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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-10-10, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CI N . NEWS -RECORD wewomodkileiiiiimwar THURS., OCT:.10, 1935", INTEREST TO FARMERS Timely - Information for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Barley production in Ontario this year wilt amount to 17,000,000 bush- els, an increase of 2,309,000 over 1934. Production of barley in Ontario during the last ten years has averag- ed 15,945,000 bushels. Too rapid ma- turity was a factor tending to lower - the standard of grains in Eastern Ontario. Butter Export Further assistance to Canadian dairymen is the aim of the Butter Export Stabilization Scheme just .officially approved. Statistics indicate that the stocks of butter in storage on September 1, 1935, were approximately 8,500,000 pounds in excess of the five-year average and as the current produc- tion is larger than last near, fur- ther increases in the surplus will be the result unless some action is tak- en. • The purpose of the scheme is to facilitate the export of butter to the United Kingdom, where, at the pre- sentr favourable time,it appears a fa pPea market exists. This action is intend- ed to relieve the buttermarket in Canada and, in so doing, strengthen the price of butter fat sold in milk and cream by dairymen throughout the Dominion. The scheme provides for the marketing or the regulation of the marketing of butter for export. Ag- encies may be designated through which the butter is to be marketed. Where necessary, exports may be compensated for losses incurred through export transactions. Farm Cash Accounts and Financial Statements Methods of recording financial statements relating to the farm aro important. An adequate record of cash transactions is a necessity in the preparation• of the Income and Expenditure statement. For this pur- pose it is highly desirable to culti- vate the habit of securing a voucher for each transaction at the time it takes place, These should be filed in some orderly fashion. Statements and account sales rendered by com- panies to whom products are sold or shipped, and invoices for purchases ase good vouchers. A receipt should be given when money is receiered and the particulars entered on the stub, When payments are made by cheque, the stub should be completed. Failing the foregoing, penciled memoranda are useful and a pad and pencil in the barn or the time-honored kitchen cal- endar have their place in building up an adequate .record but do not in themselves make up that record. From these original records, the cash. book should be written up as fre- quently and regularly as passible by the farmer, his wife, son, or daugh- ter. For farms operated bymanagers, farmers' clubs, co-operatives, and those individual farmers who are anxious to keep exact records a col- lie -lime cash book is recommended. A columnar book may be ptirehased with the desired number of columns, or an ordinary notebook may be rul- ed as required. The purpose of such a book is to classify receipts and payments into whatever groupings are desired. Clean Up and Burn Areas Infested With Weeds Much good can be accomplished at this time by cleaning up any weeds which did not receive attention during the growing season. Seeds are re- tained by many weeds until freeze up when they are distributed, by various agencies including wind, water, birds and man, thus infesting new areas. The wind carries ,some - weed seeds long distances, not only with drifting soil but also over frozen ground and snow in the winter. An experiment conducted in Saskatchewan proved this fact when it was found that six ounces of surface soil taken from a spot along.' a road contained the fol- lowing seeds: Stick Waed 880, Wild Mustard, 267, hare's Ear Mustard 99, Sttnkwteed 3,1 'Black Bindweed 159, Lamb's Quarters' 18 and Pig Weed 9, Another experiment conducted some years ago showed the presence of many weed seeds in snow—thirty- two seeds of nine species having been found in two square feet of a snow- drift. Many weed •seeds are eaten by birds during late fall and early win- ter when other food it not plentiful. Ateording to Jack Miner, an author- ity on bird life, these seeds • will not lose their 'vitality and may be car- ried for miles in this way. Seeds of neglected weeds' growing In vacant lots, around .buildings, fence lines and ditches will be car- ried long distances' by spring floods. By cleaning up and burning all neg- lected weeds at this time we :im, prove the appearance of property and will help to control weeds—mot only on our own property but also on that of our neighbours. Preparing Poultry for Market To a great extent the ultimate suc- cess of the poultry enterprise will greatly depend on the manner ` in which the products are marketed, The discriminating customer will be attracted by the well -fattened and well-dressed chicken or , fowl, and will pay a premium, in price for ap- pearance as well as. quality. ,Success in fattening and marketing will depend to a great extent on the operator's knowledge and ability to prepare his product in the most econ- omical and attractive, form. Special feeding for a week or two will •great- ly improve the quality and pay for the extra feed and labour involved. As only birds with strong const - talons can stand he.asy feeding limited exercise, very young and en- tremely thin birds seldom make pro- fitable gains in the fattening pens. A serviceable crate, six feet long ay twenty-four inches wide, and eighteen inches high,' may be made from slats nailed one inch apart with a galvanized pan beneath the slatted floor for droppings Partitions two feet apart will provide compartments two feet square, and will accommo- date four or five birds according to size. To insure freedom from lice, dust the birds with flour of sulphur and create a good appetite by starving for the first twenty-four hours. The second day give only slight feed and gradually increase the amount until the third day; from then until finish- ed all they will eat twice daily at regular intervals about twelve hours apart. Mix to a batter that -will pour slowly from a pail skimmillc or but- termilk with two parts of cornmeal and one part finely ground oats. Feed in troughs suspended in front of crate. A. good finish should be ob tained in ten to twenty-one days, Feed enough to thoroughly satisfy at each meal, but leave nothing over in the troughs to stall the birds. Starve for at least twenty-four hours before killing', bleed by "sticking" in the roof of the mouth, and dry pluck. Grade to uniform size and quality and pack in neat boxes. A SPECIAL BACON HOG CONTEST The Dominion and Provincial Live Stock Branches have recently an- nounced a Second Series Bacon Litter Competition for sows farrowing be- tween September 15th and November 15th. There is no entry fee and any bona fide fawner is eligible to com- pete, each contestant, however, is re- quired to submit an approximate re- cord of the amounts, kinds and price of feeds used during the feeding per- iod. There are no restrictions on the Use of any feeds or any feeding met- hods. t In order to qualify, there must be at least eight pigs in the litter rais- ed to marketing age, and at least 30 per cent of the litter must grade as select bacon. All pigs in the litter must be marketed at the tame time and the official weight and grading will .be on the basis of carcass weight and rail grade. The contestants will be divided in. to zones which will be adjusted ac- cording to the distribution of those completing the contest and both Live Stock Branches are offering $200.00 prize money in each zone. There are fourteen cash prizes, the first prize being $20.00 and the 14th prize be- ing $10.00. In previous Bacon Litter Competi- tions' the farmers of Huron County have won many prizes and it is hoped that a large number will enter the present contest. Further informa- tion and entry forms may be secured upon application to the Ontario Dee. pertinent of Agriculture at Clinton. BLYTR: The death took place in Clinton hospital on Saturday after- noon of Mrs. Thos. Morrison, Blyth. She was taken to the hospital Friday night. Mrs..Morrison, who before her marriage was Miss. Dunlop, of Toronto, came to Blyth following her marriage two years ago. A mem- orial'service was held in • United Church on Sunday afternoon with the pastor, Rev.. R. A. Brook, in charge. A solo was sung by Jamie Sims during the ses''ice. Immediate- ly following the service the body was taken to Toronto for burial on Monday. t i 1 Mechanical 'Injuries to Potatoes (Experimental Farms' Note) The most serious loss resulting front mechanical injuries to pota- toes is due to the destructive rot caused by fungi and bacteria which enter the tubers through the injur- ed tissue. These organisms are, known as wound parasites and occur in every potato growing section of Canada. Since they became impor- tant after harvest it natural to as - seine that the rough handling of 'pa- tatoes_during this period may be fol- lowed by serious consequences. By mechanical injuries are meant cuts, bruises, shrinking, and cracks. Cuts are usually the most conspicus oma and, while bruises and cracks are known to be more serious, it should be clearly understood that all injuries which do not heal quick- ly may lead to considerable loss and inconvenience. Where healing takes place without delay, the offending organisms are shut out and the tub- ers, thus protected, may remain free from rot. On the other .hand condi- tions may be mare favourable for the organisms than for the healing pro- cess so that rot sets in, the amount of injury depending upon the tem- perature and ventilation conditions of the storage house. Observations made at the Domin- ion Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Charlottetown, demonstrated con- vincingly that potatoes produced on Wet land develop a tender skin and are more subject to injury when dug than those produced in dry son. Potatoes produced under such conds- dons, therefore, should be handled very careuflly. While it is true that potatoes grown in dry soil have comparatively tough ,skins, and for this reason are less liable to injure, nevertheless, they are very often in- jured through the fact that this type of soil is not carried over the digger. To compensate this disad- vantage, when elevator diggers are used, sufficient soil 'should be taken up to prevent the tubers coming into milled with the moving parts of th emachine. Authorities agree that diggers should be at least 24 inches wide and the spade operated deep o: nough to avoid cutting the tubers. The careful farmer