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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1933-05-05, Page 6:!q in. Ottawa Nothing To It. le love to be technical and take seriously. After a few days eontract bridge or even 1n'g, they axon themselves with all Pints of meaningless expressions, ex- pensive equipment and various sys- tents in an effort to impress the neighbours and themselves with the new hobby. Even in gardening this !thing crops out and people who only a few short years ago gat a lot of fun out of growing things, now bur- den ,their :brains with long Latin names and send clear across the con- tinent for special varieties. It is no;. nice to shatter illusiolis but truth compels the statement that as far as ordinary • gardening is concerned, there • is nothing to it. It is not a difficult thing to have be; uti.f'.i1 flowers, wonderful shrubs, and a huge supply of the freshest vegetables from almost any sort of soil. Even the' most professional expert, will ef- . ten admit in an unguarded moment that the best garden he ever had was' that of his first year's efforts Flowers That Are Easily Grown. While there are a lot of flowers which require skill and special efforts to grow, on the other hand there is just as big a list which anybody can tackle'and with the most inexperienc- ed Bare will get wonderful results. Take Zinnias, for instance. Here there is a range from little chaps about the size of a grape to huge cone shaped flowers of the brightest Colors imaginable. The mature plants will range in height from eight inch- es to a couple of feet. With this flower alone a whole bed can be laid out, with the dwarfs in the front and the taller types towards the rear. Seed can be sown in the open ground about the time all danger of frost is past and later on the seedlings thin- sred to six to twelve inches apart de- pending upon the ,full size of the ;viariety. An open sunny position is best and t e ground should he stirred •Oecasiona ,until the plants reach e Longed To Again Eat A Square Meal Montreal, Quebec.—E. Couriville, 1680 So. Hubert Street, recently said: "I suffered so for ten years with stoma.eh trouble I often said I'd give everything I. had to eat-. a- .square - meal without the agony that was sure to follow every meal. Since tak- -lag Sargon I enjoy heart- meals Without a sign of stomach trouble. I sleepfine now and get up morn- ings. °with strength and energy :to start the day right. Sargon Pi11s't-id Lae of constipation completely." (Your Firm Name Here) C. ABERHART fall development. Another flower, just -as easily groiwn, is,, tihe Marigold. Colors here are mostly yellows and orange and height, depending on the type will rung fiem six inches to over two feet. The Cosmos is another. The flowers are pink, red or white, and`the ,plants tall, running up to four or five feet. They make splen- did back grounds and are ideal for fwll boquets. For Special Locations. "Ah, but my garden is not in an open, sunny position," some person will exclaim. "The soil is poor and the corners either too hot or too shaded." But this is not a sufficient excuse. In fact they prefer thio lo- cation to any ohter. In partial shade Clark ia. Annual Larkspur, Lupine, Nicotine, Phlox and Verbena should be grown. On poor soil, Portulaca is favorite as well as Alyssum:, Sweet - scented Stocks, Linivni, Calendulas, Callio'psis, Sunflowers, Schizanthus, Salpiglossis, Marigolds, Petunias and many ethers. These will also suc- cessfully resist dry wether. For cut- ting purposes, there i. a long list to choose from but, it should include Gypsophila (Baby' Breath) useful for making up 'bou u ta. Salpiglos- sis, Sweet al r los-sis,Sweet Peas, Zinnias.Cosmos, As- ters, Marigolds and Scabiosa. If 'fragrance is desiretl"•in'elride Stocks, Nicotine, Mignonette, Alyssum, Sweet Sultan n and Verbenas. In the even- ings particularly, a few of these will fill the whole garden with a delight- ful odor. 