HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-12-17, Page 8THE. CLINTON' NEWS -RECORD
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:HLP'PEN1N99 OF INTEREST 10 A,.
THURS', DEC. 17, 193I:
Tirtiely Irif()rimatioii. for the.
Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Departmer.t of Agriculture )
f,ricreased Acreage - own .a,gainst the finest ' entries of
-• g.ram and grass seeds -' from all
Agricultural statistics .released States in the 'Union and other Pro:
from Ottawa as liart of the 1931
vinces in the Dominion. Slightly
census reveal an increasein the
, More thar 100 exhibits were for- " ' TO His Son
acreage sown -tothe •ii
-41'69' warded to. Chicago and upwards
crops in every case except oats, ...,
4
....prizes were awarded to Ontario The 'following meditation, which
Wheat jumped from 20 to 26 million exhibitors. The winnings included touches the heartstrings, pictures a ••
acres, and barley increased . by one
championships in cornbeans end dad as he stands at the bedside of
and one-half inillion acres. Oats de- clover seed, his son. Many magazines have cop -
°lined by about one and one-halfied this article, and we do not know
million acres. There were slight in- Mrs. M. E. IllaYeoek of Milford the author's name, but it is universe)
creases in the case of potatoes, mil- has the distinction of 'winning the in its appeal to mothers and daddies
tivated hay, mixed grains and rye. field bean ehampienship, for two and sons everywhere:
---4 years in succession. . - : •
"Listen son: I am saying this to
- Clean and Sterilize All Dairy Remi Lemarche a caseelmati, a you as you sleep, one little paw
:...: , Utensils.,. .
- .. ' new.., exhibitor at Chicago, won - the
crumpled under • your cheek and the
- - - --, • • championship in red clover. mei- blond curls stickily wet on your damn
The keepingnuality of milk. de- dentally -Mr. Lemarche also won forehead. I have often stolen into
pends directly upon the mun:ber of the red elover championship at • the your room alone. Just a few minutes
bacteria present and this in turn Royal and Ottawa WinterFairS. ago as I sat'reading my paper in the
depends -upon the - thoroughness ...
with which dairy, utensils have been Otherlibrary, a hot stifling wave of re-
morse swept over me. I could not re -
prize winners ' were 3. IL
cleaned and sterilized. 1%e use of Frisby, Gormley, J. Li. Lampman.
side. it. Guiltily I came to your bed -
live steam or scs
alding with 'boiling Ridgetown, Peter Clark and Sons,
water is always effective providing Highgate, John E. Alton Rock- • . ,
it. is availaibe in sufficient volume, wood. In the pea classes Trra Bet- These are 'things I have beau
hut as a general rule the quantity. a- beretch Sr., Mildmay, and H. L. thinking 'son: I have been cross to
vailable on the average farm is in Goltz, Bracebridge, were well up at ! you. I scolded you as you were
adequate for effective results. It is the top. dressing for school because you gave
for this reason that the use ofOntario also scored heavily I your face merely a dab with a towel.
in
chlorine in suitable form is recom-I took you to task_ for not cleaning
the live stock division, taking first .
mended by bacteriological experts. It your shoes. I called out angrily when
place among the provinces with a
I found, you had thrown some of
acts rapidly in co'd water, and in
total of nine crowns. She was
your things on the floor.
AgaVer and morec
onvenient than the
second to Alberta in the grain and
peat treatment generally recommen-
seed divisions. -Ontario led the Do- "At breakfast I found fault too.
•ded. Mien PrOOriy Splayed ehlor-
.._ minion as tq total winter of Brats, You apIlled things. You gulped down
sults RN the practice, alreadY goer- .. _
Canada matie an enviable showing 1
, Scour 001. You put your elbows on
the table, ypi sptw butter too
ine sterilisation give§ exeelleit TO'
' . e
1
al among mills and other good plants, at Chicago, capturing ten chaniPiall.,
thick ovytilir breah cAnti as you
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is spreading to the ,dairy farmsships, and three reserves in the grain started al to play and I made for
.--. •-,- vrel-1 r7-1 , - i ...I - ' division, hhd 10 tifeWhs and 16 re- my train, you turned and waved a
4'''' Farm Mortgages serves in tile live Stock'. Leading all
Canadian eXiiiiiltors for individual little hand and called, "Good-bye,
Daddy!" and I frowned and said in
The Government has notified tlel Showing was lierrean Trelle of reply "Hold y5ur shoulders back!"
