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The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-29, Page 7PAGE THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JULY 29, 1937.. narrnimaiumpodalimaNa MEOW EWS AND HAPP.ENIN.C8 OF INTEREST TO FARAER8 Three j Information for the i3u g Farmer Furnished by the Department of Agriculture) Farni Youth Active One of the distinctive features of modern agriculture in Ontario is the prominenceof youth in all that pert- ains to the industry. This was not always so. In times gone by, owing to force of circumstances there was little inducement to youth on the farm further than a love of hard work, but, since the interest of young people has been aroused, the love of achieve- ment in the oldest and greatest of all industries has placed the young farm- er 'in a position of commanding im- portance. This commanding position is in reality the outcome of one of the most progressive and encouraging move- ments of modern times, namely, farm club organization for boys and girls. Officially known as "Boys and Girls" Farm Club Work in Canada,"' the movement is designed to develop in- terest•in the farm and farm life; to provide a practical education. in ag- riculture and home economics: to en- courage the use of better livestock and seed: and to train young people for citizenship in their respective dis- tricts. Potash in Agriculture Potash is one of the three "essent- ial elements of fertility" —nitrogen,. phosphoric acid ana potash.. These elements have received this appellat- ion not because they are any more essential to the growth of crops than the other nine or ten elements enter- ing into the composition of plant tis- sues, but because they are the three which must be constantly returned to the soil if its productiveness is to be maintained under our ordinary syst- ems of farming, which, as we know, entail the removal and sale of at least' a portion of our crops. If Of these three elements, potash is, the more widely distributed and less frequently deficient in soils than � nit- rogen and phosphoric acid and may I be considered the least important from the standpoint of the necessity' of application. Clay looms as a rule are well supplied with potash and sel- dom respond profitably to an applicat- ion of a special potassic fertilizer. Indeed, upon heavy days such an ap- plication may depress the yield by bringing about an unfavourable con- dition of tilth. It is more particularly sandy and gravelly looms, limestone .112.101941.1 soils and soils rich in vegetable mat- ter such as mucks and peaty looms, which are poor in potash and upon which this element may be expected to give a profitable return, Again, it is not all crops that call for potassic manuring. On our staple cereal crops, wheat and oats, potash seldom gives a remunerative return. save on thelightest and, driest soils. Barley, for malting purposes, is to some extent an exception among cer- eals, frequently responding profitably to potassic manures and particularly so on sandy soils. Crop Conditions The latest crop report prepared by the Statistics Branch shows that field crops generally in Old Ontario made phenomenal growth in the month of June. An abundance of moisture and fairly cool weather provided the best growing conditions' experienced in years. Fall wheat and fall rye, }fay and clover, spring grains and pastures grew very rapidly. Fall wheat is now ripening ,in Western Ontario and in the more southerly part harvesting will commence within a very few days. Bumper yields will be obtained on most fields, -but lodging has re- duced the yield somewhat on some stands. Spring grains have develop- ed so rapidly in most of Central and Southwestern Ontario as to com- pletely offset the extreme lateness of seeding. Early oats and barley prem- ise excellent yields. In Eastern Ont- ario spring grains have made good growth but are still below average. In Lake Erie counties frequent rains have interfered- with haying operat- ions and made curing difficult. As a result a considerable quantity of hay in this sedtion will be of inferior quality. • Weeds are the worst in years as late seeding and wet condit- ions of the soil have prevented cul- tivating. However crop conditions on the whole are quite promising in Old Ontario. In the major portion of Northern Ontario the weather since seeding has been too dry for satis- factory growth. The hay crop is especially poor and spring grains are backward and need rain for continued development. Grasshoppers are caus- ing considerable damage in sections of Sudbury, Algoma and Manitoulin, and applications of poison bran have been necessary. Weeds As A Menace To Tourist Resorts Canada's Herbarium of wild plants ander the supervision of the Division of Botany at the Central Experiment- al Farm, Dominion Department of Agriculture, is an exceptionally fine collection. Some of the plants are of economic value asfood, drugs, fibre and oil producing, while others are noxious or poisonous. The Herbarium is a storehouse of knowledge access- ible to everyone for reference and in- quiry, and a valuable medium, among other things, of protection for the Canadian public. For example, rag- weed is the principal cause of hay fever, and recently an officer of the Division of Botany engaged in East- ern Canada to eolleet seeds