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(Ixttflh cl stir large Week
Paper Given At celetriot Annual
Tate foIlewirlg is an especially good
�, paper prepared by Mrs. A, Mgrgau,
•• of leuroadaie, •turd read at fie! Varlet
Anneal, held ea eleneale Qn• May 18th,
aim tike subject • of ".Agriculture and
Canadian ledustzdes": • "it obaibly at
mo :time in the 1(,istory; of Canada has
.the importance of food $roduetdon
been so manifest to all tee people as
in this year 1943. This -thought is' the
keynote of the reports .from the 'sev-
eral branch Metall:tee. in this district,
udder the :heading '4gricplt"ure and
Canadian Industries.' In our -Cana-
dian setup, .prior to World War No. 2,
a certain amount 'of_ aaaietance and
service was given to those engaged
in agriculture by the Department of
Agriculture of the Doininion and of
the several provinces through agricul-
tural colleges. Experimental farms
and the extensive bulletin service em-
anating. therefrom, as well as the ser-
vice rendered by County Agriculture
' Representatives, under' the Provincial
Department of Agridulture.
Unfortunately„ these •services were
•only concerned with improving the ef-
ficiency of farming methods, with the
sole end in view of increasing produc-
tion. Farmers were taught how two
blades of grass could be made to grow
where one grew before, but no pro-
vision was made for disposing of the
surplus thus produced, The result of
a neglected farm economy led to de-
plorably low prices for agricultural.
products during the depression of the
early 1930's. Every person in Canada
accepted the tact that. we had sur-
pluses of footle and" that scarcity
would never come in Canada. When
the war broke in 1939, this attitude
prevailed generally, even in Govern- of bread for two .and one-half months
went circles. With, the industrial ex- for the whole of Belgium.
Pension made. necessary by the new An..agreement with the British min -
war, into which we were unexpected-
ly and unpreparedly plunged, good
wages were offered to teen who had
been having a tough time on the land
and they Left the land to work else-
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(042/1011041 trOM 11100
.1942-735,315,483 bus]hel"e. '
Record crops Were produced in 194
Production goals for 1943 call her
increase or all field crgrps eace
wheat and rye.
In order, to provide "a reserrvoir
food against eventaalitles" U114te
States authorities in April discusse
with Canadian .offiolals the tlluesti
of importing wheat
into the 'Unite
States for feed purposes. The agent
that can be moved ds limited by ava
able transportation facilities, and
matter was considered as well,
In the .meantime purchases , wer
by United States authorities i
thea regular way in the market fo
wheat for movem.ent,after the ope
ing of navigation. In addition, anon
tinuous movement of coarse grain
has taken place by all -rail shipmen
from Western Canada, and commi
meats have "been made for shipmen
of coarse' grains after the opening o anavigation. '
;On April 30th President Roosevel
removed the quota restrictions on im
ports of wheat and wheat, flour b
the War Food Administration fro
Canada.
The Canadian Wheat Boara has en
tered into an agreement with the Bel
gian government in London to •deliv
7,000,000 bushels or 200,00.0 tons o
wheat on request when all.or.part o
Belgium is liberated. At present this
Tonnage would cover the consumption
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pounds of cheese toebe shipped from
Canada to Britain from the produc-
tion . for the year which began April
where by thousands, across all of-. 1. The following figures show the in -
Canada. Added to this, thexe were crease in both cheese production and
many thousands more enlisting in the exports to the United 'Kingdom in the
-F4rmy, Navy and Ain Force from the
farms of Canada, until • today .th.e last few years: •
Minister. 'of Agriculture announces Production Exports
that more than 250,000 able-bodied Year..
men have left • Canadian agriculture 1942
since the beginning of the war for 1941
:Service elsewhere, either in the arm• 1340
,ed forces or in the 'Canadian factor 1939
les „or other war work. Canada supplies. the. United King -
In the meantime the obligations
resting upon the Canadian farmer dom With .muc•h. of its food, but. only
have increased greatly. Quotas of i1=e most essential foods are shipped,
food for Britain have been stepped up and these are in the most_.concen-
repeatedly, and the meth.ods of pro- trgted form.
