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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1938-8-31, Page 6News and Information For the Busy Farmers (FURNISHED el THE PEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE) r, 11 Lea More Good Lamb Rebuired on Cling effect In the fo age, Market roll nateafoliage, Flight gaud al lanellotlt int; of the Farnrers are cautioned to exec- 1 wird. rolling of the leaves. 'Spindle oho greater etu'e in the marketing t Meet intensifies the green colour of 'amps at this season or the 1of elle' deates, imparts an upright year. Prices for good tally lambs staring appearance to the elitist, have been very satisfactory until i .tad caussK the t'raduction of any about August let tune farmers, no doubt tempted by pre- vailing prieee, during the last week in July, began to uta:kelt lambei that should .have been ht-ltl on psora••,s for at lc w t a months and in maty cases oversrielY of poor lantbs result- eti t.. a eeriotie drop on all lumb marketA, and while• the ,situation h t- partly eorrected itself, the mark.•t is etili seesettre to weak- nesses_ if producers continue to market undesirable lambs. Ae a rule lambs fiom the more Granata domestic breeds or sheep d, not fetish for market at farm w. iele under 9t) pounds to 100 ill it :i: 150 to 911 the. at the ntarket- I tic letting lambs it is always vee- to use the tcalc-s. Tlris' is particularly important at the pres- ent time so that the sale of under- weight lambs may be avoided. Good early lamb: are in demand at all !stockyard centres, packing Plante and c%ty markets. Lamb neat is an especial favourite in the home. et tourist centres, and in hotels and restaurants'. When it is said that lamb is a popular meat, this mean:? good to choice lamb from well finished carcasses. Light, uuliaisthed lambs do not produce the kind of meat that is relished by tourists or by the Can- adian people, Poor lambs are not good !sellers and are unsatisfactory to all sections of the trade, iuelud- ing the consumer. Tbis year past- ures are excellent all over Canada and there is no farm animal that pats, nn cheaper gains than the growing lama on good grass. All farmers' can increase the value of their Iambs by a closer check-uP in weights and marketing at the right time. Rogueing Potato Fields Rogueing is a valuable metltod for the control of certain degener- ation or "running out" diseases of potatoes• of virus origin. Rogue- ing implies the detection, lifting, removal and destruction of virus infected plants. As a control mea- sure the practice is particularly valuable against the three comanon potato diseases, mosaic leafroll and spindle tutber, These three diseases produce characteristic erieritoms on the potato Plant. Mocale diseases proddce a mot - seem's:: o• misshapen tubers with bulging eyes. It has been shown that rogueing should be timely and systematic. tisttally. muster and leaflet' can be detected in the field when the pianist are about four lichee high, At this sage of development the field should be systematically ex- amined row by row for the Pre- sence of virus infested Plante. Rog- ueing should be done preferably in dark or dull days as the lightt conditions are then best. for detettiou of nio sic. 'On brlght days the operator should car'r'y au umbrella or traverse the potato rows. itt such a manner that his shadow is cast over the plants en - mediately before him. The oper- ation should carry some type of c,osed container, and when a dis- eased plant is detected, it should be lifted in its entirety with as little disturbance as poveible and deposited in the container Under no circumstances should diseased ;Hants be pulled and left in the rows•, nor should they be carried out and deposited an the headland Diseased plants should always be carried from the field and thea immediately destroyed 'by beam- ing, Rogueing should be systema- tically practised at weekly inter- vals until the potato vines begin to mature. For further Informa- tion write to the nearest Plant Pathological Laboratory THE ARUSSELS POST which te the largest tree Sluee 1330, 10 ltaetertt, Western and C'entr'al Onaerie, the yield leer acre are reduced and tite quatlty eoasidet'ablY lowerett by leaf and stem rust, 'In each 01 these 'three sections, the yield was about three bushels' per acre less' than iv. 1937, bat la Southern Ontario, which colttprleeb the two rows of countiee bard e'riag Lake Erie and where half the acreage is ioeaLed, the yield was a'tntost five and ftele higher Item a year' ago ie muse than offset the decline itt other sections, Bleat and rust re - dewed the crop most severely in the eountley of Grey, Bruce, Huron, Wellington au•d 'Peri!, Sluing grains have matured early this season and reports in- dicate that the yield per acre will generally range from average to &lightly above avenge itt practic- ally all counties. 