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NflNS IINO HAPPENING 9 OEF 1WTEREST
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Crate -Feeding Pays
Farmers who are in :a position' to
follow the practice, find that crate -
feeding of their poultry pays them
8, commencing at 9.30 a.m.. I{ing Ed-
ward Hotel, Toronto.
Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso-
ciation—Annual Meeting on Tuesday,
February 12th, conamenoing at 9.30
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let as a hatching medium will have
to be discounted.
Research work is uncovering many
, truths to help the poultryman in the
i choice of his breeders. For instance,
it has been found that small body
weight at first egg and heavy body
weight at the close of the 365 -day
period, or laying. year, are associated
with high laying persistency.. The ob-
servant poultryman can use this
knowledge to advantage.
'g • size must not be neglected. If
big dividends. .There are several rea- 'a.m. Convention, Wednesday, Feb-'
sons for this. It produces the, milk- ruary 13th, commencing at 9 a.m..
fed grades which bring the highest Icing Edward Hotel, Toronto,
prices; the leading wholesale mer- Ontario Iorticultural Association,
chants are now buying poultry by Annual Convention - Thursday and
Govornment grades with substantial Friday, F'ebruary 21 and 22, come
differentials between each grade; the mencing at 9 ami,. ICing Edward I3o.
premium assured for birds which tel, Toronto.
grade "milkfed" makes crate -feeding
worth while; and all poultry intended
for eating purposes should be pro- Cleaning Seed Grain
perly finished before being mar.lcetedl. Plan early for next grain
The farmer who has poultry to mar- crop. Farmed with good year'srof a
ket would dwell to remember bring -tae variety which gives high production
it is the last pound which brings the in their' district, should save their
finish and increases the value of the best grain for next year's seeding.
bird by 50 or 75 cents, Farmers who have been growing a
* * * variety of grain with low yielding ab-
ility or one unsuited to their district
should' plan to procure good seed
grain for next year.
Use Registered Males
Good breeding practice in poultry
has long recognized the value of the
highly prepotent male bird in build-
ing up flock production. when the
farmer or poultryman can raise the
average production of the pullet flock
from 120 eggs to 150 or 160 eggs per
bird in a flock of 100 pullets the real
cash value of the high ,quality male
bird is immediately apparent. In the
whole scheme of the National Poul-
try Policy the registered cockerel a-
lone has the proven ability best suit-
ed to increasing pullet production.
These cockerels are bred from two di-
rect lines oe females which have laid
200 eggs or more in ane of the
Canadian egg ,laying eontests. In ad-
dition to volume these dams have
proven capacity for egg size as welt.
And what is most important, every
registered cockerel has been bred
' from a fully matured hen. They are
the cream of production bred poul-
try.
AgriculturalIncome
The general level of wholesale farm incomes will purchase larger
prices of .farm products averaged.ap supplies of needed goods than could
proximately 15 per cent higher in be obtained at the beginning of 1933.
1934 than in 1933 says the 1985 "Ag- The 5 per cene increase in prices •of
ricnitural Situation and Outlook" farm purchases, however, will pre-
which is .about to be published by the vent the improvement in purchasing
Dominion Department of Agriculture power from being: fully comtnenstu•-
in co-operation with the Department ate with the rise of the farmers'
of Trade and Commerce. In , the gross receipts.
latter part of 1934 the index of farm on tt do of foe redacts has
a small egg the incubator, mrorlucts tended to flucttrate narrow- C s mp tti d p
is set m
you are likely to get a pullets that been well maintained during the Ts
There-
products
Is usually l`y about 40 per ,cent. below' average cent years of low prices. Future de-
will lay a small egg. y levels obtaining itt 1926, and .0 per'
a few cents difference between egg wand will` depend on .the ratio of
cent over the extreme low point y, prices to purchasing
grades, so that the poultry -keeper: . reached' in F'ebrttaiy, p : g power. Food
the depressionrices have advanced. during the past
who breeds his birds to lay eggs that. 1933."' The variations in pikes o p
Year more rapidly than the prices of
other goods, Increased food price'
have been associated with increased
farm prices. Greater volume of em-
ployment and some wage increases,
especially in the lagging, lurnbeeing,
and newsprint industries,, h:avo at
least, increased total wages as mush
as living eosts have increased. Bence
the higher prices received by farm-
ers for an aggregate volume of goods
similar to that of 1933 is a net na-
tional gain in domestic purchasing
power.
