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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-04-16, Page 6PAGE' 6 THE 'CLINTON NEWS-RECOR% THURS., APRIL 16, 1936 aaa,. NEVVS RN HAPPENINS F INTEREST TD FAflMERS Timely Information for the Farmer Farmer Furnished by the Department of Agriculture Seed GrainCro �s Early y The importance of. early seeding cannot lee stressed too strongly. An experiment carried on for 10, years at the Central. Experimental Farm, shows that 'wheat, oats, barley and. • peas seeded as soon as the land is ready to work give 'higher ,yields than when sown at later dates. The aver- age increase of grain sown early over that . sown two weeks later was 14 bushels for barley, 18 bushels for wheat and .4 bushels for oats. Wool Growers' Annual At the recent annual meetingof t e Canadian Cooperative Wool Growers, Hon. Duncan Marshall, On- tario Minister of Agriculture, refer- red to this organization as "the finest cooperative marketing institu- tion ever builtup in Canada" and that the organization "is of untold value and benefit in preventing Ios- ses to farmers on the sale of their wool crop." On the - same occasion Mr. A. A. Leitch, former Dominion Marketing Board chairman spoke, of the Cooperative's work as "unique ,and of 'paramount importance as an example of farmers' cooperativemar- keting." Col. Robert McEwen o f London stated in his presidential re- port that the wool clip had been the best in recent years. A very strong financial statement was presented to the meeting. The Warble Season (Continued from last week) The cost of treating warble grub infested cattle has been very low, av- eraging less than one cent per ani= mal per treatment. The rate has been lower where the work has been undertaken on township scale. One pound of Warble Powder will treat. the grub infested areas on the backs of 25' cattle three times. If your township is without an or- ganization for warble control, do not neglect your own herd as well worth While results can be obtained in the control of this pest in your own herd even if the neighbors neglect theirs. Warble flies do not live very long nor do they travel very far. This be- ing the case a farmer can, working alone, pretty well get rid of the pest from his own herd. It would be bet- ter, of course, if all cattle were treat- ed so that complete eradication could be attained. All cattle owners are urged to de- stroy the warble grubs and thereby reprove a very costly pest from the live stock industry. Milk production is decreased, hides are seriously in- jured, beef carcasses injured, and the growth of young animals seriously interfered with. Cattle are gadded and sometimes injured in their fright and attempt to get away from the Heel and Warble flies. The matter of eontrol is in the hands of the people that care for the cattle. If ell will do their duty to- ward their cattle by killing the war- ble arble and heel fly grubs as they appear, there can be no more flies of this class to torment and injurethe cat tie, Warble losses will then cease and several million dollars saved 'to the animal industry. Hay Market Report The market in central .and eastern Ontario has continued very dull and • local supplies for city stables are still being purchased at $5 per ton at shipping points. Demand is also poor ' in south-western Ontario at both ter.: urinal markets and country districts and despite the heavy feeding during the past two months, a large carry- over is anticipated. Alfalfa hay is moving fairly rapidly from the Geor- gian Bay area for grinding purposes and some alfalffa meal has been ex- ported. Prices being paid growers in south- western Ontario ere: for timothy no. 2 and mixtures, $7.50 to $8,50; no. 3, ' $5,50' to $6.50 alfalfa, according to lossmorocatiossormaS quality and locality, $4 to $10; oat` and wheat straw, $2,50 to $3.00. - Area Tests in Ontario Testing for T.B, in the counties of Halton, Peel, Y.ork, Durham, North- umberland and Ontario is being car- ried on rapidly and following five weeks work by Dominion officials a total of 1,600 herds, representing 17,- 561 cattle, has been tested up to March 25. First testing is being car- ried on in 'the counties of Halton, Peel and Northumberland. Of the 1;600 herds tested in these three coun- ties, 571 were found'to contain re -ac-. ters, with a total of 2,441 head of. the 17,551 cattle condemned. To date $81,117 has been paid out in eompen- ration. Northumberland county is showing the least amount of re-acters, ,and with 519 herds representing 4,497 cattle, only 97 herds were found In- fected with a total of 213 cattle con- demned. Peel, with 515 herds and 6.032 cattle tested, has 238 infected