'ceasing have so simplified the •prob- ' The Canadian government is con-
lem of shipping. space in the cage of ducting research into the dehydration
eggs, which are now dried and ship- (of fruits and vegetables. Food in th)s
ped in powder fthat quantities I form saves valuable shipping space
heretofore undreamed of are being
.shipped to this one market alone. Inland keeps longer. Alle eggs shipped
..:addition, we have •our large feece of ;from Canada to the United Kingdom
service men to feed properly. More are in powdered form. As an indica-
ships are calling at Canadian ports 1 tion •qf the shipping space saved:
these days than ever before and these, •30 _dozen' shell eggs require 2%
have to be provisioned, and in addi- cubic feet of space.
tion, .more people are ,working in;
Canada now than ever before, and j 30 dozen powdered eggs require .33
therefore, not only -require more food cubic feet of space.
but have more money with ;which to,A five -ounce package of powder
purchase it. . contains one dozen -eggs.
Our 'Government give's. assurance Canada has contracted to ship 'to
that all food 'quotas to Britain wil] bei Britain in 1943:-..
tiled, and that if insufficient food is 9,000 long tons of dried egg powder
produced; that Canadians are the ones (the equivalent of 63,000,000 doz-
who will go without: Rationing of
commodities produced on Canadian
tfarias is now upon us and soon more
commodities will be in' the -rationed
list. Surpluses which were a 'head-
ache to farmers and to Governments.)
lave years ago, have become shortag- the obligation of every Canadian, an
es. Furthermore, if further -food , obligation to the boys in the armed
shortages occur, they will. be felt .first forces, an obligation to the people of
right here in Canada. '1 Britain,,: and to follow Canadians who
This brings us all, whether- we ave are 'less fortunately situated than we
,on the farm or in the town or cite,.' are.
'to the problem of hew= to help our- i Under this ;heading, reports have
-selves and to help Canada in this toed. have `come in • from the following
'crisis.. The Victory garden or the sup- -branches: Kippers East, Seaforth,
;plying.' of fresh vegetables' at home Hensel] and Hurondale. Each branch
'becomes much more than a patriotic . held. one, meeting under this heading,
gesture; it is now a vital necessity.' stressing agriculture as related to
Huron County Agricultural War Com- 'the war •in each case.. The • work
:mdttee, through . the various service I whack women are doing on the farm
clubs in the county, is appealing to , has been 'frequently mentioned. In
•all, citizens, urban and rural, to pro- many instances woeten have Whelped
duce their own vegetables for hone their husbands by driving the tractor
use. They are also conducting a cam- or a team in rdsh seasons of seeding
paign to induce town dwellers to and harvest, and•have done many oth-
keep a few Iaying hens or a couple er jobs 'to which they were formerly
.of pigs, if facilities are available. • unaccustomed. •
Farmers are being asked to pro-, A very useful work has been ac -
',throe to the limit, but the bottle -neck complished by Mn Jas, C. Shearer,
in this program is labour, and • so ; the County Agricultural • Representa-
haere again farm women will have to aye: in promoting the idea that it is
-do jobs they have never done before,' every person's duty to assist in this
and assistance in hoeing and harvest food oriels. This resulted in business
will have to come from men now en- ' men and school children from • the
:gaged in other work. Tasks may not I towns and villages going out in the
:always be to ,,our liking, but they 1 evenings and on holidays last summer
-must he done or someone may go and saving hundredl of acres of sugar
!hungry, right here in Canada. Added beets in this neighborhood. his hoe -
to all this, we 'must as ineividuals I ing Was hard work, to which these
and as families, .not only •,edCept ra-; People were totally unaccustomed and
tinning, restrictions placed upon us, was voluntary. In the case ..of • .the
but tis our duty to accept the spirit businessmen. the earnings were donat-
of the rationing. We should realize ed to elle Red Ca'oss or other war
:that shortages make it necessary. Not charities.
