The Clinton News Record, 1935-03-07, Page 6PAGE 6
THE CLINTON ` NEWS -RECORD
Timely Information ,for the
BusFarmer
( furnished by the Department of Agriculture ).•
Proposed Jam Marketing • Scheme For
Canada '
A proposed scheme for the regula-
tion of the marketing of jams, jel-
lies and marmalades produced and
marketed wi't'hin the. Dominion of
Canada, has been submitted to the
Dominion idarlceting 'Beard. The
scheme hasbleen reviewed by the
•Board and is still subjeict to amend-
ment. Copies of the scheme may be
obtained from the Secretary, Domin-
ion Marketing Board, Ottawa, to
whom representations may be made
concerning it.
As the situation with respect to the.
marketing of jam is one that requires
immediate action, any representa-
tions will have to be made without'
delay. ;
Foul .Mr Checks Laying
One of the reasons many pullets
fail to lay well during the 'winter, in
spite of good feeding, is the damp, and
stagnant air to be found in many
poultry houses.
Many poultry keepers close up
nearly all ventilators • when winter
approaches, under the impression
that the fowls need the warmth.
Fresh air is far snore important than
warinith, and many batches of pullets
that fail to come into production .at
the proper age are suffering from
this mistaken idea.
Birds so affected may not suffer
from disease, though they are very
liable to colds, but they fail to reach
laying condition, and by the time 'the
error is discovered by the poultry
keeper the egg market has generally
broken.
The best time to test the air in a
poultry house is first thing in the
morning.
Need Green Feed in Winter
The average farms poultry flock of
36 hens requires approximately one-
half acre of greens -if the proper a-
mount ofgreen feed during the win-
' ter months is provided. As soon as
moisture is available to germinate.
rye, oats or wheat, the planting of
either one or all three of these grains
to furnish: greens for the laying
flock during the fall and winter
months is advisable.
Green feed is high in vitamins,
minerals and proteins, three essential
nutrients of a poultry ration, and it
serves as a conditioner as well as
being high in nutrients. No other
•one thing,wili'pay as large dividends;
for the amount of money invested as
an adequate acreage of green feed
for the poultry flock.
Repair of Machinery
Careful repairing of tillage ma-
ehinery. each winter or early spripg
with replacement of doubtful or
worn parts has been proven to pay
large dividends by preventing . major
costly repairs. Tillage implements
generally receive less care and more
hard' knocks than any other class of
farm mcahinery. '
The value of any implement can
•only be •-measured by its. usefulness
in acres covered, quality of work done
and freedom frons the necessity of
costly epaire and delays. Delays due
to breakdowns during the rush tillage
season of spring and summer are
costly and easilly, prevented if the
farmer, with a few tools and a little
time, will check over carefully every
working or wearing part long before
he is going to use the machine.
Check over every machine caeful-
ly for. loose, worn or stripped bolts;
replace broken- spring washers and
check alil loose or slack parts. Wheel
and power lift bearings, disk boxings
and all no•ving parts should be 'ad-
justed for wear, Clean all working
parts of old grease, oil, dirt and steel
particles' with kerosene and replace
with plenty of fresh lubricants.
Current Farm. Conditions,
Reports from DufferinCounty
state that feed is the limiting factor
so far as the oondition of livestock is
concerned. There is a large ,percent-
age of livestock in that . district,
however, being carried along in fair
flesh and they will be turned on
• grass in good condition. Many farm-
ers there are feeding cattle for mar-
ket. A. recent largely -attended sale
in Grey County brought forth prices
of. $40' to $45 for grade sews and over
8100 for horses; implements also
sold well. Home mixing of fertiliz-
ers is a live topic in Halton and it is
expected that a good "deal of home
nixing will be done •this year unless
mixed fertilizer prices show a decid-
ed decrease, There is a brisk demand
Wax Mixtures for
Plucking Poultry
The use of wax mixtures in pluck-
ing poultry has obtained considerable
popularity among poultry producers
in the United States. However, this
use of wax has been confined to soft-
scald birds, that 'is, birds which have
been innn.ersed during plucking in
dale mares, 4 .and 5 years old•; were water at a temperature of 130 de -
sold last week for '$400. Farmers grecs F. In the meantime, the°ef-
:hero are also in a more hopeful forts of the National Research Conn -
frame of mind regarding cattle pre- ell of Canada in. evolving a suitable
ces, Hagdealers are offering 512.50 process have resulted in the produe
g
to $13.00 for baled hay. In North tion of five different wax mixtures,
Sinecoe there is sufficient - •hay and . all of which have the advantage, of
grain to meet focal stock 'require-. being fairly satisfactory for both
ments for this spring, althaug'h .aome
farmers will need to do some trading.
