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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-05-18, Page 6'PAGE 6 Timely Information for the Busy Farmer rni hed bythe Department gpartment of A riculture Furnished Binder twine should 'not be used to tie fleeces. It can bo separated from the wool only by carbonizing or burning •out. • e=:=Imeco There does not seem to be any "bent" time to sow seeds of peren- nials. If the seeds are obtained in spring they canbe sown in May or June, tot they can be kept until ,the fall Practice Plus Science Produces High Quality Farmer demand for the newest agricultural literature has reached record proportions. This would fur- ther indicate that the Ontario farm- er is constantly striving to produce even higher qualiy products, through the combining of his practical ex- perience with the latest in scientific thought. ctc— Better Year Indicated. Says Poultry Authority That Ontario farmers are con- fident poultry is again to be their best cash crop, is evidenced by the fact that more chicks have been hatched and sold this year than any year to date. From present' indications this year should be distinctly better than 1932, for those in the poultry business. Legumes and Non -Legumes The difference between non -leg- umes, (cereals, root crops, etc.) and legumes (beans, peas, clover, vet- ches, alfalfa, etc.) is that all non -legumes are forced to obtain their nitrogen, directly from the soil, while legumes, under cer- tain conditions, are able to make use of the nitrogen in the atmosphere. Four-fifths of the air is composed of nitrogen, and legumes, by drawing on this supply which is quite una- vailable to other plants, are able to conserve in a, large measure the sup- ply of that element in the soil. Weekly Crop Report Seeding operations, delayed by cold, wet weather for some time, are now general throughout the pro- vince. Fall wheat, alfalfaffa and cl ov- ercontinue in excellent condition in most sections while orchards look promising and spraying is being more carefully undertaken this year than for some years. Strawberries appear to have wintered exception- ally well. Hatcheries report an in- creased business in baby chicks and poultry flocks properly -handled have been one of the best paying pro- positions during• the past season, Young pigs have been bringing $6.00 per pair on a number of markets. Poultry Exports Increase For the twelve month period end- ed January 31, 1933,, Canadian poul- try •exported to the,United Kingdom amounted to some 1,808,895 pounds. This represents an increase of ap- proximately 1,680 per cent. over the previous twelve months, during which poultry exports to the United Kingdom. approximated 78,- 194 pounds. F- ]LA'S Old Time Prices The report of an auction sale of farm stock and implements in Wel- lington County states that a huge crowd was in attendance and prices reached old-time levels. Eleven grade cows, two of them heifers freshening for the first time, were sold at an average price of $73.25, while the highest price for an ex- ceptionally nice •animal was $114.001 The farm of 137 acres had been pre- viously sold for $4,500. ego Purchase Certified Seed Now Denfad n Greater Than Supply Based on a recent survey made by the Department, there are approxi- mately 3,500 bags of certified seed potatoes available in Ontario at pre- sent. Growers who delay in obtaining their supplies immediately are al- most certain of disappointment, since the amount of certified seed potatoes, available in the Province, is not likely to take .care of the de- mand. New Bull -Bonus Plan Millions of dollars will reach the pockets of Ontario farmers, dairy men and livestock breeders under a Federal -Provincial bull -bonus plan, recently announced by Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Minister of Ageicuiture who termed it "the eventeet thing that has ever happened to the cattle industry." The scheme is an attempt in a big way to increase milk and cheese production and to improve the breed of livestock for beef purposes. Ap- proved bulls of purebred strain will be introduced into tested herds anti bonuses ranging from $10 to $50, depending upon the age of the ani- mal, will be paid to the purchaser by the two governments. Strict regula- tions as to inspections .of herds and choice of bulls will be required. In addition to the bull bouncing plan which will be under direction of the Department's Livestock Branch, the District Representatives will un- dertake to educate the industry err proper