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TITE CANADIAN STATESMAN. BOWMANVILIF ONTARTO _____________________________________________________________________________________________ - S'.'*WtJA-'CS~, tJJÂ~ LA LU~tSq *02 w -7-Otario Crop ]Report Presents Unfavorable Picture The general crop report issued last week as a compilation of the observations of agricultural rep- 'resentatives throughout Ontario, reveals conditions of dry weather in rnost parts of the province and hay and crop prospects deteriorat- ing badly. The following extracts from the report give some idea of the situatic;n. WVestern Ontario BRUCE-Although cattle are generally in good condition on pa- sture at the present time, prospects for sufficient grass t0 feed them in the immediate future are ex- tremnely poor. Prospects for Hay crop are a small percentage of normal. Grain is still standing Up exceptionally well except a few fields of Faîl Wheat on lighter land which are turning white. GREY-Weather continues dry. Spring grain which was sown early looks exceptionally good. Corn, sown just a few days ago. in spite of the dry weather is germina tin g. HALTON-Haying operations are now in full swing. New seed- ings in most cases are hardly worth cutting. We question if our hay crop will average a ton to the acre. It is still very dry- some on dlay report impossible to plow. Central Ontario NORTHUMBERLAND - R e planting of tomato plants bas been much larger than usual owing toaa peculiar combination of cold wea- ther followed by a dry period and considerable injury from cut worms. Wheat and Rye look well and cereal grains are standing drought well. VICTOR IA-Pastures, in many cases, are giving out and cattle are being marketed without the proper degree of finish. A num- ber of meni have made enquiries about supplementary pasture mix- tures. Corn and Mangels are ger- minating x'ery poorly and some fieldE will have to be reseeded. Eastern Ontario CARLETON - Thunderstorms on June 4th, which were general throughout the County and lasted 3 hours, were very welcome. Growing conditions are good as are crop prospects. No reports of serious frost damage. DUNDAS-Crops are flot suf- fering as yet for want of mois- ture although a good. ramn is due along with some heat. The hay crop is flot promising. Grain and Corn look good. GLENGARRY-Pastures are adequate for this season and mlk production at its peak. However, moisture is limited and a good ramn would be very helpful. No hay has been cut to date, and it woulci appear that it will be a much lighter crop than usual, due to the severe winter killing. E Sec the 1949 Evinrudes at your dealer's now. He is a mnember of Evinrude's long established continent-wide net- %vork cf Sales and Service stations. He has the experience, skill and training ta help you choose the Evinrude best sulted ta your needs. . or ta give you expert service should yau ever necd it. Beware of "Black Market" or Siolen Molors . 'See RANNAN BROS. ,YOUR AUTHORIZED DEALERS courtice Phone 2833 Il Spring grains are making good growth. Northern Ontario COCHRANE NORTH-Most of the farmers have campleted seed- ing. There is plenty of moisture as it has been raining every sec- ond day. Table stock potatoes are ibeing offered at $1.00 per bag. COCHRANE SOUTH-Practi- cally ail crops are flow ail seeded and planted includlng potatoes and root crops. Ail live stock are now out on pasture and the grass is fairly good. More ramn is bad- ]y needed at the present timne. There is«a keen demnand for broiler chickens. LIVESTOCK NUMBËRS GAIN IN EUROPE Livestock numbers in Europe are slowly climbing back to more normal figures after the heavy reduction during the war. But even wherî they reach pre-war levels they can go well beyond, as the population of Continental Eu- rope bas iîcreased some four per cent in the past decade, and it is' hoped that nutritional standards may be higher in the future. Feed has become more plentiful in recent years, particularly in such countries as France and Bel- gium which are flot so dependent on imported feeding-stuffs as Hal- land and Denmai'k. Increasing numbers of young stock are now being retained for breeding. Dur- ing the war these were often