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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Timely, Information for the
gusy .
Farmer
( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture )
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Order Changes 'Weights of 13aslcet
Vegetables
An important modification in the
-weights of vegetables sold in r six
and eleven quart baskets his. been.
brought into effect throughout'Can-
radac a ,
The Root Vegetables: Act pro-
vides • for the sale of , vegetables
•other than those -commonly known
ms green vegetables, by the meas
nrred :bushel or part thereof pro-
viding the' ;measured bushel of part
of a bushel�e is of standard weight.
;or. the correct=ltroportienate equiv.
silent
It has been found cn practice that
the. weights prescribed by the Act
;ler six and. eleven quart baskets of
-potatoes, onions, beets. carrots, tur-
nips, parsnips and; artichokes coup-
be secured only by heaping up the
basket -with the vegetable concerned
the weights in the Act having been
figured on the basis of proportionate
'volume.
The new -weights for these con-
tainers now are:
6-guart 11 -quart
basket basket
lbs lbs.
Potatoes . 10 18
Onions, beets, carrots,
and turnips . 9. 16
,Parsnips .. .....,( -Ota
Artichokes 10 1714
These weights are, found to con-
form move consistently with the
true weights of these vegetables
when packed in accordance with Stan;
dared practice in the basket oontain-
'ers named.
Growers' Markets Council
Forms have been sent out to fruit
and vegetable growers in Ontario re-
questing them to register with the
Ontario Growers Markets Connell
-what acreage of Various crops they
grow and intend to produce next sea-
son. Any grower who does not re-
ceive a form is asked to write for one
to the Council's secretary, 14fr. C. W.
Bauer, Hamilton. A concerted ef-
fort is being made to provide next
Year against any repetition of the
disastrous marketing season experi-
enced by many growers this year.
'Growers who were in touch with the
Council's activities this season fared
better then those who were not in
touch with then or did not follow
their advice. The Counci"s activitiee
were necessarily limited awing to r.
late start and the difficulties of 'or-
ganizing such a far-reaching move,
meat. Nevertheless suite wonderful
things were aecompliehed in inereas.
ing sbtuments of Ont•erie produce
to the West and the Maritimes, and
in helping the grape growers and
the producers of many varieties o;
vegetables and fruits.
• Ralco. Your Own .Living
Whether willing or not the ma-
jority of farmers are how obliged
to supply more of their own needs.
'The following list may provide sug-
•gestions for further • economy;
1. Milk a few good cows; feed
recommended rations.
2. Fatten one pig for every two
adult members of the family; cure
the meat propen'y.
3. Keep at least 100 .good hens
•correctly housed and fed.
4, Raise a good garden; water
from windmill if possible.
5. Plant only cash crops, whielt
show Iittle or no 'surplus,.
6. Grow your own stock feed.
7. .Butcher' fat cows and steers,
trade meat with, neighbors.
8, Raise your own Bering; keep
year roof tight.
9. Get down to earth and do the
best you can today.
10. Drive a :horse_ until you can
afford to buy gasoline.
Ontario Stay Beaas Won
At the recent . International Grant
and Hay Show held in Chicago, soy
beans exhbited by Ontario farm
ors weee awarded five of the six
highest prizes. All these -exhibits
were of the O.A+C.: No. 211 variety
which .was developed by the Field
}(usbandry Department,0. A. 0,
where it gave excellent results when
tested alongside of other kinds. Tests
in connection with the "Experimental
Union and demonstrations on a field.
scale in tnany districts have shown
this variety to be• veru suitable :for
'Ontario oonditions..:. Its, adaptability
is web shown by the wide aeon, 'i;l.
which .tie. Chicago exhibits . were
grown. Prizes were 'wvon by J. K,
Kyle and Sons, Drente; J. H.
Frisby, Gormley; J. H. Lampman and
Sons, Ridgetown; Campbell Bros.,
Whitby; W. Davison; Blenheim, and
Amos C. Porter, Jarvis. .
Keep Mangers Clean
An inspection of the mangers of
,stables -when cows are not doing
well might go a long way "toward
finding out the cause of trouble.
Sanitation in mangers and the
drinking supply is : 'in many cases
very poor. When cows don't drink
as much water.. as they should,or
leave a certain amount of meal in
the bottom of • the mangers, the
trouble may generally bo laid to
the boor of poor sanitation. An in-
spection of mangers and' drinking
cups would probably show that the
cups had -become fouled with chaff
and spoiled silage, and when left
for even a day the water is filthy.
