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'TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., JUTNT::3Q, 1938:;•
Timely Information for the
Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
Control Destructive
Cabbage Insects
Velvety green caterpillars, known
as imported cabbage warms, are com-
monly found feeding on cabbages
and cauliflowers. They eat large
circular holes in the leaves and fre-
quently'.bore into the centre of the
cabbage heads. Control measures
should be applied as soon as injury
to theplants becomes evident,
Dusting with arsenate of lead and
hydrated lime is .the most widely re-
commended remedy. One part of the
poison should be mixed with eight
parts of the hydrated lime and the
resulting powder dusted on the
plants in the early morning or late
evening vv,hen the leaves are wet with
dew. Particular atention should be
paid to the control portion, of the
cabbages and cauliflowers, since this
is a favourite spot for feeding. Two
or three applications should be made
as needed, care being taken to apply
the dust immediately feeding be-
comes evident. Due to the waxy con-
dition of the leaves, spraying has
not given satisfactory results.
Now Dehydrating Fresh
Vegetables •
The commercial utilization of and-
er-grade fruit is a matter of great
importance in•any fruit growing sec-
tion of the Dominion and an inten-
sive study has been made of the de-
hydration of apples in particular, in
Nova Scotia, British Columbia and
Ontario. In these studies, the officers
of the Dominion Experimental Farms
Service have been in close co-opera-
tion with the apple -drying industry
in these provinces.
Commercial scale productions, by a
process known as "evaporation", was
started about 100 years ago, and,
though superseded now to a great
extent by dehydration, the evapora-
tion method is still used. Evap-
oration may be described as drying
under conditions of partly controlled
temperature and air flow, •
Dehydration is the term applied
to drying under conditions of control-
led tempera -Woe, humidity, and air
flow. A hydrator consists of an in-
sulated tunnel through which is
forced %a draught of heated air. The
prepared fruit is spread cm trays.
The trays are stacked on trucks and
the trucks pass through the tunnel,
the product being dried on the trays
during the passage tluough the tun-
nel. The trucks in their passage
through the tunnel may travel with
the current of air (parallel current
system) or against the current
(counter current system) . In the
former they enter at the hot end of
the tunnel and finish at the cool end,
and in the latter the reverse is the
case Both systems have certain ad-
vantages and - disadvantages, but,
after several years of work at the
Dominion Experimental Station at
Kentville, N.S., in co-operation with
.the Nova Scotia industry, C. C. Eidt
of that station succeeded in con-
structing what is actually a single
tunnel, but which employs both par-
allel and counter current drying, un-
itizing the advantages of both.
Selection of suitable varieties of
certain sizes, paring, trimming, cor-
ing, seed-celli)ng, $icing, bleaching,
and the grading of the finished prod-
ucts are all important steps in the
manufacture of high-quality dried
apples. All these have received the
attention of the officers of the Ex-
perimental Farms Service who have
been studying dehydration problems.
There are, however, other forms of
dehydrators besides the tunnel type
which have been developed by priv-
ate' individuals and firms and are
being successfully operated. Some
idea of the importance of the dried
apple industry to the province of
Nova Scotia may be gained from the
fact that during the 1936-37 season
the amount produced totalled over
5,000,000 Ib., requiring nearly 400, -
barrels of apples. Recently, two of
the dehydrators of the type by C. C.
Eidt of the Kentville Experimental
Station have been constructed in
Ontario for the drying of vegetables
and have proved as efficient for the
purpose as for the drying of apples.
.t Stop Broiler Glut in July
and August•
p'or several years in, Canada the
months of July and August have
been the most congested marketing
period throughout the year, princip-
ally through placing on the market
many more 1.1h to 2 lb. chickens as
broilers can be absorbed at prices re-
munerate to the producers. Twenty
years ago when there was only,a
limited number of baby chicks offer-
ed for "sale, and comparatively little
equipment available for raising them
on ordinary farms, the broiler mar-
ket in the months of July and Aug-
ust Was 'one of the most lucrative.
poultry marketing periods through-
out the year. Now all thatis changed,
•
The recent, substantial increase in
the - baby chick industry and the
'wide -spread endeavour to get pullets
to lay early in the fall of the year,
have caused the Canadian markgt to
be glutted with VA to 2 Ib. broilers.
