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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-04-26, Page 6ii Timely Information for the Busy Farmer the Department of Agriculture (1+'t7,xnished by p) More Canadian Pears Wanted up in working the soil, and so will The Canadian Bartlett pear canned pack has few equals and no superior in any world market. In that event, there is room here for growers to increase the quantity of Bartletts and reduce production :ocsts'of come menially desirable fruit, in :order to gain a more complete command of do- mestic requirements and to take ad- vantage of the opportunity to export. The annual pear crop in Canada does not exceed half .a million bushels and this amount appears to fall short of the fresh consumption and :cannery, requirements of the country, while the difficulty with regard to the lat- ter is due largely to a shortage of suitable varieties. Lamb and Wool Prices Wool prices are an important fac, for in maintaining lamb prices. Lamb pelts are now in :the dollar range of values, and -this is an essen- tial item in reducing wholesale ,car- cass costs. Already, as a result of more encouraging lamb and wool prices, there are many inquiries for breeding' ewes. It is to be expected, that there will be a bto'•ad market for all classes of ewe stock in 1934. The strong demand for wools on British, Australian and New Zealand mar- kets indicates a very healthy condi- tion, in so far as the outlook for 1934 is concerned. World production is estimated to be lower and the wool market for 1934 is encouraging. Crop Improvement Evidence Evidence of crop improvement that has resulted from. the production and general use ,of registered and certi- fied seed of wheat over a period of thirty years in Canada may be ob- served in the relatively high yield per acre of the crop as a whole and in the sustained high quality for milling purposes, as reflected in the premiums generally received for Can, adieu wheat in the principal export markets. With other cereal grains, the results are very much in evidence in .those areas where oats, barley or other kinds sof grain predominate. In those areas in which coarse grains form the amain cash crop, the crop as a whole is traceable as a rule within a few years .to pure variety seed stock. .1t is from those areas that the best and most uniform quality grain for commerce is derived. Bury Corn Stubble "Any corn grdwer this spring can do a great deal to. save himself a lot of unnecessary handpicking of corn stubble if he will use care and fore- thought in his method of dealing with his corn field," states L. Caesar, Pro- vincial Entomologist. "If he plows the field carelessly and does not bury the stubble well he is sure to drag it j have a rat of hand ickin Also if he uses, a •toothed cultivator instead' of a disc he will drag up a lot of stubble. In every county there are many men who deal with therm fields in such a way that they rarely have to do any hand-picking. What :one man can db another can often do as well or nearly as well. Su it is hoped that every one will try to exercise the necessary care •this spring, and so save himself a lot of trouble in complying with the act" Current Crop Report Reports received from the Agricul, tural Representatives would indicate that the condition of fall wheat in Ontario is still in doubt. Certain sections report'that the crop is green- ing up but a great many of the roots are weakened, and unless the wea- ther is favourable, a considerable ar- ta will have to be cultivated and re - sown to spring crops. Farmers who are dependent on 1932 seedlings for their hay crop will be obliged to rely on annual hay crops. At auction sales prices are considerably improv- ed over last year, especially prices paid for horses. Maple syrup will apparently be a light rbn as the re- ports from practically all the maple syrup districts show a decrease in production. tion, .' of overwintering caterpillars (786) made in a Vineland orchard this week indicates that codling moth mbrtality is only; in the neighborhood of 20 per cent. In otherr parts of the province, where much colder temper- atures were experienced, the mortal. ity will run much higher,;,but we feel reasonably certain that in all Ontar- io apple orchards sufficient larvae will' have survived in sheltered spots to necessitate the application of the sprays outlined in the Ontario spray calendar. Timothy Seed Production Domestic production 'of timothy seed in Canada is still far short of consumption, so that still further production sof this crop may be en- couraged. Timothy ,ordinarily yields from 200 to 300 pounds of seed per acre, and growers have received on an average about 61/3 cents per pound for the seed basis No, 1 grade, over the past three years. Canada uses annually about 10 million pounds of timothy seed and until 1931 some 8 million ,pounds of this was imported from the United States. Domestic production since 1931 has been greatly stimulated by educational ac- tivities and