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The Clinton News Record, 1930-12-11, Page 6THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD NEWS AND INFORMATIONN FOR THE BUSY FARMER P E Furnished bythe De. artment of Agriculture Lowering, the Cost Oneauthority makes the following suggestions for lowering the cost• of silk production: (1) Eliminate inci- dent producers. (2) Raise your :own sed for the herd. Legume reughages yell reduce the need" for purchased :onoentrates. Raising more legumes ell also increase grain yields, (2) Provide warm water for the herd in winter, preferably kept before them n the stable. A. proper water supply las" a greater effect on production han is commonly realized. Winter Feeding problem' A scarcityof both corn silage and oots,. ` the" two home-grown sources V succulence, will complicate the eeding situation this winter in Western Ontario at least. Dern is. short erop though of good quality, nd roots lessthan ihalf •a'crop.'Nor s hay very plentiful. There is an bundance •af straw of which Mach 'll be fed. The large use of straw resents a. dual feeding problem Succulence .and proteins will have to be supplied in larger measure than in previous years. Sueh rich Meals as oileake, cottonseed and gluten will provide the protein, .al- though in the ease of cotton seed care must be exercised because it is constipating. Succulence can be sup- plied by •molasses and by eroaking dried beet pulp. 'Where there is some silage it droved be mixed with cut 'straw 24 ihours: in advance of feeding -in. order to make it go as far as possible. son, provincial zoologist, most losses among live stock, particularly those of such a nature as goitre in lambs and calves, hairlessness among hog litters and joint ill in foals, can eas- ily be prevented if iodine is incor- porated in tele rations of the breed- ing stock and especially in the ra- tions of pregnant animals. Its regu- lar egular' use is essential during the per- iod when the stock is ;stabled, as there is then absolutely no ehance of pieldng up any iodine in its. natural State. Weekly Crop Report Recent rains have modified the severity of the water shortage situa- tion, which had becone acute in 'many counties. According to reports of agricultural representatives, a' large percentage of the wells and streams had dried up and stockmen particularly were alarmed. Fall work is reported in good shape and plow- ing in all counties practically com- pleted. In Dundas, compensation and salvage received for reactors to be - vine tuberculosis teats are in many cases more than sufficient to cover their replacement with clean cattle on aceod'nt of the low price light now. Fall wheat in Grey is said to be wonderfully improved with the crop going into the winter in fine shape.. A. sudden drop in tempera- ture in Kent found the farmers• with work well.done and time to devote to cleaning up around the premises In Lambton farms, stock auction sales are bringing good prices, while in Lanark there is a big demand indi- cated for stockers and hogs with a light supply. Farmers in South Sim- coe are marketing their grains by feeding it to hogs and beef cattle. All stock are being stabled in Te- miskaming with their shipping be- ing done. Foe convenience sake iodine is us- ually fedi" in the form of potassium. iodide, being nixed with .salt, feed or water. It is quite simple to handle, and aceortling to the best live shock, opinion in Canada es a cheap insurance against many live stock losses. As diseases vary with the different animals stoeltnilen are well advised, to secure a pan,phl'et en- titled "The Significance of Iodine in the Feeding of Live Stock" and dis- tributed on request by the Canadian Co-operative • Wool Growers, Toronto. It covers the whole su1Ject, giving the methods of administration and the particular doses for the various type,, of live stock, -under various conditions. Live Stock in -Peel The agricultural representative in Peel County reports. that in 1929 that county had only 20 fully accredited herds of cattle. At pre- sent there are 55 herds. either ac- credited or under. accreditation. He continues to say that this large number will be increased next spring and accredited live stock men claim to be entirely sold out of surplus stock. A number of purebred accred- ited cattle are being brought in from Norfolk, Haldim.and, Oxford and Perth Counties. Onen and hied heifers are being bought in prefer- ence to springing cows. Canadian Seed in Demand A sharp increase in the demand for registered grades of Canadian - grown seed of roots and vegetables is indicated, particularly in Ontario. Vegetable growers, gardeners, and farmers find that the extra cost of high quality • seed is slight in pro- portion to tbs actual superiority. Two factors make for quality in seed grown in Canada. These are the in- herent advantage of careful selec- tion in foundaition seed stock and the important fact that seed pro- duced in Canada is • acclinitted, 'giv- ing maximum assurance of produc- tion results. heretofore the most of field root and garden vegetables seeds used ih Canada have been im- ported from the- United States and Europe. Field tests are •showing that this imported seed is of poor quality and much of it of very ques- tionable worth. Iodine For Live Stock According to Dr. Lionel Steven - HURON COUNTY COUNCIL (Continued from page 4) late to start eonstruetion. A few small bridges were built and some between the Province of Ontario and grading was done' in addition, as it other