HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-01-27, Page 6THE CUNT�N NEWS -RECORD
THURS. JAN. 27, 1938.
Shrinks
reveals'that a every 100 acres in the
touliMbip 8Lle acres are cleai'edi 3.4
are, woodland, 14.7. reeslasITe;hiasuldand8
are swamps and waste.
classification of the county is based
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Agricultural
1938, now available for free die-
tribution. The output of hogs varies
,from year' to year, re-'
acting from the relationship between
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the price of hogs and the price of
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feed , at the Men' e of breeding. Wh. en
feed prices are high relative to hog
prices :as they were in the autumn of
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1936, farmers tend to sell their feed
gram for cashrather than feed it to
hogs Such a situation brought about
a curtailment of breeding. in the fall
of 1936 resulting in reduced farrow-
ing in the spring of 1937 and hence
marketings commenced to decline in
August 1937. Further reductions in
fan•owings weree,experienced in the
fall of 1937 and are expected in the
spring of 1938. By the fail of 1937,
feed prices had declined and it is ex-
petted that breeding will be increased
next el'ring'
During the past year, marketings of
hogs were heavy during the first sev-
en months and the total output for
the twelve months was. above that of
. 1936. Despite short time fluctuations
in output, the long-time trend a hog
production in Canada is upward.
Influenced by short feed supplies as
a result of drought, the major drop in
hog marketings in 1938 is expected
in Saskatchewan. Only a moderate
decline is looked for in Alberta and
there may be a slight increase in
ManitolM. The combined output in
the Prairie PrOvinces during 1938 is
expected to be from 20 to 25 per cent
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below that of the previous year. Dur-
ing the past few years, these provin-
ces have contributed 50 per cent of
the total commercial marketings -of
the Dominion and the extent of the
decline is indicated by the fact that
during the fall, months of 1937 total
marketing from this area was less
than 35 per cent of the Dominion to-
tal. A slight decline if also expected
in Ontario, while indications are that
production in Quebec and the Mari -
Provinces'maintained.
time will be
productsf C -
Exports of pig rom an
ada during 1937„. sharply exceeded
those of the previous year and estab-
lished a new high for export move -
ment to the United Kingdom. Total
exports accounted for 40 per cent of
the Dominion commercial marketings.
The outlet to the United Kingdom
sate-
promises tocontinue to be sa
factory and the United States may
importing . . gee
still be on an basis in 1. oe
Details of the hog situation as well
as those of other major farm enter-
prises are discussed in the Agricultur-feed
.ada
al Situation and Outlook for 1938
published by the Dominion Depart-
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ments of Agriculture and of Trade
and Commerce. This bulletin is a -
free from the Publicity and
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Extension Branch, Depai. men o g -
riculture, Ottawa.
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Grocer, Druggist,
and Friends! "
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Mrs. Watson is merely naming the impor-
people she reaches by telephone —
of them every day — saving endless
delays, needless risks and many tiresome
The telephone is so much a part
of the daily routine that its importance is
often overlooked — until, like Mrs. Watson
you actually start to check up on what it
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does for you.
The rates for residence telephone service are
surprisinaly low—only a few cents a day. You
really cannot afford to be without a telephone.
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, mely 'Information. for, the
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Woodland. Acreage
The following tablee 'cleeling with
Huror,County's reforestetithepregram
Provides an interesting study and very
definitely reveals the alarmingly .low
Percentage of bush or woodland in
eachtownshiP in the county. In God-
encl.' township, for instance the. table
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Cleared
Township ' ' ' Land
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(Tarnished by the Department of Agriemture)
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PRICES COMPARED ' ,
An interesting comparison of prices
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es that of the .prevailing price 50
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leers ago and the, prevailing price
teday, for ,farni produce in Renfrew
County. Fifty 'years ago prices, were
as follows: Wheat 80-90c bus., peas,
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59c, eats 35-36e, butter 12-20c lb.,
eggs 17-20c doz. ' potatoes 50..60c bus,
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hay $9-$10 tom turkeys 8-9c lb., geese
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and chickens 5-6e Prices prevailin g
this year during' the holiday season
were: Wheat $1.00-$L 25, peas 32.00.
