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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-03-14, Page 6PAGE 6 r,, N E/S Timely Information for the Busy Farmer. ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) Early Sowing of Tomatoes The Dominion Horticulturist re= commends early swine of .tomatoes and the use of early !maturing, good varieties. Sowing should be one In time to have, stoelty, well grown plants in bloom and ready for plant- ing out at the sign of 'settled 'weath- er. :Soils with low nitrogen end' high phosphoric acid content and a med- ium amount of potash,are essential., * alt Cod Liver Oil For Hens 'When chickens are kept indoors where they do net get as much direct sunshine es when they are running outside their mash should contain a- bout 2 pei'-cent of a good quality of codliver oil. This oil is fed because of its vitamin D content, which is needed to help assimilate the ingested• mineral matter. In the absence of a sufficient quantity of .this vitamin, a chick may be undernourished on min- erals even if It is given enough for its body needs in the mash. When sufficient vitamin D. is not produced in the body of the growing chick, through the action of direct sunlight, or when it is not furnished in the shape of cod-liver oil, the minerals supplied in the mash may not be as- simailted. Vitamni D is 'an -important constituent of all chick feed as well as laying, hens' mash feed. ap The Importance of Alfalfa For a number of years the forage crop specialists at the Central Ex- perimental Farm have bken studying the species and mixtures best suited for pasture in this district. Among other things it has been found that the inclusion of alfalfa wherever possible, on land to which it is adapted, increases the yield • of good quality hay and produces an early second growth which may be cut for hay or grazed at a tinte when the older pastures areata minimum level of production. The importance of this fact cannot be over -emphasized, be- cause good hay and good pastures are very neeesstu•y for the maintenance of high production herds. The use of some alfalfa has also been found to prolong the life of the field as pasture for an additional year or two, for, being a perennial plant, alfalfa persists after red clover has disappeared. air * Ontario Ginseng Root Rot • The increasing prevalence of two destructive diseases of the root of ginseng in the • districts of Ontario where it is 'grown has created a prob- len of considerable economic impor- tance. The root, which is the article, of commerce and requires at least five years growth before it reaches a de- sireable marketable stage, is becom- ing exceedingly difficult to bring to nuiturity principally owing to the attacks of brown rot on the one hand and of "rust" on the other. Brown rot is the ,more serious disease of the two, and is'also •known as "the dia. appearing ret" from the fact that the affected roots may in a comparatively short time either completely disap- pear- in the 0011 or leave as evidence only shreds of a skeleton shell. The name. "rust" bas been applied to the serious but less instruotive disease be- cause of the oeeurence of rust -colored lesions on the surface of the affected root. Rotation and rigid sanitation. are the only control measures rug- gested, because varieties resistant to the disease have not yet•been eneeun- teree by the Canadian scientists who have the matter under observation. alt * a Fertilizer Application Experiments have been conducted in Eastern and Western Canada for several years, concerning .methods of application of commercial fertilizers, with particular regard to the place- ment of the fertilizer in relation to the various seeds. It hes been dem- THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., MARCH 14,1935, enstratef that for wheat, oats, and. barley moreeconomical y'iel'ds may be olet aiued by applying coman'ercia1 fertilizer directly in contact with, or slightly below, the seed than by aap- plying it broadcast. In certain crops, the germination of the seed is cheokedi Wand in some cases completely ruined by contact with commercial fertile. er, While this does not apply to wheat, oats, and barley it is not ad- visable eo seed corn in contact. The fertilizer should be applied in bands about tete inches to the aide and slightly blow 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-hai'f to ene inch of soil between. Good results have been obtained wit+, fertilizer for potatoes,bothbroadcast, and in drill or row. It is recommnend