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THE FREE •MARTIN
t(Experimental Farms Nate)I
:Breeders of cattle have known for
a long time that a heifer calf which is
:born co -twin with a ,bull calf is Usual-
ly barren, and call it a free. martin.
ache explanation of why they should
the barren, however, has only . been gi-
•ven recently.
The reproductive organs of the free
martin are not properly developed,
due to a close association with a male
calf before birth. The developing
testes of a male' calf secretes a sub -
'stance into the bloodstream whi'c'h
causes the development of male c'har-
acteristics. In the case o'f twins, the
blood of bath calves mix, due to a fu-
sion of the placentas, or afterbirths,
When one twin is a female the male
substance which gets into its blood
tends to make it develop the charac-
teristics of a male, hence normal fe-
male reproductive organs do not de-
velop, The male calf, however, Bevel -
ops normally.
i
Occasionally a +nbrtnal female
;calf is .born co -twin with a bull, due to
there having been no admixture of
the •blood of the two calves. The oc-
casion is so rare, however, that it is
not worth risking the expense' of
raising a heifer born co -twin with a
'bull of the dairy breeds. Neither is it
wise : to use the ball for breeding pur-
poses, because twinning has a tend-
ency to'be inherited. In the beef
breeds twinning is desirable to- a cer-
tain extent, since many beef cows can
successfully raise two calves; also,
one of a twin can be used to replace a
dead calf. Moreover, free marries in
the beef breeds make good beef ani-
mals.
IMPORTANCE OF
CULLING !THE HERD and a strong demand for a red dessert
apple. 'There is no doubt that values
will depreciate as supplies increase.
$311,,74, $49,90 and $516.517 respectively,
or a total increase of S715439 in net re-
turns over;' feed cost in the three-year
period.
Many farmers, wlho have kept. re-
cords 'consistently over a period of
Years, are in a posi,tion to cull their
herds intelligently and realize the va-
lue of this method - of herd improve-
ment. Those not following this prac-
tice would ,find it prolfit'able to .do so
boith as individ'uals and also in order
that 'Eastern Canada may take its
place as one of the leading live stock
centres in North America, a position
it rightfully should have.
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* NEWS AND INFORMATION *.
* FOR THE BUSY FARMER *
* (Furnished by Ontario Depart- *
* , went of Agriculture.) *
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Apple Shipping 'Prospects
The .mare favourable rate of ex-
change this season will, on a conserv-
ative estimate, (benefit Ontario apple
shippers at '!'east 150 cents a barrel
compared with the prices that .prevail
ecl at this time last year. This opinion
is expressed Iby Andrew 'Fulton, the
commercial representative of the On-
tario IFruit 'Growers' Association, in
his 'first report this ,season from ,.the
British fruit.markets, fir. -?Fulton says
that he has already visited all the Bri-
tish markets and conversed with the
leading apple (buyers, He saw the
first •arrivals of this season's !Ontario
I apples sold at 'Liverpool and Glasgow,
!where some Ontario 'Wealthy, o'f ex -
I •
cellent color and quality made gold
1 values (ranging from 1301s to 35s a bar-
rel. Mr. }Fulton, +however, cautions
growers that 'th•ese .prices are peak
values due to the very 'light supplies
The cost Of maintaining a poor
producing cow is as great as that of
a high producer. The extra produc-
tion secured, is at a low unit cost and
represents the return necessary to
cover the overhead • charges and leave
a prolfit for the owner. For example,
in 1119312 twen'tyafive cows completed
lactation periods at the Dominion ,Ex-
perimental Farm, Nappan, N.,S. Eight
of these ,produced less than 5090 lbs.
of milk in the period. These eight av-
eraged 451i' pounds of milk, 24111 lbs.
of fat, at a feed cost p•f,$'55.',18. The
remaining seventeen averaged 7'31713
pounds of milk,. 3176 pounds fat, at a
feed • cost of $58.818, The - difference
am•ountinig to - 21551 pounds of milk
containing 11315 pounds of - fat ' was
'produced, at a cost of $113150, equal to
47 cents per hundred weight of milk
or 10 cents per pound of 'fait, certainly
much lower than the average price re-
ceived in any district in Eastern Can-
ada.
