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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-05-24, Page 6]AGE N W5 AN P NI 1 JEREST imely Information for the Busy,Farmer Furnished by the Department of Agriculture •) Farm Plans Draw a plan: of the farm, marking. on each field the kind of crap grown this year, the variety, rate of seed- ing, applicationof manure and fer- tilizer, and any other information that may be of use, .If a recordof this kind is made each year it will. be found of great value in the fu- ture. Percherons in Demand Sales of Perch crop pure bred stock this spring have i'een very Heavy,e the' demand is much greater than the supply, and it is only those who are willing to pay good prices that are able to buy at all. Breeders are reaping a really geed harvest, from those who want to get Percher - ons these days. Prices are at least $200.00 per head higher than they were a year ago, and the demand for two-year old stallions, because they do not cost just as much as the more matured horse, is tremendous. Outlook Encouraging for Poultry Farmers According to reports received' at the Poultry Division, Central Experi- mental Farm, there has been con- siderable indication of much poorer hatching results than were ordinar- ily obtained in previous years, These comparatively small hatches will un- doubtedly leave their impression on the supply of dressed poultry and eggs available in Canada this com- ing autumn. With these results in mind it should be safe to forecast that farmers throughout Canada should receive comparatively good Prices for poultry; produce in the coming fall and winter. Liming Materials Ground limestone, slaked lime, and marl are employed as soil dressings to correct acidity and furnish lime for plant growth. Of these sources of lime ground limestone, its comp position and fineness should be con- sidered; a good grade material will contain at least 80 per cent of car, bonate of lime and for a prompt ac- tion in the soil 60 per cent should pass a sieve of 80 meshes to the lin- ear mesh sieve. Must Spray Hawthorn It is, now,conipulsory„that;,al1' ape, pie and' hawthorn trees'vwithin three' 't hundred yards of an orchard the owner of which has applied for cer- tification, must be thoroughly spray- ed for apple maggot or cut down prior to July 1. All spraying must lee effected in accordance with the recommendation set forth in the official spray calendar. This action is necessary to meet the require: meats of the British Government with regard to Canadian apples ex- ported to the Old Country market. Toronto Fruit Auction A new development in Toronto, during the past couple of weeks, is the establishment of a fruit auction. located in the Terminal Warehouse, at the foot of York Street. So far, facilities are available on- ly to straight cars of imported fruits and vegetables. Sales are be - 1 ing held three days a week commence , ing at 7.00 a.m., while the display rooms are open one hour earlier in eider to permit buyers to inspect products to be put up for sale. Commenting on this development, C. W. Bauer, secretary, Ontario Growers' Marketing Couneie said: "Whether or not the facilities will be made available to domestic pro- duce, lies entirely with the manage- ment. However, in my opinion, the scheme is worthwhile watching and, if made available to Ontario grow- ers, might prove a partial solution to our Toronto marketing problems.” ,Grain Pamphlet Offered A' new, pamphlet bearing on the best varieties of grain and prepared by the Cereal Division, Dominion Experimental Farms Branch, is now ready for 'distribution. This pam- phlet lists the varieties which are recommended, province by province, across Canada in the. case of wheat, oats, barley, peas and flax for seed. A separate pamphlet prepared joint- ly by the Cereal Division and the On- tario Agricultural College, dealing with both spring and winter wheat in Ontario, is also available. Slow Sale at Yards Recent shipments of cattle to the Union Stock Yards at Toronto, ac- cording to the Ontario Marketing Board, show too many unfinished loads. Tkis, of course, has resulted in extensive hold -overs. Stocker cattle of good type and in good flesh, on the other hand, met with ready sale for the export market. Lateness of spring and shortage of feed have forced more unfinished stock on the market than usual. Un- til more grass is available, however, slow selling may be expected. •Ontario Honey .Exports 80 % of Dominion Total Exports of Canadian honey have been increasing steadily for the past five years, from 1,744,871 pounds in 1929 to some 2,806,770 pounds in 1933. Of