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PHURS; JAN., 23, 1936.
Timery Information, for the
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Busy Farmer
Furnished by the Department of Agriculture )
The Axe For 2 -Year -Olds
The farm flock keeper is rarely if
ever justified in keeping hens long-
er than tothe end of the second lay-
ing year. But to keep them even that
long without a death, loss that cuts
seriously into profits, it is essential
to have flock ancestors , that have
laid nnnierous eggs for three or more
years.
Minerals For Hens
A hen needs nine in the form of
•eyster., shells or 99 per cent pure
limestone. If there is too much mag-
nesium in the limestone, it has the
,,same effect 'upon the hen that milk
of magnesia has on you. That is why
'it is better to feed oyster shells thair
ground limestone unless the lime-
stone has been tested to find how
much .rnagnesium there is in it. The
oyster shells also contain some io-
dine and other minerals from the
sea. A pound of salt to each hun••
Bred pounds of mash is plenty.
Bot Fly Campaign
About 7,000 letters, containing in-
formation and instructions in connec-
tion with the second year bot fly
control program, extending over Jan-
uary and February, have been sent
out to Middlesex farmers by W. h.
Riddell of the Middlesex branch of
the department of agriculture.
The letter, in part, explains that
during the campaign last year over
8,100 horses in the county were cap-
suled with satisfactory results. In
Ontario 97,300 horses were treated.
It is hoped to better these figures
this year.
Marketing PIan
A marketing plan whereby North-
ern Ontario farmers with produce
for sale are. brought into contact
with the mining camps, is being
worked out by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
W. R. Peters of New Liskeard is
acting as "marketing man" in the
Northern districts. As a Govern-
ment representative his business is
not selling, but the making of con-
tadts between farmers with produce
on their hands and lumbering and
mining centres which want to buy
vegetables and feed.
"It's working out very successful-
ly," Hon. Duncan Marshall said.
Lumber and mining camps he report-
ed, had been, importing their vege-
tables and bringing in potatoes by
the carloads, while their neighboring
farmers had surplus produce, Far,
niers and markets were simply not
in touch with each other.
' Poor Demand For Hay
Eastern and Central Ontario: A-
bout 90 per cent of the 1935 hay crop
is still held by the growers, the de-
mand being exceedingly poor. A few
carsare being shipped to Toronto
and to the Maritimes on official
grades, The demand this month is
expected to remain slow,
Prices for timothy No. 2 and mix -
tints h the St. Lawernee counties
aange from 35 to $8, and in northern
Ontario $10 to $1$. In the lower
Ottawa Valley No. 2 timothy hay is
selling at $5,00. In northern Ontar-
io the movement to lumber and min-
ing camps is very slow and prices
are very nominal,
South -Western Ontario: About 50
per cent of the commercial hay crop
is still held by growers and consists
mostly of No. 3 grade. Most farms
,have increased their live stock and
bay and straw are being used rapidly.
Excepting a fair demand for good
timothy and timothy mixtures the
market is poor at present. Hay sur-
' plusses within trucking distances to
'Toronto are greatly reduced so that
'movement by truck will be restricted
this month. Eastern Ontario hay in
carrots is still finding a market at
Toronto. " There is no present pros-
pect for an export' trade.
Prices to growers less freights to
terminal markets are: $5.50 to $8.50`
for hay of No. 2 to No. 3 timothy
mixtures,. and $2.50 , to $3.00 for
wheat and oat straw.
North-Western ' Ontario: Clover
mixtures are plentiful in .north-west-
ern Ontario and selling at about $9
per ton at Fort. William,
Winter Short Courses Very
Successful
557 happy and enthusiastic young
farmers left Guelph on Friday after-
noon for their widely scattered homes
in Western Ontario, after two weeks
of strenuous study, recreation and
mutual intercourse in the winter
short courses at the Ontario Agri-
cultural College. " 36 still remain for
two weeks more in the four weeks'
Poultry Short Course and 57 will con-
tinue to the completion of their three
months short course in Dairying.
This makes a grand total of 650 reg-
istered in the short courses this win-
ter and at least forty or fifty more
attended these classes on certain
days, returning home each night and
not registering at all.
The different courses and the num-
ber of men registered in each are as
follows: Horticulture 84; Farm
Mechanics, 245; Animal Husbandry
179; Apriculture 49; Poultry 36;
Dairy 57.
These figures indicate that the
Farm Mechanics Course was the
most popular and this was probably
true because in this course there was
more of the actual practical cloing of
things than was possible in the oth-
er courses.
