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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-09-22, Page 6THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORII P1-JURS., SEPT. 22, 1938. Timely Information for the Busy Farmer (Furnished, by the Department of Agriculture) TO CONTROL SOW THISTLE After -harvest cultivation is the ,cheapest and most effective method of controlling Perennial Sow Thistle, states Y. D. McLeod of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ont- „_. companied by their wives, and there aro Department of Agriculture.e will be a large display of home con - creeping of rootstalks of/ Perennial veniences particularly applicable to Sow Thistle are at their weakest farm homes, and every one well stage right now" said Mr. McLeod. worth `seeing. .. "Heat, sunlight and dry weather are The local committee in Simeoe our best partners. County of which ,J. T. Simpson is Mr. McLeod advises deep plowing secretary, has been working purpose - immediately after harvest. The land fully for months to make this year's should be allowed to dry thoroughly match the best of the long line of for two or three weeks WITHOUT Minesing. While it is only natural that farm- ers will be particularly interested in the machinery exhibits, manufactur- ers have not forgotten the fact that these tillers of the soil will be ac - CULTIVATION. It is pointed out that surface soil is separated from subsoil; moisture is cut off and root - stalks' are hollow and milky and can- not stand heat and dryness. Follow, later with the broad shares on the cultivator to get any plants that re- main. Shallow plowing cultivating or deep discing will kill young summer annuals and induce seeds to germin- ate, states Mr. McLeod. After har- vest cultivation pays big dividends in assuring larger succeeding crops and • better returns. Kill weeds when they are weakest. Plan now to work all successful ' matches. Over ,1,000 acres of land have been- reserved for dem- onstrations, parking and the 600 or more contestants who will vie with each other for the $5,000 in prizes offered by the Ontario Plowmen's Association. This generous prize list is again attracting the cream of Can- adian plowmen ''which means that visitors will witness the best plow- ing in the world at the largest plow- ing match in the world. Farmers should make a note of the dates October 11, 122 13 and 14 and plan to attend. Anyone wishing further information write to J... A. infested fields which are not seeded. Carroll, secretary Ontario Plowmen's 'Association $al'diement Buildings._ ..,' •-• "ssaFelnca i „m e;- -,_'_.--'- 4,.__ - GROWING PULLETS ON RANGER INSECT PESTS ' .._ The most satisfactory* place to rear • The army worm was the outstand pullets is on range land, preferably Jing insect pest in August. The most. at some distance from the main serious outbreak of this insect with- rpoultry'plant. Grass or •clover sod in the lash fifty' years has taken makes excellent range for chickens, place. The worms were most numer- but if these. are not available, an J ous in the counties of Huron, • Bruce, effort should be made to provide' Gray, Simeoe, ' Dufferin, Waterloo, ,green feed by sowing annual crops 'Wellington, York, Ontario and Dur - such as oats. Chickens reared under'ham, but there were minor outbreaks good range conditions are usually! all over Old Ontario and .also in sev- more vigorous and moreprofitable eral areas in New Ontario even as layers than those reared under far west as Rainy River District. crowded conditions where the yards The'crops attacked were all kinds are bare most of the summer. of grasses, including timothy and At the Dominion Experimental millet, oats, barley, spring wheat, Station, Fredericton N.B., chicks are corn and to a slight extent winter placed in portable brooder houses wheat The chief damage was done to direct from the incubator. The chicks; oats and barley. Hundreds of fields are given a yard as soon as weather1of these were very heavily attacked permits in the spring, after thein the above mentioned counties. houses have been moved to groundJ Wherever the poisoned bran bait was which was seeded with clover the applied in time and properly, distrib- `previous year. When the chicks are:uted, it gave remarkably good re - about ten weeks of age, the pullets : sults, a single application saving the are given a large grass or clover crop. Wherever it was not applied range and remain there until they or applied too late the crop was show signs of coming into produe-I either ruined or severely