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THE CLINTON ' NEWS -RECORD
THURS., DEC. 2, 1943
•connects Alexandria and Tobruk, has trymett who sell live birds by making
Men Of The R.I.N. Aboard Their New Sloop,.
Royal Indian Naval Ratings aboard three cheers before their ship leave
th new sloop H.M.LS. NARBADA. pert.
Picture shows -Indian ratings give
THIS MODEST CORNER IS DEDICATED
TO THE POETS
Here They Will Sing You Their Songs—Sometimes
Gay, Sometimes Sad -But Always Helpful
and Inspiring
DAWN'S RECOMPENSE
He begged me for the little toys at!
night,
That I had taken lest he play too'
long;
The little broken toys—his sole de-
light,
I held him in wiser amus and strong;
And sang with trembling voice the
even -song.
Reluctantly the drowsy lids dropped
low,
• The while he pleaded for the moon'
(levied.
Then when he slept, to dream- con-
tent I know,
I mended them and laid them by his
side
That he might find them in the early
light,
And wake the gladder for the ran-
somed sight.
So Lord, like little children at the
even -fall
We weep for broken playthings,I
loathe to part,
While Thou, unmoved because Thou
knowest all,
And we shall find them at the morn-
ing -tide,
Awaiting us unbroken and beauti-
fied,
—Margaret Houston,
THE MERCHANT NAVY MRN
They know no ease, the Merchant
Navy men,
Not home, with the good day done,
But the high gale and the steep sea,
The searing of cold and sun;
Voyage end, and voyage begun.
They may not rest; they wait in the
dusk, the dawn,
The flash and the tearing of steel,
The iee-wrap of the cold wave,
The cinders of thirst in the throat,
And madness that sits in the boat.
They know no help, they see these
things alone
No uniforms, linking in pride,
Nor the hard hand and the straight
brace
Of diseipline holding upright.
But their own soul in the night,
They claim no gain, the Merchant)
Navy men;
A wage and the lot of the sea,
The job done, and their fair name,
And place at the end of their way.
They give; must we not repay?
—Originally printed in Punch
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THE SPRINGBOK ROAD
(The path that runs across the desert
from the coastal road, and which at
Ei Alamein crosses the railway that
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been named the Springbok Road, in
honor of the'South Africans who died
there while helping to! defeat Rom-
mel, The springbok, a small deer -
like animal, is the emblem of South
Africa).
This is the roars the warriors took
and gave to it their name,
Christened it with then• good red,
blood, and everlasting fame;
This is the place of screaming planes,
and the hell of guns and tanks,
Where the boys of the south came
gaily up, to die in their serried ranks.
And trot for Empire did they die,' but
for something greater still,
For the right of a man to plan his
life and to work his own good will;
They died that other men might live,
and little children sing,"
When the winter of tyranny is gone,
and the world blooms forth in spring
And some lay down in sandy graves,
and some 'neath bush and tree,
And blue, bright waters wash the
limbs of those who died at sea;
And forever after the war is done, and
the world goes on its way,
We shall remember the Southern lads
who died for the truth to -day
Where red geranium hedges blaze be-
side some Capetown Iane,
Where sudden 'thunderstorms growl
on across the Transvaal plain,
Where the arum lily spreads her
satin wedding dress of white,
Where lithe, wildcreaturessteal to
drink beside some pool .at 'night,
Where great Rhodes sleeps his end-
less sleep upon his rocky hill,
We shall remember them indeed, with
hearts both proud and still;
We shall speak, a thousand times a
day of those who bore the load,
And,paved the way for the great
fliht and are named in the Spring-
bok Road.
As long as Commerce goes her way,
and free then sail the seas.
As long as there are coloured flags
to dip in the morning breeze,
So long there'll be the Springbok Road
across the barren plain,
And the ghosts of heroes walk the
way that leads to AIamein,
Toronto --E. Anne Ryan.
