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The Signal, 1928-5-24, Page 6IIThe Weekly Farm Bulletin 11-a lls[aday, Kay 24, 192S. THE SIGNAL, A copy of the new Weed Act ip the Maybe. eetlwutavl annual consumption aail this week draw'* attention to the of sugar in; Canada is about factnmPtiO,- that this ace is now in forte, that tsar {roods. The average nniival pro • chief need inspector for the Pruviuee doctor fur lire: iaast few years has has been appointed. townships art• tme•n about 75,(xai.tltlel. If the labor selecting their luslectore, and the problem raising eouldi t3 (u low with sugarteet farmer is up agatust a new. law. golved ahoutti be a greatiopps,rtuuily for es- Weeehl listed as noxious under the passion here; hilt the labor problem is act are: Bladder eawplwi, ox -eye a merlons matter. dally, saw thistle, white cockle, wild At present augur beset production is chic- confined to southwestern Ontario and Data. Canada thistle. blue ward, ori, lax•►s, rugweed. ritrgrass, Russian southeni Alberta. Kent county baa by thistle, stickeetsi, stiukw•e•ed. tuwbliug far the largest acreage in this mustard, wild carrot, wild letr;ey, cite 1'nndnce. yhefoils, burdock. hawkweed, • field Sour ('ream Also. Milk peppergrass. and wild lettuce. When the new U. S. Import 'Every occupant of laud, or. if the ,act was first passed it was believed land is uaee•cupieel. the owner, shall that its provisions upplied only to destroy all weeds d,•signatavt niixious sweet market milk and cream, and that by the regulations as often in Seey sour cream for butter -waking need not comply. The U. S. consul -general now announxes, however, .that the act up - plies to all milk and cream regardless ess of the use to which it Is to be put. A Lost Opportunity. Purchase of unfinished lambs for special feeding has become au import- ant business in the vicinity of large livestock markets. Lambs coming in 1 at from 50 to 00 pounds are !,ought by 1 barkers and others and run out by trunk to feeding eertablishmeuts. It weals obvious that if latobs can be preotiteMy-31Hislred in this way they could have beeu finished on the farm to lay in 'The first place. as all the main hamto the point where it tgaes from I ,.,,atm of production have already been Ivo to six eggs to produce a laying' met by the time they are shipped. pullet. poultrymen. say. This is out Many of these lambs are marketed true of particular fico kli or particular light because they are not "doing well" season!, but on the average giver _usually because• of parasitic iufesta- several years tlwre stews no reason to tion. it is signitk•ant that these com- doubt the accuracy of the estimate mer•ial feeeotcrs wake a practice of 1-lere is a field of investigation which starting thew off with a vermifuge the u. A. C. poultry departureut is dose. working upon. If the investigations Cutworm That'. , oachiug, and meet with success it will mean much Cutworm time is approaching, to the fock owners of this Proiueeas With it comes the annual request for it is estlulated that nearly , au effective and cheap poison. flare dozen eggs go to waste in this way}.L use: 1n quantity sufficient for one year as is sudieleut to present the ripx'u{ug of the secede. 'It shall be the duty of every toad authority to ate that all weeds grow- Ing_,uls,n streets or highways under its ,jurisdiction - are cutdown or destroyed at the proper ti.me to Pre- vent the ripening of seed." Hatching Waste. in the old days it used to be fairly safe to count upon getting one hay tug pullet front each three egg* eet.. tit egg produced then pullet, enttailerea cockerel. a - felled thirdfellee. • produced a chick which failed to live in age. Nowadays 5attage'hat every year. • Leas Tabun). Marketing difficulties account for a decided drop in the tobacco acreage of the three southwestern counties of On- tario--Kea[.,Essex and Lambton. Last fall's was the largest crop ever bar - two consecutive evenings, utter t+ p.m., -ceded. prices broke sharply, and much so ussd thatai it will not dry out tau quickly of the leaf still -v -i- roaming uusoid"it' the sifaun. -'gt^"*"`. th.. 44"/"t e *14'111Willett is better. theep►ray Runes pool have met with but little success, rod? Both have their use, says Prof. and the e..agrerutice which is already 'J. E. Howitt of the O.A.C. The spray in ex:sccrk'e is not 'large enough to gun in the hands of an experle em(l - cope well the situation. Naturally. operator with pressure of at least 200 grower- ill iheSe totalities are going pounds behind it and a capacity of five • canny thi- year. and are cutting the' gallons or more •per minute is very a$eetive-and..has_enongh '' uneh" for_ use against the wind. Where