The Clinton News Record, 1932-12-29, Page 6N
HAPPENI.NGS
INTEREST TO fAfl''EflS
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LoweredFreight ht Rates helping I'o'n somewhat optional feature of the
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past and to make it compulsory, with
rigid enforcement, in all sections of
Ontario , in the future. Behind them
is the primary purposeof raising the
standard, of Ontario bacon, with a
veiw 'Eo earning a ,greater share of
markets, both domesticand overseas,
than now prevails.
All '.hogssold' or offered for sale
per cwt, are lowered by upwards of at stockyards dr such outer points as
ey Export
According to, P. W. Hodgetts, Se-
cretary, Ontaro Honey Export Assoc-
ation, the recently lowered rail rates
on foodstuffs have materially aided
honey export. Carlot, shipping costs,
through the reduction in freight
charges front 371c per cwt. to 32e
$20.00, which in part'ls 'compensat may from thane to time be designated
ing the producers for the extremely
difficult exchange situation.
A furthur concession by, the rail-
roads which permits the use of un-
strapped iron- drains as a honey ex-
port container, has lowered packag-
ing costs, as . compared with the
standard sixty -pound tin case strap?
ped, and banded. Many producers
are planning to use the drum duringl
the coming season.
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Protecting Fruit Trees From Mice
and Rabbits.
by the federal authorities hogs ar-
riving at abattoirs and 'hogs for ex-
port are subject to grading. Only
pure-bred hogs exported for the im-
provement of stock and hogs enter-
ed for exhibition at foreign, state or
national expositions are excepted.
Under the grading regulations;
hogs are divided into the following
classes: ,Select bacon, bacon, butchers,
heaves extra heavies, lights and feed-
ers, roughs and sows. Bacon is the
quality on which quotations are made
Select bacon is entitled to a bonus of
$i per hog over, quotation; butchers
and lights. are deducted $1 per hog
heavies are deducted $1.50 per hog,
and extra heavies lose $1.50 per cwt.
heavier rates of seeding have less
mustard and larger yields than are
rates.
normal
from
fi
obtained ob
This experiment' was conducted
on an area badly' infested with mus-
tard. The ;barley was sown at the
rate of one, two, �a t and nd f
our
bushels per acre, When the grain
was ripe the mustard plants in each.
plot 'were pu1le'd, counted and
weighed. After weighing• they were,
threshed and the weight of the mus-
tard seed' obtained from each •plot.
was recorded. From the information
obtained in this way it is evidentthree pounds of mike, is about a
that, in nearly everyinstance the balanced ration ,if roots are fed in
number and weight of the mustard addition. If no roots are 'available,
plants 'decreased as the rate -Of seed bran should be added at the , rate
in barley increased and in,every by of one 'pound to three of the mixed
Stance the amount of mature mus- : grain. If the available hay supply
tard seed decreased by heavier rates is limited to mixed hay or timothy,
op seeding. it would be necessary to add a pro-
From observations of these' pickstern. supplement, to the grain ration-
during the growing season it was This may be • oil -cake meal, cotton -
evident that, the heavierstands of seed meal, •gluten, feed or fish meal)
barley were crowding out the mus- 50 to 100 ppunds for each 300 pounds
tard and those plants that survived of crushed grain, depending upon the
were very, 'spindly with few branches protein . analysis of the supplement
and incapable of producing much available,
seed. In formulating any ration, several
Of the four different rates of points should be kept in .mind. The
seeding barley that have been tried ration should supply bulk, variety
heavier seedings up to three bushels
per acre have proved the most ef-
they make an honest effort to plan
their crop rotations and acreages.
Protein is the expensive part of the
c
ration and it'is the proteinrich feeds
that are necessary to balance the
home-grown rations. The feeds of
this naturethat
can be prouced here
are clover hay, alfalfa in some dis-
tricts, pea and eat hay and grain
mixtures containing peas.
A ration for a cow in milk that
supplies about fifteen pounds of pea
and oat'hay per day and crushed
oats and barley, one pound to each
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Once again the Dominion Horti-
culturist, Dr. W. T. Mamie, reminds
orchardists of the importance of pro-
tecting fruit trees from girdling by
mice and rabbits during the winter
months. Left unprotected trees may
thus be injured beyond recovery, or
at least receive a severe setback.
1Vfice usually work along, the surface
of the soil, attacking the bark close
to the ground, while rabbits work on
the top of the snow where, their act-
ivities can be easily seen. News-
papers, white building palper and Mire
are three good materials to us, and
of these the galvanized wire protect-
or, while more expensive at the out-
set, is the most effective and endur-
ing.
