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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-01-19, Page 6GES N WS The Selections of Prepotent Males By The Progeny TestPlan Ottawa Experimental Farms Note) The Progeny Test is' the •only leans .by which the transmissibility of fecundity can be measured. When the daughters of a given sire prove to be good egg producers by actual trap -nest' records, the sire is said to be prepotent with .respect to the character fozc egg production. In order 'to measure the productiv- ity of a group of, pullets from a giv- en sire factors other than inheritance must be kept in mind. Such envir- onment factors as rearing, hotjsing, feed, development, cote, all have a direct bearing on production and one of them if not conducive to normal development will seriously affect 'reg Sults. To, get a fairly accurate test of the prepotencyof a male bird he should be mated to a number of females. The number of females required should not be less than four or five, and' if' ten or twelve females are in- cluded in the mating so much the better. Mating a male to one or two females, and concluding that because the production of the daughters was good the sire was a prepotent male, would be to. assume that the charac- ter for high egg production was transmitted by the male only. This, however, is not always the ease. Where a given male is mated with a /number of females and the produe- tion of the daughters is uniform and jileh, it is fairly safe to assume that he character for high egg production is transmitted by the male in ques- tion. Xt does not prove, however, that this sante character is not pre- sent in and transmitted by the fe- males, mothers of the pullets. A chick inherits approximately half of its traits from the sire, and half from the dam. When one of the parents possesses greater prepot- teney than the other the offspring takes after that parent more than after the other. Therefore, wit/' progeny from only a few matings it is impossible to tell whether th sire or the dam has been the large contributing factor. It is much easier and more prat tical to measure the transntittin ability of the sire than that of th dam. The male bird can he mate with a number ..of females at on time, whereas this ie impossibl with females: To get • a prepoten test a female would necessitate th' she be mated v,%ith a number .of di ferent males, and unless the mating for a particular season were broke up into short periods, which is it advisable, the time required to corn plate the test would not be compar able with the life of the hen, It is important that all pullet sired by the male bird to be' tested should be included in the ',regencytest. Selection of a picked pen wool(' destroy the accuracy of the test. 'It is equally important that pullets showing physical defects be elimin- ated, but all healthy normally de- veloped pullets should be trap -nest- ed, and the larger the number of put lets from each individual mating thr more accurate will be the rating of sire for the desired character. The Poultry Division of the Ex- perimental Farms Branch of the Federal Department of Agriculture have inaugurated what is known as the Registration Progeny Test. This is an extension of the Canadian Na- tional Poultry Registration Program and consists of the trap -nesting of the daughters of Registered birds on the owners' plants, This policy. in onjunction with the Egg Laying Contests, furnishes the basis for the progeny testing of Registered male birds. Registered male birds which have the transmitting ability for high egg production as demonstrated by the egg production of their daughters under the Registration Progeny Test will then he granted what is known as "Advanced Registry." r g e d e' at f S n t- s t a d Cost Studies on Pork Production (Experimental Farms Note) At this time, when returns to th producer are at the lowest ebb known for many years, the study of cost o production is essential to all farmer if a balanced budget is to be main tamed. The cost of pork procluctio is not standard for all provinces o districts, and depends to a great de gree on the availability of variou feeding' stuffs on the local markets Farmers having a supply of skim milk and other products not mar- ketable in any other way, may turn these into cash through the bacon bog, ' At the Dominion Experiut'en$al Farm, Neiman, N,S., all feeds art- charged rm'charged against the hog at market or cost of production prices. For example, roots are charged at pre- sent at $3.36 per ton, oats at $23.00 per ton and barley at $25.80, the east of production in 1932. respondingly low and it behooves ev- e ery farmer to seriously consider the question of improving his breeding stock to as high a degree as possible by the selection of sires from Ad- - vanced Registry ancestry. At present reasonable returns can be made only ✓ on the best individuals properly fed. When market conditions improve s greater returns will result from hav- ing the right type of foundation stock. During the