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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-04-30, Page 6NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR TIKE BUSY FARMER ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) t etely Barley ,0utyields Oats above r e. ground, soil should bel firm smothered. Inp eriods such as the . present so that the seed will not be buried Alen the making of a profit requires too deeply and so that moisture will ;he most carefulmanagement, it is I be` near the surface to facilitate the if -especial interest.to note that bar- germination of; the small seeds be- layp lay is consistently a more profitable Ifore. a the nurse crop becomes suffi- grain crop than oats. This is shown ciently well established to smother by statistics over a period of the the small seedlings. past 47 years in Ontario, during which barley has outyielded oats by approximately 160 pounds per acre, while in years of 'unfavourable wea- ther, the increase such t er h amountsas 1930, : to twice this figure. Un- doubtedly •of.all grain corps, barley is • least affected by unfavorable weather. Soybean );acts for Ontario Farmers There still continue to be many enquiries coming to the Agricultural College at Guelph for authentic in- formation regarding the soybean' crop and its possible usefulness in Ontario. For this reason a hand- some folder under the above title has been prepared and can be secur- ed from the Extension Department at the College, Many varieties of soybeans have been under test for many years at the College and there has been much experimentation as to the best time of planting and best methods of growing and handling the; crop. The circular gives brief but definite information about this work. For the past two years demonstra- tion plots have been Placed on a erage weather. Prospects are that the yield this year will be very little below that of 1928. The marketing of that crop was disastrous. •Growers should consider very care- fully before increasing their acreage and concentrate their energy on get- ting a higher yield per acre. It is expected that, only those with a low cost per bushel, will have a .' profit this year., The surest way .to de- crease the cost per bushel is to in- crease the yield per acre. Use Only Best Seed Regarding e lding the preparation al anon of e x- hibEss for the World's Grain Extibi- ton to. be held at Regina in 1932, L. H. Newnan, Dominion Cerealist, advises sowing the .best seed obtain- able on a piece of specially prepared ground, letting .the crop fully ma- ture, cutting and shocking'. it as us- ual. ' The best stooks should be cov- ered, protected from the weather, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1931 THE CITNTON-NBAS RECORD' $4 per day: A fortune! But when vaganes. thus; "See here; Jack, this I came back to Canada and found that the paper money in which I bad been paid'was only worth 40c oft the dollar, the fortune dwindled! Talk about hard times -those were hard. times! "It is almost fifty years since I came to Manitoba, and I'have seen many changes here, I have sten wheat selling at 2`3c and again at $3.` I have sold butter at 8c a pound - and again at 70c. I have worked for wages. so small that, if they were of- fered to a young' fellow today he would laugh at them -and i was glad. to get the money,! Weekly Crop Report ,Generally optimistic is the tone of weekly crop bulletin. Seeding is practically completed throughout .the. province. Most districts report fall wheat, clover and alfalfa as having cootie through the winter in fine appears s 1 , I • era 'k en pp s roc Y Live, g shape, to' be in good.'condition. showing in is s g sown grain •1 so Al E Y Brant with most of the seeding fin- ished. Alfalfa, clover's and livestock in Bruce have all wintered well. There is considerable . enquiry for early oats in Dufferin. Dundas re- ports orchards in excellent shape with more • land being seeded than ever before. Little winter killing has been evident in' Durham with con- ditions good. Elgin reports a con siderable acreage -of grain sown. while Essex' shows considerable in: terest in potatoes with a shortage of early potato seed. Glengarry reports conditions as three weeks ahead of the average year with. land in fine shape for working. In Balton, inter- est- in better and cleaner seed is evi- dent -while Hastings indicates a larger acreage of alfalfa than ever before. Fall wheat in south Huron is in fine condition but in the north there has been same smothering by the heavy snow. Oats in Kent will show a decrease with barley slightly ad- vanced. Potato growers there have certi- fied the co ire tosecure unable been u tied seed they wished. Wheat in Lambton looks well with clover showing a splendid stand. Lincoln reports the growth of fall wheat and clovers as phenomenal and the peach buds already out. Proospe for 100,000 barrels of applesare . in- dicated in Norfolk while a marked increase in alfalfa acreage prevails in Perth. Fall wheat and clovers came through the winter better in Peterboro than hi many years past. Waterloo reports, livestocic in good shape with prices disappointing. and the best heads