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The Clinton News Record, 1938-06-23, Page 12AGE 6 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURS., JUNE10, 1938. ' Time t� I'nformation for the Busy Fanner Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) ) Control Destructive'' Cabbage Insects Velvety green caterpillars, known as imported cabbage warms, are cow-, ,nsonly.found feeding on cabbages and cauliflowers, They eat large circular holes in the leaves and fre- quently bore into the centre of the cabbage, heads. Control measures Should be applied as soon as injury to the,.plints becomes evident. Dusting with arsenate of lead and hydrated lime is :the most widely re- commended remedy. One part of the poison should be mixed with 'eight parts of the hydrated lime and the resulting powder dusted on the plants in the early morning or late evening when the leaves are wet with dew. Particular atention should be paid to the control portion of the cabbages and cauliflowers, since this is a favourite spot for feeding. Two or three applications should be made as needed, care being taken to apply the dust immediately feeding be- comes evident. Due to the waxy con- dition of the leaves, spraying has not given satisfactory results. Now Dehydrating Fresh Vegetables The commercial utilization of und- er -grade fruit is a matter of great importance in'any fruit growing sec- tion of the Dominion and an inten- sive study has been made of the de- hydration of apples in particular, in Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Ontario. In these studies, the officers of the Dominion Experimental Farms Service have been in close co-opera- tion with the apple -drying industry in these provinces. Commercial scale productions, by a process known as "evaporation", was started about 109 years ago, and, though superseded now to a great extent by dehydration, the evapora- tion method is still usled. Evap- oration may be described as drying under conditions of partly controlled temperature and air flow. • Dehydration is the term applied to drying under conditions of control- led temperature, humidity, and air flow. A hydrator consists of an in- sulatec tunnel through which is forced a draught of heated air. The prepared fruit is spread on trays. The trays are stacked on trucks and the trucks pass through the tunnel, the product being dried on the trays during the passage through the tun- nel. The trucks in their passage through the tunnel may travel with the current of air (parallel current system) or against the current (counter current system) . In the former they enter at the hot end of the tunnel and finish at the cool end, and in the latter the reverse is the case. Both systems have certain ad- vantages and disadvantages, but, after several years of work at the Dominion Experimental Station at Kentville, N.S., in co-operation with the Nova Scotia industry, C. G. Eidt of that station succeeded in con- structing what is actually a single tunnel, but which employs both par- allel and counter current drying, un- ilizing the advantages of both. Selection of suitable varieties of certain sizes, paring, trimming, cor- ing, seied-celliing, alicing, bleaching, and the grading of the finished prod- ucts are all important steps in the manufacture of high-quality dried apples. All these have received the attention of the officers of the Ex- perimental Farms Service who have been studying dehydration problems. There are, however, other forms of dehydrators besides the tunnel type which have been developed by priv- ate individuals and firms and are being successfully operated. Some idea of the importance of the dried apple industry to the province of Nova Scotia may be gained from the fact that during the 1936-37 season the amount produced totalled • over 5,000,000 lb., requiring nearly 400, barrels of apples.Recently, two of the dehydrators of the type by C. C. Eidt of the Kentville Experimental Station have been constructed in Ontario for the drying of vegetables and have proved as efficient for the purpose as for the drying of apples. -+ Stop Broiler Glut in July and. August. 