ed; however. to apply fertilizer 'in bands at either side of the row and level with, or slightly below, the sets or seed. sit sit aft Seed Market Report The buying of seed in eastern On- tario proceeds aotive4y as growers offer it for sale. Practically all the surplus sof red clover and timothy in the St. Lawrence counties has been sold, but growers still have some sweet clover for sale, Prices offered farmers in this area are: for red clover grade no, 1, 2d'c; certified 21c. Timothy no. 1, -16e; sealed, 17e; no. 2, 15c and r;o. 3, 13c. Thera is still a fair supply of alfalfa seed in the upper Ottawa valley which has been moving rather slowly of late. There is relatively little seed um sold by growers :in south-western Ontario, that remaining being small lots held farr local sale. •Generally the supply •of field seeds in farmers' hands in this part. of Ontario is much below that of other years and same expect that 'shortages may develop in a few localities before the season is over. The seed trading season has now advanced to the stage of a move- ment from wholesale seed houses to the retail trade and market prospects in the next month appear bright ow- ing to 'the uncertainty of sufficient supply. .Prices being paid growers in this part of Ontario, basis no..1 grade, range from 20e to 22c for red clover; 161/2c to 18c for alfalfa; 20e to 25c for alsike; 41.c to 5%c for sweet clover; 12c to 15e for' timothy and 12e to 14e for Canadian blue grass. RUST -RESISTANT WHEAT In two or three years time the Do- minion Department of Agriculture expects to release one or more strains of rust -resistant wheat in substantial quantities. • This most important statement oclaks one of the greatest triumphs of Canadian agriculture in overcoming a very destructive disease that attack cereal crepe. As a result of years of unrelent- ing effort, co-ordinated !by a Commit- tee known as the Associate Commit- tee on Field Grip Diseases, strains of east -resistant wheat, witl'i what is believed will have ,the ;yielding abil- ity, baking, milling, and early ripen- ing qualities of such varieties as Marquis, have Veen developed. The members of this 'Committee are re- presentatives of the Dominion, De- partment of Agriculture, the Nation- al Research Council, and the Western Unive'sities and Colleges, and their work; which covers every phase •of cereal breeding and pathological re- searches on rust, smuts, foot -rots and other cereal diseases, has progressed with certainty in the face of what seemed to be insuperable difficulties, so that thesestrains of the new rust -resistant wheats may not be ex- ploited by anyone to his own finan- cial advantage, the dis4ri:biution of the seeds Will be controlled by the Cer- eal Dbvision of the Dominioh Experi- mental Farms, until a sufficient quan- tit, has been•developed to enable small lobs to be distributed to a large number of farmers. WHAT OTHER NEWS HABIT POR DOG DAYS A scientific test has revealed, it is claimed, that the smoking of cigar- ettes chills the fingers and toes. Wle had concluded from 'the advertising that ie produced a feeling of ,calm and ' contented nenehalance. --Kincardine Review -Reporter. alb alt* A RE'FOR'M PROGRAM The chief desire of the people, •of `Canada is that its government shall spend Iess than it receive:, and shall Snake serious efforts to pay its debts. This being true, should not the first.. "reform' be that of tackling •the things under government control which are adding to our tremendous debt,—Renfrew Mercury. PAPERS ARE SAYING AN APPLE A DAY The Goderich :Star wonders why we i were healthier last winter, when the Weather was much colder than usual, than we are this winter when the weather is more .modorate. Well, one answer might! be that the severe win- ter last year killed a good many apple trees, and we've had nothing with. which to -keep the doctor away this winter.