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The Clinton News Record, 1932-09-22, Page 6PACT, G THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Timely Informations for the Busy Farmer ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) Canning Crop Peaoltes "The prospect of large require- ments by canners for canning var- ieties of 'peaches is very bright this year." This was the recent state- ment of C. W. Bauer, Secretary, On taints .Growers' Markets, Council. Iiq went on to say that canners have already reported their stocks are en- tirely depleted of last year's pack, while wholesale and retail grocers, throughout the Province, prefer On,_ tario canned peaches to any othen pack offered for sale, and are await- ing this year's stocks. •=Z1t Bill of Lading Protects Farmers "Excellent progres> has been made in applying Bill of Lading regula- tions to truck movement of live stock," states Garnet Duncan of the Ontario Marketing Board staff. "Farmers appreciate the protec- tion offered by this system against irregularities practiced by some truckers," continued Mr. Duncan, "and most reliable truckers support, the system as it saves time and pro- tects them from unfair competition. Weekly records show the use of bills of lading is increasing steadily." C]Gy Ploughing Practice A series of experiments carried out at a government experimental station has given some interesting results in regard to ploughing at dif- ferent depths and times. On an average, over a period of nine years, ploughing four ruche l deep for a rotation of corn, oats, clover and timothy has given higher yields than has ploughing seven(in- ches deep, except in the case of oats, in which the yields have been prac- tically the same. The shallow ploughing is of particular advantage to the corn crop. In the preparation of sod land for grain, it has been found that plough- ing in July, as soon as tine hay is off and top -working during the summer has not only given higher yields o9 oats, but has also left the land free from couch grass, The experiment has shown that on sandy loam soil, it does not pay to either rib the land or replough in the fall, On heavy clay soil, ribbing or i'eploughing late in the fall gives the frost a chance to mellow the soil and leave it in a bets ter state of tittle In the preparation of sod land for corn, manuring on the sod and spring ploughing has given higher yields than manuring and fall ploughing. It would, therefore, appear that for corn on sandy loam, the land should be manured and spring ploughed four inches deep, while for grain, it should be ploughed as soon as the hay is off and top -worked. Points on Hog Feeding The big thing for the hog feedee to keep ih mind, according to the Dominion Animal Husbandman, id "the feeder needs the frame but the packer wants the finish"; and the ideal type which sells as the "select) bacon hog must have both. Grow the frame firet. Never feed more than pigs will clean up; overfeeding, par- ticularly of heavy or unbalanced ra- tions, causes unthriftiness which in turn is the common cause of short, thick pigs. For. the first four menthe the pig should clean his trough and look for more. .6e=itee fruit Growers' Federation Proposed at Conference W. B. Somerset, Chairman, On- tario Marketing Board, reports that one of the outcomes of discussions among representatives of the fruit industry, at the Imperial Economic Conference, isa proposed Empire Fruit Growers' Federation, the first conference• to be held in London, England, in 1Septereber, 1933. The proposed Federation will have to do with the promotion of all mat- ters toward the improvement of fruit growing within the Empire. The pro- visional agenda for the first organ- ization meeting includes such sub- jects as: the produetion and distri- bution of Empire fruits, the organ- ized development of fruit growing within the Empire, co-operative in- ter -Dominion and Ehnpire advertise ing, cold storage, transportation and Standardization of packages. bb , Weekly Crop Report Bruce County reports that after - harvest cultivation is being Mac - tised fairly generally. Grey has had discouragingly wet weather, with the result that -many fields were left in stook and much seeond-cut alfalfa still in coils in fields. A farmer in Peel has 11-2 acres of Okra, which