The Clinton News Record, 1929-11-14, Page 6THURSDA"Z, NOVEMBER 14, 1929'
EWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE BUSY FARMER
(Furnished by the Ontario Department off Agriculture)
1 Winter Fair, Toronto
fiber, 20-28.
1ph Winter Fair—December
12th.
wa Winter Fair -December'
6th.
ario Bookeepers' Association,
to—Nov. 26, 27 and 28.
silver trophy donated by the
io 'Vegetable Growers' Associ-
oprri to. members: in good
ting 'prior to '•Sept. let, 1929,
'tired to the exhibitor obtaining
ighest number.; of pointe, . in all
ns for'vegeta-tiles at the Royal
r Fair. A miniature of the
y will be given to the winner each
insight into the international
Iter of 0. A. C. may," be derived,
the announcement that students
n attendance from the following
ries. Trinidad, Rhodesia., Ber
Mexico, South Africa,
nd, Norway,'Uriited States, Eng:-
Wales,
ng-Wales, Scotland, Ireland,
ho -Slovakia and Canada.
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n. John S. Martin, Minister of
culture,returned to •his duties.
he Parliament Buildings last
t after an absence of five months
to illness. He was warmly greet_.
y heads of the different depart
tal branches. Zion. Mr. Martin'
now actively supervise activi-
of the department, although he.
be compelled to take things
r for about a year.
Big Value in Fertilizers
om sial fertilizers when la
goer -
P
i to various crops in conjunc-
with good farming methods
big returns. Phosphates
in -
se yields of almost all crops
almost all types of soil in the
rine. Potash pays, especially
the sandy soils. Nitrogen for
t farm crops should, as far as
dole, be obtained' for' growing
imes.
Crop Yield Average
he estimated , yield of fall
at, spring wheat, oats, barley,
and peas in Ontario for the
is given at 114,140,339 bush-
es compared with 135.377,224
leis last year. The total acre -
in Ontario for these grains was
881 acres less than last year.
3 are lower by 19,500,000 bush -
than last year. The potato crop
below normal and turnips and
gels, due ' to • a ocntinuous
ight are smaller in size than
11. Sarah fruits proved to be
ght crop, but winter apples are
tiful although small in size.
tobacco average was 30 per
below 1928. Taken all in all,
crop yield is an average one,
the quality good.
Grading is Vital
le fact that more than 180,000
s of potatoes are grown in On -
every year, it is highly int-
nt that an efficient marketing
rn be perfected. This means
every grower should cooperate
properly grading hie potatoes
in placing them on the market
suitable container. Only in
way can the competition of the
de product be met.
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Weed Advisers
is the opinion of the provin-
weed ,inspector that when
ale are '.selecting inspectors
should choose "weed advis-
rather than "policeman." Ex-
t progress has been made
year and it wasfound that
was mot pronounced where
ark' was chosen as inspector,
was entlrnsiastic about weed
of and could advise farmers
to reduce their weed menace.,
better to encourage a pian
roperly prepare a field than
me along late in the season
irdei the .crop' tut because of
infestation.
4p_.
The Bean Market
Ontario ' bean crop will be
larger' than Tast year. A de -
in the average yield per
will almost offset the ,.great•
se in acreage. The American
of 'small :*hite •.benne has.
estimated about two per cent
than last year. The Euro
production is about normal in
st to 1928, when the crop was
short.
hold over in the United
, • Canada arid. , Europe was
small, consequently new beans
eeting, a ready sale. , Quota-
on,,
uota
an ,imported European beans
complete with Ontario grown
od quality, have gone up Cur -
cent weeks, the Nov. lst
being $3.75 a bushel f.o.b. li
cal.
Longer Light Pays " 1
several years past poultry-
rs have been trying to dis-
whether the use of electric
ip laying houses really does,
se egg production ,among
The theory is that in pro-
p daylight the hens were en-.
