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j page 6 tkcgeorgetowiherald wednesday evening january 24th 1 940 i farm page items of interest to every farmer economy of production j through suitable housing of poultry m i perhaps the best evidence of the efy- feet of inadequate housing on poultry is given by examination of the egg production of a group of pullets in a poor house during the winter season very often a relatively high rate of production is reached in the late fell louowed by a sudden falling off of production and- partial moult immedi ately after the first cold snap not csuy is there an actual heavy loss of production at the time but even if the weather remains milder laying will enly be spasmodic or lacking entirely fl jot some weeks from those birds that have moulted since feathers are slow to replace and very few birds can lay well and produce feathers at the same time not only is this the case but birds undertcold conditions must use a great deal of their feed to keep warm and it is infinitely more econo mical to keep the pens warmer through proper construction or insul ation than to keep them warm by the body heat of the birds themselves which is produced from the most ex pensive fuel their feed the importance of this factor is also marked during the period of growth and particularly with brooder chicks the running of a brooder atove in a poorjy built draughty house is not only uneconomical of fuel but ig apt to be followed by chilling in the tucks and high mortality during the rearing period heat is more apt to be troublesome than cold and well ven tilated houses such as range shelters jot straw lofts in the colony houses contribute greatly to the comfort of the birds and help to eliminate the period of retarded growth which is ol most inevitable in the hottest part of tbe summer information on housing and equip ment is available from the depart ment of agriculture ottawa holslein breeders annual r meeting largely attended economy of production through breeding the net return yielded by a poultry flock is ducprportlonal to the rate of production heavy laying flocks that is thosewhjebaverage 200 eggs per bird w4h produce one dozen eggs for every 5 to 6 pounds of feed wnile those producing on 100 egga per biro consume 8 to 10 pounds of feed for each dozen of eggs among those factors which give effi dency of production is the lnherem quality of the stock while it is out of the question for the individual far mer to practice trap nesting and in dividual selection as does the special teed poultry farmer he can rapidly build up the quality of his flock ttirough the use of selected males high quality breeding males can be purchased from any reliable breeder at a nominal price they can be pur chased when adult or better because of the danger of introducing disease to the form of baby chicks or partially grown stock they can be toe marked or banded to distinguish them from the remainder of the flock during the growing period and selected at or near maturity when purchasing males take care to procure them from pullorum tested crs council will lead in the discussion the annual meeting of the holsteln halton breeders club which was hela- at the palermo community hall on thursday january 11 brought out an attendance of approximately 125 bree ders at the business session held in the morning a 6 mahon of camp- bellvule was appointed president in 1940 at the noonday luncheon which was catered for by the wires of south hal- ton breeders 103 members sat down io the tastefully served dinner jat the dinner mr e m redhead secretary of the halton agricultural society presented on behalf of the halton county branches of the canadian bank of commerce their trophy to robinson bros of georgetown who had the winning herd at the county show held at milton on october 2nd the royal bank trophy for the cxhlbl ior winning the most points in live stock from nelson township at the county pair was presented by mr lucas manager of the burlington branch bo mr w bsomerset of beu- fort farm freeman special rec ognition was also given by president morley watson to halton holsteln breederi who exhibited cattle in the halton county herd at the cnj3 the breeders receiving this recognition were as follows t l leslie son j hunter rob mson bros all of georgetown w s dickenson son q leslie peer son ol milton j l neelands son hornby irwin shepherd w b somerset of freeman following the luncheorr byron jen- vey holsteln fieldman for western ontario briefly reviewed the progress made by the holsteln breeders during the past year mr jenvey pointed out that during the past two years there have been over 1700 new breeders come into the association and of this num ber 1100 come from western ontario incidentally mr jenvey congratula ted the halton club on having the largest paid up membership of any club in ontario during 1930 the ew holsteln gate sign was on display at the meeting and a