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The Clinton News Record, 1932-06-16, Page 6PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD AN Timely Information for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the ,Department of Agriculture Weekly Crop Report Spring crops are looking •excellent as a sesult of copious rains, follow- ed by warm weather, according to reports received from agricultural 're- presentatives. Fall wheat is report- ed to be 'making favorable' progress and all classes of hay crop are doing well. Alfalfa and clover are corning along p trticularlyy well A good har- vest of berries and cherries is ex- pected and apply orchards have re- vealed a heavy- -bloom in most dis, tricts. 1Gs The Flax Seed Industry Flax is a crop which is at present receiving a bit of attention by farm- ers throughout the country. There are two principal .uses for the crop, fibre and seed. Varieties giving the best fibre are not so well suited to -seed production and, at the present time, the bulk of •Canadian produc- tion is devoted to flax seed, which has reached an average of over 8,000,900 bushels annually. Some two and a half million bushels of this volume are used domestically in the manufacture of linseed oil. The varieties which are specially develop- ed throughout the Dominion at the present time are those which offer greatest value from the standpoint of ,quality of seed and high pereen- age of oil content. oma Handicraft in Rural Ontario At a "nmber of the Women's In- stitutes conventions held in various parts of the province during Octo- ber and November each year for sev- eral years now, splendid exhibits of articles produced in the home have shown that a great variety of useful articles are made by the women of rural Ontario. These exhibits have consisted of quilts, blankets, rugs, spreads, hangings and various artic- les of clothing made from compara- tively inexpensive goods and such material as flour bags, feed bags, discarded clothing, etc. Many. women efficient fn one line or another have organized classes within the In- stitute and passed on valuable in- formation and methods to their fellow members. Lamp shades, leather work, wax work, flowers, decoration of vases, etc,, have been included in the program. In addition to what the members have done far each other the Insti- tutes Branch has provided insteue- tors in handicraft at 26 centres durs ing 1931. Arrangements are being made to have exhibits of various types of handicraft at the conventions to be held next fall. o==iI • Potato Seed Treating a Factor in Marketing Before planting potatoes, the seed should be treated with corro- sive sublimate. Rhizoctonia, or black scurf, is often responsible for a reduced yield, and frequently causes the production of a potato the appearance of which makes it ineligible 'for sale es a 'high grade product. Graded Seeds Increase Sales Ontario farmer's svho grow quan- tities of turnips for shipment either to domestic or foreign markets, will do well to select carefully the seed -they sow. Yields and uniformity of crop are greatly enhanced by the use of well -graded turnip seed, ac- cording to Prof. W. J. •Squirroll of the Ontario Agriclutural College, "Small seed should not be sown and may readily be screened out by using a clover seed screen from the fan- ning mill." An experiment carried out during the past shipping season in marketing better "rutabagas," or table turnips, clearly indicatedthe importance of careful selection, cleanliness, uniformity and distinc- tiveness. One chain stove system in Toronto doubled its sales by offer- ing to the consumers a well -graded washed and individually branded rutabaga. The possibilities of ex- tending the market output of this typo of product are exceedingly bright. Feed For the Chicks The feeding of chicks • is the acme of simplicity, consisting of keeping the water and the hoppers filled with freshwafer and the hoppers filled with grit, oyster she31 and charcoal and a good: chick starter, either com- mercial or home mixed. The follow,' irk is a chick starter that has given excellent results at the Central Farm; 1 1 part shorts, '1 part middlings, 1 part ground yellow corn, 1 part ground 'groats; 1.2 part animal feed mixture, 8 per cent, bone meal, 1 per cent. salt,; 1 per cent, ood liver oil. The ,animal feed iuLcture used is tirade up of equal parts ground beef scrap, fish ileal and milk powder. When liquid, milk can be had the milk powder is omitted, Weather permitting the chicks are allowed on to the ground as soon as they get used to their quarters, say by a week or ten' days, and a little scratch grain is then added to the ration to keep them busy. The brooder house is set in a clover field and is shifted weekly so that fresh green feed may