The Seaforth News, 1934-11-01, Page 3THURSDAY, NOVEIMBER. 1, 1934.
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
IPIAIGE THREE,
Results of Test
r
sin Huron
Piot
ALFALFA AND BARLEY YIELD
INCREASED BY 'FERTILIZERS
1On the ,farm of Mr. Fred Cook in
the vicinity of Olin'toe ,during the past
summer the Department of Chemistry
(Ontario Agricultural College, in co-
operation: with ,the local department of
It1 +rioulture, conducted a demonstra-
tion test in Ifertilizimtg a'lfa'lfa, Natur-
ally, the :summer of 101314 was anything
but favorable due to the prolonged
drought, yet results indicate very in-
teres'ting Endings,
'[the yields of green alfalfa •as taken
at tittle of -cutting are as follows:
0.-1116 -0 @ 31715 lb's, per acre yieldedd
:IL,640lbs. per acre,
0112-110 rr 31715 lbs. per .acre yielded
.QI2,480 lbs. per acre.
0-1141115 @ 1305 Abs. per acre yielded
112.480 Abs. per acre.
0 yielded 5;11160 lbs. per acre.
This shotes an intcreas'e from fertil-
izer 'of about 501 per cent in green
yield or about one ton ou'recl a'l'falfa
hay. Investment would 'involve ap-
proximately $6;00 worth of 'fertil'izer,
(However, the •be.naegit 'from fertilizer
'cn alfalfa is not all realized tite first
year. Experience shows that next
year's hay will show very clearly
where the fertilizer was applied in
1119314, _1Lr, Cook and his neighbors will
be interested to watch these test
blocks next summer•.
On the farm of Mr. R. \V.MeKen-
zie, test blocks on barley of one-half
acre each were likewise fertilized, The
results obtained from this teat are as
follow•,+:
1.1104 n, 2'541 She. per acre yielded
22:5 bus. per acre.
24l12-:110 (1 250 lbs. per acre yielded
-2-+:5 pus. per acre:
particularly well adfapted to potatoes
was chosen, namely, '4-0-t10. The re-
sults tell the story. They are as fol-
lows:
sl -S-110 a 500 lbs, per acre yielded
4110.6 bus. per ac -re.
7150 bbs, ,Per sere yielded 440.3 b:us.
111000 l'b's, per acre yielded 4215.3 bus.
01500 lbs. per ogre yielded 481' bus.
No fertilizer yielded 3150,3' bus.
One of the difficulties in conduct-
ing a rate test is to see that ,thio fertil-
izers are carefully applied so ithat the i
increased rates 'da not injure the vit-
ality of the potato seed pieces. Ap-
parently this has occurred where 1000 i
lbs. of fertilizer was applied on lfr.
Moon's farm, for there is a constant
increase from 1500 to 11500 ,bb's. other-
wise, Whether or not this heavy ap-
plication of fertilizer can the made at '
a profit 'depenelis 1aegely on the price
of potatoes. Just at the moment low
prices are r'u'ling.
1Po'tato growers will he interested in
the re'sul'ts obtained, 'which are largely
in line with the experience of the De-
partment of Chemistry in other years.
An Interesting Sugar Beet Test
10'n the ,farm of bbr. D. Hodgson,
,Centralia, the Department of Chem-
istry, Ontario A'gricultural'Col'lege, in
co-operation with the Iluron County
Department of !Agriculture, conducted
a test of three fertilisers on sugar
beets sown at the same rate. Mr. H'otl-
gs'on's field was well prepared. His
soil is a medium 'heavy .clay loam
which normally produces high yield-
ing and high quality crops. The past
summer was anything but favorable,
nevertheless yield: pro'duce'd in this
test show i•nterestulg possibilities. The
results obtained are as follows:
2-1112-6 0 300 ib-, per acre, 113:2 tons
52411.-110 P. 300 lbs, per acre, 'yielded
14,3 tons per acre.
