The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1932-01-14, Page 6JMW ti,- 1932 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE
News and Information
for The Busy Farmer
^Furnished by the Ontario Depart pceut of Agriculture)
Feb, 2-—Ontario Field Crop and
Head Growers, Toronto,
Feb. ,3'—Ontario Plowmen's As
sociation, Toronto.
Feb, 4-5-—Ontario Association of
Fairs and Exhibitions, Toronto.
Feb. 10—The Ontario Vegetable
growers, Toronto.
Feb. 11-12—Ontario Horticultural
^Association, Toronto.
enue of $69,940,000. The consumer
paid an average price of 38.5 cents
u iloxen or a total of $117,176,000,
The difference of $47,234,000 is the
sum contributed to 'business’ in the
way of transportation, storage, mer
chandising and incidental costs,”
est rooted of all the cereals. Be
cause of these two points, barley
does best of all cereals ou ground
which is sufficiently drained and
hence is cold and bacWard in
spring, In recent experiments by
the Department of Chemistry, Q, A.
C„ is was noted that the highest
yields of barley were realized where
it followed a root crop. The depart-,
m ent’s experiments with fertilizer
on barley, showing a big increase in
yield Where fertilizers were used,
are important in view of the fact
that this province last year sowed
508,000 acres of barley,
Cleaning Out couch
The eradication of couch grass,
Otherwise known as quack, twitch
or scratch grass, is one of the hard
est problems with which the farmer
-lias to deal. Few people realize the
enormous quantity of couch grass
roots which exists in infested soil.
Tests conducted by the Central Ex
perimental Farm at Ottawa show
weights of roots ranging from 1,531
io 6,997 pounds to the acre—as
■much as a heavy .crop of hay, No
wonder it is hard to clean out when
it spreads by roots as well as seed.
Thoroughly cleaning out the roots is
-the one effective way of getting rid
■of couch. In small areas by shal
low plowing and working thorough
ly with the cultivator to keep the
roots turned- up to the sun long
enough for them to “kill.” Only
fis large an area as can he thorough
ly cleaned up at one time should be
■undertaken, as half-way measures
are only lost time and effort.
Ship Approved Cockerels
Under the federal policy of cock
erel distribution arrangements have
been made to ship male birds which
have passed inspection to Ontario
points to supply demands for the
coming breeding season. One lot of
200 cockerels is being shipped from
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to
Ontario, while^another lot of around
500 birds is -being shipped from the
Western Provinces also to Ontario.
Most of these birds are Barred Ply
mouth Rocks and Wyandottes.
for <cr ate
middlings;
equal parts
oats and
Hay Market Quiet
The hay market is reported as ex
tremely quiet throughout Canada.
The domestic demand during Decem
ber was light as compared with
other years, owing to the mild
weather. The usual movement of
hay to lumber, mining and road con
struction camps was not as brisk as
in other years,
for hay continues
unless it improves
tial movement is
largo quantities of
still in growers’ hands in many parts
of Canada. Prices being paid
immediate needs of the trade
much lower than in other years,
Hamilton, a concerted effort is to
be made to provide next season
against any repetition of the disas
trous marketing, season experienced
by many growers this year,
In so far as fruit and vegetables
are concerned dependable informa
tion has been available from prac
tically all producing districts in
Canada with the exception of On
tario. This has resulted in Ontario
production always being a most dis
turbing factor on domestic and ex
port markets and the returns to the
growers for their production highly
unsatisfactory. With this informa
tion. available for Ontario, however,
an accurate estimate of
production can be made
closed working facilities
ranged between all the
vegetable producing provinces
order that the greatest advantage
may be taken of all possible mar
kets.
Canadian
and thus
can be ar-
fruit and
in
CROMARTY.
Mr. and Mrs. MelviUa Gray ami
Mr. and Mrs. L A. SadlQD of Btaffa,
were guests of Mr. and. Mrs. Frank
Bruce Wednesday evening of last
week.
Mr. Filiner Cfiappel has left for
Harriston where he has taken a new
position,
Mrs. Frank Bruce is holidaying
with friends around Dashwood and
Exeter.
Mr. ah'd Mrs, L R. Jackson (nee
Becky Bruce) are the proud parents
of twins girls born January 3rd at
Grace Hospital, Windsor.
The Leap Year dance held in
Walker’s Hall on Friday night last
was well attended and all report a
good time.
