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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-04-13, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Timelu Information for the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) 1611;111'11-1•1i0111.ilANIM4."01•NirtMEN.111...,•10•••'..•••••••••••••••01/11,' GET FARM HORSES READY FOR SPRING The mechanically -minded tractor - farmer no doubt has his tractor thor- .....****oremommdi,i44ai• LITTLE CHATS 00 FARM MANAGEMENT NO. 11 SIZE FARM BUSINESS °uglily overhauled in preparation for IMPORTANT FACTOR the ,siring work. The farmer who 4 depends on horse power may cell Success in farm management is take a leaf out of the same book, dependent on the achievement attain- • for while horse a attend to their own ed 'relative to five farm management repairs, nevertheless a certain factors, In previous "Little Chats on amount of "tuning up" is necessary Farm Management", four of these even with horses if economical Pew" have been discussed where stress we's is to be obtained. This is a good placed on economy in crop airoduction, time to look inte this matter states livestock and livestock product pro - G. W. Muir, Dominion Animal Hus- bandman. Most idles horses will haveabeen wintered on a good maintenance ra- tionaand rightly so, es norses fatten - duction, the use of labour, and in the use of capital. The fifth factor, the size of business or Kale of operation: unlike the Others, is dependent on the relative achievement in: them. If the rating of achievement in other fact - ed during the winter are inclined to ors is low, a loss , may be sustained be soft and in poor condition for head spring and summer work. The main- a.nd ,it would be folly to increase the size of a losing business, For tenance ration of rough feeds should this reason, the fernier should know now be gradually replaced by a vied - his relative achievement in the first ium grain ration and better quality four factors before making adjust - roughage, preferably timothy hay,in- l' ments in the scale of his farming creasing the quantity until a ful working ration is being fed at the operation. Am analysis of the business of 361 start of the heavy spring work. 'The fluid milk shippers of the Ontario preparatory gram ration may consiat dairy farm Audi for 1936-37 shows, of from 10 to 12 pounds of grain that sipe of business has an impart - daily in three feeds. At heavy work the ration should consist of 1 to VA ant bearing on the net returns. The pounds of grain and 1 pound of hay measure used in. rating the size of business is that of adjusted acres, every 100 pounds live weight. A 1,500 ground horse would thus receive' This measure is based upon the feed 15 to 19 pounds of grain and 151producing acreage of the farm. It is 'estimated that 10 acres of pastured pounds of hay per day. • A good method of feeding is as follows:2:woods and 3 acres of rough pasture 5 provide feed equal to 1 acre of crop morning, 6 pounds grain, psands hay; noon, 6 pounds grain, 3 pounds land. To the crop land of the farm, 8 one arida one tenth of the pastured hay; evening, 4 pounds grain, woods area to one third of the rough pounds hay. Rolled oats or whole oats grain rations. A little barley or corn, rol- The farms under 90 adjusted acres led, may replace some of the oats yielded operator labour earnings of for heavy working horses. Cut the • - - 8 $33and milk cost per 100 pounds grain ration to one-half on idle days of $2.20. The labour earnings were and at week ends. A bran mash on increased and vac cost reduced in Saturday night, made with molasses the case of larger farms. On farm and an occasional dash of salt petre, over 150 adjusted acres labour earn - will prove beneficial both during the an as a provided $855 and a milk cost fitting period and while at work. of $2.05 per 100 pounds. Intermediate Make all changes in, feeds gradually. acreage provided an intermediate re - Salt, preferably in rock foam suit on both labour earnings and milk should be before the horses at all : cost. The effect of varying size of times. Allow water freely and fre- farm, though significantly favourable quently with the larger supply be- to large size, was not so pronounced on the farms from which milk was fore rather than after feeding. Water shipped for manufacture as frequently as possible when work- . mg. • A more detailed study , of the data • reveals that it is not so much a mat - If the hair is long and heavy, clip- ter of size of farm as it is the cree- ping is desirable and thorough groom -'tion of a large volume of buisness ing is energy well spent at all times. on the land available, Clean and fit collars and harness carefully. Daily washing of shoulders PROMINENT MASON 17.0NORED after the day's work with cold salt water will cleanse and toughen the john M. Empey, well known fig - skin, especially in young horses. lure