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The Clinton News Record, 1931-07-16, Page 6THE CLINTON-NEWS 'RECORD.'' NEWSDND A INFORMATION FOR THE tUSY. FARMER Furnished hy the Department of Agriculture .) Sixteen countries 'have already an- nounced their intention of 'taking part in the World's Grain Exhibition. and Conferbnce to be held at Regina from July 25 to August 6, 1932: The importance of Eastern ,Ontar- io in the dairying industry of the province is indicated .hythe fact that over 650 cheese factories,. are operating east of Toronto as cam- pared with 85 -factories west of Tor- onto.These figures were recently. Geo. H. Bar Director• compiled byG L. Barr, P1 of the Dairy Braneh of the Depart - men, The Ideal Exhibit Addressing the annexal convention of the :Canadian Seed Growers' .As- sociation recently L. H. • Newman, Dominion Cerealist, summarized the essentials of the ideal exhibit as fol- lows; "The, ideal exhibit might be defined as one consisting of kernels typical of the variety and as nearly alike as possible in size, shape and color. The whole exhibit should present a sound, vigorous, lustrous, vital appearance, and should be free from all hnpuritiesand all evidence of disease or unsoundness." It is also of interest tonote that Mr. Newman strongly advocates the Application of the growing test to determine the true worth of the seed sample before prize awards are finally made. Nutritional Deficiency in Cattle . When your Bows start chewing the rail fence or cleaning up on the old shoes, it is timeto look into the food supply question and find out just what makes them want to fill up on wood and leather when hay and chop are available, A recent survey of Ontario conditions by .members of G,AC. and O.V.C. staffs makes clear that nutritional deficiency diseases are very evident, espediially in the Counties of Bruce and Grey. Phosphorus and calcium are the two most important minerals ele- ments in the animal body since they greatly influence muscular 'mover merit, 'the clotting of blood and the digestive processes. Iodine is also important in that It affects the thy- roid gland and hence the growth of the animah Depraved appetites and stiffness are sure symptoms of disease, which can he combated only by supplying the necessary mineral elements. Roughage of a leguminous nature, such as alfalfa. and `clover hay are excellent for this purpose as is the feeding of iodized salt. Exposure to sunlight is essential, while glean and sanitary conditions combined with regular brushing and combing will do much to stimulate the production of vitamins connected with mineral absorption. Preserve the Woodiot Steps will be taken to conserve. the woodlands of Middlesex' County, I. C, Marritt, Ontario Forestry De- partment, visited the county recent- ly to arrange for giving farmers of the county assistance and advise in regard to preserving their woodland. which is now only ten per cent. of the acreage of the county "There is too strong a tendency for farmers to sell their wood, and particularly at the present time. without ,any regard to the preserv- ing of their wends for the future," stated Mr, Marritt. One thing that is done consistently and which is not looked upon as any great harm to the woodlands is allowing cattle in, . he stated. Cattle eat the small trees and do considerable damage to the souses of the forest of tomorrow. Get Rid of the Roosters Many farmers, through sheer force • of habit, still keep too many roosters in the flock during the summer sea- son. A .fartner who keeps 100 or 200 hens for laying purposes has no need to allow any 'roosters to , run with thein. The • farmer` who is producing eggs for na.'ket will be, well, advised if he will pick out the cockerels or year old roosters or others if very valuable: which, he ,expects to' need next spring -and segregatethem, Keep them away from the hens,, most of, the, time at least, until- next Feb- ruary or lateral, •;according to the lid to tart hat- ching when he'intends s ar- s ching again. 'Keeping roosters, now that hatcheries are used so generally is a needless expense after the -hat- ching season closes, Red Clover and Alfalfa Seed Reports from field representatives show that red clover cane through the winter in excellent condition and has made unusual. development'since The stands are exceptionally strong. and thick. Frons a ,seed pioductior standpoint this condition is not wholly desirable, since strong, sappy • plants of legumes do• not usually se seed well, and the. best Seed fieldr are procured in moderately dry sea- sons when growth is less rank. Evi- dently the best hope for -seed of eith- er red clover or alfalfa this year in the second cut, as fields which are cut for hay early,not later than the last week in June, should be fairly promising of a seed crop. Farmers should use home-grown clover seed because of its superior hardiness and adaptability -to native conditions. Be- sides home-grown seed of red clover and alfalfa, usually eommands a sub- stantial premium over imported seeds of these kinds. Imported red clover and alfalfa 'seed is known by the presence of green or red stained seed required by government regulation to identify, it as foreign seed. • Weekly Crop Report. 