During the development of The
grade herd at this farm some years
ago it was found that heifers produc-
ing an average of 138119 pounds of 4
per cent. milk as two -year-olds, only
averaged 411713, pounds as three year-
olds and 480.0 pounds at four years of
age, Those with an average off 5031
pounds as two -year-olds increased to
6819 pounds and 711318 pounds the fol-
lowing two :years respectively. 'Phe
naorer e•rnuo returned over feed cost,
$114018,.$222..017 and $26,67 each year,
while the higher producers averaged
19312.' The quality was spoiled some-
what last year by ,bad weather during
the haying season.. T'qua'l'ity .this
year is mach better
The as the haying was
done in excellent weather conditions.
There is an abundance of clover and
timothy mixtures, also of alfalfa. On
the other hand, bluegrass hay was a
short crop. ;There was a considerable
carry-over of old hay in this part of
.Ontario.
Killing The Flies
Most efforts to 'keep 'clear of stable fed to •stock that is rightly bred, well
flies have been .restricted to spraying managed and correctly 'housed.
the flies on the cows. 'The suggestion Mouses and equi'p'ment, .such as
is naw made that the flies be fought brooders, feed hoppers, drinking pans,
in .the stable as well, The idea is to etc., .that are sufficient to 'acconnn•o-
spray 'while they ate settled in the date 100 'chi'cks will not take care of
walls aad ceiiitrgs. 'P1 this spraying is 1500. ;Satisfactory growth cannot be
done in the -early morning it will he made ,under such conditions. Growing
more effective as, the flies are 'th,en stock needs lots of leed; provide- a
sluggish in their sno,vemerits. ,Late af- good grain feed and a ,go'o'd growing
tornoon is ,also a good time. Close the ;mash in hoppers ao the birds can get
stableand spray with a 'fine ,mist that it.
'fills' the air. One part of formalin in The condition of a carcass When it
19 parts cif milk or sweetened water is . marketed depends almost entirely
makes a good and •ch'eap spray, The on the way the bird is cared for up to
same mixture may be left around in the time it is killed: This means 'the
'plates for the flies to drink. Keeping
all manure cleated away from the
Stable and yards twill remove :hre'eding
places Par the ,flies and reduce the
districts and a fine orop of clean,
healthy fruit is being ,harvested. Pas-
tures have held up fairly ,well in Eas-
tern O'n'tario and live stack should go
int* stables in good ,condition. From
Leeds County comes the report that
more clover and alfalfa are being let
for seed than usual, the second . cut
alfalfa having an 'excellent seed set,
Good Care Essential
The properly balanced ration ac
complish•es wonderful results When
way in which it is grown and the, way
it is fattened for market.
IA poorly ,grown bird will not, take
on ,weight satisfactorily; its digestive
nuisance: Where it is not :convenient organs have n'ot'developed sufficient -
to move the manure to the lfields, it ly to handle the more or less .conned-
should be kept in a screened shed. tra'ted feed that,is fed during 'the faa-
telling period, nor does •the bird have
the vitality to sand up under this fat-
tening
attening process.
of attack. And it will be to the succ-
essful attacking force that victory will
swiftly !come,
If France were at grips with Gerin -
any the one conceivable strategy
would be an immediate aerial gas at-
tack upon the Ruhr. The war in such
conditions would be swift, but it
.would involve the most devastating
consequences, -
It would result for one thing in the
utter annihilation of the civilian' popu-
lation. It is idle to suggest that such
zn attack would be a violation of civ-
ilised ideas of warfare.
An. attack upon a inanition area
would involve of a 'necessity an attack
upon civilian men, women and child-
ren. Bult if—as in. the 1101114 war --wo-
men engage in munition, work, how
can they claim : for themselves hu-
manity from attack ?
'The civilian population must face
the faot, Int is impossible to prophesy
in detail what exactly will occur in
practice, We know that since the end
of the last war the potentialities of
poison gases have ,been developed to
en lO sndous degree.
/We know that every .nation has its
plansfor the swift transport of gas
bombs through the. air.