There is a very small demand for
broilers in Canada and there is no
export for them than a limited de-
mand at certain times in the United
States. Broilers, as such, are pract-
ically unknown on the British mark-
et, but there is a growing demand
as there is. in Canada, for chickens
from 3 to 4 lb. for roasting. In Can-
ada in the fall of 1937; roasting
chickens brought good prices and
there was a genuine feeling among
poultry producers that, 'even with
the prevailing high price of feed,
market poultry was not a bad prop-
osition.
There is a special reason this year
why the dumping of lr/a to 2 lb.
chickens on the iaanadiaul market
with its consequent general lower-
ing of prices should be avoided and
why the chickens should be kept un-
til they are at least large enough to
meet the demand for medium weight
roasters (3 to 4 ib.) both on the Can-
adian and on the export markets, At
the present time, stocks of chickens
in storage, are low. On the first of
May 1938 they Were 40 per cent be-
low the stocks at the corresponding
time in 1938 and 56 per cent below
the corresponding date of 1936.
These, however, will be all used be-
fore the new crop of chickens ar-
rives. Roasting chickens, therefore,
are likely to be in good demand next
fall. There is reason to believe that
if there were larger quantities of
medium weight roasters available for
the Canadian market, especially
during the tourist trade as is succes-
sfully demonstrated by New Bruns-
wick and Nova Scotia poultry pro-
ducers, useful expansion in the in-
dustry can be secured.
To repeat, the why to avoid dump-
ing broiler chickens on the Canadian
market with the consequent lowering
of prices is to offer only a sufficient
number of chickens required for con-
sumption as broilers and to grow the
remainder until they are able to meet
the demand for the heavier roasters.
In this way, renumerative prices for
poultry are more likely to be obtain-
ed, I
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GOOD SUGGESTIONS
FOR RAISING PIGS
Profitable raising of pigs is de-
pendent mainly on two things:
Weaning of large litters of thrifty
prigs, and feeding of these pigs econ-
omically to market weight. It is
important that the finished pigs be
of suitable bacon type, and for the
intensive production of high-class
select bacon it is generally recom-
mended that the growing and fat-
tening pigs should be fed almost en-
tirely indoors. However, a good
pasture may sometimes be used to
advantage until the pigs are three or
four months old, The feeding of
grain should always accompany the
use of pasture.
After the pigs are four months old
they should be ready for more inten-
sive feeding, and this can be carried
out most satisfactorily indoors,
where exercise is restricted. More
feed should be allowed the pigs and
the mixture should be changed so
that it is more fattening than during
the earlier stages of growth and de-
velopment. Bacon hogs should be
grown and finished so that they will
be ready for market at six months
of age, at which time they should
weigh between 190 and 230 pounds.
These are the select or Grade A
weights for which the premium is
paid if the carcasses are of suitable
quality.
The choice of suitable feed mix-
tures for the growing and fattening
will be governed by the feeds avail-
able, and a protein supplement
should be fed along with the grain
mixture. Skim-hnillq or buttermilk
should be used if available, and fed
in a uniformly sour condition. After
weaning, feed three pounds of milk
to each pound of meal and gradually
reduce as the pigs develop, Whey,
which is approximately half as val-
uable as either of the above, should
be fed, sweet. When these milk by-
produets are not available tankage
or fish meal can be used to supply
the necessary protein. Ten per cent
of either, or of a mixture of sup-
plements in the grain mixture should
be fed at the start, and gradually
reduced to five per cent.
Succulents and minerals must also
be mentioned. When the rigs are fed
indoors, succulence in the form of
young grass, green clover or alfalfa,
rape or other green feeds should be
fed ',hi small amounts. Minerals too,
are necessary and Particularly so if
the pigs do not have access to the
earth. Equal parts of borne meal,
ground limestone, and salt make a
suitable mineral mixtrlre to include
at the rate of two pounds per hund-
red in the grain ration.
Hulls Harmful to Young
Pigs .
Unthriftiness and high mortality of
suckling and weaning, pigs increases
the cost of producing market hogs,
Suitable feeds and sanitary,- enviro-
ment are the two prime factors that
influence the health of young roigs,
It is (during the early stages of de-
velopment that' ;the mar10 'pigs is
capable of making the most econom-
ical gains, and all' practical precau-
tionary measures that will safeguard
thehealth of the young pigs and
permit them .to make maximum
growth atthis time will prove well
worth while, and will have an im-
portant influence upon production
costs.