During the two weeks most of
the instruction was given by mem-
bers of the College Faculty, but sev-
eral outside specialists assisted and
some outstanding speakers were
brought in for single addresses. A-
mong these were Hon. Duncan Mar-
shall, Minister of Agriculture for On-
tario, Dr. C. T. Currelly, Director of
the Royal Ontario Museum, Dr. E.
S. Archibald, Director of Experiment
Stations for the Dominion Govern-
ment and Judge Joseph Wearing of
London,
These studentscame from 35 On-
tario counties, Those counties hav-
ing the largest number of students
were Peel, York, Wellington, Lincoln,
and Middlesex.
Perhaps the most outstanding fea-
ture of this short course period was
the very evident general feeling of
satisfaction and delight among the
students. Expressions of approval
could be heard everywhere and all
the time, and the most common
statement was, "You bet I'nm coming
back next year!"
Cleaning the Hen House
When hens are infested with lice
or mites and other "filth ailments"
it is indication that the pens need
cleaning up. All litter should be re-
moved and burned and floors, walls
and roosts thoroughly cleaned with
hot water and strong soap or lye.
When this is done spray the interior
of the house with a solution of one
part crude carbolic acid and three
parts kerosene. Then, a good white-
wash eonteining seine crude carbolic
acid should be applied to walls and
furnishings. iA good kerosene emul-
sion is made as follows: Shave 1 -2 -
pound of hard soap into 1 gallon of
soft water and boil the mixture un-
til the soap is ditsolved. Then re-
move it to a safe distance from the
fire and stir into it at once, while
still hot, 2 gallons of . kerosene (coal
oil). The result is a thick, creamy
emulsion. Dilute this stock mixture
with 10 parts of soft water, and ap-
ply as a spray or with a brush, be-
ing careful to work it into all cracks,
crevices, and joints of the building.
With any of these sprays it is ne-
cessary to snake two or more applica-
tions at intervals of a few days to
destroy the mites which hatch after
the first application. The liquid may
be put on with a hand spray pump or
with a brnsh. Cleanliness, fresh air
and sunlight are cheap and effective
preventatives.
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YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
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I ane wondering if it will be. a
breach of good taste and manners
if 1 speak about my own Christmas
and' about the letters and remem-
brances which same to me at the
Christmas season. What I want to
impress is that it is good for one's
soul to yield easily and largely to
the impulses of the Christmas spirit.
Christmas is the eupreshe occasion
in all the year for the interchange
of greetings and letters of remem-
brance; and "I find, in my own case,
that the older I grow, the more my
friendships mean to me. This past
Christmas I sent little letters to a
bout 200 persons -some living a- t
broad, a few in the United States, a
and many -most -in Canada, I sur- t
prised many by my letter ofremem- th
brance, for they had not been in the a
habit of hearing from me; and when p
!their lettere came back, they were
so appreciative of my remembering
them, that I felt that I had a fine
reward for my act of goodwill.
I cannot, of course, quote from ev-
ery letter, and in quoting from some
I may expose myself to the charge
that I am trying to magnify myself
or to pat myself on the Back, or to
make myself important. Well, I aim
ready to run this risk, My contri-
bution to The News -Record is ad -1
dressed to those of kindly spirit, and
who may be tolerant of the •vanities,
of one who is drawing near his 70th
year -if ever he reaches it!
One man in England—the chair-
man of Britain's largest advertising
agency, and under whom I worked
for several years, expressed the
Christmas idea pleasingly. He wrote:
A great time — Christmas!
Not only is there a spirit of
cheerfulness and goodwill all
over the world—there is also an
urge in all of us to make "sure
that our friends have not for-
gotten us or we them.
My letters and greeting cards
came from a wide variety of persons
—meaning that their occupations
and backgrounds vary widely. Thus,
greetings came from: -
—a man in Johannesburg who is
in that city organizing a jubilee ex-
hibition—to commemorate the 506
anniversary of the golden city.
—a typographer—a man special-
izing in the interpretation of adver-
tisements through the medium of
type.
—a man in England who is book-
keeper in a small store in an Essex
village. He used to be a soldier in
Britain's regular army.
—a London, England, coal dealer.
—an old lady resident in London
Eng., now in her 84th year.
—a Presbyterian minister in a
London suburb—whose letter told me
of the deaths of three persons with
whom I had close association when I
lived in England.
—a newspaper man in Belfast; and
from another in Dublin.
