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the georgetown herald wed nesday evening august 1 4th 1 940 our farm page items of interest every farmer to fmmd tkwowsbovt tli wottd la tfca ms oaldhn band atom th uajtad stataa playlnc aach ickrt fraai taw modan oatrfoor baad sfcafl yom itaar it wttfcoart i th cowtasy of in tar atttooal business macbbnaa art ot 7 combthaa am lot praaahra contemporary sliow dorsay sammy kay a eddla duchin al and bob harvoy with tbair canadian co tar band hoad tha liat of bis titam danca ftwnds that will bo foatnrod in tatla yoar vail cool dane a pavilion don t ritia tham a brilliant proseatattlon of lataat advancaa in th automothro tn- dantry inclnribta proviai aawny 14 ntodols on of tha most brilliant and alarmc horso shows ea tho coa- ttaant many apodal faataroa opt 2 7th 1 u utf aug23sept7 crop testing plan benefit to farmers interacting information on the crop testing plan was given in the report of the national seed grain committee submitted by its chairman dr l h newman dominion cereal 1st at the recent meeting of the na tlonal advisory committee on agri cultural services the crop testing plan was initiated in the prairie provinces in 1930 and o jnlque in that it calls for the active participation of elevator wpnty aa well as both provincial and dominion government officials the plan as sumes that the average wheat grower can be cached best by those who actually handle his grain samples of wheat are collected from farmers wagons at elevator points and these samples are tested for varietal oom- bosiuon at various points through out the three prairie provinces the samples are sown in plots and when tn plants reach a certain stage of development they are examined by experts who determine the varieties present in this inexpensive manner farmers are located whose seed can be changed to their advantage and also those who have wheat of a high degree or purity this scheme has progressed very satisfactorily to date up to the summer of 1939 the num ber of companies participating in the scheme had grown to eight involving over 1 600 elevator agents in 1939 the wheat or approximately 24 000 lamiers was gron and analysed at 116 points at many of these points field meeting xiere held most of the work of identifying varieties has been done oy roprisentatlves of the experimen tal farms service and the plant pro ducts division dominion department of agrk ilture latterly universities and provnclal department have giv en assistance during ihf past two years a select number of elevator agents who have come urgent demand for soldiers of the soil every boy and girl of school age in ontario will be given an opportunity 4ime minister m f hepburn vealed this week at queen s park the ontario government s plans in this direction entail setting up a soldiers of the soil committee in each county and once this prelimln ary organization is completed mils tering the full strength of this pro vinces young people at useful tasks in the furtherance of war activities first duty to be assigned to the soldiers of the soil will be to assist in the harvesting of ontarios crops faced wth an acute shortage of farm labour the ontario government la enlisting the cooperation of local school boards in keeping primary schools closed until september 16th and secondary schools until october 2nd this will make available to the farmers of ontario a vast reservoir of farm help mr hepburn said not only will it permit fanners to keep the assistance of their own children during a period when they would nor mally be at school but it will also make available for farm work a great number of city children in each county a committee has been set up to include the agricultural representa tive school inspector superintendent of employment offices warden and reeves of the various townships lor the purpose of registering both the far mers who require assistance and the school ige children willing to fill jn at this work young people who are trained this ear will be just that much better equipped to help out in 1941 this var is rot going wbe over in a day we must look to the future and pre pare ourselves for what is llkily to develop in the immediate jears to been particularly interested in this kind of work have been carrying on actual tests under the direction of a sdnall enmmiuee at winnipeg under lhe chairmanship of dr goulden of the dominion rust research labora torv su ce 1930 it is estimated that well om 4000000 bushels of high quality seed hae been exchanged lar gelj inrirugh the medium of elevator aeenls and the assistance bting ren dered bj the crop testing organization in connection vith the appraisal of new rust rt- istant varietur of wheat and oati selecting the dairy sire the old adage that the bull is half the herd has perhaps been brought to play nrpfttfri gffnrt i rnnffl mof fiyremjiy to the dairy far mer during recent years than at any other time in the history of dairy farming states alan deakln animal husbandry division dominion expert mental farms service the reason for this is not hard to find firstly with increased costs of farming operations it is necessary to save on the produc tion of milk by means of better and lewer cows secondly the fat test has become an important factor in the price of milk and stock an efficiently producing dairy herd is necessary t present time in or der to ge good returns on labour and capital invested to get such a herd requires a good bull a bull that one can be reasonably sure will not sire a large percentage of culls and boar der cows or off type individuals that give no pride to ownership the only reasonable assurance that one has of getting a good bull is to purchase one from a tested and diseasefree herd the cos of maintaining such herds is high and hence the purchase price has to be reasonably good to the smaller dairy fanner the price factor is a very important item as usually he can only keep a bull two or three years one way of low erlng the cost of bulls is to build a good bull pen and thus be able to keep older bulls often older good bulls can be purchased reasonably and also bulls can be exchanged by