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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1931-05-15, Page 1• V Seventy-second Year ' ' • - • • Whole Number 3309 •,1 . REVIW OE PARLIAMENT (BY' Thomas Wayling) ;Ottawae-Agriculture and war Net- eraus were chiefly in the parliament- ary,limelight of late. The debates on the forneer have been political but on the latter entirely non-partisan. Two bills were presented) to the Howe dealing with matters of direet interest to exeeervice men. The re- viving of the real idea of Armistice Day by separating it from Thanks- giving and making it Remembrance Day and the other a bill to eliminate Imperial Veterans from the soldiers' preference under the Civil Service Act. Both of these bills emanated from private members and both were ac- corded independent consideration, be- ing supported and opposed on both sides of the House in accordance with individual member's beliefs. The party whips were off. A. W. Neill, (Liberal, Com•ox Alberni) presented the Remembrance Day Bill, -which passed, and Oscar Boulanger (Lib. Bellechasse) sponsored the Veteran's preference bill. At first the House looked askance at the Remembrance Day bill and the debate was adjourned on its first day. The Canadian Legion however made known the wishes of the war ;veterans and the bill was thereupon passed. In the case of the Imperial Preference Bill the debate was adjourned, but from all indications it will be defeat- ed when it comes to the final decision. The agricultural question involved 'the government's policy rwith respect to the present depression, (or as the Opposition would have it) lack of policy. The issue was joined when J. L. Brown, •(Liberal, Lisgar) dealt with former statements by Me. Ben- nett that conditions in the West were not as bad as farmer members on the Opposition side were painting them. Mr. Brown quoted extensively from western farmer authorities particular one which stated that during the past winter the United Farmers of Canada (Sas.katcherwan) had Gene relief to 670 families, the •Wheat Pool to 350 families, and the Red Cross to ,600 families, irrespective of cases dealt with by the Red Cross, the Canadian Legion, the churches, the Jewish com- munities and other organizations. He would have read more but the Deputy Speaker, Armand Lavergne (Cons., Montmagny) ruled him out of order for reading from newspapers. The Prime Minister rose to reply. The subject is of such great import- ance that it is worth while quoting Mr. Bennett verbatim: "In Woodstock, N. B., I said: 'The collective weight of the resources of the government would be put behind agriculture.I ask lion. members to name any government Which has sav- ed a situation by deliberate effort as this one has in view of the condition of the wheat market. What would the price of wheat have been ln this country had it not been for the action of the government?" "What has it done?" asked a mem- ber. Mr. Bennett: "Ask 'any thoughtful man about that." A member: "Tell us what you did." Mr. Bennett: "I tried to indicate tbe other day that it is very much better that these things should speak for themselves. We put the collective credit •of this country behind the wheat market!' A member: "It was the banks you saved." Mr. Bennett: "I appeal to the Canadian people to judge' whether anything could better illustrate the line of thought indulged in by some honorable members than the observa- tions which we have just listened to." A member: "God help the farmer anyway." Mr. Bennett: "Could anything be more calculated to bring -shall I say -despair on the part of those farm- ers who are struggling with adversity than this counsel of desperation to which we have been listening?" • The Prime Minister went on to say that the governrnent's action had en- abled the banks to support thetmarket by Continuing to advance money; otherwise wheat would have dropped to 40 cents. He reminded Mr. Brown that wheat many years before had been ;only 50 cents. "Yes," replied the veteran farmer, "but overallu were only 75 cents then; now they are $3," There was no •other information coming, however, as to how the gov- ernment had helped agriculture or what was to be done in the future. There