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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-09-14, Page 3THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, 1933 THE SEAFORTH NEWS, PAGE THREE;, Services We Gan. Render Irr the tune °Bleed liROTECTION is your best 'friend. Life Insurance -To protect your LOVED ONES. Auto Insurance - To protectyou against LIABILITY to PUi13.LSC and their PROP'ER'TY Fire Insurance - To protect your HOME and itd CONTENTS. Sickness and Accident Insurance- 1'o protect your INCOME Any of the above lines we can give you in strong and reliable companies 1; interested, cal'' or write, E. C. CHACIBERLAIN' I•NS'URANCE AGENCY Phone 334 Seaforth, Ont. FAIR DATES Arthur Sept. 26, 27 Atwood ,Sept. 22, 23 Bayfield Sept. 27, 28 Brussels Sept. 28, 29 Chesley .. Sept. 19, 20 Drayton Sept. 21, 22 Durham ... .. Sept. 12, 13 Elmira , . .. Sept. 1 - 4 Exeter Sept. 19, 20 Fergus • Sept. 15, 16 Forest Sept. 26, 27 Goderich Sept. 19, 20, Hanover Sept. 14, 15 Harriston ... Sept. 28, 29 Kincardine .. Sept. 21, 22 Listowel .... Sept. 20, 21 Lucknow Sept. 28, 29 Mildmay Sept. 19, 20 Milverton -, ..... Sept. 19, 20 Mitchell .... Sept. 26, 27 Mount Forest .......Sept. 20, 21 Neustadt Sept. 30 Owen. Sound .. Sept. 28 - 30 Paisley , .. Sept. 26, 27 Palmerston Sept. 22, 23 Ripley Sept. 26, 27 Seaforth..... . SeP t. 21, 22 StratfordSept. 18 - 20 Tara Oct. 3, 4 Teeswater .. . Oct. 3, 4 Tiverton . , ...... Oct. 2, 3 Wingham , .. Oct. 10, 11 Zurich• Sept. 25, 26 International Flowing Match, Derby Tp.' Otven Sound, Oct. 10, 11, 12 and 13. e * * * * * * * * * * *^ * NEWS AND INFORMATION * * FOR THE BUSY FARMER * * (Furnished by Ontario Depart- * * ment of Agriculture.) * * * * * * * * * * * *. Seed Prospects The •alsike acreage was less than in some years. This year's yield is ranging from 2 to 5 bushels per acre with at average of about '3 bus. The seed is smaller than usual but !generally a fine colour and plump so. that the quality is good. There is little carry over from last year. The first cut •of alfalfa did not set its seed well enough to warrant threshing in most localities so that a shortage of alfalfa seed is possible' for the 19134 seeding in the, province. 'Sweet clover is now being harvested and there would seem to be a greater acreage than usual and the seed promises to 'be of good quality. The carry over of sweet clover seed is said to be below normal, There is an apparent increase of timothy left, for seed in western (Ontario and is yielding from 2 - to 4 bushels per acre of good quality seed, although perhaps hulled more than usual. -In the eastern part of the prov- ince a smaller acreage than last year was left for seed.' There was •a very small. carry , over of timothy seed in 'Ontario. The ,Canada blue, grass seed. cropin southwestern Ontario is re- ported a failure this year. The carry over of old seed which is held mostly at country production •points, is estim- ated as 4,000 'sacks of 1112 lbs. each. A 'Much-(Banned,lWeed There is probably noweed in, the, universe so much -legislated against as Clover Dodder, which was introduced into Canada from Europe. It is a se- rious pest in France, Spain, Italy -and other 'Southern European countries; in Chili and other pants of Sotvth :America; in the United,' States; and in fact . in all countries which' have long summers Witlhout frost. During the years of shortage in clover seed crops in Canada it was frequently in troduced and_dis'tri'buted in invporlted. seed, but its ravages on red clover' have been noted only in a few .insrtan- ces, 10 Southern 'Ontario and the Pacific Coast in years following an exceptiona+ally late 'fall ,without 'frost until October, The dodder is an annual panasite with slender yellowish and reddish ste'm's which twine about, the host plant and becomeattached to the ,clover steins by suckers through which it obtains nourishment. Alfalfa dodder has given trouble in Southwestern Ontario and in the !Prairie Proviwoes, where it is known to have continued in alfalfa for three Years, Badly infested fields should "tie plowed under before seed forms, 1RECO,RD JUNIOR (ENTRY AT ,CENTRAL CANADA FASB The Junior Agricultural Depart- ment at the ,Central Canada Exhibi- tion,'Ottawa, is rapidly