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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-04-11, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., APRIL 11, 1935 NES. RNA RPPENIN61 Timely Information for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the Department of Agrieulture ) 'Cultures 'for 'Legume 'Inoculation: Farmers who are sowing alfalfa or other legumes '-this spring and who have not previously used cul- tures for 'inotedetion may .obtain e- nough to treat one budhel o'f 'seed Iby -writing to the 'Division of Bacterial- ogy, Central Ebeperiniental Tarns, Ottawa. Requests should he sent in early and should state approximately when the .culture +will 'be needed. • 311*sIE The; Spr%'ing Seed' llequ r'emients Farmers who desire to assure their, seed' supply at minimum cost are 'aI- I ready taking stock of their spring; requirements. 'Those who have seed;, of their own, will be taking eteps to have it properly cleaned and graded) before the spring rush. Others, less• fortunate, will he well advised this gear particularly, to secure what they require as their es possible, mak-i ' Ing sure that they are getting var-il feties which are most highly recom- mended for conditions stet as theirs. **iCi ,. Starting Chicks Supply water with chill taken off in suitable vessels, charcoal, shell end grit or river sand. Feed the young- sters iininediately on their entry to brooding quarters. A. good starting mash consists of: middlings, ground yellow corn, ground oat groats, each one part; shorts, aflalfa leaf meat and animal feed mixture, each 'z part; hone steal 2 per cent'; cod liver oil 1 to B per cent.; and salt.,IA per cent. • Seed Grain Crops Early The importance of early seeding cannot be stressed too strongly. An experiment carried on for 10 years at the Central Experimental Farm, shows that wheat, oats, barley and peas seeded as soon as the land is ready to work give higher yields than when sown at later dates. The aver- age increase of grain' sown early over that sown two weeks later was 14 bushels for barley, 18 bushels for wheat and 4 bushels for oats. , I( are of the New Pigs The nursing sow 'and litter require rare and good feeding in order that the pigs will be strong and healthy, andthe sow will be in fit condition to produce a second litter this year. Supply a milk -producing ration. It should consist of oats, middlings and skim -milk. Encourage the pigs .to start eating at an early age by plac- ing some feed in a flow trough. As soon as weather permits, let them run outdoors in a fresh paddock. ik' kyr . Dairy Cattle Rings j4 cent/eoli affection of cattle at this time of the year is ringworm. This can be easily controlled if taken in time. Wash the part with' soap and water to remove crusts, scraping if necessary, then dry the spot and paint with tincture of iodine, repeat- ing the treatment daily until cured. Sulphur ointment .or any good smoth- ering ointment if used conscientiously will also give good results. 3 'DTE Vit' International Plowing Match The International . Flowing Match and Farm Machinery Demonstration, organized by the Ontario Plowmen's Association, will be held this year in Haldiniand County, with headquar- ters on the farm of Louis H. MCKib- bon, Caledonia R. R. 2'. This leeation is near Caledonia and may be reach ed by Highway No. 6. Haldirhand is noted for its good plowmen, and a Large ;;hatch is ex- peeted, *3TE* Inoculating Legume Crops `` When legume crops are being plan- . ORDER RDQFINC NOW 1$JIMATE. FREE if! Met areotvaluesia creta; Roofing. Ex. elusive patented features guarantee Weather-tiehtneeg 611a -easy aPplica- tion. Fornewroofa. orre-roofing. Send .ridge and rafter lengths for free ostomate. We use Council$tan- dard"for great - eat durability. hasternSStee'1 products mifeef PRESTON ONT r"rrdtliri naanTTNONTC[A4EieaOHTO ned for spring seeding., 'consideration should he given to the question of inoculation. This le particularly re- commended for such crops as alfalfa, sweet clover and, soya beans, espec- ially when seeding for the 'first time, Inciculation consists in addhtg a cul- ture of the proper bacteria to. the ailed et the time of sowing. "ft is easy to carry out and helps to' insure success with the crop. At'* iJAY MARKET 'REPORTS Southwestern 'Ontario Sufficient .hay is believed to be a- vailable in the district :of 'north Sim coe'to •meet local- stock feeding re- quirements this corning Spring. In Lincoln and adjacent counties