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throughout the season. The yield is greater than from Red Glover and Timothy and the hay has a much high- er feeding value. The marked increase in the Alfalfa acreage during recent yemuoneofmebeetreasonstorfur- flier amnion. The W are; devoted e. hey end posture in Ontario amounts 0 about eh m acres. There m t‘.”‘ m Iced in mil PROVâ€" ~-~ w ad it I. now “enable fl” m It one" 3 sphi- ‘1‘ “I to inane-e the nae- among all field crops grown in the .Rmvince of Ontario and occupies about 50,000 acres. Awarding to James Bamhland. Field Hwbandry Depart- ment. O.A.C.. Guelph. the great in- ceeue in this crap during the last twenty years has been due to the de- velonnent of hardy strains along with the outstanding merits of alfalfa as a forage crop. Being a hardy deep rooted perennial legume alfalfa improves the texture of the soil. adds humus and aids in the storing of nitrates. It be- gins to grow early in spring. helps to temperature. etc. In considering the use of commercial fertilizers one must keep in mind the necessity of maintaining organic mat- ter in the soil as supplied by manure. The principal value in the use of fer- tilizer is that it permits a more econ- anicai and better distribution of ! arm manure. One is a necessary supplement to the other. and for most soils they work together to produce the best re- ta ot the soil. drainage and methods of working the sol}. and the character at the season in respect to raintall, The several factors which may pro- toundly aflect the results obtained from applying fertilizer include the charac- One of the main factors in determin- ing crop yields is the amount of plant flood available in the soil. When this a not sufficient for good growth it must be supplemented if maximum yields are to be obtained. The primary function of a fertilizer is to furnish plant food in forms which are immediately available. or which may readily become so. in the soil. now possible to get supplies of this product prOperly graded and in excel- lent condition. Consequently the trade has not found it necessary to import potatoes to answer their requirements for a high class product this winter." ment as a preventative of scab, rhiz- octomia. and black leg. Then so far as proper care of the potato crap is con- earned, the two main points are good cultivation, and insuring the crop against insects and late blight, by ef- ficient spraying. Finally. he suggested that it is easier to pack a good grade of potato from maximum yields. than from minimum yields, and most im- aottant. the surest way to cut the cost of production is to increase the yield Calculating the interview, Mr. Broughton said: “Grading of potatoes has made wonderful progress in Ontario during the past three years, and it is On being asked for his opinion in this connection, Mr. Broughton replied: “Potatoes require a soil having a high content of humus, and one that is rich in plant food. Acreage should be held at a normal figure. By a normal figure I mean that the amount of acreage set aside for the growing of potatoes, should be limited by the amount of soil pre-eminently suited to producing this particular type of crop." Mr. Broughton further pointed out the wisdom of using only the best seed procurable and, for this purpose, he, I suggested the use of certified seed. ex- clusively. He also advocated seed treat- Board, and a practical grower, himself. “Actual conditions, however, were any- thing but measuring,” he continued, “so there should remain in the minds of potato growers, just two thoughts. namely, benefit from experience, and intelligently plan for the 1932 crop.” PAGE 0 1931 potato crop. last year could be designated as outstanding in the his- tory ox potato growing in Ontario” sud “I1 mutating conditions I!“ Mi 1 Wise 3 fan-1y long crop r0- Wt With the D1811 003m! 01 the tation. Strawberries should not follow 1931 potato crop. 1‘“ year could be a similar crap in less than five years, designated as outstanding in the his- 11 possible. ‘Tfiewchiei advnntagw of crop rota- tion consist in maintaining the produc- tivity of the land at a higher level, in distributing the farm labor more uni- iormly throughout the season, and in controlling more eflectively weeds, in- Iects, and (mom diseases. Crap ro- tation is the growling or diflerent crops upon the same land in a definite order end recurring succession. mun Acrmc Increases NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR THE BUSY FARMER Cup Rotation Bang-ms The Use 0! Fertilizers For Potato Growers (Furnished by the Ontario Department of Agriculture) run we pre‘ continued, from these ‘ the minds blackened r0 “thoughts rience, and ’32 crop.” WWW. tamed over a period of eight years. In 1923 there was only 37 hens with pro- duction from 150 to 225 eggs In their pullet year, with an average or 176.6. In 1930, 110 hens had a production from 200 to 312 eggs and an average or 232.2 eggs. Only those birds, which have pro- duced that number of 24 ounce eggs areusedforbreedtng,andthuhure- The selection of the breeding stock on the basis of production is probably the greatest single factor in increasing the production of the individual birds and. consequently, the average of the entire flock. At the Dominion Experimental Sta- tion. Kapuskasing, Ontario, the exact egg production of each individual