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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
HT.TRso, AUG. 19, 1937...
Tn el j Information for the
Bust] Farmer
(Furnished by the Department of Agriculture)
The Wheat Crop
Wheat has been crit in the majority
of sections of Ontario. Huron Coun-
ty reports considerable variation i
fall wheat yields, the majority run
to visit- nearby beekeepers as often.
as possible. A beginner is often mis-
lead into buying his first lot of bees
during late summer or in the .fail;
n thisis a mistake and likely to cause
ning between 25 and 35 ,bushels t
the acro but lvith one farmer report
ing a crop averaging 48 bushels pe
acre. Ten carloads of heavy cattl
were consigned from. Huron to Ne
York State markets recently. Pee
County reports yields of wheat Erol
25 to 40 bushel's per acre, the sampl
varying from fair to good. Water
loo's crop of fall wheat runs fron
30 to 35 bushels per acre, as doe
that of , S?Vellingtofi. Livestock as
reported in excellent condition in Ilia
`district as pasture has not been s
good in. a great many years. Haying
has . continued late in many of . the
southern counties due to unsuitable
weather for curing. York County
reports good yields •of wheat, but
with considerable rust allowing upi
a lot of trouble and possible loss of
° the colonies. The best time of the
year to• start beekeeping is during
the spring, for if anything, is wrong
with the colonies it cart be rectified
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Insect Damage
Official reports on damage done
by insects at the end of June in var-
ious partsofOntario are as follows:
The Seed Corn Maggot or Bean
Maggot, as it is often called, has de-
troyed many acres of beans and corn
in the counties of, Essex, Kent, Elgin,
Middlesex and Norfolk. This in
many cases has necessitated replant-
ing.
Wireworms have caused a good
deal of damage to corn, tomatoes,
tobacco,. grain and sugar beets, but
have apparently not, been more num-
erous than usual in the Province as a
whole.
• Cut worms, in the eastern part of
Ontario, have been much scarcer than
usual. In the rest of 'the province
they have done some damage here
and there, but there has been no ser-
ious outbreak.
Pea Aphids are now threatening
many fields of canning peas in wide-
ly separated districts. In Northum-
berland county- a few fields are
ready ruined.
White Grubs have done severe in-
jury to grass, mangolds, and other
plants on some farms, especially in
Central Ontario, but not as many re-
ports of damage have been received
as was expected,
Rose Chafers (Rose Bugs) during
the latter part of the month, emerged
in large numbers and are now at-
tacking strawberry' plants, raspber-
ries, roses, fruit trees and vineyards,
The insects are limited to districts
where there is much light sandy land,
as it is in such waste lands that
they breed.
Grass' hoppers in parts of Manitou-
lin are abundant enough' to require
applications of poison bran bait•
Onion Maggots are much more
numerous than they have ,been for
several years inpractically all parts
of the Province.
Cabbage Maggots are also very
abundant.
Tent Caterpillars, both the eastern
and the forest species, have finished
their feeding and are now pupating,
The moths will begin to appear in a
'week or two.
Sod Webworms caused the destrue-
toin of around 30 per cent of the corn
in a clay field in Middlesex, but else-
Where do not seem to have done any
appreciable damage.
How to Start Beekeeping
Due to an increasing demand and
thegood prices received for honey
Many people are being attracted to.
beekeeping as a means of making a
livlihood or of supplementing a re-
duced income from other sources.
Beekeeping, 'however, like alll other
lines of endeavour requires, experiL
once to make it a successful under-
taking, and many a beginner has fin-
ally given up in disgust just for the
want of it. Details of management
cannot be given in an article such, as
this but to gain experience in the
manipulation of bees the beginner is
well advised to spend at least one
full season working with an experil
Sneed beekeeper before purchasing
bees for himself. Failing this the l
next best method is to obtain one or
twocolonies, a good text book and
during the summer but not during-
the
luri g -the whiter. Often bees are purchas-
ed by a beginner as a bargain when
a little experience would show that
they would be expensive as a gift.
