The Clinton News Record, 1936-03-26, Page 6'GE 6
'imel Information` for the
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Farmer...
(`Furnished by :the Department of Agriculture)
Starting Chicks
Supply, water 'with • chill taken off
in suitable vessels, charcoal„ shell
and grit ' or riven sand. Feed the
•
youngsters immediately on their en-
try to brooding quarters. A good
starting mash consists of middlings,,
ground yellow corn, ground . oat
• groats, each one' part: shouts, alfalfa
leaf' meal and' animal feed mixture,
each 1-2 ,part;, bone meal 2 per cent.;
cod liver oil 1 to 2 per cent.; and salt
1-2 per "cent.
Marketing Eggs
A County Egg and Marketing As-
sociation has been organized in Ren-
frew County and started operations
this month. Graded eggs are 'being
shipped daily to city markets. Grade
A large will net the farmers about
14c per dozen more than the prices
which were being paid by local stores
when the Association started to oper-
ate. Average prices on all grades
would be about 10c a dozen higher
than the local store prices were.
Getting Ready For the Lambing
Season
Lambing is the shepherd's harvest,
-and it is also his most exciting time,
Everything must, therefore, be In
readiness for the coming of the new,
crop.
Ewes heavy in lamb require more
pen and feeding space, if overcrowd-
ing and losses are to be avoided. Two
feet of feeding space is the minimum
required.
Large flocks "Should be divided by
putting the ewes expected to lamb
first in the warmest and most com-
fortable pen.
Have the floor level, dry, clean and
well bedded. If possible provide e-
quipment for snaking individual lamb-
ing pens. Folding hurdles are very
handy for that purpose. The ewe is
much quieter if kept alone.
Need Green Feed in Winter
The average farm poultry flock of
35 hens requires approximately one-
half acre of greens if the proper a-
mount of green feed during the win-
ter months is provided. As soon as
moisture is available to germinate rye,
oats or wheat, the planting of either
one or all three of these grains to
furnish greens for laying flock dur-
ing the fall and winter months is ad-
visable.
Green feed is high in vitamins, min-
erals and proteins, three essential
nutrients of a poultry ration, and it
serves as a conditioner, as well as
being .high in nutrients. No other
one thing will pay as large dividends
for the amount of money invested as
an adequate acreage of green feed
for the poultry flock
R` Care of, the New Pigs
'1?lie ilUl'sitlg i6W raiid Wet require
cure iiild good feeding in order that
the pigs will be strong and healthy,
ehd the sow will be in fit condition
to produce a second litter this year.
Supply a milk -producing ration, It
should consist of oats, middlings and
skim -milk. Encourage the pigs to
start eating at. an early age by
placing some feed in a low trough. As
soon as weather permits, let' them
run outdoors In a fresh paddock.
The Spring Seed Requirements
Fanners who desire to assure their
seed supply at minimum cost are
already taking stock of their spring
requirements. Those. who have seed
of their awn will be taking steps .to
have it properly cleaned and graded
before the spring rush. Others, less
fortunate, will be well advised this
year particularly, to ' secure what
they require as soon as possible,
making sure that they are getting
varieties which are most highly
recouimended for conditions such as
theirs.
Current Farm' Reports
Grey County auctioneers report
that proceeds of auction sales this
year, are about 25 per cent better
than a year ago. Cash payments by
purchasers are also higher. There
is a keen demand for livestock there
and, good horses are bringing attrac-
tive prices. Huron reports that feed-
ers of market cattle are disappointed
with present prices and some are
holding back their shipments. North
Simcoe, in common with many other
districts has been heavily snowbound
a fact which enhances prospects for
wheat and clover. A shortage of
experienced farm, help is anticipated
there, a condition which seems quite
general. Work horses are in de-
mand in Lambton county, prices
ranging from $90 to' $150. In Mid-
dlesex there have been complaints of
serious injury to orchards by mice
and rabbits. It is not anticipated
that there will be more than a small
percentage of fruit buds and peach-
es winter killed in Lincoln. Seed
cleaning plants are busy in Oxford,
but the general quality of grain is
below that of 1935. Northumberland
expects that the tomato acreage will
be doubled and that devoted to can-
ning peas and corn increased.
