HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-04-12, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIL
5, 1934'
THE SEAFORTH NEWS.
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* NEWS AND INFORMATION
* FOR THE BUSY FARMER
* (Furnished by Ontario Depart- *
* ment of Agriculture.) *
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- Starting Chicks
Supply water wth chill taken off
in suitable vessels, charcoal, shell and
grit or river sand. Feed the young-
sters immediately on their entry to
broaling quarters. A good starting
smash consists o'f; 'middlings, ground
yellow corn, ground oat groats, each
one part; shorts, alfalfa leaf meal and
animal feed mixture each '/z part;
bone Thea! 2 ,per cent.; cod liver oil
,1yto 2 per cent.; and salt ! per cent.
Couch Grass Eradication
After harvest cultivation is one of
the most effective methods of control-
ling couch grass. This method con-
sists of plowing the infested area im-
mediately after the first cut of hay
has been 'harvested, thoroughly wvark
ittg 'the .land during the remainder of
the season and replowing in the late
fall. In the following spring this
treatment must be followed by an
intertilled 'crop or a smother crop
such as buckwheat.
Couch grass is a most persistent
weed and its growth must be kept
down for at least six months in order
to secure complete eradication, This
requires treatment during two seasons
where crops are being harvested each
year,
Seed Grain
To assist farmers in the purchase
of seed grain, the Ontario Govern-
ment is prepared to accept two-thirds
of the responsibility for loans for that
pid•pose, Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Minis-
ter of Agriculture, told thelLegisla-
ture. il-Ie read the following_ state -
stent to the House:
"The representatives of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture in practically
every county in the province have
'been approaohed in reference to the
purchase of seed grain. In quite a
number of comities there is a scarcity
of seed grain and in 'practically every
county there are farmers ,without
sufficient credit to enable them to se-
cure it.
"Due to these extraordinary condi-
tions it is proposed to ask the county
councils to appeal to the bank and
to secure loans under Section 55 of
the Banking Act for the purchase of
seed rrani in order to assist those
farmers within their municipality who
apply to them for thelp,
"In the event of counties losing
any money in connection with the re-
payment of these loans the Govern-
ment is prepared to accept twit-
thirds
wothirds of the responsibility, providing
the municipalities accept one-third."
Advisory Fertilizer Board
Organization of the Ontario Advis-
ory Fertilizer 'Board is an action
which will result in mutual service
and greater satisfaction to the buyers
and sellers of fertilizers in Ontario,
according to Hon. Thomas L. 'Ken-"
•nedy, Minister of Agriculture.
The board will act as Raison be;
tween all fertilizer interests in On-
tario, both manufacturer ,and user,
and those charged with the adminis-
tration of the Fertilizer Act of the
Dominion Government. At the (first
meeting of the organization, Dr. Har-
court of O.:A,C, was appointed chair -
man; L, K. IHanvpson, Potash Coni -1
pany of Canada, was named L vice-
chairman, and 'Geoa•ge 1R. Paterson,
Ontario Department of ..Agriculture,
secretary. Other members of the
board are: W. R. Reek, Experiment-
al (Farm, Ridgetawn; 1W. J. Bell,.
iKemptville Agricultural School; IR, S.
Duncan, Director (Agricultural Repre-
'eentatives Drench; W. J, W. Lennox,
Dominion Seed Branoh, Toronto; J.
I. ',Perrett, tobacco specialist, Sim-
ooe; J. T. Tierney, IBrockville; E. F.
IP.almer, ineland ISitation; C. D'elworth,
Weston; A L Smith,' President,
Eastern Canada (Fertilizer Asso'cia
tion,
IIloldigg the number of fertilizer
analyses within practical limits is itt-
ciicated by the Minister .of Agricel-
ture as one of the primary objects of
the board, In the past, many fertil-
izers were marketed' of analyses so
similar that even the niost intensive
tests failed to show any appreciable
differences when applied to the sail,
Such a condition was bewildering to
'buyers and of no possible advantage
to manufacturers.
MSS. HISSOMEMORIE.S.3.65.0951162
TTHE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE
Continuing their record for thumps
inig majorities, the Henry Govern -
mem was sustained in the Legisla-
tui•e in passing in second reading
amendments to the Liquor Control
Act providing for freer sale of beer
and wine in the province, the vote re-
corded being 89-9, the largest maj-
ority the government has so far been
accorded this session.