herds and'a total of 1,191 cattle con- demned. .. Halton has had 566 herds and 9,022 cattle tested, with 236 herds showing infection for a total of 1,037 reacters. It is estimated that there are between 225,000 and 250,000 head of cattle to test in these six counties before the job will be complete. L. E. O'Neill, director, Ontario Live Stock Branch, reports renewed Interest in T.B. cattle testing in On- tario, with movements on foot to ex- tend the restricted areas of the pro- vince in the counties of Lennox -Ad- dington, Victoria, Hastings, Peter- boro, Simcoe, Wentworth arid Lin- coln. If this was done, said Mr. O'Neill, Ontario would boast a T.B. restricted area extending from its eastern boundary to the Niagara riv- er. Mouldy Hay Dangerous to Horace (Prepared by L. Stevenson, Provin- cial Zoologist) Reports are being frequently re- ceived telling of the sickness and loss of horses. This is not new as every spring season will bring its report of loss. Loss of horses due to forage poisoning has been greater than usu- al. Mouldy hay when fed to horses Is dangerous. This fact has long been known to many horsemen—men who have seen loss come frons the use of mouldy hay as horse feed. This broadcast is being made hop- ing that those horsd-owners who may be a bit careless about the quality of the hay being fed their horses, will take heed and see to it that no mouldy hay or other mouldy fodder is used as horse feed. The haying season of 1935 was not a favorable one for the saving of hay in a clean dry condition. Tons of damp poorly cured hay was put away in the barns last July—hence the trouble and prospect of trouble at this time. The condition of much of the newly stored hay was such that the continued growth of mould was promoted. With the advance of the season -and the lowering of the level of the hay storage, the evidence of mould on the hay becomes 'greater. Hay that has been stored above a stable where cattle have been kept all winter may Mould and become dangerous to her-. ses. The warm damp stable air pene- trating the stored hay furnishes the condition necesary f o r luxuriant ,.mould growth. If you are responsible for the feed- ing of horses, Iook the hay or other forage over very closely for evidence of )mould. Examine' sample out -doors in good light . Do not depend on an examination macre in a poorly lighted feed room or barna Remember moul- dy hay will kill horses and any upset in the farm plans through the loss of horse power; with the approach of spring seeding, is serious. Good hor- ses are hard to replace if lost. CENT -A -MILE ROUND TRIP BARGAIN FARES (Minimum Fares : Adult 75c.: Child 40c,) FROM CLINTON ANI) ALL ADJACENT C.N.R. STATIONS FRI. APR. 24 to Napanee, Kingston, Gananoque, Brockville Prescott, Moirisburg, Cornwall, Uxbridge Lindsay, Peterboro, Campbellford, Newmarket, Allendale, Penetang, Collingwood, Meaford, Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Gravenhurt, Brace - bridge, Huntsville, 'North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury. All towns in New Otnario on line of Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Rly.; Nip- issing Central Rly.; Kapuskasing, Longlac, Beardmore, Geraldton, Jellieoe. SAT. APR. 25 to Toronto Also to Brantford; Buffalo, N. Chathami Chesley, Clinton, Durham, Exeter, Fergus, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Han- over, Harriston, Ingersoll, Kincardine, Kitchener, London, Listowel, • Mitchell, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, Paisley, 'Pahnerston, Paris, Port Elgin, St. Catharines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Southampton, Strat- ford, Strathroy, Walkerton, Wiarton, Wingham, Woodstock. and Sat. Apr. 25 Locally between Important Stations at p which Excursion Tickets are sold—Ask Ticket Agent. For Fares, Return'Lhnits, Information, Tickets, consult nearest Agent See Handbills for complete list of destinations. J. T. CLANCY, PRONE 35. T792A. CANADIAN NATIONAL, THOSE INCOME TAX. RETURNS Ontario's income tax returns are due on April 80, and machinery for Levying and collecting the tax for the province is already functioning. In a nutshell, the provincial treas- crcr's department explains the opera- tion of the tax thus:' '1If you are it - able for Dominion income' tax you are lbiale for provincial income tax. Fill out only one form. Make out only one cheque, .Having filled out the form, take it or send it to tile. fedreal income tax office in your dis- trict. If you have filed your Domin- ion tax form already, completely fil- led out, another will not be neces, eery," The form referred to is TI-1935—or TIA-1935 in case of farmers—and is the combined formprescribed and