2-1101-6 n, 300 Ihs, per acre yielded
12.6 tons per acre.
No fertilizer yielded -10.0 tons per
acre.
It is evident that 2-1240 fertilizer
en this 5,.11 has given ;he largest
yield, ,making a gain of 3i 3 tons per
acre. This 31: tons was made at initial
curt ler fertilizer of approximately
91,10, When ,,nc• studies the resn'ts it
is quite evident that inediunt high po-
tash in connection with this crop on
Mr, 1lodgs,nt's soil has been more
inlpi>rtent than high phosphate, Nec-
essarily for fall interpretation these
figures would have to be snpplement-
eel with an actual -uar test in order
1. have the full picture. '('his is not
avai'atile at the moment but the re -
interesting pessibilities and
lines t:1. ng, •,shiclt they can be attain-
ed.
yiealed 143.7 beg. per acre.
The resulte shows almost 111 heehels
•apt from the addition of 250 Ihs, per
acre of 2401-110. Wish barley at its pre-
.ent price this would show a nice pro-
fit in that the fertilizer would cost
slightly les than $5,00 and the in-
crease would be worth 8,:25.
Again, tite resells are not only
found in the grain crop to which tee
fertilizer wag applied but if it is
seeders to c''gver or alfalfa this crop
will .be greatly hcnc6tted by the ad-
,Iitienal fertility. Farmers in the vic-
inity of Clinton wig, have been watch-
ing these tests win he interested in
report.
A Potato Rate Test
The most profitabie rate at which
fertilizers may be applied to potateee
t- always z question of interest t'
ctmmmerciel potato growers. On the
farm of llr, George Akron of Loole:-
boro, during the past summer. the
Department of Chemistry, Ontario
Agricnitural Cel'ege, in co-operation
with the 1Department of Agriculture
.ef Huron, conducted a test of four
different rite.s of fertilizing potatoes.
.An analysis which has shown itself
0-11245 @ 250 1'bs .per acre yielded er, on bray '1t5, witnessed .the ,birds
118.6 bus, per acre.
0.112,.70 @ 010 'lbs, per, acre yielded'
30.7 bus. per acre.
2-40-6 a 2150 lIbs, per acre yielded
118.0 bus, ger acre.,
No .fertilizer yielded 115.0 bus. per
acre.
It is evident that 0-11245 gave the
highest yield, giving a gain of 3.6 bits.
per aura
Soybean grower, will' be especially
nterestetl in this test in that it is us-
ually necessary •to force the growth 'of
this crop as rapidly as possible .when
t is intended that ripened 'beans shall
be harvested.
THE STARLING INVASION
The advent of the tEurapean Star-
ling in 'Ontario and its subsequent en-
ormous inerease have caused, much
concern to naturalists anal agricultur-
ist and as the bird appears •to have
become the subject of regular mention
in the press of late months, a short ac-
count of its, history may be of interest.
The .Starling is a native of West-
ern anti 'Central Europe, :liter several
abortive attempts to estaablish it in
(North 'America, the first successful
introduction took place at New York
City in 11890. On March 6 of that year
Eugene 'S,c'hieffelin liberated eighty of
theta in Central Park to be followed
by forty in April, 5115,94. From these
original liberations the Starling has
increased tremendously and spread.
until at the present time it is ranked
as ons of the most abundant birds in
shush parts of the eastern North Ant -
erica,
Increasing Soybean Yields
1)n the farm ,'i sIr. Ernest 1'yn;,
Exeter, a very interesting cr.,r1
soybean las grain this sumer.
The 5r,.11 stta•le vigorotu growth yet
the area that received additional fertil-
ity sh. ae,l :i material ;gain over the
',mance of the er.'p, The. Department
of Chemistry, Ontario Agricultural
College, it co-operation with :he local
Department of Agriculture, eenrluctctl
fertility test Sal the soybean patch.