$2.25; oats 55-60e, butter 34-36c, eggs
25-35c, potatoes 50-60c, hay $8-$11
ton, turkeys 20-25c, geese 17c, chick-
'ens 18-25c.
Godench ........... 81 1
be in cleat, the Department will be . eel e,
glad to furnish this information on ' ' ' 11 , . • • • . • . .• '. ,coneiderably
, Turnberry . ,.....:,..., 72.8
request, Where farmers ie within Ashfield ' , 92 6 •
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arming and trucking distanceStephen . . ...... 96 1
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power ' ,cleaning plants that have ' Rae' . • ........ • .... 83.8
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scourers and carter disc machines,. it e,- . • • • . • • . • • • . . •
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will bay them to have their cleaning `'nlbeihn' • • e• • • • • • • 81-5
' , • Tuckersmith l . .. : .. 91.3'
done at one a these plents. w waw n se , 71 '
What is most important is that the . Usborne.a. .°... ::::::. , 921
farmers start now so that the dean- Merles . . .......... 82.1
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ing and germinatingbe done Hewick . . .......,.. 69Z .
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properly, and not leave it until , a Gr • • • • • ......... 802
• • ' . . E. Wawanosh ....... ' 73 5
spnng rush develops. Germination Stanley . . ..... ' . .. . 90.el
teste will indicate the suitability of Huron Count (1901)79 8
seed. ' ' y '
, Huron County (1934) 85.1
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Green Feed for Poultry
At all times of the year an abun-
dance of green feed is essential to the
health of the poultry flock. In sum-
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mer it may be provided by free range
en the farm, but in winter it must'. be
supplied by some form of stored feed.
Roots, cabbage, sprouted oats, and
alfalfa hay are commonly used for
winter feeding. Probably alfalfa is
the most valuable element in the win-
ter poultry ration, and if the follow-
ing precaution is' taken in feeding it
may be used in unlimited quantity.
For several years it has been the
practice at the Experimental Station
at Harrow to chop fine the young.alf-
alfa shoots for the baby chicks and
to use cut alfalfa hay as a solemeans
of supplying the necessary roughage
and greens for winter egg production.
A good grade of second or third cut-
ting hay is run through a cutting box
in about half-inch lengths, steeped for
twenty-four hours by entirely cover-
ing with cold water, strained, and fed
in shallow tubs. For the best results
it is fed immediately after the early
morning grain and again late in the
afternoon. Old stalks left should be
thrown out where the birds cannot
reach them or they may be the cause
of crop trouble. '
Fair results may be had feeding
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ex ere.
good alfalfa leaf dry but the p,
ence at this Station is that the steep-
ed cut hay is better appreciated by
the birds on account of its, easy di-
gestibility and because it is more pal-
atable. 1
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HURON NEEDS TO PUSH
PROGRANI
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Although considerable educational
work was done last year in promot-
ing reforestation in Huron County,
much more will be done during 1938,
according to Ian MacLeod, agricultur-
al representative for the county. The
immediate need for a concerted re-
forestation program in the county is
strikingly revealed in the accompany-
ing table of figures.
