The Clinton News Record, 1937-08-05, Page 6I,'AGE'6
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
TEURS,, "AUGUST 5,1937.
NEWS A
rale ariforIrk af in for Ihe
Btu j Far e!
(iw`urnished by the Department of Agriculture)
Shipping to Britain ing operations, in parts of Southern There is one thing you cannot take
l Ontario., The .acreage of new seed- away from: thosebattling Toronto
Canadian foodstuffs are imported lings. has made excellent growth m Maple Leafs; thhat is supreme conii-
into the United Kingdom free oe dence in their own ability; the youth-
OId Ontario, but only fair to rather ful optimism that won't admit defeat.
unsatisfactory development in North- They fear no team in -the Internation-
ern Ontario due to dry weather. al League pennant race, least of all
The condition of pasture through- the Newark. Bears, who have, been set -
out Ontario was reported at a con- ting such, a torrid pace all season.
dition figure' of 103 on the first of There is nothing jaunty or cocky in
July, as compared with 92 a' month the bearing of the Leafs, They just
earlier and 94 on July lst, 1936. In believe in, themselves and go out on
Northern and Eastern Ontario the the field anddemonstrate : in work -
condition figure was 103, in Western manlike manner that their confidence
Ontario 104 and in Southern Ontario is not misplaced.
Care of Chicks and Layers 100. Livestock have made good gains,
y When, a few weeks ago, they said
with milk flow at a high Ievei. The they would give the Bears a real bat -
production of ` cheese in Ontario hi- tle in Newark, they lived up to that
creased from 15,881,728 pounds in prediction and took twogames out
June 1936 to 17,558,672 pounds in of the three from the New York
June of this year, although butter Yankee farm hands. When the Bears
production showed a small decline, appeared recently in Toronto, the
The early crop of potatoes in South- Leafs took three
genies out of ,four
ern Ontario 'presented a healthy ap- from them, climaxing the series with
a double victory by last-minute ral-
Iies. They have steadfastly main-
tained that they would finish'`in the
play-offs, which embrace the first
four teams, and, barring accidents,
they should have little trouble in do-
ing so.
As the closing weeks of the sched-
ule approach, the Leafs appear to be
roosts about 3 ft. high as refugees for 1)pretty well 'set for the struggle to re -
males that are chased by other males NBed LeSS A�tentiOn main in the first division. John Ber-
from time to time. A growing mash ly, veteran right-hander, who was on -
Chickens require less attention ly figured on as a relief pitcher when
should be Rept before these birds sill
while on range than at any other obtained from Baltimore in t h e
the time, as it is kept before the put -+`time and, if a few simple precau- Spring, has proved to be one of the
lets, and they should be fed regularly tions are taken, clean grass or clover most effective performers on How -
each day on a grain ration to help
them develop sufficient body weight. range 'will provide ideal . conditions leys staff, and his consistent displays
Fresh water and green food are also for producing well -grown vigorous have featured several of the Leafs'
as desirable for thein as for the stock with a minimum amount' of la- recent victories. Another veteran
growing pullets. hour and expense. right -bander, upon whom Howley is
I At the Dominion Experimental counting for some winning efforts, is
Station, Fredericton, N.B., the sexes Johhny Wilson, who was signed in
Iare separated when the chickens are mid -Season after being released by
To Avoid Bloating !from six to nine weeks of age. The Buffalo. After joining the Leafs,
Bloating is an ever present danger' brooder houses are moved to a clover Wilson went to his home in Georgia
with dairy cows on pasture, particu-'sod area on which there were no chic- to undergo an operation for the re -
laxly where the legume is alfalfa., kens for at least one year and the moval of infected tonsils. The opera -
Means for lessening this danger, ad-' chickens are confined to a yard un- tion, was a success and the tall pit-
vised by animal husbandry experts, til they are between three and four cher has gained some 17 pounds of
include: Never turn a cow out on elf» months of age. They are then mov- needed weight since his return. 2,n
alfa pasture on an empty stomach; ed to a range on which there were effective pitched in a big park, Wil -
give a small feed of dry hay before no chickens' the previous year. A son should be right at home in Maple
turning out; have a supply of water pasture field or a meadow from Leaf Stadium. With Woody Davis,
available in or near the pasture at which an early crop of bay has been Earl Caldwell, and Mike Meola, Man -
all times; don't turn the cows out on- taken is ideal for this purpose, Range ager Howley has an impressive array
to a freshly irrigated pasture, or a shelters constructed of: 2 inch by 3 of starting pitchers, while Frank Ne -
pasture reekingwet from rain, hea- inch material'and enclosed with wire kola, Joe Mulligan and Ted Torten
vy dew or coated with frost. Much netting provide sufficient shelter and are capable relief men.