becoming one of thechieffeatures of the entire week. This department attracted an entry list well_over 030 from counties of eastent Ontario and iwestern y Que- bec. This ,is an 'increase of slightly over 100 entries above the nark es- tablished last year. The program in- cludes, inaddition to theregulation 'judging competitions in domes'tic science, live stock, poultry, seeds and vegetables, such other features as. coni'petitions in halter making and showmanship, and special classes for individual entries end club entries open only to members of regtjlarly or- ganized Boys' Calf Clubs in that sec tion of the two Provinces, at was these latter classes that at- tractedand created the most interest on the ringside. Over 60 calf club iuembees exhibited their calves. Ring- side comment was roost appreciative, not only of the -high quality of the 'calves, but also of the manner in which they were turned out and handled by their owners, The section devoted to Holstein's •attracted entries from ten dif'ferent clubs with' thirty- nine club . mentlbers competing. Lan- ark County had. the winniug group,( with Du'ndas, Renfrew, !Leeds, 'Carl- eton'and (Russell following in the order( named. ffn the Ayrshires, Glengarry was first,' with Stormont, Grenville and Carleton following in order. 'Dundas had the Winning group of (Jerseys, and Renfrew scored a double win with growps of Short- horns and Herefords. The champion ship ribbon for the best dairy calf went to ,Donalel Cumming of Glen- garry County and James Mask of Renfrew, won a similar honour for the best (beef calf. HISTORY OF TU1RNDP,S AND MANGELS The history of ' field 'roots, as cer- tain vegetable crops are called in Can- adian agriculture, is an •interesting one. The mange! appears to be the oldest of our cultivated root crops, says the Dominion (Forage Crop Div- sion, Although 'exact records are not ravailalhle,.the production of. the man - gel can be traced back as far as 2000 years before the Christian era. The evidences of its production at that date is contained .on an old plate in an Egyptian grave. The plate represents a labourer placing a !large root en a table of sacrifice. According to Theo- phrastus, the Greek philosopher, red and white rddts were •commonly cul- tivated in Asia Minor in 13120 B.C. Both m'angels and beets are supposed to •be descended from the beach beet which is fbund growing wild near the Caspian. 'sea, along the shores of the Mediterranean, and in Spain, France and Holland, Great Britain and Dennta•rk. The origin of the turnip is not def- initely known, Pliny, the Roman au- thor and naturalist, when writing ab- out the cultivation of field roots among the Romans at the beginning of the Christian era, says that next to grapes and cereals the turnip is Italy's mast cultivated plant, .It is also known that the turnip was grown in Sweden in prehistoric times during the bronze age. The turnip was brought to. Canada at a very early date, In 111540 Cartier showed turnip seed during his voyage of discovery and in 17179 it is recorded that •Genera'l Sullivan, when invading the Indian country, destroyed the turnips in the ftndian fields where Geneva, New York, now stands, The S'wed'e turnip or rutabaga is grown atthe present time practically all over the world, and is considered to be a descendant of rape. The ruta- bagas af- our gardens include two 'corms, one with White flesh, the other with yellow, The French oa'la these tw-o classes, chow navets and rutabag- as respectively. Thg,_Englist nomen- clature, while now including the two forms under the one common name, Emmett, classed the first as the tur- nip-rgo.'ted cabbage. In nob this .d'is- tinction was retained in the United ,States, MrcMahon describing the •tur nip-rooted.cabbage and the Swedish turnip or rutabaga. Rutabagas were iq troduced into 'Scotland in 11(715(1 and into England in 11790. - GAR WOOD !RETAINS TROPHY The •Hlannisworth' plaque, which symbolizes ''fhe world's 'speedb'oat chlatm'pionslhip, ,will .remain in posses- sion'of !Gar' Wood, IDetroit,'for anoth- er year at 'least. On Saturday ,last he drove his boat, Miss (America X to a victory over ''Miss !Bri'ta'in (ITIS driven by !Hubert IScottePlayne. JI -In 'won 00 Saturday Iby d miles;'' !but on ,Labor Day he won by 212 seconds. The races were over, :a thirty-five utile nautical course. 