The table, which merits close study
by Huron C'ounty 4 ars, reveals
that where the proportion of wood -timothy
land in Huron in 1901 was 9.9 acres
to every 100 acres of land, this per-
centage in 1934 had declined to 5.7. '
"The need for immediate reforesta-
tion in the county is obvious when you
look at this table," Mr. MacLeod stat-
ed. "It reveals the trend during the
last thirty years, and it is not com-
forting to think what will happen to
Huron County farmland in the next
thirty years if this alarming declinewhich
in the acreage of woodland is not
checked. It is a well accepted fact
that there should be at least 10 acres
of woodland to every 100 acres if a
proper balance is to be maintained
and a permanent agriculture assured.land
Moisture Is Losttranshipped
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"In any section of country, like in
the West, where there is insufficient
tree growth, this lack of growth is
responsible for rapid evaporation of
moisture from the soil. Moreover,
the absence of proper tree growth
means there is no protection afforded
from the cold winds of winter and the
hot, drying -out winds of summer. Un
less the present trend in Huron is
checked and' reforestation is commenc-
ed on a sizable scale the situation,
willgive
be acute in the next three de-
mew
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"On almost every farm there is
some waste land, ranging anywhere
from half an acre up to ten acres. If
could just get our farmers in
-writing
Huron to plant this land to tree
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growth it would make for much more
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permanent agriculture. Farmers
already have woodland would be well
advised, too, to fence off this growth,
willof
because the trees not have nat-
ural growth. if cattle are allow to
pasture in the woodlots. The trees
very likely M die off in a few
. re-
years and the land would neveiI,
seed itself naturally."
172,000 Trees Planted
1936 Huron Ceunty farmers ob-
twined approximately 163,000 trees
from government nurseries and these
were used for reforestation and wind-
a break planting. Last year 172,079
- trees were obtained, and Mr. MacLeod
hopes upward to 200,000 will be plant-
tin ed during the coming year. The trees
are mostly pine and spruce, although
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quite a large number are deciduous,
including maple, elm and walnut.
At the short courses held in Sea-
forth last February, Mr, MacLeod
made a survey among the boys and he
was astonished to find that nearly 25
per cent of them had no woodlots an
their farms at home
'This may not have been typical
of the county as a whole," Mr. Mae-
Leod 'd "because the district about
sea ,
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Seaforth is ixcetty well cleared. How
of ever' this condition should not o. -
Min in an agricultural county like
this." '
' 1 200 Acres Cut Yearly
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One of the reasons for t
th decline in Huron's woodland acreage
. MacLeod
in the ' last. 30 years Mr •
or revealed, is that the cutting for tim-
least 1 200
ber and fuel amounts to at ,
acres yearly, whereas during the last
-few years there has not been more
than 100 acres per year planted eat
growth. to tree !re, .
Referring agam to the table which
accompanies this story, it will be eeari
to that Goderich township has the smal-
In lest acreage of wood , only 3.4 ac -
res to every 100. McKillop is next
veith only 3.6 acres, and then come
Ternberry and Ashfield with 8.7.
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Stanley township is most heavily
a vroocled with 9.3 acres to ever/ '100
of acres of land, and East Waveanosh is
-next with 8.4. '
At the November meeting of. the
. ,,e,sory Agricultural Council of'
Advisory
the Huron County Council the ques-
tion of reforestation was discussed at
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e considerable length, and the Council
time that advantage
urged at .
should be taken of every opportunrtY
td carry on the educational camp,aign
in reforestation throughout the coma
ey. AS a result Mr. MacLeod sent out
200 circulars in December outlining
the importance of reforestation andelions
REFORESTATION .
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conservation. These circulars went
to the secretaries of horticultural and
agricultural societies Women's Insti-
tutes and rural school trustee boards,
and the secretaries were urged t
present the facts at their annua°1
meetings. Copies went to a reeves
and clerks in the county.
' Woodlot Is Overlooked
Considerable work was put into pre-
paration of the circular, the introduc-
of which read as follows;
"One hundred years ago much of
Huron County was covered with a
heavy stand of timber. Today there
are many well -tilled farms with fine
buildings that are a credit to the pee.
ple who settled the county. Some of
the farms have the entire acreage
cleared and under cultivation; others
have a woodlot that has little value,
as it has deteriorated following exces-
sive cutting and pasturing.
"On the average farm too little
thought is given to the farm woodlot.
It has been looked upon in most cases
las a part of the property from which
quantities a fuel and wood could be
taken indiscri •
mmately and nothing
given back in the formof protection
and improvement, a policy which no
practical farmer would follow with
the remainder of his farm if he de-
sired to, obtain the best possible
growth. If the woodlot occupies the
poorer soil of the farm it will yield in
the end a larger income than could
be expected if the same areas had
been used for either n oses Steep
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hillsides, stoney, gravelly, sandy and
swamp soils should be planted to
trees, as cultivated crops and pastures
meagre returns to these soils."
