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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-01-24, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -R'EC'ORD THURS.;,,JAM 24,' 1935 NEWS ANS HAPPENING Timely Information for the Busy Farmer 'p ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) ;Purchasers of seed during 'the •corn- ing;season will, be able to identify the red clover and alsike seed imported 'from 'the British' Isles and N'ew Zea - 'land as it will contain stained seed according to origin, as's required. 'by 'the regulations under the Seeds Act. 'Poultry 'Returns Up Returns from poultry -raising 'in' 1934 showed a slight improvement over the previous year, according to the 'Department's survey. The -pr'ice of eggs averaged 3 cents per dozen 'higher ,duffing the first eleven months; of 1934 than during the same petiodl In 1933. November prices, however,' were about 7 eents per dozen 'less! than the previous year, accounted for' by the milder weather and -larger pro - auction as compared with very cold, weather and 'limited production "MI 1933. Conventions In February Arrangements have 'been completed by the Agricultural Associations concerned to hold their Annual Meet- ings and Conventions as•announced Ontario Plowmen's Association— Tuesday, February 5th, commencing. at 10:30 a.m. King Edward Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Field Crop and Seed Grow- ers' 'Aissoc?lation—Wiednesia'y;, I'eb- wary 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 8, commencing at 9:30 aan. King Ed- ward Hotel, Toronto. • Ontario Vegetable Growers' Asso- ciation—Annual Meeting on Tuesday, February 12th, commencing at 9.30 a >J, Converition, 'W ednesd4y,, Feb- 4t->ruary 13th, commencing at 9 a.m. King Edward Hotel, Toronto. The annual convention of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario will, be held at the Royal Connaught Ho- tel, Hamilton, February 13th, 14th, and 15th. Ontario Horticultural Association, Annual Convention—Thurssay and Friday, February 21 and 22, '.com- mencing at 9 a.m. King Edward Ho- tel, Toronto. '* Seed Display The Ontario Field Crop and Seed Growers' Ascociation is to be con- gratulated on an enterprising feature planned for the Annual Meeting In Toronto,' February 6th. The members are being given an opportunity to displaysamples of their grain and other seeds. No priz- es will be awarded and .commercial rather than hand picked samples will be demanded. A number of educa- tional exhibits will add to the inter- est and it is expected much discussion on crop production and good seed will be promoted by the show. A suitable exhibition room has been reserved for the display which will . be in. position `throughout Convention week so that delegates to the Plow- men's, Fairs and Livestock meetings may have an opportunity to inspect the best seed available in the Pro- vince, t Selecting and Mating Breeders In the Poultry. rink Too often in selecting the stock for •breeding high egg records or some outstanding feature of the sire or dam., are allowed to influence the judgment, without due regard to vi- tality or good breeding qualities that may or may not be present. The selection for vigour and for those desirable qualifications that conform to the breed is comparative- ly simple, because mostly these are visible characters and can be chosen by, comparison. Vigour is evident by the carriage, desirable body weight for age and breed., -health and bloom of feather, and good bone formation, while theclean-cut head with clean- cut eye with clear, bright, and prom- inent eye in' the male and female is a certain :ind3ication of brain power and nervous energy and thehall-mark of high vitality andreproductive strength, The Hay Market In Eastern Ontario the market for hay was slow during December:. Dael- ers.seem.ed to be well -stocked as they had bought earlier in the season in anticipation of 'a shortage which did not materialize. Supplementary feed, good pasturage late in the seasonand mild December materially changed the hay situation in' this part of the province. There is still a fair supply •of timothy and timothy -clover mixed in the Ottawa Valley and the 'St. Lawrence Counties. 'Current -prices being paid to :growers 'range from 319 per ton. Prices. in Northern Ontario range from "311 to $14 per tan. In 'South- western Ontario, owing to the long open fall and a good supply of sup- plementary feed, the denand'for hay Was 'comparatively- small during De- cember and prices dediined according- ly, Alfalfa 'hay seems to be in 'Iarg- est supply in this part of the pro virice, but there is also. a .fair supply of timothy -grass mixtures. 'The: Shortage of 'hay in T,arnbton and other corn counties is 'being offset, largely by the good corn crop. Good; al£alfa'hay is in fair demand for the, mamifacture of alfalfa seed, Parti- cularly in Grey County. The movement of hay may not 'reach its peals 'in south-western On- tario until February or the 'beginning of March, at which time supplies of roughage and supplements may . be depleted• in those counties where shortages exist. 