Farmers using their .own seed
should clean' and grade it thoroughly
before seeding. Where farmers are
fortunate enough to have•a cleaning
plant in their district, they may get
their grain cleaned for a nominal fee.
Those who have not the advantage of
a cleaning' mall can procure good seed
by using a hand grain cleaner to re-
move weed seeds and light kernels.
Many farmers neglect to clean their
seed because of the work entailed, but
clean grain is absolutely necessary
in order to produce profitable crops.
While a good seed-beda fertile soil
Field Crop Prices
The value of the production of prin-
cipal crops in Ontario in 1934 is plate -
ed at $143,140,500 compared with
$124,679,000, an increase of $17,460,-
900
17,460;000 or 14.8 per cent over 1933. Price
per unit of all field crops except po-
tatoes and sugar beets showed an in-
crease. In the case of hay and .clov-
er, wheat and beans, the improvement
has been substantial. In spite of a
greatly decreased hay and clover
crop, the value placed on the crop has
actually increased. It must be re-
membered, however, that the value of
the hay crop is determined by the
Market price of the relatively small
proportion of the entire crop which
enters into commerce. The bulk of
this crop is fed on farms, and the
returns depend upon the price receiv-
ed, for what we may term, secondary
products. In Ontario 70 per cent of
the net apiculture] income is deriv-
ed from the sale of dairy products,
livestock, poultry and eggs. The
prices of these products determine
largely the economic position of On-
tario farms, and the price trend in.
these lines has not been too encour
aging.
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will grade "large" 'will be ahead. of
the one who pays no attention to this
characteristic.
With the male—ithe members that
constitutes half the flock +g'r'eat care
must be taken to sea that he is from
high -producing ancestry and that
he shows the finest breed characteris-
tics and egg type, such as, depth of
body, length and width of back,
smooth- well -shaped head, and.prorn-
inent bright eye.
farm prodcscts are illustrated by a
comparison of averages covering the
first ten m'onths of 1933 and 1934
which reveal the following pereentago
increases:
No. 1 Manitoba Northern :wheat,
22 per cent.
No. 2 C. W. Oats, 27 per cent.
Timothy hay, No. 2, 70 per cent.
Good and Choice, Steers, 21 per cent
Bacon hogs, 61 per cent.
wool, eastern bright, 49 per cent.
Milk, 9 per cent.
Butter, 2 per cent.
Poultry and$• Cheese, 2 per cent.
g g Fresh eggs, 13 per .cont.
On the other hand, prices of pota-
toes declined 17 per cent.
Farm income, paa4:iculaely eowrtrds
the close of 1934 and the first part of
1935 may be expected to reflect in
large pant the improvement register-
ed by farm prices. The gradual ad-
justment of the debt situation should
also affect incomes favourably.
The rise in prices of farm products
has been accompanied by a less rapid
advance in value of things farmers
buy. A specially constructed price
index of farm purchases, including
living requirements as well as oper-
ating equipment, has moved upward
roughly 5 per cent above the 1933 av-
erage. Foods mounted' 8 per cent,
clothing 1 per cent, household sup-
plies and equipnn.ent 4 per cent, and
operating supplies and equipment 5
per cent. Since prices of manufac-
tured goods have not advanced as
rapidly as those for farm products,
In bath eggs and market poultry
the year 1934. was, on the whole,
more profitable to producers than
was the year 1933, says, the "Agricul-
tural Situation and Outlook" for 1935
about to be issued by the Dominion
Department of Agricutulre, in co-
operation with the' Department of
Trade and Commerce. There is ev-
ery prospect' that in 1935 the farm
poultry flock will again be a steady
and reliable source . of farm income,
but prospects, both on the domestic
end export markets, point more to
the need of an improvement in qual-
ity than to the desirability of an in-
crease in volume. The brightest spot
and good growing conditions are all 1 in the Canadian poultry industry at
necessary in order to • secure high, the moment is the opportunity for in-
creasing the export trade in market
poultry. Official reports front Eng-
land indicate that this opportunity in
poultry products stands second only
to that of bacon.
grain yields, it is equally important
to use well cleaned seed of a variety
With inherent high yielding ability.
Clover Seed Scarce
One of the many results of the un-
usual drought of the past summer has
been a smaller than usual crop of
clover seed in all the principal seed
producing countries, and, 'so far as
Canada is concerned, the smallest red
clover esed crop harvested in many
years. Quebec and Eastern Ontario
produced most of the red clover seed
grown in Canada this year, the a-
mount of which is estimated at only
1,500,000 pounds.