of the danger may also be avoided allow ample ventilation for as many The Leafs have no worries about
by mixing grass with alfalfa in seed- birds 'for, which roosting space is •the infield ,or outfield departments
ing down the pastures. The cows provided. . A feed hopper which is either, and "Shanty" Hogan and
prefer grass to legumes such as aif- protected with a roof is located near Johnny reeving form a catching coin -
alfa or sweet clover and will take the range shelter. If the fields are bination that is second to none. Joe
the edge o£f their appetites before used for pasture for live stock, a Gantenbein and Frankie Madura have
*feeding on these. temporary fence, which provides ac- been clicking off double plays regu
chss only to chickens is built. around larly and their batting is improving
the feed hopper. Water is supplied in steadily, Madura having picked up
troughs. This method of watering is 20 points in recent games.
preferable to allowing 'the birds to In the outfield, the youngsters, Ted
drink from springs or creeks, as these Petoskey, Maye Smith, and Bobby
places provide conditions which are Porter, have been coming through in
favourable for the spreading of para- sensational style, Petoskey setting
sites. • the batting pace for the team. His
If large feed hoppers which con- base running is also a treat to watch.
tain sections for both grain and mash The Leafs have a majority of their
are used, a minimum amount of Ia- remaining games at home and dur-
bour is required for feeding. Pullets ing the month' of August, there are
do not require a high protein ration a number of outstanding dates at
when on range, and good results will Maple Leaf Stadium. The Newark
be obtained by providingfree access Bears will be in Toronto for a night
to a grain mixture, as well as to game on Friday, August 13, and an
mash. Full details regarding the afternoon doubleheader on Saturday,
feeding of poultry are contained in August 14. - The Syracuse Chiefs,
Bulletin 541, which may be obtained who open the Leafs August schedule
by writing to the nearest Dominion with a double bill on Civic Holiday
Experimental Station, or to the Pub- and play another twin bill on Wed-
ticity and Extension Branch, Derain- nesday, August 4, in the afternoon,
ion Department of Agriculture, Ot- .will return to Toronto for a three-
tawa. game series of night games starting
Monday, August 18. They will be
follee ed by the Baltimore Orioles who
play the Leafs under the lights on
Thursday and Friday, August 19 and
20, and an afternoon pair on Satur-
day, August 21. The Jersey City
Giants are in. Toronto for floodlight
Ticks in sheep are more easily dis- ,games, August 23, 24 and 25. The
cernible after shearing and perhapsl1August 24 attraction will be a twi
on that account the dipping of sheep llight-floodlight affair starting a t
in the early part of the year is more 6.30 pee. The Montreal Royals will
commonly' practised than in the fall. meet the Leafs in a doubleheader at
However, two dippings a year are Toronto on Saturday, August 28, and
recommended, because a few ticks in'ithe Rochester Red Wings will be at
the fall"may increase to large num- Maple Stadium for night games
bers by spring. S. far as early dip- on Monday and Tuesday, August 30
ping is concerned, all sheep not al- and 31.
ready dipped, should be attended to
at once. In the warm weather there
is little danger from cold and the enough dip for the bath and after
Current Crop.Reports lambs have reached an age to stand that dipping fluid is added as require.p dipping well. ed. When a lot of sheep ai'e dipped
The yield per acre of alfalfe, hay Ticks and lice are two external par- co-operatively the cost for dip is less
and clover will range from normal to asites that are common pests to and the labour involved is reduced
above normal in Central and South- sheep. They sap the vitality of both also. A better dipping is usually se -
'western Ontario, In Eastern Ontario ewes and lambs and are the cause of cured.
