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THURSDAY, MARCH 17 1932
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THE'SEAFORTI-TNEWS.
PAGE THREE;.
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* NEWS AND INFORMATION *
* FOR THE BUSY FARMER *
* (Furnished by 'Ontarro Depart- *
* ment of Agriculture,) *
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For Potato Growers,
"If marketing conditions had been
{,r •consistertt'with the high quality of.
the 1931 potato crop; fast year could
he designated as outstanding in the
•< [history of potato growing in Ontario,'
*aid C:: E. Broughton, Ontario Mar-
keting B'oar'd, and a :practical grower
Ihimsehf. "Actual conditions, •however,
.were anything but reas'suring," he
continued, "so there should' remain,
in the minds of po'tato growers, just
two thoughts, namely, benefit from
experience, and intelligently pian for
the. 1932 crop."
On being asked for his opinion in
this connection Mr. Broughton re-
plied: "Potatoes require a soil having
Ia high content of 'hu'mu's, and one that
Is rich in plant food. Acreage should
be held at a normal figure. BY, a
onrmal figure i1 mean that the amount
of acreage set 'aside for the growing
of potatoes, should be limited by the
amount of soil pre-eminently, suited
to producing this particular type ' of
crop."
Mr. Broughton further' pointed out
the wisdom of using only the best
seed procurable and, for this purpose,
he suggested the use of certified seed,
exolusively. He also advocated seed
treatment as a preventative of scab,
rhizoceonnia and black leg. Then so
far as proper care of the potato crop
is concerned, the two main points are
good cultivation, and insuring the
crop against insects and late blight,
by efficient spraying. Finally, he sug-
gested that it is easier to pack a good
grade of potato from maximum yields
than front minimum yiedls, and most
important, the surest way to cut the
.cost of production is tto increase the
yield per acre.
Concluding the interview, Mr.
'Boughton said, "Grading of po'tatoes
has made wonderful progress in On-
tario during' the past three years, and
it is now p'oss'ible to get supples 00
this product properly graded and in
,excellent 'condition. Consequently the
tirade has not found it necessary to
?"."*.a Jtport potatoes to -answer their re-
quirements for a high class product
this winter."
The Use of Fertilizers
The primary function of a fertilizer
is to furnish plant food in form's
.which are immediately available, or
whic'h may readily become so, in the
soil. ' One of the main factors in de-
termining crop yields is the amount
Of. plant fo'o'd available in the soil.
When thus is not sufficient ion good
growth, it rust be sup'pllemehted if
maximum yields are to be obtained.
The several factors which may pro-
lfoundlly affect the results obtained
'from applPyiag fertilizes- include the
'chlaracter of the • soil, drainage and
methods of working the sail, and the
character of the season in respect to
rainfall temperature, etc.
7n considering .the use of commer-
cial fertilizers one must keep` in mind
.the''necessity of maintaining organic
matter in the soil as supplied by ma-
nure.'The principal• value in the use
of fertilizer is that it permits a more
economical and better distribution of
!foram manure. ,Otte is a •necessary
supplement to the other, and for
,molt Soils they work together to pro-
duce the best results,
Alfalfa Acreage Increases'
Alfalfa now stands sixth > in area.
,anion'g ail field crops grown in the
IPr'ovince of Ontario and, occupies
about 650,000 acres, According to
games Laughland, ' Field Husbandry
epartmen't, IO.'A!C., Guelph, the
i.
neat increase in this crop during tlae
last -twenty years has been due to the
!devel'opmitiit of handy strains along,
with the outstanding merits of Alfa,-
aa as a forage crop. a3eing a handy,
deep rooted perennial 'legume, Al'flaltfa.
impro',Ves:the texture of the soil, adds
humus and aids in ithe .storing of nit-
rates. IIt begins to grolw early' _in
iSpring, helps to con'trol 'weeds and
remains green through'ou't the season.
"Phe:_.' yield is grelater !than 'from Red,
'Cloven and tionathy and the hay has
a much higher feeding value. The
'marked increase in the Alfalfa ' acre-
age during recent years is one of the.
best reasons for further expansion,
The total area devotecl to hay and
pasture in Ontario amounts to about
six million acres: !There' was a fine
crop of','Alfalfa ,seed in this Province
last year and it is now 'available at
reasonable prices. It offers a splen-
did opportunity to ineraase the acre-
age of this most valuable crop.
