Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1929-12-05, Page 2WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES Thursday, December 5th, 1929 EASY Y TO . SERVE—EASY TO DIGEST With all the bran of the whole wheat With Shredded Wheat in the home you are heady for every emergency -a quick breakfast for husband and children with no work or worry—a delicious lunch—a satisfying supper— eat it with milk and berries or sliced bananas., News and Information For the Busy Farmer (Furnished by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture) Cattle running at large on the high- ways can be impounded and action taken. against the owners. This may seem harsh but it is better than for some motorist to have an accident by trying to avoid a collision. A farmer having very. light .land suffered mach from his surface soil blowing and wasting away. Now he draws manure out and leaves it spread on the surface. He says that he saves his soil as ,well as enriches it and generously asks that this idea be passed on to others likewise situated. The movement of clover and grass seeds is reported slow and generally at lower prices than last Fall. With the .exception of timothy and sweet clover the production in Canada and the United States is reported larger than last year. This fact, coupled with a good crop in Europe, has re- sulted in a slow export demand and lower prices to Canadian growers. Iii 'Ontario it is estimated that about 50 per cent. of the alsike crop is not yet sold, 65 to 75 per cent. of the red clover and 25 percent. of the sweet. clover: Rates of Seeding A.C. for a period of eight years the results show that the greatest yield per acre with winter wheat was ob- tained from sowing one and three- quarters bushels of seed to the acre. When the amount of seed sown per acre was taken into consideration the yield at the one and three-quarters bushels rate of seeding was only slightly greater than that obtained by sowing one and one-half bushels per acre. Ontario's Big Share - Ontario made a generous contribu- tion to Canada's hog supply in 1928 the sales of this province totalling 1,158,618, or 54 per cent. of the ag- gregate for the entire Dominion. The County of York made by far the heaviest contribution to the total, the marketings from that district amount- ing to 126,469 head. Perth was well up with 97,000 -odd, and Kent, Grey, Latnbton, Middlesex, Bruce and Ox- ford also made notable contributions. The average by counties would be 28,653 head. 900 Turkeys Rasied Approximately 900 Turkeys have been raised at the Ontario Govern- ment Turkey Farm near Forestville in Norfolk County during the past year. Abut one-half of these will come under the axe prior to the holi- day season. The better type of birds, however, are retained for breeding purposes. Very valuable information In an experiment conducted at O. with respect to turkey raising, par- POULTRV .W 11111111e111eII1MII IIeli LIVE OR DRESSED Highest Market Prices for your Cream and. Eggs. A large shipment of Potatoes just arrived, we will deliver to any part of the town. tic'ularly the conditions under which turkeys thrive, has been obtained since the farm was established a few years ago. Personal Attention Needed Egg -eating among chickens is largely a vice that can be discourag- ed with a very little care and atten- tion. Leaving the birds in colony houses after they have started laying will start the habit; too few nests in. the laying house will force the hen to lay on the floor and the fowl are quick to realize the palatability of their own product. The easiest way to end the trouble is to stay in the pen for half a day, locate the ring- leaders and remove them. This treatment is usually 100 per cent. ef- fective. • Smut' in Wheat ft is estimated that the two smuts, stinking smut or bunt, and loose smut, damage the winter wheat crop in Ontario more than $1,000,000 an- nually. Much of this loss can be pre- vented by smut' treatments. Stinking smut of wheat the more serious dis- ease of the two,.can be controlled by using formalin, ' bluestone or copper carbonate dust. Loose smut of wheat cannot be controlled by these treat- ments. Where the crop has been damaged by loose smut the