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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-10-01, Page 6PAGE 6 THE - CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., OCT.I 936 NEWS AND HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST Timely Information for the Busy Farmer Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) asionmormilit =NW!, Value of Fattening Poultry for Market Evidence of the value of properly fattening market poultry was wel demonstrated recently by producers in districts of Quebec. In these dis- tricts the producers crate or pen• fat- tened their young cockerels before marketing and as a result a good per- centage -of the birds were made to qualify for the Milkfed class and brought a premium of two to three cents per pound which is offered for Milkfed birds over Selected. • Proper fattening is an important part of any poultry marketing pro tl gram. There is no kind of poultry to which this applies snore forcefully than to young cockerels of broiler weights marketed during the summer months. -The market generally be- comes somewhat over -supplied with small, unfinished birds during June,. July and a part of August, which are difficult to move into consump- tion and are not suitable for ex- port. Consumption of poultry can be in- creased on the home market by sel- ling the top grades, and premium prices are offered for such quality. - The export market will absorb large quantities of Milk -fed chickens weigh- ing from two to four and one-half pounds per bird. By producing t o meet the requirements on the home and export markets it should be pos- sible to avoid any glut of dressed poultry. Skilled Ploughmen at Cornwall Ploughing Match If unforeseen duties do not inter- fere, it is hoped that His Excellency the Governor-General of Canada will visit the International ploughing match which will be held at Corn- wall, Ont., on October 6, 7, 8 and 9 inclusive. The mated is . open to the • whole world, and already celebrated ploughmen from different parts of ;y .Canada, particularly from Quebec, and from the Eastern United States, have- intimated their intention to • compete in the various entries. Dur- ing the four days some exciting and exacting contests in the high art of skilful ploughing are expected both with horse-drawn and tractor plows. The ploughmen and their friends, together with prominent visitors, will be the personal guests of the united counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, and everything has been done to make' the four -days meeting a success by J .A. Carroll, secretary - manager of the Ontario Ploughmen's Association, East Block, Parliament Buildings. An important part of the meeting will be the exhibition of all kinds of machinery and home accessories and conveniences. CURRENT CROP REPORT ' The intense drought which was ex- perienced over most of Central and Wester» Ontario was terminated a- bout mid-August, since which date rains have fallen over most sections of the Province, It is now possible to size up fairly accurately the extent of loss caused by the drenght. Fall wheat, fall rye, main gyg alr9p and fitAt eating ;et alfalfa Were only slightly inflected, having almost reached maturity before the drought twang severe, Yields of all these cropsw,ere practieahy normal fon' the Province as a whole, the less than average yields for hay in Central oi- tario being couiiterbaleticed by above normal yields in other counties. The preliminary estimate of the produc- tion of spring grains places the ave- rage yield for the Province at 29.2 bushels per acre for oats, as compar- ed with 36;0 bushels in 1935, barley at 27.1 bushels as against 32.2 bushels, and niixed grains at 29.5 bushels as compared with 36.5 bushels a year ago. The aggregate reduction in the yield of spring grain from 1935, as shown by the first estimates, amounts to slightly less than the 20 per cent. decline forecast in Iast month's Crop Report. These crops —, fall wheat, fall rye, spring grains and hay and clover crops -comprise approximate- ly 75 per cent, of the value of all field crops produced in Ontario, and from the above mentioned yields it will be seen that the effects of the drought, while severe, were far from disastrous. The condition of late crops at the end of August was the lowest of any year since 1922, when condition fig- ures were first established. ' Rains during the last week of, August and in September over practically the en- tire Province will, however, prove. beneficial to pastures, roots, potatoes and corn. Dry beans suffered heavily from drought in South-western On- tario and the anticipated yield this season is only 12.8 bushels per acre as compared with 18.1 bushels last year. Buekwheat germinated very poorly and the condition figure at the end of August was placed at, 63, the Gong time average being represented FARMERS Ammeammmolimmomumn aellY 'i'.Yf.'