The Clinton News Record, 1939-04-20, Page 6PAGE 6
Timely information for the
Busy Farmer
(Furnished by .the Department of Agriculture)
TREE PLANTING FORMS essary expenses; the farm enterprise
SETTING FOR FARM HOME !needs to be :well organized and oper-
,atedto ensure. sufficient gross re
Beautification of the farm home venue to meet themand to provide a
`: grounds is not appreciated as much desirable standard of. Iiving for the
and his family. Some milk
as it rightfully deserves. Why should operator
we occupy beautiful rural homes producers have succeeded in doing'
and give no thought to the grounds this in every dairying locality of On
encircling them, asks John F. Clark, tario, for the reason they have ap-
Horticultural Specialist, Ont. Dept. plied business principles to the opera -
of Agriculture Toronto. tion of their farms.
` The modern •successful farmer has
In locating the house, aim to set
it close to one side of the- boundary come te, understand the economic
line and a proportional distance back Principles which underlie his business,
from the highway. This permits a He has applied measures to learn the
large open lawn ,on side and in front weak points of his farm operation
with open vistas and pleasing views and is making or has made adjust
from the main rooms and the verand- merits accordingly.
ah. Shrubs may be massed in front The Ontario dairy faun study, in
of trees on , one side to secure the its first year, has show that a high
desired effect, leaving an open ex- rating, in one or mare of the five
:pane of lawn more or less unbroken farm management factors,is essen-
by individual shrubs er beds. I tial to economic success. These five
' The rural home usually has the factors relate to size of business, crop
outbuildings behind the house, and it yields, livestock or livestock product
production, the use of labour
is best to connect them with the main and the
— highway with -a road or drive in use of capital.
which a graceful curve has been in -1 The average operator labour'earn-
troduced. This is only recommended ings, of 365 whole milk shippers of
on such grounds that are amply large Ontario, for the year ended June 30,
enough to accomodate this treatment. 11937, were $566. The farmers which
bo
of a tree or ,rated above average in one factor,
It may follow the lines
clump of shrubs, or the bed may Yielded labour earnings of . $682 and
rest on the entrance to the homed those which rated above average in
Where a bend occurs a fine spec:- tWO factors, provided labour earn -
men evergreen may be planted giv- Ings of $806. Above average rating
ing scope to ,create finer vistas and in three factors, provided labour earn -
pleasing results. Where necessary the ings $1,294, in four factors $1,560
lane may runstraight to the woad and in five factors $1,923. 'Phe cost
with the occasional group of either of production 100 pounds of milk was
shrubs or evergreens appearing at correspondingly reduced as above
intervals. It is sometimes possible to average rating was attained in one
run a fairly high hedge across the
back of the house to break the leng-
th pf the lane. Deciduous trees at
stated intervals is a simple ar-
rangement. 1
A few trees behind the house will
effectively screen outbuildings and REVOLUTIONARY CHANGES
form a setting for the home, so that,' WROUGHT BY FARM
it appears as framed from the high MACHINERY
way. Much of the beautification is
blocking out objectionable or unsight-
ly objects and this sometimes applies
to garage, barn, poultry house, etaThe vast changes that have been
Grouping and massing shrubs is l effected in farming through the use
desirable. Rarely ever is a shrub of labour-saving implements and the
planted alone, grouping is the tom -
mon practice of nature, and we wish part that modern farm machinery is
the planted home to appear natural. playing, 111 reducing the farmer's
Strive to group the planting so that costs of production, were the high -
irregular lines are produced. A. crust lights in an address on "The New
er of tall shrubs may be joined to a Era in Agriculture" given before the
second group by some of lesser height Rotary Club of Toronto, last week,
There are several well defined placeslby John Martin, of the Massey -Harris
-Chat shrubs and ornamental plants Company.
