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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-07-07, Page 6GE6' THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD' TI URS., JULY 7, 1938: `imehy Information for the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) prospects are now indicated. Gener- ights' TOmatO and Celery Blg ally speaking the Japanese varieties, whilemedium to good in Eastern Tomatoand celery blights are caused by parasitic fungi i whichund- er favourable conditions, attacks the leaves and sometimes the stems of the plants, killing various sized areas and frequently resulting in severe defoliation. in the case of the tomat- oes, and a withering of the older leaves of celery. Severe attacks, particularly early in the season, stunt the growth of the plants and reduce the marketable crop. Since these blights are parasitic they can usually be readily _controll- ed by careful and adequate spray .measures, but similar recommenda- tions are not applicable to both crops on account of a variationin their tol- erance to fungicides. While celery benefits from applications of copper fungicides, even when blights are not present, tomatoes should not be• sprayed except to control the dis- eases. ' The recommendations for the con- trol of celery blights are to apply a copper fungicide Bordeaux mixture 4-4-40 or Burgundy mixture 4-5-40 (copper sulphate and sal soda and water) at least twice to the seedling plants and every seven to ten days Niagara, are light to medium in Niagara West and Burlington. lington. European varieties, such as Damsons are generally light. Grapes—Blue grapes show aver- age crop prospects with a 2 and 3 bunch set but ,chiefly a 2 bunch, set; Redsare mostly heavy with a 2 and. 3 bunch set, while White grapes are on the light side. Vineyards are, however, in excellent condition and a good average total crop under fav- ourable conditions is now in prospect. TREE PLANTINB DN THE PRAIRIE Made Necessary by Forest Fires Among the many measures taken by the Canadian authorities to com- bat dry conditions in the prairies tree planting has ranked among the more . important. This development, in the field, preferably before rather however, is not a new one. Tree than following rains. Rapidly grow- planting on ;the 'Canadian prairies has been fostered by the Dominion Government since the beginning of the present century, and during this ered with the fungicide. These blights period over 145,000,000 tree seed - may also be controlled by a 20 -8 -de- lings have been distributed to West - hydrated copper sulphate plus lime ern farmers. dust, provided they are treated when Colossal though this number may be, the distribution is to be planned on a still more extensive scale, and it is a probability that the treeless plains and monotonous landscapes of .the prairies will become a mem- ory of bygone days. It is not for artistic reasons alone that attention is paid to prairie forestry; the matter is one of im- portance. During 1937 over two mil- ing plants require the more frequent applications since it is essential that the new growth be thoroughly cov- the air is still and the plants are wet with dew. In the case,of tomatoes, when blights are preent it is' advisable to spray with Bordeaux 4-3-40 in the seedbed as well asin the field. Since growth may be retarded by the ap- plication of the fungicide, particul- arly if applied close to the trans- planting period, it is advisable, un - less the blights are causing severe lion trees were sent out, and the damage, to withold the spray for five subject of true culture has become a to seven days before, and five to six topic of conversation and interest in weeks after transplanting. many a prairie home where pre- viously tree planting was considered a "fad". Early settlers in the Canadian west who cane from countries where trees were common tried to improve the Western Ontario: Present moist appearance of their new homes by ure and temperature conditions con- tree planting. Many imported their time very favourable for good plant trees from the East, "stuck" them in growth and fruit developement. Earl -•the ground and left themto grow ler conditions were also generally as is done in Eastern Canada or in favourable, particularly in regard to the Old Country. But trees on the assisting the best cultural opera -,prairies need careful cultivation and tions. Insects and fungus pests are attention, and the inevitable result of well corder excellent control in most these early ventures was failure and well -sprayed orchards, but in poorlydisappointment. Not knowing the sprayed orchards or where rain int -real cause of their failure, these erfered scab is reported to be devel- pioneers blamed the country and the oping. Moisture supplies are needed 'climatic conditions, and the idea be - in Niagara Peninsula and Burlington. came general that it` was not pos- sible to grow trees on the bald prair•- Raspberries—Despite estimated de- ies. crease of 5% in bearing acreage, all Although certain portions of Man - indications point to a yield practically •itoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta are equal to that of last season. This naturally timbered, the larger part is accounted for by vigorous cane of the settled area in the prairie pro- growth, good set and fruit develope- 'vinces is practically treeless. It is ment to data. impossible to say what the exact Other small Fruits—A medium to causes are which, operating for cent - heavy set is showing on all currant times, have produced this result but and gooseberry plantations, and, with it is generally thought by those who have given some attention to the continued favourable weather, an average crop of good size fruit is subject that a large part of what is anticipated. now prairie was not originally so; in fact, there is direct evidence to Apples—A very irregular and var- show that some districts at least are iable condition exists in respect to now treeless were originally well crop prospects of the various corn- timbered. mercial varieties due largely to local Undoubtedly the chief agency weather conditions during blooming which, little by little, caused the period. Over the whole of Western prairies to encroach on the timber - Ontario, Spy, McIntosh, Snow and er area was the fa•equently, recur - Wealthy now promise a slightly be- ring pairie fires: It is well known low average to average crop, while to those familiar with the country Greening, Baldwin and early variet- that where fires are kept out of a ies are below average. The total al), district for a number of years, small pie production at present time can bluffs of poplar spring up all around be classed as slightly below average. the sloughs and low places which, if —Sweet cherries Promise eventually disturbed, gradually extend till Cherriesp eventually a formerly treeless district a medium to heavy crop, although becomes well timbered. the Byng variety has a light set, It would thus seem that had fires with Windsors and some others pot been so prevalent in the past,the slightly above average. The produc- + tion of cherries, due to frost and ad- verse weather conditions, will be be- low average Good sizing may, how - FRUIT CROP REPORT WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING A Resp`ect Now Lost For centuries past. the 'Union; Jack has flown the seas honored and re- spected, Every British citizen felt a thrill of pride at its mention and knew Britannia ruled the waves. Any ship floating its :colors was ex- empt from molestation. and any cit- izen claiming British heritage was protected by that flag. It took a long time to gain this honor and respect. Drake started it with his defeat of the Spanish Armada: Nelson added to it with his victory at Trafalgar. And Jellico made it emphatic' ;luring the world war. But today tells anoth er story.' A ship flying the Union Jack gains no more recognition than if it were flying a Chinese ensign. The sinking of two more British ships in the Mediterranean sea last week has brought the total to 57. This outrageous state has been creat- ed because a British Government has allowed blustering and threatening dictators to have their own way. These acts are evidence of their ap- preciation. `Certainly in this case giving in showed a sign of weakness. British press and periodicals point to a public that is becoming highly in- censed over these- repeated attacks on their flag, and rightly -so too. If diplomatic and economic relations were cut off from these countries they would find it hard to exist with- out the hand which feeds them. imbered areas would be much more extensive than they are at present. The value of tree . belts to the ever, cause a slight upward revision prairie farmer is manifold. ' They afford shelter from theiwind to crops, in the present estimate: buildings and stock. They collect and Pears—Irregular set exists both hold the snow during winter, and as to variety and district. In Niagara this snow, melting in the spring, West an4,,Burlington areas, Bartletts,furnishes a great deal of moisture are generally light, whereas in N'ia- I to the land which otherwise it would gara East all varieties have an av- not retain. They also preserve the erage set. Kieffers: show average moisture in the soil by 'breaking the and other varieties slightly below force of the hot winds in summer, average, with total pear production! retarding evaporation and soil supply, prospects at present time reported fencing material, wood for repairs, to be slightly below average. and there is not the slightest doubt !that a farm which has. on it a well Peaches—An average crop of all managed and varieties of peaches is now indicated productive wood lot extensive thinning operations � will sell for far more than one with- andout trees. are in progress. Although the set Last, but not least, there is the on some old trees is comparatively question of beautifying the land. light, this is offset by a large acre- seape age of younger trees which are just p and making life on the coming into full bearing'. prairieonmonotonous. more one who and Teed monotonous. To who has lived Plums—Although set is irregular where trees flourish, a real home according to varieties and localized could never be complete without areas, slightly below average crop] their presence. The Listowel Standard Tree Cutting Protested Prizes Awarded in Achieve- linent Day Project Elgin County council protested at their closing session Friday against cutting of trees eight inches in diam- eter on woodlots in Elgin County and other parts of Southwestern Ontario A. noticeable slaughter of promising young trees on woodlots throughout the district has been taking place, it was charged. This is attributed in a measure to the buying up of woods for fuel in curing tobacco. In many instances, tobacco growers have bought woodlots and cut to the stump every tree on the lot.