au- thorized by the Minister of National Revenue, Ottawa, and by the Treas- urer of Ontario.:: It inay be obtained at branch offices of the federal in- come tax department, from postmas- ters, or from provincial savings bank branches. Municipal income tax, in. cities where such was levied last year, is superseded by the provincial tax and no municipal returns will be requir- ed. The Provincial Government has au- thorized advertisements in the press of Ontario to provide tax -payers with information on how to make the necessary returns and remit tax pay- ments. The tax -payer must estimate the amount of tax payable, The taxes due April 30 may be paid in four equal istalments, due dates being the last day of April, June, August and October: In case of instalment pay- ment, the tax -payer is asked to di- rect the proper apportionment, oth- erwise the whole of an instalment would be applied to the Dominion tax. The exemptions in general are ex- actly the 'same as for federal pur- poses. With certain exceptions, an unnmarriedperson is exempt to the amount of $1,000, a married person to the extent of $2,000. Exemption is $400 for each dependent child, and there are other exemptions the exact amounts paid for the support of var- ious other dependents. KING GIVES MAUNDY PENCE TO EQUAL FATHER'S AGE London, April 9,—King Edward VIII, reviving an ancient custom, per- sonally distributed Maundy money to 71 poor, aged amen and 71 poor, aged women at Westminster Abbey to -day. The occasion was Maundy Thum - day, and. the custom a modification of one that dates back 1,500 years through trines when popes and kings themselves washed the feet of beg- gars, and kissed them. It was the se- cond time in nearly 200 years that a sovereign had distributed the Maundy money personally in Great Britain. King George all Queen Mary distri- buted the money in 1932. Instead of selecting a man and a woman 'for each year of his own lite, the Ding proceeded as if his father still were alive. It was the King's first public en- gagement since his accession on the death of his father, Icing George, January 20. He wore a long black overcoat over morning dress. The ceremony was a picturesque one. The Ring's bodyguard of Yeo- men of the Guard, in their medieval costumes, lined the nave of the Ab- bey. Leading the procession to the point at which the distribution was made were boys of the chapel's royal choirs, dressed in scarlet and gold uniforms. Then went the King, the Arehibshop of Canterbury, six children of the royal armory, with towels wrapped about their waists in accordance with custom, and finally Yeomen of the Guard bearing the Maundy gifts. The towels symbolizdd the washing by Christ: of the feet of His twelve disciples. It was noticed the King was most Interested in the ceremony, because he never had witnessed it before. A great 'crowd cheered him on his arrival Three . new prayers were said for the tryst trine at the service. One of them eulogized King Edward's generosity. Before the procession into the abbey, the King was given a bouquet of spring flower's, keeping up .the an- cient tradition that the principal par- ticipants (carry ;nosegays as a re- minder of the, plague of London. In_additon to the silver Maundy pence, King Edward handed 50. shil- lings ($12.50) to each 'man and 35 shillings ($8.'75) to each woman in lieu of clothing. . HE STILL ENJOYS HIS VISITS TO CLINTON (Continued from page 3) was given the.' distinction of being made an honorary member of the Hungarian Statistical Society and then he was made president of the Canadian Political Science Associa- tion and a delegate of the Canadian Government to various international congresses, including Imperial Con- ference statisticians. From 1920 to 1930, Mr. Coats was a member of the League of Nations Statistical com- 1mittees,—Stratford Beacon -Herald, COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AFFAIRS .INTERESTINGLY WRITTEN UP BY A STUDENT (Crowded out last week) Oh to be in the Sahara desert, now that. April's here! Or to be almost anywhere as long as they, had no snow -storms there. Because people expect snow -storms in January and can put up with them; but April is supposed to confine its unpleasantries to showers, and we resent it when we have to have January in January and again in April. But let's leave the weather to people who can't think of anything else to tailt about --we have plenty of things„ Last Wednesday was April Fool's Day, and, it was not celebrated by giving the school a 'holiday, which some of them expected. • Miss Beattie was extremely wary about being fool- ed; in fact, she was too wary, and when a rap sounded on her door, she jumped to the