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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-01-16, Page 6.'PAGE6' THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS.,, JAN.,16,,1936', NEWS APPENIN6S Of INTEREST f rthe T�nel Informa��on o Bus Farmer the De artment • of etture ' (rlisned b� n A i� ) Short Course at Kingston One of the oldest courses of in- struction in practical, dairying in Can-, :oda opened for its fortieth session on January 2 at Kingston. The Eastern Dairy School, now under the control of the Ontario Department of Agri- culture and in charge of ,Prof. A. L. Gibson, superintendent, was first es- tablished by Queen's University in 1894 as an agricultural 'and dairy school, but of late years it has spe- cialized only in the latter branch of agriculture. Serving the rich dairy districts of 'Central and"Eastern On- tario the .Eastern Dairy Schooloffers a three months' general course in cheese and butter making, with a spe- cial Cheesemakers' Short Course from February 11 to 14, and the .dairy in- structors course _follows the regular course, from Mareh'24 to 27. Registered Cockerels Poultry breeders wishing to im- prove egg production and egg size, and thus lower the cost of production and increase the revenue from the poultry fleck, should .secure Register- ed males to mate with their breeding hens for the coming breeding season. Being bred from parents which in- herit the capacity for high egg pro- duction and large ones, Registered cockerels possess the breeding neves- nary to increase the egg production of any flock and to ensure egg size as- well. Since these cockerels are bred from mature females and are passed by government inspectors af- ter they are six months old, the buy- er can rest assured that he is get- ting birds possessing good constitu- tions and abundant vigour. Register- ed cockerels may be secured front poultry breeders In every province in Canada, • Warning From England Canadian cattle raisers, at least such as might hope to export animals to the United Kingdom have recently been warned regarding the a1iipmcnt . of stock with any mutilations in the ears. According to a decision of the committee which administers the Cattle Fund from which payment of subsidies on home -fed beef cattle is made no animal with a punch hole of any shape in any position in the ear of half an inch or More across, or any snip or cut of the edge of the ear extending half an inch or more into the ear; will be eligible for the sub- sidy when soldfor beef. ° As it has been occasionally noted that some beef cattle which have suf- fered uffered from forst-bite in the ear are left with deformed ears as a result, it will be Inadvisable to prepare these for export to the Old Country. They can be shipped, but would probably bring a much lower price because they would not qualify for the sub,, sidy. This news has been transmitted through the office of the. Canadian High Commissioner for Canada. ,Care and Breeding of Brood Sows At the Experimental Station, Fred- ericton, N.B., the urood sows are housed in portable cabins all year ex- cept for a period from a week or ten days before farrowing until the .!figs are weaned. A three year 'rotations of rape, oats seeded,. and clover is carried on in the hog 'paddocks and this provides a continuous supply of green feed throughout the summer. The object in feeding is to, keep the sows in a thrifty condition. They should not be allowed to become too fator too thin. If they are very thin after the pigs are weaned, they are fed well' until a normal weight is reached. If plenty of green feed is available, about four pounds of mixed grain per sow per day is usually suf- ficient to keep her in good condition. When nursing a litter, the sow is fed all he will clean up. This amount will vary from 6 to 1.2 pounds daily for different sows. The grain mixture for the sows varies at times, owing to the nature of thefeed on hand. .t. satisfactory mixture consists of equal parts of ground oats, greuhd barley' and mid- dlings. The barley may be omitted forsows ingood condition and unless suitable mineral and protein, supple- ments are provided, it should be omit- ted during the last month before far- rowing. The nursing sow should re- ceive at least two pounds of skim - milk per pound of grain or fish -meal or tankage at the rate of 8 per cent. of the ration. Mangels are always provided for winter feeding and are fed at the rate of about two pounds per 100 pounds of live weight per day. Clov, er hay is supplied in ,racks. 