The Clinton News Record, 1931-11-19, Page 6Page 0
'm.el Information for th.e
ins a er
�' rm
(Furnished by the Department iif Agriculture )
The 48th annual Ontario Provin-
cial Winter 'Fair will he 'held at
Guelph, December 7 to 10, when it
is expected .that the 'largest entry
in the history of the Exhibition will
be out. Entries close Nov. 23.
The ideal fall weather was most
beneficial to / farming operations.
The majority of farmers have com.
pleted their fall plowing and prae•
teeny .all Ontario crops ,have been
harvested and threshed. Live stock
hascome through the fall in ex-
cellent condition and less feeding.
of grain has been necessary than
in most years.-
The
ears.
Tho New Honey Grades
The consuming public is show-
ing a special interest hi the attrac-
tive appearance and convenient
identification of quality which is
made possible by the new honey
grades, whish came into effect this
year. Where honey is: sold by grade
the grading must conform to tee
Canadian' standards. The Canadian
standards for honey provide a na-
tural Classification by color into
the four clasesi White, Golden,
Amber and Dark. These classes are
in turn graded strietly on the qual-
ity basis as Fancy, Choice or
Manufacturers. The honey grades
are especiblly popular because of
the consistency of the application
of grade terminology to the product
when graded, the inherent quality
of •the honey literally speaks for it-
self.
Potato Selling Campaign
Linder auspices of the Ontario
Growers' Market Council a selling
campaign on potatoes has been
launched. The Council is urging
the thousands of employers in On -
tato to purchase ten bags each of
home-grown potatoes, • and at the
same time to induce their employ-
ees to do similarly. The employ-
ers are asked to stake arrange-
ments for financial assistance, if
necessary, in the purchase of these
potatoes, and to furnish storage
space for them. An appeal is also
made to the farmer to register
with the Ontario Growers' Markets
Council the following information:
Number of bags for sale, the va-
riety of potatoes. and whether the
potatoes will be government in-
spected. By virtue. of this cam-
paign it is hoped that the farmers
of Ontario will stove between five
and six million dollars worth of
potatoes in the next few weeks.
This should have a stimulating ef-
fec,
t on all lines of business, in ads
dition to taking a great load off the
farmers' shoulders. It will supply
him with needed cash for the winter
stock of clothing and other merchan-
dise and thus retailers, wholesalers
and everyone will benefit; •
Layers Need a Real Horne
'While there are many factors that
enter into the management of the
poultry flock, there is nothing that
will have greater influence on the
poultry raiser's success or failure
than the way in which he houses his
flock. Birds of good 'breeding, no,
matter how well fed, will not return
maximum profits unless well housed,
The poultry house is the hen's hone,
and to be comfortable and give good
production, the house should have
proper ventilation, insulation and
sanitation; it should have a proper
Iocation, plenty ofslight, be dry, and
have ample floor space.
Why Burn c}"raw Stacks?
When with the use of suitable
chemicals 'they can be converted
into manure the question "Why burn
straw stacks?" is really pertinent.
Straw is worth somebhing more than
as a bedding material, and not the
Ieast valuable is its use for the
making of artificial manure. The
use of 100 pounds of ammonium .sul-
phate and 100 lbs. of lune to. each ton
of straw, and this thoroughly soaked
with water produces a manure of
distinct fertilizer .value. Fromthree
to six months are required for the
organic changes to become effective -
and the resultant substance has
much of the appearance and praetie
ally the same value as barnyard
manure.
Keeping Poultry Accounts
The increased demand for farm
egg and poultry account forms sup-
plied by the Poultry Division of the
Dominion Experimental Farm, Ot-
tawa, is strong evidence of the real
value .to farmers of keeping' a consis,
tent record of revenues and expendi-
tures in connection with the far
flock.
Results of reeords kept last year
show that 92 per cent' of the' flocks
for whish 'accounts were submitted
operated at a profit, and what is
more interesting, the flock average
production for the year was 132 eggs
which maintained a fair --Leasure of
profit, for each bird. This figu e
may appear low but it is most at-
tractive when one considers the high
cost of feed and the drastic break in
the egg market prices in many sec-
tions of the Dominion.
