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The Clinton News Record, 1932-11-10, Page 6THE CLINTON NEWS-IRECOIRD. THURS., NOV, 10, 1832 N.E WS AND i T 1� . mei Information for the Busy Farmer Furnished' bythe Department of A g ricultur`e t p g ) Coming Events Nov. 10-24 Royal Agricultural Winter Pair, Toronto. Nov. 22 -23 --{Can. Creamerymen's Assn. Convention, Toronto. Nov. 24-25—The Eastern Ontario Cheesemakers' Ass'n. Convention Kentptville. Nov. 28 -Dec. 2—Ottawa Winter Fair, Ottawa, Ont. Dec. 6-7—Central Ontario Cheese- makers' Assn. Convention'], Napa nee. Dec. 6 -8 -Ontario Provincial Win- ter Fair, Guelph, Ont.' , C;1C J An ()Mateo farmer has cleated the weeds from twenty-five acres of pas- ture by the use of common salt. The method is not new, but was 'so care- fully worked out that Prof. Howitt of Guelph was convinced of its ef- the opening. Later a luncheon was held in Creelnlan Hall at which the Minister of Agriculture and many distinguished guests were present. The three -unit building which has been under construction since '1930, is now made available for the stud- ents and administrative staff. The large attendance in recent years made the problem sof housing urgent. In the new dormitories provision ' will be made for 248 students in agri eidtura. arm Royal Poultry Show For its poultry show the Royal Winter Fair in November has es- tablished an easy record lover past events in the number of specialty clubs that are to exhibit. They total 27 as against a previous high record of 23. Many of the major poultry and pigeon associations, both Cana- ficiency, dian and American, will hold their annual meeting at Toronto during "Royal week," November 16-24. s=it , Fine Crop of Onions Grown in Thedford Area J. A. Carroll of the Ontario Mar- keting Board, reports that the Thed- ford Celery Marsh area has pro- duced an onion crop of exceptionally high quality. The extent of the crop is estimated at twenty-five carloads. Growers in that district have organ- ized, for the purpose of marketing the crop, under the name of the Thedford Onion Growers' Co-opera- tive. <=ge1a Carrots in Storage Recent reports indicate that comp partitively heavy supplies of Ontario grown carrots are being placed in cold storage at Toronto. These car- rots, largely grown in muck soil, are of particularly high quality, and dealers predict that this Ontario grown product will successfully compete with the imported carrots, usually brought to Ontario during the months of February and March. e:e=t New 0. A. C. Building The completion of the new Ad- ministration Building at 0. A. C, was fittingly marked on Oct. 22nd Ihy a dedication ceremony in which His Excellency the Earl of Bessborough took part• A Iive stock parade on the campus and flag -raising preceded linivaalsatelrecceesweatowserftmehanorsenamseasslar Increase Turnip Sale Through Careful Grading The Ontario Marketing Board states that the export demand for Ontarios turnips has dropped off re- cently. The general feeling of deal- ers is that market conditions, inso- far as export is concerned, will im- prove, Ontario growers, however, can do much towards improving the i home nmarket, and increase the de- i rand for Ontario turnips. This can bo effected through more careful sel- ection of turnips, and presenting them as attractively as possible, Growers who intend to market their crop for taible use should pull and trim turnips by hand, setting aside for stock feed' all of those showing growth gains or maggot injury. Little Things to Fight Dr. Lionel Stevenson, Provincial Zoologist for Ontario, in a recent re- view of work being done in connec- tion with the control of internal' par- asites of animals stated that those which give principal cause for con- cern in the livestock industry are comparatively few. Of these he nam- ed six principal internal parasites in sheep, two in swine, two in cattle, three in horses, two in poultry, and five in fur -bearing animals. In the 66 ive my love to over, ran' a" Low evening rates on Station -to -Sta- tion Calls begin at 7.00 p.m. Still lower night rates at 8.30 p.m. Young Herb's happy summers on Grandpa's, farm are renewed each week throughout the winter; an in- expensive luxury that all the family shares in. Herb's Dad thought of it; he knew how lonely the old folks felt and how young Herb's thoughts kept straying farmwards. So now, on Friday evenings a 30 cent Long Distance call makes every- body happy. Long Distance is always quick, deaf and dependable. It is easy to use ... and the cost is trifling. A;PPEN INC S INTEBFST case of most of these parasites it is , Boys' Grain -Potato Clubs possible to cheek their ravages by simple control measures. Poultry in Demand In a recent address Professor Gra- ham of 0. A. C. predicted that if the present demand for eggs continued there would not .be a single egg in storage in Canada by January lst. The. poultry business was good at present, he declared, pointing out, that, last spring there had been a