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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-12-23, Page 61-. vS imelg Information for .t Busu Farmer' ti (Fdrnished,by the Department of :Agricurture) Vegetable Growers.11leet. The animal convention of the On- oeia tion • ' , ario Vegetable Growers' Assocra is being "held Tuesday and Wednesday, January 11th and 12th at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto., starting. at 9.30 each morning. . Current Reports Waterloo County .reports that cat- tle have gore into barns in good con- dition,. Down in. Hastings County the annual cheese exhibition was held at Belleville. Of the five hundred boxes of cheese auctioned at the close, 12 boxes of Stiltons sold at 35c lb. Col- oured cheese sold at 17e and white at 18c lb. The egg and Poultry Co-op- eratives in Carleton County are hold- ing weekly dressed poultry days when their product is graded and sold on a graded basis. Weekly marketings are. running around 1'/a to 2 tons of dres- sed poultry for each Association. Fav- ourable conditions for fall plowing in Leeds county resulted in a greater ac- reage than usual, a great contrast to last year when little fall plowing was done. Prices of dressed poultry are going up in. Prescott and Russell, with Milkfed A chickens selling as high as 26,/se. There were some 7,000 tires - sed turkeys shipped .from. Manitoulin ' island recently. Counties Plan Forests Bruce County will start reforesta- • tion of a 1,000 -acre tract in Amabel Township south of Wiarton. Options already taken on 500 acres of land will be increased by the purchase of another 500 acres. The land in that townships is considered the most suit- able in the country. Agricultural Com- mittee of the County Council, under! which this class of work devolves, has been instructed to obtain the addition- al acreage and report in January on the natter. A county forest for Grey was sug- gested to the County Council in the special report of The Reforestation Committee, Mr. McGregor's report re- vealed a survey of possible land 'r on which an option had been taken, and the suggestion that the council take up the, option if the property in'Glen- elg township is approved by the De- partment of Lands and Forests. Nearly 800,000 trees were planted this year under the Simcoe County re - forestry scheme which is sponsored by the county council. Reports, stated that 1,282 acres had been purchased for reforestation purposes during the year. The largest tract purchased was In Tossorontio Township,. 600 acmes, at $5.50 per acre. Two tracts of 200 ac- res each were bought inVespra and Sunnidale Townships at $6 and $4 re- spectively. 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 controlled by the feed. January chicks will cost more as eggs, are higher priced to start with. Then it will take more fuel than with spring brooding. But there is more time for looking after the chicks; there may be less disease and mortality, broilers will catch a high market and pullets should be lay- ing early in the fall or even in late summer when egg prices are at their peak. Of course, if many started hatching all their chicks in January. the higher prices for broilers and egg; would be wiped out, and chicks hatch- ed at some other season would find the best market, Brooder houses 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 re- turns for the few who do, and they can prolong the use of their equip- ment, 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. }•xtiw.tiw.wry.•.•.v.•.,wrr.•.v.•.•rtrw.w.ti .w.titirr.• , YOUR WORLD AND MiNE , (Copyright) by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD A Scottish writer, quite unknown to most persons in Canada, is Alex- ander Smith, He liyed in the middle period of last century. He was jour- nalist, poet, writer of essays, and author of the entrancing book, "A Summer in .Skye." One of his best -liked books is named "Dreamthrop"—the story of a Scottish village — just as is J. M. Berries's "A Window in Thrums". In this charming book is a chapter a- bout Christmas. And so, this being Christmas week, I have felt that niy readers would enjoy extracts from this chapter. Accordingly, I quote as follows. Of ail the seasons in the year I like whiter best. The day is short, and I •-can fill it with work. When evening comes .I have my.lighted room and my books. Should black care haunt me, I throw it off the scent in Spenser's forests, or seek refuge among Shakes- peare's men and women, who are by far the best company I have met with, or ant like to meet with, on earth. I am sitting at this 'present moment with my curtains drawn. The cheer - fire is winking at all