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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1930-10-23, Page 6PAST AND PRESENT PRE SIDDNTS,OF C. W. N. A. Above is shown the past president of the Canadian Weekly News- paper Association talking to the newly -elected president on the steps of the Hotel Nova Scotian, Halifax, during the convention of the C,W,N.A, held last month in the Ancient Capital. Reading from left to right they are: Mr. MlalcoIm MaeBetb, editor and publisher of The Milver- ton Sun, the new president, Mr. Hugh Savage, editor of The Cowl- chan Leader, published at Duncan, B. C., who was president .of the As- sociation last year, and E. Roy Sayles, publisher ' of the Renfrew Mercury, who is manager and treasurer of the Association, Canadian Weekly Newspaper Publishers and their Wives Had Enjoyable Trip To Historic City and Environs In September the proprietors and editors of the Canadian Weekly newspapers, to the number of 250, in many eases accompanied by their wives and families, journeyed down to the historic old city of Halifax; where the annual convention of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper As- sociation was held. tE Mr. G. E. Hall of The News -Record, with his wife and daughter were among those happy trippers. This is an annual outing, looked forward to by the weekly newspaper men, and those who are fortunate enough to be able to go are the en- vied of Pune who are not. The con- vention is bold at different points each year, having been held in recent years at points as far apart as Van- couver and Halifax, Publishers were present from ev- ery province in the Dominion on this occasion, coming from ,as far afield as White Horse, 'Yukon Territory on the West, and Newfoundland on the East. The President of the Associa- tion, Mr. Hugh Savage of Duncan BJi, attended the Empire Press Un- lon gathering in London in August and figuring that he was many miles nearer Halifax in London, Eng., than he would be in Duncan, B.C., so far-flung is our Dominion, decided to stay a few extra weeks in Eng- land and conte direct to Halifax, which he did. These trips only become possible owing to the generosity of the rail- way companies, who no doubt, feel- ing that newspaper men are posses-, sad of more facilities for boosting a country than any other class of citi- zens and that to have them actually know the country is a decided advan- tage, supply transportation to these annual conventions, through the central office of the association. On the occasion in question the two national lines, the C.P.R. and C.N.R., vied with each other to make the excursion of the newspa- per men and their families a pleas- ant one, and they succeeded perfect- ly. The convention was held int the fine, new Canadian National hotel in Halifax, the Novia Scotian, . where most of the visitors stopped, and where there is ample accommodation for such a gathering 'The sessions were of interest to the newspaper makers, addresses be- ing given by many eminent members of the craft and many excellent ideas were exchanged. The public, how- ever, is not so much interested in these things as it.may be in some oth- ers. All the time was not given over to work, as may be supposed. For when a bunch of newspaper men get together, especially when they are accompanied by their wives and fam- ilies, they are out for a good time. And on this occasion they had it. The mornings were given over to business and they had the usual ad- dresses of welcome, etc., which were perhaps if that were possible, a bit wanner than ever before. But the afternoons and evenings were given over to sight-seeing and amusements, and as that part of Canada is choke full of places of historical interest, there were no end of points to visit and things to see. By the courtesy of the Dominion Atlantic Railway s the party was taken on an excursion through the Evangeline country, bay- d ing Luncheon at Cornwallis Inn, uentville; the 7Centville notary Club, t TCentville Board of Trade and the Woifville Chamber of Commerce IP took the party on an auto _trip. t through the beautiful Annapolis Val- s THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD ley to Biornidon and the Look -Off; Halifax '. Harbor Commission and Board of Trade and Dartmouth Fer- ry Commission took'then on a boat, trip -'out to the sea;" ,they were ens tertained at a garden party at Gov- ernment Rause by the Hon. J. C. Tory, Iieutenant-governor; the Gar- dens Commission and Board of Trade at Halifax had the party go out to the lovely Public Gardens, for a band concert; a dance . was given in the Nova Sootiest, and a number of oth- er impromptu a} tertainments kept the party busy and happy during their entire stay. There are so many lovely, and his- toric spots in Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick that it is a won der more people from Ontario do not visit these older provinces. A trip such es that taken by the newspaper men'last month is a very educative one and those who can•afferd an ex- tensive trip would do' much worse than to take it in some summer: Railway accommodation is of the beat, whether one goes by C.P.R. or C.N.R., and