Buy Home -Grown Seed. Corn
George R. Paterson, departmental
authority on seed corn, who has
just returned from a trip through
Southwestern Ontario, is convinced
that the purchase of imported seed
corn this year would be not only un-
necessary but most impracticable. He
points out that the crop in Ontario
is one of the largest in history and
the quality is exceptionally good.
Mr. Paterson stresses the vital im-
portance of using only northern seed
for planting in a northern climate.
The varieties offered in the south-
western section of Ontario are well-
suited to growing corn for silage,
fodder, and grain feeding purposes
both in this province and Eastern
Canada. There should be no neces-
sity this season of importing corn for
seed purposes,
Dealers may expect a higher
standard of seed this year, inasmuch
as the inspection standards to be set
in the near future by the Federal
Seed Branch, are to be considerably
more rigid.
Inquiries as to sources of sup-
plies may be directed to the follow-
ing officials: W. R, Reek, superinten-
dent, Ridgetown Experimental Farm,
Ridgetown, Ontario; S. B. Stothers,
agricultural 'representative, Essext
Ontario; J. A. Garner, agricultural
representative, Chatham, Ontario;
W. P. Macdonald, Agricultural re-
presentative, Petrolia, Ontario.
Improvement of the Bnsiilot
Late fall and early winter is the
ideal time for working in the bush
as the ground is dry and frozen, and
there is little snow to interfere with
the work.
.litany farmers who have been
burning coal and saving the woods
will be 'turning back to the bush
for their fuel because of the de-
pression. In cutting a bush the
owner should think of the future
more than in moat other farm ope-
rations, as cuttings done now. may
af£eot the bush 50 to 100 years hence.
In all bushes that have not been
heavily pastured there are trees
whose removal would benefit the re-
maining stand. These trees will make
excellent firewood. In most of the
bushes selection cutting should be
practised, which is cutting trees here
and there through the bush. In this
Ivey the bush is never broken es
seedlings spring up in the small dp-
enings.
Many fine young trees have been
cut down during the past two de-
cades to be sawn by the buzz -,saw,
These trees have just reached the
stage to put on their maximum
wood growth, and often if left five
years longer would put on as much
wood growth as they have in the
previous 25 years.
The Forestry ranch will send a
forester to look over the blush with
the owner and advise him on its
management. Either leave your
name with the local agricultural re-
presentative or write to the Fores-
try
orestry Branch, Parliament Buildings,
Toronto. The Forestry Branch also
publishes a bulletin on "The Wood -
lot" which is sent on application.
WHICH SIDE AM I ON?
One day in his youth, then earning.
his living hy selling papers, the
great scientist Faraday was waiting
ontside the newspaper office for the
next issue, and he thrust his head
and arms through the bars of an iron
gate. Being: a born metaphysician,
he began to wonder on which side of
the gate he really was. He said to
himself: "My .head and arms are an •I
one side, and my heart and body are
on the other. On which side am I?"
The gate was opened hastily, before
he could disengage himself, and the.
wrench he received taught him, as
he said, that all true work requires
head, heart and hands.• to be on the
same" side.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
TII;URSDAy, NO'1II3M1BER 19;,1931'
IN65 Uf INTEREST i0 .FARMER1
Education Too Costly
The costs of education have in-
creased beyond the bounds of rea-
son and /beyond the -financial re-
sources of ninny brilliantyoungpeo-
ple who are now at the age where
the important decision met be made.
.A prospective medical student be-
fore entering college should tee
where she can use from a fund 'of
approximately $40,000 to put hiin
through his years of training and
set him up in practice. In these
days, that means a tolerably good
farm. Thousands of farms have
been sold or heavily mortgaged in
order to educate rural 'boys and girls,
and a large percentage of the lead-
ers in• all professions are men who
struggled through while parents
toiled, scrimped and sacrificed at
home.
'Meanwhile costs have mounted
hither, not through larger fees and
legitimate expenses only, but be-
cause of the "standard 'of livine or
the fashion established by the
smarter set. College organizations,
fraternities, college life in general
must be reduced from tine dress -
suit standard to one of plainer living
or the youth of the so-called middle
classes will be debarred and the state
will find itself in the dangerous pos-
ition of maintaining seats of higher
learning largely fox the benefit of
the moneyed classes.