should be located to produce the re-' Mr, Martin, by striking contrasts
sults: (1) Grouping or massing a- of production figures, brought home
long borders. (2) Grouping near the to his audience the importance of
centro of curves in walks and roads. agriculture in Canada, showing that
(3) Clusters in the angle of two, the value of the fodder crops of Can -
walks or roads. (4) Planting along ada for 1937 amounted to $138,000,-
the foundations. (5) A heavy plant- 000 -whereas that for the total gold
ing in a corner. production of Canada, for the sante
The perennial garden, with suitable year, was $143,000,000, or "practically
bulbs and annuals, may be placed tltei same :amount for fodder—just
near the house to be visible from feed for horses and cattle as for the
verandah and windows. The garden gold production of Canada", and that
usually gives pleasing results when "the dairy production of Ontario and
following the course of the 'drive. In Quebec alone was $157,000,000 or
this case the object is colour and $14,000,000 more than for the total
brightening of the scone. I gold production of Canada."
It is suggested that those wishing "The Story of the development of
more detailed information should eon- agriculture from the'small clearings
salt the local Agricultural Represent- of the pioneer days to the 'larger
ative. The Ontario Agricultural Col- acreages of to -day," the speaker
lege, Guelph, or the Central Experi-
mental Farm, Ottawa.
or more of the five factors.
THE NEW ERA IN
AGRICULTURE
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD'
STANLEY TOWNSHIP
CONCESSIONS CALLED
AFTER EARLY SETTLERS
LITTLE CHATS
On
FARM MANAGEMENT
said, "was largely the story of the
introduction and development of farm
implements, and Canadians had play.
ed a most imliortant part in it."
Exports Important to National
Economy
"Men like the Harris's, Massey's,
Wisner's, Patterson's, Verity's, Cock-
sh'uttss, Frcisit and Wood, Triad put
12 Canada right in the forefront of im-
plement making in the world," he
said arid told how the small plant
started in Newcastle by Daniel Mas-
sey in 1847 had grown and of the
amalgamation with the Harris Comp-
_
This the last of a series any in 1891, How the business spread
"Little isChatsa5 Farm Manage- to 52 countries of the world and
spoke of it as being as firmly estab-
ment , An. 'attempt has been made Iished in the business of a score of
in the series to present the out- i other countries as in its own native
standing results learned from the land.."
Ontario dairy farm study. Research "As a result of its export business,
in this farm mamagement field,. Massey -Harris,' he said, "in the ten.
shows farming has changed from year period from 1928-1937, spent in
a self-sufficient .mode of living to •a Canada $21,264000 more ,khan the
highly commercialised' industry, 1 total 'a all its sales in Canada,
A large amount of capital is in, surely a worth -while contribution to
volved in the operation of a dairy the national economy of Canada,"
farm. The annual outlay for labour Removes Stoops Front Farming
and others items of farm expense "Oine of the oldest of callings,"
amounts to a substantial amount in the speaker reminded his audience,
the aggregate. To, meet the first nem "farming had seen few changes down
through the ages until the coming of
mechanical aids. Now changes take
i lace with such, rapidity that we do
3 3/4not stop to consider the transforma-
tion that has taken place." He
't % found a ready means oe recalling
what fa?;ming meant in the pre-
machine days 'by reference to those
'famous pictures of the great French
Artist, Millet, which still adorn the
walls of many `homes "The
Angelus", "The Gleaners", and "The
Man with the Hoe', and pointed out
that they all had ono significant
characteristic and that was the bent
T it -1 el backs of the people working inthe
field.
The fell import of •-• "The Man
with ,the ripe" he brought home with
drarnatic force in the few' litres be
quoted from. 17dwin 1 Markharn's now
FACTORS OF SUCCESS IN
MODERN FARMING 1,,•.
By Alta • Lind Bodges
`AURIS., APRIL 20;,.71.931'
While the average township is
satisfied with merely cumbering its
concessions, Stanley Township in
Huron County, went a little further
arid gave its concessions a name
and today the name is better known
than the number. ' Thus, instead of
mentioning the sixth or seventh con-
cession, ono says the Turner Line, so
called because' several brothers, of,
that name were the first settlers and
a number of their -descendants still
Iive there today.,
Instead of saying the fourth con-
cession, everyone says the' McNaugh-
ton Line, as named because John Me-..
