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1 ERTILIZFJR MAINTAINS PLANT The dairy studies now in progress,
conducted. jointly by The Economics
FOOD IN SOIL Division, Dominion Department of
'
Agriculture, Ottawa, and the Ontario
In a comparatively new country Agricultural 'dollege, Guelph, show
like Canada where the land has not that, for Ontario, less labour is re -
been cropped nearly as long as sn quired where production per cow is
some other parts of the world, farm- above the average and where the size
ers are learning that even the most of . the herd is ` greater than normal
fertile soil will `peter out if nothing for the locality. With favourable
is done to return its fertility. The general dairy conditions the' large;
plant food which the crops take out high producing herd provides a sound
of the soil must be replaced, other- background for economical milk pro-
wise 'the land • will produce poorer duction. It then becomes possible to
crops. !organize the dairy labour in such a
Scientists found out long ago that way as to secure more milkper unit
plant diet consists of a dozen or more of labour and also to 'increase the
chemical substances, and• that some farm operator's- net returns from the
of these chemical substances are re- dairy farm business as a whole.
quired in larger amounts than others.
Nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, cal-
cium„ sulphur and magnesium are
known to be the principal substances THOUSANDS OF FARMERS
of plant food with nitrogen, phos- TAPPING MAPLE TREES
phoric acid, and potash as the most
important. In this regard, it is in-
teresting to note that human food,
while of different kinds, is composed
of practically the same chemical sub-
stances as foods required by plant
life Also human beings like plants
Thousands of farmers in Eastern
Canada, the majority in the Province
of Quebec, are busy tapping millions
thrive largely according to the food of maple trees for the annual harvest
consumed and assimilated, and hum- { of maple syrup and maple sugar. The
an rickets and plant rickets have sap in the maple'trees begins to run
much in common; both result, in usually about the middle of March
weakly and undernourished bodies. :and continues until early in April.
The fact that plant foods are con- This year the prospects are good for
sumed with great rapidity in repeat- an encouraging yield of high quality.
edly cropped soils will explain why It is expected that, not more than
chemical fertilizers and natural fer- about 20,000,000 trees will be tapped
tilizers in the form of manure give i in 1939, due to the serious damage
good results when used on almost caused by the hurricane which swept
any soil of garden or farm. To getlthrough the Eastern States and a
these results the proper fertilizer .considerable part of Eastern Canada
has to be used in the correct manner ,1 st September. In most years about
and in effective amounts, . because , 291,000,000 trees are tapped in the
different kinds of plants vary in their Province of Quebec, Ontario, New
food requirements. For example, Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, al -
leafy planes, such as lettuce and though there are, it is estimated,
cabbage, do better with an abundance approximately 70,000,00 trees capable
of nitrogen; turnips and tomatoes of production.
respond to an abundance of phos-' In 1938 the total production of
phoric acid, and potatoes and other .maple syrup in Canada was 2,955,300
starch -forming plants prefer an un- gallons, valued at $3,479,440, and the
usual amount of potash. ' total output of maple sugar was
This tendency of some kinds of 8,455,900 Ib., with a value of $370,-
plant
370;plant life to require large amounts 500, making an aggregate value for
of different planet foods must be maple products last year of $3,849, -
taken into account, as also the fact 900, the highest for several years.
sandy soils are usually short of all The Province of Quebec accounted
the plant, foods and need heavier for about 90 per cent of all the
applications of fertilizers than do maple syrup produced in Canada in
loams and clays. These factors of 1938 and for nearly 80 per cent of
soil fertility and crop requirements the total output of maple sugar. A
make it difficult for the average considerable perdentage of the pro -
person who is unversed in fertilizers duction of maple products in the
and their uses to choose wisely from Province of Quebec is marketed by
the wide range of fertilizer products farmers' co-operative organizations.
advertised for sale. If every buyer Sap running time comes at a period
of fertilizer obtained a copy of the of the year when there is littie other
recommendations of the fertilizer activity on the farm and the harvest
council from his Provincial Depart• of maple products provides the farm-
ment of Agriculture, it would help er with money to buy seeds and other
him in getting better results from necessities for the busy season that
fertilizer. . 3 begins a few weeks after work is.