(Beneath this division was recorded
a spectacle that has not been witness-
ed in many sessions according to vet-
eran members of the House, when no
less than 12 members of •the Op-
•"osition voted with the government
in carrying the measure, including
Progressive Leader Nixon. Only nine'
of the Opposition members voted
against the measure, and only three
including Dr. G, A, McQuihban, Lib-
eral Leader, W. E, IN.Sinclair, K. C.,
South Ontario, and S. C. Tweed,
North Waterloo, spoke against the
measure. lir. Nixon remained out of
the discussion but entered the (louse
to record his vote approving the
measure.
(Premier Henry and Attorney -Gen-
eral '\V. H. Price led` the attack for
the government in urging adoption of
the government's policy of freer sale
of beer and wine, The Premier made
the emphatic statement that the mea-
sure will not be proclainned until af-
ter the election, -leaving the matter
to the electors, which he said is the
proper 'form in all measures where
government responsibility is involved.
"My record as a man of temper-
ance thought and action is sufficient
guarantee for the statement that as
long as I ant Prime Minister of the
province the Liquor Control Board
will control," said the :Premier in ans
pouncing that hate! keepers and res-
taurant proprietors will, under the
proposed regulations governing the
tale of beer and wine, be vendors of
the province under the direction of
the Liquor Control Board,
The new measure he added is .strict-
ly a temperance move, and there is
to be no opening of the "beer flood
gates." 'Hotel keepers and those
charged with authority to sell will be
governed and watched flosely by of-
ficials of the board,
"I want to stress as Prime Min-
ister that this pleasure is moving
along temperance lines," said the l
Premier, "There is no line of parat-1
lel between the old-time bar and
the refreshment roams which will be
inaugurated under the ac•t, In the old
time 'bar all liquors were available;
bat not so In the refreshment rooms.
AMY hotel .found with hard lic!ttors
,will not .continue to dispense beer
and wine. Control of the sale will!
be sit -the 'hands o'f the Liquor Con -
trot Board but the government will
dictate the thought, as it has been
doing for years'."
'Continuing• the ,Premier said: "I
am quite readv and so are my col-.
,leagues and supporters to assume!
full responsibility for this legisla-1
tion, confident that this is legisla-t
tion in the right .direction and that
'the freer use of beer will ,discour-
age the use of harder liquors. We
are moving toward that goal and we
will continue to Move steadily on -I
•wards and from time to time we will
amend the law to lit the conditions
of the day."
.Attorney -General W. H. Price in
moving second reading made the
declaration that it is the govern-
ment's policy to provide a "cheap
glass of beer," and further the gov-
ernment intends to see that the price
is cheap, under the new la'w-. He
stressed the point that not all ,ten-
dard hdtels would receive "motion -
ties" to sell, neither would there be
e wide-open sale in restaurants or
any licensed eating place, Co'. Price
felt the new regulation would wipe
out the menace of the home-brew
"blind -pig" situation, under which he
said there are 1(70,000 home-brew per-
mits in the province compared with
3350,000 liquor permits Linder -this
Condition he said the home-brew
manufacturers are making more beer
than the breweries.
Col. Price made a spirited attack
on Rev. Ben Spence and Rev. ;T. A.
Irwin, of the Prohibition Union
'Forces, charging ulnen with .doliver-
itag bad leadership in leading the pro-
hibition forces up against a stone
wall in their policies of insistence of
Prohibition. Consumption of liquor
and beer had declined, Col. Price
pointed out, there being a drop in
both over the high 'figures of ;1925.
1D•ealing with the question as to
why the government shotn'!d change
the ,presen't act, Col. Price pointed to
conditions existing at Ontario's
•boundaries. In Manitoba., Quebec
and in the United States he said
wider. liquor sales exist, and the Utn-
ited States—once a prohibition coun-
try—had the loosest law now of any
land, The new law would have rigid
enforcement,
"Were not afraid to stand behind
it," said Col. Price amid applause.
"And what's more go to the country
on it. \Ve have reached the point
where we bav-e to amend this act
and bring it up to date so as to give
our law enforcement officers a de-
cent chance to control the situation,
and give people a chance for cheaper
beer."
