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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-06-20, Page 6_ PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JL NE2'0 '1935.; N Timely Information for the Bus Farmer Furnished by the De artmnent of Agri0Olture..1 Canadian Turkeys Free Canadian turkeys enter 'Great tri tain fres of duty. From Sfay 2, 1935, the 'duty on foreign turkeys entering the British Isles will be six cents per pound in place of the form- a duty of two Bents' per pound, it is' announced. The reclamation plans for the Holland Mersh. in North York, On-{ tario, will include about 8,000 acres all suitable for extensive vegetabie growing. Work was started six years ago and an area placed under crop, but fuller development was re- tarded by lawsuits.. With a settle- ment of the rival claimsit is ex- pected that all the suitable land will be utilized. Record Safes .to States According to figures just released from the Holstein -Friesian Associa- tion at Brantford, all previous re - cordes for the sale of pure bred Cana- dian Iiolsteins were smashed during the month of April: A total of 3,- 121 ;121 head were transferred on the re- cords of the Association, represent- ing 28 per cent. more sales than have been ' recorded in any other month in its history. ;United States buyers took 1,040' head, bringing their total for the year up to 2,454 and fee exceeding the number ship- ped in any ether ' dike period. A new record wata also created when 238 changes of ownership were re- corded in a single day. As a result of the tremendous. demand, both loc- ally and for export, prices have in- creased about 25 per cent. and the majority of the shipments are now averaging near the $100.00 •mark. Total transfers .for the first four months of 1935 number 8,117 -head and show an inorease of 70 per cent. over 1934. Total registrations in the same period numbered 10,234 head, representing an increase over last year of ablaut 20 per cent. Grants For Junior Fairs An announcement of much interest to those concerned with junior agri- cultural activities was made by the Dominion Department of Agriculture recently, when grants were offered to Class A and Class B exhibii:ions, end to Winter and 'Summer shows, to be applied specifically to the sup- port of boys' and. girls' club Work and to junior aativitles generally. The maximum grant that may be earned by each fair, for this purpose, Is $500. 1 , The objectives in mind in the pro- vision of these grants are—to sup- plement and encourage junior activ- ities as organized by department offi- cers in the areas served by the fairs, to develop new exhibitors for the &tune, and to stimulate a construe•-,, tive interest in fairs on the part of young people and their parents. f More than ordinary attention will be given this year to flax and barley in Huron, Ontario. One flax ,Hili operator has contracted for about 2,800 acres. In •Seaforth a mill has been fitted for the manufacture at halt from) selected Ontario grown barley. It is expected that 50,000 bushels of barley will be handled in this plant. In Glengarry county the prospects are for atv increase in the acreage of barley. , The graduating class of one hun- dred and twenty at the Ontario Ag- ricultural College this, year will be the second largest in the history of the institution. In 1923 there were 147 graduates but this was due to the fact that an exceptionally large number of men who had served over- seas ,returned to complete_ their courses in the preceding two years, and this actually represented the ORDER ROOHNC NOW /go/ Twogreatvaluesin Metal Roofing.. Ex-, clueeive patented features guarantee weather -tightnees and easy applies tion. Fornewroofs erre-roofing. Send ridge and rafter lengths for free estimate. We Use Council Stan dare"for great. est durability. Eastern Stec; ,Products • ;riled HUSTON ONT ,17,7 1111,17 Mourac C.rmee,o graduates who otherwise would have been distributed over. about four years. Weeds in the Pasture Keeping the weeds down in the pasture means work at .intervals during the season if they are all to be killed., If Left for any length of time, or even for a short time in favorable 'weather, they will ripen and scatter their seed. This being an extra job for which time thws to be found somewhere in the midst of the press of work, quielc methods are most desirable. The tall growing weeds should first be eliminated, wild carrot, fern and ragweed which can be destroyed .by mowing„ cutting, grubbing or pulling. Close'system- atic mewing probably accomplishes the mast good with the least amount of man labor, and if faithfullly fele lowed will destroy most weeds. There are others such as hawkweed and dandelon that grow so low as to es- cape the mower. One effective way to eradicate such weeds is to apply Iime and phosphate fertilizers to the pasture. These help the white clov- er, which adds nitrogen to the soils and also helps the grass to grow dank enough to smother out the weeds. Soil deficient in plant food cannot produce a good pasture. To Kill a Society ' The advice given by John F. Clark at the recent Horticultural Conven- tion might well be pondered by all of us as it may be applied to any of the organizations with which we are con, nected. W. Clark has listed a few sure ways of killing an organization, but fortunately has not forgotten some suggestions which are con- structive, WAYS TO KIL+t A ;SOGIETY— D'o not attend the meetings, or al- ways be lata in entering. Oriticize and end fault with everything at- tempted, Never assllst in securing members, selling tickets or acting on committees, and only give adverse opinions regarding the work of ac- tive members. Always demand sumo - thing for your services and advice. Never stand for office. HOW TO ASSIST THE SOCIETY —Prompt attendance at all meetings and hearty cooperation with the off; cers. 