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The Clinton News Record, 1932-02-25, Page 6PAGE r6 THE CL`iNTON 1VEW� �HECOIit� Timely Information for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Farmers Will Benefit •e The new.hog grading x R •ill- a tions put int& effect by promulgation in the Canada Gazette of January 30. extend the provisions for trading in hogs on the basis of .official grades in such a way entirely to elindeat<e flat -price trading. •Hogs sold from farmer or other producer right down the line to the final packer or' pro, eesseranust be traded in, on the bas- is of official grades. This ensures to the. farmer full benefits of the agree - Mot with the packing industry whereby e, premium of one dollar is 'paid ' fdatts.lizoga grading "Select Baeon."• The 'regulations also pro- vide for: that premamm"forquality, which'rightly his, passing back in larger measure to the anginal piodacer. Field. Roots For• Horses Turnips and carrots are the .most commonly used of field roots as feed for horses. There is no ques- tion as to the value of field roots as feed for horses, a value which is ton little appreciated. Roots are rarely sliced or pulped when fed to horses for the reason • that the outstanding virtue in root feeding is the beneficial effect on the teeth and gums resulting from the necessary biting into the whole root, The principle values. of roots in the ration for horses are: 1. Increase palatability. • 2. Form a succulent addition highly desirable, forming as it does , a food in the natural or unchanged form. 8. Assists in or increases the digestibility of coarse fodders,. 4. Benefits the teeth and gams, ' 5. Are slightly 'laxative, 0. Cheapens the ration. 7. Foran a splendid tonic or con- ditioner. It Pays to Dip Sheep In discussing the tact of para- sites en sheep and methods for their control, a Canadian authority. gives four good reasons as to why it pays to dip sheep. These are: 1. Sheep that are free from ticks and lice grow more and better wool. 2. A, clean flock requires less feed and is more easily kept in good s:ondition. 3. The lamb crop is stronger, ewer niIlk better, and lambs grow mere rapidly. 4. Parasites are a source of ser- ious discomfort to sheep. The goo' shepherd should be mindful of the comfort of his flock. He also points out that as a re- sult of dining the saving its feed and increased weight of lambs and wool may easily amount to front 508 to $1.50 per ewe. The east of dipping un- der ordinary conditions should not exceed three cents per head. Must Have License All persons other than producers, including farmers transporting their own fowl, must have a Iicense from the warden and the county clerk if they want to transport fowl :on the highway from one place tc another. The provincial statute requires that such licenses be taken out regardless of whether or not there is a local bylaw, but it is thought that the pas- sing of a bylaw by county, councils strengthens the officials' hands. The purpose of the license is to enable the police to get a better check on chicken thieves as all persons other than the producer or farmer when transporting, fowl must eaz,•ry" his lie ease, produce the same when request ed by the authorities.'and also show a, record of the .purchase made, from the vendor. The license regulation dues not apply to a private citizen transporting fowl bought from a but will be required from a -pur- chaser if he is a dealer in fowl. The iJse of Potash It is the light, sandy end gravelly soils and mucic soils . that as "a rule are markedly- deficient in potash, and on which profitable returns ntay be••expectedfrom the application of this element.. The rate 'of applica- tion.will, of course, depend on a num- ber of factors, chief' among which are the character and fertility of the soil, and' the nature of the craps to be grown. For most grain 'crops an ap- pliction of muriate of potash, of 50 to 75 pounds per acre will be found sufficient. For clover and' alfalfa these amounts night be doubled with profit, For potatoes, roots corn and leafy crops generally, 100 lbs. :of mur- iate of potash per acre may be con- sidered an average dressing, but fre- quently 200 pounds amy, be profitably used. As a rule it will be found more advantageous to use potash with forms of nitrogen and phospheric acid than alone and it is always ad- visable to try out the fertilizer on a small scale before malting Large pur.. chases. Cover and Grass Seed Due to the low cost of Ontario - produced clover and grass seed this year, farmers may seed down 10 to 2b