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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., . OCT. 17, 1935-•
NEVIS AND HAPPENINEi'S OF
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INTEREST TO
Timely Information for the
Busy Farmer
(Furnnished, by the Department of Agriculture )
Recommended 'Varieties of Oats of common ground grains but it is
advisable to inclu
de some
ome barley
in
Variety tests of oats made at thethe mixture especially during the
Central Eeperimental Farm over a latter part of the fattening period.
Where gram and milk only are fed,
a suitable mixture consists'. of equal
parts of middlings, ,ground oats and
ground barley until the pigs weigh
about 120 pounds and then • add one
extra part of barley. Where potatoes
are fed, one part .of barley should bo
omitted. In this experiment, where
the meal mixture Was valued at $1.5b
per hundred pounds, potatoes had a
feed value of 25 cents per hundred
pounds.
Lamb Campaign
long period :have shown that Banner
and Victory still hold the lead in the
medium late variety class in this
district. Legacy, a medium early
variety, has yielded exceptionally
well incomparison with later stan-
dard varieties. Where +eery early
Varieties are required, Alaska has
long been recommended as one of
the best. The new early variety
Cartier, which had been accepted by
the Canadian Seed Growers' Associa-
registered variety, is eon
being equally good and
yielding than Alaska
tion as
sidered
slightly
in this
a
as
higher
district.
National Cheese Week
October 28 to November 2
Although Canadian cheddar cheese
is, equalled by few and surpassed by
Mine of the 250 different . kinds of
cheese manufactured throughout the
world, the Canadian people eat less
cheese than most of the other great
nations. For this reason, the Cana-
dian cheese industry in 1934 promot-
• ed `National Cheese Week' in an at-
tempt to call attention to the advan-
tages -of cheese as a food product,
Canadian at that, worthy of more gen-
eral use. As a result of these ef-
forts, the consumption of Canadian
cheese in Canada increased by al-
most half a pound per head of pop-
ulation during the year, and hearten-
ed by this advance, the Canadian
•cheese industry has called the 1935
National Cheese Week for October
28 to November 2.
One reason for the 'small quantity
of cheese eaten in the Dominion is
that it is generally served as plain
eheese at the end of a substantial
meal and not as the principal in-
gredient of an enticing main dish
followed by a light dessert. Cheese
is a food in itself and can be used in
cooking in many different ways. It
is one of the best muscle builders
for older girls and boys, as well as
for adults, but when served in
crude bulk cannot be said to be uni-
versally appetizing. Cheese does not
lose its flavour or nutritive value in
cooking, but it should be remembered
that when cheese issubjected to
high temperatures it is harder to di-
gest. Eaten according to modern,
recipes, there can be no cause under
ordinary circumstances for any di-
gestive disturbance.
Current Crop Report
Recent showers throughout the
Province have benefitted root crops
and pastures. Due to the length of
straw and variable weather, -thresh-
ing is not yet completed. Silo filling
is well under way, with corn a bete
ter than average crop. Fall wheat
harvested has given an above-avet•
age yield of fair to a average sem.
lite, Oats and barley" were a grime
yield of average to goodquality,
though the latter miry grade light
for malting purposes. Peas were
patchy in sections but sufficient for
canning purposes. Hay, aalfalfa and
clover have been abundant crops of
average quality. Pastures are still
furnishing good grazing. Late pota-
toes have suffered from dry rot and
are a light crop. Sugar beets are
improving with moisture though the
sugar content is lessened from,leat
blight. A good average crop of
beans has been harvested and an av-
erage pack of tomatoes has been
completed. Late apples are a light
crop, with fruit slightly under size..
The yield and quality of tobacco are
goodand the bulk has been; harvest-
ed under ideal conditions. 1'a11
ploughing is well under way but ad-
ditional moisture would be welcome,
Barns are filled, Pasturage has been
extended, and an abundant winter's
supply at feed is assured.
Proper Hog Feeding
In order to produce pork as econ-
omically as possible, farm products,
which would otherwise have little or
no value, must be utilized for hog
feeding. A ration which is balanced,
or nearly so, must be fed, however, if
satisfactory gains are to be made
and if a satisfactory carcass is to be
produced..
EExperim,ents halve been conducted
to determine the value of potatoes
when fed in combination with ground
grains and skim -milk. It has been
found that satisfactory gains can be
made when potatoes are fed at the
rate of four pounds for each pound
of -grain. Skin -milk should be fed
liberally with this ration.. for best
results. Potatoes are fed, prefer-
ably cooked. The grain mixture
May, consist of .almost any mixture
An .appreciable benefit to the Can-
adian , farmer-sheepbreeder is anti-
cipated front the work being carried
on •by the recently -organized Cana-
dian Lamb Committee, which has un-
dertaken to conduct a campaign to
encourage the consumption of fresh
Canadian lamb and to inform Cana
dllan housewives .od the eeonomieai
and nutritive and the
advantages
year-round availability of this • type
of meat, according to a statement
just issued by the 'committee.
