The Clinton News Record, 1931-09-17, Page 6TRE CLINTON-NEWS RECORD
NEWS AND( INFORMATION ..FO.._,
THE BUSY FARMER
( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture
The O. A. 0, Aeljoruiture exhihi
at the C, N, L''. attracted much i
tei!est
A mtna{ber of visitors stated
that they had abstained from eat-
ing honey for fear of getting fat.
. They were informed that honey'' is
absorbed' directly in to the; blood
stream, and acts as an ..imimedia'te
source of energy, also that many
entrants in the'swimming mara-
thons used'honey in their training
diets and that some actually eon-
•sumed honey' during the 'rates.
A. considerable increase in at-
tendance at 0. A. G. this year is
anticipated. "A. total of 156 appli-
cations have been received for :ad-
mission tit the First Year, 83 for
the Associate Cth rse, and 73 for
the Degree Course. •'A' total: of
about 450 students in the agricul-
tural course is expected: At Mac-
donald Institute a total of 210 stu-
dents have been accepted, of
which 134 are new students this
•
t in the Gaeernntent Building at the
n- , Canadian National Exhibition at-
traeted keen ` interest and unstint-
ed admiration. The Ontario Mar-
keting Board's exhibit featured„ in
a' convineing way the_ advisability
of buying home-grown 'farm pro-.
duets; the message being addressed
especially to ,the women of'.Mban
Ontario, The position of agricul-
tural representatives as the link
between the farmers and govern-
ment institataons was cleverly de •
-
monstrated in another' exhilbit. The.
Women's Institute Branch had a i
striking exhibit which portrayed the
valuable work being done under• their
auspices h`
m d h'cr a •'
p a w h ttraote
a d the-' t -
a
mention of every warrior. The 0.A.C.
exhibit presented in a graphic way
the threefold character of Farm
Wealth -Food,. Time and Beauty.
One-half of the Department's section
was devoted to a remarkably fine
display of fruits, vegetables and eth-
er farm produce.
.year,
Buy 'Canadian -Grapes
There will be no lack of grapes
in Canada this fall as the vineyards
of Ontario and British Columbia
will produce a crop' estimated at.
32,000 tons. As any doctor will tell
you, no fruit is more healthful than
the grape. It is a delicious dessert.
a wholesome eonserve, and a rear
refreshing beverage. The Canadian
varieties include 'blues, whites and
ambers. They are sold bee 'the lox
and basket and in both quality and
Haves' are fully equal to the 'best
imparted grapes of similar varie-
ties.
Fruit Braueh, describes the apple
' outlook as the best since 1925. A
seep of '850,000 ;barrels is "expect-,
ed•, ' a; compared with 085,000 bar-
rels last year. The crop is partisn
laxly clean, well' colorer and• of
good quality. The bulk will conte
from commercial orchards which
have been steadily increasing thei
percentage •: of abetter class varie
ties, such as lefelntosh and S.
With apple -growing a straight busi-
ness proposition, 'insects and dis-
ease are now much better "eon_
trolled than formerly and 'little
damage is reported this 'year.
:Prices will hardly be as good as a
year ago. ,Arrangements are being
made to market me^a fruit in the
'W'est. The principal packages will'
be barrels and hampers. '`Central
packing will be done.this year et
Brighton, Simcoe, 'Thornbury, . Pic-
ton, Trenton and Strathroy. •
Competitions For Boys and Girls
Five • hundred toys from Ontario
farms participated' in the .judging
competition' of live stock, roots and.
grains, .fruits . and :vegetab•Ies, at
the C. N. E. last week, under' the
direction .ote the Agricultural Rep-
resentative Branch. A total of
$1500 in prize money was offered
to the various contests.' The boys
h'ad a very instructive and enjoy-
able stay at the Ex. There were
also over three hundred girls en-
tered in the •Householit Seience
Judging Oompetiticn which proved
a. real success.
The next big event for Ontario
arnt .boys and girls will be the
Royal 500 Party for keys and a
similar party- that will take in
bout 250 girls. Ten boys are se-
ected from each country and five
from each Northern, Ontario .dis-
trict, and `five girls from each cq'in-
y. 'Local contests' to decide the
aunty winners are now in prog-
ess.•
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBEB 17, 1931
o;li the present .