damaged. tion, when they are placed in laying The furrow method combined with houses. !poisoned bran also was s decided Range ' shelters provide ideal ac- i success in preventing the worms commodation for pullets or cockerelsifron marching from an infested during the summers. A shelter meas- freld or fields into non -infested urng 8x1.0 feet with aneighteen' crops, "especially corn. inch post, constructed of 2 x 3 inch Fortunately in even the worst material and fitted with seven roosts areas there{ were usually many will hold about 100 pullets. The sides fields that either had no worms or and ends of the shelter should be very few and this fact prevented the covered with one inch mesh chicken loss from being so great as it other - wire to give protection from animals wise would have been. at night. Range shelters, feed hop- White grubs in some localities'in pers, drinking troughs, etc., should central Ontario are abundant in be moved several times during the sandy soil or soils of an open text - summer to prevent excessive containure, and are attacking especially po- ination around them. It is also a tato tubers. wise precaution against the spread of disease toset the feed hoppers and drinking troughs on wire screen raised a few inches off the ground. INTERNATIONAL PLOWING MATCH ON OCTOBER 11 to 14 If interest displayed by farm machinery firms is any criterion, the International Plowing Match to be held at Minesing, near Barrie, Oct- ober 11, 12, 13 and 14, will undoubt- edly be the most successful since this event was started In 1913. Requests for space have been pouring in to secretary J. A. Carroll, Toronto for some time with the result there will be a truly "tented city"' spring into Grasshoppers have caused some damage, chiefly in the counties of Carleton and Prescott.' Poison for baiting was sent to these, with the result that little further damage is likely to take place. Wheat stem maggots have been numerous in a number of barley and wheat fields as shown by the heads turning white prematurely without any kernels developing. This, insect seldom does a great deal of damage. A wheat stem sawfly, probably the same one as occurs in the wheat areas of our west, has been found in wheat fields in Prince Edward, Hastings and York counties. This is apparently a new insect in Ontario, and whether it will prove to be a being at Minesing next month. The ious pest remains to be seen. demand' for space has increased to It is too early yet to report on, .the such a extent that this canvas "Main European corn borer, but the indica- Street" will extend to nearly a mile, tions are that there will be consid- the longest and best in the history of erable . damage in Essex and Kent. the match. Over 100,000 attended •The variegated cutworm was found the match last year at Fergus and in many fields when examining for even larger crowds are expected at army •worm. It is not numerous enough to cause any appreciable damage. • 'WRITE NOW r8endrldge and rafter Imeaeure- mente or Jaron to be 'roofed, patched or re. llard• Thea-Lapil Sterid• hoofing ie a sound, p meta ➢nunent investment Absolutely, weather. tight. Greatly reduces lire hazard. SOLD'ON A 25 YEAR- apcli 1Awfuf GUARANTEE "" ""t'0 "'/' rricee this Fall are lower because of Sales lax exerapUon: Saveawneybywz tingtoda9. Manufacturers also of famous Preston Steel Trues Barns and Jamesway Poultry equip. Ment. Address. SOBGuelpb St.;Preston. Ont. Eastern Steel products PRESTON ONT. eAcmem AMA/ MONTREAL 6.1'00.6NT° DRAINAGE ON HEAVY CLAY SOILS Where soils are heavy clay imper- vious to the passage of water, the efficiency of tile drainage is very low in proportion to its cost. Lines of tile roust be laid close together for ef- fective drainage and as the system grows older, the soil becomes packed around the tiles andthe easy escape of water becomes progressively less. Under such conditions the system that has been adopted at the Dom- inion Ettperimental Station at Kap- uskasing will be found to serve very well states E. T. Goring the Assist- ant This ' method is a modification of the system developed by "l'abbe Rich- ard" in the province of Quebec, The principal involved is to develop the surface of the fields into a series of rounded ridges or `"lands" with permanent "dead" furrows between, The water is shed from the ridges in- to the furrows and escapes down these to the drainageoutlet, either a creek or ditch. The • modification, lies in the widths oi_the lands. These have been - greatly increased over those of the parent system, and dis- tances