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Fnursday, August 19, 1948 For The Progressive Farmer Of Trafalgar Township tock Marketing ITrends in commercial market- ds of cattle, calves, sheep and n bs were again downward in nada in 1947, says the An- filial Review, of the Mo riet and Meat Trade of 1047, ed by the Marketing Service the Dominion Department of Ottawa. Livestock riculture, (Compared with 1946, cattle sales Were down 336,300 head, calves iThe new Waterloo Garden Trac- rs are now available in 11% H. and 3 H.P. sizes, with a full Reports Showed Drops During 1947 91,000, sheep and lambs 234,500. Although sales of these classes of stock were lower in all prov- inces, increased sales of hogs in eastern provinces raised the hog total for the Dominion by almost 300,000 in 1947. However, the downward trend in hog produc- tion, which started in 1945 in the western provinces, continued with all western Canada showing | declines. For 1947 the total dressed weight of all meats added up to 1,485 million pounds compared to 1,657 million in 1946 and 1,959 million in 1945. Most of the de- crease in 1947 was due to the de- cline in the number of cattle slaughtered. The total is, how- ever, 429 million pounds bettar than the 1939 figure of 1,056 million pounds. AVOID WET HEN RANGE The wise poultryman knows how valuable green feed is as a je of i a power-driven lawn mower. See These Before You Buy Hig E. D. GREEN H LINE - OAKVILLE International Harvester Dealer PHONE 350 to a hen's ration. But the grazing area for poultry should be reasonably dry. When laying hens are allowed to graze in soggy yards or to drink from stagnant pools, they lay dark yolks, and the eggs may be even off-flavour, Another risk of wet grazing is that the birds soil their feathers and feet, carrying mud back to the nest. A muddy nest can only result in dirty egg shells. THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Page 5 THEY ALWAYS BUZZ ABOUT WHERE THEY AREN'T WANTED By Max Trell Knarf, the shadow-boy with the turned-around name, had made himself small (about as small as a pin), and was lying under a Flies Aren't Popular At All "Clean? first fly said in surprise. "Not fly. "Have bath?" Oh, aren't we?" the ver said the second you ever taken a The first fly shook its head. over our food But we're flies. before we eat it. We're different." "And that's why no one likes us?" "That's right. But we're not going to change our ways just on that account. No siree! Well, I guess I'd better be getting on. Keep away from that house at the end of the road. They have REPAR Come in and let us gi on a complete car r if you need. ... Regardless of how I AUTOMOBILE equipped to give you reasonable service the job may be ... we are equipped to TiNG ¥ NT ive you an estimate epainting. We are arge or how small PRODUCTION DECLINES Total farm milk production for Canada in the month of April was nearly 8 per cent less than that of April, 1947, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics June Dairy Review of Canada, following the trend shown in the first two months of the year. Fluid sales for the month were 5 per cent less than those of the same month a year ago. Fluid milk declined nearly 3 per cent, while fluid cream on a milk basis was reduced by almost 14 per ent. Sales of milk by provinces showed decreases in all sections of the Dominion, except in British Columbia. Cream sales decreased in all provinces. Milk used in dairy production fell approximately 12 per cent below that of April, 1947. All provinces shared in this reduc- tion except British Columbia. Farm income from dairying in April, however, was about 20 per. cent greater than that recorded in the same month of the previous year. Milk sold off farms for all purposes averaged $2.99 per hundred, as against $2.27 per hundred in the corresponding month of 1947. buttercup enjoying the coolness of the breeze, the hum of the in- sects and the chirping of the birds when all at once he heard a whizz in the air, just over his head. He looked up. It was a fly. It alighted on a leaf and stood rub- bing its legs together. After do- ing this for a moment or two, it started rubbing its head. Then a strange thing happen- ed. Knarf distinctly heard the fly say: "Dear me! No one likes me at alll T wonder what I'm doing wrong?" Another Whizz Knarf was just about to an- swer when there was another whizz in the air. It was another fly. They both began talking. "No one likes me," said the first fly to its companion, which had alighted on the same leaf. "Pooh!" said the second fly. "No one likes me either. But I'm not worrying. I go wherever I want to go, and do whatever I feel like doing just the same.' "Why aren't we liked?" asked the first fly. "Well, I'm not sure, but I think it's because we aren't clean." == Jo. GARDEN-GRAPH By DEAN HALLIDAY Released by Central Press Canadian 5 SRD GIANT CoLCHICuM Broccoli is almost what the doctor ordered for good health. It is so vitamin-rich that one serv- ing, garden fresh, gives you four- fifths of all the vitamin A you need for a day, two thirds of the vitamin C, and good amounts of riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus and iron. As illustrated in the accom- panying garden-graph, the heads of brocolli are really green flower buds which finally open out into tiny yellow flowers. To keep in the garden-graph. This helps to keep the broccoli heads com- ing. Aphis, or plant lice, can quickly ruin broccoli plants, as the dense clusters of whitish-green lice suck the life juice from the leaves. The affected leaves curl, wilt and The plants, if they live, are usually dwarfed and form only small heads. To control aphis, use a nicotine spray or dust the plants with rotenone. die. "There! You see! That's just|a fly-swatter there, They al- what I mean. If you don't take|most got me. But the house a bath, you can't be clean. I|across the way is just right. All don't take a bath, either," it|the doors are wide open. Let's added. "And then there's another [both go!" thing." And knarf, lying under the but- tercup, saw both flies whizz off ag disappear inside the "What's that?" asked the first fly. gain and "We're not polite. Folks don't house with the wide open win- want us flying around their|dows and doors. houses. I mean inside their kitchens and their other rooms. They try to keep their doors shut and their windows screened. But we fly in just the same, the in- stant the doors are opened or the screens are the least bit loose." QUALITY SHUR-GAIN FEEDS "I don't see what's so bad about that," said the first fly. 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