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The Clinton News Record, 1939-02-09, Page 6PAGE 6 r IgE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Timelginformation for the Busg Farmer (Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) CURRENT REPORTS -and regular ,intervals. ( ;Hog prices show a considerable var- A: canvass in Huron Countyfor the T. B. Area plan 'showed 87.6% ration from month to month. Usually of the lig h"est prices in a ear are cattle -owners in favour of the project, g P any 'y Jack rabbit hunters have been busy"paid from July to Septembet,,a per'- in Huron, with hundreds of jacks be- iod when marketizth are low. By ing shot. An interesting new feature farrowing sows in the winter months is the purchase of the game at 20e (December --February), the individual producer will be able to market his each by the fox and mink breeders. hogs during' the July -September per Fresh mileh cows T. B. tested are rod of far - reported in keen demand in Middlesex. peak dpittees. moreThis difter en1 There have been numerous shipments rowing is} admittedly more dif called of finished r beef cattle from that than production during the so called count ranging in normal season, but the obstacles can y g g price from $6:00 be overcome, just as they were for to $6.50 per cwt. Hatcheries in Lin- poultry by supplying heat and more coin are taking a large quantityof careful feeding, hatching eggs for the early trade ink No one can predict future prices baby checks. Many poultrymen are for either hogs or feed with any cer- securing chicks much earlier in the tainty at the time sows are bred, but season in order to have their pullets while yearly average hog prices dur- laying earlier in the fall when prices I ing the past five years have not are usually higher than later in the 1 shown much variation, there have winter. A carload of 47 head of heavy been very drastic changes in feed cattle was shipped from Oxford coun- ty recently at a price of 7c lb. at the local station. Oxford also reports a general scarcity of little pigs, which have been selling all the way from $5.00 to $7.00 each. prices: low in 1934 and 1935; high in 1936 and 1937; and low again in 1938. The combination of high hog prices. and low feed prices in the fall of 1935 led many farmers in sonie dis- tricts to increase the number of sows bred, resulting in the greatly inereas- STEADY PRODUCTION OF HOGS ed marketings of 1936-37. Many of the hogs were finished on the higher - In the raising of hogs the main priced feeds of 1936 so that much point to bear in mind is that, bysmallerprofits than anticipated were steady production based on the nor -obtained. In 1937, the same produc- mal capacity of the farm, it is pos-hers'became discouraged, decreased the sible for an individual producer to number of sows bred, and now find increase his average returns mater -1 themselves with fewer hogs to feed at ' rally. Profits from hogs are depend- a time when low feed prices have ent on two factors, namely, the price made production profitable. received and the cost of production, Attempting to guess the future. and although many of the elements prices of hogs and feed simply can - governing prices and the cost of feed not be done successfully. The only are beyond the individual's control, it alternative is to maintain normal pro - is not •beyond his power to take ad- duction, being. careful -to. avoid any vantage of certain market conditions marked increases or decreases. which are repeated at fairly frequent THE C.OMPOSITION OF SOYBEAN SEED (Experimental Farms News) Soybean seed produced in Canada contains on the average from 35 to 40 per cent of protein and from iS to 20 per cent of oil. It is the high content of these two important constituents that is responsible for the increasing interest in the soybean crop, regardless of whether the seed is to be utilized as a farm feed or for industrial purposes, statt(d the Division of Forage Crops, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. Food value whether for livestock or human beings is based upon digest- ible nutrients, on that portion which is actually consumed in the body, the most important item of which is pro- tein. Soybeans are rich in protein of high digestibility. The quantity of oats and barley required to supply a given amount of digestible protein is 3 to 4 times greater than the amount of soybeans required.. In terms of bushels it requires approx- imately 