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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-02-21, Page 6iPAGE THE 'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Tim 1 f rm lion' Iu o � or t�ie "Busy Far n'er ( Furnished by the Department of -Agriculture ) Success of 'the Egg "Laying 'Contest It is reported 'front the Canadian Egg Laying Contest, that to date mortality among the pens entered has been lower than in any Ether year since the beg'inriing of the contests; There is a markets' increase in eggs laid when compared with lash year's figures. It can also be :said that ati this point the production so•far is as good as any that has ever been re -y corded in the 'history of the Canadian. Egg Laying 'Conitest. • 'Ontario 'Seed Display a The annual meeting of the Ontario; Field Giop and Seed Growers' Asso ciation held in 'Toronto on `Feb. 6th,', proved ta beone of the mostinterest- •isig and enthusiastic'' in the history of .the organization, A new feature which earned much �� favourable comment was an unique, ,seed display arranged in a suitablej •room on the Convention floor, and `held in position for the entire week .of Agricultural meetings. Members were permitted to enter' samples of commercial lots of seed in contrast to the hand picked quantities, 'usually found in competitive classes. Corn for feed and seed was featur- ed particularly. No prizes were offered but mem- bers appreciated this opportunity of exhibiting their production to leading farmers, delegates at these Conven- tions, and to dealers interested in procuring tri cIa s sed.s e h g Educational displays were pro- vided by the Canadian Seed Grow'ers' Association, Ontario Agricultural College and the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ontario Depart- nnent. There were many interesting• dis- cussions on good seed for a week in this little room. No doubt the fea- ture will be repeated and much en- larged next year, Field Crop Cor,petitions At the recent annual Convention of Agricultural Societies, discussion on field crop competitions was promin- ent. A very important change was approved, demanding the use of reg. istered seed for all field crop oompe- tions conducted by Agricultural So- cieties covering crops for which reg- istered seed is available. Certified seed for potatoes will be demanded. In addition to a number of combin- ed field crop competitions, 36 stand- ing field crap competitions were held in 1934. It is expected the number will be increased to 100 this season. Agricultural Societies proposing to hold field crop competitions would be well advised to make arrangements for their supply of registered seed at 'ones, at good stocks will not be too plentiful later in the spring. Wlhere necessary to import seed from other Counties it may be advan- tageous for the Secretary of the So- ciety or the Chairman of the Field Crop C mmittee to purchase seed re quired by all competing members._ It was recommended the minimum acreage required be lowered from five to three. Any farmer wishing to en- ter a larger field will be permitted to do so, but 'smaller area must be sep- arated by a space equal to one width of a seed drill. For Northern Ontario it was con- sidered one acre might be permitted. It is expected also the acreage re- quirement for potatoes may be iew- ered. Cheese Patrons Meet The annual meeting of the Ontario Cheese Patrons' Association was held in Kingston on January 28th and 29'. It was the largest and most represen- tative of any gathering of cheesepat- rons in the province, with seventeen cheese -producing counties represented by delegates. The secretary -treasurer, Mr. S. L Joss, who had personally investigated the United Kingdom market last summer recommended to the patrons that they appoint their own Commer- cial Representative for Great Britain. The duties of this Representative. would be to solicit the co-operation. of the trade in Great Britain in an endeavour to find a more direct outlet for Ontario cheese, than exists at the present time. It was not the inten- tion of the Association to .interfere in . any way with the eiisting distriibut- i6tg • channels in Great Brittain. Export shipments by the Associa- tion will be drawn weekly from the Principal cheese produlsiilg diistriets. !throughout the Province. Payment" for cheese shipments will be made the factories at the •'• time • ' of shipment. The full board .Ii iloe - ,.wall , be paid. This is made possible by Government up t'he Zifferenee'between-What'is ad- vanced ort the Cheese' and the cheese. board price. All profits realized en sales "will be distribitted among t'he factories in proportion to their pro- duction: It is estimated that around 10 per cent., of.our production Will 'be dis- posed of under' this plan for 1935, The patrons of every factory in the Province will have an opportunity of hearing the plans of this Associa- tion discussed 'sometime Within the .next few weeks. Please Watch for your meeting. The Government is making it pos- sible through their 'financial assis- tance for the cheese patrons to form an. organization and develbp, plans for the benefit of the industry., It up to every patron to'hear What these plans are and then decide if they are worthy of their support. 