5.1acing t t ee fertilizers side by. side
with the unfertilized crop, Resu:ts are
as iellewi:
occupying the horizontal arms 'o f
Hydro transmission towers at 73urling-
tope, for nesting .purposes. •
1Tthese hydro towers (with to hol-
low bars) offered the starling unlimit-
ed advantages as nesting and roosting
sites, being .practically perfect hoarse,
sites, where the, birds were as free
from enemies as they would have been
anywhere, The towers, running as
they do through cultivated country,
were used by the starlings as stepping
stones in their occupation of Ontario,
the open fields in thein vicinity provid-
ing the necessary food for ground -
feeders like the starlings. At any rate
there is no question that the starlings
came into the Toronto region along
the hydro tower line and more recent-
ly\Villiant J. Garnett has recorded
that they utilized the towers at Kap
uskasing for extending their range
north from that place, the only open
ground of any extent being found al-
ong the path formed for the towers.
In 01903 reports showed that the
birds had reached 'Schomberg, Kitch-
ener and 'London, all notable eaten-
cions of their previously known range..
One encountered at London by T. D.
Patterson on Feb, 119 is the earliest
Ontario starling in the collection of
birds at the 'Royal Ontario Museum
of Zoology in Toronto.
The year '110214 marked their ,first
appearance in Northumberland county
and 'localities between that place and
'Toronto anti gradually the area bet-
ween their places of entry near Brock-
ville and Niagara was being filled tip
by the birds. In 1119015 two starlings
were shot at Don 3lills, the first tak-
en specimens at Toronto and the first
definite observation for the east end
of the city. Primal records were made
is, 1935 for Orillia, Guelph, 'Ojibway,
Watford and Goderlch,
In'Pee :he starling, n:g, first appeared
at Por. Sydney in North Muskoka
and Nerth Frontenac, 'at :April 5th a
ricer '1 i 's ls seen at Ileant=ville by
James 1. kfe•ritt and ii,tring the first
half , the year the birds made their
tirst appearance in the central parts ai
Toronto. re-tin.g at Grenadier Pond
at.•1 at (ie3:,rta:e, About the end of
Attte:let, 'Rei, thousands of theta were
noted by Jack Miner in the pine and
r t ,,11t.ti:o at his place et King-
-v.:1:e. re r.,rining until late in October.
ll:•, 'Miner has estimated that upwards
of ,-'5,+51)0 starlings were present cfur-
ieg that season --:arse indication of
the tremen•luus i .,nth0ld obtained by
the birds.
'Chie year 14_7 was s, .banner one for
starlings. New o. Cu satin were at
1.1 tss:irrlinc, The ani, n, North Bay and.
Tor.mt. 'r. 10.77
the ir'1. 're-:- first bse rve.! in
(„)them Park',
D.L. _ l a 'tun 1"e.l' f 55 :11 were
rrs 1_ N
.7thern Maskok.5, ten ,.f
thon,an ls %%en. rtpatel to '.>e at t -
!diner sen.ctaary twin,.. villi, 3,0 0.5
::ere see•+ ar Lon 1 by 1V, 01.
Satin le -, tlei,s were seen
... the T •1. (5" Aug. 1i°
:he t .. :, ,l at Kap-
:1.1 . 1'02" 11,1111 starling.
The 'first appearance of the Starling
in Ontario was in ;Tuly, i1t911)9, when II.
tG, Breakall saw quite a - number of
them at ?liuclsan's point, .tear .13.rock-
villc, ncluding settle you'tig. birds
scarcely fledged. During ithe follow
m: winter, Mrs. R. \V. Leonard
watched a small Clock of them at St.,
Catharines and the. third lirorincial
record was made on :\ugu;t
when 3. H. Fleming observed a.flock
of seven flying over his garden in To-
ronto.
_About the same time A. A. Edwards
saw Starlings near h.,rt Erie and in
191l1, they airs: appeai'e.l hear ltiing.
stop and at Burlington. '('hese early
ree,irds intricate that the ;'rovince It as
invaded from the Upper St. Lawrence
Valley ,wd frau t'm Niagara River.