grower should obtain seed from a crop that is free from this fungous. disease. "Golden Age" For Hogs The "golden age" of hog produc- tion is between the third and seventh months, when the weight attained should be about 220 to 230 pounds. Each month from its birth it takes progressively More feed to produce a pound of gain. But between the. third and seventh month, when the rate of gain per day and cost of gain per pound are combined, give the maximum effeciency. After that age the combined increasing cost of gain per pound and lowered value due to overweight for the better grades. make it unprofitable for the producer to feed hogs longer, Ontario's Tobacco Crop Recent despatches from New Zea- land tell di the development of to- bacco production on a large scale in what is known `as the Nelson district, where land suitable to tobacco cul- ture has been discovered. However, with only 100 acres of tobacco in the entire district, the New Zealanders still have to go a long way before a comparison can be made with On- tario's rapidly increasing acreage. In Norfolk County alone, 10,000 acres of flue -cured tobacco were grown in '29 nd the. total will undoubtedly exceed 2,000 acres in 1930. Essex, with a imilar total of 10,000 acres this last ear, and Kent with 6760 acres, were he other dprincipal tobacco growing aunties. The aggregate acreage in Ontario was slightly more than. 28,- 00. The yield exceeded 21 million ounds, which was one-third less than 1928, due to a falling off in inericy nd other dark types. This : was the result of low prices obtained for hese types in 1928, which had the ffect of eliminating many of the mailer and less experienced growers, hose growing tobacco on unsuitable oil and the intermittent grower. On he other hand the acreage of the right flue -cured. type was 50 per ent. greater in 1929, although the field was practically unchanged, a y I S t c 0 a 111 t e s j t s t b eiJington Produce a., Ltd. ti c BLUEVALE Phone 166 —Wingham Branch, Branches--Wingham, Wiarton, Tara Grand Valley r Head Office, Harriston.' i ,iiI0Ainnuli1BIiniiII 1!+a 1119111111111e111111111N111119III I1111IliallIBIIIM111191111III IIIIl IIIIIIMIIIItIIBIilelll aaaata Wash Day Is Easy Now Particularly if you have a modern Connor Elec- tric Washer in your home. No tearing of clothes, no back -break- ing work. Just fill the tub with hot water, drop in the clothes, turn a switch and the work is done. Wh gh am Utilities Commission Phone 156. Crawford Bieck. 1 Rev. R. Pearson of Edmonton, Al- ta., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Musgrave. Miss Barbara Thynne returned home to Palmerston after spending the past couple of weeks around here. ' Mrs. (Rev.) Longley, a returned missionary from China, occupied the pulpit in the United Church on Sun- day evening and gave a fine address of her work in that country. Mrs. Longley is a cousin of Richard and Ed. Johnston. Mrs, M. Watson of Gorrie spent a few days • with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Thos, Stewart. Mrs. T, Rae returned to her .home at Woodrow, Sash:,; after spending a couple of weeks with relatives here. Mrs, Robt. Pearson and Mr. John Pearson of Grey spent Sunday at the home of Mr.. R. Musgrove. Next Sunday evening Rev. Mr. Mann wilt take as his subject "Court- ship." This is one of a series " of special sermons he has been giving during the, past few weeks, EAST WAWANOSTi Mr. and Mrs. Russell McElroy are visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Crurie, Mr, and Mrs. 7Iilton Ogden and children spent the wool, -end at Win. J. Currie's, Mr, Harry Deacon and Mr, Bob Arbuckle spent a few days last week at the loyal Winter Pair, Mr. Edward Marsh and Mr. Char- lie .Finley visited at the home of Mr. Wm, Wellings on .Sunday, WILD FRUIT AT etieRtt n L Steawberrles, Blueberries. Graeber - ries, Etc., row There. Churchill is not a bleak waste. When Jen Munck discovered it in 1619, the river was heavily timbered and the forest abounded in small fruits. Although the forests have loeg since beet denuded by fire and man's necessities; it is stilt a country of small fruit. Cranberries gow there in 'abund- ance everywhere and in all situations, writes Janet Munro, in