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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-08-16, Page 3th r, !t. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER * * (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * mens of Agriculture.) * # * * * * * * * * * * Poultry Exports Double 'Reports at hand indicate that some 5,000 pounds of dressed poultry were exported from Canada to the U nited .1Zingdom during the first five months of this year. Compared with the corresponding period of last year, this is an increase of approximately 537,1122 pounds. Take out the Weeds lAlthotigh modern, seed cleaning machinery will do a great deal to take out weed seeds from grass end clover seed it will not make perfect separation in all cases, In 'fields seed weeds should be taken out in the summer so as to make possible high grades and beck prices. Such weeds as mustard, daisies, b'lad'der campion, white cockle, and others classed as noxious should be removed during the summer so as to keep them out of seed crops and, what is just as im- portant, keep then' from seeding " themselves down again, Head The Hive With A Prolific Queen The foundation for the nest year's honey crop, says the Dominion Api- arist, is laid by making sun that every colony is headed by a young and vigorous queen early in August so that she ,has sufficient time to produce a 'large force of bees before the end of the brood eraring season. To perform the duties expected of her the queen must have ample room for the ma eiunlm egg prurhrctioiu and there Hurst always be an adequate supply of food available for the brood she produces. Other conditions being satisfactory, strong colonies headed with a young vigorous queen in the Fall arc the best assurance of strong colonies the renewing spring and a strong force of field bees in time for harvest. Table Turnip Acreage That Ontario farmers appreciate the increasing demand for high qun:- ity table turnips is indicated in reports. to the Ontario Department of .\gri- cultnre stating that, in many of the sere prominent growing sections, acres e devoted to this crop is larger by :elite twenty-five per cent. R. rr nipare1 with that of last year. Sec- tions where this holds true include Oxford, !;rant, 'Wentworth, Water- loo, \\re:iington, Perth. Ffnrrnt and Bruce ceutities. Rains in the latter part of jetty stimulated planting • as growers were hesitant to plant while dry weather prevailed. Approximate- ly ten per cent of the acreage is for esrly August and September shipment which is a twenty-five per cent. de- crease from last year. Federal -Provincial Bull Bonus Policy Discontinued The Federal -Provincial Bull Bonus Policy is heing discontinued in Ontar- i and no !nether inspection will take place alter August 1st. This an- r.e uncenient is made by L, E. O'Neill, assistant director of the Livestock Branch, who, states that nary those applications for bonus which are re- etived in the office of the Ontario Livestock Branch on of before Aug. 115, 1934, can be considered for pay- ment. His message farther declares: "If you have sold any bulls •subject to this policy;it will! be necessary, if any bonus, is to be phid, .that you, arrange to have thte buyer send' in his applica- tion along with the Canadian registra- tion certificate properly transferred so as to arrive in this, office before August 115th," At What Stage of Maturity Should Crops Be Harvested Experiments by the Field Hus- bandry Dit'isiott of the Dominion Ex- perimental Farms show that crops cut at the following stages gives high- est yields of best quality. IH AY.—IAtfal•fa one tenth in bloom, red clover full bloom, timothy when. the bloom has fallen, grain for hay when the kernels are in the milk stage. •GRlAtIN-Ail grain .crops should be cut when the kernels are firm and before the heads are too eas- ily shattered. I I i-_ (SIU.