The Huron Expositor, 1943-10-15, Page 3k
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Grain Lighter, But is Enough For
Live. Stock
Canadian grain crops for Tag •
•estima+ted at iaPproxi-mately 500,4)0
!000 bushels under thet `exceptional
. favorable year 1942,•acoording•to
latest Commercial Letter of the. Can
diad Bank of Commerce, though d
ores are' subject to revision.
"The,...anost notable grain losses
the letter adds, in part, "were su
fered from drought in semi --arid se
tions of the Prairie Provinces, Sout
western Saskatchewan and Southeas
ern Alberta, and from excessive moi
ture and an acute. labor- shortage i
Ontario. The western crops as
whsle, however, are a fair averag
and, with large reserves from las
Year's bumper harvest, . ensure a
ample feed supply, • except in, som
drought districts, for increased liv
stock holdings, the hog populatio
alone having risen by about 20 pe
cent in the past 12 months. This i
a most fortunate development Navin
regard to the fact that about half o
Canada's "entire supply of meats. thi
year and fully one-third of its butte
must come from the Prairie Provinc
es.
"Outside the prairie area, grai•
crop estimates of Prince Edward Is
land and New Brunswick are highe
than those of _last year, but are Io
ler for all other Provinces, those i
Quebec being 20 per cent below 194
and Ontario slightly more than 5
per cent. These losses, however, ar
partly offset by ]urger hay crops thi
year in Nova Scotia, Quebec and On
rtario.
"The feed grain situation in the
last-mentioned Province is, however,
worse" than is indicated by the gen-
eral results. The southern and west-
ern areas have about 60 per cent of
the Provincial live stock holdings, but
their crops of oats and bailey are
not much over one-third of last
year's. Large quantities of western
feed are being 'brought into Most
sections of Ontario but not yet in
sufficient volume' to provide fully for
the maintenance of all live stock."
Hay Mow Measurement
To find the nl}mber of tons of hay
'in a mow, multiply the length by the
depth by ,the breath and divide by
450. In case of straw multiply the
same as with hay but divide by 600
to 1,000 according to the length of
time in mow. The longer the time
in mow, the smaller the division to
be used.
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Weight'Bin of Grain
To find' the weight of grain in a bin,
first ascertain the cubical Contents. of
the bin (by multiplying the length,
by the depth by the breadth), and
the weight of one bushel of the par-
ticular grain (32 quarts). As one
cubic foot measures almost 25 quarts,
the weight of one cubic foot will be
25/32nds of the weight of nue bushel.
'Thus one bushel oats weighs 34 lbs.
One cubic foot of oats equals 25/32nds
of 34 lbs., or 261/2 lbs. ,
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Bloat in cattle causes much loss
every year in Canada and in the Unit-
ed States. For want of sufficient
'roughage in the feed, a large quantity
of gas accumulates in the stomach
of the animal and when it is absorb-
ed into the„ blood stream often has
fatal consequences. Investigations by
the Division of Animal Pathology,
Science Service, Dominion Depart-
, of Agriculture, show that the
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The best,is none too good for Canadian sailors at sea, and cooks
aboard corvettes, minesweepers and destroyers must be gold at their
jobs. So that men can be released from dutf at sea, there have to be
Wren cooks fib do the work in naval training establishments ashore.
In the picture above,. Wree Bunting and Wren Randell, both from
Toronto, are hard at works helping to feed naval ratings, officers and
Wrens in their establishment. They say, "It's a satisfying job when
you hear what the sailors say about the improved menus noyit''that the
women are in charge!" Single, or married women without dependent
children are accepted for enlistment as Tong as they are from 18 to
45 years of age.,
addition of sufficient doughage will
prevent bloat and also permit the
animal to be pastured on green for-
age. If animals are turned out daily
to pasture, they should be fed rough
forage beforehand. No rule of thumb
method can be given, states the Di-
vision, but the prevention of bloat is
essentially a matter of supplying
roughage to- animals feeding on suc-
culent pastures.
Butter Sent To Britain 'is Twice
Pre -War.
Butter shipments of more than 7,-
000,000 pounds are being made to the
United 'Kingdom, representing almost
twice as much as exports to this
market in a normal pre-war year,
Agriculture Minister Gardiner has an-
nounced. .
The shipments are being made at
the request of British authorities to
help maintain the United Kingdom
butter ration at a time when imports
from other sources, like New Zealand
are not as great as usual. The flow
frem such supply, sources is not con-
t(ntuaus and the Canadian exports will
take up the slack of an in-between
season. °
The butter shipments mean :that al-
though Canada may no't~.be able to
Provide the full British contract for
350,000,000 pounds of cheese in the
p:•esent calendar year, -the total ship-
ments of dairy products will not be
far short of what Britain asked, Mr.
Gardiner said.