Repair of Machinery
Careful repairing of tillage ma-
chinery each winter or early spring
with replacement of doubtful or
worn pasts has been proven to pay
large dividends by preventing major
costly repairs. Tillage implements
generally receive less care and more
hard knocks than any other class of
farm machinery.
The value of any implement can
only be measured by its usefulness
in acres covered, quality of work
done and freedom' from the neces-
sity of costly repairs and delays.
Delays clue to breakdowns during the
rush tillage season of spring and
summer are costly and easily pre-
sented if the farmer, with a few
tools and a little time, will check ov-
er carefglly every working or wear-
ing part long before he is going to
use tlig machine. n,
Check over every machine careful-
ly for loose, worn or stripped bolts;
replace broken spring washers and
check all loose or slack parts. Wheel
and power lift bearings, disk boxings
and all moving parts should be ad-
justed for wear. Clean all working
parts of old 'grease, oil, dirt and steel
particles with kerosene and replace
with plenty of fresh lubricants,
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Let me take you ` into a typical for a class mate whose sister was a
American' city home—perhaps, also a famous professional dancer, and who
Canadian big -city home—the home of was Sythia's inspiration: she, too,
'renter Hoe, shipping clerk, receiv- would shine, as did Norman's sister—
ing $34 a week; his wife, Rose, work- would have a fine fur coat, a motor
Mg in the drug department of a de- car and a chauffeur, and would have
partment store, earning $15 a week; her picture in the papers. Sythia
their daughter Darthula, age 20, was bent on : becoming a Pavlova.
with a superior position in a restau-
rant, earning $18 a week; Dallas,
18 -year old sen, at high school; and
his sister, Sythia, aged 15, also at
high school. The children were giv-
en names taken from books: the
mother had ambitions for her chil-
dren, and disdained such plain names
as Mary and John and Jane.
Both the father and the mother
had very ordinary backgrounds, but
they had ambitions and big ideas,
'which big ideas had been absorbed by
their children. Thus,' Darthula went
about with her head high in the air.
She dressed modishly, and was aes-
thetic -whatever this word may,
mean. Dallas was, in love with the
daughter of a rich doctor, and dream-
ed of becoming a great lawyer. He
saw himself married to Elinor, ut-
terly worthy of her beauty,"her cul-
time, her background, her lofty social
YOUR WORLD AND MINE
by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD
The father, when he was earning
$50 a week, let himself be persuaded
to buy a $10,000 house -a jerry-built
house which the furnace failed to
heat in winter and which creaked
alarmingly. , Later the father's wage
was cut to $34 a week:
This house was hopelessly mort-
gaged, and Prenter was away behind
in interest and taxes. He had a car
which he could not use because he
could not afford nen tires. He had
other obligations and had borrowed
money. Every day of his life his su.
preme occupation was putting down
figures on the backof an old envel-
ope --trying to. discover ways out of
the bog which sucked him down and
down. He clung to the ownership of
his house because to be a house own-
er gratified his ,pride as father and
citizen.
status. Elinor was mildly; in love His wife, large, heavy, not very
With Dallas. Sythia hada apish"' well, kindly, extravagant, with a
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GRAIN OF LUCK
(continued from page 3),
my ''great grandfather's time, men-
tioning how Levick rebelled against
executing the order at all."
"Then," Mr. Joshua Berker drop-
ped' his bowler in a chair, and bowed,
"I apologize for my remarks, Mise
Mallett. Yet, I'm to be convinced that
the great Levick ever worked in oak."
He took out a big silk handkerchief
fierce mother love and with ambi-
tions for her children's future, had.
to leave mornings very early, having
no time in the mornings, for dish-
washing and other domestic work.
