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The Clinton News Record, 1933-06-08, Page 6FAGS 6 MBE N NEWS -RECORD NEWS ANO Tinel Information for the Bus: . Farmer ( Furnished by the Department of Agriculture ) 'Peel County had a 200 ,per cen increase in poultry population fro k 1920, to 1930 and a 50 per cent' in crease in dairy •cattle. t Agricultural Societies in the years in 1929 to 1933 inclusive. The products - however must be from the crops of '1932 or 1933. Fall wheat, alfalfa and clover are looking very well in most districts of Ontario, Cls , Ontario grows about 30,000 acres of sugar beets. Eastern Ontario has had a short- age of hay all season and has drawn supplies from Central and Western Ontario. An adequate supply of pure wat- •er in the apiary, easily accessible to the bees, is an essential as food and protection at this time of year. oy Ideal Range For Chicks An ideal range for chicks is a clover field beside a corn field, or an orchard, where they can get all the succulent green feed they can eat and still have shade as required. Given those conditions, once the chicks go upon range they can be reared with very little labour, de- pendence being placed mainly on hopper feeding. , Export Apple Market In his report on market conditions in Great Britain for Ontario apples during the past week. Mr. Andrew Fulton, overseas fruit representative makes the significant statement that "in spite of the difficulties encoun- tered on the export market, there was always a demand for good qual- ity dessert and cooking apples at sat- isfactory sterling values, Unfor- tunately there were insufficient shipments of Canadian barrelled ap- ples of outstanding colour and qual- ity reaching the United Kingdom af- ter December to meet the demand for this class of fruit. Good red Baldwins landing in firm condition never failed to meet a good recep- tion and made values ranging from 24 to 27 shillings for No. 1 quality. Cranberry Pippins were in good de- mand and made good values when- ever the fruit landed in sound firm condition. The McIntosh should be exported before Christmas, as this variety is evidently unsuitable to stand up to export handling later in the season as it invariably landed ripe and wasty. The Ontario Spy, that was once so much liked on the British market, is rapidly losing its reputation, owing to the variable condition of the fruit upon arrival Most of the Spys exported are lack- ing in colour and are too large, with the result that they are very unat- tractive. It is my opinion Ontario needs another red variety suitable for export to help out the Baldwin which remains a favorite on this market." e Hedges Require Forethought Trimming hedges requires years of foresight. One inch of growth left on all over the hedge each year is equivalent to two inches in width each year, with the result that in twenty -fire years the 'hedge would be over four feet wide at the base. The hedge will be thicker and more easily controlled if it is cut back al- most to the old wood each year. The end of June is a good time to trim. emsnmeer Field Crop Classes, C.N.E. Although the number of Field Crop Competitions in Ontario will be curtailed greatly this year, special classes have .been provided by the Canadian National Exhibition auth- orities. It is the aim of the Direc- tors to give every possible encour- agement to Agriculture. Prizes are substantial, as a first for bushel of grain is $10.00 and sheaf $8.00 with four prizes in each section. Moreover three divisions have been made of the Province, East, West and North, with three complete sets of prizes. The following kinds are covered Winter Wheat, Spring Wheat, Oats and Barley, with competition in both grain and sheaves. In ad- dition there is a grain class in Field Peas and Beans. This section is open .to farmers who have won prizes in Standing, or Combined Field Crop and Clean - td Seed Competitions, conducted by. Rose Culture The simplest method of increasing roses is by the layering method. Take a branch that may be bent ,down, remove leaves ' and cover it. with soil in spring, or' during early summer. Rooting will take place more readily if the branch is injured by cutting into the wood at the base of a bud under the soil. The climb- ers•are very easily increased in num- ber by this method. It is well to top dress the lawn at this time with bone meal. Keep lawn properly cut and edges trim- med. The shrubs that bloom in spring and early summer should be pruned after flowering, this permits of vig- orous young growth which flowers the following year. Thin out the old wood, keeping the plant in a good shape. Avoid taking too much wood from any one part of the shrub} simply thin it out on all sides. Where shrubs are growing in dry soil it is wise to provide some form of ground cover, such as rotted leaves or straw. A mulch is also ad- vised for newly planted evergreens, C1Cti Honey Retards Disease To prevent the false impression being formed that because bees are subject to disease, some honeys might not be used for food, it is im- portant to draw attention to the fact that what affects bees produces absolutely no effect on human be- ings. So far as bee disease is con, cerned, all honeys aro perfectly safe for food. Further, it may be noted that honey, instead of promoting disease, tends to retard it, because most of the disease organisms that attack man can not live in honey. Honey draws the water of their construction from. the organisms