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The Clinton News Record, 1935-10-03, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, NEWS •AND HAPPENINGS THURS., OCT. 3,1935 OF INTE EST. TO F111111E11 Timely Information for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the Deparbnent of Agriculture) Storing Poultry Meats I be culled out for the mere fact that, Experiments are being conducted at the Central EXperhnental Farm, to determine the optimum storage temperatuk el of petal Imeabs and the most satisfactory method of packing them. The information this obtained should prove valna'ble to those plac- ing poultry on loeal or export mar- kets. At present it is recommend- ed that commercially packed dressed poultry Should not be held longer than two or •three weeks ,at tem- peratures above 32 degrees F. Storing Potatoes When going into storage, pota- toes should be as dry as possible. All diseased or danutged tubers should be sorted out. The best stor- age temperature is from 33 degrees to 35 degrees F. Storing potatoes in the basement of a dwelling house is not, as a rule, satisfactory owing to the difficulty of providing proper ventilation. Many thousands of bushels of potatoes are lost each year through storing in faulty cel- lars, closely constructed bins and where the temperature is too high. • Handling Eggs 'Eggs should be collected at least once daily, and during very cold and very warm weather collections should be made at noon and night to avoid freezing or heating. The eggs should be taken at once to a cool cel- lar, where there is a fairly uniform low temperature. It may be advis- able to open one or two windows and substitute screens covered with cheesecloth to carry off odour or ex- cessive moisture. Dirty eggs should be cleaned with coarse sandpaper, but not washed. Stains may be re- moved with a little vinegar on a clean cloth. Washing eggs destroys the protective coating and lowers the grade. Current iCrop Report Threshing operations have been slower than usual, due to the bulki- ness of the harvest. Canners are now completing a satisfactory pack of corn and tomatoes. Fodder corn is being cut, the yield is above aver- age. Late potatoes give poor pro- mise. Recent tests show a reduced sugar content in the sugar beet crop, but the tonnage is expected to be well above that of last year. Early varieties of apples, while smaller than usual, are a good yield. Later kind are patchy and yields will be light. Plums are being shipped to Great Britain in large quantities. The pear crop is below normal. A large percentage of an exceptionally good tobacco crop has been safely harvested, It is estimated that the yield for the Norfolk area will be a- round 30,000,000, pounds, with the quality on the whole well above aver- age, 1 ! Crop Production The Department gives the total production of Spring wheat in 1935 as 1,867,000 bushels, as compared with 1,803,000 bushels in 1934. The oat harvest will yield 87,224,000 bush- els, an increase of 5,698,000 bushels over last year. The average yields are slightly in advance of 1934, that of spring wheat being 18.9 bushels per acre, as against 18.7 last year, and an average of 19.6 for the past decade, and of oats, 36.7 bushels, compared with 34.1 in 1934, an ave- rage of 34.84 for a ten-year period. As for barley during the last ten years, the! crop has averaged 15,945,- 000 bushels. The production this year, the report says, will be 17,050,- 000 bushels, an advance of 2,308,000 over last year. A near -record crop ef hay and clover is reported. The weather and other factors have, how- ever, brought in some sections, grains to too rapid maturity and have adversely affected the late po- betel' yield and root crops, as well as the sugar beet and tobacco produc- tion. The Time Fer Cuflig According to most practical poul- trymen culling should be a continu- ous and constant process. All the bird e that are poor doers, either hens or pullets, should be eliminated before they become seriously ill and used as market birds. In chicks these can be determined by slow growth, • small shanks, shallow heads, narrow backe, etc. Hens that stop laying • early should be culled out, Those whiohehow evidences of anaemic qualities should be culled out. Ev- lery bird that is doing poorly should if not culled out, it is, liable to con- tract disease snore easily than 'those that are doing well. • Hens should be. culled out from the middle of May on. Those which stop laying the last .of May and dur- ing June, July ,and August certainly should be eliminated and those which lay into September, October and November should be kept for breed- ers. If you want next year 50 breed- ers in a general way, keep the 50 that stopped laying the last. Of course, always cull for dieease. Call the