\Gr Corn late dough, sun- flowers 30 per cent in bloom, red clo- ver full bloom, alfalfa full bloom and wilted fire hours after cutting, oats and peas when oats are in the dough stage. iROO I1S—As late in the fall as pos- sible. Potatoes—When the tops are all dead. .Feeding of Lambs Qaality is important in lambs. Fin- ish and weight along with breeding play an equally important part in de- termining quality. While improve- ments in the breeding and feeding of lambs has increased the quality of :he finished prodnc,t, there is still much to be done in order to supply the trade with what it desires through- out the greater portion of the year. Buck lainhs do not please the cot?- semers and tend to discrmrage burying of lamb. For number of year; the drive of buck lambs has been cut be- low that of wether and ewe lambs and after July 2n1 of this -year 2 ce::s more wilt he pail for ewe and wether ml, -than for bucks. A pretn- iunt will he p i l for good quality, well finished lambe up to 911 pounds over:these ranging from 1011 to 140 pounds. In. order to get top price cestrate ell male lambs mit intended . a breeding purposes and finish the : mbe to a desired weight. This re- gnires extra feed, and it will be nec- e: -ary to icradn the lambs on pasttu•e. With the way this eeason is starting off grain feeding on pasture may be necessitated more than in the pnt. Tt is a good plan to pick out the earliest snot fastest -:rosin;: lanilts and crowd them for market. As the seasem ad- vances the price may drop, Early summer sales are always at higher price. than fall sales. Light lambs should he held hick until they have taken en the desired fleshing, It is by n i rg attention to market require- ments eq& rtcents that the hest returns are ob- tained from the flock. Lee a eer'nifnge an effective prc.,:u'- atic.n 1- Mother. Graves' Worm Exter- mtinatcr, and it can he ;igen to the most dedicate child without fear of in- jury to the constitution. Want and For Sale Ads, 3 times, 50c THE 'FUTURE OF AUSTRIA? IDuiifuss, the Christian Socialist who in May, 1030, 'became Chancellor, aniilt'lras been endeatnuring ever since eo 'preserve the liberty of Austria, has left his task unfinished. That the Invasion" of Austria by one hundred and 'fifty Nazis should be described as an attempt to seize'pow- er .in 'Austria is ridiculous, it is ob- vious that he object was the assassin- ation of 'Dei:fuss, and is typical of the ruthless gangster methods that have made them hated in ever civilised country of the world. Violence has terminated the regime e,f Dollfuss, who, to quote his own words, desired only "To preserve 'Austrian independ- ence, s; that my country can be free to work out her own destiny in friendly co-operation with her neigh- bours." What will happen note? Will the Nazis succeed in ntakling Austria their vassal? It is unlikely, for' the workers who constitute the backbone of Austria are against the system of brutality and rule of the machine gun which is charac:eristic of the party of 'Herr Ilitler, There are reports of Nazis muhiiising oe the Bavarian frontier, 'They will certainly Meet with considerable opposition from the Austrian people, Again, what will Italy do? Mussolini is said to bare his forces mobilised in readiness for any- thing. He ]las garrisons along the Austrian frontier nnnibering 50,000, and he ha's pledged his word to defend the independence of Austria for wh:,se sake the gallant little Dollfnss. was murdered, But, assume that he does, what then? Could Hitler and Mussolini live side by side when the latter wwas occupying territory wlticit night have been dominated by the former? P,ssib.y, but; 11 not, then the futere as indeed black, inert: is One hope left for the pcacebul future ei Austria, We mist not lose sight of the third strong ratan in the situation, This is Major Fey. Fey is a soldier, a than of iron will, hut this quality alone may be his downeiall, for tite .\nstrian dislikes military discipline. If Fey manages. to preserve a degree of law and order in his. country and to. re, ulee any further attacks Inn the part of Nazi orgaaisatieiss, all wit! be w' lit \Cit:t ales the 'feline hold, \\'fl: auett a settle 1 wwe nr w111 the con- flict n-fiict of opposing politica. hritta-ts 'ueru'helnl the Heinnwclir leader and weep central Europe headlong into ene.ther war? If this should he the cars then the question heconiee even vital it rev.' 