The Clinton News Record, 1934-11-15, Page 6PAGE 6
NEVIS
THE
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD.
Timely Information for the
Busy Facer
.FurnisMed by the Department ntofA
Agriculture
, The total amount of branded beef
sold in Canada during the month of
September was 2,818,400 pounds.
`There would appeal to be a ser-
ious shortage of alsike for domestic
needs in Canada next spring as the
1934 production, plus the small carry-
over, is not expected to exceed more
than one-half normal requirements.
Timothy Seed Estimate
The total yield in Canada of tim-
othy seed in 1934 may approximate
5,000,000 pounds, as against 4,000,-
000 pounds in 1933, and an annual
average for the past five years of
2,000;000 pounds. The normal annual
consumption is estimated at 10,000,-
000 pounds and from 7,000,000 to 8,-
000,000 pounds of this have been 1M
-
ported annually from the United
States. Very little seed is likely to
be imported this year, however,' ow-
ing to the 1934 erop failure in the
United States. There would appear
to be a shortage of timothy seed far
normal domestic requirements next
spring. i
O.A.C. Short Course
A short course covering many
phases of the agricultural industry,
will be opened to farmers of Ontario,
at the Ontario Agricultural College
at Guelph, Hon. Duncan Marshall an-
nounced. The classes will be held from
January 2-11 when students wilI be
given a holiday. Special work in live-
stock covering beef cattle, dairy
cattle, horses, sheep and swine, will
be arranged said the minister.
It is also hoped to have in addition
to the regular instruction, special
conferenes on important phases of
production and marketing, At the
same time, short nurses in horticul-
ture, bee -keeping and agricultural en-
gineering will be held. The three
months' dairy course and the month's
poultry course will be held as usna],
but will not be a part of the plan for
the two weeks' eourse. There will al-
so be a short practical eourse in em-
ergency veterinary work.
"The tine chosen will, if approved,
permit the regular students, with the
exception of the senior students in
agriculture and the girls, to remain
at home," he said. "This will leave
the dormitories and the dining hall
for a group of about. 500 available for
the short course and conference. We
should like to make a special rate of
$6.00 for the ten days or 75 cents per
day for those who come but for a few
days.
Breeds for Crate Feeding
The best breeds of poultry for, crate
feeding are the general purpose types
such as Plymouth Rocks and Wyan-
dottes, or the heavy types such as
Jersey .Giants:
British Apple Market
The latest report from Andrew
Fulton, overseas fruit representative,
states that United Itingdom markets
continue to receive abundant supplies
of apples of the cooking type, thus
preventing any increase of values for
this class of fruit. On the other hand,
there is a definite demand for highly -
coloured red apples on all markets
including London, where English ap-
ples are the most plentiful. There is
a definite shortage of red barrelled
apples. It is his opinion that out-
standing coloured dessert apples will
make slightly higher values later on:
It is interesting to note that some
excellent Virginian barrelled Jona-
thans have been yielding from 24 to
27 shillings and. York Imperials have
been bringing about the same. So far,
Ontario apples have been practically
negligible inquantity indicating that
a large part of the crop is being held
in cold storage for future sale and
delivery.
Easy Marketing of Poultry
The early marketing of well -finish-
ed birds in commercial quantities was
well demonstrated by farmers during
the last two weeks of October in Eas-
tern Ontario where the first poultry.
pools of the year have been held. The
question as to whether or not early
poultry marketing could be done sue
cessfully in a large way by farmers,
from a quality standpoint, has been
definitely answered, the producers
in these 'districts having demonstrat-
ed by planning ahead that the crop
of chickens from practically any dis-
trict in Ontario can be produced and
made ready for sale when the market
demands it. The average weight of
the pbol pack has been. around 5
pounds per bird, with a number of
^boxes of Milkfed A weights over 80
pounds. The Milkfed A chickens were
reduced bycrate feeding from, 4 to
p g
5 weeks. The carlot movement of
dressed poultry from Western to
Eastern points were also commenced
in the third week of October,
Current Crop Report
Earley has been a good paying crop
.this year in many districts. Grey
County reports yields of 50 to 60
bushels per acre, and prices varied for
malting barley - from 60c to 70c. A
heavy snowfall in that region replen-
ished the water supply and made
plowing easier. Most farmers in
Huron County are holding their alf-
alfa seed, red clover and sweet clov-
er until late winter or early spring.