threshed by means of a flail. The grain then should he run through a sieve and later hand-picked to get the most uniform seeds, because at a Fair of this kind, the competition will be very keen and the prizes are worth working for. Purity of variety will be a very important factor at this World's Grain Exhibition because a growing test will be made with ev- ery sample submitted. New Marketing Board The new Ontario Marketing Board, through which the province hopes b scientific ' liure assist agriculture y to gr' number of farms 'along the high- and modern practice, has been am- Ways from Windsor and Sarnia to l ed by Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Toronto, and this work will be • re -of Agriculture. It will consist of W. peated this season. Farmers should i B. Somerset, H. B. Clemes and Jas. watch the growth of these plots 113-. Fairbairn, while John A. Carroll throughout the summer. will act as secretary. No remunera- tion is attached to the offices with the exception of the secretary who Deforestation Inurious will receive an honorarium. W. B. Somerset, the chairman, recently Deforestation throughout Western compiled a report on' the fruit and Ontario was given as the reason for vegetable situation in the province; :he water shortage by WW. R. Smith, Ii. B. Clemes is manager of the Uni- in ted Farmers' Co -Operative; J. B. tiring has got to stop You spent $5 when you wereout the other sports days . Now when )'was young, that much would last me a . year for spending money!' Which is quite true -for if these young fathers had had 50c in their pockets when they were boys, for spending money, they were lucky! You cannot spend much money treating the girls if you haven't got it, and I well remember telling• the boys who are now fathrs that we older ones would have been ashamed to have acted as they did 'when we were young' -and by think- ing still farther back 'I well remem- ber my own father saying in stern- est tone to me, "Wmllie, this mann he. stopped! Now when I was young . ' It is strange -hut rap g e -but ab outthe only thing that has not changed in the last ninety-one years is that phrase, 'When I was young!' wishedre- turn a he ever for ke if !A s d turn of "the good' old times," Mr. "Speaking of the young people -it took pie three and a halt, days to how my way into Floral the first • 'here from • Pilot came in f•o time i Mound in a wagon -,and now the young rascals grumble if, because of a little mud or. a shortage of gas, theyhave top spend end an hour" and a se d in horses. `r ad behind h An half o b n London engineer, in an interest g aper before district township road uperintendents recently: He de- lared that too much land -clearing nd too much draining was the ause of the ever-increasing water famine. Ten per cent. of the acre- ge of farm lands should be of for- st to provide a proper water sup- ply, while the percentage in some counties was as low as' one-half of one per cent. As a result farmers were compelled to drive cattle four and five miles to water and to pay a dollar a barrel for water delivered. Another danger of deforestation was the resultant loss of bird Life. Birds, the speaker said, were essential to agriculture. It had been said that if they were to go on strike but for a single day, insects would render farming impossible. , The increased need for insecticides was a direct re- sult of bird depopulation. How My World Wags a I hear the fathers of these young- Crassielc' s reply came instantly --1 sters (whom I well remember as Yes, every time I have to pay a bar - boys) reproving their sons for extra- ber for a hair -cut!" ' By That Ancient Mariner DEAN: D. HURMDY A foreign woman tried to post'a letter in a fire' alarm box in Toronto, and inadvertently called the fire reels. Must have been one of those burning 'billetsdoux that'.only the fair sex know how to write. "Canadiens win Stanley Cup by blanking `Black Hawks." Well! Well! We thought this blankety blanking was forbidden. News Items on Matters Canadian and Foreign Written for The News -Record Definitely Rejects Price Pegging according to the statement just is- Plan Fairbairn is Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Mr. Carroll is direc- tor of the Crops and Markets Branch. It is further announced that sales agents, appointed by 'the ship hers, but maintained partly by the Government, will be located in Win- nipeg, Montreal and the Maritimes. Acting as liaison officials, these agents are expected to prove inval- uable in obtaining for the Ontario grower better markets and higher prices for their produce. Ottawa, April 2., (Special to The News-Record):•-tAdvocates of "peg- ging" of wheat prices have definite notice that no such policy will be in- voked by the Bennett government. Mr. Bennett has definitely laid it down that 11p .government of which he is a member will adopt "pegging." 'That course offers no solution to the farmers' problems" he says. Where 75 per cent. of the total wheat crop must find a market outside Canada in competition with world production "pegging" becomes im- possible, m- led iscostes I i , would, t ' e and > tbl poss , deprive Canada of the outside mar- kets she naw has. In Planting Grass :Tire fine seeds of grasses and le- gumes require a firm soil that is fine in filth, and moist. They are very small in size and if seeded too deep- ly will produce plants which either lack in vigour when they emerge sued by the Excise Department for February, 1.