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The Clinton News Record, 1938-09-15, Page 6;' • • PKGE 6 CLINTON NEWS-RECORA THURS., SEPT. 15, 'pas. TirnelU Inforillaticm forAthe Busy Farmer (l'urnished by the Department of Agriculture)' • a THE TOMATO CROP ed you out in this manner. If not; whynot? Throughoulreicr weather and Don't forget the municipality is reeponsible for eradication of all nox- Mus weeds within it's boundaries. moisture conditions during the .past month have been generally\ favor.. able for good growth. The quality of some• products, however, -1-7,/aa, sconewhat lowered by heat and too much rainfall. Tomato worms are particularly numerous this season in Eastern Ontario.' In Southwestern counties tomato cracking is greater .. NEW APPOINTMENTS MADE Numerous changes in the person- nel of Departmental staff were re- cently announced by Hon. P. M. De - than usual and there has been some wan, Minister of Agriculture. They scalding of onions. In Middlesex included the appointment of Mr.Geo. county thrip injury to onions is re- Wilson of Simcoe as Director of the Ported. Otherwise disease and insect pests are being controlled by inten- sive spraying operations, and not more than the usual amount of dam- age has occurred. ••••••••••,..r.o EASTERN ONTARIO FRUIT With sufficient rainfall growing conditions have been favourable for the development of the apple crop and fruit is sizing particularly well. Where spraying was done thoroughly scab and insect pests are being kept in Check, with the exception of the codling worm moth which will cause considerable loss in a few orchards where a heavy infestation has accum. vlated from previous years. In the Trenton and Iroquois-Morrisburg Markets and .Cooperation Branch and as Chairman of the Marketing Board.' Appointment of George Wilson of Simcoe as Director of the Markets and Co-operation Branch and Chair- man of the Marketing Board was an- nounced recently, among other de- partmental promotions' and retire- ments, by Hon. P. M. Dewan, Minist- er of Agriculture, Mr. Wilson is a graduate of the Ontario Agricultural College. For several years he has been manager of the Norfolk Berry Growers As- sociation and has been associated with the Norfolk Co-operative Comp- any, Ltd., and the Norfolk Fruit Growers' Association. W. B. Somerset, whom Mr. Wil - on succeed ' held the position of Commissioner of Marketing, but was districts several thousand barrels of i j hot Chairman of the recently estab- apples were severely damaged by lished and all-important Marketing hail/ ani early varieties are Board, through which Mr. Dewan taking on considerable colour, and aims to better the position of the are up to normal in this respect. Ontario farmer. Pears are developing well with John H. Scott, who has been chief size average and fruit clean in most creamery instructor in the Dairy orchards, although some coddling Branch since 1924, will be superan- moth injury is showing where reg- nuated, and his place will be taken ular control measures were not car- by J. L. Baker, a creamery instructor tied out, Plums are a light crop with residence in Believing. but there is! every indication that the quality will be good, except on some trees where early sprays were not applied and some curculio in- jury is showing. ‘••••••••••••••••• POTATO CROP REPORT The early Irish Cobbler mop is fairly well cleared and the intermed- ' late crop is moving to market from FLAX AND FLAXSEED Highest yields of flax per acre are obtained in France, Belgium and Northern Ireland, where the industry is an old established one. Much of the output in Northern Ireland may be said to be of Canadian origin, the pedigree flax seed grown in Canada and exported to Ireland being much the central part of the rovince. A. ndemand in that country. In Can - shortage of moisture during June ada, an excellent quality of flax seed and July retarded growth of plants is grown for all purposes. and development of tubers with the result that low yields are being harvested. The quality is excellent In the war against mosquitoes, the The late mop presents a favour- cause of malaria in, Australia, the • able appearance at present. Dur- civic authorities of Brisbane have ing the past two weeks the rainfall placed Medaka fish in all of the city generally bas been beneficial and pools. The medaka resembles a small plant growth excellent. goldfish and has a voracious appetite' The potato bug has been well kept for mosquito larvae, in control by the use of poison ap- plihations but leaf hoppers have done considerable injury to the plants be- Fail Preparation of Sod cause bordeaux has not been prop- erly aPplied, and some damage to Land for Grain plants is apparent which will reduce the yield at digging time. Growers are advised to dust or spray with bordeaux thoroughly for leaf hop- per control or disappointing yields will be the result. There is no evi- dence of late blight at this date but the present weather conditions with a sultry atmosphere and frequent shower, should they continue, are is for a satisfactory