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The Clinton News Record, 1936-03-19, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS.; MARCH •I9, 1936, NEWS APPENIN,G1 Timely Information for the Busy Farmer . Furnished bY:the Department of Aviculture ) N'arm liorses Good horses of a weight and type suitable for farm work or for work on city streets are in good demand and bringing good prices at the pre- sent time. Many of the horses be- ing offered lack size and develop- ment, which would ' seem in many cases to be due to lack of proper development as foals. Any one rais- ing young horses at the present time would be well advised to grow them out well if they desire to get the most out of them at sale time. • The situation in horses is such that farmers would be well advised to breed any goodsound breeding mares that they have. to the best heavy draft stallions that are avail- able during the coming season. Ontario Hog Marketings for 1936 Based on the recent Ontario Pig Survey, estimates of marketing for the period from January 1 to Sep- tember 30, 1936, call for an increase of from 24 per cent. to 32 per cent, in the output of hogs from that Pro- p vines over those months. Extracts from the report go on to say: "This estimate appears to be over -high, even allowing for the fact that all conditions surrounding production and marketing have been highly stim- mating. Undoubtedly, however, there, !should develop a substantial pick-up, and the survey is useful in that it very definitely indicates progressive upturn to production in every county of the Province.. "Mortality, with few exceptions, has apparentlybeen remarkably fav- orable to a high percentage farrow- ing; the prospective feed situation was, and the actual feed situation now is the best in some years; the price of hogs has been such for some time that producers in most areas In the Province are well satisfied with their returns and are buIIish in re- spect to production, and have had ample opportunity to increase their sow holdings. "Summarizing . the situation, we find ample evidence from which to expect a very substantial progres- sive increase in pig output during 1936," t L. Farm Tests With Soybeans In each of the •past seven years, the 0. A. C. has co-operated with farmers in all parts of the Province in conducting demonstrations with Soybeans, to determine the value of this crop for hay and seed production in the different localities. Three hundred and sixty-seven' farmers have assisted with the work and their reports for the whole period show the average yield of soybean seed to be more than twenty bushels per, acre and the average yield of hay over two tons per acre, , Reports from twenty demonstrations in 1935 show an average seed yield of 22.2 bushels per acre; and reports from fourteen other demonstrations, where the crop was cut green for hay, give an average hay yield of 2.77 tons per RCM Soybeans are how being grown on Many Ontario farms. Some farmers use them as an annual hay crop, while others grow them to matur- ity and harvest the ripe seed to mix with oats and barley for stock feed. They are also grown as a cash crop. Many farmers use from 15 per cent to 20 per cent soybeans ground with other grain in the ration for live- stock. Soybean meal, where avail- able, is also being used. Soybeans are not difficult to grow. They do well on land that will pro- duce a good crop of corn. ` It is un- wise to attempt to grow them on land badly infested with weeds. The seed should be sown about the middle of May in rows about 28 inches apart (every fourth spout of the grain drill) using 45 pounds of seed per acre. In order to keep, weeds m check; the crop should •be harrowed once or twice after the plants are nicely up. Subsequent. cuitivation should be about the same as for corn, Crop Survey Issued If weather conditions during win- ter and early spring remain norm I, the Ontario farmer should experience no general feed shortage in 1936, With the intention of giving farmers assistance in planning their program this year, the Department has issued an Outlook Report on Agriculture. It makes no specific recommendations but summarizes last year's crops. The, generally favorable growing season in 1935 did much to correct the feed shortage which existed in 1934 and 1935. Timothy, alfalfa and red clover produced excellent crops while the production of grain corn was almost 1200,000 bushels greater than in 1934. Production of silage corn last year was 44,000 tons great- er than 1934 with quality, above the average. Mora than 39 per cent of the pop- ulation of the province live on the 192,000 farms and last year, Ontar- io's agricultural products were val- ued at more than $300,000,000. Farmers seeded about 30 per cent less fall,wheat last autumn than hr 1934, but the crop entered the winter in better condition than for several years. Last summer's dry weather and the pressure of work in harvest- ing spring grain caused the reduced acreage. The oat crop