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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-02-22, Page 6irAGE i NEWS AND THE cLJNrf1N lkiriFf&RJAC011tH' HAPPENIN6.S Timely Information for the Busy Farmer (Furnishedby the Department of Agriculture ) ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture lines of endeavour requires exper- ience 'to make it a successful under- taking', and many a 'beginner had finally given up in disgust just for the want of it. Details of manage- ment be cannot n givenin an article. such as this but to gain experience In the manipulation of 'bees the begin-; ner is well advised to spend at least oneI season full working 'witha n ex- perienced x perienced beekeeper ',before purchas- ing bees for himself. Failing this the next best method to obtain One or two colonies, a good text book and to visit nearby beekeepers as often as possible. A :beginner is often mislead into buying his first lot of bees during late summer or in the fall, this is a mistake and likely to cause a lot of trouble and possible loss of the colonies. The best time of the year to start beekeeping is during the spring, for if anything is wrong with thecolonies it can be rectified during the summer but not during the winter., Often bees are purchased by a beginner as a bar- gain when a little experience would show that they would be expensive as a gift. Never buy bees unless they are in .movable frame hives of not less than ten frame size, and that they are absolutely free from disease. Furthermore, be sure that each 'colony is headed with a good queen. Do not buy colonies of bees from a nearby beekeeper and move then during the active season, for if you do, the field force of the•col- ony will return to their old home and your colony will :be left in a weak condition. To prevent this the col- onies should be moved for at least two miles. A. new swarm , can be moved anywhere. All the way through the active season there are problems of manipulation upon which almost everyone is anxious to give the beginner some advice, which if accepted more often than not leads to trouble. Get all the experience you can before starting, and if in doubt write to the Bee Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, for in- formation. Planting Early Cabbage :Early cabbage is a very good mon- eycrop. More value may be obtained from an acre :of it than from the same area devoted to many other crops. 'Seed sowing should be done early in March and the plants grown in flats or thumb 'pots and later put in four inch pots. Hardening off .be- fore planting in the field is very iin-, portant. This will make the plants frost hardy. As soon as the plants show signs of growth in ,the open field, apply a side dressing of nitrate of soda. Time to Castrate Pigs The early castration of market pigs has many advantage s which should not be overlooked by breeders. ' Young pigs are easily handled, suf- fer very little and heal quickly,, with a small percentage of losses, if the operation is properly performed and necessary precautions are taken to prevent infection. At the Dominion Experimental Farm, Indian Head, pigs for market purposes are castrated previous to weaning time. Pigs to be weaned at six weeks are castrated at One month of age or if weaning is done at eight weeks they are castrated when about six weeks old. Experience at this Farm has shown that nursing pigs suffer less set -back and heal more rapidly, with a smaller percentage of losses, than older pigs. eenseenb • Cuts Hog Costs While hogs have been climbing to the. best price reached' since 1031, Clark Young of . Milliken, Ontario has been busy establishing a world's record for cheap production. He re- ports a hundred pounds gain for ev- ery ve1y 281 pounds of feed used, which is eight pounds better than the re, cord of the Indian State College pre- vious -holder of the record. Author- ities at the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege consider one pound of pork gain for every four and one half pounds of feed decidedly above the average. Mr. Young gives his total cost per hun- dred pounds of pork for the entire six months feeding period at '$4.78 which represent more than $13.00 net profit per 200 pound hog at present prices, Not only have Mr. Young's hogs been fed cheaply and quickly (they were marketed at six months) but the quality according tc the grading at Toronto and the bacon re- ports from Great 'Britain, where the pork was marketed, has been the best Mr. Young figures his costs from weaning to six months as follows: 2,050 pounds of nixed home grown grain, 400 pounds of shorts, 1,650 pounds of