feeding of stock while a cam- paign of cow testing will be carried on by the Dairy Branch. Louis O'Neil, Assistant Director Livestock Branch will be directly in charge of the bonus scheme and applications are to be made to him. Nursing Sow Rations The following mixtures for nurs- ing sows have proven' suit- able for conditions such as pre,. veil in Eastern and Western Canada; Est. Canada, bran, 100 pounds; shorts, 200 pounds; ground oats, 200 pounds; ground barley, 100 pounds; linseed oil meal, 20 pounds; tankage, 20 pounds; mineral mixture, 12 pounds. Skim -milk hand -fed. If sufficient skim -milk, omit linseed oil meal and tankage. Western Canada, bran, 5C pounds; shorts, 50 pounds; ground oats, 300 pounds; ground barley, 100 pounds; ground wheat, 100 pounds; tankage or skim -milk, 30 pounds. Mineral mixture, self -fed. Another Western mxture is: bran, 50 pounds; ground cats, 300 pounds; ground wheat, 200 pounds; tankage or skim - milk, 30 pounds. Mineral mixture; self -fed. e—sel -res- Salt and Sulphate Sheep Lick 4I salt and copper sulphate lick can be made to serve the purpose of an and in keeping down stomach and intestinal 1 pAlASr tes in sheep. This is made as follows: Salt, 100, pounds; copper sulphate finely pul- verized, 5 pounds, The finely pul- verized copper sulphate is mixed dry with dry salt. If more than five pounds per hundred is used sheep will not take to the mixture freely. A salt lick containing either tobacco or copper sulphate, or both these drugs, should be within easy reach of the sheep and lambs every day of the year. All salt boxes in which prepared and medicateed salt is used should be provded with a roof board, or cover to keep out rain and snow. Quality of Lambs A statment relative to lambs of unsuitable quality in weight has been issued by the Industrial and Development Council of Canadian Meat Packers as a suggestion to; pro- ducers that they should look after the quality of their lambs in order to secure the highest market price. The message is headed: "Buck Lambs and Heavy Lambs" and roads as fol- lows: The markets will continue this year to pay more for ewes and smother lambs and lambs of suitable weights. Even early in . the season before buck lambs take on their most ob- jectionable features they are of poorer quality than ewes and weth- ers, being bonier and having slack backs or loins; • Therefore, like all lambs of poor- er quality, they will be culled, out and bought, 'at their ,he in the early part of the season, and after July ty8rds11983, two. cents .per pound more will be paid for ewes and wethers than for bucks. The markets will pay a cent a pound more for lambs of good qual- ity up to 90 lbs. at the stockyards and plants, than for lambs from 90 to 110 lbs., .and up to two cents per pound more than for lambs over 110 lbs. Fanners are urged to meet the simple requirements of the market in order to secure top prices. 1. Castrate alt male Iambs. 2, Finish and market all lambs within the desired weights. c What'Qthet Newspape THli WORST FEAT II ICS Thewoo: t a t: s c r u c rrescirl. a rr- 1 o f f U t1i�'�a , i s it tat{< 1 r tt us s tris c sena influence. The child ; who hoof's nothing' but grumbling, "kicking,' and discon- tent for years of i is early life will be hard to teach beoaclmindeil fair- nese. Still harder it ie .for it to gath- er in the idea of itself, and apply it instinctively. Only a few can. , •-4Listowel Standard, oesarzeo STEADILY CLIMING Signs aro plentiful that the world has come out of its tailspin and is once more climbing upward 'to norm- ality. The climb will nob be fast but we have every reason to feel confid- ent that it will bo continuous. —Ridgetown Dominion TEACHERS' SALARIES While only eight per cent of public school women teachers were receiving less than $800 in 1931-32, a survey for 1932-83 reveals that 12 perdent of all public school teachers were receiv- ing less than $800. Last September 24 per cent women teachers in rural districts were engaged at less than $800. Rural salaries of women teach= ers in one-rdomed schools ranged from $375 to $1,650. WELCOME, BUT—? Recovery of the stock market is a welcome sign, but it would be unfor- tunate if it should lead to a recur- rence of the speculative fever •of the. yeaers preceding the crash. Reports indicate, however, that some of the shorn lambs are already taking the risk of another fleecing. It should be borne in mind that the value • of stocks depends upon their earnings and not upon the price quoted on the broker's blackboards—Goderich Signal, WILL i!AY LESS Lower schools students who have the misfortune to miss the term ex- aminations, as set by the teachers, may take consolation this year in the fact that they will save fifty cents a paper. The Department of Educa- tion has announced that hereafter Lower School examination fees will be $1.00. Pupils it is expected, will be generally agreed that 50c is small enough compensation for the :roll - days that have been taken from them by the new tune- table, which, in scare cases, calls for examinations up to July llth.