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THE CLINTON: NEWS -RECORD
THURS., MAY 2, 1934'
NEWS
AND
HAPPENINGS
Timely Information for the
Busy Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture'
)
Beware of Weed Seeds in Manure
Weed seeds find their way to the
manure pile ,through .'the digestive
syutems of -animals and in bedding:
When' fresh manure As hauled out
and spread on the land viable .weed
• seeds may be spread with it. If
weeds are p,esent allow the manure
to remain;ift thie.pile for at least one
month before spreading, and thereby
avoid the danger of:increasingweed
infestation.
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The Modern Farmer
There is no question that the far-.
mer's ,occupation is a skilled •one.
Many city dwellers have little: idea of
the amount of skill and 'detailed
knowledge necessary for success in
farming. This skill must take sever-
al forms. There is the manualdex-
terity andmechanical sense needed
for operating both ordinary and mod-
ern farm machinery, - and the 'know
ledge required in dealing with horses:
and stock. And above all there is
the judgment which decides the right
moments to carry out this or that
operation on any particular area of.
soil, and the managerial capacity to
arrange operations and materials
efficiently. The degree of forethought
and skill demanded is much higher
than is expected •af the ordinary re-
cipient ofthe basic wage for u»ski1-
led labor, though too often the wage
farmer receive in return is lower than
thisbasic one.
Choosing Fertilizers
This is the time of year when far-
mers are purchasing or considering
the purchasing of fertilizers for the
various fermi crops.
Until quite recently, farmers who
had not made a• study of fertilizers
usually depended upon the local fer-
tilizer agent to advise them as to the
particular analysis they should use,
and unfortunately the advice from
this source was not always in the
farmer's best interest. A more ac-
ceptable source -of information is now
at the service of farmers, for the
Provincial Governments In Eastern
Canada have in recent years set up
fertilizer: councils composed of lead-
ing authorities in agricultural chem-
istry, farmers wire have a practical
knowledge of the use of fertilizers,
and representatives of fertilizer man-
ufacturers. These councils publish
recommendations as to the analysis
most suitable for the various crops
under the .various soil conditions,
and thus are performing a valuable
service to farmers in assisting them
to select fertilizers which promise
the most economic returns.
The Farm Poultry Flock
Poultry is at last definitely recog-
nized as one of the essential depart-
ments of every up-to-date farm where
a program of mxied farming is car-
ried on. Not only is it recognized
a necessary, department of farm
work but mare and more farmers are
coming to realize that for the capital
Invested and labor involved there
aro few if any departments that give
as high returns. For the mixed
farm, general purpose breeds such as
the Plymouth Rocks; which are good
both for laying and far the ;produc-
tion of market poultry, are recom'-
mended. A flock o£ a hundred such
birds carefully managed are return-
ing to many farmers a profit over
cost of feed of from $200 to $500 a
year, which is something not to be
disdained by even the most success-
ful farmers.
Jam Marketing Scheme
The •Canada Sam Marketing Scheme
which primarily affects the provinces
of British Columbia, •Ontario and
Quebec, has been approved by Hon.
-Robert Weir, Dominion Minister of
-Agriculture and the Governor -in-'
• Council upon the recommendation of
the Dominion Marketing Board.
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The.; Scheme has the support of
manufacturers representing at least
90 per cent of the volume of fame,
jellies and marmalades produced in
Canada. No opposition has been ad-
vanced by any fruit growers
Under the Scheme it is anticipated
that the demoralized conditions, which
have prevailed in the marketing of
jams, jellies and •inatmalades dur-
ing the past several years will be cora
beefed.' These c'ondi'tions which have
existed' have reagted to the disad'van-
liege of jam nnanufatturers: fruit
growers and consumers: It is , ex-
pected that under the ,new regula-
tions the quality of the jam, which
well be offered for sale, .will be im-
proved.
The Local Board is composed of -
fourteen members, namely nine man-
ufacturers, three growers, one con-
sumer representative,, appointed by
the Trades and Labour Congress or
Canada, and a Chairman who has no
financial interest in the jam business.