'Potato -Marketing Orders The Eastern Canada Potato Mar- keting Board has issued a list of or- ders governing marketing of potatoes in Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia in accordance with provisions of the nat- ural Products Marketing Act passed at the last' session of Parliament. They became effective February 1. The rules provide, among other things, that every dealer marketing potatoes shall obtain immediately a license from the local office of the board in bis district for which he will be required' to pay a fee of $1. They provide no dealer may market pota- toes in the four provinces covered by the orders except through agencies established by the board and point out that under provision of the Nat- ural Products, Marketing' Act, persons breaking the rules may be subject to a fine of $25 to 5500, imprisonment for not more than three months or both fine aiid .imprisonment. , The marketing agencies are author- ized to collect tolls of one-half cent a bushel on potatoes marketed by deal- ers. The collections must be made on or before the first or 15th day of each month and turned over to the local board in the district. The rules say no dealer shall' mar- ket potatoes produced •ir the four provinces except under contract of purchase and "ata firm price"- and that no dealer shall market potatoes of the grade E Canada No. 2 except for export and then only subject to a further ruling. This ruling provides that potatoes destined for the Carribean market must grade at least 75 per cent E Canada No. 1. The ruling does not apply to potatoes sold before F'ebi- ruary 1 and actually in transit until February 15. The orders contain a list of mar- keting agencies in the four provinces through which potatoes produced within their borders must be 'market- ed. They are: Ontario, J. T. Cassin, Toronto; New Brunswick, C. C. Cunningham, Fred- ericton; Nova S'eotia, Roy Grant, Ilalifax; Prince Edward Island, J. J. Trainor, Charlottetown, Fertilizer Application Experiments have been conducted in Eastern and Wiestern Canada for several years• by the Division of Field Husbandry, : Dominion Experimental Farms, concerning methods of appli- cation of commercial. fertilizers, with particular regard to the place- ment of the fertilizer in relation to the various seeds. It has been dem- onstrated that for wheat, oats, .and barley more egonomiical yields may be obtained by applying commercial fertilizer directly in contact with, or slightly below ,the seed than by ap- plying it broadcast. Iii certain crops, the germination,of the .seed is check- ed and in some cases completely ruined by contact with comnnercial fertilizer. While this does not apply to wheat, oats, and barley, it is not advisable to seed torn in contact. The fertilizer should be applied in bands about two inches to the side and slightly below or level with the seed. In the case of peas, the fertilizer should be separated slightly from the seed, preferably below the seed with one-half to one inch of soil between. Good results have been obtained with ;fertilizer en 'potatoes, both broadcast and in drill or row. It, is recom- mended, however;' to apply fertilizer in bands at either side of the row and level with, or slightly below, the sets or. seed Thesales of branded beef in Can= ada for 1934 toitalledi' 39,575,75.4, Pounds, : an increase of 8;893145 club -root disease. The origin of this THURS., FEB. 21, 1935 PARIVI S'CHO'OL OF ECONOMICS 'TO BE HELD AT 'WRSTERN Wle are informed that a one 'week training in Economics is being offer- ed to the younger farmers and 'farm •women of Western 'Ontario by the Economics and Business adniitiidtra- tion staffs of Western "University, London, during the ;first week in March. .The promotional work is being handled ,through'the:New Can- ada 'Movement and 'kindred organiza- tions. The ;object Is to enable - our iyounger farmers and farm women 'to gain a better understanding Of 'the pressing social and economic prob- lems which confront them today, as Well .as giving them a change 'from the daily. routine •of farm •Iife. The educational program Will 'con- sist of two periods eadh day—morn- ing and afternoon— over a five day period. The lectures and discussions Will be on economic conditions, •past, present and the outlook for the fut- ure, all '.based on problems that con- front the farmer.. Such matters as the following will be dealt With: price raising policies, marketing pol- icies, lessons we can learn from, the Roosevelt plan, .government 'interven- tion vs. 