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the georgetown herald wed nedday evening february 14th 1940 i our farm page items of interest to every farmer agricultural fair u oneof canadas oldest institutions 1tbitor gives interesting atobvwragricultural and j industrial progress in agricultural and industrial pro gress a writer gives- an interesting story of the history of agricultural lairs he writes that the agricultural fair in canada is as old as the coun- f itself the institution dates bftcfc to the days of the french regime in early days it was mainly a local event but in recent years it has de veloped dominion wide and the exhi bition at toronto is known the world over in other countries fairs are of ancient origin in sumeria and china going back thousands of years before tbe present era and in england back of the middle ages in the united states agricultural fairs were held in the early part of the nineteenth cen tury during the french regime in canada fairs were presumably organ ized under government encouragement in lower canada government grants were provided as early as 1813 and in upper canada by 1830 now hun dreds of fairs are held annually from atlantic to pacific before the first canadian census was taken in 1666 fairs appear to have originated in the barter of peace hemp fresh and dry cod salted sal mon eels seal and porpoise oil clap boards and planks drugget boiling cloth cloth made from nettles serge leather and furs the centres of these barter fairs were quebec three rivers and montreal business appears to nave been the main purpose of these institutions and the fun of the lair took pjace mostly in private celabra tlons after the bartering was conclud ed in upper canada the niagara pen insula has always been intimately as sociated with the trade and barter of agricultural produce in 1535 jac ques cartier observed the practice of members of a tribe in the peninsula who were noted traders in tobacco moving freely among other tribes and at times staging an exhibition that nowadays would be classed as a to bacco falr however that may be the first agricultural society with ac companying fair is to be recorded in 1791 and the organization was known as the niagara agricultural society similar societies soon spread to other parts of the province and in 1806 at york toronto art attempt was made to form a province wide society in 1882 the great fair at queenston was intended as the first allprovince how but reports indicate that the attendance was not large farmer on- the road 1 came upon him in a swirl of snow riding the xbar of a pair of wheels drawn by scraggly horses forced to alow my motor tp accomodate the heels of patience 1 refrained from signaling for right of way a smoky lantern hung beneath the axle cast a blurry ring of light upon the road the farmer swimg a branch that might have been the withered rod of aaron tttrotetwith leathery leaves so far as i could seeme stick was not to prod the oddly mated span whose angular bodies blocked the way a man and time and work ahead to fill the promised day why hurry would he halt the cycling rhyme of labour by a reasonable delay harry elmore hurd perth ottawn guelph hamilton nelson waterloo and brantford these fairs had proved of great social importance and paved the way for the desired provincial organization which was established in 1848 in that year under the auspices of the agricultural association of upper canada a fair was held in toronto which was the forerunner of the present national exhibitions tir agricultural society in canada in early days was the nucltus ol so cial contacts and the semi annual fair was its expansive gesture the socie ties met orce a month when the mem bers and guests dined together under the direction of stewards the fair usually lasted four days on the buslness side the questions of im provement of stock and crops came first then the judging of horses cattle and grain with a distribution of prizes on the following day on the third day came the ploughing match while horse racing on the fourth day brought the fair to a close the present day fair is a highly developed institution its basis is still agriculture but manufactures now play before united canada came into an oulsuin part with this de existence in 1841 fafrs had been veio ent came the brazen calliope beld at york cobourg port hope j a varlely of amu today march is a good month to start chicks when you start the right kind experience tells us that the highest egg prices of 1940 will be realized in september october november and december year after year these are the months you make your highest profits from your layers provided you nave thlm laying if you have them laying big eggs you make that much more profit or these arc the months when the spread notion pictures symphony orchtstrus nd bands with restaurant dnneis have added greatly to the lighter side of the exhibitions and provide a con venient opportunity for the social con tacts which have always been a pro minent element in the institution but the fundamental feature till contln ues to be the improvement of agri culture and the encouragement of tiade and industry the fairs offer an puonal opportunity flor agricul tural education