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The Clinton News Record, 1936-12-17, Page 8ME 8 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., DEC17, 1936 Time1g : Information for the Bush Farmer furnishedthe Department of A ric Agriculture) ( by g u ) ately they are easily controlled and by using ordinary ' precautions the flock, may be )rept' free- and, clean; The usual practice MI the Experimen- tal Station at Harrow is to apply' Blue Ointment, which can be obtained at any drug store. A portion of Bltle Ointment about the size :of a pea is smeared between the thumb and first and second fingers and rubbed in around,: the vent and at the base of ammommilma the wing close to the body. One thorough application when the birds Hay Market Repor r February 9 Ontario Plowmen's Ass'n., (Xing Edward Hotel, Toren - The followm g wa fur- , information s, n'shed- by Seed $ranch offices throughout Ontario. The prices giv- en`are those offered or paid growers for baled haper ton and thesup- plies sur Y 1 plies given represent hay unsold by growers: Prices:—In the eastern part of the province, alfalfa no. 2 grade $10'. Red Clover and timothy mixed no. 2 grade, $5 to $7. No. 2 timothy $5:50 to $9. In northern Ontario, . no. 2 timothy $10. At Fort William, no 1 timothy and no, 1 clover $10. In south-west- ern Ontario no. 2 timothy $8 to $10. Alfalfa no. 2 grade $9 to $11. Wheat and oat straw $3 to $5. Rye straw $4 to $6. Supply:—A fairly Iarge supply is located in the eastern and northern parts of the province. There is also a sufficient supply in south-western Ontario as there.was a large carry over from the 1935 crop. Sonne 900 carloads of timothy and clover hay are located in Rainy River, Dryden and Fort William districts in, north- western Ontario. Demand: — Quiet generally, the main exception being in northern Ontario where a fair quantity of hay is moving to the lumber camps and cities, A. small quantity of alfalfa is moving from south-western Ontario for export to the United States. Supplements Needed for Winter Feeding Dr. O. McConkey of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, strikes a note of timely warning in a recent bulletin when he says: "In the drought areas of the province miner- al deficiency troubles with livestock will be more acute during the winter feeding period of 1936-37, because phosphorus is not readily taken in by plants during dry seasons. The win- ter feeds will contain less phosphorus than usual, and it will be a wise pre- caution to start feeding a recognized mineral supplement early in the stn- bre feeding period and so prevent trouble and loss." "Hay," says Dr. McConkey, "is the most valuable crop grown in On- tario; it covers 30 percent. of the cul- tivated acreage .... Some farmers are producing hay which is four times higher in protein than others, and a considerable percentage of our hay is too low in the essential minerals to maintain healthy animals." There is no need to pay fancy pri- ces for mineral supplements, The necessary minerals, supplied in pro- per form and balance, are not costly, with the exception of iodine; but this element, fortunately, is required in only very small amount. Agricultural Conventions Plans are well advanced for the an- nual meetings and conventions of sev- eral Provincial organizations concern- ed with the welfare and promotion of important divisions of Agriculture, The following dates have been an- nounced by the officers:— Jan. 13-14 - Ontario Vegetable Crgwer$' Ass'n,, (Royal York Hotel, • Terence) r February 10—Ontario Field Crop & Seed Growers' Ass'n., (King; Edward Hotel, Toronto). Feb. 11-12—Ontario : Ass'n. of Fairs and Exhibitions, (Ring Edward Hotel, Toronto). Feb. 18-19— Ontario Horticultural Association (King Edward Hotel, To- ronto), Ladies to Discuss Fall Fairs Rural women with ideas on the im- provement of fall fairs will have an opportunity to express and discuss them, if plans of the Ontario Asso- ciation of Agricultural Societies de- velop, as expected. For the first time a separate meet- ing of women delegates, is being ar- ranged, as part of the annual Agri- cultural Society Convention, to be held in Toronto, February 11-12, 1937 Miss Bess McDermid, Director of the are being placed in their winter quar- ters is usually sufficient to keep them clean- for the year. However, the birds should be examined at intervals because a re -infestation may occur during hot 'weather. The red mites do not stay on the birds constantly. As a rule they spend the day in some crave or crevice or on the underside of the roosts, prey- ing on the birds at night by piercing the skin and gorging themselves with blood. The control' is comparatively simple. A. solution of• 1 to 3 crude carbolic and kerosene or one of the good coal tar preparations' usually used as a disinfectant may be applied with a brush to the dropping boards, roosts, and nests after they have been thoroughly- scraped and cleaned." In. the ease of a bad infestation, when the mites have migrated to all parts I,of the house, a thorough cleaning and spraying with one of these agents Lwill be necessary and should be