In using fertilizer, it should be re- over in the maple bush.
membered that if farmyard manure The new maple syrup and sugar
tan be obtained, its use should come will be on the market in a short
first, as it not only supplies the time. Either can be kept indefinitely
essential plant foods but other sub- if stored in a cool place. They are
stances as well to promote plant essentially Canadian products with
growth and development. The ideal recognized healthful qualities.
THE CI=UNTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., MARCH 23, r3)
error
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It is now -apparent that one of the
Principal issues for the remainder of
the parliamentary session will be the
question of unemployment. This
week the Government submitted its
annual legislation providing for un-
employment relief. The ligislation
is essentially the same as that sub-
mitted at the last three sessions. The
Government apparently has no furth-
er plan for improving unemployment
conditions. When the relief bill was.
offered by Hon. Norman Rogers,
Minister of Labor, this week, Denton
Massey, Conservative Member for
Toronto -Greenwood, described it as
an admission of failure on the part
of the Government to develop a pol-
icy to cope with the situation. This
criticism was in line with the at-
titude taken by the Conservative
Leader, Hon. R. J, Manion, sines the
opening of the session. Dr: ',Manion!
has insisted that unemployment and
economic distress should be the first
concern of the •Government.
Rt. Hon.' Mackenzie King will come
in for some criticism because of his
suggestions that Parliament might be
prorogued at the commencement of
the visit of the King and Queen in
May without any legislation having
been brought' forward to deal with
economic conditions. The Govern.
merit's relief bili affords the first
opportunity so far this session for a
scheme of fertilization includes the
use of farmyard manure, plus the
proper chemical fertilizers to balance
the plant food in the manure as re-
quired by the different crops and
soils.
LITTLE CHATS
on
FARM MANAGEMENT
DAIRY FARM LABOUR
IMPORTANT TO
SUCCESS
WE MODERNS
anon
`Commoner
general discussion on unemployment
and allied subjects.
Decision of the Liberal majority on
the Public Accounts Committee that
the committee, numbering' some fifty
members, should make a trip to Tor-
onto to, inspect the Inglis plant where.
the' Bren machine' guns are to be
manufactured has provoked ,a storm
of protest. Opposition members of.
all parties have denounced the prop-
osal as an unnecessary expenditure
of public money and the time of the
Committee. The Iobject of the prop-
osal is that of; establishing that the
Inglis plant has been put in proper
shape for the manufacture , of the
machine guns. It is maintained' by
Opposition members that the question
at issue is not to the present con-
dition of the plant but as to its con-
dition when the Inglis Company was
given the contract without competi-
tion. Members of the Opposition
parties on the Committee may refuse
to participate in the trip.
* * * * *
The Prime Minister's recent
speeches in defence of Hon. Ian Mac-
kenzie
ackenzie are thought to be intended to
soften the blow of an impending de-
motion for the Minister of National
Defence. Despite Mr. King's com-
mendation of his colleague parliam-
entaryl observersbelieve iyr. Mac- i
kenzie will be removed from the de-
fence ministry before the Govern-
ment goes to the country: It' is
thought that he will\ .be retained in
the Government in another ,portfolio.
Failure of the Governmentrunent to
in-
sist'on a recorded vote on the Wash-
ington trade bargain has occasioned'
a good deal of comment. It is be-
lieved to have been deliberate. Many
of the .minitsry's supporters from
various parts of the country were not
anxious to be placed on record as
voting approval of the trade treaty.
because of its effeet on Canadian in-
terests. in the districts they represent.
Through avoidance of a recorded• vote
on the resolution for the adoption of
the treaty these members, were saved'
from committing themselves : definit-
ely. In the final stages of the debate
an the treaty it was apparent' that
Liberal members were not enthus-
iastic. It was significant that virt-
ually no reply was made from the
treasury benches to the speech of
Hon. H4 H. Stevens in which the
former Minister of Trade and Cont- Mr. John H. Casey, professor of
coerce showed that under the treaty Journalism and Advertising• at the
Canada made concessions to all coon- University of Oklahoma has answer -
tries with which most -favored -nation ed this question. Here is his answer:
agreements are in effect'. without "What is 'advertising? One form
getting anything in return. In the of salesmanship. Purpose? To sell:
final stages of the debate very few Who .pays for it? John and Mary
ministers were in the House and a Public say they do, indirectly. Sol.
considerable section of the Govern- omen Isaac, Business Man says be
ment's following was at a hockey knows too well he pays for adverbs,
match. ing. :.