yield. To seed favourable for its development. The early, the land must be partially pee. preventative measures are timely ap- pared the previous fall, particularly plications of bordeaux that will cover the plants an the under -side of the leaves as well as on top. A good grain crop is one of the best forms of farm insurance and may well determine the difference between success and failure in our farming operations. One factor that has a direct bearing on the yield secured is the time of seeding. In normal years, the earlier the crop can be seeded, the better the chance there • ROADSIDE WEEDS Farmers and city dwellers alike, Will agree that country roads are the tihow vtindows, of Ontario farms and are largely responsible for advertis- sod land. Experiments have been conducted at the Dominion Experimental farm at Naimoi, N. S. during the past fifteen years comparing various methods of soil preparation for the grain mop, states S, A. Hilton, As- sistant to the Superintendent. Comparisons are made of oat yields following sod land ploughed at dif- ferent times. August ploughing, fol- ing produCts of the soil. If roads . limed by top -working, has given an are marred by an unsightly growth of weeds, tourists get a bad impress average yield per acre of 49.6 bush- els. The same treatment followed by sion and urban residents loie faith of ribbing late in the autumn, has aver. in rural Ontario as a producer aged 52.9 bushels; ploughing in agricultural products, second to none September and top -working, 51.9 in the world. There are seven good reasons why' bushels; October ploughing with top - working, 50 bushels and without top - roadside weeds should be wiped out of existence. They (1) infest ad- v""king, 50.5 bushels; ploughing , shallow irt August, top -working and joining farm lands; (2) spread plant reploughing late in autumn aveveged diseases; (3) are dangerous to traf- 51.6 bushels; and ploughing in the fie; (4) will gather and hold snow a spring, (no autumn treatment), aver - (5) clog ditches on roadsides and aged 48 bushels. thus hinder the flow of water and The results indicate that on med. proper drainage of the road bed;!ium clay loam soil, fall ploughing is • (6) are dangerous from a fire stand- preferable to spring, ploughing. Top - point; (7) are unsightly to residents working of fall ploughed land does ' and tourists alike. limb appear to be an economical The Weed Control Act of Ontario practice, except for Weed control. states roadside weeds must be de-' Early ploughing, and frequent; top - strayed before seeds mature. The working aids in the control of per - Municipal Council, through its road,ennisd weeds such as sow thistle and authority, is responsible for seeing couch grass and also annual weeds, that this work is done. Proper grad- i as mustard, wild radish, hemp, net- ing of roadsides and removal of tles, etc. .' stones, stumps and brush will en- able the road authority to do this Work quickly and 'efficiently. A thick seeding or a good grass mixture will make a thick sod which prevents weeds from obtaining a foothold. APPLE TREE BLOSSOMS SECOND TIME THIS YEAR Dean Brown, who lives a mile and a half north of Greenway, is the proud possessor of an apple tree Chemical weed ldllers have proved which is an example of nature's efficient and many municipalities ca,pticiousness. While the whole tree have greatly improved county and is covered with apples, the north half township roads in a weed eleanup via already shed its leaves and then burst • the chemical rotate. forth with a new crop of leaves and Maybe your municipality has help- b ossonts. Effective Advertising Why consistent advertising? Per- haps this interesting story will prove to be benefical to merchants wha are at present occasional •advertisers. Last year the publisher of a week- ly newspaper iu a town of 2,000 pop- ulation tried for four months to get a merchant, a furniture dealer, once a week. At the end of the 17th week the dealer said, "All right, Pll give you a trial. Fix me up a page adver- tisement and 'we'll see if advertising , pays.' The thinking publisher replied: "It has taken a persistent sales cam- paign lasting four Months, consisting of not less than 17visits, to sell you my proposition. Now you propose to do in one print talk, which will prob- ably receive less than five minutes hearing with the average reader, what it took me 17 personal talks to do. I cannot conscientiously accept your offer of, one page. I will accept a trial campaign of 17 smaller ads." The merchant saw the logic and sin- cerity of sthe publisher. He is today a coneisent advertiser. The merchant opens his store 52 weeks in the year. He hires his sales people for six days of the week. His window display is before the passing public every day. Why should his whole attitude change when it comes to printed ppblicity? Why should he fail to understand that newspaper ad. vertising is essentially thesame as these other sale forces, only that its possibilities to bring business is greater? When business is bad they quit advertising. Some