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PAGE 6 A greatly increased demand for fer- tilizers for the 1932 m season is re- ported much of the business being done on a credit sales basis. Thus it is ap- parent that the Department‘ policy of promoting the use of fertilizers is hear-- ing fruit. The use of fertilizers in farm- ing has passed the experimental stage in Ontario and thousands of farmers are finding them a practical aid in re- ducing the cost of production through increasing soil efficiency. When used judiciously they increase yield and im-. prove quality of crops. adding material- ly to the cash'value of production from a given area. It has become increasingly important today for a fair measure of success that the farmer make use of ev- ery possible opportunity to lower his costs of production. The right use of fertilizers suited to particular crops provides one important opportunity. August. when the borer eggs have been laid and should be removed and led to live stock. Prof. J. Eaton Howitt. head of the Botany Department. O.AC.. has pre- pared a booklet which delves thorough- ly into the various types of weeds found in Ontario. It is well illustrated and we‘ll date. The mp crop should be cut low about the end of the first week in Trap the Bear The suggestion has been advanced that a trap crop of com consisting of about half a dozen rows of early sown rapid growing com. it put in as early as unmannwminmostyears lessen the amount of injury done the main crap by corn borer. if the main crop is sown a few any: later than the lieducin: Crop Costs The ever present problem with the farmer is how to reduce crOp costs. This can be done in two obvious ways: first, producing more at the same costs; and second. producing the same at a lower cost. Perhaps the most important method of reducing the cost of producing craps is to increase the yield. Most of the items incurred in the most of produc- Another method of reducing the cost or production is the use of larger ma- chinery and more labor saving equip- ment. Considerable improvement has been made in recent years in the in- troduction of larger and better machin- ery making possible the elimination of considerable manual labor. Where the farm is large enough to warrant the purchase of such machinery. this meth- od constitutes an eflective means of re- ducing costs. The substitution of more profitable for less profitable craps is another advantage which may be de- rived from the cost of production stud- the crow are the same. whether the crop ls large or small. so that every snort should be made to produce large yields by the adaptlon of all better farming practices. Oflicial records show that the poul-‘ try population of Canada has doubled each ten years during the period oi the past thirty years. Each succeeding per- iod of low prices for farm products finds the poultry flock coming to the larmer's rescue. At the present time it. can easily be shown that the poultry iloclr properly bred. housed and looked after is from the standpoint of capital investment and feed cost. one of the best paying lines of {arm effort. Each succeeding year appears to make it more clear that the iarm is the logi- cal place for the development of the; poultry industry with respect to both can and meat production. The farm (lock is a useful medium for the mar- keting of otherwise unsaleable pro- ducts in the form of eggs and poultry meat. Banks and loan commnies and the farm which has a poultry flock a much better risk than the one which Much of the value in marketing beef cattle is lost when they lack proper finish. George W. Muir. B. S. A.. Domin- “TELLING TOMMY" (Furnished by Provincial and Dominion Departments of Agricplturc) vast amount of information. considerably when selling, both in the feed and on the market. They should be clean and trim as is possible to have them. Grading them in uniform lots. as to size and finish, will also help greatly in realizing a higher price. dry hay being suflicient to cause the animals to drink plenty of water. The appearance or the animals counts Careful and thorough cultivation, a short rotation of crops using varieties of grain suitable to the soil will solve the weed problem, stated Arthur H. Martin, assistant director. Crops and Markets Branch, in a recent address to weed inSpectors. Mr. Martin recom- mended more extensive use or early at- ter-harvest cultivation and Summer tal- low as a means of cleaning up weedy fields. Practical farmers have found that sow thistle and similar perennial weeds can be controlled by cutting hay earlier than usual, plowing the landi immediately afterwards. and follow up with thorough cultivation during the remaining part of the season. Fall wheat, buckwheat, rape and all hoed crops are eflective in controlling sow thistle. The latter gets its greatest start in cats and other spring grains. As a protection to productive farm land. road superintendents and city, town and village weed inspectors are urged 3to keep all weeds out on roadsides, va- cant lots and other urban property. , Valuable work in stimulating interest in ; weed control is being done by Mr. A. R. ther aided entirely just before ship- ment