and kills them. O. A. C. Judging Team To World's Grain Show A grain judging team, represent- ing the student body of the Ontario Agricultural College, has been sel- ected for the Inter -collegiate Grain Judging Competition at the World's Grain Show to be held at Regina, July 24th to August 5th. Announce- ment was made recently by Dr. G. L Christie, president of the college, that arrangements for the sending of this team had been approved by the Honourable Minister of Agricul- ture, Colonel T. L. Kennedy. The team will be made up of the following men: B. M. Cohoe and N. D. Hogg, of the senior class, and A. W. Archibald and C. N. Heath, of the junior class in agriculture. Pro- fessor W. J. Squirrell of the De- partment of Field Crops has coached the team and will attend the Grain Show with the boys. The 0.A:C. boys will cone into competition with teams from agri- cultural colleges of Canada and the United States. Soybeans Make Valuable Annual Hay Crop Soybeans will be extensively used as an annual hay crop this year, es- pecially in eastern •Ontario, where over thirteen per cent. of the hay and clover cron has suffered from winter killing. The crop is ideally suited to this purpose, and produces about two tons of high quality hay to the acre. For Ontario conditions, the 0. A. C. No. 211 variety is recommended. The beans are sown at the rate of one and one-half to two bushels per acre for hay production, and as the plant is a legume, inoculation of the seed will benefit both the bean and the soil. The crop does well on a wide range of soils, is easily hand- led, and is as palatable to livestock as alfalfa. The soybean demonstration plots that have been established by the Department of Field Husbandry, 0. A.C., in every county in Southern Ontario, have done a great real to bring this valuable legume to the at- tention of the farmers. The full possibilities of this crop for either hay or seed production are far from being realized in Ontario however, and many farmers would profit by mak- ing further inquiries, and possibly adopting the soybean into their farm cropping system. . • THURS., JUNE 8, 1933 vammosj'. NINES Of INTEREST TO F.Afl»ERS'[ Thoughtless flog Feeding Practice Bacon Qualities During the past few years .Cana. gran hog producers have been able to congratulate, themselves on the vast improvement that has been made in the quality of their hogs and pork products. Packers have been glad to join in acknowledging to the full this improvement. It meant that producers and packers were en- abled to supply the demand for fine quality bacon to a great extent each year. But throughout this whole period it has been evident that much more attention was being paid to type and breeding than to feeding and market- ing in the proper condition and at the most desirable weights. It ap- pears impossible for producers to realize that consumer demand is de- finite, clear-cut and exacting. It will not take a product from the produc- er simply because that is what he happens to have at the time or thdt he finds it easiest to supply. In the pork trade there are two requirements of consumptive de- mand. The one relates to weight of the cuts, the other to quality of the neat. This demand is almost con- stant. In the export trade there is an almost constant demand for a certain percentage sof, Wiltshire sides weighing from fifty to fifty-five pounds, another constant percentage for sides of fifty-five to sixty pounds and again another constant percen- tage for sides of sixty to sixty-five pounds, and so !on. In the domestic market certain percentages of the total product of hams or bacon of specified weights are definitely re- quired. A percentage of the trade ret quires ten to twelve pound hams, an- other percentage twelve to fourteen pounds, etc. Similar weights apply to other cuts. In the same way there is definite demand as to the quality of meat and the amount of fat. The bulk of the trade wants lean, but not too lean, meat. Another section requires a somewhat fatter, but not too fat, meat. To disregard this demand brings heavy penalties from the con- sumer. It appears difficult for the produc- er to grasp these facts or to apply them to his production methods. The result is a varying supply with which to meet a constant demand. The producer is inclined to view it as varying demand and to complain that he never knows what the market does want. But the situation is very simple. Demand is constant. When the producer is sending to market more light and lean hogs than the percentage required by the trade that absorbs this product, there is a discount on these hogs. When the producer is sgpding to the market more of the heavier weights, even though not over -finished, than the percentage wanted by the trade using such weights of product, it is the b Ruins Good gent person can deny that some sof the alleged, humor perpetuated in the week -end papers' comic section is a pretty feeble effort. —Kincardine Review -Reporter. c.czitaXao GOVERNMENT HOUSE Mr. 