thereis not enough power to give 210 pounds or where the operator Is inexperienced lhesod is better. acre: Fifty pounds wheat bran; one pvuuu parts green; wiz dry. ,lieu add one gallon of cheap molasses and enough water to give the mixture the consistency of moist sawdust. Divide in halt and brottika rt over the Reba ea QUICKLY BANI$MIO "I suffered years of agon through blind itching piles," says Mrs. W. Hughes, off Hochelaga St., Montreal "Pain, loss of strength, complete misery, was my daily lot until I came across Zam-Buk. I know now that there is nothing on earth to equal this grand herbal healer. Since it lifted me from misery my earnest wish is to make Zam-Buk known to all sufferers." to sea. Moves Pain Like Maglo l NATURE!' MERBAL • BALM GODERICH, ONT. Gardening Hints It will now be safe to put in the first of the gladiolus. This popular flower will come into bloom in from fifty to. ninety days, depending on variety, and heave, it a long season of dower- ing la desired, plauting of the quicker - blooming sorts Should be spread over a month. The gladiolus will grow in almost any soil, but does hest in a rich open loam, properly drafted. Plenty of moisture and sunshine Is ale- cesaary, though it is best to plant in a position where the bed will be shaded a little by light tree growth during the middle of the day. The site of the gladiolus bed should be changed from season to season to avoid injury from fungus diseases. Li sandy soil plant four inches deep. but only half this depth in heavy clay. When planted in elntnps for decorative effect, space about eight inches apart, but where grown for cut titterers one may plant about four lechers apart in rows in the vegetable garden. If the tiny bulbs which will be found clinging to the main bulbs or corms, when dug lu the fall, are to be utl,tzed, these may be planted about an inch apart in a row like onions. They sill attain full size in a year or two. Dig the moll to a good•depth, plant the-heies, and cul- tivate frequently until the plants make this impxossible. When the gladiolus spikes begin - to appear, sprinkle nitrate of-sudlatthe rate of about half an ounce per square yard around them every two or three weeks. In very hot Weather water well at night (if early morning, but late in the day during cold spells. Dahlia Culture The best time r., idiot dahlias In t f F.asteru c' a.:Ida is from the the advantages to he derived by having a proper rued organisation, receiving the grants and scientific supervision by the Government's district engineers. If the tnereast' in the subsidy to town- ships, recommended by the Good ltcads Asintiou. is adopted, there will be a further incentive to abolish statute labor. When the hundred per cent. is reached, and not till then, may we expect to have uniformly good township roads throughout the Pro- vince. ro vine. — --— ae seen , by ire rut ell.-thled ---- will ln Elgin and Norfolk the area Thai larger than it was a year ago it oxpletneil by the fact that much of the_ Wham) grown in these counties Is - the due -cured typo•, which hos rte --""wised in demand and which can nay - be grown succrsasfully now a certain port of sand. i The changing West. • lu time early days of the West, an old Westerner once said, you could In d SAME SYMPTOMS IN MANY CASES imagination e over the door e ' An Anaemic Condition Easily 1 k 11 words '0d "i't 11 Recognized—Calls for a p'ti but a my Bees hero-- uotnriu {s my ileitis." Blood Builder Activities of "Western" Have Wide Influence Apart from Times have changed, and the aver In most eases of anaemia the sywpo Training of Students—All of the People Reap Increas- age ps+•i,h• dwells a.el••Lic•r br,t up t tutus um almost cin- retie. The +++ on his lurid as a temporary place of _ termer gross pale .amid is easily tired j in��eneHt From Work of Institution. 'housence•. alllte pyoid its are now- after the least 'exertiet. The appetite' 'house' with the cord lmpdks." says patient loses ill W. L. Smith, former editor of The is tickle mud the j or is,;ght Sometimes es noses are l,e:In OT ALONE through their teaching of numbers of students Farmers Sun. He takes as typical and often 1110.1llty too sleep who go to them each year for intensive training along par - the d!he the interest.' st_ wi"in planting r par - around ate Lo,aeaU•urts—windbreaks. shelter , pelts. - ehruhas and flowers,* an•1 _pili-Ihere_ are fainting shier not many years ago was bald' spells. All this Shows that the LiiUS prairie. "Nine years ago during a is thin and iswatery. andtat the ,very ad daylight train journey of almost ten' iir'r sy ruph,m a,f this l then e t pry note from Regina westwarI homes.did Nems should take Dr. Williams' !'ink nut