Tr ..
ces Available Free
Farmers interested in obtaining
trees -free from government nurser-
ies this year should fill out an ap li-
cation fo which can be securedPvailable
by
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either to the Ontario Forests
Branch, Parliament Building, Toronto
5, or to the Department of Agrieul-
rem ge
t re Clinton,etailed info t*
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methods of planting and the care
the young plantation is contained
in a bulletin, "Forest Tree Planting,"
of can be obtained by
copywhich•
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writing to the Ontario Forests Branch
or to the agricultural office in Clin-
ton. .
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THE HAY MARKET '
Eastern Northern and Central
e ' Ontario
DEMAND: Movement is still quiet
in'Eastern and Central Ontario and
active in Northern Ontario. .
SUPPLY: Large Quantities are avail-
able in Eastern and Central Ontario,
but in Northern Ontario supply is
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PRICES: Belleville, at barn, No.
2 timothy $6 to $8.00 per ton; No. 2tion
and clover mixed $6 to $8;
straw $4 to $5. Brockville, at car or
'warehouse N& 2 timothy $6 to $8;
straw $4. Lower Ottawa Valley, at
car, No. 2 timothy, $5.50 to $7. North-
ern Ontario and Northwestern Quebec
at car, light clover mixed $15 M $17;
grass hay $15, dairy or clover hay $15
to $16, alfalfa $17, sMaw $7 per ton.
Southwestern Ontario '
DEMAND: Hay is in fair demand
and there is some prospect for ex-
parting second cut alfalfa hay to the
'United StaMs.
SUPPLY: About 85 per cent of the
crop is still in farmers' hands. Tim-
othy No. 1, timothy mixtures and
alfalfa are much above requirements
in most districts.
PRICES: Timothy No. 2 $8 per ton;
timothy No. 3, $7; mixed hay $8, alf-
alfa first cut $7, alfalfa second cut
;10 to $11, wheat straw $5 per ton.
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mastic crop. According to Belgian sta-
t isces7,app02n41ae in. pi (0),m unp nno dt?ds a tdaiunre3i tn4;gi4c1t2hteoinn1;9"3r06i I ea-
37 se
tone
the •
United States sent 9,410
tons; Canada 144 tons, and the United
Kingdom 18,461 tons, the remainder
being supplied by New Zealand, Au-
stralia, Chili, and HolMnd. Apples
credited to Great Britain and to Hol -nil'
bay in I de Canadian apples
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from these countries.
In Holland, C'anadian apples are of
interest only when the domestic crop
is small. From January to July 1937,
according to Netherlands statistics,
Canada supplied 1,762 metric tons of
fresh apples.
InN ' t d 1portedappleshasbeen
Norway impor e app es are
marketed through an agent who is
permitted to sell to members only
of the im rt ' I I I '
po ers or w io esa ers as-
sociation who in turn canvass the re-
.a.
t il trade. Recent imports from Can-
have been negligible.
, Sweden is the most important of
,
any of the Scandinavian countries for
.
imported applies. Although the United
States is the main source of supply,
Australia showing an increasing
trade, Canadian boxed apples are well
and favourably known, and sell at a
slightly higher price than similar U.
, .
S. varieties, owing to the fact ha
rpCeoegsnasaeld.adiosa nbbeatarTtpe pie.: leeks do e arePaipnpg I ec as° ,ini sa iti dihteei re se dLAnt :a:
adian types are not so highly- appreol-
ated as the U.S. varieties on account
of the fact that the colouring is not
so well liked. -
Denmark is now producing nearly
•quantities
s iment of apples to sup -
ply domestic consumption, and •in a
comparatively short time will, it is
expected be entirely self-sustaining.
Canada didnot ship any apples direct
to the Danish market in 1936; nor het
Canada exported apples to Finland
during the past three years.