' * * * * * "But I say the customer does not
Lively protests are reaching Ot- pay an advertising bill if the adver-
tawa from Quebec and the Maritime tising is• effective, efficiently done,
Provinces over the Post Office De- run in the right medium at the right
partment's' new airmail stamp. The time, and is, in every other respect
stamp carries the legend„' "Trans- right,
Canada Airmail, Vancouver -Toronto.” "For when greater demand for
Quebec and the Maritimes object to goods is created by advertising, more
being Ieft out of the trans -Canada goods can be manufactured in larger
quantities, and shelves restocked at
picture. The stamp, it is understood,
will not be continued in circulation.
* * * *
If by any chance Parliament
should have concluded its work by the
time Their Majesties reach Ottawa
His Majesty will himself officiate at
the prorogation ceremony. Should tine!
session not concluded and' it now
s n be
seems unlikely that it will be, His
Majesty will attend in the Senate
Chamber and give assent to :certain
bills. In making this announcement
in the House of Commons the Prime
Minister, was careful to indicate that
it was _ not desired to rush the pro-
ceedings of Parliament in order to
'conclude the session in time for pro-
rogation by the Ring, Some observ-
ers think that, the session might be
concluded by the time Their Majes-
ties arrive if the Prime Minister
would let it be known that he does
not intend to bring on the general
election this year. There is little ex-
pectation, however, that he will com-
mit himself in this connection.
WH,O PAYS FOR ADVERTISING?
item of merchandise, in conse -. ncE
of that created demand,; either .. ,ess
cost or with..more quality at th.....ame
cost which amounts to the same,
thing.
"Yes, the. merchant is sure he pays
the advertising eost, But I say he
does not, for the larger the volume-
d business the retailer can do, the •
less his percentage of overhead, of
which` advertising is but one of many
items.' No more light, no more heat,
no more of several other, overhead:,,
items required for $110,000 turnover
than for $100,00. •
"Well, if the customer doesn't pay
and the merchant doesn't pay for ad--
vertising—then, who does pay for it?
"Why, bless your souls! The truth
of the matter is that effective adver-
tising, unless if we must find some-
ating. Nobody pays for good adver-
tisinv, unless if we must find some-
one- to pay for it, I guess it comes .
pretty near the non -advertising mer-
chant who, pays—and pays and pays.
— whose overhead goes up as his
sales volume goes down — he and
the non -ad -reading customer who:
buys blinds, fails to read the ads and.
in consequence, gets stuck with in-
ferior, non -advertised goods, at high-
er prices than he need pay.
'"And there you -have one answer -
to the old, old question: Who pays.
for effective advertising, in the final
analysis? Not the buyer of advertised
goods, not the merchant who sells
the goods and uses the advertising
space, but the non -advertiser who •
fails to get the business and 'the -
non -ad -reading public,"
less cost per unit of population' per
•
"The pnre,e form in which
tabecco e.n 6e smoked'.
The babies of the present day are.
raised upon a system—
You count their calories of food, and
on a card you list 'em;
They're spanked upon a schedule, and
petted by the clock,
And you mustn't -ever bounce them,
and you mustn't ever rock,
Physicians choose their style of dress
and fix their hours of sleep,
And tell you when they ought to
laugh and when they ought to
weep.
Their every eccentricity is catalogued
and filed,
Foe the modern type of baby is a
scientific child)
Economy in the use of labour is
an important factor in successful
dairy farming. The Ontario dairy
farm business study, covering 7801
farms, shows !that labour accounts
for 20.6 to30.8 •percent of the gross,
cost of producing milk as an average!
in the 14 milk market zones studied..
