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The Clinton News Record, 1934-06-07, Page 6nom MIR CLarrON RECO THURS., JUNE 7, 1934 .1111111.1, NEWT AND INTEREST TO FARMERS Timely Information for the Farmerbus_ iFurnished b the e Department of of A icul u re. 1 Light Weight Lambs The marketing of spring lambs at too light weights is a most'unfortun- ate practice, since it incurs a heavy loss of revenue to the producer and causes a decrease in consumption. In. the main, it is quite feasible for the producers to hold back their lambs until the animals have reached as round 60 pounds and show reasonab- ly good finish. Thin, underweight spring lambs sell for less than half the price of acceptable weights, well finished. C Current Crop Reoprt Continued drouth during the month of May in most districts of the pro, vince has seriously affected the hay outlook. Fall wheat, strawberries, in fact the majority of crops have al• so suffered from lack of moisture. Frosts occurred in some parts of On- tario, with Grey County reporting a loss of 70,000 tomato plants in the Meaford area from this cause. Peel County ,reports sales of baby chicks chick hatcherieswell upto the by average of recent years, also a pro- nounced drop in chick disease inquir- ies. 90 per cent. of the baby chicks sold there were from blood -tested flocks. Essex has thousands of acres of good alfalfa and red clover, stand- ing thick on the ground, hut frosts and dry weather have held these crops back, too. York County es- timates a loss of two-thirds of its hay crop. Crops of peas, oats, soy beans and millet are being sown to replace the lost hay crop. Prescott and Rus. sell in Eastern Ontario reports that most of the shrubs, vines and fruit trees were seriously affected by cold weather last winter, 9'k :§c ark Fallows East and West An excellent method of eraticating weeds is to place the land for one season in summer fallow. In Eastern Canada this method vs very rarely employed, but in Western Canada the summer fallow is a regular part of the great majority of crop rotations. In Western Canada the summer fal- low is used not only to destroy weeds but to conserve moisture from one year to another. In Eastern Canada, on the other hand, where sufficient moisture is usually available, the summer fallow is rarely used in rota- tions. Experiments show that, where weeds are not a factor, spring seeded crops do not give any larger yield when following summer fallow than when grown on; land which has been cropped the previous year. ' On some fields, however, where the land is very badly infested with weeds, and where time and labor will not permit the necessary cultivation to handle these weeds in the regular rotattonl a summer fallow may be necessary. Under these circumstances, the land should be plowed in the fall'if pos- sible, or, if not then, as early in the spring as circumstances pelmit. * * *' Pasture and Hay Grassesq, Such grasses as red top, which have a•creeping root system and grow from early spring to late fall, if the weather is favorable, are es, pecially fitted for pasture, as they stand tramping and provide green food the whole season. on the other hand, they are not good for hay, ae most of the leaves are rather close to the ground. Timothy and similar grasses are less adapted for pastus. ing, as their bunchy growth 'and shallow root system make them liable to be unrooted, or at least injured by tramping. But this type of grass furnishes excellent hay. To obtain a heavy yield it is not sufficient to to choose grasses which are heavy producers when grown alone. They must be adapted to the soil and cll. mate and be able to thrive together and make the best possible use of every inch of ground. q:* iF The Password is Quality "If Canada is going to get its share of the British trade in poultry, in bacon, in live cattle, or in any oth- er of its agricultural products, the value and necessity of doing things better, not worse than competitors must be regarded as all important,') said Mr. W. A. Wilson, Canadian Government Animal Products Trade Commissioner in London, England, during his present visit to the Dom, inion. t7We made a good reputation with our first•shipments of turkeys, because the quality was there and they were graded and packed accord- ing to government standards. The, British trade responds to work well done. There is the market for Cana- dian poultry and other products and the password is Quality. "The season for exporting poultry to Britain should be designed for the 12 months of the year. Buyers over there do not want to change their source of supply if they can be assur- ed of the demand being met at all times." "Canada should follow the same policy in connection with the present opportunity open for the export of dressed chickens as it has done with turkeys exported to Britain for the 1932 and 1933 Christmas trade. The 1,000,000 pounds of turkeys shipped in 1932 were 100 per cent. as to quality. In 1933 they were not quite so good as the previous year but this Was due to some unusual difficulties hitrallirill 114111\-- gillib 11111111t Mat jIIIV°IIIIII111111111!ItIIIIIIII IIS°Ill10llllll0lllll1Illllllih°IIIiIIJI III IIII*, es � .,-�� � _�� -' r '---ter •_'.K,=-r-�-- �` - Proof ago i nst r Lightnin ,Fire Wind` irpermanenfpayin7 inues/menf E.S.P. Bern Ventilators Prevent spontaneous combustion. Prided from S5 up. {IIS{III 111111111111111111 11 Pres on Ga van Led Tanks Spec's' values lave.. 