re- peated after an interval of two or Women's Institutes Branch, has kind-Itnree gays. ly undertaken to provide demonstra- tions and leaders for discussion, An afternoon will be devoted to prob- lems confronting Women's Copmmit- tees. No division of the fair is more im- portant than the Women's Depart- ment, and there are no more ardent workers than the lady directors. It is hoped, where at all possible, there will be at least one lady delegate from each Society. Timothy 'Widely Used Timothy is used in Canada almost to the exclusion of other grasses, largely because clean seed of strong vitality is generally available at a low price. The expense per acre of seeding is Iess than with any' other grass. Timothy, if fed alone, is of low nutritive value for growing ani- ' mals or for milk production, because lit is deficient in flesh -forming consti- 1 tuents. It is, therefore, not a pro- 1 fitable fodder by itself for those pur- poses. A liberal mixture of clover im- proves it. It is favored for work hor- ses that have heavy grain rations as well, and, on account of its digesti- bility, it is the standard hay for liv-I ery horses required to work immedia-' tely after feeding. Poultry Parasites At this season red mites and body lice frequently cause serious loss in production, deaths may follow a bad infestation among, both the young and the old stock, and considerable time and care may be required to bring the! flock back into condition after the trouble has been located. Carelessness or unsanitary condi- tions are usually responsible for the presence of these pests. They thrive on dirty hens and multiply rapidly in filth if it is allowed to accumulate in corners or cracks and crevices of the henhouse. Lice live entirely on the body of the bird and irritate by crawling and biting. Their eggs are laid at the base of the feather, usually around the vent ol• under the wing. Fortun- Package Cheese Law Effective Jan. 1, 1937 The law regarding the standardiza- tion of packaged cheese as to weight comes into effect on January 1, 1937. On and after that date, it will be ne- cessary that packaged cheese conform to a standard of weights as follows, either one-quarter, one-half, one pound or multiples thereof. Sec. 7 (2) of Part 1 of The Dairy • Industry Act reads as follows: "On and after the first of Janu- ary, 1937, no person shall manufac- ture, import into Canada, sell, of- fer or have in possession for sale, any package cheese unless such package contains cheese of the full net weight of one-quarter pound, one-half pound, one pound or mul- tiplies thereof, but nothing itt this sub -section shall be held to apply to cheese of indiscriminate weight manufactured by individual farmers and sold by them." This means that after January 1st, 1937, the odd sized packages of cheese will disappear from the Cana- dian market and the consumer will purchase packaged cheese in only the above mentioned sizes, namely, one- quarter, one-half, one pound or mul- tiples thereof. The phrase "but nothing in this sub -section shall be held to apply to cheese of indiscriminate weight man- ufactured by individual farmers and sold by then;" means that home- made cheese is not subject to this leg- islation. Home-made cheese may be of any weight but it must be made by a farmer as well as sold by him. The Summerland (B.C.) laboratory of the Dominion Department of Ag- riculture reports that the success ob- tained in the control of certain types of physiological disorders of fruit trees by means of boric acid has re- sulted in the addition of 40,000 boxes of perfect fruit to the harvest of the Okanagan 'growers. Six ear loads of boric acid were used in the district in the fell Qt'1936, 3YEARSTOPAY! • It is very much to your advantage to put your order in for RIB -ROLL or TITE-LAP metal roofing right away -- this week. In the first place, steel prices - are going up. You will have to pay more if you wait. But the Government's Home Improvement Plan now lets you do much-needed roofing and repairing with three years to pay for it! An • opportunity you should not mise! WE COOPERATE TO PRACTICALLY ELIMINATE CARRYING CHARGES Under the Home Improvement Plan there is a 3}S % discount on advances by the banks. Eastern Steel Products Limited is helping Ito • customers to almost wipe out this charge. We have adopted a 3% cash -with -order plan. Sp buy. now. Get a new, durable, non -leaking, thoroughly weatherproof roof on these easy,. moneysaving terms. Save extra money by ordering beforerising steel prices force roof- ' ing prices up. We urge you with all sincerity to take advant- age of this+ remarkable opportunity. Get free cost estimate by simply sending us ridge and rafter measurements. When kyle you get this cost estimate, go to your banker. will show you how you can get the money for your re -roofing needs under the Home Improvement Plan. The whole transaction can be completed in short order. T!IAr ROOF WOULD NAVE COST ME A LOT MORE IF 12, WAITED,! -Insist on RIB -ROLL OR TITE-LAP METAL ROOFING « .. . • These two roofings have features developed exclusively by Eastern Steel Products Limited. They are