On individual farms, the variation in
the amount of labour used in the
production of 100 pounds of milk
(herd basis) is from less than two
hours to more than si,x hours. The
significance of this is shown by the
analysis of these farm records which
discloses that, on those farms from
which whole milk was shipped, an in-
crease .of from less than two hours
to more than four hours of labour
per 100 pounds of milk increased the
cost of producing milk by 70 percent,
In addition to increasing the milk
cost the. operator earnings dropped
from $780 to $289. Similar results
were experienced on the farms from
•
'which milk had been shipped for
manufacture into cheese, cream and
condensed mills products. It is in-
teresting to note that, on analysis of
the business of milk shippers to the
Montreal market, made by Macdonald
College, Quebec, produced a result
much the same as, that shown. for
Ontario• Io -
Time was when Mother raised than
in a rather casual way,
With a bit of help from Grandma-
but that isn't done today;
The bringing up of babies is a far
from simple art,
And you need a dozen volumes and
a blueprint and a chart,
A clinical thermometer, a stethoscope,
a scale,
Sone teat tubes .and a dictaphone
I that registers each wail,
The modern mathen's regimen is very
far from mild,
For the baby of the present is a
scientific child!
Oh, the old folks sniff about it and1
the jesters jest a lot,
But the modern type of baby is a
healthy little tot.
Ile may be robbed of baby talk, and
many pats and kisses;
But *there's a heap of colic and other
ills he misses,
And in spite of all the seri (ment that
in our cosmos lurks,
There isn't any question that the
modern metlhod works—
For the scientifie baby is a husky
little tad,
A credit to the Doctor, the Mother,
and the Dad. ,
—Berton, Braley,,
The Proposed Increase
of 331/ % in
GASOLINE 'rAXATION
IT IS proposed by the Government of the Province of Ontario to increase the tax on gasoline from six
cents to eight cents per gallon. This increase,. if made effi,ctive, means that the average motorist,
driving 10,000 miles in a year and getting 18 miles to the gallon out of his car.will pay over $10 ad-
ditional to the gasoline tax of $33.33 which he is now paying. Figure it out for yourself. From six
cents to eight cents a gallon means this :
Taxes Now Proposed Proposed
(excluding Taxes Increase
license) After Apr. L 1939 3314%
10,000 miles* per year 333.33 344.44 311.11
15,000 miles* per year 49.98 66.66 16.66
20,000 miles* per year 66.66 88.83 22,22
* (18 miles per gallon)
The average car owner is not a rich man. He does not drive a new car. Out of 582,212 passenger car''
registrations in Ontario in 1938 but 48,561 were new cars. Yet the automobile owner is the most heavily
taxed man in the community. In 1936 he was already contributing 30% of the provincial revenue. Here
are the figures for 1936 and 1937, the latest official figures from the Government.
19361937 1938
The Provincial Revenue was $90,321,896 $99,838,595
The Provincial Taxation on gasolinet16,049,857 17,644,164 *318,318,171
* This figure is based upon the percentage increase in gasoline
consumption, which percentage figure was obtained from
government source's.
f Coupled with license fees .in 1936, this TAX represents 30% •
of the Provincial Revenue.
Gas Tax
per Week
per Car
$ .85
1.28
1.70
Since the motorist already bears 30% of the taxation burden of the Province, it is manifestly unfair to
increase the burden.
Provincial Revenue from the taxation of Motor
Vehicles, Ontario, 1936:
Paid by the public in Gasoline Taxation
Paid by the public in Licenses, etc
.316,049,857
11,144,956
Spent by the Government in Highway Construction
and Maintenance:
(Ali Provincial Expenditures) $ 9,419,509
Interest and Sinking Fund ..... • 13,630,543
$$27,194,813
323,050,052
Diverted $ 4,144,761
In 1936 money collected for highway maintenance was being diverted from this purpose to the extent of
$4,000,000.
There is not available from official, Government sources Expenditure on Roads, Interest and Sinking
Fund charges, etc. subsequent to 1936. -
It is now proposed to secure an additional $6,000,000 from the motorists of the Province through an
increase in the gasoline tax from six to eight cents per gallon. While the motorist, as a citizen, has
been willing to .assist the Government in problems of administration, a limit must be set to the burden
imposed upon him.
If you, as a car owner, are content to assume the added burden represented by a2 -cent increase in the
gasoline tax, there is nothing you need do. Your, silence will be interpreted as consent.
If you are not content, and wish to place yourself on record to that effect in the only quarter where your
objection wili.carry weight, call at your regular service station, whether it be a B -A station or any other,.
and ask for a card which has been distributed for your convenience.
Just sign it, fall in your address, and leave it with the station attendant
Issued as a service to the Motorists 1 of Ontario.
by the
British American ,Oil. Company Limited
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