Horticultural Notes
(By John F. Clark)
Garden roses should not be set out
if soil is told and muddy. Pruning
is in order, cutting all dead wood
from +climlbers. Hybrid Teas and Hy-
brid! Perpetuals when -pruned low will
give large exhibition-' blooms. Well
rotted manure may be liglutly culti-
vated into the sail about rose bushes.
The burning of all rubbish cleaned
out of the garden, dead .weeds, aid
foliage from perennials; rose and
fruit tree prunings is highly advisable
to assist in control of garden pests
and diseases.'
All plants wintered in cold -frames,
pansies, roses, bulbs, perennials and
rock plants, 'should be uncovered. Re-
move protection on a cloudy day.
Plant Tuberous' Begonias in a box
of soil lightened with leaf mould and
sand. The side of tuber showing it
regular cavity is the top. Plant just
barely below the surface. Shade boxes
from strong light.
It will be beneficial to beds of ferns
and wild flowers to Ieave .most of the
rotting foliage of the past season on
the ground to serve as a natural
mulch.
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Seasonable Garden Hints
(By John F. Clark) •
In dividing perennial phlox, dis-
card the old centre. To control mildew
attacking this plant, dust with sul-
phur when foliage is wet.
Lilium Henryi, Regale, Auratum
and speciosume may be planted safely
in spring. Give gooddrainage and
surround bulb's with sand. Do not
permit thein to come into contact.
with manure. ' '
A light dressing of hydrated lime
may be sprinkled over the Irises. No
other fertilizer is necessary.
Air coldframes and hot beds on
Warm •sunny• day's to prevent moia.
ture from collecting and causing
damping -off.
Shrubs and hedges will show ap-
pneciation of a good mulch of rotted
manure, left on all year.
Soil for perennials should be pre-
pared deeply and thoroughly with,
Well -rotted manure incorporated at
time of digging. Never crowd the
plants. Arrange tall material at the
back, medium in the centre and low
perennials and annuals in front.
'Soil in seed flats should be of a
light sandy nature. A nevus soil of
pulverized leaf mould and :sand 'is ad-
wised. Sift the soil and fill to within
half inch of the . top. Fine seed
should be sprinkled on surface and
gently firmed in, while large seed
may be lightly covered. .
Bot fly and warble fly campaigns
in Ontario in 1934 were themost
constructive ever carried ' out in the
province. This year, 1935, wider ar-
eas than ever will be covered.
The February movement of bacon
from Canada to Great Britain, viz
14,765,200 pounds, was almost double
the volume for February, 1934. The
total value of bacon exported during
January and February, '1935• was
28,370,600 pounds, an increase of
9,823,600 pounds over the shipments
in January and February, 1934.
Tinder the auspices of the Domin-
ion Department ' of Agriculture and
the National Research Council of
Canada, a very successful demonstra-
tion of the wax plucking of poultry
was given recently at the Ohateau
Frontenac, Quebec, in the presence of
members • of' the Quebec Provincial
Government, Another demonstration.
The Fertilizers Act
There has been a Fertilizers Act in
Canada since 1897, and down throzgh
the years it has been wended : to
meet new and changed condition's in
the fertilizer' trade; and the increase
in
knowledge' (if ”commercial fertiliz-
ers.. The present Act came into effect
in 1922 and applies to,. all Canada:
There are no provincial fertIlizer
laws. The Fertilizers Ant is a Do-
minion enactment administered by
the Fertilizer Division of the• Seed
Branch, Dominion Department of Ag-
riculture.
Investigational' work with fertiliz-
ers receives special consideration by
the Jb perimentat Farms of the Do -
iii neon ' Dhpartment of'
f Agriculture.
Field , experiments to study plant
food ratios, rates of application,
placement of fertilizers, and other
subjects of importanee are conducted
at the Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, and at the Branch Farms
and Stations throughout the Domin-
ion. In addition,' a considerable a-
mount of research •work' ,in connec-
tion with special problems is 'wnder-
talcen at Ottawa. The chief object of
this work is to obtain information
which can be used as a basis for ad-
vise to farmers in connection ' with
the economic use of fertilizers.