.'r'>.Yr'r'r'-VIEW rW•rr'"r`wL :� :: rq .-d'r .'o'..'s' All AIV %YOUR WORLD AND MINE 0 by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD �.y` r (copyright) • 0„, dY.Yf rr`i.'L`r'■ .V.. rSY. rr . a'.Y.Y. iJ'r••••••.'s`f.'r r` 1'R".ti Mr`Wr Last week I wrote about old baehe- ample for his necessities, yet there lots. I condemned them. I said very have been times whenhe was not harsh things about them, Perhaps I 'earning even this-- largely because by 100. - Practically two-thirds of the corn for husking crop is grown in Es- sex and Kent. In these two counties early planting' corn represents ap- 1 proximately one-half the crop, and yields should be well up •to average. Corn for husking and roots are con- siderably below average in Central, Western and Southern Ontario, and farmers producing fluid milk who de- pend upon these crops for a consider- able portion of their winter feed sup- plies will, in most cases, experience' considerable difficulty in keeping milk production up to normal. The condition of pastures at the first of September was the lowest on record with a condition figure of 58. Iii Central Ontrio, from which the fluid milk supply for the City of To- ronto is derived, pastures were the worst in the Province and most dairy farmers have been , stable feeding their herds for weeks. The second cutting of alfalfa on many farms was used for feeding live stock and win- ter hay supplies were also fed freely, which will make it imperative that hay be fed very carefully this winter so that the present supplies, which are considered sufficient for the Pro- vince as a whole, may not. run out Second growth of oats, which is most unusual, i s providing some green feed. Many farmers will have to pur- chase grain at prices already 75 per cent. higher than a year ago and like- ly to reach 100 per cent. before the winter is over. Unless the price of fluid milk is advanced the cash in- come of dairy farmers will show a considerable reduction from last year, The production of butter in August was approximately 15 per cent. below that of August, 1935, while the pro- duction of cheese, which for the first seven months showed an increase of 20 per cent. above the same period last year, amounted to 13,504.000 pounds in August this year as com- pared with 13,431,000 pounds in the same month Last year. Farmers sup- plying milk to cheese factories are striving very hard to maintain the flow of milk in order to profit from the prevailing high prices for cheese, At Belleville, cheese was selling for 141i cents per pound on August 15th this season, as compared with 9% cents per pound at this same date during the preceding three years. Higher prices for field crops are expected to more than compensate for the reduced production this year, and the total value of agricultural production in 1936 in Ontario is ex- pected to exceed that of the year 1985. CROP REPORT - September 24th, 1936. Below will be found a brief syn- opis of telegraphic reports received at the Head Office of the Bank of One of my most intimate firends Montreal from its Branches. is an old bachelor—a man now 74 years old. He is the last of his line. General I hada letter from him not so very long ago. He told me of his activ- Threshing throughout the Prairie {ties and of his desires. He works, Provinces is now practically complet- temporarily, for a government de- ed except in the Northern districts of .partment in North Carolin)a. His Alberta. The grades generally are job disgusts him. What he wants high and quality good , The prelim- most is to get away from cities and inary estimate of The Dominion Bu- towns, into the wilderness, for he ;eau of Statistics places the wheat prefers his own company to that of yie=ld of the Prqufe Provinces at 216,- others. He spoke of wanting to buy 600,000 bushels, Which compares with a, few acres in a mountain section an actual yield last year of 259,500,- and of building himself 2 cabin there: 000 bushels. In Quebec crops genet- Perhaps he will do this very thing". ally are good and harvesting is pro- ceeding under satisfactory condi- tions! In Ontario showers have been beneficial to pastures, root and fod- der crops, and late fruits. In the Maritime Provinces, while unfavour- able weather has delayed harvesting, conditions generally continue satis- factory. In British 'Columbia good hay and grain crops have -been har- vested safely and, with the exception of tomatoes and hops, which are be- low average, the late crops are pro- gressing satisfactorily. Province Of Ontario offended some. of his love of indolence and his dis- We11; shortly after I had written my criticism of them, I met an • old bachelor.. —a man in his 60's. I told him about what I had written, and he carne back at me hard. He named quite a dozen old bachelors known to him—and some of them were known to me as well—who are "grand 'men" —men who gave themselves