'Prices 'being paid growers are as follows: 'less freight charges to the market:, Timothy No. 1, 316 to 318.50 per ton; No. 2, 314 to 316; No. 3, $12 _to 314; wheat straw, $7 to 38; oat straw, 35.50 to 37.'50. Western Canada shipped 118,081 cattle; 7,715 calves; 199,333 hogs; and 73,842 sheep to Eastern Canada during the 62 weeks of 1934. Purchasers of seed during the com- ing season will be able .to identify the red clover and alsike seed import -- ed from the British Isles and New Zealand as it will contain .stained seed according to origin, as required by the regulations under the Seeds Act. D E 0 Judging from the large demand for poultry narked by the official grades, it is apparent that Canadians are be- coming familiar with those grades. More tagged poultry was ,displayed and sold on grade during the recent holiday season than in any year since grade tagging was introduced. PROCESSING CANADIAN FRUITS Improved quality has been an im- portant.factor in increasing the total domestic consumption of canned fruits and vegetables in Canada, as• well as opening the door to expand- ing foreign markets. Provided qual- ity and continuity of supply are maintained, a larger market seems assured. These factors are progres- sively operative and, if adhered to, justify the expectation that the vol- ume of fruits and vegetables proces- sed in Canada will continue to grow. Already a considerable part of the Canadian production of fresh fruit and vegetables goes to the processors, and the proportion so used is likely to increase, This trend should be impressed upon growers in order that the best varieties andthe best quality. for processing may be pro- duced in sufficient quantities. AUSTRALIAN TREES DIFFER D INTEREST TO FARMERS MARI{ETING CANADIAN HONEY Unfavourable weather conditions during three successive years have resulted. in a honey crop considerably. below average in Canada as well as in other countries supplying the Uni- ted Kingdom market. This, however; has ha da favourable effect an the marketing situation as it has enab- led producers readily to ;dispose of their surplus stock at slightly higher prices. Duringthe past five years Canadian honey has improved its position on the British market. To hold this advance on a strongly com- petitive market, it is `essential that Canadian producers offer only a well - :graded 'high quality pr'od'uct, parti- cularly as competition has been in- tensified by the recent restrictions imposed by continental countries and the consequent unloading of foreign honeys on the British market. The number of 'hogs graded in Can ada during the first week of 1935 was. 40,863 an increase of 2,443over the corresponding week of 1934. • * ak', In 1900 Canada exported 470,000 barrels of apples; by 1920 this had increased to ,1,238,000 barrels, and for the Shipping season 1933-34 all records were broken with a total of 3,476,114 barrels shipped out of the country. In 1900 Canada's export apple trade was confined to nine countries; ' by 1932' thirty-six coun- tries received Canadian apples. The export market for frozen poul- try has opened up earlier than in 1934. Already 2,000 boxes of chic- kens have arrived on the British mar- ket, with more shipments to follow. One shipment from the Western Pro- -vbrces is routed via the Panama Can- al. Iii* • Up to the end of December 1934, the number of purebred cattle regis- jtered during the year with the Cana - 1 dian National Records, approved by the Dominion Minister . of Agricui- pure, was 2,880 horses; 33,259 cattle; 11,462 sheep; 7,781 swine; 8,698 fax- es; 7,586 dogs; 1,975 poultry and 99 goats. Each class of animal showed an increase an 1933:—horses, 110 increase; cattle, 3,369; sheep, 1,094; increase; cattle, 3,269; sheep, 1,094; swine, 1,118; foxes, 488; dogs, 53; 'poultry, 33, and goats 14. FROM THOSE OF ALL OTHER COUNTRIES Trees in Australia differ widely from those in other parts of the world. The number of species, how- ever, is not very'. great as compared with other countries, states the mas- ter of one of the freighters, of the Canadian National Steamships in the Canada -Australia -New Zealand service, recently arrived in Canada with a cargo , from the Antipodes. The genius eucalphtus predominates as a source of timber. Its species exceed three hundred, a greater di- versity, probably, ,than in most other genera of the world. The eucalypt has a rapid growth, comparatively speaking. An English oak takes 200 years to yield as much wood as an Australian eucalypt in 24. Austral- ian timber comes in a wide range of colors, fromdark to pale red, pink, grey, chocolate, yellow and paleyel- low; some almost ;colorless. In weight, Australian timber ranges from ex- treme lightness, 13 lbs, to the cubic foot, to ironbarks which run to 70 lbs., and some of the heavier acacias 80 lbs., and more. Hardness is an attribute, one species being known as "the axe -breaker." Ironbark ties are in demand abroad, Tor