THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ,, March 20, 1926. {NEWS OF THE FARM | Seed Corn Scarce--Marketing Cattle--Corn Borer De- stroyer--8un and Milk--Spontaneous Combustion. a2 Unless there is a general thaw, fol- wed by a. freeze, crops promise to come through the winter very nice- ly In almost all parts of Ontario. Some ice is present in parts of south- western Ontario, but most of the province has a good snow covering which has protected wheat and clover against March winds. Even where thore is ice present, it has been so rauch honeycombed by sunshine that rot much fear is felt for crops. " Seeding is later this year than last. By this time in 1925, farmers on the Jizhter lands of Western Ontario were out 'with plow and disk. Even at Guelph, on. the fairly heavy land of ¥ OLA.C., seeding commenced ou March 26th. Seed Corn Scarce, Good seed corn will be scarce this year. 'Seed corn conditions in this country are very unsatisfactory," re- ports, Justus Miller of Essex, which eupplies a good percentage of. the uto Strop Razor and your choice of 3 Shaving Creams-- Both for 60 cents OONTINUED--One jar LADY i MARGARET COLD CREAM FREE with each box Powder--| $1.25 value | If mailed, add 10c. L. T. Best| RESCRIPTION DRUGGIST 4 "Phone 50. FOR SALE ateman's Real ¥ DETACHED BRICK DWELLING 111) BROCK ST., KINGSON ¥ seed for the rest of the province. "The moisture content has been very high. Corn bought by the elevators for feed had so much moisture that a number of them quit buying ft. Germination tests show many as low as 35 and 40 per cent. Good seed corn will be scarcer than ever this season." Officials of the Dominion seed branch issue the same warning. Markeéting Cattle. The Manitoba plan of marketin cattle, mentioned in the report of the Ontario agricultural committee, has not been tried by co-operative or- Ranizations in the East, but has &1 All other provinces, however, show- weapon against the cord borer--a corn stubble. pulverizer. The ma-| chine consists of a braced iron frame with a revolving shaft bearing knif- ed cylinders. Driven by tractor power, the pulverizer attains agspeed | of 1800 revolutions per minute, and | in teste so far conducted has de- | stroyed about 95 per cent. of the borers. Further work is being done in an effort to ascertain whether the percentage can be raised to a point 'rendering the method economically worth while as a control. Royal Grows. The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair continues to grow, according to reports submitted at its annual meet- ing of directors. Entries at the 1925 show were 16,625 in number, of wtich Ontario supplied over 13,000. ed substantial increases in entifes, and the United States supplied over 700. Dates for the 1926 Royal, in spite worked successfully in the West. It depends greatly upon the good judg- ment of the co-operative's represen- tative at the stockyards. He sorts out the cattle as they arrive into graded groups, which are then sold on grade. Tt is claimed that this method secures fairer returns, and gives the cattleman a "sorting pro- fit" 'now collected by the buyer. Although the export trade in live cattle to the United States has been losing ground during the past few years, the general export outlook is encouraging, says George W. Muif cf Ottawa, Even the high tariff at present in effect has got prevented shipment across the line altogether, and the overseas trade is increasing rapidly. Last year's exports amount- ed to about 197,000 head, of which over 110,000 went to Britain. If it had not been for unusually heavy shipments to Chicago from the Cana- dian West during the last few months of the year, the U.S. trade would have fallen off to a fraction of its volume the year before. Testing Corn Borer Machine. On the farm of John Palmer, of Tilbury in Keni, authorities have eens: ~ STARR PHONOGRAPHS AT LESS THAN COST We are offering _the remainder of our stock of these famous Phono- graphs at really remarkable prices. | There are full. sized cabinet models. It will pay you well to inves THE MUTUAL LIFE Is Canada's Leading Annual Dividend Co. On modern Life Insurance contracts the dividends may be applied to reduce your annual dividends the lower the cost of your Insurance. t ing RT fhe Ailes we S. ROUGHTON, Distict 60 BROCK STREET I. Therefore the 'bigger Remember this Manager {. "PHONE 610 *{ about the centre had been reached | of all the preliminary discussion, re- main as set- earlier--Nov. 12th to 20th. The officers and executive were re-elected, and there was little change in the list of directors. In Sunny Alberta. A winter like tirat now closing has had no parallel in Alberta in the memory of the oldest ° inhabitant, states W. L, Carlyle, manager of the EF. P. Ranch, who is paying a brief visit to Ontario. "During January," he points out," the mean tempera- ture in Calgary was two degrees above freezing." Southern Alberta has had practically no snow all