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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-01-09, Page 6PAGE i6 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORI NI Tim e? Inf r: o ma��on o frthe Bus `F� ..armor (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Convention Dates Arrangements have been complet- ed by the Agricultural Associations. concerned to hold their Annual Meetings and Conventions, as an- nounced below (1936): Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (formerly Ontario Associa- tion of Fairs and Exhibitions)—An- nual Convention, Tuesday and Wed- nesday, February 4 and 5, comment. ing at 9.30 a.m. King Edward Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Plowmen's Association — Annual Meeting, Thursday, Febru- ary 6th, commencing at 10.30 a.m. Directors' Meeting at 9.30. I{ing Ede ward Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Field Crop and Seed Grow. ers' Association — Annual Meeting, Friday, February 7th, commencing at 9.30 a.m. ''King Edward Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso- ciation — Annual Meeting; Tuesday, February llth, commencing at 9.30 a.m. Royal. York Hotel, Toronto. Convention, Wednesday, February 12th, commencing at 9.30 a.m. Royal. York Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Horticultural Association, Annual Convention—Thursday and Friday, February 13.and 14 , com- mencing at 9 a.m. Royal York Ho- tel, Toronto. Must be 'Abortion Free A ruling which was not unexpected has been made by the Health of Ani- mals Branch at Ottawa. Effective January 1 all cattle six months old or more of dairy or breeding type to • be exported to the . United States must be acdompanied by a certificate saying they are free from Bang's disease, also known as infections abortion. The certificate signed or endorsed by an official veterinarian of the county of origin must show that the animals are free from the disease and have been subjected to a test' within 60 days of the date of expor- tation showing negative results of the disease. Official advice received from the United States Federal Department of Agriculture by Dr. George Hilton, Canadian Veterinary Director Gener- al, said the order ,does not include cattle exported for immediate slaugh- ter, steers and spayed heifers and cattle for grazing or feeding which are not of the dairy breeding type. Dr. Hilton said the Health of Ani- mals Branch is prepared to assist fariners in taking "necessary meas- ures to free their herds from the dis- ease. ' Alsike Seed Production A survey at the end of October would indicate the following commer- cial alsike seed production in Canada this year: Central and western Ontario 200,- 000 pounds, which is a decidedly light, crop when compared with the eight to ten million pounds which used to be produced annually in this part of Canada. A negligible crop is report- ed hi north-western Ontario ` which ordinarily supplies a fair quantity of. seed, and only about 5,000 pounds of reasonably pure alsike is indicated in the Timiskaming districts. of north- ern Ontario and Quebec. About two carloads are reported in the Prince George production district of British Columbia. In addition there may be some 1,000,000 pounds of -timothy con- taining more or less alsike in the Timiskaming districts of Ontario and Quebec. A shortage of alsike for normal 11 Canadian requirements,- which ap- proximates 1,500,000 pounds per an- num, seems inevitable for next spring, although there may be some importations from the United States and Europe to increase the supply., The crop this year in Ontario Xs only fair in general appearance and in freedom from weed seeds, but any alsike that will grade under the Do- minion Seeds Act' should be in strong demand. Prices paid growers In 1935 have received from 20e to 25c per pound when alsike was scarce also, growers not yet been established, but in 1934 for no. 1 grade. Avoid Scab in Potatoes There is more than fertility of soil to be considered in crop production. Potato growers can increase their yields by the application of fertilizer, this crop being one that responds readily to the right formulas. Mar- kets demand more than volume, how- ever, and a scab -covered lot of tub- ers are likely to be rejected by deal- ers, The germs of this disease are usually present in soils on which po- tatoes have been grown for some years, the continuous planting ad- ding to the trouble. The seed niay be treated with formaldehyde or cor- rosive sublimate, but if placed in in- fected ground the scab will promptly appear. If line has been applied within the previous year or two the conditions ave even more favorable for the development of the disease. The application of lime is recon.. mended un order to stimulate the growth of clover and alfalfa, the two crops that are well fitted to improve the soil when turned under. The problem orthe grower is to decide whether to continue to grow potatoes without this green manuring and a- void scab or to lime the ground and take chances. Where potatoes are not a main crop it is possible to plan a rotation in which liming is done for other crops and potatoes included after a five year period. Another plan is to choose scab resistant va• rieties of which there are a few offer- ed. Unfortunately these are not such high yielders though in course of time strains may be developed that combine productiveness with disease resistance, as already accomplished 'n wheat. :S,...