.naw
tided to lay more eggs, Experi
inonts over a period of five years
at the. Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion with two pens, ` one supplied
with the extra lighting facilities
and the other` without show the
following results:
Over the live -year period, the
pen of 100 hens supplied with
light produced on an average 3966
eggs at a cost of 20c per dozen in
the six months. Tho pen without
light produced on an average 3966
eggs at a cost of 20c per dozen in
the six months. The pen without
lights produced '3671 at a cost of
22c ,per dozen. This gives an ad-
vantage of about 300 eggs for the
pen with lights and at a reduction in
cost of 2c per dozen: '
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Poultry Breeding Stations
one important way in which the
Poultry Department at 0,A.C. is
carrying . its knowledge in a prac-
tical manner to the farmers of On-
tario is by the establishment . of
poultry breeding stations for pug-
poses of culling and general flock
improvement. Last year there were
approximately 50,000 hens on 160
farina which came under this plan.
while this fall over 100,000 birds,
representing 300 farms have been
enrolled. The department has seven
insnectors constantly on the road
with a view to visiting each flock
four times a year and culling un-
desirable specimens. Thousands of
blood samples nice taken and for-
warded to the laboratories for test-
ing. from which reports are sent
back to the inspectors. who act
upon them. A notable improve-
ment in poultry standards has been
achieved in this way.
New interest in Field Peas
Thirtyor
forty years ago On-
tario farmers grew annually about
Hall' a million acres of field peas,
but when the weevil 1 became trou-
blesome, interest in: the crop grad-
ually waned until there was less
than 100,000 acres grown. How-
ever, during the past few years
peas have been comparatively free
from insect pests and the acreage
has been increasing a little every
year.
Renewed interest has been ob-
tained also by the developement at
the Ontario Agricultural College
'of an outstanding variety known
as 0.A.C. 181, which is now be-
ing distributed through the Exper-
lnental Union. This variety is a
cross between Prussian Blue and
White 'Wonder and is a fairly early
ripening pea. Under a ten-year
test at 0.A.C. it has yielded about
25 per cent greater returns than
most common varieties. Several
farmers in the Guelph district have
reported excellent crops with this
variety.
Buy Certified Seed Potatoes Now
Certified seed will da more, per-
haps, than any other single fac-
tor to improve the potato crop on
the average farm. Certified seed
will likely be scarce and expensive
next spring, and therefore the wise
farmer will arrange for his supply
now. ,
R. D. Nodwell of Hillsburg,
ono of the best known producers
of duality potatoes. when acting as
field man for the Crops and Mar-
ket Branch during the past sum=
mer, had an excellent opportunity
of observing differences in potato
crops. Ile says: "My eyes were
opened to the serials state of the
potato business -on' the ordinary
.farm. I was amazed at the amount
of black leg and rhizoctonia in the
average fields. In many cases the.
loss from these two diseases alone
would run from 10 to 25 per cent."
This meant to many farmers this
year a loss of from $10 to $40 per
acre." Certified seed not only re-
duces the disease loss but in-
creases the yield and quality. -
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No farmer can afford to use poor
seed.
HOG SHIPMENTS
1lsport of Hog Shipments for the.
month ending Sept. 30, 1929:
Clinton Total hogs, 57; select
bacon, 31; thick, smooth, 32; heavy 2;
Londesboro—Total hogs, 128; sel-
ect bacon, 62; thick smooth, '60; hea
vy, 2; shop hogs, 2, '
Brucefield—Total hogs, 34; select
bacon, 7; thick smooth, 23; heavy 1;
shop hogs, 3.
Truck deliveries: Total hogs, 814;,
select bacon, 182; thiek smooth, 543;
heavy, 22; shop hogs, 42.
Huron County—Total hogs, 2527;
select bacon, 798; thick smooth, 1509:
heavy, 52; extra heavy 1; shop hogs,
97; lights' arid feeders, 21.
Clinton Total hogs, 163; select
bacon, , 70; bacon, 67; butchers, 24;
lights and feeders, 1.
Beucefield—Total hogs, 10; select
bacon, 3; bacon, 7.
Huron Co. Locals—Total hogs, 731,
select bacon, 208; bacon, 445; butch-
er's, 47; heavies, ,9; lights and feed-
ers, 7.