in Ontario Masonic circles, was I honored at a gathering in Mitchell Particular attention should be paid ,when he was presented with the 25- to the teeth and. feet of the horse. year Past Principal's Jewel. The If necessary, have the teeth examined i presentation was made by Grand and "floated" to provide proper grind- s o'be E., E. Smith, London. Mr. ig surfaces. Trim the feet carefully, Enaaa a y is a member of Elliott Chap - keeping the wearing surfaces level. ter 24, Royal Arch Masons, Mitchel/. For work on. the land, shoeing is not Masons from Stratford, Gaclerich, always necessary, butwhere needed Seaforth, Clinton and Si. Marys at - frequency and correction of shoeing 2 tended. is important. Lice, worms, and bots take their toil on the horse's energy It is reported that 33 per cent. and should be eliminated early in of the coast-to-coast passenger trade the campaign. on one major airline are women, • Plenty of good feed, timely atten- tion, and thought, not unmixed with milk of human kindness, will work wondeas in the development of basic • power and rippling force in man's faithful friend, the noble horse. WANT THE CREAM (From Edmonton Journal) It is difficult to offer the 'milk of human kindness to dictators; they want the. cream of everything. .fimmry, '14mM, WHY I DOUGIIT • TITE-LAP ROOFING AHEAD ." OF ALL OTHERS! - ky„ "I needed a pew barn roof and I went into the matter very earefully.The annualreport of nay mutual insurance company showed that last year out of 15 fire losses 7 were caused by dying embers, and 3 by light- ning. I talked to ray insurance agent and he advised afire -proof roof above all else so I deckled on. metal. Metal protects against fire and lightning and also against wind, weather, rot and upkeep." 1 chose Metal and I bought TITR-LAP "Titaree, to roy way of thinking, has all the best features in metal roofing. It ie rigid, baa "Minimum provision for nailing, is absolutely weather -tight. got the Council Standard quality, and the 26 year guarantee that goat; with it. And I was glad to learn about the new reduction in cost because there's no sales tag any name.' • Send ridge and rafter measurements for FREE roofing demote. Addreet Debt. 908. i Al n Y P '60e tement • ALL IN FAVOR OF INACTION AND RAILWAY DEBT • PILES UP Many years ago, before the crea- tion of the Irish Free State, there was published a cartoon depicting an imaginary scene in the first Irish parliament. Every member was seat- ed in the opposition side of the house. It passed fox humor in those days. But in what respect does parliam- ent at Ottawa differ from this picture in its deliberations on the railway paoblern? Here is a situation which is costing the country *100,000,000 a year — and even on the far distant horizon there is no sign of any cir- cumstance which might Mang relief. It seems very certain that this par- ticular national ailment will notbe cured by wishful thinaing — and waiting. Yet — and it would be incredible if it were not history political parties have no remedy to .offer an over tax -burdened public. Surely it is a strange day for Can- ada when the serious financial prob- lems arising out of =employment relief, government wheat marketing and national defence are further ag- gravated by the staggering tosses of the Canadian, National Railways -- and the country's political leaders can find no solution. On the contrary, the only constructive program which has been proposed was not put for- ward by one elected to safeguard the interests of the taxpayer; but by the head of a privately -owned corpora- tion. It is significant that it met with nothing but objection from both gov- ernment and opposition parties — who suggest nothing themselves to a tax weary public"— except to hope for better times. For many years now the citizens of Canada have looked for courageous action in dealing with this, the coun- try's most serious • financial dif- ficulty. Nothing occurs in parliament save ineffectual discussion and the appropriation of enough money out of the national treasury to pay the annual losses of the government- owned railways. In this matter, neither major pol- itical party is in a position to point the finger of scorn at the other — for both have been equally guilty of inaction when in pawer. For that reason, neither party seek to make it an election issue. But the people who vote and have to pay taxes to meet these C.N.R. deficits are show- ing unmistakable signs of discontent — a discontent .which threatens to be transformed into very definite action at the next general election. Those who seek public office would be wise to think on this and prepare themselves to face a thoroughlY aroused electorate. Pew votes will be cast for those advocating more Years of inaction and futile debate in parliament. WINS GODERICH VOTE By a margin of one vote, Nelson Hill defeated David Sproule in the election