HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1940-4-17, Page 3THE BRUSSELS POST
FAY
LICENSED
AUCTIONEER
for the Counties of
. HURON AND 'PERTH
W. S. Donaldson
Phone 35-r-13. Atwood
All .Sales promptly attended to.
Charges Moderate.
For Engagements phone 31, Brussels The `Post' and they
will be promptly attended to.' "
Middlesex, Huron Honey
Exports Rise 20 Per Cent.
Despite a smaller crop than usual
this seasons honey exports from
Huron and Middlesex and Huron
Counties to Great Britain' have ire
creased' more than 20 per cent. this•
year according to figures compiled
by the loot branch of the Dominion
department of Agrioulture. The sup-
ply to top grade white, honey for ex-
port has' been exhausted in the dis-
trict and the last quantities of the
buckwheat homey are now being
shipped,. Prices, have been encourag-
ing ar.d producers' have received
from three to four cents more Per
pound, than lash year.
The supply of honey for domestic
use is not plentiful here, although
prices have been steady. Inquiries
have been received here from Mich-
igan producers as to the prospects
of shipping the American product
inito this part of Ontario. American
homey is selling at about the same
or slightly less than the local pro-
duob.
One producer from Dorchester
Township repents that he has re-
ceived a number of inquiries from
"We didn't know whether
or not he was coming .. .
MID hie teriZel
LONG GINCE
man's
your
just to show he hadn't
forgotten us." And so it
goes. Long Distance is the
single man's answer to many
a problem—and the married
shortest road home. Always at
service wherever you may be.
MST F J1Y
Start to -day Feeding Sun -Ray Concentrates to your
Poultry & Hogs Sun -Ray 35% Concentrate with your
own grains for better Egg Production.
SUN -RAY PIG -STARTER and
SUN -RAY HOG, CONCENTRATES with your own
grains for faster growth and Bigger Profits.
NEWS AND
RMATI� N
FREE SERVICE
OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD
HORSES OR CATTLE
removed•promptly and efficiently.
Simply phone "COLLECT" to
WILLIAM INTONE SONS
LTED
PHONE 21 • INGERSOLL
BRUSSELS — PHONE 72,
. Enquir4 about these feeds.
to -day also free literature on'
feeding for profits.
ANUS
phone 80 Bruss Is
Toronto regarding honey for do-
mOtic use, but that he has been
unable to meet the new demand.
Average t'op -grade, honey prices on
bice London mare two pounds
25 arkt and 30 cents; four 'pound's, 45
to 55 cents; eight pounds, T5 to 90
cenits.; and 'combs, 25 cents.
FARM
COLUMN
(Conducted by Trof. Henry G. Bell,
of theOntario Agricultural College.
Guelph, assisted by other members
of the O.A.C. faculty.)
A FARMER PLANS
HIS SPRING WORK
While modlern aides to agriculture
have taken much of the- guesses out
of "What will the harvest be?"
spring on blue farm is alnvays an
adventure, when one contemplates
the mystery of life es it - bursts
forth anew in herb and tree.
Pigs' Different
Mental Traits
Scientific Study Penetrates
porker's Mind — Self -Fed
Pig Happiest
The insltitute of American Meat
Packers now has penetrated the
mind of the pig.
it is declared by T, H. Zeller,
senior animal husbandman, and N.
R. 1011is, senior chemfat, in. the
United States Bureau of Animal
Industry, that there is apparently
e distinct difference in the mental
attitude of a pig fed by hand' by
its owner and that of one self -fed
away Brom human society. Ac-
cording to the latest Yearbook of
the . Department of Agriculture:
A sellfefed ,pig seems to be more
satisfied; seldom grunting or
squealing, ,whereas the pig that
is handefed is usually squealing
for feed at various intervals be-
tween feeldings.
Better Pork Producers
The selfded, pig eats more
daintily and oftener than the hand-
fed pig, and is assumed to be a
more efficient pork producer than
the pig handdealppe.dby hand
feeding. His sense of self-sufSe-
ietncy, his gnatifrcattion derived
from independ'en'ce, his' .exercise
of power' establish a iserentity of
mind that promotes assimilation.
Man,, proud Man, is not too arro-
gant to take lessons from the
buzzy bee, the pertinacious ant,
the sagacious elephant; be might
find something worth considering
in that interesting .fellow creature
of whose tail George Herbert said
you can never make a good shaft.
In Preparation
John Brown believes in being
prepared, and his spring campaign
began with the careful overhaul-
ing of hist combination grain. and
fertilizer drill, making sure that
the working pares were cltean and
movable. As' an added precaution
he applied some coal -oil to the
mechanism and then a. few drops
of lubricating oil. Next he and '
his, helper got the fanning mill
going and cleaned the seed, grain,
treating it afterwards with the
ethyl mercm'y phosphate dust as
a proteotion against smut and
root rots.
'Fertilizer Program •
John's fertilizer program ware
planned during foie winter leisure
hours and confided to the welter,
B. Leslie lOr,elie, who had to ad-
mit that he could find no flaw in
i,C• The soil of Sohn Brown's farm
is a medium to heavy loam, and
he has found a 2-16 fertilizer
move satisfactory than 2-12-6 for
grain crops. When seeding clown
he applies it at the rate of about
250 lbs. per acct, though this year
he considers that a slightly heav-
ier application is warranted.
Large Plump
Sed Is Best
To Sow
Gives much greater yield per
acre, experiments at 'Ontario
Agricultural 'College show.
"A 'large plemp seed will produce
a larger, more vigorous and more
productive plant than a small plump
seed, or shrunken, seed," said John
D. MacLeod, Crops, Seeds and
Weed's Branch, Ont. Dept. of Agri-
culture, Toronto, in disioussing size
of seed and seed selection.
