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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1939-2-8, Page 7THE BRUSSELS POST Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions From all Stations In Eastern Canada Going Daily, February 18—Mar. 4,, 1930 Inclusive Return Limit ,ee 45 Days ,TICKETS GOOD IN COACHES—at fares approximately j%ao per tulle. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 1s/ec per mile STANDARD ,SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 14(1c per mile Cost of Accommodation in Sleeping Cars Additional BAGGAGE checked: Stopovers at Port Arthur, Armstrong, Chicago and West SIMILAR EXCURSIONS FROM WESTERN TO EAJTERN CANADA DURING ,SALE PERIOD' Tickets, Sleeping ,Car Reservation's and all information from any Agent. ASK FOR HANDBILL T20 wr Fares.Retun,Lir % Train Tlo,mation, Tickets, consult nearest Agent. See Handbills. %,ANADIAN NATIONAL • News and Information For the Busy Farmers DEPARTMENT OF (FURNISHED BY THE AGRICULTURE) Fall Wheat and Rye men's Association, It is estimated that the area sawn to fall wheat 1n the aut- umn of 1938 In Canada was 799,• 000 acres, a decrease of 16,000 acres, or 2 pec cent., as compared with the area sawn in 1937. Sow- ing of fall rye amounted to 596,000 acres, an increase of 2 per ceut compared with the former year. Farmer's Conventions The following conventions are scheduled for late in February at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto: 1 February 21 — Ontario Plow. February 22 — Ontario Field Clop and Seed Growers' A,,s'm. February 22—,Class "B" Fairs Associattoa. FFebrivary 23 and e4—Ontario 1 Association 09 ieties. A;;h:euitural Soc- To Hog Producers .Producers o8 hogs in Canada are reminded that the increase in the number of overfinislted and owerwetght hogs now being marketed is creating a very ser- ious and acute problem in the New Fordl (DE LUXE MODEL) - AND NEW- ercury On Display at Sanderson's Garage, Brussels Good Used Car Bargains '38 De Luxe Ford Sedan (new car guarantee, 7,000 miles) '37 De Luxe Chevrolet Master Sedan (14,000 miles) '37 De Luxe Ford Sedan (like new) '38 De Luxe Ford Coach 50 OTHER USED CARS- -other Models, other makes TRUCKS '38 Fargo, Panel Delivery (13,000 miles, like new) '355 Dodge Long Wheelbase 2 Chevrolet Stake Trucks 2 Ford Stake Trucks TRACTORS -2 used, Reconditioned Tractors NEW TRACTORS Now Is the Time to Buy Your New Tractor See — — Claire. Long phone 23=r-23 Representative Brussels L. & W.Jackson Motors Limited -Service With a Smile- Phone 161 Wallace St., Listowel WFT,INO SDA.Y, FEB, Sth, 1930 Meet baron aln4 slonlestie polls 'trade, .1aa1'nlere are therefore strongly advise to refrain from ovorfinialning-`eitl to endeavour to market their bogs beforereselling a wsigllt of M0U pounds at the farm, Milk Producers' Returns The Ontario Dairy Farm Malaga. ment and Milk Cost steely reveals striking varia4tons in the net return secured by milk producers from their business, ,Statutes of a almihr nature in other dairying sections el Canada alnd in other eountries have at other times shown similar wide diierenices in the faint business returns, As in urban bus'ineen, conte ,farmer's de well while others have great di'fficul'ty In acoutnnleb ing sufficient net revenue to ntain- tain laying standard's, The operator labour earnings 1s the term used in this study to express the return to the farm operator for his labour and lean• ageauen.t after deducting from, re- ceipts all general expenses, interes! on capital values. at 4 per cent., and wages for allmemibers of the farm operator for his labour and man - work as they do, except the farm manager himself. The higbeet operator tabour e'rnings .Por the year ending June 30, 1937, amongst 460 shippers of milk to fluid ma- kers, was $5.511 and stile lowest (minus)—$2.879. The variation in operator labour earnings between these ewe fame was mare than $7.- 000. 7:000, 'Whil'e one cannot with ac- curacy gauge farming by the net re• turns in any one year of operations. this .wide variation in net returns is a clharacterist,ic which, has been revealed by all similar studies of any competitive business. There are several factors which are re- sponsible for the great differen3e i nnet income as between farms, Some of these factors come within and some are beyond the control of the farmer, such as weather and pieces. A fa'rmre may auger a re veree In progress due to unfavour- able conditions of weather in any one year, but over a period of years, he aney learn Through expel*, (fence the kind of 'weather to ex- pect and can make adjustments !n the business• accordingly. Unusual conditions of weather do not occur annually. The hazards of prices. too can be overcome in a large mea - suer by careful study, It Is true the farmer's estimate or prices may be incorrect for a period, but