'yes iteelf into, can the rest of the world keel it:ef dear? If it cannot, then we nut.., took for- ward to war which may :spell, as 11. G. Wells predicted th t an..ther war could, the d, wn:aa .,:I cis flf"burn, Drive Astir Like Meek. The immediate heli from Dr. J. 1). K Eel- ...Nstinna Remedy seems like magi. Nevcr.ae.e-s it is only a na- tural remedy used in a natural way, The sniol:e or vapor, reaching the most rem•-,tc passage of the effected tubes, brushes aside the trouble and .pens a nay fpr fresh air to enter. It is sohd by dealers throughout the land. The per:ceti-.n .rt is con- ceal art. THE MAINTENANCE OF SOIL FERTILITY A mere permanent agriculture for Southwestern Ontario will require a more definite soil building programme than hat been- practised on many farm, ite the district during the past decade or two. Have we become so interested in cash crepe in many dis- tricts that we are overlooking some of the fundamentals in the mainten- ance c.f soil Iertflity? Shall we be able to maintain soil fertility and crop yields under many of our present systems of farmi ,g? Is sur whole programme en the average farm def- inite enough to insure improvement rather than decline? These questions deserve the serious consideration of the roan who is thinking of the future as well ref the present possibilities oif hie Hirst, \i -e' certainly have access to better seed today than ryas available thirty year', a_n. 11, .,tower, good seed aline will not insure ventilated ;gnrtd yields. The !unite in the soil and soil fertil- ity 2t111st be maintained as well, These facts are borne oat in the various -ro- tation studies en the Dominion -Ex- perimental Station„ Barrow, 'Ontario, While nothing has been found that will ratite take the place of barnyard manure in a soil building program, the awai:able snpp:ly is entirely Mader grate to meet the demands of oer "DAL' ir, n7„ -t -c •tions 01 !Southwestern Ontario. Where an adequate • amount of manure is tat produced on the farm, 'either more lit stock ',horrid he kept or green manure sheeld be pre- dntui in.the ;coil by the Ilse 6f such ',oiling crop, as sweet clover, rye and eey'teane. After • all, a green manure crop i the cheapest nteth,•d , 1 adding litenns to the , , Alfalfa, a- '11sleteld play a stitch more important hart hi our soit building programme. le s the cheese,: and meet product- ive hay ,'n'1 .n Lowe, an i, in addition, shot ha he itt.dze l for ;-,astnres touch mere than it is at a.tsrn:, .\ more definite . -b•ti:link. • pr,gr ;nnlc, ,:.:.Pled with •.'d soil ma -agement, toil'. certain y result in a ttl're perm- anent a•11 pr, ata',:c a ;ricnitare, THE TRAINED ELEPHANTS V ln;ia are surprised t' see trained .c a.:ni, doing- the hearty jobs that -.we usually done by tractors and other machinery. They sire areas - ed t I eta:dh elephants it heavy logs whit their tusks, _raw large loads of inmher ; n little .ruck-. and twnrk in herd, !nit the lean satcMill A. !:atwet pr.•;+lc tt-t e: hack into the lhtrna 11ti1.> es met watch the elepit- r.nt uu i:Z Ct'i 1 :ua they act nut the teakhw eeI t:iu i ',sent to all parts of the world. '1':1i- . 'nc , the !boat ,w It is a- 1?:iahlc watt l i ' ;:tit', nearly es lend ae hem, alba does pot decay. -chi, trios are felled like r•t1t- it's'', `>v sawing theta off, the 1.i h- :rimmed. rot the t ink, and lege cm. Thr` it •- the: the elephant herd -tarts wrrlcinee They tither heel the lees- t the bink Ora -river or to a railway to be de.ivercd to tee saw. mi1l, :\t :he 'Rao_eettr' awneille a herd of e,ti . 't1 rc t c:, Ohante work. '.\l1 are 1 by ell foe :en elepltant near- 'nc ly se : enty-fie year; a11, now famous al ewer the srrld as the :ranter rf til re :''1101° Clan fitly elan or 4s?a s_f;f* kigkia +,w'1.. 