The Clinton News Record, 1938-06-23, Page 6e
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THE CIAINT4DIV NEWS-RECORO•
THURS., Jun 23, 193t
irneig Information for the
/34sg Farmer
(Thurnishe0 by the Department of Agriculture)
•
,Finished Cockerels at the
Lower :Weights
• The smaller the number of cocker -
calcium arsenate and gypsum(land
plaster), using one part of the arsen-
ate to 20 parts (by weight) of the
gapsum. The young eaants should be
thoroughly 'covered, both the upper
els that are carried to heavy rbaster and the lower surface of the leaves,
age, the lower will be the outlay for as the insects feed in both situations.
housing and accommodation. In ad. Hydrated lime may be substituted for
• (tame the pullets will probably be
less crowded and given a better chance
during growth. Provided a reason-
- able return can be realized for light-
• weight cockerels, it would be good
business for many producers to mar -
plus cockerels at three f0U.T
.] grower who is net on the lookout for
tOpOnThAS
in weight, states H. S. Gutteridge,
Poultry Division, Central experiment-
al Farm, Ottawa.
It is considered to be good practice
to separate th' cockerels from the
pullets as seen as the sexes are dis-
tinguished. From this point, cockerels
which are intended for market at 3
to 4 lb. should be kept separated, and
up to 840 weeks of age, or apprexim-
ately 21/2 Ib. weight for Barred Rocks,
a normal starter ration of high pro-
tein content should be fed. This is
essential since the rapidity of growth
and bone formations during this per- 193% a plaint is consequently ap-
iod make a high protein, high
Preached which threatens to disrupt
minerel
ration essential. Such a ration may the plans and work already done to
be composed of grain and mash or provide for a large, steady supply of
may be of the all -mash type. Instruca bacon to export Producers, there_
tions for the mixing of such rations' fore, would do well •to study their
may be obtained from the nearest' position carefully and act to insure
agricultural college, or experimental against a recurrence of this situation.
It should be admitted that not
farm, or a commercially prepared
mixture of good quality may be used. many farmers are raising hogs ex..
Referring again to Barred Rock cock- cept when they feel reasonably hope-
erels, a weight of 3 lb. should be of realizing a profit. A good
reached at approximately 12 weeks of number of them, however, particulax-
age and 4 lb. at sixteen weeks. Start-IlY those who do not like raising pigs,
ing four weeks before the time at are not satisfied with anything less
which they are to be marketed,
c-
ealthan a wide and easy margin of prof-
tening treatment should be commenit. To .complicate matters many pro-
ducers do not keep sufficient record
The range should be greatly re-' of their feed cost to know where they
Istricted so as tcereduce the activity' are at and will go hi or out of the
business as the spirit moves them
to illustrate what actual figures
mean as a guide to intelligent pro-
be confined to houses mem. duction, take the already published
may
the gypsum, but the lime tend to
dwarf the plante and temporarily
stunt their growth.
To be successful, dusting should be
commenced at the first appearance of
the beetles, as they work very fast
and
ket a large proportion of their sur-
much damage is done before the
them is aware of their presence. 3
or 4 applications a few days apart,
depending on the severity of the at_
tack, are usually sufficient to hold the
beetles in check.
THREAT TO BACON MARKET
SUPPLY
With Canada's hog marketings
having decreased in 1938 260,000 head
since the beginning of the year as
against the corresponding period of
of the birds as much as possible. A
small paddock providing suitable
shade is most satisfactory but they
sary. All feed should be given ,,'results from a Bacon. Hog Club in
BoTANWAL.NOTESFOR
Plant life is en its prime early this
month, but before July has sped away
there will be many signs that Naeure
Is on the wane. 'ahose thousands of
spring had breathlessly rushed into
bloom, have now set seed with the
resultant death of their flowers. It
is true, there are many more to come
but not so many as before, and, as
theseason advances they iecessar.
ily beceme less • and leas; eo those
colledtors who, for many veasons,
have deferred their collecting should
now think really setiously of making
There are many college and school
students who are required to provide
pressed and mounted collections of
plants at the beginning of the ensue-
ing term, and who can, if they start
now, •find with little trouble, realle
excellent material,
At this time every year the same
question arises regarding the collec-
tion, preservation and mounting of
plant specimens; How can I collect
plants in the best possible way?
