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The Clinton News Record, 1932-09-01, Page 6PAGE NiAnanentexAsamouruer Ihrti Timely • I rifer ion for the Busy Farmer, ('Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) Warble flies constitute .a serious 'post of cattle whenever they are conn mon, It is estimated by federal en- tomologists that belly50 per' cent of the hides taken off cattle' in 1930 were damaged by this pest and the loss in value to hides alone'amonuted to $700,000.. The annual loss thrbugh out Canada from this pest is estim- ated at from $7,000,000,000 to . 14,- 000,000. ' Careless Mutating Causes Lower Prices A report recei=od by the Ontario Marketing Board states that,, in an effort to induce apple growers during harvesting and paeking, R. S. Marsh of Illinois College of Agriculture, cites marketing studies which have re- vealed wide ctkffereneea in markei prices as a result of methods of hand- ling fruit in orchards, In one ease, he said that there was a difference of 65 per cent between prices receive:] far apples at the terminal market its eonsequence of the method of harv- esting and grading, Removing Surplus Honey, The best time to remove finished supers of comb is in the early after- noon, when the bees are working well in the fields. It can easily be done by blowing -smoke into the supers at the top to ,drive most of the bees down. As the cover is lifted, the bees above the cover may be brushed off with a large feather from a turkey's wing. After most of the bees have been driven down, the .super should be lifted at one end, and the bees on the bottom brushed off quickly beforr any can return. The super can then be carried into a building and stood on enol in front of a window so that the remaining bees will leave it and fly to the window, where they slake their. escape. ,:It Make the Meadows Pay Ontario usually has about four snot one-half miliion acres of hay crops each year. In passing across the pro- vince just before haying one cannot help feeling that many of these acres are net paying the taxes and the cost of handling the crop, Statistical re- ports indicate an average yield of only one and one-half tons to the acre and this can certainly be mueh improved upon. For the meadows, good drainage and sweet soil are very important. Roots of grasses and clo- vers are slow to penetrate wet soils and wherever there is a surplus of water en the soil, air is shut out and hence the bacterial Iife is either weakened rr killed. Another point in meadows is the use of high quality seed. If poor seed is used the meadows start out with a handicap. Good drainage, good seed and a liberai supply of suitable fors Mizen make profitable meadows. Must Register Feeds George IL. Clarke, Dominion Food Commissioner, calls attention to the fact that under provisions of the Feeding Stuffs Act, all registrations expire automatically an September 30th following the date of issue; also that all commercial feeding stuffs must be registered and that the fee for registration is $2 per brand, Feeds must be labelled exactly as registered and the guaranteed an- alysis statement of ingredients and other information required for re- gistration must appear on labels or tags attached to feed containers. Under the Feeding Stuffs Act no change in the composition bf a reg- istered brand shall be made' without re -registering it. Any change in the guaranteed analysis or ingredients of a registered brand calls for the sub- mission of a new application with the usual fee and sample, and the as- eignment of a new registration num, leer A Serious Clover Menace The mild weather of the last three falls in the Lake Erie counties of Ontario in particular, has resulted in an alarming spread of clover dodder, otherwise known as line vine. This parastie plant is one of the most serious menaces to clever because of the fact that it is almost impossible to separate dodder from clover seed, and where dodder goes to seed in a clover field some spread is inevit- able. The clover dodder is a delicate vine -like plant, !which starts with a very fine green shoot, hard to de- tect, and which attaches itself to the stem of the growing plant, finally breaking away entirely from its root and living on the slaver plain Any badly infested field should plowed under and planted to a h or .grain crop • for a sufficient let of, time to: completely eradicate eccnnnnlation of dodder whi THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD APPENINS PLANTING IiERBACP,OUS PERENNIALS (Esperimeintal .Farms Note) Ili the milder sections of 'the coun- try most perennials can be planted stteeessfutly until quite late in fall, but where the 'winters are severe care 'should be taken so that plant- ing is finished several week before the ground is hard' :frozen and •a Mulch of straw or other suitable ma- t• Perennials .that have been grown be from 'seed sown in' spring and trans- oed planted during the summer should rgth be ready to, pet in their permanent any places in September. If the ground may is dry water thoroughly so that ' the have taken place in, the soil. Where soil adheres to the roots when the a slight infestation is noticed patches plants are Ikfted: I• planting in a ocntn.inina