'The 'showing made by !Scott - Paine in •]ifs .smaller and lighter boat was -marvellous, using a single motor of about one-quarter the horsepower of !Gar Wood's 'four motors. lit is ex- pected be Will return next year 'with a more po'wer'ful boat. 'Scott -!Panne -is a wealthy sportsman wino races for the 1011 he gets out of it, he says, IHe does not ,mind baling; but likes to' keep ,011 'trying to win, hoping that 1s5'o'me day per1aaps he s'h'all. 11 -Ie is pleased with the design o,f Miss Britain?1I(1 olid believes that her performance (proves he is on the right track, iHe contends 'that ' with 21500 ho:rsep'ower, .and a 'boat 'nine inches. longer and 4 inches wider dee could' twee of international payments. Inter get a speed o.f 130 miles an hour and give Gat' (Wood a real race. 'Elis one drawback is that he is till- able to secure Rolls4Royce motors, because the 'Rolls 'people .positively',re- fuse to permit their motors to be used for racing again because of the ad-' 'verse publicity which grew out • of !Kaye Don's mishap last year. 'Scott -Paine has flaming red hair, is 'a Muscular man in the prime of life, (He was knighted for distinguished service in keeping the !Schneider Cup do 'England, THE CANADA YEAR'B.O'OK, 1933 The publ'ication o -f the 19013 edition of the Canada Year Book i's'announc- ed .by the General .Statistics' Branch oaf the Dominion Bureau of Statis'tics, The Canada Year Book is the official commodities and services with inter - statistical annual of the country and:. est •rates and import rand export vain- contains a.'horoug'hly up-to-date ac- ations, 'The public finance of Canada, count of the natural resources of the Dominion, ' provincial and 'municipal, Dominion and their development, the is the universally: interesting subject history of the country, its institutions, off Chapter XXII, which also includes its doinography, the different branches a treatment of national wealth , and MT of production, trade, transportation, come and :Canadian investments ab- finance, education, etc., in brief, a road and' external investments in comprehensive study within the lint -'Canada. Finance' other than public is its of a single volume of the social and doatlt with in the next three c'h'apters, economic condition of the Dominion. 'Chapter XXOIII treating of currency This new edition has been.' thoroughly and banking, loan and trust compan revised throughout and i'ntludes in all les, bond sales and foreign. exchange, its chapters the latest information,'Chapter XXIIIIII el fire, life and atti's- available up to the date of going to cellaneous insurance ' (including a pres's. special article on the evolution of life 'Tthe 119313 Canada Year Book : ex- Insurance down to the epoch-making tends to 'Over 1,100 pages, - de'aling legislation of 30312), and Chapter with every phaseof the national life XXI IV of : commercial failures. Chap - and more especially with those sus- 'tern XXIV 'to XX!VIIII deal with edu ecep'tibie Of ,statistical measurement.lcation, public health and benevolence sAlbtention may be specially directed to' and judicial and 'penitentiary .statis- tlte statistical suinnnary of the prog-''tics respectively, and Chapter '28, with ress of Canada included in the intro-��miscel.laneous administration. The ductory 'natter and giving a :picture 'sources of official statement statistic, in figure's .of the remarkable progress''al and other information relative to Which the country has made since the ,Canada are given in Chapter XXX first census of the Domt•it1101t was tak-I contains information on Dominion en .sixty-two years ago in 18711'. There !legislation of 10312, . a special article will also be found In the introduction, dealing with the Imperial Econoanic a list of the -special articles appearing Conference of 10+32, and including a in previous editions of the Year Book ,precis of the intra -Empire trade ag-1 which it has not been !passible to reHrecments together with other princi-' print in the present volume. ,pal events of the year, as well as of.' The main part of the Year Book lficial appointments. extends to thirty chapters, the first' 'The volume is