—ll'anos'er Post. alt' ala +it LOOKS OVER FIGURES Grey County was faced with .a huge hill for road -building when the pro- vincial accounts came in in January. it was .asked to pay $165,000 as its share. of the costs ef pavements built last year end did not know what to. do about it, The Provincial Govern - ment has allowed it three years in which to pay, $511,000 this year, the same in: 1936 and the balance of $64,- 000 in 1937, It Ys safe to say that enthusiasm for new pavements ` in GreY is: at low ebb just now. It might be well for Huron 'County to look those figures over. Goderiph Star. alt alt NOTHING SAFE Now that an odorless "cabbage has been achieved by experimenters, the cry has gone out to deodorize the on- ion. It will soon be that one cannot eat anything in self-defense. -Winghain Advance -Times. sit ak OUT WHERE COLD IS ,"DRY" Burr! Wie admit the virile quali- ties of frigid air, and the stimulas induced in sluggish'veins by the icy blasts. But Zero is always suffered, ;never welcomed. His. departure is much more popular than his arrival. May it, we trust, be soon. —Winnipeg'Free Press. LIQUOR BUSINESS FLOURISHING IN ONTARIO While most lines ef business are still badly shot, the liquor business is stepping forward in this province. The Government .repents sales a- mounting to thirty-six mnillions of dollars during the past year,. with profits of •six million dollars. The in- crease in sales amounted to six mil- lion dollars, or about twenty percent. Sales of beer and wine, owing to the opening of parlors, amounted to 49 per cent. The liquor traffic in Ontario under the encouragement of the new license system, is becoming one of the big- gest items •of expenditure, almost e- qualling the great expenditures for education about which we hear so much. —St. Marys Journal -Argus. a a BAD BUSINESS With Febiruary first a time limit for the use of 1934 markers, just a- bout no one is pleased. Prominent Liberals feel it to be a msitake and the Deputy Minister of Highways gives an impressive estimate of gas taxes lost by putting cars of the road. Just about •two-thirds of the entire cost of road maintenance for the whole winter, Is his opinion. The im dividual has another way of looking at it, It a new imposition upon him that does not look much like a verification of the pronounced solic- itude for his interest and welfare which filled iihe air before election day. His grim satisfaction is that more will be heard of it yet egain be- fore another election. Doubtless the previous government could have done the sante thing. But, doubtless, it never did. --Listowel Standard. O* � N AN There is a minor war in progress in the newspaper world at the pre. sent time. It all started because the Toronto. Mail and Empire registered a complaint that under proposed leg- islation which is under discussion there was no provision for an eight-hour day for editors, de - Oaring that "many ofthem common. ly work 12 or 14 hours a day, often seven days a week." This caused the Ottawa Journal to pronounce skepti- eism that editors worked even, as Ione as eight hours a day , . . As a matter. of fact it's a lucky editor who gets off With an eight- hour day. Or is he lucky? One doubts if the um' and Empire editor would be happy if eontipelled to restrict his work to a miserable eight hours a day. And somehow one can't help but be mildly . • skeptical • that a brilliant editorial page like that of The Ottawa Journal can be turned out in four or five hours' work. Even by the brilliant Journal staff. -Sault St.e 'Marie Star. A GOOD TIME TO QUIET The Midland Free Press passes: on a story, which will be enjoyed by more than onenewspaper, man who has been pestered by persons • who objected, for reasons of their own, to stories that were written as accurate- ly as. possible, but which didn't meet with approval. • And every newspaper man of experience has met, such •cas- es.• lb seems that a house burned dawn in a town in Central Ontario. The local newspaper reported the happen- ing, of course, and added that the house was vacant at the time. The owner came in, very wrathy and said the house wasn't vacant, but on be- ing asked the names of the tenants, replied "That is for you to find out." Now, that kind of answer is a very dangerous one to give to any. body in .the newspaper business and in this 'case, the owner od the paper was aroused. He promptly Ibegan to make enquiries among the neighbors. He Iearned that the last tenant mov- ed out .about the middle of December, and apparently he learned a whole lot of other things about the fire, that had not come out in the first casual inquiry, and other people.also began to have 'their suspteians. ' Then some- body notified the Provincial Fire Marshall and asked hint to investi- gate. There seems to be a very obvious moral, to this tale -- If you are en- gaged in any shady business, and a hint of it gets into the. paper, 'better keep quiet about it. The editor may. not know that the. business is shady.j -4 ergus News -Record. I WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG. Front The Newol-Reeord, Mar. 17th, 1910: Nis Will Johnson, who has been engaged with the Jackson for some time, leas been transferred to the;Goderich branch, and, with Mr.