Neves buy bees unless .they are in
movable frame hives of mot than
ten frame size, and that !they are
absolutely free from disease. Fur-
thorasora, be- sure that 'each' colony is
headed \with a good queen. Do not
buy colonies of bees from a nearby
beekeeper and hove them during the
active season, for if you do, the field
for.;ce of the colony will 'return to
their old home and your colony will
be left in a weak condition. To pre-
vent this the colonies should be mov-
ed for at least two miles.• `A new
swarm can be moved anywhere. All
the way through, the active season
there are problems of Manipulation
upon which almost everyone is anx-
ious to give the beginner some advice;,
which if accepted more often than
not leads to trouble.
The Fruit Crop
Western Ontario (Toronto West)
Weather and moisture conditions
have been favourable for good tree
and foliage growth during the past
month. ,Fruit development has been
generally good. The total apple crop
in Western. Ontario is expected to be
20 percent greater than last year. AU
main varieties of apples show indi-
cations of average to above average
crops with' the exception of Says
which are below normal. Good spray-
ing practice has resulted in control
of scab, fungus and insect pests in
practically all connnercial orchards.
Sweet cherries were .affected by
wet weather during harvesting, and
considerable decay, splitting and soft-
ness of fruit resulted. A considerable
tonnage was purchased by processing
plants. Sour cherries have sized
well and are practically free from in-
sect •or disease injury. The total,
cherry crop in the Province is well be-
low last year, being est hated at 85,-
900 bushels as compared with 112,-
800 bushels in 1936. The pear crop
has developed well and quality pro-
mises to be good. The set is quite
patchy and is estimated to show a
decrease of 35 percent in Western
Ontario. The total production for
the Province is expected to be in the
neighborhood of 127,500 bushels as
against 196,800 bushels last year.
Plum trees aro reported to be in a
healthy . condition and fruit is sizing
well with practically complete free-
dom from fungus and insect pests,
except in poorly sprayed orchards.
The June drop was comparatively
light and total production is placed
at 56,000 bushels as compared with
41,200 bushels in 1936. The peach
crop is very promising with yield es-
timated at 503,000 bushels as com-
pared with 402,300 bushels last year.
Grape vines are; making good growth
and berry development is satisfac-
tory to date. An average crop is
anticipated. Grape Leaf Hopper is
well under control, but there is a
slight amount. of mildew and dead
arm injury in a few graperies.
The acreage of processing toma-
toes in Western Ontario is estimated
at 25,700 acres as against16,600 ac-
res last year, and in Eastern Ontario
at 8,970 acres as compared with 4,.
930 in 1936, The crop is developing
well with present condition reported
above average and much larger yield
per acre expected than last year when
the crop was affected by drought.
POLITENESS
An Irishman had been thrown over
a fence by an enraged bull. He had
just recovered when he noticed the
bull pawing'the ground and furiously
tossing his head.
"If it wasn't for your bowing and
scraping," said Mike. "I'd think yer
threw me over on purpose."
ESTERN Ccuurcia
From all Stations in Eastern Canada
GOING DAILY — SEPT. 18 — OCT. 2 inclusive
Return, Limit: 45 days
TICKETS GOOD IN
• COACHES abates approximately 1c per mile.
• TOURIST SLEEPING CARS et fares approximately 1344c per mile.
STANDARD. SLEEPING CARS at fares approximately 131c per.mile.
COST OF ACCOMMODATION IN SLEEPING. CARS ADDITIONAL
BAGGAGE ,Checked, Stopovers at Port Arthur, Armstrong, Chicago and west.
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MINING HIGHLIGHTS
AINSWOII'g}I O12E EXUIBIT—
Samples of high grade\Silver;-Lead
ore from the Banker and '.t`ownsite
shafts of the Ainsworth Mines are
on exhibition in the window of R.