.only the production of food, but th•e, In conclusion., let me say. that if
,eonservation.of all food bas -become one good thing is to come out of this
war it will he the spirit of self-sacri-
fice displayed, by the people, This
spirit dominates the actions of the
men in the Army, in the Air Force
and, all those on the high seas, whe-
ther in combat ships or in the dan-
gerous work of the merchant •mar-
ine:• •To win the war 'and, more im-
portant, to win the peace, the same
spirit of sacrifice must rule the lives
of every man and woman in Canadian
civilian life. Economists claim that
lbs. lbs.
202,748,875 142,092,573
148,913,000 115,392,071
145,338,538 93,081,23S
1,e,5,475,359 , 81,153,000'
en eggs.)
675,000,000 pounds of bacon, ,plus a
certain amount of kidneys, livers,
AWARDED V. C.
Corporal John Alexander French,
the Australian V.C. picture radioed
from Melbourne. He received the
,V.C. posthumously after going for-
ward alone and killing the crews
at three Japanese machine -gen
,hosts. He died in front of the this'd.
a complete victory can only be won
by the combined efforts of all, not
only on the ` production line of our
•factoriesand faults, but by conserv-
ing and, saving in consumption; in
other words, we must, work and save
and plan for theefuture.
Some of us may find it impossible
to 'assist in production; to you, the
challenge is tit accept in full the .sac-
rifices necessary on the home con-
sumption front. Wiliatever may be
saved by each of us ladies is the way
of food is part of our contribution to
victory. Please remember this: food
shortages wilt not end when the war
ends. If the United Malone are to
win the peace following the war, the
people of the North American contin-
ent must be prepared to feed the..
starving muititudes in all those ocean -
tries now oceupled by the enemy, in
addition to our :present obligations..
The task will be tremendous, but we
rah do it If we all try.. a
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A second Lieutenant, leader of an armoured car µnit,attached to
Fighting French Flying Column number 1, sets hie course before
starting out on offensive operations. In this Flying Column, made up
of tanks, armoured cars, mobile guns and supporting infantry, are
men from Paris, Bordeaux, French Morocco and the Foreign Legion.
Working with a British armoured brigade, they have co-operated to
the full with the Eighth Army.
and canned pork. (Canada's to-
tal estimated pork production %a
19.4,3-1,018,302,000 pounds).
.Special wartime . requirements in
Canada during 1943 for feeding thou-
sands of servicemen in training, ships
stores, Red Cross parcels and other
needs will total:
35,000,000 pounds of pork products;
70,0005,000 pounds of beef (140,000
live animals).
9,000,000 pounds of mutton and
Iamb (196,000 carcasses),
FARMING FOR WAR.
This , is a program sponsored by
the Huron County Agriculture War
Committee. Each week a copy of the
broadcast will be printed in these col-
umns so that you may have. a copy
for your information and records. The
following is the broadcast presented
on May 15th on the subject of Hybrid
Corn.:
Today -the subject of our discussion
is Hybrid Corn. This subject is very
timely because corn planting time is
here. With the large number of live-
stock on hand, it is very imperative
that plans be laid . now to provide
ample feed for next wittier. Corn pro-
vides the answer to this problem.
Huron County farmers are interest-
ed in hybrid corn chiefly for silage
purposes, although it is possible to
grow husking corn successfully 'with
the proper• variety of, Hybrid.