ti, get through the winter. Good
quality timothy or clover hay, loose,
is selling. at $16.00 a ton in that dis-
trict.
Creamerymen in Haldinnana re-
port that production is holding up
reasonably well, considering the
shortage of feed. A good supply of
eggs for hatching purposes is noted
in Lincoln County, but the demand Is
so heavy that market eggs are becom-
ing scarce and prices advancing.
There is also ai heayv demand for hay
in Lincoln. 'There is a keen demand
there, too, for good alfalfa hay at
$20 per ton baled, with timothy
ranging from $16 to $1$ a ton, while
dealers are offering $10 to $12 a bus-
hel for alfalfa seed. ESctensive plans
are being made in Middlesex,- Nor-
folk and other counties for an intens
sive warble fly campaign.
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Fertilizer Terms
In order to make clear to those who
are not familiar with the various ma-
terials used in commercial ferteiliz
ers, it ,might be well to explain
briefly tine meaning , of terms and
names as may occur in fertilizer re-
commendations.
All the materials used in manufae-
taring fertilizers may be divided into
two groups, namely, (1) organic and
(2) inorganic.. Wie may for all prac-
tical purposes, class as organic those
materials such as dried blood, cotton-
seed meal, soybean meal, high-grade
tankage and fish serap, which are
derived from plant and .animal mat-
ter. These materials are not 'readily
Soluble in water and must be decom-
posed by soil organisms before theta
plant -food can become available to
the plant. The decomposing process
can only stake place under favourable
conditions with regard to tempera-
ture, moisture, and air, and even then
the process is comparatively slow.
Organic materials, therefore, are
conside+ed slowly available, and their
availability also varies with the ma•
tenial and the manner in which it has
been' treated 'previously.
All other 'materials not derived
frons plant or anima` matter are
classed as inorganic, and are usually
spoken of as chemicals. They are
formed in many ways: soon are made
synthetically by combining various
chemicals under artificial .conditions,
giving rise to such compounds as syns
thetic nitrate of soda, sulphate of
ammonia, nitro -chalk, cyanamid, and
calcium nitrate, while others are
found in natural deposits as Chilean
nitrate and sone of the potash
salts. The availability of the inorgam
is materials varies with their chemi-
cal make -11p, Of the various nitro-
gen-carrying 'materials the nitrate
forms are Usually most readily avail-
able to the plant.
The terms "ammonia" and "nitro-
gen" mean the same thing as far as
fer.+tilizersare concerned, and both
terms are often used in .discussing
fertilizers. Ammonia, however, is
only 82.5 per pent nitrogen . and a
fertilizer containing 3 per cent am-
monia contains 2.47 Der cent nitro-
gen.' To comply with . the fertilize;
regulations in Canada the term "nit-
rogen" is used in guaranteed steely.
sec.
Potash, unless 'stated otherwise, is
expressed as K20. - If other forms of
potash, such as nmriate Ofpotash,
are used, special mention is usually
maderelative to the, tobacco crop.
.Superphosphate is a source ofphos-
phoris acid (P205), and is a prodwet
of rook phosphate treated with sul-
phuric agid. The terns: "superphos-
phate" is now commonly used in place
of acid phosphate,
In the fertilizer fornntla 4-8-6, nit,
rogen (N,4%0) is expressed first, phos-
phoie acid (P2.05, 8%.) is expressed,
second, and potash (K20, 6%) is
expressed third. All other formulas
are expressed in the same order.
