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Danadlan Apple Exports Cheese Week was instituted In
The 1937 seasonal movement of Oanada In 1034 by the Beery Indus.
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Canadian alpiples to the United try of Ctulada. Title year (field
Kingdom markets up to Oetobel National Cheese Week was held
7 amounted to 336,180 barrels and from October 28 to November 6 In -
211,455 boxes, compared with. 140,
335 barrels and 207,140 boxes chit'- Apart from its high value aa a
lug season, food cheese has a peculiar interest
the previous 1'llls
40 Canadians for more than one
represents an lncreare
a601,
of 140 per
reason. 1':he development of the
cent, in 'barrels and two per cent, in cheese Inducetry in Canada is
boxes. A large Increase is also practically the history of the level•
noted in the export of apples from j Opulent of the dairy industry of the
the United States to the BritishI courntry, awl cheese was among the
mai tete, this seasons export can- ! B1111 of the farul products to a'Ivauce
slating of 131,211 barrels and 1611,161 1 the name of Collette among otherboxes, compared with 30,003 barrels nations as a Producer of food.
222,378 boxes, Although the( Further, at the present time, ceveu•
United States exports are consider- teen per cent, of the total population
ably enoller in bulk than the Can- or Canada is directly dependent mr
adlan, the increase amounts to 329 the dairy iu(1wstry for a living, there
per cent, in barrels, but a decrease behlg over 316,000 farmers 10 can.,
of 28 per cent,. In boxes,
Current Crop Report
Fall wheat generally looks reason-
ably good. Fall plowing is in Phil
swing, made easier by recent rens
in most districts, Halton County
reports an excellent crop of foots
this year. Huron County alio re,
ports mangers and turnips a very 1
good. crop, The field bean crop
there has yielded exceptionally wall
and the average will be 20 to 21
bushls per acre. Livestock in
Brant as in meet ether areas le t:1
good condition, due to unusually
good pasture conditions. The corn
crop in Wentworth more than tDNA
the silos this year, Prince Edward
had the largest tomato crop in tile
county's history this year. Reports
of 500 to 600 bushels' per acre were
quite common. The quality of
buckwheat in Frontenac is very
good. Sudbury district reports ',bat
one carload of purebred Ayrshires
were brought into that area recent-
ly, There cattle were purchased In
01d Ontario at an average cost of
200.
National Cheese 'Week
For the (le -Pose or calling atten-
tion to the advantages of rheeee as
an Item of food, and at the same
time 'to give information about the
many ways of servir'r this very fine
concentrated form of milk, National
over the air
WESTFIELD
A fine timepiece...
with an accurale,l5lewel
Westfield movement,
Smartly deeiened...beau-
dfuUy engraved]
M. H. Brothers
WROXETER, ONT.
BRUSSELS, Phone 53X
A House on Your
Hands
Did yo eror ago'• out Now
mall a percentage'of our popu-
lotion pose your house whore
they could see a "To Lot" Olin.
or how lorgo a percentage rend
our paper? Good tenants are
not the hind that hee. lime to
,..to In doing evireind looking
for rt,doe,: .Tbey-,.loch..he oar,
wont Ada.
* If yen hire's house -on root
hands, sstt " house to L.i" ed
Mill- bring think to yea:
alta producing Intik for market,
seven Per cent, of this production
being utilized for cheese.
Timothy Seed Supply
Tire amount of timothy seed sown
in Canada annaally is eetintate•1 at
from 8,000,000 to 12,000,000 pounds.
Naturally, in years of high prices,
the demand is less than when the
seed is reasonalbly cheap.
Present indications ore that acous-
tic e01Plies will go far in meeting
demand in Canada in 1038, '1112
carry-over In Canada was about 01,1
millions pounds from 1936 and pro-
duction this year should be a')ou.t
4,250,060 pounds, Ht the United
States there Is a large supply of
timothy seed -which is selling reas-
onably cheap and Is estimated :o be
sufficient for three years require-
ments, Present prices on trarlt at
Chicagn are ,from $2.25 to 52.75
Per cwt. for country -ruts seed, which
is about half the prien in that mar-
ket a year ago, Inoidentally, rim.
ropy seers prices in Canada are In-
fluenced by Chicago prices, lint int -
ported seed is, or course, subject to
t:he added cost of duty of about one
cent per Pound and increased
freight and other incidental changes
which amount to arotmd another
four cents per pound.