Mr, and Mrs,
the past week
friends.
Miss Brown,
itor at the Cromarty Manse at pres
ent.
On Wednesday 23 between Christ
mas and the New Year being the
occasion of the twenty-fifth anniver
sary of the wedding of Mr, and Mrs,
Wm. Houghton. They-were at Home
to a large gathering of theii* friends,
the celebration being held in Walk
er’s Hall. There was a large crowd
present and all spent a very enjoy
able evening,
ing
life
for
Ray McCulloch spent
in Toronto visiting
of Toronto, is a vis-
Alfall'a
The export demand
to be poor and
no real, substan-
expected- of the
■commercial hay
for
are
For Poultry
green state has long
as- an ideal poultry
in conjunction with
It is
XV , o.
The
T. U. HOLDS MEETING
regular meeting Of the XV. C.
U. was held in the School room of
Church with a small at-
Miss Murray, the presi-
in the chair. IMrs, Pearce
Canadian Eggs Best
The per capita consumption
x&ggs in Canada is
. 366.18 a year, according to ,J. A.
?4Corroll, “secretary of the Ontario
'Marketing Board, a record unequal
led 'by any -other country, because
■of the fact that Canada produces
the best eggs. Mr. Carroll gives as
-the underlying reason^.the fact that
^Canadian eggs are government grad
ed, and declares: "Guesswork is
-eliminated. The annoyance and dis
appointment of .paying for a high
.quality product and receiving an in
ferior one, is a thing of the past in
-Canada, so fai’ as the egg business
as concerned. The -old expression,
Tet the-buyer -beware,’ is -obsolete in
this country when eggs are being
jpu-rchased. The Canadian consum
er decides the quality of eggs he or
-slie purchases, not the dealer, pro
viding the eggs are bought by grade.
As for the effect of tills huge con-
,-sumption on general prosperity, con-
. .aider these figures. The farmer re-
-ceived-an average price of 23 cents
st dozen for his eggs, or a total rev-
of
approximately
according to ,J.
Fattening Poultry
In crater-feeding poultry particu
lar -care should be taken to feed
a ration which will produce the
white fat and the milk-fed quality.
The following ration lias been test
ed and found suitable
feeding: Equal parts of
ground oats and barley;
of middlings, ground
ground new potatoes; equal parts of
middlings, ground oats and mashed
potatoes; equal parts of middlings,
ground oats and cornmeal; equal
parts of shorts, ground oats and
ground barley; equal xiarts of low
grade flour, ground barley and
ground oats; equal parts of ground
whole wheat, ground parts of ground
whole wheat, ground whole oats and
ground whole barley; equal parts of
ground 'barley, ground buckwheat
and bran.
high
that
Alfalfa in the
been recognized
feed when used
the usual grains and marshes,
used extensively as.range or as cut
green feed for birds in confinement
during the spring, summer and fall
months in most alfalfa-growing ar
eas, but the value of the hay as- a
winter feed is not so generally
knowp. So much of the year’s suc
cess depends on the number and
quality of chicks hatched each
spring, that it is important to do all
possible to increase the fertility and
hatchibility of the eggs and the liv
ability of the chicks, Experiments
have shown that 20 per cent, better
fertility and 6.4 per cent, better hat
chability of fertile eggs can be ob
tained from birds where alfalfa hay
instead of straw is used as litter in
the breeding pens. The alfalfa
should be used as litter' during the
winter months preceding the breed
ing season and the same treatment
given to males and remales.
Barley Crop Important
Barley has competed strongly
with wheat as a revenue producer
on Ontario farms.- This grain holds
an important place, for several rea
sons. It is comparatively
yielder. Experiments show
mixed with early oats, returns from
the combination exceed highest yield
obtainable from either grain separ
ately. Also, in analyses, it is shown
that in carbohydrates and protein,
barley compares very favorably with
field corn. Barley is also the north
country corn. In northern counties,
where early frosts render the grow
ing season too short for the produc
tion of large -crops of corn, barley is
found to be an excellent substitute
It grows rapidly and is the shallow-
Ontario Growers’ Council Asks
Growers Register Acreage
Forms are being sent out as wide
ly as possible to fruit, and vegetable
growers requesting them to register
with the Ontario Growers’ Council
the acreage of the various 'crops- they
grow and intend to produce next sea
son. Any grower who does not re
ceive a form is asked, to write for
one, to the Secretary, Ontario Grow
ers’ Markets Council, Bruce Bldg.,
CANADA OFFERS PARADISE TO HUNTERS
T
James St.
tendance,
dent, was
led in the devotional service, several
hymns were sung and the prayers
were offered by different members
and the lesson was taken from Phil,
3, 13i-21. Miss Murray reported
that the ten dollars donated ,by the
W. C. T. U, for prizes, had been dis
tributed amongst those who had been
successful in the recent temperance
examinations in the Sunday Schools.