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Feed a Balanced Ration
If there is one thing more than any
other the importance of which is
stressed in bog feedig, it is that
grains alone are not enough to make
good hogs, and that for the product-
ion ,of the select bacon type hog it
is important that a balanced ration
be fed.
In many parts of Canada par-
tieplarly throughout the Prairie Pro-
vinces, there is an abundance of cheap
grain feeds whieh as they stand aro
unmarketable, but when fed to live-
s t o c k quite attractive price>
can be realized. Where
grains alone are fed the live stock
product is seldom satisfactory and
to get worthwhile results a protein
supplement must be included to bal-
ance the ration.
Skim milk or buttermilk in some
form is the ideal protein supplement
in hog feeding. These, however, are
not always available but because
these are not available is no reason
why ether equally good forms of
protein supplement should not he
used. A very fine type of pork can
be produced through feeding tankage
a by-product of the packing industry.
This provides an animal protein sup-
plement ideal for hog feeding, and
at the present tinite this can be ob-
tained essentially at cost.
fective in smothering the mustard
It is interesting to note also that
this heavy rate 'of seeding produced
a higher yield of grain per area.
Further information regarding the
control of various weeds may be se-
cured from the Field Husbandry
Division, Dominion Experimental
Farm, Ottawa.
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Corn Growers Bidding For Donut-
... ion Market
"In a desire to put on the market
a still better seed," said A. H. Mar-
tin, Secretary of the Corn Improve•:
hent -Committee, "corn growers at
a recent meeting held in Chatham,
decided to apply for registration .of
certain strains and varieties of known
history. As registration progresses a
standard of quality and type will in-
sure absolute uniformity of type` for
the variety in all seed sold as regist-
ered.
"To still furthur improve the mark-
et quality of Ontario corn for feed
and seed, a strong committee was ap-
pointed to investigate the advisability
and possibility of installing, local
drying plants throughout the corn
districts. This will enable growers
to place corn on the market with
moisture content of 14 per cent or
less, thus insuring the absolute keep-
ing quality of Ontario corn no mat-
ter how long it is kept in storage.
"Imports of seed corn into Ontario
have been very heavy and these On-
tario to capture
ramie farmers are pannn• £'
the large share of this business."
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Demand' is Growing For Approved
Cockerels •
Reports from district Poultry Pro-
moters received at Ottawa provide
an interesting indication of the ex.,
tent to which the Cockerel Distri-
bution Policy is being made use of.
An interesting example is afforded
by the report for sales of cockerels
approved under the policy for the
week ending November 26th in On-
tario, which show a total •of 277 male
birds sold for a total sale price of
$999.50, or an average of around
53.50 per bird. It is also interesting
to note that these sales include one
lot of 100 birds, one lot of 75, one lot
HOW FARM PRICES COULD BE
and succulence and should be palat-
RAISED
A few years ago when we sold ba-
con, cheese, butter, or wheat on the
British market . and transferred
sterling to Canadian currency 210
would give. the Canadian far-
mer $48.60. To -day, due to
the difference in exchange 210
gives our farmer only $37.80. It
works the same for all exporters.
Because Denmark, Sweden, and Nor-
way are maintaining theiir currencies
on a par with sterling 210 gives the
farmer in each of these countries the
sane amount in their respective cur-
rencies as it slid several years ago.
That is, each Scandinavian farmer
receives the equivalent of 545.60 for
the same amount of produce which
would bring theCanadian farmer
only $37.80.
Now Australia and the Argentine
are keen competitors of Ours on the
British market. How does this mat-
ter of exchange affect them? In-
stead of losing by it, they profit
tremendously. Because their cur-
rencies are depreciated, not only to
a par with sterling but far below it,
610 sterling gives the Australian
farmer the equivalent of $61.00 in
his currency and the Argentine far-
mer receives almost as much. How
can the Canadian farmer possibly
compete on a world -market under
such a handicap? Moreover, since
the price of export commodities on
the world market rules the price of
those commodities selling on the
home market, this exchange 'handicap
is responsible for holding the price
of major farm products approximate-
ly 20 percent lower than they would
be if we had parity with the pound
sterling.
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A writer in the November issue e of
the Country Guide, Winnipeg, quot-
ing amen in responsible positions in
trade circles, brought /out the facts
that, if our Canadian dollar were on
a par with the pound sterling (1) the
price of a 1200 lb. export steer on
the Winnipeg market 'would, at that
time, be increased by $20.00; (2) the
price of a bushel of wheat would be
increased by 19e; and (3) the price
of a live bacon hog would be increas-
ed by $1,40 per hundredweight—$2.80
fora 200 Ib. hog'.