how- ever, there appears to 'be a shortage of hay at the preset time. Enquiries are being received from dairymen and others as to outside sources of sup- ply. The farmers in this part of On- tario are likely to be bardpressed in providing sufficient hay and straw for their live stock requirements dur- ing the coming month. There is a good demand for alfalfa hay in this part of the province. Prices being paid growers, per ton, at principal market centres, less freight costs, arei for no. 1 timothy $15 to $16; no. 2, $12.50 to $14.; no. 3, $n to $12.50; wheat straw $7 to $8 and oat straw $5.50 to $7.50. • * • 411 ,. Planning the Home. Garden Where the area devoted to the gar- den is limited, careful attention must be given to such points' as distance between rows end between plants, so. that all space may be used to advan- tage. Each plant must have room to mature, yet gaps must be avoided. A. study of rotation of crops and time of maturity is of great value in planning the small garden. ;Such crops as radish and ,spinach may be grown as inter -crops between the rows of later maturing crops like carrots er Par- snips. Late sown crops may be plant- ed between the rows of early matur- ing crops just !before the` latter are ready to harvest. Two or three crops cf such plants as radish and lettuce may be grown on the same ar- ea. A. succession of quick growing crops by planting at intervals is also desirable. Wihere land is cheap or where the garden may be laid out in any shape desired, ease d eultivation should be considered. All the rows may be placed the same distance apart, just Wide enough for a horse cultivator, whether the vegetable requires little room or a. grsat deal of ' room to mature. The rows should be as long as possible for horse !cultivation 'and several kinds of vegetables may be planted in the sante row. Less time is wasted in turning, and also lees ground in turning ends which are of- ten weedy. A few minutes with a horse cultivator will keep a farm garden reasonably free from weeds during the rush season in the spring when there is not time for hand hoeing. Horse cultivation reduces the amount Of hand, lab'oilr tR a minimum : and brings down the cost of production. At the, same time it often means the diiferenee between success and fail- tree with the fain; 24r4e11. rot this re9iioii, the, 3:arden should be located close to both house and barn. Being readily accessible from the barn; may mean time would be taken' to culti- vate .the garden when it would not if a special trip were necessary for the work.. . * fit' '11t' Eastern and Northern Ontario Large quantities of hay are stili in farmers' hands in the upper and lower Ottawa valley and in northern Ontario. The growers are receiving from $7 to $9,50 per- ton according to quality. The principal movement Is to Nova Scotia for which over 1,000 tons have already been graded for shipment under the freight rebate plan. There is also some movement to central and western Ontario and to the United States. Plenty of hay is being offered in northern 'Ontario, the growers receiving $9 to $12 per tan according to type and quality. The amount of branded beef sold in Canada during the month of Feb- ruary, 1935, was 3,274,855 pounds,, In February 1931 the amount was 988,571 pounds; in 1932, 1,5414,558 pounds; in 1931, 2,999,968 pounds and in 1934, 2,778,358 pounds. 3TE.* 311 Complete statistics of the produc- tion of dairy factories inCanada date, from 1900, when the total value' of the products was $29,731,922. In 1933 the value wee $87,218,311,, represent- ing'an increase of $57,486,389, or 193 per cent. Airing the period. INTE The Warble Fly AMI. AGENCIES CO.OPERA'TING TO ELIMINATE THIS DE- STRUCTIVE PEST r 'The Warble .Fly and the resultant Warble Grub, constitute a real noen- ace, to every cattle sister in Ontario. and it Ss not .eonnn.endablle to note the manner in which Repr'esen'ta. tives of the Department of Agr ctrl -1 cure un (every County have marshalled. their forces in a general "Wlar on ,the Wirilile Test." It has become a distinctly local enterprise With everybody "Warbling" for the benefitof the cattle iedustry and et a decidedly low maehnum'cost to each individual :cattle •owner,—the average cost per animal. for the three necessary treatments is very 'little, if • any, in excess of three cents. School Teaohers• ani Sehool Inspectors are involved in the drive With special lessons being taught In the schools; Councillors are out cam- paigning