To1ay we have in the studio, two
Huron farmers ,who have had consid-
erable experience with Hybrid corn,
Mr. Frank Coughlin, Stephen Town-
ship,es boundary bo lives on the cauda Y
be-
tween Middlesex and Huron, a seed
corn • producer, and Mr. Mervyn
Stelck, Hay Township, who has grown
Hybrid corn for both silage and husk-
ing purposes:
These men are fully qualified to
discuss this important "crop—especial-
ly important this year due to the late
season and the inability of farmers to
get their normal acreage of .oats and
barley sown. Corn is. one .crop that
should be planted late—in fact corn
will not thrive unless the weather is
warm.
•Corn is one of the • most important
farm crops, .The sweep of Hybrid
corn is well understood by our far-
mers as it offers one ,more •rotating
crop. Its ability to utilize plantfood,
its many uses as poultry , aced live-
stock feed, its ready market for in-
dustrial uses, and its use as the main
silage crop, makes Hybrid .Corn a val-
uable crop to the majority of our far-
mers in 1943.
Corn hybrids vary greatly in yield,
strength of stalk and other charac-
ters. Only those hybrids which have
been tested and found to be produc-
tive should ere grown. •
The importance of adaptation can-
not be emphasized too steengly. The
tendency to grow late -maturing hy-
brids, because of the slightly higher
yields, is a dangerous practice. Not
only is the grower likely to experience
heavy losses during years of abnor-
mal weather conditions, taut the . qual-
ity produced may be seeiousiy affect-
ed, during'many years, because of a
relatively high moisture content.
Growers planting hybrid corn for
grain production should be sure that
the hybi;id they purchase Will .ripen
in their 'area and •produce good yields
of high quality grain. Hybrids grown
for ensilage may be somewhat later
in maturity provided they become suf-
ficiently mature to make silage of
high quality.
Reasons For Growing Corn
The reasons,for gr•o'wing or making
an attempt to grow this forage crop
wherever livestock are kept in any
numbers are numerous. A few of
them folfow:
1. As a plant capable of yielding a
large amount of valuable forage un-
der a great variety of soil and cli-
matic conditions; corn is without an
equal.
2.. When properly preserved, whe-
ther as ensilage or dried, it can be
used as material to render other less
palatable roughage more acceptable
to farm animals.
3. It is the best plant or crop for
ensiling that can be grown to advant-
age in Canada. It is practically a per-
fect crop for this purpose, hence ft
helps to solve the great problem of
how to furnish an abundant and cheap
supply of 'succulent food for winter or
summer feeding of dairy or beef cat-
tle:
4. When properly grown and well,
preserved as ensilage, it is the equal
of or superior to roots in feeding va-
lue and palatability.
.5. The labour of growing an acre
of corn is sef a character much more.
agreeable to perform than that "of
growing an acre of roots of any de-
scription.
6. Corn being a cultivated or hoed
crop, serves well to clean the land,
that is, free it from weeds,'so fitting
it for grain growing and putting
into shape to seed down to grass or
bay.
7. Corn is aegrass feeder awl may'
be depended upon to make good use'
of.ani abundant supply of plant food.
It 16, for this reason, particularly- well
adapted to occupy that place in the
rotation where a fairly liberal supply
of barnyard manure supplies large
quantities of plant food suitable for
root,' leaf and stent growth rather
than for seed production.
8. The growing of. corn on a fair
proportion of arable land on the farm
will permit of keeping more cattle,
and so increasethe revenue as well
as augment the manure supply, so es-
sential to the maintenance of soil
fertility.
9. Corn, when preserved as ensil-
age, can be stored much more cheap-
ly in much less space than any other
roughage. In addition, .. stored. ih, .this
way it will keep indefinitely and is al-
ways ready to feed.. Ten tons silage
occupies no more spaee.than "one ton
hay. One ton hay is , worth about
two and one-half tons silage. •
10. It makes i
tossibl '
p e to greatly
lessen the pasturage, consequently
more land can be brought under cul-
tivation. ,
11. At a' moderate estimate, two
cows can be kept on the same acre-
age and at the same cost when corn
ensilage is properly grown' and used,
as one on the same farm when cattle
are fed on hay or other roughage.
