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The Clinton News Record, 1936-08-27, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THIJR;S„ 'AUG.. 27, 1936 AND 11,11•1111511.1i••••••110 Timely Information for the Busy Farmer ( FUrnished by the Department of Agriculture) Current Crop Report • Threshing of fall wheat of average yield and quality is poceeding. Barley and oat straw is short and the yield of these grains is light clue to prema- ture ripening* and •lack of moisture while filling. Corn is showing some improvement but a below average yield of fodder is expected. Sugar beets and other root crops are vari- able Pastures are in poor condition and new growth has made little pro- gress. Late varieties of apples are sizing well and with a favourable au- tunni average yields are indicated. The growth of tobacco has been re- tarded and yields will be curtailed. Priming of flue -cured tobacco has commenced and burley is in topping stage. The crop is about two weeks later than normal and favourable au- ' tun= weather conditions are required. • Nutritional Value of -Alfalfa Experiments in the feeding of sheep for the correction of nutritional deficiencies common t o breeding ewes, fed under range conditions and on farms in western Canada, have re- sulted in findings which are likely to prove of great value to sheep ranch- ers and farmers. The University of Alberta, in co-operation with the Na- tional Research Council, has been carrying on experiments aimed to iinprove rations for breeding ewes in years when winteres are leng and grazing is difficult, or when as a re- sult of drought the variety of feeds precluded on farms is restricted. Experiments covering a period of, years show that alfalfa hay contains ingredients which approximate quite closely those contained in natural pastures. Ewes receiving alfalfa hay as gait of the ration retained their thriftiness, reptoductive capac- ity and general health over a period of eighteen months, even though kept on dry feed summer and winter. The value of this information to ranchers and farmers is that it sug- gests the iinportance of feeding alf- alfa hay at all times. When, due to ' adverse climatic, conditions, feed has to be hought or, made available on the,range. or on farms, first consider- ation should be given to the purchase of alfalfa, hay, especially if required for breeding stock. • The findings of the experiments are of special significance in view of the greater volume of alfalfa now being produced in the prairie provin, ces and throughout Canada. An Ideal Seed Exhibit An ideal seed exhibit for a , seed fair consists of One made up of ker- nels typical of the variety and nearly alike as possible in size, shape and colour. .The whole exhibit should present e. sonnd, vigorous, lustrous eppeftranee and should be free from all imPutiiiiee and all eVidenee of dis- ease and unsonndness Tbe following suggestions are of- fePdi ,i• I • . •1" 1, Remove all the pff-type heads or panicles from the growing crop. 2. Allow the crop to become thor- oughly ripened before cutting. Stook in small stooks and protect against wet weather. If only a small quan- tity M being threshed, a flail may be Used, spreading a canvas on the ground peer the stooks on a, bright Perattlre ei the ten days ending with Only it few strokes are 1 the 17th, of July averaged higher heeded6leach elatif to heat out the than the previously ten hottest days let Itertiele, if the threshing ma- which occurred July lst, to 10th, 1011. At Toronto these ten days ave - Chine it being used, care must be ex•- eised in seeing that it is thoroughly er raged 84.2 degrees in 1936 while the ten hot days •of 1911 averaged 81.0 cleaned out before. starting and that it is adjusted properly. At Emerson in Manitoba the maxi - 3. Remove all appendages from oats !num temperature reached 100 or or barley by the use of the scourer. higher on nine • successive days in If none is available, the seed may be July. sible for this 'condition has been de- termined to be a root -rot condition. Corn root -rot, so far as is known, has not been in the past a ,serious corn trouble in Ontario: This , year„ however, the disease is ,caUsing ser- ious losses. Without a doubt the ex: ceptionally cool nights accompanied by rains during the past spring fav- oured the development of the disease, Unless a careful examination of -the toot systems of affected, plants is made for dead rootlets or discoloured lesicins on living rootlets theextermin- ation of this trouble is difficult. Fre- quently, the only above -ground symp- tom of this disease is a stunting of the affected plants. Usually, how- ever, plants in affected fields are also uneven, in size and often the diseased plants are lighter ' in colour than heathly plants,and the lower leaves in more severe cases become streaked and die. It should also be mentioned that the presence of root -rot organ- isms in the soil is frequently respon- sible for poor germination and, result- ant uneven stands pf •corn. . Corn in the United States is affect- ed by several' distinct root -rot dis- eases, and though it is not yet known which one or ones are responsible for the trouble in Ontario certain pre- ventative measures are common to all root -rots of corn. In