special concentrated feed, total Cost $65.57 for one Iot of eight hogs. Oeceellneeel Hatching by Incubv''or Before using the incubator cheek it for leaks and 'breakages and test the thermometers. Place the mach- ine in a well ventilated room or cel- lar which is kept at a uniform tem, perature. The eggs used should be of normal shape and appearance and at least 23 ounces to the dozen. Con- trol the moisture according to the ap- pearance sof the eggs, after they are set. On the seventh -day test the air cell should be about one -eighths the size of the egg and on the ,eighteenth day about one quarter. •The .eggs should be turned twice a day. Test for fertility on the seventh and eigh- teenth days, closing themachine on the eighteenth. Above all follow the instructions given with the .machine. When purchased. onagassza Proper Finishing Wall .Repay Ontario Shippers "The cattle ',feeders who ships only properly -finished cattle," said Garnet IL Duncan, livestock investigator; Ontario Marketing Board, "is very, definitely helping himself. "The liquidation , of unfinished cattle will ,meet a poor sale, under present conditions. This is due largely to the fact that packers have such huge quantities in storage. Orf the other hand Ontario has consider- ably less cattle feeding than normal -`eonsureption demands. "The rise in hog prices will reflect itself on cattle prices, and finishing cattle properly will repay the feeder, and reduce this excess storage of beef. "The result of .marketing unfinish- ed cattle at present will be an in- crease in the storage supply. Further. than this, feeders will find themselv- es with no cattle to ship when prices advance. ,`In my ' opinion, the wise shipper will feed to finish his stock, and dis- tribute the supply over the next few months." The Mutton Sheep The production of mutton has :be- come largely a question of furnishing lambs to the markets. As in beef or pork, the demands of the market call for young meat and comparatively light weights in carcass. The prem- imn paid for baby beef and bacon hogs applies with even greater force to sheep. Thick, fleshy, but rather light joints are what the cook calls for whether for the home table or the restaurant. The tastes of the consumer have been cultivated to discriminate in favour of the tasty, tender, lamb until we find that from 70 to 80 per cent. of the sheep that reach the market are less than one year old, The age of heavy mutton has passed—a condition most favor- able to the sheep' raiser, who is thus enabled to reap quick returns from his flock. The increasing demand for lamb mutton this season augurs well for the future of the industry, pro- vided care is taken to keep up and improve the grade of the product. eedeinmeme Winners in Bacon Competition In the 1933 Bacon Litter Competi- tion there were 135 entries, and ti8 completed and qualified. The Pro- vince is divided into districts, and the highest scoring litter of the compet- ition was owned by Grant Summers & Son, Aylmer, winner of district number 2, who marketed 11 pigs grading 10 selects and 1 bacon, and weighed 2,270' at 171 days. In dis- trict number 1, W. E. Seeley, Port Perry, was first with 11 pigs grad- ing 10 selects and 1 bacon. Winner of number 3 district was B. T. Bol.. ton, Dublin, who had 9 pigs, all sel- ects. Mr. Belton has been a winner in the past 5 competitions. The 45 litters in the prize money graded 70.9 per cent. selects, and the average weight was 203.1 pounds, and the average age per litter 183 days. The previous high grading percentage was 61 per cent. selects. In awarding the prizes carcasses are graded on the rail, the length, back fat, character of belly and firm- ness of fat all being taken into con- sideration. emeantsue Prospects Bright For Ontario Honey Trade "1934 should be a prosperous sea- son for Ontario honey producers," says Dr, E. J, Dyce, head of the Dept, of Apiculture at O.A.C. and secre- tary of the Ontario Beekeepers' As- sociation, and he continues:— "Canada is , now a large exporter of honey, standing.second in amount supplied to the British market. It is not many years since Canada's honey export was practically nil, but in re- cent years it has advanced to a strong position and all signs point to still further increase in the trade. Ontario's honey export for the past year amounted to about one- quarter of her total production and her honey is advancing in popularity on. the British market. The export demand together with the ,high price Of sugar .elhninated congestion on the home market and there is at pre- sent in the hands of producers and dealers less than the normal amount for this