'Mitchell Hepburn. has decided that a demand for the abolition !of the office of Lieutenant -Governor, and a promise that the Liberals, if returned to power, will refuse to vote funds for the maintenance of Government House, will be good pol- ities in the next provincial election. Probably he is right. Yet there is a side to the question that receives little consideration. Government House is almost the only sop thrown to a class of people who are called upon to pay a large share of the taxes, but who get few special fav- ours from the exchequer. Old age pensions, mothers' allowances, chil- dren's aid, health clinics and many other items of provincial expendi- tures, costing in the aggregate mil- lions of dollars, are made !on behalf of those whose resources are not equal to their needs. !Government House, which costs the Province a- bout $50,000 a year, is the Legisla• tote's contribution; to the social life of those at the other end of the scale. At that, the major part of the cost is borne by those who get enjoyment out of the state functions. It said that a Lieutenant -Gover- nor of Ontario has to spend at least $25,000 a year out of his private in- come to keep up with the demands made upon hint. Those.Wvho believe in stopping the waste at the bung instead of fiddling with the spigot are demanding that the whole Pro- vincial system of governments should be swept away. This might not ap- peal to Messrs. Hepburn and Nixon. Our guess is that, if good times re- turn, these threatened institutions will survive their critics. --10rillia Packet -Times. over -supply, not any change in de- mand, that depresses the price of. cuts from hogs • of these,.weights. When, however, the producer adds !over -finish to the extent of extreme fatness to an excessive percentage of the heavier weight hogs the result is serious trouble with the consuming, trade. It should thus be abundantly clear Why Canadian " packers for years have been urging producers to ilia - prove their feeling methods and to market hogs at more suitable weights and finish. For several years light weights and lack of finish have been emphasized 'as undesirable. Now the situation is reversed. .Hogs are over -fat and too big a percentage are above the most desired weights. This has made necessary a revision of price differentials between the grades. The necessity is not due to any change in consumer, demand, but to change in producer supply. The objective is to bring the supply back to the requirements of the de- mand, just as it was when too many hogs were light and under -finished. The select and bacon grades of hogs in Canada were planned to take in the full range of desirable weights and quality. But it was recognized that the two -hundred pound weight was standard because the bulk of de- mand centred on the cuts from this weight of hog. So, too, certain de- finite standards of finish are called for If hogs are fed to normal weights the average variations with- in the litters give a fair distribution. of weights ref cuts according to de- mand. But > when weights are being thrown out of balance through excessive feeding, the large percentage of the heavier and fat cuts resulting creates very ser- ious difficulties. The reason for such variations in marketing weights of hogs is, of course, expediency in feeding. But is this a reasonable reason? The producer has been inclined to believe it is, and if feed supplies were low that he was justified in marketing at light weights, and if feed were plen- tiful he had a right to push his hogs to top weights. But surely the trend of the dramatic events of the past year must give us all pause. If any considerable volume of Canadian ba- con had to find a market in Britain the present average quality would keted at home. Is it, then, unreasonable to insist that producers must definitely turn away from slipshod expediency to the practice of sound production meth- ods? We are low in hog numbers, but it is short-sighted policy to spoil the few that we have through trying to make three hogs eat the feed that four should consume. render much of it unmarketable. It is with difficulty, even though aided y low supplies, that it is being mar - Every Flock of Sheep in County Should be Dipped. Suggest Week of 12th -17th June as Opportune Time (From Local Agricultural Office) flocks in the immediate neighbour - At this season of the year every sheep owner should give some thought to the dipping of his flock of ewes and lambs for the control of all external parasites. Flocks which are not regularly dipped cannot help but be infested with ticks and under such conditions the general health of the animals will not be the best. The Iambs particularly will be heavily infested and therefore, will make slow gains during the summer months: The month of June is the most suitable for dipping as all lambs will have arrived and the weather is fav- ourable. All ewes will be carrying sufficient growth of wool after the spring shearing. It is suggested that every owner endeavour to dip his flock sometime during the week com- mencing the 12th of June. At this time the seeding of late farm crops will be completed and haying opera- tions will probably not start before the 20th of June. There is a community dipping tank on 41 farms in Huron County which insures the regular dipping of all hood. Community dipping has an advantage over individual farm dip- ping in that it costs less and there is less labour involved for each farm- er. In community tanks sheep may be dipped for from 2c to Se per head depending on the number put through. With small more or less isolated flocks it is not necessary to build a special tank. A trough or vat large enough to immerse the sheep thoroughly will answer the purpose. The Ontario Department of Agri- culture at Clinton have the neces- sary forms for the building of con- crete dipping tanks and ' will be pleased 4,0 assist any farmer or group of farmers in the