the prospect of a large domestic market. As a result pro, duction increased from less than: a million pounds to some 5 million pounds in 1932, but declined to about 2,700,00 pound's in 1933 due to un- favourable weather conditions. Blood -Testing of Cattle R. B. Faith, Director of Extension, for the Holstein -Friesian Asosciation of Canada, who was the guest -spea- ker at the annual spring meeting of the Perth County holstein Breeders' Club held at Stratford said that blood testing for the control of Bang's Dis- ease has been making remarkably Canadian Asparagus Outlet good progress hi many parts of the province of Ontario since the work Canadian growers of asparagus with suitable production conditions and conveniently situated for delivery may well study the possibilities of this crop, for ,sone of the Canadian canners have found Canadian aspar- agus to be much superior to the Californian product. Consequently, three has been a very satisfactory de- mand which has resulted in plans to expand output to a considerable ex- tent. Although the acreage and yield of asparagus in Canada is relatively small, the latest figures show an in-, creasing acreage during the past three years in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia, while at the same time the output of canned asparagus shows considerable expansion. There is also an increasing export market. The yield of some 1,000 acres in On- tario is front 1,800 to 3,000 pounds per acre, approximately about two- thirds of the yield being sold ordinar- ily to canners at 8 to 11 cente a pound. The Codling Moth has Not Been Wiped Out Reports have been published re- cently to the effect that in Ontario apple orchards the codling moth was eradicated or reduced to insignificant numbers by the low winter tempera- tures. This is far from being the ease in the Niagara district. An examinee WHEN your wife goes away for a visit . and your young son .raises Ned ... and you can't do anything with hire .. . Get his Mother on Long Distance . it's the surest way to bring her home. ®You don't have to be a family man to find a friend in Long Distance. It s'ilh help you out in many ways, quickly, easily and' inexpensively. You can talk 100 miles for as little as 30c. See list of rates in the front of your directory. was first taken on by the breeders in I a serious minded way more than a year ago, and he predicted that be- fore long every large breeding area would be engaged in it. Already near- ly two hundred herds had been found fully negative under the Federal pol- icy, while a much larger number were under process of being cleaned up. The view was expressed by Mr. Faith that the day was not far distant, when breeders whose herds were not under test, would find it more diffi- cult than happens to be the case at the present time, to obtain 'markets at profitable prices for surplus' cattle which had to be gold, whereas those herds free of the disease would oc- cupy a most favorable position in be- ing able to capitalize on their a- chievement. Inoculate Your Soy Beans In order to obtain the full benefit of the leguminous properties of soy- beans it is necessary to inoculate the seed before planting. This is panti, cularly important the first year a crop is grown, and should be contin- ued each year until a good crop of nodules is found on the roots of the plants. It should be remembered that it is the bacteria in these nod- ules which have the power of trans- forming the nitrogen from the air in- to a form that is available to the plants. Therefore it follows that the greater the number of nodules on the roots, the more nitrogen will be fixed in the soil to be available for the sue- ceeding crop and the full leguminous properties of the soybean •crop utiI- ized. The fact is assumed by many that if the soil is inoculated for alfalfa or sweet clover it is also inoculated for soybeans. This is not true, since the 'organism: which forms the nod- ules on soybean roots is distinct from others and will only inoculate soy- beans. It is therefore necessary to obtain soybean culture from your county agricultural representative or the Division of Bacterialogy, 'Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, and to follow closely :the instructions which come with each bottle, Once the soiI in a field is inoculat- ed and the reots of the plants show a good crop of nodules when examined, soil from: this field may be used to inoculate sod to be ,sown in other fields. The 'method is very simple, as a quantity of the inoculated soil' is taken and sufficient water added to make a thin mud, This Is, sprinkled lightly over the seed just prior to planting. Care should be taken to see that all seed receives some of this mud but does not become too wet. Planting should be done as soon as possible after inoculation. Until it is certain that the soil, in all fields to be used for growing soy- beans is suffiiciently supplied with these organisms, it is advisable to in. oculate each year. Onee a good in- oculation has been