'For several years in Canada the months of July and August have been the most congested marketing period throughout the year, princip- ally through placing on the market many mare 1 i/a to 2 lb, chickens as broilers can be absorbed at prices re- munerate to the producers. Twenty years ago when there was only a limited number of baby chicks offer- ed far sale, and comparatively little equipment available for raising them on ordinary farms, the broiler mar- ket in the months of July and Aug- ust was one of the most lucrative poultry marketing periods through- out the year, Now all that is changed. The recent substantial increase in the baby chick industry and •the wide -spread endeavour to get pullets to lay early inthe fall of the year, have caused the Canadian markgt to be glutted with' 12/a to 2 Ib. broilers. There is a very small demand for broilers in Canada and there isno export for them than a limited de- mand at certain times in the United States. Broilers, as such, are pract- ieally unknown on the British mark- et, but there is a growing demand as there is in Canada, for chickens from 3 to 4 ib. for roasting. In Can- ada in the fall of 1937; roasting chickens brought good prices and there was a genuine feeling among poultry producers that, ,even with the prevailing high price of feed, market poultry was not a bad prop- osition. There is a special reason this year why the dumping of '11h to 2 lb. chickens on the ICanadiax4 market with it's consequent general lower- ing of prices should be avoided and why the chickens should be kept un- til they are at least large enough to meet the demand for medium weight a•oasters (3 to 4 lb.) both on the Can- adian and on the export markets. At the present time, stocks of chickens in storage are low. On the first of May 1938 they were 40 per cent be- low the stocks at the corresponding time in 1938 and 56 per cent below the cgrresponding date of 1936. These, however, will be all used be- fore the new crop of chickens ar- rives. Roasting chickens, therefore, are likely to be in good demand next fall. There is reason to believe that if there were larger quantities of medium weight roasters available for the Canadian marlget, especially during the tourist trade as is succes- sfully demonstrated by New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia poultry pro- ducers, useful expansion in the in- dustry can be secured. To repeat, the way to avoid dump- ing broiler chickens on the Canadian market with the consequent lowering of prices is to offer only a sufficient number of chickens required for con- sumption as broilers and to grow tke remainder until they are able to meet the demand for the heavier roasters. In this way, renumerative prices for poultry are more likely to be obtain- ed. 1 •1 i! GOOD SUGGESTIONS FOR RAISING PIGS Profitable raising of pigs is de- pendent mainly on two things: Weaning of large litters of thrifty pigs, and feeding of these pigs econ- omically to market weight. It is important that the finished pigs be of suitable bacon type, and for the intensive production of high-class select bacon it is generally recom- mended that the growing and fat- tening pigs should be fed almost en- tirely indoors. However, a good pasture may sometimes be used to advantage until the pigs are three or four months old. The feeding of grain should always accompany the use of pasture. After the pigs are four months old they should be ready for more inten- sive feeding, and this can be carried out most satisfactorily indoors, where exercise is restricted. More feed should be allowed the pigs and the mixture should be changed so that it is more fattening than during the earlier stages of growth and de- velopment. Bacon hogs should be grown and finished so that they will be ready for market at six months of age, at which time they should weigh between 190 and 230 pounds, These are the select or ' Grade A weights for which the premium is paid if the carcasses are of suitable quality. , The choice. of suitable feed mix- tures for the growing and fattening will be governed by the feeds avail- able, and a protein supplement should be fed along with the grain mixture. Skim-tnillq , or buttermilk should be used if available, and fed in a uniformly sour condition. After weaning, feed three: pounds of milk to each pound of meal and gradually reduce as the pigs develop,. Whey, which is approximately half as val- uable as either of the above, should be fed sweet. When these milk by- products are not available tankage or fish meal can be used to supply the necessary protein. Ten per cent of either, or of a mixture of sup- plements in the grain mixture should be fed at the start, and gradually reduced to five per cent. Succulents and minerals must also be mentioned. When the pigsare fed indoors, succulence in the form of young grass, green clover or alfalfa, rape or other green feeds should be fed in small amounts. Minerals too, are necessary and 'particularly so 'if the pigs do not have access to the earth. Equal parts of bone meal, ground 'limestone, and salt make a suitable mineral mixture to include at the rate of two pounds per hund- red in the grain ration. Hulls Harmful to Young Pigs Unthi•iftiness and high mortality of suckling and weaning pigs'increases the 'Cost of producing market hogs, Suitable feeds and sanitary