hen is obtained through the medium of the trapnest. This, together with the in- dividuality and general type of the lection. By this method, only those' birds which have pedigrees showing high production of good sized eggs and are also of desirable type are used for breeding purposes. Particular attention is given to the selection of the males used, and those whose sisters and BREEDING FOR EGG : The announcement of the Bacon-type ‘Boar Policy introduced at Ottawa, is of ‘special interest to farmers at this time when the popular trend in farm opera- tion is toward increased production of livestock, particularly hogs. Under this {policy the federal Department under- takes to purchase boars of suitable type for breeding purposes for farm- ers’ clubs of ten or more members each owning a brood sow. By arrangements with the provincial governments bon- Iuses are to be paid to clubs on produc- 4 gtion of service records, the amount be- } ing $20 in the case of a XXX Advanced Registered Boar being used and 315 where 3 XXX Approved Boar is used. Complete information as to how to se- cure the beneflt of the new policy can be obtained by application to your 10- cal agricultural representative, to the nearest federal swine inspector for your district, or to the Department at Ot- tawa. ‘ Of the five vitamins the egg supplies vitamin A. B, D and E. It is particu- larly rich in D. the sunshine vitamin. An egg eaten between September and March is worth more to the aver- age person in a northern clime than one eaten between April and August The egg is aptly termed “bottled sun- shine." It is rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals. 3 I blackened roots. ‘ 9 I 3. Protect the plants during the win- ter by means of a suitable mulch. As soon as the ground becomes frozen hard cover the rows with two or three inches of clean straw. -Two tons of grain will produce 48 dozen of eggs. Sold as grain at a price [of 31 per cwt. it would be worth 340. “Sold as eggs at 25c per dozen it would be worth $120. The best eggs of the year are those laid in the months of April, May and June. An egg is 66 per cent. water, 13 per cent. protein, 10 per cent. fat and 11 per cent. lime or ash. In an egg 60 per cent. is white, 30 per cent. yolk and 10 per cent. shell. 2. Avoid introducing the disease. When setting out a patch secure plants from a field which was free from root- rat the previous year. Then discard The principal control measures which have been found useful are: Controlling m Boot Root-rot or black-root is a fairly common disease of strawberry plants. EApparently plants of any age may be attacked but they are most susceptible at two periods, shortly after being set out and at fruiting time. In some patches little or no evidence of the di- sease can be found, while others 50 per cent. or even 70 per cent. of the plants are destroyed. results of this simple method of Bacon-Type Boar Policy PRODUCTION AND SIZE Facts About Eggs any plants which have émore money, put it in circulation with? ‘Out interest, to oflset the too great de- éflfition which has taken place. Too little are being asked and answered. Mr. G. G. Coote. the Member for MacLeod. alberta, asked that the banking com- mittee should be empowered to enquire into, and report on, the advisability of amending the Dominion Notes Act, so as to eliminate the provision for re- demption of Dominion notes in gold and to provide for the issuing of Do- minion no‘es without relation to gold reserve. Mr. Coote claims there is not enough money in circulation, and that the Dominion Treasury should issue This Session has heard more over money than any other; what is money? Should it be based on gold? Have we enough of it in circulation? Should it be issued by the banks or by a Depart- ment of the Government? Should it or should it not bear a relation to the goods to be moved? All these questions tamed. and the cheque is no good. The presumption then is that the transac- tion is fraudulent." Grand Juries are to be eliminated, on the plea of economy. This required an amendment to the Criminal Code. At the same time another amendment was offered making it a crime to obtain goods on the strength of bad cheques. Mr. Guthrie, “It is only when a person obtains goods by reason of a bad cheque. If a man purchases goods and pays part cash and subsequently when the bill comes in he issues a cheque that is no good, he did not obtain those goods on the strength of that cheque, and that is not a criminal offence. The oflence is when a cheque is issued and as a result of the cheque goods are ob- and women in Canada? In this, as in other matters, our motto should be ‘Equal rights to all and special privi- leges to none.