obtained the nor- mal rotation of erops will serve to maintain the supply of nitrogen -fix- ing bacteria, and the full benefits of this legume crop will be realized.' Supply Ample Range for Growing Chicks It nearer pays to overt -crowd chicks Bread and Flowers Petition of that ancient story." THURS., APRIL 26,:1934 modern 'industrialism is only the re - It was George Macdonald who in due season. Thou openest thine' hand, and'satisfiest the desire of ev- ery living thing." There is indeed 'a very real sense in which life—all life—may be sum- med up as a matter of hunger and its satisfaction, But the hunger' for bread is only one, and that not the most important, of the hungers, inci- dent to human life, .Even in an age of doubt and universal 'questioning we are still sure of some things, and one of the truths of which we are most certain just now is, that man complained that no one had yet, writ- ten the poetry of hunger, had built up its stairs-, of grand ascent fr=. the common hunger for bread,, up the white marble scale to that hunger and '• thirst after righteousness, whose very longings' are bliss. Hunger may be a very terrible thing, and it would be difficult, to see much that could be called poetic about that which has so often swept whole regions of the world like a plague, carrying both man and beast to a cruel death. But it may also be, and indeed mostly is, a very blessed shaII not live by .bread alone. It is thing; for is it not a prime prere_ !much more than a mere figure of quisite to the health of every living speech to say that men hunger for creature? truth, and beauty, and righteousness,' and love, and God. And it is a corn- And oinAnd so there have been those who monplace but a divine commonplace could grow truly lyrical even over hunger for the meat that perisheth, The Hebrew psalmist was in this mood as he pictured the bird in its nest and the beast in its lair and the child in its eradle, each crying for the food that is both its right and neces, sity: "The eyes of all , wait upon thee and .thou givest them their meat on the range to that point where there is Iittle or no green feed avail- able. When chickens appear to deveI. op well in bare yards or overcrowded range they are apparently thriving in spite of adverse conditions and will probably show the results of the lack of succulent greens when too late to correct the damage. Infeomiat• stock, lower winter production, ,and ultimate failure are :common results of over- crowding the range after the birds are out of the brooder stage. Give as much fresh ground as pos- sible on range where poultry has not had the run for at least two years and which has since been plowed, lim- ed, and cropped --a treatment that will tend to purify the soil and de- stroy the parasites that may be pre- sent, —to add that, with the hunger of the Mind and heart and soul unsatisfied, man simply does not begin to live in any true sense of the word. It was surely another poet, though no man seems to know his name with certain- ty, who uttered this oft -quoted frag- ment of philosophy. "If thou hast two loaves, sell one and buy some flowers of the narcissus." We were thinking of these things as we looked toward this garden number of The New Outlook, and our mind went wandering away over the fields and gardens of the world, and to sine well -remembered scenes in literature and in life. We knew with a fresh assurance why flowers have always bloomed around the cabin ,of the peasant and the palace of the king; and why there must be lily -work on the pillars of the tem- ple, and red geraniums in the cot- tage windows of the people; and why Richard Le 'Gallienne could be sure that "a house without a garden is only a temporary home," and how "Alpha of the Plough" could declare that "the spiritual disaster of man is symbolized by his exclusion from a garden, and the moral tragedy or ' W'b saw David Grayson en a June day, sitting on the stone fence that divided e Ind d his farm from' that , of a neighbor, and harvesting from the field of Horace rich craps which that thrifty, matter-of-fact neighbor nev- er knew he owned: "the fleabane and the daisies, and the yellow five -finger. I'm taking that crop now, and later I shall gather in the rowen of goldenrod and ester, and the red and yellow of the maple trees—and .store it all away in my bank—to live en next winter." We were back again at the mar- ket -gate of a great industrial city, on a Friday morning, watching the housewives stream forth with their purchases, They were the wives ,of the workmen of a famous shipyard, of the factory hands in the home of the linen industry, and of the labor- ers whose scant, 17uge could bear no strain of luxury; many •of them were among the poorest of the poor. In one hand each carried .a market -bag, filled with the fresh vegetables that put brawn and muscle into the arms of the meat who built the Titanic, or swept the city streets; in the other hand almost every one of them car- ried a pot of flowers—sometimes just a little red geranium for the window or a handful of wild bloom that would cost the cou- ple of pence they could ill afford but would bring a touch of beauty into a home without a foot of garden in a street beyond the sight of a tree. We knew "that they were making a natural and a brave attempt to satis- fy the hunger for beauty, as well as the hunger for bread. Wb felt, in- deed, as though we had been present at an early morning sacrament, and that we were somewhere along the stairway of grand ascent which George Macdonald dreamed of, as- cending "from the common hunger for bread, up the white marble scale, to that hunger and thirst after right- eousness whose very longings are bliss."