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The Clinton News Record, 1930-11-27, Page 6THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930. NEWS AND" ' I➢ INFORMATION EUw7q Y ... FARMER ,�'AR FOR (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture )' Too Many Dirty Barrels Many. Ontario Growers have lost rom 50 to. 60 cents a:barrel on heir apples because of dirty barrels ays , Andrew Fulton, - overseas fruit •epresentatives. An unusual nmfdeer f dirty barrels have been received his season, he states, and always ell to disadvantage, as they ee- inly do not enhance the attrac-, iveness of the tipples, The drop in price, therefore, makes it very oubtful if it is worth while finan- cially to send apples overseas asked in barrels of this sort. He uggests that these barrels be kept t home for storage purposes. In very case growers are advised to peep them off the export market, Featured 'Ontario produce Conspicuous success attended the Department's contest among city re- tail stores throughout Ontario for the best window displays of all -On tario farm products. Not only were the exhibits artistically arranged but .they gave a fine conception of products offered for table use. The majority of them included milk pro- ducts of all • kinds, flour, cheese, honey, apples, pears, eggls, bacon, fresh meats and a host of other re- quisites which looked far more in- viting than any samplesof imported goods. This contest will have the effect of inducing the ocnsumer to ask for Ontario -grown farm products in preference to any other. Will .Market Ontario Cider Hon. Thomas L. Kennedy, Minis- ter of Agriculture, bas announced that an effort is now under way to put.Ontario Cider on the market "in a big way." The province has com- pleted arrangements with the Ot- tawa authorities whereby the Canad- ian- Wineries at Oakville • eyti1 put 500 barrens of apples through their plant under the 'best English recipe. The resultant product will be . ma- tured until about April and then put under a government label and extensively advertised in the hope that a wide scale production and sale can be effected by the fall of 1931. 'In this venture, the Govern- ment has a twofold objective: first, the establishment • of a big market for surplus "cull" apples, and sec- condly, reduction of Ontario's annual bear consumption. The product, ac- cording to the minister will be something never before produced in Canada, the best quality of sparkling cider as produced and bottled in England, with low alcoholic content similar to a light beer. This product has .become enormously popular in England and its consumption is hi- creasing every year, while beer con- sumption is falling proportionately • Current Crop Report Fall plowing is nearing comple- ion in most districts. The continued ins weather enables farmers to et the odd work finished and they re in 'fair circumstances to greet he winter months. One regrettable feature has been the lack of rain as a result of which many wells and cisterns have run dry, The dry wea- ther, however, has given farmers an opportunity to kill out twitch grass and destructive weeds. Fall wheat and .seeds in most eounties have a good top which,seenre'to be in a rug- gedcondition 'to withstand the rigours of winter., The mild wea- ther eather enables farmers in many re - gine to delay housing their stock, thus •saving a considerable quantity of feed. Royal Winter Fair In the inter -county competition at the Royal for the Jeffrey Bull Mem. oriel Trophy, awarded to •the county whose team of three contestants un- der 26 years of age :make: the high est aggregate score in judging; heavy horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle,; sheep and swine, the standing was as follows: ' 1 Yorlc: 2, Middlesex; 3, 'Wentworth; 4, Dufferiti 5, Peel; 6, Wellington, The Ot A. C. live stock judging team carried off pre- mier honors in the inter -college com- petition for the fifth time, thus giv- ing them permanent 'possession of. the trophy. Clarence Graham of Maple, York County, won the tro- phy for the contestant under 26 years of ,age, making the highest marks in judging one class of heavy and one class of light parses. A Successful Potato Club The Middlesex Farm Boys' Potato Club, sponsored by the Department's Middlesex branch in co-operation with the London Chamber of Com- merce, which with Its 130 members is one of the largest organizations of its kind in Ontario, held its annual CIub Fair on November. 