The hulk of the production of
timothy seed in Canada this. year le
in Ontario, Quebec and British
Colum hitt,
Cutting the Fuelwood
(By I. C. MarrItt)
The farther who owns a 10.15
acre woodlot is envied by his neigh-
bor in the sections 'where many
farms have the entire acreage clear-
ed for cropping and pasture, av 112
has a supply of fueltvood and timber
close at hand and he does not have
to make a cash outlay. Due to the
increasing enmity of fuelwood to
many or the better agricultural dia•
trevess, more owners of wo0dlan'1 are
giving attention to their woodlote in
order that they may be preserved
and that they will give larger ligan•
tial returns over a :Period or years,
'rhe annual cutting of fuel:t'ood
may be made the starting point
in a more efficient scheme of dour.
agement. In many cases the fue'-
wood may be seetu•ed from a wood.
lot and it will be more valuable, in
better condition for future growth
and present a more pleasing appear-
ance, The methodand care that to
taken to -day will make a difference
of hundreds of dollars in the value
of the woodlot 16, 20 and 50 years
hence. Rather than considering
only the present; that is securing
the best wood in the shortest time
and with the least work, the owner
should out ,the trees that will im-
prove future growing conditions.
Examples
1. Thin a second growth etend
rather than clean-out a email area.
2, Chit the large trees 'that have
to be worked up with cross -cut
rather than take the 5-inch-104pch
dlouteter trees' that may be eaten
with buzz -saw and spilt easily.
The following rules might well 1,e
used as a rough guide in seleetinc
trees to be cut anti saved in a tata-
wood operadiou.
Cut
1, Deaci trees
2, Unsound and rotting trees
0. Crooked trees'
4. Poor species of timber tr'eee
5, Short bushy crowned trees
6, Some trees where stand is too
thlok ('tibihnung)
7, Trees that era ,shafting and
,hete'fe•tngt with the growth of
others beneath them,
Save
1, Straight trees
2. Sound trees'
3, Tall, well-coYored traps
4, Better speetee of trees
6, l noiigh trees to make a full
Stolid,
Trees 2 inehee---+1.0 inches in dia
meter of the more valuable 000cies
Should lee 8avod from breakage if
poseiblo when large trees are felled.
The large tree should be felled 1n
the direction where least damage
will i'esol,t, This ulay be done by
wedging, pulling 11 with a rope, cut,
ting off large limbs before felling,
er bending the small trees overwith
a Pape until large tree is felled,
Fanners who have not feticed
their woodlot .from stock would
be well advised to consider fenulug
part at least, as protection Iran;
stock now will mean that there will
be a woodlot on the farm 25, 60 and
75 years hence, because small trees
always apart in a woodlot that is not
pastured by stock. A utilti'ated
field or pasture mai' be square's by
taking lit a corner of the woodlot.
Tho Puelnvood could be cut from the
Part In with pasture or cultivated
field, The woodland area coul,l be
increased by including the eleire4
corner with the woodlot and plant.
Ing it with forest trees' next spring.
Now Time to Control
Menace of Bot Flies
There are three species of hot
flies parasitic in the larval stage in
the sitomach of horses 111 Cowie,
These are the nose bot fly, whish Is
the most troublesome, the throat bat
fly and the horse bot fly. The lost
mentioned is the largest, the most
common and most widely distribut.
ed. None of these species is native
but they were probably introduced
into North America at quite an eerie'
date, Their spread into 60111e of
the more newly developed distric...:
in Canada has been fairly recent,
and there have been very marlool
increases in numbers' during the
last twenty-five years. These in-
sects have been under study by of-
ficers of the Entomological Branch,
Dominion Department of Agrlcui.
aura,
The adult Ries are on the wing
during the summer months, Tiley
lay their eggs on the hairs on the
forelegs, mane and shoulders, or on
the jaws and lips of horses. The
eggs of the common horse bot fly
hatch and the larvae find their way
into the digestive tract when the
animals lick and bite at themselves.
The larvae then become attached to
the walls of the stomach where they
live as Snternal parasites, The
preeencs 'of considerable numbers
of the larvae or bots attaches to
the stomach and other parts of the
digestive system seriously affeet9
the hearth of the animals, More
then 1,000 bats have been 'akeu
from the tetomach of a horse,
The hots remain in the stomach
until the following late winter or
spring, and are then voided to 1(1•
ground in which they burrow and
pupate. The pupa stage lasts' from
three weeks to two months, at the
end of which the flies emerge and
commence egg laying. The flies in
laying their eggs terrorize the a1,i-
mals to sash an extent that they are
kept from grazing and resting tlul
lose condition front constant milling
and running around.
Bot flips can be markedly reduced
iu nuntliets through eo-operative
efforts among horse owners, and It
may be possible to eradicate them
completely from restricted areae.