—Iluron Expositor. TARA HAS FIRST RELIEF CASE The first application for relief in Tara, since the depression com- menced, was received by the Tara Council at their meeting on Tues- day evening. It was a case of a woman with one child who had no means of support and whose rela- tives refused to come to her assis- tance.—Tara Leader. OoMEMocli LOTS OF FISHIN' IN STORE The Owen Sound Fish and Game Protective Association received 25000 speckled trout fingerlings from the Government fish hatchery at Narmandale, and has placed these fish in the spring creeks run- ning into the Sydenham river, south of Inglis Falls for a distance of six miles. The Association hopes to receive further shipments of fin- gerlings at a later date, expecting in all some 150,000 fish. Durham Chronicle, NOT MUCH PAVING THIS YEAR "Grey county rate maybe lowered two mills if the province abstains front, paving, says The Hanover Post. It is quite evident that the Highways Department will not have much urging from the county coun- cils to do more paving this year." —Barrie Examiner. camitenge GOVERNMENT ;PUBLICATIONS During a period when a newspa- per publisher is laid off duty for a time by illness he has opportunity and time to read some of the very excellent publications the Govern- ments issue on many different sub- jects from how to dress a baby to how to build a house to keep the heat in in winter and out in sum- mer, and many of these publica- tions are free, while for others a charge is made to cover cost of printing by the King's printer. The publisher is supplied with a copy of the booklet and a review of the publication with the intimation' that he is at liberty to publish the review or to make extracts'from the book- let, in other words to advertise the Government publications for nothing. The usual result is that the ,publish- er throws :the booklet on a shelf and 1 TEHEST TO FA THURS., M.Y., 18, 193 ERS are Saying Inc 18 hours is just waste of time and material. :I.o gobs about it, and throws the re- view vi` in the waste paper basket and th u a public. bl r rc docs not learn that such a publication is .available and the value ,of the expenditure in getting ib up is only to a small extent real- iced because the Govermnont makes no appropriation to let the public know through its local press about it. Even a mere listing of such pub- lications in the local press of the country. would be. of great value in making them of infinitely marc gen- eral service.. If the money is well spent in gutting out these publica- tions it would be the part of wis- dom to spend a little more to make the benefit as widespread as pos- s ible.-lGoderich Star. DEPARTMENTAL EXAMINA- TIONS: EXPENSIVE AND FUTILE A factor that adds greatly to the cost of secondary school education in Ontario is the expensive examina- tion system. Last year it cost 8350,000, we are informed, to mark the departmental examination 'pa- pers. If this expenditure was ne- cessary or even helpful, it might be justifiable. As a matter of fact, it is only a means of standardizing rig- idly the instruction that pupils re- ceive in our secondary schools. The present examination system serves to nail us to a standardization that is characteristic of this mechanical age and leaves little place for cat- ering to the individual needs of stu- dents. So far as dept. tests have been eliminated duringg, the past few years, the change has been a suc- cess. We believe that the sooner the remaining departmental exams are discontinue:, the better it will be for our secondary school pupils. With the advancement of the pu- pil dependent upon term work, it will be possible to suit the curriculum to the requirements of the pupils and of the locality. At the present time boys and girls are being started out in sues subjects as Latin and Greek which nine -tenths of them drop after having got only well started. In other words, secondary school edu- cation today is not complete in itself. It is preparatory work for the