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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1930-09-04, Page 6THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1930 THE CLINTON-NEW, RECORD NEWS - `AND. • INFORMATION FOR' THE , BUSY ` FARMER Furnished bythe D C Department of Agriculture I p g ) Farmers who , wish 'to - obtain se- J'. A: Berry, former assistant in lected seed for co-operative expert- York County, succeeds Mr. Cook at inents with outstanding varieties of London: He is a graduate, of the winter wheat and other autumn- 0. A. •C.,` coming originally from sown crops may obtain this nate- Dunrobin, Carleton •County. rial, free of charge, iry writing the A. M. Barr, assistant agricultural Department of • Field Husbandry, representative for : Huron County, Ontairo Agricultural College. with office at Clinton, ,has been ase pointed 'representative ,for Grenville County, with office at Kemptville, A. G. ICrstine has been appointed agricultural representative for Halton In recognition of the splendid workCounty, succeeding A. H. MCVannel, -being done by girls throughput On who resigned. Mr. Kirstine gra- tario' in the study of housing, cloth dusted from the O.A.C. in 1925, after ing and nutrition problems, the de- 'taking animal (husbandry option. Af-, partment is offering free trips., to the ter graduation he spent a year at.an` Royal Winter Fair next November to abattoir in Toronto,and later return - five farm girls from each of the ed to his farm near Walkerton. Dur counties whichf have taken advantage.''I ing his stay on the farm •he became of the instruction co one of- the cou n Royal Party For Girls conducted in Ity leaders in coin- munity development. The Crop Situation' Reports of crop conditions for lee ' the latter part of August indicate to that the showers which fell in most nto•sections of Southwestern•Ontario in were badly needed, as pastures had n been burnt .up and corn and root to crops were suffering severely for and lack of. moisture. Harvesting through- r- out the' province' has been completed, and excellent yields are reported. e- Alfalfa, alsike and clovers yielded ngvery satisfactorily, as high as nine T . bushels wer acre o fred clover having 1 been reportede in Kenora district. as Many drovers and cattlemen have r_ reported heavy losses on their grass cattle, due to low prices and scarcity of pasture. Many are holding their cattle over for the Christmas trade. Some excellent crops of barley,'oats and mixed grains have been harvest - of ed this season. In Norfolk County s one farmer secured a yield of 1487 or bush'els of oats from a 15 -acre EOM, y or nearly 100 bushels per acre. housing, clothing and nutrition problems, the department is offering free trips to the Royal Winter Fair next November to five farm girls from each of the counties which have taken advantage of the instruc- tion conducted in household sciei judging by the Women's' institu branch. On their arrival in Toron e girls will be chaperoned groups by staff instructors. A sple did program, including visits some of the industrial plants business centres of particular inte est to girls from the country is no in course of _preparation by the d pertinent which is also providi transportation for the party. h plan is supplemental to the "Roya 500 Party" for farm boys which h been conducted so successfully du ing the past few years. • Pm Autumn Sown Crops As a foreword to a review experiments.witfi'autumn sown crop at O.A.C., W. J. SquirreI', profess of field husbandry, says: "Extreme' dry weather during the .latter pa of August and the month of Sep Umber was responsible for consider- able decrease in the area' of winter wheat sown in Ontario in 1929. Win- ter killing, although severe in 'some districts, seemsto have been about average for the province. Growing conditions since early spring have been excellent and winter crops were harvested under exceptionally good conditions; Very slight damage was caused this year by either Hessian fly or rust. More damage than us- ual, however, was occasioned by the presence of barren spikelets in the heads of winter 'wheat. Yield and quality of autumn sown crops in the expereiments at the college were very good in the crop harvest- ed in 1930. Yields per acre in the variety tests of winter wheat were greater than for esveral years." Buy Home-grown Products Announcement has been made by Premier Ferguson that the Govern- ment will.