was a discussion in parlia- ment on the establishment of a sys- tem of state medicine. ..This proposal was made by Dr. J. P. Howden (Lib. St. Boniface) but was frowned on 'by the Prime Minister and so defeated. Alfred Speakman (U.F.A., Red Deer) advocated the establishment of a Na- tional Council of Social and Economic Research, so that scientists and econ- omists could tackle the economic problem of recurrent industrial de- pressions. He claimed seven other countries 'had established commissions along this line. Unemployment insurance which per- icdically is advocated in all parlia- ments, came up in the House and was debated. There was a virtually unanimous opinion opposed to non- contributory insurance, but general approval of a scheme of contributory insurance such as has been discussed in former sessions. The former plan would put the entire cost on the gov- ernment, while the contributory scheme calls for participation by the state, the employer and the employee. It is expected that some scheme will be ultimately evolved, but there is de- lay .because the government desires to await the fund of information the forthcoming census will give and to investigate the matter more thorough- ly. The right of free speech has been also to the fore of late, a bill being brought in to amend the Criminal Code by a clause intended to safe- guard and insure that the nature and general character of speeches on pub- lic affairs must be ground for regard- ing any meeting as unlawful and not merely the arbitrary decision of some police chief or similar authority. The chief complaint was against the police authorities of Toronto who have taken a very arbitrary attitude in , the matter. During the election campaign last year a number of can- didates, of radical tendencies aroused the antagonism of the police and were refused the right to hold meetings. Irrespective of one's personal opin- ions, any Canadian has the British right •of free speech and in a parlia- mentary election certainly cannot be interfered with by local authorities unless endangering the public peace. In this case the Chief Electoral Of- ficer at Ottawa had to step in and warn the Toronto police they were going too far and threaten to report the matter to parliament. After all, parliament is the supreme body in Canada, and all other authority is sub- ject to it. The new members of parliament and their families had an opportunity to experience the social amenities of the Capital recently, there being a recep- tion at Government House, a recep- tion and state dinner to H.I.H. Prince Takamatsu, brother of the Emperor of Japan. SEA,FORTil, FII AY 15, 1931. • • r a great scientist wins fame and is presented with a million dollars. But hie head is in the deeds, and he doesn't know what to do with it (the million). Now if I had a million, oh boy, maybe I wouldn't make it fly. I haven't been going around this old world all these years without knowing there are such things as 15 cent cigars and so on. 1 bet I'd spend a dollar or two foolishly almost every week. Well, I guess I've written enough to show you the value of philology, and how wonderful it is to be able to understand it (if you knew how). * * * Cheese Boxes. Grocers' little wooden boees, Maybe there are four or five, One time filled with cheese in tinfoil, Now with growing plants alive. How they seem to fill the place up! Maybe there are five or six, Crowding ev'ry sunny corner, Must be fussed with like young chicks. Husbands growl about "the litter." Maybe there are six or seven Homely boxes; but for housewives They are little links with heaven. Canadian Garden Service Window Boxes. Cheer and beauty can be added to even the most uninteresting houses by window -boxes and banging pots. Al- though an intensive sort of gardening, the procedure is quite simple, and will give a lot of fun even to those who have not a larger area at their dis- posal. The main thing to remember is strong construction for obvious rea- sons aud frequent watering, as these affairs are exposed on almost all sides to sun and wind and dry cut very quickly. The box should be as long as the window is wide, and should be al- so arranged so that the top of it is almost flush with the