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The Clinton News Record, 1936-01-30, Page 6AGE 6 E� CLINroN EW$-RECORI 1 m• el V o matzoh %r t d Bus Far v .mer el' , ( Furnishedbythe Department of Agriculture ') Taking Stock The farmer who takes stock now and plans for his farming opera- tions era tionsduring the coming crop season will be able to order his fertilizers, spraying material,, insecticides, etc., in ,good time. He will also be able to eliminate unprofitable hens, cows, and other animals, and otherwise cut the cost of production. • The, Spring Seed Sttpply Now is the time for. farmers to take stock of their spring seed re- •quirements. •Those who do not have sufficient seed of their own should .secure what they require as soon as possible, making sure that they are .getting the varieties recommended for , their part of the country. Far- mers who have their own seed should have it properly cleaned and graded before the spring rush. • Grains for the Breeding Ewe In early winter, with hay supply- ing the bulky part of the ration, breeding ewes in good condition have very little need for grain. Howev- er, with mixed or grass hays, some protein -rich concentrate should be added, One-quarter to one-half. a pound per day of a mixture of two parts- oats and one part bran gives very good results. Oats are relished by sheep. They strengthen the ewe, while bran furnishes the protein needed to balance the ration in ad- dition to assisting the digestive or- gans by its laxative qualities. Other grains, such as barley, corn, wheat and peas are fattening feeds and should not be used except in small quantities and .for ewes that are In very poor condition. They should always be fed in combination with bran and oats to Lighten the mixture. Convention Dates Arrangements ,have been com- pleted by the Agricultural Associa- tions concerned to hold their Annual Meetings and Conventions as an- nounced below (1936): Ontario Association of Agricultur- al Societies (formerly Ontario Asso- ciation of Fairs and Exhibitions)— Annual Convention, Tuesday and Wednesday, February 4 and 5, com- mencing at 9.30 a.m. King Edward Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Plowmen's Association — Annual Meeting, Thursday, February 6th, commencing at 10.30 a.ni. Direc- tors' Meeting at 9,30. King Edward Hotel, Toronto'. Ontario Field Crop and Seed Growls' Association -Annual Meet- ing, Friday, February 7th, commenc- ing at 9.30 a.m. King Edward Ho- tel, Toronto. Ontario Vegetable Growers' 'Asso- ciation—Annual Meeting on Tuesday February 11th, commencing at 9.30 a.m. Royal York Hotel,Toronto. Convention, Wednesday, February 12th, commencing at 9.30 a.m. Roya York Hotel, Toronto. Ontario Horticultural Association Annual Convention—Thursday and Friday, February 13 and 14, corn mencing at 9 a.m. Royal York Ho tel, Toronto. Ontario Fruit Growers' Associa tion, Annual Convention —February 12, 13 and 14, at the Royal Con naught, Hotel, Hamilton: Corn Growers' Association Annua Corn and Grain Show—At Chatham Ont., February 11 to 13. Pedigree School Held Members of the Haldimand County Holstein Calf Club have now a bet ter idea of the value of a pedigree and the manner in which an extended pedigree is prepared, as a result of a "Pedigree School" held recently a Hagersville, This is the first schoo of its kind to have been held in the Province of • Ontario and was organ ized by Mr. Byron G. Jenvey of the Extension Department of the Hol stein -Friesian Association of Canada in co-operation with A. Gordon Skin ner, Agricultural Representative fo the county. The purpose of the meeting, was first, to interest members of th Boys' Calf Club in pedigrees in gen eral and to give some instruction and assistance in the preparing and studying 'of same. Sixteen member of the club were present, togethe with a number of parents and friends, and very keen interest wa displayed by all, Mr. Jenvey, in introducing th subject, explained what constituted an ordinary pedigree and pointed ou the 'Value of having the more eon plete information. A specimen ex tended pedigree was worked out on a blackboard to demonstrate the me tliod followed in preparing same Milk records for the various individ eats were filled in to complete the pedigree. Each boy then made an extended pedigree for his own calf or some animal in the home herd using a complete set of herd books made available through the kindness of Mr, Jenvey, 1 HONOURABLE END by D. Wilson MacGregor The two old men looked at eael other, levelly, across the table. Their eyes met, full of meaning, sad with the knowledge that they had reaches the end of life. Into the silence of the room pene trated the subdued clanking of ma- chinery — the familiar noises of an old tramp steamer as she lumbered into the short eross seas. The third mate rattled a poker as he stocked' the stove in the messroom, next door. Ile began to whistle cheer- fully, There was a clatter of heavy crockery from the stewart's quar- ters. Frain forward came the stac- coto double clang of