In the Argentine the season for im-
gradually cur-
tailed since 1930, eliminating New
Zealand and Chilean apples from the
. During - season,
market D • the1936 37
Canada was credited with supplying
2.094 cwts. of boxed apples, but so far
as barrelled apples are concerned it
is imposible to compete, owing to
present import regulations. All epees
in barrels must be wrapped, except
those of United States origin.
The Canal Zone of Panama is closed
to Canadian apples since the revile-
Mons require the exclusive use of
United States fruit.
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Quality Is Keynote
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CanadianDairying
ne in the histoi7 of Cana-
At no •th ' '
dian dair • haveying those connected
with the industry been so interested
in the • '
quality of their products as
they are today, stated E. G. Hood,
PhD Chief, Division of Dairy Re-
searcle Dominion Department of Ag
eiculture in a comprehensive address
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le the necessity of sanitation in hand
ng and manufacturingdair pro-
ducM at the recent theconventionYofPon
Dairymen's Association of Western
Ontario at London Ont.ee
More and More, 'said Dr. Hood, the
u cas, u el
milk distrib t ' theb tt •and
cheeseare
makers, the condensed and
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powdered milk factory superinten-
are themsel-
dents of askingless
turnmg
ves not "How much are we •
out"? but rather "How much first-
class product are we turning out"9
This growing annreciation of the v a-
lue of quality has' come not only as
tt f ec 't th h ' creas
ma er o n essi y roug in
'rig insistence in the -world's markets
t e Ja• est gra e, u
for Products of h h' h d b
also a result of a healthy spirit is - •
of
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competition to produce the best Dr
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ducts for their own. sake
It may be stated as an axiom that
the level of the quality of a product
is never higher than that of the rawe
material, he exnlained. This is true
not only of all Canadian industriesa;
but conspicuously so in the case of
dairying. Faulty or improper methods
of manufacture can lower the quality
of the product, and hence Catiadi an
manufacturing methods are always di-ee
rected to keeping up the quality to the
utmost and making the most out
the raw material. Milk and cream are
products that cannot be readily im-
proved, and therefore no city milk
distributor, no buttermaker, or other
d ' • f t er is able to raise
any mane ac ur
quality of the product turned out
higher than the quality of the milk
cream delivered at the receiving vat.
It can easily be seen, therefore,
continued Dr. Hood, that the mane
factures stand on common ground
with the producer. Both are vitally'
concerned with the fa product, and
both stand to gain the same measure
stand
as the quality is raised,land
l eo all as that quality falls.
lose _u y
the last analysis, the degree of excel-
lence to which the diverse dairy pro-
ducts of Canada are able to attain will
be limited by the degree to whieh the
man on the farm is able to deliver
pure product. The improyement
the raw product, provided the inane
facturing efficiency is the same, will
be reflected in a better bottle of milk,
in better butter on the family table,
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in better cheese on the .ernee mar-
ket, and a better bank balancetoth
credit of the farmer and the factoryr
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, REPORTS FROM COUNTIES
Poultrymen in Brant County repore
good production from their flocks but
costs out of line with prices re-
ceived for their products. A few
owners .complain of feeding troubles
'with home-grown grains, owing to the
fact that much of the grain was badly
weathered at harvesting. Large quan-we
tities of alfalfa hay are being shipped
from Haldimand, both baled and
ground. Prices being paid to far-
mars for hay in the barn run from
$8.00 to $3.50. Sev eral loads of Wes-•
tern lambs are on feed in Middlesex
and are being marketed as they reach
proper weight and finish at around
e7.25 cwt. Prince Edward County
reports buyers for new milkers and
springers have been active recently.Canada,
Two carloads have been shipped by
U.S. buyers in the past few weeks, inIn
fact the supply hardly equals the de-
mand. Down in Leeds County nearly
all poultry pools have improved their
grading and pack of dressed poultry
by having all poultry graded and
packed at the cold storage facilities
Brockville. This central organize-
tion has graded and packed over 55
tons during December.