The Government was sustained on
the division to approve the report of
the Legal Committee on the case of
Magistrate Daniel McCaughrin of
Orillia, the voting being 59-14. The
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report found that the Magistrate was,
inefficient, should have been retired,
and that there had been no .bargain-
ing
bargaining or traffidking in offices. The vote
was asked for by Progressive Lead
er Nixon who held that the commit-
tee should report only the evidence,;
but it was argued by Hon. Charles
'McCrea, Minister of Mines, and
chairman of the committee, that the
committee was within its rights ift
making the recommendations as pre-
sented, Mr. McCrea also questioned
the tactics followed by Liberal offic-
ials in having the aged magistrate
offer himself to such a proposition
in an endeavour to make something
out of the case to injure ,the Con-
servative party, while it was also.
recommended that the government
give 'consideration to the question of
providing retiring allowances for
such officials, who after reaching
certain age, are unprovided for.
Under legislation presented by At-
tarney-(General W. 'H, Price the
word "police" is to be removed from
the description of Ontario police
magistrates and police courts, under
an amendment to the Magistrates'
A et.
"It is desirable and in the public
interest that the word 'police` be
dropped," stated Col, Price, "It leads
to the mistaken idea that the magis-
trate and his court are closely identi-
fied with the police force. The mag-
istrate does not function for the pol-
ice, nor is he really connected with
the police force. :1 -Te is one of the
judiciary of the province with auth-
ority in criminal and ofher matters
to dispense justice."
Attorney -General Price introduced
,further amendments to the Liquor
Control providing for areas which
are new dry under the Canadian
Temperance Act to vote for adop-
tion of beer or beer and wine in
standard hotels or beer in other au-
thorized places and to permit pres-
ent wet areas to vote for total prohi-
bition. This measure solidifies the
amendments previously introduced
providing 'for freer sale of beer and
light wines.
(Hon, Leopold Macaulay, Minister
of Highways, introduced an amend-
ment to the highway traffic act pro-
viding for commercial vehicles, dis-
abled on the highways, to have
lights or flare placed 900 feet from
the vehicle to warn oncoming traffic,
Premier Henry in discussing the
estimates; criticized Welfare Com-
nnissioner Laver in the latter's
charges against Toronto employers,
declaring that Mr. Laver had not
digested the data he had, The Prem-
ier held' that if Mr. Laver had digest-
ed his information on alleged charges
of low- wages he could not have given
this evidence.
li-lon, T. L. Kennedy, Minister of
%Agriculture, introduced legislation
providing .for the enforcement of the
`Federal Marketing Act in Ontario.
Shooting of moose anywhere in
Ontario south of the French and
\Iattawa Rivers is prohibited in
amendments to the (Game and Fish-
eries Act introduced by Hon. 'Geo,
H. Challies, provincial secretary and
Minister of Game and Fisher:es. The
open season for muskrat south of the
same rivers will be established an-
nually by order -in -council through
another amendment. This is because
of variable climatic conditions which
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
make the present definite open sea-
son unsatisfactory in many sections,
Power to issuebadges to 'hunters is
given c the Department and if they
are issued, huat!ters will be yrequired
to wear them in a conspicuous place.
(Blinds and decoys used in hunting
water fowl in the waters of 13urling-
ton "Bay are to be placed not more
bh,an '50 .yards from shore, according
to an amendment, the general prov-
ince rule allowing them to be placed
200 yards out,
To provide emergency measures in
all sections of the province to farm-
ers v'ho through lack of -both fee:
and grain. Ilon. T. L. Kennedy, Min-„
ister of Agriculture, introduced a bill
to provide financing arrangements
'Pow'er is given municipalities to
guarantee loans raised-- by farmers to
buy seed grain. The province is au-
thorized to repay to municipalities
two-thirds of any money lost by the
municipality through having to pay
the loans it guarantees.
TOWN TOPIOS
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Town Topic.
Mr, Geo. Ilemme, who has been
taiting with friends in McKillop for
the past four month's, will 'leave next
week for Girvin, Sask.—Crich Bros.,
on Main street, are improving the ap-
pearance of their store by adding a
anew plate glass front,—Mr. W. T.