'Be satisfied to act on commit- tees and share responsibility of of- fice. Advocate service to the com- munity rather than selfishly' expect premiums eeel personal gain from membership. De not decline to stand for election and the slow to resign when something fails to please. Seize every opportunity to advertise the Society and spread the kneeg:dge of horticulture. British Fruit Market (Canadian apple growers have Ov- ercome many diffieulties• in establiesh- ing an eroport market for their pro- ducts. They were pioneers in ae cepting .government grading as a means .of building up a reputation for quality. In spite of discouraging prices in the past few years the ag- ents •af co-operative shippers have pushed sales on the British market and stand in a better position today than ever before. In the season that has closed Canadians 'fared even bet- ter than the English growers who had a large crop that brought very poor returns, Mr. A. Fulton who is the overseas representative of On- tario growers clain, that wonderful progress 'has been made in, packing and handling of apples in the past six years., The principal factor con- tributing to the improved quality and condition 'of Ontario appres has been in establishing central packing hous- es and .gold storage plants in the producing areas. These modern fee - Mies have allowed More uniform grading and have largely overcome the tremendbus loss in wastage that was experienced before they' were in. troduced. The elimination of numer- ous brands and the adoption of a few speci'aiized marks, 'Stich as "Big O' and "Norfolk," has been a progres- sive step. This has been made pos- sible by the local organizations which shipped in regulated fashion to meet the market demands. An example of this, was the holding of Starks and Baldwins until ;1'fa,y when they were offered in splendid condition and realized as much as 26 shillings per barrel. Canadian exports of canned fruit' to •Great Britain were 28 per cent. greater from January i, to ;March 16, 1935, than during,. the Coer'pesonding. period of 1934. The principal in- creases were in canned apples, pears1 and Peaches. I 1 i !, g pOutstanding fellow Rovers on "Cita dressed his Annual iudg in Com et tion new Raver Scout Lord Mayor ad ' enship." Success The ninth annual Huron County , Live Stock ,Judging Competition which' was held at Blyth on Friday, June 14th was ,the largest competi- tion ever held in the County with sixty contestants taking part. This competition is open to all boys tweri- 1 ty-+six, yews of age and under, and who have not completed, more than one year at an A;gricultural'sehool or College. This Competition is under the direction of the local Branch of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. Ten claseses of live stock were judged and were supplied by the foi- lowing farmers in the Blyth district: - Alex MbEwing, Dairy Cattle and Swine. Norman Sanderson, Swine. Duncan McCallum and Jos. Grey, Horses. Frank Wood,' Beef Cattle. Orval McGowan, Sheep. The official judges in charge of the various' classes are as follows: Dairy Cattle—Mr. G. R. Paterson, Department of Agriculture, Walker- ton. Beef 'Cattle—W. R. S. 'bfcKercher, Dublin. Horses—.Mo.' C. D. ' Graham, De- partment of Agriculture, Stratford. ;Sheep --Mx. T. iS. Cooper, Depart- ment of Agriculture, Markdale. ,Swine --M4. H. L. Atkinson, Clin- ton. The silver cup awarded for the highest score in the entire competi- tion was won by Idr. Wlilliam Pep- per, Seaforth, with a score of 674 points out of a possible 750. Mr. Fred McQuillin of Lucknow with a score of 671 was awarded the silver medal for the second highest stand- ing. The shield donated by the Can- adian National Exhiblition for the novice with the highest score, who has never previously judged at a county competition was won by Mr. Harold Lobb of Clinton, with a score of 660 points. Mr. Norman Sander- son who supplied one of the classes in swine very kindly donated a spe- cial prize of two weanling pigs, one to the high boy in the senior section and the other to the high boy in the junior section in the judging of swine. This special prize was won by W. Fred McQuillan, Lucknow, and Mr. Jack Tur•rtbull, Brussels. . A first prize of $2.00 and second prize of $1.00 was awarded to both senior and junior boys se follows: Heavy Horses-- Seniors — Frank Archibald, Seaforth; Mex. Corrigan, Glenannan. Juniors—;Alvin Lobb, Clinton, Earl Williams, Clinton. Beef Cattle—Seniors—Stuart Mc- Ewen, . Clinton; Mfred Patterson, Weed Seeds on Farms Lucknnw. Juniors — John Deeves, Clinton, Harold Pepper, 'Seaforth. Dairy Cattle--Seniors-,Wim. Pep- per,' Seaforth; Frank