Ontario Agricultural Developement Wembley, Alta.., With five crowns in
Board, which holds $85,000,000 of grains and seeds. No one else a-
"Then it began all over again in
farm mortgages, not to foreclose mow the entrants in the show equal-
the late afternoon. As I came up the
under any when. inertled this record.
hill road, I spied you down on your
gagors are unakee to meet their obli-
..--...., knees playing marbles. There were
circumstances - holes in your stockings. I humiliated
gations. Hon: W. H. Price, Acting.
Put Flesh on Market Cattle you before your boy friends by mak-
Prime Minister, pointed out that the ing you march ahead of me back to
province holds a greater number ol l'%oith the plentiful supply of
the house. Stockings were expensive
farm mortgages than any private feed, the cattle going en the mar-
-ancl if you had to buy them you
coMpanY, and he intimated that legis- ket - this winter should be well -
would be more careful. Imagine that
lation would be brought down at the fleshed. Well -finished young cattle
-next session to provide for a modi- command a „premium on both the son, for a father. It was such stu-
fled moratorium on mortgages. "We home and export markets. The poor pid silly logic.
realize that in these times of linen- quality, -under-fleshed animals have "Do you remember, later, when I
cial stress many farmers who other- a repressing effect on the market. WaS reading in the library, how you
wise would be able to meet their Stems or.heifers showing breeding came in softly, timidly with a sort
payments are in considerable dif- anti type make good use of the of hunted look in your eyes. Wihen I
ficulty and the Government is anx- home-grown feed. Time alone will glanced up over my paper impatient
ions to help them over this period. tell what the profit will be on the at the interruption you hesitated at
of financial stringency," said Col. hundreds of cattle going into the the door. "What is it you want?" I
Price, adding that he bad asked feed -lots this fall. But. it is reason- snapped. '
loan companies to be lenient in able to expect that it will be - the "You said nothing, but ran across
this regard and made the same re- deep, mellow -fleshed bullocks that in one tempestuous plunge and threw
quest to sheriffs and bailiffs. The col -emend the top prices when they„go
a
your arms around my neck and kiss -
proposed legislation will seek to on the market. Inferior feed or ed me, again arid again, and your
s
prevent the mortgage being fore- skimpy ration does not make market mall arms tightened with an affec-
closed in ease of default of inter- toppers of even the best type of tion that God had set blooming in
est payments, giving the mortgagor cattle. your heart and which een neglect
an extension of time. — could not -wither. And then you were
---.,
Ottawa Fair Contests gone, pattering up the stairs.
, "Well son, it was shortly after -
The Inter -County Live Stock and wards that my paper slipped from
Seecl Judging Competitions con- iiiy hands and a terrible sickening
ducted at the Ottawa Winter Fair fear came over me, Suddenly I saw
brought teams of young men from myself as I really was, in all my
fourteen eastern Ontario counties. horrible selfishness, and I felt sick
The A. 11. Acres Trophy for seed at heart
;lodging was won by the Renfrew "What has habit. been doing - to
County team for the third time and me? The habit of complaining, of
it thus becomes the permanent finding fault, or reprimanding, all of
property of that county. Renfrew these were my rewards for being a
team scored 1,305 out of a possi- boy. It was not that I did not love
ble 1,500 points, while the Leeds you; it was that I expected too much
team were runners-up with a score of youth. It was measuring you by
of • 1,2301/2. The Peter 'White 'Fro- the yardstick of my own Years.
phy, emblematic of the live stock "And there was so much that was
judging championship, was wott by- good and fine and true. in your eliar,
Prince Edward Comity, which calm- a,eter. You did not deserve my trea-
ty also won it in 1028 and 1929, xnent of you so. The little heart WI
while Lanark was successful in 1980. yours was as big as the dawn itself
Dundas County was runner-up this over the wide hills. And this was
year, shown by your spontaneous impulse
to rush in and kiss me goodnight,
Nothing else matters tonight, son. I
have come to . your bedside, in the
darkness, and I have knelt there,
choking with emotion and so aShann-
ed.