Peel County reports fall wheat look
ing well, but average considerably be-
low average. Plowing is about finish-
ed in most localities; with complaints
by some plowmen that' the soil has
been dry and hard. Pasture has
been none too plentiful in North
Simcoe and some herds are sheaving
the effects. The root crop, both tur-
nips and mangels, there has been the
best in years. Waterloo County pre-
dicts that farmers are going to ex-
perience difficulty in getting their
cattle through the winter on the lim-
ited' supply of roughages.
Livestock in Brant is going into
stables in better condition than was
anticipated, while fall wheat there is
in good condition for winter. Haldi-
mand reports offers as high as $17 a
ton for "barn run alfalfa," including
first and second cuttings,' this price
unbaled and at the barn. Celery lift•
ing in Lambton is completed, with a
very much reduced crop owing to
weather conditions, lack of maturity
and frost. In Lincoln, young poultry
of good quality is in fairly good de-
mand at prices ranging from 35c to
40e according to finish. Price of
milk there has now been established
for a period at $1,95 cwt. to the pro-
ducer, f.ob. factory or receiving sta-
tion, Fall wheat Looks well with a
good top in Welland County, while
nay supply is low and priced at $20
a ton. -Condition of livestock is much
improved this year in Peterborough.
Shortage of water is serious in
Prince Edward, many wells being dry
and water in the inland lakes so low
that cattle have difficulty getting to
it.
In Eastern Ontario farmers are try-
ing to reduce their stock to prevent
a shortage of feed. Much success at-
tended the All -Manitoulin Turkey
Show, indicating the uniformity and
quality of Manitoulin turkeys which
will be marketed co-operatively for
the Christmas trade.
Successful Canadian
Exhibitors
Canadian exhibitors' were awarded
a good share of the awards for apples
at the Imperial Fruit Show, which
was held at Leicester, England, this
year from November 2 to November
10. British Columbia won seven first
prizes, and two seconds. and Nova
Scotia was awarded five firsts, three
seconds and one third.
in the British Empire section des-
sert class, open to growers from all
parts of the British Empire, James
Lowe, of Oyama, B.C., took second
Prize for his exhibit of Jonathan ap-
les, a variety that is brilliant red in
Colour, of excellent quality, high flav-
our and suitable for both dessert and
culinary use. The Associated Grow-
ers of
row-ers.of B.C., took six firsts for boxed
apples in the Canadian Championship
Section; a first and second in the
special prize class and the Agents'
General Cup, In the barrelled clas-
ses in the Canadian Championship
Section" IL Thorburu Morris, Port
Wlilliams, N.S., won a first in Class
9, and the second and third prizes in
this class went to the Borden Fruit
Company, Woodside, N.S., and the
Banner Fruit Company, Bridgetown,
N,S, In Classes 10 and 14 the Wolf-
ville Fruit 'Company of Welfville, N.
S, won the first prizes and in Class
15 the Borden Fruit Company of
Woodside, N.S,, was awarded first,
and li .Thorbtirn Morris, second.
Canadian honey also scored well at
the Show. The Saskatchewan Bee-
keepers' Association of Regina, took
a first and second in Class 8, the third
prize in this class going to G. F.
Pearcy, Kelowna, B.C. In Class 6 G.
F. Roberts of Kelowna, B.C., was a-
warded first prize, the Saskatchewan
Beekeepers' Association second, and
G. F. Pearcy, Kelowna, third.
The Imperial Fruit Show is the
outstanding event of its kind held an-
nually in the British ;Isles, At sev-
eral shows in previous years Cana-
dian exhibitors won the first prize in.
the dessert apples class with the fam-
ous McIntosh Red, which was origin-
ated in Matilda Township, Dundas
County, Ontario.