Controlling Black Root
Root -mot or Iblack'root is a fairly
cotnnaon disease of strawberry plants,
:Ap'pareat'ly plants of any age may be
attacked but they are most suscep-
tible at two periods, shortly after be-
ing set out and at,fruiting time. ,'In
some patches little or no evidence of
the disaease can be 'found, while in
others 50 per cent. or even 70 per
cent, of the plants are destroyed.
The principal control measeure's
which !have been'; found useful are;
1. !Practise a fairly long crop ro-
tation; IStrawberries s'houki not fol-
low a similar crop in less than five
years,1f, ,possible..
2; Avoid introducing the disease.
1Wlhe'n setting out a patoh secure
plants is from afield whnali was free'
{ram root -rot the previous year. Then
discard from these any pl'an'ts whic'h
have blac'kened roots.
3. Protect the plants during the
winter by me'an's of a suitable mulch.
As so'an as the ground becomes froz-
en. 'hard, cover the rows with two or
three inches of Clean straw.
Facts About Eggs.
ITwo toms of grain will produ'ce
480 dozen of eggs. 'S'old as grain at
a price of $1 per cwt. it would ibe
worth $40. Sold as •eggs at 25c per
dozen it would be worth $120.
An egg is 66 per cent water, 1'3
per cent protein, 10 per cent fat and
'1'1 per cent lime or ash.
Lt an egg 60 per cent is white, 30
per cent yolk and 10 per, cent shell
The best eggs of the y&'ar are
those laid in the months of April,
May and June,
!An egg eaten between September
and March is worth more to the
average person in a northern clime
than one eaten between April and
August.
The egg is aptly termed' "bot-
tled sunshine." It is rich in pro-
teins, vitamins and mineral's.
'0'f the five .vitamins the egg sup-
plies vitamin A, B, D and E. I't is
particularly rich in •D, the sun's'hine
vitamin.
Bacon -Type Boar Policy,.
The announcement of the Bacon -
type Boar Policy introduced at Ot-
tawa, is of special .interest to farm-
ers at this time when the popular
trend in farm operation is toward
increased prodesctiotr of livestock,
particularly hogs. Under this pol-
icy the federal Department under-
takes to purchase boars of suitable
type for breeding purposes . for far-
mers' clubs of ten or narore mem-
bers each owning brood sow. By
arran'geme'nt with provincial gov-
ernments bonuses are to be paid'. to
clu-bs on prodtaction of service re,c-
orils, the amount being $20 in the
case of a XXX Advanced Registered
IBo'ar being used and $I'5 where a
XXX A'ppro'ved ,Boar is lased, 'Com-
pd'ete information as to how to se-
cure the benefit of the new policy
can be o'btaieedl by application to
your local agricultural representative,
to the nearest [federal swine inspector
for your district, or to the Depart -
meat at Ottawa.
THE,; LINDBERGH KIDNAPPING
l+lolio'w'ing' are the amain facts in the
kid -napping of the Lindbergh baby as
given.out 'by she police, apart from
the aniazinlg nunvber of rumors which,
have been cirrctiI'ating.
'The: first agreed fact is that the
child ,was stolen between the hours ,of
8 and 10 p„nn. Tuesday.
C•alionel Lindbergh had be -en invited
to attend a ,d'iniaer at New York Uni-
versity in New York City that
night; ,'anal in recalling that fact det-
ectives are preparing to '•check ,a imw
field. The eir'caiastateelthat the 'ki'd-
napping tookfplace on the might when
the Colonel was-eXpected to be absent
from home indicates that the crime
was timed with exactness. It was a
misunderstanding that prevented' him
!from attending the banquet. He had
thought the invitation was for Friday
instead of Tuesday night and it was
not until 'about an hour and a hada
alter he was due at the dinner that
he returned home, later to learn of
the mixup.
It was 'just after 8 o'clock when his
car wheeled up the d'riveway. While
the time the baby was put to bed has
not been definitely fixed, lriend,s of
the 'family say that Mrs. Lindlbergh'
had tucked the child in his crib some-
what earlier.