It is reasonable that cows will not
drink freely of this water. Any
where from a quarter to an inch
hard' aeeunmulated filth can same.
times be scraped out of . the ' man-
ger. It has a stench which make;
the animal quit eating long before it
has had enough. Drinking ;bowls
and mangers should be kept clean it
the cattle are to flourish,
•
Clean Nests, Clean Eggs
It takes less time to place clean
straw in the nests than it takes
to •clean eggs. Some eggs will be-
comne dirty in spite of the Best of
care, but the egg cleaning work is
greatly reduced if the nests are clean-
ed at egg gathering time, when dirt
is noticed and a +little clean -straw is
added once or twice each week. This
it a good early morning job before
the hens start using the nests. I1
you have no straw stack, keen a bale
of straw ie each laying house so
that a measure of the loose straw can
be -worked up and added by handfuls
to any nests where the boards are
becoming bare or the' straw is soiled,
Ontario Clover Seed hest at (treat
Chicago Show
Ontario farmers made a remarks.
able showing with Red Clover at the
recent International Grain and 1Iae
Show held In Chicago. With sixteen
entries they captured fourteen prix,
ere including 1st,'2nd, 4th, 6th, 1001
and 11th. Many of the fine samples
were grown in. Prescott and Russell
where the farmers specialize in the
production of clover seed and where
the local ngricn tura] representative
and Dominion Seed Branch have done
much to eneoeage the use of good
ecce,' cleaning machinery.
. Rents Lamarche of Cardinale
was awarded first prize, while sem
end went to Ladislas Landry el
Crysler.
Current Reports
leaven work throughout the prov-
ince is practically completed and
farmers are busy housing their
stock and inalcing last -aminate re-
pairs on buildings, etc. in prepar,
ation for the winter months. Very
unsatisfactory prices are reported
for cheese, hogs, small seeds,
grains and hay. Abundant rains
have meantthat many farmer?,
who had a thaw, water for live
stock last winter are noting that t
wells and springs are filling up and
b
they will have sufficient. to leek t
How the Ontario Farmer can Increase His
Labor Income,
1, summarized ,Statement of .Ways present time there_ is much duplica
and• Means ;by Which the Farmer tion and overlapping, of routes,
flT
Can Improve His i� inancial 1'osi- Mixed Panning
1. Greater' Diversii'icatio.n"
tion --Based on Opinions Submitted (a) In such cash oro r'
p �a eas as
Essex and Kent, the i'.ivestock pop
by Agricultural Representatives. ;dation shouId be greatly increased.
The' improvement of the finan-
cial position of the Ontario: farmer
tau in general be accomplished by
one of, two ways::
(a) Better Management.
(b) Improver- Marketing Methods.The individual fernier cannot, to
any extent, appreciably improve' mart
keting -methods. This can only be
accomplished by, concerted action of
a goodly percentage of the grout+
vitally concerned. It is therefore, by
better management that the individ-
ual farmer can best immediately im-
prove his position, -There is no shi-
ed panacea' for the 'problem. Not
only does' it vary in different parts
of the Province, in different counties
in different communities, but quite
often on adjoining farms. Speaking
generally, it is,• too often, the little
things, which the average farmer
considers "too much bother," not
worth while," which remake the differ-
ence (between profit and loss on our
Ontario farms.
Dairying
1. Production of the Bulk of Con-
centrate Ration on the home Farm
-AII to frequently too large a per-
centage of the milk cheque is re-
quired to pay the feed hill. This can
be largely overcome by growing more
legumes, such as alfalfa and sweet
clover for hay and pastures; peas
or peas and oats far hay and grain;
say beans or flag as supplementare
grain feeds,
2: 'Uniform• Production of Milk
throughout the Yeer.--This would
to some extent: eliminate gluts and
held -backs. In` summer dairying
districts this would result in the
utilization of machinery and equip.
meet in creameries anti cheese Inc-
tories which at the present time on
ly operate from 6 to 9 months.8. Greater Diversification -Hogs
and poultry should be kept on prac.
tically every farm. Notwithstanding
the present low prices for these pro-
ducts and the likelihood of lower
prices for hogs, grain can almost al.
ways be marketed profitably through
these channels.
4. Summer Pastures--Sunplemen.
tarty feed in the form of annual
pasture or silage crops shers'cl be
provided to carry the herd overthe
Period when permauent pastures are
drying up.