1.1 pota- toes are fed brood sows, they should be fed' only sparingly during pregean- cy. At this time it is advisable to feed fish meal at the rate of about 8 per ent. of the ration, if no skim -milk 'is available. Bone char and salt are each fed at the rate of one per cent.. of the ration at all times. Ontario 'Colt Clubs Middlesex county, with five foal clubs showing 81 colts in club' work during 1935 leads Ontario. The next highest county is Bruce, which has three foal clubs and a showing of 30 colts. • Ilderton Foal Club with a.showing of 25 colts has the largest individual showing in the province. The five foal clubs in Middlesex are at Melbourne, Ilderton, Parkhill, Glencoe and Thorndale. Clover and Grass Seed Eastern, Central and Northern O'n- tario: The movement of seed from growers to the trade was decidedly slow during : Deecmber. Buyers are cautious owing to uncertainty of the market. • There are still available In these parts of Ontario some 540,000 pounds of red clover, 420,000'pounds of alfalfa, 90,000 pounds of alsike, 300,000 pounds of -sweet clover, 3,000,- 000 pounds of timothy and 500,000 pounds of mixed seeds. Prices offered growers range as follows: for red clover in the King- ston -Oshawa, district, 8 to 10c per pound for country 'run seed; in north- ern Ontario, 9c for No. 1; in the St. Lawrence ,counties, lj to 12c; in the lower Ottawa Valley, 13c. Alfalfa in the Kingston -Oshawa district, 10 to 12c (country run). For alsike in the Belleville, Peterboro and Lindsay districts, 11 to 12c for country run seed; northern Ontario, 10 to 11c for No. 1 Sweet clover in the Kingston - Oshawa district, 2c for country run seed; in the St. Lawrence counties, 2 to 3c for No. 1: For timothy in the Kingston -Oshawa district, 2 to 3c for country run seed; in northern On- tario, 2 to 3c for No. 1; in the St. Lawrence counties, 3 to 3%c for No. 1 and in the lower Ottawa Valley, 3 to 40 for No. 1. South -Western Ontario: A compar- atively large quantity of seed has al- ready moved from growers to the trade, although there are still avail- able some 750,000 lbs. of red clover, 125,000 pounds of alfalfa, 175,000 of alsike, 550,0000 of sweet clover, 4,- 250,000 of timothy and 42,000 of Canadian blue grass. The demand continues good for alsike, fair for red clover, alfalfa and Canadian blue grass and poor for sweet clover and thnothy. Present prices paid growers by the trade range as follows for No. 1 grade, per pound; red clover 10 to 12c; alfalfa 14 to 16c; alsike 12 to 15c; sweet clover 3 to 41/2c; timothy 2 to 31,seand Canadian blue grass 316 to 4c (country run), HE STEPPED ON THE GAS! (Continued front page 3) Over the 'phone Uncle Benstead had said this was a special appoint- ment. No other patient wotlld be in the offing, So Billy passed a tool finger inside his hot collar and rapped on the right- hand door, Silence fel! it few seconds, then suddenly the door opened. Bill gasp- ed. Molly had suggested that her uncle was a terror. But, even so, Bili had not imagined anything so awe- inspiring as this white -coated appari- tion in the doorway. He . reminded himself that dentists needed power to their elbows. But—such elbows! And the uncle was heavy browed, steely eyed, with a rat -trap mouth and an interrogatively corrugated forehead. "Richards is the name!" stammer- ed Bill. "Appointment at three. I 'phoned you thismorning, you know.". The big man frowned thoughtfully, then stood aside with a wave of his hand. "Of. course! Come right hi and take a seat. This is my assistant, Mr. Bishop!" His voice tame unexpectedly soft and throaty, rather like the purr of a giant cat, the victim thought. Mr. Bishop, a younger iriait, stood smil- ing—or smirking—by the swing tray of glittering dental instruments. Bill glanced grimly round the sur- gery; 'at the 'dentist's red plush chair and leather-eoVored couch;. at the whirling spray basin and two large metal frames holding gas cylinders. "Mr. ah�Tti'ehards, our patient,', remarked the uncle, with an introduc- tory 'wave of his hand. Bili nodded curtly. He had taken an instant dislike to Mr. Bishop, who, Was 