always be available and the ground clean. Alberta Alfalfa Killed Ontario alfalfa seed producers will be affected somewhat by the fact that Alberta will likely be out. of the picture in production of alfalfa seed this year. A report receives] by the Ontario Marketing Board states that all stands over two years of ago in Brooks district which is the chief producing area, have been killed. b! Leads in Several Crops Kent leads all other counties of Ontario in the production ,of fall wheat, root crops and white beans and is second only to Essex in husk- ing corn acreage, according to fi uses issued by the Bureau of St tistics covering the year 1931. Kent county has to its credit ap proximately 74,780 acres of f wheat and the nearest approach i by S}mcoe County, with 52,108 acre according to the report. This con] ty grows nearly half the white bean produced in Ontario, its acreage fo this crop is 33,821, while the acreag of all other counties of the provine total 76,312. Root crops total 20, 831 acres, boosted by the cu]tivatio of sugar meets, one of the most int portant cash crops. Kent is exceeded by very few counties with the percentage •of land under cultivation and assessment, Government reports indicate that the percentage is 87.80 of the entire area. Total land assessed is 566,983, b Farmer's Week at O.A.C., June 20th to 24th H IiPPENINGS 111=110117.MEMPORMIVIOLlei MOM. COUNTY COUNCIL (Continued from page 3) per month, 77 got $15 and - 28 receiv- ed $10 per month. The payments made have been as follows; January, $2,358.72; February, $2,251.10; March 81,151.47; total, $5,761.29. Owing to the re -adjustment of the proportions Maid by the Dominion Provincial and County, there is a credit balance of $2,62111, 7. Forty-- five pensioners are in to louse of Refuge, all of whom, get 820 and Of this amount $18 goes to the county for the keep of the pensioners. Children's Shelter Report of Children's Shelter Com,. tnittee: One meeting, was held end the house was in "good condition, There are twelve children in the Shelter of ages ranging from 12 years to under one year. .The mat- ron, Mrs. Oliver, deserves every ere- dit fol' her management. The report was adopted. IVA.. Edwards, the sup- erintendent of the Children's Aid Society asked the reeves to repo any cases of crippled children r Wring treatment to him, so th they might be present at a clin which will be held in the near futur Motions were received as follow McKibben-Cardiff—That we r quest the Provincial Government t elp our unemployment situation i e county by proceeding with wide g, grading and graveling of High way No. 4 from Clinton to Wingltat bring same up to provincial stat aids. The contractor to procure or' and at least 75 per cent of a en from residents of our ocuntY. Laid over to hear the report o treasurer, Campbell -Goldthorpe --- That this council petition the Provincial .Gov- nment to repeal act re municipal ant of 8800 levied en all muAieinal- res for encl.' schnnl and make a low - Levant of 5500; and from 8400 to 00 no amines teacher. Referred to ucat•ienal Committee. Stve.itzer-Bowman —» That hV-law , 7, 1932. •ef the County of 11111.411 amended • by striking out the Ws "county constable" and in following paragraph the word constable be struck •out, and after the words county of Huron there be b added "that he be able to lay infor- mation under the L.C.A., provided by b By-law Na. 5, along with traffic dut- ies" Carried. !Cardiff-'Sweitzer--.That we as a county council place on record that we are net satisfied with the report AVO received 10 regard to the inves w tigation carr'ie'd out in this county 1'a t excessive cost of criminal justice and that we feel that we aro entitled to g a complete report when. asked for. t } th in to d lab to th ee e1 g- Pr a- ea Ed all No s be s, w 1_ the s e 0 n rt e- at is e. s: 0 n n- u 1- a1i 11 of A complete change in the method of Conducting farmers' week at the Ontario Agriclutural College has been made this year. Rechristened "Farm and Home Week," the pe- riod front Jttne 20 to 24 will be de- voted to several complete courses in animal and field husbandry, poultry, farm engineering and home econom- ics, it is announced by Prof. 3. Buchanan, director of extension. Thousands of farmers and their wives front all parts of the province are expected for the week, and ar- rangements have been made to ac- commodate all who wish for the full duration of the caursos, Special attention is being paid to the women's programs, which will covet almost every conveivable phase of 'home economics. One day has been 'denominated Women's Institute 'Day, Speakers at special sessions will include Tfoii, George S. Heavy, Prem- ier of Outstrip; Col. Iron. T. L, Ken. nedy, Minister of Agriculture; IVIr. James B. Fairbairn, Deputy