5. Fewer and Better Cows being
Ped Larger Ratieus-Far too large'
a percentage of oursows are los.
ing propositions. Many of these
cows would pay their way if given
a chance. Too many horde are
feel 00 a ration little better thrum
nznietonance requirements. .The
Babcock test is the only reliable
way of weeding out low producers
and low testers which are costing•
cur dairymen hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars every year,. A hemi
sire from It, 0, Its stock is the only
sure way of making progress. •
6. Produet]on of Lasker Yields of
Grain and Roughage at Lower Cost
per unit -Ontario cereal crops are
lergely marketed through her live
stmt, The ;'ower the initial cost
of such crops. the greater profit on
the final product. -Surveys made
during the past few .years show con-
clusively the possibilities of inereas-•
ed•revenue from this source.
(a) Seed drill surveys reveal
hat from 1-3 to 1-2 seed grain grades
I
ejected, owing to weed seed con-
ent, general quality or low germin-
ation.
(b) Survey.in -Oxford County re.
veal- that 50% varieties :'ef oats
being sawn were discarded .by the.
Ontario - Agricultural College years
ago as totally unsuited to ' Ontario
agriculture.
(c) A further survey in Oxford"
County and aiso' in other counties
revea's individual losses of over
50% ,from.loose smut in oats. The
average loss from this disease over
the Province isat least 10% this
year.
after their needs. Dufferin County
advises that one of the larges
crops of mangels and turnips 'plii l
large quantities of cull potatoes
aatares suffclent succulence for
winter live stock rations. -Grenville
gives a report onthe' T. B. Test in
one toweshtp to date; Herds tested,
349; cattle, 5240; reactors, 529; pre-
mises infected, 119; compensation,
$18,619; percentage reactors, 9.7; av-
erage compensation, $35.10. Peel
County,. reports that Purebred Boar
Clubs and the 'Bacon Litter compen-
titions have encouraged the produe-
tion :of bacon hogs of the select type.
"The 'premium paid by the packing
plants for select hogs during the pre-
sent low price of bacon, emogmpeusee di
the farmer for his foresight' in w
in•cedieg and feeding the type oe u
hog desired by the . packers for the is w
export trade as web as for home
consumption." The 1931 production
of maple syrup in Peel was over
2,000 gallons. Surplus cattle sold
over and ab ive• local consumption in
Wlellinbtne Cobntb in the last' yews.
amommtecito 15,000 head.• • to
Remedy
AJl three factors are ander the
sect eontrol . of Ontario Farmers,
ithout any appreciable expense by
sing recommendedvarieties
ell cleaned and treated with form-
alin; Coupled with "this, shorter
rotations with more legumes and
more care in - running _.water fiil
rows and oneri ditches would grOatly
increase yields;'
Transportation of. Milk and Came";
Factory or Creemeey. At the
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(b) Greater self-sustainment a
farm families. Too many feral() fain
dies purchase too large a percentag
of their `vegetables as 'well' as Hach
buttes meat potatoes, bread and in
some instances, even eggs,
(c) Utilization of horse labor
where available' and consequent sav-
ing in tractor •operating costs:
2,Production of Quality ,Products
and Grading for Market.
Fr•dit and Vegetable Growing
Reports' would infer that suet
growers are more efficient generally
(b In Eastern Ontario, farmers than are farmers engaged in mixed
Should attempt to include some cash and :dairy farming, Improvement:
crops such as soup peas,clover seed, n '
however, can be made generally.
potatoes or seed grain in their farm 1. Better Orchard Managements.-•
business, - • More,. attention should . be given to
(e) Notwithstanding prospects for such cultural practices as the groev
lower prices, swine population should ing of legume cover crops, spraying
be increased in ail -mixed farming and pruning.
areas. This would provide for the 2. Diversisificatibn in Vegetable
utilisation of dairy by-products, .: at Crops and Small Fruits.
the present time being wasted, as 3. Co-operation with Fruit and
well as a profitable channel, to mar• Vegetable .C'ouncil. •
ket our cereal grains. _ 4. Use More Commercial Feral.
(d) Sheep population eould he ]zers-In general fruit and - veget-
increased profitably in most, counties able growers could profitably use
in Eastern Ontario and also in the more commercial fertilizers.
rougher sections of Western and , Problems Requiring
Contra:'. Ontario.
EBS
f • 2. Investigation re Ways of Util-
'lee tion of Cull _ Fruit and Veget-
e ables-oee of the most seliou•i
r problems facing , .fruit and veget-
able growers is to prevent cull Pro-
ducts coming in competition with
good quality fruit and vegetables-
3, Additional Central Packing and
Precooling Plants in Certain 'Ames.
4, Take Necessary? Steps to have.
Dominion •Govermnent adopt Uni-
form Grades fox all Products.