and allowing the animals to an up on dry hay. grass hay being pre- ferable to clover in this case. The grain ration may be maintained to the last provided it is not of too laxative a na- ture. Cutting out the salt, just pre- vious to shipment, will also help, the ion Animal Husbandman. offers the following suggestions for finishing beet last or the finishing period is to harden up the flesh with the idea of prevent- ing shfink in transit. This can be fur- steers. culent part or the ration toward Agricultural Limestone Agricultural limestone, because of its relatively low cost, is oftirnes over- ' looked in the well planted soils program of the up-to-date farmer. In those sec- tions of the province where acid or ‘sour soils are found, and where difil- gculty is experienced in obtaining stands G. Smith of New Hamburg. district weed inSpector of Western Ontario. who has addressed numerous meetings this spring. of alfalfa and red clover, limestonei may be used to good advantage in corJ recting this condition and as a conse- quence not only making more avail-‘ able the inherent supply of plant foodl in the soil. but in addition providing a more satisfactory medium in which the purchased plant foods in commercial fertilizers may act. It improves the physical condition of many heavy soils. Worked into the t0p layers of the soil it helps prevent that sticky, plastic condition found in wet seasons. It aids drainage. It also produces a condition in which important forms of bacteria do their work most efficiently. The time to apply limestone is when it is most convenient to do so. It is ap- plied usually in the fall or early spring on land that is to be sown to spring grain and seeded down. Very often ap- plications are made to meadows and pastures. It is not advisable to apply limestone to land that is to be plowed shortly afterward. lby spreading with a shovel or by use of a limestone spreader. The latter method is of course, more efficient than the former. Inexpensive Spreaders are 2 obtainable and lighten the work in con- inection with the actual operation of % application. I t will pay you to advertise in The Chronicle. Weed Control of reducing the suc- Bum vififimo mt Sndhfimm ms /‘ om mt comm: omsor A snow-up mmmm. mt unu em or memo Educational Aaoochtion The Bruce County Educational As- ssociation will hold its annual conven- tion, Wednesday afternoon. June 1. Southampton is chosen as the 'oonven- tion town this year. M. A. Campbell, secretary, and Mr. Corbett, president, of the Ontario Trustees’ and Ratepayers' Association, are expected as speakers. As these men are well posted on all matters of inter- est to trustees, such as the sytem of grants. and the Township School Board Act, they will be able to answer many questions on problems 0! trustees. Teachers are closely associated with matters of interest to trustees and rate- payers, and to get their vievmoint, a former president of East Bruce Teach- ers’ Federation will also speakâ€"Ches- ley Enterprise. Stolen Goods Recovered Inevstigation by Chief Murray of Southampton. and Sid Solomon, of Saugeen Indian Village into the theft of two bicycles from Southampton, led to the recovery of a part of the goods stolen from Mr. J. McVittie’s store here on March 13 last. Over last week-end two wheels were stolen and the oflioers were making a search on the Saugeen Reserve for the stolen property. One wheel was recovered through informa- tion given by Peter Moses. an Indian, and when the officers called at his home. they found it locked and the owner gone, but a look through the window disclosed a mackinaw coat which Murray seized and brought to Southampton. Mr. McVittie identified the property as his and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Moses, who is thought to be in the vicinity of Dur- hamâ€"Southampton Beacon. Bentinck Pioneer Passes Mr. Chas. Meyer a Bentinck pioneer, passed away at his home on 8th Con- cession Bentinck on Thursday, May 12. at the advanced age of 84 years from pneumonia following an attack of the} flu. Deceased was born in Germany but i was only a year old when he came to‘ Canada with his parents. After livingl a short time in Hamilton Mr. Meyer’s parents took up farming near Alsfeldt in Normanby Township. When he was married 60 years ago Mr. Meyer moved with his bride to the 8th concession of iBentinck. Mrs. Meyer predeceased her husband 7 years. There were born to them a family of 6 sons and 3 daughters all of whom are living excepting the eldest daughter. The late Mr. Meyer was a devout member of the Evangel- ical church and was highly esteemed in the community. The funeral, which was largely attended, took place to Elmwood cemetery on Sunday afternoon and the service was conducted by Rev. Mr. Stoltz of Elmwood, assisted by Rev. J. 30. Burn. of Chesley.