Canadian'cheese production in 1943
has been affected by poor weather
Conditions in some districts, enlarged
home consumption of all dairy pro-
ducts, and a trend to increased but-
ter-output—in
ut-
ter-output—in contrast to conditions
last year, when cheeseproduction
was plentiful and butter supplies of-
ten were -short of the domestic mar-
ket.
During the later months of this
year cheese -production is expected to
be higher because of a subsidy of 30
cents, per 100 pounds on milk to be
Used for cheese making, effective
October 1st.
Last year Canada. shipped 125,000,-
000 pounds of cheese to meet contract,
requirements.
Shipments of . butter 6 the United
Kingdom during the war years have
not been made known, but it is un-
derstood they ,haye been small, since
the major British demand had been
for cheese, a commodity of high food
value, which has storage and trans-
portation advantages over butter.
Mailing Christmas
Navels Overseas
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mars . parcel ready for the boys and
girls in the Armed Forces of Canada
overseas. The Post Office Depart-
ment has announced that this year
the closing date for overseas parcels
for delivery to Canadians in Britain
and on other parts of the far -Clung
battle litre by .Christmas is Novem-
ber 1st. This is10days earlier than
last year. The reason for advancing
the deadline is because the range of
deliVery this year is . more extensive
than at an other time since the
start o4 the war. The Post Offiee of-
ficials say that it will be helpful to
Speeding up and assuring pt4m% de-
livery if the iiiatlitig of paree1 r Is
done -'renearlier than I,Tevearber 1.
This year they expect to haveeto ha f-
dle much more than the 91/2 million
pounds of Christmas 'parcels in 1942,
because they are thousands more
Canadian toys and girls overseas than
there were A year ago.
It appears that the spirit of Christ-
mas absorbs, the Post Office .people,
for in an official appeal to mail
'Christmas paicels early for overseas,
they express a poignant concern about
what a giftless - Christmas would
mean for the boys and girls who are
wearing,the badge of Canada on the
active war fronts.
The weight limit for overseas par-
cels for the armed' forces is' eleven
pounds, but if it can be kept under,
so much the better. No inflammable
items, such as matches or lightning
fluids must be enclosed. Last year
several hundred bags of Christmas
parcels for Canadians• overseas were
Iost by fire at an Eastern Canadian
pert, caused by the ignition of in
flammable material which had been
enclosed. The result was immeasur-
able disappointment to thousands of
boys and girls in Britain and else-
where, and to the parents and other
relatives' 'and friends who had packed.
the parcels with such loving hope and
care.
Fresh fruits, such as apples or or-
anges and any other peirshable pro-
ducts should not be enclosed. Pre-
serves, jam, pickles or other delica-
cies in glass bottles or pars are bar-
red.
The contents of overseas parcels
should be put in a strong corrugated
cardboard or fibre board box, the box
wrapped in layers of strong paper and
securely lied. Fancy tissue paper,
should never be used. The name and
address should be written plainly in
ink.
Observing the Post Office instruc-
tions will help to assure delivery of
the Christmas parcels, and their ar-
rival overseas will help the boys and
girls "over 'there" to have a happier
Christmas. .
Garden Hints
Autumn 48 the time for victory gar-
deners to give some thought to the
earth, to dig it up, fertilize it, and
generally get it ready for the winter.
Before the frost makes the ground
too hard, dig the o irden to a depth
of eight to ten inches working in rot-
ted manure or fertilizer:, The surface
should be left rough so that frost
will have a better chance to pene-
trat. This helps kill off many pests
that live in, the ground during the
winter months and allows the ground
to dry out more quickly next spring.
By the middle of October, late veg-
etables should
be harvested. All gar-
den
enden refuse should then be cleaned up.
Many insects commonly found in Vic-
tory gardens are :still present in one
state or another when the plants up-
on which they are feeding have ma-
tured. The refuse should either be
burned or put into a heap to be cart-
ed away. All remnants should be re-
moved. Leaves or roots of vegetables
dug into the ground may spread dis-
ease. And many of the most Uestruc-
five pests are root -feeders.
The effect of all precautionary
measures taken this autumn will be
reflected in reduced insect population
inhabiting the garden and in better
eg41 in which td grow vegetables nett
Season.
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the 100 -acre farms on the 6ti1' conces-
sion of .Stephen. Mrs. Daviel Kestle,
of town, has purchased , from Mrs,.
Gerald Ford, a residence on Huran.
Street West. An auction sale of the
household effects will be held Satur-
day, Oct. 16t1t. Mrs. John Strange re-
cently purchased the residence of
Mrs. O. H. Perkins on Huron Street.
--Exeter Times -Advocate.