Box is having t'he building next to
the Dominion Bank, repaired.—It
pays to be good; if you get into the
penitentiary it shortens y'ottr term.—
Mr. Ed. Farqu'harsoe who has been
staying with his brother, near Walt-
on, for the past few weeks, has re•
turned to town again.—Mr. John Mc-
Cartney, Mill Road, Tuckersmith,
left on Monday for I\ioosejanv, Sask.,
and took with him a car load o
stock,—Mr. :Seymour Watson, form-
erly of Seaforth, now of Crystal City.
Man., has organized a band in the
latter place, of which he will be
leaden: -Mr. C. E Alexander, eutter
in the Stewart .Bros.' tailor depart-
ment, has moved from the residence
on Main JSt, to one of the houses re-
cently erected by Mr, 'Jane's Hart:—
The annual meeting of the Ladies
;Bowling Club will be held in the
Commercial hotel, Saturday after-
noon, at three o'clock.—The following
parties -were ticketed to distant points,
D. A. Cameron of Kippen, to Moos:
Jaw, Sask.; C. W. Dye of Seaforth to
'Pilot Minim, Man.; •Robt, \feCart-
ney of Brucefield, to Mouse Jaw
Sask,; A. A. Carter of Egmondville to
Rapid City, Man.; Jas. Brewster of
Winthrop to Hartney, Man.; Mr. F.
lAitcheson 'of Winthrop to :Saskatoon.
Sask.; and Mr. and Mrs, Emerson
Talton of Walton, to Los Angeles,
California, where they expect tc.
remain.—Miss Margaret Ratcliffe, of
(Auburn, East Wawanosh, died on
'Wednesday. Deceased vas a sister of
Mrs. Janes Graves, of this town.
Egmondville,
Rev. Neil Shat- was called to Til-
bury today to assist at the funeral
services of the late :Darrel .Moffatt,
whose death occurred in Toronto, cm
Monday last. The deceased was a
member of Mr. Shaw's former pastor-
ate at Tilbury.
Seaforth Turf Club.
The Seaforth Turf Club met in the
Royal Hotel, on Monday, to make
arrangements for their meet in 'June.
The 2,'50 class closed with eighteen
entries, the 2.30 trot with fifteen en-
tries, and the three-year-old pace'
with eleven entries. The fact that
two records were made on the local
track last year has brought .entries
from a long distance, there being sev-
eral entries from each of the follow -
ng distant points: :Oklahoma, Kansas,
Wellsboro, Penn. , Rochestrer and
Buffalo, N.Y., River Louisson, N.B.,
and Richmond, (Sherbrooke and Mon-
treal, Qee, Those present were G. E.
Henderson, president; D. T. ;Pinkney.
vice-president; 'IG, 'E, (Parkes, treasur-
er; M. Broderick, secretary; directors,
A. Winter, J. Cardno, F. Kling, C.
Kennedy, W. Govenlock.
"Indian List"
.Last week a young man living in
Seaforth, and who is on 'what is
known as the "Indian List" •teas con-
victed of having purchased or pro-
cured liquor, and was fined S10 and
costs, but that was not the worst of
it, another young roan, who had pur-
chased the 'liquor for the .,first young
man, w-asalso convicted and fined $10
and costs. The purchaser of the liquor
claimed that he was ignorant of the
fact that his friend wa"s on the "Indian
List", but whether he was or not it
does not seem to make any difference
in the result. The only safe way 'seems
to be that when a man asks you to
buy liquor for hint is to tell hint to
do 'his own shopping,
St. Columban.
:At a very enthusiastic and Well at
tended meeting on Thursday evening
at St. 'Columban a football club rocas
organized . The following officers
were elected for the current year: -
1.1 r fres., Res-. :'\, \idfeon; Hon.
Vice -,Pres, G, K. Holland; Pres,.
Thos, ;Melody; - Sec., J. J, 1fo11au-d:'
Treas„ D. J. O'Connor Manager,
Jos. A. 'Downey; Capt., J, V. Carlin;
Committee, John ID'evereaux , Alex.
,Darlin'g, Mike McQuaid, Gtissie
Coranley
Winthrop.
air, E. Chittenclen lies purchased a
farm 'oil the fitii con. for the sum of
$4,9.00—'Ir• J. 12. Go•venlocic and Mr.
4\'tn, 'Kenney were at Parkhill last
week purchasing machinery .for the:
brick and the works itere,—'Mr. Janes-.