the per acre yield will be below nor- !such discomfort. , To, secure the best The following are reasons why it
mal and in Northern Ontario consid- returns from sheerly dipping, should pays to dip:
erably below. Kenora, Manitoulin, be done in the, summer and early fall 1. Sheep that are free from ticks
Nipissing. and Terniskaming reportof the year. The cost of dipping and lice grow more and better wool.
the yield 50%p below average duo. to should not exceed 3 cents per head, 2: A clean flock requires less feed
i
winter killing and heavy losses of Dips are sold in two forms, powder discomfort to sheep. The good shep-
new seedings during the past two and liquid. Any of the standard dips and is more easily kept ingood con -
summers. As a resultthe total pro- carry directions for useon the pace
duction` of hay and clover is expected kage and good results are usually 3. The lamb crop is stronger, ewes
to be somewhat below normal. Cut- obtained if directions, are followed. milk better, and lambs grow more
ting of hay and clover generally Community dipping tanks; have rapidly,
ranged from five to ten days later come- into common use of recent 4. Parasites are a source of serious
than first, cuttings of alfalfa. Wet years. One of the first and main herd should be mindful of the corn -
Weather interfered greatly with hay- costs of dipping sheep is to make fort of his flock,
wayarsteuswomarszarstassaffr
D HAPPENINGS OF IIITEREST TO
Leafs Are Confident Of
Making Play -Offs
Toronto Players determined no ane
will wrest first division berth
from them.
duty and are exempt from import
duties chargeable on foreign mer-
chandise,'provided' that the British
Customs authorities are 'satisfied that
the conditions attached to the con-
cession of Imperial preference have
been fulfilled, that is, the inclusion
in the shipping documents of the
proper certificate of origin.
Males that are being saved for
breeding purposes should not be al-
lowed just to shift for themselves, It
is best to•'keep these young males in
a yard or on a range by themselves
where they do not come in contact
with the pullets and bother them. In
order to reduce fighting to the mini- pearanoe with vigorous, well -develop -
mum among these young males, it is ed plants and satisfactory yields.
a good plan to keep some oe the old- The second• early crop shows plenty
er males with those that are. being' of top growth and has a good set.
held over from last season's breeding The late crop is coming on well in
pens. These old males will act more most parts of the province.
or less as policemen among these
youngsters and will be a big help int
preventing fighting. It is a good plan,' Chickens On Range
on cockerel ranges, to have several;
g
Controlling Slugs
Garden slugs are always most
abundant in wet seasons or in moist
situations. They emerge - at night,
hiding during the day beneath the
soil, and they feed chiefly on the un-
der -surfaces of the Ieaves of beam,
lettuce, cabbages, cauliflower and
such like plants. They rasp off the
epidermis of the leaves and where
the infestation is heavy severe injury
is occasioned. Like all other pests,
these animals can be more easily con-
trolled if remedial measures are ap-
plied when they are small and few in
number. Accordingly, the . amateur
gardener and the commercial grow-
ers whose crops are being attacked
should give the matter immediate at-
tention.
In Eastern Canada, the slugs are
controlled by dusting the infested
plants with hydrated line in the ev-
ening after the sun has gone down
- and the feeding commenced. Care
' should be taken to cover the upper
and lower surfaces of the leaves and
the soil immediately surrounding the
plants. Hydrated lime is effective
only when in the form of a light dry
powder. If it; becomes hard when
subjected to moisture, it is non -injur-
ious to the slugs.. Consequently a
few light applications of the lime at
intervals of three or four days ..is
much more effective than one heavy
dose. Another method recommended
is to spray theplants with Bordeaux
mixture.