The above terms are frequently us-
ed in recommendations through news
letters—publications issued from the
Harrow EScperimental Station. An
understanding of the nature of the
various materials is very important
when compounding fertilizer mix-
tures for different crops.
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The ,fourth shipment of dairy cat-
tle exported. from British Columbia
to the Client this winter consisted of
for horses in Huron and good prices 26 head .of Ayrshire .heifers shipped
dry -pluck and soft -scald birds,
Ait the.recent Dressed Poultry Con-
ferenee at Ottawa, Dr. N. H. Grace
of the National Research Council ex-
plained the technique of• the Unites.
States soft-seald process and de-
scribed the various steps involved 'in
the Canadian method : in the wax -
plucking of dry -plucked birds.. There
is considerable saving in the dry-
-pluck method, which is as follows:—
the bird is killed and• the rough
feathers removed. it is then allowed
to hang until partially cooled. In
general, it was found that the skin
temperature should bo reduced to a-
bout 85 degrees F.
This cooling prior to waxing is an
important feature because objection-
able smearing is the result of wax -
treating a warm birds
Adequate cooling entirely prevents
this. The cooled bird should be dip-
ped in wax at a temperature of 128.
degrees F.-136 degrees, F. For tough
specimens, temperatures frons 135
degrees F.-188 degrees F..are"pre
.
forred. If the bird has been soft-
scalded, the wax temperature may be
as low as 125 degrees F„ or even
degree or two lower. Usually the
bird is given two dips in the wax
and this is sufficient to build up a
suitable pulling. coat. The wax -coated
bird is allowed to tool until the coat
is fairly hard and elastic. Iiemer:-
sion in water may be used to speed
up the hardening. Sense attention is
required in regard to hardening the
waxy layer, for, if the wax becomes
too hard, it is brittle and takes more
time to remove. A properly harden-
ed coat will come off in large elastic
flakes, taking with it the feathers,
pins, hairs and scales. For a pro-
perly cooled bird, a time -interval of
20 minutes is generally sufficient to
produce a good palling coat. The
results are satisfactory, although
some birds require -a little checking
over.
in soft -scalding, when the bird is
dipped after the wing and tail weath-
ers have been removed, it may be
mentioned that water temperature
should be 128 degrees F. for young
bards, 129 degrees for chickens, and
180 degrees for fowl. It is impor-
tant to maintain the temperature
with considerable exactness. The
immersion period is about one min-
ute. The bird is then roughed in the
usual manner and allowed to hang
until it dries. The body heat iv suffi-
cient to dry off the average bird in
well under -one hour.
There are obvious advantages in
dry -plucking, for the soft scald re-
quires careful temperature control.
Elimination of this step indicates an
appreciable saving in equipment. and
manipulation in the case of packing
plants and simplification in proced-
ure for the individual farmer. • The
actual cost of the best wax mixture
used by the Research Council was'
8.2 cents per pound, and very little
wax is lost in the process, because it
is readily melted down and the fea
there and pins strained off.
Alfalfa Seed Supply
The alfalfa seed supply in 'Canada
is new regarded as no 'mere than
snfli ,ient for seed requirements
this coming spring, being_ somewhat
smaller than was formerly expected
In Ontario, the chief alfalfa seed Pro-
ducing province in Canada, the 1934
seed crop :was lighter than normal.
Much of the seed was lacking in
plumpness and weight owing to, in-
suffioient'rainfall during 'the fil'l'ing,
season. This. was true particularly
of seed saved from the second cut -
It is fortunate, howeve,'that' the
supply of Canadian grown alfalfa
seed for this spring is .sufficient to
sow a normal acreage. Alfalfa is
becoming more and more popular
as a farm, crop ,and has saved the
hay situation on many farms where
drought would have caused a Serious
hay shortage if other clovers and
grasses had been the only hay crops.