lhe latter method the purchase price can be spread over at least four or five j ears rather than two or three years another way of reducing the cost of bulls ls through artificial breeding in most herds there are always three or four outstanding cows cows that are good milkers good individuals and regular breeders such cows could be artificially bred to a good proven sire and a bull calf raised for future iise in the herd a good bull by whauver means he is obtained is essential to the pros perily of a dairy farm even if a dai ty farmt purchase most or all of his cowi he still relics upon someone us under the direction of the ontario government a special committee fc now engaged in working out details of a scheme to put across a gigantic drive for the sale of war certificates when the propo al was first made bj mr hepburn to the ottawa government r about 361000 of the farm or- l in ontario are apntyed mvular- rlng bout lwjqoo tjhtah am d p w ifciianiii r as a a tomato dedans that tbese issd athards are hotbeds of di- amended regulations in canned food act sevcnl changes in the regulations under the meat and canned food act were published m the july 20th ksut of the canada gazette the new regulitioiu governing the standardiza tion of containers will not be effective until jam arv 1 1941 after that date all imported food products must com plv with the regulation for standard containers standard containers for food prod icls offend for sale in canada apply to lhe following truius in sjrup or water namely apple sauce apricots berries cm tries crabapples fruits for salad grapefruit poaches pears plums prunes and rhubarb solid pock fruits othtr than npplcs apples appl le filler fruit and vege table juicpi vegetables namtlj beans igreen wax limai beets cabbage carrots cauliflower com cream style or in brine peas potatoes pumpkin sauerkraut spinach and other greens and succotash asparagus beans as paragus style mushrooms tomatoes tomato peste and tomato pulp and puree with further regard to tomatoes calcium chloride if deciaicd may be used to frm tomatoes but in no case more than 005 per cent of the weight of the finished canned product a change ls made in lhe tomato juice colour requirements this ls a definite improvement in the grade of the pro duct it ls the natural colour of the fruit and in no case should the change be construed as an artificial colour grades for apple sauce have been changed grades for apple juice have been established and also for evap orated and dehydrated vegetables changs have been made in the grades for evaporated and dried apples and the moisture content of dried apples has been lowered the standard quality grade of pineapple has been eliminated no colour can be used in canned fruits and vegetables but in jams jellies ond pickles artificial colours are permitted if declared on the label the verting of cans is prohibited the venting of cans is considered a bad course of practice because cans that require venting are invariably poorly processed as a result of hyqj gen twells in the regulations concerning labels and markings an addition has been made with regard to products packed in water the words in water must appear n the markings or label other alterations in the regulations include a change in the drained weight loganberries preservative permitted in fruits intended for remanufacturing purposes p of salt in sailer kraut omitted asparagus cuttin lerness tips defined in the regulations may be added to froeen asparagus grades and frozen peas may be labelled peas for soup stock if packed for that purpose lpon sale to licensed estab lishments for remanufacturing pur poses concerning the import regulations there are several changes in clause 3q no person shall import nor shall collectors of customs and excise clear any importation of food or food prod nets subject to the regulations ix of grade standard of quality declared or determined to be below use mini mum grade established in hese regu lations for sacs product except for re- inauiutscturtng purposes and in con tainers of pot lass than taw half gal lon capacity was enthusiastically received andjin u good bull or he wont get much the province ls now proceeding with a profit out of the cows perhaps a dal pkn which will enlist the help oflrj farnui ls more dependent upon a ill the secondary school girls tood sire thin ire breeders of anx thev will be enrolled by lhe local other cl is of stock but ures of an soldiers of the soil commit ltj and clas of tock either make or break school teachers will be isked to help bi d r by exercising supervision over the dans operation t ii ro ls i tangible way in which the dc minion government ton v cmlr can a ln lhc sale of ders th sale of war siwins stamps hm or by earning money for their uui certificates as on of tin most i r it ls a twofold program important links in th whole chain xl cannot fail to be of 1 war ui dertaklngs mr hepburn worth the weed of the week ferevn1ax sow thltl bxce moisture this year has been a contributing factor responsible for a marked increase in perennial sow thistle this weed spreads rapid ly ln heavy damp soils particularly where drainage ls poor apd has be come such a pest it ls known as public enemy no 1 among farmers three species of sow thistle are common ln ontario the perennial is the worst and it has two compara tlvely harmless cousins the common annual and the spiny annual says john d macleod ont dept of agri culture toronto the perennial sow thistle is a tall coarse growing deep rooted weed with large and vigorous running root- stocks once it establishes itself in a field these underground rootstocks spread in every direction and send up new plants from buds which appear every few inches along the stock and soon chokes out cultivated crops the perennial thistle ls taller and more slender than the annual it has numerous underground running root stocks while the annuals have only tap roots the leaves of the peren nial are deeply cut with segments pointing backwards and flowers are a deep yellow in colour and an inch and a half across while those of the annuals are a pale yellow and less than an inch in