LIVE STOCK NUMBERS
ON CANADIAN FARMS
As compared with 1936, the num-
ber of cattle in Canada in 1937 is
practically the same. Sheep increas-
ed in 1937 by 12,800 head, and geese
by 20,000. The number of horses is
by 8,550 and hogs by 181,700.
Hens and chickens, turkeys and
ducks also show decreases of 1,786, -
400 46,800 and 16,100 respectively.
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The total number of farm live
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s tock in Canada in 1937 are estimat-
ed as follows: with the corresponding
number s for 1936 within brackets:
Horses, 2,882,990 (2,891 ,540) • , cattle,
8,840,500 (8,840,600; sheep 3,339,900
(3,327,100); hogs, 3,963,300 (4,145 , -
000); hens and chickens, 53,982,900
(55,769,300); tw•keys, 1,997,900 (2,-
044700); ducks, 654,400 (670,500);
874 900 (854 900).
goose 1 ,
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By Provinces, horses .n a
ithe Maritimes, Que-
show increases -a , . .
bee, Manitoba a nd British Columbia.
but decreases are indicated in Ontar-
d Albert The
io. Saskatchewan, an a. .
numbers of sheep have increased in
. except Now Bruns-
ne s
all the provi e. H
wick. and Ontairnieo.
Prov7sces the other
ed in the Pra . , n ,
provinces showing increases. For all
kinds of poultry, decreases are regis-
tared in all the urovinces except Bri-
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tisl Co m ia.
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Canadian Fresh Eggs
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For Bntish Market
Fresh, Canadian, winter -produced
eggs will soon be making their debut
on the breakfast tables of the people
in Great Britain. The first shipment
of such eggs left Montreal on Jan-
uary 5, 1838, and totalled fifty corm-
gated paper boxes each box contain-
ing 15 one -dozen individual cartons
the eggs being Grade A large. Never
before have eggs been exported from
*Canada in one -dozen cartons. On
January 11 a carload of fresh eggs
packed in standard 30 -dozen cases left
Montrealand was loaded in the S.S.
'
Beaverbrae at St John NA3., on Jan-
nary , or. This s ipmen
12 f England ' h' t
was collected from 15 fanners co-
operative egg and poultry associa-
-
tions in Quebec and Eastern Ontario;
also from some wholesalers It is
pected similar shipments will follow
ex-
from other /mints inOntario
.. °n .
W. A. Brown, Chief, Poultry Ser-
,•
vices DominionDepartment of Agri -
'
culture, who was associated with the
• t e that the British
shipments, s at 5
kwill notget anyfresher eggs
mar et
from any European country than
those in the two recent shipments.
There is, he says, an opportunity in
the British market for Canadian win-
ter produced eggs, and, if such ship-
ments can, be made profitably, the
Canadian producer will benefit.
In a report on trade relatin to e • 9
g eggs
recently issued by the Imperial Eon:-
oink Committee London England,it
. ••-
states that in 1936 the United King-
dom took almost all the Empire ex-
ports of eggs, two-thirds from Den-
mark and Poland, half the shipments
from the Netherlands and China and
one-third of those from ,l3gypt, Dur-
ing 1936 as against 1935, the United
Kingdom received. an increased share
of the exports from each ,of the for-
ei countries, which =lend their eggsquintals
gn ,,
therm while total exports from these
countries also expanded. . In 1936;
Canada exported to the United, Kieg-
dom. 109,000,000 storage .eggs 18
millions 1 th ' 1935 and 88 mil
fewer than 1934., '
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ONTARIO SEED GRAIN
After a careful survey of the seed
eituation for the spring of 1938, the
Department finds that there are suf-
fieient oats and barley in the pro-
vince to look after the seed require-
merits. This is dependent on every
farmer taking immediate steps to
have the best of Ws grain cleaned and
set aside for his seed. Many appear
to think that because their grain this
Year is off color and a little under
standard in weight that it 'will not
make suitable seed, but tests already
made show that when. this off -colored
and :inderweight grain has been
thoroughly cleaned. up to a 50 per cent
-cut in some instances, good seed was
secured which germinated as high as
e0 per cent. If this work is done now
the cleaned out grain can be used for
seed. '
By following out some such policy
there will be no great shortage of
Seed next spring. Many farmers
lave a fanning mill of some descrip-
tion, which with a little repair and
an extra screen or two, . will clean
grains. The correct screens, of course,
are important, and should any farmer
Canadian Apples in
• •
Foreign Countries
Throughout the world the Canadian
apple is favourably known. but its
chief market is the United Kingdom.