Naughton was the' first settler to
locate in the newly -surveyed conces-
sion when Stanley Township was lit-
tle more than a name in the Huron
Tract. ,
The concession nearest the shores
of old Lake Huron became knownas
the Sable Line because the road
crosses the Aux Sable River.
The 10th and 11th concessions to-
day are knowfar and wide as the
Goschen Line. Similarily, other con-
cessions received their names from
first settlers. j
The Parr Line is another well-
known concession in Stanley Town-
ship but no one seems to know how
the name originated but it is pos-
sible the first settler may have borne'
the name of Parr.
The first settler in the western
part 04 the township, was D, H.
Ritchie, who arrived in 1835 but the
honor of beingthe first settler in
the township goes to Rev. 'Mr. Coop-
er, an Episcopalian clergyman who
setled in what was then known as
the London road but is now highway
No. 4, about two miles south of
Clinton. It was probably more from
sheer necessity than from choice that
•lie wielded an axe and ox goad in
the bush during the week as did . his
neighbours, then donned the sacred
robes of the Church of England On
Sunday and conducted divine service
at points in Stanley and Tuckersmith
Townships and was also the first
ordained eiergyman to preach in
Clinton,
Goderich Township, lying across
the Bayfield River from Stanley, has
always been satisfied with merely
numbering its concessions, A part
of the ninth concession, however, has
been (brown since earliest days as the
Tipperary Line because a number of
settlers from Tipperary County, Ire-
land, were the first settlers.
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STERLING TOWER ..TORONTO
famous poem in which he calls on—
"Masters, Lords and Rulers of all
Lands to straighten up this shape,"
but Mr, Martin added, "each step in
the emancipating of the farmer from
this back -breaking, brain -deadening
toil has come about by the introduc-
tion of sortie new labor-saving mach-
ine, and thus modern farm machinery
had done more than all the Masters,
Lords and Rulers of all lands to
straighten up this shape."
Farm Production Costs Lowered
"Even with Canadian farming on
a higher standing than it had ever
been or in any other part of the
world, it still had great problems con-
fronting' it, such as the difficulties
of Western Canada with soil -drifting,
rust and grasshoppers; the low price
that prevailed for some of its pro-
ducts, the disparity of farm product
prices with the prices of manufact-
ured .products _generally, and the
problem of dwindling export markets
for wheat and its consequent low
price."
"But here again," the speaker.
said, "the agricultural engineer
comes to the aid of the farmer and
cited the development of the One -
Way -Disc Seeder which combining
the various operations of tillage and
seeding alI in one avoided too much
over cultivation of the soil and left
it in a matted condition which suc-
cessfully resisted soil -blowing and at
the same time cut the cost'of tillage
and seeding by at least 40%.
"In the great need for concentrat-
ing on lower cost of production the
agricultural engineer had effected an
adaption of the combine method of
harvesting in the new smallpower
take -off combines which brought the
advantages of this most economical
method of harvesting within the
scope of thefarmer of smaller acre-
ages.'' A one man outfit,'. Mr. Mart-
in said, "farmers last year told hint
that their only out of pocket expense
for operation was the . cost of gas
and oil which amounted to what it
would have cost for the price' of
binder -twine alone, if they had used
the binder, thresher method; 'saving
the cost of stockers and threshing
crews, and the woman of the, farm
was saved the ordeal of cooking far
the threshing crew, ete."
"Tractors, too, had shown as great
improvements, especially in the re-
duction of operating costs, Citing one
striking example in the new tractor
in the Saving in oil alone, 6 quarts
instead of 12 being new required at
a filling and of only needing' to
change every 100 hours instead of
every .30 as heretofore. Saving as
much as 4160,00 a year.