'laissey-faire, our monetary system, planning, the co-operative movement. :There will be prominent after-dinner speakers each evening and other special features. The total cost, including tuition, board and lodging is estimated at $8.00. All applications must be in the hands of Donald R. McLean, Moir - kirk, secretary of the organization committee, not later than Friday, March 1. Applicants will be accept- ed in "order of application. The farm implement trade in the Argentine is controlled principally by Canada and the United States, Cana- dian -made harvester -threshers, grain drills, riding ploughs, cern cultiva- tors ultiv -tors and planters being well estab- lished. flogs graded in Canada in 1934 numbered 3,038,155, a decrease of 134,831 compared with 1933. THE WESTERN ONTARIO BEAN MARKETING SCHEME The 'Western Ontario bean market- ing scheme is now operating, having been put into effect February 6th, 1935. 'This scheme works very much in the sane way as the voluntary one in effect between the Growers and Dealers some two years ago. A Local Board consisting of Grow- ers has been constituted who will have charge of the marketing and have appointed W. E•. Reid, Chatham as their Central Sales Agent. Prices paid. the grower will be ad- justed by the Board from time to time, as the market conditions war- rant. To facilitate the Bbard in the de- termining of a proper marketing policy all growers are asked to regis- ter as soon as possible forms may be had at your Bean Elevator or local bank, or the secretary in Chatham. Beans will continue to move as usu- al through the regular trade chan- nels. COMPULSORY INSPECTION OF POTATOES IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO All potatoes being offered for sale in the province ',of Ontario on and af- ter the 18th day of February, 1935, are required to be up to the grade of E. Canada No, 1, or E.Canada Large, or E. Canada Fancy. All potatoes moving by carlot must receive in- spection at point of shipment, but in case of an inspector not being avail- able, must receive inspection at point .af destination. Inspection stations are established at Toronto, 16 Market Street; Weston, Chrysler Garage; Thornhill, Chevrolet Garage; lifark- ham, Beares' Garage, Hamilton, Wil- son's Warehouse, 53 McNab' St. N.; Melbourne, Campbell Brothers' Gar- age; Hiilsburg, Borden's Garage; Or- angeville, Aitcheson's Garage, Bee - ton, City Service Garage; and also at Oshawa, Trenton and Windsor. All potatoes moving by vehicle oth- er than earlot from, through, or to districts where the above named sta Lions are situated, must report for inspection. At such farmers' mar- kets as . London, Hamilton and To- ronto, • where farmers are moving minimum loads of potatoes or mixed loads of 'potatoes and other vegetab- les, they pray proceed to these -mar- kets where a Federal Inspector will be in attendance to give inspection on potatoes that are being offered for sale at these markets. --J. T. Cassin, Ontario Agency, Eastern -Canada Potato Marketing Board. Al purple -topped yellow -fleshed turnip which has been grown in Ab- erdeenshire, •Scotland, • for the past', 100, years has been found' by agoicnt. Lural' scientists to be .• resistant • ;ao "credits which-. will be used to make pounds over the sales of 1933. variety of turnip is unknown, • INTE ORIGINS OF CANADIAN OATS i DANCING AT THE ALTAR 'The leading varieties of oats in Canada, unlike Canadian wheat, have all originated outside tithe Dominion,. although certain Canadian varieties are gradually advancing to the prem- ier positions. At the present time the moat "outstanding varieties of 'oats grown in Canada are'Bann:er, Alaska, and Gopher, all of which have -come from the United States, and Victory wliieh was introduced from 'Sweden. Among other varieties is Legacy, a -new promising origination of the 'Central Experimental Farm at Otta- wa, which has done particularly well 'in 'Northern ;Saskatchewan, Central and Northern Alberta, and in the Eastern 'Townships of Quebec. Car- tier, a production of Macdonald Col- lege, Quebec, may eventually replace :Alaska in Quebec province as the standard early oat for Eastern Can- ada, While reports over a period of years Show that 0.420. 