great surplus of poultry and some of the storage dealers had taken a loss of $160' a ton on their stock; Now they were short of everything, with only half the chickens they had at this time last year. The surplus a year ago he attributed to the poultry dealers keeping the price up, while the price of hogs fell to a low level and the people turned to pork instead of chicken, Higher Price Indicated For Ontario Potatoes "If market trends conform, to those of the past few years," commented Charles E. Broughton, Ontario De- partment, "we ran anticipate an in- crease in the price of potatoes." The Ontario potato crop for 193e amounted to 20,026,501 bushels, with a market value of $4,735,770. In 1930, }however, when the crop ap- proximated 18,275,065, or almost two million bushels less than the previous year, the market value was $10,906,, 175. The 1932 crop was still less, a- mounting to 14,150,088 "bushels or a- bout 6,000,000 bushels less than the crop of 1931, yet having a market value of $15,271,732, More than three times the 1931 erop. At present prices the 1932 crop, estimated at 13,780,000 !bushels, would -be worth only $4,134,000, but past experience indicates that there is ample reason for the 'belief that po- tato prices will increase. Teams representing the Boys' Po- tato and Grain Clubs of the province held their provincial contests at 0. A. C. recently. The team from Ren- frew County, composed 'of Stewart Sparling and D. S. Gibbons, won the Grain Club championship, while Stephen Fletcher and Binnie Sher- win of Wentworth County were de- clared •champion Potato Club team for 1932. These two teams will re- present Ontario in th International contests in grain and potatoes at the • Royal Winter Fair this: month, R. S. Duncan, director of agricultur- al representatives, was in charge oft the competitions, ausisted by officials of G.A.C. and of the .Crops Branch, Department of Agriculture. This phase of agricultural e,dension work is stimulating keen interest among the juniors throughout Ontario. In all, 52 clubs with a total nnemtbeeship of 1,215, engaged in the above pro- jects during the past year. • C=�G� Plowing Match a Success The windup of the International Plowing (Watch at Ottawa took the form iof a b'anquet, at which interest- ing addresses were heard. D. A. Mc, Intyre of ..elvinston, past president made a presentation of a silverplatter to J. Leckie Wilson, managing direc- tor of the Ontario Plowmen's Ass'n. for the past twenty years, and a lead- ing factor in the success of the 'or- ganization. The Association now has over seventy branches in addition to the central organization and com- prises a total membership of over 7,000 scattered over the whole pro- vince. "These members," said Mr. McIntyre, 'are carrying back to their various communities the doctrine and practice of better plowing, bet- ter cultivation of the soil, better seed and better live stock, I believe that to their influence and example may be credited in Iarge measure the com- paratively secure position of the On- tario farmer at the present time." D FAflMERS season limit' suinrner tourist tickets., I DESTITUTE SQUANDERERS C. P. Riddell, lof the Canadian Pas- senger Association, in making the announcennent, stated that these tick- ets will be on sale from November 15th to February 28th, with the re- turn portion good until April 30th, The Pacific Coast, Me. Eiddel] stated,"'his in fact "Canada's Ever- green Playground," with the cities of Vancouver and Victoria offering spe- cial facilities to all visitors. These two cities offer .seine of the best golf courses in Canada, while fish- ing, tennis, and other normally sum- mer sports are ail year round pur- suits. Flowers are in bloiom when other parts of the Dominion are snow -bound, yet visitors with a flair for enjoying variety can have a day with ski and toboggan by making' a short drive (roan Vancouver to (Grouse Mountain. This is the first winter that the Canadian railways have introduced such favorable rates, and in view of the popular interest, it is anticipated that a very considerable traffic fa Vancouver, Victoria, Harrison Hot Springs and other Pacific Coast points will develop. WILL CULT AMONG BEARS BE DISREGARDED IN AUSTRALIA? To hibernate or not to -hibernate. What can. a young bear do toward solving such a problem, under the cir- cumstances? The question faces two Toronto cuba. They are barely adolescent and their forbears were members of the finest families to be found in the Canadian woods, where hiberna- tion is a cult among bears. "Charlie" and "William," so named by Chief Officer Wilding, are bound for Australia aboard the C.N.S. "Canadian Highlander" in company with porcupines, badgers, squirrels, geese, muskrats and other Canadian animals—all going to the Adelaide Zoo from the Toronto Zoo• Wilding will care for and observe the menag- erie and perhaps be in a position to Swine Policies in (affect in the Province of inforthe zoloical world on natter of hibernatthe ion in