the first place a rotation should be practised. Corn should not follow corn on the same land year after year. From the stand- point of root -rot it is usually safe to plant thin on the Same Idnd only once everythree or four years. At least Ione type of corn root -rot is carried in the seed. Consequently, for the se- lection of -Seed no ears showing any idiscolouration or abnormal streaking of kernels should be used . The dust- ing of seedwith organic mercury compounds has in the South given :good control of seedling rots and has improved the initial stands. A meas - me of success has also been obtained in the breeding of strains of corn re- sistant to root -rot Meteorological Service Of Canada Summary of Weather in Canada April • 1st to July 31st, 1936. Issued from the Meteorological Office, Toronto, August 15th, 1936 •Over the greater part of the agri- cultural regiOns of Canada the season of growth during 1936 has been for the most part excessively warm and disappointingly dry. During July new records of high temperature were created. July 1936 was the warmest July evperienced in Saslcatthewan and Manitoba since meteoorological obser- vations were instituted (1881 in Sas- katchewan and 1870 at Winnipeg). Previously no temperature above 110 V. had been recorded in western Can- ada nor above 109 F. in Ontario. In July 19$0 112 Ft was reported from tree stations itt Manittha as1 aikv. 110 from several others in OW weet- ern grain region In the Lake Super- ior region 108 was recorded, consid- erably higher than any previous re- cord from that portion of Ontario. In the region of the lower Great Lakes many local new records for extreme maxima were established. In southern Ontario the mean tem- • put in a barrel and worked over care- In western British Columbia the season has been rather wet with da- mage in some districts from floods. Excessive rains and sudden melting of snows on high levels, both coritri- buted to the floods of the early part of the season. In Prince Edward Island, Cape Bre- ton Island, northern New Brunswick, along the lower St. Lawrence river and in the Laurentian hills, rainfall has been well above the normal sea, sonal amount • Elsewhere in Canada, with the exceptions in British Colum- bia as previously noted, and excepting. the Peace and Athabaska valleys • in Alberta, protracted rainless periods have been accompanied by excessively high temperateres to. an unusual de- gree. ' For the period tinder consideration the 'rainfall of the lower Fraser val- ley of British Columbia has been ap- proximately 15 per cent in excess of the normal amount. In the Okana- gan and Similkameen valleys '75 per cent in exceSs, and on Vancouver Is- land approximately 40 per -cent in excess. In the valley of the South Thompson the excess has been an. - proximately 15 per cent while in the Kettle, Kootenay and upper Columbia valleys both excess and deficiency have been reported locally, fully with a spade or shovel, or small quantities may be placed in sacks and the flail used. 4. In grading the seed smoothness and plumpness of the kernel is pre- ferred rather than over -large irregu- lar grains. Remove all soft and off - type grains, give plenty of wind when • cleaning, ensure soundness of seed by • the removal of all evidence of sprout- • ing, frost and mechanical injury. Give greatest possible attention to secur- ing an exhibit which is Bright • and • lustrous. Take every precaution pos- sible to ensure purity of variety. Re- move all traces of weed seeds, grains of other kinds, pieces of straw and other foreign matter; also all kernels; the tips Of which are discoloured. • 5, Make .your entry early, fill out all forms proPerly, ship carefully and • exhibit in attractive containers. Corn Reot-Rot in Ontario 'Undoubtedly numerous corn grow- , ers, particularly those in Essex, Kent, and Elgin Counties, have been, won- dering why their corn is so uneven in size and has made relatively slow growth in certain areas of the field. One of the factors largely region- < YOUR WORLD ‘:AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD • 4 ' • (Copyright) In a family known to me the broth -revery task may be a sort of school ers and sisters, and the father, are dis- I for teaching one forbearance and how agreeable, meaning that they bark to conquer one's bad temper or evil and bite and snap and scratch with very little provocation. In other per- sons' honies they do not show their bad quality, but at home there' is no amiability, very little •courtesy, and a very large amount of irritability. I am thinking cif another home where every member of the -family practices courtesy toward all other members of the family. This is a yur- al family: Each 'member of this fam- ily has fine manners. There is a high family pride.