M.ints- ter of Agriculture; Lonis Blake Duff, of Welland: Hon Duncan Marshall, Dr. G. I. Christie, president :of the College, and Prof. T. A. Coleman of Purdue University, Indiana. Copies of the program are avaiI- able at your local Department of Agriculture office. TURNBERRIr: With the passing of Elizabeth Watcher„ widow of Samuel Vanstone on Thursday, the Town- ship of Tur» berry has lost another of her outstanding residents. The deceased woman had resided in this township for over 50 years. Mrs, 'Vanstone was in her 77th year and was born in Darlington Township, near Toronto. ,She had been mit- fined to her bed since the latter part of May, during' which time she had suffered a stroke. Surviving ave four daughters and one son, Mrs, John Weir and Mrs. L J, Wright, of iurnberry; Mrs. Thos. Dickson, Wingho,in; Pearl and William on the homestead, also five sisters, Mrs. A. Sanderson, Wlingham; Mrs. Chas, lSanburn, near Wlhiteohtirch; Mrs: Jos, Latvonico, 'Turnberry; Mrs. A. Johnston, Hamilton, and Mrs. Brown,, Ottawa. The funeral ser'vied` • was conducted at her late residence on 'Saturday afternoon at 2 o'cldek by, the Rev. Sydney Davison, pastor of the United •Church, Wingliam. In- terment in the Winghani cemetery. Carried. Sweitzer-Beaver -- That W. B. Oliver be appointed constable at. Grand Bend for the months of July. and August at a salary•of $180 and that the clerk write again to Lamb - ton county council asking their coy operation in policing Grand Bend pant of Lambton County is included in the police village of Grand Bend cMcKibbon-Goldthorpe.—"Thor w grant 8200 to the Salvation Arm rescue work. Refereed to executi committee. Council adjourned to meet at' o'clock Thursday morning. Thursday Thursday morning' was Agricultur- al Day in Huron County''Council. A'djournhent was made shortly bo fore twelve o'clock in order that the members attend in a body the fun- eras of the late Thomas 'MacMillan, INTEREST TO T' VJRS., JUNE 16, 1932 f�BME�S members of council to attend the complished owing to the lowered co annual meeting .,of the Live Stook of labor and materials, Of the tot Association in 'Clinton on Friday, 523,000 is fax new construction, a June 10. This item was . vigorously .ol?pose Agrieultitral Council' by Reeve Geiger and other advocat Of lower taxes. Widening, gradin and ditching of a stretch of the Blue Water Highway noa't11 of Goderich was given a stormy passage, but wa finally endorsed. when the entire re port of the road commission wa assented to without mange. When council .was assured that i could spend 510,000 as its share a total of $b0,000 to bring the Clin agricultui;al products, whether ton -W ingham provincial highway u. such prices paid to the producer, to standard, it gave•its consent. Th changed to the consumer. province has agreed to pay the baI That the anee. This was introduced as a r maypresident or anyone he lief 'measure by Reeve 'McKibben select, is hereby authorized to Wingbam and was strongly support prepare a constitution for the noun- ed by Wingham Chamber of Com ail and after submitting it to Col, coerce, The vote was 20-8 in fav r Kennedy, present the constitution for ratification at the next meeting of The council turned down a motion council. to support rho truck with horses on That the contribution of the Coen- county road's. Reeve McNabb e1 aur. Moiled the cause of the horse, His s't t tions of changes in county ty booklceeg- ing. He was tendered a vote of ° id thanke. d The county council picnic, will be es held this year at Bayfield,,, on June. g 23. The Warden, who is ,a member of. as the Agricultural' Council of Ontario, gave a full report of that organize- .' tion. Many of . the councillors dis- e cussed and passed the following re - y solutions of the ceuncjl,. Ve Recommending to the Minister of Agrieulture that authority be secur- ed front Parliament giving this body the right to investigate the prices Ian McLeod, Agricultural repre- sentative, addressed Council, stating that times had not improved.* much as fax as the farmer is concerned, It was too bad that when there is every indication of a good crop, there is not better remuneration, but re- cently choice steers sold at 57.25 o8 Toronto market, -which loioked like an encouraging upturn. Greater in- terest had been taken in fruit as more spraying material had been or- dered. Prospects for fruit is estim- ated at 60 per Bent. of last year's bumper crop. Only last week apple scab had appeared fax the first time, .but a fine quality of fruit was pre- dicted. School fairs have decreaesed in number largely owing to the fact that no seed is being. supplied by the Department and some sections felt they could save that money. As the county grant to school fairs has been 520, the county will save 5165 this