Huron Co.—Total hogs, 1842; sel-
ect bacon,. 529; bacon, _1054; butch-
ers, 166; heavies, 19; extra heavies;:.
1; lights and feeders, 31.
MANURE AND- GLOVER
cH11APEST METHODS OF I$b STOE
ING, NITROGEN TO SOIL.
Fertilizer Formula Defined—Import,
mace of 'Thoroughly Eranining
Land Before' Purchasing.'
(Contributed by Ontario Department of
Agriculture, Toronto.)
High fertility should be maintain-
ed In the most economical way (los=
sable, and full use made of all factors
thti.t''have a bearing on profit. Nitro-
gen should be secured by the growth
of 'legumes and the use of manure,
though, in certain special cases it is
necessary to buy 'nitrogen. This is
especially true on very, high priced.
land,• But even there, rotation with
legumes, grown for hayor green
manure, is often important to'reduce
the trouble with plant diseases, such
as blight and scab in potatoes. Lime.
and often phosphate is frequently
needed te, secure the best growth of
the legume; but those elements be-
come available to the special crop
through the decomposition of the sta-
ble Or
ta-ble"or green manure and then serve
a double purpose. The general fer
tility or the farm should be kept up
by the growing of legumes, the use
of stable manures and the use of such
Supplemental chemicals as the parti-
cular soil may need to give maximum
legume crops.
Fertilizer Formula.
Nitrogen, in a fertilizer formula is
expressed, as ammonia, phosphorous..
as phosphoric acid, and potassium as
potash. For instance, a 3-12-6 fer-
tilizer mixture contains 3 per cent.
ammonia , 12 per cent, phosphoric
acid and six per cent. potash. A unit
of plant food is .1 per sent. or 20
pounds per ton, Thus a ton of 3-12-6
contains 8 units of ammonia, 12 units
of ammonia, 12 units of phosphoric
aeldand 6 units of potash, or 60
pounds of ammonia, 240 pounds of
phosphoric' acid and 120 pounds of
potash.—L. Stevenson, Dept. of Ex-
tension, 0. A. College.
Do Yon Know Your Land.
The most reliable and economical•
method of securing information con-
cerning the soli of a certain farm
can be secured by the taking of a
systematic series of borings' over the
entire, property. Such borings will
show the soilariatio and ns a d be a gen-
eral guide to'tbe value of the tract
as a producing farm. The taking of
soil borings may seem like- a lot of
work,but it'is'well worth while even
if it akes a day,which is surely Y
a
short time when we consider that the
purchase of a farm may tie up a
man and his ,family for life. Better
to know something of the soil•under-
neath, before handing over the pur-
chase price and then regretting it
later.
An auger adapted for soil borings
can be made from an ordinary car-
penter's standard wood bit, by weld-
ing a six-foot extension on and then
removing the gimlet point, cutting
lugs, and then fish -tailing the end of
the worm.
Over wet soils, high water tables
and the need for artificial drainage
can be readily determined with the
soil auger. A study of locations for
farm structures, wells, pit slots, ete.,
can also be made by below surface
borings, with but little effort, and
mistakes in, location prevented.
It is well worth while investigating
the sub -soil; it frequently is not as
uniform 'as the surface, may change
in character quite suddenly and give
quite a different value to the surface
soil on which various crops are
grown. Some soils are better than
others, due to the differences in aub-
soil,
In boring a hole with a soil auger,
the surface trash and loose eon are
first removed, then set the auger and
twist down for six inches, withdraw
and remove soil. Go down the depth
desired, not attempting to lift more
than six inches of soil at a time. Lay
the borings out in the order that
such were removed in order that a
record may be kept of the various
soil changes. With the knowledge
gained from a localized soil survey
the farm manager can plan the crop
rotations and soil management to
advantage and avoid needless mis-
takes with their losses.: L; Steven-
son, Dept. of Extension, O. A. College.
Combat Potato Leafhopper With
Bordeaux,
Close observations have shown that
the potato leafhopper is the cause of
an injury that begins as a slight yel-
lowing, usually at the tip of: a leaf.
The injury progresses; the leaf turns
brown, curls upward and dies, The
disease spreads fromthe margin to-
wards the mid -rib. ,of the leaf most
rapidly during dry, bot weather.