dodder can be cut and use border, group three to five plants of each variety together leaving ample space so that each plant can <levelope to its full size. for fodder before the field is rape, In view of the fact , that all clover seed for export must be absolutely free from dodder seed, the only safe procedure for the seed growers to Iris plants can be,dividecl:quite late make sure at the outset that the seed in September although July and Aug - ha sows is absolutely free of clover est are generally considered the best dodder. time to do this. At the Central Ex- perimental Farrar we have found that C~]I iris plants generally begin to show Killing Creech Grass 1 signs of failing 'after three or fear Exposure of couch grass toots to years, When the flowers begin to days in hot so the sun for a fewrt- grow small the plant should be dug np.arid the oldest parts' of the rhizome mer is one of the most effective ways discarded. Pieces with several fans of riddineathe soil of this pest. Under of good healthy leaves should be chos-• favorable -weather conditions at is ! en and three or four can be planted possible to kill couch grass roots eon- ! about a foot apart in a clump in a 1 pletely by two or three day's expo.e- , large border. In a small border a ore, but with the presence of moist- single division is sometimes suffic- uro they will retain their vitality for itent. The some time. It is difficult to kill ' soil where they have to go couch grass relit; under humid coedit- j meal added before replanting. The should be well dug and some bone ions, and plowing under couch sod, is i :mots should be made firm but the of comparatively little use in destroy- rhizomes should be just at the surface ing it even when plowed as deep as, of the .oil. A sunny position should 15 limbos, The spread of the plant lie chosen for the tall bearded var- is through the root system and the ieti Cs. only effective way of eliminating it Penny eau stay in the same place is to work the note up where the sun for many years. but in time the flaw can get at them and burn or dry the ers begin to fail and grow smaller • vitality out of them. s) jWthan they used to do. When this oc- Below will be found a brief synop- h cure it is•tinle.to move and divide sis of telegraphic reports received Weekly Crop Report 'them. September is the best season at the Head Office of the Bank of TO of the field is chosen for the future kept "separately. Tlie tolloviit� ' ivrtS.;_;SEPT.' i; '�98 seed and all,fdiseased`, ]ants are"re 'sp1 , each tuber is eiit•,into four Not shoved, . sections which are planted in a single Al ��� Finally, there is the most - meth -hill, Diving the season of growth, odioal and rational method, which a all the ,grower has to do is watelli fol,, and pull out the diseases] plants, If a plant in a hill shows symptoms disease, pull out the whole hill. By following' this last lnethod, the presence of the qualities in the tubers necessary for a si eeessfil crop 18' at-, stored. These qualities areprcduetioe; varietal tlppe, vigour and freedom from disease:, very small number only has tidoptecl. It consists ising Inundation sees' which has .ben teeing subniited to tweedielld. and two cellar inspections and an extensive selection. The procedure is very easy., The best Iooking plants are marked. At digging time four or five tuber.s from each of these plants ale;:taken and Mai FAC SABO By Jack Miner, 'Kingsville, ()aurae Canada. S T43e33333,4.mr--,i�„a As a boy living in the open 365 days in the year ancl-please let me go back still further -as a -child down in.,Oh10, hanging on to mother's hand etilolling through a little jpngle near our humble buckeye .Home,• visiting as high as nine Brown Thrashers' occupied nests in practically thee many minutes, and then both Spring and Fall back in the Seventies, watch- ig the passenger pigeons, not by the thousands, but by the clouds; I then in the first year of mer teens wo moved here to the sunny side of Canada where the woods and the1 few cleared fields were simply all i aglow with birds. I and • absolutely sure I have seen as high as twenty- five Scarlet Tanagers, I called them red birdi, in sight at once and when tree red bird storm came, es we called i kt, along about the 20th Of May, T wisie every naturalist of today' could have followed me a few hours in the wccils .and he would have seen more i warblers in .an hour Huth I can find i in a week right now, and the long + poverty hour of no boy's. life could be made shorter and richer than all these God-given creatures did mine In fact I forgot all about any ap pearance—]oaag. red hair and free- kles—and every Sunday in the sum- mer would find me in my little hid, ing places allowing these Creatures to come 'eleser to me than I coral (Continued on page 7) Crop Report to do this. If it is possible to give Recent rains have helped the renr, them a new bed it is better to do so, seeding of clover 'ivhile pastures„ ex -i If this cannot be done then the plants cept in Eastern Ontario, are excell-+should be dug up and the old soil re- cut. Harvesting is abent completed' gloved and new, good soil put in its and tiu•eshing has progressed favor- I place. A handful of bonemeal for ably. Yields of