HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-01-14, Page 6Canadian Farmers Look To
Future
With the turn of the year, Cana-
dian farmers look forward •to what
1937 holds in store f or them, = In
Western Canada, after the long series
of dry weather and consequent short
crops, farmers may well look ahead.
with hopes for improvement. In On-
tario, too, the drought of 1936 in'
many of the agricultural areas of the
province fathers the hope of more
bountiful harvests for 1937, While
it is true that weather has a great.
influence on the agricultural produc-
tion of any given year, there are also:
other factors -which should be given
consideration. Prices of agricultural,
products vary from day to day and,
from year to year. In view of these
variations in price, it is often pos-
sible for individuals to make adjust -1
ments in their production program in
such a way as to take the fullest ad -1
vantage ' of price movements. The
trend of such price movements de -1
pends on a wide variety of forces
which affect the supply of and the
demand for individual commodities.
In the broad sense, the whole agri-
cultural market position is affected
by conditions in the world markets
and in the markets at home. World
trade improved somewhat during the
first nine months of 1936. However,
many of the trade barriers erected in
recent years are still impeding the
movement of goods between the na-
tions of the world. It is encouraging
to Canadians to note that the trade of
the two chief customer countries, the
United Kingdom and the United
States, has been showing improve-
ment. Domestic recovery is well ad-
vanced in these two nations. In Can-
ada economic conditions showed ma-
terial recovery in 1936 and this has
brought about a strenghtening of the
demand in Canada for agricultural
products. Prospects for further im-
provement in 1937 appear reasonably
bright.
The question of the prospects for
Canadian agriculture in 1937 is dis-
cussed in detail in the Agricultural
Situation and Outlook for 1937. This
publication will be available free
from the Publicity and Extension
Branch of the Department of , Agri-
culture, early in January.
Buy Fertilizer On
Guaranteed Analysis
Unsatisfactory fertilizers, to wit,
fertilizers of doubtful plant food con-
tent or of such mechanical condition
as will not feed.satisfaetorily through
a drill, are becoming rarer every year,
according to G. S. Peart, Chief,,F'er-
tilizer Division, Seed Branch, Domin-
ion Department of Agriculture. Oc-
easionally, however, inspectors of the.
Fertilizer Division find such ship-
inents.. Usually, it is the casual ven-
dor who most often violates the Fer-
tilizer Act, Manufacturers and im-
porters who intend to stay in the.
business do not deliberately hurt their
reputations by delivering unsatisfac-
tory goods, and, therefore, they are
the most dependable sources from
which to buy. In any event, farmers
are advised to buy subject always to
guaranteed analysis and satisfactory
mechanical condition, and they should
refuse delivery when the bags are im-
!properly labelled, or notlabelled at
all, or when the label is lower than
that of the fertilizer ordered. Also,
when the mechanical condition will
not permit of uniform application as
indicated by two high moisture con-
tent or inadequate screening, the fer-
tilizer should not be accepted.,
Any complete or mixed fertilizer,
delivered without the official regis-
tration number, together with a state-
ment of guaranteed analysis, on the
label or bag, is being sold illegally,
and, as Mr. Peart points out, should be
guarded against at all timmes. The'on4-
ly exception to this is when the fer
tilizer has been bought under,
seription, for in such eases the buyer-
Waives
uye -waives protection under the Ad, Far,
niers should remember this wizen ag-
ents' offer to sell them unregistered'
fertilizers by prescription. There 'ie:
believed to be a wide enough choke of".
registered mixed fertilizers - to giver.
satisfactory results under any soil
condition or crop requirement without
resorting to prescription buying. The
official results of fertilizer analysis
for the registration year 1935-36 for
all the provinces have just been pal's-
lished and may be obtained free . c
request from the Publicity and
Tx... -
tension Branch, Dominion Departments'
of Agriculture, Ottawa.
Mother, 99, And Son
Must Move
Magistrate A. A. Winter of Simeae.
on Saturday adjourned a petty tree,—
pass charge against Charles Grafi,.
ason of North Waisingham Township.
and his 99 -year-old mother, Mahaia
Grandason, who had been given until
a certain time to vacate their home
sold for taxes.
