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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1928-11-22, Page 9Our Commercial 'vegetable Output Canning for Domestic Use and Export Makes ',Progress,' But .Imports Still Are - Gaining • Government figures would, 'indicate that Interest in the commercial pro - •duction of vegetables 'in Canada ','Is 'increasing, according to. the, Canadian :Pacific Railway. ' Tie tomato acreage ,'in British Columbia this year is placed at 2,550 acres, in '1927; in'Eastern Ontario, at 3,200 acres, as compared -with, ..3,280 acres, or approximately the. same• as In the prayiousa year, while the acreage reported' in. Quebec is 2,00Q acres. Onion acreage, onl the :other hand,:: has,:• declined somewhat, due .doubtless to. a falling away of'.the 'New Zealandmarket last year, says a 'bulletin*•on, the •subject: Acreage .de=. voted to.thi§. crop in' British::Columbia ie 1,035, acres, as compared' with 1,233, •;acres, ,and in Ontario. 1,568 acres, •compared with 1,580':aeres. ':The •Cana- .dian potato,acreage indicates at -2 per • cent increase over ,1927, with 581,304. acres, as'against 672;373 .acres, all irovinces •reporting ,slight . increases with the exception 'of: Saskatchewan and 'British Columbia: ' "Though . vegetable• growing. is 'en - „gaged. in -extensively throughout 'Can-. Miff,” the bulletin 'continues, ,'•`com= �}ercial productionhas come to centre. in certain specially favored' areas where canning industries have devel- koped.:.:.,Ontar-io'..-and-Br-itisii-Columbia' find their tomato and•:onion .producing :industries profitable and•'though po- tato growing is ,followed on a volutin- on; .e us scale in, province for.':local: k . ar ,m ets ,, commercial Production for sxport„is.largely confined to the Ma'ri- .time :Provinces" and British ;Columbia, which; have won high- reputations for theirr d p, o acts; The present: year also ,sees ' the ambitious' •'entry • of the Prairie' Provinces • .into cbniirie rcial vegetable. 'production., canneries:.hair ing _been,,esfablished at,LEdmonton.., and Medicine Hat 1.n4dberta;, gely co 069; celery, $48¢,305; onions,, $548,521;, potatoes,, .$799,039, and tomatoes, $1,- 550,102, • These -imports are all -from the United States, with' .tlie exception, of onions, which come also. from Aug, tralia;. Bermuda, ,Egypt, Japan and Spain. "The canning, of :vegetablesin Can- ada is Making great progress: both: for domestic consuniption and to send abroad;, .and. exports • are • steadily in • creasing, :.In the twelve::months 'ended July .last 15,478,035 pounds, of canned: vegetables, worth $1,099,042, were ez- ported, as compared 'with 10,656,990' • pounds; Worth $769,254, in the previous; corresponding period. I-loyzever, the import of canned vegetables is at the' ' same • time • increasing, figures ,•. for the 'same. period. showing 16;308,847 pounds, worth $1,456,166, enteriug ,the Country, against: 15,337,774 pounds, worth: $1,319,758; the year '.before. • Many eV these„ for• instance tomatoes,. ' peas and corn,_ could be' produced egpall,r well' in Canada. "It has been'pointed out by aufhgri ties that •an expansion of the' vege- table -growing•^ industry on the• Pacific Coast . of British Columbia, which_, can successfully produce the year round, could eliminate the necessity: of a good deal of ,importing by other parts of . Canada. Experiments have . been. made in . shipping green ' vegetable's from Vancouver to points, as far east. :T .asorohto and Montreal, though their effect• has,. net: been noticed...in: import trade figures• 'Arrangements •are an pounced: for 'an •improvement in the. marketing of British Columbia 'apples. from coast "to coast through the estab-. ,lisliment of facilities at all•ghief ectn-, trey, to which supplies will • go daily. Tt would seem as thdagh.. this might, profitably be extended to cover' fresh. 'vegetables.".., • • Chicago is planning's 192 -mile •su.'-- way;"probablyso" there.. will be some 'safe . way: for' a man ,to go ; home; American; Lumberman; • , ''We don't accuse •him• of comineFcialr izing art, but. the other night 'a fornia undretaker . Played , "Waiting for. You" on a.trumpet at a ledgefunctign. -1•:-The 'Thomas E': Plckerill Service. ,+' wn' Hockey in England.': • 'AIR.: ENGLISH GIRL ROOTERS r•, Spectators /- Who .br braved a the •rain tosee readership.: the ieading..Ent;lish slrls' teams play for leadershi :P y P• ed by,producing'acreages' about them, and'the•flrst tomatoes, beans and other vegetables are:: 'processed. there ,being P, • this • Fall: • • "White 'the greeter. part of Canadian vegetable roduct on; is 'either P i e con' • sumed: fresh or canned locally, there Wild lupin „takes the. road :and 'turns -.