The principal purpose of the Fer-
tilizers Act from the outset has 'been
to protect farmert and other buyers
against fraud by regulating and con-
trolling the sale of the product. Any
such commodity as commercial fer-
tilizer, possessed of an invisible value
based on a chemical content • of nit-
rogen, phosphoric acid, and potash,
needs to be properly controlled. Oth-
erwise, fraud in its sale might'flour
ish. Rock salt could he sold as nit-
rate of
it-rate•of soda, limestone as superphos-
phate, or sand as. high grade com-
plete fertilizer, and the buyer would
not know the difference until disap-
pointed in the failure of the fertili-
zer to produce results. It is vital,
therefore, to farmers especially, that
the Act be kept up to date and its
enforcement in a high state of effi-
ciency. This is also in the interest of
the fertilizer industry which depends
on the confidence of the •Canadian
fanner for continued businessand
prosperity. 1
YOUR WORLD AND MINE
(Continued from page 2)
money -making idea to some news-
paper, or to some advertiser, or to
some industrial. firm. I said to him
that just going about asking, "Have
you a vacancy?" would get him no-
where; that every time he asked this
question he was giving the ,man be-
ing interviewed an opportunity to
say "No." But this man persisted in
going about asking employers to put
him on their payroll. Of course' he
got no employment.
Ever since this nmanhas been com-
ing to see me, always' with a hard -
luck story. Latterly his visits have
been very frequent. He says that
now he is utterly discouraged, and
that his _health has broken down un-
der the strain of his anxieties and
necessities. He has begun casting his
eyes on his native land England,
and is considering writing letters to
newspapers in Britain, asking them
to engage him. I, have. said to him
that nobody in England is going to
give hien the slightest encouragement
to travel 4000 miles in 'a quest -of
work. Clearly his duty, in the cir-
cumstances, is to find employment in
the market which lies all about him.
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I told this man of a man who lives.
in Florida—where the sun in winter
is genial, and where fragrance and
flowers and rich foliage give solace
to fretted nerves. This man in Flor-
ida is a professional letter -writer. He
has customers all over the United
States and in Canada. He sells his
*cordial contracts" letters by : post.
These letters are very breezy ones
and are intended to be used by busi-
ness firms—'to be sent out by them
to those whose business they want,—
letters
ant,-letters which breathe good cheer and.
are as sunny as is Florida. This man.
says, "I keep after every : possible
prospect and former customer every
month through themedium of the.
mail. I find it pays!" .
This man started an agreeable
kind of business, and he's been liv-
ing by it very comfortably for "•years.
He didn't gr about. asking, "Have
you a vacancy?" He offered some-
thing which would help others get
more customers and make mare sal-
es. And by the medium of the post,
he has built up a, good business --and
it does not matter very much where
he lives. He can write letters from
Texas, or from St: Paul, or from
Boston, or from Vancouver. It is all
the same to his auetomers.'
This dispirited •man said, when 1°
told him about this writer of "aer-
ial" Ietters, "I can write letters;'"
and for a moment he got.. a vision •of
self-made employment. But he left
me, with his tail. drooping. For
hree years he has let himself be lick -1,
ed by his disinclination to exercise f
nibiative. And over in England there
was given at Perth, Ontario,' when
130 birds were plucked and 'shipped
to Montreal where their superior ap-Jt
pearance was compared with other:
Iots prepared in the ordinary manner. i
is a much older man, With just a
lragmant of one lung, with only, one
kidney, and with a' patched -up inside;
,with no, money of his own, starting a
20=acre farm, with his heart singing
all day longe'
I suppose that in Olinton there are
Hien and families who are in a good
deal of anxiety regarding both their
present and their. future. I ani not
going to say to them that they should
bo farming, though this mightbe.
good advice; But I do say to them
that the only sure way to get em-
ployment is to take money -making
proposals to those able to use them.
It may puzzle some to 'know wbat
they can do to make others richer, but
if they begin thinking of what . they
can do to help others make more
money, they will surely acquire abil-
ity to think out ideas which will, if
rightly presented, intrigue the. inter-
est of those approached,' I heard of a
young woman whose family were des-
perately poor. She went to a real an -
tate agent and said to him that she
wanted to sell or rent some of his
properties for :him. He scoffed at
the suggestion. Finally he allowed
her to try to rent the mast difficult -
to -rent property on his list--• at her
invitation. On this property was a
lot of sand. The young woman found
out the various uses of sand, acid got
the names of local or near -by users .
of: sand: It ended up in her being able
to get a tenant for the property for
five years, at a good rental. From
this sueeess she went on and on, until
she had a very prosperous business
of. her •own.