illustrated by many dealing with the natural resources of, maps ,and diagrams and the latest av- 'the country, embracing .its'geo•grap'hy,', railalble -data is everywhere included.; geology- seismology, 'natural re-fmmigration and trade statistics 'for• sources, and climate and meteorology the fiscal year 119132-+33 and miscellan- together with a special study °ats eons agricultural figures of the 19,311 droughts in Western Canada. History Census will lie found in the A,ppendi- and chronology and constitution and ces. government are dealt with in Chap- ters I1I and IIIA while the composition' All Night with Asthma. Everyone of the population as shown by the tat -;knows how attacks of asthma often est cmn'pilations available from the keep their victims awake .the whole census of 1031, vital statistios and im- ttigiht long. Morning finds him wholly migration statistios, are to be found unfit for a day of• business, and yet, in the , next three chapters, Chapter business must still be carried through. VIIII is a general survey o'f produc- :All this night suffering .and lack of tion which brings together the data rest can be avoided by the prompt from the different fields Of Canadian production'in such a way as to elim- inate the duplication of values es be- tween primary and secondary indus- tries, thus furnishing the basis for an'. "But, dear, what makes yott so approximation to the national income, pensive?" Chapters VoliI to XV inclusive give "The maid has left us, and now my detailed treatments of production in poor husband has to do all the workl" the leading industries of powers, manufactures and construction' Ex- 'Eeplorert From the Russian front- ternal trade is discussed in Chapter ler we pushed into Tibet. XVI and includes a.study of the tour- (Sympathetic Lady: We hada car ist trade of the Dominion and the bal- like that. nal trade as disgu clad from ex `ternal trade is etinxamined in Chapte XVIII with special emphasis on th grain tirade, the trade in live stock au animal products and the census o wholesale and retail trading establish meats. Transportation and communi catiottst,is the subject of Chapte XVIII which includes a treatment o the relation of the Government a transportation including a precis o the Report of the activities of steam railways, electric railways, expres companies, roads and highways, mot or vehicles, air navigation, canals shipping and navigation, telegraphs telep'h'ones, the radio and the pots office, Chapter XIX is concerned with labor, wages and cost of 'living and Chapter XX deals with prices of -1 SELECTING THE ( LAYING STOCK e .(Experimental, Farms Note) d Ills advisable to start selecting the r laying stock just as soon aspossible after the pullets are fully feathered aut.'First of all, select all pullets from rSour best matings. That is, the pullets selected for laying stock should be °. from darns that have laid at least 105 eggs averaging 24 ounces per dozen and better still,',frotn dams having s 200' eggs to their credit sired by a - cockerel whose dam has -laid 200 'eggs ' per year with an average of 24 ounces , per dozen. When you have selected all the pul- lets from your best layers, and put them on a separate range, they sbould be gone over two or three' times' ag aM before they are placed in their winter quarters. There are three types o'f pullets us- eallk found in the flock. The first is the clean-cut, deep -bodied, closely feathered, angular bird that is always alert, The second is the round -bodied, loose -feathered,' sluggish birdthat fattens readily Ind very seldom proves to be a profitable egg produc- er. Then one will generally find a few that are perhaps a combination of the two types just mentioned. It is well, then, to select the 'layers front the first type or group, put them as a range by themselves and perhaps go, over them once or twice again be- fore they are put into their winter ,quarters. It is extremely advisable in the interest of economic production to satisfy yourself that you are not retaining in the laying flock pullets that do not conform fairly closely to the first type previously described. 