'[until quite recent years ,the only
areas in Ontario where it was grown
extensively were a few of the south-
western •counties. It is now Conlon
throughout the province and if only
hardy seed is used it may be counted
upon to thrive in almost any cultiv-
able area in Canada where the soil
has sufficient Time content and
where good drainage is also provided.
Most of , the alfalfa now grown In
Canada is either of the Variegated'
or Grimm variety, the two outstand-
ing
utstand ing hardy varieties which have made
alfalfa production in Caneda both
are being realized. A team of Clydes-1 February 1 to a, dairy in 1 -long, .I{ong. extensive and profitable.:
How To Make More
THIIRS:, .1171ARCII 7, 1935:,
INTERES:T TO FARMER.S
Money on Chickens
Canadian dressed poultry are
booming on the British market, the
shipments for. the month of January
totalling no .less than 871,000' pounds.
Of that amount, 684,000 pounds were
chickens, 140,000 pounds turkeys,
and 47,000 cluciclings. A comparison
with .the corresponding January of
1934, when only 50,850 pounds were
exported, clearly demonstrates the
decided advance in this industry.
Chickens front three to four pounds
in weight command a ready sale in
the British Isles, and while reports
from' London indicate that the'qual-
ity of the Canadian chidkens being
sent forward is: pleasing the British
consumer, 'Canadian' experts are a-
ware that the Canadian producers
could obtain higher revenue for these
chickens by stili further improving
the quality with little more trouble
to themselves.
There is nothing new in this. It
will be recollected that only 23:39
per cent of the chickens inspected in
Canada in the fiscal year 1933-34
qualified for "A" grade. Many of the
chickens which are now being ex-
ported in such large numbers to
Great 'Britain also do not qualify for
"A" grade, ' for the simple reason
that theywere not sufficiently fat-
tened before :being marketed. As the
Chief Market Poultry Inspector points
out, the matter of fattening birds,
and thus increasing the producers' re-
venue, is entirely in the hands of the
producers 'themselves. By a simple
method of crate fattening on a mix-
ture of finely ground hone grains,
there is no reason whatever why a
very high percentage of the poultry
marketed should not be made to
qualify for grade Special and grade
The Dominion Experimental Sta-
tion at Morden, Man,, specializes in
horticultural work, especially in the
selections of varieties of fruits suit
able to prairie conditions. Among
the apples now doing well are twelve
Which were originated at the Central
Experimental Farm at Ottawa,
namely, Melba, Patricia,. Joyce, Gal-
virommmonwomorrat
ELECT PRESIDENT
Of The Canadian Council on Boys'
and Girls' Farm Club Work r.
Dr • W. V. Longley, Director of
Extension and Professor of Farm
Economics at the Nova Scotia Agri-
cultural College, Truro, has been ap-
pointed to one of the most important
posts in the training of Canadian
youth in ,agriculture, namely, to the
Presidency of the Canadian Council
on Boys' and Girls' Farm Club Work
for the present year.
Primarily the work of the Domin-
ion and "Provincial Departments! .,of
Agriculture, the 'movement •of . the
Boys' and Glide b"arm Club Work has
been featured by the remarkable a-
mount of encouragement and assist-
ance given by other associations. By
1930 farm club work had reached
comparatively large proportions, and
bly the efforts of Hon. Robert Weir,
Dominion Minister of Algrieuliture,
the Canadian Council was brought
into being in the following year to
develop a national policy for the var-
ious boys' and girls' clubs •throughout
Canada. The Council has more than
fulfilled its original purpose in uni-
fying, .co-ordinating, and promoting
those clubs in Canada which now
represent an organization of 1544
elubs throughout the Dominion with
a membership of about 21,000.
With regard to the Council itself,
in addition : to the Departm ents of
Agriculture, membership is open to
business institutions, corporations,
associations and others that agree to
support the national club progranune.
in the form of membership subscrip-
tions, • `These include the Deminion
and Provincial Departments of Agri-
culture, Extension Departnment•of
the University of Saskatchewan, Al-
berate Pacific Grain Company, Cana-
dian National Railways, Canadian
Paiafic Railway, Industrial Develop-
ment Council of Canadian Neat Pac-
kers, •International Harvester Com-
pany of Canada Endowrnentfer Boys`
and Girls' Club Work, Canadian Ayr-
shire Breeders' Association, Canadian
Jersey Cattle Club, and other asso-
ciations.