past four years a to- tal of 121 hogs have been carried through on the Advanced Registry tests. The rations have been very similar for all lots. The weights of each hog are recorded every thirty days; ' also feeds consamed. From these data information has been se) cured regarding the gains and feed consumption per pound gain for each period from, weaning to finish. ing. The feed consumption for, these 121 hogs was found to be 3.19 pounds meal per pound gain, while from weaning, (45 days of age), to finish 'ing, (195 days of age), the daily gain was 1,252 pounds, costing 4.89 cents per pound. In other words, al- lowing the pig at weaning, (weigh- ing 22 pounds), a value of $1.50, thi total feed cost of a 210 pound hog would be $10.70. While at the pre- sent time the market value of pork does not cover the total • cost of a hog to fininshing, when all feeds arc charged at market or cost of pro- duction prices; the hog on the average farm is a side -line, turning into hu- man food many waste products other. wise unmarketable: • Prom this an- gle, it serves as a cash product and will give fair labour returns under averages donditions Oroviding, firstA the bulk of the feeds is home-growr and second, that the hog is the best type . obtainable and is properly grown and finished. It should be, borne in mind that the prices charged for home-grown feeds include rent of land, use of machinery and all labour and other charges against that particular crop. Demonstrating the value of Gproper type and finish,the premium•,, for "select" hogs at the 'present tiniera- mounts to 12.5 pr• cent of the valt ge of a "bacon" hog, while the penalty on a "butcher". hog is th'e same a- mount, ora, difference between a "select" and' a "butcher"' of approx- imately'$2.00: or 25 per cent of the ;market value of of "bacons." The price of breeding stock is car - HOG SHIPMENTS Report of hog shipments for the month ending Nov. 30, 1932: Clinton: Total hogs, 981; select bacon, 385; bacon, 516; butchers, 74: lights and feeders, 4, Auburn; Total hogs, 450; select bacon, 120; bacon, 280; butchers, 33; heavies, 1; lights and feeders, 10. Hensall: Total hogs, 388; select bacon, 195; bacon, 220; butchers, 30; lights and feeders, 2, Huron Co, Locals: Total. hogs, 4122; select bacon, 1067; bacon, 2750; butchers, 23; heavies, 32; lights and feeders, 39. Huron County: Total hogs, 8882; select bacon, 2540; bacon, 5408; but- chers, 701; heavies, 42; lights and feeders, 104. NEED TO BE SAMPLE ONLY The half bushel of hand-picked grain or seed that is carted from one fair to another does very little to improve the seed stocks of the coun- try. It is bins of good seed that the country needs and the fail fait' should indicate where they are. :Farmer's Advocate. WINGRA i B•USTNESS MAN'S STORE BROKEN INTO RUT THIEVES LEAVE MONEY TO PAY LOSS WINGHAM: Arriving at his place sof business Monday morning Frank D. Sturdy, who conducts a pool room and tobacco business, found that his store had been entered by thieves some time during the night. They had entered the back of the 'store by breaking one of the windows. Mr. Sturdy could not state what his loss would be, but thought that it would be rather small. The intruders must have matte' a hurried exit, as the small amount of money which had been left in the till was unmolested but outside the window :Mr. • Sturdy found over 1$3, made up in five and 10 -cent pieces, which the thieves apparently had when they, entered his store. Although the chief of police interviewed the,transientswho e own I a , aIi were; a- April.; were in th t h II hove Suspicion. , The diocesesof • Rupert's Land THE GU TON NEWS -RECORD H App EN .1 lEG SAVE .THE CITIES 1 The retiring President of the Na- tional Dairy Council gave e;cpression to a thought that deserves, wide publicity in order that concerted ef- fort may be made; tq restore agri;. cultureto a position where it will protect urban institutions from ec- onomic chaos or destruction. The farmer must' be' helped," Mr. Rob -1 inson said, "not to save him, for he is the only member of the society who can save himself, but to save the cities and the urban civilization. that we have so carefully built up." • It is becoming more and more ap- parent that the family solidly en- trenched in the farm home can with- stand the"bludgeonings of fate," when things get really bad, better and longer than the urban dweller. City life is "a hand-to-mouth affair at the best, and dependent not on a kind Providence alone but upon a superficial, complicated, faulty ,• man- made economic system as well. When hat system jams the urban victim s so unfamiliar with nature's laws rid the workings of a kind Provi- cube that he cannot bridge the gap. To save the palatial hotels, the colossal business structures, the spendild educational institutions ani all the monuments to our extrava- gance and folly of former years, it is necessary to first restore agricul, ture to a position where it may op- erate, create wealth and enjoy a rea- sonable buying power. More vital, however, are the factories, the dis- tribution system, including trans- portation, the store, the office and above all, the home. All these ,to a very large extent, are dependent upon the` agricultural industry, and if fanning is aliiwed to continue the downward trend it will become inereasinaly difficult for the urban centres to survive. This economic truth is accepted by more and more thinking people ev- ery day, and the time has arrived when governments attempting to re- store agriculture would not in vain seek moral support in the towns and and cities of Canada. They now see the light.