Miss Murray read a. letter sent out
from the Provincial President, Mrs.
Kerr. The temperance work we are
engaged in is God’s will for us. The
misery, debauchery and crime due to
the consumption of alcoholic liquors
cannot be a- part of God’s will for
his human family. Therefore, in an
endeavour to eliminate tiie resultant
effects, we are organized to battle
with the cause, namely, the use of
alcoholic liquors for beverage pur
poses. To meet the present need a
private sanatorium has recently been
opened for the treatment of alco
holics. Under the O. "T. A. those
places were closed because of lack
of customers. Wherever the ” facil
ities for drinking are increased, there
is always the corresponding increase
in consumption and attendant evils.
Mrs. Pearce read an article from the
White Ribbon Tidings “Where de
pression is not felt.” The clip-sheet
was then taken up with Mrs. Bell as
leader. Some interesting -and start
ling facts were given. Dor the first
seven months of 1930> the expendi
ture for ordinary purposes- of gov
ernment for all Canada was less than
the total value of the silver mines of
ion in the same year. [Ontario spent
in alcohol 2 5-2 8ths of the silver pro
duced for the world in 1930. Ontario
drank up in 1930 about 25-28th of
the tatol value of the silver mines of
all Canada—thirsty Ontario. Mrs.
Pearce suggested a change in the
day of meeting, the last Thursday of
the month was suggested as a bet
ter day, but it was left over until
the next meeting.
FORMER RESIDENTS CELEBRATE
55th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Recently Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Skinner, of Shallow Lake, celebrat
ed the 55tli anniversary of their
marriage. In 1877 Mary Walrond
of the village of Exeter, and Thom
as Skinner, of Usborne Township,
were united in marriage at the home
of the bride’s parents,
moon .trip was to
stead in Keppel
County, which is
the youngest son,
Their lioney-
the farm liome-
Township, Grey
now owned, by
, Harvey. They re
tired from active farm life, ten years
ago, and moved to Shallow Lake.
It is time Well .spent to hear the
couple, tdl experiences in the pion
eer days when the land was covered
with solid bush. tA family of six
.children, four sons and two daugh
ters, were born of the union, five of
whom are still living. They are:
William, proprietor of Lambeth
Dairy, Lamibetli; Robert, of Saska
toon; Ernest, Hamilton; Harvey, on
the homestead at Shouldice and Mrs.
D. Gardiner, Chatsworth. There are
28 grandchildren ana nine
grandchildren. Mrs. Skinner
born at Exeter on February 9,
great
■was
1852,
With the fall of the leaf and the
tang of autumn in the air the
fishing rod is laid aside and the
Nimrods look to their rifles And
shotguns, as the hunting season is
ushered in. *,?rue to her reputation
as one of the world’s greatest play*
■grounds, Canada offers a wide
range of sport, furred, feathered
and horned, to all who care to
penetrate its far-flung hinterlands.
From coast to coast, all along the
vrask system of the Canadian Paci
fic Rad way, there ate donfitloss es-
tablished points of entry into the
Woods, and mountains, readily
accessible to those in search of
games . The shores of countless
lakes, rivers, and creeks, abound
with all varieties of duck and goose
and are not infrequently the scene
of the termination of successful
expeditions after moose, elk and
deer of all kinds. New Brunswick
rivals Ontario and Quebec as moose
territory, While • further west, the
towering Rockies offer their tribute
of bear, mountain sheep and
mountain goat. Bear are also plen
tiful m the Ontario northland and
m certain parts of Quebec. With
a view io preservation, various
changes have been made this year
m the game laws of all Canadian
provinces, but even with the new
restrictions a broad period of
hunting is offered and the invading
army from Canadian centres, as
well as from the United States, is
already starting on its expedi
tions.
PASS MUSICAL EXAM;-,'.
