The Clinton News Record, 1930-05-29, Page 6teeliescheineemesesessispargagemeICEDeMsei
NEWS -'AND INFOR1i'IATION : FOR
THE BUSY FARMER
Furnished by the Department of Agriculture. )'
Buckwheat Very Useful
r
In, speaking
about weed control trol it
oTape o• buck-
wheat,
a 'cod plan to put r r
s
g _
P
wheat, two crops that can go in right
up to the middle;oe July. The first
named makes a splendid sheep 'past,•
ere while the latter, of course, is un-
excelled as a producer of feed grain.
Both can also be plowed under fermi -
Fishing the soil. Buckwheat is one
of the most popular crops to sow in
the, orchards about the first of. July,'
.controlling the weeds, and surplus ,
Moisture and furnishing splendid
feed and a run for poultry and hogs.
Warm Weather,' Helpful ..
Continued warm bright weather
during the first two weeks of May
did much to improve the appearance
of alfalfa, clover and fall wheat, and,
new . seeding recovered to 'some ex-
tent, according to reports coming in
frons all parts of the province. There
were many crops plowed tender' this
spring, but many farmersreported
that new seeding which they had in-
tended to plow under, made wonder-
ful recovery during early May. Many
sections reported that the Iand has
never worked better than during the
present month' of seeding.
Commercial Fertilizer .
•
More and more fertilizer is: being -
use in Ontario bepause oue land• has
been depleted of plant foods and also
because -farmers are gradually.learn
ing more about, the use at fertilizers.
Considerable .:Sfudy must be, given
the subject of fertilizers before the
best results can be obtained. Good
drainage, good tillage, good seed -and
good cultural methods are all neees- 1
sary before fertilizers can he expect-
ed to make profitable returns. Pro- '
perly used, commercial fertilizers
will usually give splendid resu]ts,1
lower the cost of production and
increase farm returns.
One Bushel Per Acre .
'Speaking in Saskatchewan recent-
ly, Hon. John Bracken, Premier of
Manitoba, declared that an increase
of one bushel per acre, which could
easily be obtained if only the most
casual attention were paid to the
teed, would add to the value of Sask-
atchewan's grain crop, roughly
' speaking,' about thirty million dol-
lars. This does not apply to Saskat-
chewan alone, where perhaps more
attention must be paid to the sowing
of clean seed, but also to Ontario.
Think what that thirty million of dol-
lars would mean to 0ntario'e farm
products this year!
Fruit Needs Moisture
An adequate supply of moisture- in
the orchards is of great importance
in the growing of a good crop of
fruit. If the soil is low in moisture
in the early part of the season, the
fruit is not likely to set well. If
there is a shortage of moisture dur-
ing the summer and autumn the
fruit will not site up well and if the ,
soil is dry when the winter sets in,
the danger from root -killing is much
greater, hence the importance of eon -
serving moisture when there i
s any
likelihrod of there being a shortage.
What is known as the sodmulch sys-
tema of orchard management is an
excellent conserver of moisture.
Grass is spread over the soil under
the trees, preventing the growth of
weeds and s .and the
4 saving h
d
moisture,
Help the Alfalfa
Ontario's alfalfa •fields have ex-
perienced some hard knocks during
the past twelve months. Last sum-
mer's
ummer s drouth . permitted only sparse
growth, and alternate freezing and
thawing early this spring caused,
some serious heaving of the plants`
especially on the heavier soils, But
hard luckhas never permanently dis-
couraged an intelligent Ontario Far-
mer. Aetual tests conducted under
the direction of the 0. A,. C. College'
show 'how weakened fields , can be
helped. Six alfalfa growers in West-
ern Ontario top -dressed their alfalfa
fields last suminerewith fertilizer
high in potash and phosphate' and
secured grains of 1360 lbs, to 8940
Ibs. of green crop per acre. Of
course soil must be well drained if it
is to grow good alfalfa year after
year and generally it should be limed
(one ton to the acre) once in four
years so as to keep conditions' favor-
able for alfalfa growth.
• Will Lay Cornerstone
The cornerstone for the new Ad-
ministration Building and Students''
Residence of the Ontario Agricultural
College, Guelph, Ontario, will be laid
on the afternoon *of bV4ay 23rd by the
Prime Minister of the province, the
Hoon. G. Howard Ferguson..