year on account of the number of being held this year. There was more Junior work this year than at any other time. A Girls' Canning Club had been formed and nineteen girls were in the class at Dungannon, Two Boys' Home Garden Associations were or, ganized, and a Boys' Calf Club in the vicinity of Wingbam, was sponsored y the Wingharn Chamber of C'om- coerce and had a membership of 18 oys and was the first organized in Lloran County. The object was to each the boys the raising and feed- ing of calves and care counts for much," declared 14r. McLeod. The annual livestock competition i11 be held on June 25 and will be rle best in its history. Parasite demonstrations have done cad work with sheep and hogs. lir. McLeod concluded by inviting the Worms in Sheep Can Be Treated Cheaply and Effectively It is at this season of the ye when the effects of internal paras iter or worn infestations in sllee and lambs become noticeable an losses occur both in the older sheep and lambs particularly, In many flocks which are well cared for and frequently changed to new pasture on which to graze there probably will not be many lambs die as a re- sult of etermi infestation, particular- ly if the flock is treated regularly, to destroy the parasites. On the other hand there are many flocks which are allowed to graze on the same land year after year, particul- arly lanes, orchards and small pad- locks, which are badly polluted with worm eggs and young developing worms. In flocks kept under the conditions just mentioned, without treatment for worms, the 'owners almost invariably report the loss of from one to Six or be lambs dur- ing the season, depending en the size of the flock and the severity and extent of the worm infestation, yeas ing treatment is safe and effective - in Controlling stomach and tape p worm: d Treatment --Dissolve 4 ounces of Copper Sulphate in two quarts of hot water, then adding 4 ounces of mustard, then add two gallons more water, to bring the total quantity up to two and a 'half Imperial gallons of mixture. This quantity is enough for 100 sheep, treating once and al- lowing for waste. The dose of this Copper Sulphate -.Mustard Drench is as follows: Fax adplt sheep use from 3 to 4 ounces. For lambs 2 to 6 months old use from 1 to 11-2 fluid ounces. For Iambs 6 to• 10 months old use from 1 1-2 to 2 fluid ounces. For lambs 10 to 12 months old use from 2 to 21-2 fluid •cines. Measure accurately, and keep well mixed. Starve sheep for at least 18 hours before giving drench, and do not feed or weber for at least 4 hones after drenching, This is im- portant, as it gives the stomach time to eloar before the vermifuge is r Placed to do its work. The following suggestions regard- ing' drenching are given: Keep the sheep en its feet,. use a small necked There are several kinds of worms which infest sheep, but the staneecli worm, and tape worm cause the most damage in Ontario, particularly in young 'lambs. There are a great many lambs $o badly affected :by the time . they reach • two or three' months of age that they die in a Short time or become so thin that it is practically impossi�rle to fatted them for market so that the flock becomes decidedly unprofitable. Each adult female worm in the stomach for intestines' of a sheep or Iamb is capable of producing many hundreds of eggs.. These eggs pass out of .the digestive tract with the droppings. The eggs and young worms by the thousands are stick- ing to the 'blades of grass and are eaten' with the grass by the sheep and lambs. Witten they develop in- side the stomach and intestine:! coining to maturity, they begin the business of egg production all over again. There are very few flocks of sheep in the 'Comity, which do not carry some worth infestation at least, and it is+,very necessary and important that ,some method of .con- trolling the' worrna be used to 'safer guard the flock front worms and pre- vent the ,loss of lambs. The follows i bottle, or fit a metal tube to a nursing bottle that is marked off in minces, measure the dose accurately, do not raise the sheep's mouth a-1 bove the level of its eye, nor raise the head too. high, give it time to swallow, treat gently and have the other sheep in sight close by. Dos- ing sheep that have not been starved for 18 hours is just waste of time and material. Lambs •two months old can be drenched with the •Copper- Sulph'ete-3VLustard (french. Lambs should be separated from the ewes 'for six hours before being dosed, and' not allowed back' with the ewes aff, ter drenching, until two hours have passed. For further information on the life history and treatment for:inter- nal parasites lit sheep, write in or call at the Agriclutural Office, On- tario Department of Agriculture in Clinton. Copies of Bulletin No. 337 "Parassites