the bell, echoed presently from the bridge overhead. announcing fifteen minutes to the change of watch. The two old men lowered their eyes, with furrowed brows. They presented a sharp contrast. Captain Joseph Hook, of the tramp steamer Carrick Moor, looked his age an immense man, with the shoulders and the strength of an ox. His great' fists were work -scarred and iron -hard, and under his cuffs dais wrists' thickened to swelling forearm muscles. His face, surmounted by a closely cropped bristle of white hair, had, in its beetling brows, its puckered eyelids and keen grey eyes, its prominent hooked nose and wide mouth and massive jaw, a vitality and strength that were arresting: a face you would not really forget the face of a elan who would never be disobeyed. But the great shoulders! sagged, and the hands spread out on the' table seemed to have been drain- ed of their strength; and the shabby old coat with its tarnished braid,- and the frayed stiff collar and stringy black tie, wen. pathetic — so far as l anything about that man could be pathetic, t .Andrew Grey was a little, round, fat roan, with a snub nose, a tiny, pout- ing mouth, wide, candid, childish a eyes, and podgy hands with fingers e so short!and thick that he had . dif•. ficuity in clasping them together. He b 'breathed in quick, anxious respire t tions, as if breathing were a vexation, and might at any moment become an impossibility, 1 Captain Hook broke the silence. "That's the way of it, Andy," he - said, in a low voice. "I thought I ought to tell you." The engineer blinked rapidly, .and w nodded agitating the series of chins. s "I—I suppose so Joe," he pro- nounced at last, in a gasp, and low- erect his eyes quickly. Hook's mouth grew grimmer still. "The ole girl's done," he went on, h "Done, see? Fifteen years we been on a her, Andy, you and me, The deck and the -engine-room don't mix much, but to I know what a good Chief means, on a ship. I know . Laid up -- p that's what. a And who would want old Andrew Grey now? Or Captain Joseph Hook, p for that "natter? Both lonely old men e both without kith or km, without pro-' A spects, with nothing but their inex- b pugnable' loyality. on The Chief raised his head suddenly, to with a jerk. Ile agitated the whole In of his little fat body in order to clench P a podgy fist and thump the table, voicing his futile resentment. fi "By heaven!" he burst ou,t in his m shrill pip.e 'If it was me on the bridge sh the old girl'd meet a proper end. Fir- ed teen years I've been on her, Joe-- fair weather and foul." co Hook's eyes glinted suddenly, and we he ahnost smiled. Grey, catching that w glint drew back,. taking a sharp ra breath. He blinked uneasily. la's "The old girl's fit for years yet, Andy," Hook said, quietly. "And us. to too. But Moor can't afford an overhaul the can't keep her in commission. If he pa tad a bit more capital, he5could tide the over the slack time. He could keep own he rest of the fleet afloat, anyway. 5 But he hasn't, So the Carrick's done.". cre Grey watched him anxiously, with the nervous twisting of his thick fing- leng I's. He. was' appalled by the rashness and of his own outburst—appalled, too, abre y its implications, and its dangers. " "Us, too," he blurted, quickly, to, ton, shift the ground. "What happens to us? Laid up!" `And ,lucky to get a job ;of work as watchmen, Andy," Hook 'added very quietly; and then laughed, a short,' sharp bark. "But' • she nedn't ever be laid up, Andy. Nor us either. She might — go down. The Chief went white to . the lips. He held his' breath; but Hook' smiled at him, steadily. We're due to go out soon, you and me, Andy.' What's it Matter? It might as well be now. And I know what I'ni doing. I've got it all'worked out, I take sdle charge: Stand the mate's watch—he's got a bad throat. Enter it in the log. Order the' bo'sum to swing` out the boats for overhaul -- port inspection, see?'Leave 'em out. That'll be let's see. Maybe you don't know, but after steering near due east for close on a couple of weeks on end there's what's called induced magnetism in the compass, and it takes time to work off when you alter course. Throws you. out in your calculations. What if it threw us out — enough? His eyes were calm. He dipped an immense forefinger in a water carafe, and traced' upon the 'table cloth the rough outline of a chart. "We're off Rathlin now. Ease speed, and we can get to Pladda after dark, Holy Isle's steep -to. A rub shore and she's finished. Sheer off into deep Water again -down like'a stone. Grey stared ,at'him, sweating and appalled. His mouth worked. He low- ered his eyes. The captain watched him, keenly, patiently; and at last the little man spoke, with a catch in his voice.