1 Reports submitted by Ldistrict rep- resentatives world indicate that al] over Ontario ;fai•tners are going .to reap bountiful harvests. A bumps). crop of fall wheat is practically as- sured. Barley and oats are heading out heavily. Cutting of a heavy crop of alfalfa and clover is general. A good crop of peas for canning' is as- sured, while early* ,potatoes are in bloom and promising, and root crops generally are showing satisfactory growth. Early beans suffered from weevil, but those sown later are do- ing well. Tree fruits are promising. The cutworm has been active in the tobacco fields and a small percent- age of the crop will be spotty. On the whole the warin weather with occasional showers has been most favorable for growth and the out- look is most encouraging. • Watch Effect of Fertilizer s If ,you applied any fertilizer to your lands last spring, much can be learned by watching their effect on growing crops. Experience has shown that properly chosen fertilizers pro- duce six important results: (1)They increase stalk or straw growth. (2) They strengthen the crop to resist disease. (3) They hasten the growth of the crop so that it ripens days tallier, (4) They increase yield, (5) They improve the catch of greases and clovers. (8) They improve the quality of product, Whether these results be obtainable depends upon the condition of the soil as to drain- age, soil reaction, supply of organic Platter and wisdom in the choice of fertilizers. They must be chosen to suit the special needs of the crop and .rake up far soil deficiencies. dere are some things to watch as the sea- son advances; Is -there a stronger growth,. on the fertilized than on the unfertilized land? Has the fertilized crop ripened earlier? Ilas there been crop? Has there been more or less insect. injury, What was the com- parative yield per acre, "{What' dif- ference in quality of produce do.you note? Assistance'' in your trouble- some fertilizer problems will be gladly given by your agricultural re. presentative or by the O, A. G. Swine Week at O. A. C, Speaking before members of tali Ontario Swine Breeders' Association at the O.A.C. recently, Prof. R. G. Knox; swine specialist atthe college outlined some of the work which -had been going on in his department, One of the leading problems. which had: been studied raeceatly, was pernieiove ,§naemia of , young' pigs, a disease witich 'accounts for the .death of a Targe mallet of young pigs every year, in Ontario., In ; eo operation with the staff of the Ontario Veter- 'inary College much progress has been 'made and a ieasanetble sire re meder is under .test at the Present time, . The policy of using pure bred stock in the hog industry was justi- fied bythe results of a five-year ex- periment with a number af. pure bred and cross bred hogs kept under simi- lar conditions, the pure bred stock coming out • on top owing to their' ex- tra quality. KING ENE hClar� Naturally France wants Germany to pay up.: Debt loves a shining mark. Brakeman killed by lightning. No wonder they all strive oto become conductors. Wm. Randolph IIearst's opposition to the moratorium Will reconcile many people to it who might other- wise be against. ,Complaint is made that names on many rural mail boxes are illegible. They should be in big black letters for the convenience of agents, ped- lars, collectors and candidates. It is said that under every British government men pay for knighthood That's probably what they call a sin tax. , The beaten path to our door is not the result of our own invention. It is the result of agents trying to sell ut other peoples inveutione. By the time the .investigation is over the public will learn how Beau harnois is pronounced, "I have the ;judicial timperamint mesilf," said Dooley to Hennessey. "I hate work." A senator says the Canadian Bench is overstaffed and suggests reducing, Those who may be retired will be on pension and thus will be in a position to exercise the "judicial timperamint" es described by Mr. Dooley. This week's hero the school teacher who invited his students to tell hitn anonymously, in writing, exactly what they thought