Visualise for a moment the vulner-
ability of London. Consider a -rec-
tatngle extending from Tottenham on
the north to Wimbledon in the south,
and from Richmond on the west to
Barking Creek on the east.
IAs's•u'ming the -ideal condition of
every molecule of gas being put in
precisely the position the. attacking
force desired, only forty tons of gas
would be necessary to place the whole
of that rectangular area under a lethal
atmosphere to a depth of thirty feet.
Modern bombers carryseveral tons,
So do :commercial aircraft,- which
could be converted at the .shortest not-
ice into military mac'h'ines.
It is a 'matter 'of simple ari't'hmetic
to ascertain `how many :enemy aircraft
e-culd be needed to .obliterate the
whole of London : and its population.
+A matter of inquiry at any flying
office, moreover, to ascertain how long
an ordinarily .fest modern machine will
take on its journey from a foreign
coast to England.
Ot is idle to consider the sugge's'tion
of the inspection. and control of arma-
ments. The strength. of a country in
the matter of flying is not related to
the 'number of nt:aohines actually in
co!nmmission.
Ndr wou'Idinspection of exis'tirtg
factories for the production of aircraft
be effedtive.
1One ugfu'ld-`have to examine and.
ascertain the "possibilities of factories
being turned over to the manufacture
of machines an the ,first day al war.
The,on'ly possible con'tr'ol of flying
as a military weapon would be a uni-
versal agreement to abandon all fly-
ing. And who will suggest that such a
course 'is ,practicable 7
In regard to gas, there is hardly a
chemical factory that could not be
turned over to the manufacture of
poison gas within one week; I am as-
sured by all the reliable experts that
I one factory alone can produce. 100
tons of gas per wreck at seven days'
notice. -
What defence can be arranged
against all this 7
The only person who has arrived at
a real solution is a Russian expert.
'His suggestion is that all towns
should be destroyed and rebuilt as
,gas -proof houses.
He hlas sufficient candour, however,
to admit that Soviet Russia is 'the only
country nnh ch could engage in such
an undertaking. Russia at least could
oo•mmandeer the 'houses to be destroy-
ed and rebuilt on free labour and free
material.
(When this question was raised in a'
' •ddbate in the House of Lords, Lord
(Rayleigh said in teams that the only
solution he could see would be the
evacuation of London iinmediately on
the outbreak of war.
IIIc omitted, however, to suggest
where a .population off, seven mill'ion's
were to be fed or from Whence their
water and sanitary arrangements were
to be provided.
.A'l'so, it is quite obvioti's that in the
event of :a 'successful attack being
made, on Landon in the first few days
of'a war, attacks would be made forth-
with on Man'ch.ester, Liverpool, Bir-
mingham, and all the other .great cen-
tres of provincial population.
They would resttl:t inevitalbly and
in a few drays in the complete 'obliter-
ation of the country as a fighting.anfa-
tion and (the annihilation in conditions
of the most awful pain and misery
of the 'tnabjor portion of the civilian
population. -
It is- difficult to discover any effec-
1932 ,Farm 'Figures
Delpressedl economic conditions
have !tot affected the continuity of
agricultural ,production in :Ontario, ac-
cording to figures .just issued by the
Department. The acreage •planted to
the principal crops amounted to 9,-
ea5,1700 acres in. 10312, as compared
With 9j11716,062, the ,previous year.
;Beans, potatoes and flan experienced
the largest percentage decline in :acre-
age,. 'while ,barley, alfalfa, buckwheat
and corn showed the greatest'inioreas-
Mr, Fulton 'believes that Ontario red es. The average 'yield per acre w'as
dessert apples wilhbe Wanted 'during vety'satisfactory, b'u't gross '.value '01
(October at •prices ranging Iran 120s .to agricultural production 'showed a de -
12s for ,goad No. 11 quality, ,while some
of - the 'better varieties of 'Ontariocs
outstanding ,packs will make :a prem-
ium 'over .these prices.