Crown Attorney W. E. Kelly deM
the 'Magistrate local and provincial
welfare authorities were looking info.
the case and expected to make ax,„
rangements for the removal of Mrs;,
Grandason, who is ill, to a place where.
she would receive better care,
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From CLINTON
JAN. 22 and 23 to. CHICAGO $7 00
JANUARY 23
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Port Huron - $2.25 0 0
Windsor$3
Flint - - 53.60 - ,
Durand - - - $3.95 Detroit - i
Equally low fares from all adjacent C.W.R. Eitglion•
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THURS., JAN. 14, 1937
ares
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BY ARROW BUS
From, � .•
CLINTON to \�
Holmesville 20c
Goderich ... ............. 40c
Seaforth 20c
St. Columban , , 40c
Dublin - . 50c
Mitchell . . ............. 60c
Sebringville . 75c
Stratford -.. 85c
Fares quoted are for one-way only. For full information as to
rates, schedules, etc., to the above or any point in Canada, United
States or Mexico, phone, call or write your local, ARROW Bus Agent
. - . or itATTENBWIY HOTEL COMMERCIAL HOTEL
Phone 50. Phone 243.
Central Ontarso' Trailways
Timely Information for the
Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
Livestock Meetings
Dates for annual meetings in To-
ronto of Canadian and Ontario live-
stock associations have been announc-
ed by L. E. O'Neil, of the livestock
branch, Ontario Department of Agri-
culture.
Ontario Swine Breeders' Associa-
tion will hold their annual meeting
February 1 and the Canadian Swine
Breeders' Association the following
day. Ontario Large Yorkshire Club,
Ontario Berkshire Club, Ontario Tam-
worth Club and dual purpose Short-'
horn clubs will also hold meetings
February 1,
' February 2, 'the following annual
meetings will be held: Canadian Jer-
sey Cattle Club, Canadian Shorthorn
Association, Canadian Hackney Horse
Association, Canadian Pony Associa-
tion, and the Canadian Aberdeen -An-
gus Breeders' Association,
Meetings scheduled for February 3,
are: Holstein -Friesian Association of
Canada, Canadian National Poultry
Record Association, Canadian Stan -1
dard Bred Horse Society, Ontario
Hereford Breeders' Association, On -1
tario Sheep Breeders' Association,
Ontario Clydesdale Club, Canadian
Thoroughbred Horse Society and Can-
adian Sheep Breeders' Association,
On February 4 the Canadian Shire
Association, Clydesdale Horse Asso-1
ciation of Canada, Ontario Percheron
Club and Ontario Horse Breeders' As-
sociation will meet and February 5
the Ontario Cattle Breeders' Associa-)
tion will meet.
Winter Brooding of Chicks
The poultryman with proper equip-
Ment can handle chicks in mid -winter
With as little mortality as with April
chicks. He may. not get as high per-
centage hatch as later on, but even
the hatchability of eggs is being con-
trolled by the feed, January chicks
_Will-cost_moe as eggs are higher
priced to start with, Thenit will take
more fuel than with spring brooding.
But there is mare time for looking
after the chicks; there may be less
disease" and mortality; broilers will
catch a high market, and pullets should
be laying early in the fall or even in
late summer when egg prices are at
their peak. Of course, if many start-
ed hatching all their chicks in Jan-
uary the higher prices for broilers and
eggs would be wiped out, and chicks
hatched at'sonie other season would
find the best market. Brooder hbuses
unsuited for prolonged zero weather
and the higher price for chicks will
limit the number going in for January
chicks. Nevertheless there should be
good returns for the few who do, and
they can prolong the use of their e-
quipment, as those who have January
chicks usually have another batch in
the spring so as to have pullets com-
ing into production at different sea-
sons. January chicks will go on to
range early in the season, or they
may be raised indoors until ready for
the laying pen.
Market Report On Clover and Grass
wekids
Eastern, Northeaa & Central Ontario
Prices: Red clover 18 to 22c per
pound for No. 1 grade," 13 to 18c for
country run. :Alfalfa 16 to 18c 'per
pound for No. 1 grade, 10 to 150 for
country run. '' Alsike 17c per pound
for No. 1 grade, 10' to 15c for county
,run, Timothy 6 to 7c per pound for
No. 1 grade, No. 1 (sealed) 6% to 7c,
14 to 5e for country run.. Sweet clover
Go per pound for No. 1 grade, conn-
ry run 4 to 5c. Timothy-alsike mix-
ures (50% alsike) 63c per pound for
country run seed.
Supply: 224,000 lbs, of red clover
scattered throughout district but main
supply in Ottawa Valley; 97,000 lbs.
of alfalfa mainly in St. Lawrence
counties and Kingston to Oshawa dis-
trict; 150,000 lbs, of alsike almost en-
tirely in the Kingston to Oshawa dis-
trict; 1,682,890 lbs. of timothy in
Prescott and Russell counties and St,
Lawrence sub -district; 105,000 lbs. of
sweet clover confined almost entirely
to St, Lawrence sub -district and King-
ston to Oshawa area and 100,000 lbs.
of Timothy-alsike mixture in northern
Ontario.
