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The Clinton News Record, 1940-02-01, Page 6`PAGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., FEB.I, 1940 Of hiterest To Farmers (News ,S'upplied by Dept. of Agriculture) HOG PRODUCER'S CAN HOLD BRITISH MARKET In connection with the Canadian bacon to be supplied to the British Ministry of Food up to 5,600,000 lbs. weekly or such additional quantities as may be available for export up to limit needed, the Agjriculture Sup- plies Board urges producers to com- bine quality with economical product- ion. If a high standard of quality is maintained it will mean that Canad- ian bacon will be assured of an est- ablished place on the British market after the war is over. The board emphasizes that produc- ers bear in mind that the sow and litter at farrowing and until weaning require special care. Suitable farrow- ing quarters should be provided, part- icular attention being paid to see that they are dry and free from drafts. Feeding should be easefully consid- ered before and after farrowing; and ,sanitation is urged to avoid internal parasites and other diseases. The litter should be guarded against ex- posure. Young pigs are inclined to be subject to anaemia unless precautions are taken to prevent it. Information on all phases of hog production,are readily available with- out charge on application to the near- est Dominion Experimental Farm, partent of Agriculture, Ottawa. GIVE GOOD CARE TO BROOD MARE; IT PAYS Good care is without a doubt the insurance anyone can .use in -raising horses. states J. G. Stothart, Division of Animal Husbandry, Central Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa. Attention to little matters will often help raise a stronger foal in the spring, and bring the mare through in shape to take her place at work in the shortest possible time. The brood mare should not be used at heavy work or on bad roads. This does not mean she need be laid off work altogether, but she should do only light work. Regular exercise is very important, therefore, on days when the mare is not worked and the weather is suitable, she should be allowed to exercise in the yard or paddock fol a few hours. If at all possible the brood mare should be given box -stall accommodation early in the winter. Feeding the brood mare is also im- portant . Condition, even. to the point of laying on some extra fat, is ideal' provided she is kept well exercised. Good quality hay, preferably contain- ing some legumes, and a grain mix- ture made up of three parts crushed or rolled oats and one part bran make a good ration. The amount of grain fed depends on the size and condition of the mare, one pound of grain for each hujrdredweight of thie animal being a good average. A Saturday night bran mash is an excellent regul-1 ator for the brood mare and in fact,1 for all horses. Salt is needed and iod- ized block salt should be kept before' the mare at all times. Additional potassium iodide for the , prevention of joint -ill in the foal is good for the in -foal mare, but will not replace good care and feeding. The potassium iodide in crystal form can' be obtained from any druggist and, one-half a teaspoonful May be dis-1 solved in part of the drinking water or given in the feed once every tent days until foaling. The strength and vigour of the coming foal may depend on care of the brood mare. Give her a little extra attention now and the effort will give good returns, ing, so that 'the mash may become swollen and more easily digested. Ad'd sufficient water to make the mash quite moist and let it stand for 'a few hours. When ready to feed it should not be sloppy, but just wet enough that it will stick together. Sprinkle coarse sand over the mash before feeding. The sand serves as grit, and aids in the process of digestion Chick size oyster shell should be provided so that the ducklings can help them- selves. Feed only what the ducklings will eat up clean at each feeding, Finely chopped green feed should be added to the mashafter the duck- lings are four to five days old. Fresh cut clover or alfalfa which has been chopped fine makes excellent green feed. Start with only a very small amount and increase the green feed gradually until it represents about one fifth of the ration. When the ducklings are abodt seven weeks old, the green feed should be gradually eliminated, and at the commencement of theeighth week the mash should be changed to 50 pounds cornmeal„ 35 pounds shorts and 15 pounds beef meal with a sprinklingof coarse sand. By the end of the tenth week the ducklings should be in excellent flesh arta have developed their first coat of feathers. At this time there should be no delay in marketing -them. If kept longer they will change their feathers, which will slow up develop- ment and reduce profit. The profit made in the raising of ducks for market is directly dependent on