pads, not only the digger chain, but also all hard and solid parts of the machine with which potatoes may come in contact. While the digger is the chief offend- er in causing mechanical injuries, it is acknowledged also that consider- able damage is inflicted when the tubers are picked and hauled to the cellar. It has been determined ex- perimentally that tubers are injured but very slightly when poured from a basket into a sack from a height of 12 inches; when poured from a height of 30 inches, however injury by cracking and bruising is very severe, Potatoes, therefore, should be rolled or poured carefully from baskets into the bags, Further precautions against such injuries are as follows: Leave the potatoes ex. posed to the sun and the air for two or three hours; do not drop the filled sacks on the floor of the barn or cel- lar; pad the picking baskets with at least one layer of burlap. The Bees Need Beef honey or an equal amount of re- paeking cases or moving the apiary CANNING into a well constructed cellar or dug. out, For detailed information on preparing bees for winter write to the Bee Division, Central Expen. mental Farm, Ottawa, for Bulletin No. 74 entitled "Wintering Bees in Canada." fined sugar made into syrup. Bees also require protection during the winter months and as they are un- able to provide this for themselves it must be supplied by the beekeeper. Protection can be glean byeither paeking the bees in well insulated 4GODERICH: For the second time in a few months, the magistrate's court is to be moved. The county property corenhttee met Thursday and decided that a more adequate site than the present rooms is to be found in the courthouse, The change is to be effected this month, The installation will necessitate consider- able changes in the upstair rooms of the courthouse. At Thursday's meet- ing, the committee decided to order new filing •equ9pment and desk to replace the equipment' at the regis- try office, • The change is to be com- pleted before the December Council session, The committee members are Reeves G. H. Elliott, A..M'elliek, W. Crosier, W. Archibald, G. McNall and Warden W. Sweitzer were present. (Experimental Farms Note) The honey -gathering season has ended and the bees are naw prepar- ing, in so far as they possibly can, far the coming winter. They will, however, need •same assistance in order to survive the long cold months that are ahead. During the summer months the bees worked feverishly to gather enough honey to sustain them through the following autumn; winter and spring. In• most eases the amount stored far exceeded their requirements and the surplus has. been taken from them. Unfortunate- ly, there is a tendency en the part of many beekeepers to take from the bees an unfair proportion of their stares. thus placing them in danger of starvatidir'before new supplies can be obtained the fallowing year: To pack bees away for winter with- out an adequate food supply is to court disaster. It is far better to find living colonies with a surplus of food in the spring than it is to find colonies dead or depleted through. starvation. During the autumn months, the colonies are producing is large force of young bees that must survive the winter and continue the activity of the colony next spring: For this purpose a large food 'suppI' is needed. Should the supply be in- sufficient brood production is curtail ed or stopped entirely, thus weaken- ing the colony when strength is of extreme iimposttance. Atter • brood rearing normally ceases the consume... tion of food is greatly reduced but '. does not cease entirely. At the send' of •September, or early in October,'.: every colony should have at least forty pounds of well capped honey' or sugar syrup for winter use. Any deficiency in this amount must be, made made up by giving betas of sealed' GOI EIRICH: ' Eleven Colborne Township youths appeared before Magistrate Makins last Thursday morning and paid costs arising from an over -enthusiastic charivari they staged at the home of a newly -wed- ded couple in Goderich Township. Damages amounted to nearly $40. The group of young men ripped down the telephone wires, tore up part of the veranda, threw rotten eggs about the place, smashed shing- les on the roof and attempted to braek into the barn. "Wie were all boys ourselves once," said his wor- ship, "and have some recollection of how a charivari is cat'ried on. When a bunch of boys get together, they sometimes go too far." BLYTH: A disastrous fire took place at the farm of Mr. John Barr, about 6 a.m., on Sunday morning when his barn was struck with light- ning, completely destroying it. All his implements, harness, poultry, hay and grain were destroyed. Quite a number gathered at the fire but it had gained such headway before dis- covered that nothing could be saved. The loss is partly covered by insur- ante.