Canada's greatest roofing values. RIB -ROLL and TITE-LAP do not warp, bulge or leak. They are positively weather-proof, durable, good-looking permanent. Can be laid quickly over sheeting or right over olid shingles. RIB -ROLL and TITE-LAP are widely but unsuccess- fully imitated, so be sure you do not get an inferior brand. If your dealer does not handle RIB -ROLL and 'il'1'L-LAP roofing he is not an Eastern Steel Products dealer. GUELPH $TREE;, PRESTON ONT, 4;b ;FACTORIES ,ALSO AT MON`fREAL and TORONTO PIONEERS OF COMPANY -BULLI BARNS AND MAKERS OP THE FAMOUS PRESTON, STEEL TRUSS BAIRN, SOLE MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF 1AlVIESWAY POULTRY EQUIPMENT O13dLi. KLNDS. Feeding Pullets For Egg Production (Experimental Farms; Note) Different methods of feeding pil- lets have given .-satisfactory results and each individual must decide 'fox himself just what plan will be follow - I ed. Most poultrymen prefer to sim- plify the feeding methods as much as possible and if the necessary feeds are supplied, there seems to be no ne- cessity of following practices involv- ing extra labour; such as feeding a tem moist mash. In fact -better results may be• obtained by the dry ;feed sys- ' Iunless onehas had considerable experience in feeding pulllets. Pullets should be in good condition when they are put in the laying house ) and they should be fed so as to slight- ly increase their body weight durin • g g, the first few months after beginning egg production. If body weight.de- creases, due ecreases,-due to presence of colds; fain -I tyfeeding or any other'eause,a par- tial moult is likely to occur and pro- duction will be affected for a consid- erable time. At the Dominion Experimental Sta- tion, Fredericton; N.B., a dry mash is fed in hoppers where the hens can have free access to it. It is advisable to put a' small amount, of fresh mash in the hoppers each day rather than to fill the hoppers sufficiently to last several days, as the birds will be more eager for the fresh mash. A mixture of whole grains, made up of two parts wheat and one part each of cracked corn, barley and oats is fed in the litter night and morning. T,he'birds are fed so that they will be eager for the grain and about one- third of the day's supply is fed in the morning. The grain for the even- ing feed may be supplied in troughs, if desired. Pure water, oyster shell and grit are available at all tines and green feed is supplied daily. The mash mixture at this Station consists of 100 pounds each of ground oats, middlings, bran and corn meal, 25 pounds each of fish meal and meat scrap, 15 pounds bone meal, 5 pounds each of charcoal and fine salt and, during the fall and winter months, 10 pounds of cod liver oil. If sour skim milk or buttermilk is available, it makes an excellent supplement to this ration and unless very heavy egg production is desired, the amount of fish ureal and meat scrap may be re- duced when milk is fed. One hundred laying pullets will eat on the average about 24 pounds of feed, grain and mash combined, per day. The proper proportion of grain and mash to feed must be determined' by the attendant, but it is usually' necessary to feed considerably more grain than mash during the fall and early winter. When production is at its peak, more'. mash than grain will likely be 'consumed. For fu,ier information write to the Publicity and Extension Branch, Do- minion Department of, Agriculture for Bulletin No. 165, Poultry . Feeds and Feeding, lenders and Australians consume both for France. • Livestoclf, numbers, adds:; mutton and: beef, the total consump-[the Summary, do not afford areliable- tion "of meat: in each ; of the three indication of neat production, duo countries being over 200 pounds per largely to the different purposes for head of population.'' In Canada, the which the animals' may be kept. Cat- United States and Great Britain the' tle may be intended primarily for per capita eonsu'mptlon 'of meat av- milk production or for draught putt- erages about '140 pounds, of which poses, and in the largest sheep -rats- beef and pork are eaten in about e- ing countries wool is of more impor. qua' quantities in Canada and the tance than niutton. India, With mora United States, while the 140 pounds than one-quarter of the world's cat per,' head consumption in Great Bri- tle, does not figure as an important.. thin is divided up, into 65 pounds beef; beef -producing country. _As in tbe• 45 pounds pork, and 30 pounds mut- case of livestoe4 numbers, figures of Feeder Cattle Policy ton. I slaughterings are not available for, European countries, in general, the - world as a .whole and. only for - Concession Extendedt consume less' meat. Germany: eats: some of the countries which sham- e In order further to accommodate farmers in the movement of cattle and lambs to Eastern Canada from the dried -out areas of the Prairie Pro-, vinces, and in, view of the continued open weather favourable to the trans- portation of livestock, the assistance nice pork than beef; France more the international trade in meat. From. beef than pork, and neither consume estimates available, it seems clear any material amount of mutton,their, that beef production in the principal aggregateconsumption of meat being producing countries declined between,' approximately 110 pounds per head 1925 and 1931, but that an appreciable,. 