struction of the grade this season. It was recently revealed that ee ie ¥, AUGUST 2, 1939 ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS PAGE THREE Sumas & Matsqui News Established 1922 ? d, British Columbia, Every W at FARM and RANCH TOPICS LANG. SANDS, Editor and Owner Telephone: Abbotsford 58 et Subscription Rates: In Abbotsford, Sumas and Matsqui and other parts of the Fraser Valley, $1.20 per year; 75 for 6 months; 40 for 3 months, in advance. In the U.S.A and Foreign Countries, $2.00 per year in advance. Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association Member of the British Columbia Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers’ Association. ““C’’ Street Landowners Might Help Construction of the missing link in ‘‘C’’ Street should benefit more than tourist traffic. One of the obstacles to. con- struction has always been said to be the low-lying boggy nat- ure of the mile gap. If the road is to be constructed, as even the Department of Public Works is believed to admit it ulti- mately must be, good drainage ditches will have to be dug on each side of the grade. Such ditches would materially assist drainage of a wide area each side of the right-of-way and mat- erially improve the value of the land. With this in mind per- haps the landowners affected could cooperate with the Board of Trade, the International Scenic Loop Highway Association, Sumas Municipal Council, the District Liberal and Conserva- tive associations and other public bodies in urging an early start on at least ditching of the right-of-way and partial con- the right-of-way had not even been purchased by the Public Works Department. As it would appear to be of mutual bene- fit, could not the owners of the property approach the depart- ment and hasten affairs by making an equitable proposition on the land required? If this were donc the government would have little excuse to further delay this doubly necessary pieee of highway construction as it is recailed locally that depart- mental surveys were made several years ago and plans and specifications prepared to build this, mile of road and saye tour- ist traffic the present unseemly detours, ie OE ey An Accident Narrowly Averted When you first notice the brakes on your car slip is the time to have them adjusted. The truth of this advice was bronght home on the highway the other night when a Matsqui motorist almost ran down a pair of cyclists when his vision was obseured by the bright headlights of an approaching car. The white patch on the rear fender of one of the bikes caught the driver’s eye and he slammed on his brakes, narrowly avy- erting a serious accident. He informed The News he was very thankful that he had had the brakes adjusted only a few hours before when he noticed they were not perfect. Two boys and their families also have reason to be thankful. * * * - The Canadian Weeklies ‘A tribute to the weeklies of the Dominion was paid re- cently by the Toronto Star, when it drew a comparison of the operations and influence between the daily and the weekly. “This is a reminder of the fine part played by the weekly press in Canadian life and affairs; of its splendid con- tribution to the areas which it serves. It performs a service which some city people are apt to underestimate. They under- estimate, too, perhaps, the importance of the smaller commun- ities in which many of these weeklies are published. These com- munities supply the nation with more than their share of ifs foremost men and women; leaders in the professions, in busi- ness life, in public life. In journalism, as in other spheres of activity, many important posts are held by men who had their early training on a weekly newspaper, “There is a reason for this. The weeklies’ are closer to their field and to the life of the people than any metropolitan newspaper can hope to be, Their writers know personally many of those about whom they write. They have their fingers upon the community pulse. They are in touch with the thoughts and manner of life of the men and women of their constituency to a degree which in a larger constituency is not possible. And they learn to be accurate. If there is a mistake in name or ini- tials or in the facts about a local gathering, they soon hear about it. So the training afforded by a weekly newspaper 1s invaluable in its relation to the realities of human experience and the importance of faithful reporting. : ’ ‘A metropolitan newspaper cultivates its field ‘‘ex’’- tensively ; a weekly, ‘‘in’’tensively. The former reaghes out in- to the far corners of the world for news of what is happening there. The latter concentrates on its own district in a way which a city paper ean not possibly do. Instead of foreign cor- respondents it has close-to-h pondent: antry cor- respondents they are usually called—who sepd in weekly bud- gets of news from places round about, These rural part-time newspapermen and newspaperwomen make a genuine contribu- tion to the paper which they serve, and some of them serve it for a lifetime. They give it a home touch which the metropoli- if tan press can not provide. “But lifetime ice i cor service is not a monopoly of country cor- respondents. There are weeklies which have been*under man- agement of one man for as long as most people can remember. They have taken on his personality, and he and his paper are one in the eyes of the community. In some eases, indeed a paper has been handed down from father to son, and in turn to the son’s son, until it is regarded not only as the product of an individual, but as the product of a family. On the other hand, there are weeklies which have been taken,over by men trained on city dailies, and some of these have made a conspicu- ous success, There is a fine reciprocity in it all: the weeklies making their contribution of personnel to the city papers, and the city papers to the weeklies"? POPP PPO e Shelters—use HYPRO. an water, shade and plenty of green feed LUTION to disinfect water troughs, e house and outbuildings — use C-l-L ANTHRACNOSE FOUND An instance of Anthracnose, al- so known as black-spot canker and Pacific Coast canker, in a Gordon White of Sardis Nurser- injury is done by the formation of cankers on the tree, particul- arly on the