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ADDRESS, 135 COLLEGE ST., TORONTO, 2. beast. \\rhi:e Joe does not actually work, he is hues of the yard, 'and per- forans his tasks with a clock -like pre- cision which few sten could copy, joe sees to it that the elephants do their work promptly, the right way, front the time the whistle blows until it again announces the boon hour or quitting time in the late afternoon. Old Joe slips along the lines of ele- phants, to boos the setting out for the morning's work, and in less than three minutes the .hnndrecl or more eleph- ants are on 'their way to the inlet, where they work in two lines, One line walks to the inlet, the other from, keeping up a continuous move- ment just like an endless .belt. Each elephant picks un in his trunk a sel- ected log and goes along the log pile. as his mahout (driver) guides him to the eight pile, and directs him when it is time to drop the log Steppieg over to the end df the log pile, the elephant lowers his head, gazes a1011: the log, and if it is out of ' line, punches it with his tusks until it is. 'straight. -All day long, wee!: after week, the elephant herd keep on pil- ing loge, according to size and grade. without any human aid, except that of the mahout, whose task it is to keep the animal's the correct distance apart. Slipping about in the nutd of the wet seaeo17, hattling 16:g, i.: the very dry ,car's of dcen dust, the elenhnats work eight hour. a (l,ey, with net cae.- iti, ns, spending a life -tune, whether rorty, tifty or a hundred years, handl- ing, log:. Lr Titter the yard, while hunt b eds more are floating in the river, nearby, These logs are uta -civ,. from -01 teen to twenty niches square and thirty -live feet long. Stepping over theete t , select jest the size tind length lit is handling. the t'epluntt lnntlmrs awway all day, slowly but surely perforating his work. Our sawmill yawls are very ndsy places, '1it!t the 1711113 ,its; creitk n: machinery. Pnt the yard in Rangoon nems very quiet; only the hunt of the large saw, breaks the silence. For the elephants toil on and on, the only and .bens, the voice ef tee mahout wwhn appears like a little boy perched aloft, but whose contmande are faith- w ,,btyed by the anima's. Wading- into the muddy waters of the river, the elephants lift the large logs ,.ut ,,f the water with their task: and drag them into the largeem shed beside the saw•mi11. They walk on the rolling, u.icertain loge as eas- y as ff it were a paved road, and manage their tower. of legs and br. 011 pais of feet with perfect sureness. In handling the logs, elephants work alone, bit when the 1,- have been sawed into lumber, ts., ele,t,li- ants work together to pile it up, Tite two elephants. one standing on -melt end of the squares of wood, lift then: and lay them down in perfect piles. They use their tusks, which have been shortened and curved with saw and file, to raise the timbers, and their trunks to .posh theta into place. 'When the whistle blows 'for dinner, the ele- plants instantly leave whatever they are doing, no in'abter where they are, and walk off to t'he 'feeding vend, If an elephant is in the river, :'lifting a log, he drops it and turns toward his dinner. Nearly every elephant has worked in t'he log and lumber yard twenty years ar more. 'Some of the elephants have been' trained to perform. a brick which sur- prises visitors. As the Party advances toward an elephant the will throw his trunk forward' in an alarming naarnet, which causes the stranger to run; but the elephant follows and soon over - take's the person, He will .not stop un- til coins are cast upon the ground These he picks up, no tnabter wheth- er they are between logs or in tete mud, and calmly hands then, to his mahout. 'Then he tarns and walks away as if 'nothing had happened. But not until he has c.archcd out and found tite very last coin, DR. SAUNDERS. Thirty years after the discovery of !Tarsi's wheat Dr, •C, E. Saunders receives the ,highest of all the honors that have been coanferted on him ---a knighthood conferred by King George on the occasion orf tike birthday of His Majesty. Dr, Saunders is now "Sir •Charics” Saunders and in the re- tirement of his home in Toronto, re- ceives the congratuli'ations off personal friends. 