Short-
horn herd aro direct descendants
of hers,
Spraying Pays
" The spray supervisor in Leeds
ee County sports that 'the '.goon orch-
ards, 9,1,o -feller :looked after, ,indi-
rate a geed crop of first-class a .
pies, while orchards onlypartially
s ra ed infested lh
p Y are :badly with
scab and apple maggot. This is un-
doubtedly: the case In most 'fruit
growing districts," and it empha-
sizes once. again the need Lor sys-
tematic and intensive spraying of
orchards if clean, desirable fruit
is to be obtained.
Minister's Address
An Unwise Practice e
Numerous reports have been re-
ceived front time to time of serious
losses taken nn grading by country
merchants who have held: their .eggs
for a higher market. The holding of
eggs at country points for a rising
market is decidedly unwise beeatise
of the fact that storage facilities are a
not adequate to maintain quality in ,
the egg. Eggs are graded by sane-
ling before a strong light, and the e
grade of the egg depends on the
size of the . air-cell. This in turn c
varies in acceedance with the amount • r
of 002 or carbon dioxide given off
by the egg through its,sheIl. 'You!
t'an't fool the egg grader and it
doesn't pay to hold. b
Attractive Exhibits .,
Big Apple Crop
her career she gave birth to and
Hodgetts, director cf the raised sixteen single calves, and
Exhibits under auspices of the
Ontario Department of Agriculture
P. W,
The Department cf 'Animal Hus-
audry, 0. A. C., reports the death
of the 18 -year -•old Shorthorn cow,
"College Augusta Gti ," after a Meg
and singularly useful life. During
In an impressive address at the
0, N, E, on Agricultural Day, bion,
Themes, •rs L. Kennedy made several
strong points., "The time has come
in Ontario," he,. said, "when regis-
tration of live stock should go to
a higher standard. I hope to see
the time very- shortly when all
breeds will be of far higher ;stand-
ard, so that the rest et the world
will linove that when they get an
enfinal from Canada it will be free
freesdisease •and parasites and
have a long line of production be -
'hind it."
The Minister also visualized
what it would mean to Ontario
farmers if Canadians would': 'buy.
home-grown fruits. The repereus
.sion of benefit would reach all in-
dustry and help provide jobs. The
Minister also stressed that knowl-
edge was an increasingly essential
factor to successful farming and he
outlined some of the Government
wcwk in conducting classes for young
farmers.
The Western Market
•
The Ontario Growers' Market is
enthusiastic about the Western
market for Ontario -grown fruit and
vegetables: Tomatoes must be pack-
ed in lugs and paper wrapped for
this market, aceording to C, W.
Bauer, secretary, who says fur-
matees, but wants them packed
THE —I
WELCOME SIGN
"Nobody asked you, sir," said the
coy maiden." And in matters of
buying as well as in affairs of the
heart, most people like to be "asked."'
Often, indeed, they insist on a proper
invitation.
This is the reason we are asking-
Yon
skingYou now to remember that in yctu
own town, at reasonable prices and
promptly executed, you can obtain
anything you desire in the way of
neat Job Printing,
Call on us for Printed Stationoxy,
Wedding Stationery, Cards, . Bnvee
open, anything printed.
'You may be surprised to, find just •
'what •we can do in the office of
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differently. We can sell our toma-
toes in 11 -quare baskets in the West
at unsatisfactory prices,, but if we
want to develop p large market for
tojnatdes at good prices they ntusi
be packed differently,."
A smut ar'situation has develop-
ed . in `; regard to peaches. Officers
cif the Council have come to the
conclusion that basket,, packing is
not" a satisfactory method to be
used for the Western market, Die
ferent°Ontario fruit -growing organi-
zations:. are equipping themselves
to pack peaches in boxes for the
Western trade. It is realized that
te, expand their - markets better pac-
kages must be utilized. .