Poultry Flock Poultrymen are advised to 'cull their millets beftfre putting them in the laying pen for the winter. All un- deiveloped pullets should be prepared for market as they would make poor producers. Birds which appear to be unthrifty should also be removed. If yearling 'hens are to be kept over to serve as breeders in the following spring, and no trap -nest records are available, cull out all birds which are early moulters, those showing yellow shanks or beak, those •showing coarse- ness in the head and those Possessing hardness or excessive fullness in the abdominal regions. The best layers are the late moulters which will be found in broken or ragged feather at this •season. They will possess clean cut heads, bright prom- inent eyes, lack of yellow pigment in beak, legs or flesh colour, and above all, they will have abdomens which are soft and pliable. Rely on these late layers for your future breeders. Transplanting Trees Wlhen trees die after transplanting the cause may oftekt be ascribed to lack of sufficient care on the part of the transplanter. Trees and shrubs should be dug out as carefully as possible so as to retain a, large pro- portion of the roots. The more roots there are, the greater the chance the plant has of living, The roots. should not be allowed to become dry from the time of digging until the trees are in the ground again. They may be protected from drying in transit by protecting them with wet moss or wet sacking, If the roots of ever- greens, especially pines, become dry even for a short time, the trees are almost sure to die. Wlhen planting, a hole should be dug large enough to that the roots may be spread out and not crowded or doubled up, The hale should also be deep enough so that the tree will be one or two inches deeper than it was in the woods er nursery. If the soil is at all poor, it should be discarded if possible and the hole filled with good soil which should come in close contact with the roots and be trodden down. Manure should not be put in the hole with the eon as it may leUrn the route er make the soil so loose that it will dry out easily. TO ENCOURAGE AND ASSIST PRAIRIE FARMERS TO PLANT TREES To increase the general interest in farm tree planting on the Pariries especially in the areas that have been affected by drought and soil drifting, the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Ad- visory Committee, will supply suitable nursery stock free of charge to farmers and give some financial as- sistance for certain special projects. The policy of supplying individual farmers on the Prairies with free trees from the Dominion Forestry Stations at Indian Head and Suther- land, Sask., will be continued as in the past for the establishment of Farm Home Shelter Belte, and also where desired for field crop shelters or hedges. Operators of all Illustration Sta tions and District Experiment Sub - Stations will be given special assis- tance in order to develop shelters which it is hoped will provide model plantings in each district covered by these Stations. The trees will be provided free and express prepaid. On Reclamation Areas the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Advisory Com- mittee will bear all costs of planting and maintenance where tree planting is considered necessary. In Keeler to secure reliable data on the value of tree belts and hedges in protecting cereal and forage crepe assistance will be given to groups of farmers who will voluntarily arran- ge for the purpose of planting Field Crop Shelter Demonstration Blocks. Such groups •must agree to surround and subdivide their fields with shel- ter hedges and ,also follow Such cul - INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF AGRICULTURE The International Cohmission • on, Agriculture which embraces the In- ternational Union of Agricultural Associations representing agriculture in all parts of the world held its general assembly at Brussels and Gentbloux, Belgiuin', recently. The League of Nations, the International Labour Office, the •International In- stitute of Agriculture, and the In- ternational Qe-operative Alliance were represented, together with 110 delegates from various agricultural organizations in different parts of the world. The three principal questions before the Commission were the or- ganization of agriqulturae peliduct- ion under planned economy, the ed- ible fats problem, and the limitation of pig breeding and fattening, with reference bo the special pig breeding attempts being made in Denmark and Holland. The assembly devoted special at- tention to the present world condition of agriculture, arriving at the con- clusion that in spite .of the fact that useful measures had been taken in several countries since 1932, the con- dition of agriculture had not improv- ed, in