is a plant similar to Red peppers and 'whose pods are used for thickening soup. The crop looks promising. The alfalfa crop from Peel will be greatly reduced this year, as the second crop did not set seed as anticipated owing to continued rains during blossoming period. Ilarvesting of sugar beets iel Kent is starting. With over 20,000 acres of this crop to be harvested there, many unemployed will find work. In Middlesex silo filling ie now general, with the crop a bulky one, heavily loaded with well matur, ed cobs. Corn boxer and storms have broken the crop down badly in some fields. A keen demand for good breeding stock is noted in Ox- ford, where incidentally most of the Cattle are in excellent condition, A Cheese Patrons' Association has been organized in Peterborough County. Yields, in barley and oat; iti Prescott and Russell were exceptionally high. Late blight has hurt potatoes in Temiskaming District, Wet weath- er delayed the harvesting of grain in Port Arthur area. C=reeG- Ontario Seed Prospects .. According to A. H. Martin, Assist- ant Director, Crops Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, due to cool showery weather in the early part of July, the alfalfa seed crop in Western Ontario is almost a fail- ure. Eastern Ontario. although nev, er considered an alfalfa seed centre, will probably harvest the largest alf- alfa seed crop ever taken from this area. The total production in this area, however•, will be comparatively small, Red clover seed production on the other hand is much less than half rt crop in Eastern Ontario while indi- cations in Western Ontario would point to a fair yield of clover seed. AIsike production is also below nor- mal. The earlier threshed fields yielded from 2-3 bushels per acre but later reports show some fields going as high as six bushels per acre. It is likely there will be sufficient alsike to meet local demand, A considerable increase is expect- ed in timothy seed. This is to be ex- pected froth the high price of tim- othy seed last year in comparison with legume seeds and also to the fact it is necessary to import about 50 per cent of all the seed used in Ontario. Prices for all feeds are likely to be higher this year. The price no doubt will be governed to some ex- tent by the amount of seeds held over from the large 1931 crop. Field Crop Figures The fifth departmental report of the season on Field Crops gives some interesting facts and figures. More than the ordinary amount ofi stook threshing was done this yearl but the weather was not too favour- able for this attempt at labour-sav- ing. Farmers are p=anning to sow their fall wheat somewhat later than usual in order to reduce the likeli- hood of injury from Hessian Fly, Buckwheat and hoed crops have made good growth during the month and excellent yields secured from second cutting of alfalfa, The total acreage of field crops sown in Ontario in 1932 is practicaI- ly the same as last year. The most important changes in individual ac- reages occurred in barley, buckwheat,. fodder corn and alfalfa which showed increases, and hay clover, beans and potatoes which show large reductions in acreage. The total production of both beans, and potatoes will show considerable decrease from last year, for in addition to reduction in acre/ age, the per acre yields are lower ow- ing to less favourable growing condi- , tions. The estimated acreage yields of spring •wheat, oats and barley fol; Ontario this year show little varia- tion front the figures for 1932. Oats and barley gave rather disappointing yields in Southwestern_ Ontario and slightly higher yields than last year in other districts, Per acre yields of flax and beans show sotne decrease over last year while the yield of peas is considerably higher. SECOND' $ERI 3S BACON LITTER' COMPETITION- 1932 The Ontario Live Stock Branch ham' recently announced a second series Bacon Litter Competition for sows farrowing betewen September 1st and October 31st, 1932. This competition' has as its object the establishment of a standard of excellence for grade. brood sows kept by farmeie, It ir. recognized that brood sows which rear large litters of select bacon hogs, that are good feeders and mak(, good gains at. low cost, are valuable as improvers of commercial hogs, The competition aims to give such