railway use due to their long life, from 25 to 30 years On account of trees being ruthlessly, Cut down in the early days to provide areas for pastoral and agricultural purposes, there .being no deniedfor the timber, Australia 15 faced. with a rather serious; forestry, problemand attention is being directed towards conservation. CHINESE INVENTED PAPER FOUNDED GREAT INDUSTRY To China,' like many. another pro- duct with whcih- we are familiar in these modern days, goes the credit for inventing paper. They made it from mulberry and bamboo fibres. The Chinese managed to retain the secret until the eighth century, when some Arabs forced it out of a China- man whom they had captured. In this way the art was brought to Eur- ope and then to America, through Egypt. The first paper mill in Can- ada was built at St. Andrew's East, Que., in 1803. The first paper rnill in Ehglat,d appeared in 1494. Today there are a number of paper mills in Canada drawing on Canada's vast wealth of forest areas, several being located in the Maritime. Provinces, in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Paper mills are also located in Que- bec, Ontario and British Columbia. THE FLIP OF A COIN A Canadian romance is unfolded in The Implement and Machinery Re- view (Great Britain). Quoting the phrase of the poet Sdhiller "There is no such thing as chance," the journal says "yet 110 years ago as a sailing vessel was nearing the port of New York, one of the passengers tossed a shilling' in the air, and as it fell with the face of George III uppermost, it decided a courseof action which led to a ,banquet being held recently at Brantford, Ontario, with Colonel the Hon. Harry Cockshutt at the head of the table. The man who flipped the coin in such seeming disregard of destiny was James Cockshutt, grand- father of Colonel Cockshutt,,. and: as it was "heads' that showed up, he decided to take the steps which even- tually led him to settling in Brant- ford,. Ontario, instead of in Pitts- burg, U.S.A., The family has been intimately associated with Brantford for over a century, and now honour has been done to one of its members, Colonel Coekshutt, on the completion of fifty years" unbroken service with the Cockshutt Plow Company." 'WICNGHAM: A public meeting was held in the Council Chamber Friday, to consider the advisability of arranging for an OId Home Week this summer. Mayor J. W. Hanna was chairman and stated that he wanted the views of the citizens, both for and against. Following a general discussion, a committee com- posed- of Mayor Hanna, 'Reeve F. L. Davidson, W. W4 Armstrong, G. L. 13aker, T. C. King 3. H. Crawford, WI. A. Galbraith and A. J. Walker; •was appointed to decide whether to hold an Old Home Week, or ar- range for a celebration, some time during the summer. This committee met following the meeting and it was decided to make arrangements for a celebration on July 1st, with the ob- ject in mind of holding an Oid IIome Week next year, This committee Is meeting again on January 28, to make further ,arrangements' in con- rection with the celebration, EXETER: A spinster party was: enjoyed .by, twelve girls at the :hone' of Miss Elaine Stanbury on Friday evening, the occasion . being in hon- our on our of Miss Stanbury's• birthday. A feature of the evening was that each of the girls, tell an imaginative story- of toryof a fiance they' had jilted, which• called,for a photograph, a 'full de, /1 scription of appearance, . as well a4 habits, -and a descriptiolt''of the woos ing. Needless to say the stories• Were an -ursine 'arid ''Mirth provoking; A; prize was, given to the best story, teller, ' which' 'fell', to,Mise Marion: Gladnian. BRUSSELS: Mr. Gallagher, who was in her 43rd year, spased away in Brussels on Saturday. He had been in. ill .health for some time and his death was not unexpected. He was born in Turnberry and lived for some years on a farm on the fourth con- cession of Morris. Owing to ill health he was not able to carry' on the hea- vy farm work and seven years ago he went to Brussels where he carried on a poultry ranch. Twenty-one years ago he was married ' to Olive Mas- ters, of Toronto, who survives him together with his father and. mother, Mr. and Mrs. R: Gallagher, of Wrox- eter. Mr. Gallagher was a member of the United Church from where the funeral was held on 1VIonday to Wingham cemetery. I*aI` EXETER: The Exeter Agricul- tural Society -met and after hearing the report of a successful year with a :balance of $265, set the -dates for the 1935 Fall Fair for Sept. 16 and 17. The election of officers was held with the following 'result: president, William Coates; first vice-president. J. H Grieve; second vice-president, Daniel Dew; secretary, R. G. Seldon; treasurer, T. S. Woods; directors, E. S. Steiner,,y.S.; Thomas Pryde, Geo, Wlestcott, Cecil Rowe, L. Robinson, VJ. 'Oeistr•eieher,''J. Hartzell, Fred El- lerington, Clarke Fisher, Mrs. 