of '60 to 75 feet between the permanent dead furrows 'are being found veryr satisfactory. It has been found that the rolling surface of the land is not nearly as. great 'a hindrance in working the, land, cutting crops, etc. as might be expected, and is not a valid reason for not making use of this System. In laying out the fields prepara- tory to establishing this system care must be taken to divide the field in- to such a number that the lands may be worked in pairs, the reason for which will explain itself. The rounding up process is done during the ordinary course of plough- ing and usually after three plough- ings the surface of the field begins to assume the desired shape, At the first ploughing, striking out is made in the center of the lands. Subse- quent ploughings start a few feet on one side or the other of the center. For example, at the second ploughing striking out is done say five feet to the right of the center ora one land and five feet to the left of •center on the next land. As ploughing proceeds it will be found that there is a five foot strip left unploughed on one side of each land when the other side is finished. These two strips are then ploughed togeth- er and thus no time is Iost in making "empty" return trips across the field, hence the necessity of having the lands in pairs. Once the lands are rounded up to the desired shape, this is easily maintained by striking out at different places. ! The lands must be laid out with the ploughing done up and down the slope, so that the water may escape down the dead furrows, and it may be necessary to clean out these fur- rows and grade down certain high spots which may occur in them so that all the water may escape. This is the only additional work or ex- pense involved over and above the usual ploughing. While it is not advocated that this system 'should supplant or replace tile drainage on soils where the latter is effective, it can be used to ad- vantage on heavy clay soils and in those districts that are being opened up and for settlement, where the need for drainage is great but the capital to establish underground drainage is not available. BOTANICAL NOTES FOR OCTOBER (Experimental Farms News) The supreme beauty of the country- side, at this season, cannot be ade- quately described; but it can be seen and admired by all. Everyone will be stimulated . both physically and mentally by spending a day in the woods in close communication with Dame Nature and her cornucopia of fleeting magnificence, as she chants the soul -stirring "Nunc Dimittis" o£ her departing botanical year. Leaf, fruit and fungus all share in the making of this transitory love- liness and bounty so often portrayed by masters of literature and art. "Literature is very ancient, but na- ture is older far. Words are wonder- ful, but the life of things around you. is snore than words." The scientist will not allow us to linger in our sweet ignorance of the cause of our beloved autumnal tinted leaves. He says that these gorgeous colours are not due to frost, as is generally supposed, but to the pres- ence of waste products. With the first retreat of vitality, and the withdrawal of the sap to the roots, the red and gold, the orange and the purple are but the mingling of many chemicals in the leaf, held apart when the foliage is in full vigour. When the leaves have performed their functions, when the fruits have appeared, matured and ripened, veg- etation has entered into a new phase; the leaves lose their brilliant green. But whatever may be the variety of. shades which leaves take in their de- cay, a certain air of sadness per- vades these ornaments of our fields, which proclaims the imminence of the cold season. Cold will soon ar- rest the sap and disorganize the leaf - stems; the . leaves withered and de - foamed will soon' cumber the ground, toy be blown hither and' thither' by the wind. It is the season of the fall of the leaf with all its melan- choly associations. But everything in Nature has its use. Leaves huddled together at the foot of .the trees, or which have been disseminated by the autumn winds over the naked country, disintegrate slowly upon the soil, where they are transformed into vegetable, mould (otherwise known as humus) iridis-. pensible to the life of plants. 'Thus death prepares for new life, as the old must always give way to the new. "There is no. death! What seems so is transition. Is but a suburb of the life Elysian, Whose portal we can Death."' Wild fruits and fungi adduseful- ness as well as beauty to October's brilliant, if sad, requiem. The wild edible fungi, ' mushrooms or toad- stools in their various weird forms and colours, await the collector who knows quite well what delectable a w``�u X41 u1\�\1 q1\\p\lUiluwnu nmmihlllPy, %a-1”'/Y/AM EE I/."