window sill, otherwise there will be serious inter- ference with the light when the plants start to grow. It is well to re-inforce the corners with small angle irons screed into •the inside, which can be secured at all hardware stores. Make the box at least eight inches deep, and better still one foot. There must be a few holes in the bottom as well as a layer of cinders, broken crockery or similar material to pro- vide drainage. As we are growing plants close together in either hang- ing pots or boxes, it is important to make the soil very rieh, either by put- ting- La a layer of well rotted manure, or using commercial fertilizer pre- ferally in liquid form. On the top, put in three or four inches of good garden soil, and make this fine by sifting if necessary. Fill the box to within half an inch of the top when well pressed down. In ordinary weather, water at least once a day and when the sun becomes very warm watering both • morning and evening is advised. When the plants are first put in the box, shade for a few days until well es- tablished. Along the back, put in tall growing things like geraniums, ferns and one or two of the ornamental grasses. In the middle, we can have petunias, ordinary nasturtiums, be- gonias and similar things, and at the front alyssum, german ivy, lobelia, ageratum, and trailing nasturtiums. The latter, as well as the ivy, should trail over the front and up the wire or chains attaching the box to the window frame. Most of these things can be started from seed indoors, or plants can be purchased, while the nasturtiums and alyssum can be sown as seed directly in the box. Remember the frequent waterings and an occas- ional application of liquid fertilijer, and there will be no trouble with dry- ing out or lack of bloom right through the season. HOW MY WORLD WAGS By That Ancient Mariner DEAN D. HLTRMDY Stock market report says: "Ameri- can can hammered down." That's a very paltry description of what we have done to American Can, in our frenzy, when one of those newfangled Yankee can -openers failed to work. * * * A Vancouiver service station keeper wan $492,000 in the Irish sweepstakes. We always declared there would never be so many service stations if there weren't money in them. * * * Low Prices on tford Asphalt i4gles and Siding. Until further,notice we offer Brant- ford Asphalt'Shingles and Siding at a Cash Price,rper square, of U • Beautiful Range of Colors. 75 N. CLUFF & SONS 1111•1111,1111.• • when setting out. They will fruit earl- Carlin, Dan McCarthy; Failed, Kath- ier, and the crop will be cleaner if ryn Byrne,William Ryap, Dan the plants are staked. Use a stake O'Rourke, Lucy Eckert. Latin Auth- six feet high, put in at the same time ors: Class I - Dorothy Brennan; as the plant, and train to a single. Class II, Hlarry Feeney, Mary Dor- stem by nipping off all side shoots as resteyn, John McQuaid, John Holland; they develop, and by tieing at twelve Class III, Bridget Delaney, Francis inch intervals with soft twine or raf- Ryan; Credit, Kathryn Byrne, Dan fia. Nip off the top of the plant when McCarthy, Vincent Eckert,' William it reachee the full height of the stake, Ryan, Elizabeth Carlin; Failed, Dan and it may also be.necessary to trim O'Rourke, Lucy Eckert. Chemistry: off some of the larger leaves to en- Class II, Francis Krauskopf, Mar - courage early ripening. garet Drake, Harry Feeney, Dan Gladiolus. As there is no growth above ground until about a week after planting, gladiolus can be planted' safely now in most localities, though it is about a week too early for the dahlia ex- cept in Southern Ontario and Brit- ish Columbia. The gladiolus will flower in from fifty to ninety days after planting, depending on the va- riety. By making a careful selection, we can have a succession of bloom from the middle of July until frost. This flower prefers rich open soil, continuous cultivation, and a location which will be partially shaded by tree growth during the middle of the day. This partial shade, as a matter of fact benefits most flowers by bringing out the full color. Plant two to four in- ches deep in heavy soil, five inches in light loam, and remember to culti- vate freely until flower buds form. (I think that is