sows prominence -as breeders in their, respective communities in the hope that their female progeny will be selected as foundation brood sows for the district. Any farmer wishing to enter should send his entry to R. W. Wade, On- tario Live Stock Branch, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, within stave - days of the date of farrowing of the litter. The awards will be based or the age, weight, quality and unifor- mity of the litter and in order to qualify there must be nine pigs in the Iitter raised to marketing age and at least 30 per cent . of these must grade as select bacon. There ir no expense in connection with enter- ing the competition. The Federal and Provincial Live Stock Branches provide 8275.00 in prize money which is divided as fol- lows:. lst, 825.00; 2nd, $24.00; 3rd, 823.00 4th, 822.00; 5th, $21.00; 6th, $20.001 7th, 820.00. and 8 more prizes of $15.00 each, Huron County breeders have done remarkably well in this competition in the nast and there should be e good entry front the County in this contest, For further information and entry fortes, apply to the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture, Clinton, Ont. SANITATION IN PLANT DISEASE .. CONTROL (Experimental Farms Note) Sanitation is a most important fear tura in the control of many plant dis- eases and concerns particularly the destruction .of diseased material so that the sources of infection are er- adicated as far as possible. While sanitation is a necessary feature in control of bacterial dis- eases it is also extremely valuable in helping to control those caused by fungi. In both types of diseases the causal organism remains active from year to year in diseased material and all sueh material acts as e source of infection for further spread With fungous diseases spraying practices can generally be depended on to give satisfactory control but this control is made easier and more complete if diseased material in so far as possible is destroyed. Bac- terial diseases, however, are not so readily controlled by spraying prac- tices and therefore sanitation is a necessary feature in all control re- commendations. This has been re- peatedly demonstrated in the ease of fire blight, a bacterial disease of pears and apples, which is only con- trolled by removing and destroying all diseased material. Virus diseases such as mosiacs and leaf curl are also controlled by rogue ing out and destroying affected plants. Experimental work with the virus diseases affecting raspberries has shown that losses frotnn these dis- eases can be greatly reduced, by thorough and careful roguing of stock for planting purposes as well as during the first two years of the plantation. Certified raspberry nursery stock has been developed by the Division of Botany of the Ex- perimental Farms, to aid growers in combating these diseases by making available disease free stock for planting purposes. In the case of other crops, virus troubles can only. be controlled by destroying affected plants. Soil -borne diseases such as wilte and root -rots are also best controlled by•sanitary methods. Plants affect, ed with these troubles should be gathered and destroyed and not al- lowed to remain in the ground where they serve to infect the soil and cause it to become "sick." Such soil will harbour the disease organ- isms for a number of years and sus- ceptible crops may become affected with the disease. At least a four year rotation of crops is advisable where trouble has been experienced with these diseases. Growers, therefore, can aid mater- ially in control measures by sanita- tion or destroying all diseased mater- ial thus reducing sources of infection for these troublesome diseases. WIIVGHAM: The store formerly.oc- cupied by A. J. Ross, hardware, is now being renovated for a clothing business. Roberti; Galbraith, who a The advertisements bring you news few years ago wet in business in of better things to have and easier this line in Dresden, is starting up !sulsiness with a -b r, Silver of Sarnia; ways to live. ;h, e. in gent's feenishings.. TIIIJRS., SEPT. 22, 1932 TO FADMEAS ni;1 gu in the CouG $'i an; District. WIINGELMVI: The branch 01 the Wellington Produce, with headquar- ters at Harriston, which has been in operation for several years, handling eggs, poultry and cream has