$31. A decrease in Ex- cise duty collected on potable and nonpotable spirits, 'cigars and for eign raw leaf tobacco is also record- ed in the same month. The Excise duty collection during the months. of February, 1930 and 1931 are: sFebruary, 1931, spirits potable, 3514,675; February, 1930, $910,132; February, 1931,spirits, non -potable, otab le ' 380,632; February, 1930, 382,845. February, 1931, malt, $257,277; Feb- ruary, eb- ruary, 1930, $243,522. Feb- ruary, 1931, cigars, •$21,663; February 1930, 928,791; Feb. 1931, February1930, 4 • ttes 196 4 28 ci are $ > g , 81,666,400. February, 1931, manu- factured tobacco, $331,345; February 1930, 3854,929. February, 1931, for- eign raw leaf tobacco, 3436,183; February, 1930, $499,776, February, 1931, beer, $16,406; February, 1930, $9,916, February, 2881 licenses, 3136; February, 1930, $ Comparative statement of tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and foreign raw leaf tobacco entered for consumption during the months of February, 1930 and February, 1031. February, 1931, tobacco, cut 1,163, 339 pounds; February, 1930, 1,201,148 phig, 430,463 pounds.31, February, acco, plug, 1930, 492,238 pounds. February, 1931 cigarettes, number 327,323,730; Feb- ruary, 1930, 276;024,720. February, 1931, cigars number 7,650,784; Feb- ruary, 1031. 9,512,459. February 1031, snuff 62,766 pounds; February 1930, 81,424 pounds. February, 1931 foreign raw leaf tobacco, 1.072,285 tobacco, 1.072,285 pounds; February, 1930, 1,239,648 pounds. But, ash Dad, he'll show -show IIow to make it go-go. Watch the Pater throw -throw. Listen to him crow -crow When he makes it flow -flow. Wish he'd quit in tote; ;Get to work and hoe -hoe;' We all need the dough -dough, One oeacsionaily witnesses• some - horrifying sights in this old world. The other clay we saw a man, who happened to be leaning out of a win- dow, get tangled in a rope that some workmen were using for hoisting material up to the roof. He dangled in mid-air for breath- taking seconds then managed to get. hold of :a window -ledge. In this ex - A Stratford boy was severely burn- cited efforts to climb into safety, ithe came ed when his trousers mysteriously I jarred the window, and burst into flames, "Be jabers," com- down on his wrists. mented Pat, "if he'd been a Scotch- He tetnained suspended in this ter - non he'd have beenkiltilt.entirel ." rifying g POst ti n until somebody tried' to come to his rescue by raising the window. This caused him to lose his' support, and' ca frightful thing hap- pened. He fell to what seemed cer- tain annihilation. A ten -piano recital, .recently given � in Toronto, was described by a head- line writer as being "snore than a' thralls." Perhaps ho meant more than a surplus. Interest Centres on Approaching Budget Conclusion of the debate on the Speech from the Throne witnessed an unprecedented accumulation of par- liamently business. No less than 44 pages of the order paper were filled with 233 questions directed to the government. There were another 106 notices of motion for production of papers and dozens of other notices of private members. All these things have to stand un- til the Throne Speech debate is end- ed. In addition a large volume of government legislation is ready for consideration, including the estim- ates. Interest, however, has mainly turn- ed to the approaching budget. In its tariff changes and probable denat- ures in taxation it is expected to prove the most far-reaching presen- tation of recent years. A FORMER HURON CITIZEN RECALLS OLD TIMES The following clipping from the Winnipeg Free Press was handed to the NewseRecord by R. J. Fisher of Clinton, a former old neighbor of Mr. Grassiek, son of the late Malcolm Fisher of the concession of Stanley township: ` "Pilot Mound, Man., April 20 -Wil- liam Grassiek, who on Friday, at his beautiful farm hone, "Kelvin Grove Faro?,' Floral, north of Pilot Mound, celebrated his 91st birthday, is a pioneer citizen of the typo beloved by young and old alike. Still pos- sessing his keen intellect, kindly humor to a marked degree, his leve of flowers: and beautiful things, and fairly good health, the aged pioneer retains, also, the buoyant heart of youth. • Too Many Potatoes? Before increasing their acreage, commercial potato growers should study the market outlook, advises J. A. Carroll of the Crops Co-operation and Markets Branch. He points out that thb price of potatoes in Ontario in controlled ahnost entirely by the size of the North Ameriban crop, the larger proportion of which is con- tributed by the United States. The 1930 U.S. crop totalled about 316,- 000,900 bushels. Indications are that acreage will be increased to such an extent that an average yield of 118 bushels would result in a total of 434,000,000 bushels in 1931, with av- Gyproc Sags "KEEP OUT" to Fire, Draughts, dents YPROC Wallboard that does not burn is the