There was no sign .d£ any intruders
in the timbered -estate as he went into
the house. He and Mrs. Lindlbergh
dined together. ' The meal was in the
dining robin- in the sou'th'wes!t part of
the house. Fini'sh'ing at about 9.1!5
p.m., the couple ,chatted for a while,
Pant of the time they were in the lib-
rary, the room directly under that in
which their •child slept. The intrud-
ers apparenitly watched their move-
ments closely, for it is almost certain
that kidnappers would have been seen
had they attempted to raise a ladder
while the Lindlberghs were in the li-
brary.
IThe windows of the white Norman-
dy -type !house were lightly curtained,
and it generally is rather brightly il-
luminated. It would have been rela-
tively easy for persons concealed by
the timber and brush 611 the estate .to
have circled the house at a distance
of several hundred yards, retnainin'g
unseen while ,dbserving almost every
movement of its ,occupants.
At about 10 •o''clock 'Miss Betty
'Gow , the nurse, went to the baby's
room and' found the child gone. A
hasty inspection followed. The Lind-
berghs looked through the house and
when the child could not be located
Colonel Lindlbergh called the chief
of police at H•o,pewell. That officer re-
sponded and immediately called' the
state troopers. iBy 10.30 the' polite
investigation was .well miner way and
an hour later law enforcement auth-
orities in every part of the nation had
been notified of the crime.
!Whoever did the kidnapping did not
trouble to wrap the youngster in a
•blanket. The child had suffered from
a cold for s'e'veral days and he was -put
to bed that night ,clad in woollen rom-
pers. First reports indicated that the
kidnappers left their note of threat
and demand in the crib.
'Friends of the .fancily subsequently
said that the note was left on the win-
dow sill and that it -was not discover-
ed immediately, .I0 has been estab-
lished that Cal. Lindlbergh did not pick
up the note when it -w-as found. Know-
ing that tell -:tale fingerprints might
have marked its surface, he left to po-
lice the task of scrutinizing it. The
Nine-stori d pagodas
rise brick by brick
AND sizable Savings Accounts grow
dollar by dollar!' Many fortunate
people have learned this simple rule to
their intense satisfaction and peace of
mind.
Don't wait until you have collected much
money. The important thing is to make
a beginning NOW. Start with a one
dollar bill and decide to build the edifice
of Independence slowly and consistently.
Every week add a few dollars. You
will be delighted to learn how quickly
your Savings Reserve, when left at
interest ' grows higher and higher.
...r SEVENTEEN BRANCHES IN ONTARIO.
PROVINCE OF VNT� - ALOE, ' AVINGS OFFICE
EVERroEPosirS1 �a 1 lbro»TAR/OCOVERrMEMT
HEAD OFFICE
PARLIAMENT
BUILDINGS
' SEA'FORTH BRANCH J. M. MCM'ILLAN, MANAGER
SO
.message made demands and indicated'
that the child would not be harmed
if certain directions- were followed.
!Various sums have been mentioned
as the sum the abductors asked, but
officials on the case have not denied
!that the amount was $50,000. IWhat
the signature was has never been for-
mally affirmed, but it is reported to
have included a distinctive arrange-
ment of a series of dots,
Found placed outside the ,baby's
window was a three -section ladder.
'Two Of its sections were fashioned
with •some ski'l'l but the third was of
crude carpentry, indicating that it had
been built'hasti•ly. Nailed to the third
section was a 'brace df weathered
wood which apparently had been
touched up long ago•witli a thin coat
o'f red lead and oil. Th'e' detectives
who are attempting to ideate the
builder who used this ditsinctive bit
Of timber concede that the kidnapper
apparently at first planted to reach
the window with a two -section lad-
der. When he found these not long
enough he was forced to fashion a
'third. The •discovery that the two
sections .were not long enough may
have been reached by an earlier visit.
The ladder and' footprints in the soft
earth 'leading 'away from it are the
most tangible evidences that the in-
truder left behind. The 'circumstance
that no clear fingerprints were dis-
covered indicates, said one of the lien
who went over the scene o'fAthe cringe,
that the kidnappers used gloves.
IThe footprints leading from the
ladder in the direction of Featherbed
lane, !the ironically named, rocky
side road that runs a quarter mile
south o'f -the house, were distinctive.