the furniture in the room, and from every leg and arm the furniture is winking at the fire in return. I put off the outer world with my great -coat and boots, and put on contentment with my slip- pers. Winter falls on Drearnthorp and it looks as pretty when covered with snow as when covered with apple blossoms. Outside the ground is hard as iron, and ..over the low dark hill, lo! the tender radiance that pre- cedes the morn. Every window in the little village has its light, and to the traveller coming on, enveloped in his breath, the whole place shines like a congregation, of glow-worms. A pleas- ant enough sight if his home be there. Sitting here—Christmas 1862—I in- continently find myself holding a le- vee of departed Christmas nights. Silently and without special call, into my study of imagination come these apparitions, clad in. snowy mantles, brooched and gemmed with frosts. Their number I do not care to count:, for I know they are the.nuinber of my years. The visages ' of two or three sad enough, but on the whole 'tis a congregation of jolly ghosts. The nostrils of ray memory are as- sailed by, a faint odour of plum -pud- ding and burnt brandy. I hear a sound as of light music,' a whisk of women's dresses, whirled round in a, donee—a click of grasses pledged by friends. 4 i In this Christmas night all the oth- er Christmas nights of my life dive. How warm, breathing, full of myself, is this year 1862, now almost gone! How bare, cheerless, unknown, the year 1863, about to come in! Look- ing forward into an empty year strikes me with a certain awe, be- cause one finds there is no recogni- tion, The years behind' have a friend- ly aspect, and they are warmed by the fires we have kindled, and all the echoes are the echoes of our own voice. This is Christmas 1862. Everything is silent in Dreamthorp. The smith's hammer reposes beside his anvil. The weaver's flying shuttle is at rest. Through the clear wintry sunshine the bells this morning rang from the grey church tower amid the leafless elms. It is my purpose to hold Christmas alone. I have no one with me at ta- ble, and my thoughts must be my Christmas guests. By imagination I can taste of every table, pledge every toast, silently join in every roar of merriment. I become a sort of uni- versal guest. With what propriety ,ls this jovial season placed amid dis- mal December rains and snows. How one pities the poor Australians. with whom everything is turned topsy-tur- vey, and hold Christmas at midsum- mer! The fact of Christmas glows all the brighter for the cold. The heart warms as the frost increases. Es- trangements which have embittered the whole year melt in the night's hos- pitable smile. There are warner hand -shakings on this night than dur- ing the past twelve months. Friend lives in the mind of friend. Poverty and scanty clothing and fireless grates come home at this season to the bosom of the rich, and they give of their abundance. The very red- breast of the woods enjoy his Christ- mas feast. Good feeling incarnates itself in plum -pudding. For at least one night for each of us all over Christendom there is brotherhood. All good men, sitting amongst their families, or by a soli- tary fire like tae, when they remem- ber the light that shone over the poor clowns huddling on the Bethle- hem plain eighteen . hundred years ago, the apparition of shining angels overhead,, the song "Peace on, earth and goodwill toward men" which for the first time hallowed'the midnight air—all pray for that strain's fulfil- ment,—that battle and strife may vex the nations no more—that not on - 13r on Christmas Eve, but also the whole year round, men shall, be CL1 TON . NEWS -RECORD The Eighth Wonder Of The World's Largest Exporter; World Pitch is a solid ,black resinous, sub- stance obtained from boiled tar anti, we are told that asphalt is mineral Pitch. Its use is chiefly for pave- ments and coveting roofs, Sir Wal- ter ,Raleigh tells of the Pitch :Lake of Trinidad, the most notable source of mineral pitch, in ✓ the , following words: "There is that abundance of 5tone _pitch that all the shipps of the world maybe therewith laden from thence, and wee made triall of it in trimming our lshippes-to be most ex- cellent good, .and,melteth not with the Sunne as pitch of ,Norway." • This Pitch Lake, we. are -told, is the eighth wonder of the world. Accord- ing to legend, a tribe of Ohayma In- dians killed the hummingbirds in. large numbers, ate them and be- decked themselves with the plumage. These feathered jewel were beljeved to : be the souls of the departed and the"Great Spirit" caused the earth to open land the entire village disap- peared. The cavity as filled