- "By thunder, Joe! If we ran into fog!" Hook sat back; hiding his relief, and layghed dryly. He rose, and when the Chief squeezed himself out of his seat he towered over him, immense and solid and unshakable, makng the sa- loon seen small and cramped and low. "Half speed Andy," he said, quiet- ly, and held out his hand. Grey left him wordlessly; and for a long mo- ment he stood there, shoulders square and the great head on its massive neck held rigidly erect. He smiled. He went on deck. The Carrick Moor was nearing the Mull of Kintyre now, the black rocky headland showing up in the late after- noon haze. The boats were swung out, and a couple of seamen in each mop- ped and scrubbed and overhualed ropes and tackle. The sun, red and fat, was suspended 'midway up the sky, giving scarcely sufficient light to throw a shadow upon the bridge deck as the captain walked, with his state- ly tread, towards the ladder. The ship, lifting her head with painful delibera- tion, canted up, then sank slowly again, until grey, water grew beyond her bows, seemed to rise in a solid mass, while the stern reared itself on the crest of a long roller. The throb of the engines was lazy for Grey, reporting to Beatton, the mate, that he was saving coal, had reduced speed. Hook cast a slow, cir culatory glance about, and his eyes hardened with satisfaction. He noted also, on the horizon, a faint haze that blurred contours and presently blot ted out all sign of land; and the sky had grown leaden and low. "Call me if I'm needed," he said curtly and sought the seclusion of his cabin. He lay down, fully dressed and let himself slip into a doze. He had arrears of sleep to make up, and he must be fresh and clear-headed for what was to come. He slept. hours later he came to with a start, ide awake and on his feet. He had witched on the light almost before he had consciously identified the ound that had aroused him. It was epeated soon — a hoarse wheezing that set the floor vibrating beneath is feet, then a rattling cough, and the deep, sonorous note of the siren— desolate, troubled roar. He was on the bridge before Beat- n's hand tugged the lanyard again. "Pretty thick, sir," the mate re- orted. "Ran into it five minutes go." The sky had closed down until it ressed upon the masts, which piece- d it arid lost their tops in its haze. Vey pall blotted otic the red and ulbous sub, and the,niavigation light the mainmast was a pale, uncer- in glow. Two deep -throated notes rapid succession sounded awlty to Ort. "Mull of Kintyre," Hook nlutteired, ngering his jaw. It was folldWecl al- ost at, once by Salida, gild When the ip's siren roared again it produc- an echo, faint acid muffled. "As she -is, Mr- Beatton,", Hook mmanded. "When Sanda's astern '11 alter donate for Pladda. Feel our ay up the Firth by the east of Ar - n, the way the'Anchor liners do. sheer,, and you get a good echo." A shattering ,discordant voice bel wed from the white' opacity ahead, diaphone of an Atlantic liner, im- ient tat this enforced delay so near 1 open ocean and the safety of her transatlantic lane. anda was muffled now. The ship pt on, pushing her bluff bows into wooly mass. Hook paced the th of the narrow bridge, staid imperturbiable. Pladda drew ast. ' You can go below now, Mr. Beat- " he said, abruptly. "'Bad for your , throat, this, I'll 'carry: on from here." The mate, surpgrised, felt dlnaly grateful. He took Iris indigestion, and his sore throat down to his own room without a qualm. Hook came to a'halt and remained quite still, gazing unwinkingly ahead, his hand on the siren lanyard His eyes were dark with crowding thoughts and memories. He was de- void of , fear, He , had chosen '' his course nothing remained but to set it, and keep steadfast to the end. The fog puzzled him. It• might seen an answer to Andy's prayer. But ` it added to his difficulties. 'It meant that his position was vague, guess- able only, and that he could not pre. dict the place nor the moment when the impact would occur. And down below, the Chief felt the movement of the ship as she answer- ed her helm, and knew that there was to be no weakening, no escape. He perspired, in glistening rivulets. His hands trembled,, and his breath came. fast. He kept his eyes fixed on the telegraph dial and it fascinated him, hypnotized him, for he thought, drumming in his brain, that this wbuld be the last thing his eyes would ever see . Yet he must be calm, ready for the moment of crisis, to order the third engineer, who was on duty to summon out the firemen and lead them to safety up the nar- row, twisting iron stair. He wanted to shout now, to turn to hint and yell at him that Hook was about to murder the ship, that they must save themselves. And leave him below. He heard a muffled roar of the siren; and, up top, Hook listened With strained ears to the acho that came sharply from the cliffs. The wind had died. The beat of the screw was lifeless, dull, without resonance. The world was reduced to an area no larger than the ship, a world inhabited exclusively by her thirty men. But the musical notes of Holy Isle, high and low, came out of the obscurity to break this illusion; and Hook tensed to another sound, faint on the starboard, an echo, ghostly and impalpable of the Holy Isle horns. Ile turned about as he tugged the lanyard again; and this time the echoes came from either hand. Another pulse, like a throbbing un- THURS., JAN. 3t).;;10,36 -dercurrent, crept across the steady rhythm, of the old tramp's progress. Then a blast that,seenied tremendous in its promitiy', Bet the heavy air quivering and brought an abrupt sus- pension of all movements on board. Hook, sprang. For all his years, he sprang clear across the.