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The Clinton News Record, 1937-09-09, Page 6THE CLINTON NEWS.RECOR Tittlely Inforniat on for the Buse Farmer` (Burnished by the Department of Agriculture) Ontario Buying Feeders Almost a month earlier than usual, the annual stream " of; ifeeders and stockers from Western Canada into Western Ontario is now under way. Por over a month there has been a heavy movement of light cattle into the feed -lots, from Kitchener to the border. At the same time a heavy movement of finished cattle was noted to Buffalo and Detroit mar- kets. United States buyers came right to Western Ontario feed -lots and paid good prices at the farm. As the United States tariff quota against Canadian cattle over 700 lbs. is due to be filled shortly this may account for the present heavy ship- ments, but it is believed that prices across the line are strong enough to cover an added cent per pound and that the movement of finished stock south will continue. War On Chicory Pleased with the results of their decent campaign against poison ivy, Ontario Department of Agriculture officials have declared war on chicory public enemy No. 1 among noxious 'weeds. According to J. D. McLeod, of the crop, seeds and weeds branch, chicory is the fastest spreading weed in Ontario. An average hicory plant may produce 3,000 seeds. Its bright blue flowers and dandelion -like leaves may be seen in every county in the province. Deep plowing is recom- mended to root it out of fields, spray- ing while the plants are blossoming along roadsides. Mr. McLeod issued an appeal to ,farmers and citizens to draw attention of weed inspectors to infested areas. ° He said a half -pound of sodium chlorate to a gallon of water was a good spray and should be put on at high pressure. Summary of Fruit and Vegetable Prospects Weather conditions have been gen- erally favourable for development of tree fruits during the past month. Moisture supplies have been ample in all sections of the Province except in the Bowmanville-Newcastle district 'where only scant precipitation was received during the past six weeks. Heavy showers, however, fell in this district on August 19th. Apples are sizing better than last year and present prospects indicate an increase of 22 per cent. in total production in Western Ontario over last year, and a reduction of 20 per cent, in the orchards east 'of Toronto. The total production for 1937 is now estimated at 731,500 barrels as com- pared with '703,500 barrels in 1936. Where intensive spraying has been practised insect pests and fungus dis- ease have been fairly well controlled, although, in a few areas there is now evidence of scab infestation, Side - worm injury is showing badly in many orchards. Early varieties of apples are being has -vested and are reported to be of good quality. Buy- ers. are now becoming active and a few sales by the orchard have been made. The peach crop is expected to be approximately 25 per cent. greater than a year ago and fruit is sizing well: Weather conditions, however, have been favorable for the develop ment of brown -rot and insect injury, With an improvement in weather conditions before harvesting, and pro- viding intensive spraying is contin- ued, an above average yield of good quality fruit should be obtained. A fair yield of most' varieties of plums is anticipated, with Grand Dukes and Reine Claudes. appearing as the least promising. Total produc- tion is estimated as 58,900 bushels, a gain of 43 per cent. over the very small crop of 41,200 bushels harvest- ed in 1936. Although weather and moisture conditions have been gener- ally favorable for plums, rot is somewhat in evidence throughout the Niagara Pennisula, especially in poor- er sprayed orchards. Practically all commercial varie- ties of pears have made evicellent growth during the past month and are quite free from insect or dis- ease injury. The crop is sizing well and total production is estimated to be somewhat higher than a month ago at 147,600 bushels, a reduction of 23 per cent. from 'last year, when the total yield amounted to 196,800 bushels. Grapevines are reported in a heal- thy condition with berries sizing well. Prospects are favorable for a good normal yield. A large number of vineyards have not been carefully sprayed and Hoppers and mildew are quite prevalent in these graperies. In carefully sprayed vineyards disease and insects are well under control. The cantaloupe crop will not ap- proach the bumper