'Experience has taught us that the in- divideal that conforms to the egg producing type is one with a deep 'body, as measured from the front of the breast bone to the centre of the back; a deep gradually tapering flat side, wedge shape; a long, straight back carrying its width well out to the base of .the tail. The keel or .breast bone should be large and, parallel with the back. A good full breast and plen- ty of width at the •pelvis are desirable. The matter of selection,is made eas- ier when the birds are of uniform size. Therefore, it is good practice to try to have all hatches come off with- in as short a period as possible. At the !Experimental Farm, Nappan, it has been found that from April 1st to nth makes a very suitable period. Use only good sires, preferably pe- digree birds and select carefully the laying stock and you will find that the poultry flock is one of your mast profitable sources of farm revenue. use of Dr. IJ, D. Kellogg's Asthma !Remedy, which positively does drive away the attacks. Asthma Can be Cured, its suffer - mg is as needless as it is terrible to endure. After its many years of re- lief of the most stubborn cases no sufferer can doubt the perfetct effect- iveness of Dr. J. D. Kellogg's As- thma Remedy. Comfort of body and peace of mind return withits use and nights of sound • sleep come back for good, Ask your druggist; he can swpply you. Want and For Sale Ads, SELECTING VEGETABLES FOR EXHIiBITIO34 Ail vegetables to be exhibited. should be perfectly fresh, clean,uni- form ' in size and color, free from. blemishes of any kind and correctly named, Beans -Pods of string beans should be tender and brittle. 5(ringlese' var- ieties are preferred, 'Shell beans . must be mature and plump. 'Beets -The ,flesh -should be fine- grained, tender and of a dark red col our free from white lines. Tops should be fine end :compact and the: beets not over three inches in diam- eter, Cabbage. -!Pleads are best exhibited with a few outer leaves left on and the stem cut short. They should ',be round, flat or pointed according to, variety, firm and of good weight. Carrots --(Roots should be free from - gr eening at the •crown, '•straight, smooth, free from side roots, med- ium in size and of 'fine texture. The core should be smaal, +Cauliflower -!Heads must be pure white in colour, dense and free from: leaves or open spaces in the centre. Celery -!!le'a'ds roust be large with- long, firm, thick stalks free froznt sponginess or stringiness. Cucumbers --'Fruits should` be long, straight, smooth, tender, dark greml- in reenin color, with little seed development. Corn -+Ears should he of medium- size, well filled out to the end, the. kernels well developed and. in the: milk' stage. , 'Onions -)Bulbs must be well matur-- ed dry, firm: in texture, of goodi weight and have a well ripened neck - with the top removed. They should: not be peeled but have the dry: outer.; skin left on. Parsnips -Roots should be broad at' . the crown gradually tapering to the tip. They .should be straight, smooth, free from side roots and 'firm in text- ure. Potatoes -Tubers should have form. and colour typical of the variety. A. medium-sized tuber is preferred to a large one. Freedom from disease is-. extremely important. 'Pumpkin -(Fruit should be large; closely ribbed, smooth, heavy and ma- ture. Sugar pumpkins are small •in size and best exhibited in a separate.. section. Winter Squash --(Fruit should- be - large, heavy and firm in texture with thick, deep flesh. Tomatoes -!Fruit should be of me- dium size, smooth,'firm, evenly color- ed, free from cracks or other defects. Stems should be left on but cut short.. Swede Turnips --Roots... should be typical of the variety and smooth. If far export they should be from 4 to 5 inches in diameter and for home cone- suutption from 5 to 6 inches. Vegetable Marrow -Fruit should lie medium in size, oblong, fresh and tender. The rind should be soft en- nigh to admit the thumb nail with. slight pressure. "Dear, don't you think • husbands' should be frank, and tell their hives everything?" "Yes, and I think wives should be. generous, and believe it." 3 times, 50c Send us the names of your visitors, ouster Check 1 ioks • We Tire Selling Quality 13o.oks Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. styles, Carbon Leaf and. 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