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rge6 the georgetown herald wednesday evening october 18th 1939 1 our farm page items of interest to every farmer careful survey of farm project in view of possible war demands urged by dominion minister of agriculture hon j g s gardiner says this fall may wove to be the most significant in many y a recommendation to every fanner to canada to make a careful survey this fall of hie farm project in view of the demands that the war may make necessary at any time is made in the following statement issued by hon james g gardiner dominion minister of agriculture the question of increased produc tion requirements in canada wba commodities will be required and in what quantiuesls not an easy one j to answer at this moment the situ atton nowever may clarify itself with alarming suddenness ait which time a more definite policy would become yet for the farmer this fall may prove to be the most s fall season for many years on the thor oughness of this falls preparation will depend in a more vital way than ever before the quality quantity and cost of his final product a year hence whether this take the form of field crops marketed as such or of farm crops marketed through cattle dairy products sheep wool poultry pro ducts or last but far from least hogs not for many years has there been an autumn when a most careful sur vey of thfe whole farm project may be more vitally important from na tjjqnal as well as self protective con siderations we shall be too busy to do this next spring it may be too jfcte next fall three considerations deserve urgent and immediate attention 1 grain crops and feed supplies crop plans for next year will govern the scope and character of this falls operations in eastern canada and british columbia it may be well to insure adequate feed supplies lor an intensive production of hogs or of dairy or poultry products a few ex tra acres ol grain on eastern farms should tnerefore be seriously consider ed conversely prairie farmers will probably find that the marketing of surplus and low gradt- wheal and coarse grams will net higher returns through hogs cattle and poultry ne cessary modifications additions and changes in the work on ihe land this fall may get to be made to take care oi the contemplated increases or ch inges in marketing 2 live slock tills is one fall sea son when surplus or unproductive or poor tjx live stock has a special sigm ficance during most fall sea ons such stock must be marketed at sacn flee prices at present price levels however animals falling into these classes can be liquidated at fair re turns ind the opporiunitj thus prt sented should be grasped ii jjitr words wiis is a good time to bring up the standard ol herds and flock o reduce feed consumption asd cost and at the same time to obtain a re turn higher than can usuall tx count ed upon when culling work is under taken a critical look at everj beast on the i arm at this lme nui pav interesting future dividends on lht other hand the retaining of all good young stock of the right type as for example extra good young sons and well developed ewe lambs should pot be neglected riers are urged to obtain seed now until next spring macleod of ontario department of agriculture in view of the present situation in europe it is of vital importance that every effort be made to increase crop production particularly crops which are necessary for the sustenance of those actively engaged in the defence of the empire says j d macleod crops seeds and weeds branch on tario department of agriculture ontario farmers have a duty to per form that of making a special effort to produce more bushels per acre than has been customary in the past it is possible to do this without tlftn-eas- ing materially thec6sts of production by maintaining and muwibffjrp i soil fertility adopting gterefjieciehdy ol implements and labor b cultural practices and by sowtogjime vepy best seed obtainable s farmers are urged to make sure that they have their 1940 seeding re quirements on hand clean and grade a sufficient amount of seed for your own usl do not leave tills import ant work until your bins are low do it now if you have not got sufficient or suitable seed for your own pur chase high qualit seed from your neighbour this snould be done while prices are reasonable and before there is a scarcity the owing of clean seed is the first up in profitable farmuu and the fin1 step in weed control mr mac leod declares cieun seed should be a bright plump uniform sample pure as to vnriety fret from all foreign matter including seeds of other cultivated crops di grams sin til shrunken trains and weed seeds the man who sovs weed steds ls his own worst enunj and is laying down i