unstint- ingly to good works, who are amiable, who have kept themselves polished all through the years by maintaining contact with the pulsing life about them—not retreating into the shelter of their rooms or home and isolating themselves from others. One old bachelor is connected' with Y.M.C,A. work, and keeps himself a veritable youth in service for and among youth. Another—a rich man has a magnificent .home, wonderfully furnished, with glorious grounds about it, and his home is famous for its hospitality. Another is only hap, py when he has his friends near him, giving them many enjoyments, some contingent on th e • possession o f wealth. On and on went my friend in his stories of old bachelors who are the salt of the earth. Mr. Bennett and Mr. King and Sir Edward Beat- ty were named as examples of bache- lors who are not of the company whom I had described. Rich bachelors of the praiseworthy sort are generous -- are large givers to charity and all good causes, and much of their generosity and gifts is kept dark, for the good Samaritans of this world are not all of them shouting from the housetops the tale of their neighborliness. - I was told of one old bachelor who has all through the depression years been sustaining, in whole or in part, needy and stricken relatives. This as- sistance to his kilt was given not grudgingly, yet at a very consider- able sacrifice. It meant for the giver several years of pinched Iiving. He was fortunately for himself and his kin in need in stabilized employment, but he was not affluent as are some of the men of whom I was told. And was told of other men who have to get along on a salary, and have to keep on working, who find happiness in helping on good causes and in affil- iatingthemselves with associations -- some •service clubs, for ..example -- where their good hearts are kept from shrivelling and where their spare or free time can be used for others' gain. Of course, I did not need to be told by the man I met at the luncheon table about old bachelors of the bet- ter sort; but when I wrote my bac% tempered article about old bachelors, I just Iet myself think of those known to nue who are selfish, and "spoiled" and cranky., He is an American. I' met him in England over 80 years ago,and we became fast friends. In England he built himself two homes, and because of their charm, he had voluntary customers for .them. One of these homes was in a Gloucestershire vil- lage --a bungalow, which he named: "Alabama" — signifying "here we: rest" . He planted American flowers' and shrubs, to remind him of home and youth. Here he was blissfully, happy. His second home was built on a Cotswold hillside --not far from Gleu- tester city. After hveng herefor a Sowing of fall wheat nears .tom- period, he got homesick — for the pietion and where sown early has semi -south of his own native land. germinated well. A normal yield of He said that he wanted to return' to good quality wheat was threshed. the land of his birth to end his days: Spring grain yields were below, ave- and like a dog, to creep under some rage owing to unfavourable weather bush to die when his tine to die while ripening. Field peas are light came. His supreme enjoyment is and the pack ofthecanning variety grubbing about in a garden and was about '75% of normal. Field corn building things with stones. Pushing has recently made good growth and a wheelbarrow gives him a pleasure a satisfactory yield of fodder is in- which no motor car could ,give equal- dicated. Silo filling is proceeding. ly. When he goes afar my friend. Sweet corn and tomatoes are being McFall wants to go afoot. delivered to canneries in fair volume. One time, McFall started to tramp', The first cutting of alfalfa while from Baltimore to New Orleans. He slightly under average in yield was wrote me that it wasa distance of of good quality and stored under fav- 1500 miles. He was in no hurry. He,'. curable conditions. Succeeding crops worked in, the fields when he needed. were light. Early fruit was below ave- employment to pay for food and steel -i rage owing to drought but tate varie- ter. He slept in the open like any ties of apples, peaches and pears are tramp. Once he confessed that he satisfactory . Meadows have made a had begged—this man who had done remarkable recovery and fall pastor- some very wonderful things in Lon - age, is excellent. Harvesting of to- don and Britain. bacco is proceeding although delayed . Now his life is rather purposeless by recent rains that have caused new —apart from the effort to live. He growth, 1says: that $2 or $3; a week would! be • • like ofemployment under the direc- tion of others. He is an author, a superfine writer of prose and verse, a good lecturer, and brilliant in many ways. He is saturated in the liter- ature of Shakespeare's times. He has done some extraordinary good work as a salesman, yet he shun. s the idea of selling