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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1930-01-16, Page 71 iry Thursday, January 16t1`t, 1930 GRAM AzwozCE-Tno,s ��it(�III�IIIt�IIIWI11N111�111�1II1rI11NAlll[�III�IIirIII�iI1�UlIpgIII�IIIW111MIIIt�I11�1II�1ti�IHl R a We lave just installed modern equipment ag- P for dressingpoultry, and are now in a position:to ii Y handle live poultry in large. quantities. WE PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES , • Poultry Taken Any Day. POULTRY WANTED LIVE. OR DRESSED Call 166 Bring Us Your Eggs and Cream. 1�%elln ton- Produce CC• , Ltd. m ■ 1 i 111 _ W. B. THOMPSON,MANAGER 6_ Phone 166 Wingham Branch. is . 111■111111811111111111111111A111t1111111s11s11m111s111i111■I11tiscisti 1lIunsimi a slWtl mini. News and Information.. For the :Busy Farmer Many Meetings in February J. Lockie Wilson, secretary of the Agricultural and Horticultural Societ- ies Branch, furnishes the following list of annual conventions at the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, during Feb- ruary: Ontario :Cielcl Crop ;and Seed Growers' Ass'n., Feb. 4th, Ontario Plowmen's Association, Feb, Ontario Ass'n, of Faits and Exhi- bitions, Feb, 6th and 7th. Ontario Vegetable Growers' Assoc- iation, Feb. 12th, (Preceded by an- nual meeting on Feb. 11th at Parlia- ment Buildings), Ontario. Horticultural • Association, Feb. lath and 14th. Farmers and others interested should clip these dates for reference, Farm Improvements In a recent bulletin issued by the, department in whichwas summarized all the outstanding events of the ag- ricultural life of the province during the year 1929, the .following remarks came under the head of Farm Im- provements: "In the western counties drainage, goes on, apace. In Essex, close upon 100' acres were undertiled. The wet spring helped the under -drainage movement and the season witnessed lection, Tobacco growing in thewest- increased activity. In Kent also there ern counties helps to set the local was a lot of underdrainage of tile. wage level during the busy season. In Elgin there was concentration ,up The otulook is for wage levels to re- Pur fished by the Ontario Depart - main as they are or to fall a little perhaps. Domestic servants are not known on Ontario farms, according to all reports received from 'corres- pondents west, east and north." .ment of Agriculture British Apple ;Market A recent cable from the Overseas Representativeof the Ontario Fruit Growers' Association states that the apple: market in Great Britain is still dull ,with a possibility of fairly good :prospects later in January. A rumor that Virginia still has quantities of unclassified Yorks which will soon have to bedisposed of, points to a depression.. in price until the early part. of February, however, will com- mand a good market providing high. prices are not obtainable on the do- mestic market. These apples should bring from six to seven dollars per barrel. Food For Brood Sows Alfalfa or clover hay fed from racks forms an excellent roughage for brood sows. Roots are also. good bout they'may not always be available. The meal ration may vary consider - :ably but should not be too strong. Bran, shorts, ground oats and ground barleyin equal parts, if•fed judicious- ly at fromtwo to six pounds daily, depending on the •size ' and condition of the sow as well as the period of pregnancy, has been found to give good food' res(tlts. Mineral feeds are The Dual Purpose Cow Although some have questioned the existence .of; such an animal as the dual purpose cow, the fact remains' that many Shorthorns of beef con- formation produce sufficient milk to return ,a profit to their owners aside from the value of their calves, which make good feeders, The ,Shorthorn herd at the Dominion Experimental Farm in Scott, Sask., was started in 1921 with no outstanding producers. During the eight succeeding years- two cows have made records approxi- mating 8000 pounds; six cows have over 6000 pounds to their -credit, and 11 have made records of over 5000 pounds. Incidentally no person has questioner& the suitability of these an- imals' for beef and waiting lists are continually on file for breeding stock'. Killimg Poultry Lice Eggs are worth big money these clays and thebusy hen is the one that pays. Hens that are continually ir- ritated by external parasites cannot give their full energy to .egg produc- usually essential, and may be supplied tion. Poultry lice will continually it-. either by sods or a suitable mineral ritate the