"It is. a feeble atonement. I know
you would not understand these
things if I told them to you diving
your waking hours, yet T must say
what I am saying, I must burn sacri,
ficial fires, alone, here in your bed-
room, and make free confessor. Anti
I have prayed God to strengthen me
in my resolve. Tomorrow I will be
a real daddy! I will chum 'with you
and suffer when you suffevand laugh
wheri you laugh. I will bite my ton-
gue when impatient words come. I
Will keep, saying as if it were a rit-
ual: "He is nothing but o boy, a lit-
tle -boy!"
"I am afraid I have visualized you
as a man. Yet I see you achy', soft, 'c
crumpled and weary, I SOES that you
are still a baby. Yesterday you were
in your mother's arms, your head on
her shoulder. 1 have asked tee much,
town,' the interest to be spent in too much!
local improvements every year. With "Dear boy, dear little son. A peni-
some $10,000 a year to spend like tent kneels at your infant shrine
that, Dundee shoidd t0011 be an earth, J here in the moonlight., I kiss the lit-
ly paradise.—Fergus New -Record. . tle lingers and the danip forehead."
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The Reindier of
Santa Claus Fame
attendants, into Northern Alaska:.
This was in the year 1889. The Al-
askans were trained as reindeer driv-
ers, and small herds were imPorted-.
annually, In ten years breeding
stations had been established, mat
there were 5,000 of the animals in
Alaska. Sy the breaking out of the'
World War, iti 1914, there were over'
45,000 reindeer, 80,000 of which were
owned by natives.
The herds have to be constantly;
guarded against attack bY wolves,.
but the reindeer industry is worth,
all the effort that has been, nut into.
it. Reindeer meat is being- shipped'
southward in increasing quantities,
The experiment, moreover, has put
new'fife into tie l0skim2s of Alaska.
and has greatly advanced them int
civ.wilieozataisosn.
elate reindeer 'with caw-
„aelebraton of Christmas, and when
we consider the gifts which this
ani-
mal has bestowed on mankind, it is:
quite appropriate that in the beauti--
fill myth reindeer should draw the.,
sleigh of Santa Claus.
movingMass bf them was described
as being over three miles wide. We
know from remaine found by archa-
eologists that they once migrated 'in
to •Southern Europe.
.The, utility of the reindeer to the
uncivilized inhabitants of the Arctic
regions is so great as to be -their
one hope of ;existence. 'Without
deer, they could not clothe, feed, Or
house themselves . in those bleak,
rocky, storm -swept deserts of ice
and snow. They utilize every part
of them from the hoofs to the points
-of the antlers. 'Witten the latter are
in a soft condition, they are valued
as food. The skins are particularly
effective against cold and, -when
dressed, are pleasant to wear. The
hides are used for tent coverings,
sewed together with thread made
from certain stout fibers in the ani'
mal' muscles. 1%3eedless, knives, and
other useful implements are made
from his bones. Gut into strips, the
hides may be used for various pur-
poses which require tough, stout
thongs. The milk of the reindeer is
rich and nourishing, whether used in
the raw state or made into cheeses;
The meat is cured in summer for
winter use. In addition to all this,
the native rides the reindeer, or hit-
ches him to a sledge, or lays a bur-
den on his back. Ile has great en-
durance and speed, makng twelve to
fifteen mitres an hour.
Nettie Wysor in” Dumb Animals
The Arctic reindeer of northern
Europe and Asia, which is practical-
ly the same as the American cari-
bou, is different from -other mem-
bers of the. deer family in .one im-
portant respeet. both the males and
females have antlers, which nature
usually 'bestows on the males alone.
There is a peculiar brow tine in the
antler outfit of the reindeer which
grows downward in front of his face
and spreads out like a palm. into
points. In the Winter the frontal
tine, according to some authorities,
is used to ret snow from his
pasture. His hods, which are divid-
ed and very broad are serviceable in
breaking the ice.
The Lapps and Finns of Northern
Europe have used the reindeer as a
domestic servant time out of mem4
ory, but a wild race, much larger
than the domesticated breed, still
exists in those countries. They gath-
er in immense Herds and migrate
from Otto place to another seeking
which is, mainly, what is eel.
led "reindeer moss," a species of
lichen spreading like a carpet over
wide areas of the Far North. They
also eat seaweed in summer, when
they venture to the shores of the
Arctic Ocean. In winter they are
on short rations, and many of them whale and walrus by white men off
starve. They never go far south, but the northern coast, the United States
as far as they do go, their numbers Government undertook to transport
are imposing. Generations ago a Siberian reideer, together with Lapp
REMARKABLE INCREASE IN:
GRAIN SHIPMENTS
The four weeks from October -15th
to the same date in November,
were -
featured by a remarkable movement'
of grain over Canadian National.
