HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1937-6-30, Page 3THE BROSSEILs POST
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alb, 1997
News and information
Ns.
for the Busy'Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture
DON'T FORGET THE GARDEN
Thoueaude of families throughout
the country are planning uow to use
rile available garden land to Pro-
vide food. If people on the land
. would consider the number of men's
that must be prepared during the
Year and estimate the actual earn.
ing power of a garden, more and
better gardens would, be planted in
order to provide a continuous suiMaY
summer and winter vegetables, .A
garden of one-quarter to one -hail on
acre in extent, property cared. for,
, will provide enough vegetables for
an average inanity,
INCREASING YIELDS
The application of a definite
scheme of crop rotation is being
found an ilwportant factor in reduc.
ing feed costs. The chief advan-
tages oC such a practice are; (1)
Maintaining and improving soil
fertility, thus increasing yields; (2)
Assisting in weed control; (3) As-
sisting in the control of insect and
Drop diseases ,by having various
crops on fresh soil each year; and It
makes a more even distribution of
labor' throughout the year Possible.
Increasing the yield per acre is oue
of the hest ways of reducing cost of
Production, and in this respect crop
rotation plays a real part.
CUTWORM CONTROL
At this time of year all gardeners
should be prepared for attacks of
cutworms. .A. limited number of
plants may be saved by a wrapping
of brown paper around each. Ailpli-
cation may be made at planting
time and the paper should cover the
plant dram one inch below the
ground surface to one half or one
inch above,
For larger plantations a poison
bran mixture is recommended. Bran
25 lbs.; Paris green ee, lb.; Molasses
1 at„ and water 2 gals. The bran
and poison should be mixed to-
gether while dry, after which mo-
lasses should be added. Ilse enough
water to bring the mixture to a
crumbling condition. The mash
should be sprink ed Lightly around
plants in the evening, T1tis anix-
ture is poisonous to chickens and
birds, as well as cutworms,
REPORT ON INSECTS
Esatern Tent Caterpjillars are
more numerous than usual on ne.
gleoted apple and plum trees and
especially in wiles cherries, in al-
most all parts of Old Ontario, For-
t Tent Oaterpillars are reported
to be even more numerous than last
year north and eolith of Graven_
burst
\t'ireworma, the last week in :May,
began to cause much damage to
siring grain and •there habe been
/ratty reports of Injury. In all eases
the crops infested were planted an
ground that has been broken up
front .sod o110 or two year's ago, Eve
densly the cool weather is malting
the damage greater than would or-
dinarily be the case, because it is
retarding the development of root
growth of the plants witnout af•
footing feeding by the 'Iroworms
White Grubs have begun to feed,
but as most of them ars believed to
be in their third year and will cease
feeding before long It is not thought
they will be so destructive as last
autumn,
Pear Blister Mite has come con-
spicuously to the front this spring,
and on young pear trees Is very
much more abundant than for many
years,
Cabbage Worm, adults—whits but-
terf1les—are already on the wing
and are laying eggs on cabbage and
cauliflower. They are numerous
enough, provide weather conditions
'are favourable, to become a bad
pest again this year. Growers
should dust their cabbages and
cauliflowers with an arsenical j est
as they begin to conte into head,
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CROP REPORT SUMMARY
Potatoea-.The late spring with
an unusual amount of retinals de-
layed planting of early potatoes in
many districts, and a number of
fields are spotty due to some rotting
of seed. Up to the present time
growth has been slow, but with
Term weather and plenty of soil
moisture more rapid development
may be expected. It Is too early yet
to predict when the date of the early
Potato crop will be ready for mar-
ket, The acreage of late potatoes
will he about the same as last year,
but planting will be somewhat later
than usual as farmers have been
trying to get ,their earlier crop`
soman,
Sugar Beets—Approximately 30,-
000 acres of sugar beets have been
contracted for .this season by the
two factories et Chatham and Wal-
laceburg as compared with 36,000
acres last year. The soil, in gen-
eral is in .excellent condition but
frequent rainfalls have delayed
reeding, and about 20% of the in-
tended acreage remained to be seed
ed. on June 1st- Precipitation for
the month of May at Chatham
amounted to 2,76 inches. Thin-
ling is already under way on early
planted fields and there is every in-
dication of a good crop. Contract
prices are the same as in 1936,
namely, $5.25 minimum for factory
delivery, and $4,50 for weigh station
delivery, with a bonus for beets
with sugar content over 14%.
SHALLOW TILLAGE
FOR WEED CONTROL! n
Experiments coniuetee by the P
Field Ilusbbudry Division of the
Fatverin1et tel lard/, .Otlawe, prove
Ciat shallow eultivatlon after a
clean ]tee crop is better than
Ploughing. The rennin; given are
that when the eurf'tco bas been
Rept clean during the season, weed
seeds In the top two or three inches
have germinated and been pretty
well delitroyad. Below this there
may be /natty weed seeds that have
not germinated, but still i'eteln vi.
tality to do so If brought to the sue,
face. Ploughing in this case would
turn under soil that is free from
weeds and bring to tite surface, soil
infested with weed seeds, Cultivat.
ing the surface in preparation for
the spring seed -bed should not mol-
est the weed seeds that are lying
dormant, and the chances are that
Ih•e crop would he reasonably clean.
