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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-04, Page 7PAGE R , ME CLINTON NEWS- tECORD .41•111•111•11Me NEVIS ANO HIPPENINGS OFFARMERS alimum 'bought about as cheaply as at any ing agriculture and municipal a£ cal control over local affairs in the in iron an Timely c� nye Ilatts will be dealt with. They will and its products, the value tune in Information for p h at 1035 and $1146600 i e has as an lin from 166 - , n 1941 tt Y is today bearing ,the brunt the Issues to be to 200 000 t' at 100 to yield. 6 per:cent. slightly higher of tz+pdu B LIS...' Farmer Furnished 1 shed former period. it is true that these rices are somewhat higher than those of former years. But these g y high er prices of the present perior does not prove that the farm - urge as farneers are forced to' do, be- er is better off than he 'was during: IOW the cost of production and by these other periods of depression carrying The increased share d the .tax • e wt 1 They demand out .the slight increase o - nd greater Taxes have the •eased env'axpe lief during the past 80 or $5 years. Pro- measures; ,and they certain relief perty which then were taxed around gainst legislation will wt 5 $12.00, now pays from $65 to $70 a would i panyowa ewhich year. This is due to various causes, n Y way interfere with lo- The expensive highway systems have economy point out .thin agriculture, the economic depression by produc municipal field. In order thati cod may be discussed, and 'tab- ulated and in order that spokesmen may be appointed to present their. ease to the government . all in are nee conference s. c no an dropping to $77,734,000 in the corresponding period in 1930, a decline of 50 per cent. The statement of the banks at th close of November reelects the Na Service Loan issue d th Y ng an undue h and others intend a delegates Department of Agriculture Inst of hong wipes burden Th 'l g to !cacti in the trona! confexe f r n Ice mouth P 1 d out n deputation h in' y in an increase c• to red governmental se 3 of 7 $ 31850 , byh teD nes enormously three q ted } aus to r th tied n t Y e t at he h a t am V will demand t he United Far- cunt due the Dominic Important Conventions Feb. 9, 10, •11—Ontario Fruit Grower's Associated at Royal. Connaught Hotel, Hamilton. February 10-1Ontario Vegetable Growers' Ass'n., Toronto, Feb, 11 -12, --Ontario fiorticulttuai Association, 'Toronto. ' Feb. 16-17—Canadian Ptioduee Ass'n., OA.C., Guelph. A Farm Program A farm program for 1932 was presented in a recent address by W. R. Reek, superintendent of the Ontario Experimental Farm at Ridgetown. 31i'`it he. favored the rearing rather than the purchase of feeder cattle, a type rof cow that will make a cream check pose Bible, as well as a steer, a consist- ent bog breeding' policy to avoid the disastrous results of dumping in and out, a well -cared -for stock of poultry, a cash crop suitable for the soil and 'locality, clean seed — and thrift. the practise of thrift was applied to all farm operations and to the production in garden and otherwise of many home necessit- ies The automobile was not con- demned as a piece 'of farm equipment but Mr. Reek declared that parents and young folk in the family should sit down and talk the situation over and settle on a policy er practice that would reduce the operating ex- penses of the farm car to reasonable limits and lessen the annual depre- dation. Marketing Ontario Beans For the purpose of arriving at more efficient methods of market- ing Ontario dry beans, growers and pre �1n Un' W. an mess co -o was 1930 aver the his been in 0 ieties Oho Amb Roser and No. •3 C. 1 .our b floe "It seems strange," he continued • well -k "that an Ontario produced food of !Grim such !high nutritive value, and 'of I such low cost, should be almost ignored by our shoppers, so far es popularity is concerned. I feel that if thio product and its many attri, butes were brought to the attention of shoppers in this province, a dif- ferent story could be told regarding the sale of Ontario dry beans. At present we are working to that end." Value of tobacco grown in Ontario in 1931 was more than $6,500,000. A- bout 15 years ago it was negligible. "There is no doubt but that tobacco will rank as one of Ontario est industries," declared the ter. "The British market is an increasing amount of 0 grown . tobacco and the cionnes semption