One precautionary measure that
every swine raiser should take is to
avoid permitting suckling; or wean-
ling pigs to consume a meal mix-
ture that contains a large percent-
age of fibre in the form of oat ov
barley hulls. Such material causes
injury to the- delicate membranes of
the stomach and intestines, and these
injuries in turn give rise to intest-
inal disorders which may result in
death, or in reduced vitality that
will predispose the young pig to.
other ailments. The conditions al-
most invariably results in unthrifti-
ness and unthrifty young pigs rarely
prove profitable to the producer.
An efficient ration for young pigs
is one that is easily digested, con-
tains a minimum amount of crude
fibre in the form of hulls, and sup-
plies an adequate amount of protein.
The young pig first shows interest
in solid feed when about four weeks
old, at which time he begins eating
from his mother's trough. Feeds
supplied the brood sow are usually
much too coarse for young pigs, and
it is therefore advisable to provide
a creep or barricade in the pen and
to supply suitable feeds in a separ-
ate trough for the litter. This pract-
ice has two advantages the young
pigs become accustomed -to eating
from a trough before they are wean-
ed and the shock or set -back at this
time is reduced to a minimum. The
second advantage is that the young
pigs will consume less of the harm-
ful coarse feed from the mother's
trough.
The hulls of oats and barley should
be looked upon as definitely harm-
ful and necessary precautions taken
to prevent young pigs from eating
them. At the Dominion Experimental
Farm, Brandon, the plan has been
followed for a number of years of
using either ground hulless oats, or
common oat chop that has been sift-
ed through mosquito netting, in the
heal mixture for creep feeding and
for weanling pigs. Ground barley
when used for very young pigs is
also sifted. Ordinary oats contain
from four to five times as much
crude fibre as hulless varieties. In
yield, hulless varieties compare fav-
ourably with the ordinary varieties,
when the kernel only is considered.
The growing of sufficient hulless
oats to supply the young pigs with
a suitable creep and weaning ration
is recommended,
MUST TATTOO HOGS
BEFORE SHIPMENT
New Ruling Covers Animals Sent
From Four Western Ontario
Counties
Under a new ruling which goes in-
to effect this week, all hogs shipped
from the counties of Lambton, Huron,
Kent and Essex must be tattooed by
the shipper, prior to being sent to
the packing houses for slaughter.
For years, since the Grading Act
has been in force, it has been the
custom, generally, for a buyer to pur-
chase the farmers' hogs at the pen,
the shipper doing the grading. This
has generally been satisfactory to the
farmer, but should he not consider
satisfactory the grading he was get-
ting, then he had the privilege of
asking that his hogs be graded "on
the rail," that is, at the packing
house after being slaughtered.
However, all shippers in Lambton,
Huron, Essex and Kent received not-
ice that 'commencing this week alI
hogs must be tattooed when shipped.
A record sheet is made of each farm-
er's hogs,' and when rail graded at
the packing house, a duplicate coy
is sent back to the farmer who sold
the hogs, as well as to the shipper.
A shipper may continue to buy on
his own grading as before, if the
farmer is satisfied, but in every case
the farmer will receive his report
from the Government grader as to
just how his hogs grade. The idea
is to endevor to get farmers to grow
better hogs along recognized lines of
market demands.
FARM EXPORTS TO HONG KONG
Canadian wheat flour exports to
Hong Kong for the year 1937 am-
ounted to 166,793 piculs ((133' lb.p
valued at 3635,G00, an increase in
quantity of 14 per cent and 16 per
cent in value, compared with 1936.
Other agricultural exports to Hong.
Kong from Canada were'. cattle;
(51,360 head,) fodder, potatoes, ev-
aporated milk, fresh and dried fruits,,
miscellaneous foodstuffs, canned veg-
etables, barley and other grains,
oatmeal, biscuits, and leather. TO,
gether with other exports of Caned,.
ran manufacture, the total value ora
exports from Canada to Hong Kong.
in 1937 were valued at $1,894,000 an
increase of 68 per cent on 19$6;;
MEWS - OF HAPPENINGS!
