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Alfalfa ;°For l'Poul4ry
Alfalfa in the greenstatehas long
'been recognized:" an .an ideal poultry
° feed when used; 'in ,-cortjunatien -with
grains and �rirashes. It is
the usual
used extensively as •range or as cut
•green feed for birds in ',confinement
:during the spring, ^summer -a=id fall
snonths in most Slf 1fa-growing -ar-
,eas, but the value of 'the 'hay as a
•-winter feed is not so generally known.
:So much of the yeasts suecessedepends
ion the number and `quality -of •chicks
%hatched eaeh spring, that it 'is len-
portant to do all possible to' increase
the fertility and hatchability of the
eggs and the livability •of •the ebieks.
!Eoopeeimenits 'have sbowu that '20
per cent. better fertility and 6.4 per
cent. 'better -hatchability , of feri;ile
eggs can -be obained from birds where
alfalfa hay instead of'straw is used
as litter 'in the breeding.pens. The
alfalfa should be used as litter dur-
ing the winter months preceding the
breeding season and the same treat-
ment given te'males and females.
Clover and Grass Seed Market
• 'Little change is reported in the
seed situation in eastern Ontario.
Seed is continually moving &ern to
calities in the Ottawa valley where
available and consists mainly of red
clover and timothy. Only a small.
quantity of timothy seed remains to
be marketed and most of this is held
by growers for local sale. Timothy
seed prices remain firm at 14e to 16c
per pound. Red clover seed growers
are new being paid 19e to 21e per
pound basis no 1 grade. Alfalfa seed
is moving rather slowly on account
of that remaining for sale being most-
ly of poor quality. It is expected,
however, that in the counties of Rus
sell and Carleton, where most of the
present crop was grown, it will find
a ready local market later in the
season. No. 1 alfalfa 18 being bought
at 18e per pound.
In south-western Ontario; the 1934
erop of clove.. and grass seeds was
unusually small and practically sold
out more than a month ago. That
remaining is largely of the poorer
qualitities and smaill dots held for
local sale. Prices being paid grow-
ers, basis no. 1 grade, range from
18e to 23c for red clover; 18c to 20c
for alfalfa; 20c to 28c for alsike; 5c
to 6 1-2c for sweet clover; 17c to
18e for timothy and 16c to 20c for
Canada blue grass.
The Index Number
The level of prices of farm pro-
ducts is a matter of great importance
to the people of Canada. It affects
the pu,•chasing power of the largest
aingle group of the popplatiell and
'thereby limits the market for large
,quantities of industrial goods. In
comparing prices over a period of
time, it is rather difficult to estab-
lish exact relationships. Therefore,
statisticians use a device known as
an index number. This number re-
presents the relative position or
,prices at a given time, as compared
•with those in a period when condi-
tions were fainly stable and prices
of the different- groups of commodi-
ties occupied a reasonably satisfac-
tory relationship. For instance,
prices in the year 1926 have -been us-
ed by many statisticians as a period
on which to base the comparisons
with other year`s. In 1929 the index
of field crops (grain 'and vegetable
products') was 94 comlliared with 100
in 1926. In 1932 the index had drop-
ped to 41 and to 35 in January, 1933.
During 1933, however, the index rose
to 46, and in 1934 ranged between 48
and 61.
Bailey ifkarplliarportant
Barley has competed .strongly -wi
wheat as a revenue producer on On
tario farms. This -grain holds an
important P ,f lace !for reasons
'P
It is a comparatively high yielder
'Experiments . s'heW - 'that. -n=ixed -with
early oats, returns from the'combina
kion -exceed -highest•yiel'ds obtainable
froin either grain separately. Also
in analyses, it is shown that in car-
bohydrates and protein, lbeeley.
pares very favorably with field corn.
Barley is also the north country -corn,
•'In northern counties, where' early
frosts render the growing season too
short for the production .of large
.crops of corn, 'barley is found 'to''be
•an excellent substitute. It , grows
-rapidly and is the shallowest rooted
of all the cereals. Because of these
two points, barley does best of ail/
cereals on ground which is insuffit-
ciently drained and hence is scold and
backward in spring. In. recent ex-
periments by the Department of
-Chemistry, .O.A.C., it was noted that
the highest -yields of barley were
realized where it followed a root crop.
.The department's experiments with
fertilizer on barley, showing. a big
increase in yield where fertilizers
were used, are important in view of
the fact that this province last year
Bowed 508,000 acres of barley.