enviro- ment are the two prime factors that influence the health of young Pigs. It is, ,during the early stages of de- velopment that' pie marltt pig is capable of making, the most econom- ical gains, and all practical precau- tionary measures that will safeguard the health of the l young pigs and permit them to, .make maximum growth atthis time will prove well worth while, and will have an im- portant influence upon production costs. One precautionary measure that every swine raiser should take is to avoid permitting suckling or wean- ling pigs to consume a meal mix- ture that contains a large percent- age of fibre in the farm of oat or, barley hulls. Such material causes injury to the• delicate membranes of the stomach and intestines, and these injuries in turn give rise to intest- inal disorders which may result in death, or in reduced vitality that will predispose the young pig to other ailments. The conditions al- most invariably results in unthrifti- ness and unthrifty young pigs rarely prove profitable to the producer. An efficient ration for young pigs is one that is easily digested, con- tains a minimum amount of crude fibre in the form of hulls, and sup- plies an adequate amount of protein. The young pig first shows interest in solid feed when about four weeks old, at which time he begins eating from his mother's trough. Feeds supplied the brood sow are usually much too coarse for young pigs, and it is therefore advisable to provide a creep or barricade in the pen and to supply suitable feeds in a separ- ate trough for the litter. This pract- ice has two advantages the young pigs become accustomed 'to eating from a trough before they are wean- ed and the shock or set -back at this time is reduced to a minimum. The second advantage is that the young pigs will consume less of the harm- ful coarse feed from the mother's trough. The hulls of oats and barley should be looked upon as definitely harm- ful and necessary precautions taken to prevent young pigs from eating them. At the Dominion Experimental Farm, Brandon, the plan has been followed for a number of years of using either ground hulless oats, or common oat chop that has been sift- ed through mosquito netting, in the heal mixture for creep feeding and for w'eanljing pigs. Ground barley when used for very young pigs is also sifted. Oddinary oats contain from four to five times as much crude fibre as hulless varieties. In yield, hulless varieties compare fav- ourably with the ordinary varieties, when the kernel only is considered. The growing of sufficient hulless oats to supply the young pigs with a suitable creep and weaning ration is recommended. MUST TATTOO HOGS BEFORE SHIPMENT' New Ruling Covers Animals Sent From Four Western Ontario Counties Under a new ruling which goes in- to, effect this week, all hogs shipped from the counties of Lambton, Huron, Kent and Essex must be tattooed by the shipper, prior to being sent to the packing houses for slaughter. For years, since the Grading Act has been in force, it has been the custom, generally, for a buyer to pur- chase the farmers' hogs at the pen, the shipper doing the grading. This has generally been satisfactory to the farmer, but should he not consider satisfactory the grading he was get- ting, then he had the privilege- of asking that his hogs be graded "on the rail," that is, at the packing house after being slaughtered. However, all shippers in Lambton, Huron, Essex and Kent received not- ice that commencing this week all hogs must be tattooed when shipped. A record sheet is made of each farm- er's hogs," and when rail graded at the packing house, a duplicate copy is sent back to the farmer who sold the hogs, as well as to the shipper. A shipper may continue to buy on his awn grading as before if the farmer is satisfied, but in every case the farmer will receive his report from the Government grader as to just how his hogs grade. The idea is to en.devor to get farmers to grow better hogs along recognized lines of market demands. FARM EXPORTS TO HONG KONG Canadian wheat flour exports to. Hang Kong for the year 1937 am- ounted to 166,793 piculs ((1331/; lb.l valued at $635,609, an increase hi quantity of 14 per cent and 16 per cent in value, compared with 1936:; Other agricultural exports to Hong. Kong from Canada were cattlle; (51,360 head,) fodder, potatoes, ev- aporated. milk, fresh and dried fruits,. miscellaneous foodstuffs, canned veg- etables, 'barley and other grains, oatmeal, biscuits, and leather. 