to hill a vacancy on the Gode- rich Council. The vote was 409 to 408. A CHALLENGE TO EQUALIZERS Dear Sim I see by the minutes of was done long ago—what they were the January session of the county thinking of when the county council council, that the valeaters' report et had to borrow it out of the bank and the county was laid on the table be- pay bank interest for it, which Means fore them to consider. Then the fire- that the poor ratepayer a have to put works ,started to fly between the their hands in their pocket to pay members of the council. I think my- for it all. Besides, it bas cost the self it is the worst report that ever county hundreds. of dollars, besides was made in this county that a can the $7,00ei up to the present time. remember. And what did these councillons try In the first place there was a val. to do right in our own county at uation made in 1906. The total then the ,January sessioa? in round numbers was 42 million do1-1 "Free speech and a, free press are lars for the whole county. That was one of the proud boasts of the peo-' near its real value. 'pie of the British Empire, which, ot Then in 1926 tam., way another course, includes ourselves. We would ovaluation mace by three men appoint-pottolerate for a moment conditions they are in the Dictator countries 'ed by the county coancil. Those three as 'men were William Chates of Usbeana,I of Europe, where no man may speal: Charles Stewart of Ashfield, and Nam, his mind, and no paper may print a McQuillan of West Wawanosh, all Personal opinion or anything else raised in the county. Then. vaitudzon which is not propaganda for the die. was in round numbers 45 million dol- tater government, which sapplies all lars forthe county. That was near' the news and dictates the form in the real' value alio. , which it will appear in all newspa- Then in January of last year the Pers• county council appointed two oubsictel Or so we say. But do we really wThese men to valuate the county, and the mean it? Because no later than lest contract as for 5%000.00. 1January, in our own county, a motion uators raised the valuation te1was made to gag our press by in - fifty -five million, dollars in round strutting it' what toprintand what numbers. Inca to print. We all know that the value ef It all happened at the January aes- property in the county has fallen elan of the county council. At that back 25 per cent. in the last 12 years, session, when the subject of the and that is 11 millicm, dollars. Bin equalization of the county assessment the valuators put it up $10,000,000, was up for discussion, a member of which with the $11,000,000 that it has that august body moved that the gone ,,back in value, make a differ- Rreas'Ae not Permitted to Plablish ence 01 $21,000,000. In addition, there any remarks on the subject under discussion, made by any member of was the eum of 3700,000 for cottages along the lake shore. the council. / I claim that will make the value But if there is any subject under of all rateable property in, this county the aun that is of more vital interest around $35,000,000 at the, present and importance to every individual time. taxpayer in the county, than is that ofthe equalization of the county as- sessment, we would like to know what it is. Or, if there was ever a time when acres and valued it at $5,800. They the members of the council should went up the road a mile to James speak out, and what they had to say Dale's and they valued his '200 acres should be fully reported, we would —one hundred not anything but the like to know — and so would their bare land and the other hundred eanatittlentla when that time was. with the buildings on --for $11,150, And the place to do it was at the a difference of $5,350. I claim that county council sesdan- is anything but a just valuation, and! Pussy -footing araanda each an isa- that is a !sample of what they have Portant subject as the equalization is done all aver the Township of Hul-'net good business for the towashiP, lett. What will it be all over the 'the village or the town, and if the county when they make a valuation councillors themselves do not fully like that of these two properties? realize it, we believe there is a mai- Does any man that knows these ,ority of their constituents who do." 