12. Corn will grow in any kind of
soil, provided always that there rs
good drainage. Under drainage is
not absolutely necessary although ad-
visable here as with other farm crops.
On low-lying or level lands, ditehes
should be in good working condition
and water furrows kept open all sum-
mer. if ;a choice of land may be made
then waren-bottomed, light loamy soil
may be expected to prove the most
satisfactory under most weather con-
ditions.
13. In the'.rotation, corn, should fol-
low hay, pasture or meadow. Corn
might advantageously come after
grain, or even follow a boed crop, pro-
vided the land were very fertile or a
very heavy dressing of manure were
applied.
14. Tee beat fertilizing material for
corn ,,.is undoubtedly good barnyard
manure.
Shearer: "What is Hybrid corn?"
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091,1 n m"t o)gly 41Jaut ,Ave ,ori.
six 40,efes ago sliiees ween` Onteeee ;Iles
g'a4 ,tcOgrotsr 11.044 cora. Weer cooe
niter, legitei eeetl ;io iconic to
freer. the t'7440 .State# 1 thin ; wa.s
etetielle whew efael grpwexa• lu -'' nee
ade welcomed apathing 4 a pigb . see `
sieve 'the •corn tbore- lnena4^e and
tale same time is eeeli areductieee
So it is easy to latieleafeta0 why^ 1 rM
arid corse iloole itep#aced, OPP '091itiaitr
ed corn. The word. ` lYiele+l' ,ia4eettie aa?
animal er -plant produ,eeti ;byinbreed-
ing different varieties. In the animal
world, farmer§ are familler with the
crossing of different breeds 'of live-
stock. They seethe v gor in- hybrii
ehiekeust ' `Plant "breeders learn been
experimenting for[ a, long time, en-
breeeeng .to produce strains that have
desirable qualities The story of the
production of hybrid corn is a lung
one. r must, make it short. The first
seep is taken by the plant bregtler. A1 -
ter thousands of experiment$ be may
be lucky enough (if he is a -lucky fel-
low) to bring out one outstanding In-
bred in a lifetime. This may be bet-
ter Understood it 1 say there are fifty
prominent corn-plantbreeders in the
United States and Canada and as yet,
there are not more than twelve out-
standing inbreds•. All good double
cross hybrid seed corn in Canada - n
United States comes from a combina-
tion of some four of these inbrids.
Thr utgh the courtesy of the United
Stakes Government, the Experimental
Farm at Harrow, Ontario, is engaged
with the work of increasing inbred
foundation suitable for use In the Do-
miniop, of Canada. The plant breeder
at Harrow- Station brings on themale
and female parents of a known . first
cross hybrid. These are kept.pure by
isolation and covering the Passel and
earshoot of the same•plant and by ap-
plying the pollen at the right time.
"The second step is taken at Ridge -
town Government Experimental Sta-
tion muck in •the same way except
that they cross polmats and from her
the first crosses go out to the produc-
er of double erose hybrid seed corn.
The 'seed we nowget from Ridge-
town, for instance, is parent geed
stock for Canada 531 which is 23x26
male parent, R3 x M13 female parent.
These four inbrids you will see be-
gan in United' Staten (at University
of Wisconsin, to be correct), brought
along :at,. Harrow and creased at
Ridgetown before they come to me.':
Shearer: "What varieties are re-
commended; (a) for' silage purposes
in Huron County; .(b) for busking
purposes in Huron County?"
, Coughlin:, "(a) I have talked with
a great many promitent farmers and
feeders. of beef cattle lately. Nearly
all of them were pronounced in their
choice. It sounded like this, in one
case where the gentleman shad. two
loads of beautiful fat cattle in his
Stable, he said, 'We want mature corn
to make Blue Ribbon Triangle beef;'
it sells for 1%c per pound more in
the carcass. And to do all this, we.