provinces. . We have considered the resolution submitted to the County Council from the County of Stormont and which was referred to us asking that the Dominion Government be re- quested to assume the cost of the THURSDAY', D'EOEMe3E11 11, 1930 We recommend that a by-law be prepared authorizing "through" roads and "stop" signs within the meaning of "the Biii'hway Traffic Act, when in the opinion' of the Road was deemed exiiedient to carry out Commission such atop signs are war- i'e ted. that work. The expenditures in gen- In conclusion we feel we would eral were curtailed, so that the de- not be "doing our duty to the county ficit on the county road account of . ii' web failed to `avail aurselveg.. f this about $15,000 would be made up, epportunity of expressing our appre- which we are pleased to report will dation of the services rendered dur- be accomplished. AA- further reason ing the year by our Cbunty Engineer, T. R. Patterson. Your committee has had the op- portunity of visiting many counties in this Province, and through our ob- servance and exchange Of ideas have great pleasure in ,reporting that this banner county, 'Hewes, has im- proved its highways system under the "Highway . Improvement Act," due to the untiring efforts of bur en- gineer, until today the Galante of Huron can boast of the beat County Road Vetere in tae Province. Car- ried. A. lengthy resolution, proposed by W. J. Henderson and IL A. Keys, petitioning the Minister of Public Highways, Ito give first considera- tion to increasing the .County Road subsidy, was passed and copies: will be forwarded -to other counties in the province for endorsation. ' On motion of Mr. Mole, seeonded by Ma . 1VICKenzie, the following mo- tion was carried: "That we, the County Council recommend. to the Provincial' Minister of Health that the Scott .Memorial Hospital at Sea - forth be recomnne-nded as a public hospital." Afternoon Session Reeve McKibben oecupied the chair when the' afternoon session op- ened. Tie Finance Committee's re- port, was thoroughly discussed, par- ticularly the last clause, relating to indigent patients in hospitals. De- puty Reeve 'Craigie in answer to a question why Goderieh hospital had so many, vigorously defended the admission of the numbers given Goderich has a larger population that the other hospital centres an the number had been ;thoroughly in vestigated. Several reports were brought at this time. be included in a .new by-law and The Reuse of Refuge committee' submitted to the Department of report was as follows and was car Hi h s reed Old. Age Pension scheme end . expen-, ' for this curtailment is the . hope that ices therewith. next year' the Government will pay a Wee approve of the principle, of higher subsidy towards she work. elle resolution believing the proposal more egeitable to the several prov- . The lowered costs of 1930 are part- inces aril leas burdensome to the ly.due to lowered costs of operating local taxpayers, who having to sup- our department. The cost of haul - poet House o'ef Refuge, Children's ing gravel by the County owned Shelter's' Mothers' Allowances, cost .trucks during 1980 was 7.1e,per yard of indigent and eonsumptives in per mile allowing 35 percent for hospitals and many other charities depreciation, and .the cost of .:operat- and any addition to that proposed to ing power graders has been greatly 'the present heavy tax bills in the reduced.. Old Age Pension scheme,. a real 'While the 1930 expenditures. have hardship and that all pension schen= " been low, ethis .should not ire used as es should be borne by the Domin a reason for restricting expenditures ion 'or province instituting the same next year. On the other hand it is and should never be paid.• by direct the opinion of the Commission that, taxation but should conte out of the during this period of low -prices and general revenue of the Dominion or deptesesion, considerable work on the Province. roads. should be done, particularly Motions Introduced draining and widening of roads, that can be • done by teanis and men, and The following motions ' were thus give employment to many who brought in would citherwise have difficulty in Moved by Mess's. Henderson and meeting their obligations: To carry Winter Care of Machinery Winter care of farm machinery is of decided economic importance and this cannot be effected without a shed of shelter. Weathering caused by snow coverings and continual freezing .and thawing and wet per- iods in fall and spring ,bring rapid decay of 'wooden parts," 'and causes' metal parts and bearings to rust. This weakens the implements, and, vaty, stiff bearings are often a source of costly breakages. Not only will the period of usefulness be lengthened by housing the nipchin- ery during the long idle period, but at the time of storing the mud and thick grease can be removed, bear- ings oiled, shares and Mould boards greesed, and lists made of repair parts necessary to put the Machin- ery in shape for the following sea- son. The farmer who has his ma- chinery housed has a mink better opportunity to repair the Machines dicing the winter months than has the fanner who has his machines buried in the snow. Value of the Institute At the annual convention of Wo- men's Institutes recently, Superin- tendent G. A. Putnam discussed the value of the Institute in providing opportunity for all women and girls in the 'rural communities to meet 'ones a month on coniim'dn ground for discussion of problems of mu- tual interest and to have a social half hour, The