H. Johnston's store. ',Following this
display the bre will be sent to To-
ronto to be set up Tor exhibit at the
Canadian National Exhibition.,
MIDFIELD GAS CORIORAT1,ON
Officials 'information has been, re-
ceived to the effect that an issue of
stock is to be offered to the public
in Midfield Gas Corporation, which
up to the present time has been liri-
vately owned. Funds secured from
the sale of ,shares are to be expend-
ed in drilling additional wells on the
1,900 acre's, of leases owned by the
company in Haldimand ,County, Ont.
At the present time a survey is be-
ing iiiade
e-ing'isade to choose locations for new
wells, which are to be drilled at
once, it is announced. Midfield Gas
Corp. was.formed about a year ago
to acquire all the leases of the Mid-
field 'Natural
id-field'Natural Gas Co., which was in-
corporated and in operation since
1908.
Some of the wells of the preceed-
ing company, drilled the first year of
its existence are still in production.
Additional wells were drilled by the
present owners, and all the wells at
present on the line, including meters,
have been rehabilitated and put in
first class condition. This company
owns a private pipe line of about'
eight miles length, serving customers
in the district, and surplus gas is
being disposed of to the Dominion
Natural Gas Company; whose pipe
line passes the property. Union Gas
Company's line is located on' No. 3
highway, about four miles from
Rogersville.
The preferoed stock of Midfield
Gas will bear interest at the rate of
six per cent per annum; in addition
one half of net earnings will be dis-
tributed on a pro rata basis between
the preferred and common sharehol-
ders, one half the surplus earnings to
each class of stock. The company's
capitilization is 250,000 shares, di-
vided into 125,000 shares of six per
cent. preferred, with 20,000 shares
outstanding, held by the present own-
er of the property, a Toronto -busi-
ness man,: and 105,000 shares remain
in the treasury to ta'lie care of fin-
ancing for additional wells, 125,000
shares of common mak, of which
62,500, are held in escrow until re.
leased by order of Ontario Securi-
ties Commission.
KENECHO GOLD:—
Kenecho Gold Mines is now engag-
ed in opening up the No. 5 vein on
the newly acquired property in the
Schreiber district, the most impor-
tant find yet reported on the new
property. M. B. R, Gordon, consult-
ing engineer, describes the shelving
as a porphry dyke, about 20 feet
wide, interspersed with quartz vein.
lets carrying economic values as far
as is now known.
Extension of this vein has been
picked up 40 feet north of No. 2 pit,
where it was stripped for a width of
10 feet. Present plan is to trace
the vein through to its intersection
with No. 1 south vein.
Highest channel sample from thin
vein was $38.50 across its full width
with other samples assaying clown to
$2.40 per ton. The property is equip-
ped for mining and milling.
WESLEY GOLD:
Wesley Gold Mines, on the east side
of the Kerr Addison, is another add-
ing importantly to the Larder Lake
potentialities. The Wesley is now.
working two drill machined and holes
No. 8 and 9 should be completed in
about a week's : time. Complete re-
sults of drilling to date will be tab-
ulated then. Drilling to date is con-
sidered encouraging, No. 6 hole in
particular giving good values. Capitol
Rouyn Mines drilling is close to the
Wesley boundary.
PERRON GOLD:
Perron Gold Mines had output in
July of $74,410 compared with $73,
650 in June and $71,692 in May. The
mill was operated 99.32 per. cent. of
possible running time, or an average
tonnage of 344,48 tons of ore daily.
For the first two weeks of the month
recovery had been $37,980 from 5,130
tons, averaging $7.49 a ton. In the
second two weeks 5,511 tons of ore
of $6.70 grade was milled. The new
vein in 211, north crosscut known as
215, has been exposed by slanting
over a length of 17.7. feet and width
of 20 feet of well -mineralized quartz
and altered .granodiorite of approx-
imately- $9 grade.