building of a tank. The materials required are two loads of gravel and six bags of cement and three men can install the tank in about half a day. Anyone wishing to build a dipping tank should get in touch with the Depart- ment at Clinton. Advice can also be obtained as to the best dip to use and where such may be purchased. What Other Newspapers are Saying THOSE SUNDAY VISITORS 'A visiting minister in a local pul- pit recently referred to the habit of people living in town coming out on Sunday afternoon to visit friends in the country and often preventing the country friends from enjoying their afternoon or evening worship. He thought that this was hardly the fair thing and he was quite justified in urging the town people to con- sider the rural chur'eli, and its con. gregation when making Sunday vis. its. It is hardly fair, also, to pile a lot of extra work on the women folk on the farm and spoil their day of rest. A little thoughtfulness would help in this regard. -,The Listowel Banner. NOT SO OBVIOUS, PERHAPS .We read the other day where Am- erican comics were superior to those produced in England. We doubt this statement, English !humor is of a different brand but no inteili- • • c�r� A REAL COMEBACK It was a happy day for the old West street skating rink when it passed under municipal ownership. The roof, and the •building is mostly roof, is to receive a coat of paint, something which had been delayed by private owners these many, many years. This ancient building actual- ly made money last year the town receiving sufficient revenue to meet taxes, insurance, with more than enough left to buy the paint and put it .on. There might even be spf- ficient funds left to Gut the weeds and doll the old shack up a bit. Score one for public ownership. The town had to take the rink for taxes. —Goderieh Star. cIm1=:> GARDENING BY PROXY Some who ought to be making a garden are satisfied to call a spade a spade and let it go at that. —Barrie Examiner. STAY IN YOUR CAR If you are driving along the high- way when an electrical storm comes up, and you seek a nice safe place to stay until the storm passes, just take the advice of experts and stick right to the driver's seat. The Bureau of Standards tells us that automobiles are practically im- mune to lightning despite the fact that rubber tires and the car as a whole become very wet during the storm. Persons driving within a conduct- ing enclosure are fairly safe against lightning and the. auto body, al- though enclosed to a considerable extent by glass approaches this con- dition. The average motorist is probably safer in his car during .an electrical storm than in his home. Come to think about it there are mighty few cases on record of, autos being struck by lightning. And this is rather re- markable when you stop to consider the hundreds of thousands of cart out in electric storms, particularly in our larger cities.—Exchange. o TRYING TO BALANCE BUDGET Forty-five mills on the dollar is a new taxation rate for Listowel. But it leaves Listowel still amongst the lowest of the towns of Perth, Huror. or Bruce, all of them fairly repre. sentative of what the rest of Ontar- io's counties are in respect of taxa., tion. Most of the towns of Ontario raised their rates long ago, so it is no new thing for them. For a long time Listowel got along on forty mills on the dollar pretty well. Our teachers, and public offi- cials were reasonably well paid, and liberal grants were given to fall fairs," hospitals, brass bands, and other things .o1 public interest. Now we can't do that any more in any- thing like the sand way. We are in debt to the banks and our taxes must be increased. It is a case of unpaid taxes, and of unpaid installments on houses built under the Housing Com. mission plan, plus heavy relief bil fret the past two years or so. In ad- dition to these it is necessary that the council provide extra money to pay increasing interest on over- drafts to provide. against uncollect; able taxes for past years and for the present one as well, and these things the council must do. This. year the striking !of the rate has been a most carefully considered matter. Per, haps a rate of forty-eight or fifty mills might have met the situation better still. That is the common and usual rate in most places and they think they need it too. But Listowel council feels that forty-five is ne- cessary and are anxious to add no load not deemed absolutely so. —+Listowel' Standard, ova TOO MANY ACCIDENTS Figures released this week by the Motor Vehicles Branch of the De- partment of Highways for Ontario, show that there were 570 motor car accidents in this Province during the month of April. In these accidents, twenty-five peo- ple were killed; 546 were injured and the property damage was $45,624. Of the 25 persons killed, three were children and twelve were pedestrians. That is a pretty stiff record, es- pecially when ono takes into considl eration that motor traffic in the month of April does not reach any- thing like the dimensions of the traffic during the summer months. To reach such a record of acci- dents, there must have been careless- ness some place. But all the blame can not be laid at the door of the drivers of the motor, cars... In the case of the children, where three were killed and 170 injured, the responsibility, no doubt, largely rested with the victims themselves, or perhaps, more particularly speak- ing, with their parents." But, wherever the responsibility may