if carefully planned it' need not be a very expensive trip. That it will be enjoyable can be ac- cepted without question. NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY -FARMER ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) Had a Bumber Yield box makes a desirable marke+ pac - • age. An outstanding yield of blue'grass is reported by one farmer in Heidi - mend County. His ,field was 'eight acre in size and from seven loads taken from the eight acres, 2900 lbs. of seed were obtained. This at the rate of 140 a pound yielded better than $400, or more than $50 per acre. • A pleasing feature of this is that the straw is still good as a high grade hay. • Nor£olk'e Tobacco Crop . The greater part of- Norfolk Coun- ty's nine -million -pound crop of flue - cured tobacco has now been sold at prices ranging between 30` and 40 cents per pound. The average will be about 35 cents. It was estimated that about 13,000 acres were under tobacco in- Norfolk this year, and while the crop was injured by drought and hail, it escaped frost and most of the growers will be well rewarded for their season's toil. The new half -million -dollar grading and packing plant at Delhi swings into operation this week. District Plowing Matches Dates of remaining district plow- ing matches have been announced as follows by J. Leckie Wilson, super- intendent; Caistor . Nov. 26 Cape Crocker (on Reserve), Oct. 81 Eramose (Rockwood) Nov: 5 Frontenac (near Kingston), Oct, 29 H'aldimand (Fisherviile) , . —Oct. Oct, 30 Halton( Esquesing Tp.) , , Oet. 31 Lanbton (Sarnia Tp,) Nov. 5 Ontario, South . Oct. 25 Peel (Brampton) Oct. 24 Proton (near Dundalk) , . , . Oct. 24 Six Nations (Ohsweken) ..., Nov. 1 Sullivan Tp. Oct. 24 Wellesley Tp. (near, Crosshill) Oct. 28 Welland . Oct. 29 Waterloo . Oet• 25 York East (Agincourt) , , . Nov. 5 Marketing Geese The time to prepare geese for market is when the weather turas cold in the fall. They should then be taken off pasture and those se- leeted for market should be placed in small penned enclosures, provided with plenty of water and grit and kept clean. They should be fed heav- ily on whole corn, the best medium for the fattening of geese, and about two weeks' heavy feeding should fit them for market. Twenty-four hours before killing geese should be tarved, but given plenty of water. Care should be used in plucking ,the ry or steam methods being recom- mended, for the reason that the fea- thers are particularly valuable, bringing as much as 60 coats per ound. The dressed bird should be jibbed over with a damp oloth and et aside to cool. The twelve -bird se.N4W4 i i•IAT,i0i1`4f, summago WITH THE FISHING FLEETS OF NOVA SCOTIA The Bluenose fishermen of Nova Scotia have won a world-wide reputation as intrepid sailors of the salt waters, and their skill and courage and their storm - beaten schooners have been preserved to posterity in some of the finest of ` American literature, A typical fishing harbour of Nova Scotia is shown at the upper picture. Lunenburg boats have always been foremost among the fishing fleetsand in the foreground can be seen schooners in various stages of con- struction, while anchored in the back- ground are a nn her of the ships waiting to leave for the banks. At the bottom is a scene reminiscent of the old world, but one not unusual in the Nova Scotia fishing towns. It shows an ox team bringing a catch of cod fish from a schooner upon its arrival in port. Current Crop Report • Fall wheat is looking fairly well throughout the whale province, ac- cording to reports received, and the fine weather of October enabled the farmers in the southwestern penin- sula to do late sowing. Many farm. ers report the poorest crop of tur- nips in years, while sugar beets will yield about the same as in other sea- sons. Considerable stocker cattle are being purchased, due to large yields of grains and low prices of- fered for same, There are indica- tions of a good supply of Canadian seed corn for 1931. Dairy cattle are in keen demand in the restricted T.B. Free areas, and many outside, buyers are invading these districts for accredited cattle, • New School Wing Opened The new wing of the Vocational Agricultural School at Ridgetown- was officially opened on October 20 by Acting Premier George S. Henry and Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minister of Agriculture. About $85,000 has been spent on the new building which is equally as commodious as the first building erected in 1926 The new ruing includes two large classrooms, a physics laboratory, a room for teaching various agricul- tural subjects such as field crops, beekeeping, poultry and veterinary science, a stock judgiug ring, four large forges with anvils for black- smith work, eighteen manual train- ing benches for woodworking. a ma- chinist'sbench and a space for mo- tor mechanics, The R.idgetown insti- tution is now the most eamnlete of its kind in Ontario and will be in a position to give a superior type of all-round training to the farm bay and girl. A Tremendous Success 13y far the greatest success in its history was achieved at the 1930 In- ternational Plowing Match staged last week off Highway No. 