conclusion that it was Percy Brown, the prize wise -cracker ,of Second Form. Without raising her head, 'she shouted: "Oh all right, Brown! All right!' She raised her head the next moment, when Upper School gave vent to a roar of laugh- ter, to see Mr.' Fines standing at the door, regarding her with a rather puzzled expression. The pins and rings finaIIy put in their appearance at school last week and were duly distributed to the students, who have waited patiently for a dreadfully long time, and Bun- • ny Robertson can once more enter the cloak -room without a hungry mob pouncing upon her and ,demanding why she didn't produce the school pins and rings, They are very smart, incidentally and of the usual design the school crest in red and blue, on silver. Thursday was Horse -Show • day, and as per usual we had six periods hi the morning and were given the afternoon off to do down and look at the horses and things, which we did. It. all seemed very nice but we were glad that we weren't a horse or a band -boy, to have to walk up and down the road, which was rather snowy and slushy. Funny that two of the boys in the band were so in- sulted when a rather short-sighted judge came up and tried to pin blue ribbons on their coats, murmuring "Nice horsie, nice horsier" as he did so. We can quite understand the mistake, but they seemed rather In- dignant. We are beginning to wonder if there aren't _a few invisible attend- ants of the C.C.L ? We are forever finding books bearing the names of people who are certainly never seen at the school . . and yet what are their books doing there? A short time ago Mr. Fines announced that there was an unclaimed book in his office Y►Yfi•••i i iTri•,rr,•�••'�Y••n ��rdY.%'i r•�•••Y••�ti•�Y,rti•••arr•'r�'•ru.•�'L'••�*•' YOUR WORLD AND MINE by 'JOHN C. KIRKWOODa. ti .14 (Copyright) r S :��Y•••••'n'•'hYJ'•'L: r •••h•eeraY■Yh•••t'LSY■Y1'1YiY,Yi'nYAWAPir Now, or When? These are the words which were engraved on an old sun dial. They are three short and common words, yet they are arresting words. They are words of accusation. They hit most of us, for most of us are pro- crastinators and are guilty of the weaknes of indecision. The words do not mean that we should make snap'dedisions, yet they do mean that we should settle our problems as they arise. A young man of high attainment and seem- ingly of assured future — of honor and ease—died recently just because lie neglected the warnings of pains. He suspected what was wrong with him, yet deferred going to his doctor. Suddenly his ailment became acute, and when he consulted his own doe - tor and specialists, it was too late. He probably never saw the above three words made into a sentence; or if he did, then the question asked by them never challenged him. Yet it was not necessary to wait for this 3 -word question: his experience and all experience must have informed him that the right time to do things needing to be done and all ripe for doing is the present. We have all seen outbuildings on farms and in towns and cities in a sad state of dissolution-Ieaky roofs, broken windows, boards off, floors rotting and dangerous, and founds• tions sinking or tilting. Just because the repair of such buildings can be postponed, it is postponed. The ques- tion. Now -or when?, is not answer- ed "Now"; there is just an evasion of an answer, We—all of us—are saying to our- selves that we will begin to read certain books, or certain classes of books, just 'because we perceive that our slack reading habits are getting us nowhere — that even though we mayread many books, magazines and newspapers, we are not advancing In knowledge and understanding or cui- ture, Every now and then our con- science accuses us, and in a half- hearted way, we resolve to correct our faulty reading habits. But we fight shy of that word "Now". We have not the courage 'to do the' right thing immediately. And so we defer the beginning—and of course we do not begin, but just go on in the sante old way. There is the story of a. woman who had the impulse to write a book. She made certain preparations. She ar- ranged a room, putting in it a writ- ing table, she bought paper and pen- cils. Day after day she lookedinto this room, and in imagination she saw herself seated at the table writ- ing a masterpiece. But she never be- gan ,her book. As time passed, her enthusiasm leaked away; also, her confidence in herself, Truly, one•who hesitates is lost. This tendency to defer—to post-, Pone to procrastinate - inspired these verses by Goethe: Lose this day loitering—'twill be the same: Tomorrow, and the next day dilatory, Then indecision brings its own de- lays, And days are lost lamenting days'. Are you in earnest? Seize this very. minute! What you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Courage has genius, power and magic in it— Only engage, and then the mina grows heated. 