Injurious to Sheep". can be eooured free from .this office. An ounce of prevention is worth sever- al pounds of eura, and possibly sev- eral lambs as well, s PROVINCIAL CROP SUMMARY SENT OUT BY THE DEPART J s MENT OF AGRICULTURE The condition Of fall wheat con- of tinnes . exeeptionaely good. May n- provided good growing weather and both fall wheat and fall rye grew rapidly. Lodging to date has been very' small. Pastures, hay and Clover and alfalfa; which were baelc ward at the end of April responded' vigorously ants were rapidly ap- proaching average condition at the end of May. With the fine weather during the first tan days of June, their rapid growth has continued: and plentiful supplies of fodder are assueed- Seeding of spring grains was gen- erally delayed by very cool- -weather in April. The first week Of May provided good seeding weather. In southern Ontario heavy showers dur- ing the second week of May drown- ed out a considerable acreage- of" newly sown grain chiefly on low land and was responsible for slow germination on heavy land. Except fax the above damage conditions were ideal for rapid growth and spring grains whore rapidly approaching normal condition. The loss from insect pests and disease injury has been reported as slight. • Strawberries have wintered ex, eeptionally well in bath eastern and • western Ontario and, prospects are everywhere good. The acreage of strawberries is reported larger than last year. Raspberries suffered con- siderable winter -killing in all sections of the province and the crop will likely be less than average. For fruit spring temperatures have been told and have retarded growth sufficiently to prevent injury of buds front frost. Rainfall has been sufficient and in some districts de- layed spraying operations. Cherries ar•e expected to recover from the drought from which they have suf- fered during the past two years. The bloom foe all classes of fruit, except envie orchards. has been reported as excellent. Spvs are repotted as hen. vy in all sections while balclwins are light. General indications point to a lighter crop of apples than hast Year in Western Ontario and n heav- ier crop in eastern Ontario. Peaches, nears, cherries and plums had a heavy bloom and favourable setting weather aid present prospects are for a better than average crop. ty 'Council towards the construction re -construction, re -paving and main- tenance of provincial highways he reduced from 20 per cent. as at pre- sent to 10 per cent. That owing to the depressed con- dition of farmers which is causing a very large number to ,is their telephones and because farm- ers are still paying war -time prices for this service, that an appeal be made to the government and to the Board of Railway Commissioners for immediate relief in respect to tele- phone rates and charges. 'That this council recommends that the Minister .af Agriculture make every effort to induce the Federal Government to standardize the grades of farm products, classifying grades as first, second, third and so on, but having no higher than first grade and that specified colors be designated to represent the various grades, as the present method is con; fusing and misleading. That this council believes the pros- perity of Ontario depends upon a healthy condition of agriculture and would urge the government that no reduction should be made in the es- timates of the Department of Ag- riculture. That this council is of the opinion that steps should be taken to prevent other' than high grade cattle being shipped to Great Britain. That this council favor's the grad- ing of hogs, but is opposed to the present system of bog grading and would recommend that an investiga- tion be undertaken to learn of o more satisfactory understanding. That this council recommends a substantial reduction its the costs of educationeseera ' ]lI ti y 11 r•i sec uc on in saiaries of high School teacher's and school inspectors and that all extra grants for the teaching of spec cial subjects such as music, agricul- ture, etc.. be dispensed with during the present depression. The coun- cil feels that these special subieete should be continued, but not paid for in addition to the teacher's' regular Wars/. Advisory Committee The report of the Advisory Com- mittee was taken up clause by clause with Reeve Francis in the chair, anti ovas adopted as follows: 1, --tin view f assessed value ofof propertytheact inthat einthees and separated towns, is in the ratio of 1.7 to 1 for rural districts, and considering that cities and separated towns pay for provincial and county highways in the ratio of. 1 to 4.7 paid by the rural districts, we respectfully ask that the Provincial Government nssume the full cost or nt least 00 per cent. of the cost of provincial roads at the present