Agricultural colleges throughout
Canada should watch this situation
and deal courageously with it. 111
growing percentage .of the degree
men and two-year graduates must
return to the land, and agriculture
will not, cannot stand the cost of
frills or high life in education or in
anything relating to the farm.
The ten years of dizzy spending
following the war are well over. We
have Iearned our lesson, and it will
not be forgotten in the next decade.
Our agricultural schools will serve
the farming community beet by
maintaining college life at a r'ea,
enable level 'that permits a student
to hold his head up and still prac-
tise thrift and economy.—The Farm-
er's Advocate. •
SAMPLES OF WESTERN
WHEAT TO GRAIN
MARICETS OF
WORLD
Winnipeg, Mans—November Sam-
ples of Western 'Canada's 1981 err
have been shipped over Canadian Nay
tonal Railways enr•outo to the grain
markets of the world. Bearing with
them the hopes of prairie farmers,
the small bags of wheat are billed to
grain exchanges and, grain trade ee-
sociations in Germany, Holland, It-
aly, Belgium,' France, ,England, Ire-
land and Scotland.
.Made up annually by the Western
Grain Standards Cwnuiittee in Win-
ni(reg, the samples contain grain
from practically every district in the
West and give a fah, indication 'of
the quality of wheat which European
consumers may expect in the filling
of large orders. Specimens off each
grade are included, and, before ship-
ment is authorized, each sample is
analyzed and 'approved by Dr. F. J.
B•irohard, 'Chief Chemist of the
I Board of Groin Coninnissioneti Re-
search Laboratory,
Sheepas a Side Line
Although there is no apparent res
lief in sight' for the general depres-
sion in agricultural conditions, farm-
ers are naturally looking for ways
and means of improving these con-
ditions. A few sheep es a 'side line
on many farms would not only bring
in some casual revenue from bath
meat and wool, and provide the
household with delicious lamb and
mutton, but inmost cases would earn
their board as a scavenger of weeds
and rough forage crops.
The infest:ent incident to estab-
lishing a small flock is relatively
.small compared with the amount and
rapidity of the returns. A few good
grade ewes can be obtained in the
fall and bred to a good sire, prefer-
ably one of the Down breeds that
combine early maturity and deep
fleshing to a high degree. At the
Winderpnere Experimental Station
the Hampshire breed has given ex-
cellent results either as a pure
breed 'or when crossed with grade
ewes. The Hampshire, as a breed, is
gaining rapidly in favour. The ewes
should be bred from October to De-
cember, depending upon when the
farmer can best handle the young.
The gestation period is approximat-
ely five months ,and from data gath-
ered at the Station, the average in-
crease has been from 170 to 175 pep
cent, and around 150 per cent in-
crease has been raised.
As :previously intimated, sheep
are unsurpassed as scavengers of
weeds. There are few varieties that-
they
hatthey will not consume, while some
of the worst weed pests, such as sow
thistle, are eaten with relish. They
will pick 'up a living around sum-
mer -fallow and stubbies, and will
make economical returns from oth-
erwise 'often waste products, They
will help to diversify the products of
the farm, utilize rough forage, re-
duce the weed menace and enrich the
land,—R. G, Newton, Dominion Ex-
perituenjtal Station, Windermere,
B.C.
Experts Declare Mummy Wheat will not Grow
(In view of the ever -recurring
story of wheat grown from "mum
tny" seed, the following is of inter
est. --Ed.)
During the pest few months there
seems to have been an unusual re
vival of interest in the vitality
wheat claimed to have been found in
the tombs of Ancient Egypt. Sam-
ples 'of this so-called "Mummy'
wheat have been received by the
Cereal Division, Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, within recent months, from
feneners who claim to 'have produced
the said seed from samples coming
directly from these Egyptian tombs.