• Corn Picking Bee
In the neighborhood of fifty tons
Of corn were !picked and hauled to
the Exeter branch of the Canadian
Canners Monday and Tuesday from
the farm of Mr. Cecil Skinner, of Us -
borne. It was a community bee when
the neighbors turned out with their
teams and wagons and assisted in
harvesting, the crop. The corn was
harvested in Less than 15 hours, a
record that will be hard to -beat.—.
Exeter Times -Advocate.
Dentist Leaving Town
Dr. R. R. Elliott, of Dutton, who
has been in Mitchell for the past 25
months serving this' community in
the absence of two dentists, Capt. J.
E. Jackson, -whose office he occupies,
and Major H. A. Mutton, left town on
Oct. 9th. Another dentist, it is un-
derstood, will be here on Monday. Dr.
Elliott's health has not been .of the
best' for some time and he finedthe
work too strenuous. He is to be Com-'
mended for coming back into the pro-
fession owing to wartime conditions
and Mitchell has been glad to have
him with us. He intends taking part-
time work,—Mitchell Advocate.
Injured At Mill ' ,
Mr. Charles E. Young was injured
last Thursday morning at his work
at the Western Canada Flour Mills,
a block of wood striking him in the
face. He was taken to Alexandra
Hospital, where an examination show-
ed an injury to the cheek bone, neces-
sitating several stitches. He is still
confined to the hospital bet is im-
proving nicely.—Goderich Signal -Star.
Delay The Sale of
Unfinished Cattle
Agriculture Minister Gardiner in a
statement recently urged Canadian
farmers to refrain from marketing un-
finished cattle during the fall months,
when slaughtering and transportation
facilities will be overtaxed due to an
unprecedented increase in hog mar
ketings now expe"cted.
Mr. Gardiner said it was not econ-
omical practice to rush unfinished
cattle to market when feed was avail-
able. Full -finished cattle would com-
mand a (higher price and provide a.
greater supply of beef, while the un-
desirable 'effects of flooding the mar-
ket with poorly finished animals
would be avoided.
"Hog marketings this fall are ex-
pected to set new'- records, so that
marketing of unfinished cattle at. the
same time will mean uneconomic use
of stock cars, as well as iinposing an
extra strain upon already overbr}rden-
ed stockyard and packing plant facili-
ties," said Mr. Gardiner. ,
Most livestock farmers in the -Pra-
irie Provinces had feed grain readily
available. For similar farmers in East-
ern Canada and British Columbia who
required to purchase feed grain to
supplement, if necessary, home-grown
grains, the Dominion 'Government had.
put in effect measures of assistance
to assure feed grain supplies at reas-
onable cost.
These measures included freight as-
sistance on feed grains, wheat, mill
feeds and No. 1 and No. 2 feed screen-
ings; a per -bushel subsidy on West-
ern wheat, oats 'and barley for feed-
ing in Eastern Canada, if stored by
oir l� 4e list bu�ae#,
ueut sp1 ,gaud toed 10!":90
t9oeo ` ),i,iT grata
¶bTbe fiote>".nmeast rra pd,
Cara i teed fra; ng. e.0,0444ftp tp::
three pegs cent dockage t 'be 4000.
direr. t AVM. Western pointe, to est-'
exn Panada wi
ft,kt.,,pasain'gr thl'oligl}.
terilli lal elevators for eleening, suet'
grain, -being eligible for free freight
assistance and other subsidies,
. "Eastern farmers May buy feed
grains direct from Western farmers,
and Western grain-growerswill be al-
lowed to ship some feed grain in ex-
cess of their delivery quotas," Mr.
Gardiner std, •
"Fastens farmers in zuauy eases
may not be in a position to purchase
individually grain, in carload lots, but
they should be able to do so co-opera-
tively. It is, therefore, obviously good
business for beef producers to take
advantage of this program and retain
unfinished cattle on feed as long as
economical gains are being -made" •
Mr. Gardiner said that "apparently
many producers had tarsen advantage
of the present opportunity and adopt-
ed. the Practice of better finishing.
During the first eight months of this
year,, beef carcasses have been •dress-
ing ont.on the average about twenty
pounds° -heavier than the correspond-
ing period of 1942.
"This • indicates that a good propor-
tion of cattle is being held to satis-
factory weights, although there is
still room for further improvement
"with respect to the lighter classes of
stock," he said.
Scrap Fats Have
Many War •Uses.
Inedible household' fats saved by
each and every housewife, and dis-
posed of through local salvage depots
or the neighborhood meat dealer, have
other war jobs in 'addition to supply-
ing glycerine for high explosives.
Added to its role of blaster, glycer-
ine plays the role of healer in hospr
tale for 'wounded'soldie's. It acts as'
the base for the sulpha drugs,. and Iia
a soothing healerof wounds and
burns.. " -
Fat in the form of etearic or fatty
acids is used in the manufacture of
synthetic rubber. It is also a major
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every penny we can spare into
Victory Bonds. That is to save
our money nous, when spend-
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