occupies a larger area than any other cereal and the 1936 acreage shouldequal this because in some sections it was not up to the normal standard. Lastyear's barley crop of 16,841,- 000 bushels was the largest since 1930. The dry bean acreage probab- ly will be greater than last year, but the report warned against •increas- ing the acreage of field peas because i the yield fluctuated from year to. year. A Flan For The Woodlot (Continued) (By J. C. Marritt) It takes many years to grow a tree, and on this account farmers should consider carefully the value of the woodlot as history shows that the small woodlot will be destroyed unless it is protected, and also it Is very expensive to establish another woodlot by planting. If the farmer decides that a farm is better with a woodlot he should manage the wood.- lottwith the object of maintaining it in productive woodland in perpetuity; An important phase in the mangy agement of the woodlot is the pro, vision of small trees to take the place of the trees that are cut, and die. The. young growth may be secured by planting or from natural reproduc- tion, that is, started from seed of trees growing in the woodlot or sprout growth from cut stumps: Planting is expensive and will likely not be done as it requires labour and the planted land will not give re- turns for twenty years or more. Na- tural reproduction may be secured very cheaply. The only expense is a fence and the loss of pasture in the woodlot. The pasture is usually not very valuable as grass in the shade of trees is sparse, and not as nutri- cious as grass grown in sunlight. Weeds are oftenvery plentiful in the open pastured woodlot. Tree seeds from last season were scattered in the woodlot last fall, and other species will have seed ripening in early spring. Many of these will germinate and would grow into valu- able trees if the stock are kept out. Stock browse the seedlings each year soon after they germinate. There is usually sufficient reproduction in a woodlot that is in with a cultivated field as the stock are only in the woods for a short period. Eight to ten acres of woodland on a 100 acre farm is usually sufficient to supply the •ordinary farm house with fuel, but two or three acres are better •than nothing. ars'Ss"a~i°.Ye'"YaVL'r'""ga'L's"i r,"gee"e'ati"g'd'"rsVY'L"sue°e'r+"i!MlW.A.:". a iI YOUR WORLD AND MINE f by JOHN C. KIRKW.00D !}fir (Copyright) ,• 'hoer "N. erdieWe' will'r5,Wee' "!ir"er,.YeWs Ase'e'a°e e' r"a'"11'aW In this week's contribution to The News -Record I continue quoting from the letters which a friend of mine wrote from England to his fain sly -letters telling of his visit over a week -end with a schoolmaster home from New Zealand for the summer of last year. My friend goes on to say as follows: "I still have to tell about our vis- it to the Lake District, as in my last letter we had not left the house -In fact, hadn't had breakfast.' That Meal took some careful watching to get through carefully. No servants appear, and the food is all found on the sideboard.'I knew this and serv- ed myself, and got through the first course, ,but was stumped to , know what one did with one's dishes, until - 1 saw Broadhurst disappear with his behind a.screen, where I later found a place for mine., "Broadhurst and I were to make a day of touring the lakes, and the two aunts and the "Rev" would meet us at a certain point and bring tea with them. We started out in Broadhurst's 0 INTEREST TO ear, with the top down, and had the good fortune of having bright 'sun- shine and clear skies. We travelled at good speed, stopping in one small village to see John Peel's grave stone, and then on and up onto some high hills where a cold wind blew. Sheep wandered all over the tops of these hills, and we had to watch to, see that' we didn't hit them along the road. We could see some of England's highest mountains - the highest 'is only about 3100 feet, . but they are rugged and striking• in appearanee.. Often their tops are hidden by clouds. "The lakes are beautiful, though I won't say that they are niore beauti- ful than many of our lakes; but the countryside is unspoiled by billboards or "heated cabins," :and by the other decorations. that we add to the nat- ural beauty spots at hone. There is. many a small country hotel, of course, but these are kept very nice- ly, with lawns and gardens, and they do 'not detract from the pleasantness of the countryside. At one place we turned into a small lane to see Wordsworth's Cottage. This took us up a hillside, past two small ponds with geese in them, and with red rhododendrons tumbling doWn from a high bush to the water's edge. We finally found ourselves at the end of a blind road, and I felt much at home, as I always make it a point to explore all blind roads when I am at the wheel. W,o came bang up against the bottom of one of the young mountains 'which I have mentioned, and had to turn round, us - Ing partb u of a brook for our turn. urn . Now you may be ready for the in- formation that we • did not find Wordswortli,'s Cottage after all.