Forest and Outdoors. They are not the cran- berry of the marshes of the East, but the smaller berry with decidedly more flavor. Packed in casks with sugar they last for years, In this form, in the old days, they were an important article of commerce for the Hudson Bay Company's ships bound for 'England. On the rocky areas near the ruined Fort Prince of Wales, ;gooseberries thrive and spread about the ground like vines. Due to the reflected heat from the stones and gravel, the fruit is always most plentiful on the under side of the bush. The diaries of the Hudson Bay Company reveal that many a pie and tart were made from them before Wolfe ever set foot in Canada. Heather berries, which grow close to the ground, are prized because of the fact that they make excellent wine. They abound in seeds and for this reason jam is seldom made of thein, but the jelly is delicious. In the swampy, boggy ground cov- ered with moss, the dewater berry or bethago-tominick, as it is called by the Indians, flourishes. It resembles" a strawberry, with larger leaves. The single berry growing at the end of a stalk ripens in August and is valued not only for its flavor but for its anti- scorbutic properties. The juniper berries, called crow - berries by the natives, mixed with brandy make a very good wine. They are as plentiful as blades of grass. It is the s;.raweerry, however, which is most prized. On areas that have been burnt over and the moss removed • and soil loosened, they grow ,tn great abundance and to an extra- ordinary size. This is in part due to the long, sunshiny clays' of this north- ern latitude. Next to the strawberry is the blue- berry, smaller than those of Eastern Canada, but superior in flavor, 'again due to the long hours of sunlight. Besides being eaten fresh and pre- served with sugar, they are dried like currants and used for cakes and to mix with pemmican. Red and bleak currants abound, the former, which are more or less in their wild state on the prairies, being especially plentiful. In no part of the Hudson Bay re- gion is the eyeberry as plentiful as at Churchill river. They never grow in swampy ground nor in the woods, but in small hollows among the rocks. After the strawberry, blueberry and cranberry comes the raspberry in the estimation of the Churchil- lians. Many other species of berries abound theta, but the natives, with such abundance of better fruit at hand, leave them to the birds. It is well known that where straw- berries will grow a species of apple may be developed that will prosper if the trees are guarded from the heavy frosts of winter. A century ago all berries grew in Lanark and Huron Counties, Ontario, and it was believ- ed that apples and plums could neer be grown on account of the snows and early frosts. The belief lasted for twenty-five years or so. • When Churchill exports its apples to England, history will have again repeated itself. KING'S PRIVATE Sl7ORETARY. Handles His Stag In a Most Masterly Manner. His Majesty the Ring's private sec- retary, Lord Stamfordham is a most remarkable man. He is in his eight- ieth ightieth year, and stili handles his staff in a most masterly manner. Lord Stamfordham is also the King's sage counseller as well as secretary. He is a man who combines ripe judgement with an intimate knowledge of af- fairs of state, says an article in the London Daily Mail. Lord Stamfordham has an amazing capacity for work—painstaking, me- thodical, business -like. His letters are Masterpieces of language and style, and he writes many of them with his own hand, In spite of his years -he enjoys wonderfully good health. His figure is alert, buoyant, upright and reminiscent of his soldier days. Al- most every morning Lord Stamford- ham has a ride in the park on a white horse. Normally he takes his. outing after he has finished his morn- ing's correspoadence-11 o',glock, The secret of ,Lord Stamfordham's good health is a ;strong constitution and also golf. He is a gold enthusiast. A GENTLE REMINDER. Old Gardener Showed Guests the Forget -Me -blots. The famous horticulturist, Mrs. A. Sherman Hoyt, has a . rare fund of good stories bearing on her favorite hobby. One of the best concerns a certain, wealthy man whose