job foi his children and his grand chi dren weeds lower jitld tin quail or crops the m irkc i va uo of crops and the value of farms they dd to the costs of production ihiv rowd cut cu vited crop they rob m soil of pirn l ood uid moisture i prtvtn tht firmir fiom follow mjf n proixr ro mon tl it net in junou iiimhls and fin i i d seases some wet i and weed setds are pols ono us to livestock selling manure the last cash crop written for the herald by n thomas m sc department of chemistry oac guelph within the past few years truckers have developed a very thriving busi ness hauling from the farmyards to the orchards and specialised farms along the 4akesnore if the business is to be had one can not blame the truckers for taking ad vantage of opportunities to make a dollar to the farmer selling manure one cannot deny the necessity of obtain ing some cash in these times especial ly when prices are relatively low for farm products when a trucker pulls into a farmyard and offers 100 or more cash for a pile of manure then temptation is hard to resist and many sell although it ls against their better judgment of good farm practice since motor cars trucks and tractors have replaced hoic in the cities and even on specialized farms the mukel tor excess grain hay and straw have disappeared thereby making it more difficult for the farmer to quickly gar ner a few dollars to meet an emer gency situation buy a now machine fencing or barn roof etc while it is true that through past gooef manage ment a few farms are in a high enough state of fertility to withstand a tern porarv oraln of plant food through the sale ol manure lhe great majority of soils require all the manure avail able to restore and maintain good phwoal condition and fertility how ever jie farmefis willing to take a chance for a while and think thai bv purchastnir some fertilizer it will save a lot of hard work and make up the diltln me in fertility without dis pttraginit the value and necessity of commercial fertilizers in maintain uig crop jilds it is or first fundamental importance to maintain a good supply of organic mat er m the soil ii ls uil kosion to rkhi management and crop p eduction as tvery good farmer knows onl too well man lire l- undoubtedly tht be t mateiial avultbh for thls pur xxs as it not on v s ij ns iiitm qutin litu f quk kl iv ii tb t humus bui als vh uabli t mounts of soluble plant iitli n soil i l mis s st that hi- v i u f i m mit multir i mi in i to i t manure tow iru crop prod m mil f o i u u a o the plant f mki ion umd hit run whin upp led a i ui in ainad convenient locations in the orchard or garden at ridiculously low prices unfortunately the great majority of farmers who are selling manure are situated on sous that require alt the possible organic matter available to assist in maintaining good soil fertili ty under these conditions the con tinued use of fertilizers alone quickly results in a soil condition whereby money expended for them may be largely wasted a good supply of or ganic matter in the soil is the life blood of the soil and the heavier the soil ls the more basically true this fundamental sbatment becomes in or der to receive the greatest returns from fertilizers applied while it is now a well established fact thit remarkable increases can be obtained by the application of suit able rertiliaers there are also instan ces on record that the continued ue of fertilizers alone especially on heavy cluv lls w ithout manures of some kind has eventually resulted in soil j conditions next to impossible to work economically an apparently good promise of crop growth in early spring from the ap plication ls obtained however the effects of drought or excessive mots ture on soils in poor phyiscal con dldon due to deficiency of organic mat ten quickly smothers the effects of the fertilizer with the result that crop yields e frequently reduced below those on the- unfertilized areas manure is one of uie farms mosi valuable byproducts and all good far mtrs depend uion it to maintain the farms basic suppl of fcrtulij while icniizers will to a certain extent re place manure for crop jields lhe can not altogether if it could or did the trv economic of o ir picnt dav farming w m not allow the expenai t it ol casli necessurj to replace uie plant rood alone sold off th farm in manure much less thai of the oryimc in uur as well while niimin ls iluuii sold lor 1 00 per ton in uit yard the actual nlu of lit plant food content ls iro nul st 7 00 pir ion heno in n ur i 100 urns of manure ai 100 ix r ton tht farmer actually sells vluwi 200 00 ol niirofen phos ph i il uid xttasli i one p l he vann of tie organic mil tr wliuh in mm ins an his an cquil value in soil fertility cubwd comment the printed