• "Mr. Broadhurst became interested in a straggling group of small school- boys, with packs on .their backs, put for a hike, and, stopped the car to talk with them. They had "coons" from "Broadford" (Bradford in York- shire), and weie seeing one of the lakes. We wished them goodday and turned into the road from which still more hot and sweaty boys were em- erging. Broadhurst suddenly thinks that he recognizes a road leading by a more direct way to another of the lakes. It was the prettiest pas't of our whole day's drive, as it follows a narrow river that wound through meadows, of waving grasses, and be- neath willow trees where cattle stood. "Shortly after noon the stopped by the road and took out the lunch bas- ket that had been' packed for us. When we were sure that we had had enough, Broadhurst gave the remain- der to two men who came walking along, and to a small boy and girl we had passed on the road. I asked these children how long they had been camping, and the boy's eyes opened with wonder at my question. "Why, all our lives, sir," was the reply. They were gypsy children. "After four o'clock, we arrived. at our rendezvous for tea, where a short while after the other car pulled up with the two elderly aunts and the minister. Time and the clouds rolled on, and we packed and drove home. "The next morning - Sunday -- Broadhurst Broadhurst and the "Rev" and I -go to church in Carlisle -an old cathed- ral. A stone in the floor shows the dates 1311-1911. With the help of my two friends I get up and down at the proper times, and thoroughly en- joy a choir of boys' voices and a won- derful organ. "Back at hone, we get through a big meal, and seat ourselves in Broad- hurst's car, surrounded by hampers of more food, as we are to "do" the Roman Wall, and to have tea there. Barely an hour after getting up from the table we are having tea on the inoor. Tea over, we climb to the top of a hill where the Romans had one of their principal camps. The lines of the camp are clearly matked out with walls and gates, and in the gates still lie the stones over which the chariots passed, wearing deep grooves in them. The wall itself - at least what is left of it -measures about 6 or 8 feet through at the base and stands four or fivefeet high. It Is supposed to, have been about 16 feet high, "Heine again, and the business of dressing for dinner. Back in the din- ing room where we got through an- other big meal, following which I hear our host ask the young minister if he would hold prayers later on in the evening. At a fixed time we all gather again there, with the butler and his shall army, of maids. They sat in one straight row, stiff-backed. We sat on the other side of the room, and between us the young "Rev" sat at the table and read from his Bible, 1 remember clearly the picture which he made, his face and the "Rook''' well lighted up by the solitary candle. "Eventually I had to pack my bag and was driven down to the station in their 1926 Rolls." And so my friend's letter ends, I would like much to continue quoting -from a later letter, describing my friend's sojourn in Wales, and telling of his visit to many places on the Continent; but I may not do this. My purpose in giving the readers of ,The News -Record these glimpses of life as it is lived by one family In England ' is to give them that very real• enjoyment -the enjoyment of a jour FAFIM E fl,b HURON COUNTY'S WOODED AREA' 'NOT AS drips -Ashfield, Colborne, Hullett, Stanley; Tucicersmith, and Usborne LARGE AS IT SHOULD, BE . have over 90 per cent cleared. Farmers Should Conserve '600dlots and Plant Others • (Continued from page 4) 12. Cash crop or 'insurance. The owner of the large woodlot may sell fuelwood and loge each year or may hold it and regard it as an insurance policy.. ney, by the route of fancy, to a land which all of us would like to •see, if we have not already seen it. The pictures given by nay friend in his letter are simple, yet vivid. His letters were not written for publica- tion, and are the better for this rea- son. They are intimate and unstudied. I may say that I have left out much -very reluctantly; but I feel that the omissionswill not be perceived.. • OPEN SEASON FOR MUSKRAT- 1936 -SOUTHERN ONTARIO Announcement is made' of particu- lars of the open season for the trapping of muskrats in the Southern portion of Ontario during the Spring of 1936, as follows: (a) In the Counties of Brant, El- gin, Essex, hlaldimand, Kent, Lamb - ton, Lincoln, Middlesex, Norfolk, 0,s - ford, Welland and Wentworth, from March 18th to April lst, inclusive. (b) In the Counties of Addington, Bruce,; Carleton, Dufferin, Dundas, Durham, Frontenac, Glengarry, Gran. ville, Grey, Haliburton, Balton, Has- tings, Huron, Lanark, Leeds, Lennox, Northumberland, Ontario, Pee, Perth, Peterborough, Prescott, Prince Edward, Renfrew, Russell, Simc06, Stormont, Victoria, Waterloo, WeI- lington and York, from March 20th to. April 3rd, inclusive; and (c) In the Districts of Muskoka, Nipissing (South of the Mattawa River) and Parry Sound, fro m March 25th to April 8th, inclusive. Trappers will be required to dis- pose of any muskrat pelts which are taken during the open seasons as provided not later than seven days after the respective closing dates. The land is divided on the town- ship assessment rolls into "four clas- sifications: " 1. Woodland. 