how you spell it) I have observed that certain words seem wedded to one another. Whenever you meet one, the other will not be far away; something like a white horse and a red-headed girl used to be before Henry Ford spoilt that smile. Nowadays white horses are practically extinct (except on July 12th) although redheaded girls have become ubiquitous (or is it iniquitous? I sometimes get those two big words confused). Anyway, what I mean is that some words are like Siamese twins, you can't have one without the other. I heard the King of Siam speaking ov- er the radio the other day and while Big Bill Tilden, tennis star, lately he did not mention this matter, I exhibited his prowess at the Arena think he would have liked to, but Gardens, and seemed' to have the probably his heart was too full. edge on his opponents. "He was his Now. I don't mean pairs of words old selve," remarked a Toronto paper. Wlould that make it selvedge? tr, * At Niagara Street School celebra- tion in Toronto, Canon Hooper recall - 'ed the time he had been euivited to leave the school. Cannin' Hooper, so to speak. * * * It has been revealed that portraits painted in oils upon a photographic ' base hang on the walls of the Toronto Cit SBIail. We always impeded th se oily smiles were merely super- ficial. * * * "Three men and six cows injured in a crash near Scarborough." Never rould have happened if somebody hadn't made a slip. And our guess is that it wasn't a cowslip. Tender Things. Now that the season is getting well advanced and danger from frosts is passed in many districts, we can be- gin• to consider planting these tender flowers such as dahlias, cannas, and like "jot and tittle" (or perhaps it is "tot and jittle." I never seem to re- member which). Or pair like "flot- sam and jetsam" which could be "jot - Mill and fletsam" for all I care. Pairs of words like these have no signific- ance whatever (and besides, they don't mean anything). But take pairs that the novelists are fond of using like "dull and spir- itless, dim and distant, billing and cooing, fame and fortune, and so forth (that is, etc.. They shouldn't be bivalves, like an .oyster. I have known lots of dull fellows whq were far fr6m spiritless, as You could tell if you got elose enough to them (when they were breathing). Sometimet we read of motorists who try to climb a tree with their oars. No doubt, the tree looked dim to them at the time, but it really wasn't distant, as they found out af- terwarde (in the hospital). Then, take a few chaps I owe a lit- tle money to. They are always bill- ing, billing, billing. But do they do any ceoing1 Not that I've noticed. pie big stiff,sl No, as to "fame and fortune," us- ually one ,gety wine (and most of us ret neither). Of c,ourse, sometimes * * * • And so we have celebrated Mother's Day once more, which is eminently right and proper. But the only people that seem enthusiastic about a rather's Day are the necktie manu- facturers, and there seems to be filOtte. thing unfortunately synebolie about their enibleM. Wedded Words. In my cleerp, deep study of 'philology 1.; O'Rourke; Class III, Elmer Feeney; Failed, Rose Melady, Leota Ryan, Carrie O'Connor. Physics: Class 1, Frank Stapleton, Harry Feeney; Class II, Frank Moylan, Veronica Molyneaux, Francis Ryan; Credit, Francis Krauskopf, Elizabeth Carlin, Margaret Drake, Bridget Delaney, John McQuaid, Dan O'Rourke, Vincent Eckert; Failed, Dan McCarthy, Frank Doyle, Elmer Feeney, John Holland, Leota Ryan, Mary O'Reilly, Dorothy Brennan, Rose Melady, Mary Dor- resteyn, Carrie O'Connor, Luey Eckert, Mary Coyne. Form II: Al- gebra; Class I, Genevieve McCarthy, Ethelyne O'Hearne, Harry McIver, Ursula Krauskopf; Class II, Agnes Coyne, Gordon Dill; Class, III, Nelly Doyle, Eleanor Reed, Irene Donnelly; Credit, Jack Molyneaux, Clare Gorm- ley, John O'Reilly; Failed, Monica Roache, Isabel Jordan, Irene O'Rourke, Elizabeth Cummings. Arithmetic - Class I, Genevieve McCarthy; Class 11. Agnes Coyne, Ethelyne O'Hearne; MANLEY Class III, Harry McIver, Gordon Dill, John O'Reilly; Credit, Eleanor Reed, The late rain has increased vegeta_ Nellie Doyle, Jack Molyneaux; Fail - tion to such an extent that there are ed, Monica Roache, Elizabeth Cum - prospects