An immediate depreciation and
expansion of our currency would re-
move this 'unfair burden /dared upon
.our farmers; it would help the farm-
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The Fertilizer Act Protects The
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able, as well as'suppying 18 to 24
per cent of crude protein. Itis also
often necessary to supply more Min-
erals
1 os
enols containing calcium and phos-
phorus
phorus in particular. Ground lime-
stone and edible bone meal particuJ
d the latter, are excellent for
larly
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this, purpose and may'be fed in the
meal mixture at the rate of one to
two per cent.
At the Experimental Farm, Nap -
pan, it has been found that the suc-
culent part of the ration may
be.
provided in the forma . of mangels,
corn, swedes, 0. P. V. or sunflower
silage. Feeding tests here have
shown swedes, or corn silage, to be
somewhat superior to sunflowers in
palatability, although the latter' is a
dependable crop and is readily eaten
after the animals become accustom -
,ed 'to it, O. P. V. silage is an excel-
lent feed, but the yield per.. acre is
low and this brings the cost per
pound of. dry matter considerably
higher than with the other, crops.
The, plan should be, therefore, to
supply as much of the ration as
possible from home-grown feeds and.
produce those feeds that are the
highest in feeding value, consistent
with certainty of crap and high
yielding ability.
t .office vitamins,'' of -course, but fish have -^
horse standing at the po s l of
Thursday afternoon, after his trip,
when it became frightened at the
children
sliding on the
hill arid
ran
away. It managed to traverse the
main street without injury, and out
into the country, and turned into a
cutter was
left
The_curt
• lane.
farmer's a
at the gate in ineking the turn. Out-
side of the cutter being badly dam-
aged there was no harm done.
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EXETER: Mr. and Mrs. W. H. many friends will wish thein contin-
Johnston • quietly 1 celebrated their I ued health.
45th wedding anniversary on Thurs-•
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day. !Phis' highly esteemed couple
were married in Ashfield at the
home -of the bride's parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blake. Mr,
Johnston was a son of the late Mr,
and Mrs. Henry Johnston. The Rev.
Mr. Masse tied the nuptial knot. Mr.
Johnston was a teacher in one of the
rural schools at the time. Their
family of three children are holding
important positions. Freeborn with
the U.S. government, Wash., D.C.?
Dr. Cecil, physician in Dr. Ford's
Hospital, Kerhonkson, N.Y.; Albert)
actuary,- •Toronto. Mr. and Mrs.
Johnston are in fair health. Their
.Farmer
Prior to 1932 the official supervi
Sion for the control of commercial
fertilizers sold in Canada was con-
fined largely to the taking of rep-
resentative samples at the factor-
ies of manufacturers. These samples
were analyzed and the results of
an-
alysis published.
Nowadays samples are taken from
of
liver ,
lots after delivery to the farmer,
from ear lots en route to destination,
or from shipments temporarily in
warehouse prier tofinal distribution.
13y this means control is made more
effective.
The Fertilizers Act requires that
every brand of fertilizer sold in Can-
ada be registered, and that every
container of fertilizer be tagged or
labelled showing the name- and ad-
dress of the manufacturer on impor,
ter, the brand name, the registration
number and designation of year of
issue and the guaranteed analysis
according to the formic prescribed. Fail-
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,CODERICI-1: The annual public
speaking contest of the Upper and
Middle school of ' Goderich Collegiate/
Institute was ' held recently on
MacKay, hall. Eight youthful ora-
tors held the audience intensely in -
been found to be richer in Vitamin
D. than other foodstuffs.
ascertained
d
' been
o
Then, to it has ,
s
h
that .fish; and especially
shelifm
are beneficial in cases of anaemia`'.
course,it 1 as
r b
eon known
'le of
while,
for some time past that sea fish and
shellfish have mush' larger content
of iodine—)the great goitre preven-
tative --than any other foods. When.
it is also remembered that fish can
rain such ' elements as calcium, the
bone and teeth building substance,
and that they are nourishing and
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easily digested, it is easy to see why
their use is stressed increasingly by
diet authorities.
terested' as they discussed on sub+ Canadian fish are available in
jeers dealing with world affairs,: of such variety and such satisfactory
of high moral or cultural value. Alex. quality, ,that there is no need ' ,for
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MacVicar, son sof Mr. and Mrs. Geo, anyone in the Dominion to buy im-
McVicar was awarded the first prize
for the boys donatedby the Goder-
ich Lions Club. This is the •second
time this honor has come to him, as
he was' the winner last year. Ray-
mond Dean, won second place, and
the prize given by Mr. HIM. 'Miss
Jean Robertson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. M. Robertson, was a-
warded first prize in the girls' eon -
test, -donated by Ahmneelc Chapter, I.