rains, froon the Penask hatcher
Oaseinate'spreaders have I G r o Y' At
Preen a ways. ou tenay he and a camlranion start -
popular, Our experiments in- ed for the plateau, with .Ca'oteau'i
dieated that calcium caseieate im- .Camp ad their first stopping place.,
proved the spread of Berdeaux but Croteau's was only fifteen miles disc-
net to the seine extent as the resin ,tont, but the way lay ever a very
and glue spreaders, ; rough • trail and although the tri
Sodium - silicate p
f (waterglass), was (begun early in the: the morning
fresh skim ,milk, wheat flour and a it was net until ng
number of other spreaders evening to'clock and the -
p ices were a ening that• the two man and Choir
tested, but no beneficial effects up pack horses reached the ca
on Bordeaux were detected. "Largeamp,
Theat
patches es.'f'
p
e
potassium; resin soap and lue snow still, re-
g maimed in the ,vicinity of the
spreaders gave the best resalt i Inspector "
the control of pdis h ps Beadn a replaced and the,
plantseises through ,boxes of eggs<' were placed in •heirs
the use of Bordeaux, • which we made for thatu
Dom. Lobbanks."p 'pose in'
W. Newton, Do
Plant Pathology, Laboratory of the snow
athology, Saaniohton, B.C. 1 Nextday, with two
, more men ad -
dei to the party, the inspector sit
off for McPhee Lake. "There was
still ice and snow on time lake," but
7.0,000 of the eyed eggs were planted
in the inlet creek. From McPhee
the men than climbed a ccnsideeaable
Crop' Report TO STOCK PACIFIC COAST
LAKES WITH GAME FISH
CLIMBS "FORBIDDEN PLATEAU"
Below will be found a brief synop-
sis el' telegraphic reports received at
the .T -lead Office of the Bank of
.Montreal from its -Bi anclies, ' -
General
Apart from the drought -stricken
areas of the Prairie Provinces, crops
generally throughout the Dominion
oto fulfilling earlier premises of
good yields of high quality, Har-
vesting in most districts' is now well,
advanced and conditions continue
favourable for late maturing crops
of fruit and roots. Wdth harvesting.
65 per cent completed in Alberta, 75
per cent in. Saskatchewan and 90 per
cent in Manitoba, the estimated
Prairie wheat •ero,p now stands at
250,000,00.0 bushels. In Quebec, most
crops are 'well up to average, or a-
bove it, anal conditions .continue
favourable. In -Ontario, ducting is
under way of a heavy second crop of
alfalfa of good quality, and an ex-
ceIlent crop of corn. In the Mari
tithe Provinces, craps generally are
in good condition. In British Ceeuni-
bia grain crops are estimated at 100.
per cent. of average.
Province of Ontario
The bean crop is proving better
than anticipated. 60 per cent of a
better than average tobacco crap is
cut and being" cured. Recent showers
have been' beneficial to a promising
root crop anclhave improved the pas-
ture land. ' Fall ploughing ie pro-
gressing. Some fall wheat has been
sewn but more moisture is required.
Fruits are plentiful. A. better than
average crop of grapes is progree
sing satisfactq'•i1y, , Apples of the
late varieties promise 'better than an
acorage crop of good quality.
•
Spreaders for
Bordeaux
(Experimental Farris Note)
Bordeaux has reigned the king of
sprays ever since Millarclet in 1885,
demonstrated that this copper sul-
phate lime, complex wc'.ild control
downy ,mildew of grapes. The in-
vestigations of the Dominion Labor-
atory of Plant Pathology' at Saan-
icitten, B.C., have shown that the
addition of resin soap and other snit-
a'ble spreaders markedly improve the
efficiency of Bordeaux in the con-
trol of downy mildew of hop, an-
thracnose of apple and other iinpor-
tent diseases., ' •
'Br,"cieaux, like most sprays, is
applied to furnish a protective bar-
rier against disease spores carried
by' air currents and insects. It is
a protection from diseases, rather
than a cure, On certain types of
foliage the Bordeaux protective bar-
rier ,is not continuous due to the
tendency of the spray mist to col-
lect and dry as small droplets, leav-
ing unprotected portions where the
disease spores .can enter and ger-
minate The addition of a spreader
to Bordeaux is almost always a good
investment, if it is found that after
spraying with Bordeaux alene that
the underside of the leaves are not
covered with a continuous film of the
spray. The underside of the leaves
is where the disease spores usually
germinate and enter. In the control
of diseases that enter through the
bank or bud scales like anthracnose,
scab re apple and pear, peach leaf
curl, and other' important diseases,
there ie a tendency for Bordeaux a-
lone to fail to wet the crevices where
the disease spot'es lodge. The ad -
(Mien of a spreader induces the Bor-
deaux to wet sueh crevices and so
provides twee effective protection.