Should Dip beep Twice
'Annually
masau aw7p-am
ew,1.a.,ona.d.mo .win <m (..+d>®. ®. <.�
`amu"v
1'Lve Info
n And Like it
By R. J. Deachr an
For years I lived in cities—large
medium, and small. Now 1 live i
a town and like it. There are rea
sons why I should', Truth to teII
was never enamoured of the big city
with all its mechanical forces of ac
tion, its massed fuss, its feeble ac
complishments. We should mould t0
our needs the place we live—but this
can't be done in the city—the city
fashions our lives to its varying
whims. But let us, together, go ever
a few of the advantages of the town
in the hope that we may make them
stand forth in clearer light.
town because there are men of exe-
1 cutive capacity who direct and en-
courage them and do it not for what
I ` they get but for the joy of doing•
something worth while. All this
- 'serves to encourage a community spi-
- sit, a competitive enthusiasm which
survives without bitterness- or ran-
cor. The human race may live with-
out democracy—perhaps without gov-
ernment of any kind, but it is lost
if it fails to hold its capacity to play.
Victory is not everything—neither is
money—the genie is the major part
of life.
I love to hear the rain in town, It
falls like a benediction on lawns, gar-
dens, and fields. You think, as you
hear it coming of the things it will
do for the country and of those who,
will rejoice at the rain. Rain in the,
city speaks of running water from
filthy eaves, 'In the countryit tells
the story of freshening lawns and
fields, of robins revelling in the glory
of a new life, of gray faced dust,
dissolving fast on fields and roads
and richer, deeper color on the face
of all the earth.
One is the cold logical fact that in
the town living costs less—in other
words one gets more for what one
gives. In the cities we pay much
for little. In the town we get a run
for our money. A lot, one hundred
feet wide and two hundred feet deep,
seems like a farm in a city. It
would cost almost as much.. In the
town it costs relatively little and
gives more joy and satisfaction. It
is open to the air and the sun.
Grass, fruit and flowers grow bet-
ter. If you doubt my statement come
up and see me sometime, in July
when strawberries and raspberries
are ripe, or in October when the
corn is ready for the pot.
Then building and maintenance
cost less in the town than in the
city. Taxes may be nominally high,
especially of late years, butvalua-
tions are lower and that all impor-
tant item of existence is not so
great a burden in a town as it is in
a city. Transportation costs less.
Street cars and taxis are never pres-
sed into service. You are closer to
the sources of supply of the neces-
sities of life, and there are way of
cutting costs which cannot be done
in the larger centres,
In the city you inc called upon to
keep up with the Sones fancily. Per-
sonally I don't like them. They
think more of their clothes than they
do their thoughts—quite frequently I
wonder' if they really think. The
larger the city the higher the stan-
dard of living for those who can af-
ford it, but to the man who wants
a reasonable life, the higher the stan-
dard of living, the lower the stan-
dard of comfort. In the 'city you pay
for things you do not get. The
greatest things in life are difficult
to purchase with money. The list
would have to include, breakfast a-
lone with a morning paper, time to
think, a quiet place to sleep, and
friends who are capable of under-
standing. These dearest whims are
always accessible in the town --not.
always in the city.' 1
Then I like to live in a place where!
the children know me and tell me!
their troubles. Today one of them
wanted me ,to take a sliver out of his
finger and I did it with'•a deftness of
surgical efficiency difficult to• por-
tray! What is the use of living in
a city where the janitor's daughter
in the apartment block is the only
child you really know. True -, at
times they are noisy and they shar-'
ed with the robins the loot _ of my
cherry tree but they paid for it one
hundred times over with their laugh-
ter and sometimes with their tears.'
At first I questioned their wisdom in.
sawing off the limbs in order to get
the cherries. This seemed like wan-
ton waste of next year's fruit, and
then I remembered that governments
do the same' things -saw off, this
year, the limbs which would bear
fruit next year, and governments are
models which people are expected to
follow, but this is not a homily on
economics, but a stray thought or
two on life in town.
Then 1: like the way things are
organized in the smaller places. They
meet the needs of the people who use
them. Golf fees are less because
management costs little. The Club
House is not so elaborate. No white,
coated waiter serves you ardently,
with longing hopes for generous tips.
The course is not so smooth, but your
chance is as good as the other fel-
lows and the "greens" are all that
could be desired.
Almost every town has a bowling
green. The fees are low so that ev-
ery one may play. The fun 9s divid-
ed equally into three parts: the game.
itself, thegood nature of the play-
ers and their bantering language.