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Hay Crop
Eastern OOntario--
In the Counties of 'Prescott, Rus-
sell -and )Glengarry, clover and timothy
hay is estimated - at 315 to 50 per ,cen,t.
of normal' and clover 'timothy mixed
much 'below normal. In the St. 'Law-
rence counties, alfalfa was a normal
crop;' red Clover 40 per cent. - better
than in 11032, 'but of ,coarse much be-
low morrtnal; timothy 25 per cent. less
than in 11031 and '50 per cent. below
normal. In the Upper Ottawa Walley,
alfalfa was a normal crap,. red clover.
50 per 'cent: better than in 19132' but
still 225' per cent. (below -normal; timo-
thy, 10 per cent. less •than ,in 1191312 and
03 per cent. below •normal. -
Dry hot nveather preceded by a
cold spring resulted: in this small ' hay
crop in Eastern IOm'tafrio,
A below gonial crop is alsoreport-
crease of ,45,5717,000 'from 'the 'preced-
in'gyear,:, the 'figure for '191.E 'being
6,414I5,000. -
IA : crop Of '415,!7150,1800 lbs. of tolbacco
was tgrolwn in ,Ontario in 19312,',mark-
inlg a new high record of production.
The outs'tan'ding ,feature of this indus-
try is the increasing 'predominance of
the bright .flue-oured type which has
increased in production from - 81,726,0.00
lbs in '11928 to 157,05,000 in 103)2.
An !increase in fthe.nunuber of horses
and cattle on ",farm's in Ontario and a
reduction, ; in the number of sheep,
swine ,and, ;poultry occurred between
June llslt, 111991' and lJiune as't, '1031. The
total 'value Of alt livestock ,and of each
species 'fell during the year and w'as
due chiefly to a 'further drop in values
per :head. The total value of all live-
stock amounted to 1$1144,15180,000 on
Julie 41st, 11191312, fcompared with S11711,-
732;000 on iJuene 1'st, (119:311, 'whic'hrep-
resents a 'reduction of 116 per cent.
Weekly Crop ,Report
In spike of low live stocic'prices, M -
ed in Northern 'Ontario except in the quiries for sires of, high quality and
;Northern Temialean ing .d'istri'ct with ,breeding ' !females, particularly ewe
practically .no carryover there. This lambs, has been greater than astral,
year's crop
ear'. is regarded .as insufficient 'aocord'ing to a report from Dufferin.
for 'the district.'
1Westeno Ontario'—, -
rl:'lie hay crop in Western Ontario
county. 'Recent showery weather has_
greatly imlpr'oved the.condition of the
land"fo;c';fiall
.wheat igenmination.'Apple,
this year w:a's slightly 'heavier than in !picking is i.n; ill:11 .swing in all orchard
WHY EUROPE CAN'T DISARM
,The world is waiting on disarma-
ment.. Britain has been holding her
talks. with France in Paris. The Con-
ference , proper met recently.
The world fears wears and hopes
against hope that disarmament may
miraculously appear through all the
current amaze of words, -
But on the facts that hope must be
a delusion.
I . suggestion has been put forward
by the French, ,for .example, that there
should ,be instituted some sant of in-
spection and control of armaments
and armament factories. The sugges-
tion is entirely hnpractinab'le,
1ln many ,places, and in. this noun-
try,ahove all, an idea is abroad ,that a
future war must inevitably be waged
on precisely the same tactics as the
last. Loose thinking of that sort is .the
invariable ,characteristic of disarmam-
ent d'is'aussions.
The only certain thing about any
future war, n'o matter when it comes,
is that it wild be a war of munitions
and Hoot of armies, Nor even of fleets,
which, ,to my naiad, are domed as
Ifighting weapons.
bluaui'bionis, nrore(aver, of such :ter-
r•ihle potentialities as were never
dreamed ofby the'cotnbatants of 119114.
bit will be a war with a general, staff
of chemists. ,Its menatioms will be
poison gases ca,pab'le of disseminating
unimaginable horror and destruction.
And the weapon will be used primar-
ily against the women and ' children
who hitherto have been looked upon
as sacrosanct in warfare.
'Warfare will no: longer be a natter
of two line's of tro'o'ps facing arse an-
other 10 an effort to push each other
'back a few 11usd,reci yamds`at quite tun-
i:mib'ortan't • spots. The strategy must
•in,eviCahly be altered..
Muni'tiont, fac'to'ries will be the ,olbject
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in,gN,
ation janglesits sword at nation:.
