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VETE ;CLINTON NEWS -RECO
THURS;,, FEB. 28; 1935
DF INTEREST TO fRRMER
Timely Information forty .e
Busy aI'Yle
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture )'
'The Poultry ;Breeding Pen
At this time of the yea .some
thought should be given, 'to.the selec-
tion df'the breeding pens. 'Tina) nest
records ere the best means or select-
ing birds :for this purpose, ihowever,'
'where these are not , avhila'b1e, 1t is'.
.considered swise ,toselect females of
.good substance, body capacity,glean
.cut well defined heads, with_ •good
clean flat,'boned shanks, aed a good
'healthy appeal:at:ce of vigour and
•a
c
tivat . Cioase •on1Y rens at lay
.eggs averaging ,thwnityfour ounces'
' to the dozen. The male birds should
if poss'11j1e .be selected from among',
birds of Isnawn parentage.
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Bean Marketing Board
An order -in -council 'hes 'been pas
,sed authomizing 'appointment of a
board under the lefarketing Act to re-
gulate orderly marketing of dry beans
in Western Ontario.
Members of the board will be J.
.
W'ard 'Highgate; T. Hooper Nich-
ol, Etenlseiane Eugene King, Pain
Court; David Carroll; Iona; and .13:
W. Faucher, Florence. The board,
which is provisional, will hold office
until Aug. 31.
The affected counties are Kent,
Elgin, Huron, Middlesex, Lainbton,
Norfolk, and Essex. Dealers will be
licensed and growers will be register-
' ed. Sale of beans on -consignment
will be continued. The ..plan also
eontemplates orderly marketing of all
beans througl, a marketing agency
designated by the local boards and
adoption .of promotional efforts to
increase consumption of dry beans in
domestic and foreign tnarkett.
Ontario Plowmen Met
The Ontario Ploughmen's Associa-
tion in annual) meeting on Febhuary
5 received an invitation to hold the
next International Match in Haldi-
mand County, and the Directors de-
cided to accept.• The location will be
the Unity Block, 24 miles northwest
of Cayuga. The President, F. G.
Fuller,' London, presided and discus-
sion throughout the day dealt with
ploughing, rules and regulations and
Match management. The noon lunch-
eon was addressed by Hon. )Duncan,
tMershall, Minister of Agriculture.
The new Board 'of Directors con-
sidered a request from the Minister
that the Secretary and Managing Di-
rector be an officer of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. J'. Leckie Wil-
son .has filled the position since the
tkesociation was organized, and since
his retirement from the Department
a year ago has eonbinued to direct
the affairs of the Ploughmen) Asso-
ciation. The Board of Directors were
not enthusiastic about any change
but finally compromised by making
J. Lockie Wilsen President for 1985.
Geo. Wialdie, .Stratford, was re-elect-
ed Vice -President, and 3. At Carroll
was made Secretary and Managing
Director. Olark Young, Milliken, con-
tinues as, Treasurer.
Fray Market Report
In Eastern and Northern Ontario
the hay market, remains quiet with
easier prices. The central counties
report little hay moving, although
stocks held by farmers are law. Most
of the farmers are feeding other
roughages- and saving the little hay
they have for later inthe season.
- Some shipments are being made from
the Ottawa Valley to 'mining and
lumber camps in . Northern Ontario
and to the Maritimes, with prices
ranging from $10 to $12 a ton.
In ,Southwestern, Ontario the de-
mand for hay is slew as consumers
seem to have sufficient supply to
carry then for , another month. A
good supply of roots and ensilage is
helping to carry the stock through in
good condition. Feed and other
roughage is being conserved against
having to buy hay. In some districts
there is quite a demand for sawdust,
shavings, etc., for bedding livestock.