large number of holsteln breeders availed themselves of the opportunity of placing orders or c d mooilvray principal of the ontario veterinary college who was introduced by agricultural represen tatlve j e wrdtelock gave a progress teport on the control of bangs dts ease and calfhood vaccination this address which is a most timely t was listened to with keen interest by the large audience as was also the il lustrated lecture of mr hugh colson editor of the holsteln journal who took his audience by means of movie on a trip to the worlds pair and a trip to visit holsteln herds in western canada and the western untied state other officers elected at the an nual meeting were as follows 1st vice presidents c bell 2nd vicepresident w h blggar secretary treasurer v j lawrence directors esquesing wm robinson craig held nassagaweya percy kitchlng nelson fred hamilton ross begs worth trafalgar emerson ford claude picket a t woodley nelson short course groups visit packing plants and 0ac the short courses in agriculture and home economics which opened at nelson on january 2nd have continu ed to hold the interest of the 47 young men and women who enrolled on the above date the young ladles under the leadership of misses lulu row and blanche mjsener are actively engaged in their courses of study per taining to clothing end foods dur lng the past week the young men visit ed the farms of p c wlllmott son milton and valleycrest farm oak- ville where they judged sheep and beef cattteat the former and clydes dales andnguernseys at the latter on thursday last the young mens class reteforoed by a group of older i farmers of nelson township totally approxmately 60 paid a visit to can ada packers in toronto where they had the opportunity of following the liveohogs through the abattoir and inspecting tine dressed carcasses on the rail and they also made a brief visit to shurgaln farm near weston the members of both classes were taken to the ontario agricultural college and macdonald institute on thursday of this week where they spent a most enjoyable day visiting the various de partments on the campus the young people were entertained to lunch at the college where they were address ed by president g i christie we unde island that plans are now underway to have their closing exer cises take the form of a banquet which will be held in the nelson township hail on the evening of friday janu ary 26 following the banquet at which mr j e houck will be the special speaker theyoung people will conclude the evening with u short dance itth xt- lv vi bsrl over 1400 breeders to attend meetings members of cattle swine horse and sheep associations to attend annual meetings in toronto week or feb 5 there will be added interest to the meetings of the breed associations be lng held in toronto the week of feb 5 as members discuss what best their organizations can do to further can adas war interests some 1400 mem of cattle s wine horse and sheep associations will take part in deilber1 lions during the week hon p m dewan out minister or agncultuie will be the special speak the annual dinner of the onv provincial seed show to be held at toronto ont provincial winter iair sponsor ing commercial seed show during week of farmer conventions feb 12 16 at king edward hotel jun ior agricultural department will hive over 170 entries as vlded fea ture of show with the objective of bruit tnt to 2 ther the producer and buvi r of good seed the ont provincial winter fair gutlph wmtci falu is spoiisornif i seed show u the king edw ir hole toronto during tin week ol fib 12 lo 10 when some 2000 atileulturisls will be mending com unions in the io sheep breeders assn on wed i queen citv ftb 7 james a telfer federal dept j compel hi vt classes of agriculture will present a report vers and potatoes ha of ills on ram trading in ontario during 39 hlle wilfrid shields caistor cen t e will discuss wool marketing in 1039 and the outlook tor 1940 hon g j toggart chairman of the canadian bacon board and minister of agrleulturc for saskatchewan will address the swine breeders on monday fb a on sale and cxpot t of bacon to grea br tain r d morrison kltch nd ihe prli iributed bvi coninctitio i n sprciile lii public 1m i n prov i c lib i ally dls xhibit tuicred for have bo nd it a i ikt i i ill ior and b irltv piesidcnt of tin canadian pack ite oits minimum quantity rnus be 10 bih and in small seeds live bu litis the junior department eld m conjunction willi the show win have ol irl uki new gasoline regulations to protect warpme industry and guard against waslazc of gasoline by fire will go into effect jan 15th according to fire marshal w j scott the most impostant provisions deal with bulk stoiate of gasoline during wartlmt with provisions for extra diking fot bulk storage plants when the i art near am manufacturer hold ing substantial contracts with the war supplj board provision is made for floodlighting such premises in addi lion