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The temperature need not be any lower' than, say, ten below zero. And they don't need to be in;surnmer non - attire either.--Goderich' Star. HEREDITY ARE 'SAYING (Continued from page 3) it was going. . The canine seems to g g d, be contented for the first week in its new quarters and then the brute dis, appeared and a week afterwards Mr. Greve found him on the farm of Mr. Charles Rose, in Logan, not far from the old Greve farrn, . where • it had made frequent trips with its owner. The dog finding strangers in the house where it had formerly made its home, hied over to Mr. Charles Rose's farm to pay him a visit and after be- ing taken back to its -neW, romping grounds the animal only remained a week and off it went again to spend another ayeek with Mr. Rose, It has now become a habit with this collie to make trips to the Logan farm. and 'then back to its new home near Sea - forth and last weelc the dog was tak- ing part in bringing the cattle to and from the pasture on Mr., Rose's farm. Mr. Greve now lets his collie dog go. and come when it pleases. • —Mitchell Advocate. FLOWER BED PARTIALLY DESTROYED AT FULLARTON The space between the sidewalk and the fence along Mrs. Looker's proper, ty opposite the post office has been a place of beauty for some years. Flow- ers of many kinds were in bloom all summer. This year its beauty was intensified by a great profusion of tu- lips. The Horticultural Society sup- plied the bulbs and the Women's In, stitute engaged a man to plant and lookafterOnthe a t r them. afters0 on of May 24th, while the Fullerton people were patronizing the races in Mitchell a carload consisting of four Iadies, or rather women, and two men, sup- posedly from Mitchell, came and took away about fifty per cent. of the flow- ers. At tiie time of writing the par- ties are not definitely known but the number of the license was taken 'so that it will not be difficult to find the owner of the car. Then something will happen. They will find out that conduct of that description will not be tolerated. -Mitchell Advocate. sib ?f' BRITAIN A DEFAULTER? A crisis will be reached in mid- June en the subject of war debt pay rents, inasmuch as the United States has intimated that token .payments will not be accepted from debtor na- tions on June 15th next and that they will be treated as defaulters af- ter that date. This step would place both Great Britain and Italy in the defaulting class and according to a United States law, would prohibit Americans from having financial dealings with those nations. It is difficult to believe that the United States will take any such action, since a disruption of financial rela- tions with Britain would cause end- less confusion and have serious con. sequences.—Norfolk Observer. TRY THIS • TEST This idea of a Nudist colony in associated with the shipping and are surmountable. Turkeys for the Bri- tish Christmas trade must reach the buyers at least one week before Christmas day." • 0: •fib Couch Grass Control Out of twenty-two methods of er- adicating couch grass tested by the Central Experimental Farm, ,Ottawa, the partial summer -fallow followed by an inter -tilled crop has given the most satisfactory results. The partial summer -fallow is coon- menced immediately after a crop of hay has been removed. The couch grass area is then ploughed to a depth of four inches and the furrows are worked down with a disk. After the sod has been sufficiently rotted the cultivator is used to bring the couch grass roots to the surface of the ground. It has been discovered from ex- periments conducted by the Field Husbandry Division that three or four days' exposure of couch grass roots on 'the surface of the ground during,warm dry weather is sufiicient to kiII them. For this reason cultiva- tion should be repeated every three or. four days during dry weather in or-' der to bring a fresh layer of couch roots to the surface. The area par- tially artially summer-faiowed in this way is ploughed again in the fall to a depth of six inches. In the following spring corn or some other intertilled crop is planted on the summer-fallowed area. The corn receives five cultivations and, two hoeings during the growing season to keep, down any remaining growth of couch grass. When one does not wish to grow an intertilled crop a smother crop such as buck. wheat may be grown instead. Spring ploughing without any previous working on the land follow., ed by an intertilled crop is a very in- effective method of controlling couch grass.. Fall ploughing, which is the usual practice, is