wheat and barley are .each plant should be mixed in with averake but oats are quite light. A !the new soil. After digging the considerable amount of after -harvest, plant wash off an the soil and divide cultivation is being clone in the tab -'the root, as carefully ae possible. ace() districts of Southern Ontario, A !Divisions with four or five eyes are large, acreage of second cutting of a the btst for an ordinary garden £alfa was handled in Ualdimand. Red : though smaller divisions can be made clover fields are very preeninent iniif a larger number of plants are re- Lambton. A fav;:i•able season fm quired. Peonies should be planted grass has meant that poultry en so that there is two inches of soil range has been well supplied with above the eye. Too deep planting is green feed and ingesta so that pulkoteme of the causes why peonies fail to are well matured. Wellington to- ]loom, ports an apparent increase over last year in corn borer infestation. Yields rf fall wheat averaged well over 30 bushels to the aerz. Tematoes and corn made splendid growth during the month of August. Rust is pre- valent in Leeds, County, particularly on late oats. Grasshopper damage is reported in some sections, iceaet. Alfalfa Ensilage Full bloom appears to be the best time to cut alfalfa for ensilage. Wilting alfalfa for five hours tnt- prevee the quality of ensilage and is recommended for this crop. The ad- ditions of 25 per cent of timothy to alfalfa seems to improve its quality es ensilage, while a mixture of corn ant alfalfa produces an 'excellent en- eilage, The addition of molasses at the rate of. two to four per cent and cruder su;•or at the rate of one to two per cent i n t v theu li pie es q a ty of alfalfa. ensilage. The addition of salt sloes not -ap- pear to improve the quality of al- faIfaensilage, while the addition ot of lime resulted in such a peer quality of ensilage that the ;cows did not eat it. Alfalfa cut in full bloom and plac- ed in the silo withoat cutting pro- ducee a rotted material which is not fit for seed. Storing alfalfa in the silo for per- iods varying from three to nine mon- ths appears to have' no adverse ef- feet ori its feeding quality. HOW TO SELECT SEED POTATOES (Experimental Farnts Note) Select+;ng the seed in one of the most important factors in suceess- fui potato culture; unfortuntely, far ton many farmers seem to neglect this essential point. At the Dominion Experiinental Station at Ste, Anne de la Pocaticre, teach importance le attarbed to sel- ecting the seed tubera, treating with formalin and cutting into sets, Noth- ing that will insure a good yield of sound tubers is neglected, for it is not enough to have a big crop, but good tubers which are easy to keep must be selected. There are generally three ways of selecting the seed: 1 Putting aside a certain quanity of tnbers in the spring. 2 Chao in the nicest s g tirest part of a field. 3 Selecting foundation seed in is- olated hills. The first method is the most pop- ular, which does not mean that it is the best, as its adoption is due to the law of minimum effort rather than to its results. It consists in putting aside in a corner of the cellar in the spring, a certain quantity of tubers -corresponding approximately to the area which is to- be planted. The second method is followed by a fair number .of potato planters 1Cvho Montreal from its Eranehes. • ° Prairie Provinces Alberta, Northeastern Area — Gutting is fairly general. Early r sults give yields varying from 10 t 30 bushels, Late sown hoarse grains are only fair. Alberta, • Southeastern Area—About 50 per cent of the wheat is stat, with the average yield estimated at 15 bushels, of good grade. Alberta, Western Area — Henvy raine have caused consider- able heavy grain to lodge, seine hail damage is reported in •tlte Lett- bridge area. Sugar beets are mak- ing good progress. Saskatchewan, Northern Area --Early threshing re- turns indicate geed average yields. No further important damage is re- ported. Pasturage is gond. Saskat- ehewan, St•uthern Area—,Threshing under way hi setae districts. Yields generally are low except in the extreme Southwest. The grade is satisfactory. Coarse grains are patchy, The feed situation is 1111- 1r02,e4 over that of last year. Rains have been beneficial foe• stock graz- ing. Manitoba—early threshing re- turns indicate geed average wheat yields, ranging from 8 bushels to 35 bushels per arse. Coarse grains will give good yields in some 1it ' t tato blight• is fairly prevalent. The yield ,of early peas was satisfactory and the late crop is promising. -Grapes are also promising while ap- ples show prospects greatly reduced from those of last year. Cutting and curing 6f tobacco is `making satis- factory progress under favourable eonditfcns and the Termer estimate of a good crop of satisfateory qual. e- ity is borne out to date, c s ric s but much of the crop is poor and will e used for feed. The weather has been ideal for harvesting. Province of Quebec Baying operations are generally completed, the crop is below average. Good grain yields are anticipated. Corn is late but shows satisfactory growth. Potato and other root crops require warm weather. Tobacco is making favourable progress, Apple crop