time, the rural taxpayer is contributing en unjust share of this expense. Carried. That the Department of Education take immediate steps to have certain subjects now taught in the Lower High School moved back to the cur- riculum of the public school, espec- ially civies, bookkeeping, simple science as applicable to farming, na- ture study, all arithmetic and all English spelling and grammar. Car- ried. That this council heartily endorse the work accomplished by the Huron County Live Stock /improvement As- sociation and respectfully suggest that their wont be arranged so es to rbied, enefit all classes of Iivestock, Car - This council recommends that the customary grant .of 8200 for Junior Extension work carried 011 under the supervision of the Agricultural Re- presentative be paid this year .as i11 other years. Carried. Friday Huron County Council• closedits June session 'Friday evening. One of its last acts was to passu resolu- tion vigorously protesting against the abolition of county councils. The tax rate this year is unchanged at six ,hills --31-,2 mills for general purposes,• 1 1-2 mills fol• county roadd and one mill for provincial highways. The latter rate is the lowest of any coenty in Cntario, 'The county this • year will spend 5180,000 on county roads, which is the same as last year, •'but it is ex- pected that nnnch :snore will be se motion was to have the country road commission give the reeve of each municipality the option of horse or truck in his own municipality. The battle waxed wart- for over an hour and scores of figures were quoted on the costs of respective modes of transportation. However, even many of the farmers admitted that the horse could not successfully com- pete, A Ietter of protest was read from County Crown Attorney D. E. Hol- mes stating that the remarks of Reeve Goldthorpe ament the cost of administration of justice, particular- ly the M'eNoil trial, were untrue and uncalled for. The Crown Attorney referred pas-ticluar'ly to the infer- ence that the Crown's ease had suf, feted because an inspector of prelim. tial police was a fugitive from justice during two of the three trials of the bank robberies. He said he was both surprised and shocked by such a statement, which was wholly m1, true, and esker! council to take ac- tion to correct it and see that it was given the same publicity as was the charge. "I'm not going to back up. I'm not taking anything baek;" said the 'doughty reeve. Inspired by loud ap- plause of his fellow -member's, he continued: "When I said it, 1 believ- ed it and I still believe it. Where is the Crown Attorney now? Wlhy does- n't he come here?" Reeve Goldthorpe, who is a mem- ber of the criminal audit board, said he could produce accounts' to prove other assertions he had made about the alleged excessive costs of the administration of justice in Huron County. The entire newspaper article was reach to °tuned, No fault was found with it by any member. Warden Rader was asked if he had said: "The cost of administration of justice in this county is becoming a cringe; 7 He replied in the affirmative giving as his reason that he wanted the air cleared, "1 have been hearing rvnr- ors and complaints about this ever since I have been in the county coun- cil," he said. "I don't say they are true. but I 'want to know and I want the public to know. I consider it my duty," Reeve Goldthorpe. heads a com- mittee of five to investigate and a report will be brought In at the Ile. comber session. Much work is in- volved. Nothing was dole with the Crown Attorney's letter. Auditor Il'iggins of Ilensall gave a 1'e8100e of county finances, in which he made several reeo mlenda- mi"ut"nuot , RIB -ROLL ROOFING Colored or plain. For houses, barns or "Acorn" garages, "Council aSand quick to lay, permanent, proof against fire. Free estimates gladly sent. Send measurements, Makers of Preston Sleel Truss Barns, Gal- vanised ranks, Barn Door Hardware, Preston Ledffed Nails boteble-MeshMetal Lath, t%ntilators Roll-NPold Garage boors, 40 kinds Sited thecal Building 1Materiat, aim teeit ittaited Guelph St„ Preston, Ont. Factories at Montreal and Toronto ntncntuuntntttmntn"""nittttnauw inn nn/r UTTING up fire - safe walls, ceilings and par- titions in: Stores harness Rooms Warehouses Chicken Coops Factories Attics Theatres Basements Hotels m Farmsteads SuSun-pmerorchesCottages 'Barns Covering old Dairies Plaster Gyproc costs little, is quickly erected, nails and cats like lumber, has insula- tion Value and structural strength. It may be panelled, papered or finished with Gyptex or Alabastine. Gyproc may be easily identified by the name on the board and the Green stripe along the edge, GYPSUM, LIME AND ALABASTINIc, Canada, Limited Faris - Ontario For Sa le By Geo. T. Jenkins ' Clinton, Ont.