•9lrundh, an extensive edu- cational campaign to encourage the buying and eating of Canadian products in Ontario. Radio, lecture staffs and newspapers will all fig- ure in the program. "We are de- termined," said the Prime Minister "to show to the people the real qual- ities of our products, to demonstrate the value of our own markets and to prove to them the advantages of buying at hone. In short, we want to establish a greater measure of co-operation between consumer and producer." In commenting upon the ignone in whieh the projected Ontariodistributors of food will be asked to join, Mr. J. B. Fair bairn, Deputy Minister of Agricul- ture, said that most Canadians would he astonished at the amount of food- stuffs imported at the very time of year when 'Canadians are producing similar products, An extra slice of bread a day would help to take care of surplus Canadian wheat, he stat- ed, and unemployment would be re- lieved considerably by vigorous pro- secution of the campaign in mind. Changes in Representatives Several changes have recently 4en made in the agircutural re- iresentatives of Ontario. M. F. look, who has been assistant in Mid- Ilesex County, will take the office at lest Liskeard on September 1, The forth country is not new' to Mr. Cook et he . was a representative in the Kenora district for nine years. Valuable O.A.C. Exhibit Taking as its keynote the erop- producing power of Ontario soils, the 0.A.C. Department of Chemis- try exhibit at theC.N.E. has attract- ed great attention. It embodies a huge corncopta picturing the fertile soils of Ontario pouring forth hun- dreds of thousands of bushels of wheat, oats and barley, and thous- ands of tons of potatoes, roots, corn, vegetables, hay and other products. A. giant map of the province shows the location of the 1,100 fertility test plots which the department is op- erating throughout Ontario. This year with nearly every crop grown in Ontario on these plots, a wide var- iety of fertilizers have been applied on the 'fanners' own lands under their own conditions. Field repre- sentatives ensure accurate applica- tion of fertilisers and ecjually accu- rate harvesting of test areas. The records shows interesting and valu- able figures. Meadows fertilized with a high nitrogen fertilizer gave an increase of 45 per cent in yield. whiel alfalfa fertilized with high potash fetrilizersgave an increase of 2y tons per acre over the unfertil- ized area. In the fall wheat fertility tests, the average yield of all fer- tilized plots was 44 bushels per ac- re, weighing 60.4 pounds per bushel. 2ihe yield of unfertilized wheat- was 34 bushels, weighing 59.8 pounds per bushel. !The functions of the main plant - food elements were admirably shown by crops growing In plant solutions, and the pasture fertility work in operation in connection with the college farm claimed considerable interest. Soil testing for acidity and general discussion of soil survey work provided much valuable infor-1 tnation for callers. TIIE RIGHT SIDE BEST .Mrs. Smart (to her lawyer hus- band)—"John, is it better tolie on the right side or on the left?" Ile (absent-inindedly)-"My dear, when one is en the right side it gen- erally isn't necessary to do much ly- ing." TRAVELLING FROM TORONTO An elderly lady walked into' a rail- road ticket office in Toronto and ask- ed for a ticket to New York. "Do you. 'wish' to go by Buffalo?" asked the ticket agent. "Certainly not." she replied;- "by train if you please!"—,Montreal Star. • �.w LONDON ONTARIO[ SEPTEMBER 8th • '13th, 193o• Make your plans now to . come_ to the best Western Fair ever,held. You:'ll'derive Profit, . Education and Pleasure froth if. Live Stock, Agriculture, Art, PIM Food, Manufacturers' Exhibits, Government Dia- .,plays, Women's Wdrk, etc. Rubin and Cherry Midway, Extra Special Grandstand Features. - Evening Horse Show, 'Trottin'g Races. • Soxriething to interest' everybody. $50,000 IN fix] and •: attrac'tiOi a , 'F�wt '. Entries close August 28th. Write for information'and prize lists. ERS, Pres. W. D. JACKSON, Sect'y. 4 , nT a„ . r ,, . vrm,nM�ae:. ,x„ t y;M• wkfJ'x'x' » *0'040 0,'",* * �?' .in^s, f%° P+}Mr'M ews Items on Matters Canadiannd a Foreign Written For The News -Record Uniform haws For Provinces Be Sought Will 1757, during the Seven Years War, Temiscouata portage, at Cabano, P.Q., Here is one terminal 'of the longest and most difficult. portage in the overland route between Acadia and • Quebec. Over it the New Brune - wick Regiment made its 'famous march in the winter. of 1813, to aid tin the defence of the Canadas, wo Southwold Earthworks, near St; leve° Thomas, Ont. This lea unique. ex - n tae .ample of a double -walled aboriginal fort. Its antiquity an -d; origin re-' urance main unknown. sets New Brantford, Ont.