'properties think that is a fair valua-l All the ratepayers want in the ation? On, that basis of valuation Township of Hallett and the county John Scott's 100 acres, lot 1, con 6, as a whole, is British fair play and Iwould have to be assessed around equal right. At the opening of this , $9,500, and Mr. and Mrs. Whyte's session of the Legislature in Tenant°, 1350 acres, the estate of the late the Speech from the Throne said'that Thomas McMillan, would have to be the Government was going to bring in !assessed for around $27,000. Stili a measure that the county councils ,they tell in their report that the an - had to appoint three commissioners I sessment of the municipalities should who elonged to the county to equal - be the same as their valuation, These ize the valuation of the county. men, Messrs. Mogg and Quinlam! There have been valuations made in some counties away down east stood up before the county council isa in January and said these mattera Ontario t let have been, made by these I will give a sample in the Town- ship of Hallett of what these valua- tors have done. They took lot 15, con. 6, George Leitch's farm of 100 THURS., APRIL 13 193) -atty. Mirror of he Nation By "Commoner" A blinding snow storm ushered in the long overdue debate on foreign policy which Prime Minister Blacken.- zie King had promised to open on Thursday afternoon. Not for many' years has the month of March ex- hibited such lionlike tendencies as she displayed on March the 30th of this1 year. However, not even the weather could affect the determination of the general public to find out at last Canada's attitude on foreign policy, and her exact pasition in the British Commonwealth of Nations, Long be- fore 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, a constant stream of people could be seen wending their way to Parliament Hill and all corridors were filled to overflowing before the bell rang to asseinble the commoners to hear the momentuous declaration. * * Canada's surplus butter is to be given to families on relief. No an- nouncement has yet been made as to the amount the Dominion, Government will devote to this purpose, what the price will be per pound, or if there will be an extra appropriation for this purchase of butter. The provincial, tailed a lot of expense to these coun- ties by way of appeals. I claim that if the assessor in the Township of Hallett would assess the township and put it on the roll according to 'Messrs. Mogg and Quinlaree value- ' tion, there would be lots of appeals, and our 'ratepayers would soon start the fireworks flying all over the ;township. I So my advice would be to the coun- ty council at the June session, when ithe country council meets, to throw the report out altogether, because I lam -sure that will save a lot of ex- , pense and litigation and save the ratepayers a lot of maney. As you all =ow', the ratepayers have a hard time to make up the taxes without thrawing any money away. How - 1 ever, it would seem that the COUTO- , , °Mors are trying to keep everything in the dark from the ratepayers. INow I have nothing more to say in the press, but I will meet Mr.( Mogg and Mr. Quinlan and any !Reeve that was going around val- uating with them, any day they wish at the Community Hall at Lonclea- ', bore, and not behind closed doors :either—right in the open public so 'that the :ratepayers will be able to see where they are at. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, fOT your valuable space. MATT ARMSTRONG. 4 : governments are ta ,be,consulted andli their co-operation sought- It will be, remembered that in` a previous issua- of the Mirror ottlie Ne.tibn attentian, was drawn, ta the fact that importa- tions of butter into Canada during - 1938 were over five million pounds. • *44**..* On. April 1st the doors were again, open to permit the export of cattle., into the United, States. It is reported. that Some exporters shipped the cattle over in bond, previous to that date„ in, order to get the advantage of the reduced duty on the regular- quots. In other quarters the story - is that the full amount of cattle permissable under the quota was as- sembled at Winnipeg ready to be - shipped over the line on Saturday. Mr. Lockhart, the member for Lin- coln has already told the house: "I know or a cattle raiser who, has fattened about forty head of - cattle which he anticipated selling in Buffalo. , He made inquiries and. the reply was, 'Well, the only chance. you have to take advantage of the. lower rata of duty is to wait until after April 1st, their watch your step. and get in ahead of Mexico,'" LTnleis Mr. Lockhart's friend ship- ped his cattle over at midnight Fri- day, it looks as if he may now hay to wait until July lzt, * * Last week's threat by the Minister of Finance to muzzle the press was carried further this week when the Prime Minister of Canada objected to reports of his speech front the , press gallery. It has been many - years since a political leader his ob- jected to reports of his statements in the house of Commons. Mr. Ring was on delicate ground and his statement I wa5 subject to various interpretations. The only way his statement could have been correctly reported was by a verbatim account which would have, precluded any conclusion as to a single part of it. He has since ex- pressed regret for the incident. CREDITON MAN INJURED , Harvey Pfaff, of Crediton, was in. jured .in an unusual .accident He was assisting in cutting wood with a eir- cular saw and the power had