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PAGE 6 “Farmers appreciate the protection offered them by this system against ir- regularitim practised by some truck- ers," continued Mr. Duncan, “and most reliable truckers support the system as it saves time and protect them from unfair competition. Weekly records show the use of bills of lading is in creasing steadily." The 27th annual report of the On- tario Vegetable Growers’ Association {or 1931 is now available. It includes a number of interesting addresses, reports and treaties on different phases of vegetable-growing. Copies 0! the report are obtainable through your local agri- cultural representative. keting Board staff. Mlnbtcr’s Report The report of the Minister of Agri- culture ior the year 1931 has been is- sued. It starts with a foreword by the Minister in which he reviews the out- standing accomplishments of that year in an agricultural way. These include the creation of the Ontario Marketing Board in May. 1931. which has given leadership in the marketing of farm products. especially those of the dairy, live stock. fruit and vegetable indus- tries. A survey of cold storage require- ments was made and assistance given to the erection of six new cold storage warehouses at points in the province. These facilities were of unusual ser- Bill 0! Leah): Protects tanner: Excellent progress has been made in applying blll of ladlng regulations to truck movement of live stock, states Deere-eel lies Supply Market supplies of hogs in the United States and Europe will probably de- crease durlng the next few months; nevertheless they are likely to be larg- er than in the corresponding period last year. says the U. S. Bureau of Ag- ricultural Economics. vice because of the long hot season last year. A ten-year cold storage pro-E gramme embracing the needs of allE branches of agriculture is in course of; preparation. One of the brightest spots; remarks the Minister. was the Juniorl Extension work among boys and girls. Stress is also laid upon the marked im- provement in quality of live stock own- ed by Ontario farmers as a result of the premium granted on stallions com- ing up to certain high standards; the bonus system on the purchase of pure- bred bulls and high-grade rams. and the organization of Bacon Hog Clubs. Increasing numbers of farmers are tak- ing advantage of the assistance offered partmental branches and the work done at the Ontario Agricultural Col- The report gives a comprehensive re- view of the activities of the various de- lege. Macdonald Institute, the Ontario Veterinary College and the Kemptville Agricultural School. Attendance of stu- dents at these institutions has sur- passed all previous records. Anyone interested in any particular branch of the Department‘s work can secure a capy or this report upon application. . NEWS AND INFORMATION - FOR THE BUSY FARMER Caveat Crop Report In Huron County fall wheat promises an excellent yield. although there is some lodging and damage by Hessian fly. Alialfa and mixed hay will be good crops in thot county. Ninety per cent of the wheat crop in North Sim- ooe is first-class. Ten thousand acres of buckwheat were sown in Wellington County the last two weeks in June and lie first week in July. Cutting of fall heat has been general in Essex. Heavy rain and wind hurt the fall wheat fields 7. .‘l.._ nought. needed moisture and spun: crops u: coming dong rapidly. In Ren- trew County all ma, clover and hay A ‘-_L 'V M vv" v . v The Wellington County Ihve Stock 1 friend is a happiness, and can be no Improvement Association aims to make . disparagement.â€"Charron, (Furnished by By Pim Provincial and Dominion Departments of Agriculture) Northern of ing crop. Hundreds of acres of alfalfa that should have been in the barn be- fore the wet weather started remained uncut until the second week in July. Hundreds of city peOple are flocking to Wellington County farms and old empty houses in the country are being re-occupied. At least ten married coup- les must have come to Arthur Village alone during the past twelve months and they all seem to get something to do, even although their income in a very meagre one. Plums for Britain The ten per cent. tariff which went into effect March lst. 1932, on foreign plums entering the United Kingdom, offers a splendid opportunity to the Ontario plum industry to deve10p this potential export outlet, according to Andrew Fulton. overseas fruit repre- sentative. Since Canada is the only source of overseas supplies to take the place of foreign imports, it is necessary to look to Ontario for this fruit. In 1930 the United'Kingdom imported 44 million pounds. which is more than twice the annual production in Canada. France supplied nearly half the total. There is no reason why Ontario should not capture part of this export trade. “Past experience has shown that special :care is required in growing. packing and .transporting Ontario plums to