most countries. ' Therefore, the Commission adopted a declara- tion insisting upon the different re- quests of its Lausanne declaration and setting up new proposals. In effect, this means that the two main problems to be solved in order to overcome the agricultdral crisis are those of wheat and edible fats. On the one hand, the Commission is con- vinced that the London Wheat A- greement (1933) ought to be pro- longed and improved, while, on the other hand, as regards edible fats, the old civilized countries ought to take measures, or imprthre the exist- ing measures, to prevent the con- sumption of tropical fats and whale oil where they handicap the normal consumption of butter and lard. The Commission's declaration also lays stress upon the necessity of improv- ing the prices of agricultural pro- duce and of reducing the cost of pro- duction as well as increasing con- sumption. The next assembly of the Commission will take place in Oslo, Norsvay, in 1936. Along The Air Waves (Continued from page 2) they embarked on a boat bound for Bermuda where they will spend their honeymoon, Miss Berthelet was one of the first women to launch French Chanson- ettes in Montreal. She has deserved every bit of her success, being what is known in stage parlance as "a regular little trouper." Chualdin Plays Famous Suite Alexander Chuhaldin's October 7 presentation of his international ex- change "Sinfonietta" program will highlight the famous Robin Milford Suite in six parts. The Suite begins wibh the Prelude, continues with the Air, the Minuet and Trio, the Quick Dante, the Slow Dance, and ends with the Jig. The 9.30 p.m. spot is reserved for this program which will also be carried by NBC. World New e Interspersed Listeners interested in world af- fairs should enjoy the regular Sun- day afternoon broadcasts of Profes- sor Herbert L. Stewart, of Dalhousie U'niversity, Halifax. Prof. Stewart has gained recognition through his brilliant interpretations of the news and his frank, unbiased opinions. These programs are carried by all tural methods as may be considered best for the particular district and soil type. These blocks should be as compact as possible, should comprise from nine to twelve adjoining farmm. and be eivenly distributed over the three prairie provinces in these areas where soil drifting and drought are. the main problems. , Members of Agricultural Improve- ment Associations under a Disteict Area plan may secure free trees for home shelter belt plantings. The number of trees supplied to eaele farmer under the District Area plan will depend on local conditions, with, a maximum of 10,000 trees and cut- tings per farm. Financial assistance. in planting under supervieiorr may be granted. In areas selected for Township benuonstrations farmers will be giv- en all possible assistance in planting farm home shelter belts and possibly some financial assistance for plant- ing, but detail's of such assistance have not yet been definitely settled, All the tree planting work and' projects will be under the direction - of Norman St Ross, Chief, Division', of Tree Planting, Dominion Forestry Station, Indian Head, Sask., to whom requests concerning the details ef the assistance to be given towards developing the different tree planting.' projects should besuede, e 1 Commission stations et 6.30 p.m. COMMISSION FEATURES DAY BY DAY Thursday, October 3: 8.00 P.M. No Mournful Numbers— comedy team with 'orchestra direc- tion Isaac Marriott; ladies trio; male quartette and soloists. • k'ront Wnnipeg ..8.30 P.M. Anything Goes—, musi- cal variety with Lorna Grayston; Ed- ward Matheson; Colin Ashdown and • orchestra direction !Marjorie Payne. From Halifax vocal trio; male quartet; Mary Mc. Coy, soprano and Robert Armbrus- ter's orchestra. NBC-CRBC interna 'tonal exchange program. • From New York Tuesday, October 8: 9.30 P.M. Id Paris—This Is Paris —soloists and , orchestra direction Andre Durieux. • CRBOeMBS inter- national exchange program. From Montreal 10.30 P.M. Chas. Dornbergeg and his Mount Royal Hotel Orchestra — Supper dance music. From Montreal Wednesday, October 9: 8.30 P.M. Concert Caravan --- Friday, Octaber 4: soloists and orchestra. 