'W. S. Howey, Mrs. J. Jacques, idrs. W, Thompson; sports committee, E. S. Steiner, J. H. Grieve, T. Pryde; grounds committee, J. H. Grieve, Fred Ellerington,' 'Willi. Coates, T. Pryde; auditors, R. N. Creech, Paul Coates. FOR THE HELP OF CRIPPLED CHILDREN Ninety men's service clubs and a much larger number of women's or- ganizations will be asked to partici- pate in the campaign of the Crippled Foundation Fund for 'half a million dollars, to be launched February 9th. Campaign plans, under the chair- manship .of µJohn. David Eaton, are said to be themostelaborate and extensive ever set up', by any volun- teer organization . since the war. Commencing on January 25th there will be a special after-school moving picture shows in many towns and cities; the total proceeds being hand- ed over by the theatre management for assistance to crippled children., This scheme has the endorsation of the Ontario Department of Education and various school authorities. A special 'appeal is being made to employers and employees, and all money 'subscribed is to be used for the benefit and welfare of crippled children whose parents are not able to provide necessary treatment, voca- tional training and other needs. The Vice -Chairman of the appeal is Mai. Frank O'Connor and the Honor- ary Treasurer, Mr. C. L. Burton, 15 Queen's Paris, Toronto. cilieSNAPSPOT CU How ABOUT MOVIES? Wishing home nine - les with a modern, low-cost camera Is acteally as easy as in eking snapshots. it's fascinat- ing sport, too. r19/•.'.e:: is aUlAY as well be frank about it. Until a few months ago 1 had the notion, shared by a good many other folks, that home movies were (1) expensive, (2) difficult, and (3) not very good, anyway. And then Bill, a friend of mine,' got a movie outfit. Neither he nor his family can be classed as wealthy, or anything like it,.but•there he was —sporting a movie camera. Natur- ally, I was curious. The camera itself was about the size of a small book. Slid into it top- coat pocket without any fuss at all. It was neat as the proverbial pin and about as simple. Bill showed me how to run it. You merely held it up, aimed it as -you would a gun, pressed a button—and you are mak- ing movies. Oh, of course, there was a spring to wind and a lens aperture to set, but it was any amount sim- pler than my favorite snapshot cam- era. Even the loading was easy. That particular camera, as I re- call it,'eost about $40. It used 8 mm. film and held enough to allow for a couple dozen full-length shots—each shot long enough to show, for ex- ample, a sensational football play, from the snap of the ball to the end of a fifty -yard run, forward pass in- cluded. All that on about ten cents' worth of film. Movie film, I learned, is really pretty cheap to begin with and doubly so when you consider that the purchase price includes the cost of finishing done by the manufac- turer. Well, I revised my notions of movies, as to cost and difficulty, promptly. And?whomI saw the fin- • ished movies.,, a'.week•later, I got all over the idea tiiat'amateur movies weren't very good.: Bill's were ex- cellent. And! lie. only an average person, a snapshooter like the rest . of us. I'm passing all.this on merely for your consideration..Movies, at their • best, will never in•:this world take • the place of good; snapshots. The snapshot camera,hasa charm all its, own. But there's- no .reason at all why snapshooters shbuldn'ttake up • movies, too. For; obviously, movies can do things. that still cameras can- not. They can get the whole of a bit of action instead of merely a part of it. As far as technicalities are con • - cerned, anyone who has mastered the essentials of snapshooting can take up the modern movie camera without a qualm. Bill has permitted me to make a number of movie shots and I'm both surprised and delighted with the results. Maybe someday I'll get me an outfit. I find that there are two standard sizes for amateur movie film—S mil- limeter and 16 millimeter (Holly- wood uses 35 millimeter film.) Nat- urally, costs are less in the 8 mm. class than in the 16, but even the 16 mm. outfits are surprisingly rea- sonable in both first and operating costs. Of course, you can spend a great deal of money on special equip- ment, but it's not at all necessary. By the way, with certain 16 mm. outfits you can get action pictures in full color. That's something we snapshooters can't quite do, to date. JOHN VAN GUILDER!. waframeeoeftrieeemedleseowenpassaewilfeeerei Look At It This Way! .A. retail store regards itself as being a public servant. There- 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 sales 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 business 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 information 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 conventions -4n 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 him and for the expansion of his business—can surely get them, by making 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 advertisements—free assistance, of course. The Clinton News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More AND IT'S A GOOD, ADVERTISING MEDIUM