'To- gether with other exports of° Caned=- ran manufacture, the total value of exports from Canada to Hong Kong• in 1937 were valued at $I,894,000 an increase of 68 per cent ON 19u46i NEWS OF . H'A'PPENINGS IN THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT To Provide Camp for Outing for Boys Ten boys are to be given an out- ing at the Huron County Boys Camp near Goderich in July through' the generosity of the Exeter Lions Club. Camp Hiawatha begins Monday, July, 4th, and lasts one week, for boys 12 years• of age and over. It is plan- ned to' send five boys to this camp provide them with swimming suits, if necessary, and pay all expenses of. the camp. A visit will be made to. them on ' Wednesday, visitors day. Boys, who otherwise • would not be able to enjoy an outing at the lake shore, will ) e' chosen and a corn- ,mittee, headeby Lion J. H. Jones has been chosen to make the selec- tion. A second camp for boys 9, 10 and 11 years will be held during the week of July 18th and it is planned to send five more boys to this camp. -Exeter Times -Advocate. Another Racket The' Gazette has been requested to warn householders of a linoleum rack- et that is being worked at different times in this locality. It seems that farmers in particular bear the brlrnt of the racket. Two men come to the home with what they claim is a rem- nant of linoleum. They measure the desired room, and state that the piece they have will just fit, or is a bit more than is required. The price is generally high, but the farmer in- variably pays considerable less than what is asked. Just as the men are about to lay the linoleum, one pulls out his watch and with an exclama- tion states that they have to be in London, or Hamilton or Tillsonburg in less time than it will take them to get there. Remarking to the farmer that he got the linoleum at a real price, and that it is no trick to put it down, they depart. But when the farmer goes to put the linoleum in place, he finds that the piece is much too small -and that he has paid dear for the remnant. So beware the lin- oleum racket. -Tavistock Gazette. Obtains Position at Western University Pearson Halfnight, son of Mr. `and Mrs. W. J, Halfnight, Mitchell has been fortunate in receiving the ap- pointment of demonstrator in the department of physics at Western' University for the next two years: where he will continue his studies to obtain his Master of .Arts degree.' His many friends• extend congratula-i tions on his appointment. Lois of Teachers l "YOUR HOME STATION" More than 300 teachers applied for a pos'tiou on 'the ittaff of the Lis- towel public school, where there are CKNX WINGIIAM 1200 Kcs.-Wingham-249.9 Metres WEEKLY- PROGRAM EIGHLIGRTS Friday, July lst: 11.00 a,m, "Clip - NATIONAL "EMBLEM three vacancies this year, The flood of applications may indicate" that there are many qualified teachers out of work or it may also indicate pings"; 11.30 Peter niIacG ego1.+' , that salaries are so low _ in rural 12.00 noon Canadian Farm and Home schools particularly that teachers Hour; 7,30 p,mr' "Honourable Archie' are anxious to get into . a town 7.45 "Do You Know", school, where the classes are graded, the Work 'le lessSaturday, July 2nd: 10.30a.m. Shut s 'arduous, and with few out-of-school activities to 'participate Ins; 12.00 noon.. Canadian Farm and in, as well as salaries being larger. Home Hour; 12.45 Pym. CKNX Hill Billies; 6.15 Sport Reporter; 7.30 Barn Dance. The first ,national, emblem of Can- ada was undoubtedly the beaver and it was considered as the national em -1 blem until 1821. In that year the; , union, of the fur -trading companies, the North West and the Hudson Bay,, diverted the fur -trade from the St. Lawrence Valley to Hudson • Bay. The triumph of the Hudson's Bay over the Nor'Westers meant the -virtual loss of the fur -trade to Canada, and the beaver ]therefjore ceased to be. applicable or suitable as• a national emblem. Before this happened the Maple Leaf was regarded as, the emblem of ' the French Canadians, as 'distinct from the thistle which was the em- blem of the Scottish Canadians. In 1834 the Maple Leaf was formally • adopted as the emblem of the St.' Jean Baptiste Society of Lower Can- ada but during the time of the rebel- lion in 1837, it was almost regarded as an emblem of disloyaiiity-to such • an extent that there was hostility to its adoption later in the Canadian • West, During the visit of the Prince of ' Wales, later Kink Edward VII, the • Maple Leaf was formally adopted by resolution as the badge or emblem 1 worn by native-born Canadians in the procession in Toronto where the • Prince was being welcomed. In the - same year the 100th Regiment, the • Royal Canadians, incorporated the • Maple Leaf in their badge. At the time of Confederation, the armorial bearings of Quebec and"' Ontario bore the Maple Leaf and its - acceptance became more or less of- ficial.' Since then it has appeared on Canadian coins, stamps and as a badge of the Canadian militia. The