'They were the imprints of mecca -
sins or of shoes that had been cover-
ed with heavy sox. Oscar Bush, a
trapper who knows the ISourland Hill
region intimately, traced the marks
part way to Featherbed lane. Be said
that there were two sets of footprints;
but he thought that "they were those
of one person making the two trips
rather than that of two persons. The
tracks could not be traced all the
way to the lane, for matted crushed
down grass obliterated the trail a few
rods south of the house.
'Evidence points to the fact that the
abductors made their escape by means
Of an automobile parked in Feather -
:bed lane. Harry Conover, a farmer
living on the road which intersects
with the lane, has reported !that a car
drove up the lane Tuesday night after
dusk and after the driver parked in,
to turned out the lights, "In the
position, the car was standing,” said
Conover, "it could have been proved
without using the starter. The motor
could have been started by engaging
the gears after the machine rolled
down hill."
The Liudberghs have a dog, but, no
one in the house heard the animal
make a disturbance during the hours
that the child might have, been taken.
This would support the theory that
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ABOUT ST. PATRICK
ISeotiau,d, ,England'' Trance and
Walesall claim the honor of leaving
,been fie birt'hplalco of SO. 'P'atrick.
Whatever doubts obscure 'his 'b'irt'h
place, all agree that—as This name
pllies=he .was of patrician family. He
was born about the year 392, and
wlaen only -16 years .of age was carried
off by pirates, wlhorsold hint, into s'laiv-
ery in I're'land, where his master em-
ployed hili as a swineherd on the
Mountain of Sleainislh in the County
Of Antrim. Here 'he .passed' seven
years, during w'hiieh time lae acquired
a knowledge of the IDrish aanvguage
and 'made 'h'imself aoquain,ted with the
halbits and customs of the people. He
escaped ' •frons captivity, 'and after
many adyer.•tures successfully reached
the 'Continent. He was o'rd'ained des
icon, , priest .and 'Bishop; t'hen' .once
icore, he returned to Ireland, and
'preached the gospel to the Shen .hea-.
then ianlhahiitants.
'The chief hindrance that St. Patrick
found to the introduction ,of Christian-
'ilty in Lrella.nd'- were bhe Druidicad
-
pries•ts'olf the more 'ancient nfaitth, w'lilo,
as nightnaturally be supposed were
exceedingly ',averse to any nntaovati;on.
'tlliese Druids, being great magicians,.
would have been :formid'abl'e antagon-
ists to any one of less Miraculous and
'Samuel Lover, the Irish poet and novelist, is responsible for
'this whimsical poem about the about the birth of Saint Patrick.
It is sometimes rased as a recitation piece at ,March 17 programs:
On the eighth dayoa March :it was some people say,
That Saint Patrick at midnight first saw the day,
• While others declare 'two's ole ninth he was bora;
And 'twas all a ,mistake between midnight aril morn,
!For Mistakes will occur in a 'hurry and shock, •
And some bloated the baby—and some blamed the clock,
Till with all their cross ,questions sure no one could know
• If the child .was too fast or the clock ,was too slow.
Now, the forst fiction-Ifi'ght in Ould Ireland, they say,
SVas all on account of Saint Patrick's birthday;
Some fought for the eighth—for the ninth more would die,
And' who wouldn't .sec .right, sure they blackened his eye.
s\t last both the .factions so positive grow
That each lcep't a birthday, so Pat then had two
''Till ,Farther Mulcahy, ,wlbo showed them their sins,
IS'aid, no one ,could ,have two birthdays but a twins,
Says he, "B•oys, -don't be fightut for ,eight or for nine,
Don't be always divtdin'^bu't sometimes 'combine,
Combine 'eight with nine= seventeen is .the mark,
So l'et'tha't be his birthday"—"Amen," says the clerk.
"IIf he wa's,n'a a twins, sure our liislt'ry will show
That at least he's worthy any two saints that we know.
They all got blind dhrunik; w'hi'ch completed their bliss,
And' wed cep up the practice from that•d'ay to this,
saintly powers than St. 'Patrick: Their
antagonism wasaa great that !St, Pat -
rack, in spite of a'+ benevolent dlislposi-
tion, was ednupelled to curse their fer-
tile ifiei'ds so that .they became dreary
bogs; ho curse tlteir'rivers so that they
proldu'ced oto -fists; to curse their" -very
kettles so that with 'no 'amount of fire
and patience could they ever be made
to boil. As a last re'sor't, he had to
,curse the 'Druids 'themselves, says le-
gend'ary'lore, so ,that the earth opened
andswallowed them up.