closed its doors. aeceite=O HENSALL: Special harvest home services were held in St, Paul's An- glican church, recently, when Rev. R. C. Capper, of Mitchell, delighted the large congregations with his in- teresting and inspiring sermons, well in keeping with the occasion. Spe- cial anthems were rendered by the choir, solo parts being taken by Miss Louise Drummond. The church had a very attractive appearance with a splendid array of beautiful flowers of every description. C•�G=a ' EXETER: A. court case held Isere' recently wherein the St. Thomas General Hospital sued Louis Aids - worth, of town, for an account clue, re his wife's recent illness, resulted in favor of the hospital. James Mor- ley, of Carling, and Morley, repre- sented the hospital, while Mr. Don- nelly, of Godeeich, represented Mr. Aids -worth, DUNGANNON: At the regular monthly meeting of the Dungannon branch of the Junior Institute, which was held at the home of Miss Nancy Kleff, a profitable and interesting program was carried out. Roll call was answered by "My Favorite home- grown food and how I like it pre- pared." Miss Edna Crawford gave an instructive address an "Pure Foods," Miss Doris Smyth gave e demonstration on "Preparing a Schoen Lunch," which had many paints of interest, Miss. Anna Reed gave n paper on "How one Institute may help the school fair." In it she stres- sed the idea of interesting the chil- dren in the home in taking part anti in snaking the preparations thennsel• ves which is most important. She' also ttrgetl giving money- toward spe- cial prizes for the school fair. e=encesee WALTON: The officers for this tern in Duff's F. P. S. are: Honorary President: Miss An- nie McTaggart; President, Varve, Bryans; secretary -treasurer, Miss Is obel Farquharson; convener of Chris- tian Fellowship Committee, Jim Johnston; Missionary, Wallace Shan• non; citizenship, Ruby Young, Liter- ary, Cosby Ennis; social, Miss Grace Manning; pianist, Miss Isobel Rit- chie; collectors, Miss Margaret lilur- t•ay. Miss Mary Budhanan, Jack Mur- ray, Bill Farquharson. Another hymn was then sung and the second part of the topic given by Miss Isobel Rit- chie. The meeting closed with a hymn and the Mizpah benediction. eft EXETER: The angel of death vis- ited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jahr Hackney, Thames Road, recently and took Mrs. Alex. Hack- ney. The deceased woman was the last of the fancily of the late Me. and Mrs, David. Millar, there being six girls and three boys, all of whom liv- ed to ripe old ages. Mrs. Hackney was in her 93rd year. She was a sister of the late Mrs, Robert Mon- teith, who died a few months ago at 96, Mrs. Hackney spent most of her life in the vioinity in which she died: She made her home with her son. John, since the death of her husband a number of years ago. Her family of three sons and six daughters sui- vive, ilius, Leigh, Regina; Min, Dow, Ribbert; Mrs. Dave Gardiner, ilib- bort; Mrs, Ben Wilson, Blalshard: Mt -s. •Gilifillan, Miss Louise at home' Alex., David and John, Thames Road The funeral was held at Roys came tery Tuesday afternoon. HEN'SALL: The funeral of A: Reic- kard was held on Saturday week, from his late residence and was conducted by Rev. A. Sinclair, who spoke very feelingly along the line of the 23rd Psalm. Mrs, (redden and Mrs. Hese. sang two hymns. Interment was. made in Hensall' Union Cemetery. W'ALTON: The harvest Thanks- giving'service ho ;St.. George's .Aoigli- ton church Was well attended Sunday afternoon, Rev. E. Hayes, of Wing4 hath and the rector of the iehurch, RevF. G. Rickard, had charge of the service. Rev. Me. Hayes preached a very impressive sermon,choosing as his text a portion of Scripture from Joshua 5, verse 12: "And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land." The choir of St.John's aura; Bras- sels, furnished the musk, under -the leadership of Bob Campbell, GODEILICH: A gash in the toe of one of a pair of rubber boots led to the undoing of Lawrence Yule, who was given 10 days in the county jail by Magistrate' Reid for theft. The footwear had disappeared from ,the boat of Frank Allan at the harbor Seegt• Art Ross set out on his search with the information that there was cut in the toe of one of the rubber boots, the result of an axe missing fire, The constable found the boot on the