- The family is of Scot,- tish origin. • I know'very little about this family's grandparents and great grandparents, but have to conclude that the Scottish forbears were well born,, and felt under the obligation to be gentle -mannered toward their equals, their superiors and their in- feriors as Measuredby rank, educa- tion, breeding and wealth. • It hardly needs to be said that courtesy, kindliness, gentleness, fine manners and all other good qualiaies are the result of their faithful culti- vation: they represent a state or qual- ity. Of mind. And,irrita- bility, roughness of manners and speech, crudeness, evil -thinking, and every other quality or characteristic or practibe which hurts, frets, annoys and disgrists, is ti consequence of their faithful practice. Rough -mannered and rough -spoken persons may de- clare that handsome is that handsome does, and that it is the inner heart and not the shell or exterior that counts; but it is not what people say and think of themselves that is im- portant, but what is said and thought of them by those whose lives they touch, whose favour they may want, and whose goodwill may be valuable. A gentle woman, of great kindli- ness of nature, was about to go on a long journey in her motor car. She wished for companionship, and also wanted any passenger or passengers who accompanied her to share the costs of the journey. She knew of two sisters who wanted to go ' to the same city whither she was going, but hesitated long before going to see them to ascertain whether or not she wanted them as her companions dur- ing a journey which would last the greater part of six days. If they were unpleasant, selfish, indolent, nasty - minded, irritable, then she , did not want their company. She found them wholly satisfactory to her, and after two journeys in their company one going, one returning—this woman of gentle manners and fine instincts has only agreeable things to say of the two sisters who travelled with her. To be with anyone for a fortnight is a test of two persons: each is on trial before the other. This same woman owns a house which she rents, but her -experience with tenants has quite dis- gusted her with them. Her tenants feel that there is no obligation on them to keep the house, both inside and out in good condition; and they feel; at times, that they should not pa•Sr relit: A good many landlords can tell yeli &datable thiugs about their tenants. Too many tenants ac- quire the feeling that honour, neat- ness, carefulness and tidiness are qualities which they need not practise. If you .want to know the dna dual- ity of persons • who live in rented houses, look at the house which they occupied immediately after they have left it A rem: ago 1 met a young English- man who had come to Canada to work en farms . 1Te lleaci the idea of becom- ing a farmer. He had been well rear- ed in the Old Country. His. parents were in comfortable circumstances. At least one brother and one sister had gone to British universities. When this young immigrant arrived, he found employment on a Canadian farm. He did not complain about the hard work -- about having to rise at daylight' or earlier and work until dusk; and he accepted without much complaint the food served; but he quit his job because of the coarseness of his employers .and because they wanted him to work Sundays almost as long as he worked week -days; even though it had been arranged at the, beginning that he was to have his Sundays free apart from the inevit• able chores connected with stables and stock. It was arr illiterate ,and ill-mannered man and wife whom this youth seved—for $6 a month ' 1 am thinking of a farm-liome where I lived for two years. The hir- ed help was decently treated and' hbused, and well' fed, It was a privi- lege to work for these farm folk. There was culture in this home, and' consid- eration for others, including the hired • help. What is there to prevent all farm homes being the abodes of gen- tle people, with good' hearts rind good manners T - ', . It takes an en 0171101AS amount of gTace, joined to positive effort, to keep one frbin becoming disagreeablh,k. and coarse', argrevi11. Ekery' ear ma nature. One may have many prove- Zations. One may be tempted a thous- and times to say: "What's the use of - trying to live up to the highest stan- dards? Who cares? Who is obser- vant? Where does it take you? What difference does it make?" One may be sneered at for trying to be "differ- ent", and one may actually suffer in pride, in pocket, and in proMotion for one's effort to live according to the requirements of fine ideals. But there will come a time when one will re- joice that he—or she -- kept a fast hold on one's faith; that, integrity, and fineness of thought and manners, and righteousness get one farther and higher than dishonesty, coarse- ness, grossness and cupidity do. 1 am addressMg myself to young people. I want to say to them that whatever may be their views now, the time will come when they will be glad that in their formative years and in the years of their great temptations to let go of fine faiths and fine'prac- tices,' they fought their temptations and tempters and their own strong inclinations to be no better than those abbut. them. These are times of lax habits—times When it seems to be quite safe, and even.right, to indulge one's, appetites and moods. I urge' you to live clean lives, to cultivate ways of thinking and living, and to acquire all the' polish—honest polish of manners and mind—that- you can., You will find that what you are will shape your paths and your progress, and will give you your "associations, and associates. If you have piggish. instincts and ways, you will form pig- gish associations and will have pig- gish