is also Increasing Canadian H'ig'h Commission Landon informs' me that our is highly regarded in England 1931 crop. due to favorable w conditions, was the largest the finest quality in the hist Ontario. Ontario's great- added greatly to the burdens of the Minis- I farmer. Our township roads cost a taking great deal more than they didta few ntario- years .ago, Laborers will not work tie con- for 50 cents a day, or put their teams . The an the roads to do road work for er in $2.00 a day. A man now wants from tobacco $2.00 to $2.50 a' day and teams from ;' .The $5.00 to ,$6.00 a day. Teacher de- eather mend salaries that were not dreamed and of of 'd quarter of a century age. About cry of 35 years ago Pickering schools cost, $650 a year for teachers; now the cost is about $6,000 a year..02 eourse better work should now be done, for the number of pupils to each teacher is much less than formerly. The law requires a certain limit to the num- ber of pupils to, each. teacher, where- as formerly there was no limit. Pu- pils, were packed into school rooms like sardines in a can. Now they must have elbow room. Some years ago the caretaker 01 our puplic school received $75.00. Now he is paid some $500. The saline thing is .true 'of, our churches. Thirty years ago ministers received about $750 a year, but now the minimum salary is about $1,800. There are other ex- penses that in late years have been udded to the burdens of the farmer, such as fain help which has increas- ed about three folia in the last Aire or forty years. To those days a eel man for $12.00 a month would fe ing a grain cradle all day during ich he would out from 4 to 6 acres i S grain, but he would work from light to dark. Now a man wants a month to sit on a sulky plow, D quits promptly at 6 o'clock, so that he may go out in his motor. car and spend half the night in pleasure, which does not improve his capacity for work the following day. There are other expenses which have been added during the past few years which may he considered by some as a luxury but which in this age are really a necessity. Among these is the telephone. Our grandparents were able to get along without then, but in this age they are really a necessity. The motor car and mot- or truck are no longer a luxury. A fanner would not be safe in going into the city with a load of produce with a team of horses and wagon or sleigh the same as he did a few years ago. The chances are that the whole outfit would be found some morning lying in the ditch, as the result of getting into the path of a motor ve- hicle. Thus when all things are con. sidered the condition of the :farmer to -day is as bad as it was in any former period of hard times. But there is always a silver lining to ev- ery dark clould. All periods of busi- ness depression have always been followed by periods of prosperity and that will be the case with the present one. It has been predicted by lead- ing financial !nen in other countries that Caiada will be the first to re- cover from the great depression, and we hope that the time is not far dis- tant. When that time comes the farmer will be one of the first to benefit front the return to prosper- ity. --.Pickering News, Research is Imported The need of fundamental research in agriculture was discussed by Prof. W. It. iGraham of O.A.C., who showed how laboratory findings had been translated into farm practice with highly beneficial results. At the O.A.C. it was learned that tur- keys hatched and brooded in the lab- oratory soon fell victims to disease when fed lettuce with particles of soil adhering, but when the lettuce was washed clean there were no ill- effects. Out of this simple finding grew the practice 'of feeding young poultry in clean troughs ev- ery night. The final outcome was that poults have been reared in large numbers at the Norfolk Turkey t Farm with less mortality than occurs! Y ]n chicks. Several Other instances g° were given to show how agriculture sry profits immensely from the results wh of fundamental research of day S40 Un'ion's Valuable Werk and mer B I1 Ontario—;Cht•istnias trade' iny.`tha larger (centres was reasonably satis- e factory, having benefited to some ex, tent •'r l out the open roaid'S which ern alblled shoppers from smaller centres to travel freely. The uuusuall n weather seriouslyY of curtailed sales of winter goods, which are now being offered' at bargain prices. Whhole sale trade is quiet. Collections are. slow: Industrial' activity is below• the Level of last year but manufac- tuixers are displaying an trieliliatiiin to increase production, encouraged' by low stocks in the hands of 'whole sabers and retailers, The • autono-, Live industry is slowly ga'thbruig'.