of him. It is rash to make predictions, but, just the slime, we hazard the guess that, a thousand years from now, there will be still be detours on the highways. In the law of God, . there is no statute of limitations, said Robert Louis Stevenson. We are enjoined however, to pray for forgiveness of debts. on, condition, of course, that WO forgive our debtors. Where your 'Uncle Sam shines is that he doesn't owe, but is willing to forgive. At any rate, he is willing to take and give a year for prayerful meditation and stock -taking. And that ought to be counted unto him for righteousness, 'Canadians should regard Uncle Sam as a good neighbor ever since the time when there was a fuel shortage, and ebal had to be rationed Banff Springs Hotel - .slr...rni.... Membees: of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and their wives'Speat many happy, ' hours at this magnificent Canadian Pacific resort in the RockyM L shown in the inset. ountain s. A typical trail rider is. 1 Our fuel controller got a generous y large quota for Canada and,that winter,coal trains cane into this country after passing through Ameri- can cities and 'towns .that ,)sere almost freezing. • Napoleon the First told Madame de Steel that the woman who reared the most children was the woman who was of most value to the state. The late Theodore Roosevelt held a simi- lar view. But if they lived now— The premier of France reprimand. ed a deputy for saying that Wall St. dominates the United ,States. Th`e United States resents it, and Well Street doesn't want to take the blame either. Zero Agha who, has lived in three centuries and is about 150 years old. has not lived in vain, since he has at last been editorialized in the London Times. The old fellow is living—not merely existing. Some time ago there was a man alleged to be 133. He lived in the Heated States and there- fore was the oldest man in -the world A gentleman who he,d travelled some distance to see him dropped into the 'village hotel afterwards. He told the landlord that the villagers ought to be proud that the oldest man in the world lived there, 'but the landlord was not impressed. "I reckon wr have nothing much to be proud of," he said, "he never did anything a- round here except grew old, and it took him a hell of a time to do that. Examination papers are hopelessly out of date. Now, here is the sort that ought to be set in modern lit- erature. English composition or gen- eral knowledge: .1.. What is a gigolo? 2. Define hijacking, low -brow, bull. crock, grands, bonehead} rabbit- pun.eh, racketeering, muscling -in. 3. What is meant by the expression "stepping on the gas?" 4 What technical distinction do you draw between being "put on the spot" and "taken for a ride?" 5 Wihat is a niblick, divot, mashie, bogey, stymie, birdie?, 6 What are the underworld terms signifying (a) safe cracking, (b) de- tectives, (e) burglarly (d) forgery, 7 Define thoroughly what authors mean by the expression 'that inde-. finable something." 8. Point out terminological inexac- titudes nexacttitudes in the following (a) easy money, (b) comic strips, (c) sure thing, (d) fool proof, (e) plus fours 9. Give interchangeable terms for (a) attaboy, (b) nothing doing, (c) fine and dandy. 10. What is the dfference between a major and a minor operation in. (a) warfare, (b) surgery. There will always be room for improvement in the making of news- papers so long as you 'have to lean your clumsy morning paper on the marmalade pot. . A few hot (lays suffice to make mon discard dignity in. street dress, but only far a few hot days. Then do they return to their respectable discomforts. Some day, perhaps, they will become emancipated, even as women have already, -except in the item of footwear. Bernard Shaw is going to Russia' where he may be taken as Reil. -But he doesn't tell them there that they are cursed ,fools and ]slithering idiots as ho can, and does the, peopla at 'ome. . It transpires that those expensive silver coffins used. at gangster fu erals are borrowed for the owe - If the rascals behaved thein - selves there wouldn't be any occa- sion. Not yet anyway. This week's, hero-lThe Kleagle who offers to mediate between the Pope and Mussolini, "W'here are the jokes of Yester- year?" ester-year?" The question' hardly leaves your lips, Before the answer's in your ear:. "You`ll find them in the comic strips.". • Grace Ashton the novelist who TEU'7.tSDAY, JULY 16, 1951 oa,ee wrote that "mem' are seldom WILL MAltpl 'CHARGE AT any good as husband's," is engaged GOIYERIOH 'TOURIST 'CAMP to be married, having: discovered in ", the meantime that unhappily men are, the only ; sort of raw material out : of whim). husbands