uni- versities. But only a tenth of the students ever attend university. Our whole system of secondary school education is due for an over- hauling. --St. Marys Journal -Argus. The Sheep and Lamb Parasite Handicap It is at thisa the year season of Y that every sheep owner should give consideration to the treating of his flock for the control of internal par- asites. Of the several internal para- sites infesting sheep and lambs prob- ably the two that cause the most serious damage to the flock are the stomach worm and the tape worm. Flocks which are allowed to graze on the same land year after year cannot possibly escape infestation because such land will be pointed with worm eggs. The symptoms of worm infesta- tion are quite marked. The flock is dejected looking and unthrifty and diarrohea is frequently noted. Short- ly after going an grass the lambs become runty, _pot-bellied, and anae, ruin looking. Many lambs at two to three months of age are so badly in- fested that they die in a short time or so badly run down that it is prac- tically impossible to fatten them and fit them for market. Fortunately sheep and Iambs can be effectively treated for the eantrol of stomach worms and tape worms. The treatment generally recommend- ed is the Bluestone, Mustard drench and is prepared as follows: Dissolve 4 ounces of Copper Sul- phate or Bluestone in two quarts of hot water, then add 4 ounces of Mus- tard. When this is thoroughly mixt ed add two galione of water which makes 2 1-2 gallons of the drench and this is sufficient to treat 100 ewes once and allowing for waste) Each adult ewe should be given 4 fluid ounces of the drench and lambs from 11-2 to 2 ounces. These a- mounts are safe' and care should be taken that they are not exceeded when drenching either ewes or lambs. ,Owes should i be starved 18 hours s and Iambs separated from the ewes for 6 hours before treating. ` After drenching the Iambs should not be turned in with the ,ewes for at least 2 hours and no feed or water allow- ed the ewes for 4 hours, The foliowing suggestions regard- ing drenching are given: Keep .the sheep or lamb on its feet, use a small necked bottle, orfit a metal tube to a nursing bottle that is marked off in ounces, measure the .dose accur- ateI,y, do not raise the sheep's, mouth above the level of its eye, nor raise the head too high, .give it time to swallow, treat gently and have the other sheep in sight close by. Dose ing sheep that have not been starved (Tor Further information on the life history and treatment fol: inter- nal parasites in sheep, write in ar callt the a Agricultural Office, On- tario Department of Agriculture, in Clinton. Copies of bulletin . No, ,337 t.'Pargsitos Injurious to Sheep", can be secured free from tide office.) EASTERN CANADA WAS FIRST' IN MANY THINGS As "first" things go the Maritime Provinces have a few honors to claim, according to the . Tourist De- partment of the Canadian. National Railways. .Isere are a few of them: The first social club in North Am- erica, It was founded at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, in 1606 and was known as the "Order of the Good Time." The first authenticated record of coal mining in North America. This took place at Minta, N. B. in 1639 and the coal was exported to Boston, The first paper made from wood was• produced at Upper Sackville, N. B. in 1839. The first compound steam engine in the world was invented in New Brunswick by Benjamin Tibbits of Queens County, N. B. and used in a Saint John River steamboat in 1842. The first steam fog horn in the world was put into operation on Cartridge Island, Saint John harbor in 1859, the apparatus being invent, ed by Robert Foulis of Saint John. The first submarine cable in North America was laid across the Strait of Northumberland between Cape Tars mentine, N.B. and Carleton Head, P. E,I. on November 22, 1852. The first wireless message to be sent from North America across the Atlantic was sent from Glace Bay. Nova Scotia on December 31, 1902. EXTENSIVE] PLAN TO IMPROVE STOCK. INAUGURATED BY PRO- VINCIAL AND DOMINION AG- RICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS Official announcement in regard to an extensive program for the im- provement of stock, has been made by Mr, Kennedy as follows: "With the realization that Ontar- io farmers to be successful must be in a position to compete with farmers of other provinces and other coun- tries the federal and provincial de- partments of agriculture have for- mulated a bull -premium policy for the