°.S°.°.°.iY%'.°.°.°r i°.°.+i'L'i,°.°. e".°tor ...'i°.Y.°.°r'.°s nnp ..... u,:.......tir1p .' YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOITN C, i{IRIcWOOl3 (Copyright) ere ee Life for most of us consists in do- improve themselves intellectually, ing today what we did yesterday. In culturally or spiritually; whereas other words, life is repetition. It is man can. Indeed, if human beingsdo given to only a very few to be con- not try to advance themselves spir- tinually doing new things all the itually, culturally and intellectually, time. Even the inventor, the writer, they are not lentell higher in the stale the diplomat are doing each day pret- of life than Mieh or pigs or ravens. ty much the same sort of thing which they did yesterday, The good thing about the day's work is that it can be made to ad - Young people want to be doing vance us hi all right ways. It be - fresh things—to be having fresh ad- comes our teacher. It disciplines us. ventures_ and experiences. They may It prones us. It makes us grow. even wish to have fresh environments Our tasks in their daily performance —not daily, of course, yet frequently. may leave the mind rather free to They want to be on the move — go think and reflect. Bobbie Burns; travelling—be seeing new sights; But plowman, shaped his poems as he change of this sort becomes weari- plowed. Shoemakers have learned lan- eome, and it is not long before the guages even as they mended and =sensible ones want to settle down in made shoes. When our work is large- a single place and do work of the ly manual in character, the mind is repetitive kind. left free to dream and plan and in- ----.—.. vent and to employ itself in other Take the housewife, by way of ex- ways.' Wolk—the day's 'repetitive amplk, Her days 'are monotonously task—actually aids us in strong and alike—this, if she begins to look back c ntratefine �lcing. It enables one to con - at yesterday, But the merciful thing is that -we do not keep looking backward, but forward, and so we do not get fretful because today's tasks are almost identical with yesterday's. Even the life of the lower animals is repetition. Each new day of life for them is yesterday over" again. ,Some days may have more dangers in them than others, but each day's job for wild animals and birds is getting food and guarding themselves from enemies.. Human beings are More advantages eously situated than are lower ani trials, These lower creatures cannot Without repetitive tasks we would not be able to build whatever we may be building. The way life is made for us—days of 24 hours long, broken into a day period and a night period :requires us to repeat many things done the previous day. Thus, we bathe ourselves, redress ourselves, take food, and take up yesterday's work where it was /eft off. These occupations betome foundations on which we tear the structure of our life. Ellett dey can advance us to - Ward our goal. We :need repetitive T THURK, JAN. 9, 1936' F rest periods, ,for both mind and body. It is our new strengths—the daily re- newal of strengths—which make it possible for us to go on steadily and with perceived gains toward our goals. If we did not have the discip- line and the refreshment's of yester- days, we would and could not go on each day in the direction of our goal. And Heaven has so ordered life 'for us that ourgoals are . reached, not by one long, unbroken flight, but by a succession' of advances. And enough life is given us to make the attain- ment of goals possible. • We ought to be glad that we do not have to contemplate wholly new pro- grammes of activities every day. When each new day requires us to do new things and have new experi- ences, life becomes rather futile. It is not cumulative. It is fretting and exhausting and utterly unsettled. Im- agine yourself rising on 4 Monday morning to take up a particular kind of work; then rising on Tuesday to take up a different kind of work; and to go on every day, for years and years, in this way. Such a life .would quickly become unbearable. And similarly, , imagine yourself sitting down every day to a new kind of fare, never repeating the fare served you yesterday. Appetite would become exhausted and digestion would be- come upset. Quickly we would cry out for steady fare -the same menus today that we had yesterday. Ima- gine never meeting over again the same persons whom you met yester- day—that everyday saw you meeting new persons. Quickly you would cry out for something different. You would want to meet and re -meet the same persons you met yesterday. You would want to establish friendships