things and of trying to persuade others to buy. I do not commend McFall's way of living. He tells me that he wants to write a book on social, economics. If any of my readers wants to read about'an old bachelor, let him or her read the story of Charles Lamb, the centenary of whose death was about two years ago. Charles Lamb re- mained a bachelor in order to take, care of his sister Mary, 10 years old- er than himself. Mary was the ori- ,ginator of that famous book, "Lamb's Tales from Shakespears", and wrote as much of its contents as did Charles; Mary had periodic spells of insan- ity, and had to go to an institution for the insane.' During one of her lapses from sanity she killed her mother. Even Charles himself had to go, as a young man, to an insane asylum for about six months. Charles stuttered badly, and this affliction prevented him -fortunately for literature—from ibecoming an Anglican parson. He found employ- ment with the East India Company, and worked in an office for about 30 years Then he was pensioned. If ,rou want to know how he hated his work and confinement, read his es- say in "The Essays of Elia" on his superannuation. It is delicious. In- deed, make Lamb's "Essays of Elia" a bedside book. These essays bubble over with humour, and are easy to read. Charles had a merry mind. Lamb was intimate with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William and Mary Wordsworth and William Haz- Hit and many another famous writ- er. Every week a company of intel- lectuals met in Lamb's home, and there discoursed and ,smoked and drank. Charles got "soused" regu- larly, and be smoked like a furnace so much so that he resolved to give up tobacco. If you want amusement,' read his poem, "Farewell to Tobac co. I'd like to go on and on telling of Charles Lamb. Very confidently do I recommend his Essays to my adult and mature readers. Read them re- membering that as a general thing their writer is "joshing" or indulg- ing his sense of humour. • Don't ap- nroach these Essays with the expec- tation of finding them dull and heavy. Charles Lamb was an old bathe for of the better sort. DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD A week's tour of Belgium by 50 English Rover Scouts is to be follow- ed by other tours under the sponsor- ship of "The Rover World," As inprevious years, Scouts from many outside points attended the Canadian National Fair this year, were admitted free, and accommodat- ed ccommodated at the Scout camp. American Scouts included a party from Ken- tucky, Scouts Quiet Passengers With A Singsong A party of, Toronto Rover Scouts rose to the occasion when a crowded Lake Ontario excursion steamer ran into a gale which set the decks a- wash and caused alarm among the passengers. The Rovers took pos- session of the deserted orchestra stall and with the aid of a volunteer pianist started a lively singsong. The Scouts were returning from a Rover Meet at Niagara -on -the -Lake. One Of Few Good Things Of Our Time, Says Bishop of Durham "I look upon the Scout Movement as one of the good things of our time. There are not many good things, I am afraid; fewer than we would like. On calls to points over, 130 miles Once again we have cut the cost of Long Distance. On September lst, a new schedule of rates became effec- tive on calls (both person-toperson and station - to -station) to pointe over 130 miles distant. This re- duction will mean an annual saving of over $200,000 to telephone users in Ontario and Quebec alone, This is the second time this year that Long Distance costs have been reduced. In the past seven years, we have made six substantial rate revisions. At the same time we have constantly improved service, as evi- denced by the fact that, while in 1929 it took an average of 3.4 minutes to• complete a Long Distance call, today the average is only 78 seconds. Today, your telephone is within easy reach of any one of 33,000,000 tele- phones scattered throughout the world. Low night rates from 7 every evening. and all day Sunday! But among those that are good, I give an important place to the great Scout Movement which the wisdom and enterprise of your Chief Scout Lord Baden-Powell brought into be- ing."—The Bishop of Durham, ad- dressing 10,000 Scouts at the recent Englisn Northern Counties Jambor- ree. Scout Textbook In Many Languages The Boy Scout's textbook, "Scout- ing for Boys," by Baden-Powell, has-. been translated into these twenty -sial- languages: Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew French, Flemish, Czechoslovakian, Bulgarian, Estonian, German, Dutch, Indian Vernacular, Italian, Japanese, Malayan, Polish, Roumanian, Run,. elan, Swedish, Turkish, Yugoslavian, . Afrikaan (South African Dutch), Finnish, Danish, Hungarian, Litho- anian and Swahili. There is ales am. English edition for the blind in, Braille. • 1 14. 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