85 bushels of barley or 115 bushels of oats per acre to produce an amount of digestible protein equal to that contained in soybeans yield- ing 20 bushels per acre. Soybeans _seed is definitely a high protein con- centrate and while comparison has been made with barley and oats, from the standpoint of utilization it is in a class quite different from, those crops. On the basis of composition it compares directly with such highly concentrated feecjst as linseed meal and cottonseed meal. According to chemical analyses the average per- centage of crude protein are: Cotton. seed meal 40 per cent, Iinseed meal 37 per cent, soybean meal 41'� per cent, soybean seed 361/2 per cent. Soybeans are used commercially in large quantities, particularly in the United States. The oil is extracted from the beans by various methods and this oil is utilized in the manu- facture of soap, paint, as a salad oil and in many other ways. There is little or no starch in soy- beans and therefore soybean flour made from the whole .beans or from This is a reproduction of TITE-LAP Metal Roofing so widely used on farm buildings. Easy to put on, permanent, &re- proof, minimum upkeep. Write for cost estimate. Eastern Steel pioc�u' •imifecr' P;itgoa ONT to lac/,f e,a r MONTREA6`€.'T80.01,1T0 the meal after the oil has been ex- tracted from the seed is highly re- garded as a food for diabetics. Lecithin, a nerve food, phastie sub- stances and even a substitute for wool are now being made from soy- bean which have been described as the richest seed that is grown as a field crop. LITTLE CHATS on FARM MANAGEMENT No. 2 FARMERS SECURE VARYING ' RETURNS The Ontario Dairy Farm Manage - ment and Milk Cosi study reveals striking variations in the net return secured by milk producers from their business. Studies of a similar nature in other -dairying sections of Canada and in other countries have at. other times shown similar wide differences in" the farm business returns. As in urban business, some farmers do well while others have great diffi- eulty in accumulating sufficient net revenue to maintain Iiving `standards. The operator labour earning§ is the term used in this study to express the return to the farm operator for his labour and management after de- ducting front receipts all general ex- penses, interest on capital values at 4 per cent, and wages for all mem- ber's of the farm operator's family for such work as they do, except the farm manager himself. The highest operator labour earnings for the year ending June 30, 1937, amongst 460 shippers of milk to fluid markets, was $5,511 and the lowest (minus), $1,879. The variation in operator labour earnings between these two farms was more than $7,000, While one cannot with accuracy gauge farming by the net returns. ' in any one year of operations, this wide var- iation in net returns is a character- istic whieh has been revealed by all 4imilar studies of any competitive business. There are several factors which are responsible for the great difference in net income as between farms. Some of these factors come within 'and some are beyond the con- trol of, the farmer, such as weather and prices. A farmer may suffer a reverse in progress due to unfavour- able conditions of weather in any one year but over a period of years, he may lelaa;n thkougih ,experience the kind of weather to expect and can make adjustments in the business ac- cordingly. Unusual conditions of weather do not oceur annually. The hazard of prices,too, can be over- come in a large measure by. careful study. It is true the farmer's esti- mate of prices may be incorrect for a period, but careful study of price' information will assist greatly in hurdling such handicaps. An under- standing of the. factors that are in- volved in the determination of prices is necessary: The conditions of local, national and international supply and demand all have a bearing on `prices and an understanding of these will be helpful in planning the nature. and; WHY i1SE APPLES? HERE'S 12 REASONS Ontario apples .see being featured in all grocery and fruit stores from Feb. 6 to 18—Eat apples for'health, it's the monarch of all fruits. King Apple will come into his own z0. Individuals vary greatly in their of beautifully formed apples provide color and fragrance effectively. WANT TO STAY YOUNG? Eat apples freely. (Science tells us that we require at least one quarter' of our diet to be of regulatory foods, i,e., fruits and .vegetables. Leek of THURS., FEB. 9 1939 +0,,aaa . aaeasee ,��''1'. air raMW.W.WvyaSie�.4'.'