• Karl Walken, who has also taken a responsible position there, has start- ed on his new duties , ".. Their many friends regret their .departure from town, where they will be much mis- sed. Wesley church celebrated the eighth anniversary of the opening of the present edifice on Sunday, Rev. Dr. Rutledge of Wingham was the anniversary preacher. After the supper -which will be served in Ontario street church thls evening the :following program will be given; • Address: "St. Patrick" Rev. Mr. Cosens; Chorus, "My Wild Irish hose," .Messrs. Jackson, Dawns, Kerr, Wleir, Harland and Gibbings; solo, "My Father and Mother Were Irish,' quartette, "Comae Back to Er- in,'" Solo, "The Little Green Sham- rock," Miss Reid; duet. "Remember Boy, You're Irish," Charlie and Fred Thompson; .Solo, "The. True -Born Irishman," J. Leslie Kerr; chorus, "There's a Dear Spot in Ireland," Messrs. Jackson, Dawns, Weir, Kerr, Harland and .Gibbiu'gs.' About nine-thiety on Sunday night last the explosion of a lamp caused fire to break out in M. Chas. B. IIa1e's cottage, on Rattenbury street, and in a short time the whole inter- ior nter-io r was a mass of flames. , . The fine made such a sudden sweepthat very little, even of the personal ee- featsdof the inmates could b{o saved. On- Tuesday evening while Mr. T. IL Cook was driving down Batten. bury street west hishorse took fright at'some brush on the roadway and, bolted, throwing the occupants from the .cutter. • The result was a frac- tured collar' bone for Mr. Cook. alt*aft From The New Era, Mar. 17th, 1910: Last Friday the bus and delivery rigs made their first appearance on wheels.. Mark the date down, Mar. 11th.. The man' with the :maple bush is the lucky man at this time of the year. The ladies of Willis church believe in doing everything right and last Thursday, was another success for them. The tea was a good one, Iots' of good things to eat and everyone well Iooked after. After this a re- cital was given' by Prof. Brown, or- ganist;' of Wesley church, in the auditorium, assisted by Miss Martin of London, Miss hoover and Dr. Gandier. Fish Liars' Club Loses a Member Fifty-six pound Tyee salmon wins gold button for noted writer but brings about his resignation from world-famous fishing organizations. "The Fish Liars' Ciub';v is an in- ternational institution which thrives from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Fair- banks, Alaska. It has few rules and regulations and holds no regular meetings, though its 'business is con- ducted without hinderance whenever. two or three men are gathered to- gether in the name of fishing, ac- cording to Corey Ford and Alastair MrBain who wrote "Hook, Line and Sinker" appearing in the March 9th issue of Collier's. Messrs. Ford and McBain gathered the inspiration fol their article in a trans -Canada fish- ing excursion last season which took them to some of the outstanding fish- ing sports in Canada en route to Al- aska. Describing the club; the writer - fisherman state: Each session is usually conducted free-for-all style, with every angler for himself, catch -as -catch -can, weights unlimited and no hoax bar- red. The symbols of the brotherhood are the same in every fishing lodge from Montreal to Vancouver. The national coat of arms is a .ten. pound rainbow rampant on a broken rod, with crossed hearts, a Bible, and hand upraised. The national insignia is an empty creel The secret sign consists of holding both•hands before the face, frons one to six feet apart (depending upon the individual's qualifications as a member of the club in good standing), Shaking the head sadly, nand murmuring: "No kidding -it was THIS big—" The secret passwords of the club, set out b!y Messrs. Ford and McBain, are more or less familiar to mem- bers of the craft. They are: The wet er was too high; The water was tee low; The stream was too muddy; The stream was to clear; The weather was too cold; The weather was un- usual U The niversal symbol of brother. hood, state the writers, ins a worm, Meetings of the brotherhood are held anywhere, at any time. .Two or more members constitute. a quorum, and one fisherman alone can hold a meeting if, he can persuade a non - fisherman to listen. As Field Secretaries of the organ- ization (self-appointed) Messrs. Ford and . MieBain made a tarefui survey of lakes and streams across Canada, travelling via Canadian National Railways and fishing such ,spots as Lake Nipigon, in Ontario and Mail- igne Lake in: Jasper National. Park for speckled trout, Cliff Lake in