` bridge and snached at the telegraph while .he yelled to the steersman, "Hard astarboard! Hard, man!" A biaek shape .lornned out of the fog; and the darkness as the ship rat- tled and shook to the vibration of en- gines thrown into reverse—a shape, that brought with it a sudden crescen- do of sound, the clank and roar of machinery, thud of the crew. A big frieghter steaming across the Carrick Moor's bows, steaming straight for the cliffs of Holy Isle. Hook's huge fists clenched them- selves upon the bridge rail. For . a moment he stared stupidly at his handiwork — at this conquest of in- stinct that had defeated him. A. sec - (Continued on page 7) ATTRACTIVE TOUR FOR POULTRY CONGRESS When the World's Poultry Con- gress opens at Leipzig, Germany, on July 24th next, the Dominion De- partment of Agriculture will have, as at previous congresses, one of the most attractive exhibits, part of which will be a display of live birds. An enjoyable itinerary of England, France, Switzerland, Germany, Bel- gium, and. Holland has been arrang- ed for those who plan to attend the Congress. The sailing date from Montreal is July 10th •and the arri- val at Liverpool is timed for July 17th. From there the journey will embrace London, - Paris, Geneva, and Lucerne, arriving at Leipzig, via Basle, on July 23rd for the Congress which will be in session until August 2nd. On August 3rd the tour will be continued to Nuremberg, Munich, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, The Hague, London, and Leaming- ton, leaving Liverpool homeward bound on August 14th. At each of the places in the itinerary, there will be a stop -over from one to three days. PR� 6INGyF]�`OIt EXPORT POULTRY, fl "Possibly Canada has never enjoy- ed' a more promising outlook in an export way for any agricultural pro- duct ;than is offeree(' for Canadian poultry, particularly, frozen chickens• on the 'British market," states a re- cent issue of the , Egg and Poultry Market Report published by the Do- minion Department of Agriculture. "There is, as a matter of fact, very little competition in, the way of fin- ished, inished, lnilkfed poultry, such as Can-, ada should be able to supply. "Britain' herself ' is making very little effort in this direction, while of the foreign countries Poland and Hungary are the nearest competitors at present.. Poultry front Canada and the other Dominions enters the British Isles duty free while that from other countries has to face a tariff of 3 pence, or 6 cents a pound. There is no recommendation in the recently -issued report of the British Re -organization Commission on the Import of Eggs and Poultry of any change in the tariff on dressed poul- try and no suggestion of quotas or other similar -restrictions, "What the British market wants is a breasty, fatted chicken equivalent to the Canadian grades of Milkfed A and Milfed B: There is little advan- tage to Canada in shipping to the British Isles anything other than finished poultry. Considerable da- mage was done last year to the re- putation of Canadian poultry through the relatively large quantities of Se- lected B and Selected C birds that were exported without any counter- balancing effect of higher grades in the same shipment. "As a result of efforts put forth re- cently, a much larger percentage of the poultry going forward is in the higher grades and from the repeat orders that are being received, this year gives promise of being the best export year in poultry that Canada has ever enjoyed." "The export situation warrants in- creased production of market poultry in Canada but there is not the same justification for greater egg produc- tion" states the Agricultural Situa- tion and Outlook, 1936 which has just been published. A consideration; of the probable• level of farm prices and of the vol- ume of farm products to be market ed during the first half of 1936 indi- cates that, for Canada as a wholes, farm income is likely to be somewhat higher than' for thesame period of 1935, according to The Agricultural Situation and Outlook, 1936. From January 1, 1936, the United States tariff on Canadian cows,, weighing 700 pounds or more each and imported specially for dairy pur- poses, has been reduced from S. cents to 1 1-2 cents per pound, under, the Canada—United States trade a- greement. The 1935 yield of maple syrup Canada amounted to 2,251,000 gal- lons, as compared with 1,838,000 gal- lons in 1934, an increase of 22,5 per cent. Production of maple sugar was 6,539,000 pounds in 1935 com- pared with 4,941,000 pounds in, 1934, an increase of 32.3 per cent. READ ALL THE ADS: IN• THE NEWS -RECORD. POULTRY EQUIPMENT' eq. 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