Demand: A very keen demand has
developed for red clover: Shipments
are going forward to the United
States and in some instances farmer
buyers are bringing trucks and cars
over to do business direct with Cana-
dian farmers. It is expected that the
entire available supply of red clover
will soon be out of farmers' hands.
Very little information available in
regard to the demand for alfalfa. Tim-
othy is moving more freely than at
any time during this crop year. Al-
sike continues to move but the best
quality of seed is already gone. Sweet
clover has received very little atten-
tion to date but seed is now moving
to the seed cleaning plants to be
cleaned.
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Western and Southern Ontario
Adulteration Of Maple Simple Method For
Products Ice Storage
One difficulty which confronts the
inspectors of the Fruit Branch of the
Dominion Department of Agriculture
in their efforts to stamp out adulter-
ation of Canadian maple products is
the use of fictitioos names and ad-
dresses on the part of dishonest tra-
ders. This .practice is' well illustrated
by a recent case which entailed a
chase extending over several months
throughout the provinces of Quebec
and Ontario, by officers of the Royal,
Canadian Mounted Police, ending in.
the arrest of the offender in Toronto
and his appearance, in court at Mon-
treal where he was sentenced to pay
a fine of $200 and cost or serve two
months in jail.
On May 4, 1936, an inspector of the
Fruit Branch took a sample of sugar
on Byword market, Ottawa, labelled
"Maple Sugar, 100 per cent Pure,
made by Joseph Lafleur, St.•1ustaehe
Quebec".. A letter was written and
addressed to Joseph Lafleur, but was
returned marked "unknown". It was,
however, later found that the owner
of the maple sugar was driving a car
with a Quebec 1936 licence. Through
the car registration the real name of
the vendor of the maple sugar was
discovered, and as he failed to appear
in court at Montreal where he resides,
in answer to a summons, a warrant
was issued for his arrest.
In the meantime, other samples of
sugar were taken in several parts of
Quebec under various manufacturers'
names but all eventually pointing to
the same operator. In one instance,
a fresh motor car number was en-
countered, but that was because the
operator had taken his own car into a
garage for repairs and.used another
car for the day's work. The search
for the man was made through the
Eastern Townships, then into • the
Timiskaming area of northern Ontario
and from there to Toronto where he
was arrested. He was taken to Mon-
treal for trial and sentence.
Prim; Red -C_,1oyer 21c per pound
Of No. 1 grade, 1514 to 17e for coun-
try run. Alfalfa 17c for No, i glade
11 to 14c for country run. AItsike 16c
for No. 1 grade, 814 to 181,8 for @opli-
try run. Sweet clover 71-218 for No.
1 grade; 4 to till for country rpn. Tim-
othy 8c of N0. 1 grade, 3 to 5c for
country Pli5, and Canadian blue grass
8e for leo. 1 grade. '
Supply: Red clover 318,750 lbs.; Al.
Alsike 387,000 lbs.; Timothy 1,156,100
lbs.; Alfalfa 425,375+lbs.; Sweet clover
153,225 lbs.; Canadian blue grass nil.
It is estimated that there are some
450,000 lbs. of alfalfa seed more than
reported previously: -
Demand: The buying by our mer-
chants for their spring requirements
and for their export trading is result-
ing in a good demand for the three
clovers and alfalfas at good prices.
Very little interest is being shown in
regardto timothy. Red clover and
alsike are in brisk demand, while alf-
alfa has softened somewhat in com-
parison with last month.
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
The King To Be Patron of Scouts
King George VI. has indicated his
readiness to become, like his father,
the Patron of the Boy Scouts of the
Empire.
Coronation King's Scouts
To mark the King's Coronation and
as the Dominion's part, in a project
launched by Lord Baden-Powell; Can-
adian Boy Scouts qualifying as King's
Scouts before Dominion Day this
year will be awarded a special Coron-
ation King's Scout certificate,
Where iceis readily available, the
storage of a few blocks of it Is a
very simple matter, .. Any unoccupied
corner of a shed will serve the pur-
pose. A rough board enclosure, ten
feet square and eight feet high, states
the Dominion Department of Agri-
culture pamphlet, , "Simple Methods
for the Storage of Ice", will hold e-
nough ice to provide 50 pounds per.
day for 130 days, after allowing far
a reasonable amount of wastage. The
smaller the quantity stored, the larg-
er is the proportion of waste.
The bottom of the enclosure should
be covered with, about one foot of
sawdust. If the soil .underneath is
impervious clay, it will be all the bet-
ter if there is a few inches of gra-1
vel under the sawdust, In putting
the ice in the enclosure, the boards
can be taken away from one side and
replaced after the ice is in position.