In Essex County many farmers are
feeding corn fodder to horses instead'
of hay. However, later in the sea-
son a real demand for ,hay is likely
to develop. Priees being paid grow-
ers perton et principal market cen-
tres, less freight costs, are: For tim-
othy No. 1, $16.00 to $18.50; No. 2,
$14 to $16. No. 3, $12 to $14. Wheat
straw, $7 to $8; oat. straw, $5.50 to
$7,50.
Ontario Association Agricultural'
Societies
An important change was made at
the Ontario Association of Fairs and
Exhibitions ,Convention. Aeting- on
Itrotiee of'M!otion given at last year's
'i Snouts rah. 22 to Mareh•.4, to -ensure
DOINGS IN TETE SCOUT.
WORLD
SPECIAL
Monhreai.--,Et Wt Beatty, Presi-
dent -ete., the Boy Scouts. Association,
appealed to the 'citizens of Canada
for support in ;the financial campaign;
tieing conducted on behalf of the Boy
Corr;rition, the name was changed to
the t lntarie Association of Agriitui
'tura? ;Societies%;
The.'foriner nante'`had bean used
since 1'905, previous to which the
Canadian A.ssociationf Fairs and
Exhibitions had functioned. The.'his-
toric foterunner had been the Agri-
cultural end Arte Association which
gave leadership lin the `Provincial
way foe eboutthaif a century. It was
organized in -1846 andceaaett'tofunc-
tion in 1895.
The purpose ,of ,changing the •name
of this Convention: was to bring the
name of the Provincial Body more in
line with work being encouraged for'
the local Agricultural ,Societies. The
objects as outlined in the Agdicultup
al Societies Act provides for several
lines of work, one of elsiah is, the
holding of annual fairs.
For thirty years the . Provincial
Body has been 'concerned chiefly
with the ;conduct of fairs and other
agrioulturai ;subjects received little
attention on the programme of an-
nual Conventions. The change of
name forecasts a sn*dification of pre -
gramme.
BROILERS FOR MARKET
The buyer who can afford luxuries
can usually afford to be discriminat-
ing. Broilers may be considered in
the luxury crass of food products,
when properly prepared for market.
When disposing of the sunpi'us cock-
erels as broilers it is welt to. bear this
in mind and market the birds' in the
most attractive way. It pays to
please the buyer, and when there is
keen competition it becomes still more
advisable,
When catering to a select private
trade it may speed up 'sales if the
carcass is completely dressed and put
up in an attractive earton. When
sold drawn, the shrinkage will be a-
bout 40 per cent of thelive weight,
and a proportionate price must be
realized to pay for the loss in weight
and extra labour. Those birds 'should
be selected that have made good
growth; these avilli be found to be
plump and well feathered. The well -
feathered birds have less pin-fegthers
and consequently drees better.
Starve the birds for at least twelto
hours, but give plenty of fresh drink-
ing water before killing. Kill them
by braining and bleeding and dry
pick. Sometimes to save time the
semi -scald may be advisable. In this
case bleed and thoroughly immerse
the carcass for not more than 30 se-
conds in water heated to a tempera-
ture of not more than 127 degrees F.
It is important to keep the water at
an even temperature; over -heating
Will give a'skin-cooked unattractive
appearance.
Cost of production records at the
Doininion Expedimenxal Station, Har-
row, show that it requires approxi-
mately 5 pounds of feed to, raise a
broiler on range from chick to two -
pound weight. The total cost will
vary according to the number' raised,
price of feed, mortality, price of
chick, .and 'brooder fuel consumed. It
may be roughlyestimated that the
feed cost is slightly under half the
total cost at present prices and un-
der average conditions.
1935. FIRST. SERIES BACON
LITTER COMPETITION
A Spring Series Bacon Litter
Competition is again being sponsored
by the Federal and Provincial Live
Stock Branches for sows farrowing
frons March 1st to -May 15th int9lus-
ive, Any bona -fide farmer•may make
entry in this eompetition and eon-
testants will be divided into zones
which wilt be adjusted according to
the distribution of those completing
the contest.