MACE GOLD: Mace Gold Mines,
Ltd., under joint operation of McInt-
yre -Porcupine Mines, and Anglo
Huronian Co., already has its new
program underway, entailing large
scale development to explore new
ground. The Mace is a merger of the
old Vipond Consolidated (Anglo) and
the Inspiration Gold Mines recently
approved the sale of the claims to
the new Mace company. It is thought
that 'possibly the new undertaking'
will require somewhere close to a
million -dollar expenditure.
The strongest living thing in pros -
portion
ro-portion- to its weight is the beetle,
which can carry a burden 850` times'
heavier than itself;
Sales •resistance—the tuiunuh: of
mind over patter:
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING.
TIMES CHANGE—AND SO DO
PARTIES
Election talk is in the air again,
and although no definite announce-
ments have been made regarding i;he
date, factions are girding their loins,
scanning their financial sheets and
polishing their microphones for' the
battle.
As usual, the Conservatives will
marshall their xollowers al rallies
and, vilify the Liberals. And the Lib-
erals will 'call out their cohorts to
meetings and rip the Conservatives
up the back. And when it's all over
the great bulk 'of the voters'who own
allegiance to neither.' party will decide
the issues.
In recent years there has been a
decided trend away. from the hard and
fast policy of "My father was a Tory
(or a Grit) and so I'm one, too:" Now-
adays' the party .factions are in the
Minority, and to us it seems they are
almost equal in strength, Rut fully
50 per cent. of the voters : cast their
ballots according to their own inclin-
ations of the moment and not because
of their', long -held beliefs:
Nor is that the only indication of
how times change. On the C.I.O. is-
sue, bound to be, one of the main
points of debate in the election, is be-
held the spectacle of the Liberals, or
at least Mr. Hepburn, standingfirm
at the right hand of the vested in`
terests, while the Conservatives, ac-
cording to Mr. Rowe, uphold the right
of the labor men. It must be slight-
ly confusing to those who believe
that the party names really stand for
what they indicate.
—Fort Erie Times Review
CONSERVATION NEEDED
Premier Duplessis of Quebec has
issued an edict to the effect that no
new newsprint mills can be started in
that province and that hereafter no
wood cut on Crown lands in Quebec
can be exported. The double ban is
one deserving heartiest approval and
merits emulation by the statesmen of
other provinces. With the newsprint
industry only now emerging from
the bankrupt condition in which it
has languished for many years and
with numerous idle mills still to be
found through the country, it would
be fool -hardy to permit others to
start.. Moreover'; our pulpwood re-
sources are already being depleted
at a sufficiently alarming rate, In for-
bidding the exportation of pulpwood
from `Crown lands, the Quebec Prem-
ier- has, taken a sten which is long,
overdue in every province, Just ye-
cantly the Ontario _Goveronrent an-
flounced- the sale oL large pulpwood
limits in Northern Ontario to Alneri-
caii interests, a transaction which we
will doubtless live' to regret. It is
only necessary to travel from iYinni
peg to Flalifax to realise the vas.,'
incursions Made on timber resources,
Fire has taken an enor•moiis toll, but
man has also ruthlessly slauglrtereci
one of the country's most precious
assets. The sad part is that we are
making no int'elligdnt, comprehensive
effort to replace the forests.
Simcoe Reformer.
MR.'BENNETT,To STAY
At a meeting of the. Conservative
members of Parliament held in Ot-
tawa, Rt. Hon. R. 13. Bennett, Lea-
der -of the Federal Conservative par-
ty,made a statement, and in that
statement told his followers that lie
was again restored to health, ancl'svll-
ling, if his xollowers desired it, to
lead his party in the House, as well
as through the next Dominion ,elec-
tion, whenever that might come.'
It must have been heartening pews
to not only the present members, but
to the Federal. Conservative party,
which for some time, owing to the
possible retirement of Mr. Bennett,
on account of his healthy has been
faced with the possibility of choosing'
n new leader, when no :'mw leader
was in sight.