are made. "The foe inyelnerable still." This line from The ready of the Lake, does not necessarily imply that contract bridge Jsvas played in Sir Walter Scott's time. Mr. C. F. Winter has written a life of Sir Sam Hughes. If it livos up to its subject, the book°must be vivid and colorful. An amazing' men was Sir Sam, impulsive, puahfui, im- petuous, irrespressible, self-confident,: loyalty to friends, combined with confusion to enemies, was his gull, in star. For matters military g es i he y had a flair and in such matters he had a prescience that was uncanny. In 1913, he took a tour with his staff through- France and Belgium, and coming back, told us they had re- connoitred the fields where: the war with Germany would take place and we smiled, He said it would be trench warfare, and when it came in Alig'ust, 1914, he advised war office by dcble not to eely on. Belgium forts, but dig tri. He even sent• over a consignnent of shovels that could be used as shields as well as trench tools. They were never used, but We often wonder what would have happened to the steel gray hosts if they had been met by rifle am' machine gun fire from entrenched positions, as Cal. Sam, as he was then, advised. I Town Decides on Fee of Fifty Cents Per Night to Correct Abuses ed a la e e charge of fifty cents per tent or automobile for each night Ifeebor Park is used by a tourist.. This ac- tion was discussed by town council it committee last Thursday evening when it was agreed that the tax war 'the only method of correcting abuser which have crept in at the tourist camp: The question of. petting r- gate on the entraance and locking it at 11 o'clock at night also was dis- cussed, but left± open. The camp is most popular this year: It is so popular with one family of tet:—parents and eight ' children—+ that they oy have beenhere for two weeks and show noinclination to leave. Complaint has been received at the town hall that they are nron- There was (and is) another who had the same sort of military pres- cience. One night, Sir Sam was hav- ing dinner at Lord Beaverbrooks. Bonar Law was there, F. E. Smith. (afterwards Lord ;Birkenhead), Winston Churchill and others. Bonar Law's dispatch box arrived. He excused himself and retired to lobk through it. .- Coming back, he glee- fully announced that Roumania had decided to join the allies. They cheer- ed. All except Churchill. HIe said it was' bad news. -With knife, fork and spoon he indicated on the table cover the, position of enemy forces in the Balkans, and told them what would happen. At a later stage of the dinner he could have illustrated it better with the aid of a nut- cracker. It is impossible to please every- body. If those delegates, lay and clerical, who tell us how the world should be ran wore in a position tr put their resolutions into effect, the chances are that other people would meet and pass resolutions, viewing with alarm inatcad of pointing with pride. It is a mad world, n; mestere. The story is told of a deputation from a country town, interviewing a railway official against a proposed reduction in train service, He asked them what train they came in on, and they had to admit they came by motor. This was supposed to be a good one on them, but they could have asked him in return if, when on other than railway business, he travelled by train and, if so, did.he pay his fare. They .tight even have asked him about his wife and family. The fact is that those who have most to do with the management of rail- ways contribute.little but manage- ment to its maintenance, and the' goes not only for executive, officials and employees of all grades,'but for senators and members of the Com- mons as well. It is of vital concern to workers that the business they are engaged in is not only paying its way, but is hoarding tip reserves against lean years, but that cannot be cine on our railways under pre- sent conditions, and the fault is not all with what we call the genera' public who are supposed to patronize railways but don't.