The cornerstone, exercises will fol-
low the eonvoeation for graduates in
agriculture,, which will be held in
Rllemorial Hall, and at which time
degrees will be conferred by Sir Wil-
liam" Mulock, Ohancellor of Univer-
sity of Toronta. Sir Robert'Falcon-
er, president of the . Universityi;B:ou.
G. S. Henry, Minister of Public
works; Hon. J. S. Martin, Minister
of Agriculture; Hon. Lincoln Goldie,
Provincial Secretary, and other rep-
resentatives of the government and
associated- institutions will be pres-
ent. The alumni of the institution
will also attend and take part in the
cererizonies.
May 23rd will be a red letter day
in the history of the Ontario Agricul-
tural College, and it hoped that a
large number of friends throughout
the province will attend.
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Reports received form practically
all corn -growing districts convey ex-
pectation of increased planting. Essex
and Kent will plant more corn and
more than average attention is being
given the crop in Elgin, Norfolk and
Bruce. •
The agricultural representative in
Lambton county reports that fertili-
zers are comping into more general use
there each year. Vegetable growers
are using quantities of mixed fertil-
izers and farmers -are using conmter-
eial materials on fall wheat, sugar
beets and some corn ileitis. An es-
pecial increase is noted in the use of
unmixed nitrate, potash and phos-
phate.
• Clovers which make up the most
valuable
part of our
hay crop, require
sweet soil. The Reactosoil, prepared
by the 0. A, C., a simple and accurate
test, quickly tells whetheror not the
soil requires sweetening. A kit .can-
taining enough material to test about
100 samples can be obtained directly
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from the college or from. your county
agricultural representative.
In an attempt to meet the demand'
of sugar beet gnawers hi the south-
-west counties for,informiation of the
kind and quality of commercial fertil-
izer to increase the yield and im-
prove the quality of sugar beets, the
0. A. C. Department of Chemistry is
conducting a 'series of tests 'in
co-
opers oon with theagricultural rep
r
-
seetatives, J. A. Garner and S. B,
Strothers, and representative grow-
ers of Kent and Essex Counties.
Weed. Situation 'Serious
In a recent conference a£ weed in-
spectors, A.R.G. Smith of New -Ham-
burg, District, Weed Inspector of
Western Ontateio, declared: ° "Wle are
slow to ;comprehend the serious' sit-
uation that confronts us. It is neces-
sary that we have the hearty co-op-
eration of the press and public opin-
ion to assist in . reducing the possibi,
lity of a greater spread of weeds,
especially those' designated 'Noxious'
and under the fban of the Ontario
Weed Control Act. Weds are going
to beat us if we do not awaken to the
seriousness of the situation For in-
stance the perennial sow thistle is
now in every county of Ontario." All
inspectors and asked' to have a thor-
ough inspection made at once,. They
are also urged to makes their position
definable. as "weed advisors" in place.
of "inspectors" in the ordinary sense
of the word.
Alsike and Clover. Good.
This year alsike and sweet clover.
are very moderate in, price and both
will produce an abundance of late
Pasture or may cut as hay. The al-
sike can be mixed ,with timothy and
it, like the sweet cloven, can be sown
any time during May or June. Alfal-
fa also will supply a lot of feed if
sown alone any time during these two
months. Furthermore, any .of the
crops mentioned here can be left over
the winter and they will give a good
crop the next season.
Heavy Winter -Killing
Of the 670,000 acres of . winter
wheat sown in Ontario last fall, only
509,000 acres will be harvested, ae-
ccrding to an official estimate. The
difference of 161,000 acres represents
the amount winter -killed, The 'per-
centage is 24, as compared with five
Per cent. in 1929 and 9 percent the
average for the ten years 1920-1929.
Ontario also lost 16 per cent. of its
hay and clover crop by winter -killing,
as compared with 5 per , cent. last
year.
Tobacco Acreage Grows
Approximately 15,000 acres of flue -
cured tobacco will be under cul-
tivation in Norfolk county this year,
according to an official computation
by IC. J. Perrett, departieental field
man. This compares with 10,000
acres in 1929 and 5,000 acres in 1928.