of a bumper crop and if mings, Ursula Krauskopf. Latin - prices' would rally, it would leave the Class I, Jack Molyneaux, Ethelyne worried farmer with some spending O'Hearne, Harry McIver; Class II, money to help business all over the Genevieve McCarthy; Class III, Gor. country. don Dill; Credit, Ursula Krauskopf, There are still some of those slick Monica Roache, Eleanor Reed; Fail - gents selling deeded royalties and all ed, Agnes Coyne, Nellie Doyle. - other kinds of royalties and stocks to Class I, Jack Molyneaux, French G gobble up the few loose dollars that ,Ethelyne 01Hearne, enevieve Mc - left. Irene Donnelly; Class II, vareestilnefgt.. Beware of them before in - i Harry McIver, Ursula Krauskop-!; Mr. Fred Eckert made a business Class III, Agnes Coyne, Eleanor trip to Blyth this week. • 'Reed; Credit, Monica Roache, Eliza- beth Cummings, Nellie Doyle, Isabel Jordan, Irene O'Rourke, Gordon Dill, Clare Gormley; Failed, John O'Reilly. Zoology -Class I, Jack Molyneaux, Harry McIver, Irene Donnelly, Elean- or Reed; Class II, John O'Reilly, Nel- DUBLIN School Report. -The following are the results of the Easter examina- lie Doyle, Genevieve McCarthy, Eth- tions held at Dublin Continuation elyne O'Hearne, Irene O'Rourke; School: Form III -Each subject is Class III, Gordon Dill; Ursula Kraus - graded separately according to the,kopf, Monica Roache, Elizabeth Cum - following schedule: Class I, 75% or mings; Credit, Agnes Coyne, Clare over; Class II, 66 to 7.1'‘; Class III, Gormley, Isabel Jordan. Physiography 60 to 65e; C, 50 to 50' ; ; Failed, be -'-Class I, Harry McIver, Gordon Dill; low 50'4. Names are in order of mer- Class II, Genevieve McCarthy; Class it. English Literature: Class II-- 111, Jack Molyneaux, Eleanor Reed, Frank Moylan, Frank Stapleton; John O'Reilly, Ethelyne O'Hearne ; Class III-eMary Dorresteyn; Credit, Credit, Clare Gormley, Isabel Jordan, Mary O'Reilly, Francis Ryan, Eliza- Ursula Krauskopf, Nellie Doyle, Irene beth Carlin, Bridget Delaney, John Donnelly, Irene O'Rourke, Agnes Holland, Rose Melady. Failed-Leota Coyne; Failed., Elizabeth Cummings. Ryan, Margaret Drake, Francis 'British History: Class I, Harry Mc - gladiolus, and the corresponding veg- Krauskopf, John McQuaid, Frank Iver; Class II, Genevieve McCarthy; etables like tomatoes, corn, cabbages, Doyle, Elmer Feeney, Dan O'Rourke, Class III, Jack Molyneaux; Credit, cucumbers, squash, melons, celery and ,Lucy Eckert, Mary Coyne. English Irene O'Rourke, Irene Donnelly, Eth- egg plants. None of these will make ieleo position: Class 11 ..--. John Hol- elyne O'Hearne, Eleanor Reed,' Gor- growth until the weather really turns land; Class III -Mary Dorresteyn. don Dill; Failed, Elizabeth Cummings, warm, and to most of them a touch of Frank •Stapleton; Creclit--Elizabeth, Nellie Doyle, Agnes Coyne, John frost is fatal. It is not too late -now Carlin, Albert Gormley, Dorothy O'Reilly, Clare Gormley, Isabel Jor- to continue our plantings of most of Brennan, Leota Ryan, Francis Ryan, clan, Ursula Krauskopf. Form 1 - the earlier vegetables such as carrots, Francis Kraulkopf, Margaret Drake, ' Algebra: Class I, Ellwyn Morris, beets, beans and similar things for Bridget Delaney, William Dantzer ; Frances Delaney; Class II, Matilda Eckert. Lucy Eckert, John McQuaid, ton, Agnes which we desire a long season. Failed - Carrie O'Connor, Vincent Dorresteyn; Class III, Rita Staple - O'Connor, Dorothy Stacey; Spinach and Salad Plants. Mary Coyne. Ancient History: Class Credit, Bertha Dillon, Cecelia Feeney; While spinach and salad/ plants I -Albert Gormley, Veronica Moly- !Failed, Hubert O'Reilly, Francis Don - such as leaf and head lettuce, and neaux, Frank Moylan; ('lass II -Mary nelly, Joseph Morris,, Arthur Looby, cress, may be planted just as soon as O'Reilly, Francis Ryan, William Ey- Margaret O'Connell. British History the soil is ready, we can continue an, Frank Stapleton, Harry Feeney; -Class II, Frances Delaney; Class III, planting with most of them right up Class III -Kathryn Byrne; Credit-- Arthur Looby; Credit, Reta Stapleton, to the first of June and if this work Bridget Delaney, Margaret Drake, Margaret O'Connell, Agnes O'Connor; is cone at intervals of ten days, we Vincent