////�//miiq//� 41481 0.e7 e 4cr 44 Z rr BIG NEWS FROM CRC "Along the Air Waves" has been informed of a Dominion -wide com- petition, to be sponsored by CBC, to encourage Canadian authors to und- ertake radio dramatic writing. Co- incident with this is the announce- ment that the Corporation will open its fall dramatic activities with the most ambitious coast-to-coast net- work series of Shakespearean plays ever attempted in Canada. Headed by some of the Empire's greatest dramatic stars, all recorded in the pages of "Who's Who in the Theatre," C B 0 raises the curtain Sunday, October 9, 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. EST with Sir Cedric Hardwiclie as Shylock in Shakespeare's immortal play, "Merchant of Venice." Charles Warburton, another world-famous Shakespearean actor and producer, will direct. The music will be ar- ranged and conducted by Reginald Stewart, internationally known Can- adian conductor -pianist. The efforts which CBC will put be- hind this series of 13 weekly Shake- spearean productions in which Can- adian actresses and actors will have 1 an opportunity to support, in addition such great stars as Eva Le Gallienne, Walter Hampden, Raymond Massey, and many others to be announced lat- er, will undoubtedly result in the highest degree of efficiency in radio drama production which has ever' been witnessed in Canada. ''' The eternal popularity of Shake- spearean plays, the fact that radio is considered a better medium than. either the stage or screen by which to present Shakespeare, and 'the cleverness of the construction of Shakespeare's works will make this series the most valuable illustration and guide for -the numerous authors, professional as well as amateurs, who desire guidance in writing for par- ticipation in CBC's Radio Drama con- test. The Corporation is offering four cash prizes of $250.00, $150.00,. pm - 00, and $50.00 for the best half or full -hour plays by authors domiciled and resident in Canada. The contest has been decided upon by CBC in an effort to create nation-wide interest in the development of Canadian plays by Canadian authors, to assist them in reaching a high standard and to find a permanent market at fair re- numeration for their works. The 13 Shakespearean plays will be produced in C B C's Toronto studios and all will star one or more of the greatest Shakespearean interpreters in the "Empire. They will be expertly produced and illustrated with special- ly arranged music of Elizabethan times. Other celebrities with whom C B C is at present negotiating in clude:•Mauriee Evans, Margaret Ang- lin and Walter Huston. The radio drama contest will start with the premiere of the Shakespear- ean series and close on January 1, 1939. In order that the plays sub- mitted may be judged on merit alone, the authors' names must not appear on manuscripts. Entry forms and complete details will be available on application to any CBC station. The Board of Adjudicators will be inde- pendent of the CBC having officers of the CBO merely as assessors and' advisors, i Home Station" has successfully com- pleted arrangements to hook up with one of the most popular network proprams on the air in Canada, Commencing. Sunday September 25, and each Sunday at 12.30 p.m., CKNX will broadcast Ken Soble's Original Amateur Show, direct from the stage of the Landsdowne .Theatre ;in Toronto, From the four corners of Canada come these amateur entertainers to appear on Ken Soble's broadcast. Mr. Soble first conceived the idea of an all -Canadian . amateur program four years ago. His programhad a modest beginning on a single station. A. cap- able radio showman, Soble won new listeners with every program, and as the fame of Ken Sable's Amateurs spread, more stations were added to the network. New, as the program enters its fourth year, there are 16 Canadian stations in addition to OK - NX carrying it each Sunday. Entertainers from this district can compete for a place on this broad- cast, now that CKNX is linked up with it. Anyone who wants to apply for an audition has only to address a letter to Ken Spble, Toronto. KEN SOBLE AMATEURS TO STAR ON CKNX W. T. Cruickshank, manager of CKNX, has announced that "The dishes can be prepared from the puffballs, coral fungi and a host of others quite unlike the ordinary wild mushrooms in appearance, but with a flavour just as good, Many people hesitate -and rightly too -to eat any form of wild fungus "YOUR HOME STATION' CKNX WINGHAM 1200 Kce,-Witsgham-249.9 Metra WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd: 10.30 a.m. Salvation Army 11.00 "Clippings" 11.30 "House of Peter MacGregor"; 12.00 noon Canadian Farm & Home hour 7.00 p.m. Landt Trio. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24th: 10.30. a.m. Shut -Ins 12.00 noon Canadian Farm and Horne Hour 12.45 p.m. CKNX Hill -Billies 6.15 Sport Reporter (7.30 Barn Dance. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th: '11.00 a.m. Wingham United church; 12.30 p.m, Ken Soble's Amateurs 1.00 Love Tales 7.00 p.m. St. Andrew's Church. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th: 111.00 "Clippings' 11.30 House of Peter MacGregor; , 7.00 p.m. Breen & DeRose .8.00' Kenneth Rantoul. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th: j12.45 p.m. McCallum Sisters 11.30 Glad Tidings Hour 7.00 !Master Singers WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th: 11.30 "House of Peter MacGregor" 7.00 p.m. Hildegarde, songs 8.00 CKNX Hill -Billies. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th: 12.45 p.m. Jack Wakeford, Songs 7.00 Peg LaCentra & The Jesters 8.00 Gladys Pickell, piano. IDENTIFYING THE STUDENT DRIVER Much of the hazard involved in the instruction of student drivers on street and highway is eliminated by an idea evolved by George E. Fisher, Los Angeles automobile driving teacher Adopting and extending the Eng- lish practice which requires a new driver to display on his license plates for a full year a large letter "L", Fisher has developed striking "learn- er plates". Of enamelled metal larg- er plates are inscribed in bold letter- ing: NEW DRIVER, Please Keep Distance." At the bottom, in smaller lettering, Mr. Fisher offers his ad - because they lack the knowledge ne- vertising message and phone num- cessary to recognize the poisonous ber, advising would-be drivers to from. the edible kinds. But thisi take expert instruction. knowledge is accessible by means of "The sign has proved a great fascinating study and observation, help," says Fisher. "Formerly, when which will lead to the acquisition of a student driver stalied his motor this knowledge, a work has been at k busy crossing or on a curve, published entitled Mushrooms and the motorist behind as usually would Toadstools by Gussow and Odell, ob- honit his horn, making the student tainable for $1.00 from the King's more rattled than ever. But with Printer, Government Printing Bur- the "New Driver" sign on. the car, eau, Ottawa. It is written in com- I; have found other motorists to be prehensive .and. non-technical 'style;. much more considerate. They control indeed in a way which will appeal their impatience] and also lteep a to those with little or no previous' safe distance from him on all sides, knowledge of fungi. The book eon- thus reducing the danger to every - tains 126 plates, with hundreds of body concerned, Another resulti, of illustrations; chapters on how to re -'course, is that the beginner gains oognize-the various forms of fungi; iconfidence much more quickly." hints to collectors;- fungi as food; suggestions for the preparation of fungi for the table; poisoning by COMMON RED CLOVER fungi; mushroom culture, together with other information indispensable The prospect is good this year for to the would-be .student of fungi. a fair crop of Red Clover seed in With the passing of October gard all the production provinces, but it is eners are, once again, offering up yet too early, states the Plant Pro - the sweet incense of burning plant ducts Division, Dominion Department remains -those beloved friends whoa, of Agriculture, to'estimate the pros - they have reared with such tender peotive production of seed. The acre - care from birth. Dame Nature seems:; age of Red Clover in Ontario and to take her well-earned vacation; Quebec is touch larger than for some' when some plants die; others enter time and ismostly of double-eut upon what appears to be a period I types. The second crop looks -well of repose. But the evergreens are generally and if weather conditions always with ns -smiling and serene,are favourable should produce a deal -as oases in a snowy desert. ofrseed. 