— Leamington Post and News. At the 'Huron County Achievement and Program Planning Day held here last Thursday, certificates of ach- ievement were presented by 1 ocal;' leaders to Helen Elliott, Olive Pryce,' Mrs. Edith Pudner, . Jean Gemmell, Grace Wallace, Lillian Blanchard, i Edith Hillen, Elizabeth McFarlane,! Seaforth; May Frisby, Anna Mc -1 Dowell and Helen Yuill, Belgrave; l Dorothy Hastie, Fordwich, in the "C'ottons May be Smart" project and in the "Supper Club" and "Cotton Accessories for the Club Girl's Bed- room," to Margaret Leyburn, . Sea - forth, and Marion Nay, Fordwich. These were presented by local lead- ers Mrs. Oldfield, Mrs. Doig and Edith Hillen, Seaforth; Mrs. Pocock, Belgrave, and Mrs. Demerling, Ford- wich. Girls who won the right to rep- resent the county at the C. N. E., Toronto, are: Dorothy Hastie, Ford- wich; Pearl Baker, Ethel; Edith Hil- len and Mrs. Pudner, Seaforth. Cash prizes for team work were won by Muriel Hockwell and Mary McIntosh, Ethel, in housing demonstration. Elizabeth McFarlane and Helen El- liott, Seaforth, skit. Edith Hillen and Olive Pryce, Seaforth, housing and clothing demonstration. The event held under the auspices of the Huron County branch, depart- ment of agriculture, was under the management of Miss Flora M. Durn- in, Dungannon, and the judges were: Helen ,MacKercher, home economics coach; -Helen Passmore, clothing specialist and Jean Scott, of the Women's Institute branch, Toronto. The attendance numbered 75, of whom 60 were individual exhibitors, 15 of them entering in two projects. Seven clubs Were represented and the projects taken up{ wine: "Cottons May Be Smart" and "Cotton Acces- sories for the Club Girl's Bedroom." The program planned for the fall achievement day includes "Dressing up Home -Grown Vegetables", and "Sleeping Garments"". The Lions Share ' (Detroit Free Press) Last week the League of Nations cashed a cheque it has been holding since the end of April. It was a cheque from Haile Selassie for 1,000 Swiss francs as part payment of Ethiopia's dues. By cashing the cheque, even at long last, the League recognizes the "Lion of Judah as Emperor of Ethiopia, in spite of the fact that most of the League members have recognized King Victoria Emmanuel of Italy as titular emperor, or have asserted their rights to so recognize him. Cynics should find this whole tran- saction rich in implication. Pract- ically a man without a country, the dethroned emperor still attempts to meet the obligations of the land he once ruled, while events make it ap- pear that the League of Nations has given him but one privilege, that of paying dues. They Could Do It We have watched with interest the well -meant efforts of the big wigs to get this country out of its fin- ancial tangle. We have read and heard of the big dinners and big councils these much -be -decked ones have sat in at and talked frothy nothings, while every minute they dined and talked the public debt was rolling up at so many thousands per minute. ' Why not ask the costly and in- effective big wigs -to take a holiday meanwhile turning the matters of finance over to some preachers' wives we might mention? These ladies have done financing that the big wigs never can do and never will do because driven by the sharp spur of necessity guided by saving common sense. I I 1 , "But" the big wigs reply. "This is different. The ladies could not do the job." All we have to say is that we do not see any medals about pub- lic man's neck for brilliant achieve- ment in finance of any sort. The lad- ies have won out lin their sphere whereas the big' wigs aro conspic- uous for their failure, —Exeter Times -Advocate Two Sets of Twins Born on Farm near Parkhill There is no depression on the farm of John Q. Nichols, who owns two cows, one an. Aberdeen Angus and the other a Holstein. On May 11 the former had twin calves and on June 22 the Holstein cow also had twins. This makes three, calves in a year for the Holstein as she had a calf on July 18 of last year. PICOBAC PIPE 'TOBACCO FOR A MILD, COOL SMOKE Music `Grants for Schools Special' , legislative grants for teaching of music in collegiate in stituteS, high .schools and grade A and B continuation schools were an - pounced Friday by the Ontario De- partment of Education, The grants, are effective September 1, The de partment wilf pay a $50 grant to a school board where