Early potatoes may be so choked by
loss of foliage 'as to reduce all pos-
sible chance of profit. •
Bordeaux controls leafhopper and
prevents hoppetburn. The spraying;
must he -thoroughly done and must
be applied to . the underside of the
leaf, High. pressure. (150 pounds)
should be used in order to cover the
leaves with a fine tniet. Three appli-
cations; are necessary and the addition
of am arsenical to the Bordeaux will
provide for the destruction of the
Colorado potato.' beetle .at the same
time. --'.Dept. of Extension, 0. A. Col-
lege, Guelph.
Dot bowing Winter Wheat.
On the experlmental plots at the
Ontario Agricultural College twoyar-
ieties of winter wheat have ,peen
'sown at different deters in each • of
ten years, starting on August;26th
and allowing;one week between, each
two • dates , of inti®ding, The ,avers$rr
results %hew decreases in the yield]
per itere from the seedinge which
teotr place Tater then September 9th,
,the reduction- Prom "September :9th to
September -3,Qth being, :13.5bushels
per acre per annum.. T,he 1tighest re -
Ores were ;obtained from the seed-
rigs ot, .Augpat .2$th in ,tour ,yeaeci.
tiepte}n,pper 1st; and ppd,in two epaea,
• 8eptentbel 8th and 9th h(tWo yew*,
and beptember;,1'stb Y s two years!„
dept.' 'of Eictension, 0, A, College„'
Guelph.
LONDESBORO
The fcllowing,is the, report. of. 8,
S. No. 11, Bullett, for the month of
October: •
Sr. 4th -•--Margaret Rees, 81; Joan
Leiper 73; Tonally Leiper, 68.
Jr. '3rd--+Lillitin Wilson, 91; Hazel
Lee 84; Thelma Scott, 83; Clifford
Addison, 42. ,
Sr. 1st—.Clarice Lee, '80.
Jr. 1st --Kenneth Scott, 78.
Best s'peilers ,for, month: Thelma
Scott, Lillian Wsrson.,
41iiry' K. Nfoon, teacher.
S1dE ` CLINWON NEWS -IMO
SCHOOL REPORTS
`Report of:;Varna 'shod for Octo-
ber: 1
Sr. 4th—lin'is Chuter, 65; Elliott
Chuter, 52.
Jr. 4th—Ida Chuter, 75; Lillian
Elliott, 74; hazel 1-funking, 64; Bill
Austin, 40.
Ir. 3rd-W)illio McAsh, 75; Elmer'
Johnston, 70; Harvey Ohuter, 66;
Jack MtcLinchey, absent.
Sr. lst—Jean Reid, 82; Bessie Cine-
ter, 76; Gordon Horner, 75; Charlie
.'Bunking, • 63; Ford Johnston, 60;
Mhtrvin Johnston, 45; Jennie Bun-
king, 42; '
Jr. Pr.—Floyd M;cAsh, lboY El-
liott and. Donald Keyes, all equal.
Average attendance -19.3, Per-
fe'et' attendance -Elliott Chuter, Lil-
lian Elliott, Ida Chuter, Willie Mc-
Ash, Harvey Chuter, Bessie Chuter,
Jean Reid, Gdedon Horner, Jennie
Flunking, 'Charlie Hunking, Ford
Johnston, Roy Ellilott, Floyd McAsh.
—Ruby I. Taylor, teacher.
Report of S. S. No. 4, Tucker -
smith:
Sr. 4th—Marion Matheson, 88;.
Beatrice . Snell, 85; Stanley: 'Collins,
777; Frank Garrett, 75; D. Walters,
JJr. 4th—Bert Garrett, 85; Alden
Oriel', 83; Harold' Pepper, 64.
Sr. 3rd—Wanda leowcliffe, 79;
Kathleen Faldoner•, 73; 'Norman Pep-
per, 49.
Jr. 3rd—Margaret Crich, . 77;
Beatrice Walters, 72; Clifford Pep-
per, 51; Eldon O'Brien, 49.
Sr. 2nd—Glen Layton.