way of least expense when you desire to make alterations in your home, store, fac- tory or on the farm. Use it for all walls, ceilings and partitions. Gyproc is made from 'gypsum rock into sheets 4 to 10 feet long, 4 feet wide and Ya of an inch thick. It nails and cuts as easily as lumber with a minimum of waste or muss. Gyproc is fire - resistant, easily and quickly erected, structurally strong and has insulation value. It is draught and vermin -proof as well as fire -safe. Because it is ivory -coloured, it does not require • decoration (when panelled) yet it also a suit- able base for Alabastine, Gyptex or wallpaper. Consult your nearest dealer to -day. He will gladly . supply you with a direction sheet on Gyproc. Or write for the interesting, free "Building Building and Remodelling with' GYPROC". 373 GYPSUM, LIME and AL tBASTINE, CANADA, LIMITED Paris Ontario eihekiEWa 7©t Y (Por Sale By) Geo. T. Jenkins " The Clinton Lumber Company Clinton, Ontario Clinton, Ontario. He has a host of friends through- out southern, Manitoba. He dearly likes to recall to memory happenings of the long ago-iand friends esteem it a rare treat to hear him remin- iscing of bygone days• when the world was young and he was young with the world. A few of his bright recollections are given below: "You say that the first ninety-one years are the hardest? Well, per- haps --,but I have lived through them and atm still able to enjoy life; I have seen many changes -some good, some bad. "Among the good changes is that in the attitude toward strong drink In my boyhood days, whiskey was considered an absolute necessity in the home. I do not remember the day of my arrival in this world -'batt I have been told by reliable authori- ties that the first nourishment given ine was Scotch whiskey and sugar, and if, when the' minister called, my mother h'ad not had a glass of whis- key to offer him,, she would have felt deeply humiliated--kutd the min- ister drank its In fact, I am inclined to believe the story sometimes told, of a minister who, when asked if he would have a glass of whiskey and water nodded his head` in agreement but added emphatically, "No water, thank you!" "I was seventeen years old when my family decided to emigrate to Canada". Mr. Grassick says, "and I have a very distinct recollection of a day spent in Aberdeen before we sailed. My brother and 1 went to a barber shop. for the first time in our lives, and had a real, up-to-date hair,- cut. air"cut. • Not only was our hair cut, but it was given a liberal treatment of perfumed pomade; our hair was left slick and shiny -land the perfume clung to it for two weeks and the barber's charge for all this was one penny -two cents --leach! "The ocean trip was bad; four weeks and two days tossed about in a sailing vessel, with only the poor- est of food, and indeed the journey from Quebec to London, Ontario, by rail, was scarcely less rough. From London to the farm near Brucefield, which was to be our home, we drove in wagons, For the first fifteen miles the road had been made; the rest was unspeakably rough -roots, trees and stumps everywhere. "A hush farm did not appeal .to me, and the saddlery business being then a lucrative one, I went to Clin- ton- to serve by apprenticeship at it. I worked long hours in the shop for three ,years, and received the follow- ing wages: Vint year, board and $20 Second year, board and ;880.. Third year, board and $40 (per year). Dur- ing the American War I went to the States an mode a. At a convention of magicans at Hamilton, only ten members attend- ed. They'd feel they were the goats. And mountain -goats, at that. By the way, if a necromancer is a magican, is a blackface magician a .negro- mancer? Fortunately; an awning chanced to project in the path of his downward' flight, and he landed on it. Due to his now hysterical efforts frantically to claw his way to safety, the awn - ripped, and the man plunged head- first downwards. But he just managed to catch the iron frame -work with his feet, and' hung perilously upside down. Then - Instates of Stony Mountain pene- But you guessed it. Harold Lloyd ba have petitioned in his latest film. tentiary; Manitoba, 'W'arden Meighan for a peewee golf course. This is a very sin and we trustall matter the Walden will not be Meighan about it. - I Scottish bagpipes concerts will help ease the burden of the highest tax rates in Regina's history. Scot- tish aldermen claim that citizens re quire more Scottish music in tines of depression. Upon the principle, we suppose, of that of the painless dentist who stuck a pin into the pa- tientsleg just as he extracted a tooth. Test Shipment of Canadian Cattle Regina, Sask., April 22nd: -Four car loads of steers, comprising be- tween forty and fifty head, are en route to the British market from the farmers of Melfort district of Sas- katchewan. These farmers took ad- vantage of the provincial govern- ment's stock -feeder policy of last autumn and the shipment is an ex- periment of finished beef cattle. The cattle were inspected sorted and weighed at Winnipeg and embarked with a consignment of Alberta cattle ar- ranged by the Western Council of Beef Producers. • Ninth