The limited Canadian production
this year is largely seed of the hardy
type, but unfortunately, the total
Canadian supply is only about one-
third of the total normal Canadian
demand for one seeding. Red clover
seed, when obtainable from Northern
United States or the more northerly
countries of Europe, is .acceptable as
a substitute for Canadian seed in
times of domestic shortage in Canaca
but because of the almost universal
shortage this year, adequate seed sup-
plies of this kind will be difficult to
obtain from any source, '
Purchasers of red clover seed for
next spring may expect to find it
priced considerably higher than in
any recent previous years, and would
be well advised to seek their require-
ments early. ,
The Canadian Hen
The Canadian hen in the last year
or two has been building up a con-
coerce all her own. Four years ago
Canada was sending no dressed poul-
try to Great Britain, but lately there
has been.a sharp development in the
export trade. A. large supply was
sent to the British. Christmas market
last year and the year before. Dur-
ing the past twelve months over two
and a quarter million pounds of dres-
sed poultry have been exported and
another generous supply was deliver-
ed to the British Christmas market.
A, large supply of Canadian poultry
finds its way `to Newfoundland. It is
the same with eggs. Two years ago
the Canadian :'export oil eggs was
only 270,000 dozen, but it is now run-
ning at
unningat the rate of two million dozen
in the year, having increased nearly
eight times. Great Britain is the
chief market.
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Choosing The Breeders
The average farm producer de-
pends, to a large extent, on profitable
spring egg prices to derive a setas
factory revenue from his poultry
flock. During the spring of 1934
prices were two to three cents alcove
those of 1933. There is no evidence
that these prices were higher than
the domestic demand warranted but
there is no doubt that hire higher
prices paid had a bearing onthe low-
er quantity exported, especially with
the British market for fall, shipment
ranging front 3 to 6 pence per long
hundred less than a year ago.
As is not uncommon, egg prices
during the summer months were
rather depressed and the moat urgent
need of the egg producer is to find
some way to maintain buoyant prices
during the summer months. Un-
doubtedly one important reason for
unsatisfactory summer prices is the
generally mediocre quality of eggs
marketed at that season. Producers
can do much to help normal condi-
tions during the summer by im-
proving summer production methods,
more frequent collection and in the
interval before shipment making sure
the eggs are kept in the coolest,
driest place in the farm home.
Egg prices in the autumn of 1934
were reasonably satisfactory and
showed a useful margin of profit to
producers who had eggs to market
at .that time. Last winter Canadian
egg prices ranged as much as twenty
cents a dozen above United States
markets of similar standing.
A useful development in the do-
mestic market, more particularly 'tn
central and eastern Canada, has been
in connection with Grade A-1 eggs.
A .considerable number of the better
commercial producers have taken ad-
vantage of this grade and have been
able to improve their prices material-
ly, numbers of producer's claiming to
have obtained five or six cents a
dozen More for their eggs than would
otherwise have been the case had they
sold them as '.Grade A. The movemene
in ,this line, as started in Ontario,
gives promise of extending to Que.
bee and other provinces.
Do You Know Where Brunei
Is?
Have you ever Iieard of the state
of Brunei? well, it lies off the
northwest coats of Borneo, . is some
2,500 rsquere miles in area, is under
the rule of a native sultan but the
actual control is vested in the British
Resident who reports to the High
Commissioner for the Malay States
in Singapore, 758 miles distant. The
population is made up of Malays and
Chinese, of whosrt the greater por-
tion are Malays. There is only one
place of importance and that is the.
city of Brunei which is also the
capital. Oil and rubber which mod-
ern invention have made sa valuable
are the most important industries,
states the Industrial Department of
the Canadian National Railways. No
countries of origin or destination are
given for the imports and exports In inarks running lengthwise.
The amount of branded beef sold
in Canada during the month of No-
vember, 1934, was 3,705,123 pounds,.
an increase of over 924,000 pounds
on the sales in November 1933.
In the opinion of a leading Import-
er of wool in Great Britain, Canadian
angora- wool of the best quality can
be ranked next to the French angora
which receives a preference over
other shipments owing to its texture.
Canadian producers send a moderate
quantity every year to the British
market.
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the official statistics. They are feel-
ing quite happy, However, in Brunei
and the leek of'infermation as to
Were they get their imports or to
whom they are. exporting does not
seem to be worrying them very much
for during the past year the little
state has piled up a record for itself'
in the matter of balancing the bud-
get, earning out' at the end of the•
year with a nice little surplus. They
exceeded their estimated revenue by
$75,000. So down here in the land
of the head-hunters we find another -
part of the Empire which is able to
join the general chorus of the pope.
lar '!ditty" `Better Times."
