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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1931-07-02, Page 21?AGE TWO THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES "THE MOST ECONOMICAL THRESHER" 5O Years f Service to Cana Farmers {i d till ... ,,. ing Str 1. > The Improved Goodison gets all the grain and gets it clean and fast under all conditions. 2. Bach Goodison carries an unqualified guarantee of satisfaction. All -steel con- struction. One-piece steel frame, anti - friction bearings. 3. The Goodison has the capacity you. want. Size for size, it leads another makes. �. The Goodison is easy to operate. Has many time -saving features which speed 'up the work. 5. The Goodison is easy to care for. All parts are quickly accessible. Alemite-Zerk lubrication. 6. There is a size to meet your needs: 23x38, 25x42, 28x46, and 36x50. Write for -illustrated folders HART -PARR TRACTORS IN 6 SIZES "The Most Power at the Lowest Cost for the Longest Time" (A full liner of second-hand and rebuilt machines. Write for list.) New P 'ices! TERMS TO SUIT ALL Exclusive Distributers for OLIVE' ,\ ' SART -PA t' ,R TRACTORS and full flume of OLIVE Farm Eytganipnarer&t THE J DES +i N TIRES: FER CO., LIMITED ea di Office aid Factory -- Sarnia, Ontario No. 1 • News and Information For the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture) The 24th annual conference of ag- ricultural representatives was held at O.A.C. ` last week, under the chair- manship of Mr. R. S. Duncan, dir- ector a this branch. Some very in- teresting and helpful addresses and discussions featured their delibera- tions. The attendance at O.A.C.'during Farmers' Week was very satisfactory with crowds of from 1500 to 2000 farmers at the College'each day Peel County set the record for attendance from an individual county with about 500 representatives. The tours con- ducted by members of the O.A.C. staff proved very helpful and inform-. ative for the visitors. %Torthern Ontario is becoming -more and more a very productive mixed farming area, Last year an .enormous ,quan'ti'ty of blateberrie's when they begin to moult, but when were shipped from that district. They were of a high quality .and found a ready market. During the• height of the season, as many as 1100 baskets were shipped daily from North Bay by express. 1/111.110111.11110, Milk Records Help The value of milk records in im- proving herd production is the sub ject of an interesting reference in the annual report of the work of Illustra- tion Station for 1930, which has just been ,issued. In 1928 the average production from eighteen test herds was 6,442 pounds of milk; for 1930 the individual average was 7,073, an increase •of 631 pounds of milk per cow over a period of two years. On- ly by actual knowledge of what each cow in his dairy herd is producing can the farmer today eliminate board- ers and increase total production and the earning power of this phase of his farming operations.' Why Hens Stop Laying A flock that has Laid heavily ckir- ing the winter will generally slow up toward the middle of the . summer Clever Dramatic Cartoonist on Closing Night of Chautauqua i lrt tiOCiWI'Z gore is yourtg genius who presenta a serio-eontioentertsintnent with unusual electrical effectx, rnanunoth: easels, f eaturhig demo sstr Borns of toneentiration, and viVathz ,tiort, .udiencee ate Alined +ltlthxs prog'ranrtne. ),11d ttlway's go away feeling that theft waa an*th t dry but the choke Awing the entire e ei ttg. ly one and one-half tons to the acre and this can certainly be much proved upon, For the meadows, good drainage and sweetsoil are very im- portant. Roots of grasses and clov- ers are slow to penetrate wet soils and 'wherever there is a surplus of water on the soil, 'air is shut .out and hencethe bacterial life is .either weak- ened or killed. Another point in the improvementof meadows is the use of high quality seed. If poor seed is used the meadow starts out with a handicap, ' Good drainage, good seed, and •a ,liberal supply of suitable fertilizer make profitable meadows. Foul Brood Prevalent Apiary inspectors of O. A. C. are finding in parts : of the counties of Lambton, Simcoe and Gray the pre- sence of the older virulent type of European Foul Brood and it is sig- nificant that in 'these localities the bees are mostly black. This variety of bee is particularly susceptible to European Foul Brood. Apiculture de- monstrations were recently held in the counties of Ontario, Victoria and 'Simcoe. In an effort to lower the cost of producing queens, the De- partment at 0. A. C, has established a dozen baby nuclei. Weekly Crop Report Weather conditions have been very favorable in most parts of the prov- ince, and the outlook is very promis- ing for fall wheat, alfalfa and clover. Cutting of alfalfa has been under way. in many districts and the crop is fair,- ly heavy. The frequent showers and. warm, weather have been very favor- able for corn in Western Ontario. The strawberry crop has been a very abundant one with prices ranging from 12 to 15 cents a box. Early cabbage and head lettuce are reported to be plentiful in a .number of die - the egg yield drops rapidly until it practically ceases without any appar- ent reason, then suspect vermin. Body lice, which remain on the birds, and the red mite which infests the poultry house during the day, return- ing to the birds at roosting time, cause •heavy losses. Mr. F. C. El- ford, Dominion Poultry Husbandman recommends for the former dusting the birds with lice powder.and apply- ing blue ointment beneath the wings; and for the red mite he recommends a strong solution of Zenoleurn, or any other creoln preparation, applied to the cracks in the roosts and nest boxes at regular intervals throughout the summer. Coal oil