Reynolds, Sea - forth, Junia•s-ddfarold Lobb, Clin- ton; Geo. linton;Geo. Alton, Lucknnw. Sheep --Seniors — Wilfred Short- reed, Walton;-' Harold Vincent, Bel - gravel ,JuniarsJBobHenry, Bel - grave; Bert Garrett, Seaforth. Swine—Seniors— Fred-llicQuillin, Lucknow; Bill Turnbull, Brussels. Juniors —, Jack Turnbull, Brussels; Alvin McDonald, Brussels. The seeds of most annual weeds when embedded in the soil retain their vitality for several years. The seeds of the mustard family and others, when ploughed down after ripening, seldom germinate the fol- lowing year and not until they are brought near the surface by further cultivation. Light surface cultivation during the early autumn usually serves to stimulate germination in freshly ripened weed seeds. Thus, a considerable proportion of them, may be destroyed, while, on the other hand, by deep ploughing the difficul-, ty is simply deferred to succeeding years. The germination of weeds, as' well as other seeds, is affected .by heat. Many kinds of weed seeds, such as some grasses and mustards will germinate in the late autumn or early spring when' the soil is Cold. Ohters, esuch as •nuckwheat and Iamb's quarters, require a warmer soil, and the seeds of foxtail and purslane continue dormant until stimulated by the heat of summer. Late autumn or early spring cultiva- tion is not effective in destroying the seeds of weeds that will not 'ger- minate unless the soil is warm. Some .of the worst weeds'. are so prolific in. the production of seeds that relatively clean fields may ,be- came badly contaminated in two or three years if the weeds are al'l'owed to go to seed. For instance, asin- gle ' plant of wildmustard, stink; weed, foetal, pigweed, or campron produces from 10,000• to 20,000 seeds; worm -seed mustard about 25,000; shepherd's purse about 50,- 000, and tumbling mustard abbot 1,- 500,000. With such productiveness, fields• become quickly infested with weed seeds, although, on account of they inconspn'puousness, their pres- ence is not fully realized. The whole subject is dealt with in an illustret- ed publication, `Weeds and Weed Seeds, issued free by the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. The total shipments of certified potato seed from Canada in 1934 a- mounted to 1,828,745 bushels, 728,- 582 bushels being shipped during the nrontbs of January to May in-; chreive and 600,163 bushels from the fall' to December 31, l . DOINGS IN THE SCOTT/ - WORLD Siam is the world's third largest Boy -Scouting country, with a mien-, bership of 78,757 boys and leaders. Afghanistan has 352 'Boy Scouts, Colombia 100, Guatemala 150, Haiti 430, Liechtenstein 60, Panama 56, The son of the Polish Consul Gen- eral to Canada is a registered mein, her of the 38th Ottawa Boy Scout Troop. A Scoutmaster and two Scouts will represent Canada at the 25th Anni- versery Jamboree of the Boy Ccouts of Poland this summer. Seven Canadian Rover Scouts will attend the great international gath- ering of Rovers (alder Scouts) to be held near Stockholm, Sweden, in July. Birmingham Lord Mayor A Rover Scout The Lord Mayer of Birmingham, Alderman S. J. Grey, was invested as a Rover Scout in the presence of 1,000 Revers frim all parts of the Midlands'. After the ceremony the If Every Boy Could Be a Scout "Nine out of ten criminals begin their, wrong -doing-! between the ages of 12 and 18. I do not recollect any Boy Scout'. being brought 'before the court in ;Saint John during the last' four years. 1f it were possible for every boy in the city to beeome a member of a Scout troop it would be possible to mould the vast majority into good citizens." --;Chief of Police Col. E. M. Skater, Saint John, N.B., Good Turns Large or Small After a week's hard work in office and factory an Old Country Rover Scout Clew were enjoying a weekl end hike through the Essex country- side. As they passed through a vil- lage they came upon a small girl weeping bitterly. She had lost a sixpence down a drain. After some study of the problem the modern fol- lowers of King Arthur purchased some chewing gum, attached an ad- hesive wad to the end of a thumb. stick, retrieved the sixpence and re- stored it and happiness to the small distressed maid. Canadian and other Empire wheats are admtited free into the British Isles while wheat of foreign origin is dutiable under the Ottawa Agree. ments Act at a rate of two shillings (48 cents) per quarter of 480 pounds. * * * There are many species of plants in the Canadian Arctic that do not occur outside that region. Among these may be mentioned Arctic wild rye, Arctic dock, Arctic scurvy - grass, Arctic loco -weed, Arctic shoot- ing star, Arctic primrose, Arctic leusewort, and Arctic ragwort. There are other plants and herbs mainly Arctic in their distribution. FAR MERS Gathering Keeping an Marketing Eggs The skill and expanse involved in the production of eggs culminates in the market price obtained, The aim, therefore, should be to secure the highest priceby preserving their freshness and quality. Eggs should be collected, at least ones daily, And during very cold and very warn wea4 ther eollections should be made at noon and night to avoid freezing or heating. Eggs should be taken at once to a cool cellar where there is or fairly uniform low