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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1940-4-24, Page 7WKONESDAY, ,APRIL 24th, 19 41) THE BRUSSELS POST ........,,,r FARM NEWS AND = INORMATION LICENSED AUCTIONEER for the Counties of HURON AND PERTH W. S . Donaldson Phone 35-r-13 Atwood Ail Sales promptly attended to. Charges Moderate. For Engagements phone 31, Brussels The `Post' and they will be promptly attended to. H Fertilizer Tests Planned For Huron Farmers J. C. Shearer, •agricultural repre- es'n•talttbe for Buren, baa planned a .amber of fertilizer tests. for Huron farmers for 1.940, One of these is a Junior Farmers' fertility demon- stration.coniteet, the object of which is to ascerta.iu the most effective fertilizer for both crop and soil. For this contest prizes will be awarded Mr the .test most carefully laid out and parried through to completion, Those entering the contest this, year are in the meth•poertin 011th county, They Dengamuon, who will ;demonstrate with O.A.0 . No. 144 oats. Rod, Mc- Kenzie, Goderich, R.R. 3, with O.A1C. No. 21 barley; Carl Finnigan, Pont ABbert, with D.iban oats; john A. ,Geer, Belgrave, who 'will grow field corn, and Bruce 111. Scott, Bel- grave. Cartier oats, The first three named were Dungannon short course students and the latter two attended the Belgrave courses. An oat varietal and errant', test will be conducted' on the farm, of Robert D. MCMi11an, McKillop town- ship, the test including four differ- ent varieties of oats, namely Alas "I was just thinking of him as a wee bairn . • t.a wr av 1LONGISTPAC partial avy las to thin tut over the of roar' the fee German a, sate Oilmen hatchet trick o e heede publicis 1 mime not, line. V tion Ix email:kat ore tit lotertni' h BMA 11. pet e P01211 8, an'd b01s Nil rbiking our o food a hips a he 1'' knos Ire 9l per n nude ing i5 1chior he el and 1 may all the way from camp ! And he said it didn't cost so, much!" Trust every, "Brow Laddie" to find his way, home the most economical way ^— '� and to leave a cherished memory into the bargain. Especially after 7 p.m. and all day, Sunday, you can travel hundreds of miles by Long Distance for so little! 1940 60— y tS OF PUBLIC SERVjel FREE SERVICE OLP, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone "COLLECT" to WILLIAM tM TONE SONS LED PHONE 21 • INGERSOLL — PHONE 7r BRUSSELS the old hand pulling method, Asked ieseeesesseseesseesise to the market situation he said as Canadaat ,peak p'roduoti0n. grow only 1 per emit of. the 'World's re- quirement's. • For the pest number. of years' the Anderson 'Commany grew fax for seed' for the Irish growers, but will; now with machine pulling and machine processing, rt - turn 1,0 fibre prodnction. The dIl- fc'remtce do coat per acre for pulling as between hand pulling and ma- chine is $10 to 2, and the maehiue. does the better Job. Mr, Shearer thinks flax will become a staple need c1'o,p in the counties previously named., kat, Banner, Ethan, and Vanguard. On the faun ad C. K. Love, Park- hill, 11.0, 3, Stephen, towns'hil), a fertilizer demowsitration with. field beans will he carried out, An analyste oe the soil from each of the plots to be planted cw111 be made in order to determine the soil deficiency and the brand of fen- tildzer required to supply the requir- ed Sentility. Junior Farmers Organizing New Junior Farmer clubs are also being organized. For the Blyth die - text the Women s institute will co- operate with Mr. Shearer int form- ing a ,turkey club for young men and Young' women of ages ranging 12 to 21 years an11 resident within a rediws off six miles. from Blyth village. The object of this club is, to develop a more general knowl edge of beet methods of 'turkey management and marketing and to create a closer toady of production costs.. Liberal prizes, will be o vtard- ed basted: on supervisor's report, ret^ores', exhibits and Judging corn - Petition. Club .members will each purchase 22 points through the club secretary. The committee oP In- stitute women who will look after the enrollment of members is com- posed amposed of Mrs, Harold McCool, Mrs. M, Murray, and; Mrs, R. Fear. Forming Swine Club Hawdok ;township will have a swine club organized under auspices of the Hawick Agricultural society. The committee in charge is eon. - posed 0P Norman. Wade, Carrot Gregg, John' Winter and 3. H, Rogers. The object is (1) To s'tim- ul'ate a greater interest in swine raising; (2) To imn4rrove the tyle of bacon hogs being raised in On- tario; (3) To create a sloser study of pno.duetion .caste and. promote Improved methods of feeding and marketing 02 swine. 