Control measures are applied a-
gainst the larvae do the winter
months. The most sftisfaetnly
substance for expelling the bo,,
from the stomach is carbon 'Asti: -
chide, It is also effective agates'.
large round worms of the home
This gas -producing liquid is admin•
lstered in gelatine capsules a single
close of six drams being sufpeient
for a one thousand pound horse,
This should be administered only
by a qualified veterinarian, A pre.
liminary fasting of 18 to 24 hours
acdvieable before the drug '1
administered, and toad and water
should be withheld for several hours
after, Tile best kine for treat'ncut
is in the early winter after all actio'
ity of the adult flies has censed,
There are various simple devices
in Ilse for preventing or retarding
eggehtyiug ,during the summer
Months, The provision for darken-
ed s'befters for animate not working
is also useful in this regard. The
eggs' 111(13 be clipped or brushed Prom
the hall's of the horses whet.
noticed.
WHEN KNIGHS WERE BOLD
Risking the perils of death the
valiant 1tn1gh1 had rescued the fah
maiden and, now, he was holding
her in his arms,
"Listen, big boy," she geld,
"you're not holding ice for ransom,
are you?"
"Not ole," replied the knight,
"Lot Ranaotil0 get hie own wnmell,"
Disease and Parasites
Rattier ,Than
,2 ' ' jaillBad Luck
By 11.U2 T 1CUS
W3I.T WAS it someone wrote
about Ott3tober gluing a party? Well,
October 1937 hasn't been very purty-
]1140.
What with snow and tvthl and
wind, the weather has been most
unpleasant and farm work on many
farms lag's liar behind
A considerable portion of the pu•
tato crop le still in the ground, 111,1
Oct. 301h Is rather lute to be bar
vesting potatoes and mangolds.
The buckwheat is still mostly out in
the stock and there are still neatly
awes to plow,
Fortunately, there have been 11
few days of comparatively warm,
even If wet, weather recently, ;and
Wheat is getting Imllle chalice to
make necessary- growth. Even 11
week ago It scented probable that
the wheat was going to be rather
Knell when winter came, and the
soil should be well saturated eo tlni
no dry wells need be feared this
coming winter,
• o •
ONE OF THE big problems right I
now is what to do with the live
stock, 11 does' seem a bit early to
shut file gates and keep them in for
the long winter months, and it
doesn't seem quite fair to turn `heat
out and expect cows to face those
chilly winds and conte up at eight
with the normal amount of milk
So far we have been conlpromis.
Mg, The cattle spend the night in
the barn and on the better days are
Tetlt out. (We almost said the fine
days, but that kind hasn't been
handed oat very mucic lately). Even
that plan doesn't work so well. The
cows are not getting the same feed
each day and production fluctu-
ates wildly. Moreover, the continue
ed rains have made the laneway
rather muddy and that cleans tit
neeesnity of greater care to keep
the cows, and consequently the
milk, clean, They would be much
hatter strut right in but then It'y a
long long time from Oct. 30th to
about the same date next flay.
There will be plenty of chores to do
in these seven months.
IN BULK the 1937 harvest nae
been a great one, and there are
hound to be long hour of labor re-
quired to convert that feed into
growth on young stock, pork, beef,
dairy and poultry produce. For
some reason or other, some farmers
are going to be able to turn that
feed into live stock produce a great
deal more economically than others
What enables one man to feed
hogs and procure a pound of gain on
four or five pounds of grail, while
another requires six or seven? Why -
do one man's. steers fatten se much
more readily than his neighbors?
We might go on and on asking
these questions. For instance, why
tlo some farmers lose so much live
stock through death attributed t,,
one cause or another? We know
that the general answer Le lucre.
How often do we hear a group of
farmers discussing a neighbor's lois
of a horse or row remarking that
Ball or Harry or Tom, as the rase
may be, certainly has hard luck?
The other day a live stock beeoder
from another county was visiting
here on the farm, and he was dismis-
sing a certain disease that was tak-
ing quite a toll in his herd, Rather
than go to some troable and a ±mal`
expense to eleen that disease out, he
was planning to carry on and con-
tinue to take his losses 'We
wonder if that is not a general
'practice. We know that it is in
certain 'branches of our farm live
stock. Just how much of the har-
vest stored away in our barns at
this, the beginning of a stable -feed -
111g period, is going to be wastes to
maintaining disease and parasites is
something we cin not know,
We are certain that a good des!
Of what we generally call "bad luck"
can be attributed to these tico
'thieves which many of us So willing-
ly
illingly entertain,
Chicago Again Plans
For Huge Stock Show
Farmers and stockmen troth rllall3'
stales, several Canadian provinces,
as well ars from Australia, South
Africa 811d South America have thus
for listed entries of livestock and
crops int the 14137 international
Live Stock ,Exposition,
The elposatinn will be held in the
now International A.ntphitheatre at
Chicago ,Stock Yards November 27
to December 4,
,Predict Record Entry
According •1,o Secretary - Manager
13. 12. Heide, elle early entry is the
heaviest 10 the ll11110(y of the Shaw,
which leads him to predict that this
year's event will be a record one in
number of exhibits', There were
oyer 14,000 head of llvostoek shown
art the 3986 exoesltion,
1( will be the 38th a011118l renewal
of ,61118 largest exposition of farm
animals and crops on the continent.