—A tablet to akin commemorate the loyal • services of uni- the Six Nations Indians to the Bri tisk Empire in the Seven Years din War, the War of the `American Re - Par— volution, and in the defence ' of Pp - per Canada in 1812-14. ebec, Fort Mississauga, Niagara -on -the ways Lake, Ont. ,-ill, tablet will be placed uni- on this fort which was built.by mil- itary labour in 1,814 for the defence of the Niagara frontier. It was us- ed as a military post until 1845. Starting` Point of the First Domin- ion Lands Survey, near Winnipeg—. To mark the site:of;the.first. survey monument erected in 1871 ,in con- nection with the establishment of the survey of Dominion Lands. Churchill, Manitoba -To mark the site of the fort built in 1689, then the most northerly post o4 the Hud- son's Bay Company,and the starting point of numerous .Arctic explora- tions organized by the company. (Fort Chipewyan, '' Alberta —• To commemorate the voyage of Sir Al- exander Mackenzie im 1789, from Fort Chipewyan on Lake Athabaska northward to the Arctic Ocean, and the discovery of the Maokenzie•River. Yukon Gold Oiseovery, Dawson City --To perpetuate the memory of the indomitableprospectorswho pav- ed the way to the diseoveery in 1896 of the rich gold-fieleds of the Yukon. Ottawa, Sept. 1 (Special to The News-Record):--•Renevred efforts to secure inter -provincial uniformity^in laws are expected to follow the change in ,Government ;at Ottawa, Some progress - in - this direetign has been made during the past years but ; the successes .ash cover' a very minor `fraction of laws' in' which uniformity is. co ered 'desirable. Property, company,' ins us motor laws, 'compensation and social legislation are all wi the scope of statutes in which ,fortuity is. as desirable,' itishel the interests of the Public as•of ties. immediately loncerned. With -respect. to civil law Qu under the Code Napoleon, • has"alw presented difficulties to national enmity.. Law officers who have studied the subject,' however, believe that. a great deal` more in that dir- ection may be achieved. It is being suggested that when, progress with Quebec has been exhausted the oth- er provinces continue their efforts in the same direction. 'Uniformity will it is claimed, very materially reduce litigation, simplify the conduct of inter -provincial busi- ness usiness and result in important savings in legal fees By the public. - Exchange Fish Eggs An agreement has been reached between Canada and the State of "New Hampshire and they will ex - .change fish eggs for propagation purposes. Under the agreement New Hamp- shire will receive 500,000 salmon eggs in exchange for an equal num- ber of trout eggs. Tha eggs will be distributed under the direction of the Fish and Game Department and will be used for restocking .purpos- es. British Migration to Canada Larger There was a substantial increase in the migration form Great Britain and Northern Ireland to Canada last year according to a statement com- piled by the Overseas Settlement Committee of Great Britain. The Committee ascribes the growth to the beneficial effect of the spec- ial ocean rate to Canada, for British migrants which was introduced at the beginning of 1929. Last •year 85,558 British of, came to Canada as contrasted with 46,709 in 1928, a gain of 43 per cent. The scheme for the settlement ,ef 3,000 families of migrants on farms in Canada, which came into opera- tion in 1924 was completed during 1929. Of the 3,338 families who sailed under the scheme, there were 2,706 families on farms at the end of 1929. Of the 561 families who have withdrawn from the scheme, 182 are still in agricultural employ- ment and 264 are engaged in other work. Itt is claimed that this scheme has been, without doubt, the most suc- cessful large-scale enterprise as yet arranged under the empire settling act, Power, Development May Hurt Fisheries Joint investigation by Canada and the United States to deteermine the effect on the fisheries of Passamo- quody and Cobscook Bays of the pro- posed development in that region will begin as, soon as the Dominion Government is ready to proceed. It is proposed to develop electric power by the tides in these bays where there are fisheries of im- portance to both countries. In the year 1928 the catch was valued at $5,800,000. . • The investigation was proposed Last year by the Dbminion Govern - menet sand a joint resolution of the Congress of Washington to defray half the expenses was approved. 