'Harvesting is about a week earlier than usual Damage wits' etuisect by the moat severe outbreak of army worm in the last fifty years, bat for the pro- vince as a whole the loss would probably not exceed 2%. Individu- al fields, however, suffered 10% to 15% injury, and in a few cases much greater. Severe rainstorms resulted in considerable lodging in some parts, making cutting dlf dcult, but the loss is not serious', while in pastern Ontario, grass- boppeets caused rather severe dant age in several localir,ed areas, Rust is affecting the grain crap, in Eastern Ontario, but the yield is expected to be a good average and considerable- above the poor yields of 1937. Precipitation was sufdcient for developing crops' during July throughout most of the province. Heavy rains fell in early August lodging standing crops aver large areas. The rainfall has been ,ben- eficial for the growth of late crops and powpects for these crops, which ntolude corn, lade Potatoes, buckwheat, sugar beets and turn- ips. are considered quite 'favour- able. Pastures are also shoes -lug hni ovement in all sections, and as a result livestock are in good condition and milk flow is being well initiute:Med. Prices of farm products have de- recentlyand are now gen- erally below the level of a year ago. In the case of grain crops uhe decrease from last August is very considerable and is, due to larger world crops. In Ontario farm In- come is largely determined by the prices of secondary commodities such as cattle, hogs, batter, eggs, etc. all of which are down in price. fashioned smel14fowet+ee violas of greet -grandmother's pardon wore appropriately called, have JumLike ted back into popular favor. o many anter really satisfactory gar- den flowers, they were sacrificed or the altar of +'big" flower worahiP• 11 is of interest, too, that the ol't fasrioned s+niuitutfom'ered IPensiels are again !'ought, One carefully selected strain, put out Nader the Mune o.f "Sltakespeare''se' is the true oldsfashfoned type. Sales Promotion Head Is Appointed $y Hydro Morris J McHenry to direct Current Crop Report Farmers are well along with the harvesting of spleudld gt'niu crelfe. In Wsttern Ontario practically all grains are now harvested except lute eats'. while in Central Ontario aitate 79% of the grain is cut and in Eastern Ontario about 50%. In Notltern Ontario the harvest is well under way Stock threshing proce5detl rag4dly up to August 1st, but was interrupted by fre- quent heavy rains during the first two weeks' of August. 'Tire average yield of fall wheat for the entire province is now est- imated at 27 bushels' per acre, as compared with 26 bushels 10 1937, and e, preceddn.g 15 -year average or 25.1 bushels. The harvested acreage or 742,062 1100e5' is the highest since 1927, and compares with 718,513 acres last year, To- tal production will amount to ap- proximately 20,036,000 bushels, Ask your local dealer. Learn how to save dollars by filling your fuel bin with "Canada's finest Coke" NOW. GET A DANDY HAIVI CO COKE SHOVEL at a fraction of regular cost, See your dealer. • Ask him, too, about the new HAMCO AUTOMATIC DRAFT CONTROL end HAMCO HOT WATER HEATER 11API ties b7ohdiotailti *meg COKE HAMILTON HAMODuc7 COKE CONADA OWNS, LOADED INSIST ON HAIVIOO�-CANADA'S FINEST COKE tan MacLeod Being Moved To ,Brighton Popular Agricultural Representative Leaves On Sept. 12 to Take Over New Post SarEDIVMS'DA.Y, AUGUST 31st, 103$ FREE SRRV10E OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone "COLLECT" to WiLLIAM TONE SONS NE 21 LIMITED - INGERSOLL Clinton, Aug, 27:—Ian Maeleeod t PHO. agricultural representative foss Her- BRUSSEL0 PHON - - 72 on County for the last Crura years,, i 1v tt ti'fied Friday of his �"^"� was aPfia al . o tranefee to Northumberland County 1 The transfer, wrielt crones 1n the 1 To ,fudge At PoPitler rept ! I t • nature of a promotion a fm• kiurtek I The Western Fair • •e•,eutative is' to take o new place •t,he second week in Septeuu- i ----- don her, Maintaining the, recognized funs Mr, MacLeod, whose new head-, tion of Exhibitions, to emphasize Foetation o1 a 11:yclt'o sales pro quarters will be in Brighton will type and quality in relation to mar