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Price Increase on
Export Bacon
An increase of 75 cents per hundred
pounds on all bacon for export to
the United Kingdom, effective Mon-
day, November 12th, was announced
November 12th by the Meat Board,
The new price schedule increases the
price for"A Grade No. '1 Sizeable
(55-65 lb.) Wiltshire sides from 521.95
to $22.70 per 100 lb. at Canadian sea-
board with corresponding increases in
price for other grades, weights and•
selections of Wiltshires and export
cuts and becomes applicable on ail
products put into cure from •hogs
slaughtered on and after November
15th.
On October 22nd Iast, Agriculture
Minister Gardiner announced that a
new bacon agreement was being ne-
gotiated with the British Ministry of
Food for a two-year period, 1944-45,
based on an increase of 75 cents per
100 lb. for A Grade bacon, over the
price provided in the present agree-
ment.
The Meat Boardstates, however,
that any price increase provided for in
a new agreement would not apply on
shipments to the United Kingdom
until the present contract of 675 mill-
ion pounds of bacon is completed, but
the Board is now able to increase the
price to the level proposed in the new
agreement from savings accumulated
during operations under the present
contract to date.
It is estimatedthat the increase in
the price paid for export bacon should
raise hog prices by approximately 50
cents per ,hundred pounds warm
dressed weight andwill accordingly
raise the price level for all hoga
marketed. Hog producers will, there-
fore, secure, as from November 15th,
the full advantage of the anticipated
increase in price under the new agree-
ment notwithstanding the fact that a
considerable quantity of bacon still
has to be purchased to complete ,the
present agreement,
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Grade C Poultry
Not Profitable
In proof of the axiom that alI poul-
try below Grade B is unprofitable, con-
sumer demand for top grades of dress-
ed poultry continues firm, In some
areas, however, as the result of late
hatching and overcrowding, a higher
proportion than usual of Grade C. un-
developed birds and cuts are being
marketed, state the poultry authori-
ties. Concerning live poultry, more
birds at some points are being offer-
ed than the processors can handle,
but this may be obviated by follow-
ing the example of experienced poul-
advance reservations with their pro-
cessors to deliver at specified times.
For those who plan to market poul-
try alive, the Dominion Department
of Agriculture suggests the following
helpful- methods:'
1. Market during the rush period,
only birds that are ready, full grown,
well fleshed, and properly fattened.
2. Ship live poultry preferably to
processors operating on a rail grad-
ing
rading basis, thereby obtaining the pre-
mium quoted for the higher glades of
dressed poultry,
3. Segregate and feed properly all
thin, immature birds and market them
only when finished.
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MAY NEED WHEAT
The present situation in Sicily and
Southern Italy carries with it con-
siderable interest to North American
agriculture, Durum wheat for maca-
roni or bread is the principal variety
of wheat grown in Sicily and about
one-third of the agricultural area of
the island is used for wheat production
The pre-war acreage was close to
2,000,000 acres and produced around
32,000,000 bushels. However, neither
Sicily nor southern Italy normally pro-
duce sufficient wheat to meet local
demands, and with the most of the
1943 crop probably lost through the
war, there should be an outlet for
North American wheat.
In the island of Crete; while grain is
produced, heavy imports are required,
because agriculture is confined largely
to scattered plains and only about one.
third of the total area of the island is
suitable for agricultural undertakings
The principal crops are olives, grapes,
and other citrus fruits.
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HEALTHY ANIMALS
According to the annual report of
the Veterinary Director General of
Canada, the health of Canadian live
stock continues at a high level. The
Health of Animals Division has con-
tinued with measures for protecting
live stock from disease, not only by
guarding against its introduction in-
to Canada from other countries but
by precenting through control and
eradication efforts the spread of ex-
isting infection.
Urge Farms Hold
Marketing of Sow
Hog marketings have advanced to
such a high point in recent weeks that
notwithstanding record slaughter the'
volume now coming to market is in
excess of the practical limitations of
stock yards and packing plants to
handle the hogs, states the Meat
Board. Consequent upon these con-
ditions the Meat Board is advising all
packing plants in Quebec, Ontario
and the Prairie Provinces, that no.
sows shall be slaughtered until all
regular classes of finished hogs now
at stock yards and packing plants
have been slaughtered. The Board
points out that two regular hogs can
be processed with about the same
amount of labour as required for one
sow, and as additional weight does
not lower the eventual value of sows
temporarily held: from slaughter, this
offers a practical solution to reliev-
ing ,the present congested condition.