WITH HIGH HONORS
Mr. LeVerne Morle$, A.L.C.M.,
and liig pupils are to be congratu
lated -on the results of a recent ex
amination held by the London Col
lege of Music (Eng.) All three of
Mr, Morley’s pupils who tried the
examination passed with the high
marks of ninety, eiglity-six and
eighty-two respectively. The suc
cessful candiates were, .Miss Greta
O, E. Broadfoot, Miss Violet (H.
Tyndall and Miss Grace Lindsay.
These three young ladies can now
write A.L.C.M* after their names.
Mr, Morley is only twenty-three
years old and there are the first pu
pils lie has preared for this advanc
ed examination. An interesting
comment on his work was made by
the examiner who is quoted official
ly as saying “I found these three
the most promising of the pupils I
have examined.” We add our con
gratulations and wish Mr. Morley
continued success with fils' work.
SHALS AND JMPI4>Mi4S
presented ;
At the Sunday School session lb
the Main United Church Sunday
afternoon seals and diplomas wera
presented to those scholars who had!
been faithful in their attendance
during the past year, and there were
fifty recipients. Eight diplopias forj
the first year were given out; 4 so*
cond year seals; 3 third year seals;!
4 fourth year seals; 2 fifth yeatl
seals; 1 sixth; 3 eighth; 1 ninth; 2J
tenth; :3 eleventh; 1 twelfth. Th0
highest was for the sixteenth year)
presented to Mr. Chas. Aidworth.;
Mrs. George Dayton gave a fine mis*
sionary address, At the evening),
servire the Pastor, Rev. C. J, Moor
house, presented Mr. H. J. Kesfl®,
with a copy of the new Hymnary.;
Mr, Kestle and Mr. H, Jennings wera
winners of a prize for havng thft-
largest families present on family)
night at the previous Sunday even*
ing, but Mr. Jennings’ was unable toj
be present Sunday evening to re*
ceive his copy of the hymnary, !
A woman can easily make a mats;
go up in the air. Her troubled
seems to be in landing him, ,
A-ll present extend-
to Mr, and Mrs. Houghton long
and prosperity and good luck
the coming year,
MBS. DALLEY LEAVES $588,410.
Mrs. Mabel Dailey, of Hamilton,
widow of the founder of the F. F.
Dailey Manufacturing company, left
an estate of $5 88,413. Mrs, P. H.
Douglas, a daughter, and. F. F. and
J. N. Dailey, sons, each (inherit
$175,101. In addition, Mrs. Doug
las receives the household furniture
and motor cars. Bequests of $5,000
each were made to the widows’ and
orphans’ fund 'of the Anglican dio
cese of Niagara, babies’ dispensary
guild and the woman's board of the
Hamilton Health Association. Mr.
P. H. Douglas was a former Blyth
boy.
MASONS CUT THROUGH TWO
FOOT WALL TO GET AT
CASH
After the best part or a day with
out its cash and books owing to the
vault combination refusing to re
spond when it came time to com
mence the day’s business, the Bank
of Montreal at Goderich is again do
ing business as usual. Masons cut
through two feet of brick and plas
ter to make a hole largo enough for
a man to -crawl thr-ougn, It was -a
long and arduous task. The man
then removed the plats from the
lock
bolt
was
on the inside and snapped the
opening the door. The lock
found to foe defective.
HONORED ON SILVER
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
■Mrs. Lawrence McDonald (nee
Ruiby Hedden) entertained some 30
friends at her home on Briscoe St..
London to a euchre in Honor of her
mother and .father Mr. and Mrs. S.
Hedden, who were celebrating their
silver wedding anniversary. Ladies’
prizes wore won .by Mrs, Dear, Miss
Lois Dear and Miss Jean McDonald
and the gents by Mr. R. Hedden,
Mr. F. Calmain and Mr. J. Jarrott.,
A dainty luncheon was served from
prettily decorated tables, the attrac
tion- of interest, being the wedding
cake, having an orament of real
flowers. ‘The hostess was assisted
by Miss Gertrude McNaughton- and
Miss Marguerite Bloomfield. Mr.
and >Mrs. Hedden received many
pretty and useful gifts.
CYCLONE HOCKEY SCHEDULE
At a meeting or the Cyclone
Hockey League held, in Crediton on
December 30th the following sche
dule was drawn up for the -coming
season;
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan,
Jan.
Jan.
