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The Brussels Post, 1938-11-30, Page 9THE BRUSSELS POST News and Information For the Busy Farmers DEPARTMENT OF (FURNISHED BY THE AGRICULTURE) Raising Veal Calves veal tproduction during the past few years aas offered very fair re- turns in comparison with the price of butter fat. This year, there has been a marked advance In butter prices, while the beef market has remained dull, It is, therefore,. only natural to expect thet during this spring season, when calves are • plentiful, the return on veal will not be as attractive as it was hi the past. . The production of veal, however, still remains profitable during many months of the year. .It provides • an outlet for surplus dairy and beef calves that are vigorous and show signs of being good feeders. The market demands a cote weighing from 150 to 180 pounds, It requires in tie neighborhood of 650 pounds of milk to false a calf to this stage. It can be roughly estimated, ac- cording to the present price of butter, that veal at six cents per pounds would return to the farmer about the same price for the milk consumed, as if he had marketed his cream for the ,manufacture of butter. With veal at ten cents per pound, as was the case during the ieinter of 193S, it can readily be seen Um tees.' offers eery attract- ive returns at certain :seasons of the year, The Farmer as a Judge of Dairy. Cattle Nearly all farmers have some Interest in live stock, and the ratan who . is desirous of maintaining uniformity en his ,herd should have a .practical knowledge of live stock judging and breed type. It is often true that a good ;Inducing cow may not be very pleasing from a Lillie standpoint, yet it is also a fact that produotlon and tine dairy type are a combination that should be sought after and maintained In farm herds. This will not only increase the owner's interest lu the .herd, but will be a distinct advantage when individuals FREE SERVICE OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone "COLLECT" to WILLIAM STONE SONS LIMITED PHONE 21 - INGERSOLL BRUSSELS — PHONE 72 Why let all that space in your basement go to waste? Let us show you how little it costs to turn it into a game room offering fun and relaxa- tion for young and old. W&11 do the job quickly and with- out disturbance to the house-, hold routine. And, best of all, it's another of those jobs you can finance, if necessary, Meier the Home' Improve- ment Plan. LOCAL ADVERTISER'S NAME HERE are offered for sale, Being able to select aelnials that will be ecouom teal .prodhieers and also conform to the oesiredi breed type will be a de- cided asset to the stock farmer. Four major' points sbould be kept in mind in Judging dairy cattle. First, the mammary system, which is the udder, the milk veins ,and the milk wells; these together rate train 30 to 35 points out of a total of 100, When In full milk a good udder will ye large, extending well forwards and far up behind and firmly attached to the body. Its quarters should be even with very little separation between then:; and the bottom nearly level; When milked out the udder should' be much reduced in size, pliable, and the skin loose and sokt, Always look out for defeats, such as lomtps In the udder, which aro en indica- tion of mastitis. The size and shape of the teats is very important from the standpoint of disease and of convenience in milking. Mammary veins and milk wells should be well distributed and pronounced in the mature cow, Tbe second point is dairy ternper- aa»ent. This is a quality that indi- cates ability to convert food into mrilk• Cows of the dairy breeds should lack a beefy appearance, the bones being fairly prominent and not heavily fleshed, ,Size of udder is also considered, Extreme thin- neso because of lack of feed, err fleshing before calving, should not be coneused with dairy temper - meet. The third point to consider is body capacity and size. All other things being equal the larger cow is preferred, and all breeds have a standard of weight, As it takes feed to produce milk, the cow mist have capacity for feed, this will mean a well -sprung rear rib, a fairly long and deep body, good heart and lung capacity and deep broad chest. The fourth 'point to consider is health and vigour. This should be apparent in all breeding