TIIE-(CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., FEB. 14, 1935;
mature moult, curtaining the winter
profits, and later hatches are seldom
profitable, tiue. to the slower -growth
of the chickensin the hot months
-when ' thelnsecba'and succulent green
feeds are $carte.
Maximum fertility of eggs and
Iiability of chicks hatched is of the.
utmost importance„ and probably the
greatest detriment to . best results' • is
due to neglect of the 'parent stock.
For proper assimilation of thediet
there must'be plenty of fresh air and
-wit
sunlight, and a plentiful supp'ly,o2
fresh drinking -water, Though the
gnautity of feed supplied may 'be
abundant, there may be an unbalenc-
ed condition•' the absence or bs of ne.
cessary greens may result in an over -
.fat condition and perhaps sterility -of
the male, wh',Ie the hen deprived' o3
the essential vitamins'in'her own diet
'is unable to transmit thein to her
offspring through.' the medium of the
egg.
Errors in this regard are never:
corrected by later effort; -a •week,
chick is always an unprofitable chic.j
ken. The breeding stock should.
-have as much or more :.attention
than the laying pullet, There is'no
economy in poor feeding, and neg-
lect will take its toll where it is least
expected,
The efficient poultryman is never'
careless. He 'knows, that it only pays
to feed the young stock right to pro-
duce Ya-ge quantities of eggs, and
that the breeder, both male and fe-
male, to reproduceinust be given e-
qual attention.
If the body weight and feather
condition have been maintained,
those feeds and concentrates that
have given satisfactory results In
the production of eggs will fit the
breeders for their duties in the
hatching season. It is an advan-
tage if the birds can get into direct
sunlight whenever the weather per-
mits, or under adverse conditions the
fertility may be helped by the ad -
(hien of one per cent, 'cod liver oil to
the ration and an abundant supply of
good alfalfa. -
Time to think of the Garden
The new seed catalogues are now
out and this is the time for farmers
and gardeners to start planning the
garden for the coming season. The
average garden, if carefully planned,
can be made to produce an abundance
of cheap but healthful and nourishing
food for summer use as well as for
storage for winter. The well manag-
ed garden may be relied on to pro-
vide the farmer with up to 40 per cent
of his food requirements.
Many of the vegetable 'crops lend
themselves to successional sowing,
making it posible to extend their
season considerably. It should • be re-
membered that tender growing vege-
tables are superior to fully grown
crops both for summer use and
winter storage.' Large size in vege-
tables is often an indication of coarse-
ness and poor quality with consider-
able waste.
Potatoes For Feed
The feeding of potatoes to live
stock provides a very .satisfactory
outlet for the lower grades of the
crop. Second-grade potatoes may be
used as a feed for hogs and also in
limited amognts for cattle, sheep and
horses as a substitute for grain. For
pigs the potatoes should be boiled,
mixed with the grain and fed with
Other concentrates. A. protein sup-
plement needs to be fed with this.
Experiments indicate that it takes
about 420 pounds of potatoes, fed af-
ter'cooking, to equal 100 pounds ,of
corn or barley. For the best results
in swine feeding the proportion of
potatoes in the ration should not be
greater than four pounds to one of
concentrates. Potatoes may furnish
half of the dry matter in the ration
for cattle and sheep and one-fourth
for horses. Dairy cows should not
receive more than about 35 pounds
Per day as larger Amounts may im-
pair the quality of butter produced.
For fattening sheep, from two .to.
three pounds daily should be fed with
the grain. For cattle and sheep feed-
ing, the potatoes should be chopped
and mixed with the grain, and should
be rave They may be fed raw to
hogs, particularly -brood sows, if
time and labor cannot be spared for
cooking.
Care Of The Breeding Stock And When To
Hatch Chickens
The eggs of the domestic fowl re-
quire three weeks' incubation, and.
chickens to bereared for eommer-
Mial purposes should be hatched In
time for the pullets to come into lay
before the very cold weather sets in
in the .fall. Several factors influ-
ence the time at which eggs should
be set, 'principally breed and variety,
rearing conditions, including equip-
ment, and the prices that may be ob-
tained for .the product,
The lighter varieties, composed
]'Mostly of the 'Mediterranian breeds,
should, be hatched for ordinary pur-
poses between April 1 and May 31,'
and the heavy varieties, including
both English and' Amerilean breeds,
about one month, earlier.