care• tUl study of price information wile assist greatly in hurdling such ban - Advice on Pigs Two hundred Western Ontario farmers learned about hogs at the Swine Selioo•1 at the Western Ontar- io Experimental Station, Rldgetown, on January 25th witeu Dr, Lionel Stevenson, provincial zoologist, dia• cussed the nature, cause and rent eat), of a score of swine diseases and internal parasites. He decitlre,t that drugs nvouid not take the place of sanitation and good care and added: "If Pigs are to be Profit- able, they must start growing from the day they are born, 1. a pig does not make a steady gain during the first eight weeks of its lite, It twill ,be hopelessly stunted the rest of Its life, Lr, Stevenson tagged the 'Round Worm' as one of the worst enemies of a pig. Seventy per cent of young pigs die as a result or these worms, he saki. He also decried the old method of allowing the .pig to wallow in mud and filth in which places worm eggs roti disease. germs were prevalent. in place of such donditions he recent. mended the colony house system similar to that employed by the local experimental farm "Forty .pet' cent of the fault of swine prn- em:ere today is that they don't keen the animais' clean. Pigs are one of the cleanest animals eve have if given the oppoutnnity to keen clean," he declared, Time to Clean Seed Delay in cleaning and grading seed until a few days before seed - My, is a habit too common on tneny Ontario farms; Melee John, D. 14tr.- Leod of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch. When the fanner Mindy becomes seed minded 11e nautili)? Anda, that the quantity of genie In the bins' is not sufficient to clean 011 tile number of bushele u•ecessary 10 sato the required member of noon. Stich being the ease he has two ai- ternates, to rethice the wind brant and the ailment of small grnfis which Should be removed, or to per. clines seed. In many case,.; the forieer plan Is fetloweii and seed of inferior quality le sown, Mr. Mol cod The seed Produced on many feriae may be equal toand poselb,y • uwpei'iol• to that grown by neigh. bors, It is suggested that scut Weaning be started during the winter 01003115; farm work is not so pl'essiug; the bulk Prom whirl: the seed Ie to .be taken is larger; entailer grains, light grains and 011 tpye grains may be fed and the MY best kept for seed. The sowing of the best varieties anti the best seed of these varieties is pracitically the only operation iu oonneotion with crop proud'ction. within control of the farmer and be- 'following y'following this plan one is assured of heavy Melds or high quality, Those living within reach of a. saeti cleaning planet would be well advised to clean and grade their peed during the winter months, If 'rie f.aciliule,s of a seed cleaning plant are not available, the farm Mee fanning ,mill should be recond- eitioned, placed near the bias, operated' by power if possible, and grain from the best bins cleaned and recleaned. By following this plan the best of the grain will be av- ailable for seed. ,small grains ,make good feed but poor seed. The Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ont. Dept. of Agri• culture is pepared to assist farmers with any seed cleaning problems. A pamphlet recom- mending the screens or the cleaning and grading of garin and seeds ie available on request, Steady Production Brings Hog Profit In the raising of hogs, the main point to bear in mind is that, nv steady production bated on the normal capacity of the farm, it is possible for an ind8vidual producer to increase his average returns materially. Profits from hogs are dependent on two Motors, namely, ithe price received and the cost of production, and although many of elements, governing prices and the cost of feed are beyond the indivi- dual's control, 1t is not beyond his Power to take advantage of certain market conditions which are repeat- ed at fairly frequent and regular intervals. Hog prices show a considerable variation from month to month. Usually the 'highest prices in ices year are paid fro mJuly to Septem- ber, a period' when marketiuge are low. By farrowing sows in the winter months (Deoember-Febru- are) the ineliv!dnal p:odncer w•'.Il be able to marlcet his, hogs during the JiuleaSeptemlber peneed of peak prices. This winter farrowing :s edanittedly more difficult than oro - duction during the so-called normal season, but the obstacles can be overcome just as they were for poultry by supplying beet and mute careful feeding. No one eau predict future prices ,for either hogs or feed with, ere ,.erdail.ly at the time sows are bred, .but, w1:11e yearly average hog prices ,during the past fire years have flat shown much variation, there have been very drastic changes in feeu prices: low in 1934 and 1936, high in 1936 and 1937, and low again in 1938. The combination