of 'World's Lead from Canada Ottawa, Apirl 23rd: About 9 per cent of the world's yearly output of lead is produced in Canada. British Columbia is .the principal lead -pro- ducing province of the Dominion.Exports of lead and its products for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1930 amounted to 2,379,143 cwt. valued at $10,637,887. The United Kingdom was the chief buyer and the total value sold the Mother Country was 34,341,596, Japan wassecond' chief buyer and purchased to the value of $3,052,406. During nine months period, from April to December, Canada's exports of lead and its products were valued at 35,828,880. The full title of the following "pone" is: "The Starving Child and the Fascinated Father." But, for short, we'll call it: "The Dodo's De- light." r_ Can I spin the yo-yo? Well, just. merely so-so. I'ma little slow -slow, Love Song of the Destitute Bard (almost in the approved manner) Lend me your glorious eyes! Then I'll be able to see Not merely beauty of skies, Mauve mountain peaks that arise,. 'But beauty that angels els de r ee. Lend pie your delicate ears! Then I'll be able to catch Sounds of the heavenly spheres, Seraph -strains, banishing tears, Music that earth cannot match. Lend me your sweet rosy lips! All of their kisses I'll take, Just as a honey -bee sips Nectar, whene'er he deep dips Into the buds that awake. Lend me -but why further rave? Perhaps it is just a disease. Tho' I'm your dutiful slave, I need a haircut and shave. Lend me the price of them, please! -Dean D. Hurmdy. Canadian Engineer Wins Great Award Dr, Charles Cantesll, deputy min- ister of the department of mines, has been signally honored by re- ceiving this year's cold medal award- ed by the British Institution of Min- ing and Metallurgy. One medal is awarded each year and is given, with- out retard to nationality, to,the per- son whom the institute regards as the most deserving. The medal was awarded Dr. Cam - sell and the cable announcing it read he had been selected "in recog- nition of his untiring zeal and great ability in promoting the development of the natural resources of the Do- minion and in furthering the general interests of the mining industry" Dr. Camsell is the second Canadian to be given the medal, the late Dr. W. C. Miller having been similarly honored. ' Governor is Ranked in Canadian Legion The Governor-General of Canada is rapidly becoming acclimatized in his new hone and has already been made a regular member of the Cana- dian Legion, patron of the Red Cross Society, Honorary Chief of the . Boy Scouts, and patron of numerous oth- er societies. Her Excellency the Countess of Bessborough, is an hon- orary regent of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire as well as a vice president of the Cana- dian Red Cross Society. Manitoba Smelter Producing Copper Winnipeg, Man., April 23rd: A 23- car train was necessary to carry the largest shipment oty record of made - in -Canada. electrolytic zinc which is on its way from a large smelting plant in Northern Manitoba to Lon, don and Hamburg. The train earned the shipment to Halifax. Fifteen cars were billed to London and the remainder' to hamburg. Since the first shipment left the smelting plant at Flin Flon last November, no less than 247 ears of blister copper and zinc have been shipped. Of this total 99 cars have been blister cop- per and 148 have been zinc. Most of the shipments have been consign- ed to eastern Canada centres and to the United States. Huge Gain in Sales of Radio There were 90,555 more radios in Canada in March 1931 than there were in the same month in.1930. By provinces the number oto. licenses radios are: Prince Edward Island 1.255 Nova Scotia • 16,638 New Brunawiek . 11.718 Quebec 94.883 ;Ontario . 257,275 Manitoba . 32.989 Saskatchewan . . 33,516 Alberta , 23.660 British .Columbia 42.729 North West TerrU:ories.146 Chevrolet is the world's largest builder of six- cylinder trucks. EREVER you go --on city street or VY country road -- you find Chevrolet six -cylinder trucks very much in evidence. Thousands of these sturdy trucks are on the job daily, delivering goods, moving supplies, doing all types of light and heavy hauling. Every line of business is coming to rely more and more on these big, powerful Sixes. Indeed, the demand for Chevrolet trucks during the past several years has been such that Chevrolet ranks today as the world's largest builder of six cylinder trucks and commercial cars. TUNE IN FRIDAY NIGHT ON "CefNelDR ON FARdDE" Quebec's Road Mileage Quebec, April 24th, The provincial government, department of roads, will maintain more than 13,300 miles of roads in the province this year. This mileage represents more than 97 percent of the total. of improved roads in the province, and is 1,360 miles more .than were maintained last year. It is estimated that the mainten'anee work will necessitate the employment in 1931 of more than 20,000 men. Cigarette Smoking is Growing Habit d d saddles for he army Ottawa, April 23rd: Canadians are By dint of hard work I could earn smoking more eigarettes' than ever Banner Year for Sportsmen in N.B. 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