ensure‘ the fruit arriving in the United King- ‘dom in good condition. They must be selected for maturity and strictly pack- ed according to recognized standards. Therefore plums for export should be handled through central packing houses in close proximity to cold storage facil- -_ities where the fruit can be prOperly assembled, packed. precooled and ship- Wellington County one of the best live stock breeding centres in Canada and already 95 per cent. of all the sires in Wellington are pure bred, including 1000 pure bred bulls, 2000 pure bred rams, 300 pure bred boars, and 50 pure bred stallions. Wellington County now has 51 ac- credited herds, including 24 Holstelns, 18 Shorthorns, 4 Ayreshlres, 1 Jersey and 4 Angus. Welllngton’s 100,000 acres of bay for next winter’s roughage will be worth about $1 a ton less for feeding value on account of the continued rains hold- ing back the haying and allowing the protein to turn to fibre in the stand- ped under refrigeration to seaboard. The British market is exacting in its demand for only good-sized plums. Plums for export should be picked. packed and pre-cooled in one day. Spe- cial shipping arrangements are absol- utely essential for plums, according to Mr. Fulton, who sees a bright future for this export trade it prOperly hand- led. FIND CRATE FEEDING BRINGS BETTER RETURNS There is more than usual interest for prairie farmers in facts established by studies in poultry feeding and finish- ing at the Federal Experimental Sta- tion at Swift Current Sask., last year. In conducting the studies designed to show the relative value of feeds and method, four separate lots of cockerels and pullets were used. Without going into all the details shown by the stud- ies the following conclusions are cited: It is possible to make a profit on. home-grown feeds by raising poultryI for meat production. Crate feeding as a finishing medium is both profitable and advisable. Holding birds until they are reason- ably well matured is profitable, and selling immature birds is unprofitable. Pullets should be finished by crate feeding from three weeks to a month earlier in age than cockerels. 1 To owe an obligation to a worthy‘ Overmature birds are unprofitable be- cause of the small galfis made per pound of feed consumed. greatest price per pound and per bird. higher price per pound and per bird than small birds equally well finished. } t PAPAYA (mm PAPAYA) IS A HELL-KNOWN g, [DIBLE mun mm HA5 5mm men as 0mm .; Hon: m mam mm momma mmâ€" 3 CAL WORLD. m “MA" n |3 now sun 10 m ~ ; am 1'0 mt mum In mum". i I But PAPAYA (CARKA PAPAYA) IS A HELL-Known tom: mun mum HA5 5mm mon 115 own» Home m mam mam momma mm- m noun m HAM“ n ‘5 now sun 10 um um TO M BANANA m mumm. (By Kibltzer) As the dog days approach the pin- ochle enthusiasm dwmdles, as in the case of all winter games. However, two members whose names were overlooked in last week’s list, were in evidence. These were Lightning and Buck Lamb, both of whom can make a. slaughtering or their opponents it given an even break in the cards. sists of two euchre decks, that is from the ace to the nine twice in each suit. The game is played with forty-eight cards though very often an extra one Certain combinations of cards make up what is known as the “meld" of a hand. A king and queen of a suit is worth twenty and when trump is worth forty, four aces of different suits are worth 'one hundred if you see them, {our kings, eighty; four queens, sixty, and four jacks, forty. A sequence from ace to ten is worth one hundred and fifty. The nines of trump are worth ten each. can make in the play, and bid the to- tal. Of course it forced you can in- creased this amount and trust to luck. In the latter case be sure to pound the table when making the bid. This tends to scare your Opponents, especial- ly if the bid is at the same time made in a loud and threatening tone. To bid a four-hundred hand up ten points at a time from one hundred is the proper way as it gives the others plenty of time to plan their play or take a nap as they feel inclined. One bid has superceded the auction style but Hoop-de-hoop says the British Isles’ pOpulation could be greatly in- creased while Lloyd George is decid- ing on his bid. The most highly valued card in the deck is the queen of spades In bidding a hand you you can meld to what you as it, with the jack of diamonds, con- stitutes “pinochle” and is valued at for- ty points. It also, of course, can enter into any other combination Open to any queen. Perlmutter Potash and Jiggs are famous pinochlers and have riotous games, but no more so than our mem- bers when Tyrone whacks the board a slam And trumps an ace with mighty “Wham.” CAVALRY REMOUNT PRIZES ARE AGAIN AUTHORIZED The Hon. Robert Weir has announced continuation for the third successive year of a special grant of money to be paid as prizes to N. C. O.’s and enlisted men in remount competitions among cavalry regiments during the