season of the year. With these small stocks on hand it is like- ly that all' honey will be sold before the 1934 crop comes on to themar- ket, Then too, recent reports of dry weather in New Zealavd indicate that the honey crop at present being gath- ered by bees in that country is likely to be short. For these and other. reasons, On- tario beekeepers may look forward withreasonable, assurance of good prices .for the conning season's crop proyiding they give close attention to business and produce high quality honey. How to Start Keeping Bees The Lamb Diet Cult While mutton is one of the most healthful of meat fools produced up- on the farm from time immemorial, it has not been as popular as beef or pork with the average Canadian family. However, with the modern methods of sheep raising and a cor- responding increase in dietetic know- ledge on the part of the rapidly growing urban populations, .backed by the recommendations of medi- cal authorities and beauty cult spe- cialists, high grade lamb such as is found in present day markets is corning into greater favour. • It is only in recent years that mutton joints have won a place in the :bilis of fare of the best restaurants in Canadian and United States cities; Until the IL S. sheep grower intro- duced the mutton breeds and 'finish- ed the products of his flocks as he did his cattle and his hogs before marketing, mutton was an unpopular food ie the United States. In Britain and other countries where sheep of the mutton breeds are intelligently reared and fattened, and the meat properly prepared, this class of flesh holds its place with the other staple sorts that enter into the daily can- sumption of the people. In recent years in Canada the marketing of sheep ?before - One year old has in creased muttonconsumption many fold, and now that special attention has been devoted to the feeding of this season's lamb, Canadian mutton should be second to none against all comers. ' FIRST NEWSPAPER IN CANADA PUBLISHED IN 1752 The first newspaper in Canada was the ,Halifax Gazette, first pub- lished in 1752, ?which preceded the first printing press by one year, in, stalled also in. Halifax. Quebec City has the distinction el having the se- cond oldest newspaper, The Quebec Gazette, started 12 years later. The province of Nova Scotia .has, the hon- or of having many "first" things in Canada, some of which were the first in North America. The first sta= tionary steam, engine in Canada was installed at the Albion mines in Steilarton, N.S., in 1827. The first highway in North America was that at Port Royal, now Annapolis Royal, N.S., in 1605. ' The first wirelees station in America was at Glace Bay, N.S., in 1903, PAT'S INGENUITY Pat got a job to dig a well. When he had got down to about 25 feet he came one morning to find the hole had caved in. He hung his coat and hat on the windless and crawled into the bushes to wait. Passers-by dis- (Experimental .Farms beekeeping as a means of making a covered the well caved in, and see. Due to an increasing and livelihood or of supplementing a re- ing the coat, concluded that a man Note) demand the good prices received for honey dueed income from other sources. was at the bottom, Help was got many people are being attracted to I Beekeeping, however, like all other and the well was soon cleared again. 05.__INTE:RES The Ontario Legislature An attack on mass buying by de- partment stores and radio factories was made in the Legislature by F. 3. McArthur, Conservative member, for Northumberland in speaking on the Speech from the Throne debate, and in which it was charged this .condi- tion of affairs brought about the Stratford strike, necessitating calling out troops. Mass buying, he assert- ed, had reduced employes in ,Strat- ford factories to the position of "Egyptian slaves," and while not quarrelling with capitalism, efforts of the big buyers were forcing work- inginen into the dust. Mr. McArthur expressed the opin. ion that the Stevens commission at Ottawa is one of the greatest for- ward steps to remove the present situation existing ,over mass -buying This responsibility rests on the Con- servative party, and he felt the par- ty's shoulders are broad enough their courage high enough, to stand up under the load and to see to it that all classes get a fair and square deal. .Ile also asked a fair price for the tomato growers, urging that the can- ners go into conference with the growers in order to arrive at some equitable arrangement.Unless this is done he said 'he intended asking for an investigation into the canning industry.. - "Farmers are not complaining of their interest rates," declared