'There' are several hardy annuals which can be picked with long stems just before the bloom op- ens and dried for winter bouquets: These include the Straw Flower, Sta- tice, Acroclinium Rhodanthe and many others. Early Rows. Now that May has arrived it should be fairly safe to try a few rows 'of those vegetables which are,not usual- ly sown until later. If frost does come along, there is a small loss as the ground earl be used over again, whereas if the stuff pulls through there is the satisfaction of having from one's own garden, ]vegetables unusually early. Beans, potatoes, cern, tomatoes and a few of the other tender and semi -tender vegetables can be treated in this way. With hardy sorts like spinach, radish arid lettuce, one can make the first sow- ings just as soon as the ground is fit to work. Frost may hold. them 'back ibut• it will not hurt thein. Han- dle the end of the.pianting season in the same way, that is make a sowing or two after the usual time for plant- ing, so that there will be stuff com- ing along weeks, after the main crop -has been picked. We are improving aur parliament- ary manners. --Mr. Crosgrave. Predominating in Publie interest throughout the: country has been the visit to Washington this week of the ganadian ]Prime Minister, Mr. Ben- nett, synchronizing with that af. the British Premiier, Ramsay 'Macffionaldl.,, From there parleys, initiated by President Roosevelt, nothing but good is calculated to conies according to parliamentary opinion. Efficient pre- paration for the world economic con- ference seems certain to result, while without going so far acfield, relations between Canada and the United !States are likely to be better- ed. A oorsmen interest, as well as eomanon •aims and ambitions, sug- gests to most people common bene- fiis from any policie.s which may be eivolverl. Two questions stand: out conspicu- ously. One is the question of money and ,the other the tariffs. The pro- gress being made by would-be re- formers of the currency is very no- ticeable. The whole country is far from going in for inflation, though opinion in favor of it in the West, where conditions are `bad, is pro- nounced. But monetary reform by inc.-teasing the value of gold, and increasing simultaneously the pur- chasing power of the dollar is a re -5 ported :proposal of Washington, with which the Canadian government is likely to agree. * * * Unpleasant Truth Obvious. The recent budget and the heavy toll of taxation•it imposes at a time when corporate and individual in- comes have shrunk, has brought home to the Canadian the unpleasant fact that the country is deeply in „debt and reaping the fruits of extrava- gance. Not publicly on the flak- ,ef Parliament, ,but everywhere else a- round the place, one hears about cer- tain western provinces being on the verge of bankruptcy. Happily the eastern provinces are not in any such pickle (because Of not being reliant upon .a single, productive industry. Nor is the Dominion government's finances in any unhealthy position, When however, to the' obligations as- sumed •by• them are• added those. of provinces which are in a bad' way—last year nearly $50,000,000, was advanced to them — even the basically • sound federal exchequer ie not so flush. Taxpayers have a painful illustration of the fact as this week end they make their fed- eral income returns, showing in- eariably much less coming in, but a steep, stiff, increase in what is going out—in taxation;. Protests are a popular expression, but unavail- ing. It is circumstances such as these that make the ,public• peculiar- ly receptive to any scheme of mon- etary „reform, however questionable, which is supposed to produce even temporary benefits. * * * Roosevelt Plan Approved. Mr. Roosevelt's abandonment of Start the clay right ENJOY a bowl of crisp Kellogg's Corn Flakes with milk or cream. Add fruits or berries for variety. Kellogg's have that famous "wonder" flavor that no others equal. Rich in energy. Refresh- ing and wholesome. Serve Kellogg's Corn Flakes .for lunch—a late snack. Splen- did for children's suppers. So easy to digest. 1 .,, Alw:'ys oven -fresh in the sealed inside WAXTI'I'E bag. 'You'll like e package that's so "easy *to u." Made by lellogg in in, Ontario. CORN FLAKES • OVEN -FRESH • FLAVOR PERFECT VI'o,m.a W IM swteur. M*'e ar,X141.0ee IN tO 601,40 TARO; CANAO the policy of economic nationalism also is warmly approved by the' Can- adian public, if not so enthusiaetiic- ally by the Canadian government. The ministry here went in strong for amu''ation of the Republican policy of a high 'tariff. Two years have demonstrated the fact that no nation oar sell outside. 