boot sof Yule, who pleaded that he had found the boots on the beach. The magistrate did not be- Neve hint, as it was known that he had been 'a frequent visitor to the boat. GODERICH: The Town Counci' has been notified by the Detroit Trust Company that the late Mrs. Emily Willis, of whose estate it is executor bequeathed the sum of $1,000 to the Town of Goderich, the proceeds of which are to be used for the perpetual upkeep of the Willis family plot in Maitland Cemetery, in which the deceased her husband and several children are buried. The trust company tendered payment in Cana- dian funds, but this feature is to be probed before being accepted. Opin- ion was expressed that paytneM should be made in American funds when the letter was read at Friday night's council meeting. After a heated discussion in committee the evening previous the Council unani- mously decided to pay the cut -of - pocket expenses of Mayor Lee, Reeve Craigia and Town Cleric Knox incurred in attending the meeting of the BIue Water Highway Assoeias Hon at Tobeimory on September 10. The Council session tasted but three- quarters of an hour and was confin- ed almost entirely to routine busi- 11055. !!G GODERICH: A fashionable and lovely wedding was solemnized on Saturday afternoon at three -thirty o'clock in St, George's Church, God - midi, when. Bertha E., daughter of Mr. 0, E. Fleming, K,C., and Mrs. Fleming, of Windsor mid .Goderich, was united in marriage to David Steele Wright cf Toronto. Rev 3. H. N. Mills , rector of the church. of- ficiated, The bride, given in marriage by her father. looked lovely in an ax- her 'father. looked lovely in an ex- quisito gown of white velvet cut on close fitting lines, with long sleeves trimmed with stall velvet buttons. The bridal veil of lace, cap -shaped, fell in graceful lines the full length of the train, Clusters of orange blossoms were here and there on the lace. White gloves and white cord- ed silk shoes were also worn. Tho bride carried a shower bouquet of Talisman roses and lily -of -the -valley, Mrs. Philip Gross attended her sister as matron of honor. She wore a be- coming' gown of flowered chiffon in autumn shades and brown felt hat trimmed with smart bow of brown and green, brown shoes and white gloves. flet- flowers were Pernet roses and lily-tiifthe-valley. Jalck Wright, of Toronto, brother of the bridegroom was best man, and the ushers were Hugh Fleming, of Wind- sor and Brefney Higgins, of Toronto. After the ceremony a reception eves held at Ridgewood Park, the beautiful summer home of the bride's parents, where the spacious rooms and halls were attractively decorated with a profusion of roses and gladiolus, Mrs. Fleming received wearing a pretty goolm of puedre blue chiffon with matching hat. Her flowers were yellow roses. The bridegroom's grandmother, Mrs. John Wright, of Toronto, was gracefully gowned in black velvet, with corsage of orch- ids and wore a black hat. Mr. and Mrs. Wright left by motor for a honeymoon trip to New York and oth- er cities; the bride traveling in wine colored coat with silver fox collar, over a crepe dress in the sante shade with shoes 'and hat to match. On their return they will reside in To- WINGHAM; The annual conven- tion of the Eugenia Hydro -Electric Association Was held at Midland Thursday, those who attended the convention from Wingham being; Mayor W. Ii. Willis, W. H. Gurney, chairman of the W'ingham commis- sion; Commissioner A. J. Walker and W. A. Galbraith. secretary and treas- urer. The morning session was held at Midland at 10 o'clock. Following lunch the delegates were taken for a 30 -mile cruise among the 80,800 is- lands on the steamer City of Midland] 1iillen, N.iacTavish, Rennie:' sion was held. On their return trip the boat docked at Honey harbor, where considerable time was spent, and where the delegates had the op- portunity laf hearing some' of the main speakers. AIfred C. Maguire, member of the H.E.P.C, of 'Toronto, was the chief speaker, W. G. Pair, don,' chief accountant of the H.E.P.C, of Toronto, answered; questions of the delegates, these gentlemen be- ing accompanied by the district en- gineer, D. T. Flannery, .of Toronto. C. J. Halliday, of Chesley,introduc- ed the speakers. The name of thr association was changed to the Geor- gian Bay Hydro Association, which