10► INSIST ON SUFI -HAY .MM Start to -day Feeding Sun -Ray Concentrates to your Poultry & Hogs Sun -Ray 35% Concentrate with your own grains for better Egg Production. SUNRAY PIGSTAR'I R and SUN -RAY HOG CONCENTRATES with your own grains for faster growth and Bigger Profits. Enquire about these feeds to -day also free literature on feeding for profits.] F. M. SAMIS Phone 80 Brussels Flax Acreage Increasing Agricultural representative 3, C. Shearer states that there is likely to be a coneierable increase in flax acreage in; Horan this year. In an interview with Mr. T. A. Gordon, proprietor of the Blyth flax mill he was 'told that M.r, Gordon already has 1,000 acres under contract and a large paper mill company has con - treated for the yield of 500 acres or as inueh as he can spare them. This will mean that both Blyth flax mdlle will operate, one to process fibre flax and' the other to 1111 the paper mill contract. Blyth people are elated at the apparent revival of the flax indhtstry, The boom prices for Canadian flax that re, suited from the upset of the Eueo- peen production during ;the last great war and the slump which fol- lowed closely upon the armistice will not he 'repeated dating the present war Mr, 'Gordons Minks„ When the great war broke out thea a were 12 flax mills in Canada. Before it was over there were flue tiros that lmany. Previous to 1914 processors flg'ifred that theY were doing well if they realized $3915 per ton for flax fibre. Before the tear was over the. prloe had reached $2;000, An oldflax man is quoted us saying, "Why the fibre yea could. carry under Due arm was woarth. $100 Mr. Gordan said that the gov Stijl neltt 'will not allow prices to get out orf control, during this present war, Mr, 'Shearer says this 8eatdon" of Western Ontario is ad- rili'ratbly! sated. for the flax growing, Ceumtie3 0'f Bares' Huron Lnntbton and Perth have both the soil and elinhatte conditions -dor gruccassful flax dropping: The 52X InduotrY in Canada went almost entirely out or true plature after the recu•ewtion to the war teem said 1Wir. Gordon' but not quote, The Anderson Com - Pane oft, l ucknow hung on, and thio Pear w114. be operating mills at ILabk• now Whitehall, Seafe tit and Tanis. took. MKaehine pttllil% will re114800 Little Chats on Farm Management ties of calcium phosphorus and Widening have a comparatively g Farming, to -day, is a commercial but ate tow. in •pltoslncorous. Home enterpriselother bps and in gomeepin! with any grown grains are. low in both of ccount lyi silnw the . Receipts aP ac- • these minerals but are proportion - and is Important. Receipts ttn•d and ornammental nursery stock re- ecre0itureS, Increlases and de-! a'tely higher in phosphorus, decreases in numtbelus and valve ' Protein -rich concentrates are usu- ported as sold' in Canada for the live :stock and other assets, acreeg under crops and the yield obtained, drop in milk prodmtlti0n, show an and all other details pertaining mets to appetite for abnormal products sOei1 Harm oprecorde shandd be periodicdi-ally , es bones, sticks, leather and in ad- ennurecorded and nnerdie®ar, vanced oases show soreness and then,crfzed. 08ThTanner can ettffneee in the joints, then compaxe the results of his Calcium an dpheephorous are sup - operations from year to year and plied by feeding cows liberally on see where en'economies' accounts can be made, weal -,balanced rations, It may be It is by means of accounts that the t mecessaty to suplement the am oust imt1usttr$alist keeps a finger on the I of those minerals in the ration by .pulse at his, business and it is y feeding bone products such as equally important for the farmer to kteameul bone .teal, Seeding bone meal, bone flour and bone -char. Iodine deficiencies are indicated when calves are horn with thiol. necks (goitre). The trouble can be prevented by feeding iodine, usually as iodized salt. 