Eckert; Failed -Dan Mc- Failed, Hubert O'Reilly, Dorq,thy will have a continuous supply. All of earthy, Frank Doyle, Francis Krau'- Stacey, Cecelia Feeney, Ellwyn Mor - these will benefit from fortnightly kopf, Mary Dorresteyn, Leota Ryan, ris, Francis Donnelly, Joseph Morris, applicatiens of a commercial fertilizer Elmer Feeney. Canadian History : Bertha Dillon, Matilda Dorresteyn. high in nitrogen, and quick tender Class I -Veronica Molyneaux; Credit, Botany -Class I, Francis Donnelly, growth will be the result. Among the Margaret Drake, Francis Krauskopf,, Frances Delaney; Class III, Ellwyn lettuces we usually depend on the leaf Mary ()Reilly; Failed -Elmer Feen-IMorris, Agnes O'Connor, Matilda Dor- sort for the earliest crops, with head e3T- Algebra: Class II -Mary Der- ,resteyn; Credit, Margaret O'Connell, lettuce next and Cos lettuce for use resteyn; Class III-Ehner Feeney, I Dorothy Stacey, Reta Stapleton; Fail - from the middle of summer until fall. Francis Krauskopf, Veronica Moly-led, Bertha Dillon, Arthur Looby, Jos. Cos lettuce which s not as well known neaux, Dan O'Rourke, WM. Ryan. Morris, Hubert O'Reilly, Cecelia as it should be, heads up to a narrow Credit -John •McQuaid, Dorothy Bren-1Feeney. Geography -Class I, Joseph point, is practically self -blanching and nan. Failed -Dan McCarthy, Bridget Morris, Margaret O'Connell; Class II, will keep beautifully tender for sev- Delaney, Elizabeth Carlin, Mary i Matilda Dorresteyn, Arthur Looby, eral days when moistened ,with water Coyne' Geometry: Class I -Francis Francis Donnelly, Ellwyn Morris, and stored in a eool, place. Later on Ryan, Veronica Molyneaux, Frank Dorothy Stacey, Cecelia Feeney; Class for fall use, we can plant Clenese' Stapleton, Margaret Drake,' Frank ITT, Rita Stapleton, Bertha Dillon; cabbage endives, and other good Moylan. Class II -Mary O'Reilly, Credit, Frances Delaney, Hubert things found listed in any catalogue. Kathryn Byrne; Class III-eVineent O'Reilly; Failed, Agnes O'Connor. Fickele; Credit, Roae Melady, Frank Latin -Class I, Ellwyn Morris, Fran - Tomatoes. Doyle, Harry Feeney; Failed, Elmer ,ces Delaney, Reta Stapleton; Class II, In most parte of the country the Feeney, William Ryan. French Gram- Agnes O'Connor; Class III, Joseph main planting of tomatoes will be set mar: Cr,ifit, Frank Moylan, Harry Morris; Failed, Bertha Dillon Matilda out from the middle of May Until the Feeney; Failed, Wm. Ryan. French Dorresteyn, Hubert O'Reilly:Dorothy, 'first of June. As the season of growth Authors: Class II, Frank Moylan; S•bacey, Arthur Looby, Margaret is rather short, it is better to depend Class III, Harry Feeney, Kathryn O'Connell. Freach--Class I, Frances on three varieties, an early, medium Byrne; Credit, Frank Ryan, Margaret Delaney; Class II, Reta Stapleton; and late sort rather than on succes- Drake; Failed, Wm. flan. Latin Class III, Ellwyn Morris; Credit, sional plantings for a long period of Grammar: Class III, Bridget De- Dorothy Stacey., Bertha Dillon'Agnes harvest. Tomatoes do beat in warm laney, John McQuauid, Mary Dorres- O'Connor; Failed, Francis Donnelly, open soil and benefit from a little teyn, Dorothy Brennan; Credit, Harry Matilda Dorresteyn, Joseph Morris, quickly available fertilizer applied Feeney, Vincent Eckert, Elizabeth Arthur Looby, Margaret O'Connell. SOME QUEST • These are the questions 'that Wile be asked about each Peseen, br•'.a. Dominion Goverment folpus-04Fer some time during the opening week of June: n 1. Yourname and where you live. 2. Whether your home is owned or rented. 3. The estimated value of your home, if owned; or the monthly ren- tal, if rented. 4. How many rooms are in your home, and is it of stone, or brick, or wood? 5. Is there a radio set in your home? 6. Your relationship to the family (whether the head of faraily, wife, son, daughter, or uncle, etc.). 7. What ,is your sex? 8. Are you single, married, widow- ed, or divorced? D. What was your age at last birthday? 10. Where were you born? 11. Where was your father born? 12. Where was your mother born? 13. In what year did you immi- grate to Canada? (For foreign born persons). 14. In what year were you natu- alized? (For foreign -born persons). 15. What is your nationality? 