'Begin it, and the work will be com- pleted. These two verses would be a goo( motto for hanging in every bedroom and in every office. Indecision is the sign of weakness of a mind full of fears—of irresolu tion. The oftener indecision is In dulged, the stronger does it become a habit. Quite often I think that par of the duty of our school systen should be the teaching of character with the iequirement that the virtues shall be developed by practice. You see indecision express itself In card players. If you play cards much, then assuredly you meet with players who evince indecision. Not only are they irritating, but also they are poor players. They have not learned to think clearly and quickly, Theirr power of judgment is small. This same quality of indecision is seen in buyers in retail stoles and in customers. They seem to be con- vinced by arguments, yet they cannot make themselves say "yes". They hesitate and hesitate, and the longer they hesitate, the surer are you that they will not buy: No retailer who is notably successful is a hesitater, He gives a yes or a no answer quick- ly --after he has weighed up the pro- posal made him. He may make mis- takes, but he is not frightened by the possibility of making a mistake. He relies on his forcefulness to get him out of his errors. You see students who put off and off the getting clown to serious ef- fort. At the beginning of terms, they may start off commendably; then they begin to be slackers, giving themselves up to pleasures of sorts and to indolence. In their minds they are always saying to themselves, "I'll have to get down to serious work," but they lull their conscience into a state of content by saying to themselves, "I'11 have lots of time yet to catch up". It is the seine in the matter of saving money. With most of us, there is a deliberate postponment of action, and years and years go by, with little or nothing saved. Now, the first thing necessary is a perception of what is wrong—this if we are willed to do the right. So many of us just shut our eyes so that we shall not see what is wrong, and, like ostriches, we think that what is not seen by us is not seen by others. Many a man handling money begins taking out of the 'money handled by him a little one clay, and it little an- other; and then, because he feels that his pilferings are not being perceived, he becomes bolder ,and begins taking larger amounts. Yet the gets discov- ered—finally, and penitence will not help him much. Surely it does not need to be said that the present is the right time for all of us to amend our ways and to correct our faults. The present Is the right time to make decisions and take action. It is all a matter of character. Post- ponement and procrastination and. In- decision are habits ;to be killed—swift- ly, and we can kill these bad habits by doing right things NOW. which bore the inscription' "Bill Ink Blyth Presbyterian Church' ley." There is none at school called that , odd, isn't it? And even Gets Nice more irecently, Mr. Fines was teach- ing Trigonometry, and, unable ,to find his own book, snatched up a book off a neighbouring desk and used it for the rest of the lesson. At the end of the period, he, asked whose book he had borrowed. "It's mine," said Mary Turner stretching out a hand for it, But Mr. Fines did not happen to hear this remark and op- ening the book, observed that it was the property of an unidentified youth known as Norman Griffiths. "Nor- man Griffiths," mused the principal, "Room„ nobody here called Norman Griffiths; guess we'll put. it in the basket," Now wily did Mary blush so, red at a'little thing like that? We hesitated a long while about this last item, Mary said that if we put it in she'd slay us. Sadie said that if we didn't she'd strangle us: Dear Mary, Sadie is a lot bigger than you are, and we should hate* awfully to be strangled. Are we mistaken in say- ing that you have a kind heart and a forgiving nature? Let's hope not, What burns us up about this school is that everything happens on a Wed- nesday when it too late to get it in the paper for that week, and when it will no longer be news by the next Thursday. Why can't anything hap- pen on Fridays and Mondays, for goodness' sake. Dear, dear, what is the world com- ing to? Pardon the grammatical slip, we should have said "to what Is the world coming". Though that's rather stiffish don't you think? I'd sooner be incorrect than spoil a nice phrase like that. But we digress. What we started out to say is that we are