No one, regardless of political op-
inions, can doubt tll.' fitness of Mr,
Bennett for the position he has, and
now will continue to hold. He stands,
in fact, head and skoulders over any
of his, present followers in the douse
and possesses not only an unusual
ability, but. an unusual experience in
the conduct o3 domestic and national
affairs.
AU will admit, too, that to con-
tinue as -Leader, Mr. Bennett ie show-
ing great personal sacrifice, and, ner-
haps courting danger from a health
standpoint. He is a very wealthy
loan, free to enjoy a life of case, of
study or travel unmolested by the
cares and trials of Ieadership which
will follow him in Parliament and
out of it.
But Mr. Bonnett has chosen and
his decision ~should be welcomed and
applauded by eyery Canadian eiti.
zen. Canada has need of a strong
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Increases in the prico of steel have.
necessitated a alight increase in the
cost of metal roofing, but it actually
coats you less relatively, to buy Rib,
Roll or Tite•L' ep ,roofing today than
it did in 1933.
Look at these figures. Here is what
it cost you in commodities to buy
Rib -Roll or Tite•Lap roofing
in 1988 as compared to today.
Cost of 100 sq. fft. Roofing
1999 1997
Beef .120lbs. 112 lbs.
Whout
Oslo . . - . 6.6814 bu, bn. 9878 5.6 bubu.
, . .
Bagley. . . 11.5 bu. 8.5 bu.
So, dont put of.getting a new
• roof to pprotect your crops' and
livestock. Get one of Canada's
two best goofing values.
121b -Roll and Ti0e.,Lap
Rooib ig-Easy to put on right.
over your old roof. Theysavemoney by cutting upkeep cost.
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Use STATRE LED -HED NAILS.
Lead on the head positively
eeylo the neil•hole. A drive,
screw nail that holds like.a..
bulldog,
JAMESWAY POULTRY
• EQUiPMENT.
No matter how large or swan.
your flock. there is Jomesway
equipment of every typo
to suit your needs exactly,
Specialists in incubators, ve
tilation and poultry housing.
Write for literature. ,
The Preston Fertilator •
attached toyourseed drill.
enables you to sow fertilizer -
with your fall wheat.
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OPEN LETTER TO A
BOOR ON WHEELS
Scone day, my ill-mannered friend,
You are going to go too far. Some
day when you swerve around a street
corner, 'you are going to clip the but-
tons off the wrong pedestrian's vest,
and he is going to catch up with you,
haul you 'off your comfy upholstery
and deal you the smacking -down you
deserve, You're a vers able Titan of
self-assurance, aren't you, when you'-
re behind an eight-cyclinder engine?
But how you you look on your feet?
Are you the same dashing, imposing,
self-assertive personage for whom
the rest of • the world must make
room? Would you dare shove anoth-
er pedestrian aside; would you jostle
a six-footer? You would not, for
you're just a grubby little inferiority
complex who's been sublimated by a
shot of gasoline,
and able Opposition in Parliament,
because without such, Governments
themselves do not tend to remain
strong.—Seaforth Expositor.
And what's the reason for this •
break -neck rush of yours, anyway?
You're in an automobile. You'll ar-
rive at your destination 10, 15 or 20.
times quicker than the pedestrian,
you're crowding pack on to the curb..
The hest he can do is five or six.
miles an hour. You are going 25 or •
30, perhaps 40 miles an hour. Is;
your business ten times more urgent
than his? My, my, what an impor-
tant fellow you are! What vast de-
signs, what momentous projects must.
occupy your waking hours to justify,
such impatience.
The automobile, it seems, is the'
devil's gift to the Little Man. Put
him in control of a motor car and he's
cock o' the cross -walks. But if you
suddenly yanked that ton or two of '
non and steel out from under him, .
you'd find hint just a measly nonen-
tity with the mental set-up of a pub -
lie school bully, You may say I'm
in a bacl frame of mind. You're
right! And I'll .get over it when fel-
lows like you begin to use a little
care, caution, courtesy and common-
sense when you're driving on the
streets and highways of this province,.
—"A PEDESTRIAN."
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