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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., OCT. 20,.1938. _
Timelg Information for the
Busg Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
CURRENT CROP 1t.EP,ORT PERCHERON STALLIONS
Halton County reports livestock in
excellent condition though many
farmers state that pasture conditions
'are below normal. There will be con-
siderable red clover seed for sale in
Balton area, Huron County reports
new seeding a promising ' stand of
both clover and grasses, Both Mc-
Intosh and Spys are producing an
above average yield in Huron with
excellent size and colour. Roots are a
exceptionally good crop in Perth: A
carload of Southdown rams was ship-
ped from Brant county to the United
States. "Haldimand farmer's have
completed sowing of fall wheat and
harvesting of the corn crop;. Lamb -
ton reports the land dry and hard
for plowing; but fall work is ,being
rapidly completed. The wineries have
purchased a large share of the grape
crop in the Lambton area, Carloads
of grapes have been shipped from
Lincoln to other points in Ontario,
the Maritimes and the West. There
has been an excellent demand for
grapes by the basket. A number of
loads oil finished cattle have been
moving from Middlesex, the best net
price being $5.50 per cwt. Silo filling
operations have been general in
Wentworth and other counties,
OUTNtjMBER CLYDPS
Horse breeding in Ontario has been.
more active in 1938 than in any seas-
on since 1920, according, to figures
just released by the Stallion Enrol-
ment Board of Ontario. Another in
Wresting feature of the repert is that
for the first time .in the history of
the province the number of Percher -
on stallions offered Rh( public sex -
(vice -exceeds 'Clydesdales. Percheron
stallions total 640 and Clydes 601.
I' Middlesex county shows the great -
'est number of stallions enrolled with
an even 100 divided as follows: 48
Pereherons, 34 Clydes, 4 Belgians, 8
Standard, 6 Thoroughbreds and' one
Arab. Dr. W. J. Stevenson of Lon-
don owns the .only Arab stallion in
Ontario, the report discloses. Huron
(County is second in numbers with 72,
Bruce is third with 66, followed by
( Perth and Grey Counties with 62
each.
RESPONSE OF CROPS TO
MANURE
That different erops respond in
varying measures to the application!
of manure is a well recognized fact.
A. knowledge of how they respond
is necessary if the most profitable
returns are to be obtained from the
manure and from the crops in the
rotation as a whole.
Where intertilled crops are grown,
they will perhaps show the most
profitable response, but where rota
;tions consist of grain and hay the
answer to the •question id not so
obvious.
With rotations on heavy clay soils
such es are found in Northern On-
tario,
ntario, the results of an experiment
at the Dominion Experimental Sta.�
tion at Kapuskasing, Ontario are
very instructive.
Two similar four-year rotations
have been running alongside each
other for thirteen years. Both con i
sist of oafs; barley and two Years
of mixed hay. One has not receiv-+
ed any- manure or other fertilizer, I(
while the other has been given and
application of eight tons of manure
to the barley and another of eight
tons on the aftermath of the first
year's hay for the second year of,
hay. . From the information gather -1
ed on these rotations during thirteen!
years, it is possible to compare the!
• effect of manure on barley and Ilan(
and the residual effect on oats and'
hay.
A. study of the data shows that
barley increased 65 per cent and hay
126 per cent in response to direct
applications of manure, while oats
increased 60 per cent and hay 101
percent from residual effect, that is
residual fertility the years following
applications.
Those comparisons show very
clearly that the hay crops responded
in a greater degree to manure than
did the grain crops, and indicate that
the most profitable place for the
manure will be on the hay crop.
Another experiment that has been
running for a shorter time seems to
indicate that commercial fertilizers
will give as good , results on grain
as en hay.
It, would appear then that the most
satisfactory results will be obtained
from applying the manure on . the
hay crop, and the commercial fer-
tilizers on the grain crops.
The, gradual upswing in horse
breeding in Ontario can be seen by
the 'increase in the number of stal-
lions enrolled. in 1932 the enrolment
total was 1013 with 1166 in 1933;
1189 in 1934; 1300 in 1935; 1402 in
1936; 1506 in 1937 and 1583 this year,
The report also states that reg-
ular fall inspection is free to all
stallion owners. The province bas
been divided into four sections and
stallion owners are requested to
make application at once to their
local Agricultural Representatives
who are stringing routes in their
counties. Regular inspection is also
provided at Ottawa, the Royal and
Guelph Winter Fairs.
Various breeds are listed as fol-
lows: Pereheron 640; Clydesdales,
601; Belgians, 142; Standard, 106;
Hackney, 34; Thoroughbreds, 27;
French Canadian, 19; German Coach,
6; Suffolk, 4; French Canadian, 2;
Saddle 1 and Arab 1.
It is interesting to note that 352
of the stallionsenrolled carry pre-
mium certificates whereby they qual-
ify for an annual grant from both
Provincial and Federal Departments
of Agriculture, the amount of which
will vary according to the number of
in foal mares left by the service of
the stallion,_ and according to the
form of premium certificate the stal-
lion carries.