Managers of each team to
an executive of the league:
Reith, Zurich; Ad. Tieman,
wo,od; Lloyd Fahner, Crediton and
A. C. Ravelie, Grand Bend.
8—Grand Bend at Crediton
8—Zurich at Dashwood
11—Dashwood at Zurich
11—-"Crediton at Grand Bend
1'5—Grand Bend at Dashwood
15—-Zurich at Crediton'
19—Dashwood at Crediton
19—Grand Bend at Zurich
22—Crediton a? Dashwood
2'5-^Zurich at Grand Bend.
29—Crediton at Zurich
29—-Dashwood at Grand Bend
form
Wm.
Dash-
In 193Q the Canadian Pacifier
Cany
year
over
com*-
______ Uan*7
ada from its incorporation to date-
to more than $121,000,000.
Railway paid out in taxes in
ada $7,447,605 and for the
1931 its taxes will run to
$7,500,000, This brings the
pany’s total tax payments in
Jim Londos. world heavyweight
wrestling champion, on a recent},
trip into the New Brunswick;
woods, bagged a ” ‘ ‘
weighing 800 lbs, wounded by two shots, charged
Londos who dropped his rifle and!
resorted to a knife with which
killed the bear.
black bear.,.
The animal..
Nova Scotia is coming into itw
own as a holiday province, In
1931 more than a quarter of a-
million tourists visited the prov
ince, the largest number of sum*-
mer visitors in its history, accord*
ing to records by Hon. P. CD
Black, provincial Minister of
Highways.
To have joined the Canadianr
Pacific Railway at the time of its
organization in 1S81 and in th®><4
last seven years to have examin
ed more men for promotion to en
gineer rank, than any other em
ployee of the company, is the out
standing record of Albion Maynes,
of Toronto, who has just retired
from the position of Rule Exa
miner for the Motive Power de*
partment at Montreal. . ;
The Brockville Recorder in al
recent editorial urges all Cana
dians who are figuring on holi
daying outside the Dominion this
winter -to consider the advantages
of British Columbia where th®
Canadian dollar stands at par and
where the climate is the equal of
any to be found in the United
States. Greafc Britain, the edit
orial adds, has set the example
for Britishers which Canadians’
should be patriotic enough to fol*
low. " »
The high reputation of. Canada!
for the pacific settlement of dis*
putes with foreign powers is ad ,
example that exei'cs considerable
influence in the councils of the;
league of Nations and indicates
that the Dominion should play ad
important part in the coming dis
armament conference at London,',
says Colonel David Carnegie, C,i
B. E., noted lecturer on the pro-'
mo'cion of peace, who recently;
sailed for Great Britain aboard,
the Duchess of Richmond. <•
Beginning their first Canadian^
tour, the ski teams of the Univer
sities of Oxford and Cambridge,
arriving at Halifax by Canadian-
Pacific steamship Montcalm, went
on via Mon'tre.al to Lucerne-in-
Quebec and from thence went to-
S’tc. Marguerite in the Laurcntians
where they will contest against
each other and with Canadian
universities. The teams worn
welcomed at the Windsor station,
Montreal by Lord Duncannon,,
sori of the Governor-General, him
self an under-graduate of Cam-
bridge University. ' t,
Montreal, Windsor station First
Aid Police team are the 1931
Canadian Pacific All-Lines chain—
pions having defeated the western!
champions of Nelson,. B.C., by?
13% points in the finals recently^
decided. The Police team have'-
von every First Aid competition’-
In Canada posrihle for a policer
team to win, Including the Quebefe-
Provincial . c.lmmpionsiiip-, the
Rhauglinessv Shield,, representing
rhe championsbin Of Easfcrp Can
ada and the. Shot wood Sb-;»«IU em-
idvtnatic of the police champion-
Ship vf Canada.
SUFFERED FOR YEARS
FROM CONSTIPATION
Mrs. C. Rafuise, 28 Vernon St., HalifaJ
N.S., writes;—“I had suffered for yetf
from constipation. v
For several days at a time my bowdi
wduld not move and only when esabted
r by laxatives, and after a while each kml
of laxative I would take seemed to loeJ
its effect untih finally, a friend ndvbedl
iue to use Milburn’s Laxa-Liver PilW»
and since using same have had ho trOiiNtf
and I am greatly pleased with the rcadtti I have had from these pills.'' »
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