the successful marketing of the product at the proper time. TENT CATERPILLARS 1940 OUTBREAK FEARED Periodically the forest tent cater- pillar has appeared in the Prairie Provinces in huge numbers, and it is feared that there will be another out- break in many localities in the Prairie Provinces in 1940. This insect is a pest of forests, shade, shelterbelt, and fruit trees. The value of shelterbelts in the protection of crops, especially in drought areas is becoming thor- oughly realized by prairie farmers'. The need for increased production in connection with the emergencies aris- 1 ing• out of the present war greatly enhances the importance of protecting trees and shelterbelts against the ravages of insects. GROWING DUCKS FOR MARKET Growing ducks for market is a specialized side line in poultry keep,- ing and is becoming popular with many poultrymen and farmers, espec- The cause of the fear of an out- break in 1940 exists, at the present time, in the eastern and northern regions of the prairie parkland belt in Saskatchewan in the form of local- ized infestations .at St. Hubert Mis- sion, Melville, Nut Mountain, Sub Rosa, Melfort, and Tisdale, and at Courval, Saskatchewan, southwest of Moose Jaw, Unless natural factors become more effective against this pest, the present outbreak will no doubt assume much greater propor- tions during the coming season with the result that considerable defolia- tion of shelterbelt and shade trees in certain areas may be expected. The eggs of the forest tent cater- pillar are laid in late summer and early fall in clusters which. complet- ely encircle twigs and small branches. Hatching occm•s in the spring about the time when the leaves are bursting., The larvae are dusky brown with fine yellowish -brown dorsal and lateral stripes and a row of key -hole shaped white spots along the back. They are covered with long brown hairs. When full grown, the larvae measures ap- proximately two inches in length. They enclose themselves in yellowish - white silken cocoons, which may be seen attached to trees, grass, fence posts, rails, buildings, etc., and em- erge in July as meths. The moths have a wing expanse of one to one and one-quarter inches. They are Tally those near large towns and rusty -red to pale fawn in colour and cities. Profits received for money the forewings have two pale oblique invested are very attractive, and the lines bordering a wide dark trans - turnover is rapid. 'verse band. Considdrable experimental work Artificial control of the forest tent with different varieties of ducks, and caterpillar is not practical in forests. the use of different feeds fed in dif- It is, however, valuable in checking ferent ways have been carried an at infestations of shade and fruit trees the Experimental Farm in. Ottawa,' and in shelterbelts. If the larvae are states A. G. Taylor, Poultry Division. few in number and occur on small A brief summary of results obtained trees brooms or brushes may be used would indicate that duckling's of the to destroy caterpillars when they are Pekin breed make the best gains clustered on the tree trunks. with the least amount of feed. When' If present in great numbers or on properly handled, declrlings' of this large trees, spraying more effec- breed make one pound gain in weight tive, one3,5 to 4 pounds of feed consumed.) More detailed information on the They can be developed to market age life history, habits, and, methods of in about ten weeks time when fed on controlling the forest tent caterpillar a mixture of equal parts cornmeal, will be supplied upon request Hy the shorts and bran, with ten, per cent Dominion Entomological Labratory, ' beef meal added. It is a good plan 'Indian Head, Saskatchewan. to add about one per cent fine salt to the mash. Mix thoroughly in its dry state before using. Frequently feeding promotes rapid Those insects popularly called May - growth. Feed six times daily from flies are zoologically known as tlae start until , the ducklings • are ephemera. They have a long, jointed three .weeks old, five times daily un- abdomen, with three bristle -like tails. til th'ey'are ready for market. The larvae furnish • bait for fishing. Ditek ,mashes should be moistened The perfect insects, which can be seen with water before feeding, It is a irk May fluttering their lace-like good plan to moisten the mixtuxelwings, :de not eat, and exist only for about two to three hours before feed- a day or two.' '04,404.4'i.i.A".'.':-0!.4444!i 1 ii,4i•j+...