IN THE COUNTY AND
DISTRICT
To Provide Camp for
Outing for
Lots of - _Teachers
More than 300 teachers applied for
a pos'tioi: on the ilaff of the Lis-
towel public school, where there are
three vacancies' this year. The flood
of applications may indicate' that
there are many 'qualified' teachers
Boys but of work or it may also indicate
Ten boys aro to be given an out- that. salaries are so low in mural
inc at the Huron County Boys Camp', schools particularly that teachers
near Goderich in July through the are anxious to get into a town
generosity of the Exeter Lions Club. school,,where the, classes are graded,
Camp Hiawatha begins Monday, July, the work less arduous, and with few
4th, and lasts one week, for boys 12 ,out-of-school activities to participate
years of age and over. Lt is plan-
ned to send five boys to . this camp
provide them with swimming suits,
if necessary, and pay all expenses of
the camp. A visit will be made to
them on Wednesday, visitors day.
Boys, who otherwise would not . be
able to enjoy an outing at the lake -
shore, win the chosen and a com-
mittee, headed by Lion J. H. Jones
has been chosen to make the selec-
tion. A second' camp for boys 9, 10
and 11 years will be held during the
week of July 18th and it is planned
to send five more boys to this camp.
—Exeter Times -Advocate,
Another. Racket
The Gazette has been requested to
warn householders of a linoleum rack-
et that is being worked at different
times in this locality. It seems that
farmers in particular bear the bri1mt
of the racket. Two men come to the
home with what they claim is a rem-
nant of linoleum. They measure the
desired room, and state that the piece
they have will just fit, or is a bit
more than is required. The price is
generally high, but the farmer in-
variably pays considerable less than
what is asked. Just as the men are
about to lay the linoleum, one pulls
out his watch and with an exclama-
tion states that they have to be in
London, or Hamilton or Tillsonburg
in less time than it will take them to
get there. Remarking to the farmer
that he got the linoleum at a real
price, and that it is no trick to put
it down, they depart. But when the
farmer goes to put the linoleum in
place, he finds that the piece is much
too small—and that he has paid dear
for the renmant. So beware the lin-
oleum racket, -Tavistock Gazette,
Obtains Position at Western
University
Pearson Halfnight, son oi' Mr..and
Mrs. W. J, Halfnight, Mitchell has Japan's livestock industry is larg-
been fortunate in receiving the ap- ely dependent on imported fodder, of
pointment of demonstrator in the which Canada is one of the leading
department of physics at Western! suppliers. However, a new fodder
University for the next two years:distribution
distribution control law, designed to
where he will continue his studies toencourage Manchoukuo's trade, has
obtain his Master of Arts degree,' just been promulgated by Japan and
His many friends' extend congratula-' may affect the quantity of future
tions on his appointment. !imports from all countries.
in, as well as salaries being larger.
Favors ;Sunday Fishing
I1 a man can work in a little fish-
ing on Sunday and still attend his
church, the chances are very good
of him coming through life without
dying an absolute sinner. So thinks
Rev. Allan 11, Ferry, pastor of Knox
church, Owen Sound, who attended
the Toronto conference of the United
Church. The other day he caused
considerable commotion when he
suggested to the conference that the
hour"s of Sabbath Church services
should be changed, from 11 o'clock
and 7 o'cloek to some other time that
would allow the average man to en-
joy a little more of his Sunday. The
proposal was quickly turned down.
"I mentioned fishing as one of the
pastimes many men like to pursue on
Sundays, because I think it a truly
innocent form of relaxation that can
do a man's soul more good than
harm. If a man can take his fish-
ing rod on a Sunday and go to the
country -side, beside some quiet
stream, he can be nearer to God than
he would be on, say, his front ver-
andah," Mr. Ferry told the confer-
ence.
DRESS YOUR WIFE IN BANANA
SKINS
The first thing you know you may
be dressing your wife in banana
skins. A British textile concern has
produced from this source a yarn
which is described as being soft as
wool, light as cotton, uncrushable as
silk, and with rubber -like elastic
qualities, The practical value of the
discovery is not yet known.