• is' a substantial ptra • it bine; ' ,exportde• carried 1 n fresh •vegetables: Potatoes, . of Cassiope, bells .renew • their , Purple =course` constitutescr ee the most important screed. d.. . tem,. the Maritime Provinces product Indian pipes, perform 'a translucent �': being widely and,, favorably.known and, white, i British' , . •.. Dimming • ish Columb:steadily, a extending to,.dove, and ebony, as. they its ' reputation in. the same regard. in the lasta fiscal year' Canada export- ed • 7 44 960 b • ,7, ushels of •potatoes, worth$7,338,906,,as com ared with • 88,316,080 bushels, 'worth "$9,7t7,425, in the previous year, The United States • is the big market .for this product, taking nearl • 65 per cent,. of the total , ... followed by Cuba, also a tong estab lish'ed' ,market, • where nearly 30 per cont. •of the exports' go. Other,'1n portant potato markets are`Newfoiind- land;•,>'anialda, British' Guiana 'end Ber- mtida.. ' "Of late years the Dominion has developed a profitable market for, her. onions, principally With New 'Zealand • and the':' United •States'. .Last'.year She 059, as•eomparedped OWith 84;390 orth -els, s btCshels, BrltlslYi tb Build . . worth' $125,430, in' the previous year, the decline being due to a'faili'ng ori,• A 'Skyscraper In the New "eaiand demand,' In . shite• of -the -smaller acreage, this year sht'p ments'•are expected to egttal. those or las•t�,year.,.;'the- ,Dominion. also=-has-.ait- 'lliicreagfiig•export of ttirnipa, last year, a: height of, approxlmately 217 feet,•.or 2,630 953' lookers, worth $ 703,518,. be about a thirty of the. W imar.9xth�l3.uiid ,+ ink sbipised ,to the''Ilillt611 ';'States, 'ing's.hefght.• • a:hich cot nary also took 53;225 tons Fi iii• :aril g' the •public for. the i:i • Of sit it beettt ye t1 32 , ,;., „ ` .:.•.-,.< $.fi..,3 �2.$�. ' „itevatiati< �.:Ii: tEfsli-•�rrli#t'e�tYiat'"n-• "Despite- this 'voluntinous -prootic. gineers ` 1tave receded „from their HMI and export,. Canada, is im,tailti ig. terrier contention thut''only' in Man- tneslr vegetable; cry ,Heavily Kznt1 •to• .hiattttn ,acre . such ,atruutures justifi- • an 'increasing .extent, The value ' of , able.. They Bovie say that modern' act such imports In the . twelve menthe'', entitle. treatment 'of structural prob- •ended :With July was $6,262,334, • as leets has .made tali, :buildings•...practic"� .aple;. and. the Manchester undertaking is further, justified by the statement's that not only are the_city's•:territoriai• limitations :a teeter brit riding g rents 'Old-Fashi' aped Miniatures •. •. Down n' where R e e the, ' fetus wave Bins x andRmosses glow, '. Pink 1 i adyslippers walk the ..ever - Toadstools;, stir ,their • bowls with a coppery light; • The Nightshade draws a dusky'lilac shade: :.• , A tiny bloom puts• on her diadem A` coronet Of bids on a coral stem. The .bobbing; globes •are 'grained in ivory.='e a '- And 'soon they peer , abut with a • jailegrsen eye, She tidily her head to the perennial This two-inch, :three -eyed q'ueen,. Pipsissewa ••Alfred Kreymborg, in "The Lost Sail,' A Cape Cod 'Diary!: Great BriHfi's first 's1kyseratieir is to Occupy a site in: li,lanchester, It Is 'tb be tse'�Velifeen stories "high; "having 'compared with 35,"535,307 the year be- fore; .'For the mach part 4hese come` ,,prise vegetables' which the Dominion 'fa capable of producing herself, induct., iiig cabb ig'c i to"the extent of $305,• make it necessary, : `' ti bei • • , -.-.By Q...acobsson THE WOrlAct • flEve.t1, ttuED THAT •,CouL.D. MAKE tlE. PP ' Potting Freesias .. _ Freesias may.' be had in bl'oorn for• • late, winter f: the bulbs •are; trotted now. ..Pot •up :about, slit bulbs in a five•inch pot..Egual Portions,t►f loam, leafmold and well'rotted'manure make an 'ideal 'potting soli for this: built.. After planting, water the soil then: oitghly and°place the pot in the cellar 'or ether -dark place until top growth stats. The idea in putting •the pot away from sued�,ght is to. ;induce as much• root growfiL a ssibie before the top 'starts action ...hen the, foil, HER"PLAY WAS RAIDED age is about an inch above the ground, Mae' West,, author -of '.'Pleasure Man ,,, the pot should be'brought to the win- was: arrested in New York with • en• 'tow -garden, first giving subdued light ,' tire cast, for producing it ' She was and after full'sun, Additional plant - in that sort of trpuble before fees may be Lnade any time between; • , :_ Aught'October to provide a suo-.; ' ' • cession of bloom. aggregatingThee-=of the. men, • `Constable....