the total exported in 1929, 1,213,229 pounds went to the United Kingdom, while in 1933 approxi-. WH E N you finally lewd the job you've been after ... and things look much brighter . and you're feeling happy . u I Tell your family by Long Distance • it will make therm happy too. •Spread good news, get help, vanish lonesome ness—by telephone.' Long Distance takes you where yon want to go, quickly, dependably, economically — 100 miles or so for as little as 30c. ,,See rates in the front of your directory. mately 2,213,899 pounds were sent to the same market,definitely indicat- ing a growing market for Canadian honey in Great Brita;n. It is gratifying to note that for the years 1930 to 1933, according to an estimate of G. R. Paterson, sec- retary, Ontario Export Association; Ontario has contributed about eighty per cent. of all honey exported from Canada. Egg Grade Responsibility Incase of dispute about properly marked cases of graded eggs, the Canadian egg regulations are quite explicit. No case or container' of eggs is considered to be properly marked if, upon examination by an inspector, the case is found to con- tain more than an average of 0 per cent. below grade, apart from break- age. In transactions between whole- salers, or between a wholesaler and a retailer, any complaints by the purchaser with respect to eggs be- low grade must be made to the sel- ler within 36. hours of the receipt of the eggs.. Thus, responsibility as to eggs below grade is upon the seller for the period ;of 36 hours after de- livery to the buyer. After ,,the ex- piration of 36 hours the responsibil- ity as to eggs, below grade is upon the person in whose possession such eggs are found. Feeding Baby Chicks The average farmer or poultryman has no time to experiment with feeds and methods of feeding. There is no need for them to do it. Govern., ment institutions and feed manufac- turers have done the experimenting and have made available a balanced feed or a formula whereby the poul- tryman may buy the separate in- gredients and mix a balanced feed at his own plant. Brooding chicks in large numbers, whether in the brooder house or bat- tery brooders, has called for extent sive experimenting on the part of someone in order to determine what is the most suitable mixture of feeds for the first three or four weeks, and then in what proportions they should be mixed for developing the chick once it is on the range. It was possible to use bread, oat- meal, onion tops and hardboiled eggs to feed young chicks when there were only 3 or 4 dozen being brood- ed by hens, and at a season when the weather was quite warm: In those days eggs were scarce and high priced during the late fall and winter months; but by artificial In, eubation and brooding chicks are hatched and raised at all seasons of the year, and winter eggs are almost as common as summer eggs. The scientists and the manufacturers have combined many Ingredients to make a feed that has taken the guesswork out of feeding. It is largely a matter of keeping the feed before the chicks, the brooder house clean, at the proper tempera- ture and suitably ventilated. The chicks live and grow. Late .Hatches are not Profitable There is generally a tendency at this season of the year to continue hatching operations, especially if the early hatches have been disap- pointing. Although it is not always the case, generally speaking, it is not advisable to continue hatching heavy breeds after April and the lighter breeds about the middle of May, if they are to be brought into produlctton by October the most desirable month to insure a good yield during the 'season of peak prices. Experiments at the Domin- ion Experimental . Station, Harrow, Ontario, show that while later hatch- ing with judicious feeding may pro- duce winter layers) forcing to matur- ity will usually . result in a disap, pointment in egg -size and smaller.. bodied birds. If the stock cockerels are now to be removed from the mating pens— and this practice is most desirable when the eggs are to be marketed— then they should be fed sparingly a normal ration not toe rich in animal feed. They will be kept in better condition if they can be given the liberty of a grass range some die. tante away from the hens, and fed a limited quantity . of grain and a light dry mash in which the meat meals should not exceed ten per cent, Cannibalism is rampant at this season of the year in some flocks Hof chickens. Although this trouble Is usually •the result of injudicious feeding, it is frequently caused' by overcrowding the brooder, lack of feeding hopper space, or poor venti- lation in the brooder. The remedy is the correction of one or all of these faults. Cultivation of Soybeans is Important Soybeans respondreadilyto cuiti- vation. Growers of ' this crop will find that when soybeansare to be harvested ' for seed the crop should be planted in -roves sufficiently far apart to permit cultivation during the sgrnmer. Rows: 30 inches apart THEIRS., MAY 24, 1934 .'