- momentum, with schedules about thb - same as last year. Tire manufaetur-. ere are stepping up prodaetion • smartly in anticipation of su.bstential'i replacement demand. Furniture- manufacturers are hopeful that' fine proved business may result from thee annual "exhibition which opened on • January 5th. Boot and shoe menu- facturers are fairly busy at about' last year.level's. Knitting mills are very busy; textile plants generally show improvement over last year. With few exceptions, business gen- erally continues to suffer from the slow movement of and meagre re- turns from farm products. s ui ding, corner Duke and Government and in a decrease of $66, r ro clock to the forenoon of the date I scrxptr n t th exceeded $210- Geo ge Streets, Toronto, at 10 479,000 in "tics .deposits. As sub o s o, a loan ttsutroned, i 000,000, the December banl t t usinesss Summery hove t• Tho following is a brief seminary of For the fall information received .by the Bank of buildin year 1932, the value of g operations is placed at $316,582,000, compared ' with $457,- 000,000 in 1930. Nene !hydro -electric installations brought into •operation in 1931 totalled 546,650 horse pow- er, bringing total development at date up to 6,666,000 h.p. Hydro -e1- ectric projects in course of construe b an are expected to add another $ 1,400,000 h.p. wihin the next two years. . The salient point in connection with Canada's external trade is that, while aggregate value has greatly declined, an adverse has been con-' 1• Customary January sales at cut verted into a favourable balance. In t prices have stimulatod retail bus!- December, for the seventh consecu- t cess; but mild weather 'has checekd tive month, exports exceeded imports the sale of winter garments and, and for the nine elapsed months of in generally, both wholcsaie and retail the current fiscal year exports of pi trade are quiet. Commodity prices have not fluctuated wide! an plu1,707,000 of domestic products, de Y, ' and plus an export of $8,667,000 of for- re pear to be has noaedyn well stabilized. eign products, making a total of p from the low op 47 price of last month, but the market r imports tv does not display buoyancy. As with wheat so with flour, exports of which in December were less than in any month since April; lin the last five nonths the value of flour exported 11 to $8,798,000 from $16,155,000 in the corresponding period in 1930. hipments of coarse grains are larg. er this crop year. Construction contracts awattded in ecember amounted to $11,357,000. Montreal from its branches 'through- cut Canada and from its offices aibroad. Dominion of Canada There is an improved sentiment in business circles this month, partly accounted for by the fact that Christ- mas trade proved better than had been expected, and partly by the feeling that current developements give reasonable hope of trade pick- ing up as the months pass and of 1932 ending better. tent may show further ehanges n these accounts to have occured that month. Canadian banks continue to increase their holdings of govern- meat bonds, whieh rose $19,855,000 during the month to a total of $607,768,000,, the highest figure on record. There was a seasonal drop of $7,395;000 in note circulation, and of $38,240,000 in current loans, the latter decreasing to $1,102,493,000, the lowest point in recent years. De- mand deposits are $36,446,000 in Canada, and in deposits in foreign ranches there was an increase of 18,267,000. Bank debits for De - ember were *2,638,000,000, as cont- ared with $3,012,000,000 for the eine month a year ago. In the foreign exchanges, New York funds on the 15th December cached 217-8 per cent premium, he highest point ever recorded. Af- er the turn of the year they react- ed sharply and, at the time of writ- (, are quoted at 1691 per cent .emiuun. Sterling during the month cli tied' from $4.20 to $4, but 'Inas covered to $4.03. Rates for Bur- ean currencies have moved down- w and foliowing the course of New York funds, with the decline less marked in the rates for the Sean- a dinavian countries. There has been a little change in the trend