Deliveries of hogs in Canada, par-
ticularly in the Western Provinces
are now the greatest on record. Most
packing plants have now been provi-
ded with sufficient labour to operate
at capacity and recently established a
slaughtering record of approximately
192,000 kegs in a week which is about
15,000 hogs greater than any prev-
ious weekly record.
Recently Agricultural Minister .Gar-
diner appealed to farmers to reduce
marketings of certain classes of live
stock in order to prevent congestion
at stock yards and packing plants. A
further urgent appeal is now made to
producers and shippers to hold back
all sows as packers will not be per-
mitted to slaughter sows until all
regular hogs have been slaughtered.
The congested situation is not con-
fined to Canada alone as marketings
of live stock in the United States,
particularly hogs are now being off-
ered in excess of the capacity of pack-
ing houses to dealwith them.
V
Record Harvest of
01 Bearing Crops[
The work of developing and expand-
ing oil seed production in Canada in
order to snake up for the quantity im-
ported before the war and now un-
available from enemy held territory
hasbeen carried out by the Dominion
Experimental Farms with satisfac-
tory results. A preliminary estimate
of the production in Canada in 1943 of
four oil-bearing seed crops has just
been issued as follows: flaxseed, 17-
689,000 bushels; soybeans, 909,750
bushels; sunflower seed 18,600,000
pounds; rape seed 2,423,000 pounds.
Rape seed for the production of
oil on a commercial basis has never
been grown in Canada before this
INVASION PRELUDE
Every stage of the invasion. of Sic-, intensive invasion training until they cise: On the beach strong barbed'
ily was carefully rehearsed by the were fit and _ready to the Iast detail wire entanglements are encountered?'Allied Forces in North Africa. Hun- I to crack open the fortress of Europe.) and overcome as the troops sweep.
dreds bf thousands of men underwent [ Picture Shows:--Pre-invasion exer- forward.
year (1943). It is being grown as a
war emergency crop only. More than
one and a quarter tons of seed were
harvested in 1942 from the test plots
and fields of the Dominion Experi-
mental Farms and were distributed
to five provinces, where, supplemen-
ted by purchased seed, 1,700 acres
were sown in 1943 in Saskatchewan;
1,500 in Manitoba; 82.1 in Ontario; 22.
in Alberta, and 8 acres in Quebec.
Yields per acre were very high in
Manitoba, but only slightly above a>.-
erage in the other provinces.
In similar manner, the production
of commercial crops of sunflower seed
was limited to the three Prairie Prov-
inces, being concentrated in Manito-
ba and Saskatchewan with 14,000
acres each to 500 acres in Alberta.
The total crop was nearly 19,000,000
pounds.
Like that of flaxseed, soybean pro-
duction is not new in Canada, but
heavy expansion in acreage was
sought in 1943. Weather conditions
interfered with planting operations.
especially in Ontario where most of
the crop is produced. While some in-
crease in the seeded areas took place,
the plantings fell short of the objec-
tive of 90,000 acres. The total produc-
tion from 47,000 acres in Ontario, 2,-
500 acres in Manitoba, and 900 acres
in British Columbia is preliminarily
given as 909,750 bushels from 50,400
acres.