150 historic Sites Marked in Canada By Federal Organization. The Department of the Interior announces that since the year 1919, ,when the Historic Sites and Monu- ments Board of Canada was instit uted, the Department of the Inter- ior through. its-Itlational Parks Ser- vice has marked, by the erection of suitable memorials, 150 sites ap- pertaining to the historyof the Dominion. Prom time to time, a- mong the various sites squired are those of Fort .Wellington at Pres - t, Ontario; Fort Chambly at mbly, P.Q., and Fort Lennox, ear St. Johns, P.Q.,on which are ated interesting structures erec- by the French and English for ensive ,purposes awingthe Rich - u and St..Lawrence. rivers. Con- rable restoration and improve- nt work has ;been carried out at se sites and.today they are visit - by streams of tourists. It is the ntion . of the .Department of the erior ultimately to mark through - Canada all those sites that have stiDont iriipbenaring.on the history of m. uring the last year, among the tuber of monuments unveiled was erected on the site of Fort Fork, Peace River, Alberta, from h Sir Alexander Mackenzie set on • May 9, 1798, on his quest for western sea, which resulted in irst crossing of -the continent of Next Ahterica, e.following are among the ,most ending; sites or events selected annual 'meeting, for preserve - and commemoration -- Petep's •Canal, N.S. This can- nneets St.Peter's bay with d'Or,Lake,. thereby shortening. distance to .the eastern eoast of Breton. It was first surveyed 25. and completed in 1869, N Bridgetown, S., Site of the gement at •Bloody Creek in cot Cha n situ ted clef elle side me 'the` ed rote Int out a di the nD one• near whit out the the, f Th outst at th tion 1St, al co Bras the Cape in' 18 ,At •enga Want Canadian Statue The directors of the new Hall of Nations, constructed- at Ashbury Park, N'ew Jersey, have signified their desire to have some Canadian or bronze statue of a Canadian sol- dier in theMuseum of Peace, a sec- tion of the hall, The purpose of the museum is to assist in promoting a spirit of international friendship a- mong the various countries of the world. Railways Adopt Reduced Rates To Aid Farmers . , A radical program to aid farmers in territories where the industry is seriously depressed has been made effective in immedeiate halfrates up- on freight movement of agricultural commodities or livestock in the drought -stricken regions north of the Ohio River and east of the Mis- sissippi. The announcement fol- lowed a conference between President Hoo -Ver and railroad officers, includ- ing Col. Alfred P. Thom, general counsel for the Association of Rail- way executives. It was stated orally. at the White House in behalf of the President that arrangements for putting reduc- ed rates into effect on agricultural commodities or livestock in other sections of the drought area would probably be completed at once. Under this arrangement, it was said, the Department of Agriculture will certify to the railroads the counties in each state where the drought is suffiiently serious to warrant reduced' -rates on agricultur- al commodities or liveetoek. Any farmer dealer in these counties de- siring to move feed or livestock will report such intention to his county agent, and the latter will then ap- prove the application to, the local a- gent of the roalroad. The arrangement has been work- ed out, it was said, to avoid any freight rate ,reduction where spec- ulation is involved. Imposing Tax To Relieve Unemployed Melbourne, Sepia 2: " Special to The News Reeord)—Relief funds for the unemployed, in the States of Vic- toria, Australia,. are being sought through the levying of a stamp tax on wages and :an ',additional tax on incomes: The stamp tax on wages is to be about 2 cents per English pound stirling. That is to say, on a wage of one .pound a week, the tax will be 2 cents and on up the scale. The special unemployment tax on in- comes ranges from about : $8.46 on yearly incomes of $1,.750 to about $320, on incomes up to $25,000. These special taxes are to be in force a year and it is expecteed that approx- imately 0,000,000 Will be raised. Fur. Farming One, Industry to Show Some Development ' Figures just assembled by the Government indust$ a 22 per cent development in capital invested in fur farming in Canhda during 1929. No fewer than 4,326 farms rep- resenting • an investment of $22,976,• 000 • reported, with fur bearing ani- mals, accounting for 71 per cent, of the• total . value, Fur farming now opoimu,0"11,1101,11,1 Baa%'s OWn Soap: RS f1 fi stretches across every province' and up into the Yukon. To the breeding of foxes have been added mink, rac- coon, skunk, martin, fisher, coyote, rabbit, karakul, sheep, muskrat; beaver, badger -and lynx. (Since the early days of the fur trade, . it has been the practice in Canada for trappers to keep foxes caught in warm weather, alive until the fur was prime and from .this cus- tom has arisen the modern industry of fur farming: 'Phe earliest authen- tic record of the raising of foxes in captivity comes from Prince Edward. Island where about the year 1878 a number of foxes were raised on a farm near Tignish.. The beauty of the fur of the silver fox and the con- sequent.high prices •realized from the sale of the pelts, caused atten- tion to be directed chiefly to this breed,'a colour phase of the common red fox which has 'been • established through°experiments in bending car- ried on by the