diking lequiiements for fencing with bnb wire of large bulk stor i t plant havt been lightened up the reorr states ontario s fire losses in 1930 weie 1 677 201 less than in 1918 and th lowest on lecord u cording to the fire marshal s irport medical world have devoted their at tention to the subject our knowledge of the disease and 1u poaaujl control la steadily growing even if the pro gress seems maddeningly slow the cause has been discovered a minute bacillus allied to the lnfluetua bacil lus is found in the larynx and air- passages of the sufferers it can be grown in teattubes and its discovery is used as a test for the disease in doubtful caaefl butsa jfar- no one has- discovered a certain cure much can be done to relieve the sufferers care ful nursing and an attention to the diet maintains their general health abundance of fresh air and sunshine lessens the number of spasms vari ous sedatives in the worst cases afford a meaure of relief but no specific drug or serum has so far been found to shorten the course of the disease in the past fow years two great advances have been made which give promise for the future first a won- derfu new drug siriphapyrldlne which saves thousands of uvea jn pneumon ia is also effective in most of the cases of pneumonia complicating whooping cough second efforts have been made for many years to find 9 vaccine which would immunize the children against the disease at first the vaccines tried were quite ineffective but in recent years vaccines- have been prepared of greater potency so that children now can be inoculated with a reasonable hope of success with the improving results of lm munlzatlon better understanding of the disease more careful quarantine and the control of the fatal pneumon ia the future looks promising it is hoped the coming year will show great progress m the conquest of this the worst of he remaining plagues that afflict children heating hints whii e this cold weather ro tinues jour health and r r- fort depend to a p tat extent nn the even temj era t i re f home to maintain tus co t steady heat is a simple ni i t fcnd one that i have frenuei i discussed in this paper it wi bear repalinn to begin uo nu use llio sn a pipe damper jr cruliy known i the turn damp r f r the daii tontioi of nur 1 t tins d r i should ahvijs lemain is it i rlomd as ossibl without t feruif wi h the free burnw the coal tlie reputation of tile ine din r the i if voti d n t i th rrr tat attached to your fur nace should be hop in umooiinc coigii w 1 dio ilk n ij uul li otl flocks with good body and egg size further details on flock improvement by breeding methods may be obtained from the dominion department of ag rlculture ottawa beans in storage are very frequently attacked by a tiny beetle known as the bean weevil which lives and feeds in small chambers beneath- the outer skin or covering of the seed when the beans are stored at ordinary house temperatures feeding and develop ment continues all winter infested seed very often becomes so severely damaged as to be totally unfit either as food or for planting due to the fact that all feeding is carried on be death the seed coat the bean weevil 4s frequently not detected before se te injury results infested seed should not be planted because the sennlnauon is liable to be poor and pla is in itself one very definite ay in which the insect can be spread fortunately there isa yery easy and cheap method of control available tltee alan dustan division of ento- nology science service dominion pepartment of agriculture ottawa it fea been found that these weevils can not withstand cold so if the seed is stored during the winter months in outbuildings where it is subjected to ubzero temperatures all the con tained insects will be killed before aprlng growers are therefore strong ly urged during the winter monttaa to place their beans in unheated gran aries or sheds in order that seed may be subjected to intense cold so com mon throughout the months of jan- nary and february further infor mation may be- obtained from the division of ebtotnology dominion department of agriculture ottawa or fnm the nearest dominion entomolo gical laboratory throughout canada rce c brown norval pfcoo 3s2 r 21 from the standpoint of the packers j m mccallum assistant director of protlut lion service federal dept of arl culture ottawa will addicss th ont horse breeders arum u meet ing mid v ill eilscuss prospecus of horse purchases by france in canada and jhe usa the meeting of the ont cattle breedrs association feb 9th will be featuied by addresses on restricted ar eas for eradication of bangs disease by dr j b reynolds port hoik- and pj darlington todmorlon cnlfhood vacinati n for control ol banes dis eas- will be discussed by dr mcgl vraj principal of ont vrtrrlmrj col lege guelph w davidson blenheim and r o biggs dundas r h gra ham live stock branch ont dept of agriculture will present the status of tb cstlng in ontario