Prizes will total over $100,000, dls-
?trlbuted over contests which 51(1
'feature all breeds "of beef cattle,
dlla4t, and light horses and ponies,
sheep, and 5W1110.
Spectacular horse Shows will ta1te
Place eve'rY evening, from the open-
ing to the olostng days, The floest
riding and driving horses and pr1niee
is this country and Canada will be
scan in contest for prize ribbons In
these events.
Big Crops Exhibit
The xnrld'e largest crops ex111bi1,
the International Grail and Ila9
Show, will be held for the 19th time
In connection with the egpositlon,
Growers from 37 states, Canada, and
A,ustl•alia took part in title conteet
lest year. The management expects
all even wider and more exteuoive
display of exhibits this year because
of the good crop yields in most ser
tions of the continent,
Special low round trip fares have
already been Stheduled for the week
0f the exposition by many of the
railroads entering Chicago to acc:,nt-
madate the thousands who will visit
this premier annual showing of the 1
nation's livestock and farming ;n.
duetrles,
ROUND TRIP RAIL TRAVEL BARGAINS
'From BRUSSELS
NOV, .6'6 to Port. Hurpn,Chloago Eta,
NOV. 6 to Windsor and Detroit
Soo handbill for train service
To
WINDSOR, Ont,
DETROIT, Mich
Port Huron, Mioh
Flint, ;Mich,
To
53.30 Durand, Mich, ,,,,,,, $$,os
3.30 Lansing, Mich; ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 8,0
240 Battle ,Creek 8,u0
3,95 South bend, Ind, 8.00
CHICAGO .,.• $8.00
Equally low fares from al) adjacent C, N. R. Stations
Ask for handbill and complete information ;from Agents, 7.41313
"Ask Agents for particulars of Canada's ,Maple Leaf contest
Seven cash prizes, You may win $100,001"
CANADIAN NATIONAL
world's p0rductiou of wool id 3,3711,-
900,000 pounds.
Poultry Exports
Increase to U. S.
There has been a sharp increase
increase in the exports of live
Poultry from Canada to the United
States during the past four years.
So far es 1937 is concerned up to
the end of August, the number of
Canadian birds exported to the
United States reached 4he large
total of 466,977, or approximately
2,000,000 pounds of poultry meat, By
months, this figure is represented by
37,969 birds exported in January;
29,424 in February; 56,431 In March;
33,053 in April; 47,765 in May; 70.
945 in June; 51,255 in July, and
130,132 in August.
The significance to the market
trend of these live poultry exports
to the United States is indicated ,'t
the following table of exports. All
pb res are in number of birds,
August San, to Aug, 1
19341,171 9,661
50, Golden
1935 3.721 2.5,251 1
55 Emerald
1936 44,133 229,6233 I 60, Diamond
1937 130,132 486,977 i
World Production
Pure Wool Estimated
Raw wool production in the 1 +
' British Empire (not including India
and the Colonies) for the 1950-37
season is preliminarily estimated at
1,743,800,000 pounds greasy basis.
Of this amount Australia producers
1,010,000,000 pounds; New Zealand
304,000,000 pounds; Union of South
Africa 295,000,000 pounds; 'United 1
Kingdom 105,000,000 pounds; and
the Irish Free State 17,60t(,060
pounds, The wool production of,
Iildle is estimated at the constant
figure of 10,000,000 pounds, The
preliminary estimate for the United l
States is 448,000,000 pounds; Argun-,
tina 355,000,000 pounds, and E`r'in-1
ay. 120,000,000 pounds, China's•
production is estimated at a cc'u-
start 110,000,000 pounds. The ore-,
liminary estimate for the 1,039.371
1
Wedding
Anniversaries
Every once in so often an inquiry
come$ to us for a list of the differ,
ant wedding anniversaries. Dere
they are, all the way from one fa
Sixty years;
1. Cotton
2, Paper
4, Fruit and Flowers
5, 'Wooden
6. Sugar
7, Woolen
8, India Rubber
9. Willow
10, Tin
11, Steel
12. Silk and fine linen
13. Lace
14, Ivory
15. Crystal
24), China
27, Silver
30. Pearl
35, Coral
4$, Ruby
45. Sapphire
The exports of live penury from
Eastern Canada ohiefiy Outano to
the United States at she en'] of
September and beginning of Oc-
tober, 1937, continued active.
"vy7:r+.bene.«leeke ares
Figure this out for yourself:
"What does the bride think when
she walks into the church?" '
"Aisle, Altar, Hyml,"
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