word h the wheat areas of the west were developed by men and women with the courage to take a chance against uie haaarde of drought hail rust and frost they took the chance that they might teste large nana of m in growing wheat for people who lived in areas not so suitable for the brow ing of wheat they staked everything an largescale wheat production dur ing the first three decades of this century they were on the whole suc cessful those who took the longest chances were often the most success ful tielr example tended to place the emphasis in western thinking up on the long chance and the quick pro fit a decade of depression has modified this tendency the fanner who has best managed to maintain himself has been the cautious man not necessari ly diversified farming but careful fanning of all kinds not overextend ed has brought the nearest approach to success little by little this re lative prosperity of the cautious type of fanner caused a trend towards fol lowing his example with the long time view of the world wheat market not hopeful the new trend was sound but now we are again at war our wheat i peacetime problem is a war time necessity the man who can grow the most is the most use to his country the emphasis is back on the long chance yet there ls no good jrejson o hope that the long view of oar wheat marketnas materially lm- proved we must employ every resource to win the war because liberty is better than largess but this time we should give ai least a passing thought to our internal economj we must not idly wreck it some da caution will again be a useful characteristic k4ii grading ad vi- able creemore stan tlu parmer s advocate in their last ssue has the following to siv about mil griding and bacon it looks like sound logic if on of cnnach s contributions to the aljle- is to be a regular ind de pendabli suppj of hog products we shoud put our house in order at the start and proceed with the job as it should be done c inada has never been able to gtt near uie top of the price bracket in the united kingdom with on hit ind miss methods of hog prthl i t oi imi i uh p ii h t i fi 11 fr nod liu k ijx i imturbv i mixfl at fr 1 kit pikvslb h marketing we hive in tin british bacon tv or torn viirs and i yiinnn years we to tx in earnest im vi r imhii willing to as our competitors raj ind uid xr idini iiu tht pi utrov n 500 li of phosphor i 1000 lbs of poutoi ind ttt- n i it ov r 10 o 1j0 il ttt wht o 70 us of plioph n iir hog and carcass grading reports available to farmers farmers should look to shippers or truckers for reports dept of agriculture does not mail certificates l i joo ui b onnitlt no giwxi b i- b pot and not in pi t c o i tood job ol mi bu i xisilion tx ol int imab value to ui r when tie war ls i lime w n mportanl b midi it will be do not bo dlv and de nse he road iliit ends jie ottv ive thi can i d be their o at price to wool set attfc oixambask officials of the production sarnie dominion department of agrlouttnr state that ojmadten sheep ralsen nffl no douot he interested to the noucwement made by the wool ad4 mlnlstrator david o dick that a price has been esuhushed for wool to be used under military contracts at 45 cents a pound dean basu for low medium combing wool tsaple 4ffs to sos quality wool as grown tn canada is sold cornmerciauy in tfaa- fleece greasy basis so that the valua f wool in the hands ofpraduoers de pends as in the past upon uie shrink age of yield of clean wool for supplies of this grade of wool remaining unsold in farmers hand the net price depending upon shrink age and marketing costs would not likely exceed 35 cents a pound for eastern wool and might be as low aa 20 cents for some of the highershrink age qualities quebec and maritime wool is high est in clean yield followed by wool from ontario whllk eastern wool generally yields higher than western g range or western domestic wool records of poultry farms studied in new york state from 1929 to 1933 showed that the farms with high pro ducing hens had labor incomes more than twice as large as those with low production sjx worlds rwral tours tht world of tomorrow todayl 3 early consideration of seed re airemrnts ther will be winter fo gentra ei cl ch check up o- marhmerv and equip ment and tht consideration of the mans aetais connected with preara lions for next ason s crop bui oi paramoun unporance ls w hat hop pens on he iarm in the next few weeks seed supplies generallv are hkelj to behdequate certain dis ease resistant sorts of wheat oats and barlej and diseasefree seed po tatocs however are still limited and any substantial export of them would leave us short securing supplies of these well in advance this year is wise practic as a final word it ls important that chose