$4 4.4.04J.4.4.4'fi'T4444 4-0•+:+•i i 4tii•+,,`- Newsy Notes from England 4. % BY AN OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENT 3f A MAN 'WHO PUT THE WORLD ON WHEELS Was Born in Scotland 100 Years Ago are cut off in the field, are excellent for sheep. With a little grazing, one acre of tops will feed 100 ewes for a week, and if not needed immediately the tops can be converted into nutrit- ious silage. Sugar beet pulp, left over after the sugar has been extracted, is another valuable by-product as it can be fed to all classes of stock in place of cereal meal. The beet tops, which February 5, 1940, is the centenary of the birth of John Boyd Dunlop, I the veterinary surgeon, born in an Ayrshire cottage, who invented his pneumatic tyre after experimenting with his son's bicycle wheel in the backyard of his Belfast home arse day in 1888. To -day the results of his invention are enormous. The estimated 72,000,- 000 bicycles in the world, representing 144,000,000 air-filled tyres in actual use, form only a small part of the WORLD DEMAND FOR BRITISH POTTERY Creates New £250,000 Factory The announcement that a new inventor's legacy.. to the comfort and 1250,000 factory is being hurried on efficiency: ofthe world on wheels. to completion in the Potteries is not, In .1938 British factories made as might at first appear, one more nearly 6h . million pneumatic motor step in armament production, in Brit - tyres, and of these 1,225,000 are do- ain's vast war -time workshop. ing service in 85 foreign countries The factory, which will start pro - and their possessions, and in 35 dif- duction early in 1940, will make no- ferent Dominions countries, Crown thing more military than teapots, din - Colonies and Mandated Territories in ner plates and other household crock - the British Commonwealth, More than ery. The Board of Trade have Risen 62 per cent of theetude rubber con- the firm special facilities far complete sumed in Britain is used for tyre ing it so that the export demand, no manufacture for home and export 'matter what proportions it reaches, markets. !can be , fully met. Aircraft owe a great deal to the' "Our orders from the U.S.A. and development of the pneumatic tyre, Canada have just about doubled since and the biggest aero tyre in the world the outbreak of war," said Mr. Josiah is made in Britain, Even the humble Wedgwood, head of this "family" con - wheelbarrow now has an air-filled cern which has been making pottery tyre, and if Dunlop were alive to-! since 1769 and is one of the biggest day he would doubtless be equally export firms in the industry. pleased to see almost a Noah's Arkl "Trade with Switzerland, Holland of animals — horses, oxen, camels; and Scandinavia has been• well main - mules, and buffaloes, pulling vehicles' tained, and even increased, since the on tyres based on his invention; for' war. We find continued good busi- Dunlop himself had many a jolting : ness from the West Indies, and signs ride in a pony cart over the rough' of greater activity in the South Am - Irish roads, on iron-tyred wheels. eriean demand, though that is still Britain, ' always keen to improve very much a 'price' market. Demand the pneumatic tyre, provided a worthy 'from Australia and South Africa re- comfinemoration of the inventor's; main normal. centenary several months before itl "Empire and neutral countries fell due, when she produced a bullet- know they can rely on traditional proof tyre now being fitted for use British quality being maintained, war of Army vehicles in the war zone. or no war. That is the secret" WORLD RADIO BOOM Britain Doubling Her Export of 80,000 Set Britain is increasing her sales of wireless receving sets to listeners all over the world. During the 1938-1939 season, 80,000 were sent overseas, two-thirds of them to Empire cust- omers. One of the biggest British radio set manufacturers reports that for 1940-1941 production is planned for doubling the expoits of the previous season, Energy, initiative and scientific skill lies behind this boom, for in recent years British manufacturers have been producing sets specially designed for efficient reception in distant parts of the world. One engineer, in. a single tour, cov- ered 56,000 miles, visiting places as far apart as Nigeria and Siam, Can- ada and India, New Zealand and Hawaii. Ile was one of many who go out from Britain to make tests on the spot, as a result of which im- provements in design are made. The fims concerned follow up their re- searches abroad by submitting each radio set to rigid and ingenious tests under "home made" climatic and oth- er conditions identical with those al- ready found to prevail in the country to which each new set is destined. The tests passed, the sets are ex- ported, "Present demand from all parts of the Empire exceeds its usual volume many times over," said a leading engineer of the General Electric Co. "India, Malaya, South Africa, Trini- dad, the Bermudas and even the re- motest places like the Solomon Is- lands and lonely Ascension Island, midway between Africa and Brazil, arc notable among places ordering more and more British sets." BRITAIN'S FARMERS FREE 66 SHIPS With Record Beet Crop Giving 500,000 Tons of Sugar More than half Britain's annual wartime requirements of sugar will be