and plants for the Herbarium took the opportun , ity to make a survey of the prevalence of ragweed and poison ivy, particular- ly in the vicinity of tomistresorts. Although heavy expenditure is be- ing incurred 'on theimprovements of roads to attract tourists, it did not appear that anything was being done to eradicate the Vobjeetionable rag- weed. There have been many inquiries about mushrooms at the Herbarium and many collections of these plants Were sent to the Herbarium and other collections brought in for identificat- ion. For many years, limes have been exported to Canada and the United States from the British West Indies, packed in barrels ,weighing 160 to 180' lbs., and containing about 1,600 fruits. This system of export is now considered undesirable, the modern view being that fruit should be pack- ed in 24 Ib. lugs (the standard flat tomato lug) and shipped as refrig- erated cargo, so that the full piq- uancy and attractiveness of the fruit nay be preserved. In the four years 1933-36 inclusive ;Canadians have consumed 23,904,992 lb. ofimported spinach in addition to) the domestic supplies. The imports are also increasing, the amount im- ported during the fiscal year ended March 31st, 1937, being 7,630,903 ib. as against 5,840,109 Ib. in the former year. Practically the entire hulk of the spinach importations comes from the United States, the supplies from Bermuda, the other spinach exporter, being comparatively small. Prefers Cabbages And Cauliflowers Under the clumsy name of "the im- ported cabbage worm," the velvety green caterpillar usually found in cabbages and cauliflowers damages these vegetables by eating large cif- cular holes in the leaves and frequent- ly boring into the centre of the'cab- bage heads. These cabbage worms, together -with the cabbage maggot and the cabbage looper,'create serious loss to market gardeners. For the control of the imported cabbage worm, dust- ing with arsenate of lead and hydrat- ed lime is the most widely recommend- ed remedy. Although good control can be secured from careful and lib- eral application of arsenical mixtures in liquid form, the waxy leaves of cabbages and cauliflowers present a difficulty, inasmuch as the waxy sur- face causes liquids to collect in drop- lets and drop off the leaves. In dusting with arsenate of lead and hydrated lime ,the mixture should consist of one part of the arsenate and eight parts of the lime. The mix- ture should be dusted on the plants in the early morning or late evening when the leaves are wet with dew, particular attention being paid to the central portions of the cabbages and cauliflowers because feeding is gener- ally most prevalent there. If the plants have to be treated shortly be- kore being marketed, fresh pyrethrum owder, one part to three parts of hydrated lime or flour should be used. This material is nonpoisonous to hum- an beings and is easily obtained from drug stores. Pays Ancient Debt An Alpena, Michigan dentist be- lieves honesty is the best policy. This week William Mitchell, president of the Circle Bar Knitting Company received a cheque for $4 and letter, in which the Michigan man, a former Kincardine resident, wrote, "'When I left Kincardine in 1915 I believe I ow- ed you about $2. I do not know whet- her my father paid it or not. Please find enclosed cheque for $4, which I trust paysthe bill, plus interest. If: this is not enough,please let me know," In 1915 Mr, Mitchell con ducted a drygoods•,and clothing store here. On receiving the cheque he +eealled the account as owing. The money he turned over 'to Kincardine General Hospital. SIR JOHN WILLISON'S FIRST JOB AT EXETER (By W. J. White, in the Globe and Mail, ,Toronto,) (The author of the subjoined art ole, W. J. White, now of Lockwoo Sask., is the son of John White, wh was owner and publisher of the E eter Times at the period when Si John Wilson was taken on that pap as an apprentice. Mr. White was con nected with the Dominion Immigrat ion Department at Ottawa for thre decades, during which time he wa much in contact with Sir John, whe often. talked over the episode in the Exeter Times office and th day on which Sir John set out on th high road "to follow the gleam.") - learn. He was open for an,engage- d, ment. O "All right, we want an apprentice" Ex —otherwise "printer's devil." A ver - ✓ bal applicant to a three -years service pope as apprentice, was entered into, the - first year's salary to be twenty-five - dollars, with board and lodging, each e subsequent year to bring a slightin- s crease. In these days the newspaper en owner generally boarded the appren- s tice at his home. His duties were to. e take care' ofthe fires, clean up the e office, wash type and rollers, do the errands and other work of a more or less menial order. He started his ,du- ties the same: afternoon. THE VILLAGE OF HAYFIELD i something more than a hamlet, locat ed on the shores of Lake Huron, an but a short distance from the town of Goderich. During . the , summe months it is one of the many place on the shores of the lake that hav become famous as resorts for thos who have the means and inclination There is fishing of a sort . in th streams in the neighborhood. Th lake itself affords ample sport for those ,piscatorially inclined. .Beyond this, anal- in the fact that it is th. centre of a splendid agricultural