—The New Outlook. GODERICH: A daffodil' and tulip,• show` in May, a rose and peonie show in June, with the annual flower show in August, is the projected program of Goderich Horticultural Society, decided upon at a meeting presided over by 'President R. Stonehouse,.. Secretary Edwards reported that large quantities of -tulips, lies" iris, dahlia 'bulbs, rose bushes and shrubs, under the co-operative plan had been distributed among - members with a view of again mak- ing Goderich a beautiful summer spot. EXETER: At the regular meeting - of the municipal council, W'illianir Waring, who for the past two years - has been night watchman, was ap- pointed night constable at a salary or $12 a week. A night •watchman was first appointed a few years ago fol bowing several burglaries at night;. • and upon the petition of the mer- ehants who voluntarily assumed most of the cost. 'when the legality of -• such an appointment was questioned - this year, the council' created the new position and the village ratepayers will assume the entire cost. The con- stable will have new power to arrest: - and will serve the entire village. 1141.11.41111. NOT NEEDED Wifey—There's an old -clothes man. at the door. Hubby—Tell him' I've got alt 1 - need. YOUR LIVER'S MAKING YOU FEEL OUT OF SORTS Wake up your Liver Bile —No Calomel needed' When you feel blue, depressed ,our on the • world, that's your liver which ianit pouring itt • daily two pounds of liquid bile into your bowela- Digestion and elimination are being slowed up, food in accumulating and decaying inside • you and making you feel wretched. Mere bowel -movers like salts, oil, mineral water, laxative candy or chewing gum, er roughage, don't go far enough. You need a liver stimulant. Carter's Little Liver Pilla is the beet one. Safe. Purely vete- • table. Sure. Ask for them by name, Refute: ,ubatitutea. 25o, at all druggists. fa FACTS ABOUT HYDRO No. 3 of a series of official announcements by the Ontario Municipal Electric Association, representing the Municipalities who own the Hydro -Electric System of Ontario. N5� 'rf J0 ray 9 it 171 31 ASSOC.IAT1O14.• Why Hydro Buys Power Hydro has always obtained its power supplies from whatever source has, from time to time, been determined to be most economical. In the earlier years of Sir Adam Beck's administration, 98 % of the power dis- tributed to Hydro municipalities was purchased from private sources. Then it became economical to build or acquire generating stations. At the present time Hydro owns forty power -producing plants. Power demands must be provided for—years in advance. The Commission was prevented, by international and other circumstances, from further development of Ontario's, large power resources on the Niagara, St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers. The only economical course left was to purchase—as the Commission did—low-cost power from available sources. The following table sets forth the growth of your great Hydro undertaking through the years: Growth of Municipalities and Consumers Served and Electric Power Generated and Purchased AVERAGE NUMBER OP PERIOD MUNICIPALITIES CONSUMERS 1910 to 1914 Incl. 1915 to 1919 Incl. 1920 to 1924 Incl. 1925 to 1929 Incl. 1930 to 1933 Incl. 45 205 345 528 728 77,853 175,702 343,280 486,521 603,880 PEAR. DEMAND ALL SYSTEMS 91,338 325,046 769,952 1,163,744 1,514,040 POWER GENERATED HORSEPOWER PER CENT. 1,863 2 242,634 75 726,867 94 960,193 82.5 974,084 64.3 Powell Penc,s,SED HORSEPOWER PER CENT. $9,475 82,412 43,085 203,551 539,956 98 25 6 17.5 35.7 It is the considered opinion of this Association that Hydro has pursued a cautious, business- like, and far-sighted policy in the purchase of supplementary power and that present power reserves are not excessive. The general policy of the Commission respecting purchased power has been initiated with the approval of the municipalities and endorsed by the Hydro associations. These Hydro municipalities know the power requirements, and are obligated to supply the ever-growing demand for low-cost Hydro service in their respective districts. ONTARIO MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Chairman, Controller James;Simpson, Toronto Prank L. Mason, Oshawa T. W. McFarland, London * Keep this informative statement and watch for, further statements by the Publicity Committee.