One, little lady bends the bowls to
her will by the masterly persuasive.
ness of her eloquence.. If the bowls
of her own side are going astray, she
pleads with theta like a Billy Sunday
calling alien sinners to repent—if i
her opponents are gaining she coaxes
the bowls to go wrong, to slip across
the dead line, to daily by the way-
side or to crash head-on into some
lucky shot which has 1 gone before.,
The men in mixed Doubles" gain
steadily in, restraint' of 1 anguage.I
They carry, often without expres-
sion, thoughts which, as Wordsworth
once remaked, do often lie too deep
for tears.
!
Now these things succeed in the
There is more gossip in the smaller
places, but it is rarely malicious. Ev-
erybody knows if you have been to
Church or opt of town, or under the
weather. It all rises from a closer
intimacy which brings keener inter-
est. The man in the town knows that
business is better because John
Smith's crop yield will be higher. In
the city he measures things by curves
and graphs. In the town the ques-
tion is—what of the growing crops.
The railway man figures progress
by increase of car Ioadings, but car
loadings are a dead material things
—and John Smith's 00 bushel crop
of wheat on ten acres is real, per-
sonal and vital, both to John and the
man in town who knows about it. I
was in a telephone office a few days
ago and the girl answered a gall, "All
right Jim, she said, go right ahead,
and cut your fray --wait a minute and
I'll give you the story." And she
read the weather report from the
morning paper—no doubt the boy cut
his hay.
The farmer is closetothe soil and
the town is close to the farmer. Mass
impulses sway the city, but individual
initiative begins further back among
the trees, There is in our cities an
intensive localism which seem noth-
ing save that width they deem -to be
their own immediate interests—its a
choking influence on our 'rational life.
The city knows little of the country
and cares less. It cannot be inter-
preted to the country nor the country
to the city -one is too far from the
other, but the town knows the coun-
try and the country knows the town
because their interests are the same
—they dwell in unity together — at
least, in unity of thought. Yes, I am
glad I live in a town. I wish the city
people who weave in and out the tar -
raw lanes of city life could sense, for
a time at least, the beauty and the
freedom of town and country. It
would . uplift their lives, improve
their thinking and break the tangled
weave of cobwebs from their minds.
They would realize then that the;
town is a real part of the nation-
in many ways the . better part, .I am
glad indeed that I live in a town' -
in a not too big town at that!
WHEN AN OX I5 NOT AN OX
When is an ox not an ox? When
it's dead, then it's beef. When is
a sheep not a sheep? When it's dead,
then it's mutton. "So a calf ` is veal,
a pig is pork, and a deer is venison,
after being killed and cooked to eat.
Have you ever wondered why the
names are changed that way when
the animal is killed and used for
food?
The reason is interesting and is a
reminder of an important event in
world history. In 1066 the Normans,
under William the Conqueror, con-
quered what is now England and be -
tame the rulers of the country. As
they were French people the French
language became the language used
at court and by the ruling classes In
general.
The masses o f common people
kept on using their own language,
the Anglo-Saxon. Many of. the Sax-
ons were servants of the conquerors.
They had the care of the live ani-
mals, which they called by Saxon
names such as ox, cow, pig, calf,
sheep, deer, and so.On.
But when the animals were, killed
for food they were killed to be eaten
by the masters, who were French.
So the conquerors gave the meat the
French names instead ,,of the Saxon.I
So, while the Saxon servant Who ear-
ed for- his master's animals, called an
ort, an or, the Frenchman called it a
beouf, or beef, and so on. The!
names have remained that way ever I
since, and that is why we have the
different names for the animals when
they are cooked.
FAR
ERS
A �` .�Ji�'9l rA.iia LINK
EMk`IRE
Photo courtesy TransCanada Air Lines
inging its epic flight from Ireland to Newfoundland, the great
flying boat, the "Caledonia", was in touch with ground stations
continually by radio.
Before rising from Botwood on the last leg- of his journey, and
'all the way up the St. Lawrence to Montreal, Captain Wilcockson was
in touch with St. Hubert Airport, where the very latest type Northern
Electric radio transmitter is in use.