been . turned off., While the saw was slow- ing down, Mr. Pfaff endeavored to stop it sooner by taking hold el the !revolving shaft. His right arm was twisted around .and a bone between the wrist and the elbow was fract- ured. Dr. Fletcher of Exeter reduc- • ed the fracture. were not the concern of the Public same outside men, which have en- Londesboro, that means the aatepayena of this county. I would like to ask these men who are pitying therm this $7,000 --they got $100 before they atarted, and $300 per month ever since, and are getting it yet, although their work NIIIMORMONEmoo*F411.44mOdinommilm••••1* t FARM MARKETS R. J. DEACHMAN, M.P. By The supreme need Of the Dominion the things which have happened. of Canada today is more markets but Cattle raising is one of the most it is worth while looking 'at what has important phase a of agriculttwe In actually been done. When these things Huron County. Since 1935 the fel- were distant dreams and hopes they lowing changes have taken place in aeemed beyond our reach. Now they the tariff on cattle entering the Unit - have come to pass. Tt is time, there- ed States from Canada: fore, that we put a proper value on Prior to Under new 1935 , Agreement Cattle weighing less than 200 lbs. (Calves) . ..... • .. . . . .. a., 214,c lb. Vac lb. Cattle weighing 700 or more, each (dairy cows) 3e Ib. Vac lb. Cattle weighing 700 or mere, each not specially provided for .. .. ge ib. 11h.c lb. Not only has the rate been substan-' tially cut --in two categories it has actually been eut in two, but the quota which we are allowed to ex - peat to the 'United States is now larger than it has ever been before. On calves the weight limit which iS now 200 lbs. was formerly 175 lbs. The old quota was 51,933 head. The new agreement allows export of 100,- 000 head, which is more than we have previously supplied to the United States market. There was formerly a quota of 20,- 000 on dairy cows. There is now no limit. On cattle 700 lbs. or over the old quota on the 1935 agreement was roughly 156,000 head, of which ap- proximately 13% was taken by Mex. - ice, allowing about 136,000 head for Canada, The near agreement calls 'for 2253000 head and after the allow: anees to Mexico which collies under the same quota, the balance available for Canada is 194,000 head, probably substantially more than we will be able to export this Year. Total net inarketings ofaOanadian cattle in a year on all markets is roughly 1,000,000 head. 'It has ex- ceeded that suhatantially in two or three years when, throrgh scarcity of feed, there was abnormal selling. It is worth while considering what would happen to the Canadian market if the American market were closed off by the former high rates of duty. The result would be congestion on the Canadian market and a much lower price for live stock than we are now receiving. The supreme thing necessary for Canadian agriculture is the expansion of markets, the other essential is the lowering of the cost a productieu. The movement now is in both direc- tions. Three per cent will be cut off the excise tax this year which means a lowering of taxation. It means a reduction of the price we pay for the things we buy. The sweeping con- demnation which is often uttered of parliament comes. hugely from failure to recognize the substeatial things that, are being, done as rapidly as possible with the supreme object of establishing improved conditions in a very unstable world where clanger of war Makes effeetive action increas- ingly difficult, , - " a 1. AINMENSIMaimomommaimmotmetratnimminftimrim fee.' " 0 A (A) aaaaaa....aa Tro ouvapi 4111 ry ni r (Me MACHINERY HAS STRAIGHTENED UP THIS SHAPE Millet, the French artist, son of a farmer and himself a farm laborer, has in his universally known pictures of—The Gleaners, The Man with fhe Hoe, etc., left a very graphic record of farming methods and their influence on farm workers of a century ago. Edwin Markham, the American poet, viewing The Man with the Hoe, interprets it to us with dramatic force in his poem of the same name when he says, Who loosened' and let down this brutal jaw, Whose the hand that slanted back this brow; Whose breath blew out the light within this brain. • Ringing out the challenge, he asks—"Is this the thing the Lord, God made and gave dominion over land and sea", and calls on "Masters, Lords and Rulers of all lands to sfraighlen up this shape". But each step M this great emancipation has come by the introduction of lsome new labor-saving machine. Thus by liberating man from back -breaking, brain - deadening toil, modern machinery has done more. than all the masters, lords and rulers of all lands. to straighten up this shape. • For ninety years now Massey -Harris has played. a conspicuous part in designing and making such, labor-saving machines and in the development of power and power equipment for farm operations.