2. Slash. 3. Swamp, waste or barren. 4. Cleared Iand. 1. W costars -- The woodland area in the county has decreased from 9,9 percent in 1901 to 52 percent in 1934. All the townships have less than 10 per cent in woodland, and nine of the sixteen townships have less than 5 pot cent. The number of farms without wood- Iots is increasing yearly and in some districts over hall the farms are completely cleared. The woodland area should, also be discounted as a large number are the typical pastur- ed, woodlot astur-ed,.,woodlot with scattered trees and no reproduction. 2. Slash- Slash is inferior woodland, and woods are put in this classification following a severe cutting. It- is often potential woodland and if it was thinned rather than slashed it would ,be classified as woodland in 20-40 years. The clean cutting of second growth stands is a very short-sight- ed policy, as the stand will grow very much more in value each year, as the trees increase in size. Fuel- wood could be secured by making beneficial thinnings. The woodland area of Goderich, Grey and Turnberry to a lesser extent is increased consid- erably by the percentage that is in the slash classification. 3. Swamp, Waste and Barren - Severe of the townships have a considerable area in this classification and the percentage of woodland is increased as some of these types are growing timber. 4. Cleared Land - The figure in the cleared land shows better than any other single column the extent of deforestation in the different townships. Mantel) and Stephen townships have over 96 per cent cleared, Six other town - These figures are very alarming,. as experte who have studied the prob- lem in all its phases say that at least 15 per cent of an agricultural district should be in woodland. There Is • a, shortage of fuel in many locali- ties and even minor repairs to'build- ings are expensive. Farmers who still have a few acres of woodland would be well advised to take : measures to preserve it and plant sandy land, hillsides and cor- nersthat are difficult to cultivate, a grove of evergreens on the north and west sides of the farm buildings le a valuable asset to a farm as it pro- tects the buildings from the zero winds of winter; beautifies the home, and is a windbreak for adjacent culti- vated fields, The Forestry Branch publish a bulletin on woodlot management and distribute trees free for windbreak, woodlot and plantation planting, De- scriptive literature • and application forms may be secured from the Forestry Branch, Parliament Build- ings, Toronto, or the county agricul- tural representatives, Huron Assessment by Percentage 1934. Percentage ee d 'd a ca Assessed tao N Township Acreage c^j�.° Ashfield 63,734 92.6 3.6 2.9 .6 Colborne 37,336 91.6 4.4 3.8 1.2 Goderich 52,394 81.1 5.314.7 .7 Grey 64,882 30.2 7.512,3 Hay 52,892 85.0 4.4 .6 10,9 Howick 67,837 69.4 7.4 1.1 21.9 Hullett 38,486 94.3 4.4 1.2. McKillop 52,186 96.3 3.6 Morris 55,130 82.3 7.0 2.9 '7.7 Stanley 44,151 90.7 9,3 Stephen 56,713 96.1 3,9 Tuckersmith 40,650 91.2 6.2 Turnberry 35,656 72,7 3.7 'Osborne 42,692 92.9 6,8 WawanosisE. 41,720 73.5 8.3 " W. 41,700 '71.4 6.6 County 1985 303,157 85.6 5.6 County, 1901 9.9 2.0 .5 5.4 10.0 .1 0.9 2.9 15.1 3.6 18.2 3.4 6.8 10.8 ANN l7AL MEETING OF THE HURON COENTY FRUIT GROWERS, 'fi The annual meeting, of the Huron,•� County Fruit Growers' Association is being held in the Board Room off'' the Agricultural Office, Clinton, ora the afternoon of'Marek List of 2 psis - The speaker in attend'anee at this; meeting will be W. A. Bess, Entom- ologist in charge of the Rntomola•- - gieal Laboratory, at the Dominion Experimental Station, 'Vineland. Mr. Ross is well and favourably lutdwn • in south-western Ontario, and fruit growers in this district should be In- terested in his address.. His sfbje'ef is "Some Comments on the 1936.' Spray Calendar." All fruit growers, and other interested parties, arm-• cordially invited to be in attendassea,•- at this meeting. There are reeords to show tjiat as long ago. as 1663 apples were grewa in the province of Quebee, Before Prices Rise NOW is the time to repair your builds»ga which have been un- avoidably neglected during trying depreeaion times. Order your root. ing before advances in the price of steel push up the price of roofing, Eastern Steel Products offers two great values in Metal Roofing ! Rib - Roll and Tite.Lap l P./whims erclua- ive features guaranteeing weather- tightness eather. ti htness and easy application. They do not warp, shoal, crack. curl. orbul,ge. 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