The warm weather ' in early May
brought the plants on rapidly and
Planting started the middle of the
month, continuing during the past
two weeks. The Imperial Tobacco
Company is completing the erection
of a new half -million dollar drying
and grading plant at Delhi, the centre
of the district,
Soy Bean Tested
The Department of Field Husband-
ry of the O, A. C. is planning to have
four plots of two acre extent for the
demonstration of soy bean growing
in Kent county this year and will use
two varieties to determine the most
practical type. 1t is stated that a
number of mills in Ontario are willing
to purchase soy beans from the far-
mers for the purpose of extracting
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ammumiismilmmipsammusof
the oil from, the product and for the
manufacture of meal, Soy bean grow-
ing 'has not been very extensive dur,'
ing'the past years owing to the inn-
bility of finding a market fox the pro-'
duce: Withthe purchase of beans for
manufacture the produetion ° of: ,this
erop is exPectcd to gain in popularity.
Turkeys Found Profittible
Turkey breeding is not the difficult
undo'
r kin h
to g that is generally suppos-
ed when the breeding stock and
poults are . properly handled. , Essen-
tials to success in turkey breeding
are: clean soil, mature stock fpr
breeding, free range, and above' all,
the keeping of the turkey elects' away
from other barnyard fowls.
Trap the Borer
The suggestion has been advanced
that a trap crop of corn consisting of
about half a dozen rows of early sown
rapid growing corn, if put in -as early
as the ground is fit, will le most
years lessen the, amount of injury done
the main crop by scorn borers, if the
main crop is sown a few' days later
than the ideal date.The trap crop
should be cut low about the end of
the first week in August; when all
borer eggs have been laid and should
be removed and fed to live stock.
Chicken Stealing 'Unprofitable
This business of robbing hen roosts -
is becoming more and more precar;
ious. The Provincial' Police are mak-
ing every effort to apprehend those
who steal chickens, and to punish
them with a penalty that the crime
deserves. Honorable John S. Martin,
minister of Agriculture recently re-
ported that General Williams has in-
structed his men to make a strong
effort to cheek this branch of crime
and thesiesults'speak for themselves.'
Imprisonntent has been meted out to
92; fines to 24; suspended sentence,
124 dismissed, 10; withdrawn, 3. The
penalty in one case for theft of chick-
ens was two years in Kingston Peni-
tentiary. .
June Meetings at O.A.C.
The month of June is well known
as a busy one at the Ontario Agricul-
tural,College and this year, judging
by the meetings already announced,
it is going to be even busier than'
ever. The tentative list is as follows:
Tuesday, June 10—Dairy Cattle
Breeders' Field Day.
Tuesday and Wednesday, Juno 10
and 11 Poultry Breeders' Meetings.
Wednesday and Thursday, June 11
and 12 -Yorkshire Breeders' Field
Day.
Sat., Julie 14 --Wellington County
Jr. Farmers' Judging Competition.
And thee comes "Farmers' Wleak"
with the following days alloted to
the various counties:
„Monday, June 18th—Counties of
•Lambton, Wentmorth, Lincoln, Wel-
land, Norfolk, Kent, Essex, Elgin and
1•laldimand.
Tuesday, June 17th: Halton, Wat-
erloo, Dufferin, Perth, I•Iuron, Grey
and Bruce.
Wednesday, June 18th—Peel, Sim-
toe, York, Ontario, Durham, North-
umberland, Hastings, and Eastern
Counties,
Thursday, June 1901—Brant, Ox-
ford,- Wellington,- Middlesex,- Mus-
koka, Victoria and Peterboro.
Parson, meeting neighbor (Uring-
ing home' a load of hay—Jenkins,
wouldn't it be better if you attended
services instead of working this
hay on Sunday?
Jenkins -114r. Dawkins, I don't
know whether it would be best to
sit on the load of hay and think of
religion or sit in the church and
think of the hay.
•AUBURN
AN APPRECIATION
"Be still, - dear friends, and lend an
ear
Until I tell the way
In which the Belgrave dramatic club
Put on their latest play.
Each actor is an artist born
And well there parts have played
In giving entertainment
In the play, "The Colonel's Maid,"
The Colonel's part, by Stewart
Is given really good.
ibe know's his part quite perfectly
And has dramatic snood.
And then there's Wilbert Proctor,
Knows his part just like a •boolt.
While little Georgie Jordan
Makes an ideal Chinese Gook.
He fries the eggs end bacon
And cool's the steak so well, ,
That even When its overdone
It has a pleasant smell.
The Colonel's son is Edgar,
Lots of humor in his ,head. •
It would` be dull without him
Can truthfully :be said.
The Colonel's ,Mlaid is Cela, ,
She has' both wit 'arid smiles
And keeps her- lover guessing
And a hoping all the while.
There's another lady actress,
Who acts her part just right,
Of course you know just who I tnean,
The, lovely Mrs. Weight.