—Farmer's Advocate. AUBURN YOUNG MAN DIES AT BLYTH AS RESULT OP GUNSHOT WOUND Norman Lockhart, age 18, of Au- burn, died at the home of William McLean, of Blyth on Monday morn - big as a result of a gunshot wound which he suffered Sunday night while examining the weapon, in company , with another young man, The accident occurred about 9 o'- clock Sunday evening. While little hope had been held ,out for his re- covery, blood transfusions were giv- en in an endeavour to build up his strength, but lie passed away about five o'clock Monday morning., The deceased young man, accom- panied by his fathom', David Lock- hart, was visiting at the McLean home. It is believed young Lock- hart intended going out shooting the following day and with another young man at the house was putting the gun in shape for the hunting ex- pedition. They did not know the weapon was loaded. The charge passed through his abdomen, Drs. W. J. Milne and C. D. Kil- patrick of Blyth, Dr. B. C. Weir, Au- burn, and Dr. J. C. Gandier, Clinton, were called and did everything pos- sible to save the youth's life. The shooting was declared accidental and there ,will be no inquest. The. victim of the shooting, who would have been 19 years of age on Mauch 17, was born in Auburn, where he had spent all his life. His mother passed away some time ago, but he is survived by his father, Dav- id Lockhart; two sisters, Miss Geor. gin Lockhart, at home, and Mrs, Roy Merian, Goderich, and one brother, Jack Lockhart, at home, RESTORATION FUND. COMNIIT= TEE CHURCH OP ENGLAND' IN CANADA Continuance of Anglican mission- ary wont, -in the six dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land, jeopardized by the Ioss of epis- copal endowments and other funds, is assured for the next three years through the generosity of agents of the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada (including the Woman's Auxiliary) and the lib- eral contributions of •bishops and clergy throughout the Dominion. Within a few weeks after the es- tablishment of the Episcopal and Clerical Special .Maintenance Fund to provide the intetest on the losten- dowments, the amount of approxi- mately $90,000, estimated to be nec- essary to carry on the work for the next three years, has been almost pledged. In the meantimethe apnea/ of the. Restoration Fund 'Committee for, the replacement in full of, the endow snouts, totalling some $760,040 by thr airy of the church, will be made in F THITRS.,JAN. 19, 1933' r �{ FARMERS;. Moosonee, Keewatin, 'Athabasca, Mackenzie, River and Yukon benefit through the Epicopal and Clerical Special Maintenance : Fund, Agents of the M, S. C. C. are con- tributing,seven. per cent sof their sal- aries to the fund while the eontribu= tions of the bishops and clergy are voluntary. Y• Carried on for years through the generosity of church people in the Motherland the extensive 'missionary enterprise of the Church of England in the far-flung territories of the Canadian north-west is endangered through the. Ioss of many endow- ments of the Province of Rupert's Land. With the honor of members of the Anglican communion in Canada at stake the Executive Council, of the General . Synod is appealing for the replacement in • their entirety of the lost endowments and for this pur- pose the raising ar sin g of approximately +. ' pp oxunatelY ` $760,000 is necessary, Conducted by the Restoration Fund 'Committee un- der the direction of Rev. Canon S. Gould, General Secretary . of the Missionary Society of the Church in Canada, a vigorous campaign will \be carried on throug'h'out the winter and early. spring culminating in an "every member canvass"` during the week of April 23. WINGHAlil: One of the largest SEAFORTH: The annual meeting of the Seaforth Agricultural So- ciety was held Friday with a fair attendance. The president, ' Hum- phrey Snell, occupied, the chair. The report presented by the secretary= treasurer, Mrs, J. A, Kerr, was very satisfactory, The election of offi- cers for 1033 resulted as follows: Humphrey Snell, president; vice- presidents, J. Eckert, R. Archibald; sec.