2, near the city of Startford. Two new re- cords were set on the second day of the thatch, when an estimated total of 40,000 people passed through the gates and when the entry list num- bered 153, surpassing by 44 the list for a single day in any previous year. The final two days of the match were equally successful, and the directors have every reason to feel proud of their achievement. Competitors came from every part of Ontario to take part in the vari- ous plowing contests, A departure this year was a competition for wo- men, who made a remarkably fine showing. The site of the match was a picture, with hundreds of horses and *actors pulling keen -edged plows through perfect soil to reveal row upon row of furrows, straight and true and crowned to perfection. Ontario Niels Win ICent County has recently been in the limelight as a nut producing eounty by reason of the victory scored 'byoone of its farmers, Harold English, of the Chatham district, at the Nut Growers' Conference at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His exhibit of Japanese walnuts was declared the best ever seen by those in attend- ance at the conference. Large size, good cracking, extraction quality, and fine flavor were the points on which the experts . based their deci- sion, The tree from which these fine nuts came is a beautiful specimen and has made rapid growth. It is only six years old and has borne two good crops. • The Chatham man's victory is expected to stimulate the growth of nut trees in Kent County and elsewhere throughout the prov- ince. ,There is no other factor which enhances the value of a farm at so little expense as nut trees. Proper Ration Needed A hen may lay a few eggs early in the spring without receiving mush feed or attention or she may Iay at the end of the season when feed may be picked up itt the fields, but the hen has not yet been developed that will la.y without the proper ra- tion during the fa11 and winter months. A good mash is important if the hens are to lay; and it should be before the birds all the time.' If any one of .the necessary elements required for the making of eggs is absent, production is impaired. Pul- lets require a little different mash than the old hens and it is a mistake to house .`,them 'together and have them feed from the same hoped-. Home-grown feeds with the addition of some purchased concentrates may be mixed, or a commercial mash niay be , purehased ,that will supuly • • the necessary ingredients to the bird, Chickens will pay dividends L,if pro- perly hoesed and given the right rations. • . . t . THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1980 When to Apply Lime A test of the soil should be made, to make . sure that it 'requires lime. if the soil :proves to be acid then the answer to the question when to apply lime might be "when you have tine," Lime is for tbe -benefit of all crops in the rotation, but par- ticularly of benefit to legumes:; The best time is possibly just before sowing a grain crop that is seeded down with alfalfa or clovers, Liming land plowed for fall wheat which is to be seeded•with.elover in the spring is a convenient, and satisfactory practice. Lime is not a fertilizer, but simply neutralizes the acidity of the soil and should be thoroughly worked into the soft during tbe pre- paration of a seed bed, to become. efficient. It is poor business to feline land that is lacking' in line and strongly aeid in reaction. The pro-' duetive power of the soil is reduced when it becomes Acid. 'Correcting thisconditionwith.the use of ground limestone increases the efficiency of the manures and fertilizers applied, and therefore contributes to the cut- ting; down of costs of crop produc- tion. L , "THE APPLE ORCHARD OF THE EMPIRE" The Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, from Cape Blomidon, From this promontory one is able to looltdown upon the fertile Annapolis Valley, one of the most prosperous farming sections in Nova Scotia, from which area nearly 2,000,000 barrels of apples are exported each year. IN PICTURESQUE NOVA SCOTIA Nature has been lavish in distributing her charms throughout this most attractive province by the sea, and in the Bras d'Or Lakes district a'scenic OM has been created. The lower Illustration gives a typical view of this attractive section of the Maritime Provinces. Apart from its interesting beauty sppots,Nova Scotia isalsonoted for its salmon streams, and the picture at the top shows an exciting moment in this sport of ]sings, when one of the gamiest of Canadian fish is; netted after a fight of sometimes more than half an hour's duration. So well known - are the salmon streams of Nova Scotia that anglers come from all over the continent to fish their waters. CANAOXAN NATIONAL 'rnoTooanpn9 East .Huron Teachers' Institute 1930 (Continued from page 4) her bereavement on the death of her husband, Inspector J. E. Tom. (3) That the thanks of the Insti- tute be tendered Dr. Amass, and 'all who contributed to make our con- vention a success. (4) That this Institute recom- mends that reading selections for Entrance examinations be taken from the second half of the Fourth Read- er, and also that