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The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-10-11, Page 7"Thursday, October,, 11th, 192$ tl Write for Free Booklet, "Walls That Reflect Good Judgment," con- taining interesting information on home planning with Gyproc, Rocboard and 'nettle*, ill I+ 00) .wN Millions of Insulating Air Cells! •.,,.•,-,.ter: ; �,,,�, <�;,;�y,._ CANADA, GYPSUM AND ALABASTINE, LIMITED Paris Canada Fiepobr Wel biiard For Sale By Rae & Thompson : - Wingham, Ont. Buchanan i-Idwe. Company, Wingham, Ont. R. J. Hueston - - Gorrie, Ont. QuIck Cooks While You Boil an Egg 1e4 'How is yoursubscription to Advance *Times ? If you have not already sent your renewal do so at once. WHEAT T IN CARROT RIVER VALLEY "Here a quarter," "there a quarter," till finally there was a thousand acre farm evolved from the original quar- ter secured by Robert Weir before he left for the war. At that time it was considered poor, low lying land, but now Major Weir boasts that there is no better soil in the country and that means a lot when one is speaking of so many years ago the settlers thought the Carrot River Valley. they could not grow wheat but with "Not a stone 9n the place," he says, not realizing that this is a decided drawback when one Is looking for s pillow for the hind wheel of an auto- mobile that needs to be jacked up on a side hill. The farm lies about three miles from Weldon, Sask., on the road from Prince Albert and Melfort. This "big business" farming has proved sufficiently seductive to lure Major Weir from his job of inspect- ing schools. For a time he tried to. combine the two, but farming was more profitable and more agreeable to his tastes, although he admits that watching the development of educa- tional system through his territory, e- specially the work among the foreign born Canadians, was most interesting. We went out to a pasture and; the horses trotted up and surrounded the automobile, so we could not go far- ther.s "This is living," said the ex -school teacher, as one of the mares stuck her nose under his arm, like a dog de- manding a caress. And the great pleasure for him has beenin building up the poor farms, clearing off the land, and organizing the place so that it was a pleasant place for man and beast to, live and so that there were sufficient returns to put a little jam as well as butter on the bread. Getting Rid of Wild Oats "It has cost me from $15 to $25 an acre to clear and break the land, says Major Weir, and the first crop has al- ways paid for it. None of the quart- ers had more than 20 acres broken when we"goo' them and the land was fearfully dirty with all kinds of weeds, particularly wild oats, but we have pretty well cleaned them out. That is what makes farming interesting." "On that field over there the wild oats would bulk as much as the grain • WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES der, for that August there was plenty of heat and moisture in the ground toa mi n t e g r a the wild oats. In the early spring we made a shallow plow and then ploughed it deeper and that pretty well settled the weeds in that field, We have managed to clean up all our land," The system of rotation practised is wheat once or twice, oats, sweet clov- er and then pasture, Wheat is now the major crop in the district, Not the first year we got it." "How did you clear them otit?" we asked, remembering the wild oats we had seen through the country. "We put the disk on behind the bin - Warning '' , oLice re Corn —AND— oyer Act Helpful Suggestions re lean -Up Dear Sir : You are hereby notified that _the Cori Borer Act is in force in your coun- ty. This means that all corn must either be cut level with the ground and all remnants gathered and burned; or, if cut higher, the stubble must be ploughed under' completely either this fall or next spring, and that any stubble or pieces ofstalks dragged up again must be gathered and burned. If you are putting in winter wheat, remember that the field must first be cleaned' from all corn remnants as outlined above. • SUGGESTIONS FOR LESSENING.THE AMOUNT OF HAND-PICKING • AND BURNING 1. Cut the corn low. Low cutting attachments for binders are now available, costing about $20.00. On small plots, cut 'corn with a hoe not a sickle. 2. If the stubble is more than two inches high, crush it (thoroughly before ploughing by running a heavy roller or ',Linker over it twice, lengthwise the rows; or disc it twice; or lift it out with a plough and level it with the harrow. Crushing the stubble kills many borers. 3. TJse a wide -furrow plough, never a narrow. Tractor ploughs should have a roller coulter and skimmer; walking ploughs a skimmer and' a fin or high share or a knife coulter. Sometimes a chain or long wird is also. necessary. 4. Never plough crosswise, but always lengthwise, of the rows. 5. Plough 6 inches deep, if possible, and run, the lash furrow before the stubble row as close to it as possible, so that on the next) round the stubble will all fall flat into the furrow and be .buried completely. 