6th. The club members had an exhibit of 54 bushel tote of• Dooley potatoes and` 60 plate lots, while forty club mem- bers took part in the potato judging competition. There were 158 prizes, amounting to well over $300.00 and presentations of these was a leading feature of thelargely attended ban- quet which followed. 1VLartin Ingram of Delaware R.R. 1, won the Elliott trophy for the highest scoring pint in the entire contest. Two week's short courses at O.A.C. were award- ed to Clifford Long, Deleware, and Harold Stephenson, Longwood, • for highest standing in general pro- ficiency. National Agricultural Policy Speaking at a banquet at the Royal .Winter Fair last week, im- mediately following the couference of Provincial Ministers of Agricul- ture at Ottawa, Hon. Robert Weir, Federal Minister, of Agriculture enunciated four important measures, to be known as the "National Agri- cultural Policy": 1 The introduction of better blood in Canadian live stock. 2. The scientific use of home- grown products for herd -feeding pur- poses. 3. Continuous and careful study of the general science of rural mar- keting. 4. The prevention of the implan- tation and spread of disease in Can- adian poultry. Sheep Raising in Temiskaming ing taken in sheep raising in the 'dis- trict of Temiskaming, two Iamb clubs have been formed this fall " one at Krugerdorf in the north end of the district and the other at Hanbury inthe: south. These clubs are form-' ed under the Ontario Live Stock 'po1. icy, five ewe -Iambs and one ram being given to each ybnng farmer under :30 years of age. These flocks must be 'eared for under the super- vision of uper-visionof the LiveStockBranch, in- cluding docking, dipping and treat- ing for internal parasites. At the. end of the first year one lamb is returned to the Department` and in each of the three succeeding years two Iambs are returned. For the first two years'' a purebred ram is supplied by the Department. Pure- bred Shropshire rams .were supplied in the ,case' of both Temiskaming clubs. Ontario Well Represented. The province of Ontario this year has sent in 132 exhibits to the Grain and Hay Show section of the inter- national Live- Stock. Exposition at Chicago. This is by far .the 'largest' entry ever made by Ontario in the. Grain and Hay- Show section. En- tries were made in practically every class in the prize list. The alfalfa, barley and oats classes receivedthe largest number of entries; there 'be- ing 24 in the alfalfa seed class; 18 in the 6 -rowed .barley class and. 16 in the class for oats, " 'There were also numerous articles in the follow- ing classes; White. "Minter Wheat soft red' winter wheat, . hard red spring wheat, Durum wheat, early oats, field bean classes, field ,peas; soy beans, flax, red clover, alsike, timothy seed, sweet clover. In the entry list there are exhibit- ors from every section of Ontario, including a number from the several districts of Northern Ontario, 'Mr. James Laughland of the Field Husbandry Department, 0. A. S•, Guelph, who is in' charge of the On- tario exhibit, 'states that the quality ,of the exhibits this year is excep- tionally high and he anticipates that Ontario exhibitors willreceive a large proportion of the prize money this year. News Items on Matters Canadian and Foreign Written For The News -Record Parliament will Not Meet Until . Early in March Ottawa, November 21 (.Special to The News -Record) while official an- nopncement will_ not be Made until. within a month of the event, it is not the intention of .the .Bennett Govern inent to call parliament together un- til approximately March 1st. The decision is; of course, subject to amendment but the reasons• which have led to it will hardly be altered. They are, firstly that the•delay will permit the Government to complete its entire tariff revision and to have its budget ready for submission as soon as the debate on the address from .the Throne is concluded. Sec- ondly, that by meeting in January the House will only add* two addi- tional months of debate to Hansard. While the House 'is in session de- partmental business necessarily lang- guishes as Ministers are otherwise engaged. A January to June session, followed by the holiday months of July and August, would knock eight months out of the departmental year, or at least hamper administration for that length of time. All the general argument on tariff revision might be• concluded in two weeks but it is a matter of record that on a major tariff revision every item will see reiteration of the ar- gument until hot weather drives the membership home. Nest year, whet- her the House assembles in January or March, it will talk until July. Hence the viewpoint that two months can be saved for departmental work if the session is called in March. No Partizan Press Policy Proposed Ottawa, November 21st (Special -to The News -Record) Emphatic denial is given at Conservative headquaters to rumors that a string of daily newspapers would either be acquired or inaugurated to promote the Con- servative cause. The rumors grew out of persittent reports that a new Conservative morning paper is projected for Tor- onto. 