_ Disinfecting Tubers to Control Rhizoctonia Disease ('Experimental Farms 3'ote) Although the stem canker and black surf'disease (popularly known as Rhizoctinia) of potato stems and tubers, respectively, cannot be con- trolled completely h/y disinfection of the tubers this practice should be continued. The foregoing conclusion is based on a statistical analysis of a large number of field tests con- ducted in 1933 by the Dominion Lab- oratory of Plant Pathology situated at, and co-operating with, the 'Uni- versity of Alberta, Edmonton. These tests were located at the federal experimental stations at Kentsville, Ste. Anne de la Pocatiere, Indian Read, and Saanichton, and at sever- al farms in the vicinity of Edmon- ton, as well as at the University farm here. Thus, a wide range of soil types was obtained, including conditions from virgin prairie to old cultivated soil. The fungps causing this disease is common, and often abundant' in practically all cultivated soils, and even in those virgin. It increases with cultivation in rich soils, even in the absence of a crop of potatoes. Of the two important sources of loss, the reduction in yield from can, ker on the stem is greater than the market loss from the black ecruf on. the potatoes. Results demonstrate' that the stems may be heavily can- kered in a given season, and yet lit- tle or no sclerotia accumulate on the tubers, and vice versa. Usually the disease is present more consistently on. the stems than on the tubers. The reasons for this are not yet fully understood. By killing the black, fungal masser. of scurf on the tubers the grower is reducing • the damage to the stem from this source, but, of course, the benefit from treatment must be in proportion to the natural infestation oe the soil. That is to say, where soil infestation is light, considerabile benefit will accrue, but where it is abundant .the actual protection af- forded cannot be great. With regard fax scurf on the tuber, the protection is, unfortunately, not always satis- factory. In spite of these difficule ties the cost of treating scurfy seed is repaid. Pasture phate of ammonia, if cheaper. Improvement rochalk may be used instead' of sul- P II 4. Keep the field pastured fairly closely, or to about.1% to 2 inches, (Experimental' Farms Note) Five . years of experimental work at the Dominion Experimental Farm at Nappan, N.S., have resulted in a marked increase in the carrying ca, parity' of the fertilized pastures as compared with unfertilized adjacent areas. In these experiments fertil- ization has given increases ranging from 31' to 42 per cent more than on unfertilized land. If butterfat is 20 cents per pound and the production 20 pounds of 5 per cent milk per cow per day, the increased carrying capacity over the untreated area would show net re- turns of from e4.59 to $8.41 per acre per year, after paying for the fertil- izer applied. It has been found necessary to provide extra pasturage during Aug- ust and September after the first rank growth is over. This has been met by mowing a clover field early and pasturing the aftermath. This procedure is recommended to any farmer to follow, whether he is fer- tilizing his permanent pasture or not, providing he selects a field that is dry or well drained. If pastured when the ground is soft, much da, mage may result from punching the sod full of holes. ' The fertilizers used in these ex- periments are sulphate of ammonia] 100 pounds; superphosphate 301' pounds and muriate of potash 75 pounds per acre applied early in the spring. Another application of 100 pounds sulphate of ammonia is ate, plied late in June. This complete fertilizer should be applied at least once every three years, where the nit, rogen fertilizer should be applied ev- ery year. The procedure recommended for those interested is as folews:--+ 1. Select a field 'near the stable that has a continuous supply of wa- ter and preferably has a shaded area connected with it. 2. If in poor state of fertility, ape ply the complete fertilizer early in the spring two years in succession, then once every three years. 