IBrewster has purchased Mr. Geo..
iBarr's 'farm, on the Gravel Road, just
south of this village. Mr. Brewster
now has a fine farts of 10013 acres of
as good land as there is in the town-
ship.—\fr, .Jas. I-Iart, who has ,been.
engaged in the lumbering 'business
during the past six years, has moved
hack to his farm on the ninth con.
The Rural Telephone,
The meeting at Winthrop on Mon-
day night was well attended, consider-•
ittg the very bad roads, The reports o€"
the canvassers was very satisfactory,.
they .having taken orders for over
X400 worth of stock in the company
sod' twenty-eight telephones in a wire
length of twenty miles. To start witfs,.
this is a very good basis to work from
and before ion gsve will see the tele-
phone installed in nearly every farm-
house. As soon as arrangements can
be made a general meeting will be
called at :Seaforth to organize the Sea -
forth Rural Telephone Company, for
the purpose of building lines in all.
directions from Seaforth,
Hensell,
This week sees the beginning of the'
spring shipments of onions from this,
place. Mr. Smallacom'be (the Iargest.
dealer in Dutch sets in this section of
the country) has shipped ahem two
tons to I-Iamiltot. This gentlemen has,
still about 35 tons of Dutch sets.
Blyth,
Officers of Blyth Bowling' Chub are
.Hon. pros„ D. 13, McKinnon; prey.,.
J. Emigh; vice pres„ C. H. Besse;
sec,-treas., 5, Mc_1[urchie; executive,
Dr, G. E. Long, Jos. Carter and jos.
Stalker; grotutd cont., A. W. Sloan
and Joseph Carter. A committee was
appointed to see about electric light€,
'being placed an the green so that t'he
games may be held in the evenng ass
well as the afternoon.
GROWING HEAD LETTUCE`
Lettuce is the must commntu Of f114:-
salad
htasalad vegetable crops, being grown in
practically every garden. There are
two general types, head lettuce are
leaf lettuce of which leaf lettuce is 6z.
far the more common. The reason
for this Popularity is the case with
which it is grown, Head lettuce is a
more difficult crop to grow aithoue,
it Inas been demonstrated that satis-
factory crops can be produced irr this
district, -providing certain precautions
are taken,
;First of all it must be borne i7
mind that lettuce is a cool season
crop, thriving best under the cool"
growing conditions of spring and fol;..
Lt will not head properly during host
weather and often goes to seed under
unfavorable conditions. Tenderness
and flavor are dependent upon unint-
errupted
ninterrupted growth. These facts result ire
the common practice of growing twe
crops of head lettuce per year, ,s.
spring crap and a fall crop.
For the spring crop Nie •seed should
be sown under glass eight weeks be-
fore the date of field setting, which
will vary according to the locality.
At the Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion, Fredericton, NB., seed is sown -
about the middle of March, trans --
planted when the first true leaves aps-
pear to a distance of two by 'two
inches, hardened off early in May amt
set out in the field about the middle-,
of May. This crop will make the bulk
of its growth before the extremes.
hot dry weather of summer sets int
For the fall crop seed. sown in Jury
will give a marketable crop from lata
September until freeze-up. This seed'
may be sown in the open if favorable •
growing conditions can be maintain-
ed. Since there is clanger of hat, dry
weather at this period, :flats are com-
ntonly used: as control of moisture.
conditions is tints within elle power .of
the grower.
'Tlhe distance between rows ant
plants in the field varies according to
conditions. If land is at a premium.,
rows may be spaced 115 inches apart,. ,
with plants 10 to 12 inches apart- it,:
the row,
Cultivation should he thorough aitaif
frequent enough to maintain a surface
mulch. If there are no .weeds present
and the soil is not crusted, nothing,
can be gained by cultivation. In fact.,
considerable damage may be done,' ass
a lettuce plant has a small root 'sys-
tem ' with many roots -near the aim—
face
urface of the soil, and even with sha'f- •
low 'cultivation, many of these may he:
disturbed. Two side dressings of ni-
trate of soda, at an interval of apprax-
innately two weeks, mid'tnt the. rate of
1 pound per 20J square feel will heir ,
to maintain a satisfactory growth ..
Toothache and neuralgia are ur
;cantly relieved with Douglas' Egyp-
tian Liniment. A quick, sure remedy...
,Also recommended for barns, sprain_
sores and inflammation,