.'Y+f.Y; knowledge �ancl uriderstan4ina YOUR WORLD AND MINE I amt sorry to have to say that; cm*. is not providing us wi-u _eaf•- 0 lets which tell us what books to read. (Copyright) in relation to paaticulaq• subjects o• objectives-, As I see it our univer- by JOHN C. KIRKW00/3 shies should prepare leaflets which: `�'�'�''�" r.VS'.Y would be directions to u in relation them hastens loss of youthful vigor ,,twit +. o.m. �rti,.,., f1,,M. swell a and 'permits the r h gradual breakdown Men who mead rule men Men who about the same time. Thus by way i t'o our purpose'• ' Thus, by way of of the body causing early old eve g read' books axe ruled by the virtues of`example >it is conceivable -that two.?xample, suppose that I. want to read and its infirmtties. of books. persons dly separated from each CAUTION: during the next two weeks is Ontar- the reaction to'different foods. What He will hold first place in all grocery and fruit stores front Fe 6 to 18. Fruits from foreign chi b. agrees with and helps one person nes' may not suit another. may mutter in disgust, but they w be pushed into the background King Apple, thee monarch of all 01 tario fruits, will hold. sway in th and displays of Ontario fru and grocery stores. There' are 700,00 bushels of goo Ontario apples, mostly Northern Spy just waiting to do their "Boy Sc heeds" in: every home in the province. Why should apples be in your home and seryed every day? Below are listen an even doze reasons as given to the Ontario Frill ill The uses of apples suggested here as are solving these problems for niany people. Try them. ' They may help he you. it It is recommended that an average of 1'/ pounds of, fresh fruits and veg- d etables be eaten daily by. each grown s person. This equals four to six aver - out age apples. Books Unlikely to Carry t , Disease Growers, in convention, by E. S. Hub - hard, head of the New York and New England Apple Institute. APPLES IN THE LUNCH BOX. Children's teeth a problem? Apples are ideal tooth builders, cleanser,, and exercisers. (Apples contain avail- able minerals used in growing and maintaining teeth. The biting action strengthens the teeth, and massages the gums.) APPLES WITH RICH- MEATS. Heartburn? Slow digestion? Dis- comfort after enjoying roasts and frys? Serve apples as salad, sauce, jelly or dessert. Acid apples aid digestion of fats and meats. These require more acid than do cereals and vegetables. Children, especially, lack sufficient stomach acid secretion. (The natural selection of apples sauce with pork, cranberry with turkey and pickle with delicatessen has been vin- dicated by labratory tests. APPLES IN THE OFFICE. On a reducing diet? Feel all in by late morning or tea time? An, apple gives the necessary energy to carry on until lunch or dinner without add- ing weight or upsetting digestion, In fact, it may provide the cure for slug- gish elimination that causes fatigue. APPLES BY THE DRESSING TABLE. Greet the friend with a sweet breath and polished teeth after munching a crisp apple. (The delicious juiey pulp absorbs the odors of tobacco and food. The cleansing action of juice, skin and fibre freshens and whitens the teeth. APPLES BY THE BEDSIDE. Insomnia? Can't get to sleep? Ap- ples take the mind from its problems, the blood from the brain — restful sleep resulting. APPLES KEPT HANDY FOR TEMPERANCE SAKE. Crave a stimulant? a narcotic? a sweet? Reach for an apple. Its sugars and acids invigorate its sooth- ing action, quiets the nerves. Its crisp juicy, flavorful flesh satisfies the ap- petite. • APPLES BY THE ASH TRAY. Smoke too much? An apple may bring back the ability to taste norm- ally. It may revive the nervous en- ergy. so necessary for active accomp- lishments and vivacous charm. (Ex- perts testing nicotine flavors dip the finger tip in nicotine syrup, touch the tongue, taste, then rinse the mouth: Apples are kept handy on the table to be eaten when harmful effects of nicotine are noticed.) BIG APPLE BOWL, SMALL MEDICINE CHEST. Several ,,apples eaten each day should cause natural digestive and el- iminative action, keep one well and strong, (Pectin and mineral salts act as a mild' laxative. Scraped, sauc- ed or powdered apple stops diarrhoea. Uronic salts guard against infectious diseases. Vitamins prevent many ills.) APPLES FOR THE EYESIGHT. Glaring headlights blind you? Eat apples regularly see quickly after lights pass. (Uronic