Of the spreaders' investigated.
thr;,e which contained potassium re-
sin soap ,were easily the best. Many
of the commercial spreaders contain-
ed sodium resin soap but comparative
tests proved that' the sodium soaps
are distinctly inferior to potassiten
resin soaps as s-preaders. for Bce-
deaux. A very satisfactory resin
soap 'spreader was prepared by heat-
ing together four parts resin, one
part fish oil, one part water, and
one part caustic potash-, When cool
this stock ,spreader sets .as -a thick
grease, it is miissolved in warm
water' and added to Bordeaux at the
rate of two to five pounds per liup-
dred gallons of spray. Some people
prefer to add more water -in the pre-
paration bf the stock spreader•, so
that it San be added directly without
first diselving in warm water.
Of the other spreaders tested, glue
(gelatin) • markedly improved • the
spread and adhesive power.. of Bor-
deaux, .One and, one half .to two
pounds°•dissolved in warm water te:
one hundred gallons of spray ap-
peared to be sufficient. Althgngh
the actual spread of the Bordeaux
with glue was poorer than with the,
resin spreader, this .spieader seems.
ed to make the spray . film adhere'
more tenaciously, In other words,
the effectiveness of tree spray film
was redtrced` to a Iesser degree by •
di
sten
• ce over the snow to Moat Lake, ..Climbing five or six thousand feet where they planted 30,000 eggs.
above sea level tr do the job, an in- Passing Circle Lake on the wa : back
Spector- o£ the Dominion `Departmentto. then temporary cam at y
Y p McPhee
a£' Fisheries planted 20p,000 trptll the party found that "the• snow was
deep on the 'mountains an the south
and west sides."
On: the following day Amphitheatre.
Lake was seeded with 40,00.0 eggs
and thee the men clismlbed te, Sunrise
Lake, about three miles distant.
"Sunnis& Iies :at the base of Mount
Albert Edward and .is about 5,500
'feet above sea level. Snow was deep
in places, patches of it being a pink
colour. Ice and snow covered. three-
quarters of the lake. The inuet is
small and extremely rocky; stones
had to be collected in order to make
nests for the 10,000 eggs we planted
there." Ending the distrilbution of
eggs for this trip, plantings were
;made in the outlet of Bell Lake, the
outlet of Battleship Lake, and RoI-
stood on the 'edge of the lake whet land Lake on the following day.
we, arrived; says the inspector's Bound back to Courtenay again
repert to the department, "but upon the inspector examined McKenzie,
seeing us they retreated slowly up Douglas, Pearse, and Panther lakes
the side of the Mountain." whieh had been seeded with Kam -
In adsiition to planting Kamloops loops trout eggs twe years before,
trout eggs in McPhee, Moat, Amphi- and found fish plentiful and of good
theatre, and Sunrise lakes, the in-; size. Trout which had apparently
spector while on the plateau also remained in the creeks, 'however, were
examined ether waters which had"not anything like the size of those
been seeded by the department in ! which could be seen rising in the
1929, and here he found trout cf goos; lakes, due in all probability, to lower
size plentiful, temperatures and far less feed."
Inspection was also made of such
waters as Meadow Lake, Lake Beau-
tiful, and Upper Lake Beautifulw deb had been seeded in 19, and,
Ancient Indian legend ascribes mall fish were seen to be numerous.
some sinister qualities to Forbidden
Plateau, and hence its name, but
the white man knows it as a wild but i "DON'T
beautiful part of British Columbia RAVE TO" MERCHANT
dotted with attractive lakes, Here, DOESN'T GET VERY FAR
for several' years past, the depart- -
ment has carried on part of its fish
culture program, :stocking the . wit- The hied; who says "I don't have
tees with eggs from este or other of 1:- Advettise for' everyone knows
the hatcheries which it maintains in whr I any where 1 am, and what 1
the pa :mince, so that in this way the sell," will never make any- more than
angling resources of the territory, a living. The average shopper etoes
may be improved. not care who a merchant is, where
Inspector II. II. Bcadneil, the offi- be 15, or what be sells. But, he does
oer who was in charge of the plant- care about information as to cost of
inJuly trip thissyear,the setpouteau withn200,- tene. what So, Advertiswants e-Theout Life
000 Kamloops trout eggs obtained the Town, Bellows Falls, Pt.
sreseasavermamatimmeermammeeee
eggs in lakes on :the Forbidden Plat-
eau of Vancouver blend this' sunt -
mer in the course of the depart-
ment's work in maintaining and im-
proving the fish stroke of the coun-
try.