proportions indi- cated a month ago, but will be a good average yield. Owing to a spell of very hot weather the set of blossoms was restricted and sizing of melons was affected in some planta- tions. Vine blight has developed in some patches and the grading quality is generally lower due to inferior netting. Field tomatoes are not in as good condition as at the middle of July due to to much precipitation in Wes- tern Ontario and to hot dry weather in the tomato growing section of Eastern Ontario. In Eastern Ontario the condition is reported to be still • CENT -A -MILE ROUND TRiP BARGAIN FARES (hluilnw Fares: Adult 75c.: Child 40c.) FROM' CLINTON Fri. & Sat., SEPT. 17-18 to Oshawa, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Cobourg, Trenton Jct., Belleville, Napanee, Kingston, Gananoque, Brockville, Prescott, Morrisburg, Cornwall, Ux- bridge, Lindsay, Peterboro, CampbeIlford, Newmarket, Penetang, Collingwood, Meaford, Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Gravenhurst, Brace - bridge, Huntsville, Callander, North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Longlac, Geraldton, Jellicoe, Beardmore SAT. SEPT. 18 to Toronto Also to Brantford, Chatham, Chesley, Clinton, Durban, Exeter, Fergus, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Hanover, Harriston, Ing- ersoll, Kincardine, Kitchener, London, Listowel, Mitchell, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, Paisley, Palmerston, Paris, Port Elgin, St. Cath- arines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Southampton, Stratford, Strathroy, Walk- erton, Wiarton, Wingham, Woodstock. For Fares, Return Limits, Train Information, Tickets, consult near - eat Agent. See handbills for complete list of destinations. .CANADIAN NATIONAL YEARS TO PAY under ,the HOME IMPROVEMENT PLAN ,,rkorry Get the finest roofing money can buy on easy Payments, spread over threeyeara.Tite-Lap and ib Roll roofings are durable, handsome in• appearance, fire -proof• even lightning -proof if erected according to the Lightning Rod Act. Boy from a company that bac served you honestly for Years whose products e pace -Eastern Steel Products Limited TITE-LAP and RIB -ROLL ROOFING Both Tite-Lep and Rib. Roll are easily put on over your old roof. They save you money by cut- ting upbeep caste. pro- tecting sour crone and livestock. Beeuretogat Side and the genuine E.S.P. pro. end laps duct. Send ridge and ere rafter mesauxemente.for weeder,. free cost estimate. �ti 1 E IFn. Nln AIA/I/,. A drive -screw nai , develop. went of the Preston Led. Red Nail. Takes ten timesae much force to draw it out of a sheathing board as a stan- dard barbed roofing nail. JAMEEQU PMENTLTRY Write for literature on the famous Jameewby Poultry Equipment. Completeline of incubators, brooder stoves poultry house equipment of all :kinds. Specialists in ventilation and housing for WeltrPreston Pertilater attached to sons weedrill nl you to sow fertilizer with your fall wheat. tight Eastern Steel Products. 705 Guelph Streetimi red Factories also at PRESTON, ONTARIO .MONTREAL and TORONTO 'THURS., SEPT. 9, 1937 Diseases (Experimental, Farm Note). Under the climatic` conditions of the Okenagan, Valley, the •zinnia plant grows exceedingly'well ' and produces a continuous succession of large blosomsfrom the beginning of July' - until the autumn frosts. The plant is grown without any difficul- ty and is not subject to many paras- itic diseases, put those that do attack it can be very destructive. In some localities powdery mildew attacks the foliage of, the plants and may - sometimes b e troublesome. Should this malady appear, however, it can be easily controlled through the application of either a colloidal sulphur spray or a finely divided col- loidal sulphur dust. The fungicide should be applied at intervals of 10 to 14 days as long as the disease is developing. Occasionally a few plants may be found affected with what is common- ly known as stem -rot. The disease is recognized by the appearance of light grey lesions on any portion of the main stein or branches, which become dy and brittle, or of a black rot in the root at or below the ground Ievel. The stem pith disappears in such ar- eas and is partially replaced by round tc oval compact, hard fungous bodies. above average, but in Western On- tario it is slightly below average. In the counties of Halton and Welland prospects are reported considerably below average. Total canning fac- tory tomato acreage this year' a- mounts to 34,700 