acids control rapid eye adjustments.) APPLES WHEN WE'RE GOING PLACES. Touring, hiking, picnicking? Apples quench' thirst quickly and pleasantly when strange drinking water may be risky. , (Apples contain 85% water. Two average apples provide a glass- ful.) ,, APPLES FOR THE CENTERPIECE. Dining table lack cheery decora- tion? The scarlet, crimson and gold extent of the enterprises .to be car- ried on during the year. The Agricultural Situation and Outlook, which can be obtained by writing to the Publicity and Exten- sion Division, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, attempts to presents in brief form the necessary information to provide the basis for appraisal of price conditions for farm produced commodities in ' Canada, This, with a background of farm Mc- perieaee, should be helpful in plan- ning, a farm business for the year such as will yield an increased net income Dr. Arthur H. Bryan of Baltimore Md:l made laboratory tests on'books recently used by students and found few germs of any kind; those present were mostly of a harmless variety. Communicable diseases are trans- mitted mainly by the person and not by objects. Books that have been handled recently by patients suffering from smallpox, scarlet fever or diph- theria may transmit suih infections to susceptible persons. There is scant likelihood that common colds, tuber- culosis or typhoid fever would be transmitted by library books or mag- azines. Any viruses or bacteria pre- sent on books soon die because of the absence of moisture, heat and the food necessary to their continued ex- istence. In most instances disease,' carrying germ soon cease to live out- side the body. - Some years ago it was the custom that books on premises under quaran- tine were required to be disinfected by means of the fumes of formalde- hyde. It is generally believed that the exposure of books to sunlight and fresh air is equally effective. In most contagious disease hospitals, books that are used by a patient are de- stroyed when the patient leaves the hospital. In no case is the patient allowed to take the books with him from the hospital. The hands are one of the commonest agencies in 'transmitting infections. Consequently when a book is read the hands should be clean. Printer's ink is illuminating in a thousand ways; it has no antiseptic or inhibitory ac -1 tion on viruses or bacteria. +I poor uzes oUse- er selects his wood, -and fashions it to make it fit in to his plan. This world is full of worth -while boks--of books which time has tar- ried along with it, from one genera- tion to another. Most booksperish shortly after they are born; yet there are literally hundreds of books relat- ed to our field of interest or en- deavour which live ,on and on, It is these ever -living books which we should own and read. These books may be found in low-priced editions — Everyznan's Library, by way of example. It hardly needs to be said—that each of us should read according to a plan or objective. It is when we read cumulatively that we grow in Public librarians are ever ready to provide one with a list of recom- mended books; but their service is not enough. - The nearest thing to what is in my mind was the service provided by the Booldovers Library of Philipel- phia nearly 40 years ago. Seymur Eaton the founder of this Library,. had the exact idea which I am advo- cating and he had prepared admirable handbooks which were readers' guides this in relation to a score or more subjects; but for one reason or other, his servee did not live. But any person willed to read ac- cording to a plan and an objective • can, by his own initiative and enter- prise, compile a list of the right books to read; and if he will carry on with his plan and programme, , year after year, he can become a master of knowledge, and this knowl- edge he can probably sell at a high. price to some industrial or Co nner- cial organization. "TI. pure,' form in .61ah tobacco ten be amoked" n wie about Mexico; then I feel that These are: words; which I found somewhere: I do not know 'who first said them. it matters not who said them.' The Main matter *is, is it true that men who read rule men? Is it true that men who read' books are ruled by the writer's of books. Whether we consent to or dissent from the statement: that we are ruled by what we read, it is true that we often we are ruled by what others think. It is Hitler's thoughts which rule Germany and it is Mussolini's thoughts which rule Italy. Yet it is not true that Chamberlain's thoughts rule Britain, It is not true that Canada is ruled by the thoughts nt Premier King. In countries where b free thinking is permitted ,there will be diversity of opinions and there- fore diversity of conduct and prac- tice. It is not masses of people of which I ani thinking so much as individuals. I am thinking of myself, and it is very true that my' way of life is ruled by my thinking. 