and cultivate them. The old would become precious in your sight. Sup- pose that every new day saw you in a new home. How fagging the ex- perience would become. You would sigh for stability in the place and in the habitation of your residence. And suppose that each day you had to get your news from a strange news- paper. Quickly you would tire of this experience, and you would wish to read the same 'newspaper each day. We need to think of these things in order to make us content' with our lot—the life of repetition. Nature herself is repetitive. The earth revolves on an axis, meaning that it is continually recovering old position. The earth revolves auout the sun, and the moon about the earth, and old positions are faithfully regained. We have recurrent sea- sons. Plants and trees blossom every spring, yield their fruit and then die—or seem to die and in the fol- lowing year again they blossom and bear fruit and die; .and this repeti- tive process goes on until vitality is finally and fully exhausted. It is wisdom to fall into step with the divine order of things. It is fatal folly to go against the divine order of things. It is Unhappiness to be dissatisfied with our having to do the same things over and over a- gain — mending, washing, cooking, plowing, sleeping, eating. We may say, "Why have we had to grow up to maturity by the slow and costly process of being born an infant, and then raised through the periods of childhood, youth and adolescence?" We may say," Why do things wear out and so have to be renewed?" One answer to these questions is: Life is intended to be discipline, and we need adversity and time and experi- ence to ripen our characterg and fit us for a life beyond this earthly life. So malty of us regard life as being a thing complete in itself - without any connection with a Life beyond the grave. Looking upon life as a finite thing, we are apt to think that acquisitiveness or indulgence or ease is the main pursuit. Instead of our being rebellious , a- gainst repetition of tasks and ex- periences, we ought to be glad that so much of life is repetition. It is this thought which I wish to leave with my readers. BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR TOURIST TRADE The prospects for the t'uurist trade this year are vary bright, judging from the number of enquir- ies received by the hotels and resorts owned and operated by the, railway, as well as from the various tourist organizations, stated Alistair Fraser, M.C., Vice -President in charge of traffic for the Canadian National Railways. There should- also be an increase in the number of anglers and big game hunters visiting Can- ada. Speaking with regard to traf- fic, Mr. Fraser said that steamship officials are expecting a better sea- son than last through the port of Montreal, which is an indication of the improvement which has taken place in trade, particularly within the Empire. During the seven months of 1935, 'from April to October, 44,028,600 lbs. of cheese; 6,906,100 lbs, of bet ter; 1,350,700 lbs. of condensed unil-it; 2,629,400 lbs. of milk powder; 12,- 555,500 lbs. of evaporated milk, and 1,487 gallons of fresh milk were ex- ported from Canada. ri ENORMOUS DAMAGE CAUSED 'DX RATS IN DOMINION The brown rat in Canada 'invades. houses, stores, warehouses, and mar- kets, and, besides destroying fabrics and leather goods, .it attacks all kinds of food — meat, groceries, fruits, vegetables and so on. In town and country it attacks poultry, destroying` eggs and chickens. The foundations of buildings also are damaged by its activities. Every- where it destroys unceaingly, and yet its presence is tolerated. In addition to the enormous de- struction of food supplies, the brown rat is a serious menace to public health. It is a carrier of bubonic plague, one of the most de- vastating of human diseases which has been spread all over the world by the rat. In the 14th century it is estimated that about 25,000,000 peo- ple died in Europe from the "Black Death," as this disease , was then called, and 2,000,000 deaths are stat- ed to have occurred during the epi- demic in India in 1907. Bubonic plague is transmitted from rats to human beings by fleas. Modern me- thods of preventing the spread of the plague involve the most vigorous er- adication of rats and the prevention of their landing in seaports from ocean-going vessels. In view of the heavy loss to the people of Canada through the depre- dations of rats the Entomological Branch, Department of Agriculture, has prepared a leaflet on the control of rats which can be obtained by writing to the Publicity and Exten- sion Branch, Dominion Department of Agriculture; Ottawa. IT'S A SMALL TOWN AFTER ALL (Continued from page 3) tubes into the Bronx, Brooklyn or Queens, the mind returns to a condi- tion of normalcy and the sophisticat- ed New Yorker becomes just a small town Babbit, a perfect counterpart of the individualistic embodiment he sneers at in Manhattan. It's curious but true. Out where I live is an area of large apartment houses a n d patterned homes. Most of them are owned by one corporation which acts as rental cratio Club, the Women's Guild, and agent, social guide, cheer .leader, last, but certainlynot least, east, that master of ceremony. They won't rent amazing organization known as ,.the you an apartment without'referenees. Salon. of the Seven Arts. ' You name I gave mine as the Mayor of Prince 'em. 