applied in sim- ilar fashion at intervals is also recom- mended. Cold Storage For Celery- Announcement eleryAnnouncement is made of the in- corporation of the Thedford Cold Storage Co. with' authorized capital of $125,000. The company purposes to construct and operate a cold stor- age plant primarily for the benefit of the celery growers of the Thedford and Forest areas. C.S.T.A. Conference An outstanding agricultural gath- ering last week was the annual con- vention of the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturalists at the 0. A.C., Guelph. Leaders in the indus- try from all parts of Canada and from numerous other countries took part in the conference and listened to a number of very valuable addres- ses on scientific aspects of the var- ious departments of the agricultural industry. Big Saving Effected George R. Paterson, in charge of feed and fertilizer distribution for, the Department,- has compiled figures for the first two months, April and May, in which the reduced freight tariff and limestone subventions policy were in operation. The amount of limestone shipped was 1562.55 tons, purchasers paid $1,175.79 in freight and the subventions amounted to $1,- 005.72. The average rate paid by the purchasers was .752 a ton and by subventions .644 an average freight rate of $1,396. The estimated average rate per ton had the railways and government not acted is $1.86, where- as the purchaser of agricultural lime- stone has actually paid only .752c, an average saving of $1.01 per ton, The estimated total saving to purchasers was $1732,89. Make the Meadows Pay Ontario usually has about four and one-half million acres of hay crops each year, In passing across the pro- vince just before haying one cannot help feeling that many of these acres are not•payr`rig the tavices and the cost of handling the crop, Statistical re- ports indicate an average yield of oit- =J tricts, w'� a —:.0 ti fug-. To Avoid Bloating Bloating is an ever present danger with dairy : cows on pasture, particu- larly where the legume is alfalfa. Means for lessening this danger, ad- vised by animal husbandry experts, include: Never turn a cow out on alfalfa pasture on an empty stomach; givie a small feed of dry hay before turning out; have a supply of water available ,in or near the pasture at all times; don't turn the cows out onto a freshly irrigated pasture or pasture reeking wet from rain, heavy dew or coated• with. frost. Much of the danger may also be avoided by mixing grass with alfalfa in seeding down the pastures. The cows prefer grass to legume's such as 'alfalfa` or sweet clover and will take the edge off their appetites before feeding .on these, Valuable For Dairymen The Dairy: Branch has rdIcently' is- sued an instructive leaflet entitled, "Probable Causes, and the Remedies for Defects in Second Grade Cream." The introductory notestates that "Regulations under, the Dairy Pro- ducts Act require that a premium`of one cent per pound of butter fat be paid for Special Grade Crearn over First Grade Cream, and a premium of three cents per pound of butter fat for First Grade Cream ' over Second Grade Cream. The leaflet points out how these losses may be avoided and enumerates common defects in Sec- ond Grade Cream. Special Grade Cream, it. says, .,can be secured by be- Thursday, July and, 1931 saino ICED otoBrew d dloa 'as usual.. in I llcooI ansar to taste pour onto glosses halt fudi of cradled 11re "Fresh from the Gardens.* = ing specially careful about keeping everything clean and sanitary, and - cooling the cream quickly to under 50 degrees and keeping it under that temperature. A copy or copies of tine leaflet may be obtained by applying to the Dairy Branch; Ontario De- partment of Agriculture, Toronto. Life's Work Is Hobby, Too Ikflechaniesare ahobbyaswell 11,1 as the life's work of Hen y Blane Bowen, chief of motive power androlling stock, Cana- dean Facile Railway, who has an up-to-date nraehineshop in the basement of his Montreal home. Here he has invented a, number of tools now in use 'throughout the vast shop sys- tem of the company andbuilt a series of model stationary and marine engines, to the great delight of his three sons. He came into particular pro- minence reeentlyasthebuilder of the C.P.R.'s new giant, ' $000" type, multi -pressure locomotive, the biggest and rif most powerful of its , ; kind in the world "`6" anduni u on st_ uie for heavy duty in the Rocky Mou'n taing. The hic- t show the work - shop, in which so ,Mr. manyBow of - en's lei- surehours arespent. He prides hims e 1 f that it is the most complete private' plant in Montreal I seen operating nset, Mr. Bowen is a milling -machine; 738 which he built with his own hands. , The model marine engine, shown a (s, lower right, is the latest product of the hobby -shop. Although itis only four inches high and could almost be housed in a cigar box, it is complete'in the minutest detail and can develop 4000 revolutions a minute. It offers an interesting contrast when considered in comparison with the newest mammoth locomotive. Mr. Bowen built them both. FLOOR WALKERS IN PRINT SAUVE .... courteous. ..` inviting you. to "Step this way, please," the advertisements in this paper are floorwalkers -in -print. They show you the way to merchandise that serves your needs, and saves your money.' Do you read these advertisements EVERY WEED? Make it a regular habit. Read even the smallest advertise- ments and the smallest print. Gems of rare worth are often buried where you have to dig for ',them! Read the advertisements every week, with pencil and paper at hand, to list those things you wish to look , up when you start to the stores. It is trite but true, that this method saves time and saves money. Read the advertisements. Read them and heed then.