16. What is your racial origin ; from what overseas country did your family originally come? 17. 1isW or Fr 18. Wha1 (11207.#4.41:::ea:414,,,tt, or tion are yon.,%1#940q1 Ot-.711.4C 0,1x 21. How mane' months at scho Since Sept. 1, 1930? (For Peisei*Sr school age). 22. If, you are a gainful wox.107,„ virbatInwhat nd isyourocieinaut0 occupation? 23. are you eux: ployed? 24. Are you an employer, an em- ployee, or are you working on your ("")..If yaoenemarrit? e an employee, you will be asked if you were at work on Monday, • June 1, 1931. If you answer "No" you will be asked whether it was 13;3, cause. of: (a) No job; (b) Sickness; ' (c) Accident; (d) On holidays; tise Strike or lock -out; (f) Plant closed; (g) Other reason. You will also be asked whether e you have been out of work for any cause in the last 12 months? If you an- swer "Yes," you will be asked: How many weeks have you 'been out of work, and of these bow many were due to: (a) No job; (b) Illness; (c) Accident; (d) Strike or Lock -out; (e) Temporary lay-off; (f) Other rea- son. NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY FARMER The Weed Menace A. R. G. Smith, Western Ontario Weed Control Supervisor, and Chas - Galbraith of O.A.C., have been tour- ing the western part of the province, holding meetings in each county and issuing .instructions preparatory to the annual campaign against the weed menace. Despite strenuous ef- forts exerted last SUMMer, they point out, the sow thistle is not un- der control. It continued to spread during the growing season of 1930, and is now in every township in On- tario. Mr. Smith declared that it would be necessary to tighten up the administration of the Weed Act to keep the sow thistle from widen- ing its area and he urged more stringent enforcement of regulations pertaining to all noxious weeds. Ef- forts to have the sides of roads lev- elled will be made to permit mowers to have easier access to the weeds. Weed cutting at the side of the road before the seeds ripen is having good effect. A motto for inspectors was adopted. They should make use of "personality, persistence, persusion and publicity." reduce the enormous losses and in- convenience caused by scab, black leg and rhizoctonia, all of which oc- cur in every province of Canada. The commonest method used to teat seed potatoes is formalin treat- ment. A solution of one pound of ferryman to 40 gallons of water is made up and placed in a barrel. The seed potatoes, uncut, are placed in a sack and suspended in the liquid for two hours when the bag is pull- ed up and the solution allowed to drain back into the barrel: Then the seed may be cut and planted. Cull Them Out. As soon as the spring spurt in egg production commences to lessen there are certain hens in every flock that should be culled out and marketed. The sooner they are gotten rid of,, the bigger will be the flock profits. Labor is reduced, feed costs are low- ered and the profitable birds are giv- en more room in the laying house and on the range. Poultry also should sell for more money per pound in the. early part of the summer than later, so there is a material gain in dispos- ing of the non-productive birds. One of the simplest ways to cull the flock is to go over the birds when they roost at night. Pick out those with shrivelled, rough combs and shrunken, hard abdomens. A bird with a large amount of hard fat around the abdo- men is not in laying condition. Rations For Poultry. The Poultry Department, 0. A. C., has for some years past been carry- ing on a series of nutritional studies in connection with poultry feeding with the financial co-operation of the Empire Marketing Board, Lon- don, England. Bulleton 362, issued by the Ontario Agricultural College contains the results of these studies over a period of three years. The method of carrying out the experiment is described in full de- tail in the bulletin, and a list of eight conclusions is given at the end. The general plan of the experiment was to study the influence of such animal proteins as milk, fish scrap, beef scrap, and tankage as they might af- fect hatchability and egg production. Milk in combination with beef scrap or WI scrap together with cod liver oil, appears to be the most