diameter flower cups and flower stems of the perennial are covered with short glandular bristles while those of the annuals are nearly smooth perennial sow thistle can be con trolled the first essential is to pre vent seeding as a few patches if al lowed to mature may seed down a whole neighbourhood each seed of sow thistle bears a conspicuous tuft of white milky hair which when dry acts as a parachute and makes it pa sible for lhe seed to be spread far and wide by the wind an average plant mav produce several thousand seeds and every precaution should be taken to prevent seeding blossoms which are five days old may develop viable seed therefore standing crops containing sow thistle should be cut just as soon as the first few flowers appear destroy all plant- which have been in blossom from 3 to 5 days briefly the following control meas ures should be kopl in mind when ombiiting this weed drainage the use of clan seed maintenance of soil fertility thorough cultivation and i irl set ding a short rotation the use of eai y maturing varieties of ram smother crops particularly buckwheat hoed crops hay and pas ture mixtures with a view to obtain in a crop and at the same time pre kih a lmg rogulng mowing pf auhgs before eeds mature working j pitch separately eradication of patches bj the use of chemicals moth ruir of patches with imnu o triw or tar piper care in the use of such implement as the disc baxrotr which may cut rootstoefcs into short pieces each ot which may produce now plants clovers pasturing summer fal lowing tlie use of fall wheat and fall rye after harvest cultivating and careful uireahlng with a view to con- trolling the spread of sow thistle- seed on to neighboring farms the following dry cleaning method has proven effective on hun dreds of farms throughout the pro vince particularly on heavy clay soils start to plow infested fields immedi ately after the crop has been remov ed this newly ploughed land should not be touched for a week or mam depending on weather conditions it will be roughly set up with large clods lumps and holes surface soil and subsoil will be separated mois ture will be cut off and rootstockb will be dried out and killed hot dry weather will insure a more satisfac tory jobjfa many c councils through out the province where perennial sow thistle is confined to patches have developed a policy df supplying ratepayers with a quantity of chemi cal weed killer for its eradicanon this plan has much to commend it and should receive the consideration of every municipal council the in dividual who has no- perennial sow thistle or his property should he just as interested in its eradication as- the one who has difficulty in control ling it cooperation is essential in controlling this menace to ontario agriculture mr macleod states water hemlock water hemlock or spotted cowbane is one of ontarlos most prevalent poisonous plants states john d mac leod ont dept of agriculture tor onto its small white clusters of flow ers may be observed at the present time above other vegetation in wet- marshy places throughout old ontar io it ts a perennial weed which grows from 2 to 5 reet high the leaves are compound in two or three divisions the stems are stout erect hollow and jointed widely branching quite smooth rale green dotted and strea ked with purple the root is a bundle of a few fleshy spindle shaped tubers like small parsnips cattle are frequently poisoned by eating the roots of this plant espe- ciilly early in the spring when pasture is scarce a piece of a root the of a walnut will kill a cow roots a c toxic at all seasons leaves and seeds may be eaten without danger symptoms are frothing uneasiness pain violent intermittent convulsions in which the animal kicks sometimes extending the legs rigidly throwing back the head bellowing and groan ing death results from respiratory f til re haw linseed oil raw eggs and iird maj be given early while waiting iot tne veterinarian waic marshes and low places for this weed and hand pull any planta hit are found this may be easily done j the roots are first loosened h a spud o other implement plants hould be destroyed after pulling registration starts on monday august 19 commencing monday august 1 9th canada calls on her citi zens 16 years of age and over regardless of nationality to register because of the magnitude of this task the government asks those who must register to study the questionnaire care fully every question must be answered truthfully and without evasion it is imperative that every one 16 years of age and over register vou will make the whole task easier for yourself and the cjovernment by registering early regis tration will last for three days only registration dates august 19th 20th 21st everyone can help to keep the cost of this registration at a minimum the government ft asking the cooperation of all public minded citizens in the work of regis tration you can help by getting in touch with your local registration officials and offering your services registration offices an being act up by electoral district in th same manner si 10 the last dominion election registrants are required to rejpstet the regular polling aub- drvlaioos of their own constituencies but should a tegutrant be in some other province or district out of the regular polling avbdrnsson on registration days he or she may register at any resjstraxaon office convenient upon satisfactory explsnatton to the local a tout juglstrationxextlficate to everyperson answering the questionnaire fully an4 satisfactorily a certificate of registratioa will be issued by the local deputy registrar thts is s small card which must be earned on the person at all tunes rasaall for mil sssajislilllsai paitsm to register will sskx any male or female married or stogie over sw age of 16 years liable to a fiae not tt 1 it two i dollars or to imfirisanisat for s teem not mtosadmg three auontha or to both such one sod impcsson- aetst sod momowjx to a further penalty not axjw ten dollaw for each day after the day nposf wbsdb he should hm registered during pvhumkyd vmdmr th sruthority of how james o minister of nvttenal war ssaiomi a