slaughtered to prevent requisition by the Germans, anid since the War ended, the demand for meat often overruled the wiser long-term plan of holding off the market, suitable breeding animais. Indication of the progress made is shojwn in the numbers of live- stock in 1948 and 1938, in France, Belgium, Holland and Denmark. Total numbers of cattle in these countries at 22.4 million head in 1948, are about one million short of the 1938 figures. Swine at 10.3 million are still short of the 1938 figures by about 2.5 million. Sheep (excluding Belgîum, for which country no figures are av- ailable for 1938)) at 8.3 million are still 2.4 million below the 1948 population. Horses show a de- crease in the ten years of nearly half-a-million, a condition which may continue with the more ex-c tensive use of mechanical farm( machinery. Fertilizlnig by Air Two aircraft recently top-dress- ed a New Zealand hili farm with ten tons of fertilixer in pellet form. Flying at 400 feét the plane re- leased a ton of material in seven seconds over an area of about nine acres. No cost figures were made av- ailable but it appears tha t costs based on aircraft of one ton capa- city were h igher than land dress- ing. With planes having a capacity of 20 tons or more the cost wauld be considerably ]ess. "Talk about real-life dramas- yo0u should try My job!"5 Bill: "I don't sec how you keep so cheerful, Dick. 1 should think a life insurance agent's job would be humdrum." DirA: "Youre wrong there! You'd be surprised how iuuch drama there is in xny job- and what a kick 1 get out of it. Yesterday, for instance 2- "Piîen, on theip av hack, I lie and a partner have iinst npenedi a newv garage. Now, if mie of the partnerg should die preniaturely, the filuer wi I he able to carry on ihat bi.inc,,s." 3.-Frnm there tn see George Williams 'Alio's rcliring mn. Our rom- paon '<jl tart paying him to relax and enjoy hilm. Eelf. )nu rlîîld hav seen T -~ 1dm -miling. just like a 4. Coming out, I met Jim Trimble %%ho'% going to mol- lege - thank% to tht- police 1 enlrl lig l)ad. Belipe- enm;, 1 shared his excitement." Ahelp)ful citizen in lie lîo oui agent ell- voil lef nurire. /ie nlço heIpç o<, proi*e Naur rnruo:glit. For a large part of earil ife ioîranre dollar i- put 11, "or k. throiîgh investments 1. hîild v.hooljý. bridges, lhi ghita'..indtî'trilI Plants and miany other tirojectâ 1LIFE INSURANCE . l- "At the office 1 fnund à claim chaque ready for d elivery to a widow who needed that money. Don't you suppose her gratitude moide me féel Pd done somnething important?" 95- "Next, 1 hel p d a couple brin g their 11f e in. burance programme up to date. Theyve just had an addition 'te their family. They were happy' before, but no% thev 've got peate of mnd., toon! *Thot'g the way it gaci. «'And that's whv 1 think a life inturanre 'agent has the beet job in the world 1 your cominunity fhat create jobs and make for better living. l'ou share ini these improve- mentu. mode possible through the effort.% of Vour helpful fel. Iow%.itizen - the modern life ifl'urance agent l H o mes' Amiessage front the more t hart fi/z%- Lifi Insurance (Somtpanies of Canada H. H. Hanamu Elected President I.F.A.P. Elected President of the Inter- national Federation of Agricul- tural Producers on Jur>e 10, H. H. Hannam (right), Ottawa, is shown above with Sir James Turner, former President of I.F.A.P. Mr. Hannam is President and manag- ing director of The Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture. Sir James Turner is President of the. National Farmers Union of England and Wales. Representatives .of 25 countries have been attending the third an- nual meeting of the I.F.A.P. at the Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph, from May 31 to June 11. Delegates asked immnediate ratifi- cation of the International Wheat Agreement, studied price stabiliz- ation and international marketing of agricultural products. Born on a farm in Grey County, RAPID DEVELOPMENT 0F HYBRID CORN An American invasion of Cana- dian soil, quietly begun in 1938, is now about complete. Sa far, there have been few complaints. Indeed, a number of Canadians, who pinpointed likely spots to dig in. have had warm praise from fellow