'The tariff deadlock has many unfortunate repercussions in this very eoutltry. Praetjcal pro- hibition of imports has caused cus- toms revenue to decline, enormously? necessitating the deficiency being made up in direct -taxation. At the same time, lessened foreign, purchas- ing of Canadian produce has been re- flected in even more lessened dom- estic buying of Canadian manufac- tuires, cauisinlg 'less industtir•ial em- ployment and also very diminished profits. If the President and Mn. Bennett can frame a plan for mut- ual reduction of tariffs between the two countries, the mass of Conserva- tive, as well as of Libenal and Pro- gressive opinion will be found re- sponsi,v'e; even if it involve, a rather revolutionary r versa] of the historic Conservativef ibis of mind. Government Taking Ride. In an oral sense, the Dominion; government has been having a rough ride for what is claimed to .be noth- ing -More or less than gamibling In the wheat pit. A few years' ago, western farmers were intrigued by the idea of terming co-operative pools for wheat.Everybody' ' coined: The old grain traders were forced to sur- render their position in the market —went out of !business. Then the pools, controlling all the wheat, be- came seized with the crazy notion that by refusing .to sell, the world price would be jumped up to the high- ly profitable figures of war time. Eure ope refused to be held up. The re - 'Stilt was the 'financial collapse of the cooperative concerns. Politically powerful they asked and 'obtained government guarantees of millions to thei banks, as well as the taking ov- er of probably 100,000,000 bushels of wheat. The 'exact quantity is still an official secret. As if this, wasn't en- ough, a government agent stepped into the market, whenever it started to fall, and bought heavily, as a means of support. No doubt the mo- tive was the best—to prevent a de- bacle in wheat • prices. The enter- prise, however, .has turned out to be most speculative. At the present time, it is a matter of grave uncer- tainty as to just where the govern- mmlent is going to get off. If the price should goaup, it may escape. If it stays where it is'=or further de - dines, then perhaps $30,000,000 or more may be the. cost to the public of this governmental dive into .the maelstrom of :speculative -investment. Jahn .MacFarland, the Canadian gov= ernment agent in wheat matters, has, been at Washington, studying ' the problem of wheat production as it is being attacked there., ' .. * * * Public Finds Load Heavy. • Canada's war pension bill is $50,- 000,000 a year. The public without disregarding its obligatiolps to form- er service men, finds this a very heavy Load to carry. Murmurs arise in increasing volume. The Dominion government would like • to save $5,- 0010,000 by a 10 per cent. cut in pen- sions but the veterans organizations are formidable and capable of rais- ing protests which are politically ef- fective. ..But in this instance they seem both reasonably and patriotic- ally disposed, saying that, if con- vinced of the need, they*will consent to a cut. Very properly however, they argue that if money is to be saved by docking them, it should also be saved by reducing interest pey'ntients on 'bonds that largely represent war profits by -people who didn't go to the war. Thecoming conversion loan is to be an attempt to reduce the burden of interest charges. Consequently, either in the present session of Parliament, or at least next year, steps are anticipat- ed to lighten a pension bill which comparatively is on a more gener- ous scale than that 0of, any other country. Herr Hitler has reached the top, but it is always easy to'topple from the top.—Detroit Free Press. ,Seerns to us that New Jersey man who confessed he has three wives might properly he accused of hoard, ing.—Nyack ,Iournal=News. You can say one thint}gg for a bandit. He doesn't hide •behiftd a securities affiliate when he robs .people.—Pub- lisher's Syndicate, The Fairy Cow Ten men who were financiers chip- ped in ten dollars each and bought a fine cow that gave ten gallons of milk every day. T'ne milk was divided at night and eacn man received one gallon; as his share. Soon the neighbors far and near heard about the wonderful cow and said to one another, "Think of get- ting a whole gallon of milk every day. 