toe- and torn fcn tries lor tht steel how do t fb 1 information should tie obtulm d from the secret ir l e o nejii pat iiamenl bu idiims toronto or jour agrictilliunl representative f k hnmpson hamilton 1st vkt piosident ol lhp ont provincial win mint i le 1 cushin li i i ever ter fain ii ihaffman of th secl com 1 f mlttee aijille the judges ire grains dr g v lcrosllc oac gin lph and j w mckav ottawa clover and jtrasm s f j quail gut lph i 1 t prof a w mason and o w la hiiiu 0c c uelph junior ex llt r w kt trim oac gutlph melyofl ont dept of ult in lei trees to trap snow the use of tree belts as a means of trapping snow to fill dugouts which are excavations on farms to hold water has been successfully demon strated at the dominion forest nur sfry station sutherland sask a belt of trees 1500 feet long served to caieh enough snow to fill a dugout of 17 000 cubic feet capacity each lineal foot or tree belt thus contributing eleven cubic feet of water to the dug out for this purpose a single belt of trees from one to four rows and 15 feet or more in height is recom mended agricultures kev the agriculture of tomorrow will differ from that of today as much as ours does from that of ftrty years ago the artual progress will be made throuatr scientific research made ef fective by wise policies of production and marketing and the agricultural countries which reap the greates benefit will be those that use the only key that can unlock trie doors to natures secrets dr j m swalne jpjrectox service domlnlon- depaitmentt of agriculture fruit dealers finrd for selling apples in open barrels not marked as required by the regu lations under the farm products oradw ma 8at aot two ottawa dealers wjere each fined htl0 and oast at the ottawa police oourt re cently at the same court another dealer was fined 10 and costs for ahnflar violation of the regulations in that part of the packages of ap ples offered for sale by htm were not marked while in other rgta tfae old marks were not obliterated the m w p tock markets in canad und r i supervision of the live stock and live stock pro duets division marketing service do minion department of agriculture are located at the following centres toronto montreal two si boni face man calgarv edmonton prince albert moose jaw saskatoon twoi reglna and vancouver ontario farm broadcast iast tine cbc farm broadcast for the j ontario tseglort wot cete- bratc its first anniversary early in february and at thta time will make its bow to the net work on monday february 5 stations cbo at ottawa and obm at montreal will join this service broadcast especially for rural listeners it was just a year ago that the first quarter hour farm broadcast began over cbxtaunth don falrbalrn at the micro phone this original programme included last minute reports jrom toronto produce markets and producer information on may 1 1930 the broadcast was e to a w the cralgs and canadian press agricultural hews as add ed features the wholesome homey visit to tbiarwood farm where the oraia live have delighted ru ral and urban listeners of obl and gbat the daily scripts are written by pean hughes and the cast includes grace webster as martha alice hill as jttnloe prank peddle as thomas aid george murray aa bill don falrbalrn win continue as com mentator for these cbo farm broadcasts u not distovcr sonic u pn touth i u iusk 1 qm siion is p 1 lushing in the hi ilth bv the st it nd ih in done ii ordmg to doeloi 15 000 childien tiled ot irnng coufch in north ameiica al and more children died of this se in canada thin of nnv othqr leuit infectious dise isc tlie writr who lswphvsnuui to the childrfmi s memorial hospital and to the alexandra hospital for contagious diseases montreal says in part whooping cough or pertussis as the doctor like to call it is one of ih contagious diseases it starts like i common cold or cough but gradually in the course of a week the cough be omes spasmodic and the tvplcnl par oxvsms and whooping develop un like most epidemic diseases there is no fever and no prostration between the attacks of coughing the child appears quite porn al and wants to play and eat as usual unless worn out by loss of sleep vomiting et cetera tnetjftfc ients are hard to control or keep in quarantine doctors find it difficult to make a diagnosis unless they wit ncss an unmistakable paroxysm the infection seems to be spread by direct cojitact the disease usually takes ten davs to develop and is most con tasious during the first two weeks but may remain so as long as five or six weeks for years hundreds of invesalgators have spent their lives on the problem some of the greatest intellects in the r ip 1 1 tt conbidcrit n biai u nn n llu li catiot i v f hek ii pei aid 1 1 rn da tit check dumper hhould h tied between the chimnev an i urn damper the litter sj be loeuted between the th damper and the furma it 1 if these dampers are i roj placed and if the are moved sucitesled you will be al