When she' came home evenings, it
was to a mountain of work, lasting
often into midnight hours—getting
dinner ready, washing up, darning
and mending. Rose had :bought on
the installment plan, almost every -
'thing which cozening salesman, had
solicited her to. buy. She had an
electric refrigerator, a ;ache,' and
numerous other hire-purehaseposses-
sions, and , the weekly installment
payments on these things were fre-
quently in arrears. She bought the
best grades of meat—her weekly
meat bill was $7 and $8. She bought
cream by the ,quart. Left -overs
were thrown out, She lacked any
sense of thrift. Her daughter Dar-
thula paid $5 a week as board money,
and tenants occupying two rooms on
the top floor paid—or were suppos-
ed to pay—a rental of $5 a week, but
often they got away with the rent
money. Rose — the wife — married
for 23 years and now weighed down
by the multitude of her debts and her
anxieties, was brave and never was
bitter. She tolerated much from her
family. Darthula had a young man,
manager of a local chain food store.
Neil had a car—always a smart one,
because he turned in his old one ev-
ery two years. Neil wanted to be
married without further delay, but
Darthula had other ideas. She want-
ed "ultra modern" furniture for her
bedroom and her dining room, and
she saw herself a lady of leisure and
fashion, the envy of the three or four
persons whom made up her social
world. She was not going to live
meanly—as her parents had to do.
The rotogravure supplements of the
Sunday papers were her inspirations.
Dallas, the son, had to have poc-
ket money and money for clothes
and clubs and cigarettes, and parties
and treats to Elinor, and special tui-
tion. As a student he lagged, for he
was not industrious. His mind was
filled with Elinor and with dreams
of the future. He was rebellious,
and sulky and rude at home. He
had "rights", He planned to go to
college, but what was to be used for
Money never bothered him.
Sythia was skinny, plain and whol-
ly without charm. But she was con-
sumed by her ambition to 'become a
great dancer burned hot within her.
Here is a picture of her:
Sythia lingered at the glass
after her mother had gone down-
stairs. To hold oneself quiet, like
this, not to breathe or think,
meant to invite the Dream. It
stole out of the air, flung itself
over one lightly as a web of
lace. Sythia's image in the mir-
ror Softened, glowed, melted in-
td grace of line. The common-
place room receded to make way
for a lighted stage. Perfumed,
fluttering, gay with colour, an
expectant audience filled the
hundreds of seats. The long,
full curtains parted, a patter of
applause swelled to a welcoming
roar. Sythia watched herself,
radiant, lovely, swaying alone on
the great stage. The violins
concealed in the great pit played
to her, but the music drowned in
the wild clapping of hands. The
girl in frock built of tiers of
golden tulle waited for the ap-
plause to cease. Then she be-
gan to dance. As she danced she
smiled into the eyes of tall, hand-
some Norman Fane who, with
his beautiful sister, occupied
seats in the first row.
And how did it all end for the
various members of the Hoe family?
Well, the mother gave up her job, In
the department store, and resolved
to save more than the amount of her
salary of $15 a week by economies in
the kitchen and 'otherwise. The fath=
er had his mortgage foreclosed, but
was permitted to go on living in his
house at a monthly rental of $40:
Darthula, after breaking her engage-
ment because Neil became a milkman
—a route driver at $37 a week—be-
came re-engaged to him—this after
an affair with a widower with three
children. Dallas quit high school and
became a chauffeur and lost. Elinor:
Sythia was a "flop" as a dancer and
took up beauty culture.
Sanity displaced insanity in each
of these five persons, and every one
of them got off his or her high horsee.
They began to control expenses by a
system of budgetting their incomes.
This story is told in full in a,
book, "If I Have Four Apples," by
Josephine Lawrence, published by
Frederick A. Stokes Company: Ask
your public library to get this
book, it will become extremely;popu-
lar: tt is a wholesome book. It will'
have a special interest and value to
all wage earners who have difficulty
ilt making•, both: ends: meat.
and carefully rubbed' his fingers in it.