see a s ngle Inv near farm 1'ilhs the most reliable blood -leakier DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DOUBLES THE ENROLMENT tulles. well drained, deeply tilled and geper- ously fertilized loam. if the soli is heavy clay, loosen up by digging in wet) rotted humus, or even a little coal ashes. Dahlias will grow to a height of t11rr to six feet, and on this ac- count it is necessary to space them about the same distance apart. The tubers ,hould be placed on their sides with the buds pointing upwards lu holes six itches deep. Close to this drive a stout stake to which the main stem of the plant is tied loosely at in- tervals of about one foot. Nip off all but one or two side shoots and at least two-thirds of the buds where large flowers are desired. Order bulbs early, memas the choicest varieties are s clt•atied out. Prolonging 'Vegetable Season A continuous supply of vegetables can be secured if the earlier sorts, such as carrots, beets, onlous, lettuce, and spinach, are planted at iutetevals of ■ week or tell days until the end of June. One must cultivate frequently. thin out ' well, and fertilise heavily Illi some quickly available material like nitrate of soda every ten days. if the plants are to be kept going and the resulting crop made tender. Where possible, soak well with water every three or four days, if the weather is very dry.lt is well to remember Chet one thorough soaking a week is worth a dozen get ast daily t sprinklings. After watering. the hoe or scuffler and loosen up the iature mac be TEA 888 Infinite pains—hours of study and thought to every small particular—the most carefully trained tea organization In the world, buying the best teas, blending most skilfully —packing the best way. So Is "SALADA'S" delicious flavour guarded. top growth so that mu preserved. .}'ollow the early crops of spinach. lettuce, radish. and onions, I with later -maturing sorts such as to- matoes, beets, ea mots, beans, and - core. These can be Interplanted with the early vegetables., and will not need full room until the first named are taken out and consued,or> 1Hasadling TsIses The main planting of tomatoes sty be risked now in most sections of Eastern ()amide. This plant prefers warm open soil and must be grown sh quickly. Wherever possible, it Amulet encourage be staked to n ourage fruiting. NIp most o off all side branched and train main last .week in ]pay until Ale middle of stem to a central stake about five feet foot with soft twlue or raffia. When the stew reaches the top of the stake, pinch otT to hurry ripening of the later formed fruit. When staked, tomatoes may be grown about two feet apart In rows three feet apart. Sowing Annuals Sowing annual flower seeds in the open ground the second or third week in May has proved very successful. Slate++ might be marked out by prem' ing a pail -bottom in the soil. clow the seed in the apace marked, and dust lightly with gasxl soil.' Asters, tagetes, phlox i►rummondi, petunias, zinnias, June. The most -usable soil is sandy 1 high. Tie loosely at intervals of a candytuft, tntapxlragon, etc., will all make a brilliant show during the sum- mer if seed is sown in this manner. Tbb "Robin" Is Net Papular (Regina Leader) If there is any truth in the report that a "round robin," calling for in- creases In the inde'wuitles of members of Parliament. is being. or has been, a•ircu,ated, the u+etn'ers responsible for this usoveunent and any w•ho may ought to be I i t the r•t tiWI a l K have signede I heartily ashamevl of themselves. UPWARD Quiet, Homelike Comfortable Many tra,t'krs stop at our If0'IF1 S because they find quiet surroundings. homelike atmosphere and comfortable accommodations at moderate prices. 41o1els MADISON • LENOX MAARNON NSAR owl awes" PARK paha! UNIVERSITY SERVES THE THEIR U HE PEOPLE OF WESTERN ONTARIO 1 Weil As the hahsxe hee•e,mao tnlmue- titular lines, but through their ever widening influence, as the sympatoms become more Pro well, `upon the trend of public welfare and activities generally, universities today are indispensable in every phase of human existence and endeavor the civilized world over. A nation owes the productive ' wealth of its mineral and timber resources, the development of its agricultural riches, the In, that icnu,• stretch last spring 1 doli yrmt-ttert'r • a (tbouf t«rrit:-ith°ww- °-44lo'mul ,. not recall a sing) farm home 1 Sinn „t this tue•dicine is lot enrich the' efficiency of its industrial exploitation, its prestige and attain. witnessed between Calgary am • a5 " s dish r x•nr. Amcmg les. YaJMa a tfta lWil ell was _ .il)rJ21C 1 y rti11°t"1'""`� � menus in the fields of l fence, and -the -good good h�dth of iia people in