On the other hand, surface soil that
is infested with weeds may be turn-
ed under where they will not
bother for a year or two. It is
claimed that shallow tillage in the
r control of perennials such as eouel1
weeds, and is also effective iu the
cotrol of perennials such as couch
grass and sow thistle.
(After harvest cultivation destroys
a good many of the annual weed
seeds which have ripened ahead of
the grain. Allowing the perennial
weeds to grow until the weather Is
trot and the roots have weakened
then ploughing and allowing the
furrow to dry out before starting
cultivation is quote effective in con-
trolling both couch grass and sow
thistle. Botli these weeds infest-
ing a sod field may be pretty well
cleaned out by ploughing soon after
a hay trip is taken off and leaving
the furrow to dry out befooe it le
worked . This land may then be
thoroughly cultivated during the
late summer and sown to wheat or
left over for a spring crop. A more
vigorous attack on weeds would
tend to larger and more economical
yields of grain.
s
THE FARMER'S TASK
The tendency to place at a dis-
count the inherent ability needed
for successful farming is at least de
plorable. Such work demands
more of the stronger qualities of
character than almost any other,
Its tasimnatter, is the most artana e
of them all. It is sheer casultry
to place it anywhere but in the
higher scale of occupations.
Ironically enough, it is the so.
called advantages of the cities, the
things which so often surfeit ne
that maintain a certain hold on the
country dweller of today, But it Is
a good thing. Modern entertain,
ments and transportation have help-
ed farming communities every-
where. And perhaps after all there
is stip a deep-rooted .love of the
land, among the larger Portion of
our people, which if not eloquent, is
at least the sanest and the safest
patriotism to be found.
Hamilton Spectet,lr
' SURPRISE
Customer: "Hi! Your're giving
to apiece of bone,"
Botcher; "Ito, no I'm not, You're
ay-ing for it."
Silent Barriers — Canadian Epic
v
Deploting ane of the most im-
portant chapters in Canada's
romantic early history, Silent
Barriers, flim epic of the con-
.Streetion of the Canadian Pacific
Railway through the Rocky
(Moutltains, had its world premiere
under the patronage of Her Ma -
testy the Queen Mother and Mrs,
Stanley
0, recently, and In In tsCanadian
premiere in Montreal. The pic-
ture, which will be shown in
theatres acroes Canada in the
neat' future, is based on Alan'Sul-
livan's book, "The Great Divide",
and recalls the tremendous strug-
gte Waged against Netero by the
giants of pioneer railroading in
Canada. The picture was made
in the Canadian Rockies last sum.
mer, This Gaumont British pro-
duction includes such stars as
Richard Arlen, Barry MaciKay,
Antoinette Collier, L1111 Palmer,
and J. Farrell MacDonald, who
relive the lives of pioneers who
didn't know the meaning of the
word "quit". The layout Shows a
scene from the picture, the arri-
val of a train at Meodyville, inset
Li11I Palmer, ono of the beautiful
stare of the picture,
FIG WORLD BLUE BLOOD$
MAY NOT GRAPE SO HIGH
(13y Iiusticus)
Last weep we wrote something
about .field days being held by .41'0.
stock farmer's In the nxnr111 of Inc.n
Jest a few days later we happened
to be in the city of Stratford on an
' afternoon when the Advanced Reg
latry Yorkshire Club was lioidiug
its first held day and gale. We
had a couple of hours with not so
much to dc, so decided to see wilat
was going on at this gathering of
swine fanciers,
Hug11 Duff was there, of course,
and quite naturally 11e was telling
the folk all about what he looks for
in a select hog or, perhaps more
correctly, in a side of .bacon, cut
from a select liog. The farmer to-
day can se]) Ms hogs, if he prefers,
on the Hoof and accept payment on
a live weight and grade :basis or he
can have his hogs marked and be
paid on the dressed weight and
grade,
Dr. Stevenson 1s always an in-
teresting speaker, He apparently
specializes on parasites, and does
hip best to explode that old theory
that the hog is a dirty creature and
delights to wallow in filth. Dr,
Stevenson's idea (and he is certain.
ly not far put) is that cleanliness is
perhaps the most important factor
in bog raising,
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Mr. Watson is an outstanding
authority on Yorkshire hogs, it is
his contention that the York is the
breed par excellence for the pro-
duction of bacon suitable for export
to the British market Down at the
Experimental Farm at Ottawa is a
herd of Landrace hogs, These ,rigs
were imported by the Dominion
government as an experiment, to
compare them with the Yorkshire
hog of Canada, The Landrace is
the breed used by the Danes to en-
able then to hold their place as the
producers of the highestepriced
bacon on the English market, York-
shire breeders claim these pigs are
not proving any better than the
breeds we now have. We believe
that they ought to be tried out
under varying farm conditions
throughout the Dominion, Those
Corkshire breeders are all too awe
lou to condemn them,
Once In Huron county a progres-
sive farmer imported some "middle
white" pigs from England. I3e, too,
finds that he cannot register his
hogs In Canada, and the Yorkshire
breeders are certainly not making
any effort to help him secure recog-
nition. Britain has a good many
breeds of hogs. A list we have
Isere gives the name of eight breeds
and as eonclitions vary in Canada
some of these breeds may find a
useful place Ju this country,
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Advanced Registry. What does
It mean? Well, they put a race
horse in the track and time hint
with a stop watch. His speed has
a large bearing on his value, They
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BRUSSELS, Phone §3X
The A.B.C. of
True Temperance
We assume that none of our readers would publicly
defend drunkenness?
