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The Clinton News Record, 1933-05-04, Page 6'PAGE 6 111.1111•111111 assrasessossataime THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS.,'MAY 4, 1933 sesisenarassaseasameausistiescss 11101,FINEMMIN.11,1111,11. MEW NE ono Timely Information for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) Heaves, the ailment common, in horses, is frequently caused by re- peated gorging with food or water, or both. Dusty grain . or hay also predisposes to this trouble. tt Early in spring is the best time to transplant most kinds of trees and (shrubs, evergreens included. Ever- greens 'may be transplanted in sum- mer but greater precautions must be taken to do it successfully. Although held back in some dis- tricts by wet, cold weather, spring farm work has become general throughout Ontario. In many coun- ties cultivating has- been general and in some cases spring wheat and oats sown. The reports indicate that fall wheat is looking decidedly good and • that clovers, alfalfa and timothy have come through the winter in fairly good condition, Exports to U. S. Juntp A tremendous increase in the ex- port of farm products to the United States was noted for the year end- ing Jan. 31st, 1933, as against the previous 12 -month period, according to a recent statement by Hon. T L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture. Citing some of the Canadian items which mounted in export trade, Col- cnel Kennedy referred to canned fruits, tobacco leaf, honey, cheese, condensed milk, and canned meats. In the last-named item the increase was 2,443 per cent., there being 15,- 388 pounds exported in 1931, and 391,354 pounds in 1932. Tobacco leaf exportation grew from 6,839,000 pounds in 1931 to 13,969,000 in 1932; cheese (70 per cent. Ontario), from 804,780 hundred- weight to 833,638; canned fruits (80 per cent. Ontario), 6,412,000 pounds to 10,442.000 pounds; beney (80 per ,cent. Ontario), 1,864,000 pounds to 2,236,000; and condensed milk, 84,- 062 pounds to 171,000 pounds. Sow Good Seed One of the best services rendered by the experimental farms is the testing .of varieties of grain to de- termine their suitability to particular areas. That this work has been ex- tensive and satisfactory is indicated by the general adoption of varieties that were first distributed from the farms. Outstanding examples are Marquis and Garnet wheat in the West and O.A.C. No, 44 .and O.A.C. No. 72 eats in Ontario. In the face of all this, attempts aro made at times to push the sale of seed from the United States of so-called new varieties at fancy prices on the claim that fabulous yields may be obtained. About a year ago a car- load of an inferior sort was sold in central Ontario at $1.35 to $2 per bushel, even though it graded No. 3. This leads A. H. Martin, of the Crop and Markets Branch, to state that not one variety ever introduced into the province by high pressure sales- men has ever been equal to the stan- dard varieties already grown, Another matter to be kept in mind at the seeding season is that quality counts, either in home grown lir purchased seed. Experiments at the O.A.C., prove that large plump kernel yields 20 per cent more than light or shrunken seed. These ex- periments alio show that an addi- tional outlay for plump seed will in- crease the yield from 10 to 15 bush- els per acre, which at the present price of 40 cents per bushel' for feed oats means a cash increase of from $4 to $6 per acre. CessElEerati ' Patrons Build Factory Dissatisfied with the returns which 'their nearby markets were returning them for their milk, descendants of the Scottish pioneers of East Nis - semi township in Oxford county, Ontario, decided to build a real co- operative cheese factory for them- selves. This they did in the truest sense of the word, and the result is the Homestead Co-operative Cheese factory, opened not long ago. It was built with the patrons' own hands at a big saving and in splendid man- ner. A number of ;old-fashioned "bees" helped out the personal labor that was being carried on by the di- rectors and others from among the patrons. The factory has the cellar curing system, and is modern in every way, and generous in its size. It will have an output of about 150 :ions per season, Honey Market Improved Two cents increase a pound in the price of honey since last fall and an improved market outlook has placed the honey industry in the ,best posi- tion in which it has been for a num- ber of years, according to Professor E. Erie Millen of the O.A.O. Honey has received preference on the British market, and this com- bined with other factors, has helped the export trade in light honey con- siderably. The Ontario Honey Export Ex- portation announces it has shipped to date some 675,000 pounds ,of hon- ey to Great Britain and the Con- tinental market. The quantity is made up as follows: 450,000 pounds of wliite and golden honey; 20,000 pounds of