'shrug and .pasty, 'with smarmed - down black hair and flashing, white teeth, 'arid, in Bill's 'opinion, a thor 'aughiy'natty piece of work. However, he elihibed the 'plush thone and hastily recited his carefully: prepared 'opening speech, not forget-_ ting a bouquet for the 'nmYv gas, of ,which, he said 'he 'had 'helard. A ericket•ball had chipped a bicus- pid'some,years before, and he was now even !prepared to part with the remaining half—for, Molly's sake. The big roan kicked a pedal sharp- ly and tilted Bill over: backwards. "Oh, yes, quite! Ah—er! Ei— umt,> He tapped his blue chin with a gleaming tool and beckoned to his assistant.. Mr. 'Bishop stroked the side of one of the cylinders hopefully. Bill, thanks to' a remarkably fine set,of teeth, could scarcely recollect his last visit to a' dentist. Hedimly remembered, himself as a very young person with a trustful nature, and the dentist, a monster of iniquity and a born liar, had blandly remarked: "Now this won't hurt at all," and had forthwith proceeded to rend him with. red-hot pincers. And he vaguely re-, called a sardonic ,smile over his head at a waiitng parent,' A hateful smile! Glancing 'up now, he caught a• similar smile passing between Molly's uncle and his assistant, who was ten- tatively prodding a lever at the side of" the largest cylinder; with each. poke came a soft, snake -like hiss of gas. Also suddenly Bill realised that he simply loathed that smile, and deep down inside him a fighting spirit be- gan to rise. Revolt threatened. It might be necessary to be crafty and underhand with a small boy—but this was twenty years afterwards, and these fellows could at least be open and honest and man to man— By Jove! And he'd jolly well tell 'em so, too! Only now speech was difficult, because his mouth was full of big }snobby fingers and thumbs. There was a taste of acrid strong to- becco on his tongue. Stale, tool Cer- tainly not the flavour of that final cigarette he had smoked in the i.'ubp Then a nasty, yollgw_stained fore- finger waved in bent of his eyes, and Bill's mind worked at lightning speed. What had Moily said? Uncle Benstead didn't smoke! He hated slang! And nicknames! Then why was the coated giant growling over his head: "Right -ho, Smiler! Step on itI Buzz It into him! And if there's any rough stuff corrin, knock his blinkin' block off!" That brownish yellow finger snap- ped a signal, and Mr, Mahan pushed a rubber cap over tine petieltt'9 Meath and nose• "O,K,, chief!" he muttered. The hiss deepened. In that same instant Bili had got it all pieced together. Whoever this man was, he certainly was not Uncle Benstead, and Bill wasn't allowing anybody else to monkey round with gas and forceps—not—if—he knew it! His brain reeled; but he strug- gled and writhed and made up his mind not to loes consciousness at the hands -of these two foul -looking brutes. Ah, that was better! He could see again! Nearer and nearer swam the two faces above hini; the one heavy, brewed and grim, deeply lined and sinister, the other smug, jeering, tri- umphant! Bill's temper was up. One primi- tive urge reared in his befogged Mind. If it was the Iast thing he did in this life he was going to knock the smug triumph off the assistant's smirking mouth, and punch the other man's sardonic, hateful face. With one mightly lunge he heaven up, and sent a swinging uppercut to the assistant's jaw. Ah, a jolly good beginniing! There was a thud, a crack, and the white - coated assistant shot backwards. The gliitering, swirling basin shivered as a thick skull saluted it in passing! And that was that! With pulses hammering and eyes half -blinded, Bill was vaguely aware that the big man had turned to pick up the rubber cap and was coming- round oiningroundto finish the job. But Bill wasn't having any. He hoisted himself uncertainly side- ways, kicked . up Dile inngeitlar leg, and hooked it between the dentist's knees. But the leverage had an un- foreseen result. His enemy's' down- fall was also till's and suddenly he was dragged from the chair, his right leg inextricably mixed with the oth- er's sprawling liiiibs, Billy vaguely sensed three things at once; a muffled but sulphurous cursing from the big ulnen, a steady hissing from near at hand, And a stingingpain over his right eye. Then all the world faded inti