"If, on the other hand, Levick did.
make this -then you've got a treasure
that hardly bears thinking about: a
museum piece ... , beyond my price'
and touching. And there, mum, at
the risk of losing an easy bargain,
I've made amends!"
Penelope Mallet smiled waveringly.
She hardly knew what else to do.
This overpowering fellow was fascin-
ating her, by virtue of his uncom-
promising and rugged manner. One
minute calling her a liar to the
teeth,' and not being shown the door
-the next, informing her that, in all
probability, this bureau for which
she had expected a few .pounds, in or-
der to pay her rates, was extrentely
valuable. And that information, as
he had said, running counter to his
own professional interests.
Mr. Joshua Berkey crossed to the
busean and slowly unlocked its fall.
When he had opened this and had
looked inside he blinked rapidly and
whistled.
"Miss Mallet!"
"Yes?"
"If—if, I couldn't suit you with an
offer, would you let me act as your
agent, ten per cent. commission, in
the selling of it?"
"Well . ."
"It's a Levick," Mr. Joshua Berker
nodded. "And, before I Cs much as
go into jt all over.... I'll offer you a
hundred quid." He paused and watch-
ed the strange riot of relief and awe
and half -fearful gratitude on Miss
Mallet's face. Then for the second
time that day he betrayed his pro-
fessional self. "But, I'll be straight;
advertised and sold to best advantage
it'lI be worth five times that. . .
The question is," he nervously licked
his lips, "can you wait? It might
take a year and more to find the right
buyer at the right price."
-With a quality of consideration, a
curious delicacy one could not easily
have associated with a man if his
stamp, Joshua Berker turned away
from Miss Mallet of Rosedale Cottage
and went on with his examination of
the bureau. For such a freak to Have
emanated from the hands of Levick—
a craftsman more conservative In
model than a Hepplewhite and more
adherent to the use of only certain
types of wood than a Chippendale;
contemporaneous with both— puzzled
TEBEST
'Mr.'Ber'ker enormously. He had plen-
ty to think about.
So had Miss Mallet.
There were the rates and there was
the sum of four pounds she owed to
Carple at the corner shop, and he had
not onlystopped her credit, but had
threatened a County Court summons
and a whole host of other unpleasant
things. Then there were other little
debts .:.. And she was, at this mo-
ment, very hungry. She had sold an
old-fashioned brooch for its gold val.,
ue, a week previously, and had lived
on that ... it was done now . and
she was hungry.
A hundred pounds! Vision reeled
at the thought. Five hundred, minus
ten percent.—she was stupefied by
the hare idea, Yet, she must forego
that dream. All she knew was that
she simply could not wait a year . .
Why, she was hungry, now .. .
Making little whistlings and odd
hisses, Joshua Berker moved about
the bureau. He was plummy faced
and his eyes were bright with a ming-
led light of interest and affronted
intelligence.
At last he put away his pince-nez
and re -dusted his fingers on that vi-
olent square of silk.
"I'm capped," he snorted, "fair
capped!"
Miss Mallet's heart sank, sickening-
ly. She swayed.
"Is—isn't it really any good then
"Good! Good, Miss Mallet?" Josh-
ua's voice rose high. "It's a -a
blooming miracle! It's one of the
forty coming wonders, col%e at Iast!
And . . here, mum—here!"
Miss Mallet went like a piece of
grey wax. She crumpled at the knees
and fell.
"Here, Miss—oh, the devil!" Joshua
caught the slight form and gently
settled her on a sofa. "She's over, by
gum! Now, I wonder, has she a
drop of brandy in the house?"
Leaving the unconscious woman
propped by cushions, he made a rap-
id tour of the place. And, having
done so, he stopped and cursed.. .
Poor woman! Brandy! Why, the poor
soul hadn't as much as a crust in the
house, let alone brandy. In the lar-
der he had been, confronted by an
outstanding and sickening sight—on
a slab stood an old pestle and mortar
THUR!a, MARCH 26, 1936
and in the mortar, evidently intended
to go under the mashing of the max-
ble-headed pestle, was a quantity of
hen corn! She had only this . . , and
had been pulverizing it to a kind of
noisome meal from which, with Wat-
er, she had made a kind of porridge.