A lawyer is required, of course,
In helping on the .game
By writing wills and deeds and bonds
Norman Keathsg'is his name.
Then Robert C'oultes, Jr,
Also has a part to play,
H+e never makes an. error
And knows just what to say
Last, but not least, Mrs. Stonehouse,
Says her part in sweetest tone
And if the audience cry y "encore,"
She sings "When I'm AIone.'"
This play was on in Auburn
Oa -May the 23rd.
There was a good attendance
And it really was, a bird.
So if you wish to know some snore
I'Il tell you all in turns.
And ®ow will simply sign myself,
Yours truly; .Robert Berns.
Fascinating Links in Canada's
History -
What was the first document signed kept for the State and 'Land Mats
by Queei Victoria after her accession tern.
to the throne on June 18th 1837?
> No Tile
writing is very e le •,i:bl
an
g d the
doubt thetrained n d archivist coulda =
volumes
n
were w well bound and are in
swer this question off hand, but it is excellent eonsition, It is noted at
enough for the lay man to know that once that fn 1792 the executive v were
one of 'the first of these documents obliged to take three oaths,aIle •
is now on. view in the Grey Room at lance, supremacy and adjuration.
the; Dominion ' Archives. This, wase Only the first oath e at n,
signed only two days after the death` resent time. in -,use, the
p t me.
of William IV had 'transformed the The
first record in the book is
obscurepxincess into the greatest of dated at Kingston, Ju y 8, 1792, and
reigning monerebe. This letter, writ- says that Ilis Evlceliency John Graves
ten on''heavily black bordered
in the direful paper Simcoe,Dsq, Lieutenant Governor of
F penmanship of a "con- the Province' of U'Pper Canada, Coi-
tus,' ago, was addressed to Lod Gos- onel commanding the eorcesin theford, Governorin,Chief and High said province, having
appointed the
Commissioner of Lower Canada, by Protestant church as a suitable place
the Wendel ,Secretary, and while long for the reading and publishing of
in the possession of the Canadian Ar- his Illiajesty's .eommissions'
chives, eras only lately been available then O'omifions) ha aecor i accordingly e-
(spelled
to bhe public.c ugl
paired to -the said place accompanied
The letter is headed "Additional In- by difefrent men of the household
str•uctions to our Trusty amid quell Be- and Iris Excellency took the' oaths,
loved the Governor, Lieutenant The next meeting, the following day,
Gov-
ernor or the; Officers' administering the names of those present are re -
the Government of Lower Canada, corded .and an executive council of
Given at our Court of St.James the five members was formed who were
22nd day of June, .1837, in the first said to be allowed to have and enjoy
year of our reign." ardent of debate and vote in all must af-
fairs of public concern which might
The firsE year' of our reign"
be debated in the said executive been' almost' a terrifying expel-
young coIncil.
fence to this
y g girl with the nev- Instructions to the executive se-
er ceasing demand on time and stren- cupied four pages of small writing
gth, with duties and responsibilities in the large minute book and viere
undreamed of in her retired life. 93ut mostly regarding money, They were
although Kings die and Queens live, warmed "not to suspend any of the
government routine goes " on, and members of ,the council, exectttive
thanks, to ministers, secretaries, gov- council, judges, sheriffs or other of-
eimment clerks of high and low de- fivers without good and sufficient
gree, letters, orders, documents of all „
kinds were prepared for signature, cause and if this was done they
were to transmit eta
and all the details of the change in e of
monarchy, were attended to. Read_ our prinlcpal secretaries
s of, State."
Read -
frig this letter one realizes the many
changes the death of the Sovereign
necessitates, for its import is '.'Where-
as we have been pleased by our order
in council of the twenty first instant
(a copy whereof is hereto annexed)
to declare Our Royal Will and Pleas-
ure that in all the prayers, liturgies
and collects for the sovereign, the
word "Queen" be used, instead of
the word "King" and so. on. One can-
not but be impressed with a fact, so
indicative of Her Majesty's character,
that the "Victoria R." signed by the
youthful Queen shows no change
from the 'signature of sixty years
Iaiter,
A. survey of land was ordered and
"as nothing can effectively tend to
the speedy settling of the said pro-
vince of Upper Canada, the security
of the property of our subjects and
the advancement of our revenue" they
were urged to sell land` to the set-
tlers. A Publication' was ordered of
all laws regarding the buying of
lands and it was to be issued as a
proclamation.