Velvet black- ness. ' From very far avyay, up and up, then down and down, and round and round, he floated 'Melt again to the world. Apparently, the same old world'. Same room, 'sante wintry sunshine struggling :thi`ough ground-glass win- dows. Tai's mouth seemed to be open:.. "Is t out?" he murmured the time- honoured formula before he remem- beiad. IIe shook himself impatiently . and sat up, IIe was on the floor with his back to the tall cabinet. A semi -circle of assorted faces eyed, him solicitous- ly. He grinned weakly. Then • his eyes wavered round, The apartment looked like the pro- verbial china shop after a visit from the bull. Broken glass and crocks a- bounded; a splintered chair lay near the fireplace; the basin whirled 'no more, but lay in two neat pieces ath- wart the throne <of'torture. One of the audience, a red-faced burly, middle-aged person, became spokesman. "Ah, that's better, my boy! That's great. You've done well, marvelous- ly well!" "Undying gratitude!" "Suitable testimonial!" "Great bravery!", boomed the chor- us in the background. "Perhaps we can help liim up now, eh,' inspector?" urged the first speak- er.. "Right -ho, Mr. Benstead." "Bill wrinkled his forehead under a suddenly discovered bandage, and peered round questionably. He, found himself being hoisted along to a chair in the waiting -room. The red-faced gentleman chatted confidentially. • "I was unfortunately detained twenty minutes beyond our appoint ment, my dear boy," he explained. "And when my assistant and I ar- rived rrived we found .you had taekled-sin- gle-handed two of the most .danger- ous bank .. robbers in` Britain, 1, think I'm right, inspector?" "Europe!" boomed the inspector. "They had seized the opportunity of the premises closing at midday on Saturday never expecting that I had a later appointment." "Marvellous the way you handled 'em," put in the inspector. "Knocked out the one and gassing the other. Haw, haw, haw! Got 'eni both in the ambulance ten minutes ago, and they've left behind 'em as handy a little bank -breaking git as ever you saw. Got in that left-hand room, right over the bank strong -room!" Billy grinned. "Good 'stuff, that gas, eh?" he murmured with subtle appreciation. Mr, Benstead puffed out his chest. "My own discovery," he beamed. "It's a fortunate thing you happen- ed on the right valve. You see, the lower foot -pedal releases a small quantity of mild vapour—somewhat. similar in its earlier :effects to the old-fashioned nitrous -oxide — which has to be followed after two min- utes with a firm pressure on the upper valve. Luckily you gave him full strength. In fact, you had the scoundrel lying right across the cyI- o DR. W. F. CLARK DIES AT fRflMEfl G,ODERICH Was Prominent in Harness Racing Circles A well-known figure among har- ness racing notables passed away in Goderich on Friday in the person of Dr. William Fordyce Clark, V.S. He died at Alexandra Hospital, where he was taken after suffering a stroke the first day of December. Dr. Clark, who was in his seventy- fifth year, had been in poor health for more than a`year. Ile was knock- ed down by a car in October, 19:34, and was lame for weeks, and suffer- ed the first of two strokes in June last year. The doctor was . well known by horsemen throughout Western Ontar- io, and acted as starter at meets ih almost every harness racing centre. He was Secretary of the Goderich Trotting and Pacing Association since its reorganization fifteen years ,ago, and was associated in that ca- pacity long before that time. Dr. Clark also was Secretary of the 'ander, the weight 'of his body releas- ing the lever—" "That's right," agreed Bill, with his most engaging smile. Silently he gave thanks that before he took a hand, Mr, Bishop had only discover- ed the foot -lever. Mr. Benstead, well away on his pet subject, was becoming every moment more learned and technical concern- ing vapour, gases, condensaiton, and results. - "From observation of the condition of the gassed bandit, I've made valu- able notes," he went on. The inspector stowed away a small notebook and struck in: • "Seems we're all satisfied, sir! The bank ain't cracked. You've seen your doings working, the doctor here says the young gent isn't seriously hurt; likewise he'll be O.K. for a nice little reward. Mr. Benstead patted Bi11 on the shoulder with a fatherly—or uncle- ish gesture. Bill shot out a friendly- hand. "Nothing I'd like better, sir," he cried. Which wasn't quite true. But near enough.