Canadian National Anthem,.. the Maple Leaf, was composed in 1867 by Alexander Muir, a Toronto • schoolmaster who came to Canada at the age of three. He was a graduate of Queen's University. He died thirty-two years ago. Favors js'unday Fishing If a man can work in a little fish- ing ori Sunday and still attend his church, the chances are very good of him coming through life without dying an absolute sinner. So thinks Rev. Allan H. Ferry, pastor of Knox church, Owen Sound, who' attended the Toronto conference of the United Church. The other day he caused considerable commotion when he suggested to the conference that the Sunday, July 3rd: 11.00 a.m. Wing - ham United Church; 12.30 p.m. The Music Box; 7.00 St. Andrew's Church, Monday, July 4th: 10.30 a,m. Church of the Air; 11.30 "Peter Mac- Gregor"; 12.45 Bob' Hall; 5.30 Birth- day Carnival; 8.00 Kenneth Rentoul. Tuesday, July 5th: 12.45 p.m. Wayne King Orch.; '7.45 "Do You Know"?; 8.00 "Seal of the Don". Wednesday, July 6th: 11.00 a.m. "Clippings"; 11.30 "Peter MaeGreg- hours of Sabbath Church services or; 7.45 p.m. Happy Jack Hall; 8.00 should be changed from 11 o'clock "Seal of the Dor". and 7 o'clock to some other time that Thursday, July 7th: 10.30 a. m. Church of the Air; 11.45 True Tale Drama; 8.00 Gladys Pickell, piano, would allow the average man to en- joy a little more of his Sunday. The proposal was quickly turned down. "I mentioned fishing as one of the pastimes many men like to pursue on Sundays, because I think it a truly innocent form of relaxation that can do a man's soul more good than harm. If a man can take his fish- ing rod on a Sunday and go to the country -side, beside some quiet stream, he can be nearer to God than he would be on, say, his front ver- andah," Mr. Ferry told the confer- ence. DRESS YOUR WIFE IN BANANA SKINS The first thing you know you may be dressing your wife in banana skins. A British textile concern has produced from this source a yarn which is described as being soft as wool, light as cotton, uncrushable as silk, and with rubber -like elastic qualities, The practical value of the discovery is not yet known. CANADA AND MANCHOUKUO Japan's livestock industry is larg- ely dependent on imported fodder, of which Canada is one of the leading suppliers. However, a new fodder distribution control law, designed to encourage Manchoukuo's trade, has just been promulgated by Japan ands may affect the quantity of future I imports from all countries. Leather Gloves There is a good demand for leath- er gloves in Holland and Canadian supplies to that country have been increasing, particularly gloves for cyclists, motorists, and workmen. Canada produces millions of leather gloves every year and the hides used in producing the leather comes from Canadian farms. No fewer than 7,223,676 pairs of leather gloves were produced in the Dominion in 1936, cowhide being used for 2,505,- 612 pairs, sheepskin for 1,971,072 pairs, and muleskin for 932,208 pairs with a total value of $4,024,590. k THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS , ern will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper It records for you the world's clean, constructive doings. The Monitor does not exploit crime or sensation; neither does It Ignore them, but deals correctively with them, Features for busy men and all the family, Including the Weekly Magazine 00,000. The OnChristian Norway Street Publishing Massachusetts Please enter my subscription to The Christian Science Monitor for a erlad of 1 Sear 512,00 a months 5855 3 months 53.00 1 month 51.00 a' Wednesday issue, Including Magazine Section: 1 year 52,60, 61ssuss 350 a Name. Address Samhle Copy on Rennes) 7. The Open Road The SUPPOSE you came suddenly upon two roads. One straight, well - trodden.. , . the other thin and twisting off into undergrowth. If you didn't want to arrive at any place in particular, you might. choose the latter. But riot otherwise, Before you, as buyer, run two roads. One is the road of know- ledge, of an advertised product. Thousands use it. There's no mystery about it, no doubting, nothing hidden, It leads the way definitely to a fountain pen, a floor wax, a tooth -paste that will. give you satisfaction. When you use an advertisement, you use an open road. When you don't use advertisements, you go the doubtful road. You have only hazy knowledge of the product ahead. No trade- mark or name to depend upon guides you. The result may or may not be worth the effort. You don't know. Read the advertisements. Anything widely advertised -break- fast food, hammer, hair tonic -has proved itself good by advertising. Advertisements put you on the open road to satisfaction Clinton NewsR.ecord Gives the News of Clinton and Community Read It `'