of the high-grade bond market during the past month. The most important in features have been the offering of ag $5,062,000 Province of New Bruns- p1 wick 20 -year 5hh per cent Bonds at a price to yield 59i per cent, and $15,226,000 City of Montreal 6 per cent Bonds, of -which $3,770,000 tna- 0,464,000, 'compare with " of $451,355,000. For the calendar year 1931, the comparison is: im- ports $628,143,000, exports $617,337,- 000. These figures represent a de- cline in dollar value of more than 50 per cent from Canada's foreign trade in 1929. Imports decreased $380,491,000 and exports $288;000,000 from 1930. An analysis of the fig- ures for the nine months period to December 31st shows the largest re- cession in imports ter have occurred In spite of the agricultural de- ssion there was renewed interest the work of the Experimental Ifni • last year, according to Prof. J. Squirrel!, secretary, who gave interesting report at the annual ion showing that the number of operative experimenters with I crops in Ontario during 1931 3,159. This was mare than in and greater by 375 than the age number of co-operators in peai'od of 1925-9. He reminded listeners that the Union had responsible for the introduction ntario of such well known var- of cross as .Dawson's Golden f'1, 0.A.C. No. 104, and Imperial er, varieties of winter wheat, t Rye, Banner O.A.C. No. 172 0.A.C. No. 144. late oats, O.A.C., and Alaska Early Ooas, 0. A. o, 21 barley, as well as some of est varieties of field peas, sun - 1s, mangels and, of course, the 01°wn Ontario Variegated and tit alfalfa. dealers held a meeting at Ridge, town recently. On the invitation of these two groups, the Ontario Marketing Board, as represented by W. B. Somerset, chairman, and J. A. Caroli, secretary. took part in this conference, Tentative plat/ were agreed up- on and, when the gathering dis- persed, all members expressed themselves as well satisfied. They feel that the bean industry is well on its way to becoming stabilized Consumers need have no fear that the result of such a meeting will mean price control. "As a matter of fact," commented 11r•. Carroll, "the materialization of our present plans will result in a better qual- ity of bean reaching the consumer, in a more efficient »tanner and, it is hoped, in larger quantities. Weekly Crop Report o related combinations of the throe 43 Fertilizers Discarded After consultation with federal and provincial authorities the East - ere Canada p'ei tilizet• &1'anufactur- ers' Association have announced an agreement to confine their sales of mixed fertilizers in Ontario in 1932 to some 28 formulae in place of the 76 which are now listed at Ottawa. Fertilizer Formulae aro now made up f Exceptionally mild weather during (priectpal plant foods, nitrogen, phos - January all Ja Y 1 parts of Octane aid- phoric -acid and potash, in va•yin„ quantities. Fertilizer and soil 'ex- perts agree that a range of 12 to 15 formulae are sufficient Sor any type of soil. By reducing the number manufacturers will be able to produce fertilizers mole economically, and this should result in lower cost and increased tonnage. The formulae listed for sale in 1932 are: ed the farmer in feeding his live stack which is being carried through the winter on less feed than usual and in better coldition. A ]teen de- mand for dairy cattle that have been T.B. tested is noted and several car- loads have gone to the United States. The mild weather has made it difficult to keep roots, vegetables and fruits In storage. Tobacco Progresses Tobacco is likely to overtake cheese as Ontario's foremost over, 0-12-15 2-12-6 4-8- 10 618- 10 seas export, according to H'on. T. 1„ 9-14-16 2,-,16-6 4-12-4 7, Kennedy, • Minister of Agricuituu'e. 2-8- 4 10-3 ��. 3-8, 4 4-12-6 0-5 -7 Prices of Farmers' Products Should Increase Greatly 5-12 -4 • 2-8- 5 3-8- 6 4-12-8 0-12-5 2-8-10 8-10-5 5-8e 7 0-12-10 2-8- 6 3-10-6 5-10-5 0-12-12 2-19.10 4-8- 6 5-12-2 To Give Growers Same Returns .As Same Products Brought Few Years Ago Parmer's Dollar Not `Worth As Much As Thirty Years Ago We frequently hear that farmers are .no worse off to -day than they were in periods forty and sixty years ago and at different periods since that time. As proof of their statement they refer to the fact that farm products sold at less than the present price. • Butter sold ,at 14 and 15 cents per pound; eggs were priced at 8 and 10 emits a dozen; hogs