acres more than they have been its the habit of doing. In addition to this, the total cost of seed will be materially less. Nature has endeav- ored, it would appear, to offset Iow prices by providing a bountiful crop. Almost every clover field in the Pro- vincehas produced its allotment of seed and, in most cases, seed •of very high quality. The 1981 legume crop in Ontario has been estimated at varying amounts. Even the most conserva- tive estimates, however, place the figure at one which will ensure am- ple high quality alfalfa, red clover and alsike of hardy strains, to meet the requirements of every farmer in this Province. This heavy supply of homegrown legume seed is a real blessing to all farmers, particularly those not actually or regularly, en- gaged in the production of small seeds. Some sections of Ontario are not growing alfalfa, to any great extent. If the truth were known, this may be due to the disappointment caused by winter -killing of imported seed. A,s a soil builder, pasture and hay 'crop producer, alfalfa stands supreme. As a green manure crop, alfalfa opens up the soil, adds nitrates and other plant foods, to a value much greater than the price of the seed. As a hay crop alfalfa outyields all other both in quality and quantity. It was the only strop to remain green for pasture during recent very dry years in Western Ontario. In sections where alfalfa has not yet secured a foothold, it should be ,sown in mix- tures with other legumes. This year clover, alfalfa, and al- sike, aro very reasonable in price. Present conditions afford a splendid opportunity for a more extensive seeding down of legume crops for hay, pasture and as a green ntanare crop to be plowed down. Caution to Gram Growers (Experimental Farnis Note) The time of year has again arrived when seed for. the corning crop is be- ing offered for sale. Apart front the channels through which seed is ordinarily disposed of, namely, Seedt Houses, Seed Growers' Assoeiationa and from fanners direct, there is al- ways present, the `high pressure' salesman endeavouring' to cippposeof seed of new varieties at high prices. While there is a perfectly natural desire: on the part of a 'grower to try a new variety.'in the'hope-'that it might be better • adapted to his local, condition's than the standard• sorts, this. desire has ,often, led to regrat,. table'resuits and such eases only em- phasize the soundness of a policy' of; caution in the .outlay of money 'on. high priced seed for a ne)v;azid, Attie, known `variety, r • , The Dominion Seeds ,Aet requires: that all varieties introduced into Can- ada must be licensed in order to be Sold for seed. A variety is licensed on the basis of experimental evidence which shows that the variety in ques- tion has some merit or is adapted to a particular environment. This fact, however, does not imply that because a variety is licensed for sale in Can- ada it can be recommended to replace standard sorts in any section of the 'country but rather that the variety is one that .is ;promising and would warrant further•trial in order to es4 tablish more definitely • •its, general usefuiness, - Experimental, .institutions whether Provincial or'Federal will always be glad' to assist it grower in his• choice of a variety mut will', offer anopin- ion •on,tbe,probable merits or denier- , tts of a new variety. The 'advertisements: are' printed for your convenience. They inform' and save your time, energy and money. Bacon Litter Competit- ion for 1932 Huron County had twenty-seven contestants in the 1931 Bacon Litter Competition, ;conducted by the Pro- Vincial and Federal Live Stock Branches, " The Province was divided intofive districts, Iluron Coutlty,be- ing grouped in district No, 4 along with the Counties • of .Wellington `Grey, Bruce and Duffer"in.' The list of prize winners show that in Dish. triet No, 4 .contestants from Huron, County secured nine of the fifteen prizes offered •as follows: 1st, 2nd 3rd, 4th, Gth, 7th, 9th, • llth ands 15th. This is indeed an excellent showing for Huron County.. The competition will be conducted again this year, and, has as its chief Objective, the establishment ` of a• standard of exeellenee .for grade brood: sows kept by farmers. It is recognized that these brood sows which are prolific' acnd' rear large litters of select hogs,•, that are good feeders, making, good gains at low cost, aro valuable, and are improvers of the standard and quality. of 'our commercial hogs. Any bona -fide fernier may make entry in. this competition. The date. of farrowing must be between