light amber; 6,000 pounds of comb honey, and 200,000 pounds of buckwheat. Various processes have been ad- opted to give honey in different forms tb suit the markets. Prof. Millen advocates selling as soon as possible after extraction so that the best flavor may be preserved. �ll[� Back-to-T<"arm Movement The present increased employment of men on farms is a definite step toward minimizing the unemploy- ment situation, declared Dr. Christie, president of 'O.A:C., in a recent ad- dress. He refetved to the fact that more boys and more men as farm managers on salaries had been plac- ed on farms this spring than in any like period for the past ten years. "These boys and men are being we'. - coined back to the farms and they are looking forward to a good home, healthy Iiving, and a small but steady wage. More farmers are taking on help this year than usual. Throughout the rural communities there is generally a feeling of faith, a feeling that things are going a- head." In his opinion, it is the rural people who are saving ,the situation today and it is the farm which is leading the way in stabilizing con- ditions throughout the country. C- =7C=t• Better Cows and Higher Milk Pro. duction Needed "We do not need more cows in Ontario—we need better cows," de - dared George H. Barr, director, Dairy Branch, of the Department. "Without doubt," he continued, "one of the greatest opportunities in the dairy industry to increase pro- fits on a dairy farm is to increase the production :of the -individual cow. "We have information which is reliable that in some of our so-cal- led dairy districts or counties, the production of milk per cow for six months is less than 3,000 pounds and less than 80 pounds of butter fat. Estimating the fat at 22 cents per pound, the revenue is $17.60. Just how can there be any profit in keeping such a cow? "In the same neighborhood there are herds which average 6,000 pounds of milk and over 200 pounds of fat per cow for the same period. Fat at the seine price gives a reve- nue of $40.00 per tow. "In order to encourage an in- crease in the production of milk and fat on Ontario dairy farms the different dairy associations in the province have offered quite liberal prizes for the past two or three years. "The Central Ontario 'Cheesemak- ers' Association have led the way in this good Work. In their 1932 competition for the largest produc- tion of fat per acre among cheese factry patrons in Central Ontario they offered $460 in cash, a silver shield and other special prizes. The winner of the sweepstakes prize in 1931 was Mr. IL Arnold of Camp- bellford, with 87.94 pounds of fat per acre on a 65 -acre farm. He was again the winner of the sweep- stakes prize in 1932, with 45.02 pounds of fat per acre, an inerease of 7.08 pounds. Had we more pat- rons of this type there would be less trouble paying taxes. "Just multiply that increase by 25,000 (the number of cheese fac- tory patrons in Ontario) and then multiply the result by 20 cents per pound of fat, and there would have been $35,400 extra money in the pockets of .the cheese factory pat- rons in 1932." The advertisements are printed for your convenience. They inform and save your time, energy and money. UMMENIVINVASSIIKIIRMMIAPAINIM HOG SHIPMENTS' Report of Ilog Shipments for the month ending Mar 31st, 1933: Clinton: Total hogs, 620; select bacon, 240; bacon, 323; butchers, 38; heavies, 1; lights and feeders, 11. Auburn: Total hogs, 335; . select bacon, 109; bacon, 185; butchers, 29; heavies, 1. Hensel': Total hogs, 310; select bacon, 119; bacon, 154; butchers, 27; heavies, 3; lights and feeders, 5. Huron Co. Locals: Total hogs, 2710; select bacon, 639; bacon, 1829; butchers, 110; heavies, 28; lights and feeders, 21. (Huron County: Total hogs, 6629; select bacon, 1789; bacon, 4096; but- chers, 494; heavies, 44; extra hea- vies 2; lights and feeders, 111. PLANT THE SOYBEAN VARIETY WHICII SUITS YOUR REQUIREMENTS (Experimental Farms Note) The most important factorin the choice of a soybean variety for any particular district is the length of growing season in that district. With this fact in mind the variety which will give the highest yeld and which will be certain to mature will be the variety which should be grown. As to the colour of seed, only yellow seeded varieties will be mentioned. Type of plant, tendency to lodge or resistance to disease may also be important, but these are all less im- portant than length of time to ma- turity. Tests of soybean varieties have been carried on at the Dominion Ex- perimental Station, Harrow, Ontario> for a number of years. Varieties including a wide range of maturing periods have been tested and the con- clusion reached that four varieties— Mandarin, 0. A. C. 211, Manchu, and A. K.