• A legend also .relates that' the
Saint arid- Ibis followers found the n-
lsefves one cold -nn&lrnsng an a moan
tam without a ''fire to cook their
breakfast or ' warm 'their chilled
limbs. The Saint commended his fol-
lowers to collect a pile of ice and
snowballs. This having ,been done, be
breathed upon it, and it instantaneous-
ly became apleasaart fire.
The greatest off Sit. ,Patrick's tradi-
tional miracles was driving the veno-
mous reptiles'
eno-mnous,rep'tiles' out of Ireland, and ren-
dering the Irish soil forever after s.o
obnoxious to the serpent race they
instantly die on touching it. Colgan
seriously relate's how iS't. Patrick ac-
coni'plished this by beating a drum,
which he struck with such 'fervor that
he beat a 'hole in,. the top, .endanger-
ing the success of the miracle; but an
angel appeared, 'mended the drum, .and
the patohed instrument was long ex-
hibited as a relic.
The shamrock is almost universally
worn in the' hat in'Ireland on St. Pat-
rick's Day. The popular •notion is
that •when St. Patrick was preac'h'ing
his doctrine of the Trinity to the pa-
gan Irish he used ,this plant, bearing
throe leaves on one stern, as a syinlbo1
ea the great mystery.
St. Patrick is said -to have died at
'Saul, Ireland, on the 1171th 'of Miar•ch,
493, in the 121•st year of his age. His
birthplace is disputed, and so also is
'his burial place But general evidence
indicates that he was buried at Down_
patri ck,.
someone familiar with the family ha-
bits was the abductor. An additional
indication that someone in the neigh -
bon -road was responsible for the crime
is the. fact that the Lindberghs did
not generally stay at their country
home as late in the week as Tuesday..
The guilty one, it is evident,,' made ai
close study of the family's movements -
,Officers who were called to the
Lindbergh home said that 3.Irs. Lind-
bergh expressed the view that the'
kidnappers had been watching the
ILindberghs for months and that the-
abduction
heabduction was (bound to happen no
natter where they had resided. The•
baby's slight cold is believed respon-
sible for them not returning to She•
Morrow home in !Englewood on Mon-
day.
FOREST TREES
For Reforestation and Wind Break.
Planting Supplied Free.
A great deal of good work has,
been clone .and considerable progresses
has been made during recent years
in reforesting waste areas of land in •
various parts of the Province. Many
farmers have reforested parts of
their farms that returned then very •
little, if any, revenue in the way of
crops or pasture, In driving through:
the Province many fauns can be •
seen on which valuable wind breaks
have been established, which add a •
good deal to the general appear-
ance of the farmstead as well as -
serving as a protection for the build-•
ings against high wind's.
!Reforestation work and ,wind break
planting has, been made possible for -
the farriers of the. Province, by the -
free service rendered by the• Ontario
!Government Forestry Branch For
forest planting 3,500 young trees are •
suppiled free and for windbreaks,. 500
are supplied free each year.
'The following varieties are availaa
able for forest platting: Ooni•fers—
!Waite Pine, Red' Pine, Jack Pine,
Jack Pine, Scotch Pine, 'European
Larch, White Spruce, 'White Cedar.
'Hardwoods.— Walnut, •Butternut,.'
Elm, White Ash, Soft Maple, Hard'
'3[aple and Red Oak.
For Wind Break planting: :White
Spruce, Nior•w'ay Spruce and White •
Cedar,
Applicati'ons for trees must' be :
made 'before April 1s't• . The trees
will be shipped express collect, mine -
time during the month of April. For
fur't'her information and applica'tio'n
forms for trees, apply to the Huron
County 'Branch of the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture, Clinton..
Calvin Campbell -Calvin Campbell
of iliorris township, d'ie'd early. Friday
after a lengthy illness, in his 85th
year, The funeral tools place from
his late'residen'ce, lot 1.9, co'ncession'
3, Morris, on ,Menldlay afternoon, in-
terment in Brussels cemetery.
The Great War.
"And there, Son,' you have the story
of your dad ,and the great war'."
"Yes, Dad, but why aid they need
all the other soldiers?" •
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