Feb- ruary 14th and April 50th, and entry must be made within, seven days af- ter the date of .farrowing. -In order to qualify, • there must be at least nine pigs in •the litter, raised to mar keting age, and at least 80 percent. of the litter must grade • as select bacon. The prizeswJ11 lie awarded on the basis of weight, size, quality and `uniformity of the litter. The, method of grading hogs in the cotnpetition. is changed this year,, i.e., the official weight and grading will be on the basis of carcass weight and rail grade. instead of live weight and grading on foot. The Federal Live Stock Branch' and the Ontario Provincial Live Stock Branch offer $275.00 in prize money which' is divided as follows: 1st, $25., 2nd. 824., 3rd, -$23., 4th, $22., 5th, $21., 6th, $20., 7th, $20„ and eight more prizes of 815.00 each. In view of the substantial prizes offered again this year, and the fact that there is tto expense in connec- tion with entering the competition, along with the keen interest manifes- ted in last year's competition, we are looking forward to having a goodly number of entries from Huron Coun- ty again this year. For further information and appli• cation forms apply to the Ontario Department .of Agriculture, Clinton, Ontario. WHAT IS THERE NEW IN WINTER APPLES? The most important additions in recent years to the list of good win- ter apples are the red sports of well known varieties. Among these, stay be mentioned the Turner Red, Stark- ing, and Richard, all red forms of the Delicious. There are now, also, several red forms of Northern Spy, that which is called Red Spy being, perhaps, the best known. There are also red sports of Rome Beauty and Stayman Winesap. The greatest de- mand is for red apples, and the red- der they aro, provided the quality is good, the greater the sale of them will be, and, as the red sports just mentioned are practically, if not fully, equal in quality to the well known type of these varieties, they are being planted in increasing quan- tities. Every variety of apple, however. has some faults, and the aim should be and is to obtain other new variet- les which will have all 'the good points of the old but will be superior in some respects. One great fault of all .the varieties' above mentioned is that they are not hardy enough to withstand the winters in parts of Canada where .such apples, as McIn- tosh and Fatneuse, grow to perfec- tion, and, in the case of Northern Spy, it is such a long time in coin, ing into bearing that many are: de- terred from planting it. When the breeding of apples was begun at the Experimental Farm, Ot- tawa, thirty years and more ago, there wore only about, five varieties of winter apples found hardy there while now, as the result of this work in the Horticultural Division, more than three hundred late keeping var- ieties are being grown, and these are gradually being sifted out as their weak points become apparent. Some of the best of these'have been named and introduced. " The shiest promis- ing, is, perhaps, the Linde, but oth- ers of McIntosh or Fameuse charac- teristics are Grover, Gerald, Newtosb, Edgar, Lawfant, and of Northern Spy blood, Sandow, Emilia, Spilaw, Niobe, Spicap, Spiro and Ibiza. Stonehenge Is another good. one' -of Stone parentage. These are all worth. testing, but time alone will 'tell, whether'they will 'find a permanent Place or not. It is estimated that it takes at lea,5t forty years front the bale the seer' is sown, after' a eross is made, until alt apPIe, When found ;Worthy, Can be obtained in,.gix'antity, in many markets. . '5r7'' 1t INTER THUiT $$ .EJ3. 25094 TO. FIRMERS Advantage Of rrar1 hatching egg's are set during March, April, May and June,' and records APPLE TREES DO NOT LIKE. Hatching kept of the results of fertility; hat- WET FEJT Pullets are almost the only source of eggs 'luring the fall and early win- ter months. Bens are sure to moult at that time of the year, and they may take about three months to go through the complete moult. It is therefore important that fawners and commercial poultrymen should have their pullets hatched early enough td begin laying ' in tine for the high prices which usually prevail in No- vember, December and January. Eggs laid in March and April do not bring very high prices, and a pullet that does not lay until after the first of the year may never justify her ex- istence, Ilhe best results can never be .ob- tained if pullets are force's lie Iay before they are matured. Such birds are usually more susceptible to dis- ease and are more easily thrown off their laying than