Northern Ontario for muskellungo; Stuart Lake in Banish Calumbia for rainbow and mackinaw , trout; and various: waters, on Vancouver Island for •stoolhead trout, caho and tyee. salmon. Incidentally, it was a 56- pound 'salmon, caught in the Van- couver Island waters, which won for Carey Ford the Tyee CIub Button and brought about his resignation from the Fish' Liar's Club. These two fishing writers tell;an interesting story of Canada's,.attraet- ions for the sportsman. Their first experience was- bn the White Sands Rivet, at the northwest corner of Lake Nipigon, which •stream they reached with outfitter Bill Bruce of Wii11'ot, water a deluge of rain lasting for the proverbial ;forty days and forty nights. After catching fish, un- der what should, have been, impossible fishing conditions Ford and McBain aid their catches proudly before `Bill Bruce. The outfitter eyed them cold- ly, according to the writers, and the Fish Liar's Club went into immediate session. "Wlhen •conditions are right," 141lr. Bruce averred, "six and eight - pound trout are nothing. You can't judge the Nipigon right now. Conditions are unusuaI." The second irregular meeting which Messrs. Ford and it1;•eBain con - vend took place near Hudson, Ont„ where Mike Anent conducts fisher- men who seek muskellunge. Mr. A- ment was chairman. "We have mus- kies so big we have to cut them in half to photograph them." As par tial proof of this statement he watched Ford and MieBain tie into good sized fish. For nearly•an hoar, one big tiger muskie battled against Ford's tackle. Then, just as he carne to within reach, of a landing net,: the hook pulled out and the fish departed. "It would have gone away .over thirty pounds. I've seen 'em lying on that shoal -'fish that weighed forty and fifty pounds" said Mike Anent dejectedly. "I bet it would have gone sixty pounds—maybe seventy— if it hadn't got away." Messrs. Ford and MeBain caught some good musk- ellunge even if .they missed the for- ty -pounder, and the Cliff Lake Chap- ter of the Fish Liar's Club was a success. The Jasper Park Chapter, accord- ing to these two writers has many members but a large number of fish- ermen are disqualified because their speckled trout catches are too big to permit of any exaggeration. "At least, the Jasper Park Ghap ter of the Fish Liars •Club can do nothing much about the scenery," the writers say. "That is tope. For a million years Nature groaned and sweated to evolve this stupendous. circus' ofmountains and sheer ridges, high, gleaming glaciers and icy tor- rents that vide(' in' silver ribbons down the precipices. into the valleys. You cannot say much. We had never cast a fly in snore beautiful sruronndings.. We fished Beaver Lake, an expanse of flooded muskeg that boiled with one - pound trout .like a hatchery pool . at feeding time and offered a ,fighting native for every Verbless fawning Cahill that was offered." They fished the M!aligne River,, llfaligne Lake and Medicine Lake, using barbless hooks and putting their fish back until they got tired. And then the fisherman journeyed an to Buffalo Prairie and Valley of the Lakes, :'still in the Na. 'atonal Park, for rainbow trout. At Fort St. James, British Colum- bia, they started: up .Stuart Lake •to Talka and. Trembleur Lakes .for rainbows. ' Hooking into rainbow trout whish jumped out .of the water ten and twelve times 'beforesubmit ting to be landed, the fishing writers enjoyed amazing success. The Fish Liar's Club met. George Hamilton, who was ;gulling 'the •writers, -called it to order as he surveyed a Rainbow Trout weighing 121, pounds.. "That fish would of gone fifteen pounds if it hadn't just, spawned" said Mr. Hamilton, and the club was .inihned- lately in session. ' George I. Warren ef Vancouver Is- land called the next meeting to order. "Campbell River" !said bIt'. Warren, "is about the only place' for big Paci- fic salmon on :light tackle, and you get a Tyeo Club .button if you land a Tyee salmon over fifty pounds under the Club regulations." Corey 'Por• landed a 56 pounder. The weather was not unusual; the fish had not just recently spawned;, it had not been raining; the tackle had not broken' and the fish had been properly landed under Tyee Club rules, There was no excuse for the Liar's Olub to convene. Mr. Corey Ford Resigned on the spot, because for once he had a fish but no alibi. And then the fishermen writers went to Alaska and caught grayling. They bought 'a fish to have their photograps taken with it—or so they say in their article, TREES FOR REFORESTING The Ontario