'I can't, To an invitation meet - Rupert and the Chief of Police of ing of the Salon of the Seven Arts Halifax, neither of whom I know„ went my wife, her resistance broken However, I not only got in but I had at last by the imperturbability of the a paragraph all to myself in "Among corporation asa social leader. I got the Neighbors" in the Jackson a bill for $32.00. Her resignation Heights News which is distributed went forward by return mail. free to every apartment dweller ev- ' ery Friday night. The corporation All that is Exhibit "A" of our small is the editor, townness here in New York, Mind you, we are in New York. Less After you are in the fun begins. than four miles away the tower of The corporation in its various cape- the Empire State Building cleaves the cities other than that of rental 'agent, sky and from the windows of my liv- immediately starts to function. ing room I can look upon the grace - Here's what I was invited to join ful lines of the George. Washington the first week: bridge suspended acrbss the Hudson The Jackson Heights Club, which River near Riverside Church. has a 12 -hole golf course so laid out Recently the City -of New York that a left-hander is always in' dan- opened a branch of its English Aye ger of slaying pedestrians on three nue subway. It might be supposed different streets. (Being a left-hand- that the opening of another subway ber I.declined the °invitation.) The would cause barely a ripple of ex - times which meets so many citement. But such a supposition - times per week at the Dinner Bell would demonstrate complete ignor- Restaurant. I peeked in once, saw what looked like a wake and declin- ed that invitation also. The Garden CIub, which functions because there are courts between all the apartments with "keep off the 'grass" signs on the lawns. Once I undertook to weed a young garden. I pulled up all the cabbages. I thought I would be useless as a Garden Club member so I declined again. But you can't dismay a small town New York- er. In succession I was asked to join the Twenty Club, the Eighty Club (I don't know whether this refers to age or membership), the Parent Teacher Association, the Round Table Club, the Red Cross, th e Subscription Dance Club, the Squash Club, the Tango Club, the Tennis Club, the In- ez J. Woodall Bible Class, the Choral Society, the Forum, the Republican Club, and the American Legion. My wife, who never wentto college, re- ceived invtiations from the College Women's Club, the New York League of Women Voters (she's still a Cana- dian), the Playgrounds — Cambridge Court Playground, Colonial ' Play- ground, Clubhouse Playground Asso- ciation—the Red Cross, the Music Club, the Needle Work Guild, the Women's Society, the Women's Demo - e ante of how small town we New York- ers are. Out our way not even the home -coming Lindbergh created such excitement. Our Main Street is 82nd Street, Jackson Heights. Don't con- fuse , that with 82nd Street, Man- hattan. From one end to the other it was decorated with bunting, flags, streamers and pennants. It was de- corated a week before the opening of the subway and a semi -tropical storm wrecked everything the day be- fore the great event. But were we downhearted? No. We just put up more buntings, flags, pennants and streamers and thumbed our noses at the weather. There were baseball games and baby parades, golf match- es which brought together men and lady champions, parades by police and fire forces. Somehow I missed seeing most of therm. What goes on in Jackson Heights goes on in all the other. boroughs and all the sections of all the other bor- oughs. In the Bronx which is a language by itself; in Sunnyside, which is built on the same plan as Jackson Heights but is not nearly as classy; in Corona and Flatbush and EImhurst and Prospect Park and Flushing and Hillcrest and Washing. ton Heights where Charley Jenney used to live before he bought himself a car and moved to Mount Vernon... Frank Young, when he was in -New' Yorkresided at Brewster, a snooty place up in the hills about 35 miles, from town. Frank fished in one of the water supply reservoirs of Neve'• York City for bass. Frank said he used worms.. I've been drinking gin- ger ale since he told me that, But Jackson Heights will do me:. We have.' all the comforts of home -:- out here and all of the benefits of civilization. I'm a small town indi- vidual at heart. So are 10,000,000 • of New York's 11,000,000 population. I don't know very much about the gay - lights. You'll have to ask` visitors.. from Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver about those. 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