superior to spring ploughing, but it is also very ineffec- tive. The partial summer-fa]Iow by an intertilled crop if; decidedly bet- ter than either spring or falL•plough ing. f f . Among human beings the proverb has it that fools will not learn in any other school than that of experiende. But in school and society, published recently, it is contended that children benefit by the training which their parents and grandparents had, through the third and fourth genera- tions. There is a brief report of the results of the examination of 1,000 representative gifted children, with the summarizing statement, by the psychologist, Professor Treman, that children of so many superiorities, could not have acquired them all through environment influence alone, Not only are these children themsel- ves superior, but their heredity is also "demonstratably superior." —Collingwood Enterprise -Bulletin. AN EAGLE GOES TO SCHOOL . A golden eagle, with a wing -,spread of six feet nine inches, dropped down into Oliver school yard Monday after] noon just as the bell rang and the pupils were scurrying into school. The eagle stood 27 inches high and will probably be stuffed to provide udy subject for the school. Edmonton Journal. ANOTHER SOO AIRY TALE At noon todaya fine, manly, up- standing,young Y g ollap left the Star of- fice with a copy of a paper in his hand. Ile' went across the street,— and listen 'carefully, you editors,— sat down ditors,—satdown in his car and spread out the paper. He started to thumb the pages. He passed' up the front page without notice, carefully unravelled the paper till he got his eye on pages 2 and 3, immediately wet his thumb again, and unleashed another page. Ah, here was what he wanted to see first! The editorial page! And the intelligent youth spread it out and bo gan to enjoy himself. Now why was that remarkable? Because it was the first time this column. had ever, sten anybody de- liberately hunting up the editorial page to read its contents before tack• ling any other part o£'the paper. It struck us as the outstanding' event of the day.—Sault Ste. Marie Star. • tat. CONSCIENCE MONEY Tobacco growers who read of re- ceipt of "concsience money" by the Department of National Revenue may be inclined to hope for a similar in- ner stirring among executives of to - (Continued on page 7) • COUNTY NEWS EXETER: The office of the Exe- ter Public Utilities Commission and the office of the Exeter Rural Power District are uniting and the office of the latter will be closed at the end of the present month. The work of looking after the two systems will b kept seperate as at present', but will all be done in the one building. Mn K. J. Lamp/nen, the present superin- tendent of the Rural System, will have charge of both. It hoped this way that quite a substantial saw- ing will be made for both systems. —Exeter Times-.Advgcatel SEAFORTH: An esteemed rest - dent of Seaforth passed to the great beyond on Wednesday evening, May 30th, at her home on - West William Street, in the person of 'Mrs. William L. Keys. The deceased had been confined to her bed since last Decem- ber, but on Monday last adecided change for the worse occurred, and she passed away'Wlednesday evening. M,rs. Keys, whose maiden name was Janet Augusta Hall, was born in Bayfield 81 years ago, and resided there with her parents until her mar• riage to Mr. Win. L. Keys, 61. years ago, the- ceremony :bteing performed by Rev. Mr. Gibson,—Expositor. GODEIRIOH: Owing to the com- paratively poor showing made by tulips this year, the Goderich Horti, cutural Society has decided not to hold the usual spring flower show. A rose and peony exhibition will be held later in June. GODERICH: Acting for Thomas Sturdy, former owner of the Royal Hotel, L. E. Dancey, counsel, has entered an appeal in Supreme Court from the decision of Justice Kelly, given in non -jury assize court here last month. Sturdy sued the present owner, A. J. Cooper, the town of o erich andOswaldi G d Ginn, bailiff, , for unstated damages for alleged wrongful seizure and sale of the ho- tel chattels. Justice Kelly dismissed be action with cost's: SEAFORTH: The death occurred ,on Sunday at his residence, on Jar•.•• vis street, of William G. Wlellington. Fee, avery highly esteemed resident, Mr: Fee wlio' was the' second :son of the late - Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fee, was born in Hay Tdwnship 65 years ago. He was married' in 1906 to Miss Sarah Ida Elliott and settled on the - old Homestead' in Hay. In 1919 lie disposed of Iiia fine farm and came • to, Seafortli• where he later entered ' into partnership with J. J. Murnerl iir^the flax business.. Ire after -.- wards held the position of Chief of . Police for a number• of years until he was laid aside by ill health. Last September Mr. Fee underwent an operation in the Toronto General,! Hospital, but he never seemed to re -t. cover his strength. He was an at tendant of „Northside United Cli`.iseht Surviving are his widow and' one daughter, Miss Eva F'ee, of the Sudl:- bury School staff. The funeral which' was private, took place on Wednesday,. June 6th, interment in the 'Bayfield. cemetery. ' His pastor, Rev. W. P.