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RADIO -EXTRAORDINARY Licensed under Canadian Radio Patents, Ltd, SILVER MARSHALL>OF CANADA, LTD, TORONTO`: or starting newspapers. The fair_ criticism of an uncontrolled press is healthiest for all parties and cer- tainly best serves the public interest,, We•know nothing whatever about the Toronto rumor." 'Will Take Years to hear Appeals be- fore Tribunals Ottawa, November 21st (Special to The News -Record).' Though the new and extensive pensions legislation passed early this year only :becomes operative in October it is already ap- parent that it will have to be materi- ally enlarged. • As now 'conetitnted it will take five, or even ten years to deal with the re -hearings and appeals 'already in hand or in prospect. This situat- ion defeat& at least half the purpose of the legislation. It was first in- tended that the new law should elim- inate red tape and guarantee most generous interprdtation to the sold- ier. The secondary consideration was elimination of delay in dealing with cases. The staff created to carry the law into effect is already confronted by applications and appeals which will provide work for upwards of three years and there are enough more in the offing to occupy tribunals and appeal court at Ieast another two, years. If recommendations of soldiers' organizations are carried out parlia- ment, during the apporaching ses- sion, will be asked to at least doable the tribunals and to provide for greater elasticity in the work of the appeal court. • • Breediin"g Stock Being Exported Winnipeg, Man., Nov, 18th (Spec- ial to The News -Record) A consign- ment of live mink, badger and silver fox were shipped recently from Win- nipeg to European farms, The value of the animals was placed at 10,000. The bulk of the shipment was of mink, 86 animals in 22 crates, valued at 6,500. Seven silver foxes valued at 3,000 were destined for Akers- berga. The mink and badger were enroute to Bayern, Germany. The mink shipment had a large represent- ation of females which poifits to European breeding requirements. Tariff Revision Throws Huge Task ou Customs Staff Ottawa, November 21st (Special to The News -Record) The last nine Months of 1931 promise to be the worst in history for the eustmns div- ision of the Department of National Revenue. Complete revision of the 1188 items which comprise the tariff schedules will be introduced in, Parliament late in March or early in April. While the revision may not be endorsed by the House foe three months the sched- ules, almost in their entirety, become ,effective from the moment they are presented. . • Such changes as are made are con- fidential until laid before the House and are not, therefor, available to the men who must enforce then. until - they are made public. The net re suit is that every appraising' officer must learn anew the rates to be char- ged and the regulations affecting valuations,in every class of geode. Revision of approximately 200 it- ems this year has swamped the de- partment with appeals and protests from importers, to such en extent that a special customs court to deal with them is 'strongly advocated. With the most exhaustive revision in history scheduled for 1931 com= plieatlons will be at least four times as great as in the current year; .Electric Railways Carry 836, 729, 851 Ottawa, November 21st (Special to The News -Record)- The -Canadian Electric Railway 'Conine/ilea carried 836,729,851 fare passengers in 1929, while at the close of that year the companies -Were operating 2,208 miles of electrified railways. The gross revenues dor 1929 aggregated $58,368,980. After• all profit and Toss adjustments bad been made a net surplus of $1,014,016 remained for the year. ' • First Manufacturing in Canada 325 Years Ago was Flour Milling Ottawa, November 21st (Speeial to The News -Record) Nlianufacturing in Canada on anything like a large scale did '.not really begin until about the time of the grandfathers of the pres- ent generation, although for some generations previously there had be- en wayside blacksmiths and wood- turners, tailors, carpenters and 'gun smiths. The type of manufactures first to appear in the new country always de- vend upon the raw materials at hand, for manufacturing at first