How can I preserve them? How can
1 mount them? How can I do all this
to get good marks for nay practical
work?
The Dominion Botanist, Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, will
gladly help you by sending, upon re-
quest Yell directions: Moreover if
there is doubt—and there invariably
is—about the naming of specimens,
he will identify them for you, pro-
viding collections are sent in the
manner described in the circular of
direction.
It is not possible, in this short
article, to give a list of plants which
flower in July; collectors may, how-
ever, look for their specimens in a
somewhat methodical manner accord-
ing to habitat, which is the habita-
tion or natural home of the various
species.
For instance, those who are fort-
unate enough to resale near the sea.
shore and adjacent cliffs will f ind
plants peculiar to -these habitats.
Plants which grow at high altitudes,
such as botanists descrebe as "al-
pine", may be collected on uplands
and mountains by those who have
chosen a mountaineering vacation;
but they must not forget that there
are also swamp -loving plants, many
and varied, that add much to the val-
ue of the collections. Eersons who
are attracted by the seductive shade
and peace of the woolands, will find
species there not to be found else-
where. Fishing holidays which have
become monotonous when the fish re-
fuse to obey the dictates of Isaac
Walton, or if lounging in beach
pyjamas. or too much bathing does
become a bore, there remains always
the delightful Quest of water -loving
plants in creek, river or lake. Mead.
ows and roadsides will provide a
choice selection in July, and so will
back yards and the vicinity of build-
ings.
There is indeed a wide selection
of situations where plants of vary -
in habits may be sought now. Those
students who, last year, delayed mak-
ing collections until they returned
to college, will remember how very
difficult it was to make up the re-
quired number of mounts, and how
few marks the quality of their speci-
mens gained for them.
These plant collections, if made in
a methodical and eareful manner will
constitute a labour of love. To make
friends with kindly Mather Nature
and Earth is the realization of an
ideal. It is to understand the mean-
ing of peace and comfort; a state
isa treacherous places by many, and
therefore found by few,
Robert Service had evidently real-
ized this ideal when he composed his
short poem "Comfort" in which he
suggests that in spite of the fact
that a man has lost nearly every-
thing—his wife, business, health and
hope—indeed all that makes life
worth living; there is still something
left to bring comfort, and that is
Nature in the form of sunshine, the
big blue sky, the smiling earth,
singing birds, "flowers alleging all
their, fragrance on the breeze", danc-
ing shadows and green, still mead-
ows.
,Thee is undoubtedly supreme
comfort and peace to be realized by
the collector of plants, especially the
city man, whose sophisticated life is
often a sedentary and monotonous
one. He will find welcome relief if
only for a short time, in leaving be-
hind his every -day business anxiet-
ies and social obligations—even his
automobile—for a scene of ineffable
stimulation and encouragement in a
retreat of quiet communion with
Mother Nature; and time return bet-
ter equipped for the fight in the
great battle of life.
"Calm soul of all things; Make if
mine
To feel, amid the city's jeer,
That there abides a peace of thine, •
Man did not make, and cannot mar."
moist mash mixed with skim -milk orl Manitoba last year which provides
buttermilk and should be fed three the following detailed statement:
times daily as much as will bel Accurate records kept on 28 pigs -
cleaned up in twenty Ininutes, the Average cost of weaned pigs $3,50
unconsurned residue being rammed each. Feed consumed: Mill feed 6,-
A fattening mash should be used. Of 020 lb. at 2 cents per lb.; farm grains
the ground grains, corn has proved to 11, 333 lb. at 1 to 11/2 cents per
be the most satisfactory for fatten- lb.; protein concentrate 395 lb. at 3
ing," with buckwheat and wheat fol- cents per Ha; skim milk 4,480 lb. at
lowing in the order named. It is sug.. 20 cents per hundred lb.; average
gested therefore, that these grains feeding ratio 3,57 lb. feed for 1 lb,
make up the greatest part of,the cer- gain. Total net gain from weaned
eals of the fattening mash. Actually, weight, 5,223 lb. Average marketing
excellent gains have been made upon age, 6 months. Sold at $11.75 per
each of these grains fed singly as the cwt, rail graded. Average labour in-
sole source of cereal in the fattening come and profit per pig—$3.91.