Each contestant is expected to keep
a record of the approximate amounts,.
kinds and price. of feeds used' but
there are norestrictions on the use
of any feeds or feeding methods. 411
pigs in the litter must be marketed
at the one •time and in order to qual-
ify there must be at least eight pigs
in the litter raised to marketing age
and at least 30 per cent of the litter
Must grade as select bacon.
The Ontario and Dominion Depart-
ments of Agriculture are offering
$200.00 in prize money in each zone
to be divided as follows:
lst, $20; 2nd, $19; 3rd, $18; 4th,
$17; 5th, $16; 7th, $15; 8th, $14; 9th,
$13; loth, $12; lith, $11; 12th, $10;
13th, $10; 14th, $10.
Completed application feline must
be mailed' to Mr. L. E. O'Neil, Live
Stock Branch, Parliament Buildings,
Toronto, within 14 days after the
date of: farrowing of the litter. Fur-
ther information and application
forms may be secured from Ian Mac-,
Leod,, Department of Agriculture,
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Clinton, Ontario.
their grewth'to 100,000 members, as
requested by His Eauueileney, the
Governor-General.
The objective of ($500,000 aim's to
finance the -n ovemene for 'the next
five years and • guarantee its
xpansion to hundreds ;of conie,.
=mites, throughout the Dominion
Which now .halve no organirled: pro-
gramme for . their • boys.
Mr. Beatty .sail;
In appealing to my hearers for
summit for the Boy ;Scout Movement
at a time when an unending series
of worthy .social actireities is calling
for financial assistance:, I must un-
questionalbly give' my special reasons.
At one ;time the Boy feettut Move-
ment --was alleged to be a disguised
form of military training. A gen-
eration of experience has taught us
that it as a method 'of training sol-
diers -'-but soldiers of peace, -not, war.
3t: is based on the sound .assumption
that boys will he boys that the
primal instinct of young humans 4s
to group together in gangs for Mu-
tual support, in noisy, healthy and
active play. 'It takes into considera-
tion the essential domlecraey of the
young—their refusal }so believe that
social •distinlctions are important. It
accepts the fact that boys place little
value on race et creed, and only ac-
cept extreme nationalism with its
crop of hatred because their elders
tell them, to.
In a word, the Bay Scout 'letove-
ment starts with faith that boys are
merely men not yet made suspicious
over -cautious .or narrow-minded by
their experience eta world which is
only too artificial,
On that basis ,it .has built a system
by which boys are given the maximum
of freedom to play, to set freetheir
abounding energy and to develop
healthy contact with other boys. To
this is added the minimum of formal
discipline—only enough ,to prove the
worth of organized effort without
stifling initiative. •
The movement covers the 'World,
and brings the youth of nations into
a great union directed by the single
ideal of play made worthy because it
has a purpose.
I can offer no more powerful argu-
ment fol your active support of this
nzovenientthan my honest faith that
a country whose leaders in public and
private affairs are trained in youth
to hold the ideals of the Boy Scouts
will be a country in whichservice
win be placed before profit, and the
community ahead of the individual.
•Honesty, courage, resourcefulness,
clean living and kindness—these are
the lessons which the. Scout learns.
Can any of you suggest what more
we can do to help our nation and the
world than to teach these?
The Boy Scout Movement, founded
by Lord' Baden-Powell nearly 30
years ago, has had a powerful influ-
ence in serving the Empire, while
teaching its young members that
there is a need for loyalty to hu-
manity at large which loyalty' to: the
Empire'can only strengthen, It is an
amazing fact that the Scout Move-
ment the world oyer now, numbers
some two and a quarter million mem-
bers.