supplied this year by her own sugar beet industry, thanks to a re- cord 1939 crop, yielding 500,000 tons of white sugar. Besides providing each citizen with 23 pounds of sugar, this will release 66 cargo steamers for importing es- sential goods which cannot be produc- ed in Britain. And the cargo space of 40 more ships will be savt.d be- cause of the cruder sugar extracted —molasses, for cattle food from the home-grown beet. Thus the taxpayer, who in the past has been called upon to subsidise the industry, is now drawing ample dividends .frown his investment. Nearly 350,000 acres of beet were grown last year, compared with prac- tically none during 1914-18, and to make sure of another record yield the Government have guaranteed farmers a substantially increased price for the 1940 crop. The average yield of beet is about eight tons per acre, and 61/e tons of beet give one ton of sugar. FURS FOR GUNS Britain's Rising Exports Help to Pay for War British Empire furskins will play a specially prominent part this season in maintaining the dominant position ' of London's fur market, which has ,been the world fur centre for more Ithan two and a half centuries, After the Great War, Britain's fur trade' further extended its leadership by capturing Germany's supremacy ,in dressing and dyeing, thanks to im- proved technical methods and the en- terprise of the British chemical in- dustry. "Skins valued at more than £13,- 000,000 were handled in London last year,' said an official of the London Fur Trade Association. During the first two months of the present War sales were very active, and Empire skins which are becoming more prominent include Indian lamb, South-West African lamb, wallaby, Australian opossum and Cape of Good Hope seal. Prices of "ready-to-wear" furs show a tendency to rise, not because of war conditions, but for the hearten- ing reason of increased export de- mands, particularly from the United States, London imported £2,5552,000 worth of Empire furskins last year, of which Canada's share was £1,935,000, The U.S.A. was Britain's best customer for the finished article, taking £4,711,- 000 worth, LAST WAR COSTING $169,000,000 YEARLY Britain Still Faced With Pensions Bill For 1914-18 Conflict While Britain is spending an unpre- cedented sum daily on the conduct of this war, the exchequer still is faced with the pensions bill for the last one. Sir Walter Womersley, minister of pension, said in an address that Inc department is spending £38,000,000 ($169,000,000 a year and by the end of March £1,350,000,000 will have been spent in the last 26 years. Sir Walter said the ministry still received claims. arising from the 1914-18 conflict andpensions were be- ing awarded in some 800 new cases a year. Total number of beneficiaries stands at approximately 850,000. Since the outbreak of war, 46 pensioners voluntarily relinquished their pen- sions, resulting in a saving to the coentry of £1,773 a year. TRANSFERRED TO AUBURN Mr,ar r C 1 Zu brrgg, teller at the. local branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, has been transferred to the branch at Auburn. Mr. M. E. Thompstone of Stevensville succeeds Mr, Zurbrigg here. Mr. Zurbrigg• has been with the bank here foe three years and will be missed in Listowel, particularly in the United church, where lis took a lead- ing part in the activities of the var- ious organizations. While deeply re-' gretting his departure from Listowel his newly friend's here wish him con- tined happiness and suecess.—List owel Standard, History Made at Ottawa CANADA'S SHORTEST PARLIAMENT SESSION FACTS ABOUT FINLANIi A Progressive Country Caught ' modation" on the steamers which ply - in the Throes; of War the many inland water routes is of a .. high class. On Lake S'aima one can: travel for 125 miles, It is possible, Modern Vinland is oneof the four to travel from Viborg on the Finnish. Republics situated on the eastern Gulf to Jisalmi in the heart of the shores of the Baltic which emerged country by lake -steamer only. The shortest session of Parliamentafter the Great War and the Russian In the market square of the cap- on record' occurred at Ottawa last Revp'lutiona The others are Latvia, ital the figure of a young girl rising,. Thursday. It began at 3 in the of -I EEstonia and Lithuania. fresh as the morning, from the sea, teroon. At 7.17 in the evening it • The country has about 4,000,000 typifies the people of the capital and was all over. Parliament at that hour cohabitants, a frugal hardworking the provinces. They are among the was dissolved which means a cleanly people. world's best athletes, general] Intensely proud of their newly-' The whole countryhas a high moral election as scan as possible—Tuesday, aahievesd indepecndonee, skilful in standard, as miglsi be expected in a. - March 26th. After that the parliament will convene and go ahead: lIew,' building and in commerce, the Finns People who live' in a land with many set out from the first to make their cold, clear inland waterways, lng,... There is only one parallel in British land a land to be proud of and.made dry white winters, tall, unending for - history for a session of such unusbal'remarkabl'e progress. 