training season this year. It is expected that about eighteen camps will benefit this year as compared with fourteen which held the qualifying competitions during 1931. “The production of horses suitable for army remounts is a very important phase of the horse industry” declared a departmental statement issued today. “It is felt that the healthy competi- tion thus deveIOped among regiments in training will continue to contribute considerably to the breeding and feed- ing of suitable animals. During 1931, fourteen regiments throughout Canada were in competition for prizes made available by the Government contribu- tion, and during the present year a sufficient sum of money has been set aside to allow for competition at eigh- teen camps. “The prizes offered are for the best type of cavalry remount in each camp owned by a non-commissioned officer or man, or a member of his immediate family, which remount has been in his care during the period of camx) train- ing. The value of prizes are: (l) 815 and ribbon; (2) $10 and ribbon; (3) ribbon.” Mandy had completed a hard mom- ing’s work over the washtub and was just eating her well-earned dinner, when a neighbor came in. “Mandy, prepare yo’self fo’ bad news. Dere has been a turrlble acci- dent, and yo’ husbandâ€"J “Lawd sakes, chlle, if Rastus done got killed, you all is gwine to bear some powerful wailin’ soon’s ah get man din- ,ner et." PINOCHLE WINTERS THE DURHAM CHRONICLE you add what HOW TO TELL WHEN MUSKMELONS ABE RIPE The production of muskmelons is a specialized business understood by the best experienced gardeners. This crop is a a rule a profitable one to grow, particularly if it can be marketed ear- ly, but in these days when melons are {imported from the more, southern re- gions the edge is as a rule off the market for the so called early local crap despite the difference in quality in favour of the local product. The difficulty of interpreting the signs of maturity in muskmelons that are essential to keeping quality where the melons are to be shipped long dis- tances often results in melons of in- ferior quality being oflered for sale by dealers. The proper stage of maturity may be determined to a fair deree by the appearance of the netting. Green melons have shallow, smooth netting, while mature melons have rough, cor-l ky nettlng. Where melons are being grown for local market the degree of maturity may be judged by the peduncle or stem. For such a market the fruits may be “removed at the half-slip stage or when a line or break between the melon and peduncle or stem is showing and leaves the melon in part only. When the fruits are harvested at this stage they are not fully mature but are de- veloped to the point where they will keep well and have very fair quality sweetness and flavour. The full-slip stage is by far the best time to harvest the melons for local Cocoanuts ................. Canteloupes ............. Golden Wax Beans Garafraxa St., Durham All Special Prices good until next Thursday market, that ls when the peduncle or stem comes away easily and flee from the fruits leaving a large scar. At this stage the melons will possess the hlgh- et sugar content and have the best flavour and quality. In passing, a partly matured melon when harvested and kept for several days will develoo the usual flavour but will not develog the sugary high qual- ity that the melon will that has been fully matured on the vines. representing some 3.525 head of beef cattle, for the first tour months of the present year is indicoted in the intest issue of the Live Stock nnd Meet Trade Review prepared by the turkete In- telligence Service of the Dominion Live Stock Bunch. Sales for the first four months or 1981 totalled 5.032.308 lbs.. while for the corresponding period in 1932 they totalled 7.0"!” lbs. Farmers in the Swlf t Current district are highly appreciative of the facilities accorded them at the Federal Experi- mental Station in the form of a Cus- tom Cleaning Plant for seed grain. Last year upwards of 6,500 bushels were cleaned at a charge of 5 cents per hun- dred pounds of uncleaned grain. . A igreat deal of the seed brought in by farmers contained wild proving particulu'ly difficult from flax seed. An increase of over 2,000,000 “35., QUALITY DOMINION OFFICIAL REPORTS ON CLOVER SEED PROSPECTS G. 8. Peat. Chief of the Markets Di- vision. Dominion Seed Brunch. has just returned from u trip through some of the pdnctpu ulstke and red clover pro- ports thet seed production prospects for thee two crops appear poor. Generally speaking ned clover did not. winter well owing to insufficient snow stands ure not numerous. This prospect of a short red clover need crop. Men in conjunction with the crap carried over. may mean a strong dunesttc denund for Gunman crown red clover seed for sowing next spring mhuvincgoodsundsonneldsmm- ably tree from weeds mould lave the it for posture. 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