satisfac- tory feed used in these trials where hatching power of eggs, number of eggs produced, and pounds of feed required to produce one dozen eggs are considered. The bulletin May be obtained by writing to the Publications Phranch, Department of Agriculture, Parlia- ment Buildings, Toronto. There's Money in Eggs. ft41:11411431''''''' With eggs selling at 17 cents a dozen, one can still make money if he operates his poultry flock on a business basis, was the statement made recently ,by a leading Ontario poultryman. Feed- costs are lower and the prospeets of lowered pro- duction through flock depletion is inducing many farmers and poultry- men to make sure of having a good flock of laying pullets this Fall by buying approved chicks in lots of from 300 to 500 or more. Favorable reports on crop condi- tions 'are received from most parts. of Ontario, Recent rains have help- ed matters and little damage by frost is reported. There are large increas- es in the acreage of early potatoes and clover and alfalfa seedings in many districts. Quality Count. Dr. G. F. Warren, of Cornell Uni- versity, has long been recognized as one of the leading agricultural econ- omists of the world. In an address delivered recently, he brought out the interesting point that when food is relatively clean. producers be- come mere insistent on quality. Dr. Warren does not expect a re- turn to the high commodity levels of recent years. He suggests that we. may expect some slight improvement in the near future, but that all com- modity prices including farm products will be relatively low for several years. To meet the situation, he makes the following suggestions to farmers: 1. Find ways of producing farm products with less hours of labor. The chief ways of doing flee are by obtaining more milk per cow; higher crop yields per acre, and by using la- bor more efficiently. 2. Ways of reducing the cost of distribution must be found. 3. Improve quality to meet the demands of workers who have a high buying power. Reducing Crop Costs. Graded Beef. In reply to a questionnaire issued in connection with the Federal Beef Grading Service to over 1,200 house- wives in the twelve leading cities of Canada, 65 per cent. of the ladies sending in replies stated that the official brand mark is red or blue was their guide in buying beef of dependable quality; the other 35 per centstated that as yet they knew nothing about branded beef. Those who bought by grade stated without exception that they were satisfied with the quality of the branded pro- duct, while a majority of those who were not then familiar with branded beef stated that they would buy and use more beef if they could be sure of getting beef of dependable qual- ity. The ever present problem with the farmer is how to reduce crop costs. This can be done in two obvious ways: first, producing more at the same costs; and second. producing. the same at a lower cost. Perhaps the most important me- thod of reducing the cost of produc- ing crops is to increase the yield. Most of the items incurred in the cost of producing crops are the same whether the crop is large or small, so that every effort should be made to produce large yields by the adop- tion of all better farming practices. Another method of reducing the cost of production is the use of larg- er machinery and more labor saving equipment. Considerable improve- ment has been made in recent years in the introduction of larger and better machinery, making possible, the elimination of considerable Man- ual labor. Where the farm is large enough to warrant the purchase of such machinery, this method consti- tutes an effective means of reducing costs. The substitution of more pro- fitable for less Profitable crops is another advantag which may be de. rimed from the o productiot studies. Treating Seed Potatoes. Naturally, the aim of the potato grower is to produce the biggest and best crop at the lowest possible cost. This is dependent upon a num- ber of factors such as good soil, quality of seed, spraying and culti- vation. While the importance of these features is unqu tioned, very often the prospect of a good crop is ruined through neglect to practise seed treatment Which is aimed to Af4A 440 .4t 5.