"Agricultural engineering was
working hand in hand with thn
fernier tit thesolutionof his prob-
lcros and in lowering the costs of
prodnation and so helping to: pit•
farming' on a Men profitable
bask:'
Mirror of
The Nation
By "Commoner"
two major intentions of the Gov-
ernment were confirmed by its ac,,,
tions' in the House of Commons this
week. The Prime Minister's motion
to have the House sit on Wednesday
evenings, commencing' next week,
confirms the determination to have
the session concluded so. that Farl-
lament may be prorogued by Rio
Majesty on his arrival in Ottawa
next' month, The variety and im-
mature nature of the floodof so-
called agricultural assistance bills.
hurriedly submitted by the Adminis-.
tration eon$irms its intention of
bringing on the general election as
soon as possible after the departure
of Their Majesties from Canada.
There can be rte longer any doubt as
to Prime Minister Mackenzie King's
intentions in these respects.
The only remaining possibility of
difficulty about prorogation in May
lies in the south-east coiner of the
s
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RADIO SUPERVISOR
Mr. John H. Earle, Seaferth, has
been appointed radio license super-
visor and issuer for the electoral
district of Huron -Perth. He will
make a house-to-house canvas of the
homes in the . riding.
THEATRE FOR MITCHELL
Rumors which have been current
with regard to the opening of a mo-
tion picture theatre in Mitchell are
confirmed today with the announce-
ment that Sutherlands of St, Marys
have taken over the garage property
of Amos Thiel and work will be
commenced almost immediately upon
the renovation of the building. In
conversation. with Mr, Sutherland
bast night - we were i rfesinad that
while plans for the theatre had not
as yet been completed, nevertheless
work would be commenced as soon
as possible on the project.—Mitchell
Advocate.
MAY OBSERVE HOLIDAY
MAY 22ND
In order that Orillians may join
in the celebration of the Ring and
Queen's visit to Canada,'the Board
of Trade, at their meeting this week
decided to recommend to the Town
Council that the usual May 24th holi-
day be observed on .Monday, May
22nd, the date when the Ring and
Queen will be in Toronto on their
tour across Canada. It is proposed
that May 22nd should also serve to
celebrate the King's birthday, which
is to be observed on May 20th.
MEET BLUE WATER HIGHWAY
OFFICIALS
Last week Cal, Woodrow, Sarnia,
President of the Blue Water Highway
Association, and . W. D. Ferguson,
Secretary of the organization met
representatives of the Stanley town-
ship council, business men and trus-
tees of the village of 73ayfield, for
the purpose of seeking, their co-opera-
tion and financial assistance in pub-
licizing the Blue Water route, This
year the Association plans to make
extra effort to divert tourist traffic
to the Blue Water route by means of
distribution of ,specially prepared
booklets outlining' the advantages and
conveniences to be found in various
centres along the route. The speakers
asked the representatives present to
ailed a sum of money to advertising
the advantages and merits of Bay-
field. and Stanley township as centres
of attraction. to tourists. No definite
action; was taken.
WINGIIAM CUTS OFF RELIEF OF
MOTOR, CAR DRIVERS'
As a result of complaints received
by the Relief Committee of the Wing -
ham Town Council from ratepayers
who claim that relief given out has
been abused the following regula-
tions are to be strictly enforced for
this year and next:
Many of those not on rglief, claim
they need helpworse than those now
partieipating, but in order not to bur-
den the relief toll have been careful
in spending what wages they did
earn.
The following, regulations will be.
enforced:
1. Anyone who. owns or drives ` a
motor car during the Summer : need.
hot apply for relief next Winter;
2, anyone who refuses to work, this
Summer need ,not apply for relief
next Winter 3, anyone larown to
:frequent beverage rooms, liquor
stares 0r consume Liquor/ need not
apply Tor relief; 4, anyone known
to have earned; a substsl%iial stun
of money during the Summer need
not apply for relief.
House, among the smaller groups.
The Conservative Opposition is ; dis-
playing a willingness to co-operate
with the Government in bringing the
session to a conclusion, so that the
King may perform the ceremony of
prorogation in the Senate Chamber.