—are particularly suited -Lc Ontario conditions. Mandarin ma- tures 'readily in the vicinity of Ot- tawa, while A. K. has given the highest yields at Harrow. The ma- turity of these varieties ranges from Mandarin 108 days to A. K. 131 days in the order mentioned. It might be well to note that plant- ing is usually done about May 15 or ns close to that date as practicable. Growers of soybeans should give this fact of early planting due thought, particularly if the later ma- turing varieties are being grown. Mention should be made of the seed situation as it now exists. Un- fortunately, seed of some of these varieties is not plentiful at present but this Department is endeavouring to have this multiplied as rapidly as possible in order that seed may be available in the near future. Possibly a word of warning would be advisable to those who are grow- ing more than one variety or a differ- ent variety from that generally grown. This is in connection with mixing of varieties by threshing ma- chines or in storage bins. Either particular care should be taken to see that the thresher is free from other varieties before starting or else a good portion of the first run seed discarded. Soybeans for seed should be selected from the latter part of the threshing. The Dominion Experimental Sta- tion, Harrow, Ontario, will gladly be of any assistance possible to soybean growers with the information now on hand. SPRAY CELERY FOR BLIGHT CONTROL (Experimental Farms Note) One of the major problems con- fronting the vegetable grower in the production of celery is late blight and the returns he receives from the sale of his .crop depend to a large extent upon his ability to control this disease. Late blight is caused by a fun- gous organism which 'overwinters in the soil on dead celery refuse. Un- der favourable conditions the spores with the departmental examinations from this fungus infect young celeryand to a large extent final examina- OF rfuseseisseresimasessest i�;TERFST plants in the field and if the crop, is not properly protected, the disease soon spreads and causes irreparab e damage. Mott celery growers appreciate the'. necessity sof spraying to control the disease, but do not realize that the applications of fungicide should com- mencs before the blight appears. Doi not wait until the disease has become' established before trying to 'combat it. Spraying operations should be commenced while the plants are still in the seed -bed and additional thor ough applications made to the crop in the field every ten days on two weeks throughout the growing season. In order to obtain adequate control it is absolutely esesntial that all parts of the plant be thoroughly covered with the spray because it is on the lower, less accessible leaves, where the dis- ease first appears and from them it spreads to the remainder of the plant. There has been considerable ex- perimental work eonducted' at the Dominion Laboratory of •Plant Path- ology, St. Catharines, in order to dis- cover the best spray mixture to ap- ply to the celery crop. It has been found that good control can be ob- tained by thorough spraying with Bordeaux mixture, but if a spreader such as cesium caseinate is added to the fungicide, its effectiveness is considerably increased. Copper -lime dusts have also given effective con- trol where the applications have been made when the dew was still on the plants. 021.2102120.1.7.0.1111.11.1 PARTY GIVE UP SEARCH AFTER YEARS ON DESOLATE ISLAND After a year of fruitless search ing on the desolate Cocos Island for a fabulous treasure of gold sup- posedly buried there a party of Can adieu treasure seekers have returnedto civilization. Col Leckie and his band are shown as they arrived in Los Angeles, Left to Right: J. Brown, Col. Leckie, E. Decker, M. T. Barton. Seated, G. Hoskin and W. T. Young. What Other Newspapers are Saying DON'T KNOW WHERE IT BELONGS In the last twenty-five years, God- erich has been successively in West Huron, in Centre Huron, in North Huron, and now in South Huron. In other words, like the child of a much -divorced movie star, it hardly knows where it belongs. —.Hanover Post. l some HANDY TO KNOW HIS WOODPILE School teachers say that trustees, before being elected should be able to prove that they have passed en- trance examinations. But there are tinges when it is well to have a trus- tee who knows how to buy the sea- son's supply of wood, no natter what else he may not know. —Brussels Post. 0=Z11= -e. TO ORGANIZE SCOUTS Plans are now under way for the organization of a Boy Scout Troop in Wingltam. The Field Secretary front Scout Ileaedquarters in Toron- to was in town and had a conference with Mr. J. R. M. Spittal who will undertake the forming of this troop. A number of boys 15 to 18 years of age will be trained during the summer as leaders so that by fall they will be qualified to assume the rank of patrol leader. There will then be a campaign put on for scout members and it is expected by the large number of inquiries that Wing - ham will have a real live Boy Scout organization in the near future. —Wingham Advance -Times. eilm-a DO AWAY WITH EXAMS. Our present day schools are ac- cused of being factory-like in their system and output but it is the standardized examination system which is imposed upon the schools that hold them in subjection. In recent years departmental tests have been eliminated to :some extent and the experiment appears to' have been entireey successful. We believe that it would be in the interest of our schools to gradually do away aua,a_ MAY ENTER' 1934 GRAND NATIONAL Richard K. Melton's Pink Tipped winner of the Carolina Cup, is shown taking a hurdle during the running of a steeplechase at Rich- mond, Va. Pink Tipped may be en*'ered in the English Grand National in 1934.