And when he got up to some of the
lakes he found that they still held
ice' and snow, even though the time
was July' More snow was clinging
to the mountain -sides near by, seine
of it pinkish in colessr, at that.
Adding a bit more variety .to the
party's experience was the appear-
ance of a large bear and several
cubs when the inspector and his
helpers reached Amphitheatre Lake,
one of the waters to be seeded, "A
large black bear, with two eulbs
Indian Legend '
County News
Happenings in the County
and District.
G0lM5RSOII: At a special meeting
of the Goderich Town Council the
vexed "cemetery question" was set-
tled. The Council decided to purchase
additional land adjoining the ceme-
tery from the McLean estate at a
cost of 52,500.' A new by-laww was
passed accordngly. The first by-law
passed by the Council several weeks
ago called for the purchase of land
for cemetery purposes at a figure of
$3,000, and this action of the Coun-
cil was strongly cpposed by certain
councillor's who were in the minority
and, as a result, foie; members of
the Council applied for an injunction
to prevent purchase, At the same
time, steps were taken by a citizen
to unseat the,..Councilors who took
action against the town. .''The differ-
ing factions in the Council got to-
gether and, as a resalt, a compromise
was reached for the purchase r,° re-
duced acreage at a reduced figure.
The actions now pending in the
courts will likely be dropped.
WIN-GHAM; When the truck
trailer he was entering on the Kit-
chener-Khnira highway toppled over
into ,the' ditch, Wray Breen, 52, of
Winghaiiy jtumped. He suffered in-
BS to his back and a ruptured
kidney which necessitated an` opera-
tion. He died of shock Saturday in
the Kitchener -Waterloo Hospital. The
crown has decided that the mishap
was accidental and no inquest will .be
held. Breen and a companion named
Adair were driving a truckload and
a trailer 02 pigs to Kitchener.
They had exchanged places
and Adair was at the truck wheel.
One of the truck wheels did not func-
tion properly, due to a locked brake
and Breen got out to investigate: He
was climbing aboard the slowly-mav
ing trailer when it started to slip,
the pltek ,of pigs all -sliding to one
side and the trailer went into the
witch, pulling the truck after it.
GOODRICH: William Brindley
of Goderich, was fatally injured Fri-
day at Tonawanda by a steam shovel
which crushed hint .against the wall
Ofa buiiding. He died while enl'oute
to a hospital. Brindley was. employ-
ed as a forenari for a Buffalo con:-',
9
said Brindley evidently was caught
by the steam shovel and carried a-
gainst the recently constructed cel-
lar wail. A widow and one child
survive,
EXETER: The September meet-
ing of the James Street United
Chureh W.M.S., was held an Thurs-
day afternoon, with the president,
Mrs, C. W. Christie presiding. The
president read a leter from the Na-
tional Emergency Relief committee,
asking for the co-operation o:f the
different societies to help relieve the
deplorable condition in the West, es-
pecially Saskatchewan. • For the
most part teething for men, wc,'uen
ohildx'en and infants, were the ar-
ticles mentioned. It was stated that
the Red Cross Society would see that
the articles sent were distributed to
the beset of advantage, and it also
added -that the society would supply
ail: the shoes apd rubbers needed A
committee was tit once apps,;rated to
visit the hours of the congz'egatioe
and arrange to have the collection
Made and bales sent from the so-
ciety.
.SEAFORTH: Mr. and Mrs, Thos.
G. Shiilinglew, Seaforth, announce'
the engagement of their youngest
daughter, -Gladys Christina, to Mr.
Archibald Peter Hargreaves, son of
the late Mr, and Mrs. John Har-
greaves, Toronto, the marriage to
take place early in October,
W1[NGH•AM;: ' At the regular
meeting of the town council held last
week,' Councilor Wilkinson reported
for the Fire Committee and stated'
that he had interviewed member's rf
the Fire Department and found that
they requested an inerease in pay
this year, amounting to $5 extra per
quarter. Ile said he had advised
them that the natter be leftover, as
the,estimates for the year had been
struck and the tax rate fixed. He did
no.e see how any unforseen expendi-
tule could be made now without in-
curring ,an overdraft for the year.
Allele some discussion it was ag-
reed that it would be a difficult
thing this year .to increase the sal
axles of firemen. The members of
he .Conrail felt it ;should come be -
ore the Council at the first of the -
ear.
pany which' was building a house Al
the outskirts of Tonawanda. , Police y