,On July 10th the province was di-
vided into counties in order to es-
tablish as equal a representation as
possible and as the nature of cir-
cunzstanees would permit.
Volumes of these books from the
earliest are to be found at the Ar-
chives and visitors will find Dr,
Among the many volumes of in- Kenny not only kind in showing all
terasting letters and reports at the visitors through the Archives but al -
Dominion Archives is one of 1792 so 'With the history of alt the articles
which records the formation of an on display practically at his finger
executive Connell for Upper Canada. tips.
At that time John Graves Simcoe '
was Lieutenant Governor of the Pro-
vince of Tipper Canada and in that
first volume of the meeting and work
of the executive different books were
A connecting link with the Old
Regime in Canada has been estab-
lished by the securing of a picture
of Charles De 1Vlenou, Seigneur
Auney Charnisay by .the „Dominion
Archives at Ottawa, The portrait
was:oonsidered a `find" as it was
not 'thought there was a, Picture of
the former , gpverenor ` until a few
Years ago
At an expression held last year in
Paris a miniature was shown which
was owned
dAuneY
,
s relati
ves
and itis from the"miniature that the
present painting has been made. It
is large and well framed
just xamed and- has � ,;
] been received frons the photo-
graphers by Dr. Kenny et the Ar-
'chives. The picture is that o
f a
young man, with kindly eyes 'and
long, fair hair, Iris collar, which is'
attached to his military suit, 10
ledged with beautiful lace and the
eyes do not revert to the details, but
rather to the strong character which
le lined in the face.
The story, of. D'Auney Charni aY 1s
told by Parham Vol. 1 of in? ahis Old
Regime in Canada, There he
of the conning to -Canada of D'Auney
ends
, Claude in 1632,'with chis cousin 7 endde
Razilly. Ile was a gentleman of
birth and character and they settled
on the Acadian lands. Itazilly, who
represented'King Louie, died in 1635
and left his authority to D'Auney
and nobody disputed, hies authority
except La Tour. La Tour had boon
sent to Acadia by Sir William Alex-
ander and was :made a baronet of
Nova Scotia a new title which King
J1ames had authorized on people of
consideration aiding him' in his work
of colonizing Acadia. 'La Tour pre-
tended to be independent of D'Aunay
in virtue' of his commission from the
Crown and his grant, which was of
lands at .Cape Sable, Hence rose dis-
sentious that at last grew into war.
La Tour ruled over his little King-
dom at Cape Sable, with its rocks,
fogs and breakers, its seal haunted
islets and iron boned shores guard-
ed by Fort Lonrerone which he called
Fort La Tour, On the other side of
the peninsula D'Aunay reigned at
Port Royal like a feudal lord. Then
La Tour to strengthen himself a-
gainst his formidable neighbor, got
from the company of New France
the grant of a tract of land at the
mouth of the river St. John, where
he built a fort and called it after his
own name, though it • was better
known as Fort St. Jean. Then a bit-
ter feud started between the two
chiefs, each claiming lands occupied
by the other.. Fights followed in
which the King sent soldiers from
France to aid D'Aunay and La Tour
was a fugitive. D'Aunay was drown-
ed in 1650 not far from the mouth
of the Annapolis while out in a
canoe. Madame La Tour had died a
violent death in 1644, and 1653 Mad-
ame D'Aunay married the foe of her
late husband, La Tour.
Requests are received quite often
at the Archives for a picture of
Madame La Tour but so far they
have been unable to locate one at all -
DOES IVIAN
SETTLE U
OR DOWN?
When man reaches that stage, in his existence
*here the urge for "home" dominates his thoughts
he is suffering the first stages of the "settling
down" process. He begins planning a house and
all that goes with it, and realizes that before he can
settle down and become a Solid Citizen he must
"settle up."
Now this "settling up" business should be in-
dulged in at regular intervals by most of us.
There's always some little account that if not paid
promptly when notice is sent, will be allowed to'
stand' indefinitely. One of the most unfortunate
in this respect is, the subscription to the newspaper.
The amountis small and comes due but once a year;
so it is easily forgotten. But when a thousand or
two subscribers "forget," the publisher is in a bad
way and immediately has to put on pressure to col-
lect the two dollar accounts.
There is one sure way of keeping "settled up"
with our newspaper—watch the label every week.
After your name the date 'on which your subscrip-
tion expires is printed plainly. Pay it promptly
when it conies due. Make sure of it now.
"LOOK AT THE LABEL"
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