one has said that that is what keeps it bad. A grocer did not believe in adver- tising, He started on a small scale in newspaper advertising, as he said because he 1 iked the solicitor and wanted to see if advertising would pay. His 12 -inch space was changed regularly. At the end of the first month he could see no result except the monthly statentent of 27. He was persuaded to keep on. At the end of the second month he was sure of two regular customers who came entirely because of the prices in the ads. The merchant has not missed an issue for five years. His ads are timely and forceful. The population of any town is constantly undergoing a change. The merchant who lets a year, a month or even a week go without advertis- ing disregards the trade newcomers bring. A. little water each week will grow a plant more quickly than a bucketful splashed on it once a month. Useless Profanity The trouble with profanity, says the editor of the Vernon News, is not so much that it is wicked, as that it is jest plain dirty. It's not so much that you shock religious people as that you digust decent peo- ple, that we object id' it. Swearers are behind the times. They are hold- overs from a former century. Nowa- da,ya anybody who; swears is set down at once as being coarse and vulgar. The young man who wants to succeed needs to take advantage of everything that may help him on. And swearing will be a black mark against him in any job that he may have. And if he wants to associate with the right sort of girls he must keep his talk clean. Nobody wants a swearer in his office nor in the workshop, nor on the train, nor in the hotel. The only place swearing fits is the saloon, Swearing means you don't' know how to talk. Your vocabulary is limited. It is thesign of ignorance. Swearing means weak- ness. You will notice that foreeful men, whose words carry weight, use simple, plain words, When you swear 0 shows your impotence. It is the petty refuge of the helpless. If you can help a thing, help it, if not, keep still; anyway, don't swear. Bikes end Buggies on Call When Holiday Time - in Sight The clays when the bicycle and the buggy were in style in Western Ontario are recalled by John Sni- der, of Brucefield, a veteran busi- ness man who in. the 90's found bicycles and buggies good sources of revenue. Born in Germany in 1867, he came to Canada wheis two years of age, his parents settling at Zurich. Under Herman Wells, Zurich, Mr. Snider learned lhagness-making, working 10 hours a day plus two hours after supper for three years for a total renumeration of $10. Mr, Snider was the first person in Brucefield 'district to have as bicycle, purchasing the inedible in Searoeth for $85. He afterwards sold btcycles and recalls that in, 1893 when both boys ,atid girls were rid. ing bicycles he sold 50 wheels in Brucefield. In those days, he says, it was a email thing far the bays ta ride to London and back in the same day. Football and bicycle rac- ing were the main sports. Also recalls that harness and buggies always sold in large num- bers about the 24th of May ----, the "Queen's birthday"—and again near Dominion Day as the young men made plans to take their girl friends for rides. , • WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING allied to stupidity to bear Me that Is $500 Enough for Teacheri, 1 .., .. (Fergus News -Record) .., ,. A letter written by a rural school teacher to the Midland Free Press is interesting, because it tells some- thing of the expenses that a teacher has and pewee pretty certainly that $500 a year is not sufficient salry. That is the amount the writer of the letter was getting, and may be re- garded as the usual minimum in many parts of Ontario. First of all three per cent is de- ducted for the saperannuation fund before the teacher g.et$ her pay. She then receives $485' a year. She works for 10 months receiving $48.50 a month. Out of that she pays $20 a month km board; $1 a month for papers needed for extension courses; $2 bus fare; newspapers, magazines, $1; insurance, $4; clothes, etc., $10. This leaves 10.5o for all other pur- poses. Some of it may be needed to help out at home, but very little is available for that or any other pur- pose, because the teacher must take a summer course under certain Mr- cumstances. The summer course re- quires a fee of $10; text books, $5; examination fees, $2; and, board, which is not less than $7 a week in the cities, besides other city expenses. such as car fare. ' How any girl can save enough out of that pos a year is more than we cart figure, but apparently they are expected to do so. This teacher ex- plains that after four years' teaching time on her interim certificate, the teacher must pass two subjects a year at the university to extend her, teaching time. She must have eight subjects for a second class certifi- cate, then two more years spent in' summer courses. It is obvious that a girl clerking in. a store at no a week is far better off than the teacher at $500 a year, and she' hasn't had to spend money on an expensive education either. To "Provide Our Wants" In a day when human thought is so generally seeking merely material satisfactions and turning to govern., ment as the sole source of supply, an awakening word is peculiarly timely. It has been well spoken by one who through two -score years has borne a burden of care few ever know. As part of a broadcast greet- ing to hes' people on the occasion of her birthday, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands said: I was conscious of the insuf- ficiency of.human knowledge and ability and firmly believed that only the aid af God could provide our wants. I note look back on these forty years in the light of the Lord's guidance and am fil- led with geatitude. Our times have seen a new em- phasis on the fairer division of mat- erial wealth. Changing conditions have also caused governments to give more attention to the care and se- curity of the weak, the aged, or the unemployed. Much of this develop- ment is genuine progress. But there are temptations to forget that sup- ply is not really material. No divis- ion of thing's will satisfy the spirit- ual needs of men, and no security is so sure as that provided by the energy, adaptability, discernment, justice, honesty, and kindness expres- sed by the individual through better understanding of their divine source. —Christian Science Monitor. A Needed Statement Recently, in one of his fine talks, Dr. W. M. Gilmore, of the Stratford Hospital, drew attention to a state of affairs that has become intolerable. Dr. Gilmore, by the way, is the real thing in the X-ray enterprise and a hospital man who knows 'whereof he speaks. He referred in his address to the sort of hospitalization including the X-ray and kindred offices that hosp- itals render, Ile drew attention to the way medical men and hospitals have of making the man wha can pay for the mart who has no Cash. Dr. Gilmore sees the rank injustice of such procedure. Here is a case itt point. A loafer's wife required hos- pitalization. The service was rend- ered, the husband not paying one cent. Across the road from him was a Tamer's wife who needed hospital- ization. This family is unusually thrifty and had a few very bard won savings. They were expected to pay and paid willingly, though their hon - &able conduct cost them the savings and more of an entire year. These people paid their full protection of the bill and of the loafer referred This state of affairs simply 0 in- tolerable, Further, it is a state ‘af affairs that need not exist as it does not exist 311 countries that are wide awake. Some a the hospitals itt London, England, illustrate our point. It is time, high time, a time long past, when councillors and members of parliament should be tolerated in office who fail to remedy the state of affairs Dr. Gilmore draws atten- tion to and to which the instarice we have recited is but a window. Drs. and hospital boards are outstanding in their patience and generosity and benevolence. Nevertheless 0 is folly' may be readily removed. ,It "I not necessary in our land for anyone to lack needed hospitalization, Still less is itseemly that loafers ride the necks of the thrifty.—..Exeter Times" Advocate.. Busy Men Get Things Done "If you want something done, 'get' a busy mart to do 0," has long been a maxim. It seems to be conced- ed that they haven't time for trifling, for sitting around at endless confer- ences that' accomplish nothings They are given a task, devote their best talents to it, and reach a decision. The world is full of busy men. Your town has them, and so has our town, We could name men in this town.— and possible some women, too—who are overloaded with pos- itions and appointments. In nearly every case, their services are given geatts. Their church, their lodge, their town benefit front these services. The other day the Ontario govern- ment selected E. A. Collins of Copper Cliff as a member of the new com- mission just formed to institute an examination into cancer treatments itt the province. To many people, the name of Mr. Collins was possibly just another name, but he is a man with a well developed sense of public service. In business life he is assist- ant to the general manager of the large and important International Nickel Company. In addition to this, he has been May- or of Copper Cliff for the past nine years, is a member of the board of Queen's University, his alma mater, as well as vice-president of the Queen's Alumni Associations He is president of a Golf and Country Club and of the Copper Cliff Club. Last year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts of London, England. He is on the board of stewards of a Copper Cliff Church and this year he was paid the high honor of election as president of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy,an executive post that is no sinecure. Now he is to also serve Ontario on the Cancer Commission to establish the merits of the various "cures" being offered to the public. One weakness with public life is that busy men find too much time is frittered away. They would give their service to their