Mr, MacLeod recalled an interest-
ing and valuable experiment car-
ried' on at the Ont. Agricultural Col-
lege, Guelph, in which selection, of•
seed of various glasses of grain
were tested from afx to nine year.
Seed was taken each year from a
general carp of grain and careflul
selection. n::ode. PIcts were plant -
el of large. 1)au.mp grain.; small
plump grain; shrurke' grain,
A seven year experiment hi oats
p,oved beyond doubt the value of
sowing large plump seed. The
large seed produced 6' bushels per
acre; medium sized seed, 54.1
bushels and the email or shrunken
seed 46,6 bushels per acre by
weight.
In barley, large seed produced
52.8 bushels per acre; small plump
seed 10.1 bushels; shrunken seed
46 and broken seed 41: bushels to
the acre. T1uese experiments were
connoted over a period of six years,
'Spring wheat records over eight
years showed plump seed' producing
21.7 bushels; small 'seed 18, and
shrunken seed 16 busehls per acro.
Large seed produced an average
of 16.5 bushels pre acre in winter
wheal with email seed giving 40,4;
shrunken seed 30,1 and epl4t seed
only 0.3 builds per acre.
The above results point in a strik-
ing manner to the great importance
of reiuobing all small 'damn.
shrunken, broken and split grain
from seed to be used for sowing,
says Mr, MacLeod.
iWEAN101SDAX, AP= 17't11, 1.040 1
AG1ri,� ;41/4ket,
WE WANT
SELLYOU'�
too much fire insurance—but
we'll sell you sure protection
and quick service.
WALTER SCOTT
Brussels
Representing
PILOT INSURANCE Co.oexr
Writing selected risks in — Automobile, Fire, Plate Glass, Burglary,
Public Liability, and other general insurance. Head Office, Toronto,
Application of Manure
0n the Browntam there is
usually a plentiful supply of
barnyard manure, and a large
portion of this goes on ,the corn
kind, while some is applied to the
new seeding and the remainder
on .the smaller areas where po-
tatoes, mongols and garden stuff
are grown,
The corn land receives a liberal
tiressin:g of manure which lois
boon reinforced with phosphate
in the stable', but for good meas-
ure John supplements this with
about 200 lbs.' of 2-12.6 fertiliser
per acre and always fills the 5110
with some to spare. -
11is 015010ipu to fertilize a 10-.
acre .pasture field this spring conl-
Pliees- lloe 'pr egremme, and John
Brown is all set for the season,
REVISED
''1'm a self-made mon.,'
"You're lucky. l'm the revised
work of a wife and three daugh-
00.0,
SHALL WE BEGIN?
I IN4THCGARDEN
* rr. * * * * * * *
Old Gardeners spread met the
gardien fresh vegetable season by
taking advantage of new, later
and earlier varieties.
Corn is a typical example. At
one .time it was only possible to
get one variety at Golden Bantam.
Cobs were short and the season also
Now there are offered three or four
different ,Bantam types — some
extra early, some regular season,
tome late. Cobs have been length-
ened, kernels made bigger. One
can enjop ,the finest table corn for
over a month instead of but a week
OT two as in the old days'.
Impatient Beginners
The beginner is inclined to rush
the 0e2501. It will not hunt to
plant peas, spinach, lettuce or rad-
sh, just as soon, as groun is ready,
or sweet peas and flowers which
naturally see themselves. For the
medsumn hardy type of plant, how-
ever, there is no advantage what-
ever in sowing too soon. There is
little growth in any case until the
soil really turns warm.
Ga.reners are advised to divide
their seed into et least ,three
Parts, sowing a third as soon as
weather permits, a third a li'htie�
later, and; .the balance at the verY
tail -ends of the Planting season. In
this way if frost doers cut down
the 2rst batch there will be more
Plants coming on and' 'the season
will be lengthened) by the last
Pant of the garden sown.
Rock Gardens
In relcenb years the rook garden
has become so popular ,that People
are going out of their way to make
an excuse dor one. They will
build their 'lawns, ep on two. differ-
ent levels with a rock garden in
between.
These gardens acre made 'tce re-
semble miniature alpine ranges,
and in them alpine flowers are
grown. Thee are usually tiny,
short, sprawly things. that require
little moisture during most of the
year. They are specially listed in
the better seed catalogues. To
hold the sharply sloping sail, fair
size rooks of the roughest possible
nature, preferably weether-beatenr
boulders', are buried to about two-
thirds their depth irregularly
throughout the slope. Good bock
els of sandy soil are arranged be-
tween the rocks. The flowers find
a foothold here and trail over the
boulders.
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"It's a gond idea ---civilization,,
Somebody ought to start it. "---lel-
\veldi, bruin of l'Vindeor. -
The Funny Side
The officer of tiro day stopped a
me:',s Orderly as he 1.305 carrying a
soup kettle- out of the kitehen.
".iTere. your" he snapped, 'give Ino
a t:i(tte of that("
Obediently he was handed a ladle,
and he tasted. "Great Scott, do you
call that soup?" he roared,
"No, sir,' responded the orderly,
meetly, "that's dishwater."
Twp.: of Grey
NOTICE
The Council of a Township may pass a By -Law, pursuant
to the "Tile Drainage Act" to Borrow Money to assist in the
Construcion of Tile Drainage.
If sufficient applications are received from owners of
Farms. The Council propose to Borrow from the Pro-
vincial Government the Necessary Funds to assist
in the Construction of Tile Drain in the Township of Grey.
For information Consult any member of the Council
or the Clerk.
Application Terms may be had at the Clerk's Office.
J. H. FEAR, Clerk.
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For information and ppices on all lines - of carpentering
CALL HAROLD THOMAS — PHONE 80X
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Information and Prices on any job without obligation
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