Railways and marketing and amt.:ling
figures for this period are almost
treble the figures for the same foul.,
week period of 1930. A report '
sued by T. P. White, Superintendent..
of Car Service, shows a total of 23,-,
341 cars loaded with 33,248,000 bu-
shels from October 15th .compared to.
9.021 cars loaded with 12,248,000 bu-
shels in -the same period last year.
1Vlarketing along Canadian National
lines have likewise shown a marked"
increase, with 42,152,000 bushels
hauled to loading. points since •
October 15th compared to the 18,-
526,000 bushels marketed in the iden-
tical period of 1930.
The American caribou of northern
Canada and Alaska mama be dom-
esticated, and, when the Eskmos of
Alaska were threatened with star-
vation because of the hunting of
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TRIED TOO MANY KINDS -
A reformer had been speaking with
some feeling about the use of cos-
metics.
"The more experience I have of'
lipstick," he said, "the more distaste-
ful I find 11."
Junior Farmers at Chiiago
Fourteen boys and twelve girls,
Junior Farmer prize winners in their
various classifications, represented
Ontario at the Animal Congress of
the 4-11 Clubs in Chicago during the
first week in December. Under the
care of W. K. Riddell , departmental
representative, and Miss Edith Hop-
kins of the Women's Institute Branch
these Junior Farmers joined with the
1200 4-H Club members, representing
most of tbe States of the Union.
Each of these farm boys and girls
had achieved a distinction in some
branch of agriculture. All were prize
winners locally and the tangible evi-
dence of their prmeminence was the
trip to Chicago to attend the Interna-
tioal Live Stock .Show and to tour
various industries in the city.
Winter Fair' Contests
In competition with teams repre-
senting 26 counties, Peel County
junior farmers carried off the late
Hon. John 8. Martin trophy, em-
blematic of the live stock judging
tehampionshiP of Ontario at the
Provincial "Winter Fair, Guelph. The
winners met with stiff opposition
from the Middlesex team, only fire
points separating them. Bruce Coun-
ty ranked third, York fourth, and
„Durham, fifth. and only sixty-three
'points stood between the five high
Crate -Feeding Pays
Farmers who are in a position to
follow the practice, find that crate -
feeding of their poultry pays them
big dividends. There are several
reasons for this. It produces the
milk -fed grades which bring, the
highest prices, the leading wholesale
merehants are now buying poultry by,
Government grades with substantial
differentials between each grade;
the premium assured for birds which
grade "rnilkfed" makes crate -feeding
worth while; and all poultry intended
for eating purposes should be propert
Aeons in the event. •The possible ly finished before being marketed.
;score was 3,000, Peel !laving the ex- 1 The farmer who has poultry to mar-
eellent count of 2278. •Ontario Court- ket would do well to remember that
tv took highest standing and won the. it is the last pound which brings the
Glen Ormond trophy for judging of finish and increases the value of the
;heavy horses. Durham County team bird by 50 to 75 cents,
'won first place and the Fischer tro
phy in the inter -county seed judgit41
competition with a sem of 2598 A LAUDABLE EXAMPLE
points, being _followed by Oxford, '
A former resident of Dundas has
Peel, Grey and York. • left a legacy of poop() for the
Ontario Wins at Chicago
Ontario Seed Exhibitors at the
International (ram 8fid Hay Shove
,at -Chicago more than held their
OMWIC .
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We all know that the best way to wish a friend a Merry•
Christmas is to say it yourself — especially in the case of
out-of-town friends wha appreciate your voice more.
than any other form of greeting.
BUT.— if everybody waits until Christmas Day to make
these calls there are bound to be crowded lines and
delays.
We telephone operators all wish to avoid that sort of
thing. We want to put your Christmas calls through
promptly and pleasantly. We therefore suggest that
• you place your calls as many days before Christmas
as you can.
A Christmas greeting is just as timely and appreciated
before Christmas as on the day itself; it is spoiled only
when it is late. So please be early this year and let us
- show you how quick and courteous our service can be.