mixture. Where white flesh is re -I This experience occurred last seas..
quired there may be some disadvant. on, a period during which it is now
age in the use of yellow corn, ale evident that numbers 'of farmers re -
though its yellowing effect is very duced their breeding stock believing
slight in comparison, with that of the they were losing money. It is true
green feeds upon which the birds have that the feeding retie in this case was
been ranged. If the paddock in which exceptionally good, due of course, to
the birds are confined is devoid of using a balanced ration with a good
green growth, the whitening process feeding strain of bacon "hogs, but
will be greatly facilitated. A. further . these are factors 'which no pig raiser
addition which has proved effective in can afford to neglect.
laying down good Quality of fat is The practical application of the
mutton or beef fat inanaorated in the foregoing data outside of the factors,
mash at the rate of 5 per gent. The selection and management, is very
fat should be rendered and mixed simple. If feeding milk allow 5 lb.
quickly with the mash while hot or of milk as equalling one pound of
may be broken up into fine particles grain and anyone can work out his
by dashing it into very cold water own comparative feeding ratio. Add
while hot and the broken up particles up the total grain and milk equivalent
mixed with the mash. When ready and divide by the net gain in weight
for market the cockerels should be from weaning time. As this feeding
starved for from 12-8 hones before ratio figure is reduced with standard
killing. , mixtures, the profit naturally in.
These practices, if carefully adher- aliases.
'ed to, should aroduce a well fleshed Froin the figures given here it is
carcass with a good covering of fat. apparent that with a higher price for
It needs hardly be mentioned that pork and lower cost of grain as now
poor killing and plucking or insuffic-
'prevails, the margin of profit must
lent chilling of the carcass may large- be considerably greater,
ly nullify the good accomplished by1 Those who followed the sound prat -
'the careful finishing above mentioned,
striped Cucumber Beetle
Control
Striped cucumber beetles are small
insects about one-quarter of an inch
in length which feed on cucumbers,
squash, pumpkins, melons and kind_
red vegetables. The beetles are yel-
low in colour, with a black head and
three black stripes running down the
i 3
back. They attack the plants shortly, Steady production is an advantage
after the ]atter break through the to the individual first of all and to
• soil. They feed on thethe industry in general. surfaces of
the unfolding leaves which are often
completely destroyed, and as a result
Ills tiny plants Quickly die.
Growers with large patches of these
'plants are advised to be on the out-
look for the first appearance of the
(member beetle. ee any appeeeiable handle of his plough, while the horses
'damage is being done, control meas.. took a needed rest. He was paying
Pres should be taken at once. the man sixpence an hour and so he
Dust the plants with a mixture of gently, but reproachingly said: "John
wouldn't it be a good lean for you
ace of steady productions are now in
the happy position that they can cap-
italize on improved conditions. At the
same time they have helped to cone
solidate the important export trade.
The past six or eight months have
again demonstrated:
1. A good strain of pigs and efficient
feeding are primarly necessary for
success.
2. A record of cost and revenue is
necessary to check up the, efficiency
of both pigs and feeding methods.
A Scottish cleric owned a farm
which was run as economically as
possible. One day, taking a stroll, he
saw his ploughman sitting idle on the
to have a pair of sheers and be trim_
ming these bushes along the fence
while the horses are resting?"
John returned the minister's gaze
• and answered: "And might I suggest
that you take a bowl of potatoes into
the pulpit and peel 'em during the
anthem?"