‘ " The Government promised to consider the Resolution. we selfishly restrict this pleasure to a limited class? Why not afford that same opportunity and grant that same privilege to the relatively wealthy men All speakers in favor of an increase get the taxes where the money is. Mr. Speakman amused the House by say- ing “May I suggest also, Mr. Speaker, that we should have some consideration for our more wealthy citizens. We should not refuse them the glorious op- portunities which have been accorded our civil service employees. As I heard the Prime Minister and listened to that' splendid eloquence with which he illus- trated and illumined the really noble sentiments which he uttered, as he spoke of the patriotic motives which actuated at least part of our Civil Ser- vice in accepting the reduction, not re- luctantly or grudgingly, but gladly and joyfully, taking a deep and keen plea- sure in this Opportunity of being of I service to their country in her hour of need, I thought to myself: Why should, An interesting debate on the need of ‘ an increase in the Income Tax was staged earlier in the week. The Resolu- tion was introduced by Mr. Lucas of! Alberta, and seconded by Mr. Speak-l man of the same province. It was point- ed out that an income of $5,000 in Can- ada at the present time a tax of $32. ’In United States 316.88, but accord- ing to their prOposed new rate $37.50, and a half million dollars. The concen- tration of wealth is clearly shown by! the fact that out of the total number of income tax payers 13,447 paid 323,- 000,000 in taxes. [Room Their case was presented by an able young man, who was, though, quite uncompromising and bitter. The Prime Minister, in reply, did not show much understandingâ€"or so it seemed to the listeners. have a meeting, but as soon as one of their number held aloft by a number of his comrades began to address the crowd they were surrounded by police- men, and according to eye witnesses roughly handled and arrested. Behind the main Building of the Parliament Buildings a detachment of Mounted Policeâ€"Royal Canadian Mounted Po- liceâ€"were held through the morning ready to squelch any trouble at its be- ginning. About two thirty the Prinie Minister received representatives of the Unemployed in the Railway Committee ister. About a thousand unemployed gathered at Confederation Park in the centre or the city, and attempted to asked one of them, but, no, they were Just expecting a demonstratio‘h of the Unemployed. A delegation of them were determined to see the Prime Min- Parliament Hill looked as though we werelnastateofsiegeonedaythis week. Every entrance to the ground was guarded by policemen fully armed. They seemed to be wearing their Sun- day coats, too, since a little more braid than usual was in evidence. I thought Miss Macphail's Letter THE DURHAM CHRONICLE LIQUOR BUSINESS DECREASE Ontario’s liquor business showed a decreaselubyear, theflgmesasissmed by the Liquor Control Board being “5 - 835M707 Theprontsfortheyurm mission more apprOpriate than the Banking Committee. He made a very impressive speech. and finished with ’these words: “Speaking for myself I 'say that the policy of the Liberal Par- ty at this time in Canada should be to look to the left, to look to the interests of the consuming masses of our people. and not to be afraid to change any laws which are built up on class lines. The solution for the present depression will be in the interests of the consuming masses throughout our Canadian land”! sible to blow up a monetary system with inflation as was done in Germany, but that is not what is proposed in the United States today, nor is it what I am proposing in Canada,” said the Member for MacLeod. Mr. Ian MacKenzie. the brilliant young Liberal, in the main agreed with Mr. Coote but thought a. Royal Com- Scotchman who, the first time he saw the sign “Free Air" he did use so much air that he blew out the tire. It is pos- raise prices up to something like the level they were a couple of years ago and enable Canadians to pay the debts which they then contracted. “Anyone who today refuses to use such mea-- sures to put more credit in circulation. and increase prices is as foolish as. the man who refuses to put air in a flat tire for fear he may blow up the. Millan report we should issue Domin- ion notes to the amount of $500,000,000 instead of the $144,000,000 as at presâ€" ent. Such an addition to currency in circulation would. Mr. Coote believed [World War we departed from the Gold Standard and increased our currency to take care of increased business. If we had not done so. we would have lost the war, he said, and he wanted to know why we could not take a similar action now to enable us to win the war against poverty. If we followed the ad- vice given to Great Britain in the Mc- Garafraxa St., Durham Oranges ..... v ............. 29c, 35c, 39c, 60c Texas Grapefruit .................. 5 for 25¢ California Lemons, juicy ...... doz. 25c Tomatoes ....................... . .............. lb. 15c Carrots ...................................... 2 lbs. 9c Go]d Buckle and Sunkist Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mather visited re- cently with Mr. and Mrs. George Bell. Mrs. McLean is visiting friends in Enemont this week. Glad to report Mr. Nathan Griersan getting along so well after his opera. { Our Own Correspondent) It looks as if Winter had set in at last. Some of the farmers will be glad of some slelghing to haul home their DURHAM ,. Hope he will soon be able to re- South Bentinck recently with y, Jr. Mr. and Head Lettuce .................. 33 '6.- i5; Leaf Lettuce .......................... bunch 5c New Cabbage ........................ 2 lbs. 25c Celery Hearts .................................. 21c - '5 ”CI. r“ ooooooooooooooooooooooo Spinach ......................... men ere old et w, while others an cuse for “; Mr. Rupert Johnston is buzzing wood on the line this week. “We are only ........................ 3 lbs. 25c somepa'sonremarkasanex- DAYS OF YOI'TH .2 lbs. 9c