dis trict-fruit growing being a favorite and successful occupation it has to its credit the -.honor. of being the birthplace and playground ,of one of Canada's noted authors and a journ alist who 'became' internationally famous. His educational opportunities were confined to those the ordinary com- mon school afforded. He had an in- tense desire to secure more than could be secured in this way. Use was made• ofthe village library. From time to time, volumes of classics were' borrowed from the more exten- sive library in Godeiich, The love of books took precedence to his inclin- ation to assist in the work on the farm. For this he exhibited no fond- ness. His preference was to hide in the hay -loft, with his beloved books. One day in June of the last cen- tury, in the early hours a watcher might have seen the boy, or should it be said, the young man, for he had now reached his eighteenth year, packing up his belongings. "Now, the scene is shifted to the London Road, the highway that runs (hied(hiedfrom London on the south to Clinton on the north, thus dividing the country into the townships of Usborlre and Huron. At one point on this highway is the village of Brucefield, directly to the west of which is the village of Bayfield, about eight miles away. Had the watcher` followed the ec- tions of the young man, who, at the early hours had been packing up his belongings, at the Brucefield corner, he would have seen a stalwart, well- built fellow, bundle on his shoulders, coming along the Bayfield-Brucefield Road, walking, of course, and with a stride made with determination. Could his mind have been read, that of the traveller, it would have been seen that every step must lead him into a world of which at the moment he knew very little, but in which lay his future. At The Cross -Roads, • s One of the junior members of the - fine,( with an observant eye, felt d that the "printer's devil" had liter - eat merit and that should not be lost r in the work of cleaning type and rel - s lers, a fact that the senior member of e the firm did not apparently appre- e crate. The discovery of his literary . merit was made by his writing of an e article describing his trip from Bay-, e field to Exeter. It was written in a style and of a character that show- ed that he possessed something that e placed him in a class where his lit- erary ability weiald eventually shine. Although the senior member felt that there was ability of no mean order, he insisted that the boy should do the more or less menial work that was - expected of an apprentice. He was directed to wash the rollers, scrub the type, and continue in the role of "devil." A day or two passed, with occas- ional signs of dislike for this class of labor. He had been given a down- stairs room in the house of his em- ployer, a room facing the family gar- den. At the corner, which had now been reached, the corner that led to .the north, or to the south, according to inclination, he stood, but for a few minutes, looking in either direction evidently debating which to' take. "Shall I take the one to the north or the one Ieading south? appeared to be the subject of his mental deliberat- ion. The southern direction won. Neither the excessive heat nor the dust from the heat -burdened soil, now drifting in clouds, seemed to have any effect on the traveller. Along that dusty road, at a four mile an hour gait, went the young. man. He did however, divest himself of coat and vest, adding theserto the bundle that he was carrying on his shoulder. On he went, southward. He was on his way to a future, with no idea where that future lay, or what it had in store for him. Mile after nide his steps carried him. There was not a sign of falter- ing. Just at the noon hour he arrived at Exeter, the most important place between Bayfield and London, a nice little town, situated in one of the best agricultural sections of Western On- tario. .The distance travelled was about twenty miles.. , He had made it in about five hours. Here was evidence that physical strength had not given way to the mental. Became "Printer's. Devil." He saw a sign "Printing Office." It was the placard of the Exeter Times newspaper. Closing tlie• door of the office, preparatory to going home for the dinner hour, was the proprietor, Mr. W1"iite, and a couple of the employees. The sign had ar- rested the traveller's attention. He asked' Mr. White if he could be given a job. To the question if' he knew anything about the printi'i"ig trade he replied' that he didn't know the first —Kincardine News. thing about it, but was willing to Took "French Leave" The morning of the third day ar- Advice To Farmers' About Fertilizers During the past year particularly, several manufacturers of fertilizers have urged farmers to use other min- erals, in addition to nitrogen, phos- phoric acid and potash. These other minerals include- calcium, magnesium and sulphur which are employed by manufacturers in. relatively large a- mounts, while boron, copper, mangan- ese, iodine, zinc, etc., are used in small amounts. Though it may be true that soma soils have become deficient in one or more of these minerals after years of cropping, it is believed that most of. them contain enough natural miner- als for ordinary crop needs,' states the' Chief, Fertilizer Division, Seed i ranch, Dominion Department