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Value of Fuelwood From
Farm Woodlot
Discussing the relation of forestry
to agriculture at the recent Fifth
International Conference of Agricul-
tural Economists, Roland D. Craig of
the Dominion Forest Service referr-
ed in passing to the more intimate
influence of farm woodiots owned
and controlled' by the individual far-
mers. Taking fuelwood alone, which
is the cheapest but most important
woodiot product, it is possible, stated
Mr. Graig, by proper silvicultural
mangement to . grow from one to
one and a half cords per acre per
annum. Based on a sale value of
$3.78 per cord, such as is placed on
fuelwood by the Canadian Bureau of
Statistics during 1931-35, the finan-
cial return is very low, but this
does not represent the 'value of the
wood grown and used by the farmer
himself. It should be valued on the
basis of the coal for which he would
have to pay cash, if he did not have
wood of his own. ' •
The heating value ,of wood as com-
pared with anthracite coal varies.
with the kind and density of the
wood. One standard cord (128 cubic
feet piled) : of air dry wood of the
better hardwoods (beech, yellow
birch, hard maple) has a fuel value
equivalent to about 83 per cent of a
short ton of anthracite coal; fair
hardwoods (ash, elm; soft maple
white birch, and such like) and heavy
softwoods (Douglas fir and larch) 66
per cent of a ton; light hardwoods
(poplar, basswoods, and simile.
woods), and light softwoods, pine
ammo, hemlock and such) 50 per
cent of a ton.
The cost' of anthracite coal hi On-
tario, not including the cost of hauI-
ing is about $15 to $17 per ton, and
on that basis a cord of good air-
dried' hardwood has a fuel value of
about $13.25 per cord, and the poor-
est grade of fuelwood, $8 per cord,
the average of all wood being about
$10.50 per cord. A production of
one eord.of good hardwood per acre
per year in Ontario would yield
about three-quarters of the average
value of field` crops, while a produc-
tion of 1% cords would exceed it.
The ordinary farm requires from
10 to 15 cords of wood per annum
for heating and cooking. This wood
can be grown continuously on 10 to
15 acres. If this amount of fuelwood
is produced on the farm, it _repre-
sents. a fuel value of from $100 to
$200. The woodiot will supply also
a considerable amount of wood for
poles, "stakes, posts, and other like
items which are always required on
a .farm. " If the growth exceeds the
farm requirements, the excess can be
sold, as there is always a demand
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Third production in the CBC series
of Shakespearian plays being pre-
sented Sundays over the national net-
work from Toronto will be heard Oc- Romeo and Juliet," and November
tobdr 23, 9noted
10.00 EST 27 Raymond Massey in the leading
when Charles Warburton, act- role in "Richard the Second." On
or
Merry
and chief of NBC, is star -
December 4 Charles Warburton,' who
red in "The MeWives of Wind- is directing the series, will be feat-
sor. Warburton, who will be cast in ured in "Julius Caesar" and in De -
the role of .Sir'e Falstaff, will be cember Eva Le Gallienne again will
supported by the distinguished Can- be starred, this time in "As You
adieu actress, Nancy Pyper. ,Like It." The brilliant tragedian,
Widespread interest inwill take the leading
ions. CBC undertaking
this ambit- Maurice Evans, has been role in "Hamlet", to be presented
aroused in all parts of Canada and December 18. "Hamlet" will' be the
many papers in which this column last broadcast in the series.
appears regularly have devoted flat •
tering editorial space to the project. ' -*-
The support and commendation that PEACE WEEK
has been given the series, particular-
ly by editors, is reflected in an ed-
itorial published recently in the Mit- ed by at least one special broadcast
cheil Advocate, This prominent On-' by OBC,. On November 10, 11.15 to
tario weekly sincerely commends the n.30 p.m. EST,, F. E. Figgures, of
Corporation for its enterprise, not London} ]England, who is the new
only with reference to the Shake- Secretary General of the Internation-
spearian series, but also to other al Federation of the League of Na -
phases of the system's work. It tions Societies, will; speak in the
draws special attention, furthermore, series "Introducing Tonight." Mr.
to the high honour that has been paid Figgul'es, is one of the leading per -
CBC by the International Broadcast- sonalities of the Peace Movement in
ing Union, Geneva, which has invited Great Britain and is also an authority
the Corporation to present on Octob- on the political situation in France
er 23, 2:30 to 3.00 p,ln. EST the and Czechoslovakia.
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Huston, famous screen star, comes to
Toronto to take the lead in "Othello,"
and ort November 13 Walter Hamp-
den plays the role of King Lear in
the drama of the same name. Novem-
ber 20 stars Eva Le Gallienne in
will be heard in more than forty PAYS TRIBUTE TO
countries throughout the world and; PRESS
will constitute the most extensive
piece of radio publieity ever given! CB0 listeners Iast week heard H.