pioneer fox farmers. After 1890 there came a period of rising prices for furs and the fox farming industry grew ,rapidly in Prince Edward Island. In 1913 an enumeration by the Provincial Commissioner of Agricul ture showed 277 fox farms in that province with a total of 3,130 foxes, While, experiments •-were being car- ried ° on in Prince Edward' Island, at tempts at raising foxes in captivity were also being made in other pro- `vince5,, the records showing that foxes were successfully' bred in Quebec in 1898, '3n Ontario in 1905 and in •Nova Scotia in 1306. In 1912 and 1913 the Commission of Conser- vation conducted an exhaustive in- quiry into the history' and possibil- ities'of fur farming in: Canada, and the resulting data published in 1913, gave.an impetus to the industry, - The Prince Edward Island Silver Fox Breeders' Association was form- ed in 1915, and the Canadian Nation- al Silver Fox Breeder's 'Association in 1920. Branch Associations of the Canadian Association have also been formed 'in several of the provinces, Fox farming is now carried on in all provinces of the Dominion and the number of farms is steadily icreas- ing. -The latest complete statistics available for the year 1928' 'show 3,631 fox farms in Canada with , a total of 77,311 foxes of 'which 72,631 are silver foxes. Within the last two or three years, considerable interest has been shown in the.. -blue fox, which is a colour phase of the polar fox. For several' years this fox had been successfully raised in the islands off the coast of Alaska and on the mainland. Later attempts chiefly in British Columbia, to domesticate the blue 11140.90 nenessiseinaelaniameaskusweasasemeo fox have met with success as is shown by a .comparison of the stat- istics for the ; Years 1923 and 1928. At the end of the year 1923 the number of blue foxes on farms. in Canada was 12, all of which' were in BritishColumbia, vehile.•at the end of 1928 the number was 1,331, Bri- tisk Columbia accountingfor 73 cent of the total, Littr per foxes", were raised in s of -,blue :each of tbe': years '1'924 to 1928, the number of pups recorded from the farms in -the` Teat year beipg, 1,215, , of which 64 perceret were 'for British Coluiirbia. One Good Recipe makes a Cook ' Famous., It won't be long now until the hostess finds that something hot served for a "snack" after the game of bridge is pleasing to her' guests, especially to the ,male element and here• is a dainty timbale whichecru- ed on individual plates with lettuce and a bit of red pepper makes a very appetizing supper, ' Egg Timbales. 1 tablespoon but- ter, 1 tablespoon flour, V cup milk; 3 eggs,' % teaspoon baking powder, 1 tablespoon Chopped parsley, salt and pepper and a few grains of cel - (Continued on page 7) The • Truck Driver's A.B.C.—AlwayYs Be Careful Accidents won't happen—if all drivers are careful! The ABC of accident prevention— "Always Be Careful" --has been learned so well by drivers of over 600 Bell Telephone trucks and cars in Ontario and Quebec that accidents to these vehicles rarely occur. Thetelephone truck driver whom you see along street or highway knows and follows carefully all the rules in his instruction book. One of these is shown plainly on the back of his truck to wars others—he always stops at railroad crossings. And no Bell Telephone truck has ever been involved in a level crossing accident! In fact, any mishaps of the road are so scarce in Bell Telephone circles that other vehicle -operating organizations are studying and adopting the same successful safety-firet'principles. oald you pay two dollars for two. doIIars? DOESN'T SOUND REASO NABLE DOES IT? AND STILL IT'S BEING DONE. AN ACCOUNT OF $2.00. IS OWING TO A FIRM. NOTICE IS SENT THAT IT IS DUE. N 0 REPLY. NEXT MONTH THE ADCOUNT IS RENDERED AGAIN. THE ACCOUNT HAS AL- READY COST THE F11lhX 20 CENTS IN COLLECTIONS AND IS ,STILL NOT PAID. I • IT IS CONSERVATIVELY ESTIMATED THAT THE COST OF RENDERING AN ACCOUNT EACH TIME IS 10 CENTS. IF ' 2111.81 MANAGEMENT I8 LAX THE ACCOUNT MAY BE REN- DERED AGAIN AND AGAIN WITHOUT A. REPLY. • ONE OF THE GREATEST ARGUMENTS FOR CASH BU'S- INESS ON S8IiALL ACCOUNTS IS THE NEGLECT 'WHICH THE AVERAGE DEBTOR ACCORDS THEM AND THE ANNOYANCE AND EXPENSE THEY CAUSE THE CREDIT'O'R. NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE ON A PAID-IN-AD- VAN:CE BAS -IS BEC'AU'SE OF ALL THE MANY, EAJSY, SMALL ACCOUNT'S TO FORGET„ THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SUB- SiCRIPTION HEADS PIXEl LIST. LOOK AT THE LABEL ON YOUR, PAPER, IT CARRIES THE DATE 0N. WHICH YOUR SUB'SORIPTXON EXPIRES AND IS A CO'NISTANT REMINDER TO REMIT PROMPTLY OR CAN' - CEL, AS YOU DESIRE, BY THAT DATE, HOW IS YOUR SUBSCRIPTION NOW TO THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD: "LOOK AT THE LABEL" - 1