'After 311211 "tar'.lues spread rapidly
in Otttari,, a 14 report- gathered .toge-
ther by 1)r. Ilan:., 11 F. Lettir 'n1 the
•..., .arse of tilt preparation ..i his "Dis-
tributional and I cem cane .Study or the
'European :Sta-'!11 to ()merle" .1121,
sly, 'Ng 1 that during. 1412'1-2.' they
Carlet 11, hisses. Pe•tireIs,
]iastfn• s, Line 1:1.? . Neat and
'Wentworth ('c a .:' ,mod: 0t11nh-
cr . all in the vic, ty o. the lower
1)5511 • I.alccs.
lu Dccem'>er, 1'122. sive '•tirtl. .Cru
chain!., .1, 1.rnt'2t nt \1:;15 ..to..1 about
the sant.• time serer:,: pairs were not-
ed at t ed,:,:ale. It aspen.s quite likely
that the ,.iris inva led the Toronto
region from the s onth ,.,td we, as
none were seen in the eastern hart of
the city for -- i,f• :itt:e time after -
sequently it was not surprising to
learn that Dr. F. Ili, Lewis had seen
a bunch of seven at Moose ihaciory
on Oct. 111, of the same year.
At present their range extends n
c ds to
Kansas, Texas, and York Factory an
1-T•udson's Bay,
FARMING.
IDitherton once told me that any
ratan could :achieve complete indepen-
dence with twenty acres and a cow.
Or perhaps it was tweolty cows and
an acre. At tuty rate, it was one of
those neat little econ'o'mic 'exinms
which non -farmers love to expound
to other nonefarnpers (Difhertou had
never tried it out; his knowledge of
agriculture was purely academic, But
he had a dogma -ie -the manger atti-
tude which 'discouraged argument.
At that 'tune 'farming was 'a priv'a'te
enterprise. The ;farmer wore no man's
collar—not even his own. !Political up-
heavals and social 'con'flicts left biro
untouched; behind' his 'far-flung bar-
riers of barbed wire he was as rem'o'te
as a lighthouse keeper. He .was ;the
envy of all clerks and factory 'hands,
especially on blue 'Mondays after a
calling down. by the 'b'oss, "A little
place in the country" was the secret
goal of almost every office worker.
"Anel when '1 get it," he muttered an -
der .his 'breath, "the first ,thing den
going to do is to walk right up and
tell the big 'chief and his 'business to
go to helll"
This project, like the 'wartime
threats of the private who towed .to
beat up the drill sergeant as .Soon as
they got their discharge papers, was
seldom carried to 'completion—for 'by
the thee .blte office worker's little place
itt ,the country .became a reality, tell-
ing. the big chief and his blt.ulesc to
go places was mere supererogation.
'1'hey were there already.
The modern agrarian movement ie
a by-product of the depression; When
the It !tile -c (lar slave sees his govern-
ment paying tanners for not farming.
his disco?! eitt increases. Nobody has
ever offered to pay him for not keep-
ing hook; or not selling bonds. 'He
feels like a neglected step-tltil,1 de-
prived of the bounty of Natnrs and
the N,R..1. .\nd then he reals an
idyllisromance by some armchair ag-
riculturist and the' lure of the open
,pace preves trresiseible, bit g.,es na-
tive.
11111 not everyone can switch fir-
ect'y irons the city to the country and
1;I,ng sab•i.teucc fre' the seit., In
'•aft.
the in -tall ce5 are ..o fee- that
ta.• e51•ttaily atratt eon 4,1erable a:
tention. Th.. -tor., of the Swiss I'ant-
ily Raisin, altz, for example. is ire.
e1 min t:y referral to as ],roof tll,et city.
people ems make good in the country.