The space of one foot, to be filled
with sawdust, should be left between
the ice and the boards, and the iced
should be covered with about the
same thickness of sawdust. It is the,
sawdust which keeps the ice from
melting. 1
The drier the sawdust, the better
the ice will keep, and it is a goodt
plan to throw out the driest of the
sawdust from time to time as the ice
is being removed during the sum-
mer. Under cover this sawdust will
continue to dry out and thus be in
better condition to be used again in
the following year. Several plans
and specifications for icehouses, in-
cluding an icewell, are given in the
pamphlet which may be obtained on
request from the Publicity and Ex-
tension Branch, Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Ottawa.
Attended Big Scout Gatherings
Like` Ring George V, the new King
has associated himself with Scouting
in various ways. He attended the
great London gathering of Wolf Cubs
held at Hyde Park in 1921, the Im-
perial Jamboree at Wembley in 1924,
and the London Cub "Palava" of
1926.
Wears Silver Wolf For Scouting
Service
A photOgrupl1 Of the new King,
when the Duke of York, shows him in
full Scout kit and wearing the Silver
Wolf, Scouting's highest honorary a-
ward. The decoration was presented
by Lord Baden-Powell in 1926, in re-
cognition of the Prince's, service to
the Movement as President of the
Boy Scouts Associations of Yorkshire
and of London.
The King On Citizenship
His ideas on the responsibilities of
citizenship were thus outlined to a
gathering of youth by the Ring when
Duke of York, and President of the
London Boy Scouts Association:
"I want you to realize that you have
a great responaibility to take up with
the duties of citizenship that lie be-
fore you. You may think, these prob-
lems have nothing to do with you,
that it is ether people who have them
to solve. But don't believe that. It
is only when every man and woman
realize their responsibilities to their
No License Needed
To Export Hay
Recently a number of requests
have been received by the Dominion
Department of Agriculture for li-
censes to export hay from Canada, or
for information as to the necessity
ifor such licenses. No licence for this
purpose is now required.
Two years ago, in view of the ex-
isting situation with regard to for-
age supplies at that time, it was re-
quired that shippers obtain a license
from the Dominion Department of
Agriculture to export hay or . straw
from Canada. Howev • that order
Was'cancelled at the a of January
1935, and since then no suchrestric-
tion has been in existence.
Canada; next to Australia, was, the
largest supplier of wheat to Japan
during the first six months of 1936.
country in general that a happy coun-
try can result, because not one of us.
is put into the world for himself a-
lone. Make yourself effective in your
job, and do it with allyour might,
because dishonest a n d ineffective
work is wrong to your fellows and to
your country. Therefore we must all
do the best we ran."
Control of seed imports into Can-
ada is provided under the regulations
of the Seeds Act which is administer-
ed by the Seed Branch of the Domin-
ion Department of Agriculture. The
regulations are applied by the offi-
cers of the Seed Branch in co-opera-
tion with officers of the Department
of National Revenue and have a
very important bearing on the Cana-
dian seed supply.
One of the ouetanding features of
the past year in the departmental
work of the 'Poultry. Services of the
Dominion Department of Agriculture
has been the Abeyance in interest in
the dressed p y trade and the uni-
fication of interests and objectives,;
not only ox the part of the various
government departments concerned,
both Dominion and. Provincial, but
also on the part of the producers' or-
ganizations, breeders, hatoherymen,
feed manuliacturers, and the produce
trade.
Advertising is
Good for U5!
That dusty picture of an optimist and a.pessimist—the optimist
seeing the doughnut and the pessimist the hole—is just a way of
ilescribing most of us: some of us habitually look on the bright side
of things; others of us on the dark side. .Always there are those who
have a melancholy pleasure in fault-finding. And so there are al-
ways those who look upon advertising as an economic waste and a
means by which the sale of inferior merchandise can be pr emoted.
It is quite possible to discoyer wrong things about advertising—just
as it is possible to find wrong things about water and air, about
books and speeches, about motor cars and aeroplanes, about schools
and churches, about Canadians and Scotsmen, about knives and forks.,
Advertising is news and information, and who shall say that it
is wrong to communicate news and information? It would be a pret-
ty dull world, full of dull people, if there ceased to be a dissemina-
tion of news and information.
In all ages and in all countries those giving out news and infor-
mation have attracted to themselves attentive audiences; and this .is
as true today as it was 1000, 2000, 3000 years ago.
What stores are busiest? Is it not those stores which give out
most information about what they have tot sell? The public is daily
spending money—probably $2 a day for every man, woman and child
in the trading area covered by the circulation of our newspaper—or,
say, $2000 for every 1000 persons. So you can calculate for your-
self -you, a retailer, what is spent daily in our own community for
food and shelter and clothing, and for all the other things.
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