'Salt should be fed regulrally. ROSE FAVORITE FLOWER The total value of hoaitiouitural of es ally rich in Thasphorus. COWS not year end'eti May 31, 1939, 'was receiving sufficient minerals often do so. Books, especially adapted tor de- tailed 'farm: accounts containing in- structions for their correct use, have ,been, drawn up by the Domin- ion Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Colleges and other or- ganizations, These can be obtain- ed by tamers at a small cost. en addition to his own record's, however, standards oS achievement relative to the business' et other farmers are beooming available by which the fawner is able to measure the success of his otwu operations. During the past ten years a num- ber of Saran business studies have been conducted in different parts of the Dominion by the Economics Division, .Marketing Service, Do- minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, In co-operation with the Provincial Governments and Agri- cultural Oolleges, Information tor theste studies is obtained from fanners, in reply to quest1ionaires by visiting enumerators, or, as in an Ontario Dairy Farm Study which has been in progress for the past three years throughout the province by the farmers reeordleg their operations in specially prepared books The assembling and analysis of these data by a central organization is making .possible the development of standards of achievement rela- tive to various types of farming for meny localities. 'llhese standards ivdll s'erve ae a guide to those who desire to improve their farm man- agement methods. Fat Feeds Are Needed To Keep Up Milk Flow Soybeans and old grooms oil - meals main sources' for dairy cows milk, Sara, Ont, Feed Board. Fined For Violation Maple Sugar Act The purity of maple products is and has been for Totally years a sub- jeet of particular interest to the Dominion Department of Agricul- ture which administers the Maple Sugar Industry Act Por the protec- tion of both producers; and consum- ers. A recent case in point is that of an, Ontario cafe owner whom .the inspectors of the Fruit and Veg- etables Division ddscoveerd. in posy s'eseion. of what purported 'to be .maple syrup. He was Sneed $10 and costs for violating section 4 of the dot This section states; "No 260,983, Of cut flowers grown in- doors, the rose was She favorite with 18,104,240 blooms sold valued at $740,077. In the curt flowers outdoor -grown section, gladiolus was the largest single item. mwith 1,875.281 blooms sold. MY DADDY PROTECTS ME FROM BLOWOUT • Those you love . . all those who ride with you . deserve the complete ever- present protection from blowout accidents that only Goodyear LifeGuards give. Let us make your car safe from sudden tire failure today! You can't get better s protection to person• shall sell or offer, expose or t hold. in' 90stsessiou for sale in Can Save your life. ads, or ship or cause to be shipped any maple sugar or maple x791119 that is adulterated o1' that fails to comply with the provisions this "-4 s' o Act or of the regulations thereund- er." With regard, to adulteration, the definition in the regulations is quite clear. "Adulteration means if any substance has been mixed with the maele sugar or maple 7 syrup so as to reduce or lower or �1�erson S harage injuriously affect its! quality or strength, or (as in the case men- tioned) if any inferior or cheaper Brussels, Ont. �+oo�ea�s+�io�♦id+itio�1+"�♦0'++♦�♦��osj++j++�+o�H�o+o'♦�+oi++�++�++�♦i�++�kp♦�, Recent experiusehet9' have shown• that the milk yield oS cows may be reduced' whets insufficient quantities of tat are Ped„ says' the Ont. Feed Board 0f Oust, Depit. of Unica. tare. 'Cows should receive in the. 1lwtian at leash 70 percent -of the total fat excreted during the -1a;ota- tion period, Oil bearing *seetle (soybeans, flaxseed) and the old peocess oilmeals constitute the main sources of high fat feeds. ,SolVenit, or nein process oilmeals, cereal, grains and mougbatge are low in - lfet.. 1(ianl0em'yrwte -mixtures should have a fat content not larger than 3,5 per cent and; may quite safely Contain as high es 8 percent fart although this higher figure Ye difficult to attain with weal mt-- rates made tram feeds ordinarily used, httN'ERALs Cove receive most at the !Muer- 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 Construction of Tile Drainage. If sufficient applications are received from owners of Farms. The Council propose to Borrow front 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 bad at the Clerk's Office. J. H. FEAR, Clerk.