transit. Ontario Bacon Hog Curb This, policy was instituted in 193 for the purpose of improving th commercial hogs in the Province through the use of better sires. amts to place swine improvemen work on a community basis, hent clubs consisting of ten or more mem bens, with at least twenty-five ap proved sows, may secure the loan o an approved boar. Two hundred and ninety-seven such clubs were in axis- tence on the 31st day of October 1931. Of this number ninety-eight were started during the year 1931, One hundred and sixty-eight boars were purchased during the year for Use in these new clubs and also for replacement in some of the old clubs. These clubs are distributed throughout thirty-four Counties and three Districts in the Province of Onlaid°. Beginning January 1932, while the organization of the Chiba is similar, they are being financed on a fifty-fifty basis by the Dominiolt and Ontario Live Stock Branches. BACON HOG FAIRS In order to round out the useful- ness of Baron Hog Clubs, "Bacon Hog Fairs" are organized each year at venous points in the Province, at which fairs breeding and market hogs are entered in the competition. Leotures and demonstrations are given along improved swine industry, and as to the proper type of markethogs, The cost of this is borne eq- ually between the Dominion and On- tario Live Stock Branches. 2 , sows at the current market price, e Sows are selected by Federal Offi- , cials and, when shipments of twenty 1t i sows or over are made to groups of t i farnners, the Dominion and Ontario e ' Live Stock Branches share fifty-fif- = i ty in payment of freight charges. BOAR BONUS POLICY BACON LITTER COMPETITION Bacon Litton Competitions were organized by the Dominion and On tarso Live Stock Branches, for the object of establishing a standard of excellence for grade brood sows kept by fanners. This competition aims to give good prolific, proper confer, ration 'brood sows, prominence as breeders in their respective centres, in the hope that female progeny will' bo selected as foundation 'brood sows. In 1930 there were 124 entries in the Bacon Litter Competition and in 193/ there were 268 entries. As well as encouraging the distribution of choice young sows as a result of this com- petition, the Ontario Live Stock Branch, in co-operation with the Do- minion Live Stock'Branch, have ase sisted in the placing of high type young brood sows among communi- ties of farmers in the Province, and such communities are one of the fav- ourite centres for the loaning of high type boars, by, the two Branches. For the Bacon Litter Competition, the Province is divided into the necessary number of Districts, and in each dis- trict prizes are given for the litters when they go to market. Such points U, Size of Litter; Rano of Maturity; Percentage of Selects, etc., are used as a basis of scoring. BACON SOW POLICY The Dominion Live Steck Branch makes provision for the purchase of For the purpose of encouraging and assisting farmers in purchasing and maintaining boars for the pro duetion of commercial hogs, the Fed- eral and Provincial Departments of Agriculture offer the following bon- uses on a fifty-fifty betels, to any bona -fide farmer or group of farm- ers purchasing' a pure bred register• eel boar: Advanced Registry XXX Boars 820.00 Approved XXX Boars $15.00 SWINE CARLOT COMPEL'ITION To bring !tonne to the drover and farmer the question of type, quality and finish in our market hogs, the Ontario Live Stock Branch, in co- operation with the Dominion Depart- ment, and Fair Associations, stage each year, carlot competitions. At the the Canadian National Exhibition a special cal•lot competition was held at which nine carlots of forty hogs each were on display in 1931. At the Royal Winter Fair the drovers unite in bringing in select groups of hog:. which are placed in competition as lots, the choioest of these hogs form the Ontario Carlot of forty head which is in competition with the other provinces of Canada. At the 1930 and 1931 Royal Winter Fairs, the Ontario. Carlots were winners against the keenest competition from neighboring Provinces. SPECIAL TOURIST RATES TO PACIFIC COAST DURING WINTER o~/le That Canadians are more and more spending their winter holidays in Canada is being daily evidenced by the vast number of inquiries pour- ing- in to the passenger department offices of • the Canadian railroads.. The majority of these inquiries, from those living in the eastern provinces, concern. Canad'a's Evergreen Play- ground' on the Pacific Coast, Protect, ed from the winter cold by the great mountain ranges, and with a climate tempered by the warm Japan cur- rent, British Columbia is year by year attracting an ever increasing number of visitors from eastern Can- ada, all of whom are anxious to avoid' the rigours of winter weather. In order to meet the popular de- mand, and to encourage Canadians in their desire to spend their holidays in their own country, both railways are this ,winter offering return tickets from Eastern