was inclined to be lenient. When he asked the defendant if she had anything to say on her own behalf she replied, "Well, your honor, I'm always Very careful to take only 'Canadian gcos,0 Males do not seem to be affect- ed to the same extent by age and males exhibiting good vigor may be used for several years. Frozen combs will "make a .male inactive for several _weeks so that dubbing is a good practice wherever there is danger of ,the comb .freezing. Dubbing, however, should- be - done early in the fall when the weather is still mild. Rations that hens receive prior to and during the breeding season have a great effect on hatchability. A hatching ration should he fed at least a month prior to the time that eggs arc to he collected for hatching, It is not desirable to change rations during the breed- ing 'season as this may result in lower production at a time when all' eggs arc required for hatching, Hatching eggs should be set as soon after laying as possible, as the time that these eggs can be held is relatively short depending On the temperature at which they are stored, The optimurn ,range of temperatures is between 45 degrees and 60 degrees F. At these tempera- tures eggs can be hefFi.. le i.yee without hatchability being' affected significantly, Up to two weeks the decrease in hatchability is -small, but beyond this time, hatchability decreases very rapidly while the hatching time increases. This fac- tor is important in hatcheries i.vhere a rigid schedule is maintain- ed. in order to maintain a high level of fertility it is usual to mate one male to fifteen females. Under a system of pen-mating where sever- al males are used in ono pen this ratio should be maintained, Too many males Iii one pen may actu- ally result in decreased fertility because of excess fighting, Once a Pen has been made up it is un- desirable to introduce a • strange male into the pen because the fighting Which will follow usually results in fewer fertile eggs. Males should be placed in breed- ing pens at least one week before eggs are to be saved to assure a high level of fertility. Under sonic conditions such as Individual breeding; cross-breeding, or where time is an element, it will be found that artificial insemination is of great value, lay this method eggs may be saved the •second day fol• lowing insemination, Under .normal conditions high levels of fertility can be maintained by natural mat- inns and following good Manage- ment practices, RAalfS Molt POWIRs fOlt A ',coca .inspeCtion or' -snow-., hedgeS splariteei along sonic. 'of the more windswept county roads the north part of Wellington Coun- ty reveals that drifts up to six feet in depth have accumulated among these rows of trees. These trees were planted quite close And now give a compact mass against the wind. Snowhedges of younger Comniodity Groups Ask. fox Administration Improvement flog,Beef Producers Invited to Attend Demonstration The Whyte Packing Company, Stratford, extends an invitation to all' hog producers in the counties of Perth, Huron and Oxford to visit the plant and see pruetical demonstrations on the killing, pro- cessing, grading, etc, of hogs and eatt:.1 on Wednesday, March 21. At one o'clock sharp, the guests will assemble at the scale house where live hogs will he judged and discussed, afterwards viewed on the rail, Prizes are offered for the closest placing. At 1.45 the hogs will be killed, dressed and graded. At, 2,15 an in- spection will he made of the vari- ous _ departments' of the plant and at 3,00 p.m, lunch will be Served and a welcome address given by J. S. Whyte, manager and president of the company, ' A discussion and view of hog diseases will take place at 3,15 and at 3.30 there will he a cutting dem- onstration on hogs and a question period will be conducted by A. L. Currie, senior livestock products grader of Toronto and D. A. Mc- Kinnon, grader at Whyte's. ANTIBIOTICS- USED TO PRESERVE MEAT Antibiotics can preserve and age meat in 72 hours as well as con- ventional methods do in a month, according to an Ohio State Uni- versity meat expert, Dr. F, E. Deatherage. The' method, he said, was to in- ject the antibiotics or a curing substance at the moment of slau- ghter. "Curing compounds can he in- jected to give desirable flavor," he declared, "For instance, you can have 'hickory-flavored bacon, or you can have corned beef." Experiments had been conduct- ed with a number of antibiotics. It was found that aureomycin, in- jected into the animal's circulatory system would permit the carcass to be held for' 72 hours at room temperature, The ageing which this produc- ed resulted in meat as tender and tasty as other meat that required four weeks of conventional aging. The advantages of antibiotics to preserve meat were obvious, but the use was only experimental. He had no idea how long it might he before the methods were adopted commercially. The methods would he particu- larly valuable in hot countries where there was virtually no re- frigeration and meat had -to he eaten on the day of slaughter or the following day. Launching of a co-operative salesmanship program under which Ontario commodity groups through their own salesmen would sell farm products on world •marltets4' was recommended -by the two-day 'om- moility conference held in Toronto on March 13 and 14. Some 1,500 • Ontario farmers gathered for the conference in which the drop