Forestry Branch this year are following the policy of pee - viola's years in :supplying free trees to 'any farmer in O'entrio. Any num- ber will be 'eappliedfor reforestation purposes and , any number up to a maximum of 500 fox windbt'oak plant- ing. The only cost to the farmer is the express charges from point of Shipment to his' nearest station. The 'Government desires to em- phasize that the free distribution of forest trees is restricted to the fol- lowing purposes: • The reforesting of suitable lands for the praductoin of forest crops. The improvement of existing wood- lands which have become depleted. Th reclamation of unproductive wastelands which are lying idle and which would support forest growth. The .protection lily forest planting of slopes and hills which are subject to erosion and of light soils which are spbject to blowing or drifting. The conserving of water flow by forest planting on the slopes at the headwaters of streams. The planting of shelter belts and windbreaks for the protection of ag rieultural crops. The Forestry Branch cannot supply trees for decorative or ornamental planting about homes, clubs or other private properties. Applica- tion forms for these trees may be se- eured by writing to the Ontario De pertinent of Agriculture, Clinton, and all applications must be in the hands of the Ontario Forestry Branch, Par- liament Buildings, Toronto 5, On- tario, not later than April 15th. Cattle exported from Canada to Great Britain in 1936; from January 1 to February 21, numbered 4,781. eft * New Zealand was the principal source of butter imported into the United Kingdom during 1934, sup- planting Denmark as the premier exporter. SKIRT BUTTONS; AS FISH BAIT Fish have been caught with worms. and ..a bent pin for' a hoop, flies of varied hues and all sizes and shapes, bugs, beetles and what have you but. along comes a hardy angl'er,up ore Lake Simcoe, in •Ontario,; wiio catches fish through the ice with a pearl' but,- tom ut-ton. Next tome you happen' to fee.. get your flies or other bait, or the• doggone fish won't lite, just slice as pease 'button off your shirt .or• what- ever other part of your clothing- hap-. pens to be hung together with a peart- button and use it. We might add to• this piece of advice biy suggesting; you include pearl shirt •buttons: along;; with your flies and other bait KIDNAPPER SAYS HE WAS BORN IN $URON David ldeisner, convicted of the kidnapping •o1 John S. Labatt, in are interview at Toronto settled doubt: about his birthplace. He said lie was; born in Ashfield Township, Huron, County. Later the family moved to. Jerseyvillie, • Wentworth County,, where he grew into manhood. He left there and !settled in Detroit. He has:. been taken to Kingston to serve Wit fifteen year term, . , For the first seven weeks. of" 1935' shipments of live stock front Western to Eastern Canada included 4,956 cattle; •271 calves; 38,293 hogs, and: 18,625 sheep. • ajE * A total of 5,899 cattle and 18 car- ves were exported from: Canada to the United States, from February 7' to 21, 1935. illtt The quantity of branded beef sold in Canada during January, 1935, to- talled 4,220,821 pounds, an increase of 1,621,480 pounds compared with Jan- uary 1934, The amount sold in Jan- uary 1931 was 866,466 pounds; 1,448,- 859 pounds • in January 1932; 1,941,- 476 pounds in January 1933, and 2,- 6099,341 pounds in January 1934. Twa weeks ago sales of ibranded beef in Vancouver broke all previous reeords.. sit alt "The Canadian system: of feedings grading, and packing chicken, in fact all kinds of poultry, for export or - otherwise is very up to date, and in• some cases our (British) farmers would do well to copy Canadian id- eas."—British Fish Trade Gasette. ARE YOU BUILDING or REMODELLING? Don't commit yourself until you get all the facts about E. S. P. Barns—Steel Truss, Plank Truss or Cantilever types._ Make full. use of our twenty years' experience in Barn Building! Let the Engineers in our Farm Build- ings Department advise you. Their services are absolutely free to farmers who are building or remodelling. 'Write today Easter t Products. tal Guelph St., - Preston, Ont, Potteries also at Toronto and Montreal. When it's their anniversary ..' . and you've, been away a ton time'. , and g youcantbe there in person to congratulate them . Send your voice instead, by Long Distance, 0 Nothing but your voice can give; just the right touch. And as the rates in the front pages of your directory show, you can talk 100 miles or so for as little as 30 cents. , ^ Ammiennsaansmcz,