and in thus angle the states fanning mill important implement now is the time to recondition and repair mill says j d mclcod crops seeds and weed s branch out dcpt of agriculture pamphlet gives valuable pointers the fanning trull is one of the most important yet the most neglected im plement on the farm says j d mac leod crops seeds arid weeds branch oi dept of agriculture in many in- stances when room is required fa crops and machinery it is usually moved- outside and left under weather conditions with the result that it 1 no longer a tight fitting smooth run nlrg machine capable of doing h0 job or which it wasintended when the time arrives to clean seeding require ments the fanning mill is found quite frequently to be in a bad state of re i ilr screens are usually lacking and ihcre is no lime to make repairs or der parts and screens with the result that an attempt is made to make r job with the sereens on hand the fanning mill has a place on ev ery farm fpr the preparation of seed ing requirements to give grain and seed a rough cleaning before it is ta ken to a central seed cleaning plant to be cleaned and graded and to remove small weed seeds etc from grain be fore being fed whole rolled or chop ped rjegirdlts of what make of a ian ning mill one may have or how old it is it is kj siblc in most cases to re condition it at small cost so that it will make a reasonably good job a few doll irs spent on screens tor the fanning mill is money profitably spent compared to the losses which may be sustained as a result of sowing seed of inferior quality nasgaweya fanner vkjm of assauh stranger stole 11900 after abusing tom storey aged 71 he fiad lain ttgbuy bound and nearly unoonaolous for 16 hours to add to his discomfort his stove had burned out be is lit a weakened condition aftutae home of mr finney heltons warden ristorey a bachelor lives on the 7th victim of a brutal assault by a man line of nassagaweya township so isolated is the spot that police had to have their car towed to the vicinity by horses it has not been ascertained whether the perpetrator of the crime walked or drove to the district but footprints were found leading from the 7th line to the house the man had made a wide circle of the building to ap proach the house from the rear who demanded money tom storey 70 yearold farmer of the nassagaweya district was found in a semiconscious condition on the floor of his home on thursday last by edward watts a neighbor watts falling totwtice storey out for his usual morning walk decided to call ovei at his house and investi gate he found storey in an ex hausted state on the kitchen floor with a large bruise on his forehead watts summoned george finney his employ er and the two men removed storey to finney s home a mile away pro vincial constables g e cookman and a j oliver were then summoned the victim told the officers that he was working in his barn at about b30 wednesday evening when he heard his dog bark at the house thinl ing that something was wrong he approa ched the building wrtere he was con fronted by a stranger who demanded money storey said that he had none but his assailant retorted that he knew differently adding that storey had got some a few days ago the man then struck it the farmer and a fight ensued storey put up a good fight and it was some time before he was over- powered and dragged into his houie as they envred the kitchen the man storey said picked up a stick of wood and struck him on tjie tore head knocking him unconscious when he recovered he found himself bound hand and foot with binder twine his attacker was apparently searching the house but soon returned to questloi him when storey re iu id to divulge the hidirur place of his money the thug placed a solder ing in the stoc and threatened to torture ills victim wilh it it he did not reveal the whereabouts of the money however he never carried out his lire at but a t a in searched the pre- objects to vote in winter months snowplled roads of a canadian winter might intrfere with attendance at political campaign meetings and slow the parade to the polls on election day political parties fear miss agnes macphall ufo labor greybruce questioned advisability of a winter election for this reason while i prime minister mackenzie king was discussing the coming election in the house of commons the prime minister pointed out that if the campaign was completed before the end or march the spring breakup would not have started the ontario woman member retorted that the roads would be piled fencehigh with snow traffic conditions of rural roads did not disturj electoral officers howeyer it makes little difference to us said one unless there is a bad storm to delay the return of ballot boxes to re turning o fleers farm work ls not too pressing at the mtv- this time finding about 19 00 picsent time and it is suggested that consideration be given to the overhaul ing of the fanning mill most repairs can be made rlfcht on the farm al though it may be neces ary to write provincial departments of agriculture the manulncturer for parts etc and the experimental farmsrf the do a pamphlet ond recondltioirine the oil lamp leiving the bound minion department of agriculture fannin- mill nlso one on