will take in the towns in the vicinity of Midland and Barrie. W. H. Gur• bey, of Winghant, was chosen Presi- dent of the new association, and the Mace of meeting for next year will be Owen Sound. SEAPORT$ FIELD MEET HELD The annual field meet 'of the Sea - forth Collegiate was held Friday af- ternoon at the Agricultural Park, un•1 der ideal weather conditions. The highest scoring boys in the junior events were; First, J. Consitt, with 36 points; second, A. Nicholson with 30 points, and third. F. Sills, with 20 points. In the Intermediate ev- ents E. Rennie was first with 51 points; second, I MacTavish, with 23 points; and H. Hillen third, with 14 points. Senior, first, D. Silis, 48 points; second. N. Tyndall, 40 points, and third, P. Dundas 14 points, Detailed results as follows: Junior events -100 yards Plant Consitt, Betties; 220 yards—Plant, Consitt, Cheoros; half mile Nichol- son, Settles, Cheoros; running high jump—Nicolson, Consitt, :Bottles; running broad jump—Consitt, Betties Sills; shot put 8 lbs --Nicholson, Bets ties, Consitt; running hop step--(Con- sitt, Bett]es, Cheoros; pole vault — Sills, Cheoros, Bottles; standing high --(Consitt, Sills, Cheoros; standing broad—c:licholson, Consitt, ;Betties; running high dive—nicholson, Sills, McMillan; standing hop step--,Con- sitt, Sills, Geddes; One legged race— Sills, Consitt, Bell. Intermediate events -100 yards, Rennie, MacTavish, Grieve; 220 yards --.Rennie, Grieve, bfacTavish; 440 yards—Sills, MacTavish, Hilton; half utile-- 1.reSpaddon, Dorrance, Sills: run, hop, step, jump --Rennie, Mac- Tavish, Hilton; running broad jump --Rennie, McSpadden, MacTavish; 10 pound shot put --Rennie, Hilton, Stewart; standing hop step jump — Ronnie MacTavish, Hilton; pole vault --Rennie, Millen, Sills; standing high jump—Rennie, MacTavish, Sins standing broad jump—Rennie, Mac- Tavish, Sills, running highdivo--•Ren- nie, Sills, McIver; running high jump Senior`,events, 100—tyar�ds—Sills,: Tyndall; 220 yards—Sills, Tyndall,.; Dundas; 440 yards --Sills, Tjmdall; • half mile—•Dundas; ,running, high '• jump—Tyndall, Dundas, Finlayson; running broad jump -Tyndall, Dun•• • das, Sills; 12 Ib. shot put—Sills, FiBi•, -. layson, Patrick; standing hop step' and jump—Tyndall, Sills, Dundas; pole vault—Tyndall, Sills, Finlayson.. standing high jump -Sills, Tyndall,'. Dundas; standing broad jump—Stills, Tyndall; running high dive-Ofur- - ray, Sills, Dundas. running hop, step, , and jump—Tyndall, Sills, Dundee. The girl champions are: Junior, Leola Nott; senior, Barbara Aber- • hart. Junior event --50 yards, Eben= hart. Nott, McIver; • balloon racer Eckert, Hudson, Betties; three -leg ged race, Eberhatt-Iirauter, O'Reilly - McIver, Hamilton -Fortune; running • high jump, Fortune, Eckert, and Chuff " equal; running broad jump, Nott, Eckert, Kreuter; running hop, step and jump, Nott, Eckert, Betties; tar get throw, Kreuter, Box, McIver; softball throw, L. Nott, E. Nott, Hamilton. Senior events -75 yds., Aberhart, :Britton. Bolton; standing broad'' jump, Aberhart, Bolton, Farquhar; irunning high jump, Stewart, Bolton, Storey; standing hop, step and jump, Bolton, Britton, Aberhart; wheelbar row race. Malcolm and Britton, Rice - and Mason; potato race, Aberhart,. Bolton, Murray; target throwing•, Devereaux. Stewart..Aherhart; bas- e ketball throw, Aberhart, Devereaux, Storey. CANDLE LIGHT Day has its sun, And the night stars, But God has candle -light. Upon the world's great candlestick - He sets. The little taper of yourself ashine, That when the sun has sputtered out, And all the stars are dead, Your immortality may flame and ' 'burn Across His infinite immensity forev. es. Wherefore IIe will sometime blew ea the sun, And snuff the stars, Preferring candle -light. —The Commonweal t can tha ng istance for that cheque" Low cpaawg votes on ssation.to-sta- tiot calls beghs 7.00 p.m. Still lower nogfat rates at 8,50 p,m.. Old man Carrington was selling his farm and there were two fine • teams for quick sale. frill Smart didn't need them but he thought of a man he knew in .the cartage business in town - Bill called leis man by Long, Distance telephone that night and; arranged to buy both teams for hien next day on commission. A few days later he had a nice -cheque in the mail — and his telephone call cost him only 30. cents