72 and O.A.O. 144, from the Ontario Agricultural College, yield well, the former an the lighter and the latter on the 'heavier soils of Sou't'hwestern Ontario. Of other varieties, Anthony was intro- duced into Manitoba. from the 'United States in 1900; Gold Rain, of ]Swedish origin, does well in Eastern Canada, and White Oross, another from the United States, appears ito be best adapted to 'Northern Alberta condi- tions. As a result of unrestricted access to the British market, Canadian ba- con exports in 1934 increased 52 per cent over 1933, while, under quota restriction, Danish exports decreased 22 per cent from 1933. * * * A new fungus causing brown spot- ting of peony foliage has been dis- covered in northern Italy. Warm, humid climatic conditions and tem- perature fluctuations favour the de- velopment and spread of the disease, Shipments of livestock from West- ern to Eastern Canada during 1934 included 118,623 cattle; 7,715 calves'; 200,436 hogs, and 74,471 sheep. Com- pared with 1933, the increases were 28,384 cattle; 3556 calves, and 19,-- 809 sheep. There •was a decrease of 86,847 in the number of hogs ship- ped. (Contined froth page 3) -Church of Gad is' suffering from a spiritual declension, and some min- isters,- in-isters- through • Unfriendly - criticism - ooneerning•. the size of their congrega- tion erre not averse to the use ' of means that are not in keeping with the teachings o£ God's word, provided ,they can fill their church With an audaiience — n'et a congregation of worshippers, w]iidh is an entirely dif- ferent -matter. This, in 'itself, is an admission that the Gospel of our Lord is a failure. • What are the Canadian -churches going to do lm the matter of church attendance? We may not agree with considerable of what our Roman Catholic church friends say, but I for one am heartily. in accord with , the sentiment sof what Father Cline said, as quoted above. Yours very truly, —CHAS. E. DOGGAN. Clinton, Ontario. Feb. 19th, 1935. CANADIAN NORTHERN EARN- INGS S1IOW GOOD INCREASE The gross revenues of the all-in- clusive Canadian National Railways 'Ssytem for the week ` ending Feb- ruary 7, 1935, were 53,000,299.00, as compared with $2,661,006.00, for the corresponding period of 1934, an in- crease of $339,284.00. READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN P1113 NEWS -RECORD ORDER ROOFINC NOW (4'.;I 41 Twogreatvaluesin Metal . Roofing. iag. Es eluurpatented features guarantee weather -tightness and easy applica- tion. Fornewroofs erre-roofing. Send ridge and rafter lengths for free estimate. We.usa "Council Stan- dard"for great- est durability. ast i �roi'ucts •PRESjbNeNt.rackei-'41reo MONTprAr'th tCrirre • RMI Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - Sixty-fourth Annual Report — I:934 ASSURANCES IN FORCE, December 31, This large amount, the accumulating estates of nearly a million Sun Life policyholders, will become payable to them or their dependents during this generation—a stabilizing factor of great socialandeconomic value. NEW ASSURANCES PAID FOR .. -. 236,215,901 $2,748,725,403 INCOME -- - - _ 159,251,028 DISBURSEMENTS - - - 115,661,302 EXCESS OF INCOME OVER DISBURSE- MENTS - - - - - - - - 43,589,726 PAYMENTS TO POLICYI-IOLDERS AND BENEFICIARIES: During the year 1934 - • - Since Organization - - - ASSETS - - 88,160,206 888,330,239: -- 665,878,716' Bonds: government, municipal, public utility. and others; stocks, preferred and common; loans on mortgages; real estate; loans on Com- pany policies; cash in banks, and other assets. LIABILITIES - Almost nine -tenths of this sum represents the policy reserve—the amount set aside to guar- antee all policy payments as they become due. PAID-UP CAPITAL ($2,000,000) and balance at credit of share- holders' account - - - $3,299,728 RESERVE for depreciation in mortgages and real estate - 5,012,619 SURPLUS 5,950,818 651,115;551 $14,263,165 The valuation of bonds and stocks has been made in accord- ancc with the basis authorized by the Insurance Department of the Dominion of Canada, and in conformity with the bases authorized by the Departments of Insurance of the various Provinces of Canada, and the National Convention of Insur- ance Commissioners of the United States. Policy liabilities have been 'valuedthe he ful[ nct level premium by arum method,a standard more exactingthan is re p required under the provisions of the Dominion Insurance Act. Su..a!, Life Assurance Company of Canada saaterdnasoliftaissallftmassaifipoisesevasbe FOR FINELY -EXECUTED JOB WORK TRY THIS OFFICE Some of the Things we turn out here, and on Short Notice are: Envelopes, all sizes & kinds. 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