is engag- ed in only to ninety articles com- monly needed andto bulky to be eas- ily imported. Later manufacturing is engaged in for anotherand by this, time more important reason, and growth of population, by natural increase and immigratiion, which` makes it necessary to provide aven- ues of em111oynient: These principle: have been borne out in Canada's manufacturing' history. In 1605 the first manufacturing by Europeans in Canada 'took place and the circnmstanee was prophetic of the later development : of the coun- try. ' At Port Royal, N,S:, in that year a crop of grain was raised °and after- being threshed by the primi- tive method of the time, was"ground into flour. Thus 325 years ago the interdependence of the farmer and the manufacturer was demonstrated. The early settlers were concerned primarily with the necessity of pro- viding themselves 'with food, fuel, shelter, clothing and -protection from the savage inhabitants of the coun- try. They could grow food on their own land as they cleared away the forest timbers which they aged to supply shelter and fuel, When Canada was New France -on- ly one expedition a year arrived from Odd France and to eke out the sup- plies of • clothing the settlers made clothing from furs and buckskin. Dad it not, been for the resourceful- ness of the colonists in the year 1705 there would have been a tragedy. In that year the English captured the yearly convoy and no supplies arriv- ed so the settlers were forced to re- plenish their wardrobes. themselves. As a 'result of this drastic object les: son sheep were imported and the production of homespun woollens had its start. , Each year brought more immigrants who settled as close to each other as possible and com- munity life was started. Then the colonists began to barter their pro- fits for ploughshares inade in the wayside smithies instead of beating out crude instruments for themsel- ves. In -1860 manufacturing had been established. as an industry and ten years later products valued at $220,- 000 were produced. The industry did not deevelop rapidly but in 1922 the value of the manufactured products amounted to $2,440,000,000 ten times the value of 1870. Prairie Provinces Are 25 Years Old Ottawa, Nov. 21, (Special to The Nlews-Record)—It is just 25 years since the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were created. At that time the population of Alberta was 125,000. It is now about 650,000. Saskatchewan in 1905 had a popula- tion of 195,000; now it is 887,000. The total area under cultivation in •Alberta 25 years ago was 660,000 ac- res; in Saskatchewan 2,009,000 acres, In 1930 Alberta had 15,000,000 un- der crop and , Saskatchewan 30,000,- 000 acres. The dairy production of Alberta has advanced in value from 32000,000 in 1905 to over $20,000,- 000 this year, Similar progress in dairying has been made in Saskatche- wan. Progress has been ecjualy as no- tieable in a number of other direc- tions in each of the two provinces. In 1905 there was comparatively no manufacturing in either Alberta or Saskatchewan, now the value of the annual industrial output is over 3159,000,000 of which Alberta ac- counts scounts for $100,000,000 and Saskat- chewer/ '$59,000,000; Eaeh - of the two provinces 'hes a well equipped' university, several high schools and many hundreds of public' schools, From mere frontier towns of: 25 years ago, Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, • Regina, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw and other places have grown . into well established and beautiful cities, with every advantage found in any of theolder cities of the new or old world. These two provinces, the youngest of the nine which form the Domin- ion of Canada, have certainly ac- quitted themselves well since their admission into the family group a brief 25 years ago. Air Mail Volume Grows in Britain ;London, England, N'ov.. 20th (Spe- Pial to The News-Reeord)--IA 20- percent increase" in air nail.sent. from. the United Kingdom was shown during the quarterly period. ending September, 1980, compared with the same period in 1929. On June 2, 1930, a uniform combined rate cov- ering air fee and postage, 8 cents for the first ounce and 6 cents for each • subsequent ounce, was introduced for all European destinations. Spe- cial blue' mail 'boxes were put into use in London ontune 22nd. Britain's National Drink a Luxury; -Until Year 1785 ('Ottawa, Nov. 21, (Special the The News-Record)—jTea, used from, the earliest known times by the •Chinese, is mentioned occasionally by medie- i val travellers in the East, but it. only Ibecame an article of European trade in