Then let us look at the question fairly and
squarely:
Both at home and abroad there have been
experiments with prohibition. They have all been
unsuccessful. They have all proved that this
prohibition or unreasonable restriction of alcoholic
beverages does NOT promote temperance, but does
the opposite!
What happens ... when the legal door closes, the
bootlegger's door opens.
Normally law-abiding people constantly and
unblushingly break the law!
Don't let this happen again!
People want social relaxation. Experience has
shown that they will get it whether the law permits
or not.
Where this relaxation is easy to get there is
seldom any abuse.
The right method, then, of combating excess must
be to continue to make it lawful for people to obtain
a mild, healthy beverage which will help them relax,
enable them to enjoy one another's company, without
inviting abuse.
This is the British tradition. Because self-control
rather than law control is the British tradition!
If the prohibitionists desire to abolish the evils of
excessive drinking, they should realize that the
destruction of the present carefully controlled
facilities is the certain way to drive men to abuse!
• This advertisement is inserted by the Brewing
Industry in the interest of a better public understand-
ing of certain aspects of the problems of temperance
and local option.
weigh and test the milk from a
dairy cow and her record has some-
thing to do with her value, A
,brood sow under the A. B., plan
must produce a certain number of
young. These must mature at a
certain age and glade up well as
bacon hogs. In this way a brood
sow is measured.
At the Held day they had a few
,saws to be sold ne auction. Frankly.
we aid not fancy them very ulueh
We doubt le Mr. Duff would have
given us over 50 per cent, selects
had we delivered a btuu,ll litre that
art Wltytte's perking plant. But
these pigs had a pedigree --a real
pedigree backed by generations of
advanced registry ancestors. There
were sires and er0ndshrs that came
from the Old Country- and from
Sweden, Blue bloods of the pig
world, so what matter if the
shoulders were a hit heavy. Yon
Just conks not up and tell th
pedigreed pigs that they weren't
Just what they. might be.
P * •
'When tore auctioneer had finished
the sale we owned one of these
young sows. We did not want her
very badly, nor did we like her over-
much. If she ever 11115 311y young i
ready for market we shall probably
have to tante that pedigree with the
red seal en it and the 11a'mes of
those ancestors that canoe from Eng-
land and Sweden, Perhaps that
trill 0onvince the grader that these
pigs are "pigs what is pigs."
That it la not sufficient to tell
children to "be tavern'?" Thee'
shhtld be ta.ughtt (he proper way to
use the streets.
-•,-_gam—
That if you trink you drive as
well or better after drinking you ere ,
deceiving yourself
DO YOU KNOW
That traffic regulations have two
definite purposes—to save lives ani
to facilitate the movement of traf-
fic?
That the way in which you open -
ate your car is probably the meat
accurate indication of your charas•
ter?
Trutt pedestrians frequently "jay-
walk"—but that death or serious
injury should not be the penalty^ for
this oxense?
• That encu year about e50 persons
are killed and over 10.1100 injtn'ed—
many of them permanently disabled
or dtedgured?
That ability to overate n. car—to
stop and start. shift gears smoothly
or turn u (ori=r properly. -doers art
in itself contribute good driving?
That utast accidents are caused
either live:else tate driver olid not
see or anticipate what ,vo 00111tag
or bttatise be saw what was coming
but too late to do anything ahnnt 11?
That at 80 miles an hour you aro
travelling 44 feel a. second and Mot
your minimum stopping distante
would be 73 feet?
That at 50 miles an hour You 0011
travelling 74 feet -a seemed and that
it would take at least 160 .feet to
bring your car to a stop?
net tire blow -outs and traffic of -
fleet's, should net be your only mat:
tot's of concern driving at a high
speed?
That people get into accidents,
110.1 because they want to, bat be
cause they don't try hard enottgh to
keep out of accidents?
That driving is not a rignt but a.
privilege which can be revoked for,
any good reason?
That the force of impact with a
fixed object et 40 miles an hour is
the same as if the ear had fallen
from the ,top of a four -storey build-
ing?
That to drive pant parked cars or
in the presence of pedestrians a ,
say 30 miles an hour, is dangerous
driving?
That the other driver also bonier•.
es he is a good driver—hut 'that it
is unwise to count too much on "be,
fiefs?"
That meter vehicle accidents'
v cost the citizens of Ontario about
$20,000,000 a year?
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Perhaps business is
dragging for the want of
a helping hand, or a IlttlO
more capital. Man with
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