facet. if the traveller d keeps Ills 1 tisrtn +sntx • cal t m i { u,ett,e aha. have reasa,ta to Pi•mtse both mind and body, in great measure to its universities. They face turned to the window l lion n' this medicine is Ctrs. ?ti E. l'athertun• Winnipeg cud Regina be will notice tharaklirl, N.it. whet says:•-1•:1Maatt have been and continue to be the discoverers, the pioneers, the moreat the skyline is broken by timber to ale teems. ng" i iscame very much leaders and the co-workers in the whole unending process of fnrfo c tlr than it is 1u Sincere run down. I could not eat, sleep nor ,advan•cement. or (lntann counties'" rat, and i grew:_ so nervous that the ]Jai Horse Trials, smaTe t ' Gantries w'mrbd • annoy me. It is a significant fact, one of }Meld trial„ four s:ul,ilc floras have. gi.iyshlally I grew so weak that I did which the people and the universities gong Ixen held in England. but alibi' not hose strength to move about with- of Canada may be justly proud, that the so of the Dominion t cion as a people P whole stand at the head of the line of all the peoples of the world as the most practically intelligent. The primary and secondary schools of the country have had a large share in the attainment of that position, but to its universities goes the palm of principal achievement. For it is from them that have come the teach- ers, from them the men and women, now tova never been held here. The; roti hop. !W s jst a miserable first ir Canada and according to its. wreck. and became very much diseour- p(etmutera the first on the Auxrfeu° ngeet. ns I had tried nmany me•dlcinen continent is to ire held at Aurora text which failed to help nes In this fall. Horses will be sent vier a toil+' wretcheii state a- friend urged me to Of typical country, with water, lanes try Dr. William+ Pial Pine. 1 did and at bank to ewes. stump and rail wand before long found they were feints, gates to open front the hors+•. lclptng me. Gle,ily I eo'utinued taking sic,. Neighboring- municipalities are t}n• ga pills until I fully reineal my .cling il,Ule to the svae e,e t(. *lib unit ifin•iacih itli,1 i have 'rime- The line The object of the meet is the prune,. :eiintimmed in the best of health. later'I and from them the ideas and meth - thin of interest in light horse breeding. my daughter Ise xu/e nnnemk and six i oda—and the application of those The l'anadiau Hunter. Saddle and boxes of the pills restored her to ideas and methods, that have given Light H"rr Improvement Wa•k•ty ix, health+. strength and molar. Naturally! so largely to Canadian education. the erganizntfon Ireland it. I actcida•r per. Williams' Pink !'ills aI Canadian agriculture, Canadian 4 hla'•siug to week. ria -down people." I science, Canadian industry. Can - You cull get they pills through any' adian public life and Canadian good ,la•aeer in nle•dleine. or lay mail nt frb' health the hallmark of collective, Ducts a baox from Thi' Dr. Williams' j comparative supremacy. I Medicine Co.. ilraekeillc. (int. 1 In the Province of Ontario, with Its large centralization of population. Abolition of Statute IAber ! the situation in this respect la the a Milniciiaul World) ' more striking, while in Western On - in the lion. t;. S. Henry's addmss• tario--"the garden of Canada"—the !cense the (atlter{s (:oats Roads A:aeu position finds still greater emphasis. This Preston FORAFORD Garage Size sit. dia. x 16 ft. (kh., moo ad Ars a. aerie soy area FIREPROOF, readycut,com- pact, Preston Garages are perfect in design and a source of real satisfaction They resist thieves ... last ... are handsome in appearance ... low in cost. K'nte for fire (crop folk" Eastern ioducts tmia PRESTON. ONT. Termitee- ale uevad ., blast ta.aas�a • +Nis Ow Lad- Oar i,,tiem last Febrtnry, he named the Here, in the agriculturally -richest townships which still favor stntntee and second industrially -greatest sec - labor instend of taking advantage of lion of Canada, are one hundred ser- ail(' Highway Impltayement• ACI and ondary schools, or one-third of the receiving from the Government thirty total number of such schools in the per rent. of amount spent by the muni- entire province. In these schools is ibrality m, highways, within the or -;,more than one-third of the total eec- ganized cnmtiss of this Province I ondary school population of the pro - there are four hundred and thirty- tinct. Above, the School of Medicine; the College of Arta, with its ()panty of Middlesex war memorial tower; the Natural Sciences building. Below, the institute of Public Health and, left to right, Arthur T. Little, chairman of the Board of Gov- ernors oversors of cite University; perArtmur W. anent foudnelation te. fund of $2,000,n of the