—an accountant in Nottingham,
Eng.
—an advertising man in London;
indeed, from several advertising Wren
in the Old Country.
—a man in London whose job is to
collect money to have restored to
East -Enders ground which in centur-
ies past was an open space on Tower
Hill—that it may again become a
gathering place for London's weary
and poor people, including children.
—the sales manager of a British
silk mills.
So I could go on and on, telling of
the employments of old friends in
both Canada and Britain.
Now let me quote from some let-.
ters:
The personal or employment ser-
vice which I started was a failure. I
could have got plenty of clients who
would pay upon being placed, and
then I would have had a most diffi-
cult time of it getting payment af-
terwards; so I closed the service
down.
My chief interest lies at home in
the garden, I spend every spare
moment at that, and am proud of
the show I• get in the spring. The
wife helps me a lot with ideas, etc.
Her eyesight, I regret to say, has
never, greatly improved. Yet we have
a lot to be thankful for,
Scotland is my holiday home. There
is no other place in Britain which
appeals so much to me.
Somehow your greeting' is so dif.
ferent from all others which 5 have
received. Your 'letters over the
years have always been so personal
and so friendly that it is not surpris-
ing to find all of them in my file.
I have written nftty i8aiyy jobs, and
have had some interviews, but the
cry is always the•same—"too old." I
am 50, but with the energy of most
men of 35 and with mature experi-
ence, but this does not • appear to
count,
I have been extremely disappoint -1
ed in my chief --- a most charming
personality, but. utterly unreliable in
business, and a hopeless leader.
I posted to you a paper With a list
of the law exams, that you :may see
the name of my grandson therein.
Father was most delighted and
surprised to receive your message of
greeting. "What joy the unexpected
—the little extrari—bring!
These epeeireen extracts tient
Many letters give glimpses bf the,
sorrows, the happiness, the anxieties,
the disappointments, the content; -SI
the sinall circle of my friends Tile
speak for a much larger. company.
Looking through the winddivs into
he lives of people may be tondemn-
ble practice, yet when pe'o'ple volun-
arily give us little plielographs of
eir life and world;We 4Yrjoy them
nd are : grateful for them' — if they
ortray our friends and- friendships.
Want Canada's ,Horses; for Home aril' Abroad
The necessity to make good the de-
ficit of horses in Canada consequent
on the decline of horse breeding in
the years prior to 1932 and the fact
that there is a market abroad ' for
Canadian horses are two ofthe ur-
gent reasons why the present revival.
of the horse industry which has
spread to every province should be
encouraged. The replacement` of the
farm horse by, machinery in the yeare.
previous to 1932 made it appear that
the horse was doomed but since that
date circumstances have proven that
the disappearance of the horse is a
long piece distant. As a :natter of
fact, a decided swing -back to horses
has been in evidence since 1932, and
now there are not enough horses to
supply the demand. The change in.
agricultural conditions, characterized
by low prices for farm commodities,
has impressed upon the farmer the
fact that the horse is the most econ-
omical source of farm power in suc-
cessful Canadian ' agriculture, and
that the supply of fodder for produc•
ing and maintaining that power can
be very cheaply produced on his own
farm.,
The shortage of draft horses is not
confined` to Canada. Both the Bri-
tish Isles and the United States are
in the same condition and there is a
demand from both these countries for
Canadian horses. These two impor-
tant export outlets command the
consideration of Canadian breeders.
The total number of Canadian horses
sent to the United Kingdom in 1935
was 221 as compared with' 33 in the
corresponding period of 1934; to the
United States 3,935 in 1935 compared
with 2,323 in 1934. Prices at the
principal horse markets in Canada in
1934 showed an advance of 15 to 25
per cent over those of the previous.
year, and prices in 1935 further in-
creased by 15 to 20 per cent. In each
of the past three years, a shipment
of horses bred at breeding stations
under The Breeding Station Policy --
one of the several policies of Domin-
ion Department of Agriculture for
the encouragement of horse breeding
—has been purchased by the Govern-
ments of Trinidad and Uarbadoes and
have proven highly satisfactory In
constabulary work.
The demand for horses from the
British Isles is principally for sound,
weighty, draft geldings weighing up-
wards of 1700 pounds and suitable
for heavy transport work in either
single or double lorries. In a ship-
ment sent over in June, 1935, prices
as high as $360per head were real-
ized for the best individual horses.