—eStandard. DUN'GANNON: Dungannon's 77th fall fair was held under auspices which were not favorable. Heavy gales, accompanied intermittently by rain, hail, and snow, were blowing yet a good number braved the ele- ments to bring their exhibits. Some. splendid exhibits were to be seen of vegetables, roots, potatoes, and ap- ples. A collection of garden vege- tables worthy of special mention, was that of N. L. Carter, Seaforth, which contained about 120 pieces. About 5 o'clock, during a heavy wind, the longline horse of ho se stalis collapsed, trapping under it a horse owned by Arthur Culbert. The horse was thrown to the ground, but, in a few minutes, the roof a- bove it was seen to rise gradually and out crawled the horse none the worse for its somewhat startling ex- perience. A splendid program of races and other amusements was ar- ranged for the day, following the unfavorable eonditiuns ,of Thursday, but at 10 o'clock Friday morning the directors met and in view of another unsatistecto2y whether outlook d'a- cided to defer the program until Oct. 17. A concert and dance scheduled for the evening were carried through according to schedule, egaatiesterelateemerialleseeedaftleasee FRUIT THE WORLD OVER Fruit is. canned in a largenumber cf •countries, although there are un- fortunately no statistics for the ma- jority, says the Imperial Economia Committee's report an Fruit. The 'United States and Hawaii (pineapple only in the latter country*), undoubt- edly provide the bulk of the world aggregate, and these two countries probably account for more than the remainder of the . world put togeth- er. Australia . and British Malaya (the latter producing canned pine- apples exclusively) are the most im- portant Empire producers, but the output of Canada and South Africa is of growing importance.Canning is aka carried out in India, and fruit canning industries have been started in Jamaica,,. 14auritious, Zia,' and Palestine. In Formosa pineapple canning is assuming considerable proportions,, although most of the output is shipped . to Japan for con- sumption in that country. .A ter. tain amount of fruit is also canned in Argentine, Brazil, and Chile, while Japan has recently developed an im- portant orange canning industry. Taking these countries as a whole, the principal fruits canned are apri- cots, peaches, pears, pineapples, and grapefruit, although many of them can important quantities of other ',fruits, including raspberries, .straw- berries, loganberries, apples (mostly canned in water,) plums, and cher- ries. Theseru' o f its however, are the principal products of the industries of the United Kingdom and Contin- ental Europe. A further distinction may be made in that the products of the European canning industries do not play an important peat in inter- natioal trade; fruits are generally canned or battled for home consump- tion, and exports are small. At important industry is being built up in Russia where apples, apri- cots; peaches, pears, and cherries are canned. In Germany strawberries are an important item, while the chief Italian product is cherries, with certain quantities of peaches and ap- ricots. Apricots, peaches, plums, and cherries are canned in small quantities. • in France;, also in Spain,:, with the addition of ' strawberries and pears, Belgium produces can. ned cherries, plums and 'pears, andr the output of the Netherlands also, comprises these fruits with the ad- dition of •peaches. However, in the Netherlands very little fruit is can--• ned, production consisting mainly of bottled fruit. As in the case - of other European countries, .some of"' the raw material of the Netherlands industry is probably imported, There' is also a canning industry in Swit-. zerland where small quantities of a variety of fruits are processed, in- cluding strawberries, raspberries,. currants, cherries and plums, with. apricots, pears and apples. Supplies. • of home-grown fruit are sometimes insufficient for the needs of the iree dustry and imported fruit is used. The combined production of all kinds of concentrated milk in Canada during August 1935 was 10,538,753 pounds as against 9,622,441 pounds in 1934. The statistics are based on returns from the 31 companies which manufacture any of the various it- ems of concentrated milk, that is,. condensed milk (sweetened, skim, buttermilk), evaporated milk, milk powders, casein, and sugar of milk. ORDER RODEINC NOW Twogreetvalueain Metal Roofing. Ex- clusive xclusive patented features guarantee weather -tightness and easy applies- , Una. Fornewroofa arra-roofing. Send ridge and rafter lengths for free oat mate. We use Council Stan- dard"forgreat- set durability. Eastern $teed, Pro! te�Yrei PRf51;ON hTrrA,ry ji quP,tY,MaN11i e.,11,,1j You can't Stay here You Are YOU Turn through a kodak album and smile at old-style clothes. Skirts cluttering the ankles .. hats perched high up on hair , . . Wasp waists ... awkward sleeves—odd how your taste has changed! Yet day by day your taste changes in all you wear and do. You don't ince the same beaks, enjoy the -same movies, choose the same underwear, prefer the same soap you did a short while ago. You are so Used to the better, you wonder why you liked the old. Ad- vertisements make you know the better as soon as it's proved to be better. They tell of good hings aretepted as good taste in the (best homes. The hosiery, glass -curtains, lighting fixtures other moderns use; why their use is preferred. Advertisements influence so many around you, sooner or later you'll feel the change, 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 still. Since you'll enjoy what they advertise anyway, why not begin enjoying it now' Read the Advertisements to be alert to the best today The Clinton News4.ecord $1.50 A YEAR—WORTH ORTI MORE AND IT'S A GOOD ADVERTISING M18DIUM