acres as against 21,500 acres last year. Processing plants have already commenced sun- ning tomatoes, which is earlier than expected. of anni'a These are win* when young, but turn black on .the surface as they get • older. The disease is readily re- cognized by the presence of these bo- dis, which act as a means of over- wintering by the fungus. Whenever such plants are found,\they should be removed and burned in order to de- stroy these fungous resting bodies.': In some. localities, a wilt disease of zinnias has become' so destructive and has killed off such a large percentage of the plants that the cultivation of this attractive flower has largely been abandoned. This disease is caused by a soil -infesting ' fungus that penetrates into the fibrous feed- ing rootlets and from there spreads to the main root. The infected tissue decays, and thus in preventing the normal upward movement of water from the soil, brings on the rapid wilting -and death of the plant. Wilt- ing usually first appears during the early part of July, after the soils have been warmed up by the hot weather, and continues until the end of the season. This disease is being studied at the Doininion Laboratory of Plant Path- ology at Summerland. It has been noticed that sometimes plants in a severely infected plot remain healthy throughout the season. Selections have been made for such plants and it is hoped that by making succes- sive selections a strain resistant to this malady will be developed. In the meantime, until this has been completed, the most practical control method is to practise a planned sys- tem of rotation. Zinnias should not be grown in the same piece of soil more frequently than once every three or four years. \v-sssowssww.sss P 1m1N\\alitinussanullU;i,'1 isji ryssy ill//////�o/// s "'they Lived Through The Drought" D. B. MacRea, editor of the Regina Leader -Post, is scheduled for an in- teresting broadcast address over the CBC national network September 21, 9.30 p.m, EST. Mr. MacRea will speak on the subject "They Lived Through the Drought," based on the problems resulting from lack of rain- fall and soil -drifting in southern Sas- katchewan. The topic will be appoach- ed from the point of vie* of the hu- man beings involved. He will seek to make vivid to listeners a picture of exactly what drought is like. He will also make some brief comments upon some of the proposed projects for water conservation and rehabilitation in that province. From Overseas. An interesting feature has been ar- ranged for the CBC's national web on September 19 at 10.00 p.m. EST. The broadcast will come from England earlier in the day, recorded on the blattnerphone, and rebroadcast that night. It will be "Who'll Buy," a program listed as "some glimpses in- to the past and present of Caledonia and other markets in London." Microphanies .. , Evelyn Eby and Reginald Bedford, clever young two piano team of Sas- katoon,' Sask., were visitors of "Along the Airwaves" recently, On their way to New York. . . Jack Kannawin, wino will be remembered as CBC's "This Week in History" commentator and who was recently promoted to the production staff from the an- nouncing line , is now "daddy" to Jane Elizabeth, Born August 12 , , . Bob Edge, commentator for the Mut- ual Broadcasting System, who has been fishing in Nova Scotia waters during the past several weeks and who on two occasions has been heard over the GEC and Mutual networks, speaking from Sydney and Lake Wil- liam, capped an enjoyable holiday the. day before he left for New York, by landing a 711 pound tuna off Liver- pooI. Bob Iost two fish before hook- ing the big one, which he landed in an hour and 20 minutes. The catch was made in shoal water near Coffin Island, and the big fellow was brought to gaff just in time to keep the fishing vessel from going on the island . . Peter O'Day, noted maga- tine and newspaper writer, working on some radio scripts. , , , CORP,ORATION FEATURES DAY BY DAY (All Times Eastern Standard) Thursday,September 9: 8.30 p.m. "Midnight in Mayfair." English night club setting with or- chestra direction Howard Fogg and soloist. From Montreal. 9.00 p.m. "Monkey Face." A drama produced by Rupert Caplan. From Montreal: Friday, September 10: 8,00 p.m. "Shadows on the Grass." Soloists ,with string and woodwind ensemble. From Halifax. 9.00 p.m. "Backstage. Variety presentation with comedians, orches- tra, vocal ensemble and soloists. From Winnipeg. Saturday, September 11: 8.00 p,m.. "Louisana Hayride." MBS - CBC international exchange program. From Los Angeles. 