companions: If you practice cheating, you will attract cheaters and will form alliances with cheaters. If you elect to be coarse in manners, speech and practices, you will find ease only among those like you. As human beings we are able to rise NEWS 'OF HAPPENINGS IMPROVED TIMES MEANS • BIG - IN THE COUNTY AND • GER 'FAIR CROWDS AT DISTRICT • WESTERN FAIR With far more people 'employed GODERICH: The county police constabulary, which for years con- sisti.d of men well up in years, is now going in for younger fellows. A 25 -year-old Brussels man was re- cently sworn in and now Melville Craigie, 21 -year-old local boy, who has chosen police work for his ca- reer, has been svrorn in by Judge Costello, The entire county force is to be gradually reorganized. GODERICH: A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at Goderich on Saturday at 11.30 o'clock when Audrey gileen Sproul, 'daughter of Mr. Matthew Sproul and the late Mrs. Sproul, was married to Victor Maurice Robertson, son of Mr., and Mrs. James Robertson of London, Rev. D. J. Lane officiating. The cere- mony took place in the parlor of Knox Presbyterian Church. The bride was attired in white crepe dress, white accessories and carried a bou- quet of ;Johanna Hill roses, baby's breath and maidenhair fern. She was attended by Mrs. Alina Scrim- bethr, of Goderich, who was gowned in white and blue ensemble with white accessories and wore a corsage of pink roses. The bridegroom was as- sisted by Brenton Godkin ef Blyth. After a reception held at the' home of the bride's father, Raglan street, 1Vir. and Mrs. Robertson left by Motor and will reside in London. GODERICH: The citizens of this above animal instincts and ways. What is the mark you leave on oth- ers whose lives you touch? Is it to soil or degrade them, to poarsen them, to make them foul in thought and speech thmake them crooked) to make thein bitter? Or is your touch on others to sweeten their life, to give them lofti- ness of vision and purpose, to streng- then them for their battles, to make them love honour, to make them kind to others and to be worthy of others' confidence and esteem? than was the case a year ago and In line with this thought, effor town are proud of their public fbow- er and 'when it comes to pro- tecting them everybody is a police - Man. Just so, when George Brown, 365 Wellington street, London, stop- ped 'his car alongside a diamond shaped bed of petunias at 12 o'clock of a recent night, stepped out and scooped up some blooms, a pedes- trian who happened along was not too sleepy to take his number. My. Brown has been sthpoenaed to Magi- strate Makins' court on Thursday and has written to inquire how best he can make amends. / with the outlook for better conditon in every sphere, -people this year ar going to be in the mood for nun enjoyment and relaxation, This the opinion of exhibition and amus ment authorities throughout. ti country. SEAFORTH: While many Ontar- io inuMcipalities are worrying over ways and means of 'collecting poll tax from 'delinquent single men, this Scotch town has taken hold of the problem and reduced the tax from $5 to $2.. There are 108 bachelors in Seaforth who are eligible for the tax, many of whorn, however, are one or more years in arrears. With the cheaper rate now in force, officials believe that by the end of the year, The advertisements are printed poll tax arrears, will be a thing of your convenience. They inform the past. - give your time, energy and mone have been redoubled to secure best in the- way of attractions a exhibits. Certainly Western (Mt io's own exhibiton at London, t Western Fair has not been behind this respect as officiate have lin tip a superlative program of rite stock judging, open air enterta ment, exhibits, dog, horse and po try shows and all the varied e ments that go to constitute a fir class Fall exhibition. Live Stock entries are now a?m in and with August alst as the I day on. which entries can be recei exhibitors must act quickly in or 'to be able to show. Closing date entries in Art, Ladies' Work, L Stock and Junior Department is guest 31st; for Dairy and Hon September 3rd; for Poultry Agric tural, Fruit and Flowers, Septem 8th. It is fully expected that this yea Western Fair will set new records every respect and that last year's tal attendance of 150,000 will greatly surpassed. From all Stations in Eastern Canada GOING DAILY—SEPT. 19 to OCT. 3 inclusive Return Limit: 45 days TICKETS GOOD IN • COACHES at fares approXimately is per mile. • TOURIST SLESPING CARS at fares approximately 131c per mile. • STANDARD SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately I .14e per mile. COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING CARS ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE Checked. Stopovers atPort Arthur, Armstrong, Chicago and west. Tichets,Skeping Car reservations, and allinformation from any agent. ASK FOR HANDBELL Mmumememessmea. WHERE is the answer to— WHAT you ought to buy? WHERE you ought to buy? WHERE you ought to sell? WI -IAT yo ought.to do? WHY, in our advertising columns, of course. WHICH please read, WHEN pleasure and profit will result. • The Clinton News -Record is a good advertising medium. Aill11010111/1101101011/11.1111.1140111011~11.