The politicians talk idly.
The fact is, I believe, that the na-
tions as a whole have not faced the
reality of the danger.
If flying could be made more gen-
eral, and the man in the street arrive
thereby at an appreciation of the
-
dam'ger in which he and his family
now stand, an immense step would
have been taken towards the ensuring.
of peace.
That is how wars are made. They
can be avoided only when all the
people who will engage in them and
will suffer annihilation can visualise
their inevitable horrors.
+I' suggest that one way of .bringing,
home the horrors of the dire business
is for the people of the country to be-
come air -minded
Most certainly it is the business of
the authorities to instruct them in the.
disaster which must wait upon any
uture :war.
The original idea of the League of -
Nations' was very beautiful. I't was
alto a pure copy of the failure which
was tried after :the Napoleonic Wars.
3a had the same effect. It set by an
admirable tri'b'unal, but it ;forgot -'to,,
provide it with - a sheriff.
The League is utterly devoid of the
power to implement, its admirable de-.
visions.
The way to disarmament and peace-
is in the knolwled'ge of the people of
the horrors of war and not a confer-
ence of politicians.
lit may sound Utopian„but peace
will never be attained until the peoples
'themselves ordain it.
.And the people will never' rule until
'they know ,and realise to the uttermost
the appalling fate -which await them
in the event of war.
In the meantime, Europe cannot
dis'ar'm. With the best will in the -
world no nation can afford to sacriifice--
its irreducible minimum o•f insurance::
II:t is the people themselves w:ho'
must make their politicians act. And:
the people cannot act until the meas--
use of the horror has been brought
home to them.
Disarmament and the terror of war
does not imply cowardice. Peace will
go -like the triumphs of war—to the
strong.
tOne of the Marshals of France :re-
marked the other day in caimec'tios
with this very question: "Be strong..
Shaw your strength, 'Then you will
never have to use it.”
IIt is the .coward nowadays who
talks glibly of war. It is the brave
Aman who strives to eschew it.
And this the peoples ,of the world.
most realize. For without a realisa-
tion of the appailing savagery which-
another
hichanoither war will engender, there cam'
be no d'i'sarmament.
It is the business of the politicians:
not to prate about inspection and con-
trol, but to instruct their people in the,
meaning of war.
Only that way will peace be- en,
'sured, •
tive answer to the facts I have out-
lined. The facts are unanswerable.
It is necessary to think out some
method whereby - the possibility of
such dire ,d'is'aster can be avoided,
One wonders 'whether the volution
does not lie in the common sense of
the civilised races..
lit seems incredible to imagine that
with a picture before them of what
war will inevitably entail in the future
that its possibility should even be con-
templated. Yet there is 'he fact. tiTar
is being talked sof everywhere. The I
political hot -pot of Europe is si-nnner-
EX-KA'I'SER 'TS RICHEST
MAN IN EUROPE'
A fierce quarrel which 'has broketn•
out between the ex-'I'aiser and the
(German Government on the question -
of taxation reveals that the ex -neon-
arch is the ri'chest titan in Europe.
IFor 'the purposes of taxation the
former monar'cis's fortune has been es-
timated at 70%000,000 narks ($1i75,-
000,000). His representatives, h,oweva-
er, assert that the ex -Raiser's fortune
does not approach the tenth pant of
this "fantastic suns" and assert that
the estimate is a false figure made
up "out of thin air."•
+Th.e list shows that the ex-] aisera
s'tild •owns some of the finest propert—
ies in Germany. Among them are
seven palaces with the lull use of an
eighth during Isis lifetime, two castles,.
a principality, a hunting lodge, an off-
icers' convalescent lodge, six villas .
and several churches.
Miller's Worm ,Powders were devis- -
ed to promptly relieve children winoa
suffer- from the ravages of worms. I,
is a simple preparation warranted to--
destroy stomachid and intestinal
worms without shock or injury to the
most sensitive system. They act
thoroughly and painlessly, and though-,
in some cases they may cause vomit- -
ing, that is anindication of their'
powerful action and not any nauseate -
h p property.
Want and ,For Sale Adis;3: times,' 50"c