PICOBAC
PPE --
TOBACCO
FOR. ;A MLD.COOL SMOKE
STIRLING- CLAN
REUNION
Scottish songs, •speeches, games
and presentations aeatured the see.
elan .an saturciay, aaan an ayaaay gathered Trona • Caelow Barth Lend-
1Clinton, Godeeica London
picnic was held at Harbor Perk es °-..°'
Mae a a, Buffalo,,. New York and
Coderich. Over 167 members of the .a ,
family were present coming from aaana°1; Maniteha' .
The afternoon was spent in rases
Godeach, Galeria.' township,.Clinton,
. . . and conteste, under direction of the
Seaforth, t r, • BervI - sports committee, the personell of
field, Kinlough, Lucknow, and other
which was Mr. and Mrs. N. Radford,
points. Thee' were the descendants of
i Mr. and Mrs. L. Shobbrook. Prizes
James, Alexander .and George Stira
were awarded the wieners as follows:
ling, who came with their wives to
iboye 5 years and under, Gerald Ilunk-
Goderich township in 1840 from Cara; Bob Sundercock; girls 8 years
noustie, Porfarehire, Scotland. I t ..1/"'
. and under, Shirley Radford and Joan
took them six weeks to cross the
Crich; boys 8 years and under, Ray
Atlantic and they' settled on th
Shobbrook and 13illie Gibbiegs; girls
fourth, sixth and seventh concessions° 36 years and under, Georgina John-
-4
of Goderich township, and becarn
Shobbrook Re-lJnion
The annual re -union picnic 61 tae
Shobbrook family was held on Satur-
day, June 181a, in the beautiful I-Iar-
ona annual layman of the Stirling ihour Park, Goderich. Sixty members
well-known and highly esteemed ea: $°11; boys 16 and under, Donald
z,ens.
Luncheon and supper were enjoyed
in the pavilion, During the afternoon
a short business meeting and pro-
gram were held, at which James
Stirling of Goderiele township pre-
sided. A happy featute was the
presentations of flowers to the old-
est lady present, Mrs. Elizabeth
Brooks, 82, of Clinton; to the oldest
gentleman present, Andrew Emerson,
82, of Kincardine, who received a
sprig of heather; to Mrs. Margaret
Gordon of Scottsville, Mich., for com-
ing the longest distance. The young-
est baby present was three-year-old
Pauline Tervis,1 daughter of Robert
Jervis, of Clinton.
Another gracious feature of the
afternoon was the presentation of a
lovely bouquet of flowers to the wife
of the president, Mrs. James Stir-
ling, of Goderich township.
Officers Are Elected
Th officers for 1938-39 are: Presi-
dent, James Stirling; secretary, Miss
Maud Stirling, Bayfield; sports com-
mittee, Miss Mary Stirling, Don. Mc-
Kenzie, Mary Warner, Mrs. William
Stirling; eeception committee, Mrs.
William Strachan, Goderich; Mrs.
Thos. Webster, Seaforta; D. A. Stir-
ling, Josephine and Wan, Stirling,
Goderich.
The results of the races were:
Girls under 5, Jean Waraer; boas
under 5, Goldie Emerson, Gordon
McCabe; girls under 15, June Miller,
Donna Caldwell; boys under 10, Glen
Emerson, Charles Alton; girls under
16, Grace Campbell, Gwen Miller;
boys under 16, Doug Stirling, Lewis
Dempsey; single ladies' race, Mary
Stirling, Florence Colwell; single
men, Grant Stirling, Stewart 'Wat-
son; married ladies, Mrs. V. Mart-
in, Mrs. Ida Kennedy; married men,
Don McKenzie, Ralph Jewell; kick
the slipper Florence Colwell Louise
DELEGATION TO TORONTO
Mr. Albert J. Kalbfleiecli was in'
Toronto on Friday last with a dele-
gation from Grand Bend who inter-
viewed the Minister of Welfare se
the Parliament Buildings in connec-
tion, with obtaining some assistance
from the Government in providing a
public rest room at Gland Bend. The
Bend, like practically every other re-
sort, when the large crowds gather
in the summer months, have not any'
too much of this kind of aecomoda-
tion, and with the assistance of the
Provincial Government this could 'be
looked' after. --Zurich Herald:
Hunkings and Ross Radford; balloon
race, men, Earl Johnson, ladies, Mrs.