The movement comes very close to
being self-supporting, chiefly owing
to the fact that those responsible for
its organization, and for the discip-
line of its members, give their ser-
vices generously. The coning cam-
paign, which will start an. the 22nd of
this month, already has had the en-
dorsation of a very eminent person.
age, who has had long experience in
this field. His Excellency the Gov-
ernor-General has reminded you that
this is probably his last year of ser-
vice in Canada, and I am certain he
looks forward to being able to report
to His Majesty that a movement
which has had every mark of interest
and of favour from His Majesty and
members of his family, has excited
keen interest and received general
support from the citizens of ,this Do.
minion.
Canvassers will comhrnence a direct
appeal to Citizens in a few days, and
I have no doubt or scruples in ap-
pealing to men and women of good-
will for their fullest support of the
Be'y Scout Movement.
Pure-bred cattle. registered with
the Canadian Live .Stock Records ap-
proved by the Dominion, Minister of
Agriculture during the ninth of Jan-
uary, 1935, included 417 horses; 3,970
cattle; 963 +sheep; 682 swine;, 1,841
foxes; 729 dogs; 728 poultry, and 3
goats..
'OODER:ICIII Carly Sunday week,
Mrs.. Phillip Steele passed away
at 'her - home on Gibbons street, in
her •seventy-,seyenth year. She had'
been ' ill two weeks after a heart at-
tack, -Her •maiden name was Martha
Jane 'Gtll. She, was, born at Che-
boygan, Miat.,-a.-daughter of William
Gill -and-Phoebe Bowman. After her
marriage, in 1876, she came to On-
tario to 'live in Lobo Township, later
removing ^tea 'Ashfield Township,
where she ;resided thirty-six years.
Five years•ago, with' her husband, she
same to'Godeeiih. Surviving besides
her husband, •are• nine children. They
are: Miss Gladys "Steele, 'Mrs. Lin-
nington' of Goderich, Mrs. 'John Mc-
Knight of .Auburn, 'Mrs. -Thomas
Smith of Luc -know, and "Mrs. West-
brook of Detroit, .P•ames -of -Safford,
William of Ryland, 'Thomas of Bran -
,don, and Richard of 'Buffalo, 'Alta.
'Two sons, Fred of the 161st Battalion
and Alfred of the el et '1li oose Jaw
Battalion, gave their lives in France.
Four sisters also predeceased her.
Mrs. Steele was a,member of 'Victoria
Street Tinted Church. The pastor,
Rev. F. W. Craik, conducted the f,tien-
era! services.
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GODER3OIi: Henrietta McIver;
widow of Captain Norman 1VIcDair-
mid, died suddenly at her home 'on
Britannia Road Sunday' week, the
victim of a stroke. 'Vas. McDair-
mid, aged 74, although ill the last
week, was able to complete a quilt on
Friday night. Her sudden death came
at a shock to her many friends. She
was born in Ripley, a daughter of
the late Norman MtIvor and Annie
Mackay, both natives of Scotland, and
forty-five years ago, after her mar-
riage to Captain McDairmid, came to
Goder;ch. Her husband died five
years ago after a successful career ori
the Great Lakes. Surviving are three
sons, Willard and Kenneth of Detroit,
and Norman of Collingwood, and a
daughter, Mrs. Adam Thompson of
Big Valley, Alta.; also two brothers,
John and Donald, of Reston, Man.,
and two sisters, Mrs. C. Newell of
Detroit and Mrs. Kate Grills of Sillmi,
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Canada and the Argentine supply
the bulk of 'the wheat, milled in Hol=
land, while the Soviet Union, when in
the market, has also been a heavy
shipper. Since 1931 the 1Jnated'j
States, once a strong. cdinpetitor,.has k,
been only of secondary, itnirartance,•
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'LITTLE NORW(A.Y . FOUND 01
THE PACIFIC COAST
Much has been said and more, per-
haps, written ,about the 'fiords of the
Sask. 'There are eight grandchildren:
The funeral service was 6enducted by
Rev. H. ,J.'Lane ,'of 1{nor Tresbyterrian
Church.