Canadian branded beef' is exactly
what the name implies -the beef has
been graded for quality under the
authority of the Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture and is plainly
stamped in the form of ribbon-like
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The colour of honey which varies
from water -white to a very dark
brown does not affect its food value
in any way. The difference in col -1
our is caused by the absorption of
rays of light in varying degrees by
certain substances in the nectar of
the different flowers.
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Have You Renewed for 1935T
IF NOT WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT IT IS NOW
RENEWING' TIME.
(A NUMBER HAVE ALREADY RENEWED AND WE THANK
THEM)
COME IN AND LET US HAVE YOUR RENEWAL, ALSO GET
ONE OF OUR 1935 CALENDARS.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ALL THOSE WHO OWE US
SMALL OR LARGER AMOUNTS THAT WE SHOULD
LIKE SETTLEMENT OF SAME AT ONCE.
START THE NEW YEAR WITH A CLEAN SHEET
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The Clinton News -Record
It' is by selecting for desired char-
acteristics that real results in pout -
try breeding are obtained. There are
numerous characteristics that poultry
breeders desire, but the most impos',
tent are health, egg production, egg
size, and breed type.
Health is the main essential, be-
cause without it there can only he
failure in all other respects. After
culling out the • less vigorous birds,
the next step is the selection of birds
that have the other required charac-
teristics. Breeding from the highest
producers each epring will not neces-
sarily result in all the daughters be-
ing high producers, but the average
will remain high if selection has been
well. done. It would seem that flock
production averages have, in many
cases, almost reached' a peak. Atten-
tion must now be turned to the prob-
lem of breeding birds with sufficient
productive persistency to continue
their heavy laying into the second
and third year. when this goal has
been reached, it will be unnecessary
to raise :so many pullets each year,
because it will be profitable to keep
the yearlings for another year or so.
With this in view, those yearlings
that have shown steady, egg produe=
tion over a biological, or laying year,
close to, or if possible exceeding 365
days, should be retained for use • as
breeders. ' The pullet that persists
in laying along into October or No -
Conventions in February
Arrangements have been complet-
ed by the Agricultural Associations
concerned to hold their Annual Meet-
ings and Conventions, as announced
below:
Ontario" Plowmen's Association —
Tuesday, February 5th, commencing
at 10.30 a.m. King Edward Hotel,
Toronto:
Ontario Field Crop and Seed Grow-
ers' Association—Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 6th, commencing at 9.30 a.m.
King Edward Hotel, Toronto.
Ontario Association of Fairs and
Exhibitions— Annual Convention,
Thursday and. Friday, February 7 and
According to the Canadian Cus-
toms returns 18,769,770 bushels of
wheat valued at $14,744,938 were ex-
ported from Canada during the
month of. November,. 1984.
Standardized grading appears now
to have become definitely established
as a permanent factor in practically
all phases of the poultry trade in
Canada.
The Dominion Experimental' Farms
in response to enquiries have Icon -
ducted a"series of experiments far
the purpose of ascertaining the feed-
ing value of fish products for live
stock and poultry. The results o£
vember at, the end of. the first laying these experiments are contained in 'a
year is the good producer. Of course,/ bulletin on fish meals and oils pub-
broodiness (an undesirable character- fished by the, Dominion Department�
istic), sickness, or the use of the pul- of AgeieuIture.
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fore, it is wholly fitting that it should try to be the best and most ea-
ger servant possible. A retail store 'which hides itself from those
whom it wants to employ it becomes under -employed, and so its safes
decline.
The public inclines in largest numbers toward those stores which
seek its attention and custom. It takes the advertising store at its
own valuation. It likes to do nlrsiness with those who manifest ea-
gerness to serve it. It likes to buy at those stores which have to re-
new their stocks frequently.
Advertising is just communicating news and inforanation about
one's store and. service. It is just a form, of talking. It is those who
talk who are listened to. Silent stores lose out to stores which carry
on converations—an the form of newspaper advertisements — with
those whose custom they want,
Any detailer who wants to get more customers—for the replace-
ment of customers who become lost to hila and for the expansion of
his business—cart surely get them by snaking his store important in
their eyes, and by putting in his advertisements the kind of informa-.
tion which will help buyers come to decisions.
The News -Record advertising department is ever willing to help.
, retailers prepare the right kind of advertisenr.ents---ifree assistance,.
of course. r
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