Percy Gibbing's; young men's race,
Clifford Sundercock; potato race,
girls, Gene Johnson; boys, Ross
Johnson; neck tie race, Mrs. Percy
Gibbings, Mr. Bert Shobbrook; time
race, • Mr. Norman Radford; ladies
slipper kicking, Mrs. Clifford Shob-
brook; nail driving, ladies, Mrs. Nor-
man Radford, men, Mr. Clarence
Cravvford; oldest man, Mr. John H.
Shobbrook; oldest lady, Mrs. Lottie
Cartwright; youngest child, Muriel
Shobbrook; longest married couple,
Mr, and Mrs. John H. Shobbrook
most recently married couple, Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Crawford; largest
family, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hunk-
ings; member coming greatest dist-
ance, Fred E. Sprung. At 5.30 all
partook of a bountiful supper after
which the president, Mr. John 11.
Shobbrook presided and conducted
the election of officers for 1939. Pres.
Mr. Wesley Shobbrook; sec., Mrs.
Clarence Crawford; treas., Mr. Nor-
man Radford; sports conimittee, Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Willard; lunch com-
mittee, Mrs. Percy Gibbings, (con-
fienteraMrs. Wesley Shobbrook, Mrs.
Herman Sundercock, Mis. Bert Shea -
brook, The election of officers was
followed by the reading of a letter
received from Mr. and Mrs. Chas. H.
Shobbrook, Clarkston, Waskington
by the secretary, Beth Shobbrook. A
hearty vote of thanks was tendered
the president and officers for their
excellent services during the past
term. The picnic will be held in Har-
bour Park, Goderich, on the third
Saturday in June 1939.
The "VV'ebter Faniil
• Re -Union
Hear ye! Hear ye! Bigger and
ADDITION TO SEAFORTII COL.
• LEGIATE APPROVED
Tlie Seafoeth Collegiate Instlaite
Board was, informed by telegi ant.
late Friday afternoon that the On
Better are acclaimed the results of t
tha re -union picnic of that famous!
Webster clan, which tear place 'at
Jowett's GTOW, Bayfield, on Satur-
day last,
axle Municipal Boma bas fingll
approved a i30,000 debenture issue
o provide a two storey addition to,
the school. • The action (ef the Mun.
cipal Boatel followed within. 24 hours
the dispatch of e petition bearing
the names of 70 per cent. of the
town's property owners, endorsing
the addition to, the collegiate as pro-
posed by the School Board and rat-
ified'by the Town•Cetmcil,
When the new courses in manual
training and household science bee
came obligatory the local Collegiate
Board planned a $30,000 addition to
include two new classrooms and a
combined auditorium and gymnasium. .
A bylaw to authorize the debenture •
issue was passed by the Town Coun-
cil and the plans received the ap-
proval of the Department of Educa-
tion. However, when the council'
sought approval from the municipal
board it was refused on, the grounds
that the school addition -was unneces-
savy and further that the per capita
tax arrears rate in the town was too
high. Since then the issue has been
tossed back and forth between the
three bodies. Now that the Muni-
cipal Board has sanctioned the ad-
dition, the Collegiate Board --is wait.
ing only for the final approval of
the plans by the Department of Ed-
ucation.
Despite the threatening weather of
the early morning, some two hund-
red valiant sons and daughters of
the 'name gathered to while away a
few happy hours in a joyous comp-
any where, true to fiction, 'Irjsh
smiles," erevailed. '
The Luclmow members af the fam-
ily enjoyed the hospitality of their
southern relations who, supervised
the arrangements for the sumptuous
luncheoai at noon and in the evening.