birds and interfere with mixture : containing charcoal, ashes, their rest, thus reducing their egg - bone meal, etc. production value. To combat this, a good plan is to dust, every bird with equal parts of sodium fluoride and corn starch mixed' together. The dust can be placed among the feathers The Labor Situation Under 'the heading of "Labor and" • Wages," the annual bulletin issued by the Department for the year 1929 re- next to the skin by means of employ marks: ing the thumb and finger. One pinch. "Farm labor cannot be secured at. any lower or, in some- cases, as low rate of wages as during the past three years. .The .farmer: can only af- ford to pay for liis help out of the money his products bring in. British immigration does not flow by choice to the farms and more relief might come from immigration if other races experienced on the -land were encour- aged. Not much' change in conditions generally was reported in 1929 al- though more labor appeared to have been released from the cities to the. farms, A cut in the tobacco acreage trade the situation -easier in that dir- on the head, one on the neck,• two on the back, one on the breast, one just below the vent, one oh the tail, one on each thigh and one scattered on the underside of each wing should be sufficient,' This work •could also be done with a salt shaker. Another and newermethod is to put there- quired amount of Black Leaf 40 in an ordinary machine oil can with a fairly large spout and run a contin- uous line of ; the liquid along each roost. This 'should, be applied about half an hour before the birds go to roost. A second application is neces- sary in ten clays. Wash Day Is Fasy Now Particularly if you have a , illodern Conrior 1 ec- tric.. Washer in your home. No - tearing of clothes, no back -break- ing work. Just fill the tui b with hot water, drop ill the clothes, turn a switch and the work is done. C Wingham tiliti( Crawford Block. w S ommission Phone 156. on clrbinage of the new tobacco land, Through all the western counties .re- placement and renovating of barns, building:. of poultry houses and fenc- ing have made all round advance. The Niagara Penninsula reported but a limited. amount of .improvement to farm buildings and fences. Through the province as a whole more build- ing would be undertaken if the cost did not often forbid it: Galvanized roofing is being resorted to very gen- erally and many farmers are putting water systems in their barns."' Crop Production The following statistics of some of the principal field crops of Ontario for 1929, show the number of bushels produced this year as compared with 1928: 1929 1928 Fall Wheat 17,820,739' 16,766,408 S. Wheat 1;929,982 2,181,855 Oats ••••:• 73,640;478 93,461,068 Barley 18,032,191 19,944,133 Rye 873,239 1,131,172 Flax 46,927 67,441 Peas 1.,235,658' 1,892,588 Mix. Grains 29,903,638 33,691,418 Husking Corn 6,674,942 6,921,850 Beans ...... 1,113,810 873,428 Buckwheat :.. 5,562,013 5,962,376' *Fodder Corn 2,221,467 2,685,727. *.bons. Tons Tons Alfalfa :..:.;. 1,596,212 1,730,135 Alsike 289,560 235,385 S. Clover ...... 803,576 924,608 Hay, Clover 4,661,660 455.615 bushels bushels Potatoes 14,140,088 19,791,851 Turnips ... 22,848,691 34,323,412 Mangels 9,728,083 14,738,443. Sugar Beets 12,146;230 15,215,900 Carrots 222,903 317,998. pounds pounds Tobacco 20,693,776 35,585,848 EAST WAWANOSH Miss .Mae Chapman spent Sunday with Mrs, King, Turnberry. Mr. and Mrs. Russel McElroy spent a day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arbuckle. Mr. and Mrs, McCartney are visit- ing at the home of Mrs. John T. Cur- rie, ivir. and Mrs. Bob Montgomeryand little daughter are visiting the latter -'s mother, Mrs. John Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Currie and Mr. and Mrs. McElroy spent Sunday with. Mr, and Mrs. J. 5, Kerr. Mr. Geo: League spent Sunday at, the home of Mrs, Geo .Currie. Miss Doubledee has commenced her duties at S. S, No. 9. The many friends of Mrs. Geo. M. Robinson are glad to know that she is improving after her operation. Miss .Mina Currie has returned to her school in Leamington, after spen- ding her holidays under the parental roof. Miss Ethel Drehman is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Wellings, Bouquet for Dad Teacher, looking over Teddy's home work -"I don't see how it's pos- sible for a single person to make so many mistakes." Teddy, proudly -"It isn't a single person, teacher, Father helped me." -Brooklyn Eagle, Wall Street Relief Brooder to Hatch 40,000 Baby Checks -Salt