literature selec- tions for that examinations be taken from the sante source. (5) That this Institute recommends that teachers who have completed the academic subjects for first-class certificated be allowed to obtain such certificates by writing off only such subjects as are not included in the second-class course. (6) That we recommend that teachers secure copies of the Oppor- tunity Plan from the publishers as an aid in teaching and providing seat -work. IDr. J. Ill. field, Inspector of East Heron, addressed his teachers, re- minding them of the necessity of promptness in sending itt Attendance Reports and Annual Reports as well as accuracy in filling them. out. He reported that the results of the En- trance Examination in 1930 had been very satisfactory, 85 per cent of the candidates having been success- ful He recommended that if the teachers required a continuation of the system of promotion examina- tions they should seek the aid of the County Council in assuming the cost of publishing the necessary examina- tion :filmes. A majority of the teach- ers favoured continuing the uniform promotion patters. Dr. Field eon - eluded his talk with an explanation of the various Brants both to rural and town schools. !Miss Dorothy Reinke of Tucker - smith illustrated her methods in teaching Composition to a class sup- plied by the Wingham Public School. The subject chosen was " A Country Scene in Autumn." She deevloped by questioning ideas of autumn and Indian Summer, compared the Sea- sons and had the pupils arrive at the impressions they desired to give e.g., leisure, quietness, abundance. They then chose words and phrases suited to express their impressions. The results of the lesson as shown in the composition plans were satisfac- tory and showed that with proper teaching this very difficult subject can be brought to a much higher plane, than is usually achieved in our. Public Schools, • Dr. Amoss next demonstrated the teaching of Geography in a Senior Third Class in„a. lesson on. the indus- tries of Canada. Using the sand table he built up an effective'tableau of the cod -fishing industry of the Maritime Provinces, showing how the fish are caught with hook and line, long trawl and otter -trawl and the curing of the fish on the drying rack, He recommended making the objects used in these lessons by pu- pils for homework, and promised more satisfactory results than are usually obtained front homework of the more stereotyped kind usually given. An interesting exhibit of maps built up with plasticiue and other materials, es well as models of a pulp -mill, a salt -factory and other interesting phases of industry, e-on- structed by intermediate pupils, many of whom were of the type who do not care to read, concluded his address, Dr, Amoss was a most popular speaker, and the Institute was indeed favoured in having hint address them. 'tA very interesting item .of the programme was the picture -study by Miss Johns of Wingham, with her class of tiny children, After the singing of an October song, the pic- ture "Saved" by Evia Landseer was studied. After a short talk on the childhood of the artist, the picture was tsudied in its most prominent ebaraetoristics, then in its minor de- tails. The story was developed, and the response by the class testified Lo the excellence of the preparation by Miss Johns, and the interest a- roused in the class, The Institute deeided to offer a- gain, prizes for leading pupils at the Entrance examinations itt 1931, at the various centres in East Huron. Dr, Field closed the morning ses- sion with an address on "Better English." Although he found the English of teachers to be above the average, yet on various occasions he had found teachers guilty of inex- cusable errors, and gave some quite glaring examples. This he blamed largely on early training, environ- ment, or carelessness rather than on lack of knoweldge of correct usage. He urged teachers to cultivate the power of expressing clearly and cor- rectly.' He compared English with other Ianguages, and showed that it best of alI is capable of expressing any thought er feeling adequately; and is constantly being added to, so that it is always efficient. He de- plored our carelessness in our .pro - :Jouncing final letters, as well as a tendency to use slang expressions. As a means of improvement he sug- gested the study of the history of words from a good dictionary, the reading' of good authors, practice in good letter -writing, translation of Latin and other languages, but above all self -inspection. On Firday afternoon the conven- tion broke up into sectious for the study of problems peculiar to the various classes. These sections were led by representative teachers of these particular classes as follows: Fourth book, Edwin Crawford of ,Seaforth; third book, Miss, Gladys Hutton. of Wingham; , second book, Miss Mary Bell, Seaforth; first book and primary, Miss Annie Little of Wroxeter. This convention was most success- ful. s. Jaen Edgar, President, •George H. Jefferson, Secretary. airammemparausso HALIFAX HARBOUR ,v L4W404' Great ocean liner ind safe year-round facilities at Halifax, one o world. the three greatest ports n the