Statements' have also' appeared in
the press which might lead one to
believe that the tombs of Egypt aps
pear to possess some mysterious
power to preserve the germinating
ability of cereal grain for a long
period of tune. Apparently these
statements have attracted the at-
tention .of a number of Old Country
people who have appealed to cer-
tain officials of the British Museum
ler information as to whether or not
wheat stored in tombs for a Iong
period of years is capable of grow-
ing. As a result of tnese enquiries
Sir Ernest Wallis Budge, Keeper of
Egyptian Antiquities in the above
museum, published the following ar-
ticle in the London Times recently.
"Three gentlemen connected with
the Press have rung me up and told
me that they had received a report
n
from Aidrica that a distinguished
farmer had succeeded in making to
grow wheat which he had'Obtained
from the tomb of Tutankhamen.
And they asked me if I believed that
such a thing was credible.
"During my years of 'service as
Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities . in
the British Museum I was asked this
question, either by letter 'or by ward
of mouth, .on an average twice or
thrice a week, and the Director re-
ceived many letters asking the same
question. Dr. Birch had said, 'Anc-
ient..�Egyptian wheat will not grow,'
and we, gave that as en answer toinquiries. Subsequently good . for'tupe
gave Ino the opportunity of buying,
!
in 1897, at my own cost, in Western
- Thebes, a goad specimen of a wood-
- en model of an ancient Egyptian
granary, which had just been found
in a tomb of the Nineteenth Dynes-
- ty, say 1200 B.C. It contained little
o£ bins and the usual staircase, and the
whole space not occupied by the bins
was covered with 'a layer of dark-
' ish brown grain, wheat or barley
(I know not which), several inches
deep. I poured out the grain into a
leather bag and +brought it home in
due course.
"I suggested to the Director that
we should give some of the grain to
the authorities at Kew Gardens and
ask then to make �- careful experi-
ment and let us ]snow the result.
With his approval I wrote to Dr.
Thistieton Dyer, the Curator, and
asked his ;help, and he promised to
give the planting of the grain his
personal care and attention. He
prepared soil and divided the grain
into four little heaps, and he planted
each heap separately, and covered
each little plot with glass .of a dif-
ferent colour—white, yellow, red, and
blue. The whole of the Kew staff
was intensely interested in the ex -
pertinent, and many botanists joined
then in waiting for •the grain to
germinate. They waited day after
day, week after week, but no shoot
of any kind appeared. At length,
after three yngnths, they turned over
the little plots and found that all
the grain had turned to dust.' As a
result 'Thistleton Dyer reported that
ancient Egytian wheat or •barley
would net grow, and then went on to
talk about the shortness of the life
of the germinating properties in
grain generally. Many others tried
the sante experiment, with the sante
result.
"As we shall have all the old
stdiies and statements brought up a-
gain in the Press generally, I would
fain ask you to put on record in The P
Tunes the above short account of a
Thisticiton Dyer's -exhaustive experi
meat."
fi
L. H. Newman, ,Donrinion'C'erealist , co
"HAIRY" EILBERs' ORMERLY SOUTH HURON'S
REPRESENTATIVE CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
On Sunday, Nov. 16, Henry Eilber, was successfully carried on for over
ex-M.L.A., of Crediton, quietly ab, '25 years.
served his 74th birthday. Mr. Silber
was born. in Crediton, on the spot
where now stands the residence of
George Mawhinney, south of E. Fah-
ter's store. He was the eldest son of
a family of 10, of John Jacob Eilberr
who died some years ago. The fa:
then carte from Germany and settled
in the then .sparsely settled bushland
which had been named Crediton: Mr.
Eilber's grandfather, who was born
in 1797 was a surveyor and a judge
for 86 years, some of his instruments
are yet in possession of Mr. Eilber.
"HARRY" EILBER
when he was member of the Provin-
cial Legislature twenty years os
more ago,
Henry Eilber, better known as
"Harry" received very little schol,
astia education, as at the age of 'be-
tween twelve and thirteen he set out
to learn a trade, and went to Exeter
and worked in a store with one, J.
D. Freeman, who conducted a gener-
al store business on the corner,
where now stands the store of W.
J. Beer. After a year had been put
in, Mr. Freeman, not satisfied with
business conditions, secured a store
in Listowel and moved his stock ov-
er, taking young Eilber with him.