encouragement of the sale and use of approved purebred bulls, with the knowledge that the cheapest and most effective method of cattle im- provement is through the use of high-class bulls. In the drafting of this policy the support and co -opera. •r s tion of the e vAr ou cattle breeders' associations.functioning in Ontario has been seured. "Briefly the attitude of both de- partments is that they stand ready to assist farmers in purchasing ap- proved bulls, and it is the work of the breed associations to inspect and grade bulls within the breed so that only those bulls which are declared fit representatives will go out under this policy: Much can be done to increase the production of milk per cow in .our dairyheeds cads byimproved 'breeding, consequently, all dairy bulls upon which assistancewill be given inUst have known milk production in their ancestry, details of which are given under the regulations. "In beef production, the establish- ment and mainteuance of an export market is necessary. To accomplish this, improved breeding is required in cattle raised for this purpose. Quality is essential, and; it is hoped by having beef bulls graded, with the greatest assistance given to purchasers of the top grade, that all 'bulls of real merit will find a more ready market, and that the continued use of such sires will reflect benefi- cially in the quality of cattle being marketed for beef purposes in 'Ons tasks." Premiums paid purchasers of bulls under the plan will run from $20 to $50. Second premiums will be paid if a bull is resold after serving three seasons on the farm of the origin- al purchaser under the bonus plan. THOU SHALT NOT The minute Adam was persented with Eve his liberty was reduced by fifty per cent. He was no longer able to do as he liked which was good for his soul though possibly bad for his temper. His progress began th minute his liberty was intruded upon Thais from the beginning,`progross and happiness have been accompan ied ' b 'restriction iets on o f so-called ed Libel's ty. The .ancient Israelite saw the be- ginning of happiness the minute idoses handed out a few thou -shalt - nets. Magna Charts was an emphat•e lo thou -shalt -not, imposed on King John and now regarded as the found- ation of British liberty. When Char, les 1st imposed taxes without asking permission, he was subjected to a thou,shalt-not which- took off his head. Employers once demanded complete liberty to work their em- ployees night and day, until the pen, pie rose with a thou -shalt -not. Shipe owners loaded their ships excessive•, ly to the danger of their crews until r'thou-shalt-not" was imposed upon them. The great depression was caused because we have not yet discovered that it is necessary to impose a few thou -shalt -note, on the financial pow- ers that be. So it is their turn to discover that they cannot do as they like. So we can measure the progress of civilization by the thou-shalt-nots we have invented, and will have arrived at peace when these have become no longer necessary, but a great "Thou Shalt" has taken its place. This will be a grand "Thou shalt do to thy neighbor as ye would that he should do unto you."—Morning Albertan. Acorn Barn Ventilators Prevent spon- taneous combus- tion. Base, 30 itM.; Drum, 16• in.Height, 4 ft.'2 in.—only $s.00. Preston Galvanised Tanks Special Spring Sale, 11 rite for prices. Siocum's •• Spark Arrester For your house chim- ney. Pre- vents roof fires. Slocum's Fire Suffocates For putting out fires when they are beginning. PRESTON Born Door Hardware We urn save you money on your barn door hard- ware, write for prices, /1 3r. / 1 !► y p r , 'r fnf � 111� ,:I n��1�6i1 Preston Steel Clad Barns Built with rugged steel trusses or plank trusses. Roofed and sided with fire- proof steel. Write for 'Book About Baran''. Use Preston "Led -Had" Nails Lead is used on the heed of these nails to seal the nail -Jute. Now only 15c ib, Millions of dollars worth of farm build- ings are being eaten up each year by rot and decay caused by leaky roofs, and by a fires. Save your buildings N 0 W before they get beyond saving. Re -roof with Rib -Roll. Rib -Roll is permanent. 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 protec- tion. "Council Standard" Rib -Roll isnowsell- ing at the lowest prices in history. Quality is still maintained at its highest point. Write for free sample and ":'"'::'° 1/4 -useful roofing booklet. COOHCILSTANIARU c"M a,,,, 0."'''r Guelph Street Preston, Ont. 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