who can maintain their present position or improve it in hog produc tlon should do so bacon hams and fats are bound to be required in great ar volume if the war continues it is also important that farmen hould not change at this time from cheese to butter production the un certainty of the position in relation to the british market makes it lmpos ajble to advise as to price levels m tther cheese or bacon but one thing ll certain and that ls that both cheese and bacon production will have an important bearing on canada s food effort we can be assured that when the matter ls fully considered british and allied consumers will give fair returns for essential products as the general situation becomes clearer provincial organisations will be mobilised to guide and stimulate production in accordance with known deeds such organizations in turn en hating the services of existing pro dnoers associations meanwhile each province with its organized depart ment of agriculture its agricultural ee and colleges and closely jodatad wrth these in the provinces officials of the doniinton depar of agriculture odd men inspectors district officers and staffs of domin ion experimental farms have wealth of information it would be wise to consult with them this fall inquiries art frequcntlj received rom farmers reqiustinj iiifoiinuilon ils to uie fcradnifc of hoss uiej have marketed the leparan ni of agri tuliure does not as a ttntral practice mail hot grading rtporls oi eeruncatis tn direct u iirmers it is rue that a large number of ofticial it ixjrts have been forward d tiinu to fa mers but this l onlj iui uxiliar seimce necessanlj limited in cm uid s ibj t to dlscontin nuice tl titii provision has bttn made for the farmer to recti vt i gr iduu ixr on his hogs promptlj through u ieglar tridt clianmls mel il it ts not forthcoming the farmer should look to his trucker shipper or agent for ll it may be taken for granted that there is no delay on the grader s part in making grading information immediately available to buer and seller the following is an extract fiom the pamphlet the carcass oracling of hogs information for farmers deal ing with this subject carcass grading certificates the grade issues all official carcass grading certificate coveruir each far mers kt of hogs identified for rail grading this may be in either one ol lhe following forms 1 a statement supplied to the shipper showing the grading on each farmers lot of hogs in the shipment in this case the farmer should make a point of seeing thls statement or requiring a record of his owti grading from hit shipper alorij with tie settlement for hls hogs this system usually applies where the hog arc sold to a ship per on the basis of live weight this department ls mailing in dividual carcass grading reports to farmers as time permits but this service is necessarily limited and uch reports are often delayed se veral days 2 an individual carcass grading certtneate for each farmers lot o hogs made out by the grader and made available to the farmer through the shipper commission firm or packer this system usual ly applies where the nogs are sold on the basis of dressed weight whats in a name bars is a ust of ue towns with odd naxsea which with the state tnehided mto interesting frwnhrna ash sbd4 carpet tex agoo oa odear ibs ulimiiiii ky shoo b kay 4x smftr llav ptvan tann statment of settlement each farmer is entitled to and should demand a statement of settle ment from the shipper firm or packer this should show the following 1 weight of the bogs or oar- and d 2 price per cwt 3 premiums due to grade 4 any other deductions satin as fr lulit tin kins ind torn mission o n i im un ol a ul mi nt in some cases une st i mi nts of ftihm nt ir combiikl with tht ofli ii circis snihin tiumtni as a matter of ronv nw nci tht dominion deputm n if asrl ult lie ui huwtvr f i w ird u jrrad ni r r to mv fmn r who maks rtqu for oik w iihtn i rt asoiiable nt ii if mi hi r h ts art mar k ted ii h mq ii s ii ilti stive com nl i mati m rev rdim the shl mint t rmed and ix iddressed to the ofiii u swine ridi t tlie point m ihe hogs win trded or uie neara t office of tht live stock and stock products division domln ion marketing service hot producers are urged however insist that kradlnu ceriiflcaus and statements of settlement be promptly made available to them b the agen through which tliev market their hogs wrstrrn agrklittrf afirlculiure in brltlsh columbia is reporteel to have slarted in the praser lake dlstrirt aboul 1810 and the agri itural hlstor of the prairie pro vinces dates back to the selkirk settle mint alonn the red rter in man toba in 1812 get free estimate on your roofing irovm iu inter tub om petit ion to br hrld al uelph ort 20 lion i