FEEDING FOR WINTER MILK
PRODUCTION.
(Experimental Perms Note)
The winter feeding of dairy cattle
presents the problem of supplying an
abundance of feed to maintain reas-
onable production ata profit. In or-
der to feed cattle economically, the
bulk of the feed should be produced
on
on the farm andthequality ua t of the
q Y
feed is an important consideration.
At the Dominion E•itperimental
Station, Fredericton, N.B., the object
is to provide the highest quality
roughage possible and thereby make
possible a reduction in the protein
content of the meal mixture. All
hay intended for cattle feeding pur-
poses is cut early in the season when
the protein content is high. Provis-
ion is also made for an abundant
supply of turnips or mangels for
winter feeding and coarse grains,
such as oats, are grown to form the
bulk of the meal mixture. An effort
is made to prevent the cows from
falling off in production too rapidly
at any time, as it is often difficult
and expensive to bring up production
after it has been reduced.•
Roughages for dairy cattle should
consist largely of good quality le-
gumes mixed hay and roots or sil-
age. When these feeds are cheap
and plentiful, the cattle are usually
fed as much hay as they will clean
up and from 30 to 50 pounds of roots
per day, the amount of roots depend-
ing on the size of the animal and the
supply available. When potatoes are
fed to replace turnips or mangels,
the amount should not 'exceed 20
pounds per cow per day.
The neal mixture being fed at the
Fredericton Experimental Station at
the present time consists of 200.
pounds crushed oats, 150 pounds
bran, 100 pounds oil. meal, 100 pounds
gluten feed, 51h pounds salt and 11
pounds bone char. The amount of
oil meal and gluten feed may be
increased or decreased according to
the quality of the roughage on hand.
This meal mixture. is fed at the rate
of 1 pound to each 3 to 4 pounds of
milk produced, the amount depending
on the fat content of the milk.
Hogs graded in Canada for the
first 43 weeks of 1934, ended October
25, numbered 2,373,094, a decrease of
172,459 on the corresponding period
of 1933.
.As a result of over ten years' ef-
fort in the direction of strawberry
breeding at the Dominion Central
Experimental Farm, Ottawa, thirty
varieties of new hybrid strawberries,
selected for earliness, lateness, pro-
ductivity, and general health and vig-
our, have been named. The distribu-
tion of these varieties was commenc-
ed in 1933.
THE FARMER'S DILEMMA
Now a farmer in one of the New
England states writes to his newspa-
per protesting against what he calls
"unwitting governmental discrimina-
tion." Ile says that a cousin (also
a farmer) in a southern state receiv-
ed an order from Washington to plow
under 25 per cent of his cotton crop.
The cousin replied that there was not
so much as a single boll on his pro-
perty. He was then informed that
as he was on the government list as
a cotton planter, it would be appre-
ciated if he would kindly co-operate
and plow up 25 per cent of his land
anyhow.
Shortly after this puzzling incident
it reported that he received anoth-
er government communication order-
ing him to get rid of 25 per cent of
his pigs, Again he took his pen in
hand and regretfully declared that
his farm could not boast even as much
as three little pigs. And again he
was told that he was on the govern-
ment list as a pig -breeder and would
he please do something about it.
After his correspondence with
Washington had been forgotten the
Southerner one day received two of-
ficial -looking envelopes in which he
found two handsome cheeks from Un-
cle Sam. One was for plowing under
cotton he did not grow and the other
was for doing away with 25 per cent
of the pigs he did not own.
And now the New England farmer
wishes to, know how he can get on
the same list as his cousin.' lie can't
grow cotton in his neck of the woods,
pigs are prohibited by the selectmen,
and he does not wish to 'pull up
stakes and go South. So what is he
to do --Christian Science 14onitor.
Crested wheat grans seed, a com-
paratively new grass seed to attain
commercial importance in Canada, is
produced almost exclusively in Sas-
katehewan and Alberta. The 1984
crop for commerce in: Saskatchewan
is estimated at 30,000 pounds and in
Alberta 20,000 pounds.. These quare
titles are slightly Iarger than the
production of 193S.