with asphalt. Scientists tell us that the lake had its origin many thousands of years sago during certain general earth movements when fractures or faults were made in the vicinity of Trinidad. One of these breaks is deep enough" to reach a large oil and gas reservoir. The surface is con- stantly in motion which is, of course, very slow, but any object placed on its surface will shift its position from day to day . During the month of February, in 1928, a tree believed to have been buried from four to five thousand years ago, came through the asphalt, rose to,a height of about ten feet and then disappeared. However, itis possible to walk on• the Lake. Gangs of barefooted work- men dig out huge chunks and send, them off in trucks on a very light railway which is moved frequently. It is remarkable how the asphalt sup ports the ties and rails, especially when the loaded cars often passing, in a continuous line weigh no less than 1000 pounds each. The holes which are left at the end of the clay reach the depth of about three feet but by the next morning are filled up again. The Lake is solid, asphalt perhaps two hundred feet' deep at its lowest point) Borings show that in consistency the asphalt is practically the same throughout. From this eighth wonder of the world Canada imported over 300,000. pounds of solid asphalt Last year. The' home production amounted to 35 mil- lion gallons. Keeping Tree Fresh If a Christmas tree is set in water when it first comes into the house and is kept in water while it is part of the Christmas decoration, it will remain fresh and green for at least a week longer. Water should be re- placed as it evaporates. If the base of a Christmas tree is trimmed with a -sharp knife just before it is mounted, the pores will be left open, allowing water to rise in the sten, to the living cells which are still try- ing to provide the tree with food and moisture. Spruce and fir retain their needles longer than most other Christmas trees. brethren, owning one Father in hea- ven. "The Cross leads generations on". Believing as I do that my personal decease is not more certain than that our religion will subdue the world, I own that it is with a somewhat sad- dened heart that I mass my thoughts around the globe and: consider how distant yet is that triumph. What of our own Europe—,the home of philosophy, of poetry and paint- ing? Europe, which has produced Greece, and Rome, and England's cen- turies of .glory; Europe, which has been illuminated by the fires of mar- tydom, which has heard a Luther preach, which has listened to Dante's "mystic unfathomable song"; t o which Milton has opened to door of heaven—what of it? And what, too, of that younger America., starting in its career with all our good things, and enfranchised , of many of our evils? Did not the December sun nowt shining look down on thousands; slaughtered at Fredericksburg, in al most mad, most incomprehensible quarrel? And is not the public air which European nations breathe at `this moment, as it has been for sever - years back, charged with thunder? Despots are plotting, ships are build- ing, man's ingenuity is bent as it nev- er was bent before on the invention and improvement of instruments of death. Europe is bristling with five million bayonets, and this is the con- dition of a world for which the Son of God died eighteen hundred and sixty-two years agar By this time I should think that ev- ery Christmas dinner at Dreamthorp• and elsewhere has come to an end. Hark! Midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air. I look out on the brilliant' heaven, and see a milky way of powdery splendour wandering through it, and' clusters and knots of stars and plan- I ets shining serenely in the blue fros- ty spaces, and the armed apparition of Orion, his 'speer pointing away in- to mto measuu'eless space, gleaming over- head, and the .familiar' constellation of the plough dipping down into the* west; and I think when i go in again that there is one Christmas the fess'. between me and' my grave:. Of Apples The United States is easily the world's largest exporter of 'apples, states The Imperial. Economic Com- mittee, while Canada and Australia take second and thivdtplace,respec- tively: ,Prior to 1931, exports from the, 'United States sometimes exceed- ed those from all other countries coinbined, but since that year, owing to lighter. crops, and trade barriers in European countries, they have de- clined considerably. The proportion of the United States total crop as fresh fruit seldom exceeds 10 per cent and on the average exports account 'for only about 15 per cent of the com- mercial crop. Canada, Australia, and New Zea- land, on