Jr. 2nd—Erma Garrett, Irma Gar-
rett, Harry Csich..
Pr.—Viola Pepper; Lloyd Walters.
Wilma Rowcliffe; absent for all ex-
ams and those marked with aster-
isks absent for one or more.
Number on roll, 22; average at-
tendance, 20.
—Dorothy L. Reinke, teacher.
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The "show window" of Agricul-
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f...uniquely Canadian. Supported
by every Department of Agricul-
ture and Live Stock Breeding
Association. Come early and see
exhibits from every Province and
many States. World's greatest
annual indoor exhibition... over
20 acres under cover.
A Thousand Things
To See
Each Province has its own day
. each day its special appeal...
North America's Premier Horse
Show.... Spectacular live stock
parades ...Five -gaited Horse Com-
petitions featured Bret time in
Canada... Continent's largest
display of dairy products... Won-
derful flower show ... Silver and
Black Fox Exhibit... 9,000 head of
poultryFruit, vegetables and
seed display... Honey and maple
products Canadian Champion-
ship Horseshoe Pitching Contest.
ROYAL COLISEUM, TORONTO
!REDUCED RAILWAY FARES
ROVAL
WINTER
FAIR
Duncan O. Bun - President
A. P. Westervelt - Manager
146 King St. W., Toronto
Print?This About
JOINT -EASE i
Says Druggist
"Joint - Ease"
is selling like hot
cakes•in my store
because it is a
wonderful and
sp'eedy remedy
for all joint
troubles. '
"But why not
impress on tens
of thousands ,of
suffering people
some o f the
thing's that doz-
ens of my cus-
tomers tell me
almost daily,
"Some say that
it knocks out.
lumbago " ov dr
night — others
that for chest colds and sort throat it
has; no equal, whilemany insist that
there is nothing• they ever tried that
is so efficient for neuralgia, neuritis
and ovenhead colds • and vire nasal
catarrh."
Answering .the above letter, we,
the nialfers of Joint -Ease, know that
what this thriving Ottawa !druggist,
says, ir6 tr'tie, but we :still Maintain;'
that 4oint-Ease is prepared for stiff,..
i'reflamaed, painful, swollen joints,
whither in alike), knee, hip, elbow,,
Shoulder, singers or spine.
you'll into .'t o 030 stainlee Joint-
]Ootid, for with just 0lrer nthtu'e's rub-
bing, 11 soilkt in through t,e flesh
direct to the ailing, bones, joints and
ligaments --that's wily . it succeeds—
„Um -Mien
ucceeds.fol+'whlen joint -lane gets in joitlt a-,
got' ' gets .out—and witliut` any, ,
waste of blare all swelling and con-
gestion disappears, . 1tilado in Can
ada,ecosts ''only 60c, n tube. Ail.
druggists sells lots' of it,
Getting Ready' for the R401"
St. Hubert flying field adjoining Montreal willsoon be one of the
finest transportation centres in the country.
In preparation for the visit of the British Dirigible, the R-101' the
mooring meet is being rushed to completion with adequate telephone
and :other communication equipment. -A recent gathering of world-
famous flyers at the airport was attended by over 40,000 people and
over 70,plabes.
His Worship Mayor Camillien Houde of Montreal and
Col. the Hon.' J. L. Ralston, Minister of National Defence,
delivered appropriate inaugural addresses.
Adequate telephone facilities' will place the flying field
within easy access of all parts of the continent.
viamosminesnmosonesse
,ELECTION. IN NORTH BRUCE
NOV. 20th
'Fred W. Elliott of Port Elgin was
chosen et a convention held at Tara.
on Monday to represent the Liberals
of North Bruce in the bye -election,
the election having been postponed
by the death of A. P. McWhinney,
Liberal whip in the last legislature
and who was a candidate in the re-
cent campaign but who died the day
before the election. The Conserva-
tive candidate is S. 3. Byres of Wier -
ton and the election takes. place on
November 20th, •
GORRIE: Ross Doig's fine bank
barn on the sixth concession of
Howick,four miles south of
Genie
was totally
destroyed by fire early
Thursday evening, only a portion of
his stock being saved. The fire
started when a horse, being let out
far water, knocked the lantern down
and kicked it, setting the barn on
fire. The season's crop was all lost,
along with 26 pits and several cows
1 and horses.