smaller branches. Now is the time to adopt prevent- letin No, 68 and Circular No, 45 issued by the Provincial Depart- ment of Agriculture, Victoria. BERRY PICKING RECORDS BY THREE MATSQUI GIRLS It is reported that America Bas- sani, 14, picked 6% crates of ber- ries in 8 hours; Mary Patterson, 18, 514 crates and Betty Borg, 13, 4% crates on the ranch of Flor- indo Bassani, Ridgedale, Matsqui. BULB GROWERS VISIT PUGET SOUND GARDENS; INSPECT NEW DRYER Bulb gardens of Puyallup, Wn., were visited recently by a party of B.C. growers and agricultur- ists including J. P. Carr of Mt. Lehman, H. A. Paver of Bradner, J. Everette and sons of Port Kells, G. E. W. Clarke, district horticulturist, Abbotsford; G. Dix- on, B.C.E.R. agriculturist, New Westminster; and Mr. Hastings of the experimental station at Saanichton. Principal interest to the local members of the party was a new system of curing tulip bulbs ully adopted by the ative measures, Mr. White points | out, details being available in Bul-| Care Needed In Feeding Poor Hay * Heavy rains throughout the [ }state during June and the first |half of July have added many! difficulties to the cutting and | storing hay crops. In some| | cases hay has been totally | of the local apple orchard is reported by|spoiled. But in the majority of | supply | cases, much of the hay crop may| ies. The disease may attack the|be used, authorities state, provid-| the oxygen so energetically as to fruit causing rot, but the chief|ed proper precautions are taken| produce flame. Numberless other |in storing and feeding it. ‘e | Much spoiled hay is _ being} | stacked and more of it will spoil ‘because of poor methods of ‘Jaex| ing. Such hay will be fed to ive-| stock in spite of the molds. To) reduce chances of stock poison- Ing, the worst portions such as/ stack bottoms and moldy pockets should be discarded. | Bleached, discolored and water- | soaked hay has suffered much in| | value. It has lost aroma, is not | \very palatable, is low in mineral, | and it is conceded that from 50 to 75 per cent of its vitamin A| value is gone. Loss of color and | loss of leaves indicate poor hay. In addition, it must be kept in mind that when moldy, musty hay | is fed, there is a constant threat) of loss from poisoning. There is |salt keeps down the AGRICULTURAL NEWS If the stack contains no air, it¢ does not heat; if it has an excess| of air, it is safe. But if a little Se Ra Bo Nd row y si i air reaches the oxygen-hungry | f,. “ae bee i a siege es gases, they absorb it eagerly, 8eD-| pounds bar: the at ha The salt erating more heat. Should a large lnanet Be evenly oa =e dees of air suddenly reach a ae oe — them, they are apt to react with a oan ae at ence do steer eating 30 pounds of hay daily, which has been salted at the rate of 15 pounds per ton, is consuming 3.6 ounces which is well above its actual Large hay stacks offer more op- daily requirement. If one were to portunity for spontaneous combus-| salt very wet hay sufficiently to tion than smaller ones, because of insure its keeping safely, it ao a wider range of moisture and be : B unfit for feed. pressure. This is especially true perme wae ele ms ce of chopped hay. Heavier hays| such as alfalfa and the clovers,| are more likely to heat than the | hollow stemmed grain hays. SALT IS AID By salting the hay, there is a} slowing down of the factors enter in, and the explana- tion is by no means a simple one (Continued on Page Four) SUMAS CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, NO. 2 | generation | |of heat. However, the hay should} Cold be dry. Too much reliance must! not be placed on the salt. The) growth of| molds which cause musty hay} and it also adds to the palatabil-| Storage Lockers no actual proof that the types of molds which ordinarily grow on riist hay will poison live stock. However, the conditions under which these molds grow are also favorable for the growth of the poisonous types. DAMP HAY DANGEROUS Hay stored when damp or “green” is dangerous. A moisture content of 25 to 30 per cent is considered the danger gone with loose hay, and less than this for chopped hay. Bacteria may make the hay hot, but cannot set it on fire. They are destroyed by their own heat even before the hay ity. Feeding experiments show LANDSCAPE F. RE. SERVICE Are you planning new grounds around your home or making alterations? Our service includes free land- scaping plans drawn to scale and expert advice. GORDON WHITE representing SARDIS NURSERIES Messages may be left clo Burns’ Electric, phone Abbotsford 47 The directors have reduced the rental of Floor Lockers to, per year ____ if rented within next 30 days SPECIAL (for 30 days only) Second Locker, (floor level) © chars. cae nme Washington growers. An electrical drying; operation, it particularly intrigued the valley growers as they estimated operating costs would probably be even less in the Fraser Valley than in the Puget Sound district. CHEESE PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS GAIN Exports of Canadian cheese dur- ing the three months of March- May, 1939, amounted to 6,700,000 lb, a gain of 82 per cent over the corresponding period of 1938. Tkere was also a 10.1 per cent in- crease (15,385,177 Ib.) in cheese production during this period. HUGE TOBACCO CROP FORECAST FOR ONTARIO Ontario’s biggest tobacco crop is in the making in the eight counties that constitute Ontario's tobacco bowl. Cash revenue to growers may soar to the $20,000,000 mark, new level in the record-making progress of this industry. A survey of the growers and government sources showed acreage this year has top- ped the 77,000 acre mark for the first time, Tobacco produced in 1930 was worth $6,244,000 and in 1938 it had skyrocketed to $18,293,000. Seldom have tobacco men been as hopeful about markets as this year. British tobacco manufactur- ers bought the entire 1938 surplus of flue-cure tobacco, between §8,- 000,000 and 9,000,000 pounds, after a trade deal resulting in Canadian tobacco entering the British mar- ket at a duty two shillings less than United States tobacco. There is still'a question whether British smokers will accept the new Canadian type cigarette. ‘ wiring. the set-up best farm. 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