'What a wonderful return on a ten dollar investment. d wish I had a share in her." When this .talk was repeated to the ten men, they held a meeting and one of them said, `Let us give these Teeple what they want. Our shares in the cow cost us ten dollars each, and we can sell other shares at the same price." So they went to a printer and ob- tained one thousand sheets of paper hearing the legend: "One share in the cow." Then they gold 600 of these shares at $10 each, which brought them '$5,000 and divided the 'other 600 lamlong theninellves as .their reward for ibeing. smart.. Each man of the !ben now had lit -share; wlberretta in the beginning each had but one. But one of therm ten began to wor- "'Isook here," he saidr, "tEsrery fel- low who bought a .share in this cow weld e5tpeet a gallon ref milk tonight, and the cow gives only ten galloons. When the milk is divided into one thousand and ten parts these new shareholders won't get a spoonful. Shares will drop to nothing. We'd better unload while we can." So the ten men went out on tihe street to find investors and each of them sold ,the fifty shares' dthat 'had been .awarded to him, and thus they .olbtained a • second $5,000 • to dilvlide among thelrn. ' But. now night was drawing near and again one of the, tens began, to worry. "There will be a row at milking time," said he. "1Hlasten abroad and' persuade each of the share'hiolders to sign a proxy, which is a joker auth- orizing you to cast as you think best the vote to which his, share entitles him. Then return with the proxies and we shall do some voting." At twilight the men met at the barn, and in their hands were 1,000 signed proxies to represent the absent shareholders, And the ten were en- titled to vote in their own right, for each still held 'his •'original share. "Now," said the one who• did the talking. "Wle must organize. This company needs a president,' a treas- urer and eight vice-presidents. That gives •each of us a jdb. •Aeld since there are ten of us and the cow gives ten gallons, it is moved and seconded that each of us receive.. a salary of one gallon of milkper gday. Al 1 in y favor say 'Aye.'" The motion carried without a dis- senting vote. And then they milked the cow. NOT A PAIN AT 78 She. Feels Like 48 Aches and pains are not inevitaible in old age. When they do come, there is always a cause for them—a cause that can be overcome. Here is a little lesson on growing old, by a woman of 78:— "For the last five years I have taken Kruschen Salts ,and I tell yeu. truthfully. I could not live "without them. •I am 78 years old. 1 have not a pain in rn6r body, and 'I feel as yougg as 'I did at 48. I give the credit to Kruschen (Salts. No one will believe -my age." --(Mrs,). C. M. Most people grow old long ,before their time because- they neglect one vital need of health. -the need 'for internal cleanliness. Eventually they ,start the healthy Kruschen habit. Then, (probably for the first time in their lives, they start getting rid every day of all waste matter from the system. And almost immediately they feel their youth has returned ; then feel energetic and happy. In a work, theylvle got that famous "Kruschen Feeling." FARM NOTES It appears that cool moist weather such as we have in spring is the most favorable for the development of apple scab. Moral: Spray early, and keep spraying. The presence of a large propor- tion of broken or bruised kernels in seed grain ^seriously decreases its market value, and further loss is caused by the invasion of fungi af- ter the seed is sown. • 8' Fall wheat and clovers have win- tered in good condition. 'This is the report from the majority` of, repre- sentatives .although some districts afford notable excerptions. A greatly 'srtimulated interest in pruning and spraying is observed among orchard- ists throughout Ontario. 0..A. C. Students on Trip. A party. of 0. A. C. students have been guests of Thomas E. Wilson of the Wilson Packing 'Company of Chicago. These students are gradu- ates of London Collegiate Institutes and have received the Thomas E. Wilson .Scholarship. Mr. Wilson for the past two years has offered these .scholarships of .$300 each to three graduates .of London Collegiate In- stitutes and to boys who are from the farm and still interested in agri- culture. He ;es. an' old Ontario boy -who still has a deep interest in the province. Assistance For Dairy Business is Planned. The Department will announce plans shortly whereby financial aid will be provided for the improve- ment of dairy herds. The scheme is designed to assist every producer of milk, provided he is willing to purchase a high• grade bull, of known pedigree. This, it is felt, will help the dairyman and - in- crease the present low yield of dairy coiws in Ontario. Spring Lamb Offerings Tinder Market Standard. Discussing the lamb situation, C. C. Lyster, Federal