animals; to stand the strain of bearing young and praduoing a. profitable milk yield the animal must have a good constitution. The summary of these points is, that the cow to be a profitable producer must have .health, rigour, soundness, superior dairy temper. ament, large capacity for feed, good 'heart, hetes and circulatory system, and a well-develored mammary sys- tem. If' pure-breds are under con- sideration a knowledge' of breed type is needed. Although the points for a good cow hold true in all breeds, breed type must be kept in mind when Judging a pure-bred or a grade of a particle tar breed, Good type and high production must be combined, Many Short Courses It won't be the fault of the On- tario Department of Agriculture if the boys and girls of rural Ontario are not trained to meet the chang- ing fat'ln andhou.seltold condition of the province, Hon, P. D. Dewar, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, in akletressing rural young people from one end of the province to the other, has. continually stressed the point that the young people of 10. clay are the farmers and .farmers' wives of to -morrow, If they are to compete successfully with the reran - ars of other provinces and countries, •bhey must have the latest and best agricultural know- ledge obtainable. Aa it is manifestly impossible for all these yonng people to at- tend colleges tea:ciring agrieultanre Tana home ecenoruies, the Depart- ment each year nrratlges to bold short courses in eterycttttniy, where, free of change, these inter- ested young, people receive loc. titres from. exports in every lime of agrlrnltil re and home economies anal take pant in practical wm'lt and demonstration. Diplomas are awarded at the conclusion of each course, +l`lto Only entrance require- ment is a willingness to learn, Short course tvouk is under Ihe general supervision of Itr. 8, Dun - eta, Director of Agrioulturnl Ro' 111esentatives, with the agrietlttrns.l renrosentative'in eaoii-county being prittoipal of tiro reboot, There are five, courses each last- ing asting three rnontbs and 32 One month courses,' In same counties there will be .it series of special meetings and in others there will be four one- tt ecletourses, Last year 1,313 boys and 2,800 giti, attended and this year it is confidently expected the attend-' ante will be over 3,000. Following is a list of the dates and places of short courses. Boys and girls interested should get la tench immediately with their county agricultural representative: November 22, 1938 - February 25, 1939 Bruce County, Tara; Het ton, Acton; Ilasting, Stirtiug; Peterboro, Keen; Wentworth, Fr eeiton. Outlook For Potato Crop In Huron Not Encouraging Holntesville—The outlook for the potato orop of Huron County is any thing but bright. This 'statement conies from Charles McPhail, of Holnresville, Dominion Fruit and Vegetable In- seeotor of Hui•on County, who has been making a survey of the coun- ty, Ft'onl what he has seen, a great poi'tioa of this year's potato yield will go to feeding stork as already shipments to wholesale grocery warehouses' have been ,turned back, the chief trouble with the favor- ite vegetable being late blight and hollow Heart, two common diseases. The quality is far below normal, although the yield has been aver- age. "What would you advise farmers who have potato crops on their hands, to do with them?" The M1'. McPhail was asked, Advises Certified Seed. "Unless• he is sure he has good potatoes for market and I don't think there wil lbe a very big sup- ply of then', I would advise care- fully sorting them out and using what he thinks will be suitable for livestock feed. I don't think they will keep in storage," said the Inspector, Then he added that his chief advice would be to purchase certified seed stock in the spring and this will assure a disease-free crop next year, The Potatoes chiefly affected are the Early Cobblers, the Dooley, and Green Mountains. In Huron County in 1937 the po- tato acreage was listed as 3,500, the average yield being 100 bags to the acre. It is useless to try to use as seed votatoes which have the least sign of blight, because it will be sure to make itself prominent again next season, said lir, McPhail. A few satisfactory shipments have been made to the market frons the l3Iptlt area, but some 'po- tatoes •frons the Brussels area ,have been returned after inspection by the wholesale houses. 