` rvoriar tions of any kind. The work of students could be guaged by through - the -term tests given by the teachers. Tinder such an arrangement more attention could be given to the de- velopment of the individual capa- bilities of the students and the teacher would have a chance to "leave upon youthful minds the im- press of his personality and his scholarship." —St. Marys Journal -Angus PLANTING TREES One of the finest things undertak- en for general benefit of the town in recent years has been the planting of approximately one thousand trees under supervision of Councillor J. L. Wilson and a tree committee ap- pointed by the Council. It has tak- en quite a long time but eventually people are coming to a realization that beautiful shade trees aro an asset to the town. It will be many years before the damage already done wi'•l be repaired but a real sub- stantial start has been made. —Ridgetown Dominion. (HOW BRING 'EM BACK? Tourist traffic has fallen off tre- mendously. This is to be regretted and the results will soon be felt. Our Government never did half e- nough to keep that trade corning our way and there are clever hinds and lots of money at work to detract it elsewhere. Tourist dollars are more easily gotten than those won by the men who toil, and they are just as good dollars. It will require a dif• ferent kind of work to get it back again than is called for to sit still and lose it—+Listowel Standard. BADLY NEEDED Tens of thousands of Canadian citizens would breathe easier were Hon. W. F. Nick'.e of Kingston, back in Canadian public life. No public man has a cleaner record. No man is more fearless than he in the dis- charge of duty. Never was the cry for men of his calibre and his integ- rity and his vision more insistent than it is this hoar. Canada has need of Mr. Nickle. • , —,Exeter Times -Advocate. GARAGE MUST REPORT ACCIDENT The law now requires garage nen to report to the police highway mot- or accidents that come to their notice Through damaged cars being brought to them for repairs. In Sarnia a few days ago a case was brought to court when the proprietor was fined and sternly reprimanded for his neglect. In this particular the law evidently means what it says. —Mitchell Advocate. SALARIES CUT The session,. (Public School board) although comparatively brief, dealt with several important business mat- ters. One was the determining of the age limit for children entering the kindergarten after the Easter holi- days. At present there are 42 en- nolled on the list, and that leaves room for 6 more. Instead of their being 6 ready to enter, application; showed that 19 children were ready to start, and this would mean con- siderable overcrowding. It was fin- ally decided that all children begin- ning school after the vacation must be over 6 1-2 years of age. The other most important question dealt with the reduction of Public School Teachers Salaries. And on a motion of John Gibson which was seconded by D. McTavish, it was de- cided that the pay for 1933-34 would be reduced $200.00, for the Public School teachers. 1VIr. Hoadley, who conies from Listowel each week to teach music, is to receive $4.00, in- stead of $6.00 for each trip. These motions found favor and were car- ried by t}. trustees.—Brussels Post, EXETER: Rev. J. H. Stainton, B.D., pastor of James Street Church, Exeter, reported to police Sunday night the theft of his motor car from his garage. The car was a coach with license number 0-246. SPRIND CLEANING FOR LONDON GIANT Workmen are seen in above picture busily engaged washing dowtl' the Duke of York's statue on the column in the Mall, London, England. Acorn Barn Ventilators Prevent span- taneous combus- tion. 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It cannot warp,., shrink, peel, crack, curl or bulge. It is fireproof—sparks cannot ignite it. When properly grounded at the four corners • according to the Ontario Lightning Rod. Act, it gives complete lightning protect • - tion. "Council Standard" Rih-Roll is now sell-. ing a the lowest prices in history. Quality is still maintained at its highest point.- Write oint. .Write for free sample and useful roofing booklet. We matte all kinds of Sheet Metal Building Materials.. 111IEDIallSTANOA O adept Steel Guelph Street fj,►jted Feetorfer also at Reston, Ont. Montreal & Toroutta-