Government Mar- ket Representative, Union Stock Yards, said: "Lamb marketings made OFF COLOUR? HOW IS YOUR LIVER? Wake up yoin' Liver Bile --Without Calomel Your liver's a very small organ; but it cer- tainly can put your digestive and eliminative organs out of kilter, by refusing to pour out ite daily two,pounde of liquid bile into your bowels You won't completely correct such a'nondition by taking salts, oil, mineral water, laxative candy or chewing gum, or roughage. When they've moved your bowels they're through—and you need a liver stimulant. Carter's little LiverPille tdlleoon bring IAA, the'sunehine into your life. They're purelyvge. Atir+hsbletitiSatesfe..Sure.aAA taclfdrugg1sor tldhteb..y name. fatal 43 Acorn Barn Ventilators Prevent spon- taneous combus- tion. Base. y0. in.; Drum, 16 in.; Height, 4 ft. 5 in -'-only $5.00. uidillllilllll1111lllillf Preston Galvan'zed Tanks Special Spring'Sale. Write for prices. Slocum'. Spark Arrester For your house chim- ney. Pre- vents roof fires. Slocum's Fire Suffocator For putting but fires when they are beginning. PRESTON Barn Door Hardware We can save, you money on your barn door hard- ware. Write for prices. of/ -. - 1II0e.OMr Preston Steel Clad Barns Built with rugged steel trusses or plank trusses. Roofed and sided with fire- proof steel. Write for sib "Book About Barns", Use Preston '"Led-Hed" Nails Lead is used on the head of these nails to seal the nail -hole. Now only 15c Ib. Millions of dollars worth of farm build- ings are being eaten up each year by rot and decay caused by leaky roofs, and by fires. Save your buildings N 0 W before they get beyond saving. Re -roof with Rib -Roll. - Rib -Roll is permanent. It cannot warp, shrink, peel, crack, curl or bulge. It is fireproof—sparks cannot ignite it. When properly grounded at the four corners according to the Ontario Lightning Rod Act, it gives complete lightning protec- tion. "Council Standard" Rib -Roll is now sell- ing at the lowest prices in history. Quality is still maintained at its highest point. Write for free sample and useful roofing booklet, COUNCILSTANDARO ;rr•Nt•rr � We; make all kinds of Sheet Metal Building Materials. Eastern led Piscine& Guelph Street Ill] Factories es also at Mated , Preston, Ont. Montreal & Toronto to catch the Easter trade were rather disappointing. Producerswere either ill-advised, or not thoroughly ac- quainted with market conditions. "Of shipments totalling some 500 head, more than 1245 were returned to the farms as unsalealble, while half of the remainder were below market rlequirements flor weight and finish. "In these times it is essential that quality be the first considera- tion if prices are to be sustained, or adivanoes merited." The serub bull campaign will be pressed again this year Iby the Live - :steel. Improvement' Association of Elgin County. At the annual meet- ing in St. Thomas it was decided to 'organize sub -committees in each township to work personally among the owners of scrub bulls in the hope of reducing the 157:animals at press ent in use in Elgin. Agriculture is Major Factor in Canada's Export Trade. Agriculture, according to the On- tario Marketing Board, provides roughly one-half of Canada's export trade, the most important items be- ing grain and grain products, cheese, live stock and live stock products, potatoes and 'apples. Fruit Shipment to Great Britain. The Ontario Fruit Growers' As- sociation announce they shipped this year some 800 cars of apples, pears and plums to their European com- merciel representative. One hundred and thirty-five cars of plums and pears were exported to Great Bri- tain.. This is the first attempt to ship abroad these fruits from Ontario. The business will be extended this year. ' Feeding Brooder Chickens. As soon as the chicks are removed from the incubator to the brooder they may be fed. After seeing to it that the chicks are comfortable they should be given slighrtly warmed wa- ter to drink in the usual chick foun- tains, Chick -size grit should be plac- ed before them' in shallow pans, and hoppers of mash niey then'be put at their disposal. It is important that sufficient hopper and fountain space be provided so that all chicks may g,et sufficient food and water with- out crowding. Once the hoppers are put down they are not again remov- ed as there is to .danger of over- feeding. • +Broo'ding feeds usually consist of the following essentials: chick scratch