country their province or their country, but they find that it takes too much of their time listening to endless talk ois att- ending sessions that are more social than business. This is galling to a, man of action, but there are some men whose private affairs allow them to attend these leisurely meetings, and who thus contribute to public service. Fortunately, there are avenues of service open to busy men—end fort- unately there are busy men, like lnr. E. A. Collins of Copper Cliff, who are willing to serve in these caps octies, Hanover Post • When Justice Erred Justice, at times is reputed to be blind. The figure of justice blind- folded weighing evidence in the bal- ance is more than a symbol. Last week in a Goderich Court Magistrate Mains handed down a decision, which, in the light of exist- ing laws and of humane conduct, is difficult to construe as justice. Justice, we are told, should be tem- pered with mercy. In this 'instance it was not. A resident of Goderich district had fowl destroyed by a five months old terrier. Taking the law into his own hands, he captured the puppy and deliberately dowsed it with turpentine. As a result of this pain- ful treatment it was necessary to have the dog under an opiate for ten hours to relieve its agony. The man was charged with cruelty to animals. Magistrate Makins ruled that since the man had suffered through loss of his poultry, he was entitled to subject, the dog to the inhumane treatment which he did. That is the case as reported, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is considering appealing the case. While our knowledge of law and legal procedure is only elementary, it is quite evident that other re- course was open to the owner of the poultry and that he hadno right to take the law into his own hands as he did. It is true that some laws conflict in their meaning, but there is no law in the statute books based on the old Mosiao principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth which can be interpreted as it was by the man who so inhumanely treated the pup. In the above paragraph we use the term man in the general sense of a specimen of the male species not ir the meaning of an example of true reanhood.—Xincardine News, Back to Standard Time Guelph, one of the few Western Ontario cities observing daylight time this year, changed the clocks back to Eastern Standard Time on Monday. Peterborough, Napanee and Brockville also reverted to standard time during the holiday weekend. Hamilton, Burlington and Dundas will make the chang.e.over to E.S.T. at midnight next Saturday, Septem- ber 10. Cobourg will follow suit a 17. At midnight September 24, clocks will be set back to stand- ard time in Toronto and in the main body of cities and towns throughout Canada and the United States where daylight saving has been in effect since the end of April, DOINGS IN. THE SCOt; WORLD A cookhouse for the Wolf Cub 800" - tion of the Galt, Ont,, district Scout camp, "Peacehaven," was built this summer by evening "fatigue parties" of the Galt Lione Club. • A postai card notification of e local, Bay Scout meeting in 1917 wae recently received by Scoutmaster G. C. Clark of Peekskill, N, Y. 'Phe postal authorities offered no explanaa ton, • For Boys and Girls Who, Cannot Play As a "Pack Good Turn," the meets- • sary funds were raised and an. ad- justable invalid's chair was presented' by the Montreal High School Wolf • Cub Pack to the Children's Memorial Hospital, "for use of boys and girls who cannot run or play." •=••••••••IS • A Too•Realistie Make -Up In response to a call from alarmed observers, police of Levis, Que., raced to a Boy Scout camp, to find a boy • tied to a tree, his face apparently covered with blood. The blood prcvva ed to be crushed -strawberry make-up for the "victim" part in a Scout frontier drama. A Rover Sea Scout Cruise A cruise on Lake Champlain aboard the 18 -ton Scout ausciliaxy ketch "Endurance" was the summer's outing of the Rover Sea Scouts as- sociated with the Paint Charles Yaebt Club, Montreal. At Sorel "Endur- ance" was joined by the whaler - "Dolphin," manned by four Rover Sea Scouts from Quebec City for the • sail up the Richelieu River to Lake Champlain. A New Brunswick -Maine Scout Rally Two Boy Scout troops and a wolf ' Cub pack from St. Stephen, and a Scout troop from St. Andrews, N. B., joined eleven American Scout troops for the annual district rally at Cam- ais, Maine. The rally opened at the internatitmal bridge, where the U.S. Scouts met the Canadian boys, andi paraded with them to the Calais high school, headed by the massed Union, Jacks and the Stars and Stripes. REFUSE TO CASH CHECK ISSUED 20 YEARS AGO. • The teller in the Palmerston branch .. of the Bank of Commerce was sur- prised when an elderly resident of ' the town walked in and presented a cheek on the Bank of Hamilton, chits ed 1918. The bearer of the cheek, which was for 'the sum of $25, was . informed that it conk] not be cashed. iliThe Advertisements will get you if you don't watch out! 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