O.D.E,, while Miss Marjorie Pt.'ouse
secured second place the prize being
given by the Catholic Women's Lea-
gue. Three representatives of the
societies donating the prizes were
the judges, and each marked his
findings on ballot papers which were
summed up by A. M. Robertson and
Dr. Emmerson, the latter giving the
decision.
WINGHAM: Donald Schatte, son
of Mr. and Mrs..G. A. Schatte, war;
bitten by a dog on Wednesday even-
ing. He and other boys were play-
ing on the street and the dog was ly+
ing near. They apparently went ov-
er to him, when the dog bit him on
the face. He *as taken to the doc-
tor, where it was found the wound
was not serious, ,and had it dressed)
The dog was never known to be vic-
ious.
W'iNGHA'M: Chas. Finley who has
ono of tht rural mail routes left his
ported goods. Canada's fisheries
resources are remarkable both in
in extent and in the variety of fish
and shellfish whieh they yield, and '
fishing and processing operations
are carried on by an industry which
uses thoroughly modern methods and,'
equipment.
FISH VALUABLE; FOOD
"Some of the most interesting re-
search work in connection with
foodstuffs in recent years," it was
said at the department, "has cen-
tred about the health values of fish
and shellfish, and very important
discoveries have been made. It has
been found out, for instance, that
fish foods contain vitamins which
are essential to health, particularly
Vitamin D., which is most valuable
in the diet of growing children be-
cause it prevents such troubles as
rickets. Different foods contain
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ure to label as required, or the sel-
ling of fertilizer of a lower analysis
than that guaranteed are offences
of 40, and four other lots of 10 or under the Act for which .penalties
more, on all of which the Department are provided.
under the terms of the policy, pays The Fertilizers Act as at present
transportation charges to destination, constituted and administered ` gives
On the whole lot of 277 birds eligible the farmers protection against be -
to benefit under the terms of the po1- ing delivered fertilizers of lower
' icy by the repayment to the purchas-
er of $1.25of the purchase price the
purchasers stand to benefit to the
extent' of 'a total refund under the
provisions of the policy 'of $346.25.
Cockerels approved under this policy
can be secured from breeders enter-
ed under the Federal poultry policies',
toe Record of Performance or Regis-
'tration.
Compulsory Hog Grading
Hog Grading',regulatiois provided
by the Dominion Government nyder
Live Stock and Live Stock, and
Products Act have been pro-
claimed by the Lieutenant -Governor
of Ontario as effective in this pro-
vince, and will • be put in operation
immediately.
Their effectis to rid grading of its
ars very materially in their .struggle
to meet payments on debts which
have remained on the high level on
which they were incurred several.
years back; and the return of. the
farmers' purchasing power world
enable farm people to start buying
goods which would in turn revive
merchants' business, increase the
tonnage on our Railways, start fac-
analysis than that purrhasecl. This.tories running, lessen unemploymnent
assurance to the purchasers has raise government' revenue, and de -
strengthened the confidence in far- crease theexpenditure for unemi
tilizers on the part of the buyers ployneent, relief':--10anbribntted tl r
throrghout Canada and has been ad- l rho United Farmers of Ontario.
vantageous to both manufacturers'
and consumers, in'!extending the sale
and .use of ,commercial fertilizers and
increasing Canadian crop yields.
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THE EFFECT, OF RATES OF
SEEDING' BARLEY ON THE
CONTROL OF MUSTARD ,
The Dominion Experimental Farm
at Ottawa has undertaken experi-
mental work in order to determine
the effect of different 'rates' of
seeding barley 'on the control' of
mustard. Judging from two years'
results it would appear that the
DAIRY RATIONS'
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Under present day conditions
many farmers must formulate ra-
tions for their daisy cows' from the'
feeds 'available on the farm and rim -
it the purchase of mill feeds to bare
necessities, In order to balance the
rationa• as closely' as possible anld
supply the necessary food •nutrienta,
plains must be made to grow the'
right crops• in sufficient quantity;
The farmers it Eastern Canada car
produce a 'Targe part' of the neces-
sary 'nutrients' 'for' dairy rations' i.
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The great national pastme this weather is
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remain in proportion to the revenue. The first
step in this, of course, is making a decision as
to what items are 'absolutely necessary to. the
well-being of our minds and bodies and consign-
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g'n-
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