beautifully° laid out grounds were often visited by the public. Amongst his retainers was an old gardener whose duty and privilege it was to show people round. - At such times he would, hi a h .tr- ried, gabbling voice, explain the names of the many rare and beautiful flowers to the visitors. When nearing the exit gate, how - ewer, he would pause and draw spe- cial attention to a cluster of modest posies that grew there, and then, in a very significant torte, exclaim; "These, ladies and gentleman, are. forget•ine-note.': Windscreen Wiper's on lllattloship.. Windscreen wipers are being fitted on the captain's bridge of one of Bpi; tam's latest battleshiptt„' WALKERSTORES LIMITED Gifts for Mother Gifts for Dad Gifts f or Baby Sister Gifts for the Little Lad "TOY TOWN" Brim Full - On the Second Floor � ell1.1u1i11i111111Ie11ir111e1l11.111 1111111l11111N11ie11110 'CHRISTMAS HEADQUARTERS For Popular Priced 14 GIFTS WE ARE READY FOR YOU e1Ilia IISIIlelIleIIIeIileilbilllolllelIlelIIelllelIlilIlum SATURDAY ONLY --SPECIAL HOT WATER BOTTLES Reg. s1.00 for 79c Quantity is Limited to 95 only So Come Early for Yours DON'T MISS OUR Special Three Days Sale Thursday - Friday - Saturday Read Orange Circular Sent. A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR GIFT GIVING •Farcy Bath ,Towels .... 29c to 98c Boxed Bath Towels ...65c To 1.19 Linen- Huck Towels... 25c To 1.25 Linen Lunch Cloths 75c To 1.95 Linen Table Cloths ..1.19 To 5.50 Fancy Table Runners . 60c to 1.95 ° Fancy Stamped Goods 19c to 2.50 Fancy Bath Mats .....1.95 to 2.39 Fancy Pillow ,Cases ...98c to 1.75 171 FOR MEN AND BOYS Boxed Fancy Ties 49c to. 1.25 "Boxed Square Scarfs ..1.49 to 3.95 Boxed Silk -Web Braces 49c to 75c Boxed Arm Bands .... 25c to 35c Boxed Fancy Garters ..25c to 75c Shpts Gloves - Sweaters - Etc. BE HERE EARLY FOR Big Coat, Dress, Hat Sale Starting Thursday at 9 a.m. 33'/3 To 50% Off Regular Prices POPULAR PRICED LINES WORTH SEEING US FOR Gordon Quality Gloves 39c to 3.95 'Ladies' Silk Lingerie ..59c to 4.75 Ladies' Silk Hosiery ..50c to 1.85 Ladies' Wool Hosiery ..69c to 2.25 Boxed Fancy Flowers ..39c to 1.25 Choker Bead Necklets .15c to 1.25 Novelty Fancy Brooches 19c to 50c .Ladies' New Umbrellas 1.19 to 5.00 Boxed Handkerchiefs ..15c to 1.50 inl TOY AND NOVELTY DEPT. DOLLS, TOYS, GAMES 5c to 4.50 Trains, Trucks, Sleighs .35c to 2.25 Perfume, Atomizers, etc. 15c to 1.75 Papeteries, Corres. Cards 15 to 2.25 Trays, Brasses, Pictures 25c to 4.00 Christmas Cards, Tags, Seals X=The CHRISTMAS GIFT STOREM= The Advance -Times' Receives Subscriptions forfAny • Paper. Enquire about our Clubbing Rates. `Bringing in the ler oar's Head" The Yuletide Festival inaugurated last year at Vic- Coria will be repeated on a sill more brilliant scale this corning Christmas, according to information from Canadian Pacific Railway headquarters. Those who were at the Rmpr*ess Hotel last Christmas still re. m.:ember the thrill „that swept through the great hall when the boar's head was brought in, borne aloft on a platter by a chef in Elizabo'han costume, preceded by a jester in cap and bells and followed with meal - evil pomp by stewards and minstrels. They recollect the dragging ille still. of the Yule'- Log, the was- sailers, the exquisite old Nativity Play, the scenes front. Dickens, the singing of carols outside. the Parliament Buildings, led by the 'of the Province in person. They call to minLieutenant-Governor e of merriment, and good cheer which as some one happily described it, was 'peopled with rollicking old ghosts of the Christmas past. All these things will be seen again when the Festival starts Sunday Deeember 22 and is continued until December 30. A fortnight later,with its locale• also at the Empress Hotel, there will be held the Sea -Music Festival, January 15-18. Held at Vancouver last January, rd will repeat many of the popular' features then heard, including "The Order of .Good, Cheer,'", incorporating old l+rench sea songs of the time of Champlain; Bound for the Rio 'Grande," Frederick Willittrn Wal - lace's Sea -Chantey Ballad Opera. There will also he many new attractions with, ±irst4class singers and choirs, the whole under the musical direction o Itarold Bustacce Key.,