Institute was recog- nized as the great rural service club, it made- surveys as to the commun- ity's needs, provided assistance where required and frequently it furnished proper treatment and care for crippled children. Pointing to the enviable record of Women's In- atitutes, he declared that its form of organization Was being copied in many lands and that it was one of the strongest forces to combat the tendency to rebellion against exist- ing methods and institutions. The Govermnent was very generous in its otter to provide instructors, be- cause it felt that money spent in this way was worth while. Goetz that unless indigent patients'out public works in time of depres- are orderteo to hospital on the writ- sion at a time when labor is plenti- ten of the Reeve of a manic - ful and love in cost, and at a time polity or some one acting on (his when law prices cause hardships, is authority, that this Council refuse no doubt the proper principle for to pay the bills, and that a copy of those in charge of public expendi- this resolution be sent to the man tures to adopt as far as possible. If ager of each hospital. Carried. an extra amount of such construction H A. Hays and J. F. Collins rimy - be be undertaken, application should be ed that the Treasurer on receipt of niade..for a shale df the Unemploy- Red Cross Fund from any tumid-., meet Fund provided by the Donrin- pality, be required to investigate the ion and Porvineial Governments. same, and have statement regarding An outstanding item of the 1930 same made far .the following meet - work was the results obtained from ing of this Council. This motion was surface treatment work, and it is carried. ex eoted that.eonsiderable extension On motion of R. W. Thompson and ofthework will be in order. • J. W.Gamble, council adjourned to meet at 10 am. on Thursday. Your eorn)nission .has examined Reports of standing committees the road along concession 9 in Turn - and the discussion as to whether the berry, and we recommend that tlhis, Scott McTsorial Hospital in Seaforth road, and all roads formerly assuni- could be classed as a public one, were ed by bylaw, and not"yet approved, important items of business at the re - morning session of Huron County Council on Thursday. The latter was Good Demand for Apples The lifting of the British embargo against the lower grades of United States apples on Nov. 15 has made no difference in prices generally throughout the British Isles, accord- ing to Andrew ;Fulton, overseas re- presentative .of the O•nttaio:.Truiti Growers' Association. As a matter of fact, Mr. Fulton says' that there is a keener demand for both dessert and cooking apples with a marked tendency for 'higher values. There is a good demand for better quality red apples with every indication' that this situation will'continue. "It is my opinion that Ontario shippers can export with considerable confi- dence in receiving satisfactory prices, providing the apples are at- tractive," Mr. Fulton states. Ontario growers with 'apples to ship • are urged to nark the barrels plainly With the words "Canadian Apples" or "Empire ,A,pples." Failure to cone, - ply with this regulation has created rio small (hardship both its clearing shipments from the port of entry into the United Kingdom as well as the loss of' several good sales. TO THE SUNNY SOUTH ipeatik These popular winter resorts are quickly and comfortably reached via Canadian National and connections. Choice of interesting routes. Costs are reasonable. Add: zest to the •• California trip by going or returning the Canadian route via' Vancouver and Victoria. lielei nyAgent of Canadian Nationpl Railways for aril itifoematlon, bookletsiandreservgtions, s9 IAN NATION,AIL- taken up by the county solicitor, R. C. Hays Jr., who read a volume of correspondence relating to the same. The discussion resulted in the fol- lowing motion by Reeves Henderson and Turner: That when the Scott Memorial Hospital is willing to give the county an indemnity bond against any action which may, fol- low, that the grant• made in Jan- uary be paid, and also a charge fon indigent patients. A letter front G. E. Greenslade advocating the keeping open in winter the Blue Water Highway Was 'read to the council and referred to the 'Good Roads Commission. 'Mr. Ginn, corn borer inspector, gave a brief_ account of the work of the past season, and said there was every -prospect of the pest be- ing exterminated. Provincial highway engineer, Mr. Iilaas was present and spoke of the elimination of level crossings. He said that a large fund had .-been voted for this purpose by the Do- minion Government from which lib- eral grants had been offered to mun- icipalities taking advantage of sante. Ile thought counties and other mun- icipalities should take advantage of these grants and make a survey' for this purpose. He recommended that during the coining season this be done. Reports of Committees The County Property Committee, repotted as follows: We have exam- ined the jaiLand there are six pris- oners -at present. We inspected, the Court House and found the repairs had all. been done satisfactorily. We reco'niin:end that a light be put in the magistrate's office for the vault. The education committee reported as follows: The following High Sdhool payments have been made: Clinton,' $10,572.44; Wingham, $6,- '$22.53; Seaforth, t$9,713.68; rGoderich, $9,908.61; Exeter, $9,287.74. .. The following adjoining county High 'School accounts have been paid: Listowel, $1,013.10; St. Mlarys, $284.14; Harriston, $462.32; Strat- ford, $63.55; London, $579.98; Park- hill, $320.52. The co,ntineaition sehdols ac - courts have not been received yet; we recoimn`bnd that these be paid when received and approved by the clerk, and paid intime for the school 'boards to close ;their finan- cial year. As the cost to the county of pu- pils attending outside schools is in- .ereasing year after year, we re- commend that this be discouraged as much as possible as some of our pupils are passing our own high and continuation schools to go to city schools where there is a large ,de- benture debt that we would have to help to pay. We would recommend that the county be not asked to pay the debenture debt of adjacent schools. . Legislative Committee The Legislative Conenittee re- ported as follows: Re motion et Bruce County 'we do not :approve of amending the Mothers' Allow- ance Act to give' the allowances to a mother of one child. Re bylaw No. 415 of the Township of Stephen we hereby approve of .this bylaw. Re bylaw No. 10 of the 'Township of Ashfield we hereby approve of this bylaw. Re resolution from the mayor of Guelph in connection with provincial highway and suburban county roads, we recommend that this be dealt With in open council. Carred. ' Make Up Deficit. The- report of the Good Roads Comnnission was as follows•: • During the year.the program of work laid out in June was complet- ed with the • exception of the Gulley bridge in Godeelph. township and the equipment garage was, not erected as proposed, as •negotiations' were car- ried on. with the Town of Goderich for ,the purchase of a building, but, without results, and it ,became too 1. This committee held four meet- ings during the year at the .County, House and found 'everything in the'. beset of condition: a• 2. The work .of the manager, ma- tronand inspector we found very•ef- fieidnt. The; purchase of an electric ironer is recom'inend.ed. We under- stand that land, about , sixty acres west of the County,ifouse is open for rent and we recommend that the in- spector and manager investigate and report to eke committee at their first meeting next year. • d m s gway . • predates very much the worthy ef- forts• being taken under the leader- ship of the Lions Clubs of Goderich and Seaforth to aid the underprivi- legecl children of Huron County, and' 'that ere' wish to express to, them' our sincere thanks for the same. This was carried. On motion ofRobt. Higgins, sec- onded by A. J. Goldthorpe • the 11f others' Allowance Board for this county •shall be granted the usual allowance of $145:00 to be divided as fellows::Chair:man, $65.00; Secretary 1335.00; and the three members $15.00 Financial Committee each, for their services during 1930. Carried. 1. That several accounts Ibe 'paxd.. 2. Re the local hospital acocunts: We recommend thpt the acoeunta for indigent patients be referredbask to the several municipalities for inves- tigation as to whether they are in- digents and paid when satisfatcory to the Wa? den and. Clerk. • Carried. -3. Re communication of H. K. ber, treasurer, Township. of Stephen, we recommend that this be paid. Carried. 4. Re the account of the township of Howick in the keep of Mrs, -Ha- berlee we recommend that the coun- ty pay this and that a new agree- ment be made. This clause was .are - 'mended that same agreement has heretofore, be carried out. Re account of funeral expenses of James Johnston, we recommend that this is a matter•for Tuckersmith and Seaforth. Carried. That the ,claim of Hullett be re- ferred tothe-whole council. This was an account for Medical attention This clause' Was referred back for further particulars. That sub -section 10 •of •Ohapter 73 S. 0., 1A20, whereby the county may collect one half of the cost of indi- gent from the municipality from which they have been admitted. We recommend that the aet as laid down by the statutes be carried out. Car- ried. The pay skeet was submitted as follows: County Roads committee, $1,074.05; House of Refuge Commit- tee, $194.20; Pensions comanittee, $1,376.85; County Property commit- tee $41.80; Children's Shelter Com- mittee, $195.80; agricultural ad- visory committee, $139.00; Ways and Means committee, $70.80. Reeves Goetz and McKenzie moved that this county council ap- T. Inglis and N. Trewartha moved that the County Council recommend' the returning as '0ounoillor of Ward, - en Backer for the year 1931 as we consider the warden of the previ- ouay ear to be a benefit to the County Council owing to his ;experi- ence and that' a. copy of this resolu- tion be .sent 'to the clerk of • the Bruss.ei's Council.. R. H. Thompson and WI Mlole moved that several by. -laws having' been read, the necessary number of times, be passed and signed by the Warden and Clerk and the county sea's -attached. Carried. • Warden Honored Warden, Backer,' who, because of illness. ha(been unable to preside throughout the sessions, was called to the chair by Mr. McKibbon, when a happy change in the pro- ceedings of the afternoon took place. Mr. Trewartha calve forward and on behalf of the memibere of the County Council and officials, read a fine ad- dress in which ' Warden Backer's splendid executive ability in the dis- charge of 'his duties was. empha- sized, also his never failing courtesy and enthusiasm. A note of regret that he had suffered illness and best wishes for himself and family con- cluded the address. Mr. Inglis then presented the Warden with a cane, gold mounted and suitably inscirbed. 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