shocked and amazed to note that Benson Sutter was seen hanging around one of those dens of iniquity known as a pool -room, quite unash- amed, in broad day -light. When we approached the young man and asked him for an explanation for such un- seemly conduct, he said that the pro- prietor's daughter had told him that there was a message "concerning the choir" awaiting him there. When he had gone down to get it he found that he was the victim of an April Fool Joke. That's what he says! We bet that he was in there drinking pop, or eating chocolate bars, or doing some- thing iniquitous like that. Thursday we quit school and are through for ten long Iovely days, and if I am anything of a weather prop- het, it will rain, snow, and sleet, throughout the holidays. And we shall forget about school absolutely until we return, unless the reports come out before the holidays, and we shall not be allowed to forget it. We don't know at the present moment whether or not we will be playing 'Westervelt this week, but we cannot give you any account of the game until the holidays are over. Therefore until the week after next we bid you good-bye and a happy holiday. Ansi if there is a game we shall tell you about it then . . even if it is An- cient History by then, So Cheerio. WINGaAM.: At a meeting of the Retail Merchants' Association last week the following officers were ap- pointed for 1936: Pres., 0. H. MeA- voy; vice-pres., Gordon Meehan; sec., W. J. Greer; treas., H. E. Isard. The periocl for half holidays was set May 6 until October, inclusive. Bequest By the Will of the late William Coombs, who died at Blyth on March 23,'1935, the old St. Andrew's Pres- byterian'Church, Blyth is bequeathed nearly $30,000 of a $33,000 estate, The will has been filed' for probate. . The majority of the Blyth Presby- terians voted for Union and the mere - handful who remained have been meeting regularly in a rented room• . over a store,, The preacher, Rev. T. W. Mills, whose charge includes Blyth, Auburn, Smiths Hill and Bei - grave, has been assisted by Rev. Dr. T. Wardlaw Taylor and Rev, Dr. H. Barnett, both of Goderich. About $3,600 of the estate was be"- queathedrelatives and friends of de- ceased and the remainder, .$29,422, chiefly in bank stocks, • real estate and mortgages, goes to the church, "The balance of my estate both real •. and personal," reads the will, after • the personal bequests have been dealt • with, "I bequeath to the old St, An- drew's n-drew's Presbyterian` Church, Blyth, . the same to be formed in a fund, the • William Coombs Fund, to be held in , trust by my executor, J. H, R. Elliott, . , Blyth, in some reliable trust' come - pany. "If the Presbyterian church ceases to exist in Blyth, the earnings from the said fund shall be paid to the • head office of the Presbyterian. Church in Canada." EXETER: The University of Wes- tern Ontario will graduate in an honor course, within the next few - weeks, a student who is so young he will not be permitted to continue one possible course of education that lies. ahead of him. Though he was 19 on- ly a month ago, Gordon G. Greb, ora' • Exeter, has completed a four -year - course in honor mathematics and physics, a course which has .a pre-- requisite re'.requisite of a full upper school train- ing at collegiate. If he wishes to go • on to the Ontario College of Educa- tion, at Toronto, he is still too young to enroll there, though he has com- pleted a difficult university educa- tion. University officials believe he, is the youngest student ever to grad- uate in a complete honor course. POULTRY EQUIPMENT . The reliability of Jamesway poultry equipment has become ao well known that Jameeway Hatched" is equivalent to s guarantee of quality. BesideaIncubators, Canada's leadinoultry. men use the Jameswos, oil end cool burning brooders, (now reduced in price) battery brooders, feeders and waterers of all Idnde,, steel nests, laying cages oat oprouters, Oat germinators and complete brooder houses. Manufacturers of an hinds of alm a metal building materials Buybomyourloca!Jemetwaydealcrorwriledtraeite . AMz ES WAY• :0'4:4 GUtLPH5t{r4' 'Ciryr510N -. PRESTON. g6{it, Fnctories also at Montreal and Toronto • run ERRANDS" "I'm your Telephone, the best little runner of errands you ever saw. ' "When it's raining or snowing, or the chil- dren need attention, or anything else keeps you indoors, I'll save you time and discom- fort. I'll o your shopping and your messages quickly, without any fuss' or bother. ' "And what's more, my fee for continuous 24-hour service is surprisingly, small; only a few cents a day." HAVE YOU A TELEPHONE IN YOUR HOME ? Our local business of/ice will gladly supply information.