the otherhand, export a large proportion of their apple crops, and thisapplies also to Yugoslavia, Austria, and\ Italy. Exports from France, which consist mainly of cider fruit, represent only a very small pro- portion of her heavy production. Con- siderable quantities of cider apples are included also in the export figures of Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzer- land, and Yugoslavia. The exports of apples from Canada and Australia consist almost entirely of dessert and cooking apples. According to the 1936 statistics the exports of apples from the principal exporting countries were : United States, 174,000 tons; Canada, 96,000 tons; Australia, 89,000 tons; France, 65,000 tons of cider apples and 6,000 tons of dessert apples; Italy, 60,000 tons; Roumania, 23,000 tons; New Zealand, 20,000 tons; Chile, 10,000 tons; Yugaslavia, 9,000 tons; Union of South Africa; 7,000 tons; Belgium, 7,000 tons; Netherlands, 6,000 tons; Japan, 5,000 tons; Hungary, 5,000 tons; Argentina and Bulgaria, 4,000 tons each. Although Canada and Australia ex- port a large part of their apple crops, the value of applesexported repre- sents no more than about one per cent of the total exports, the exact per- centage of apples to the total exports of all domestic products being 1.4 in the case of Australia, and 1.3 in the case of Canada according to the ave- rage value of exports 1931-35. In New Zealand the ratio was 1.5 per cent, and in the United States 0.9 per cent. Popcorn Ball Decorations Popcorn balls, wrapped in red and green tissue paper; silver paper •for glistening cellophane, and piled in a decorated basket, make attractive centerpieces. for • Christmas dinner or party tables. A small favor may be placed in each ball, to add interest at a party. Hung on the Christmas tree, these balls make pretty orna- ments for the strong lower branches that always seem to -Ie neglected. Huge Quantity Of Turkeys Ready For:."Christiinas Market With the apppoach,,,of the Christmas season the fattening of turkeys is "now almost completed and the annual seasonal raffle jn'chewed -'birds has recently been under way. The ship- ments of turkeys this year have been quite heavy, large quantities being exported to Great Britain. and the Continent., In es ern anada, par- ticularly,''many, thousands of turkeys 'have been sent east and overseas, in addition to which are large numbers of birds arearly ready in Ontario, Que- bec and the Maritimes, chiefly for domestic requirements. Notwithstanding t h e ' proverbial roast of beef, soon,a number of Eng- lishmen with their families will sit down to a Christmas dinner of which the principal item will 'be Canadian turkey. As a result of the high q al- ity of such shipments to the British Christmas market during the past._ few seasons, Canada is highly regard- ed as a source of supply. British buyers are outspoken in their praise of the delectable quality of Canadian turkeys and as a result large supplies have been going forward for the Christmas trade. Canada in recent years has been shipping about 1,000,000 pounds of chilled turkeys to Great Britain an- nually for the festive season and shipments this year have also been heavy. These shipments were receiv- ed in such good condition that British buyers are enthusiastic about the high quality of the Canadian birds and the expert manner in which they were packed. The larger percentage of the1 turkeys supplied to the British market comes from the western pro - vines. Shipment to the Atlantic seaboard is made by rail in pre -cooled refrig- erator cars, and at the seaport a quick transfer is made to pre -cooled refrigerators aboard ship. During the whole period of shipment the birds are kept in, a temperature which nev- er varies more than two degrees, and they are just as fresh on arrival in Great Britain as when shipped from Western Canada. RUBBER FENDERS FOR AUTOMOBILES Rubber fenders are becoming stan- dard equipment on an increasing number of London buses, we are told, The durable and 'flexible fenders de- veloped in England are made of moulded or pressed rubber. So far, they have been made primarily for buses but it is likely they will be made in the United States and sev- eral automobile manufacturers are expected to show cars equipped with rubber fenders at the forthcoming In- ternatienal Motorcar Exhibition, ,.