2. Coatrgl•ef Animal Parasites ,and
Elimination of Mineral Deficiency
in Livestock Rations,- . The feeding
of iodne to our •brood sows would
have prevented the loss of thousands
of litters in 1931.
3. Larger Grain Yields at Lower
Cost per unit --Note comments under
No. • 6 recommendations under
1IULLETT
Following is the report of S. S.
No. 7,'.Rus'lett, for month of Decem-
ber:
Sr. 3rd --IM, Bell, 03;1. McCallum,
88.
Sr; 2nd --I. Brigham, 93; L McCai-
lum, 84; B. Pollard, al.
Ir. 2nd -L. Bell, 89,
Pr. -D. Lear, B. Pollard,
Best in Hygiene and Spelling: L
Bell. Best in Arithmetic,: 1, Brig-
ham,L McCallum, Number on rot!,
8; average attendance, 7.9.
-Olive A. Moon, teacher,
Governnentali Assistance The Kids -"Pop, how soon will I be
1. Continued Assistance in ,Solving old enough. to do asI please?"
Marketing Problems. • The Old Man -"I don't know. No
(a), told storages are- required body has ever lived that long yet."
in cheese factory areas. This would .
enable .small factories to market
their produce in an orderly manner.
At the present time owing to lack
of cold storage their produce must
,pair ]r marketed at once. This not only
e g,' 1 causes gluts but results in a buyers'
4. Raising Feeders - Farmers • market owing to the fact that the
with dual purpose or ' beef brands buyers control practically all present
would he well advised to raise calves cci+d storages.
instead of vealing. Buying western (b) Assistance in solving market -
feeders has been rather a precarious' ing of whole milk with the present
step of secant years. 1 hold-ups and surpluses. ,The system
General in oper]n ewers,
1. "A Dollar Saved is a Dollar i thy. of study-
ation Philadelphia is
Earned." (c) Readiustment of freight rates
The South Simcoe Agiiealtural The rate charged 'on produce from
Representative points out that the Temiskaming to Toronto is out of
home mixing of Bordeaux dust would line with that prevailing from Wes -
'have saved his potato growers from tern Ontario to Toronto. The same
33 to 35 per cwt. One grower colds) condition hoids true when the freight
have saved $'175 on this item alone, rate from North Western Ontario ie
(a) C'arlot purchases of feed compared with that from the Mari -
and fertilizers, time Provinces, to Toronto.
IIENSALL
Special Christmas services were
held in the three local churches on
Sunday and were largely attended.
The sermons and special Christmas
music were in keeping with the day.
in the United church the pastor,
Rev. A. Sinclairspokele the morn-
ing on "Good Tidings" and in the
evening, "The Difference Christmas
Makes."
Rev. Mr. dffoIlroy in Carmel Pres-
byterian church spoke on ;'Around
the Cradle of Jesus," in the morning
and "The Great Light," in the eve:
i'mg',.
The 'rimming service ' at St. Paul's
Anglican chureh. emphazised the eon- ,
elusion of advent end preparation
for Christmas: • In the evening a ear -
01 service took place. Christmas ser-
vice will be held in this church on
•Christ/nes day 'at 8,80 a;m. A com-
munion service will take place at 1
a.m..
The United Church will hold its an -
'meal Christmas entertainment in the
basement of the church Wednesday.
A" splendid program of songs, read-
ings, choruses, drills, etc., is being
prepared..
Mrs. E. Fines of Clinton, was the
guest of Mr, and Mts. L. Mickla on
Sunday,
iiere's a
Story
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ERS
A young tailor complained bitterly about his
poor business. "I make just as good clothes as
-.----------as do," he said, "and I sell them for
less, yet 's •get most of the. business
of this district."
This young tailor felt that men ought to find
all about aim -that they should search him out. He
didn't see that it was his job to make known to all
men the fact that he made good clothes and sold
them at attractive prices, 's, . on the
other hand, advertised their business, and, of course
men went to theism for: their clothes.
It's the same all the world over -buyers go
where they are invited to go.- They buy, in larg-
eat numbers, from those who give them informa-
tion about their business, service, goods, prices.
This is exactly as it should be.
Why shouldn't the most aggressive seller get
latest business 7
The world likes to buy from keen sellers -
retailers who pay theism the compliment of telling
them about what they have to sell and about their
desire for their custom, -
Dumb retailers may be fine men, may give
good values, may be first-class store keepers, but
the buying public .prefers to go where 'advertise-
ments itt their newspapers direct them to go.
The wise retailer runs his business in line with what buyers want,
because it is profitable to do so.
It costs a retailer far more not to advertise than to advertise.
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