in net farm in- come of 37.3 per cent in the 1951- 54- period was reviewed and ways and means were advanced for stemming this trend, At the conclusion of the confer- ence the meeting unanimously ap- proved a policy statement in which were -delineated _the respective re- sponsibilities of Federal and Pro- vincial governments, and farm or- ganizations to take action in im- proving the current ,situation with agriculture, The policy statement in defining the responsibilities of Federal and Provincial governments ;dated: "Federal Government: We request establishment of legislation, if such is necessary, to assure farmers that they can carry forwartt their mar- keting' programs in both national and international fields, and that . their marketing hoards can enjoy full rights to make deductions for services and for stabilization funds. The establishment of non-incentive floor prices based on a known for- mula, as set out by CFA policy for farm products. "Provincial Government We ask that assurance be given to Ontario farmers that there' will be an im- provement in the administration of the province's agricultural market- ing legislation. To achieve this im- provement we request a new port- folio •A Marketing and Co-opera- tion Department be established in the near future with emphasis not on production but on 'Marketing', In order to make' it practical and democratically possible to secure an expression of opinion from our producers in any one commodity, we request a new formula and sys- tem for taking evaluation of pro ii - ducer opinion by a marketing vote." Tile meeting recommended to the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the commodity grcups to talci. action on a salesmanship program by which Onario commodity groups through salesmen, would sell farm products on world markets; esta- blishment of a marketing depart- ment in the OFA which in co-oper- ation with.the commodity groups maid develop a progressive mid ways and means of increasing 're- search in the field of marketing .150 that a pool of information on the subject of "Commodity Marketing" May he made available to farm leaders as they push forward our marketing progrtras; to press universities, colleges, and PrPa.rt- .ments of Education to recognize, the needs in respect to trained men equipped to assist in giving further momentum to Market- ing programs; to ask the Federal Government to establish a "granarY• program" involving outright pur-• chases of sufficient western grains to lessen the danger of western farmers marketing their unsold grain through hogs and other live,- stock. Grain is a more easily stored commodity than meat; while not delaying action on our resolutions here for such a meeting we urge that a National Commodity Con- ference be called in the near future to consider the points raised at this provincial conference and to take action; and that farm people be urged to use the co-operative way to help solve their currant economic. distress, A bishop attended a banquet and a clumsy waiter dropped a plate of hot soup in his lap. The clergyman glanced around with a look of agony and exclaimed "Will some layman please say something ap- propriate?" 1101111111111111.111111111111111111111211111111111111111111111h, PREYENTEX (Nixon) TABLETS Protect Your CALVES Against Deficiencies Causing Scours, Pneumonia and Other Diseases Preventex Tablets contain the 'vitamins, minerals and, trace elements needed by new-horn • Calves. AVOID CALF PROBLEMS THIS YEAR A young lad applied for his first job and told the personnel manager his name was Scott. "What's your first name?" ask- ed the 'manager. "'Waiter," said the boy. "You haver a very famous name," said the manager, - The boy was very pleased and replied, "Thank you, sir, That's because I've been a delivery boy for the past two years." HOW TO LiVE TO RIPE AGE' The policy of establishing snow- hedges is one which might well he adopted by other 'enmities when, heavy snowfall is an annual pro- Mein. Wellington County Finds Snowhedges Do Pay Off trees planted more recently have now become large enough to stop proportional amounts of snow. The snow which accumulates within these rows of trees, plus that which piles up a short 'dis- tance windward and leeward of the snowhedge, represents a formidable volume, Most of this would other- wise drift across the road neces- sitating the expensive removal by snow plough. Snowhedges consist of several rows of trees, These are Id:lined, It distance of from fifty to one hun- dred feet back from the windward side of the road, Evergreens such as spruce, cedar and scotch pine are the species best, suited 1.o the purpose, Their dense foliage offers a barrier to wind driven snow front ground level up. Deciduous trees such as soft maple and Carolina poplar planted to leeward of the evergreens, help to check the force of wind and accumulate snow. Snowhedges offer many advan- tages over the standard wood-slat snow fence. Once established they become a permanent harrier to drifting snow, Their effectiveness increases each year as the trees increase In size, The costs of est- ablishment and maintenance are less than the aecumulating annual costs of erecting and dismantling snow fence, Snowhedges do n ut wear out after a few years of use, These rows of trees serve to add beauty to the landscape dun] in time will provide nesting silt's and shelter for bird life.