Mr. McArthur, "as some would have us believe. Farmers are not asking for preferences or charity. All they want is a fair price for -their commo dities. If they get a fair ,price they will be able to pay taxes and inter- est rates. Governments have gone to a great dealof trouble to find markets but of what use are markets if they bring profits to the middle- man and not to the producer? I want to see the farmers get the ben- efit of these markets." The Agricultural 'Coiiimittee of the Legislature met a large deputa- tion representing the Vegetable Growers Council who discussed var- ious phases of their proposal for compulsory registration of all fruit and vegetable growers and also a licensing fee. The fee suggested was $1 to $3 depending on the a- mount of land being used, the funds to go to the council to directly ..aid marketing, A sub -committee was appointed which will later meet the Growers' Council to determine what policy shall be followed and a report will be made back to the main dour, mittee. A measure seeking to have divorce actions heard at the residence of the litigants, sponsored by W. E. N. Sin- clair, Liberal South Ontario, was left on the order paper, pending a report on this and other issues such a collusion, perjury, etc., arising in divorce actions, is received by Attor- ney -General W. H. Price from judges of the Supreme Court. Under pre- sent conditions, many actions are taken into other municipalities rath- er than having theist heard itt the place of residence of the litigants. While speaking on the debate on the Speech from the Throne, Mr. Sinclair reiterated his stand taken in 1933 when he offered assistance and co-operation to those who are trying to help the people. Mr. Sinclair said he had been charged by his Lib- eral colleagues with political heresy in view of this attitude, but he in- sisted that no public man could re- frain from helping in aiding recov- ery to normal conditions, "If I was misjudged my conscience is clear," he said. "If I erred it was because of my judgment. When the ship is in danger the tradition of the sailor calls for the safety of the passengers first." Mr, Sinclair strongly supported the inter -provincial conference recently held under direction of Premier •Ben- nett of Ottawa, and including Prem- ier Henry, declaring that results from- this parley would mean the solvency of Canada being guaranteed by en- suring,the solvency of the provinces. He urged the various provincial gov- ernments of different political beliefs each assist the other in a way out from financial difficulties and present conditions. The report of .the Liquor Control Board for the year that closed (:Sct. 31st last was tabled by Attorney - General W. H. Price, which showed a decrease in both sales and profits, the figures being a newlow in the history of the board. Sales totalled $30,143,247 including those from the liquor stores and brewery warehous- es, while the profit to the board a- mounted to $5,423,621, The legal bills committee of - the legislature, presided .over by Hon. Charles ''McCrea, Minister of Mines, heard the charge made by Magistrate M'eCaughrin of Orillia as to alleged "trafficking in offices," in connec- tion with the government move to provide a compassionate $2,000 all- owance to the magistrate, Hon. Leopold Macauley, Minister of High- ways, acting as government coun- sel, examined 'several witnesses, in- cluding` I. A. •Humphries, ` If, C•, acting deputy -attorney -general, who disclosed that there are many Precedent eases that arose as far back as 1896 during Liberal govern- ments where civil servants occupying such positions as sheriff, crown at- torney, clerk of the peace, ete:, heel been given . such allowances 1by his successor-' to office. A 'sub -commit- tee comprising Hon. Mr. McCrea, Hon. 'Mr. Macauley, Dr. G. A. Me- Quibban, .Liberal -Opposition Leader, and H. C. Nixon, .prolgessive leader, was appointed to draw a report or thejevidence, which will be dealt with by the Legal Bills' committee and a report made to the House. Hon. Die J. 11I'. Robb, Minister of Health, in speaking to his bill pro- viding for establishment of a radium institute in the city of London, gave many enlightening facts as . to the work being done in the, clinics in To- ronto, and Kingston in the•govern- ment's assistance in fighting cancer. Toronto, he said, as the General hos- pital, has an institute unsurpassed in the world as to equipment, but he stressed the importance of early.diag- nosis and treatment in all cases. Re- cently the government has arranged for four ,grammes of radium, known as a "bomb" to be used at the To- ronto General Hospital. "The