After he had considerable 'business
experience young Eilber returned to
Crediton and with his father opened
a general store in a new brick block
which had been erected for them in
1880 on the site where it still stands
opposite the Hill Hotel. The busi-
ness . was known as Eilber and Son and
After the death of' his father Mr.
Eilber disposed 'of his store businese
and took on -the .business of incur-
ante, conveyancer and municipal
work, 'which he. has ,.since followed,
The name :"%Iarry leper" is one o;j
the best known.names throughout al)
South Huron. 'In' 1880 he contested
for Deputy Reeve and, later served
Stephen tcwiiship es .Reeve fax . 18
years. At the close' of the life of
Chester Prouty in 1899, Mr, Eilber
was prevailed on to take' the :clerk
ship of the township,. which he ,ac-
cepted' and which he still holds. .Fie
attended 22 sessions of the. legisla,
tore as representative of South Hu-
ron, and has the unique record el
having never been defeated in .any
office he ever contested. He has
been manager ,for, the past 52 yearav
of the Hay Township Muttme. Fire
Insurance Co. 'He was clerk of the
work and chairman of the, commit
tee during the building of the large
German Evangelical church in 1896.
• Mr. Eilber spends considerable
time during each season in his gars
den and with his feathered friends.
His residential property is pleasant
'to behold. He is a great lover of
flowers, especially ,roses. Many var-
ieties of which he imports from
England and Holland. He says hill
experience with the English variet-
ies is not just as successful as witli
the Holland. He has numerous bird
houses around his garden and the
Past year had over twenty-five fam-
ilies of blue martins, as well as oth-
er species of birds. In the home his
helpmate, Mrs. Eilber, enjoys with/
her husband the fruits of their long
life together, 'and just last year
quietly observed their fiftieth wed-
ding anniversary. Their union was
blessed with one son, Herbert K.,
who resides in a home close by and
who also is associated with hist
father in the business, and is the
younger member of the firm of 11.
Eilber and Sort. Ile is also treas-
urer of the township of Stephen. Mr.
Eiaber, sr., has in his memory scores
of interesting stories of the early
days.
The following are his brothers and
sisters. Benjamin and John, Ubly,
Michigan; George of Philadelphia,
Pe.; Mrs. Sarah Bertrand, Detroit;
Mrs. Emma Scott, Plainfield, N.J.;
Mrs, Ira Smith, Hamilton, and Mrs.
William Kuntz, Exeter. At the pres-
ent time Mr. and Mrs. Eilber are en-
joying fairly good health and their)
friends join in wishing them a con-
timinnce of t}te same.
Mc'Neil Brothers Given Liberty
Cost of 'three Trials t
o County is Over $5,000
GOING TO
Gifford and Harvey McNeil, bro-
thers, of Toeswater, who three times
faced a jury on charges of robbing
the Brussels branch of the Bank of
Nova Scotia walked out of the coun-
ty jail at Goderich at 4.15 o'clock
Monday afternoon free men. A sum-
mer-like day greeted the nattily
dressed young men as they proceed-
ed to walk to the home of friends.
The, order from the attorney -gener-
al's department was awaited hourly
and it was with great relief and
pleasure that it was received from
the jailer, J. B. Reynolds.
Incarcerated for over a year, the
McNeils walked out free Hien, after
three trials at Supreme Court sittings
a't , alithree of which the jury dis-
agreed, These trials cost the county
alone well over $5,00tt The defense
costs, were over $2,000.
After the seeond jury disagreement
representation was made to Toronto
for the McNeil's release. It was stat-
ed that confinement was endangering
Harvey's health. The attorney gens
eras wodld not entertain these pleas
at that time on account of a majority
of the jury favoring _a conviction.
The jury, however, was said to have
been fairly evenly divided at the
third trial .and this factor was the
deciding element in gaining release,
"We have no bitter feelings and
Me. Reynolds will tell you we " were
model prisoners and he played the
game fair with us," said Gilford, who
for years was foreman of a large
printing plant in Detroit.