9.00 P.M, Ambassador Gentleman , Front Toronto Jim— R. E.. "Doc" Guy with orchestra di- rection Isaac 1i4amott and George Murray, tenor. From Winnipeg 10.30 P.M. Gene Fogarty and hie Chateau Laurier Orchestra— supper flance musie. Front Ottawa Saturday, October 5: 8.00 P.M. Address by Principal Arthur Eustace Morgan, newly in- stalled vice...chancellor of McGill Uni- versity, from a dinner tendered by the Graduates' Society of McGill. From Montreal 9.30 P.M. Mutually Yours— soloist with orchestra direction Geofe Frey Waddington—CRBC-MBS inter- national exchange program. From Toronto Sunday, October 6: 5.30 P.M. "And It Came To Pass" —Biblical dramatisation produced under direction of Rupert Caplan. From Montreal 10.00 P.M. Atlantic Nocturne— readings by Je Frank Willis with Al- lan Reid at the organ and Leen Bol- kozotsky, violinist. From Halifax Monday, October 7: 9.30 P.M. Melodic Strings— orchestra dikection Alexander Chu- haldin. From Toronto 16.00 P.M. NBC Cuckoo Hour—, variety program with Raymond Knight; Mrs. Pennyleather; Girl's IMMO I 9.30 P.M. Alfred Wallensfein Sin. fonietta — MI3S-ORBC international exchange program. From New York DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD England has a special campsite for "Special Test" (physically or merit - ally handicapped) Scouts, Wioodlarks Camp, near Farnham, Surrey. Moncton Mayor Joins the Scouts In the presence of a large gather- ing of Boy Scouts and visitors from the city, His Worship Mayor T. II. King of Moncton was invested as a Scout at the district summer camp. The impressive ceremony took place about the camp fire. An Antidote For Discouragement "The danger of boys of adolescent age •becoming discouraged because of inability to find employment is greatly lessened by Scout training. Scouting builds up a boy's character, enabling him to stand up against misfortunes, and to look beyond him- self."—Lord Baden-Powell. Star Gazing Finance Again illustrating the traditional the Bolton, Ont., Scout Troop, to raise camping funds, secured the loan of a large telescopeand adver- tised "peeks into the heavens" at a moderate fee. Their announcement in the local paper described the stars "now showing." • „ Helping Handicapped Boys The last Scout census showed 4,740 Special Test (handicapped) Bey Scouts in the British Isles. They comprised 2,062 crippled boys, 438 blind, 5921 deaf and dumb, 1,466 men- tally deficient and 182 epileptics. The Scout training and atmosphere has been of great value to these boys, in many cases giving them an entirely hew outlook on life, A World Working For Peace "The 4,000,000 Boy Scouts and Girl Guides throughout the world, all im- bued with the spirit of friendliness, are a great leaven working for world peace and brotherhood. In addition are the several millions who have gone through Scout and Guide train- ing. The young men have a will for peace, and the application of the Scout Law in business life makes for better standards."--dsord Baden- Powell. The five Canadian manufacturing companies specializing in lawn mow- ers produced 24,469 machines in 1934. Up to 1930 Canada was a net im- perter of canned vegetables but since that year has become a net ex- porter to an increasing extent, the exports in 1934 being higher than in any year since 1929 when shipments of tomato products to the United States (where the pack was short) were exceptionally heavy. Something like shipping goals to Nova Scotia; South Africa imported 475,000 cwt. of wheat from Canada in 1934. Canada was the only source of supply, the South Africa deficien- cy of wheat arising out of a shortage Scout resourcefulness, the boys of of production:, CANADIAN NATIONAL r RAILWAYS REVENUES': The gross revenues of the all-ine- elusive Canadian National Railways Systeino for the week ending Sep- tember 21, 1935, were $3,905,367 as colutP'ared with $3664809 for the corresponding period of 1934, an in, - crease of ;220,558. GODERICH: Frank Riley, who, has been in the employ of the Cana- dian National Railways for the past sixteen years as telegraph and relief operator, was appointed town ticket agent on Friday last. Mr. Riley re- ceived notice of his appointment from the passenger, express and telegraph department, Toeonto. He, replaces J. A. Lawrence. The total number of pedigree .cer-, tificates registered during the month of August, 1935, by the Canadian. National Livestock records, approv- ed by the Dominion Minister of Agri- culture, was 6,170. Of that number 252 were horses; 2.559 cattle; 1,002 sheep; 640 swine; 17 foxes; 662-' dogs, and 38 goats (11 Nubian, 13 Saanen, and 14 Toggenburg). ORDER ROOFINC NOW Tun greatvaluesfn Metal Roofing. Ex. elusive patented 111 /1 features guarantee 1/1 / / weather -tightness tin'Odn. FneenoBrYawl3Proliocafe m or reroofing. Sond ridge and rafter leugth„ca.fooirl S t au e; e dard" for great- est durabilit7. 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Even if you never _ read an advertisement, you'll use in time some of the conveniences • which advertisements urge you to use today. Advertisements form a tide of taste that. sweeps you forward; you can't stand till. Since you'll enjoy what the yi advertise anyveay, why not begin enjoying it now? Read the Advertisements to be • alert to the best today The Clinton News.-Kecord $1.50 'A YEAR—WORTH MORE AND, IT'S A GOD ADVERTISING MEDIUM wookogrosaalmossomiwommatiiiistommom