and local Storekeepers in almost every town and village are co-operating in the same spirit by holding themselves in readiness to supply allthe necessary ammunition in the form of a powder that is eas- ily and readily mixed with water. Perhaps no Agricultural endeavour of recent years :has caused se much In- tense interest and concern and the poor little Warble Fly, is destined for complete eradication if this general campaign is conducted for another 2 or 3 years. It is ,only human perhaps to pro- crastinate and some farmers have postponed treating their cattle in the hope that Warble Grubs might not appear this year or that it was useless to treat unless the neighbors did likewise. Such an attitude is the poorest kind of logic. Every farmer should treat his cattle since treatment means no running, or gad- ding, contented cows, better milk flow, better fleshing, and superior hides. And no farmer should let the suc- cess of last years' treatment deceive him as one year's treatment does not kill all the Warble grub& BINDER TWINE INSPECTION {Binder twine is sold with a guar- antee of 500, 550, 600 or 650 feet to the pound, the longer and medium lengths being the more popular in Canada. There are several large binder twine manufacturing establishments in Canada and in addition to Cana. dian-made-twine there are consider- able quantities of imported binder twine - on the Canadian market at the present time from both British and foreign sources, The Inspection and Sale Act, which controls the sale of binder twine in Canada, requires that each ball of twine be labelled to show the number of feet of twine per pound in the ball The Act allows a toler- ated shortage of 5 per cent under the guaranteed length beeause of natural variation in length per pound Which must necessarily occur in the course of spinning. Binder twine is inspected by in- spectors of the Seed Branch, Domin- ion Department of Agriculture, at places of manufacture or storage. All brands of binder twine sold in Can- ada are checked as.to the actual runt- ber of feet per pound as compared with .the number of feet per pound guaranteed, judging from the re sults of inspections' of recent years the 5 per; cent tolerance of shortage allowed under the Act is not being taken advantage of bythe manufac- turers,;as more than half' of the samples tested had actually more feet of twine to the pound than was guaranteed, and less than 2 per cent of the samples had a shortage great- er than the limit allowed In the cases of excessive shortage the manufacturers or importers concern- ed were warned and, when deemed necessary, deficient lots have . been withheld from . sale, as provided by the Act, and required to be relabel. led to conform with the legal re- quirement. ;Only 10,953,159 bushels' :of foreign wheat entered France in 1934. 0fi that amount Canada supplied 9,600,- 530 bushels. * 3153k Cowhides to the value of $277,547„ sheepskins, $1i34,444; calfskin-, :$1T)- 441, and "harness leathers", $32.2,940 were used during 1983 by the Cana- dian miiseellaneous leather goods in- dustry, which includes harness, sad- dlery, trunks, bags;' purses, and befits. Other farm products in the shape of goatskins and pigskins were also us- ed in smaller quantities. The weight of a loaf of bread in Canada is not standardized but it is regulated by municipal by-laws in the various provinces with the ex- ception of Ontario: re 'Ontario the .legal :,standard weight of a Ioaf I's fixed at 24 and 48 ounces, ;except that in the case of "small b're sr the Brit -i ' it is fixed at Y2 oua'tces. , , INTERESTING THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AGRICULTURE IN jr1TRON The following statistics concerning agriculture in Iluron County Twill be sof interest 1» our readers: Livestock In comparison with all other Coun- ties in numbers of Live Stook,'Heron County ranks as follows:: '(1983 fig - •ores) • In total number of horses, W. with 23,948 ''head. In total number of cattle, 2nd, with 113,441 head. _. 'In total number of sheep, 13th with 28,701 "head. In total number of swine, 2nd with 69,097 head. In total number of poultry, 1st with 1,196,502 'head. The 'total value' of all livestock was planed. at $6,271,510, third highest in PLavinee. Wlth about 6,300 farmers in the County, average value of live stock per farmer was $995.00. Field Craps Huron County in 1933 ranked as follows (in acreage); k'ell Wheat . 6th Spring Wheat . 7th Oats 3rd Barley . ... .. 3rd Peas , , 5th Beans . 