m lri in tei skak it banquet hie bem farm boy judges m ontario t 1 v tik k swim lio s poult n tniin it u kit itoes will gilli r at tlie o ac ouelph prldaj oct 20ui to ake pirt in prtvindal inter club com pttitioti iist v ir 128 teams total nil bo t k vin in uie judgitu lid a lari i ntr is etjkt led uns vtar tooreluu lo r s duncan dir itxor ef agricultural represt nliilivt bnu ch om i pi i gnculture who is in diifoi charkt of bovs and junior farmei woik in pnvious v n- hit winners have r prist nud onuirio in inter provincial competitions at the r yu winter pair oils jtar uie fair ha been cancelled uwus to vr litne need of the build ings b uh canadian militia llie work of training farm boys and girt to become expert farmers and homtinnkirs retiectivelv has been pushexl rapidlj and successfull bj hon p m dewan ont m mister of agriculture each er set iru a sub tantlal increase ui number of clubs i ind members this year 7363 boys and girl are enrolled in 74 clubs last yvar uiere were 655 clubs with j g 657 members i hon mr dewan will be uie special speoker at a banquet to all contestants at o a c following the judging com- petitions oct 20 the farmers mag izlne will present trophies to the win ners in dairy beef uid swine judgtog while uie ont horse breeders assn iroph wll go to the winning foal club team gram winners will receive uie ont field crop and seed grow cr s trophv while the j t cassln trophy will go to lhe high boys in pot- ito judging in addition there are i tlfteen tram prizes for each class ting from 12 to 2 write now pisti ni si inbktxbh tiam ride journal ect n iv printed some firts basel on iccident lltrures uiat will bt instructive to lhe pleasure mo oris i as wt 11 when the statlstic tans adjusted their id rule here is tlu slate ment uie trive if voi cut out of line of traffic our hanie f hivnu in nexident are ni i tiplied b a0 if von drive ovtr 40 miles an hour voir chince- of iiimiis an accident in multip led bv 2 if vou kiss mo her cir on a curse w ur jiance s of hivinv an accident in miilnp led bv 21 if voti pass i her car somr up lihl vour chance f h iv mi m accident ire multiplied bv 10 if vou fall to signal a turn or stop vour ch mres of hav ing an accident in multiplied bj five tlu eiriver who cuts out of line hnd drives over 0 miles an hour usually txplatns afterwards that he was in ii hum he got a late start and had o mak up time thus endangering his own life and properu and those of others with a ton of motor car and a 75 hore power motor he tries to defeat uie team of time and the law ivragecv casej jones tried it and won fame but he survives only in song toxi to hotel aiiured hotel accommodotron 2 admisnoni to fair grounds sightseeing tour of fair grounds siqhtscemg tour of new york arc you planning your fall and winter advertising in a waj that will reach the greatest number of buyers advertise in the herald and be assur ed of success early societies efforts o improve agriculture in eastern canada through agricultural societies were made at an early date one of the first of these was a society founded by lord dorchester in 1789 which published pamphlets on agri culture through the efforts of john young in nova scotia a central agri cultural society was founded hi 1818 other sodetfee followed to prince eld- ward island and new brunswick the first agricultural school tn fifinfflr was opened in 1850 at ste anne de la po- eauere pq no ptjb8 by s3 votes to 48 uverpool otty council atogland has leaffinttsd tta pottcy of not allowing pabdb bouses every week there are fair and profit able exchanges every week through the new advertisement column of the herald if you have tfm to sen tell of it through a new advertisement if there is something you want to buy and want a bargain then read the nw read the new adratitemttnts phone no 8 k includes includes taxi fo hotel j m aiiured hotel accommodat on 2 adm si om lo fair grounds sigmiceing tout of fair grounds sightseeing tour of new york tour of nbc broadcast ng stud os or of nbc tele ion stud oi 17 6 taxi to hotel aiiured hotel accommodation 2 admnitoni to fair ground sightseeing tour of fair g round i sightseeing tour of new york tour of nbc broadcasting studios or of nbc tele vision studios 3 hour boat trip around manhatton island 24 00 includes fci taxi to hotel k aisured hotel accommodation 3 admissions lo fair grpunds sightseeing tour of fair grounds sightseeing tour of new york tour of nbc broadcasng studios or of n b c t e vision studios 3 hour boat trip oiovnd 1 manhattan island k evening tour of c c c n is bowery and greerw sli village rolei quoted or fo 2 o co kretervotions must bo marl al s least a week in advance radescnphve folder c c cemp te informotion o w h long gray coach lines