"Wb don't want to broadcast our
moventeiits, but we are going to stay]
here for the night, and tomorrow we
are going to Toronto, to see our
mother, wha..is down from Regina."
"Come on and get those pork
hops," Harvey cut in.
The young men ate supper at a
Deal hotel and took a stroll about
own. Gilford Was formerly ern -
toyed in Goderieh and knows quite
number of people, who extended
congratulations.
"Just tell the people we aro satis-
ed if the County. of Huron is. I9
st .ns plenty of. money, to say
SEE MOTHER
nothing of 13 months' liberty. A
jail is not the most pleasant place
in the world," was the parting shot
of Gilford in an interview which took
place at the jail door as the happy
young men walked to their freedom.
The case of the McNeil brothers
was the most interesting to be tried
in Huron Comity in many years, Ar -
vested a ,few days after the robbery
in Brussels, the youths were placed''
'on trial on the theft Charge. Several'.'
witnesses were almost positive ins
their identification of the accused,,
but alibi evidence was introduced,
Juries failed to reach a verdict ands'
the •MtNeils were returned to • jail:
three tunes.
LAST SPIKE DRIVEN IN
C.P.R. MAIN LINE
46 YEARS AGO.
November 7th was the forty --sixth,
anniversary of the driving of the
last spike of the •Canadian Pacific
Railway, On November 7th, 1885,
Canada's first great transcontinen-
tal railroad was finished,.five and i
half year before the time stipulated"
in the company?s charter: The steel '
lines from east and went had stet is
the lonely Eagle Mountain Pass, 350'
MilesfromVancouver, and midway
between .today's .stations of Revel-
stoke and Sicamous.
But that November day' of nearly
half a' century Aga ' meant more to
the Canadian 'people' than' just the
completion of a railway. The Cori..
federation of Canada had become a
living reality, The vision of her
statesmen had materialized in the.
.accomplishment of a new world's
• highway. And that highway had
united the provinces of Canada trulyt
in a "Dominion from sea to sea."
That day, too, marked the com-
pletion of one of the mightiest
achievements of engineering and '
industry that the world has ever
seen, an unprecedented accomplish-,
rent of human labor in magnitude
and rapidity of execution. More than '
300 miles of railway had been blast-
ed through solid rock, the massive
granite cliffs of the north shore of
Lake Superior, the precipitous:
grades of the Kicking Horse and
Rogers passes, the perilous roeky
sides of the ,tortuous Fraser river,
Fourteen streams had been diverted
from their courses. Innumerable
rivers and deep canyons had been
crossed with immense trestle and
steel :bridges, some over 1,000 feet in
length. Giant trees had been up-
rooted. Mosquito -infested swamps,
muskegs and barren, alkali •plaies
had been traversed.
Sir John A. Macdonald, then
prince minister of Canada, had lived
to see the fulfillment of his hope
expressed in parliament: "I may
some day see the two oceans united
by a band of steel," Before tate
end of the year he was an ocean
to ocean passenger:—Calgary Her-
ald,
Mother Forced to Leave
Fatherless Children.
ne rou
Annette
her bedside gratefully
mire her needle work. So expert
has she become that she feels sure
a table runner she has made will
win a prize at. the fair back home.
tears ask she ellyou ow shelingge
to bo there to look after her family
once mare.
Annette's husband died of tabor -
mitosis, leaving her to care for the
children as beet she could.
It was not long,however, before
she too was claed by this dis-
ease, when she was sent to the To-
ronto Hospital for Consumptives
with no great prospect of recovery.
Here, the careful regimen, the
quiet, the fresh air and patient
nursing are greatly helping Annette
to climb the steep road back to
health.
Such work can only be continued
with the aid of many generous
frlands. Will you please send a gift
to Mr. A. B. Ames, 225 College St,
Toronto.
Listen in on the 'blue coal' hour 5.30 to 6.30 every
Sunday afternoon, over Station C.F.R,B., Toronto.
Not a new coal
but your old
favorite D. L.
& W. Scranton
Anthracite.
Ask
Your Dealer
'YOUR
FAVORITE
ANTHRACITE
DEFINITELY
trade waked
FOR YOUR
PROTECTION
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