Shipments oflivve stock from Wes-
tern to Eastern Canada in 1934 up to
October 18 included 89,593 cattle; 4,-
478 carves, 51,134 sheep, and 159,-
916 hogs. Compared with the corre-
sponding period of 1933, these figures
show increase of 24,906 cattle; 2,397
calves, and 15,165 sheep and a de-
crease of 77,253' hogs -
Can You Classify Them?
In every community there are to be
found two types of citizens! There is
the .citizen who stands on the street
corner, with his hands stuffed down
in his pockets, his shoulders stooped
and a sneer on his face. Such an one
is no value to any community.
He is the fellow who says the fire
department 'does not know how to
fight a fire and tells how it ought to
be done, but never lends a hand. He
is the fellow who complains about the
ruts in the streets — but he hasn't
paid any taxes for years, and, of
course, does not help to keep them in
condition. He is the fellow who finds
fault with the schools and the teach-
ers, but never did anything in his en-
tire Iife to improve or help this side
of civic life. He is the fellow who
criticises the local newspaper, but
never subscribed for it, (or if he did,
he never paid for it!). He is the' fel-
low who condemns everything and
sees no good in anything.
Contrast him with the other type of
citizen. The citizen who is a booster
and who may be counted on to as-
sist in every worthy cause. This type
of ;citizen pays his debts and his taxes,
stands for everything that is for the
betterment of the place where he
lives, and never allows his enthusiasm
for his . home town to lag. He is an
asset to any community.
It is men of his class that are re.
sponsible for all the improvements
which are made. We owe it to him
that we have good streets, that our
school system is as modern as it is,
and that we live in a place that we
can boast of to our friends. It is this
latter individual who invests his mon-
ey and his time in the development
of his town and district.
Classify yourself and see which
class you belong to and which type
you can match. If' you belong to the
first, it's time for rejuvenation; if
you belong to the later class --Andre
power to your elbow!—Exchange.
There would appear to be a ser-
ious shortage of alsike for domestic
needs in Canada next spring as the
1934 production, plus the small car-
ry-over, is not expected to exceed
more than one-half normal require-
ments.—Dominion Seed Branch.
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TO
TIIURS., NOVA 15;' 1934 `•
FARME
University ty CO'ur
se for Agriculturists '
Two Weeks at University of Toronto
Under the auspices of the Work-
ers' Educational Association of On-
tario, University of Toronto, a two.-
week's
wo=week's school for young farmers has
been arranged, commencing Monday,
November 26th in the Department of
Economics, University. of Toronto.
The programme of studies will be
arranged by a tutorial committee
consisting of Professor E. J. Urwick,
Head -of the Department of E'oonom-
ies, Mr. W. J. Dunlop, Director of
University ,Extension, Professor W'.
M.: Drummond, Agricultural Econom-
ist, and Drummond Wren. The pro-
fessional staff of the Department of
Economics of the University will be
in charge of the study programme
which will deal with the economic
situation' in Canada with special em-
phasis on the relationship of agri-
culture to the general situation; an
examination of experiments conduct-
ed by other countries such as the
Agricuitural'Adjustment Act in the
United States and its possibilities as
a sound economic venture; price
raising policies including production
control;; marketing in Canada and a-
broad with reference to the Federal
Marketing Act, policies of foreign.
countries such as tariffs and bonus-
es; inflation as a remedy for chaos
in agriculture, Federal Debt Adjust -
anent Act; ,a study of Government ins
tervention and assistance.
The object of the school is to devel-
op the latent talent for leadership a-
mong young men and women on the
Teem so that they may, fill important
places in their respective communi-
ties in developing an understanding
of the economic position of Agricul-
ture and is relation to the general
field of Canadian and International
Economics, It is hoped that the
success of this school will result in
the formation of County schools and
also of study circles in each rural
community.
The school will meet for two ses-
sions each day—morning and after-
noon at the University. At dinner
1 each evening an interesting address
will be delivered by prominent edu.