seed i way of obtaining help i ktnreu inlh ru-ilicr- he storey believes that the man spent about an hour at the farm alternitely threatening him and ransacking the building before leaving the robber dismant led the u lephono and blew out the no ketch take an ai means of exhibits it al interviews with fair j cle iiimg this various sciei where profit in sheep new interest shown i to 10 cents a dozen between a large so to make the most from your pullets you need to start your chick early enough to have them laying b september and if you start the right kind of chicks in march chicks that grow fast and lay early and raiie them right you can have them in nice production by labor day many bray cus tomers report their pullets lay ing at 4i to 5 months some even less and they say there is no doubt about bray chicks be ing the right klndthe kind that live well and grow fast and develop into steady as well as early layers if they are pullets or good plump meaty market biros if they are cockerels isn t that the kind you want in your brooder house tins year hie kind that have consistent breeding selection blood testing and general good management oehind them the kind that lave proved their real vouue on hundreds of farms under all sorts or conditions take the first step now along the right track to poultry profits in 1940 see phone or write me right away to reserve you some of these good bray chicks for march delivery ever tatted capon people who have tried hem like bray capons deurered already can onized and wetj started 3 weeks old please order well uv advance george c brown phone 382 r 21 norval ont ario it ls generally agreed that it has il- avs been profitable to i li- sheep under- w utime conditions the tab lllty of pnets for wool ind limb is al ready of evidence wiui the icsull ill it thite ls much new interest in sheep raising sais a a macmillui assoc 1 ate chief live slock and poiltry iv lsion produc it n fc rv ice dominion i depalm in i a rn i f ie over i perioi of die 11 live vt u there hive been mai y uot ible example s of tin ability to nasi she p mocks ihil h ive been purchased to pay lor thorns ives in n shoit period of time and provide in addition extn revenue a in oximplo it mcmbfis iln curl ton ontario sheep club organized under the dominion prov metal she i p ci ib policy kiit for then bree el ng ewi n two yir without nm ditliiullv hie twenty mebers in addition to ptunj for then ewes all hive v irvinj im on its oi innni over and ibexive the cost prlc and me si of ihcm were able to add orsiderablv lo the size- of their ewe flork b the addition of ewi limbs save fmm slaughter another example s the group of lar mors me ludinc club men 1t num borint 4 who e libli lied fleicks of wc en breeding ewes which were shippi i cist during tie drought perl cd all lie live intoiest by are as a liable bv lures ind rr seeeis and web visitors to tlit bldts toronto the mill should be an ibundaiue of hfht it should be level and solid fed evenly and tur kj with a uniform motion as 1 wind blast is re kulaied by uirnliif the trunk if jossibu the mill should be operated bv owir which assures a steady motion and a more thorough job the pullt on the shaker shaft lie uld travel al approximated 40 r pm it sumsud that a small en kint of motor i used il grass ible to op rite your mill in orded lo determine the size o giulle v to u e to tet hie re quinil nun be i ol n volitions gier mln tin mtiltig iv ehe dlnmeiei of the div ide by 40 one qniru r 01 rnii ihird iip moor will supplv miplt jxiwer the storey told police how he struggled sera throughout the nisht trying to release himself ho flnallv loosed hls ler bonds but was loo exhausted to rlse ind go for help hi plight was dus covered when he filed to make hls usual trip 10 the bu h the next morn in when discovered storev s hands wtlsi ind legs won terribly lacerated and swollen in his ill night struggle radio repairing 12 yean experience we specialize on this work i j sanford son 4 phone j georgetown mw i iving winch in no d d melt r hit l ame 1 tlol my i lpnn tu ni in s in ihg u million m the i a id way i hey dn ifv tt e w irlel pi ill lite s lect h ah in tl re rom thefurms win l oltll or mini s needs imgrov uk the infill seir s te rnak ik the old ones to buy thompsons quality chicks for greater profits bred for vitality eartvmatur4lr and for a large constitution for with eck and meat production chicks are hatched from selected eggs 24 oz to 28 02 per dozen all barred rock chicks are from our obs flock which has been blood tested nrf culled by government inspectors for over 10 years wr hn i pnntl v if s c white leghorn chicks for sale a o hop rod barred rvjt chicks e run mice 1uu live delivery to your door 90 pullets and mixed ehieks as they come from ineubators discount for early orders full line of jamesway poultry equipment for sale write or phone thompson poultry farm hatchery georgltown r r no 3 phone 48 r 5 3 mile south of georgetown lot 14 con 6 euesing f wis with lit excepttoi i to pay the is siome of m in l i i in n vi i p il dok lt is la ion and mor jve measures for tic eontiol ct dogs in nuniclpall lies have given ereiler security to sheep ratsers thousands of miles of woven wire fencing to iw soon front