'When told olf this new dis- tinction the tall slender digni'feci gen- tlemait of sixty-seven years showed Inc appreciation, first by a smile and then remarked that it was quite amaz- ing. l -Ie could only explain it by the fact that the West looms large in the public eye and the contribution he has been able 'to snake to the farming interest= there. The life work of Sir Charles Saun- ders dates back to lt8fi5 when he graduated. 1 -Ie studied later at John Hopkins university and specialized in chemistry at Harvard. All this did not indicate that he was become a farmer or to stake his 'nark as a wheat breeding expert, (Habits of careful patient work were however developed in handling the test tubes in the laboratory and this was later applied to good effect in the sampling of grain at the Centrad Experimental Farms, The story of wheat breeding at Ottawa goes back to the time of the appointment of Dr. \\'m, -Saund- ers as head of the Experimental Farms system. That was forty-six years ago when the West was still depending on the East for varieties of grain. One of the .-arts taken to the prairies was the Red Fife, regarded at the time to the best milling wheat. Other types of hard wheat, notably the Calcutta, were br uuht from the ld land and the work e i crossing of hybr !leis lexis, When Dr. Wm. Satin ler: son, i:'na.1t . ars appointel cereslis: in 1,15 thers were several hundred neer strain t'i'lt had to be carefully, examined and selection made therefrom, It was :. te,lions pro- cess evert for one Veil, fiS tte•Cttstlm. el tet the to : , eteiis a chemi- cal fah rcte,.y. There Lw ere various ehiti:t.rs to be1 .r its these ere ` . leo ": st imeortant of all was to act ran that t..r high in pro - :eh: end r'eeeieg eerie t Ilutlgil to- CRI‘; ft To det rmitte roughly the quantity of gluten and the bread ma!;1n_ gmliity of the kernels were .lte'w'c':1 :eel the el:toticity or strength of the resulting gnat noted. A great ire re tL was; seen in the gluten of the various laude „f wheat sithjeeted t, the Leet. elven in heads of grab: which looked d al'kc \s a toe tlt ofthis test \Ir, Sound- er Jr. as he was than known, plaute.l little p!,ts of wwaeat with differen. types o: grain and from this experi- ment he selected two heads which he called Marquis. Thie grain did not grow exceptionally well in the eees hat in piety of its pe tiGiarly tine qual- ities he continued to experiment: with tite two heads. One was subsequently. rejected and the other head he devel- oped as the parent see3 of the grain now known all over the world as Mar- quis wheat. About este hundred varie- ties of wheat were developed in titi= ntantier and to test them thorough:,: there were established at the Experi- mental Farm, Ottawa, a small flour still and a bakery. The wheat was ground to flour and baked after which comparisons were made. Beginning about 1907 --Marquis wheat begot to -show its merits at the. Indian Head and Brandon Experi- mental Farms, Over a five-year per- iod Marquis gave f ity per cent higher yield than Red Fife on uniform plots at Indian (Head. In a four-year test at Brandon (111905541 inclusive) the gain was ten per cent. Rosthern Sta- tion in 19111 had a 70 bushel yield of Marquis. Trace it was on a plot of 11.40 acre ,but it was so striking that the fame of the new variety spread through all Saskatchewan, In that year it won the highest award at the New York Land show. Ide season of 1011,2 was unfavorable for Red Fife, giving the Marquis a. chance to win further distinction. Nor only did Marquis give better yields, than its rival on the majority of farms, but it was now widely :dis- tributed and took the highest award at the International Dry Farming Congress at Lethbridge. Everybody Wanted seed and the acreage for 191'3 was probably more than a million --all front half a buebcl send from Ottawa in 19017, At the Indian head Farm a plot of 1e-10 acre gave a crop at the rate of 811 bushels per acre, probably a world's record for spring wheat. Action is the proper (fruit of knowledge. :A'rgumelt't makes three enemies to! one 'friend. Ili you have no arrows in your quiver do not go with archers, Very few tnotorists are arrestod for speeding while hurrying to work.