—London "Answers." Goderich Agricultural Society for the. past quartet of a oontuiy, He was born in Colborne Town- ship, a son of the late James Claris and Henreitte Tait, and studied at Toronto, Glasgow and Edinburgh, be- fore practicing as a veterinary sur- geon in Goderich, He practiced for fifty years, retiring, seven years ago. Dr. Clark . was a Past Master of Maitland Lodge, A. 1' . and A. Id., .and was a Past Noble Grand of the LO.O.F. He was associated with Knox Presbyterian Church. He was married, about forty-five years ago to Della. MacDonald of Colborne -Township, who died in 1925. Surviving Are two children, Miss Bet- te: Clark, who,has been Supervisor of Nurses at a Toledo hospital for fif- teen years, and Robert F. Clark of Detroit; also by a sister, Miss Helen M. Clark of Colborne. The funeral was held on Sunday, theservice being conducted by Rev. D. J. Lane of Knox Presbyterian church and was attended by about 50 members of the local MaysonIc Lodge. The Masonic part of the service was conducted by Past Master H. C. Dnn- lop:, The.. pallbearers were: C. K. Saun- ders, J. J. McEwen; L. L. Knox, G. Bisset, Dr. L. Mabee and II. J. A. Mc- Ewan. Twelve members of the Mas- ons acted as flower bearers. , STEAM TRAIN DOES 112 MILES AN HOUR Four world records for speed were made in the trial run of Britain's "Silver Jubilee" streamlined steam train last September a recent study of the record of the run reveals. The maximum speed for the journey be- tween King's Cross and Grantham was 112 miles per hour. For a dis- tance of 25 miles an average speed of 107.5 miles per hour was main- tained, the distance being covered in 13 minutes and 57 seconds. 41 miles were run at an average speed of 100 miles an hour and 70 miles at an average speed of 91.8 miles an hour. The .train was hauled by a streamlined steam locomotive named "Silver Link" and consisted of 7 cars with a gross weight of 230 tons. MISERABLE EXISTENCE OF„ CHINESE FARMERS.. It comes with something ore: shock'. to read that the average income of the Chinese farmer the country over is only $26 a year in Chinese money or $8,60 in Canadian money. China is a nation of small farmers, some 328 million 'peoplemaking their liv- ing off the soil. Half of these are tenants. Nine per cent of Chinese land owners own 43 per cent of the arable land of the country, this be- ' ing cultivated by tenant farmers on extremely small holdings. The huge mass of hopelessly poor,, illiterate Chinese 'farmers constantly live on the edge of starvation, working the soil with inadequate tools and, over large areas,' in fear of drouth, dust storms, floods, brigandage, etc, The Chinese farmer as the most individ- ualistic• of all people. They seem to have met the deserts of the unor- ganized and helpless in a world that delights to take advantage of. such.. people, OPPORTUNITY. •"Opportunity is more powerful ev--- en than conquerors and prophets."— Earl of Beaconsfield. "Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good and the true, and you will bring these into your ex-. perience proportionately to their oc- cupancy of your thoughts." Mary Baker Eddy. "Do not wait for extraordinary eir- ewmstan s to do R'"oo actions "Great men should think of oppor- tunity and not of time."—Earl. of Beaconsfield, "A wise man will make more op- portunities than he finds."—Bacon. "Plough deep while sluggards. sleep.—Benjamin Franklin. "That policy that can strike only while the iron is hot, will be over- come by that perserverance which, like Cromwell's can make the iron hot by striking."—Colton. THIS IS FROM DUNDEE "Are you the man who saved my boy from drowning when he fell off the dock?" "Yes," "Well, where's his hat?" Every business has its ideals and , ambitions; its personnel, products and methods of sale. 0 Printing is the art of bringing these together in one represent- ative, harmonious whole. Your printing should have the advantage of our specialized skill, ,for good printing, like a good man, will live long to the ends of usefulness and service. The C1inton"NewsKecord CALL ON . THE NEWS -RECORD FOR YOUR PRINTING NEEDS IN '1936 and its a good advertising medium.