whole secret of cancer treat- ment is early diagnosis and treat- ment," said Dr. Robb. "We have found that from the time a person notices the first symptoms, usually six months elapse before he or she sees a doctor, and usually another six months elapse before the first treat- ment is given. The . public is being aroused as to the vital necessity of early treatment. Our records show that people are coming earlier for treatment than was previously the THUS., FEB. 22, 1934 ` carer ?George Shields, Cons. Woodbine- Toronto, in speaking on the debate of the Speech from the Throne, charged If. 0. Nixon, Progressive leader, with having� been i b n s ngled out by the late Sir Adam Beck at one time in the House as "the worst enemy 01 Hy- dro." Mr. Shield's indicated that xe- cords could be produced to prove the 'allegation. Mr. Shields also charged the opposition with continuously dragging Hydro through mud in an effort to get something on the gov- ernment Attorney -General W. 11. Price, in speaking to second readingto, his a,, mendment tothe 'Ju' enile Court bill, .which covers funnily courts instead of just juvenile courts, declaxed- these courts are of trernendouse'b'enefit to the family, the child and municipal= ity. Raising of the juvenile age from 16 to 18 years has .been urged: Col. Price stated, which' he said is some- thing for future consideration,:.F. G. McBrien, (Cons. Bracton) in ,support- ing the measure, expressed the hope that the custody of infant children would also be •brought under the jure isdiction of the court. A reply was made to the question tabled last session in connection with agents and their conimjssions of dis- tilleries who sell to the Liquor Con- trol Board. The Board's reply was to the effect that they do not deal with agents, nor has it 'any know- ledge of commissions. Purchase or- ders for Scotch whiskey are sent di- rect to the actual producer and pay- ment is made likewise. Hon, Dr. J. M. Robb, Minister of Health, gave notice that he will in- troduce an amendment to the Fac- tory, Shop and Office building Act which will reduce the working hours per week of employees in the bank- ing industry from 60 to 56. If they work beyond this maximum they will receive overtime pay. South Huron Member Criticises Government Policies The legislative member for South Heron, W. G. Medd, charged the Gov- ernment with spending too much money en education in the province and not getting the right results. He also thinks the Government could cure the Depression, if it went about it the right way. A, "controlled economy as a step toward industrial recovery" was urg- ed, and Ontario's "stereotype, doge uratic educational system" was de• flounced by Mr. Medd." "It can be done," Mr. Medd de- clared emphatically, when urging the Government to declare war on the "depression." "A lot can be done provincially and the province could exert its influence with the Dominior and sister provinces to bring about a better state of affairs." "A. controlled economy, with com- petent men controlling it, is requir- ed," said Mr. Medd. "Roger Bab- son, the well known economist, saicl recently that one of the main trou- bles of the world today is that a lot of Bien at the head of affairs are tired men. New men with new methods are required to bring about recovery. It will take courage to prevent mercantile racketeering. It will take courage to bring to light and eventually stop ,the type of mer- chandising the Stevens inquiry was instituted over. "We might learn something from our sister member in the British Commonwealth -Australia. A few years ago the country was practi- cally ractically bankrupt. But they went to. work to remedy this condition. They converted debentures to lower rates and cut expenditures. This Govern- ment might well emulate them, par- ticularly in the reduction of interest rates, thus setting an example to'pri.. vate and corporation 'money -lenders. "Mismanagement and lack of fore- sight by national and international leaders have caused our economic troubles, and it is only by proper management, courage and insight that these conditions can be reme- died." Referring to methods adopt- ed in the United States to bring a- bout recovery, Mr. Medd said he did not think they were suitable for Can- ada.' He did not approve of the pol- icy of destroying goods while some 'people. are in want. Five million pigs, 10, millon acres of cotton, 10 million acres of corn, and 8 million acres of wheat had been destroyed' in the United States, he said. "Our Dominion Prime Minister," declared Mr. Medd, "got into this curtailing business with re- gard to wheat at,the World Wheat