He heard a sound, Miss Mallet had
struggled toher feet.
"Hades! he snapped. °'I shouldn't
have left her—"
He rushed back, just in time to
see her claw at thebureau support.
He saw it totter and fall forward ,. , ,
and caught her by the waist as she
was about to follow it,
"I -I do feel ill," she faintly mus
inured. "Da forgive me!"
Carple's lad was passing Rosedale
Cottage. Joshua gave a whistle
through the half -open• window. The
lad stopped and a swift confabulation
ensued. Off went the errand boy,
straight back to his shop, and with
him went a pound note from Joshua's
well -packed wallet.
"You—you shouldn't," came the
voice of Miss Mallet. "But, I'm too
far gone to—to care so much . .
thank you."
Miss Mallet was sipping her second
cup of tea and finishing her fourth
sandwich when Joshua chanced to
look, ruefully, at the fallen bureau.
"Done it no good," he began to
mutter, then stopped.
He bent down and applied his eye
to the grain of the bureau's back. It
had a peculiarly convoluted look, at
the best of times. Seen this way
it resolved itself into a few words of
old-fashioned writing. Just as trick
writing can be done by elongating
the letters until it needs an eye on
a level with the page to read them,
so this stained grain had been devis-
ed.
And the letters ran; "Gold in legs
—Mallet: 1792,"
"My—my great-grandfather," Miss
Mallet gasped, as Joshua read the
words out to her, "He was a miser
and—"
With one blow Joshua Berker snap-
ped off the leg of that five -hundred -
pound bureau. There came a chink-
ing jingling rain ... a host of guineas
from out of that hollow leg. And,
from that one alone, more than five
hundred were resolved, .. .
As Mr. Berker often says to his
POULTRY EQUIPMENT"
. The reliability of Jamesway poultry".
eqquipment has become so well known that,.'
`Jameewey : Hatched" is equivalent to W.
guarantee of quality.
Besides Incubators, Canada!s'ieadingppoultry.
men use the Jameewey oil and cost burning
brooders, (now 'reduced in price) battery,
brooders, feeders and waterers of all. kinds ,.
steal nests, laying cages. pat sproaters. oat '.
germinators and complete brooder houses.
Manufacturers of all kinds of skeet
metal building tnateriale
Buy hom you,lural Jame:way dealer orw,)fe tiring* .
Easteni Steel NNW' W' is
1 qAIMVIESI OWAY' )rnttLCf' ,PRESipnj.ESELP,$:.
,:
Factories also at Montreal endToronto
wife, once Miss Penelope Mallet, of •
Rosedale Cottage, "That was a lucky
strike of yours, knocking over tb*t.
bureau ... a lucky strike m'girl! Easy '
treasure!"—London Tlt-Bite.
' DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND
FISHERIES
NOTICE
re Possible Extension of Open Season
for the taking of MUSKRAT nn
Southern Ontario
The Provincial Department o 1
Game and Fisheries recently announc-
ed dates of the open season for the -
taking of muskrats in the various di
visions of Southern Ontario during
the Spring of 1936. Subsequent to.
the announcement, an unexpected re-
turn of unseasonable weather will
undoubtedly have the effect of pre-
venting any such trapping operations
during the early days of the seasons.
which have been provided, and in
view of the fact that but a very lim-
ited open season is being allowed for
this purpose, the matter of arrang-
ing for a few days additional trap-
ping will receive consideration and
will be provided should conditions
justify such extension.
Remember ! ! !
That The Best Goods are al-
ways Advertised. Therefore, if
Youwish to secure the Best
Value for your money.
Look Carefully
Through the
ADVERTISEMENTS
, in this Newspaper
i
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YOUR PRINTING NEEDS' IN 1936
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