brought from $3.50 to $4:00 per hundred pounds; sheep were quoted at $3.50 to $4.09, and other products proportionately loco, This past summer butter could be bought at from 20 to 25 cents per pound, eggs- at 15 cents .4 dozen, hogs around $4.75, flour at 40 cents per'24 lbs.' and. so on with other products, inchiding potatoes. whieh could be Farmers Will Wait on Provincial Govern- ment on February 9 A Fanners' Deputation will go to Queen's Park ,to interview the 'pro- vincial government on Tuesday, Feb- ruary 9th, the day before the opening of the legislature. This deputation is the result of a desire on the part of the United' Farmers of Ontario to give expres- sion to rural thought and opinion in these trying bines. Accordingly, the leadore of the farm, movement arranged through the I-Litwian/5ln T1:. L. Remhecly, Minister of Agribulture, for an interview with the government at 2 p.m., Tuesday, February -9th, and extended the facilities of their or- ganization to the widbl'r scattered- i and variously a gaiized groups of farm people throughout the Province. It will therefore, present am oppor- itmtity for fanners to get together to unify their iilbas and' gaiiv the ear of governing powers. The deputation will consist' of delegates from township councils, farmers' clubs; Oppoihtees finer mass meetings or other farm groups, as welt as interested indiiriduals• who can fihd°it pos.eiblb too attend';. Important matters having to db withh taXatlbn: and: Legislation. affect- s EASTER COMES EARLY THIS.' YEAR Easter falls on March 27 this year. This is the earliest since 1921, hen it fell on the same date. It will not be as early again till 1940 rand then only if in the meantime fixed date has not been adopted, s recommended ,by a committee of the League of Nations. In 1918, Bea- ter fell on March 23, something that the normal course, will not occur din for a hundred years.—Orrillia eket-Times. READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE NEWS -RECORD efterlefeeeeeeeetreedenelfteaseealteabeelliseeen s If u Reallg � Small Business nothin���t about it! Retailers who don't want a bigger business should say nothing about it, for, if they began talking about it in the form of advertisements, they would get new customers whose requirements would just distribute them — would• com- pel them to buy- more, deliver more, work more. There's a story told aboal a retail- er who certanly didn't want a big business. ,11e was playing checkers with a crony in some place of hiding in the rear portion of his store. A customer entered. The crony said, "There's Mrs. Black." "Hush", said the retailer, "If we don't make a noise, perhaps, she'll go away!„ Some retailers can never hope to have a big business even if they wanted one—.they lack the ability, the energy, the ambition, the under- standing needed to make a big !business. They are content with a small business, and would be really unhappy if their business was growing rapidly as a consequence of cireumstnaces out- side their control. They would feel like a man in a wagon whose horses were running away with it/ Some retailers, .however, have an urge to make their business larger. They dream of the time when they will have one big store, er a flock of "e:anin" steres. .They want a (Inch big- ger income than their present one. Perhaps they dream of a time when they won't have to wont, The way to a bigger business is as plain as the nose on one's face; it is customer multiplica- tion. A retailer with an urge toward bigger things should give his main thought and ef- fort to customer multipbica. tiOn. when they will have much leisure to be spent pitching horseshoes, or in bowling or in trav- elling, or with books, or in a country home. Customer attraction can be accomplished var- iously, but there is one essential means --press advertising. Advertisments go where personal salesmen and even Ietters can't hope to go, and they have a profeand,influence on readers of them—they soften resistance, dissolve apathy, create confidence and goodwill, and direct the steps of buyers. And they are cheap/ And buyers—not se!Iers pay for them, and are glad to pay for them/ Buyers always go, in largest numbers, and of their own .free will, to those stores which spend a lot of money on advertis- ing! Why should any ambitious retailer hesitate to contract for adver. ;!`5ry,vQ9Nt tising which his customers will pay for gladly?