'esti and winding fish -thronged rivers. brevity. It' seems that iii: the days I The country is mainly very flat, of Richard II the British House sat and lakes 60 000 of them bund PARTY STANDINGS for • day y and took some extra -'everywhere, Only in the noethenn —a• o. ordinary action affecting the crown,'portion,'where the Lapp live, is there then dissolved.any elevation of importanc.and eve Only once before in Canadian hist- there the land rises to :onlye, 3,000 feettn. cry did an election oeur in March. The .shores of Finland are dotted That was back in the horse and sleigh with 80;0.00 islands, Nowhere in the days of Sir John A. Maedonald's world are moreislands' .crowded into ministry. There is enough money in such a sniall space as that in the sea the till to carry on because the fiscal between the now famous Aaland Isl- year ends only on March 31, hands (ceded to Finland in 1921) and Why, it will at once be asked does Turku. These island's are of every this thing happen so swiftly on the' conceivable shape, and near Helsinki, very day that Parliament convened? ! the capital, they are dotted with villas The prime minister gave reasons to' where people spend the summer the House in a sitting which was' hectic while it lasted causing some vierbal explosions and more or less angry resentment: It is the challenge of the majority of those who voted There is practically no mineral in the Ontario Legislature a week wealth, except granite, and but for ago Thursday, censuring the Darnel her well -tended woods the country ion Government's war effort. Mie would be very poor. King said he would not have bothered' Forestry is widely taught and the with the statements in the discussion proficiency of the Finns in the art but, when that censure is enduringly is proverbial. on the records of the province he Wood plays a far greater part in feels it his duty to take up the issue the life of the people than can be and let the people decide. (imagined by people of other countries History was made in another way. There is birch for bobbins and bark When the Speaker asked if he should for kitchen .vessels, shoes, baskets, dispense reading the Speech from the fuel for trains and steamers, material Throne the Conservative leader said for building ships and furniture. Wood no and the assistant clerk proceeded is also exported for the manufacture to read the text of it, That had of paper, resin, tar and many other not happened before in the memory • products, of any old-timer. Things started off When the summer is too short to as they ordinarily would. The pro allow the grain to ripen and the forma bill was introduced and six sheaves to dry,' wood is used to dry members were brought in and pre- the crop in large pine -wood buildings 'tented, At 6 o'clock they vacated the heated by birchwood fires. seats they had taken about a quarter' Out of this disability has grown a to four. Never was there such a blessing. The fires kill insects and brief tenure in the .holding of a thus the seed quality is much im- parliamentary seat, 'proved. Finnish rye for seed is much in demand abroad. Finland's many lakes abound in Apple juice is one of the finest nat- fish, and many of the people are ural fruit products. It can be bought engaged in the fishing industry. from any grocery store in specially( Electricity is produced by the utili- made tins at a price within the most zation of water power. The famous limited purse — Apple juice gives Imatra rapids are equal, it is said, promise of becoming a leading rat -'to 140,000 horse power. Tonal beaverage in Canada. It is Travel in Finland is reputed to be high in nutritious food .vplue, the cheapest in the world; the ecconr AT DISSOLUTION Party standings in the House of Commons at dissolution of Canada's 18th Parliament were: Liberals 176 Conservatives 39 Social Credit 15 C. C. F. , 7 Independent 2 U. F. 0. -Labor 1 United Reform 1 Vacant 4 245 montns, Standings after the last general Finland is also a land of forests', election in October, 1935, were: timber being the country's chief ex- Liberals pori' Conservatives Total 178 40 Social Credit 17 C. 0. F. 7 Reconstruction 1 Independent 1 U. F. 0. -Labor 1 The Government will continue to function with full powers until after the results of Toting is known—and with extraordinary powers at this time because of the War Measures Act, invoked immediately after war was declared, giving the Government unlimited authority to act without Parliament. Become' Stenographer Buy abe Shorthand Books. They are self -teaching. 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