Careful investigations en the Do-
minion Experimental Farms have
given es the knowledge to feed and
rear chickens in confinement; so
that with suitable equipment it is
now no longer essential to get the
' young birds out onto the soil as
early as it was once coneidered ne-
cessary. The demand for early
broilers and fall eggs will have some
bearing on the desirable date on
which to hateh, and the supply of
fresh eggs in the fall is a condition
that must be given 'consideration.
Though to some extent influenced
by the necessity for getting uniform
information' from year to year when
compiling data for genetical studies,
the hatches 'of Barred Plymouth
Rocks at the D'omini'on Ekperimen-
taiil Station, Harrow,• are set at ten-
day intervals from the middle of
March till the end of April. This
enables the pullets without undue
forcing td rea:clr•'their peak produc-
tidn during the winter months. Too
early hatching may result, ill pre
Expansion of the sale of canned
goods on the domestic and export
markets offers the most hopeful out-
let for an increased production of
vegetables in Canada. As it is, the
increase in the volume of vegetables
Produced for sale in Canada has been
large and rapid within recent years.
In most sections of the Dominion
bees were well prepared for the pre-
sent winter, and it would appear that
more bees than ever before are being
carried through to the opening of
Spring.
Judging from the increasing voI-
ume of exports of canned fruits and
vegetables and the improved quality
of the products, Canadian canned
fruits and vegetables have become
prime favourites with consumers in
the British Isles. .
POPULARIZING THE
USE OF MILK
Year by year the Milk Utilization
Service of the Dairy and Cold Stor-
age Branch of the Dominion Depart-
ment of Agriculture carries on its
work of promoting the greater con-
sumption of dairy products in every
province of the Dominion. Through
the co-operation of extension .depart-
ments of universities, provincial ag-
rioultural departments, provincial
and civic health and educational of-
ficials, it has been possible, says the
annual report of the Minister, to
bring to the attention of an appre-
ciable percentage of the adult popu-
lation the valuable food properties
of milk and the manufactured dairy
products, and to stimulate greater in-
terest in these healthful foods among
pupils in all the various schools.
At several conventions, including
those of provincial dairy associe.;
tions, home economic associations
and Women's Instit•ites, an oppor-
tunity was given to speak on the
milk utilization worse and to enlist
the support of their members. In ad-
dition, many meetings of home and
school clubs and other organisations
were attended and addresses given
on the subject of dairy products, ' A
number of radio talks were delivered
during the past year and lecture dem-
onstrations stressing the uses of
milk and other dairy products in the
home were conducted in various
oentres.
Ontario produced about four. -tenths
of the Canadian commercial straw-
berry crop in 1934; British Columbia,
three -tenths; Quebec, two-tenths, and
New Brunswick and: Nova Scotia
combined, one-tenth.
Much sunshine and a fair amount
of rainfall during the summer , of.
1934 undoubtedly provided proper,
conditions for a bountiful storage of
sap, in the maple trees. it remains
for ,suitable conditions of frosty
nights and mild 'days during the
sugaring season to provide -an .abun-
dant .erop in 1935.
EXETER: "Rev, Thigh D. Taylorz
Widely 'known 'Exeter -clergyman,
died early Monday in Victoria Hos=
phial, London, following •a brief ill-
ness of pneumonia. 'The deceased
took his M.A. degree at Toronto Uni-
versity and'his B'D.-at-V,ictoria Uni-
versity. After holding several charg-
es'in •Ontario 'heleft ;Bellwood to.
enter'the mission fiel'd'in'China where
he served from 1920 to 1931. He
was -accompanied there by • his wife,
formerly '1\iiss Ruth Walker, of St.
Catharines, Ont. ' On returning 'home
he'becaine pastor of the 'Thames"Road
United Church, four miles east of
Exeter. Ile `i's survived ley 'nils -wife
and four children, June, Ruth, -Hugh
and Marjorie Joy. A; service -was'
held in `his former church 'et 1:30
o'clock -Tuesday, interment in 'Owen
Sound, Wednesday.
ISEAFORTII: Dr. and Mrs. J. A.
Munn entertained the members of
the choir of First Presbyterian church
Seaforth, -w=ith their 'husbands and
wives, at their residence en Wednes-
day evening. Dinner was served at
6.30 after which the evening was
pleasantly spent iii .euchre,• the prize
winners being: ladies' first, Miss Mar-
garet McDonald; gentleman's first
prize, W. A: Wright; consolation,
Miss Evelyn Cardno and Mr. Louis
Hemberger. 'Miss Margaret Smith,
one of the members, daughter of M4•.
and Mrs. W. A. Smith, who left on
Monday to take a course in training
in the Western Hospital, Toronto,
was presented by D. L. Reid on behalf
of the choir with a picture of Que-
bec, as a token of remembrance and
esteem.