-treas., Mrs. J. A, Kerr; direc- tors, Hibbert, J. Chalmers, Russell Scott, Miss Gertrude Pearl; Flullett, Ross McGregor, James Leiper, John Freeman, Mrs. J. J. fingill; McKil- lop, Mrs. Irwin Trewartha, W. Beat- tie, R. Campbell, Jr., Gordon Mc, Gavin, Thomas 0. Scott; Tucker - smith, Mrs. A.. Broadfoot, .S- Whit- more, Wilson McCartney, W. S. Broadfoot, David McIntosh; Sea - forth, J. M, Govenlock, J. W. Beat- tie, W. Hartry, R. Smith, Neil Gil- lespie, Mrs. R. Eberhart, Miss Ethel Beattie, Mrs. 3. B. Tyorman, Mrs. W. J. Dickson; auditors, R. Beattie and T, Malady. and most enthusiastic meetings of the United Farmers of North Huron was held in the Council chamber, Winghem, Friday afternoon. Gordon Lamb, Goderich, was chairman of the meeting. The election of officers for the year 1933 took place, the fol- lowing being elected: Directors, W. J. Henderson, Mrs. O, G. Anderson; secretary -treasurer, Stewart Proctor. The township directors were all re, elected The secretary was in- structed to wire the prime minister, stating the members favored the cat- tle and oil deal with Russia, while a petition on debtors' equity and in- flation was also indorsed, Oltiaaa MYTH: Fire broke out about 2 o'clock Sunday morning in Turvey's bakeshop here, believed to have started from an overheated oven, The firemen responded quickly to. the alarm, confining the blaze to the first floor of the store. The resi- dence above, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Purvey, was badly damaged by smoke, while the stock of E. S. Weir's clothing store and the drug store of Dr, W. J. Milne were also damaged by smoke. The block is owned by Dr. Milne, 1 aaa'r., *°&"'�i��pi'�Ca'P'ai a'¢w'cS�,Re.oea analapaa R terata purl'! BLYTH: The trial of Clarke Stan- ley, of Hulled township, charged with illegal selling of whisky, took place at Blyth in Memorial Hall Fri- day before Police Magistrate Reid, robs with Crown Attorn Dudley Holmes prosecuting. It h been intended to bring a charge manslaughter against Stanley, d to a recent death here, apparently tributed to consuming some ;of' h moonshine liquor, but the coroner v inquest did not bring out siiffici evidence for the snare parlous charg Stanley pleaded not guilty and .wa defended by Cline, of Walkerton. number of witnesses were called b the crown and on the evidence pro duced Magistrate Reidfound Stanl guilty and sentenced him to t months' imprisonment in Godi er jail. It was, apparent • from th crowded ,courtroom that considerabi interest was being taken in the case ey donated by a private. individual. The ad auditorium. of the school was filled: of for the event, ue. at- iS 's ant A y. ey wo ch e c. WROXETER: The annual meet- ing of the Wroxeter Sunday school was held in the schoolroom of the United Church, Rey, W. Finlay pre- siding. Reports from the various de- partments• were received, the treas. urer's report showing a substantial. balance on hand. The election of of- ficers resulted as follows: Superin- tendent, R. Stocks; assistant, D. W. Rae; secretary, Kenneth Edgar; as- sistant, Stewart Higgins; treasurer, Miss E. J. Howe; assistant, Miss Daisy St✓oeks; missionary secretary! Miss Winnifred Rae; temperance Mrs. W. S.. M. McKereher;' pianist, Mrs. J. R. Wendt; assistant, Miss Isobel Milligan; teachers and sdbsti- tutes, R. Stocks, Miss E. J. Howe, Mrs. John Adams, Mrs. James Ed- gar, Miss Hall, George Brown, Mrs. W. S. McKercher, Mrs. R. Stocks, Mrs. J. Wendt, Miss Daisy Stocks. GODERICH: In the junior public speaking contest, held under: the auspices of the Secondary School Association at the Collegiate, Doug- las Jolmston, only boy contestant of seven was adjudged the winner. The prize was $10, donated by his liter- ary society. His subject was the "Welland Ship Canal." Miss Annie McKinnon was the first girls' win- ner, her subject being "What Is success?" The prize Wes $10, don- ated by the I. 0. D. E. Speaking or "Recent Advances in Surgery," Miss Vern Cranston won third honors, $5; moryamotemrsommomoammooluewismi THE 'F."1 * F * GODERICH: Dean of Huron. Countybar R,C;HaYs- Sr. on Sat- urday da reached ehe d his 80t�h milestone, est he,. reporting at his office promptly in the morning- and doing his clay's cus- tomary duties, besides receiving the congratulations of his many friends,. Mr. Hays has' practiced Iaw in God- erieh for over 60• years and has built up an extensive practice which he - now conducts, associated with his son, lie was born in McKillop Town- ship, and was once in partnership. with the late Chief Justice J. T. Garrow and the late Senator William Proudfoot. He is enjoying ex- cellent health. * * THE NEWS -RECORD THE NEW -RECORD IS AN ALL -ABOUND FAMILY s' NEWSPAPER, WITH SOME- * THING OF INTEREST PORI 4' EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. * ARE • YOU A REGULAR..' SUBSCRIBER. IF NOT, WHY NOT? THE NEWS -RECORD VIS- ITS Y 0 U REGULARLY EACH WEEK OF THE FIF- TY-TWO IN THE YEAR AND COSTS LESS THAN THREE CENTS PER WEEK. YOU CANNOT GET MORE FOR YOUR 11ijONEY ANY- WHERE. COME IN OR SEND, IN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE CLINTON NEWS - RECORD ONLY $1.50 FOR 1933. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Stop Gas Pains! German. Remedy Gives Relief Acting on BOTH upper and lower bowls Adleirka washes out all poi- sons that cause gas, nervousness and ' bad sleep. 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