temperature. It may be advisable to open one or two windows and substitute screens coveted with cheesecloth for ventilation and to carry off excessive moisture or odour. Dirty eggs should be cleaned with coar's'e sandpaper but not washed. ;Stains may be removed with a little vinegar on a clean cloth, . Washing eggs destroys the protective coating and lowers the grade. Veep, roomy nests provided for the hens will reduce breakage. Clean pine shavings have proved the best nest material .at the Dominion Ex- perimental ;Station, Harrow. Shay- ings facilitate cleaning and form a better cushon in the nest than hay or cut straw. At this season of the year !shells are mare likely to be brittle and contents of poorer quality due to hair cracks and so called grass or dark yolks, and careful candling is advisable if the best prices are to be obtained. Candle and grade according to Canadian Standard Egg Grading Reg- ulations and pack wholesale ship- ments in clean fillers and good cases. For a special high-class trade eggs may be packed in neat cartons with an attractive "sticker'- or seal guar, anteeing the contents. ,Canadian ice cream by law must contain not less than 10 per cent of milk fat and no other kind of fat must be employed in its manufac- ture. Test Soils Before Liming When the uestion-of liming crises, the first stepshould be a soil acidity test. An active -acidity test together- with a knowledge of erop require- • ments as to seil:type and acidity will' determine to a large degree the suit- ability of soils , for various crops... Such. a test wilt indicate Trite define - Rely whetlier lime is required. Where limeis needed/ the qauntity required • to reduce: the acidity of a particular soil:, to a suitable point fora specific crop can lie determined.;: This is one - of the services rendered by the Do- minion 9bcperimentall Station, all Harrow; upon- request. Where a field is not producing the. - crop it should, the acidity .of the soil'. may Se a limiting factor. In such a case it certaihly' is advisable to have - the soil tested for acidity. Soil sam- • pies' should be carefully taken with ale clean spade at representative places in the field. A sample from a very productive area is often helpful for -- comparison. One-half pint of soil is sufficient for such a test, bub this shouldbetaken from a well mixed" Iarger representative sample. Al. belef history of the field should ac- company each soil- sample, which cane either ,be mailed' or brought to the a hove address for determination. READY FO1V ANYTHING She was engaging a new maid, and ' by way of recommendation rather • than explanation said: "We're Scotch,.. you know." "Oh, that's quite all right," said' the applicant reassuringly, "I was • once with a Ohinese couple!" The object of cold 'storage of com- mercial vegetables is to prevent them, from drying and shrivelling and for stop the development • of moulds and rots. Most vegetables,., can he placed' in cold storage, bat too much stress cannot be laid on the necessity of - first pre -cooling them at a tempera- ture of 50 degrees Fahrenheit when: most of the heat will be taken off. saiefreaseesitaellevallitemesgelesserallseasel cJ What Goes On In every Home Watch in your own home how The News -Record — or any other good newspaper—is read Possibly the pera'onal and local items are read, and perhaps the , main headlines on the front page are scanned; but it is a pretty .i safe thing to say that wo- men readers will turn very early to the advertisements of local firms which advertise fashion item's, food items, and other offerings related in- timately to current needs and desires. Every woman knows what she wants—mot perhaps in the precise form' er color, or variety or %nnanner, but certainly in the main matters of her desire or need. This applies to clothes, hats, shoes, food items, beau-. ty preparations and many items per- taining to }Mine furnishing. And so women are eternally on the watch for information —d and for ,temptation! They are swiftly perceptive of the advertisements which present and propose the things of their desire or need And obviously it is those re- tailers who advertise to ahem who stand the best chance of their custom. at is, the same in the ease of men. Few men buy impulsively. When they leave home each day for their place of employment, it is not just to get rid of their money. What they buy is, mainly, something whose purchase has been planned—clothes or other forms of apparel, hardware items, motoring sundries, shaving and other bathroom needs, plants, books, and so on. Men, like women, have been read- ing, advertisements in line with their ripening desires and intentions, and of course they go in largest numbers, to those retailers who have :been in- forming them and soliciting their custom- 1 'All of us, instinctively, go where the light is, not where the darkness is. Advertisements are light, and so they attract the buyers to those stores which they illumine. The way to get 'business is to ask for it. Can the truth of this state- ment be successfully dispnted?" And here is another equally true state - mart: The public ;buys from those who invite its custom. The Clinton News -Record $1.50 a year. Worth More AND, IT'S A GOOD ADVERTISING MrddiiUM