The object of the campaign, the
statement continues is to •effect a
more even balance between the pro-
duction and the consumption of
fresh lamb in Canada. Its,work has
been necessitated 'because within re-
cent years the finishing and market-
ing methods of fresh Canadian lamb
have been improved to such an ex-
tent that this meat may new be ob-
tained at moderate prices during any
month in the year.
The majority of huosewives, how-
ever, are still apt to regard fresh
lamb as somewhat of a 'seasonal
luxury and are not fully aware of
the continuous monthly ntovement of
the farmers product tc the retail
market, it is claimed in the state.
ment. Many housewives also do not
appreciate the tremendous nutritive
value of lamb and its suitability as
a staple meat in the family diet, and
the committee is confident that its
efforts will be of 'substantial benefit
to thousands of Canadian housewives
as well as to thousands of Canadian
farmers and sheepbreeders.
Feeding System for
Early 'Lambs
Winter Dairy Farmers Save an
Advantage
In view of the fact that a proper
system of feeding is the principal es-
sential of the successful raising of
early lambs, particularly those for
the market in the latter, part of
June and early July, farmers who
understand the basic principles of
winter dairying will usually make a
success of raising early lambs. A
feeding ration that will produce a-
bundance of milk, results in the pro-
duction of early lamas that grow
rapidly and finish for the market at'
an early age. Alfalfa or clover hay
are essential as they are protein
roughages. Corn silage, mangels or
sugar beets are also valuable succu•
lent feeds and besides keeping the
ewe healthy they stimulate the milk
flow. Ewes, with lambs at foot also
require a liberal grain allowance
usually not less than a pound daily
and ewes with twin lambs often tak•
ing up to two pounds daily. 'Oats are
a safe feed for milking ewes, and as
this grain is most common et all
farms it is generally recommended
for ewes in milk,
A ewe flock raising early lambs
under a system of feeding as sug-
gested above will bring their lambs
forward to the spring grass without
set back. As a rule, lambs at the
time the ewes are turned to grass
will have learned to eat both grass
and roughage,. and, if the pasture
field is accessible to the barn, it is
advisable to make a creep for the
lambs so that they can be fed, grain
while on the pasture, Grain feed-
ing on pasture increases the rate of
growth and development` and make.
it possible to market at an earlier
date. As a rule June Iambs are
worth more by the pound than July
Iambs and July lambs are worth more
than August lambs. So that a few
bushels of ,grain fed to early lambs
is invariably marketed as ',finished
lamb well pays in advanced' priers.
Six hundred cases of eggs from
Winnipeg and 500 cases from Moose
Jaw were •dispatched to the British
Isles during the week ended Septem-
ber, 21. One hundred arid' eleven
boxes of "'dressed • poultry were ship-
ped to Bermuda and Jamaica during
the same week. i
Prevention of Frost Injury to Pototatoes
(Experimental Farms Note)
Frost injury is so important to
the potato growing industry of Can.
ada that it is included with the list
of potato diseases considered most
objectionable from, the standpoint of
seed certification. Canadian potato
goowers, therefore, should learn to
distinguish between low temperature
injury and the diseases having symp
toms frequently associated with those
found in tubers which ha;c+e been ex-
posed to low temperatures, Thr
problem of frost injury has been un-
der investigation by the Division of
Botany, Ottawa, . for a number of
year. Results of these tests show
that a great deal may be accomplish-
ed towards preventing the losses a-
rising from this type of injury,
which, occurs in the field, in storage,
and in transit to market, and gives
rise to such disadvantages as de-
structive rots, weak plants and to
poor stands resulting from seed -piece
decay.
The .term "field frost" refers to the
condition in potatoes arising from
exposure to freezing temperatures
in the field. "Freezing injury" is
similar to field frost injury, but is
caused by exposure to low tempera-
tures after the crop has been dug.
A third type, known as "chilling,"
occurs when the temperature drops
to the freezing point of water; al-
though, actually, ice begins to form
in potatoes at approximately 29 de-
grees Fahrenheit, a figure which
*cries with varieties or even in indi-
vidual tubers. This individual toler-
ance to low temperatures may ex-
plain in
xplain-in a measure, the appearance
of frozen tubers frequently scattered
throughout the storage bins.
Investigations conducted at the
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Path-
ology, Charlottetown, P.EE-I, show
that three distinct types of injury to
potatoes may result front exposcre
Ito low temperatures, as follows: 1.