Lake Tribune. No Mercy Find gentleman, to little boy eat- ing an apple -='Look out for worfns, sonny." Little boy -"When I eat an apple the worms have to look out for them - serves." --Clition Pacific Magazine. TO STTLE IN PARAGUAY Mennonites ; and ;Doukhobor* iji om Canada Iia, to Try Life There. There are very few foreigners in Paraguay and immigration from Eu- rope has never been heavy, largely because the Argentine drains off the human currents from overseas before They can filter through to Paraguay. However, some interesting colonizing experiments have been made, writes W, 14, Schurz, 'formerly American trade commissioner to Paraguay, to the Christian Science Monitor. He goes on to say: One of the most am- bitious of these was the attempt to set tip an advanced socialistic regime in the colony of New Australia. A large colony has lately been founded to the interior of the Gran Chaco by Mennonite sectarians from Canada, mostly of German origin, Plans have :;ince been made for a Doukhobor colony from Canada. The Paraguay= an Government, in its desire to wel- come serious agricultural immi- grants, has been tolerant of the spe- cial tenets of some of these. bodies of colonists, such as the refusal of the Mennonites to bear arms. Since one of the dictators compell- ed the people to plant a certain num- ber of orange frees, the country has become. a veritable orange grove, in addition to its fields of cotton, to; bacco and sugar cane. I' have found orange trees in the jungle, where the seeds had been carried by birds, and from my horse have often picked oranges from the trees overhanging the roads of the interior. The hard quebracho tree of the Gran Chaco produces one of the most important tanning materials used in the North American leather industry. This product and the raising of cattle constitute the most important indus- tries of that mysterious land to the Nest of the main river. As the only practicable approaches to Paraguay are by way of Buenos Aires, its commercial relations' with the Argentine are particularly close, and its money is only quotes abroad in terms of Argentine pesos. As mos' of its staple products are produced in Argentina, it is at a disadvantage in foreign markets, as compared with its' larger and more progressiv. .iieighbor. Asuncion lies four days by river steamer above Buenos Aires and two days by train. It is also now accessible by a regular airplane ser- vice. The population of Paraguay is about. 900,000, or approximately what it was before the war of 1865- 1870. The Paraguayan masses are a mix- ture of Spanish and- Guarani Indian. Although recent governments have discouraged the use of the ancient Guarani language, outside the large towns, it is still the common tongue of the people. Even the ruling class, who- are largely of pure Spanish. blood, often speak it in their homes. The Indians are confined to, a few tribes that inhabit the wilderness of the Gran Chaco and small groups in the great forest of the east. HEALTH SERa1ICE off the CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOC- IATION ANAEMIA A person is anaemic when the blood is deficient in quantity or quality. When a considerable amount of blood has been lost through bleeding, then there is anaemia due to a deficiency in quantity, and this condition grad- ually corrects itself as the body mech- anism makes good the loss, The an- aemia clue to poor quality generally means that there are not enough red cells in the blood, or that the import- ant substance called haemoglobin found in the red cells is deficient in quantity, The chief, function of the red cells is to carry oxygen by means of its haemoglobin to all the tissues of the body. It can be readily under- stood that any interference with this vital function due to a lack of red cells or of haerixoglobin will affect every tissue of the body, This may be expressed in another way by say- ing that if the tissues of the body are to be kept in a healthy condition it is necessary that the quality of .the blood supplying the tissues of the body be maintained, The quality of the blood is lower- ed as the result of suchgeneral dis- eases as tuberculosis and cancer. Chronic abnormal conditions of the stomach and other parts of the .diges- tive tract may affect the blood. With- out going further into the list of cau- ses it will be evident that the proper. treatment ofsuch anaemias is the re- moval or treatment of the cause of the disturbance. Nothing is to be gained by dosing with so-called blood tonics when what the