lc000 for the University, alf Fund it in the 14 counties , which masks to raise a necessary prem � Western Ontario: Dr. W. Sherwood I•'ox, preeWent and vice-chancellor of the University. out of it has issued a great unde- nominational university, with its denominational affiliated colleges, but with its own identity, function. the e influence dedicated to and ser- vice of all of the people throughout its constituency irrespective of their creeds. The fourteen counties of Western Ontario—llrant, Bruce, Elgin, Esse, Gray, Huron. Kent, Lambton, Mid- dlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Perth, Wat- erloo and Wellington—are by law the prescribed constituency of the Univertity. The Board of Governors of the University is representative of the whole of Western Ontario. Every one of. the fourteen counties within its jurisdiction is represented in the Senate of the University. The Uni- versity of Western Ontario is under complete public control. It is a University of and for the people. From the fourteen Western On- tario counties every year go increas- ing numbers of young men and young women to their nearby Uni- versity, and through its portals to wider opportunities; some to fame and fortune. Student Enrolment Doubled seven townships. Of these, three Mandrel and eeventy4lve have abol- ished statute labor, appointed road sups•rintendents, and are receiving the Government subsidy. Sixty-two town- I Ontario. whips only have failed to join the A Great University nuke of those interested in a really Like nearly all other seats of progrnflsive road program. Twenty higher learning established on this nine of thew slaty ttvo townflhlpt+ are continent during the last century, The University of Western Ontario And in the heart of this populous district of agricultural and indus- trial greatness constantly becoming greater, is The University of Western not rtenciing assistance from any sonree. while thirty three eiretvt grants under the (kdontrntion Roads .act This Is a big step forward. eightyele per cent having abolished statute labor. It only remains now to prove to the other fourteen per cent. had its beginning in an institution for the development of young men for the Ministry. Huron College still lives to continue its service in the cause of the Christian Church, but things. First. of the realization that is fixing itself securely and perman- ently in the minds of centralized communities everywhere, that a uni- versity education is a vital factor for the greater success and happiness of the individual, man or woman, no matte* what his or her present sta- tion may be, and no matter in what field of endeavor his or her future lies; that the day when the univer- sity or college was a place apart, err re- in a sed for the training of doctors, lawyers, preachers and teachers, long since has passed. Whether it be in agriculture or in business, the man or woman going out into the world today, or remaining at home. who has not the background of knowledge or the command of pres- ent-day methods and mechanisms. cannot hope to compete with those who possess that background and and that training. The nation's leaders In the turmoil of human af- fairs today are the beat authorities for that observation. So great, in fact, has been the re- cent demand for university educa- tion particularly In this progressive section of the Dominion, that the ,student enrolment at The4QJJniversity of Western Ontario has dalubled dur- ing the last five years: a growth of demand for university service phen- omenally in excess of anything ever before experienced by any Canadian university. And what Is significant to a re- markable degree is the fact that the majority of these students go to the University not from the urban com- munities, but from the rural dis- tricts. More than half of the total number of students now attending The University of Western Ontario. are from homes in the thirteen coun- ties of Western Ontario outside the university county of Middlesex. This is painted indication of two the university there. Moreover, in London, students are within a short distance of their homes, a fact of much importance to parents, and as London is not a large city in the ordinary sense, it is free from the many distractions of a great metro- polis." Minimum of Exorcise Second, it is indication that the people of Western Ontario rapidly have come to recognize in The Uni- versity of Western Ontario the -logi- cal outlet for their own demand for higher education. Nor could this recognition be at all possible but for two all important considerations, namely, that (1) the standards of teaching at The University of West- ern Ontario are of the highest: proven