motion department under the three - Dr, succeeded bare by James Shear- , icer .ectndroments' of Live Stock and McHenry is an- o Products, the Western fan of Mortis J. c )er, who has been principal of the Ag,6rta:u:'al P oouncecf by the Qntarfo Hydro Elec-1 Kenuptville Agleultural College for 1 pair, in close co-oPeatien with: it Power Comtixii'sion, through - te last four years. Prior to that { Breed Assoctattons and Agri. its chairman and chief engineer, be was agrfcttltunnl representative organizations, have tuvitecl the fol - Dr, T. H. Hogg, 1 figure for Peel County. He and Mr. Mac lowing Judges, who will place the Cir, McHenry, the central awards at the in this new deptuture of Ontario's J R Faty- publicly-awned power system, will Fow- ler, Guelph, V tr be responsible for dissemination or information on the varied uses of electric service. The Commission, it was explained in the announce- ment, believes that its duties are nut fully discharged by simply making available low -volt electric service throughout the Province it feels that if the great range of uses and benefits' of electric service in the Monte, Tarin and industry were better known, the consump- tion of power would he increased and its cost to the consumer fur - titer dtntinished. Long and intimate contact with the electrical Industry and trite power problems or Ontario highly qualify Mr, :1icHenry to direct Vile new department titian the Hydro Commission, He was graduated from McGill University, Department of Electrical Engineering, in 1910; was associated with Messrs. Smith, Kerry & Chace, consulting engin- eers, Toronto. in 1912 joined the sisff or the Apparatus Division, To- ronto D'strict Office, 'Canadian General Electric Coattpany. in 191S 1 became manager of the Walkerville Hydro electric System, where be Gardening Notes LAWN SEEDiNG TIME Leod graduated the sante year from the O.A.C. at Guelph. Mr, Shearer Is 10 'take over his poet on Sept. 1 and Mr. MacLeod will leave on Sept, 12. At Brighton, Mr. 'MacLeod will succeed A. H. Martin, who is being transferred to the headquarters of- fice in Toronto as. assistant to R. S, Duncan, director of the Agri- chltural Representatives' Branch of the Department of Agriculture, News of Mr. MacLeod•s impend- ing departure will be received with deep regret by the pereple of .Clin- ton and by, farmers throughout Huron County. He has done a re- markably fine job since coming to Clinton, in 1929 ad was exceedingly popular throughout the county, He will be missed also by menthe, s of the Clinton Lions Club and tate Cbintot Masonic Lodge, of which he wes a valued member. .MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, UP DEATH RATE REDUCED Ottawa, Aug. 27. — 'More Ina:" riegcs, more births and fewer deaths are reported by the Dentetn- fen Bneau et Statistics in a commie completed au extensive rehatbillta- ative :statement of vital statistics lien program, became sales Wren' 1 for the first seven menthe of this ager of the Ferranti Fdectic Com- year and the same period in 1397. .any as manager of the U. S. Sales Based of admits from 67 cities Department. Since 1930 he has and towns of 10,000 population and been Toronto district manager of over the statement shows that from C -c, -lc. January to July, inclusive, there Widely known in power circles were 48.874 birt,ha, 30,770 deaths across the entire continent, Mr, and 21,•634 marriages. McHenry is past president of the During the same period last Association or Msnicipal Electrical year the figures were: Births, Utilities of Ontario, and at present 47,430, deaths 3,451, ,nnarrvage vice-president tor Canada of the 20,571, American Institute of Electrical Engineers of Ontario, and a former member of the posed of Governors. He is president of the Electric Service League, Toronto. Estate Agent, • Con veyan In his newcapacity Mr. McHenry } and Commissioner will report directly to the Ontario i General Insurance Hydro Commission, and he will loth ; Office pence s hi dutie about the middle 1 More and more generally it is be- coming rettognhred' that the late ,susmmter--Aulgusli 115 to 'Selt<enuber 15 --is the best tine for seeding lawns. The grass grows vigorously until hard fretting weather, and such annual weeds as may start are killed off by the first trusts, Even better results' are obtained when the area to be planted can be prepared a few weeks in ad- vance. This gives the soil a chance, to settle under heavy rains, so that any uneven places .may be regraded Just berme belying. It also pro- vides a chance for