At 2.30 in the afternoon under the
direction of a Stanley Sport's com-
mittee, the sports were well partic-
lpated in and much enjoyed. So
mirthful were some events that even
'Old Sol' came forth to smile and
more pleasant weather conditions
marked the remainder of the day. The
following were successful in the var-
ious events: straight race 'under 5,
Tommy Consitt, George Coleman;
straight race 5-8, Dorothy Turnek,
Jimmy Chapman; girls 8.120 Mary
MeClymont, Myrtle McKinley; boys
8-12, Anson McKinley, Robert Mc-
Kinley; girls 12-16 Katherine Turner,
Miss Pearson; young ladies, Elsie
Ritchie, Katherine Turner; married
ladies, Mrs. R. Chapman, Mrs. Alton;
married men's race, Russell Consitt,
Anson Coleman; coat race, Harvey
Keyes and Ettabelle Webster, John
Nickelson and Shirley Turner; ehild-
ren1s shoe race, Myrtle McKinley,
Robert McKinley; raena shoe race,
Russell Consitt, Anson Coleman;
sack race, Robert McKinley, Anna
Reid; broom distance throwing, Mrs.
A. Nickeison; knocking hat off old
man depression, Mrs. I. M. Nay; man
stepping off distance, 4 rods, Toni
Reid; novel relay laces as "straw and
and bean", "straw and glass", "match
box" and paper boy", added amuse-
ment to the sports and revealed tal-
ent among the members of the clan.
• After the evening repast, we more
juvenile members were taught a les-
son cr two on just how a true Patron
Saint, having -visited the Blarney
Stone really tells one! The fish in-
cident will possibly suffice as a re-
minder.
Rumour comes to the reporter's ear
that the most handsome Webster
gentleman attending the re -union had
his photo taken. Be this true or
otherwise, we are assured that all
returned to their respective homes
with happy memories anticipating al-
ready the picnic of June 1939,
Campbell; neck tie race, Dort Mc-
Kenzie and Margaret Jewell,Ethel
Watson and Fraser Stirling; minute
race, Mary Stirling; coat race, Harry
and Grace Campbell, Doug Starling
and June McDougall; peanut scram-
ble„ Wilfred Harrison.
Toronto Man Heads Ontario
Social Credit
A 45 -year-old Toronto barrister,
Major J. C. MaeCorkindale, is the .
new leader of the Social Credit Ass-
ociation of Ontario. He was elected
head of, the newly formed organiza-
tion at its first annual congress here •
Saturday.
A graduate of °epode Hall Law
School, the Major saw service over-
seas with the Royal Field Artillery.
He has long been a student of
monetary systems and was active
in the last Dominion election cam-
paign on behalf of Hon. 11. H.
Stevens's Reconstruction Party. He
is married and has one daughter.
Major MacCorkindale was elected
to the Presidency of the association
by twenty-four votes to thirteen over
Lloyd Jaeger, Toronto railway em-
ployee who had acted as Provision-
al President. In addition to thirty-
seven registered delegates from On.
tario, the congress was attended by
representatives of the Quebec asso-
ciation from Montreal and a delega-
tion from the United States.
Major MacKorkindale is a cousin
of Mrs. R. D, Philp of Elyth.
The Open Road
SUPPOSE you came suddenly upon two roads. One straight, -wale
trodden . . . the other thin and twisting off into undergrowth, If
you didn't want to arrive at any place in particular, you might
choose the latter. But not otherwise.
Before you, aa buyer, run two roads. One is the road of know-
ledge, of an advertised product. Thousands use it. Theee's no
mystery about it, no doubting, nothing hidden. It leads the, way
definitely to a fountain pen, a floor wax, a tooth -pate that will
give you satisfaction. When you use an advertisement, yourusa
an open road.
'When you don't use advertisements, you go the, doubtful roach
You have only hazy knowledge of the product ahead. No trade-
mark or name to depend upon guides you. The result may or may
not be worth the effort. You, dwelt know.
Read the advertisements. .anything widely advertised—break-
feat food, hammer, hair tonie—has proved; itself gooce by advertisiege
Advertisements put you on the
open road to satisfaction
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