* 4, • .
TO
Expansions in Poultry
Industry
The poultry industry in 'South -
Western Ontario has undergone rapid
expansion in recent Years, growing
slowly from the small farm flock of
a• dozen or two hens to the large
flock, and in same instances to the
larger specialized .poultry fame. At
one time all the 'operations of ['need -
lag, incubation, egg production, fat-
tening, and preparing for market
were carried out on the farm under
single managlemtat, but now in many
instances we find themajoropera-
tions carried out at some specialized
plant. However, the general-purpose
poultry farm where all or nearly all.
the operations are carried ori still
remains the 'safest undertaking and
the backbone of the industry.
In conformity with other -farm, pro-
ducts poultry has had *s lean years,
but a well-managed flock could gen-
erally be relied upon to return some
profit. The mule that only the best will
survive under keen competition may
be seriously applied to poultry -keep-
ing due to the small profit per unit; a
hen may lay one egg or she may lay
350 in a year, and the :overhead ex-
pense of the poor hen is remarkably
close to that of the high producer, but
there is a vast difference in the re-
venue.
A glance at the laying.+ contest re-
ports will disclose the remarkable
difference between flocks, and probab-
ly more than any other factor, these
contests, held in all the provinces un-
der Dominion 'Government manage-
ment, have done great service in
stimulating selective breeding and
pointing out the difference in the
production of a good flock and a poor
one.
It takes imagination to get going
in business --imagination, and initia-
tive and courage. But there is a lot
'of work requiring doing in every
coniniuiiity, and this means Clinton.
The world belongs to the daring!
The total quantity of flaxseed in
Canada on March 1, 1935, was 580,839
bushels.,406,8.53 bushels being in ele-
vators; 166,300 bushels on farms, and
5,686 bushels in transit. „ On the
corresponding date in 1934, the sup-
ply
on hand was 668,688 bushel,.
Under the Dominion and Provincial
Governments 'various policies . exist
for the help and improvement of the
industry. In the •field there are the
Ontario Breeding Stations of the
Provincial Government where Hooke,
are raised and accredited under com-
petent inspection on the farmers'
premises, and under Dominion Gov -
en -anent control there are record of
FMTR S
limares
performance, laying cantestsy and
numerous breeding and experimental
projects carried on under the experi-
mental farms' systems.
The work on - the experimental
farms. is primarily devoted to re-
search; and in these efforts results
are not always. judged from a favour -
Bug conclusion, because, 'sometimes.
us inuoh in learned' from failure as
from success, and errors .and bad
practices may be checked and re-
checked for definite evidence and to
eliminate the chance verdict. So with
the knowledge that the ideal- is al-
ways in the offing'bhere'is an unlim-
ited field for effort in all branches of
the farm work.
Apart from the investigational
Wioric there are the valuable demon-
strations that the. farm system, af-
fords of the practical and profitable
methods of poultry farming' without;
elaborate or expensive equipment,
while in the effort to •improve the
flock by: selective mating there are
some surplus eggs for hatching from
valuable tested matings. The distri-
bution of these surplus hatching eggs.
di additioei to the distribution . of
males at a moderate price probably
constitute one of the most valuable
features of the work on the Harrpw-'
Station, by, paissing along to the
farmer the product of .a breeding
sire and his dams.
Exports of frozen poultry to Great
Britain during the two weeks ended
April 6, 1935, amounted to 2,864 box --
es, making in all 33,756 boxes, about
1,678,800 pounds, exported to the...
British Isles since January 1, 1936..
• PRIME MINISTER GOES FOR A DRIVE
Prime Minister- R, B. 'Bennett
caught by the Cameraman just as he
stepped into his car for his first
outing since he fell :sick seven weeks
earlier. Perhaps Mr. Bennett's smile
was occasioned by the remark of his
private chauffeur, Clifford Allen (al-
so shown) that lie was glad to see his'.
chief out again. The photo was .
ItakenMonday,April
15, in Ottawa.
•
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Programmes
Meal Tickets
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