lie, there can be no denial of the fact that there are too many ac- cidents on our streets and highways —far too many,—Huron Expositor. Is truction of bird life is absolutely de- plorable The robin, besides being the gardener's friend, is a fine song- 'ster; and should not be subjected ,to this sort of treatment, PIGEON FLIGHT Montpelier, Ohio, was the starting point of the pigeon race held by the Goderieh Homing Club on Saturday last. The birds were released at Montpelier, a distance of 226 miles from Goderieh, at 7 a.m., and the first bird arrived hone at 12.42 noon. The owners of the first eight birds hone are: lst,J. Bowman; 2nd, P. Johnston; 3rd, J. Bowman; 4th, C. Webb; 5th, J. Bowman; 6th, J. Mac - Vicar; 7th, P. Johnston; 8, J. Webb. Timekeeper, Ross Tichborne. The race this Saturday will be from Peru, Indiana, a distance of 326 miles.--Goderich Signal. WILL UPHELD The last will and testament of Mrs. Mary E. Morea, who died at her home on Anglesca street on February 15th last, successfully withstood the attempt of Mrs. Cath- erine McAuley, her daughter, to up- set it, as a result of a Surrogate Court action which occupied the at- tention of Judge Costello on Friday and Saturday last. His Honor up. held the will, which practically dis- inherited Mrs. McAuley, admitting it to probate. Costs were assessed a- gainst the estate. The chief bene- ficiary under the will is another daughter of the late Mrs. Morea, Mrs. Elmira Mudge of Wayne Coun- ty, Michigan. There are but two children. The estate totals but $2,200, con- sisting chiefly of the house, lot, gar- age and furniture, which goes to Mrs. Mudge. A valuable seal coat is given to a neighbor lady who had been kind to the testatrix. Other neighbors who had visited and helped her in her declining years were re- membered with trinkets. -Goderich Star. SPARE THE BIRDS During the past week a number of robins have been ruthlessly killed in this town, evidently by boys around with catapults. • This wanton des-' Walkerton Herald -Times. e=asfifnew SAME HERE, TOO ]Henry Ford says the future of in- dustry lies' in small communities., and the Sault Ste. Marie Star, ag- reeing with this view, remarks: "The smaller communities have the great advantage of cheaper living costs, lower rents, and enable workers to live within walking distance of their community activities, to have a gar- den, and to reach the open country quickly." Well, we don't want to boast, .but, if any captain of indus- try is favorable to this view and is looking for a first-class town in which tc locate, we can tell him of one.—Hanover Post. EVER THINK OF IT A farmer related this experience the other day. A man presented him- self at his farm asking for work, the remuneration to be the laborer's board. The farmer engaged the man for a nominal wage saying that he really could not afford help at any price but that he was willing to give the man a change for a few days. A. good meal was given and the laborer worked well for about an hour. Then there was a decided falling off in his efficiency. The same was true after the supper meal and after breakfast and so on for some time. "Now' concluded the farmer "that man is not worth his board. He's lazy. He's simply a good-for-nothing." We related this incident to one of our experienced fanners. Said the farmer, "That poor chap simply has not the feed in him. We know how it is with a horse that has been idle and that has not been properly fed. He simply can't work. The fibre is not in him. More than that, that poor chap has not had his mind on a job for more than a year. His mind is down at the heels as well as his blood and nerve and muscle. Feed that chap, keep ihm at his work for a couple of weeks or so, and he'll conte back. Just now he simply has no more work in him than there are diamonds in a coal cellar. —Exeter Times -Advocate, STUDENTS AT WESTERN TO DRIVE FROM ALMA A new scheme of residence for students at the University of Wes- tern Ontario will be attempted next year, wlien twenty women students will live at Alma Coiiege, St. Thomas and take lectures at the College of Arts. The plan was announced lest week to the London Conference of the United Church of Canada by Rev. Perry Dobson, Principal of Al- ma College, He said a wing of the present buildings had been set aside for the university students. They will reside there, take advantage of the recreational facilities of the school, and perhaps take lectures in English, driving to the university each day, returning at night. PLACES SEASONAL TARIFF ON FRUITS, VEGETABLES Seasonable valuations have been set for apricots, raspberries, logan. berries, carrots and celery. A valu- ation of two cents a pound was lilac, eed on apricots and three cents a pound on raspberries and loganber- ries, to bo effective in all cases from June 15 to August 31. The valua- tion for carrots was placed at 2 1-2e a pound, from June 15 to February 15, and for celery, one cent a pound from June 15 to February 28. ACCIDENTS AND COMPENSATION There were 2,851 accidents report- ed to The Workmen's Compensation Board during the month of May, as compared with 2,658 during April, and 3,285 during May a year ago. The fatal accidents numbered 16, as against 18 last May. The total benefits awarded amount- ed to $321,073.57, of which $262,- 739.07 was for !compensation and $58, 334.50 for medical aid, as com- pared with total benefits during last May of $426;351.61. 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