There is also a demand in Britain
for good "vanners", upstanding, ac-
tive, clean -legged, good -quality hor-
ses up to 1600 pounds for work com-
pared with heavy express work in
Canada. For suitable horses high
prices are braid. In 1935, for the first
time on record, a Canadian -bred Per-
cheron-stallions was purchased for
shipment to Scotland for breeding
purposes.
With regard to the United States,
besides the many good commercial
work horses purchased by ;American
buyers, :many sales have been made
during the past two years of high-
class geldings of show calibre for
advertising purposes in the United
States. Quoted prices of $500 per
head are not at all unusual in these
transactions. In addition, a number
of shipments of pure-bred stallions
and mares for breeding purposes have
been made to United States buyers
during 1935.
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Livestock Numbers Increase in Cauada
Farm barns in almost all Provinces
of Canada are well stocked with
feeder cattle this winter and in moat
cases an abundant supply of feed is
available. The number of hogs , is
also showing an increase across the
Dominion. "During 1935 cattle pric-
es were somewhat higher than in .the
previous year. This was a result of
improvement in domestic demand
and substantial exports to the United
States where prices were higher than
for'soine years," states the "Agricul-
urai Situation and Outlook" for
1936, to be issued shortly by the
Dominion Departments of Agricul-
ture and Trade and Commerce.
Discussing the export for cattle,
the "Outlook" states in part: "Dur-
ing 1935 total exports of Canadian
cattle and calves exceeded those of
the previous year by over one hun-
dred per cent. Substantial ship-
ments of cattle and beef were made
to the 'United Kingdom during the
first quarter of 1935, but the rapid
rise in prices in the United States,
without a similar improvement in the
British market, caused a diversion to
the United Kingdom."
The United States Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics does not antici-
pate a recurrence of the high prices
of beef cattle during the Spring and
Summer of 1936, but with tariff bar-
riers lower on Canadian rattle the
influence of the United States is ex-
pected to be an important price fac-
tor in the Canadian market during
1936.
The number of hogs is increasing
in Canada, United States and the
United Kingdom. The increase In
output in Canada is not exepected to
be so pronounced until the lattea
part of 1936. "The British bacon
market has been a very important
factor affecting prices of Canadian
hogs and the most important factor
in the disposal of production over
and above Canadian requirements,
This market should continue to have
a beneficial effect on prices durin
1936," according to the "Outlook." A
study of the probable' domestic de-
mand and export possibilities leads
the Ottawa authorities to the con-
clusion that "Canadian hog prices
during 1936 will probably remain
fairly remunerative despite the ex-
pected increase in volume,"
Application for free copies of the
"Outlook" should be made to the Pri,.
licity and Extension Branch, Domir.
ion Department of Agriculture, Ot-
tawa.
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Egmondville Mail Guilty Gets
Suspended Sentence—In-
volved Case
H. Hartung, of Egn:ondville,-charges
ed with the conversion of funds of
the Renfrew Machinery Company-
while an agent for thefirm last,
fall, told his own story to Magistrate •
5. A. Makins on Thursday. He was:
found guilty, but sentence was sus..
pended for a year.
Hartung's story was a, complicit. •
ed affair of sales. Trade-ins, cash,
allowances and instahnents that be --
came increasingly difficult to fol-
low, as often several deals overlap-
ped with never a complete sirens -
action.
"This is a mess," muttered the --
Magistrate, as Hartung endeavored'
to answer questions put by his coun-
sel, Frank Donnelly, and Crown
Attorney D. E. Holmes. Hartung
said he acted on authority of hie.
supervisor when he used money he
had on hand to put through further
deals, instead of remitting to the
company. "A man should not take-
over an agency without capital," he
was told by the Magistrate.
Slipshod Methods
"I think you were more unfortun-
ate than dishonest," said His Wor-
ship
orship to accused, "but this was an fin
possible situation from the start. You
tools your supervisor's word too
much and did not consult the com-
pany. It Iooks as though you were
the goat, although it is apparent you
did not play the game. You were -
doing business in a very slipshod'
way. I will have to find you guilty
of the charge. Sentence will be sus-
pended for one year."
—Goderich Signal.
The export of the following fruits
and vegetables from Canada is pro-
hibited—apples, pears, quinces, and
all deciduous fruits to Australia;
raw carrots to Bermuda; potatoes to
Cyprus and England; fresh grapes,
tomatoes, and raw vegetables to
Malta; stone fruits (including apri-
cots, cherries, nectarines, peaches, ,
and plums) to the Union of Soutar
Africa,
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