± It is reported that, based on weight and price, rubber fenders are comparable to 18 gauge steel. At the present time there is no re- cord of the number of fenders made. in Canadian industries. Each auto- Imobile-plant has its own special die for stamping fenders for eachPa rti- cular need of the certain style of car It produces. These dies; by the way, are very expensive 'and only the au- tomobile factories can afford to use thern. Until a short time, ago, most of the fenders were produced in the United States but now automobile firms in Canada .can make their awn.. However, some idea of the number of fenders made may be gained by knowing that last year the total num- ber of automobiles, both passenger and commercial, made in Canada a- mounted to 281,000, That would mean over one' million fenders. At this rate 14 all the fenders made in the world, during 1935 were put into a pile there would be over, 20 million of them. Whether bumpers and rbumperettes would still be necessary should rub- ber fenders take the place of steel is a question. Their production amounts to over $500,000 in a year, according. to M.M. & C. Branch of the Bureau of Statistics FEAST ON BUFFALO MEAT Spasmodically the herds of buffalo in ,Wainwright Park, become too numerous and a number of the bisons are slaughtered and shipped to east- ern Canada. Two Kincardine but- chers stocked buffalo meat last week and it, found a ready sale among cus- tomers, who had an unusual treat for week -end menus, --Kincardine News. THURISe, DEC.:2., 1937: The'Scout-Guide Santa Claus If Santa Claus ,misses any of thea• needy homes of Saskatchewan or else- ‘ . where in Canada, it will not be the. fault' of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides, For the 14th consecutive year a coast-to-coast chain of Scent -Guide toy repair shops, after working faith -1 Fully for weeks, are now completing arrangements for handingtheir g i nod-, as -new toys oven to Santa, In many cases local distribution is made in co- operation with service clubs andot h- er welfare bodies. Manyrural fami- lies, whose names have been received from the Toy Shop Secretary at Do- minion Scout Headquarters, are re- membered by mail. The special effort. this year for the dried -out areas tools the form of bulk shipments of gifts to the toy shop distribution centres of the eight toy shop areas into which Saskatchewan was divided. Eastern. toy shops which shipped west includ- ed those at New Glasgow, N.S., Fred- ericton, N.B.; Sherbrooke' and Mon- .. areal, Que.; Ottawa, London, Hamil- ton, Toronto., Cardinal, Elora and P' Clinton, Ont,; and in the west, Cal- gary. algar y. KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE The truth of the old adage, "Kil- • ling two birds with one stone" was proven literally last Monday when a Logan resident, on seeing a row of sparrows along the slanting roof edge of the barn, seized rifle and lining up the row, dropped three of them with one bullet. Two witnesses will, if necessary, verify the truth of this report, which the hunter, modestly enough, claims was' ust a lucky shot, GoGyficabs, CHRISTMAS orad NEW YEAR'S FARE AND A QUARTER FOR THE ROUND TRIP Good going Thursday, December 23 until 2 p.m. Sunday. December 26. Return limit to leave dastination not Tater than midnight. Monday, December 27, 1937. Also good going Thursday, December 30 until 2 p.m. Sunday, January 2. Returning to leave deetination not Inter than midnight, Monday, January 3, 1938, FARE AND A THIRD FOR THE ROUND TRIP Good going Tuesday, December 21 until Sunday. January 2 inclusive. Return limit to leave destination not later than midnight, Friday, January 7, 1938, What more appreciated Gift than a prepaid rail- way ticket for a journey anywhere i` n Gonad or United States? Ask about this convenient plan. Tickets and complete information from any agent CANADIAN NATIONAL Y.lIB BILLY VAN Says : One of the most successful salesmen of this time, Mr. Billy Van, says that successful salesmanship is simply the application of showmanship to merchandising." "The secret of success in acting is to rehearse and rehearse and rehearse until you have created an unforgettable impression upon the mind of the actor. He then, lives his part. His sincerity enables his audience to live it with him. Of course, the play must be good. It gets you nowhere to have people say, "Billy Van was great, but the show was rotten!" Similarly you must have a good product, and because you are talking to a procession and not a standing crowd, your advertising must be insistent and persistent. You must rehearse and rehearse and rehearse if both the show and the actors—the product and the actors—are to get their message across—to create the unforgettable impression. "There is no such thing assales resistance to quality merchan- dise at the right price," said Mr. Van. "The secret of salesmanship is to give as much as possible for as little as possible. The C!intn NewsR8ecord Gives the News of Clinton and 'Community—Read It