-GODERICH: William Woman,
aged veteran of the Fenian Raids,
passed away suddenly at his home
here on Sunday morning. Mr. Vroo-
man was in his usual good spirits ear-
lier in the morning when he was
suddenly seized by a fatal heart at -
tack. 'Me. Vroomarfs Wife, 1onmeely
Mary Quaid, passed sway only ten
-days ago. Born in 184.6 "at 'Mladoc
Hastings County, he was prominent
in road construction work near Belle-
ville. Sixty-threeyears ego he mar-
ried ltf'ary Quaid, of Port Albert,
farming in Colborne Township for
twenty years, from where lie came to
his 'present home tri, Gederibh. Ile
was identified with 'Victoria Street
United Church here, .and was an ac-
tiee member of IC, o d er 1 eh' s
Octogenarian Club, Ile is survived
by five children, namely: Mrs. Alex.
Sillib of Sheppardton, Mrs. William
Burrows of Landfine, Alta.; Mhs, Ed.
Dunn, Toronto; William at Shep-
pardton, and John of Goderi'ch. The
funeral service was held at his
'Bate .home, on Tuesday, at 2 p.m.
Interment in Maitland 'Cemetery.
'GODERICH: For failing to report
an accident Gordon Drennan, Ashfield
township ,was fined $10 and costs.
.Drennan turned hie car ever in a
ditch and after getting it out prompt-
ly forgot the incident. No one was
injured. Police got wind of the mis-
hap and laid the eharge.
GODE,RICIJ: The annual election
of officers of the Nurses' Alumnae
was held at the Alexandra Hospital
Friday, el'•b. 1st, 1935. O'ffi'cers are
as follows: Honorary president, Miss
M,cC'orkindale; hon. vice president,
Miss Matheson; president, Miss Dun-
keld; vice-president, Mrs, R. Brewer;
corresponding secretary, Miss Mc-
Cann; recording secretary, Miss
Priddle; treasurer, Miss Ritchie; so-
cial committee, Miss McilManus, Miss
Chambers.
HENSALL: On Sunday Rev. A.
Sinclair of ,the United Church ex-
changed duties with Rev. Ms. Elliott
of Main Street United Church, Exe-
ter, preaching anniversary services.
`Sam 'Rennie, from the United Church
;here; sang solos. In the. morning an-
them De. Ivan' Smillie took the bolo
part. At the evening service Mr.
• Sinclair occupied his own pulpit,
While' the musical parts of the service
were taken by Mrs. -George Hess, and
a quartette was given by 'errs. Hess,
Mrs. Drysdale, W. O. Goodwin and
11 Horton,
The total value of Canadian field
crops harvested in 1334 is now esti-
mated -at :$544,974,300 compared with
a revised estimate of $'453,598,000 for
1933. This increase of $91,376,600 is
due mainly to higher, unit prices.
*'1
Canadian hay as required in Bel-
gium must be No. 1 extra, mixed, 75
per cent timothy and 25 per sent clo-
ver. Hay enters Belgium free.
. Observations over an extended per-
iod indicate that thin, sparse pas-
turages for sheep encourage the
growth of the finer grades of wool
while thick, lush grass increases the
proportion of the coarser grades of
wool, • '
STATISTICS -PROVE
"Statistics prove" so' many things,
The size of towns, the ' height of;
kings,:
The age of childrenin the schools,;
The skull development of fools,
The salaries that parsons get,
The number of abodes to let,
The Wealth oflircky millionaires;.
The price of hensandmining .shares.. -
All things below and things above'?
It seems= to me "statistics prove.""
But no, statistics never yet
Appraised a single violet
Measured the gladness of an eye,
Orro ed t
p v d the sorrow of a sigh.
Statistics never caught the gleam
That dances on a meadow stream,
Or weighed the ,anthema of a bird
In forest aisles devoutly heard.
Statistics never proveda soul,
In high or low, in part or whole,
Sin, 'beauty, 'passion, honour, love --e•
How ,much statistics cannot prove!
Amos R. Wells, in "Life."'
A BIG STIR
. It is estimated that hundreds of
tons of sugar are wasted annually
in the bottom: of teacups, This ter–
rible disclosure wile cause a big stir••
in Aberdeen
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