Outside that country, quotas, tariffs,
abundance of local fruits, limited ship-
ping facilities, 'and other factors im-
pose a restricting. influence on profit -
-
able business.
Apples are imnorted into France
under a system of quotas controlled
by the lenience of hnport licenses. BY
trade agreement Canada is guaran-
teed 4.7 percent of the 220,000 quin-
tale (220.4 lb. a quintal) allowed to
be imported during the first quarter
of the. fiscal year, and 3.3 per cent of
the 160,000 quiptals during the fourth
quarter. This is approximately 5,280
during October to Deceit:11er
, .
inclusive, and 10,340 quintals for
January to .March inclusive.
With regard to Belgium, the mar-
tet is mostly for barrelled apples and
the volume of ireports depends to a
large ebtent upon the size of the do'.
The very fact that animals and pets
graphic
LeROM household pets to giants of
the jungles--animels are ideal
subjects for snapshOoters. They
don't pose; they don't act. You can
snap them in natural, undirected
action and that is just the reason
so much in-
their pictures create h •If
tereet.
To get good pictures of any animal
the first essential is patience. It is
quite possible that the family dog
will stand up obligingly for you on
command, but in picturing all other
animals you'll find it necessary to
waAitnfor the picture you want. .
d this brings us to the question
_ what do you event in au animal
Diettre?
You may prefer to snap a kitten
as it plays with a string or a dog
< tl'n ‘ 'th st•cit
w ed I g wi a i .
animals, of course, offer
few real camera didlOUlties, for you
can get them to come where the
light is right. Open shade, ou a
bright day, will be fopnd best. As
for shuttdr speed (if your 'camera
don't pose makes them ideal photo. -
subjects.
has variable speeds), you'll need.
1/25th of a secoed or faster, to,
catch fleeting poses and expreselonse_
Unless the light is exceptional, bet, -
ter work with the lens wide open.
To snap less controllable animala.
d d 1 'II
—squirrels, m s, an sue 1—you :
need greater patience and cunning.
Much depends on background and.
on your distance from the subject.
At more than ten feet, for example,
a squirrel becomes almost invisible.
UNLESF.1 it is sharply revealed on ce
breech, with the sky for back-
ground. Obviously, you'll.need to,
use a fast shutter; squirrels Move,
too swiftly for slow snape.
The zoo can be a happy hunting,
ground, too. In many cases, yoieil
be able to shoot through or over -
the bare of cages, obtaining clear,„
unobstructed snaps.
Use a modern, color sensitive BIM.
You'll need all the detail you can geh;
and the utmost in color •value rot-
dering. .
1.56 JOhll van Guilder
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COUGHS, DISTEMPER,
, BROKEN WIND
ave m t li'ma in
Le' Tenet by theta,-
' 'eeee., ern a Buckley's Mixture.
.e.hee44 stockmen, poultry breed.
---..M.1; , ers, etc., who have used
e ZEV say it is positivelythat
,UTC fire" relief for all respiratory
diseases in horses, cattle, sheep, pigs,
poultry and dogs, It is amasing how
, qtiiakly it gets results in the most stub- '
'born cases. 'In.fact, we guarantee ZEN./
, to do in a day or two went it took old-
fashioned remedies a month to do. Pet a
, , le e eoe. Stock size $1,00. .Get ZEV at _
W. S. ii.npuaes.
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Except in, New Brunewick and Qite-
bee, the yield of raspberries in Can-
ada (6,600,000 (alerts) in 1937 , was
greater than that of 1936.