Canada, IP. Duehemin, K'.C'., president of the
The eleven week series of Shake- Canadian Press and publisher of the
spoaxian plays by CBC will continue I Sydney Post -Record, in a brilliant
on October 30 with a musical per- address from the' Toronto studios.
forename of "A Midsummer Night's I0, Duehemin, whospoke on "Lib-
Dream" r. . re ,! a .A ss," ,ad; that "th rg
are few papers left in Canada that
could fairly be classed as party or-
gans and still fewer, if any, that do
not place their sincere conception of
the public weal above mere political
considerations in their treatment of
public questions. The change for the
better," he said, "has been brought
about by three mann causes -the
purge of the Great War, the trend
toward newspaper mergers in small
towns, and the broadening influence
of the co-operative exchange of news
through the instrumentality of the
Canadian. Press."
Mr. Duehemin . contended Mat it
would be difficult to place anything
like a just adequate estimate on the
educational value of the newspress
of Canada, or to find any formula to
measure the influence it exerts in
the moulding of public opinion and
in the building of an enlightened
citizenship,
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WEEKLY PROGRAM TIIGHLIGHTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st:
11.00 "Clippings"
11.30 "House of Peter MacGregor";
12.45 p.in. Poultry Talk
7.00 p,m. Landt Trio.
7.30 Pinto Pete'a Ranch Boys
SATURDAY; OCTOBER 22nd;
10.30 a.m. Shut -Ins
12.00 noon Canadian Farm and Home
(Tour
12,,45 p.m. CKNX Hill -Billies
7.30 Cocoanut Grave Ambassadors
7.45 Barn Dance
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23rd:
11.00 a.m. Wingham United church;
12,30 p.m. Ken Soble's Amateurs
1.00 Love Tales
7.00 St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church
MONDAY, OCTOBER 24th:
11.30 House of Peter MacGregor;
7.00 Jack and Loretta Clemens
7,30 Pinto Pete's Ranch' Boys
8.00 __Kenneth_Rentoul.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25th:
12.45 p.m. McCallum Sisters
1.30 Glad Tidings Hour
7.80 Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26th:
11.30 "House of Peter MacGregar"
7.00 Sunday Drivers.
7.30 Rhapsody In Rhythm ,
8.00 CKNX Hill -Billies.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27th:
12.455 p.m. Jack Wakeford, Seaga
7.30 Pinto Pete's Ranch Boys
CO -BOSS! CO -BOSS]
Neil McKillop, prominent cattle-
man of Port Elgin, while searching furnish enough forced stalks for a
for a lost steer on his grass farm, family. As the crowns or plants
was astonished, we are told by the from which the stalks are to be
Fort Elgin Times, "to find the ant- forced have received the necessary
mal standing behind one of the enor- • nourishment during the season, it is
mous puff -balls which grow en the not necessary to p1afl them in soil
estate" . . . The man can surely lay ; in the cellar, although this may be
claim to the county championship as ( found the most convenient material
a disciple of Baron Munchausen,; in which to put the plants, as the
opines the Cheeley Enterprise ,!roots must be kept moist for best
Our own thoughin the ter is results.
that it's a lot oft bull. Eitmather that,l The roots are dug up just before '•
or the moa could"make a .fortune winter sets in and before being put
showing such a midget cattle -beast in the collar they are left out to
at fall fairs. Freeze solidly. An exposure to frost
from ten days to. two weeks is desir--,
able, as roots force more quickly
Winners at Exeter Frolic afterwards if they have been frozen.
Next, the ,plants are set close to -
The winner of the draw for tickets
get
tier 'in' the cellar; either in bases'
donated by merchants was won by or on the floor. They may remain in
Bobby Pryde and the young
hey total, or almost total darkness. while
chose the Shetland pony. The grand being forced, as without ; light the
prize of $200• was won by `Gerald colour of the rhubarb is a very
Skinner, of Exeter. The radio went
O-
M Elmer Tuckey, of London, and the
electric gleaner to Stanley Nichols,
of Seaforth.
William Caldwell, of Brucefield two months, or until the roots aro•
won the dinner set, and Harold Cook exhausted. To ensure a continuous,
of Hensall, gets the electric clock. supply, some roots may be kept fro,-
Milton Russell, ESteter, won a seven- en and trot put in the warm cellar
piece sot of enamel ware,• 3. B..Daw- until stalks from the` first lot are•
son, of Exeter, razor, and Mrs. A, ready for use. The temperature in
Darwin, Hensall, blankets. Bread the cellar should not be high. Be -'-
tickets were won by R. Williams, !ween 50 to 60 degree Fahrenheit
and a year' subeseription to the is a good range, and rhubarb will"
Times Advocate is Mervin Stade's force at even lower temperature.
GROWING RHUBARB IN
WINTER MONTHS
It is interesting to know that a
supply of fresh rhubarb stalks may
be made available from January to
the following Spring by forcing in
the cellar for fresh growth during
the winter months. The procedure
is explained in a eircular issued by
the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture.
A few good sized crowns or pieces
cut off the plants in the garden will.
tractive shade of pinkish red.
The one lot of plants willcontinue
to throw up stalks for six weeks or