Art Gallery and Museum will be ar-tion of replies being received --none•
ealienists
and others, Visits to the
hope that a full number of replies
'would be receWed,and thus the per-
son possessing; the lucky number
would be known and informed of his,
lou her, good" fortune, in having atop
all=expense-paid 'round-trip to that:.
colony. On account of only a por-
ra d 1 t h
nge a e ante afternoons for of which bear the number previously
,those interested, drawn—search' if now being made for
As it is proposed to •limit the the person now possessing the iucky-
number of swccessful applicants, ev- numbered post. card. Therefore all'
eryone who wishes, to attend should recipients of such' cards who have not:
yet signed and turned them in are in -
I send in an application now. Those
not accepted win be given first cons vited to do so immediately, in order
sideration for any similar school that the name of 'the Iucky poison
which may be conducted in the near maY be known and so informed.
future. The Tourist Trade Development:'
0o -operating with the Workers' 'Board of Jamaica now announces that'
Educational Association' in the pro- if the winning mambo,' does not arrive
motion of this Agriculturist Varsity within a month from this date, al/
are the ' New Canada Movement; the cards already received . will be,
United Farmers of Ontario, Junior Placed in a box and a 'number drawn..
Farmer. Associations, and the Co-op- Thus there is still a chance for those..
eratfve Union. who have already sent in their cards,.
The cost, apart from living expen- should the person holding the win-
ses, will be a registration fee of one ping number not reply within 'the
dollar. date mentioned.
Applications should be mailed to This campaign was undertaken by•'
Donald R. McLean, 11Tuirkirk, chair- the Tourist Trade Development Board"
man of the Organizing Committee or of Jamaica to bring the attractions:
Drummond Wren, Secretary, of the of that beautiful tropical colony in
Workers' Educational Association, the Carribbean Sea t the attention
University of Toronto. of the addresses and they announce
WINS BIG CONTEST BUT NAME
NOT KNOWN
A search is now being made for a
person already possessing a lucky
number entitling him, or her, to be
a guest of the Island of Jamaica,
British West Indies, for several days
without expense and also to have a
free trip there and back on a "Lady"
boat of the Canadian National Steam-
ships.
A few weeks ago 4,000 letters were
availed by the Tourist Trade Develop-
ment Board of Jamaica to prominent
individuals, each of these Letters
containing a blank postcard carrying
a number, with the stipulation that
this card be signed by the recipient
and returned to the Tourist Trade
Development Board. Previous to the
time of mailing from Jamaica, the
chairman of that board drew a num-
ber from among the 4,000 with the
that they will be delighted to enter-
tain the Mucky person in this contest
with the best of the Island's privi—
leges and without any financial ob-
ligation whatever on the part of the -
winner. In offering this free trip
during 1935 it is stipulated that the
Canadian National Steamships::
"Lady" liners will be used as ars
means of transportation to Jamaica,
these liners having established a
close reciprocal relationship in pas-
senger service and trade require-
ments.
The total amount of branded bee-
sold
eef-sold in Canada during the month of
September was 2,818,400 pounds. •
The total number of live cattle ex-
ported to the British Isles in 1934 up
to October 25 was 44,188, compared'
with 63,792 in the corresponding per—
iod of 1933,
1
A.dvortisements
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A retail store will do more business
if attention is directed to it by
thousands of pointers. Imagine
thousands of fingerposts scattered
over a retailer's trading area, every-
one of them pointing in the direction
of the retailer's store, and bearing
his name. It would cost a lot of mon-
ey to set up and maintain thosuands
of fingerposts, and it might be diffi-
cult to get permission to set up these
fingerposts from those having au-
thority. But if one could have them,
they would be good advertisements--,
good directors.
Advertisements in one's newspaper
are in very truth pointers. Every
copy of the newspaper carrying the
retailer's 'advertisement makes' that
advertisement a fingerpost. The ad-
vertisement multiplied thousands up-
on thousands of tmes, becomes
thousands upon thosuands of finger -
posts.
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