Want early hybrid seed.' So I would
recommend early varieties" even for
ensilage, nothing later than 606 which
is 110 day hylbrid, that is, it matures
in about 11Q days. In this zone I
would prefer 531 and 355.
"(b) And for husking purposes,
Ganda 531 and 355; 531 matures in
about 105 days; 355 matures in about
95 days,"
Shearer: "Outline you experience
in: growing husking corn in 1942, com-
plete with the ,amount of seed per
acre, method of planting, variety us-
ed' and the yield."
Stelck: "Well,'we planted our corn
early last seeing and if you ,remem-
ber, it was a pretty wet spring. For
about two weeks after the corn was
planted, part of. the field was under
water half the time. Ordinary .open
pollinated varieties „would not bave
been hardy enough to take it.
"We planted our corn; .check row
35 inches apart each way. I employ-
ed rathersa unique method to check
row; I used an ordinary 11 -run fer-
tilizer drill' and tied up all the discs
but the centre' and the two outside
ones. Remember that with the drill
I only sowed fertilizer. I then re-
moved all the keys in the fertilizer
discs but. the •.three that were mark-
,ing and so"'by drilling lengthwise and
ai
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and Successful fax
I1UCCESS usually follows. good racing. reir> .ext. ; )
Farming is a business that ixtlio fi'e�,s Olannod
financing if it is to be a sugcess., T,a caxry
on your farming operations with'prl3fit it is cit.
times both necessary and wise to seek assistance
from your Bank.
This Bank is ready to make loans on the
most favourable terms for all legitimate farm
requirements.
Consult our nearest Branch Manager if you need
money to carry out a profitable programme.
HE
DOMII�TIT0N BANIt
EBTAm4SISED 1831
SEAFORTH BRANCH
E. C. Boswell Manager
crosswise.l not only marked the field
where the rows crossed, but I had an
X of fertilizer at each hill. I then
planted the field with a hand planter,,
dropping about three kernels •per hill
average. This year I am going to set
for about two kernels per hill. By
doing •so you get.:just as much grain
with an easier handled eob. Last year
we planted Wisconsin 606 with Food
results. It yielded about 107 bushels
of cobs to the acre. We huskedour
five score by hand and believe me it's
no small job. We stored the corn in
circular snow fence dribs about seven
feet across and raised up on planks
about a foot off the ground. It,kept
all right, but I believe the long wedge
crib is the best; and I will 'be using
one this fall, .I One have to men-
tion the •advantage of check rowing
corn. As you all know that the cross
scuffling is nearly as good as asum-
mer f alta . f r
w a 'weeddi i
ra t
,g ca ons.
"We are going to "plant De Kalb
240 Hybrid, also Canada 531 this year
because it is an earlier maturing var-
iety and,that helps to speed the work
in the fall."
Shearer: "Give the value of cone,
for feeding livestock, outlining titer
method, amount, etc."
Stelck: "We fed the corn to alt
livestock, but especially hogs. To thee
hogs we fed it all winter on the cob,
but this spring we shellet the re-
mainder and- are mixing, it with other '
grains to chop for both Battle and
hogs. I would not 'advise finishing
hogs on corn, but by miring it from
a third to half with other grains'
,til the bogs weigh around 170. to 1901
and then finish with barley. There is,,
no better feed to my estirnition, and.
its value when fed to poultry In pre-
pdiion with cereal grain, Is ungues
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CRM/NtY PO /i:
DEFEAT INFLATION
IN YOUR HOME
Inflation ::. that's when prices
go skyrocketing up so's wages
can never catch, them ; .. is
caused by a lot of people want-
ing
anting to buy more things than we
Can spare the men, machines or
material to make—especialiyini
wartime. We Can help defeae
inflation and protect the Price
Ceiling by making db With what
we have. Bes�aitdes, the xridtiey
we dolt'* spend *Hi btly int
better things atter the wet:.
JOHN LABA1'i
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