1878 D1AMOND JUBILEE 1938 Ontario Street United Church, Clinton, Ont. Jubilee Services, Sept. 25th, Oct. 2nd, Oct. 9 1938 i• We invite all the people to come to these Special Services of Fellowship. and Re -Union.. You will be able to meet many of the former pasture.. and former members. Be sure you acquaint former members and friends.. of Diamond Jubilee events. Let us all rally and snake this occasion as real home -coming, and a gathering long to be remembered. REV. GARLAND G. BURTON, M.A.,B.D. MR. B. J. GIBBINGS MRS. E. WENDORF Mll. OLIVER JE'RVIS, Minister Choir Director Organist Recording Steward and Clerk of Session HISTORICAL FACTS: The first records of Ontario Street Church date away back to . the years before the present church was built. After the church was organized in the early days under such splendid ministers as.. Revs. Williams, Edwards, Dobell, Philip 'lames, George Webber and Josias Green and W. Roach; steady progress was manifested under the ministry of W. Wade and Roger Allin and the new church was . built in 1877-78 under the ministry of Rev. R. T. Courtice. The first church was a small white frame church, where the Baptist Church now stands. It was first built as a Bible Christian Church and during the ministry of John Kenner it united in the • union of the Methodist Churches in Canada, and Turner's Church was added to Ontario Street as a circuit. Two additions were necessary to the new' building since its . erection. In 1925 it entered the larger union and became Ontario.. Street United Church. ACTIVITIES: The Women's Association (Ladie s .Aid) was first organized in 1886, during the pastorate of Rev. W. W. Snarling. The Woman's Missionary Society was organized in 1888 during the pastorate of Rev. Jos. Edge. The Young People's League (Union) dates back to the pastorate. of Rev. W. Sperling. The Girls Club first came into existence during the ministry of Rev. C. J. Moorhouse. Two Missionaries Sent to Foreign Field: 'Miss Sybil Courtiee in Japan has served for many year:r ander the Woman's Missionary Society. Rev. Kenneth Beaton, B.A. was one of our own boys who went to China and later returned to take up the Missionary Educational work at Headquarters. Mr. Beaton will address the Congregation and friends October 4th at 8.00 P.M. after the Annual Supper. The first record we have of the formation of the Sunday School is dated in 1871 when Rev. W. Wade was pastor. Mr. E. Livermore K.C. who addressed the Sunday School last Sunday is a product of the good work of the Sunday School of Ontario Street United Church. There have been three Recording Stewards (Secretaries) ie sixty years, John Gibbings, Harrison Wiltse and Oliver Jervis. The present choir leader, Mr. B. J. Gibbings, has been director of the choir for forty-five .years -A remarkable record. Extensive repairs have been made to the church this past summer, including the entire renovation of the choir loft. Diamond Jubilee Services for three Sundays start this coming Sunday, Sept- ember 25th with Rev. F. G. Parrili being the first former pastor to speak. Programme SUNDAY; SEPTEMBER 25th: 10,00 A.M.--Clinton Sunday School A.M.-Rev.. F. G. Farrili, M.A.,B.D., of Giles Boulevard United Church,_. Windsor. 2.00 P.M. -Turner's Church, Sunday School Rally -Speaker Rev. F„'. G. FaTrill. P.M. -Rev. C. J. Moorhouse, London, Ontario. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th, 8.00 P.M. Diamond Jubilee Young People's Rally. Mr. Harold Turner of Goderieh will be the guest speaker. WEDNESDAY: 8.00 P.M. We welcome all who can attend our midweek service of Fellowship, Prayer and Praise. OCTOBER 2nd, ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY: A.M.-Rev. J. A. Agnew, Empress Ave. 'United Church, London, Ont. P.M. -Rev. A. E. Doan, M.A.,B.D., Forest, Ontario. TUESDAY; OCTOBER 4th: Diamond Jubilee Supper and Concert. 8.00 P.M. --Rev. Kenneth J. Beaton, B.A., Secretary of Misslofiary Education of Toronto will give an address. Other special items • milli be featured. OCTOBER 9th: Rev. T. R, Courtiee; M.A.,B.D., D.D1,' Pastor of First Methodist Church, McKeesport, Pa., U. S. A. will be with us. Mr. Courtiee is the nephew of the first 'Pastor of this Church. (Rev. R. T. Courtiee, 1877-1878.) Messages from other Pastors who cannot be with us will be read the morning of October 2nd. Pastors 1877-78--R. T. Courtiee 1878-80-R. Thomas 1880-82-J. J. Rice 1882-85-J. Kenner 1886 -88 -William Sperling 1888 -91 -Joseph Edge. 1891 -92 -Joseph Galloway 1892 -95 ---William Smythe 1895-97---W. J. Ford 1897-00-B. Clement 1900-03-G. A. Gifford of this Church: 1903-05--J. S. Cook 1905-09-W. E. Kerr 1909-12-T. W. Cosens 1912-16-S, J. Mir: 1916-19---J. A. Agnew 1919-28--1S. Anderson 1923-27--C. J. Moorhouse 1927-1930-A, E. Doan 1930-1986--F. G. Farrill 1936- -G. G. Burton