6. Never plough when the ground is too dry to do a good job. 7. Spring ploughing usually results in less picking, but 'fall ploughing, especially after crushing the stubble, saves time,for otherspring work. 8. When cultivating in spring, use a disc, and, in sowing a disc drill. Toothed imple- ments 4rag..up . the stubble. • • 9. Rolling in spring before cultivating often helps to lessen the amount of stubble dragged up. PLOUGHING K'ILLS THE BORERS ONLY IF THE SURFACE IS CLEAN They nearly all come up to the surfaceafter being ploughed "and, if there are no pieces of corn or stubble to'hide in, they perish from exporsure or are destroyed by biids, ants, beetles or other enemies. SWEET CORN USUALLY SUFFERS MOST FROM BORERS; HENCE DO NOT OVERLOOK EVEN SMALL GARDEN PLOTS The -best way to deaf with them is to leave them until spring and then pull the stalks up by the roots and all coarse weeds, and burn them; then plough or spade the ground. Everyperson, whether he receives this notice or .not, is required to com- plyinspector . h y . Act without has been instructed to enforce the pl with the Act.. The . fear or favor. Nothing but thorough work will control the borer. Issued by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. OSWALD GINN, Inspector, + oderich, Ontario 14. the changing conditions, the fight with weeds, etc., it is probable that this territory will return to mixed farming, It was a great game, learning the farming business. Ten years ago this man who now operates a thousand - acre farm for pleasure and profit knew little or nothing of farming. He admits it now; possibly he would not have done so at the time. Major Weir is a graduate of the University of Toronto and was teaching in the Regina College at the time he enlist- ed with the Seventy -Eighth Battalion in 1916. At that time also he had a quarter section but had little idea then that it would ever form the nucleus of anything more. extensive and that he would leave the business of peda- gogy for the business of farming. Wounded at Passchendale so he could not return to the firing line, Major Weir took over the direction of the Correspondence School, which was later incorporated into the Khaki University. Some 5,000 students took advantage of this opportunity to study It is interesting to note that four men of St. John's College wrote their theological examinations within four miles of the firing line. Padre Ma- jor Gordon presided over the examin- ations. When Major Weir came back to Saskatchewan he went back into the educational system of the province as inspector — strange training this for farming. Pure Bred Stock So far as the Weir farm is concern- ed, the stock is expected to pay the running expenses of the place. Major Weir goes in for pure bred Hereford cattle, Percheron horses, Berkshire swine and Shropshire sheep. The poultry are noll ashamed of their an- cestors either, nor of present: perfor- mances. Last season in one month fifty pullets produced 92 eggs for sale, besides supplying the farm. The co- ckerels were sold to the C.N.R. din- ing car department . Starting with three Hereford cows, which he purchased at a sale in Re- gina; following that with some bought at Fuller's dispersal sale and some ten head imported from John Turn- bull, Speers, Ill., there are now some twenty cows in the herd besides the young stock, The bull standing at the head of the herd is Beau Blanchard 180th, four years old and bred by Paul Halnewald. The bull was sired by Beau Blanchard 5th, which) has sired so many good ones. He has been de- scribed by a Hereford judge as a bull of commanding presence, with a good head, good balance of body and straight top line. Major Weir bought Julian Domino, first prize senior bull calf at the International last, fall, a particularly outstanding young animal but unfortunately he went down in the T.B. test„ The Beau Blanchard bull, which was first prize junior bull calf at the International in 1924, was bought this summer to replace him. "We are culling pretty closely, keep- ing only good milkers. Cows that cannot raise their own calves are no use for ordinary farmers, " said Major Weir. • "We are improving our stock, we think, but of course we have no per- fect animals yet," said Major Weir with a quizzical smile; "that is, noth- ing except June," he added hastily; "June is absolutely perfect." The Percherons June is the original grey mare which gave him his love for Percheron hor- ses. June and her two daughters were bought from Orville Coe in Regina. She is sixteen years old now but still carries herself like a juvenile, She has a beautiful head and her legs are well set under her. She has large feet and good pasterns. "She weighed 2,100 pounds last year when she finished with the spring's work," said her owner proudly. June traces to such well known families as Grimpeur, Theudis and Voltaire. Jane Girl, her daughter, is sired by Le Baron and is the mother of Bril Tian K,, grand champion at Calgary and Edmonton this year, and also mother of the futurity champion at Edmonton, this year. May June, an- other daughter, is the mother of Riva a yearling filly which was unbeat- en in her class this year, The first sire which Major Weir se- cured to mate with these mares was Rival, a son of Harmonic, futurity champion at Columbus, Ohio,. The next new blood introduced was by the purchase of three snares from Melitot. Fashion 2nd has a stallion colt by tact and is bred this year to Brilliant -; tact fr., is a ptomisitig youngster, Harriston and Wingham. r,_,rnl, IMI I'.