lq maintain an even temperatun in mr home at all times without difficu ijq iv initial heb3xno op haavson county council last week continued from paga x of the municipalities forming a conwkf mlttee to strike the standing commit- tees two minutes silence was observ ed beforethe adjournment in memory ot the late mr george davis reeve georgetown when council resumed mr byera- rsported the standing committees a follows the first named being chair man of the committee finance byers blair wuson hall hume education reeve of georgetown when elected r hume hall heatop printing chal mers robertson gilbert byers coun ty buildings heslop kerns chalmers may hlllmer special communications wilson hume robertson byers hoa pital accounts blair reeve of r george town hlllmer heslop railways legis- latiop agriculture and reforestation kerns hall may blair county roads and bridges gilbert kerns wilson byem and finney were those suggest- ed the appointment of the last cora- mittee was only possible after tho former members of the road commit tee had handed in their resignations exwarden victor hall addressed the council briefly congratulating warden on his election to office presenting the council with a group photograph of the 1939 council tho picture was accepted by mr finney on behalf of the council and thanks extended to mr halt the following were appointed to the burlington high school board mr a c mason for 194041 and mr gordon j campbell for 194041 42 other appointments to high school boards in the county were oakville mr reginald smith for 194042 georgetown mr c b dayfoot for 194042 moved by mr wilson seconded by mr hume that the warden and the ex warden be appointed commissioners lo the house of refuge for the year 1940 carried moved by mr chalmers seconded by mr robertson that tenders be called for printing minutes and bylaws etc for 1940 carried moved by mr chalmers seconded by mr blair that a grant of 50 be given to the canadian institute for the blind carried moved by mr bers seconded by mr hlllmer that mr gilbert ana mr w a wilson be app i td members oi the clildrens aid society for the- county of halton for 1940 carried four by laws i e passed hi to appoint auditors oi the accounts for 1939 2 to appoint members of the county board of audit i3i to author ize the borrowing ol money to meet expenditures for jhe year 1940 4j a by law to provide for the total exen- dilure on the county road system for 1940 muved by mr byers seconded by di heslop that the resignation of mlssts hall gordotr mcniv en and heiv on be accepted curried moved b mr kerns seconded by mr w s hall that mr gilbert be appointee to the county roads com mittee for the j ears 1940 41 to nil the unexpired term or mr hall carried moved by mi robeiuson seconded by mr hlllmer that mr leslie kerns be appoii led to the county load com mittee toi the years 1940 41 42 43 the unexpired term of mr john mcniv en carried moved by dr heslop seconded by mi bjcrs that mr finney be ap pointed to the roads committee for the year 1940 carried moved by- mr gilbert seconded by mr hume that mr w wuson be ap pointed to the roads committee for the veaia 1940 44 carried moved bv mi gilbert seconded by mr robertson that mr john bvers- be appointed to the roads committee for the j ears 194042 the unexpired term or mr hewson carried moed b mr maj seconded by mr chalmtrs that this council do now adjourn to meet on tuesday january joth at 10 30 am carried a traveller in a pullman in doubt about the amount of the up he should ghe the negro attendant asked him what is the average tip that you get two dollars sah the traveller gave him two dollars whereupon the negro clapped his hands delightedly whats the idea asked the travel ler well sah said the negro you is the first man dat ever came up to the average little ted was saying his gotobed prayers in a very low voice i cant hear you dear his mother whispered wasn t talking to you the small one answered firmly ine motorist was proudly extolling the viitues of his country yts 1 am a canadian u i want to motor from one boundary of my land io the other i can motor for ten days without reaching my destina tion the frenchman nodded yes t once had a cai like that an optimist and a pessimist were defined by a speaker at a meeting in falkirk the other day as follows an optimist is a man who sees a light that lsn t there and a pessimist is the fool who tries to blow it out a shy young man once said to hla young lady i wish dear that we were on such terms or intimacy that you would not mind calling me by my first name oh she replied your second name is good enough for me how much hea does your dollar buy thats the big ques tion when vjure bujmgfuel when you order old companys anthracite from us you get more heat per dollar than you can buy anywhere else buy old companys anthracite and go through the winter with the greatest comfort audu the giealest econoxnyl j b mackenzie son phone 33 georgetown