of Ag- riculture. ; When there is a calcium or magnesium_ deficiency, however, dolomite limestone, ground finely, is a cheap corrective.' Standard sulphate of ammonia and superphosphate which are the most common ingredients of rived. Breakfast at '6.30. All were seated, but John, the apprentice. He was, called, but no answer. A visit was made to his room. It was vacant. The raised window, foot- marks on the soft earth outside, and the disappearance of the bundle, gave mute evidence that John had taken "French leave." The work of the devil was not to his liking, and he took this method of showing it. The next word that came of him was that he was "cub" reporter on a London (Ont.) paper. Shortly af- terwards, it was learned that he was on. The Toronto . Globe, This was fol- lowed by the information that he was promoted to the position of editor-in- chief. He became a close friend of Sir Wilfred Laurier, and wrote the life of that great statesman. Later, he himself, received a title. This was Sir John Willison, the Bayfield -Exeter adventurer and one- time "printer's devil" in the office of a small paper in a small Ontario country town. mixed fertilizers, contain sufficient sulphur also for most crops. Mag- nesium, boron, copper, zinc, iodine etc, are required liut rarely and cases of such deficiencies may be corrected by a single application of the deficient substance. The point is that farmers should not permit themselves to be persuaded to buy other minerals that they may not need and when the price of the fertilizer is substantially increased on this account, The nearest experi- mental ' station should be first con- sulted. DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD ' 50 Scout Guineas for Rosemary Home When the 200 Boy Scouts of the famous London Scout "Gang Show" took part in the Coronation Musical Hall programme broadcast, and re- ceived a 50 guinea fee from the BBC the boys voted unanimously to turn the money over to Rosemary Home, the Scout convalescent -home at Herne Bay. The "Smiling Mixture" A "Smiling Mixture" is a medicin- al novelty at. the Rosemary Conval- escent Hone for Boy Scouts at Herne Bay, England. The mixture, which is plain vinegar and water, hangs on the wall, with the prescription: "This mixture to be taken in tablespoons three times a day for non-grinnicus, non-lafficus, and any who have the doleful dumps and dismals." It has only been used once,—by a nurse! A Camp of Blind Scouts An experimental camp for sight- less Boy Scouts of the Scout troop of the Blind School of Behala, Calcutta, was counted a promising success. Tho 19 blind lads, in groups of five, The Traffic Lottery Nearly 800;000 drivers, 'some good' and soave :indifferent . . Three times•. that many pedestrians, including the- lame, the halt and the blind , , • More than 600,009 motor vehicles, . some new and some old . . Seventy- five thousand miles of streets and highways, with a score of physical hazards in every mile. Add all these together and you have Ontario's traf- r.} fic lottery, a complex game of life • and death in which all of us willing or not, must have a hand. Many will lose in 1937, some be- t cause we are willing to take a chance no matter how- great the odds against us, but most of us,because we do not. fully observe all the rules of the, game nor play it safely,' The rules are many and necessary, but it's hard to remember all of them. Constant- observance, however,. of the simplest and most important•' one will remove all the hazards for all who follow it;. The rule is: "Ev- ery day in every way, TRY 'COUR— TESY." TESY." DEER JUMPS FROM DITCH While returning on Sunday after.“ noon from Clinton, where they were visiting, a car driven by Albert Wil lard; of Petrolia struck and killed a • four-year-old buck deer about five miles south of Grand Bend on the. Pinery road. In the car were five Petrolia people and no one was in- ljured. Thedeer jumped from a ditch on top of the car damaging the left front fender, headlight, and fog light. Damages were estimated ' at $100.00. Constable L. L. Shipley of Petrolia investigated.—Zurich Herald. were in charge of "sighted scouts", and took care of all camp details ex- cept cooking. A three mile hike was one of the Scouting experiences great- ly enjoyed by the boys. Because of the tidiness of the camp, and the smart appearance of the boys, visit- ors at first did not recognize that the Scouts were sightless. 0 ra HAND SIGNALS FOR DRIVERS (Signals generally understood by Canadian Most accidents ore preventable, Do your part by clearly signalling your intention before I fit , making aright ar left tarn, R1ORRT TURN Hand and arm extended upward or moved with a swooping motion fromthe roar 10 tho front. or greatest safety get Blue Sunoco; we challenge you to find a quicker acting motor fuel .. Inan emergency, its lightning quick pick-upsnaps you to safety .. . its high knockless power minimizes gear shifting; reduces one -handed steering .. its freedom from harmful chemicals and from corrosive action makes it safer for your motor. LEFT TURN Hand and arm extended horizontally. Many driven also point with their index linger. SLOW DOWN OR STOP Hand and aux extended downward, Watkins' Service Station CLINTON 'A. BUCHANAN VARNA._ C. H. SCOTCHMER HAYFIELD. 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