â€"Chesley Enter- IN OTHER COMMUNITIES Kincardine Man Heads Bowling Club Neil McKay, of the Kincardlne Bowl- ing Club was chosen vice-president of the Grey and Bruce Lawn Bowlers As- sociation when they held their annual meeting in Chesley, Friday. with repre- sentatives present from Paisley, Walk- erton, Owen Sound, Wiarton, Meatord, Southampton, Port Elgin, Chesley and Kincardlne. E. A. Roseborough of Owen Sound was elected president for the year, Mr. McKay, vice-president and J. C. Mc- Donald of Chesley. secretary-treasurer. Tournament dates for the districtl were arranged. with the association} tournament set for June 8, in Owen Sound. The rinks play as follows: Pats- ley, June 23; Chesiey. July 1; Port El- gin, July 7 ; Southampton, July 20; Hanover, August 1; Kincardine, August 4; Lucknow. August 18; Walkerton, September 7. The doubles tournaments start in lWaIkerton on June 15 and continue in Lucknow, July 7; Chesley, August 10; Southampton, August 17; Paisley, Sep- tember 8; Kincardine. September 15 and Port Elgin, September .1.â€"Kincar- dine Review-Reporter. Slight Damage in Storm Storm Dunne at Mount Forest The violent wind on Monday after- noon, preceding and during the thun- derstorm, did a good deal of damage here and in other parts of the Province. The worst of the storm seems to have passed just south of the town, and THE DURHAM CHRONICLE to have done most damage along a line from the Harriston road out past Conn and Kingscote. In town Mr. J. A. Douglas had a hen- house overturned. During the storm three young cattle were killed in the lane on the farm of D. Murphy and Sons here. The hydro wire, by which the premises are sup- plied with power and light was broken, and the cattle apparently came in con- tact with it in some way and were kill- ed instantly, at least they were quite dead when discovered not long after- wards. Two were lying on the bare wire and the wire was on the head of the other. There semis to have been a cyclone in the vicinity of Conn. Mr. Dan Keith’s barn was unmofed. Damage was done to Mr. Herriott’s buildings in Conn. The names of Mews. Rice and Morley are given as residents further east who suffered. Fence were levelled and many telephone poles broken down. West of here Mr. Ronald Johnaon’s barn was totally destroyed and Mr. Nel- son Williamson’s barn lost a large sec- tion of the rootâ€"Mount Forest Gon- federate. Fruit Market Mort shows that prac- tically all of last year's apple crop has moved Into consumption. The mount in cold storage at the principal centres is now only 18.475 barrels and 227,844 boxes; with a further 15,600 barrels and ’52,639 boxes in common storage and ot the principal mutating centres. APPLE susow moses The current issue of the F Pineapples, 24’s ................................ 15c Bananas .................................. 3 lbs. 25c Medium Size Oranges .......... doz. 28c Garafraxa St., Durham All Special Prices good until next Thursday SHOULD WE SPRAY POTATOES? One must Spray his potatoes if he wants to grow them with profit. Spray- First. It is a protection to the crop When early and thorough applications of fungicides are made and continued regularly during the growing season, plants are protection against the at- tacks of fungi and the depredations of insects. Several growers have objected that such protection could not be rea- lized but after inquiring upon their method of preparing Bordeaux mix- ture, the time they started spraying, the number and thoroughness of fungi- cidal applications, they realized they had faulted in one or more of these :points. Spraying when done properly lis a protection to the crop. Second. It favors the development of potato plants and thereby assures a larger crop. In certain regions. where diseases that can be controlled by f ungicides. particularly late blight, make their appearance only once in several years, growers do not go to the trouble of spraying. According to them the risk is worth while taking. To these may we say that experiments carried on for several years at the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology at Ste. Anne de la Pocatlere show that during blight-free years potato plots that were sprayed regularly throughout the sea- son showed considerable increase in recommended for two main rec.- over those plots that w ed, and it would seem w mowers in these regions Lemons, full of juice . Asparagus .................... Cocoanuts ..................... I “I. JUIW .............. “vac UV‘ ............................ bunch 10c spmy n few times to ensure a large: yield and protect their potato fields mum sudden appearance of the di- Bu-ne Isletâ€"{d m the Manitoulin Dis- trict is the centre of interest for live stock and dtiry men at the moment because of the fact that it has been selected for the purpose of testing out a new type of powder for the control tad emanation of the warble fly. Dr. Lionel Stevenson, Zoologtst for the Province of Ontario. is in charge of the “clean-up,” and all cattle on the Is- land have been treated. Warble-fly loses: madly are enormous; not only does the (y spoil the hide, but infested cattle can not put on flesh or produce milk as they should. The new powder. W mam! mmne A800! nous! ! WONDER “HEN IHEY mu MK! 09 mnne OR Han-smcumc. ? 1 tive. Results of these tests may spell thematanewdayinthecuue mama-yum. smith with out interest. Very much red hot plea: under the boy’s nose. in; to mute Mm btck away. I'll M it.” A yuan; choc! boy hiked before the TEST Wfal‘E-FLY POW’DER : “If you'll give me a. donu- ........... 2 for 15¢ Phone 58