'for Germany and i.. 90 pounds per head recovery Vas since occurred, offered by the Dominion Department 1 • Given of Agriculture under the terms of Record Service the e Feder Freight Policy has been extended to December 16. The con- cession originally applied only on shipments made prior to December 1. Under the Feeder Freight Policy one-half of the freight charges will be rebated by the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture on carload ship- ! ments of feeder cattle two years of age and under and on lambs born in 1936 which are purchased at and ishipped from a country point in the 1 prescribed drought areas of the Prairie Provinces. The refund is not• made until the stock has been fed by the applicant for a period of at least three months in the case of cattle and two months in the case of lambs. The Feeder Purchase Policy under which one way transportation and expenses of a farmer or his agent who goes to Western Canada to purchase one or more carloads of feeder cattle or feeder lambs is paid will be in ef- fect until December 31, 1936. World's Greatest Meat Eaters According to the official summary of figures of world production and trade relating to meat, which includes beef, mutton and lamb, bacon, hams and pork, cattle, sheep, pigs and can- ned meat, compiled by the Imperial Economic Committee, there are strik- ing contrasts in the apparent con- sumption of neat per head in various countries. The peoples of New Zea- land, Australia, and Argentina are large ;neat eaters. The Argentinians eat mainly beef only; the New Zea - Ontario's Children B .. Hos flim For Sick Children ; :Generosity of •Public Permits Care For All Regardless of Race, Creed or Circumstance The Hospital for Sick Children in ;Toronto is surely an institution in which every citizen of Ontario may well take real pride. Operated as I practically one big Public Ward, it makes possible medical treatment ,and hospital care to needy children from every corner of Ontario. During the twelve months just ended, 6,345 cot patients were serv- ed for a total of 139.747 patient days, Over 8,000 operations were perform - 'ed. Over 600,000 meals were served. And the Out -Patient Department gave 84,414 individual treatments. Every day dozens of doctors come to the Hospital to donate their time {and talent in the operating rooms; idle out-patient clinic and in bedside service. i It is a notable fact that the Hos- ; pital for Sick Children has one of the lowest ratios of expense per !patient day among all similar hos- ; pitals in North America, despite the :fact that the care of children in- ', volves so much extra service includ- ing, in many cases, pre-school train- ing. And despite the fact that the many, many problem cases directed to this institution create extra costs ;over and above ordinary hospital requirements. Over 400 of the 420 beds in the ;Hospital are for those in very mod- erate clrcr-imstances, or those who !are receiving municipal relief. ; The rate per day, chargeable to .the patient's parents (if able to pay) or to their municipality, is fixed att 31.75. There are no extra charges. The use of serums, modern health appliances and many other costly but vitally necessary items, cannot be provided for out of the fixed. allowances for needy patients, Nor - do they provide for the medicines,. orthopaedic appliances. etc.. supplied; in thousands of cases. Despite the fact that kiddies re=. quire especially expensive hospital' care, the government ailowancesare•. thesame as for those caring chiefly- for hieflyfor adults. The cost of serving patients is therefore $1.00 per day more than the combined income from parents, (or municipality), plus the govern.. ment grant in spite of the low bo. pense ratio and the free service oE' the doctors, So, each year, the Hospital for; Sick Children appeals to you for s donation to help meet the defleft resulting from its service to the needy. This deficit cannot be elim- inated; in fact, it must increase if, the demand for service to more and. more children is to be met. Everyone who understands the! fact must want this great work to continue despite the fact that the more patients who are treated the greater the annual deficit becomes. Remember, the Hospital receives no support from the Toronto Feder- ation for Community Service, be- cause patients are accepted front alb parts of the province. Nevertheless. no Ontario child should be dented health if mere money makes the difference. Mail a donation to -day to the Appeal Secretary, The Hospital for Sick Children, 67 College Street, Toronto. The thanks of little children wilt: be your reward. q , b 1 Ntic)tr the 7 'deli' 1,110 los Ilk ',Ilu'u ,.,'fi • 0. '49G WG The NewswRecord From Now Until Dec. 31, I937 fi WHAT GIFT WOULD BRING MORE REAL PLEASURE TO ALL MEM- BERS OF THE FAMILY? For $I.50 The Clinton News-Kecord Gives the News of .Clinton. and Coinmutiity Road I'