The attitude of the smaller Op-
position groups is uncertain. It is
not unlikely that they will thxsaten
to hold up prorogation, the effect of
Which would be that Parliament
would have to adjourn for a month ,
and reassemble later, but there is
very little possibility that they will
carry such a threat into execution.
Most of their members come from
distant points and they would not
welcome the additional journeys back
and forth to Ottawa than an adjourn-
ment would necessitate.
a fi * d a
Mackenzie King and his colleagues
have been deeply concerned about the
demand for action to correct exon-
omit conditions in the country. The
result of this concern was the de-
cision to bring on the election this
Year.
This is reflected in the flock of
agricultural bills which are being
drawn into the House of Commons
this week.
The first of the bills moved was
that providing for supervision of the
Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Not a
single Liberal member, other than
the Minister sponsoring it, spoke on
the motion for second reading of this
bill. Excluding the Minister only
two members of the House spoke on
the motion, the principal discussion
being by E. E. Perley, the Saskat-
chewan Conservative, the other
speaker being Wm. Hayhurst, Social
Credit member for Vegreville. The
Government resisted Mr. Perley's
for examination to a committee. The
bill went through to final reading in
face of a display of shyness on the
A COMMUNITY IS A GARDEN
(Renfrew Mercury)
A community can be likened unto a garden — a
garden very tivilling to grow whatever is planted ihi it.
Willing to grow w'eed's if neglected,
But what would you think of a man who wants
something from the garden, which is our community,
yet who plants nothing in it?
Imagine a farmer standing in a field willing to
grow a lot for him, yet who sows nothingin that field,
.nor prepares it for sowing. The field will grove -twine -
thing, but nothing very good or valuable. Its,poten-
tialities are not drawn from. it.
Like the inactive farmer some retailers stand
in, a field more than willing to give them what::they.,.
want—a crop of customers; but they quite fail: to get ..
all the customers possible. Customers are the ;:fr'iut.of!
plantings and cultivation.
• The retailer in a community who plants. his mind.,;
and desires in the garden which is a connuunity,.,will,
surely have the crop desired. The seeder' is the adver-
tisement columns of newspapers, . There may beeother
seeders but none so cheap as a newspaper,,, none which%
scatters' the seed so widely and swiiftly im soil wh'idh is
productive.
Think it out for yourself. Him cam any retailer
get the potentialities of the garden, which. is a. emu-,
munity, if he plants little or nothing in it?
part of other western members.
4 r5 a d 5
Although Western members do not
seem to think highly of Agricultural
Minister Gardiner's measures for
Western Canada the introduction of
these brIis hasinduced the
Govern-
ment to make some gestures towards
eastern agriculture in order to off-
set complaints of discrimination.
Hence the proposals for buying up
the butter surplus with Government
funds and 'posting some quality
bonuses for cheese.
* 0 5 5 °'
As the time approaches Parliament
is becoming excited over the pros-
pect of prorogation by the King,
Members are increasingly •conscious
of the fact that it will make British
Empire history. The ceremonies will
be carried out with the fullest.re-
gard for traditions and will conform
as far as possible to corresponding
ceremonies et Westminster. 'A ques-
tion that continuer to puzzle Parl-
iamentary circles is as to what place
the Governor General will have in
these ceremonies,
NAMED SPORT DIRECTOR
Claud Turner, boxing and wrestling
coach of the ITniversity of Western
Ontario and member of the athletic
department, has been appointed full-
time sport director for the town of
Goderich. Turner, a fourth year art
student at Western, is a native of
Toronto. During the last three years.
he has been interested in Y.M.C.A.
work in Northern Ontario during the
summer months. His new duties will
call for him to coach 'teen age boys.
in baseball, hockey and other
branches of athletics. The Goderich
Lions Club created a new position of
physical director this year. It was de-
cided to employ a full-time instructor.
Many applications were received but
the committee decided to appoint the
Western University student. The
Goderich Lions Club has spent ap-
proximately $915 a year for the past
nine years in aiding crippled children..
The club decided to branch out in
athletics thiys1 year and decided to••.
engage a full-time instructor,
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