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PACKER'S YARD
The Allied Invasion 0
limy
Through Libya, Tunisia, Sicily and
now Italy, the 8th Army has relent.
lestsly :pursued the German farces
of aggression. At dawn on September
3rd, 1943, British and Canadian 8th
Army troops crossed the straits of
Messina to invade the Italian main-
land. By September 10th the Italians
"Packer's Yard" as defined by the had surrendered and the Anglo VS
Stockyards Act, is any enclosed space
owned, controlled, or operated by any don, England, states: "A discussion.
packer or his agent and used in con- the other day on why some farmers
nection with the reong, holheor still persist in starving their median -
for
live stock for slaughter or
for marketing or for shipment for icaI equipment of oil and grease elic-
slaughter. Like other stockyards, the ited the opinion of one agricultural
packer's yard is subject to Govern- engineer that in the old days of open
ment inspection at all times. bearings, the pumping in of more
A packer, in terms of the Act, is i grease meant the attraction of yet
any person, partnership, or corpora -1 more dirt, until the bearing was fin.
tion engaged in the business of ally running in something al, in to a
slaughtering' live stock to the number 1 grinding paste. He asserted that far -
of 2,000 in any three consecutive
months or 5,000 in any calendar year.
niers soon discovered this wore out
the bearing quicker than leaving
out the grease altogether. In conse-
quence, thought the engineer, the
Job of the publicist today should not
Grow More Barley be just to extol the virtues of oil and
(Experimental Farms News) grease, but also to educate the farmer
About 75 percent of the eereal ac- upon the efficiency of oil soak and
reage of Northern Ontario is sown to closed bearings,"
oats, The average yields of oats and
barley at the Dominion Experimental Poultry Health
Station, Kapuskasing, Ont., have been
31.3 bushels and 25.4 bushels per acre
respectively. At first glance it would
appear that oats are more produc-
tive, but a brief examination of the
yields reveals an entirely different
picture.
When the production is measured in
pounds per acre the comparison is
1064 Ib of oats and 1219 lb of barley.
This is an increase of 14 per cent in
favour of barley.
But what of the comparative feed-
ing value of these cereals. The diges-
tible nutrients of barley are given as
78.7 lb per 100 and of oats 71.5 lb per
100.
The production of digestible nu-
trients at Kapuskasing has been 959
Ib, with barley and 761 lb. with oats;
an increase in production of 26 per
cent infavour of barley.
It is clear from these figures that
barley is the more productive crop,
and that feed production could be in-
creased materially without enlarging
the area under cereals, if barley re-
placed oats on a considerable part of
the acreage
It should be borne in mind, how-
ever, that barley is more exacting of
conditions than .oats, particularly as
regards. tilth and fertility of the soil
and drainage. Satisfactory results
may be expected therefore only where
the soil drainage is good and the seed
bed well prepared and fertile,
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closed Bearings
1 and Oil Seals
The proper method of oiling agri-
cultural machinery seems t6 be as per-
ennial a topic with British farmers as
with Canadians. The Farm Imple-
ment and Machinery Review. of Lon,
Greatest Asset.
Cost of production, health of stock
and good management go hand in
hand in the poultry industry. Not-
withstanding all that has been said
about improved marketing, • more
5th Army had landed at Salerno bay,,
By September 23rd, the 8th and 5th,.
Armies had established a continuous.
front in their task of driving the
Germans Northwards out of Italy.
icture Shows: From Messina, Sic-
ily, medium guns bombard the Italian•
Mainland before the initial 8th Army
landings.
money can be saved by improved me-•
thoss and better planning inside the•
farm gate than beyond. The chief
costs are feed, labour, stock replace.
merit (mortality) equipment, and
costs of taxes, interest, and deprecia-
tion. Of these costs, the two most•
readily controlled are feed and stock!
replacement. The—cost of feed may
vary as much as 20 per cent, accord
.ing to the methods used. The cost of
stock replacement has a direct rola.
tion to mortality. A high degree of
health is an important factor in the
poultry industry.
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BLITZ ON FLIES
Information as to the best repel --
lents for use in the armed forces ag.
ainst biting flies has been given to tib
Canadian military authorities by the
Division of Entomology Dominion Be.
pertinent of Agriculture, Studies for
the development of Improved repell;.
lent mixtures were carried out in co.
operation with the British Medical,
Research Councils of Canada and the
United States.
"Cheer up pal; . , . Things could be
worse. You ain't been torpedoed you,"-