1: do not say that every act of mine s determined by my own thoughts. What I say is, my course through life is deter- mined by my thoughts. As a man thinketh, so is he. other, and each striving toward the should be able to apply to some same objective, will make the same centre, and get either a -printed leaf-, discovery -stainless steel' let, or a 'typed letter, outlining in a --in the same r let us say course of reading, and naming the: year. books which 1 should read. Or if my field of interest is oil. What is in my mind is this, zoom- aa- produced from the bowels of the ? ely: it is highly important what we earth, then'I contend than I should, . read; also that we read. Most of us, be able to get, from some central I. feel bound to say, are very eare- authority the outline. of a sound read. . less in regard to what we read. We Mg course, with names Of books to re not very selective. We read the be read'` books and magazines which lie close It. is true that we have in Canada • to our hand. We go to the public the excellent organization promoting library, ox to a lending library, and the Adult Education movement, but We scan the shelves hoping to find this organization, does not supply a book which will be enjoyed by us. reading courses. This is random reading. The book' , i which we take away with, us may Ari obvious provider of reading e a work of fiction; it may be a courses would be an association evade book of travel; it may be a biog- up of publishers of books, but so far raphy; it may be a book dealing with any association of beck publishers science, or animals, or the stars, or which may be in existence does. not politics ,ar literature. Yeb it is a Provide us in Canada -with outlinea book selected rather casually. of reading courses. aro ruled b'y our thoughts, and that a Now, no matter how good this book may be, it is not likely' to contribute much to our mental stature or to our culture, or to our powers to do better work. You will get my point more clearly if you will imagine a man's, going about gathering odd pieces of wood wood of eve h d 1 ' d zy s ape, size an an —to be used for building a house. Imagine the craziness of the struc- wo My thoughts are derived from oth- ofture catchwhich-as-youul-dcanbe jwoodust'Ian Evenassemthblye us in large measure — from. those dullest and thet h build whom I meet and from those to whom I listen and whose writings I read. It is true, of course, that I have thoughts of my own—but it would be very, hard indeed to have original thoughts. What we call original thinking is probably nothing more than fresh perceptions, of things or thoughts obtained from others—just new alloys, so to speak. That is to say our thoughts combine with oth- ers' thoughts, and something new emerges. These new thoughts of ours when communicated to others corn - bine with their thoughts, and some- thing new or afresh emerges from the the furnace of their mind. Soit goes on and on endlessly all over the world. Thus- may be explained the remarkable coincidences—when two persons having no connection with each other invent or discover things MISTER LOCAL MERCHANT MAKE SURE YOUR SALES MESSAGE AP- PEARS EVERY WEEK IN THESE COLUMNS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF LOCAL BUYERS AND THUS KEEP THE LOCAL DOLLARS AT HOME. Honest Aid! It was Lincoln, wasn't it, who gave us that epigram about. fooling same of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time? Times have changed. Same people, today; can't be fooled at all. There are -the ones who buy thoughtfully` and spend wisely. • They are guided by the most up-to-the-minute news about- products, prices and values. They read the advertisements in their local' paper. Whether you're marketing for tonight's dinner, - for a refrig- eratot or for a home --- the most reliable guides are printed' right here inthis paper for you: Make it a habit to shop at home, by newspaper, before you set out. It saves time . . . saves tiresome searching . .and it saves real, money.