Photo shows Mooring Mast housing the transmitter. The Empire
Flying Boat "Caledonia", encircling the mast as she commenced her
return flight across the Atlantic. The Transmitter — note the tele-
phone dial, indicated by arrow, for automatically "dialing" any of
ten frequencies — a recently developed feature designed especially,
for Airport use.
COUNTY NEWS
WHEN EGGS WAS EGGS
Ninety cents a dozen is a fabulous
price for eggs, but Mr. Wm. Robb of
Concession 8, West Wawanosh, states
he remembers receiving that hand-
some price from Mr, J. R. McNab.
That was when Mr. McNabb was in
the produce business at Dungannon.
when hens took a holiday in the win-
ter time that caused prices to soar.
While memory failed him in this par-
ticular ease, Mr. 1VIeNab states at that
time he bought a quantity of eggs
from Mr, G. S. Robertson for which
he paid 85c a doben. Talking of big
prices, caused Mr. McNab to switch'
over to turkeys. Top price that he •
recalled for this fowl was a ship-
ment he sold for 66c a pound.
—Lucknow Sentinel.
LOTS CHANGE HANDS
Mr. Ward Fritz has sold his lot
opposite the Zurich creamery to Mr.
Herb. Block, who wiII use it as a
fuel yard. 1VIr. Fritz has since pur-
chased the lot next to the premises
occupied by Jonston & Kalbfleiseh,
from Mr. Ev. Hoist, of Dashwood, Mr.
Fritz intends to have a service sta-
tion erected thereon and will also use
it as a sales yard for used cars.
—Zurich Herald.
ClieSM1APSE-IOT C
BRING i1iN THE CLOUDS
Without the clouds this would have
the lens brought them in.
O to any art gallery and exam-
inee the landscape pictures.
Find one in which the artist has
failed to put clouds in the sky. It
you succeed you will have encoun-
tered a rarity in the world of art.
The fact is that even though 'a
painter may succeed in capturing
the true empyrean blue he seldom
omits to put in a cloud or two, white,
dark or tinted, despite the fact that a
cloudless, blue sky is not an unusual
phenomenon and hence true to na-
ture. The painter appreciates that
clouds in their many beautiful
forms, "pavilions of the sun," as a
Poet : once called them, are artistic
contrlbrttions to any outdoor scene.
Too, the artist who works In black
and white rarely fails to put clouds
in his sky because an expanse -of
plain white space is uninteresting.
Why do we not more often see
clouds in amateur photographs?
Years ago the qualities of photo..
graphic materials were such that it
was very difficult to photograph
clouds because there was no film so
sensitized that it would register
clouds distinctly. Today films are
available which to a greater or less
degree will do so, but if the little
been a dull picture. A K-2 filter over
Exposure 1/25 second at f.8.
gadget known as a filter is used over
the lens, clouds may be brought Into
the picture in their full form and
beauty. .
Nevertheless, many amateurs con -
tithe taking cloudless landscapes,
,theirskies being represented only
by a void of white or gray, or faint
outlines of clouds at the best. The
beauty of a great tumbling cloud, or
the attractive canopy which a mack-
erel
askerel sky spreads above a landscape
Is absent' in the print although
present when the picture was taken.
Why should not amateur photog-
raphers be cloud artists, too, when
they have the means to do so? The •
trick the niter does is to hold back
the violet, ultraviolet and blue light
to which photographic film responds,
more sensitively than to the other -
colors, and in which clouds and sky -
are both rich. This allows the green
and red light (also reflected from
clouds) to register, and if the dim.,
is of the type especially sensitive to
green and red, such as the super
sensitive panchromatic, the clouds..
come in still more -distinctly. Natu-
rally singe the alter holds back all
the light to some extent, somewhat
longer exposures are needed than
when no filter is used. Correct ex-
posure can be determined by using
the "filter factor" data furnished by •
the manufacturer.
Filters for recording clouds and
for general use are yellow in differ-
ent degrees of density, variously
suited to different subjects, A good
average alter costs only from $1 to >•
u.5O, depending upon the camera on
which the filter is to be used. This
is an investment which pays high
dividends inthe satisfaction you get
from the enhanced boauty of your•
outdoor photographs.
las' John van Guilder