are••birds which have reached a good size. A pullet cannot, even under summer condi- tions, lay on flesh, grow feathers, and pnoduee eggs at the same time so it tvill be almost impossible to get eggs in winter frain the late hatched pullets. A good early hatched pul- let should be wen matured at the time that heavy egg production is wanted. Leghorn pullets and pullets of sig, ilar breeds hatched about the middle of April and properly handled will be just aifout ready to start produc- ing in October. Heavier breeds such as Plymouth Racks, Rhode Island Reds and White Wsyandottes will us- ually requite about an additional month for growth. At the Dominion Experimental' Station, Lacombe, Alberta, a test has been dondueted over; a seven-year period to determine the best date for incubation with • regard to fertility and hatchability of eggs, and vitabil- ity of chicks. White Wyandotte tihability arid' mortality of chicks to six weeks 01! age for each month: The hatching results for M',ay were slight- ly 'below the average, Sof the other two months, The mortality in June hatched chicks was very high, partly -for the reason that in very warm weather it is impossible toproperly regulatethe brooder temperatures, June hatched chicks alae, lacked vit- ability and were unsatisfactory as layers. March and April hatched pul- lets which started to lay front Octo- ber 1 to November 30 made on the average the best winter records, while from the standpoint of annual egg yield the advantage lies with those which started , laying' before November 15. "Apple trees will not stand wet feet," states the chief assistant to the Dominion shotticulturist, discus-, sing orchard drainage. A good or- chard site provides ample surface drainage to take care of excess water in the late winter and early spring when drainage through the soil is difficultowing to .frost. In addition to surface drainage soil or . under- drainage is essential. Good natural drainage of the soil is preferable to tile drains, unless the latter are suf., ficiently deep to be beyond theclan- ger of penetration be the roots of trees. 5,000 FACTS ABOUT 'CANADA ; The new edition of "5,000 Fact A -- bout Canada," for 1932, will be wel- coined by the public, as it captains wealth of new data, including the Iatest census 'returns of cities and towns over • 10,000 population. The • complier, ItDamk Y'eigh, the well known Canadianauthor and publi- cist, meets a long felt want in this annual compendium of Canadian facts, truly "the Dominion in a Nut- shell," that 'hhs'a world-wide eircuia ation. Copies' may be itad at 36'. cents each, or three for a ,dollar front • the Canadian- Facts. Pub. Co„ 588 Huron St, Toronto, or through news.. - dealers. ° The advertisements' bring you. news There's something in the adv'er- stead the advertisements. They of ,better things to have and easier 'tisements tndcl -to interest you. Rea&are addressed to you --personally, ways . to live. them. "BOUGHT AND PAID FOR" "Bought and Paid For" has good plot, is full of incident, and has dialogue of rare power. The char - Peters are genuinely human, and its touches of Iight comedy are altogether infectious, lt,wy..4tga .tours ---an all-star cast—will present this play on the opening night. CLINTON TOWN' HALL, MARCH: 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 28th. , ;• sanitflaaenegiVionenedifisenneerfeensporgisosen Our Local Industries Tell us about yourselves An advertisement addressed to the manufacturers of our town, WE'D ALL FEEL 1151UC1;i' BETTER IP YOU WOULD TELL 'US, PERIODICALLY, IN THIS NEWSPAPER, ABOUT YOUR ACTIVITIES. Where do your products go? How are they used? What makes them attrae- tire to those who buy theist? 'What classes of dealers distribute theist? These are scare of the questions you can answer. Then, too, you can tell us about the processes of manufacture and about any wonderful machines used. How does chemistry enter into your activities? ])o changing fashions or changing conditions make it hard for you to operate your business profitably? You see, when we know a lot about what you are doing and attenuating, we feel much more friendly toward you, and our friendliness is, probably, something which you want always to have. Then, too, if we know a good deal about your enterprise, we can talk about it—pridefully. So, periodically, publish in this newspaper answers to the questions as above asked, and so earn our gratitude, and make us the better able to talk to others about your enterprise and about its value to our town and territory. iffiAtTlesAltartsotintilpont