the equal of the best and su- perior to some, particularly in re- spect of ability to adhere to that invaluable policy of intimate, in- dividual instruction of the student, and (2) that economy of tuition. transportation and living costs makes possible the minimum of expense. But. as it was stated in the begin- ning. It is not alone through its teaching of numbers of students who go to it for training along specific lines, but through its influence upon on the trend of public affairs generally that the university today is indis- pensable. The University Influence The work and influence of The University of Western Ontario throughout the fourteen counties of its constituency is tp be seen on every hand. The Faculty and Insti- tute of Public Health alone serves upward of 180 separate communities in co-operation with public health officials, physicians. nurses and others interested or engaged in the all -Important business of preserva- tion of health and prevention of dis- ease. As the Hon. John S. Martin, pro- vincial minister of agriculture, re- cently declared before an audience representative of the rural districts of Western Ontario, "but for the existence of The University of West- ern Ontario in the very heart of the community, a university education would be impossible for many who are now able to benefit by it. Higher living costs alone, in Toronto for in- stance, would add from one hundred to two hundred dollars a year to the cost of sending a son or daughter to every year, and annually the scope) of the work is being extended. In Agriculture And of particular importance to the rural citizens is the University's work in agricultural research. Al- ready this work has obtained wide recognition and is about to be ex- tended in keeping with present-day indications of what lies ahead, for it has been forecast on the basis of definite evidence in that direction 1 that Western Ontario in the near fu- ture is to experience an intensive de- velopment of Its agricultural al r e- o re- sources on a scale hitherto not dreamed of. For fifty years The University ofi Western Ontario has been servingl the people of Western Ontario with I increasing generosity and productive' efficiency. During that half -century it has been confronted by and has overcome many obstacles, some of I which have at times threatened BS' very life. But it has never before sought the help of those whom it has served beyond the circle of its immediate situation. The influence of the work of the Faculty of Medicine, officially recog- nized as in the first class among institutions of the kind on this con- tinent, is felt throughout the West- ern Ontario district and beyond. Its contributions tosmedical and surgical knowledge and practice, thorough.re- search and study are internationally notable, and its accumulation of the best and latest in understanding and methods from the great medical and surgical centres of the world gives to it a value to the people of West- ern Ontario that is beyond estimate. To both the urban and rural com- munities of Western Ontario, the work of the Department of Exten- sion and Adult Education and of the Summer School and Extra Mural De- partment is of far-reaching import- ance. These departments do not wait for the student to come to them; they carry the elements of university training and study into the homes of (hose who are prevented by circum- stances from attending the regular courses, or who desire to take up one or other form of special study. Hun- dreds of individuals in all walks of life are benefiting by this service Today, however, The University of Western Ontario is faced by a genuine crisis in its affairs brought about by the larger demands placed upon it by the people of its whole constituency. The one solution of its problem is that all of those whom it serves must unite to nssume their share of the responsibility for main- taining Its service. The Government of the Province is generously provid- ing partially toward that solution. The City of London is bearing a fair share of that responsibility, and the people of London are assuming their share as individuals and as a com- munity. The share of each of the fourteen counties of Western On- tario has been soundly established, and the government, the leaders In the religious. educatlonll, agricul- tural, industrial and social life of the whole district of Western On- tario have expressed themselves as confident that the citizens of West- ern Ontario counties will flee incum- bent upon themselves the moral re sponsibility and the material neces- sity for making certain that the University that is theirs shall not falter for want of their understand- ing and action.