The Brussels Post, 1938-3-9, Page 2THE BRUSSELS POSE' vv,RDNnsDA,x, MAIICH 9th, 1088
News and Iatarmatran
for The Busy Farmer
Horses In Demand
'1n nine Weeding station dlgt'rlcts
in; Oanada, saddle and hunter horses
and horses for malice, t mote t, and
light delivery purposes, are being
produced fn considerable numbers.
This type of horse ie in keen de-
mand do Canada and In the United
States, and there Is little likeliness
hood of any Beeline in 'popularity,
Home breeding elalis' among Can
adieu fstmeia increased from 125
in 1933 to 264 in 1937, winds the
• number of purebred .lballions guaLl.
Eying for approval in 1987 showed
an increase of 21 per cent, over
1936.
Seed Growers' Convention
The next annual meeting of tale
Canadian Seed ()rowers,' Association
will be held at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, Guelph, Ont, The
dates set for the meetings are June
1+5th, 16th and 174b, 1938, and plans
are under way for a busy three
days, It is expected that workers
in the promotion of improved seed
production from coast to const will
be in attendance. Officers coming
from the weal: will Inolude the Presi-
dent„ Mr. F. W. Townley-S=6th,
Uashburn, Sask„ and the Vitae -
President, Mr. F. L Dickinson, from
Winnipeg, Man, The 'Secretary -
Treasurer of the Association is Mr.
W. T. G. Wiener, Ottawa, Ont.
Alfalfa Hay Crop Moves
Movement of the 1937 bumper
crop of alta hay from Haidfmand
County is now n full sewing, Lt is
esftta ated that lash year's crop
of 3,000 tons will be exceeded,
A large portion of the crop is
moving to the large dairy herds
in the Dastern States,
Considerable alfalfa +is being
ground into meal for export and
domestic consumption. Up to eight
alfalfa, meals mills have been grind-
ing in the Caledonia disetrict at one
time. Another new outlet may be
Pervid•ed ea result of a test ship-
ment Just made to Nova Scotia for a
Departtment of Agriculture experi-
ment in feeding young deer for the
first time. Although the plant Is one
of the oldest under civilization, it Is
only in recent years that It has been
grown here generally, and it seems
to thrive on the heavy clay land.
Hal+ddenand and Peel are two of the
banner producing counties in the
Province.
Current farm Report
Bruce County reports a smaller
.mrbntalitty in pigs this winter than,
d.y is usually experienced. Welting-
ton
ellington County reports that fen wheat
l
showing up particularly well as
it',has been covered vita a nice
eblankef, of snow during moat. o'f .the
'winter. `1 The high p>hees of alfalfa
and clovkseed prevailing there
are diverting" rmer's attention to
timothy which h a the advantage of
being considerably cat+eagier and at
the same time a homle'gio w.11 ipro-
dtirf'. In Halton and some o'
counties livestock breedera are r6
Potted es disappointed at prevailing
market prices for their cattle, In
Ealldma.nd a definite move has been
Made towards having the county de-
clared as a tuberculosis -free area.
The county 'coun•evl has already ap-
proved the movement and: the Live-
stock lm.provement Association is
proceeding with the -passing of
petitions. Middlesex has, expert-
` weed some floods in low areas due
to heavy rains. Wheat la still
green there and in good condition
though fear hes been expressed be.
canuse et lack of snow. Quite a de -
mewl for horses has been noticed
among tbo tobacco growers of Nor-
folk county and good teams are
bringing Erman $300 to 9450. De -
mend for springers and DOW milkers
in Prince Edward County appears
to be a little brisker, both Brom.
American, and: other outside buyers.
at fairly satisfactory prices. Horses
are also Belling well there, Live-
stock in 33aeetern Ontario is in fair-
ly good oonditfon considering the
scarcity of home grown feeds and
the high price of cornmieactal feed-
ing state.
Records Reveal Cost of Raising
Pullets
In, order to a/certain. eche cost
or raising pullets to maturity, that
is the age at which, they hay their
firs* eggs, a record of all deed,
Coaly and litter used was, kept dur-
ing the 1937 season at the expert -
mental station, isuntmerland, B.C.
+Startinis with, 680 White Wyan-
dotte chichsi hatched on three dif-
ferent dates, April 6, 14, and 29,
respectively,and +brooded under
coal ebroodete, 391 were sold, as
broilers and roasters, and a few
ae eendyiboy1ay pulletae. These
latter have been included for p'ur:
pos'ea oS earperlmlent at their actual
wdlghtS acid the prebailiag Mve price
er
per 3,ound, 1Yloi'tgtlity, caused
mostly by hawlee and coyotes+, ac-
counted for 48 birds. The balance
of 241' represents .the number of
pullets coming into laying Trona
September 2 onyards, No eggs laid
by hese birds have been. credited,
es settop inclusion would only create'
e. faetitdoue profit or unfairly reduce
the coat of rearing.
The nuaalber at chicks brooded
might easily have been cared for
by tWo brooders ! stead of three
if hatching date• allowed 4'140,
th(reby reducing the atneutf3 and
cosR' of coal used,
lv1 airyone knows who kept
poultry in 1037, Yeti prices) were
MO. Wheat for this oxpoiUinent
coast $50,00 per ton, home.mdxed
d'ereloper gnash of 'which large
quantities were consumed cost
$40,00 per ton.
In order that Cm figures may
be of some benefit to those pcuit'i'Y-
ltee,pere who raise their ,puflcits, from I
purclraised day-old cltdcka, the cart
of the original 680 Chicks' has been
reckoned at ,*914,00 per hundred, the
approximate price of heavy . breeds
in the Okanagan ,Yai'ley, In calcu-
lating the coat of raising the bird's,
no •charge has been made for labour.
Cost of Rataing Pullets to Maturity
l ttmated cost 680 chicks' ..9 35,20
llpooder coral, 1900 1b. 14,01
Utter, 800 1b ,........+, i 4,00
0btdk feed, 784 lbs, 24,43
Developer wash, 8398 xi), 187,90
Whole graln, 4600 lb, ..... .,, 105,00
9410,30
Sale of broilers, and
roasters, 1602 lb, .,, 303.62
Coact, of raising 261 pullet $ 108.98
con PEIR PUlnar7*-44,39 cents,
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