When the bottom fell out of the stock
ntarke.; Mr. Rabinowitz hal a nervous
break ,' low .1 an his wife found ti.
t
possible - t" maintain her customary
social position. So they left New Y.
that and mored to an told farm np.tate
eleterminetl t., make their living :rem
:he laud.
.1; was tough s:e.1.1ing, at fasts Thr
farmhouse was sadly run 'town. Mr-,
Ralde e:te hal 1.' elle it a Gua) '':
paint and reshIts$e the rnnf, flier
Ittth: it 1 conldht't help 11111511 with (5 thi-
because larder made 111551 111'11:- 5. V.
the 1S V11 1111,1 gone dry an'>, site ie.)
carry :Ill the water from mages.
2 1 , q11, nting. a pin.
ward,. In 1 2_ .. h:, ir.e 1 ,'ie \, 1 ft",i.
that letini:e ecidcnae t:r:..,_ star:. is _ i \f,,tbc.. n report-
-testing. tt ()nc.r 5,1e1 1seat Ila m r,1 ... l.•,_. . .. year, 5n55-
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The Seaforth News
SEAFORTH, ONTARIO.
changing pageant of the 's'eas'ons and
the ,perennial miracle of green grow-
ing things they grumble .about taxes,
mortgages and the weather,
IIn other.words, the aesthetic pos-
sibilities of agriculture should he de-
veloped—and judging by the literary
trend .of [the last .few years the devel-
opment is in progress now, This 'does
not mean that the farmers are turning
into aesthetes, The aesthetes are
turning into farmers:
Orville (T'w'eet was among the pio-
neers 1115 the great emigration from
.Greenwich Village to Greenwich,
Connecticut, last year. '1 -he bought a
small 'farm and set out to .combine the
artistic with The scientific in agricul-
ture—that is he painted his shutters
bine and studied the government bul-
letins.
Ortsihie wore !bis shirt open at Lire
neck and his overalls open at 'the
knees; he often carried am old ,pitch-
fork atosurd with him. Not that ehere
was anything to pitch, .but he liked
the 'feel "of the smooth, .work worn
handle"; besides it was •a sort of sym-
'hot •a•f his new .calling.
.Despite this 'hilly -billy costume, Or-
ville was. a gentleman farmer. He
treated the 'livestock with the utmost
respect and was always polite to the:
poultry. The actual labor o'f the farm.
was delegated to ithe hired man, and
Orville devoted bis attention to 'keep-
i'ug accounts and evolving. new a'gri-
cultura'l theories.
One of his theories involved the
shocking of .care by sowing wild" oats
between the rows. Another concerned
itself with a scheme of hastening the
transformation of veal into 'beef. To
this end he read Uptaat Sinclair's
"The Dingle" aloud to the yearling
calces everyday in the hope that they
would worry about it and grow old
before their time, And if the hired
Man had not dissuaded hint he would
have 'bought a rotary snowplow for
the cultivation of winter wheat.
Yet in spite of his ignorance of
practical gee'poniee (there's a word
for you. Ezra!) 'Oreille finished his
first year of farming with money in
the hank—w•lticit he caii't possibly get
..sit until the liana, reopens, When .the
final ac;..,uut- ,very drawn tip there
15555 a comfortable balance on the.
right side of the lehiger. 'Ife showed
me with pardonable pri,le a statement
of his tinast,ial status, 1t read as Sol-
tot's:- /ebit: 1', xcs l't`i.r)t: seed
3126,t)tl: labor ;+73,11t1: incvlentttl
11140,11O1 t tdl 'i32,5I1, Credit: Crops;
$4,92: rcy alta'. $1,200,00. Tote], .",1',2204:
02. Profit 5370.42.
It ryas 551-111/.1!y 5011rill,^.:7;7 prom- of
atcce-- a. ass agrie'nrist.