music is taught for not less than one hour but less than than, three hours 'a week; $75. where it is ?taught less than ifive hours but not less -.than three; and $100 where it is taught five or more hours a week. As encouragement to teaching of music in secondary schools, the department will give a special grant of one-half of the am- ountspent during the .'school year for purchase of equipment, :In Grade C continuation schools, grants for music are to be the same as public and separate schools, the department announced. New Tuckersmith Councillor Elected by acclamation at the nom- ination held in Walker's Hall, Bruce - field, Mr. Arthur Nicholson, Mill Road, Tuckersmith, will complete the term of the late David Gemmell, on the municipal council. Mr. Harold Jackson, also nominated, did not qualify. Mr. Nicholson is widely known throughout the township and f o r many ,years has been prominent in athletic circles, particularly football and hockey. He is manager this year of the Seaforth football team. For a number of years he has served as school trustee in S. S. no. 7, Tucker - smith. He is also secretary -treasurer of the board. MIGHT PAPER ROOM WITH PAID -OFF BONDS Goderich, July 5— The town of Goderich has transferred to a trust company $94,000 to be used, with an amount already in a sinking fund, to redeem its 30 -year, five per cent., $150,000 bonds of the Ontario West Shore Railway, due July 1, 1938. The town stipulated the cancelled bonds must be returned to the town, and there was talk around Goderich of papering a room in the town hall with them. In the 30 -year period, Goderich ratepayers have paid $225,000 on the bonds. The railway, which was to have run from Goderich to Kincardine, went into bankruptcy shortly after con- struction started. One freight load was carried over an 11 -mile stretch of track before the project folded up in 1908. WIIEN THE PAPER DOESN'T COME •My father says the paper he reads ain't put up right: He finds a lot of faults, too, he does„ perusin' it all night; He says there ain't a single thing in it worth to read, And that it doesn't print the kind of strait the people'need^; He tosses it aside, and says it's strictly on the bum; But you ought to hear him holler whenthe paper doesn't come. He, reads about the weddin's, and he snorts like all getout; He reads the social doin's With a most derisive shout;.. He says they make the paper for the women folks alone; He'll read about the parties, and he'll fume and fret and: groan; He says of information it doesn't have a crumb— But you ought to hear him holler when, the paper doesn't '.come. He is always first to grab it, and reads it plumb clean through. He doesn't"miss an item, or a want ad—that is true; He says they don't know what we want, the darn newspaper :guys; "I'm going to take a day some time and go and put 'em wise; i "Sometimes it seems as though theymust be deaf and blind and dumb." But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't .cetne. LJr•u • Yi11I7i14l�YYeVYa\YA11YAtl*fn1YA11YS1f(i�7fYi\4 Al A'IiY�11Yil1iTillfTd�i11 aYk('i,Y(cGYiIF cil=SNAPSHOT CUIL SUMMER PICTURE STORIES VI In picturing summer romances, keep the romance! Don't let your subjects pose stiffly or smile at the camera! IT'S a camera axiom that every plc- ture should tell a story. Will you remember that this summer when you are snapping pictures of friends and their summer activities? Nothing is easier than to get a member of your crowd to "stand over by that bush while I snap your picture." But that sort of picture - taking doesn't produce the best kind of pictures—because such pictures don't "say" anything. It's easy to go on a picnic with Bill and Janet Smith and get snap- shots of them standing by a bush or a tree, smiling for the camera; But it's more fun, and makes better pic- tures, to catch Janet feeding 13111 a huge slice of chocolate cake, or get Bill helping Janet over a barbed. wire fence, or gdt the two of them,_ heads close together, laughing as: they set the picnic table or cloth. Such pictures tell stories—and there are hundreds of such story - picture chances on every summer jaunt. Try your hand at picturing summer fun and summer romance. ('there's always plenty of it) from a "story" viewpoint. Don't let your subjects appear camera-conscious— catch them when they're busy doing something, and watch your pictures "wake up and live." There's no need to waste film, but if It takes two or three pictures, or more, to tell a story properly—go- ahead and shoot them. Film is not expensive, so don't risk missing a good picture. 192 John van Guilder SUPPOSE you came suddenly upon two roads. One straight, well - 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, of an advertised product. Thousands use it. There's ho mystery about it, no doubting, nothing hidden. It leads the way definitely tb 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—brealb- fast food, hammer, hair tonic—has proved itself good', by advertising. Advertisements put you on the open road to satisfaction The Ciinto� NewsKecord Gives' the News of Clinton and Community—Read It