the seventeenth century. It first came overland to Russia. We know of a Russian embassy to Mongolia which received a present of tea in ex- change for its costly gifts of sable fuzes, 'rhe 'Russians protested a- gainst such useless wares, but they took the parcel back to Moscow, where it was so welt liked that more was sent for, and thus a trade be- gan. About the year 1610 the Dutch be- gan to trade with China by sea, and small quantities of . tea were brought over by .them. But it was not known in England long before 1660, when a law was passed by the first parlia- ment of Charles 11, levying a duty of eight pence on every gallon of tea, chocolate or sherbet made for sale, 1n 1661, Pepys Wrote in his diary: "I did send for a cup of tea, a China drink of which I never had drunk be- fore"; and in 1667: "Home, and there find my wife making of tea, a drink which Mr. Pulling the pollicary tells her is good for her cold and de- fluxions," But Mrs. Pepys was lucky in being able to enjoy 'her new medicine. In tine year 1684 the East India company had difficulty in buying thirty-four ounces as a pre- sent to the King, and in 1669 we find the company writing out to its servants in India to "send home one hundred pounds of the -best they could find." In 1678 it imported 4713 pounds, but thereby the market was greatly overstocked, and during the following six years only 410 pounds more wets brought into the country. Soon after that, however, a regular and steadily growing trade began. In 1711, the consumption in Great Britain'teached 142,000 pounds and in 1781 to 3,500,000. In 1785' the duty was reduced from 119 to 12 1.2 per cent on the value, and the con- sequent reduction onsequentreduction in pipe led to a much greater demand. In that year about 13,000,000 pounds were con- sumed. Today the. averageconsump tion per head of the population is between eight and nine pounds._ Will Use Honey for Native Wine To elp isPt Toronto, NHov. 21, si e ecia' tPTh News-Reeord)--The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has asked emend- inent of the Provincial Liquor :4et to permit the substitution of honey for sugar in the manufacture of wine, as a means to use the surplus of honey in the province: It is stated that the, minister of agriculture has given his sanction to the project. The department's statemens is as follows. To assist Ontario honey producers who are this year reported to be holding surplus stocks of hon- ey, the liquor control board of Ontario has asked the governinent to amend the provincial liquor act in order that honey may be substituted for sugar in the manufacture of na- tive wines. a-tivewines. The proposal far an amendment was submitted to the At- torney General after thorough tests were said to have convinced the board that wine inade from honey was of equal quality to that made from sugar. More than 1,000,000 pounds of sur- plus honey is said to be on hand in Ontario and as a result of this con- dition the Ontario Honey Producers Cooperative Ltd., initiated action to permit honey to be substituted for imported sugars. The question was discussed with Hon., T. K. Kennedy, minister of agriculture, who has giv- en 'full sanction to the plan. ;The manufacture of wine with honey as a sweetening agent is ex- pected to increase production cost by approximately 9 cents a gallon. The Liquor Control Board and individual manufacturers are planning to share this increase ,equally in order that retail prices will not be affected. :Canadian Wineries, Ltd., have al. ready purchased 070,000 worth of honey at the price of 7 cents a pound. Middlesex County honey producers foresee immediate benefits as result of the action of the Liquor Board. In 1929, according to the Domin- ion Board of Statistics, 16,450,104 pounds of sugar, valued at $658,841 were used by Canadian wineries. The industries are centered in Ontario where 41 of the 47 plants are located. What Ambition Did for Jo. Joe had a job ink factory. Though it was hard, he 'corked cheerful.? early and late,becanse he wanted to be a foreman th larger pay in Ort der that he might give his vita 444 children a better horns. Then he be- gan to feel extra tired, couldn't sleep was weary all day long and his chest pained him. Ono day he fainted at his job. The dootor said he had only one enemas of recovery front his trouu- ble — consumption — and that wqs to be treated at the Mhiskolca Hospital for. Coneumptives. So 111 was Joe that it has taken anything like normal, butdhe hopes b0 be able to return bonne soon and WO Ms once more the duty of dupportixi his family. 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