any weed seals in the soil to Sprout. These are easily destroyed when the, ground receives a final pf•ePat'ation for ::owing the gross, which then eau get off fel a clean start, with the rain imam coittlt tition from weeds. tt lime is to be added to the soil, it can also be put in noir; this is preferable to applying it just be- fore the grass 8(10(1 is sown, SPINACH AND CABBAGE e 1933 hxhibtC ou: Light Horses, Dr, W. Out. Clydesdale and DaLft, Perott�eron; Batty,Br'oaklin, 'Ont. Belgian, Agricultural and Eseeees5 Dr, Jason Hansard, Weston, Out. Sr'orthorns, Kenneth Deacon, Unionv%,le,Out; Het•efodds, Gordon Black, 'CC•aledon, Out.; Aberdeen - Angus, J. A. McAliteter, Guelph, Ont . Fat Cattle, 7. D. Brien; Ayr - shires, F. 'Stanley Biggs, Dundas Ont.; Jerseys, Robert. Ilitutler, Woodstock, Ont.; Holsteins, Durno Innes, Woodstock, Ont, Lincolns, Leicester's., 'Cotswolds, Adam Thomson, Stratford, Out.; Sh•opshiress, Sottbdnwns, Ramo? shires, Lionel Orbell, 1Jtagara-on- the Lake, Ont.; Oxforddewus, T. H. Peacock, Jtarette Ont.; Dorsets, Cheviots, Suffolk!, Noel Gibson, slit. Brydges, Ont. Yorkshires' and Berksrires, Geo. Wtiltams, Queensville, Ont.; Tats worths, Prof. R. G. Knox, Guelph, Ont. Foal, 'r. J. Kiley, Londot, Out.; \V. Carter, Londesboro, Ont., F. Attdretls, London, Ont.; Pigeons, L. Ridley, Guelph, One.; Rabbits, W. H. Wilkey, London, Ont., Plggs', A. L. Morrison, London, Ont. Cheese, J. C•athbertsatt, Stratford, Ont., J. Bristow, St, Themes, Butter, J. H. Slott, Toronto, Ont.; Honey, \V A. Chrysler, Chatham, Ont, Grain, W. 1. W. Lennox, Torolto, K. R. IUliier, London, Ont,; Pota- toes, Thos. Green, Mt. 13rydges, gate Roots, X. Douglas, Brantford, Ont,; Vegetables, Goo. Rush, To- ronto, Ont.; Ftudt E. F, Palmer, s Vineland, Ont., F. J. \\'strati, Port Credal, Ont. Flowe:s, R. 0, Thontpsott, Toron- to, oron to, Oak, Art, Clyde Burrobghes, Detroit, Mich,; School Art, Clare Bice, London. i Ladies' Work, Miss K L. Good- fellow, Wroxeter, Ont, Dog Show, Walter H. Reeves, Belleville, Ont. WILLIAM SPENCE cm s of September, I Main Street, — Ethel. Ontario, The home owner willt a veget- able gardeu looks to tarlp 1 t:;ttst. Cts the time to sow vninucti for it within a month of so. Most Im- portant, it'w -ver, is Clic sowing of filthier. teatime.. which usually tails to head if ; 'urn ht epriatg, Styr t.lu a 'i l ? :prix lhhtly 'in the row hint e they will g,ow, site- canf+e they Crest nt 'trttgsfttetnLing. Thin Lht eelIItgs whet, ihsy he - gel to et .wd ono another, tette the plaints M1,ttltd 1111tttt huthes apart, 'l+hey will make solid heads by late autumn and add to the menu a tli'licacy that has a flavor more mild and pitastant than ordinary cabbage, It also makes delicious slaw and the ienvete may be eaten raw like celery or lettuce, Johnny Jump -Ups Johnny Judi -cups, as the old - Shark Fishing New West Coast Sport 7, he spunky trout of the Lau- rontians and the Canadian Bookies, the scrappy bass of Northern Ontario, the 'huge mas- kinonge at ti'renoh /Liver 'have all boon put on their mettle, by a fighttrg fish new to Canadian sportsmen ---the stark, killer of the deep. Basking sharks have been found in large numbers on the east coast of Vancouver Island. While they 50e711 harmless as far as Swimmers are concerned, they are a terror on the end of 500 yards of 50 -pound test like. Many fishermen halo tried •bark fishing with great Success, A Victoria man, 1,1eGinty Matter - son, caught the first shark. It The record so weighed p4o 3 or faris a87 -p der landed by Commander May, of California. iiquipment is simple and not too expensive and D thrilling ond Imagnalon When the Shark 'first takes the batt, a salmon from six to eight pounds, tate fisherman thinks he has hooked the bottom, Then the fun starts. With mad rushes and plunges he churns the water into foam. Iso has a nasty habit of turning on the boat and -snapping at the line or rolling an it and tieVering it with his file -lake skim. You never know what ho w111 do next. About tate timo you think your back will break or your arms torn out, you work the fish closer to the boat, It is snt- oidal to try to land such a largo fish and it Is custontarlt to give him a Coup de grace with a 30-30 rifle, It is a grand sport and a now one for Canadians bat Interest is so keen Judging by inquiries re- ceived by the Calmat= Pacific tourist departinent itt Montreal, that many Canadian and Ainori� can sportsmen are expected tei Mitt forces in s. war on sharks from to of year SOY b P appea b erto greatthet mer numbers. �'