HENSALL: 'Fallowing ,along ill-
ness, Mrs. Beatrice H. Davis wise, of
George William Davis, - senior mem-
ber of ,the Hensall "Manufacturing
Company, died at her home on Queen
street Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Da-
vis
avis was born in Bath, 140g., and carstte
to Canada in 1908, living for the past.
seven years in Hensal'1 and previous-
ly a year in Clinton and 18 years in
Exeter. Besides Iter husband, she' is
survived by one sister, left's. It. 3:..
Parrett, of London. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
from the home, Queen street, to Eke -
ter Cemetery, with the service con-
ducted by Rev. Mr. Hendry, *4 St.'
Paul's ' Anglican .Church, HensalI.
Among many friends . who attended
the funeral service were Mr. and Mrs,
R. J. Parrett, London; Mks. R. Treb-
le, London; Mks. J.. Markham, Lon-
don; 1l4r•. and Mirs. Oole, Exeter, and
11izi. •and Mss. Fraser, }Exeter.
;Canadian tobacco may be put to a
new use. 'Recently tobaceo has been
employed . for the manufacture of
citric acid in 'Europe. Up to the pre-
sent Italy has been the chief supplier
of commercial eitric acid extracted
front lemons.
Of the newer varieties of vegetables
recently originated in the Harden!,
tural Division of the Dominion Ex-
perimental Farins, the Dorimy corn,
and Abel and, Besal tomatoes are
now avAllable through Canadian seed
houses,
Canadian cattle to the number of
13,592 head, in 27 .shipments, were
exported direct to Glasgow during
the year 1034, as compared with 11,-
238 in 1933 and 4,016 in 1932. The
quality was, also greatly improved.
Pacific Coast •comparingthem with
those of Norway and "South -America.
On its Alaslua cruises this summer,'
the Canadian, National Steamships'
11,000 tons palatial "Prance Robert"
will) actually sail to the head of,:two
cf the largest fiords cutting deep into
the colorful coastline of Britiah Col-
umbia.
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Through dark ravines broken here
and there by ,short Inlets and deep.
bays revealing glittering peaks and
verdant yalleys this cruise ship ,will
be the first of its •size to make this
voyage into the hewn!, ,of the Coast
'Range,
'Gardner Canal runs- 80 miles in-
land a great gash in the coast mid-
way between Ocean Falls and Prince
Rupert. The mountains on each side
of the narrow inlet are high and r'ug.-
ged. It might well be called the
"Fiord of the Hanging Valleys" for
the high walls are broken at inter-
vals to disclose glaciers nestling a-
gainst the peaks and streams falling
down to -the sea in lacy cascades.
Mountainous Hawkesbury Island;
25 miles long and swathed in virgin
forest, divides the canal from Doug-
las Channel up which the "Prince
Robert" wilt proceed '-some"30 miles
to the head of Kitimat Arm, longest
of the two great sea inlets at the
head' of the Channel. On this par-•
row, picturesque waterway - is the
Indian Mission of Kitimat, turn -a,.
round point for the journey to ,the•.
regular steamship lane.
Two or three Indian villages are.
passed enroute" andthe natives in
their dugout canoes with. long, Jarveis
prows wilt paddle out to see the larg'
est craft to invade the .serenity of
their inland waters.
Before the cruise ship resumes her'
northbound journey to Alaska, ,sh'e'
will have spent 14 holes in the fiords,
a wonder journey front morning to;
night amid an atmosphere rich with'
the fragrance of spruce and pine and
crisp with the freshness of the sea.
POTATOES PEGGED AT 50c BAG
The following letter was sent to all
representatives of the Potato Market-
ing Agency b;y J. T. Casson:
"You are hereby notified that on
and after February 14th, 1986, ,the
price delivered on track or to ware-
house in any city in Ontario shall not
be less than 50 cents per 90 ib. bag,
plus tolls and charges, and no pota-
toes less than E. Canada Grade No. 1
shall be marketed in any in the
Provinee of Ontario."
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