3rd Buckwheat , 4th Flax . . 1st Mixed Grains . 3rd Turnips .'. 8th Mengelde . . 3rd Value of all field crops, $4,819,390 4th in Ontario. Average value per farm of $765.00. Huron County noted for its pasture land, 151,139 acres, 2nd highest in Province. Number of acres of cleared land, 681,940, 2nd in Province. Huron County has 85,07 per cent. of all land cleared. Total value of land, $32,629,110, 5th in Province. Total value of farm buildings, $19,- 512,401, 2nd in Province. Total value of implements, $6,- 463,615, 2nd in Province. r FARM ER; DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD Poland, which -this summer is hold- ing its second national Scout Jam, b'oree, is the third strongest -country in Boy Scouts.. EIE EIE Danish Scouts' 25th Birthday The Danish 'Scout Association, or Det. Danske ISpejderkorpo, is holding a 25th Anniversary National Scout Jamlboree, .July 27—August 9, near Copenhagen. As usual, Scouts from. other countries are invited. Junior Scouts Grow Rapidly In Many Countries in the British Eisnpire and 35 other countries there were at the end of 1934, as reported'by the Internation- al Scout Bureau, 336,694 Wolf Cubs, or junior Boy Scouts. Iceland re- ported 90, Iraq 2,000, Egypt 1,145, Japan 5,972. The total for the Em- pire was 264,108, 'ITE * IPE' An Indoor Camp Charged with the guardianship of hobby show' exhibits filling the Rid- geway, Ont,, High School auditorium, Scouts slept all night in their arti- ficial camp on the platform. *Woodcraft Calls Replace Bugles When Scouting was less well un- derstood bugles were a frequent item of troop equipment, For some years they have been "tabu," as "neighbor- hood nuisances," and because bird and wild animal calls are more consis- tent with woodcraft. Which explains why a Fort Wlilliam man, seeking someone to sound a bugle, could not find a Scout who could blow One The Scouts Found Her It has become almost routine throughout Canada to "call out the Scouts" when persons are lost, and the number found in a year would make a fair-sized. group. The latest case was the search by Galt, Ont. Scouts, fox a four year old girl, when `police and neighbors had fail- ed, and her discovery in a remote corner of a large park- at 10.30 p.m. EIE * European Politics, Do Not Affect Boy Scouts Indicating that the celitical differ- ences of their elders mean little to them, Boy Scouts of .Britain, Hun- gary, France, .Spain; Belgium, 'Hol- land, Poland, Sweden, and other Eur- opean countries are• planning their usual exchange of camping and hik- ing visits this summer. Troops of English and Scottish Scouts will the camp guests in Denmark, Poland and Hlungary, and smaller units will vis- it other countries. Similar groups fromthose countries will visit Eng- land and Scotland. 31 r ell A Thousand Mile Land Cruise A "Thousand Mile Land Cruise," by 'special train from London to Ed- inburgh and return, touching at York and other historic paints, ds' a novel Scout project being carried out dur- ing the Easter holidays.' The Scout tourists' will be served breakfast and supper on the train, and for midday a "haversack lunch," to facilitate sightseeing. Kentish Scouts To Tour Greece The political situation in that coun- try permitting, Greece will be the objective of the annual Easter tour - of the Scouts of Kent this year. Are Scotts Interested In Animals?'! Six. Boy Scouts attended the, first of a series of clitsses in the care of animals conducted by the Edesonton Humane 'Society. By the fourth• meeting the attendance had grown+., to seventy. ' • Bonfire For Fredericton's Birthday Plans fax the celebration this sums - trier of the 150th anniversary or Fredericton as the capital of New' Brunswick include a huge bonfire to be supervised by firemen and Boy - Scouts. w. $1 311 15,000 Polish Scouts To Celebrate Scouts from other countries are in- vited to the 25th Anniversary Jam- boree of the Scouts of Poland, to be- held in the forest of Spala .in July. Sonne 15,000 Polls Stouts are ex— pected to participate. 81 311 • Two Famous .Flyers Were Boy Scouts It may not be generally known that.- two famous western flyers, C. 11. ("Punch") Dickens and Wa _ R. ("Wiop") May, who were honoured with the ,O.B.E. in the King's Iast : New Year list, were mite Bey Scouts. Both were members of the old 1st Edmonton Troop. THERE IS STILL TIME to treat your cattle with COOPER'S WARBLE FLY POWDER •—• 100% kill no guess work. 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