individual needs is fresh air, sunshine, rest and proper food. A balanced rnixed diet supplies the substances necessary for the body to produce a good blood supply. The body cannot do this work if it is suf- fering from disease and so the 'treat- ment of diseased conditions comes first, followed by proper diet and hy- gienic living, Pernicious anaemia is one special form of anaemia. It is a disease that has recently been conquered. The use of liver or liver extracts according to the directions of a physician controls this form of anaemia. Questions concerning Health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, 184 College. Street, Toron- to, will be answered personally by letter. Every Bell olaphatzo is a Lon 1 '8ltanc,a 't zffan' ower rates for Long O Distance t anceCalls 11111,0W in effect New reduced rates for long dis- tance istance telephone service in Omar- . rio and Quebec have been ri. effect since January 1. The new lower rates affect chief- ly calls''to points from 75 to 800 miles distant, the reductions be- ing from $.05 to $.20 per call. These mean an annual saving of $200,000 for telephone users. Long distance telephone service is constantly improving in speed, reliability and scope. Every Bell telephone is a long distance sta- tion from which one may talk with greater satisfaction -- and at lower rates -than ever before. REPORT OF HOG SHIPMENTS FOR MONTH ENDING NOV. 30, 29 Total Hogs-Wingham 59, Wrox- eter 109, Bluevale 132, Belgrave '179, Huron County Locals 2778, Huron Co. 5804. Select Bacon-Wingham 19, Wrox- eter 19, Bluevale 31, Belgrave 64, Huron Co. Locals 788, Huron Co. 1753. Bacon-Wingham 34, Wroxeter 61, Bluevale 78, Belgrave 70, Huron Co. Locals 1580, Butchers-Wingham 4, Wroxeter 23, Bluevale 10, Belgrave 14, Huron Co. Locals 244, Huron Co. 501, Heavies -Wroxeter 1, Bluevale Belgrave 8, Huron Co. ' Locals 44„ Huron Co. 67., Extra Heavies -Huron Co. Locals 6, Huron Co. 9. Lights and Feeders-Wingham Wroxeter 1, Bluevale 5, Belgrave 7 Huron Co. Locals 37, Huron Co. 8x7. Huron Co. 321(1. PAY OF ITALIAN TEACHERS. Government Eecently Raised Their Saine les. It Italy has recently raised the sew- ies of her school teachers, t s increased pay is still inade meet their requirements. teachers are very modestly paid, ars the Rome correspondence of the Christian Science Monitor. An un- married school teacher in Italy gets a little more than $800 a year for i he first five years of service; married teachers receive an additional $50 a year. Salaries are raised at quin- quennial periods, until they reach the maximum of $650. In the larger ci- ties, ,teachers receive a higher pay, but the large majority of Italian eachers receive the salaries quoted above. On the other hand, Italian school. teachers enjoy many reductions on the state railways, on street ears, theatres and cinemas, and in many tases also on house rent; but on the whole the elementary school teaching precession is not made very attract-. 'ive. This explains why the bulk of l'.aly's elementary teaching is con- .ucted by women. War on the Desert. A tree -belt planted in Uganda to ^Irnek encroachment of desert sand promises. to be successful, according ,a .Mr, R. St. Barbe Baker, assistant ;iiservator of forests in that coun- :y. In an address at the Imperial rstitute; London, England, lately, 1: dwelt upon the urgency of the. :led to preserve the world's timber applies. In a very few years, Mr, siker said, there wculd be a serious :hortage of soft 'rood. The trees of :trios, he SAr Ba y atportant, as they provided tiata rubber, and many other necessities. Over a Hundred Years Old. A 100 -year-old apple tree, remark- able for its symmetry,,and which last arasort produced twenty-two barrels r Calkin Pippin apples, attracts uttcli attention in the orchard of )or'ney Morton at Lakevile, King's suety, 'Nova Scotia. Mr. Morton i eked' apples from this . same tree fifty years ago, at which time it was furl grown tree. It is well over a 'tuiidred years old, he says. Dolts In United States, The doll population of the 'United ,tr.tes is growing enormously. ' Toy .:ttnufaeturei's in that country are •xowmaking about $15,000,000 worth .f 'dolls, doll parts and doll clothes annually, Department of Clomnierce figures cs show. Sttideilte trot Abroad. According to latest available sta ,ileitis, there are more than 13,000 'Students from abroad in preparatory schools, high schools and colleges in the 'United Staten. . The First Di1etioner '. 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