Canadians for their part in the whole operation. The invaders, of course, were hybrid corn varieties and from a modest roothold on about ten per cent of the husking corn acreage of Ontario in 1939, the hybrids have since swept across the prov- ince ta snatch 95 per cent of the husking corn acreage, or more than 60 per cent of Ontario's corn plantings for bath husking and ensilage, from the old, open- pollirîated varieties. Reason for this swift triumph was the hybrid's higher yielding ability, denser root system, sturdi- er stalks and greater tolerance ta the corn borer and other pests. Hybrids were fîrst grown suc- cessfully in Canada in 1938, when about 200 acres were seeded in Essex and Kent Counties, Ontario, with varieties that had beesi de- veloped for northern Illinois and Wisconsin. INDIAS FARMING LINKED TO CATTLE In a recent speech the Minister of Food and Agriculture for India, spoke on the cattie situation in that country. Cattie, the Minister stated. are the backbone of Indian Agricul- ture, with somne eighty per cent of the agricultural population de- pending on oxen and buffaloes for draft power. India had about 208 million head of cattie, including buffaloes, before partition-nearly one-third of the world's cattie numbers. 0f this number, an esti- matèd 30 million are now in Pak- istan. In spite of the huge cattie popu- lation, the Minister declared, the country is lacking both milk and bullocks, the shortage of feed and fodder being the main contribu- ting factor. Not more than 60 per cent of the required concentrates aire produced in India. Annuqi production of milk in India is only one-third of the minimum nutri- tional requirements, and in addi- tion some ten million tons are re- quired for caif rearing. Nevertheless, the Minister con- tinued, feeding requirements can to be ful ly met by a 50 per cent in- creaFe i0 feed production, and ap- preciable gains toward this end can be achieved through the intro- duction of proper cropping sys- tems. readjusiment of crop culti- vation on a mixed farming basis, and feed conservation practices. Much of India's 136 million acres of grazing lands only produce two tons of grass per acre, of which one-third is wasted through in- efficient ensilage and haymaking methods. Apart from the efforts to im- prove liv'estock feed, the animaIs theniselves are to be improved. Bulîs are to be located in selected To EASTERN QUIBSEC and fte MARITI MES ~ Enjoy chat ho h- day "Down East", a a vsit home or away with friends. LowSu m m er fares ..return limit 21 days, with stoPol'ers permauted. JUNE 20th to SEPTrEMBER 5th inclusives (&,Ig sltan> Canadian Parific RaiIu'ay Agent. I.F.A.P. President Hannam, now operates a farm near Ottawa. Me is a graduate of the Ontario Agri- cultural College; taught school near Saskatoon and was secretary of the United Farmers Co-oper- ative Ca. (now United Co-opera- tives of Ontario) until he became managing director cf the Canad- ian Federation of Agriculture. Mr. Hannam became second president of the C.F.A. in 1939 and has been re-elected in the presidency every year since that time. Mr. Hannani is chairman of a Canadian food board set up during the war to work with the Canadian minister of agriculture. Mr. Hannam was honored with a C.B.E. in 1946 andiwith an LI.D. from St. Francis Xavier College last month. 'key"' villages, with a view to ser- ving wider areas with better bred animiaIs; governmental efforts ta evolve a dual-purpose breed- draught and milk cattle-are to be hastened; and greater reliance is ta be placed on artificial insemnin- ation. THINK THIS ONE OVER BEFORE YOU VOTE Every Canadian wants harmony, security andi prosperity. Most Canadian Members of Par- liament are loyal, but they are flot al'wise, flot al sound, and flot al safe in alI the situations that arise domnestically and internationally. You cati cast one vote and get them aIl. You will if the Progressive-Con- servative Party forms the next Government for Canada. Re-elect your good friend Charlie Stephenson, on June 27th. That'.s your way ta win. Lard Supplies The United States is the prin- cipal lard-producing and lard- exporting country of the world. Since the war ended this country has produced about