Canada' to the Pacific• Coast at the sante fares as were in effect. diming .hte past summer; for - The point brings up a nice distinc- tion not thoroughly understood by biologists. For instance, two Cana- dian buffalo note living in Australia, have consistently, or otherwise, changed to winter coats for the Aus- tralian summer, �vhicit, chronologic• ally is the Canadian winter, thus showing that the calendar for them means more than the thermometer. Will the Toronto cubs hibernate? They will reach warm equatorial wat- ers at about the time Canadian bears are curling up to suck their paws for the winter. They will reach Australia during the Antipodean summer. From a thermal point of view their winter will not come until July and August. Will they emulate the Canadian buf- falo or will they disregard the calen- dar and hibernate only when the weather dictates? GIVEN DOLE IN MONTREAL Montreal, Nov. 8. Denny and, Billy, improvident couple who, squan- dered their time and opportunities 'out in Minaki this summer, have ,landed in Montreal and are on the dole for the winter. Rare and un- deserved good luck. Its like this: Denny and Billy are two squirrels and the dole is the munificence of E. W. Tribe, Inspec-, tar of Hotels, Canadian National Railways, Montreal. Mr, Tribe, was. superintending the closing of Minaki Lodge recently when it came to his attention that the two squirrels were in straitened circumstances. Investigation showed the couple had frequented the grounds of .Min- aki Lodge and bad lived regally .all summer upon peanuts from the hands of gentlemen gallant and ladies boun- tiful. Came the autumn and the an- nual closing of Minaki. Not . a nut had the pampered pair laid aside,. Their private quarters contained not a calory of food. Mr. Tribe brought the destitute squanderers to Montreal, 1,243 miles and here they will stay in the home 01 the inspector until next summer, when they will be re -instated in Minaki. But alas, who can be sure that Denny and Billy will be on hand each autumn for the train ride that leads to the winter dole in Mon- treal. ELECTION FOR BOY'S PARLIAMENT Election for the Ontario Boy's Par- liament will take place on Saturday, November 26th. All members of registered groups between the ages of 12 and 21 years of age are entit- led to vote, Groups are requested to send their voters' lists to the return ing officer Rev. 1. H. Stainton, Exe- ter, not later than November 19th: Nominations for candidates close on Saturday, November 12th. For fur- ther particulars consult Mr. Stain- ton, Exeter, Ontario. ACCIDENTS AND COMPENSATION There were 8,342 accidents report- ed to The Workmen's Compensation Board during the month of October, as compared with 3,268 during Sep- tember and 4,590 during October last year. The fatal accidents numbered 32, as compared with 16 in September, and 33 in October a year ago. The total benefits awarded amount- ed to 8317,506.31, of which 8262,732,- 26 was for compensation and 854,- 174.05 for medical aid, as compared with 8422, 115.92 awarded in Sep- tember and 8575,076.25 awarded last October. The total accidents reported to date this year number 35,233, as compared with 44,493 for the same period last year, and tite benefits a- warded amount to $4,247,773.52, as compared. with $4,996,795,43 for the. corresponding period of 1931. Sunny Katy, Knits for Others Iiaty was never a very strongl�{{rl and her work in a laundry tatted her strength severely. In order to pave as much as she could to help.. b oakt s tonnkie 2iroomidng house,, long the change from the.. steam -laden htmospbero of the laundry to the cold of the outside was also Harm- ful. At length she caught a bad cold whnteorishake land ehe dc owastaled hefound that she had. consumption. She was Aleut to the Toronto, Hos- pltal for Consurripttves, and al- though very downcast at first, she• had not been there ion; before she deed efothwitltine a.gshortt tone ,the. wonderful treatment and care which she received began to have their effect. She has gained in weight,,, her usual sunny spirits have re- turned, and during-herworkin• hours" she is able to knit bed Jackets for other patients. hope - till Tho doctors and nurses be Ix well ebrailunotto beent tar the Toronto Doslt - • pltal bar chance for recovery would • have been small, The hospital needs funds, how- ever, to enable it to carry on its • work, WI11 you help by sending a gift to 8, A, 3leid, 223 Col/ego St. Toronto- 2. The advertisements are printed far - your convenience. They inform ands. save your time, energy and money. ROYAL INTER. FAIR. NOV. 16.24 The keynote of progress in Canadian agriculture, focussing public attention on the Domin- ion's vase wealth of agricultural resources. "The Royal is the Heart of Canadian Agriculture." 15,000 ANIMALS and BIRDS Canndn's lending livestock show. They Catttle, Horck of ses, Shean ep Stine, nd Poul- try, Pet Stock, Exquisite Flower Show, Fruit, Vegetables, Seeds. 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