10.00 p.m. -Nye Mayhew and his Orchestra. From New York. Sunday, September 12: 5.00 p.m. The Band of His Majes- ty's Canadian Grenadier Guards. Di- rection of Capt. J. J. Gagnier. CBC - NBC international exchange pro- gram. From Montreal, 7:00 pan. Dramatic presentation. NBC - CBC international exchange program. From New York, 10.00 p.nt, BBC Empire Orchestra, Conducted b* Arthur Collingwood, dean of Faculty of Music, University of Saskatchewan. Re - broadcast Froin Ottawa. Monday, September 13: 8,30 pan. "Accent on Youth." .A comedy by Sampson Raphaelson pre- sented by John Barrymore assisted by Mrs. Barrymore. NBC -CBC ex- change program. From Hollywood. 9.30 p.m. "Fighting Through." A series of talks by those who have been unemployed, From Montreal. Tuesday, September 14: 8.00 p.m. "Pictures in Black and White." Musical sketctes with solo- ists, organist and ort iestra. Front Halifax. 9.00 p,m. NBC Empire Orchestra. Conducted by Sir Ernest MacMillan. Rebroadcast of BBC Empire trans- mission. From Ottawa. Wednesday, September 15: 9.00 p.m. "It's in the Air," Variety program with orchestra direction Geoffrey Waddington. From Toron- to. 9,30 pan. "A Canadian Looks at Canada." Talk by C. R. Jamieson, From Calgary. "YOUR HOME STATION" CKNX 1200 Kcs. - Wingham-249.9 Metres WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Friday, Sept. 10th: 12.15 p.m, CKNX Entertainment Guide. 12.30 pmt. Noonday News and Of- ficial Weather. 5.45 p.m. Growin' Up. Saturday, Sept. llth: 12.35 p.m. CKNX 'Hill -Billies 6.15 p.m. Reg. Douglass, Sunday, Sept. 12th: 11.00 a.m. Wingham United Church 1.15 p.m. W. Hall Moore 7.00 pan. St. Andrew's Church. Monday, Sept. 13th: 12.30 pan. Noonday News and Of- ficial Weather. 12.35 p.m. Clinton Review. - 1.00 pan. Stuart Hamblin's Hillbil- lies. 1.15 p.m. Livestock Markets. 6.45 p.m. Blyth Review. 8.00 pan. Kenneth Rentoul Tuesday, Sept. 14th: 11.45 a,ln. Farmers' Hour. 12,35 p.m. Kincardine-, Review. 1.00 pan. Prairie • Ramblers. 1.15 p.m. Livestock Markets. 6.45 p.m., Brussels Review. Wednesday, Sept. 15th: 12.30 pan. Noonday News and Of- ficial Weather. 1.00 p.m. Stuart Hamblin's Hillbil- lies. 6.45 p,m. Teeswater Review. Thurs., Sept. 16th: 12.35 p.m. W. H. Logan, Cons.. Candidate. 6.45 p.m. Lucknow Review. 7.15 /cm. Harry J. Boyle. 8.00 Gladys Pickell-piano. rad Hepburn said "NO --MR, FARMER" "YES -SIR JAMES" What has happened to the promises Hepburn made to the farmers of Ontario before he was elected ? Hepburn Promised the Farmers A special session of the legislature totdeal with farm reliefroblem immediately after the, election. p s What Hepburn Did: Nothing! He said: "The farmers must stand on their own feet. Hepburn Promised the Fermiers : Help in improving livestock, grants to help agriculture. What Hepburn Did: He wiped out the Farm Loan Board -stopped bonuses, for pure bred sires and grants to junior judging competitions -cut off $300,000 in grants made by the previous government to aid the farmer. Hepburn Promised the Farmers : Wider markets and better marketing facilities, What Hepburn Did: He ,closed the marketing agencies at Montreal, Winnipeg and in the Maritimes -closed Ontario House in London, England, which had created markets thereby increasing Ontario farmers' annual income by $10,000,000.. Hepburn Promised the Farmers A string of cold storage warehouses across Ontario, for the benefit of farmer. What Hepburn Did: Nothing! Hepburn Promised the Farmers: Reduced taxation. What Hepburn Did: He collected in taxation 80% more than was collected in the last year of the Conservative Government, of which the farmers paid their share. What is Sauce for the Goose ... Is Sauce for the G BUT -while Mr. Hepburn was saying to the farmer "you must stand on your own feet" and was cutting off $300,000 in agricultural bonuses, he was passing on a bonus to Sir James Dunn of the Algoma Steel Corporation of almost a like amount of the taxpayers' money. r ander Agriculture and industry are both vitally necessary to the prosperity and welfare of the Canadian people. The farmer says, however, that "what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander -why take away our bonus to bonus Sir James Dunn?" You Can Trust Rowe VOTE ',d,. • »1.: ERVA: E Issued by Campaign Committee of the Liberal -Conservative Party of Ontario. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING BOTH PARTIES ARE CONSERVATIVE The Conservative party isn't dead, nor is there much chance of its dy- ing. Parties don't die that way. Af- ter 1917 many Liberals thought the Liberal party dead. Four years lat- er it won a smashing victory. In 1930 the Conservative party under Mr. Bennett won a decisive majority. Four years later it was hopeless minority. The ,pendulum had swung to the other extreme. The pendulum will swing again. It will swing, not because the electors will want to put a Conservative par- ty in, but because they will want to put a Liberal party out. The philoso- phies of the parties, or their pro- grams, will have little to do with it. Actually there is small difference between the two parties. Both are conservative. When political changes come in this country they come ov- er 'administrative matters, because the public blames the party in pow- er when things go wrong, decides to turn it out. In time, .perhaps for a good reason, perhaps for a bad one, or perhaps for no reason at all, the electors will grow tired of the Lib- eral party, turn it out. The Conser- vative party will then come in. It will come in because it is the alter- native party, and there will be no other alternative, We should like to think, of course, that it were otherwise; that most of us took such an active, continuous and intelligent interest in philoso- phies of government that we selected governments because of their creeds and programs. But we don't. For most of us, Liberalism and Conserva- tism are just labels, with few of us as -much as troubling to find out what the labels are about, The won- der is, in the circumstances, that the party system works as well as it does, -The Ottawa Journal. Eight Million Trees 'And Shrubs Canberra, federal capital of Aus- tralia, the location of which was not so many years ago almost a barren wilderness, is maintaining and ex- tending its new-found reputation as the garden city of the Commonwealth. `Teams of workmen are preparing new plantations where thousands of trees and shrubs will be planted in the present season. To protect and beautify the new suburb of Wakefield Gardens, a main plantation a mile long and from 60 to 130 feet wide is now being pre- pared. The trees comprise wattles, accede, eucalpyts, and conifers. The completion of the present planting within the next few months will give Canberra a total of 8,000,- 000 -planted trees and shrubs, of. which about half grow in the city area, and the remainder in other parts of the Federal Capital Terri- tory, located in New South Wales. Many thousands of wattles began to flower towards the middle of August continuing in bloom for over a month, painting the avenues golden. A. thick belt of wattle trees at the rear of Parliament House makes a particu- larly beautiful display, while from the panoramic viewpoints of the capital, golden clumps may be seen mingling everywhere with the green- ery of the gardens and plantations. -St. Thomas Times -Journal. Workmen's Compensation Statement There were 6,799 accidents report- ed to The Workmen's Compensation Board during August, as compared with 6,763 during July, and 5,515 during August a year ago. The benefits awarded amounted to $457,636.42 of which $366,892.45 was for compensation and $90,743,97 for medical aid, .•eosiimemeopemmee,......11,e, ZURICH SEVERS CONNECTIONS Mr. William Lamont, one of our popular elderly citizens, has severed his connections with the Hay Mutual Fire Insurance Company after being associated with the Company for some 42 years. It was in the year 1895 that Mr. Lamont first became - a Director, which position he held until 1922 when he took over the ag- ency, and has given itis attentive ser- vices ervices to the work till a few weeks ago when he unfortunately sustained a leg fracture while on the farm of his son, Mr. Roy Lamont. Mr. La- mont undoubtedly has had the long- est experience of any of the present. officials and is to be congratulated to be able to do this work so long. He is now in his 81st year, and as bright. as twenty years ago. His condition• looks very promising, and in the matter of a few more weeks, we hope, will be up and around again as usual. It is with regret of his many friends that Mr. Lamont is suffering this - affliction. -Zurich Herald. T LEPHONE TALKS IN THE WATSON FAMILY, "I had to tell you Tight away!"' Boli Watson came home bursting with the news. The big break had comp at last He was now Department Manager at a big increase in salary. 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