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The principal business in Canadian
canned fruits and vegetables in Scot-
etta, Jethro, Melvin; Mendel, Pinto, Iand is in solid -pack gallon apples
Herald, Atlas Horace and Rupert. and Bartlett "pears.
viramammiramees
SEAPORTIf:• A carnival under the
auspices of the Seaforthbranch of,
the Canadian Legion which was held
in the Palace Rink was a splendid
success, both in attendance and the
large nuinlber of fancy costumes. It
was the first ice carnival in somne
I
yearsand created much interest. The
prize winners were: Boys' race; Glenn
Hildebrandt, Francis Phillips, girls'
race, Dorothy Taman, Mildred • Swan;
men's race, Charles Reeves, Frank
Sills, Jr.; ladies' race, Patricia' Hart,
Mrs: 11. G. lVleir; gids' costume,
Barbara Best, Bessie Phillips; best
dressed men's .character costume,
John 'Wale ' L MicNairn, Mlitchell.
One of the most amusing and effect-
ive features of the program: was the
quintuplets impersonated by Miss • M.
Bell, . Miss S. I. Wood, Miss Alice
Daly, Miss Ruth Thompson and Miss
Margaret Grieve; Do. Defoe, Alvin
Sillery. ,• nurse, Miss Nora 'Stewart.
The grand prize for queen of the
carnival for 1935 for general 'appear-
ance, costume and skating ability
was awarded Irene Porter. The jud-
ges were Miss Olive M. Laidlaw,
Miss S. I. MacLean, Miss Hazel Reid,
W. 3. Duncan, P. B. Moffatt, Dr. F.
J. Bothell,.
GODEIZUCH.: The town council has
adopted plans and specifications for
a small addition to the town hall
and the construction of a vault, at an
estimated cost of 51,500. The town
has never had a vault and many valu-
able records are nightly left to the
fire hazard. Accounting space is also
badly cramped. An effort is to be
made to bring the work under the
relief :plan, for the bulk of the money
spent will be on labor.
iIENSALL: Commencement exec-
dses in connection with the Continu-
ation school were held in the Town
Hall Firday evening. Pupils receiving
graduation diplomas were: Myrtle
Thompson,' Helen Glenn, Norman
Sinclair, Man Filshie. Crests for
sports day went, to: Senior girls'
class, Mildred Follicle; junior girls,
Jeanne Foster; senior boys, Kenneth
Manns;' junior • boys, Jack Simmons..
The following program was present --
ed '"Welcome;"' Miss Pfaff's room:
chorus by pupils of'the. Public school;
"pyramid building,'" by the school"
boys; folk dance, by Miss Ellis' class,;
chorus, school; wand drill, Mr.:.
Blowes' class; ".Bell and Belle drill"'
by 341s9 Pfaff's class; Father Time's
Reception, by Miss Ellis' class; dance.
of the Moonbeam by eight girls, The -
closing part of'the program,,was ' a
play, "A Poor Married Man," in:
which the following took paws: Bill'
Giem, Edison Forrest, Jack Ferqu--
har, Harold Bonthron, Jessie Dick,.
Mildred rollick, Margaret Bell, Dor-
othy McQueen.
According to an announcement in+
the Canada Gazette the government -
from Fdibruary 15 to April 25, 1935„
will not levy ouetoms duties or tax-
es on Passover biread, or mattes, or•
on the following matzo products—
whole wheat matzos, •hygienic matzos,
thin mateos,I egg matzos, matzo
crackers, whole meal matzo crackers,
matzo meal, matzo cake meal, matzo•
faefel, matzo whole wheat meal,
matzo cereal and hygienic matzo.
crackers imported into Canada be-
tween the dates mentioned.
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