win- ter, a large percéntage of the cattle have been running on pasture, most of the creeks have been open, and around Lethbridge farmers have been on the land for some time. This, in Prof. Carlyle's opinion, is a mis- take, as even if there is no severe frost there is danger of drifting from the high March winds. A good crop, butter prices, and a fine winter have improved the West- ern morale, states the professor. "There Is more money in the country and farmers especially are living better." Sun and Milk. Milk and Sunshine are the two great assistants of the poultryman in raising a high percentage of his hatch. Although cod liver oil can be used as a substitute, there is nothing which quite takes the place of milk for chicks. Milk-fed young- sters, human and animal, show stronger bone and better health than those which have to get along on substitutes. Sunshine, direct, unstrained by glass, is also a factor in aiding de- velopment. If this cannot d8 obtain- od inside the house, it may be good 'practice to build a small cotton cov- ered scratch pen on the sunny side for use on bright days. A Useful Bulletin, A timely and valuable bulletin is that just Issued by the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture on vegetable growing in Ontario. A. H. MacLen- nan and F. W. Presant of the 0. A. College department of horticulture are the joint authors. They discuss practically every vegetable crop grown in Ontario, with specific re- ference to soil, planting, cultivation and harvesting. There are chapters on soil preparation, fertilizers, seed, sowing, hot beds, cold frames, and storage. Another valuable feature is a series of maps showing succes- sional planting in the large and small garden. Spontaneous Combustion. Scoffed at generally by farmers only a few years ago, spontaneous combustion {s-now coming to be ac- cepted as a common cause of mys- terious barn fires. A recent near-in- stance occurred on the farm of Rich- ard V. Demaray, in Middlesex county. "Last harvest a fleld of oats, por- tions of which were very damp, was stook threshed, and the straw saved In a large stack in the yard. It ap- pears to have been well built and topped," reports a neighbor. "Late- ly. quantities of the straw have been sold, sections of the stack being siiced off with a hay knife. When the knife suddenly dropped through a cavity about three feet by two feet | been conducting tests with a mew |auite black as though charred by a) fire that had smouldered out through | lack of oxygen. The theory is that! when the stack was building, enough } {air was enclosed with a bundle of wet straw which heated to the com- bustion point and then died out." . Vincgar or Cider. Poor quality apples are better kept | at home. for 'vinegar or cider than sold for export, asserts Andrew Ful- ton of Ottawa, who recently return- ed from a trip to the chief consum- ing centres of Great Britain. "It {s' simply ridiculous to ship a lot of low | grade fruit across the Atlantic and | expect to make any money out of it," | he states. "The English can grow | all' the poor stuff their market re- | quires at home, and if not they have ; |i the European crop to drawyiipon for | J Low grade stuff depresses the | culls. | whole market, and makes it more dificult to make anything on the good fruit." Dock inspection' renders fradulent | marketing unsafe, and the shipper who attempts it is branded by the trade, says Mr. Fulton, 4 A Digest of the BEST in WIT By Courtesy of ZIFFS MAGAZINE 'ould be OTM nd th : ® t2* ' Passed Ball BENEVOLENT Op Lapy: "Well, Tommy, how did the ball game go?" : ToucH Tommy: "Aw, we put de party on ice in de nint". De guy what was in de box fer them blew up like a hot air balloon 'a' we biffed 'em for a row of yella brick dugouts." B. O. L.: "Yes? And whe won the game?" * 0 * How Sad! Here lies the bones ~, of Silas Mound * 'Who fell thru the ice And never was found. w * We'll Say So! A- music critic says saxa- phone players are bom, not made, which is hot ar- futisent in favor of birth con- tro) , * * At Last ~ A man stopped in at a little Maywood church on Green Ave. just as the congregation read with the minister: "We hlve left tindone those things which we ought to have done, and we done those things which we ought not to have done." Then he dropped .into a pew with a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness," he gasped joyfully, "I've found nly crowd at last!" se Too Bad The Palace Hotel crumbled in esterday's storm, and Mrs. ettingill was bady bruised in the annex. Little Rook (Ark.) Gasette. RN Good Chance for What? Good chance for young mar- ried couple without children on truck farm near city, Address Box A, Hemlock Station. PROBS :--Fair and milder on Sunday. | SATURDAY EVENING AT STEACY'S --From 4 to 9.30 O'clock-- * With Easter but 11 short shopping days away, we would advise an early choice of Easter wearables. 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