I"Frost necrosis," occuring in tubers
having been exposed to low tempera-
tures sufficiently long to cause the
formotion of ice crystals. When cut
open, such tubers exhibit darkened
areas of three different types, name-
ly: (a) Ring necrosis, recognized as
a definite ring at the stem -end of
the potato and due to short expos-
ures at low temperatures; Ib) net
necrosis, also indicating an early
stage of frost injury and recognized
as a net -like pattern in the potato
tissue; (c) blotching, which appears
as irregulor patches varying in col-
our from a light grey metallic tint
to dark brown or black. This type
of injury results from excessive ex-
posure to low temperatures and in
advanced cases the potatoes are use-
less for seed purposes. 2. "Freezing
solid," occurs when tuber are ex.
posed to temperatures • below the
freezing point of potato tissue.
When thawed out they are rapidly
reduced to a soft, wet condition fol-
lowed by decay, 3, "Turning sweet".
Potatoes turn sweet if stored for a
number of weeks at temperotures
near or 'slightly above 32 degrees
Fahrenheit a feature due to the grad-
ual changing of starch to sugar.
Potatoes injured by frost are con-
sidered diseased and as such are not
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reliable for seed purposes because of
the retarded sprout development
and the possibility of affected sets
rotting in the ground. Losses due
to •low temperatures may be satis-
factorily eliminated by ,the adoption.
of four very beneficial measures, as
follosss: (1) 'Harvest the crop before
heavy frosts. (2) Store the crop in
reams having a temperature •between
35 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. By so
doing the potatoes will not turn
sweet and necrosis will not develop.
(3) If potatoes are pitted, they
should have a covering sufficient to
prevent the temperature from 'drop-
ping bolow 30 degrees Fahrenheit.
(4)Potatoes transported during the
cold months should be protected by
straw sacks; er canvas. They
should be carried in a heated ear
and loaded so as to assure the free
circulation of air throughout. (5)
'When it is known that potatoes .have
been undercooled they must not be.
handled until it is wittier that the
temperature is above the freezing
point.
Canadian Wool
Sheep raising is an important
phase of live stock production in all
the provinces of Canada. Since 1913.
n
a gtreat deal of Matte i ton has been
given to improving the quality of
Canadian wool and the manner of its
preparation for. market. Propaganda
has been mainly directed to securing
improvement in the preparation of
fleece wool for market. Tub washing
of wool and the washing .of wool on
the sheep have been discouraged. To-
day practically all wool sdld com-
mercially in Canada is "in the
grease" and the fleeces are a roiled
and• tied intact as they are shorn, An-
other important feature of the educa-
tional work is the emphasizing or
the importance of keeping fleeces
free from chaff and seeds. This en•
tails better housing 'accommodation
and greater care in feeding. Al
though there has been a great change
Following the trail of Canadian -
made fame implements and machin-
ery exported from the Dominion con-
stitutes a generous lesson in geo-
graphy. At the present moment, the
one geographical spot to which all
eyes are turned is Ethopia, and al-
though little thought is being given
to Isaiah's viSsion of the time when
"they, shall beat their swords into
ploughshares and their spears into
pruning hooks," that is exactly what
Canada, is doing. A study of the•
map will show. that 'Ethopia is sur-
rounded by Canada's harrows, seed-
ers, and ploughs, even as far as
the confines of the vast continent of
Africa, from Morocco in .the extreme
north-west to Port Said in the north-
east, down to the farthest south. in
Cape Town. While munitions of
war are being piled up around Eth-
iopic., the latest consignments: of
Canadilan+madle lagricultural' jimple. .
ments are making their peaceful
and beneficient entrance into con-
tiguous -' countries, French Africa,.
Egypte and the • Anglo-JE1gtypeian
Sudon on the north and north-west;
into British Somalilandon the east;
while in the south virtually a solid
phlanx of Canadian ploughshares
studs' the continent throughout Ken-
ya Colony, once called British East
Africa; the Belgian Congo, Rhodesia;
Portugeso South Africa, and British
South Africa. Not only in the coun-
tries of Africa but in those of Ber-
me Asia,
ur-one.Asia, North and South America,
and in the ontlying outposts of the
world whose shores are laved by the t
waves of the seven seas,• Canadian
farm implements and'. machinery find'
their way. • •
in the quality of domestic wools,
there is room, for further improv,.
meat, says A. A. MacMillan, in the
bulletin on Canadian wool, grading
and marketing, just issued by the
Dominion Department of Agriculture.