^lint," 1 askel. "when• docs that
S 121st item conte ire lu '
"Oh that!" Orville t'eplie.l airily,
"That', jest a little advance from my
eeldigiers. You see. I'm writing a
tee: entitle., 'I3'ra I male Farming
Pay' '
'ring me
Mr. 1Zahinc•w'itz hired a ratan ,with
leant plow the land. and
alt„ t. fresh the cow- that In: wife
hHead hoti 1st with her .egg money. GShe
ha'1 invested the east profits of her
"egetalde garden in a flock e,f bill
Orpington.) ihnrtuna'teiy there was a
good stand of timber on ;the farm and
when lira. Rabinowitz was not cook-
ing, washing, geeing, weeding the
garden, milking the cow, 'feeding the
chickens, carrying water, canning
fruit or churning butter she chopped
down ,trees and cut then! up .for 'fire-
wood.
At the end of the 5iret year the Ra-
binowitzes 'found that they 'were en-
tirely out of the red. They had no rent
problem, no servant 'prabent, 110 soc-
ial position to worry ,about. They rais-
ed their own food, g'athered :their own
fuel, did (their own: 'laundry, shaped
their own destiny. 'And Mr, ,Rabino-
witz had completely recovered front
:his nervous 'breakdown,
iBut—and this is :the sequel to the
Swiss Ilranlily Rabinowitz w^hick is
overlooked by ,the armchair agricul-
ists—\irs, Rabinowitz has a nervous
breakdown now:
Obviously, Mrs. !Rabinowitz failed
,to catch the ,true spirit of the open
spaces. She never stood silent at
dawn, breathing the scent of sweet
clover and listening to the caroling of
tih:e meadowlark-. 'She never lay in the
dewy grass with her 'cheek pressed to
the warm bosom of Mother Earth
while the (bumblebees !hummed deows-
ily overhead. She was too busy cluing
the chores.
The trouble ,with ssaast of the farm-
ers today, according to my literary
.friends, is that they don't appreciate
the picturesqueness of their surround-
ings and the simple dignity of honest
toil. Instead of marvel'lin'g at the ever
A Canadian hn te's said to her
American guests, Stall we go to the
bank for tea ?" To their delight, the
"haul.-" turned nttt to be, net an im-
pressive stone building. but a grass
terrace overlooking a river where tee.
was served in a clAightful summer
.house.
-!sea tut e is observed all over the
word and is rr',,ably the part of the
lay 111.ost etljnc . be - ie:'tl tvllo get
together .or a social ,, :n•. Different.
,'tts*nnu prevailI :'feretlt c:'untrie.,
',111 1'.e , ria_ of n .'. pitality andood
the sante whether the service
be simple or elaborate. 'The tea it-
self is rade according to the 'hostess'
taste and hot water provided for
guests who wish it weaker. There is
usmal:ly a choice of lepton and cream:
sometimes t•1ove5 are added for spice:
there may be orange Sli'•rs and
wedges of caddied pineapple for those
who like flavors,
'rhe tea accompaniments should in-
clude both plain and sweet. There i$
nothing better than thin ,bread and
butter, salt wafers or crisp toast for
those who are avoiding sweets. For
others, a supply of little cakes, cook-
ies or fruit breath will be desirable.
'This recipe for Banana !Bran ,Bread
is good 'because the loaf will keep
moist for day's and can be sliced and
b.tittered as ,needed.
(Drill ;Sergeant: "Now, take this
rifle, and find nut !how to use it."
/Recruit: "Tell me one thing. Is it
true that the harder I pull the trig-
ger, It he farther the pullet will go?"
"Papa, what was the ,Stone Age?"
"That was the gloriotis period, my
son, when a man axed a woman to
marry hint,"
Mary—You nrustn'.t lie.
Jatie-1Why not?
_Mary-113ecause it's 'like smoking;
u isn't right to do until You are
grown np,
Keep Douglas' Egyptian Liniment
always in the stable, ready for imme-
diate use.,Removes •proud flesh and
inflammation,- Thrush or Hoof Rot..
painful and irritating. Remove them
quickly and surely with .Douglas
Egyptian Liniment,