3. Apply the nitrogen carrying fere tilizer every year and preferably in two applications, one in April and one in June. Nitrate of soda or nit - have given good results at the Do- minilon Experimental •Sitation, Har- row, Ontario, liut somewhat closer planting may also be found •satisface tory. The principal object of culti, vation is to keep down weed growth which is impossible with the broad- cast method of planting once the weeds get started ahead of the soy- beans. oybeans. The additional work involv- ed in cultivating will be well repaid in an inereased yield of good quality beans. The eontrol of weeds is al- ways to be desired and where this eau be done with the soybean crop by regulating the distance of plant• ing advantage should be taken of the opportunity offered. When soybeans are planted 'tither in rows or Broadcast it has been found advisable to give the field a light stroke with the harrow soon af, ter the beans are up. If the soil has a tendency to puddle or eruct after a rain this should be done sooner td allow the beans to get through the hard crust. This harrowing ehould be done either straight or diagonally across the rows. The results of this practice are the loosening of the soil to allow the Means to get up, the cone trol :of weeds which may have start- ed, and the thinning of the stand of plants to normal which es 2% to three inches apart The early har- rowing, followed by three or four cultivations between the rows while the plants are, growing, will .be found extremely valnable• in producing a good crop of soylleans. ] using heifers and ,horses if neces- sary. 5. Mow a dlover field in ]ate June to provide aftermath for the stock that will need to be removed from the pasture field in August when growth is Less rapid. 6. Scatter the droppings with a fork or harrow. 7. If growth gets ahead 'of the stock, mow .the field before the grass starts to head, • READ ALL THE ADS. IN THE NEWS -RECORD —IT WILL PAY YOU— GODE•RIOH: The barbers and hairdressers of this townhavie asked: town council to pass legislation plac- ing a tax' on transients, members of their profession who come from Lon- don and other cities for one and two day's stay. The request was .refer red to the special committee without discussion, • WINGHAM: Members of St. Paul's Anglican Church met in the school room of the church, to spend a social evening with their rector, Rev. Ernest Hayes and Mrs. Hayes, prior to their departure from Wing - ham. peeve I. S. Wright, ;of Turn-, berry, who was chairman, expressed his regret at losing such valued friends as Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. A presentation was made- to Mr. and Mrs. Hayes. Mrs. Richard Clegg read an address which expressed the regret of the congregation at their departure, and tendering them the best wishes in their ne wsphere of labor. Miss Burdette McCracken presented Mr. Hayes with a beauti- ful private communion set and Mrs. J. W. Dodds presented a gold chain and cross to Mrs. Hayes. Both ex, pressed their appreciation for the serviceable gifts, also the loyalty and kindness shown them during their stay in Winghaen. Mr. Hayes, ac- companied by his nephew, Erie Bib- by, will sail for England from Mon- treal on the S. S. Moncalnr May 27, while Mrs. Hayes will leave later. GODERICH: Hugh Mclilwain passed away at his home here Fri- day afternoon after a brief illness in his 84th year. Mr. McIllwain was a native +of Goderich Township and had lived there until five years ago, when he moved to Goderich. It was while visiting his sister, Mrs. Grif- fith, on the Bayfield Road, that he took ill last Sunday. IIe was remov- ed tb his home, where pneumonia deo,- veloped, resulting in his :death.Dur=- ing his Iong residence in Goderich. Township he farmed: He was a:. Presbyterian and' a member of L.O, L. 145: He is - survived' by three - sons, George and Samuel, Goderich, and Robert, Bayfield, and'- by one - daughter, as. ;T. Battles o£' Win- throp. The funeral was herd on Mon day from his 'late residence, Huron Read; to Maitland Cemetery: EXETER: Mrs. T.' Stafford" Woods, wife of the manager of the • Bank of Montreal here, died 'sudden, ly Thursday apparently from a heart attack. Mrs. Woods was• found in the liasemenli of the build-' • ing which houses the .bank and 'the manager's home, .by the caretaker, Thomas Coliingwood: The door lead- ing to the basement stairway was • open and Mrs. Woods li'ad apparent., ly been going down the stairs.when she fell. Her glasses were broken and lying nese, the body and' a slight trickle of blood flowed from a head'" wound. Dr. Welliam .Weekes, cor- oner, was called and said that Mrs. Woods had been dead only a few minutes. He 'decided an inquest ' would be unnecessary. 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