haîf of the world's output-the remainder came from Russia, Italy, France and China. The chief lardimport- ing counàtries since the war have been the United Kingdom, France and Cuba, each taking 16 ta 18 per cent cf the world's total. The total distance of the Great Lakes waterways system. from Duluth ta the outlet of Lake On- tario, is 1,160 miles. Grain Sorghum In Australia 200 men have be- gun ta harvest the first crop of grain sol-ghum, estimated at one million bushels. planted by the Queensland-British Food Corpor- ation. The sorghum is being grown to be fed to pigs ta provide pork and bacon for the United King- dom. One million bushels of grain1 surghum, experts say, should pro. duce 10 million pounds of po.rk from 60 thousand pigs. The Corporation has yet ta de- velop the pig-raising side of the undertaking, sa most of the sor- ghum will be shipped ta Britain for pig feed there. But the final plan is that the huge granary at Peak Downs should be surrounded 1948 SEED PRODUCTION In the seed production report recently released by the Plant Products Division, Department of Agriculture, it was revealed that record, or near record, quantities were harvested in 1948, of most of the major forage and cereal seeda. The alfalfa, red clover and sweet claver seed crops were by far the largest ever harvested. While the alsike seed crop was not of record proportions, it was,,how- ever, the largest in nineteen years. Total production of these four kinds amounted to about 70 million pounds. This is far in excess of normal domestic require- ments, but a strong export de- mand to the U.S., U.K. and West- ern Europtan countries %vas re- sponsible for most surplus quan- tities of these kînds fînding a ready market. Timothy seed production show- ed a sharp decline fromn that of recent years, when only fifty per cent of the 1947 crop was realized. With the 1948 crop placed at only about five and a haîf million pounds, it was considerably less than the 12-year average of nine and a quarter million pounds. The relatively higher value of the crop for hay last season in Ontario and Quebec contributed f0, the fact that a small acreage was left for seed. Exports of timothy seed were only a fraction of those of recent years, and normal imports were impos- sible due to U.S, production in 1948 being the smallest in years. 0f the remaining kinds of im- portant grass secds, only Canada Blue grass seed production was smaller than in 1947. Record crops of creeping red fescue. meadow fescue and KentuckY Blue grassj seed were produced in 1948. Pro- duction of brome grass, crested wheat grass and slender wheat grass seed was about normal. The 1948 production of cereals, flaz and other field seeds eligibie for Registered and Certified grad- es was double that of 1947, and far exceeded that of any other year. WANTED FOR EXP ORT Registered and Grade HOLSTEIN SPRINGERS WALTER FRANK PHONE 2403 R.R. 5 BOWMIANVILLE PUBLIC MEETING Progressive Conservalive Associat ion Meeting Town Hall,, Dlackstock Thursday, Jlune 23rd at 8 P.M. SPEAKERS:- CHARLES STEPHENSON, M.P., DURHAM COUNTY JOHN W. FOOTE, V.C., N.LA DURHAM COUNTY COME AND . BRING YOUR FRIENDS A SOCIAL EVENING GOD SAVE THE KING AND ENJOY ~, TOUAI Wl J4z.-- A distant hum and a flashing streak in the outer sky annotînce another exciting Canadian achievement-a nei,ý jet plane designed and buit by Canadians-one more example of the meteoric advances nmade by Canadian skills and ianufacturing abilitics; In Canada, too, giant airliners, whicli have ivon international recognition, are now being buit for the world's air routes of today and tomorrow. Today aur production-both in extent and variey-has attained heights undreamt of even ten years ago, creatîng new, opp<rtunities in every field of activity for the talents and enterprise of young Canadians, tilt 1949 Inerrase of air traffic: today coaa' mmercial aircraft carry more than four timeà thle nîîmber .II ~ . naa f pagssengertand tirer îimem the amount of mail they did in 1939. Ont of à sories proentsd by to promets a tuler remhhztlon by Canadians of canadas prosmnt groatnoss fCou#7,>,, f j /1 z A z. a~. .- PAGE TWELVE v Guardian of Canadian llrn:Lc;DAV. by 200 pig farms. a - 0 MM leew