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WJNGI•IA.M'i: Despite most nu -
favorable weather, about 500 attend-
ed the annual plowing match of
Huron Plowman's ' Association do
Wednesday of last week. This ev-
ent is attracting•more attention year
by year,'particularly by the younger
men, and this year,'owing to the fav-
orable location,' promised .a crowd of
1000 or more hadthe weather" man
been considerate. The contests' t ere
held on the farms of' W."J: Hendee -
son, Gordon trestle-` and William
Field, on the Bluevale 111oad, south-
east of Wingham. The •result§ *ere
as follows:—Class 1, high cut in
sod—Bert Heniniingway, Brussels;
William Collins, Mitchell. Best
crown and best finish, .Bert Hem:
mingway. Class 2, wooden -handled
plows in sod Percy ' Passmlore,
Exeter; McKenzie W lib St. Helens;
p ,
William Denis, Walton; Alvin Thack-
er, Formosa. Best crown, William
Dennis. Best finish, Percy Pass-
more. Class 3, general purpose
plows in sod—M. J. Lenton, Mitchell;
Elmer Dennis, Walton; Wilfred
Knight, Cranbrook. Best finish, W.
J. Lenton. Class 4, boys under 19,
in sod—Austin Mahn, Munro; 3.
Wrillets, Wingham; Walter Woods,
Wingham. Best crown and finish,
Austin Mairn. Class 5, boys under
16, in stubble—George Hendersion,
Wingham. Class 6, single furrow
riding plow—Ross Cardiff, Brussels,
Clifford Machan, Moncton; Albert
Lydiatt, Wtalton. Best crown and
finish, gess Cardiff. Class- 7, trac-
tors in stubble—Gordon McGavin,
"Walton; Gordon MacDonald, Exeter;,
'Gordon Godkin, Zetland; ' T. P. O'-
Malley, alley, Teeawater. ,Best crown, and"
finish, Gordon McGavin. , Class 8,.
three Gine)* •tractor —Ernest Car
diff,. Brussels;' Sylvester;,Fox, Erns
-
felt. Beat erovyg,. Ernest. Cardiff.
Best finish, S Pox;: Ploa0slan com-
ing ,greatest distance, -.Austin Mahn,
Munro •• •Youngest .Plowman—Gteorge-
Henderson, Wingham. ' Oldest Plow-
eaan-Jllohn Fowler, .Wingham.
EXETER: Lois, the seven-year-
old daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Clark, had a : narrow escape on Sat-
urday
at
urda . when she stepped the -
curb,
d off e
Y
PP
curb, directly into the path of a
moving automobile. The front bum-
per
umper struck the girl and had she
not clung to it,the accident t mi
ht
have been seious.
r As it was she
was dragged some thirty feet, but
aside front a small cut on the head'
and a few bruises, she escaped un-
hurt. The driver of the car failed'
to see the girl because of 'a row of
cars parked along the curb. He ap-
plied the brakes as soon as he ob-
served her, but not in time to avert
the accident.
READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS
IN THE NEWS -RECORD
Advertisements Are Store Windows
Experience Taught Him
•
"September. This is ohe of the.
peculiarly dangerous months in
which to speeulate itt stocks. The
others are : July, January,' June,
April, November, May, March, Oc-
tober,' December,' August and 'Feb-
ruery.” —Mark Twain.
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Build in your Town to Build
your 'own
Every new home, every new building, within the heart of this
town or at its borders, is a step toward Greater Community Growth.
As each new structure rears its head toward the skies,. our
Civic Pride is aroused—far we know that more 'buildings mean more
industries, more people, more' wealth, more artistic achievement.
Whet you build in your town, you are helping to BUILT) YOUR
TOWN. Build your 'business and its •hone here, We stand ready
to cooperate by giving the best possible service at the lowest pee-
si'ble chai:ges, thus doing our share to encourage building for the
future of this town' and its residents.
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