Conference. But it won't work, and it shouldn't work so long' as there are millions of hungry people to be fed, The trouble is that our over -capital- ized financial structures• have not been able to cope with problems of distribution, and they say they will destroy .the surplus and curtail pro- duction. "They confess failure. Really; there is no surplus until all the need';" of ail in the human family have been met. The economy of all progressive parties by whatever name they are called, is to plan in accord with na- ture and science abundant production of the good things which our soil, climate and industry can produce in variety and excellence, and then do what our governments and financial magnates have failed to do, that is provide orderly marketing, selling and distributing. It surely can .be done—all things are possible to them that have faith and courage and ini- tiative." Turning to the educational poli- cies of the province, Mr. Medd scor- ed the suggestion of the Premier that the department should "rest on its oars." The present 1s a time, he said, when progress should be made. He advocated more freedom of ac- tion and a less -centralized control. "Stereotyped dogmatic systems," he said, "do not make for education- al progress. Progress depends largely on character and ability to teach and the personal initiative of the teacher. Latitude to deal with local conditions and individual schol- ars should be allowed." Mr. Medd quoted President C. W. Stanley of Dalhousie University to :bearout his...= criticism on this score, CANADIAN DIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYS EARNINGS Theros g s revenues of the all-in- clusive Canadian National Railways System for the week ending February 14th, .1934, were $2,747,848, as com- pared with $2,316.04, for the corse spending period of 1933, an increase.:- of $431,802. GOD•E3i,IOH: At the annual meet- ing of the Goderich Post,' Canadian Legion, held on Thursday night, the • following officers were appointed: Past president; :Major A. H. Jane; president, J. W. MacVicar; vice-pre- sidents, :Chas. Barker, George Schae- fer; secretary, Wm. Mood; treasurer,' F. Rooth; assistant treasurer and - pension advocate, Mayor A. H. Jane; sergeant -at -arms, Roy 'McLean; - members of executive, D. E. Camp- bell, B.;.Wark, J. MeNevin, M. Clair- mont, F. Bt' Riley, W. D. Saunders, Howard Robertson. MR. ROBERTSON WOULD RAVE' - GOVERNMENT ASSUME ALL COSTS AS TO HIGHWAYS Asks Numerous Questions Declaring the Province of Ontario• - receives nearly :$20,000,000 from gas tax, license plates and drivers' per- mits, Charles A. Robertson (Lib., North Huron) on 'Monday gave no- tice of a motion in the Legislature in which he seeks to have the House declare - itself in favor of relieving the counties of all cost of provincial' highways. Questions placed on the order pa- per are indicative of a continuation of Opposition attacks on the Liquor Control Board and the recent provin- cial loan. Mr. Robertson asks the Government to inform hint who were the purchasers of the recent loan of ' 540,000,000, "What price was ob- tained by. the Ontario Government upon the par value of such bonds? What vas the cost of advertising the sale of such bands? What was the cost of legal opinions in respect to the terms of validity of such bonds?' What legal firms or Iawyers were re- tained to give opinions in respect to' such bonds?" Mr. Robertson asked what salaries, . and travelling expenses were allowed ' each member of the Workmen's Com- pensation Board in the years 1930,'31, '32, '33, and what qualifications pro- fessionally each member of the board ' possesses. He also inquired how many members of the board were mechanics or factory workers and ' how many were ex -service men. Mr. Robertson also seeks the name of the public trustee for the province and the :names of the staff in his of- fice and their salaries. He also asks what fees were re- ceived through the trustee's office during 1931, '32, '33 and upon whose recommendation the public trustee retains solicitors to represent him, outside of Toronto. The names of ' the firms or solicitors who have represented the public trustee in On— tario during 1932-33 ere requested. WHEN you suddenly realize it's her birthday ... and you can't tell her you forgot k ... and you're miles apart Get to a telephone ... a Long Distance call will make both of you happy. For forgetful husbands, and anybody else, the telephoneis always ready. A Long, Distance call now is as simple and easy as talking across the street. Look in the front of your directory and see how low the rates are -100 miles or so for as little as 30 cents.