grain, eiash, grit, shell, charcoal and green feed. For grain, a commercial chick size mixture may be purchas- ed and it is not ]usually fed for a week or ten days, The mash ordin- arily will contain, ground grains; mineral feeds, such as bone meal; :animals feeds, such as meat meal, fish' meal, milk powder, etc., salt and cod liver oil. Unless tihe chicks have access to sunshine within the first week or ten days` it will be wisdomi to insist that cod liver oil be a co'm- ponent of the mash if a cammlercial product is fed. Lime Subvention Policy Renewed. According to a recent announce- ment made by the Hon. Thos. L. Kennedy, the 'Derminion and Provin- cial Governmeirts in co-operation with the leading Railway -Companies• harvehrenewed an agreement whereby the railways will carry ground lime- stone for agricultural purposes at a rate 25 per cent. below the standard tariff and the Dominion and Provin- cial Governments through a. subven tion policy will still furlther reduce the eosrt of transportation by paying 50 per tent. of the remaining freight up to a maximum snbventi of $1 per ton. If the standard rail tariff is $1.00 per ton, the railway reduces the rate 201c' per ton; the subvention tloliey' pays 40e and the fainter' pays the remaining 40e, 'Under the regulations the nrinut-•1 illi` Stir,tly(i,r}"'�''Y lei mum car is set at 30 tons. Limestone for agricultural purposes must be in a • condition that 100 per cent. will pass through a 10 mesh sieve, 5 per cent. through a 40 mesh sieve and 30 per cent. through a 100 , mesh sieve. Limestone must also contain a mini -mien of 80i pier cent. calcium carbonate or its equivalent in mag- nesium carbonate. The maximum selling price is set at $3 per ton F.O.B. shipping point. The purchaser May place his order with any Company in Canada but all limestone purchased under the sub- vention policy is subject to sampling and analysis. !Any farmer wishing to secure a car of limestone applies for a permit from the local Agricultural Repres- entative. The original copy, of the permit . accompanies the order, and a copy is forwarded to Parliament Buildings Toronto. The lime company on receipt of an order ships the car and prepays the freight and in turn forwards an ac eoumt to Queen's Park for the amount of freight payable under salbvention and :collects the remaining amount of freight froni the ,purchaser. This policy Col. Kennedy' states will result in a large saving to far- mers needing limey will increase yields and improve the quality of farm products on sour soils and will. make limestone available at a reason- able price to all parts of Ontario. Free Flowing Fertilizer. • An important point. to be kept in mind when purchasing fertilizer is its condition or capability of uniform distribution. To bring this about some manufacturers are putting out their fertilizers in fine grarwlar• form. Within recent years the trend has been towards a higher concen- tration of the plant food constitu- tents. The higher the concentration of the fertilizer, the more important it is that it should permit of an ev- en distribution. In view of the prac- tice of applying fertilizer by ma- chine it is very desirable that the condition of the fertilizer should be free flowing, i.e., its condition should be such that stoppage or clogging of the material in the drill is not likely to occur. Vetch growers in Laprairie, P. Q., have a carry over of 125,000 pounds, in addition to the 1932 crop of about 105,000 pounds. An especially well -cleaned Iot of flax for export from Quebec was in- spected by the 'Dominion Seed Branch, and satisfactory prices were received by the growers. lit has been established by experi- ment that' -eight' weeks is the maxi- mum time asparagus can be kept in fin condition in cold storage. The origination of . early ripening wheats ley the Dominion :Department of Agriculture rolled back Canada's northern farming boundary. The loose-leaf 'type of lettuce is the nuotsrt com imenly grown but it is net as good in quality as the two types which develop heado the- Cas amid the Ca,biba.g'e. The eonbtilbv!tions made by Canad- ian plant breeders in the form of isulperiar varieties of field crops stand almost as an epic in the realm of scientific achieveememit. Weather-proof celloplliaaie paper is net only the beet packing for as'par- agus in cold storage, but enables the contents to be seen all the time. m' k 11.�U.S.SitY•ia .�, <u{, �7u.'kti,;4+e.. a t,