'Phe least im- potraut potato -producing townships in the county are Hullett and Hay, The ,predietion has already been. matte that potato prices will soar during the conning winter mouths, owing to the shortage of a market- able crop. $2 A Bushel By March One wholesaler in Stratford pre- dicted potatoes would be near the two -dollar mark by the first of March. Late blight and rot of potatoes is listed in, the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture folder as be- ing the .most deetructivo disease in the province, in wet seasons it freuently (estcloys a larfe propor- tion or the crop. The leaves stents acid tubers are affelLed. In dry Weather the spots do not enlarge but become dry, brittle and, brown. On the stents brown streaks are sometimes seen. On some of the infected tubera, pits or more or less depressed areas, sometimes with a somewhat purplish tinge and a Water -soaked appearance, are seep. 11 such tubers are cut, brown patches end streaks are found' in the fleslr beneath, Infect- oto inhere 0ny dry -rot in the field or in storage: ONE MONTH SHORTCOURSE One month enurses to' Nor vember 22 - December 16—Ilundas, Oianitbruek (:entre; Glengarry, 13ninaville; Grey, Mef'n•tyt'e North- lmirerland, ltlarkworth; Prescott and Russell, St., laitiore; (Note — Course M. Agriculture )held In Dec- ember, 'ionic Economies in Janu- ary) Renfrew, Golden Lake; North Shuene, Mitchell Square, January 3.27, 1999 — Durham, Blacicstoolr; I Iglu, C1arhan; Essex, Cornuber; T'ronteuae, Brewer's -'Mills; Grey, Medford; Huron,.. Dashwood; I,ambton, Tbed.rord; Lam rk, ,Pa'ltet tang; Middlesex, Therndale; Peel, Trinity; North Sin roe, Waverly; Waterloo, New Germany; Wellington, Palmerston; York, Victoria Square, January 31 -February 24, 1939 -- Carleton, Metcalfe; Duffer -In, Or - sego -tile; Leeds, New Dublin; L ennop stud Addington, Tamevorth; Norfolk, Langton; Ontario, Broug- ham; Oxford, Drumbo; Perth, Kirk - ten; 'South Sintcoe, Thornton; Wel- land, Welland; 1Vellington„ Kermit - worth. rore LET US LOOK � , AT TI PAST torr Ars Items Taken .fres Miss of the Post of LO and 16 Years Apo �r-.�-�-v-,rte.-..�,�n-•��I 50 YEARS AGO GREY Miss Lizzie Simpson is about to leave our township and become a resident of Wingham, * ♦ * 'Miss Pearl ,McQueen of Saginaw, is spending a few weeks with her aunt firs, Stokes, * Thos. Cardiff had«a wood bee last Tuesday in which a large number of the neighbors were assisting; Mrs Farquharson, *daughter of Mrs, Win, Shines is on the sick list. Alexander Yuitl lett this town. ship for Michigan a clay ago, —*—*-- WALTON Rev. Mr. McKay is expected to officiate at Duff's Church. * s * Miss O'Connor's music class is preparing for a Christmas tree en tertaiun en t. BLUEVALE •t1aggie Walsh, a little girl arrived here on the train from Niagara. She is to be an adopted daughter to D. Erwin, 2nd Morns, * * * Martin Farrow, returned- from Manitoba on Saturday evening. Jtobt. Stewart has been appointed Supt. of the Sunday School at the Methodist Church. ETHEL A. Panabaker of Heapler is visit- ing his brother here, * a * Dr, Macdonald was the guest of Mr, and firs. J. N. Davies, ()TOR IDS David Smith, of the 0th line left for Manitoba last week, * ,* Robert Cantleton, wife and niece, lett. Boissrain, Manitoba, on Thurs- day last, • « « « * -Mrs. Otitant, and her sister, Miss Hawthorne, of 3rd line Morirs, left fee Turtle Mountain, Manitoba, on Monday, BRUSSELS Alex. Strachan was in Toronto several days this week. * * * * Miss Buchanan, of Seaforth, is visiting 'Miss Lily Moss this week, « • « Sirs. W. S. Hingstott has become a resident of Brussels, * * « « Born Ht'MPH13IES—In Brussels on the 20th inst., to Mr, and Mrs. T. S. Humphries, a son. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30th, . Hundreds of e flied People In and Around Brussels testify to the Perfect Comfort and Satisfaction of REID'S GLASSES. Don't take chances with the only eyes you'll ever have. Find out their TRUE condition and if glasses are necessary, they can be procured at LOW COST from RA� j � • Stratford's Leading Optometrist •J� For Nearly 20 Years AT BRUSSELS OFFICE —MISS HINGSTON'S STORE EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 2.00 to 5.00 Phone 51 for Appointment tion in W1. ord's bardwre visit to Brussels Continuation store. * « Mrs. Robert Earle nas visiting relatives in I3umilton. ETHEL We are glad to see W. H, Love able to attend business once more. * * * 'Messrs McDonald rad M0L elland were t Brussels last Saturday, * « * M. 3, Sletnmon was at Ripley last week. WALTON Mrs. W. McAllister was visiting in Brussels last week, * * * W .H. Sholdice and Dan. Steiss are the two rural mail carriers who will look after the interests of their respective patrons. JAMESTOWN B. CeAr took the service at Vic- toria Hall last Sabbath, • r MI5. P. S. Scott and Miss Kate Scott, visited at the home of Mrs, C. Wright. • * a J, R, Miller and Edward Bryans attended the monthly meeting of the Howic'k Mutual Fire lusunauce Co, MORRIS Mr, and Mrs, John Steles and Miss Elsie of Grey were visitors at llr, and Mrs, Thos. Clark, Sth line of Morris, « * * A, H, Cochrane of Waterloo was vis:tling under the parental roof, GREY Mr Roseli of Toronto was here for a visit with his brother. * * * Mr, and Mrs. Fletcher Roe were visiting in Howit'k last week, —5—* — BRUSSELS Reeve Leckie is attending Huron County Council, « * « A. T. Currie arrived home on Tuesday, * * * Dougal(' Ferguson of for was visiting in Brussels. * * • W'a'ter Sharpe, of Godericit was here for a short visit, ✓ * • Inspector Mills paid an official 25 YEARS AGO •BELGRAVE Miss Jen Stewart, who Inas just returned from a visit to England and Scotland is the guest of Mr, and Mrs, E. Sproat, Robert Asntsttnng of Morris Twp., was glutted naturalisation papers. CRANBROOK • Mrs. Campbell, of Lnrknow, is ✓ isiting her sitter, tilts. Dird. * « « Alts, F. Raddiz Is visiting icer daughter, Mrs, I:rauter In Berlin. * * « * R, E. and Mrs, Buchanan of Idaho are visiting iter ,parents ode and Mre, Jahn Coates. WROXETER Jiro. :Rutledge and I. Durst spent last 1'Ceduesclay ht Drawls. * • * * Mrs. M. di1T,ettnan, is visiting in 'Mowiek this week, • * * * Anderson Black hes taken a. pdsi- Teeswtcr, Sohool. * * * Mrs, D. C. Ross was visiting in Toronto, « * * John McLaucblin has taken a position in the Tohmnson bakery and will learn the business under Lorne Eclanier, • 1.2 - Mina Married Baeker - Thompson In Toronto. Orb December Srd, by Rev. fir. Robertson, Mr. Cleve Backer to Miss Florence, second daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Thomson, Brussels. Over600 Feeder Steers Exported From This Area Probably the last shipment o€ heavy feeder stock to leave this part of Ontario under the present trade agreement with The United States, was started on its way Fri- day afternoon from Ripley district. Feeder cattle are not dripped to any great extent during the winter months and by the time the next. feeder shipment season rolls around the new Canada -U. S, trade agree- Ment will have co:.•:e into effect. Inthe last three weeks over 600 feeder steers ranging in weight fro m.1,030 and L400 poupnds each, have . s been shipped from this im- mediate .district to The United States, The market opened up sud- denly during that spare of time and the demand increased considerably The shipmen which left Ripley Fri - clay however is expected to be the last for this shipping season. The rattle have come from ship - pars in the Luckncw. Ripley and Brussels district, Rufus Winters of Sectfor't•h had the largest single shipment. IIe sent 190 head of cattle, the lightest 1,400 pounds and the heaviest 1,700 pounds, all steers. E. W. Henderson, Lucknow; Thom- as Harris, Ripley; H. 0, Walker Brussels, sent large shipments or feeder steers to The 'United States, The veterinarian who examined the steers said the animals gave evidences of good health. Only one of the steers shipped in the past three weeks, failed to measure: up to the T.D. test, 'Most of the steers slipped were those brought to Ontario from the west for feed- ing purposes. Everyone is of some use, even if nothing more than serv- ing as a horrible example, PREPARE NOW ! To Meet Old Man Winter —With— HEAVY CLOTHING & FOOTWEAR Nlachinaws � Windbreakers Work Shirts Work Sweaters Heavy Trousers Overalls Leather Coats Rubber Boots Lace Top Rubbers High Leather Boots Work Gloves & Mitts LAY CONCENTRATE HOG CONCENTRATE To Increase Feeding Value of local grain SCREENINGS ALWAYS ON HAND Phone 46FARMER'S STORE . �1'L188('Y3