CANADA AND MANCHOUKUO
'TOUR .NOME. STATION"`
CKNX WING"HAM
1200 ICes.—Wingham=249.9 Metres
WEEKLY- PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, July 1st:. 11100 a.m. "Clip-
pings"; 11.30 "Peter MacGregor";
12,00 noon Canadian Farm and lime
Hour; ,7.30 p.m."Honourable Archie"
7.45 "Do You Know".
Saturday, July 2nd: 10.30a.m. Shut
Ins; 12..00 noon Canadian Farm and
Home Hour; 12.45 pcm. CKNX Hill -
Billies; 6.15 Sport Reporter; 7,30
Barn Dance.
Sunday, July 3rd: 11.00 a.m. Wing -
ham United Church; 12.30 p.m. The
Music Box; 7,00 St. Andrew's Church.
Monday, July 4th: 10.30 a.m.
Church of the Air; 11.30 "Peter Mac-
Gregor"; 12.45 Bob' Hall; 5.30 Birth-
day Carnival; 8.00 Kenneth Rentoul.
Tuesday, July 5th: 12.45 p.m.
Wayne King Oreh.; 7.45 "Do You
Know"?; 8.00 "Seal of the Don".
Wednesday, July 6th: 11.00 a.m.
"Clippings"; 11.30 "Peter MacGreg-
or; 7.45 p.m. Happy Jack Hall; 8.00
"Seal of the Dor.".
Thursday, July 7th: 10.30 a. m.
Church of the Air; 11.45 True Tale
Drama; 8.00 Gladys Pickell, piano.
Leather Gloves
There is a good demand for leath-
er gloves in Holland and Canadian
supplies to that country have been
increasing, particularly gloves for
cyclists, motorists, and workmen,
NATIONAL "EMBLEM
The first national, emblem of Can.,'.
ada was undoubtedly the beaver and
it WAS considered as the national enri
blem until 1821. In- that yearthe
union of the fur -trading companies,
the North West and the Hudson Bay,,
diverted the fur -trade' from the St.
Lawrence Valley to Hudson Bay. The,
triumph of the Hudson's'Bay . over
the , Nor'Westers meant the virtual
loss of the fur -trade to Canada, and
the beaver ltliebOoreh ,ceased to be,
applicable or suitable as- a national.
emblem,
Before this happened. the Maple
Leaf was regarded as the emblem of
the French Canadians, as 'distinct
from the thistle which was the em-
blem, of the Scottish Canadians. In
1834 the Maple Leaf was' formally-
adopted as the emblem of the St.!
Jean Baptiste Society of Lower Can-'
ada but during the time of the rebel-
lion in 1837, it was almost regarded
as an emblem of disloyality—to such
an extent that there was hostility to
its adoption later in the Canadian
West.
During the visit of the Prince of ' .
Wales, later Kink Edward VII, the -
Maple Leaf was formally adopted by
resolution as the badge or emblem t
worn by native-born Canadians in
the procession in Toronto where the •
Prince was being welcomed. In the -
same year the 100th Regiment, the .
Royal Canadians, incorporated the •
Maple Leaf in their badge.
At the time of confederation, the
armorial bearings of Quebec and'
Ontario bore the Maple Leaf and its:•
acceptance became more or less of- •
Canada produces millions of leather ficial. ` Since then it has appeared on
gloves every year and the hides used Canadian coins, stamps and as a
in producing the leather comes from badge of the Canadian militia.
The Canadian National Anthem, ..-
the Maple Leaf, was composed in
1867 by Alexander Muir, a Toronto -•
schoolmaster who came to Canada at
the age of three. He was a graduate •
of Queen's University. He .died '
Canadian farms. No fewer than
7,223,676 pairs of leather gloves
were produced in the Dominion in
1936, cowhide being used for 2,505,-
612 pairs, sheepskin for 1,971,072
pairs, and muleskin for 932,208
pairs with a total value of $4,024,590.; thirty-two years ago.
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The Open Road
SUPPOSE you came suddenly upon two roads, One straight, welt -
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, as buyer, run two roads. One is the road of know-
ledge,
nowledge, of an advertised product. Thousands use it. There's no
mystery about it, no doubting, nothing hidden. It leads the way
definitely to a fountain pen, a floor wax, a tooth -paste that will
give you •satisfaction. When you use an advertisement, you use
an open road.
When you don't use advertisements, you go the doubtful road.
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 don't know.
Read the advertisements. Anything widely advertised—break-
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