prospects are goad. Pastures are ig out t well. 11 . Provhice of Ontario Threshing returns indicate that the yield of fall wheat is above the average and barley average, while oats in many sections did trot fill well and the grain is light. In South- western Ontario sugar beets and beans have shown marked improve- ment and average crops are now ex, wish to succeed, and it is more log: pected. Sonie slight damage to ical than the first. The nicest part cern from borer 10 reported and po- Royal Mounted in National ]Parks ADDTOvPICTU,RESQiil7 CANADIAN SCENERY k member of the Royal Canadian ass visiting (Canada's National Parks as police officer Mounted Police is seen in the A- in• the Rockies. ;The •Mounties have.I BO'V'13 picture. directing tourists who l to be information bureaux as well in these districts.' Maritime Provinces The hay crop will be about aver- age. Grains are ripening and prom- ise a good yield. Potatoes show sats isfactcry progress but rot has devel- oped in some diet11ets due co excess sive moisture. The Annapolis Val- ley apple crop is reported to be of n very good quality. .Some early var- ieties are already on the market. Pastures continue in good condition. Province of i3ritislt Columbia, Harvesting will be general early in September. Grain craps are satis- factory, a 100 per cent .yield is es- timated. Roots and vegetables have been greatly benefited by recent rains ant promise better than aver- age yields. Apples are ]u good con- dition, a 105 per cent crop is indi- cated. Other fruits are of good quality. A 76 per cent yield of- hope fbops is anticipated from a reduced acreage, picking will start about Sep- tember 1st. Pasturage is ample and in pond condition. • I3OYS SWIMMING FINDS REVOLVER k.;CIio of Iirusseis. Robbery Heard— Discovery Near Wingham Echoes of the robbery of the Bank of Nova Scotia at Brussels on Octo- ber 20, 1930, resounded in the river at Wingham this week, when a .32 calibre automatic colt revolver, ivas found by a young son of Adolph Scathe, of town, . And more than that. In the same river at WingIatn are thought to be the remnants of $50 in coppers also taken on the day of tbo robbery. For the last few days boys who have been diving in the river have brought many coppers to the surface and ,this particular spot is now the mecca of all the swimmers of the neighborhood. It was While diving that young Scathe recovered the revolver. Be took it to his father, who in turn handed it over to F. NI. Wilmot, man- ager of the Bank of Nova Scotia. Bearing serial number 312,619 the gun was .identified as that stolen from the bank. Altogether the rob- bery -netted 85,880.04 and of this $50 Was in coppers. It is presumed that after leaving Brussels' the robbers cleave to Wing - ham and after finding, that a numbo. of packages contained coppers and' not quarters dumped them into the river,, together with the gun. The latter ie- now in possession of . Con- stable- Whiteside. "The investigation into, the trrue- seIs bank • robbery is not ended; in fact, it has' never ceased" !Constable Whiteside said last night. 'He point] ed out - that the accused men, on -whose. guilt or innocence three juries disagreed; Were not aequitted. If stiffieient evidence to warrant a new trial was': •secured, they would not have to be again indicted to be plat - •cd on trial, hes aid. The finding cf N'I FUD, an Ireland tMffix+tylalFr 4 -__--.. _ WORLD FAMOUS HORSE SHOW OPENS President de Valera snapped at the Dublin Horse, Show, which at- tracts spectators from all over the world.. the gun and money is in line with the police theory --;that the bandits drove to Teeswater. The scene of the discovery is on the line of flight from Brussels to Teeswater. The cut-off route was presumably taken to avoid going through Wingham's main street,—Goderich Star. NOVA SCOTIAN FLAG OLDER TITAN UNION JACK For the first time since the seven- teenth century the flag of the "Anc- ient Province of Nova Scotia" which comprised what are now the Maritime Provinces and the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec has been flown from the mast of a ship in the St. John harbor. The ship is the S.S. "Saint John" which, with its sister ship S.S. "Acadia," plys between St. John, Dos ton, New York and Yarmouth -making direct • connections with passenger trains of the Canadian National Railways. , The flag was presented to the ves- sel by the Mayor of St. John. The "Ancient Province of Nova Scotia" was set apart by King Jaines I foe a colonization scheme in 1621 and led to the creation by King Charles I of a hereditary order of the Bar- onets of Nova Scotia. Don't Slee, on Left Side, Gas Hurts Heart If stomach gas -lakes you restless and unable to sleep on right side, take Adlerika. One dose will rid you of gas er nervousness, and bring sound sleep. J. E. Hovey, Druggist. 4 5 ntario's Record! 104 Children killed 1,827 injured by, automobiles in 1931 Nearly half of these accidents were caused by children playing inthe street! What a shamefulrecord—what a startling appeal to both mothers and motorists! • This year let us Give Every Child a Chance! MOTOR VEHICLES BRANCH ONTARIO. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS if eopoid Macaulay; 32-4A MINISTER a