of higu hog prices and lots feed .pieces .n the fall of 1935 led many farmers in some distiects to increase the ,the number of soaw bred, resulting in the greatly inoreased marketinge of 1936•07, Many of these hogs were finished on the higher priced feeds of 1936, so a ,•hush smaller Profits. than anticipated were ob. tamed, In 1937 the same prodcc• ere became d•iseouraged, d•ecreaaaed the number of sows bred, and now find themselves with Sewer hogs 'o teed ata time when low feed prices have made Deduction profitable. Attempting to guess the future prices of hags and feed S:int•Ply can. not be done successfully, The only alternative is to maintain normal Production, being careful to avoid any merited Increases or decreases Will Plant 25,000 Black Walnut Trees This Spring (learrisicn Review) lttr, Gregory Morrison who spends the stlnittler months, m'ospeeting in Northern Ontario, and who owns e . term in biiuto Township, being lot 25, toncesaMen 7, planted 5,000 black irahlut trees lase spring and he toll our reporter that all but seven 01 eight grew. This leas he has Made application for 24100 more. which he intends to Plant eight feet apart or about Are You Nearing Forty? If so start NOW to tale better care of your eyes. That period between 38 & 52 is a period of Change for the EYES. Proper Attention during this period will greatly assist in maintaining Keen Comfortable Vision in later years. Roads and weather permitting, 1 expect to be at my Brussels Office in Miss Bryans Home all day THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9th to give Expert Anylitical 'Eye Examinations and fit Glasses where needed F. F. Homtuth Phm. B., R. 0. Analytical Optometrist Harriston Brussels, Phone 118 Phone 26X 3.000 to an acre, Ile says one mall can plant 3,000 trees a day by plow- ing ,them in. He has a three-year plan of planting 30,000 trees, a year, and has it figured out that if the trees are only worth $1,00' each at the end of thirty years, they will represent a considerable fortune. WALTON (Intended For Las¢ Week) A very successful play entitled, "Ori! Clarissa," was given in the Coananunity Hall on Friday evening last under the directions of Mrs. W.1 C. Bennett and Mrs. Charles Sellars. There was a large audience, two hundred and flaky being present, who thoroughly enjoyed this unique play. Misses Dennis, daughters of Mr. Porter Denis, sang very accept- , ably between wets. The net pro- Ceeds were 955.00, which were in aid of the Community Hall fund. The caste is tie follows: Mrs, Weather - bee, Mrs. Ray Carter; Mr. Weather - bee. ,Mr, John Mrshall; Norris Weatherbee, Art Bewley; Verona, Miss Anna Ennis; Eleanor Cabo: Lodge, Miss Mildred Sellahs; Bo-• ler, Herb Treviso; O'Reilly. die Po- liceman. Bob Kinkily; the cook, Beth Shannon; :Swami B. Hanoi Harvey Bryans; Mrs, Cabot Lodge. Mrs. W. C. Bennett; Mr. Cabot Lodge, Mr. Bill Farquharson. $1,066 Featr•re For Gcaderich Race Meet Annual Meeting of Horsement Discusses Plans for August Event A 91,000 stake will be a feature of the civic holiday racemeet thele year if plans laid et the annual meeting of the Gederich Trotting and Pacing Aasooiation are carried out. The meeting was held at the Town. Hall, Wednesday night of Iast week. Instead of five classes, with a 9500 stake in each event, It is proposed to have tour events this year, three with a $500 purse and the special feature with 91,000 hung up to attract the beset horses in the country. Consideration, also was given a suggestion to have an •event for lady drivers, The program will be definitely decided et a later meeting, A. S. Goldthorpe was again elect- ed president, and other officers are: First vice-president, David Munro, second vi'cepresideat. Percy Johs- ston; secretary, A. Ginn,; treasurer, E. R. Wigle; members of executive, 3, W. 'Craigie, ar. NI, McLean, A. Stevenson, W. Green; J. 3, McEweu. Read the Ads. For Greater Results and Bigger ProTits Feed Sun -Ray Chick Starters Laying Mash Poultry Concentrate Pig Starter Hog Concentrates Dairy Concentrates F. S. SAMI S Brussels Phone 80 Atwa !ax"a Is ATTRACTIVE 1 aQ GREEN 1"-----:y/ FARES AND TRAiN SERVICES CANADIAN NATIONAL TELEGRAPHS MONEY ORDERS AND EXPRESS • SPEED, DEPENDAe11.19"a SAFETY Indulile.in your favorite Summer spout —all em—in the balmy, invigorat- ing climate of Canada's Evergreen Play. ground- Golf, hiking, riding, motoring yachting, tennis ... enjoy majestic mountain scenery—see snow -clad Canadian Rockies en route. Special Winter rates at hotels,,1ltt'rttlioe rail fares now in effect and until May 14a Return limit: Standard, 3 mouths Tourist and Coach, 6 months, Stop- overs allowed at intermediate points,' Enjoy Minter sports In the Canadian Redd et •--epeebd tow rail iAresin ettect during Ian. miry, February and March. FeIJMformatioefrom any ticket agent. CANADI N NAT1ONA