—Copyrighted. Impressive fifty-third opening cer- emonies of the Canadian National Ex- hibition will take place on Friday, August 28th. ticansmoseatellowe • opolizing the :eanip, particularly the cook house,, for which free wood is supplied by the town, arid- that the grass has. ceased to grow in their section of the camp ,grounds. The Signal representative visited the camp on ix 'Tuesday and was told by a visitor that the patty of wham com- plaint has been made baked tens lemon pies in one morning. No one else could use the cook house, and it was bake day, at that In fairness to the visitors whose length 'ef stay has been'. objected ta, it should be stated that they are re- spectable and orderly and pay their. way The husband is working on rural Hy'dro'lines and visits his fam- ily Week -ends, as do other relatives. The family home at Stratford hale been closed temporarily. The local tourist canep, however, was never in- tended for such extended camping stays, although there y , g r are at present no regulations to prevent people from staying as long as they wish,— Goderieh "Signal. • Annual Convention of The Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association Met in Regina The annual convention of the Cann adian Weekly Newspapers. Associa- tion met in Regina on July 2-3-4, the first time the Association ever met in the Province of Saskatchewan. 1 The capital of the province, which all concede is a beautiful city, was. not blessed with as many natural advantages, as many other places but it has tnade the most of what it has and has buil t up a •cit of which its Y crtizens are, and aro justified in be- ing proud. The city officials did ev- 1 erything possible to make the visit a pleasant one and one to be rernem- bered. During a drive about the city � on the day of arrival The News -Re- • cord representative had as ehauffer Mr. A. B. Cook, whose birthplace was just south of Clinton. He was much interested in asking about some of the people he had known here. All the places of interest in the city and surrounding were shown to the visi- tors. They were banquetted by the Board of Trade and the Province, teas, dances, drives, filling in the time left free from the business of the sessions. Ex -Premier Gardiner and Hon. Mr. Bryant, in the absence of the Premier, welconsed the dele- gates. On the evening of the 3rd the par- ty entrained for 'Banff, where they enjoyed the grandeur of the scenery and the change from the excessive heat which they had endured during the trip out on the train and during the two clays spent in Regina to the more comfortable atmosphere of the snow-capped mountains. Lake Loin ase was also visited and a number took a motor. trip to Field, one of the most beautiful spots in that land of wonder and beauty. Several members of the party went on to Vancvouver, roweling out a most wonderful trip by a visit to Canada's Western Coast. Mr. Hall of the News -Record and his wife and. daughter went by C.N. R. to Regina and on this trip every- thing wllieh could be done for the comfort of passengers • was done. Certainly the Railway Companies did all that could be done to make this trip -of the Canadian newspaper- men a pleasant one, The evidences of crop failure, not partial but in many cases complete, in parts of Manitoba and Saskatehe wan were everywhere seen. In eas- tern Manitoba the crops .are not so bad but as you 'near the Saskatche- wan border and on to Regina the condition was . tragic. For mules not a shred of growth, and it was said that this condition extended to the international boundary and beyond. Practically no rain has fallen in three years and the earth is like fine pow- der, which blows about in dust, the dust lies in drifts along the roads like snow drifts. When seed was sown on this land in the spring it, too, was lifted by the wind and blown away. It is stated that nearly all of Southern Saskatchewan will be with- out crop this year, half a million people being effected, From thio will be seen the seriousness of the condition in the west, and the absol- ute necessity of strong and speedy measures of relief. Some rain fell last week bat it cane too late to help this district, but will help some in- latanitoba. Amongst the speakers at the cont volition was Mr. John W. Defoe, editor of the Winnipeg Free Press, one of the best known journalists in Canada; The retiring president, Mr. Malcolm MacBeth, is editor of the Milverton Sun, and Mi. 8. J. Latta, who was minister of Education in the late Gardner Government, told one of the newspaper men that all the late cabinet hailed from Huron, Bruce and Perth. Mr. Latta spent his boy- hood at Hencall and will be remem- bered by many News -Record readers. Convention Headquarters 1 The Hotel Saskatchewan, at Regina, where the metnuers of tile Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association held their successful con- vention. This modern Canadian Pacific hotel provided every comfort for the visiting editors and the members of their families. On the Great Lakes • The trip by boat on the Great Lakes was one of the most enjoyable features of the Convene tion journey undertaken by the members of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. The illus•• tration shows one of the Canadian Pacific's Great Lalccs fleet, with the historic Thunder Capes Lake Superior in the ineet, « .