�nl Rugentine has a big, drafty stallion. colt by Don Sagas and the third mare is Loretta, Rival and the three mares were secured from J. IC. Spiticer, Blooinvilie, Ohio, a well known breed. er, ^ The Shropshires cane to the farm about four years ago. The ewes from Whitehead of Nutena, The original sire was a "Pabst ram which has been replaced by a McKerrow. ram (Pee- waukee, Wis.) "We wanted sheep to help Us clean up the weeds, We got pure breds so we could raise our own rams cheaply," Major Weir replied to our question. "We have about' forty ewes on the place now." The original pig stock came from the Clarindale Stock Farms in Alberta and from Duff Brien, Ridgetown, On- tario. The farm is organized with the idea of getting the best possible results with the least possible labor. So far the farm warrant it, the help stays the year round. "Andy" Hall looks after the horses andcattle and his wife boards the men. Fred Dixon, who has been on the Weir farm for seven years, has charge of the sheep and swine and the tractor, about which he is supposed to know more than the manwho originally built it. But the tractor is only used on the Weir farm in time of stress. Four- teen horses carry on the normal work of the place. Garnet Wheat There are some 500 acres in crop, 300 in wheat, of which 100 was Gar- net, this year; 100 acres of oats, 75 of barley, 35 of green fed, 8 acres flax, which latter is a new venture this year. As more of the original pasture has been brought under cul- tivation it has been necessary to plant some of the area to tame grasses. This year forty cows and their cal- ves, together with four or five brood mares, have their living on a forty acre field of sweet clover and the cal- ves could get lost to view in the clo- ver at the end of the field, so far has it kept ahead of the requirement of the stock grazing there. Last year on 22 acres there were 18,000 sheaves of feed. The horses shown at the fair this year went directly from this sweet clover pasture. There is a good equipment of build- ings, but the cattle run out all winter around a straw pile nestled in the cen- tre of a natural bluff, which is delib- erately left when the field is cleared. The only cows stabled are the milk cows and those with young calves. The cows on the sweet clover pasture this summer were in splendid bloom; in the pasture was a creep in which was grain for the calves. But living outdoors does not make them wild. As soon as one entered the field where they were, they came forward like curious but well bred children to be introduced. • Every animal on, the place is a definite individual. The house is modern and a comfort- able place to live. In it) is the most prized of all the Weir possessions, Dorothy Jane, just a wee baby yet, but it is a grand place to bring up youngsters, human or otherwise. • Electric Lighting A turn of the tap in the kitchen sink brings soft water from a huge tank in the loft of the barn. Electric lights have been installed in, both house and barns, and the barnyard is also well lighted. Major Weir believes that el- ectric lights in the barns easily pay for themselves in prolonging possible working hours in winter. "Is your farm financing itself-" we asked, thinking of so many places where the returned men had travelled in hard paths. "Yes, it is and a few luxuries to boot," replied Major Weir; "we were pretty lucky of course, we paid from $1,300 to $1,800 for each of the quar- ter sections, and in every case the first crop paid for them. We put up our buildings when lumber was cheap; we got our stock when prices were low, One of our best herd sires came with his mother from the Fuller herd for a trifle over $100 for the two.— Family Herald and Weekly Star. Thd above refers to a former resi- dent of Wingham district, Robt. Weir, a brother of Miss Jane Weir. Herbs to Heal Those Sore, Sick Bronchial Tubes Gallagher's Indian Lung Remedy comes right from the Heart of Nature Don't be miserable all Winter. If you're subject to Bronchitis or similar ills apt to pick up a nasty, clinging cold or cough, be sensible start now taking Gallagher's Indian Lung Remedy, It is composed solely of healing herbs. 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