'Wool production in Canada, the Do-
minion Wool Grading Policy, classi-
fication of wools. in Canada, the Uni-
ted States and Great Britain, the
grading of eastern and western wools
respectively, shearing, packing, stot
ing, the Canadian Co-operative Wool
Growers Limited, and the Sheep
Breeders' and Wool Growers' Asso-
ciations and other subjects concern-
ing Canadian wool are fully• dealt
with in the bulletin entitled C'anadiae
Wool Grading and btarketing which
may be obtained ,on request from
the Publieity and Extension Branch,
Dominion; Depertnient sof Agricul-
ture, Ottawa.
Canadian Spars for
Royal Yacht
Two splendid samples of British
Columbia's finest timber were load-
ed from the Canadian National Rail-
ways: docks; at Vancouver recently on
the deep-sea freighter S. S. Naw
Westminster City, in the form of two
spars which will be used as masts
fes His Majesty's new yacht that
will replace the famed old Britannia.
Three flat cars especially rigged for
the job brought them down by raiI-
way from Cewiohan Lake in the Is-
land interior, for 'shipment to Eng-
land. Ont is 106 feet long with a
20 inch top, the other 96 feet long
with a 22 inch top, weighing about
seven tons each. It took two months
to fill the order and eight huge trees
were felled before the exacting re-
quirements could be met. Both bxg
sticks are heart -centred at eaeh end.
Together with. the two masts went
two booms for the yacht. They were
almost as long as the masts. Apart
from these spars His Majesty al-
ready has a fine piece of British Co-
lumbia timber in his possession. It
us the flag pole 'at Windsor Castle.
FARMEAS
Importance Of Railway To
Life Of Community
"One must not consider only the
direct result of operating a railway
but also the various advantages ac-
cruing to the community. Generally
speaking; the •benefits of railway
operation are not always to the rail-
way but to the country and the peo-
ple at large," stated J. Edouard La-
belle, K.C., Trustee of, the Canadian
National Railways,' speaking recent-
ly before the Commercial Travellers
Aissociation at Sherbrooke, Que,
Mr. Labelel gave a, brief outline
of Sherbrooke's first railroad the St:
Lawrence and Atlantic, which char-
ter dated back to 1845, In 1853 it
wag leased to the Grand Trunk Rail-
road for 999 years and thus .became a
constituent part of the present Can-
adian National Railways. Built with
the idea of diverting, for the bene-
fit of Canada, part of the western
trade routed via the Erie canal, the
St. Lawrence and Atlantic extended
from Irongueuil, Que, to the Ameri-
can border. From the border to
Portland, Maine, it was known as the
Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad.
It. gave Canada its first winter port,
,Sherbrooke its first railway and the
province of Quebec its first main
line at a time when there were less
tan 1,800 miles of railway. in Canada
Mr. Labelle gave a brief outline
role played by the Canadian Nation-
al System in Canada and the useful
part it performed in conveying sett-
lers to the land, over 35,000 of whom
have :been carried in the last three
years alone. He stated the Canadian
National Railways served exclusively
over 4,000 points in Canada and gave
employment the year round to 77,000
employees, the total payroll being a-
bout $100,100,000,
,Mr. Labelle ;stated that Canada
and the Canadian National Railways
have the same interests in common
and pursued the same purpose, which
was to work for the greater prosper-
ity and welfare of the country.
"Sometimes we have the wrong ;deb
about our own interests" said Mr.
Labelle, "and sacrifice theme often to
secondary considerations. This. is
true of the railways as ofmany oth-
er things. It le a sound principle'
then to look around and if necessary
to cast an eye tothe past in order to
enlarge ene'e Harlem. and' get a truer-
picture of the situation."
Canada provides the bulk of the
eheese, oats, motor- tires, tubes,.
nails, silk hosiery and hay imported'
into Trinidad, British West Indies.
Shipments of livestock from West-
ern to Eastern Canada during the
first, 38 weeks' of 1935, ended 19th
September, compared with 1934,
showed an increase of 18,023 cattle;:
1,436 -calves; 16,990 sheep, and a de-
crease of 41,395 hogs. The . 1935.
shipments were 83,296 cattle; 2,777
calves; 112,663 hogs, and 62,212`
sheep.
Very interesting and satisfactory
conferences on the Canadian Dresseclt
Poultry situation have been held by
officers of the Poultry Services, Do-
minion Department of Agriculture,
with one of the largest buyers of
dressed poultry in London, England.
During this year, this firm has hand-
led approximately 9,000 boxes of
Canadian chickens.
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Where You Are
YOU Turn through a kodak albumand 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 like the same books, 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 Iiked the old. Ad-
vertisements make you know the better as soon as It's prolved to be
better. They tell of good pings arctepted 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, sootier 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
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