lntf farm on main hihwavs ls in in dication of the adsorico that has been mad towards good fe nces fencing for sheep ls not the problem it was some years steady progress has been made n control irensires for internal and ex ternal gjarasltes common to shecgi prescribea treatments given reulnrly and at the right time make it posslble to slop thls handicap in the curtail ment of revenue from wool and lambs with irreatcr security against dogs better fences and effective treatment for parasites which are easily odnilnls tcrcd or applied ihe farmer who kens p if he hindle- his flock under good management practice has groat essuranrc of making money from sheep trr uses ind eliminating tin hirni kinds i hoy earch the four or s of the earth for beneficial sgxcies i rov ide new comfoi i rubbe r su flbie gilanu nnd or llumental trees re ie ills and forage plant fruits and vegetables rmdici i gilants shrubs and novveimp pi ints ithoul numbei thev e xplaln md gra dually ehminarf man of the mo t de triiclivo diseases of man and hls do mostlc anlmils and ogien for us a knowledge of the teeming mien life he soil onu its action in projiaring lnnt food and in aiding nulillion in all such scientific achievements the knowledge acquired with eich dlscov ery brings a promise of sill belter things dr j m swaino director sciene service dominion dcimnment cf agricilture in hls presidential ad- tlross to the royal society of cinada scientific revarch the key to progress in agriculture round trip bargain fares february 23 24 from georgeto tjvvn t ahitlimit oshawa and bast to cornwall lnclualve uxbrldge ltadaay peubboro oamraielirord newmarket colllngwpod lfieaford midland mfth bav pmrrj sound sudbury oapreol and mat to beardmore train tt fdtat feb s3 all trains saturday feb 24 to toronto brantford obauiam qoderloh oualph hamilton london palk owaa bound bt fwiirrnw 8t marvm oamla stratford see hanjniu for oomnlete uat of ewttnatkir jtar ten return limit train information uokeu etc canadian national sakegiard meat slpply in safeguarding canada s meat sup ply the health of animals division dominion department of agriculture condemned 11 830 carcas-se- of cattle intended for food during the year en- hri marry ai 1 tlie principal causes- of the condaanations which amounted to 138 per cent of the total cattle killed for food were emaciation and tuberculosis the number of car casses of calves condemned was 5543 or 082 per cent of the total slaughter ed the main cause being immaturity condemnations of sheep were 029 per cent as against 031 per cent in the previous year swine condemnations totalled 6768 carcaaes or 022 of the total kill tuberculosia was the cause in 3720 per cent of all carcasses con demned and 7291 per cent of all por tions condemned and 7291 per cent of all portions candemnecl the number of carcasses narfc canada apfrpted was 841909 catue 870953 calves 777984 sheep and 3047972 twine grand total 5330697 potatoes from f1fs ing ktnti than from set nto manitoba experimental t he farm 1 476 were prepared and of the agrlcuhn frorr eyes rather been introduced by the dominion at brandon on 50 eyes each to members provement ja tlons and reports from 236 members indicate tht 97 jer cent of the eyes produced plants the average vield from each lot of eyes was fi5 lb of tu bers the highest yield reported was 203 lb the eye were removed by a gmtjto bailer and each eye piece weighed about one half ounce the eyes were coated with finely ground magnesium llmostnno in proven t dryin out and placed in special waxed cartons the variety used was certlfed irlah cob bler from a prince edward island strain selected for its shallow eyes in general comments of the growers were of a favourable nature indicating that the eyes yielded as well as pota toes cut in the usual manner josome cases the yield was greater although definite conclusions cannot be drawn from one years results states the sup erintendent of the farm this method may be found useful in the distribu tion of special strains of potatoes premier king can hardly be blam ed for calling an election what with having to take on laanlon hepburn and hitler alt at once his was a posi tion no person wouid envy mow is the time to gtof registered ocmktmcmt of aoriculttme r production service plant products i this ctntint tl gig bftsfcria twmimm cupplies of registered seed are rapidly growing less through r w feeding d fhmngh the grain tfj particularly rut resistant varieties of wheat and oats aprtng planting registered seed is jsure as lo artery jfjdi ordei ippltes qbw for it therefore gives bettor uires no cleaning regis- returns in yield quality and grade it requires no cleaning regis- tered seed is sa only t j go inspected buy registered seedl for inforraanoo regarding sources of supply of approved vaneoes writs to- the district supervisor plant prod uct division of the dominioo department oi agriculture for your district the nearest dominion experimental farm the provincial department of agriculture or the nearest agricultural college fj ptpptks rt tmpttsnht wartime tia yr punt wj rmae mtty the bettl agricultural suppumm bomri dominion department of agriculture ottawa himrmmejmes g gmnhmer mtmtr immamrtattmasssmamaaysftaassassasasiaal