-. Lane was assisted by Rev. Canon E. Appleyard, of St. Thomas Anglican Church. SEAFORTIi: Britannia Masonic Lodge attended Divine service in St. Thomas Angliacn Church Sunday ev- ening when Rev. Canon E. Appleyard, assistant Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge, delivered an able and ' appropriate address. Rev. Canon A. Smith also took part in the service - The Scripture lessons s er w e read by J. G. Mullen and Dr. F. J. Burrows. The choir was assisted by Mrs. J. A. Munn and Mr. Dalton Reid. FACTS ABOUT HYDRO — No.4 of a series of official announcements by the Ontario Municipal Electric Association, representing the Municipalities who own the Hydro -Electric System of Ontario. sf ISI ITMEICLEKBIMTIS gilliELEMEMXIBBM .How Hydro helps Rural Ontario LECTRICAL service in the rural municipalities of Ontario, as provided under the administration of the Hydro -Electric Power Commission, is unsurpassed for any, comparable area and circumstances. About 3 65 Township municipalities have contracted with the Commission to supply power from the extensive transmission networks serving the urban municipalities. Rural power districts generally include parts of several townships to give the most econ- omical distribution costs. They are operated by the Commission as agent for the Townships. Rural consumers receive special advantages not conferred upon urban consumers. The Provincial Government helps in three ways: it pays half the capital costs of rural distri- bution lines and equipment; it makes loans for the purchase of wiring and equipment; and, by its guarantee, it has enabled the Commission to establish reduced maximum service charges. Rural hamletservice corresponds to urban domestic service. Farm Hydro service includes both lighting and power and thus is a combination of urban domestic service and power, service. Here are some uses for Hydro service on farms: - In the House LIGHTING COOKING WASHING REFRIGERATION IRONING VACUUM CLEANING LIGHTING BARNS PUMPING WATER MILKING COOLING MILK On the Farm CREAM SEPARATING CHURNING FEED CHOPPING ROOT PULPING SAWING WORKSHOP SILO FILLING HOT BEDS On account of the fact that electric service in the rural home is now so w'idely used that it can be considered a necessity, a five-year contract with the consumer is available in those districts where the townships 'concerned so approve. The service charge incorporated in rural rates is designed to meet the capital and operating costs of rural distribution lines and equipment required to deliver the power to the rural consumer. To reach each rural consumer there is required twenty to fifty times greater length of distribution line than to serve each urban consumer, with a corresponding increase in expense. Nevertheless, Government aid and econ- omical operation make it possible to supply farm service in Ontario, combining household use and three horsepower of agricultural power, at even less monthly cost, to the farmer than the low charges in many Ontario towns for a ,comparable domestic service plus a three -horsepower power service. Co-operation pays. In districts where farmers make full use of service, rates go, down. More than 40 per YEAR 1923 1928 1933 cent. of rural consumers pay less than the government - guaranteed maximum service charges. Energy charges are also low. More than 65 per cent.,. of all rural consumers pay a first consumption charge per kilowatt-hour of 3.6 cents net or less, and this rate applies only on from 30 to 42 kilowatt-hours (hamlet and ordinary farm services). For addi- tional energy consumed, the rate to any rural con-- sumer on sumer does not exceed 1.8 cents net per kilowatt- hour, and thousands obtain it for 1.35 cents net per kilowatt-hour. A low follow-on energy rate of 0.67 cents, net per kilowatt-hour has recently been approved' for rural users making liberal use of the service. This is a. lower follow-on rate than is available in almost anys 1 city, town or village for domestic service. ; ' Ten Years of Progress in Rural Hydro Service MILES OF RURAL PRIMARY LINE 1,050 4,100 9,175 NUMBER or PEAK Lose CAPETAL GOVERNMENT GRANT CONSUMERS HORSEPOwER INVESTMENT .ACTUALLY PAID 7,790 1,700 $1,328,000 $425,000, 31,060 16,980 $7,298,000 $3,617,.000+ 61,850 32,370 $17,694,000 $8,793,000' Hydro service brings to the citizens of the Township municipalities the comforts of urbane life. No other material agency can contribute so much to the maintenance of a standard of living which makes life in rural districts more attractive. A service that has doubled its business under the difficult conditions prevailing since 1928 has proved its worth.. ONTARIO UNICIPAL ELECTRIC AssocIATioN PUBLICITY COMMITTEE: Chairman, Controller James Simpson, Toronto Frank L. Mason, Oshawa T. W. McFarland, London * Keep this informative, statement and watch for further statements by the Publicity Committee.