(}'., J. -M; r Cnrlelgh, I� •should be.�rmemberea i�grow=., . • � Ing •the, freesia indoors that fl cannot patrolled to Capri' ,Mercy "and remain stand hen ,' forcing before • , ett ,there for- some tome•.hunting; ; He, t. the, buds :• also made a journey' with one Eskimo. 'apFear"' temperature of 00'.tlegreea companion along the. ' southeastern during the day and'fives.or 10 degrees • less at night is ample: heat until• the coast to 'Cornell Grinnell Bay., A buds ' tart. to show, .' After that time,, shortage• of dog feed and frequently if , the, plant's,, gr. owtli indicates. that' severe' storms. made this trip; a trying it will nAt be in•.bloom' when,it is de- one. The art • p y .was .asbent forty five, ,days and covered '640 miles. •`•The detachment at; Lake • Harbor on the southern coast' of Baffin•, Is- land :was established during the Win- ter of 1927-28 .'' by Sergeant Wight, With, Constabl0 P, Dersch. The .buildings were ' begun :: while the, Beothic • was le the harbor on last Summer's . patrol. After :she left, the rain was incessant and it was six weeks before' tbe, policemoa_couldgo on. with the .work. ` els all,'the doge' had : died in an' epidemic, o'ompara- tively. little patrol 'work was done: The total mileage -'was about : 600. A, P. t or - • • in ; 'the ala:rm�of:.hi's:. Fsl[iiknos;...:.uteln- � •. t. Burwell at ,the:. e ' r g. , prosperous, with plenty ot,ft:IOC . the nt,ance Arctic: Policemen • 1to Hudsonaged-to through .was Inthis Strait- on• .the: 'mainland, reit itous foot of the glacier and the : i•Corporal"11.a,G. Nichol • � � �' • p P g , rgion the caribou were quite numerous,, . .., ,, , a and Constable �'atro! 7 500 11lhle�'' .,.i . .. cirri tivhich constitutes . th o' osite.' an S•' R. Mouta e: were' sa o • f • :. ,, . e pp , d v oh es were scarce, The: journey. � ti ped. All ' • aide • of the 'valley. . The. Space. "was as mark of khe ;native- famllle aloe ,Was ed by. a . five day blizzard, s g Ungava. Ba•' w r ae .b" el ° wide a ou �h for "theme t • ass :Y e visit • . r �n b oar and the Weather •' � ed ,ane'' -:.their' heal •Ca ada s , M pled:- Force;• onas so cold -that thehealth blocks of: •ice fell from time to, time • coal-oil,was' reported. as .sears tion 1 carried' for' incl, froze 'and P a ly • good; Nor•"tie ern:,''Islands' Brave': '• • •� l d' 600. yards of :the trail' was': ver had tdbe 'thaws o' � n "The • Pollee received` itis .Y .d tont b5 alive All •.. trttt`r lions from - ' Blizzards and Foe s• an r � ' Themen 'Worked rom : a n $', d age ou , o ked so' hard lamps before., „it nuns "used. Con table. Ottawa bey radio •and: re- ... I. that, though the temperature• was 30 Mar et 's'•' a rol' o :Home Bay ''' caption varied • •constderabl t ., g t. P t t .., a mat Y A CENSUS .OF ESKIMOS :- ilegrces. elow,.zero, they were bathed ter' of fifty-one days. between April.12 Bast=e Peninsula, within 700::miles: of in: perspiration. :'From .'the Western and ;'May 31, accounted' for; 945. miles. the .Noirth :Pole, it :'was •fair; .at -Dun:. e Coast' the party visited Axel ',Heiberg In` this area, too, the natives: were; -des IIarbor' ;and Pond' Inlet It was Iatand, ; crossed' Norwegian Bay' to prosperous. ''' good. 'and at, Pangnirtung. it wast on O Miles.ne nem '11 orte avelDa SO. ".' sham ' and Buckie ham . Islands tb lio " y Y .� G, a n g K either tt es unfavorable for. long , .e 11, le poor. .' With 'Only a 'Native. ;SS • skirted':: North. Kent Island, and spent L • ' some time in 'the . Bjorne. Peninsula ornpaiiion :. on the "return • louney to the coast. ::Notwithstanding , severe weather In the last-named-•locality'at,•' a• point conditions—blizzard; .fog ;treat' ani: about. 200 feet,above ,sea level several.. rain -detachments of the, Royal Cana-: outcroppings of soft; coal 'were found. dian Mounted, Police .,Stationed at Constable' Makinson made some in- posts on the - `islands and mainland :in teresting geographical disc,ave;ies, dur- ing a patrol'from the. Bache' Peninusla the • Eastern. Arctic stab district car- riod out more, than. 7,500 miles: of Coast• to the East ,Coast of . Ellesmere patrol Zovering, the ,less ..fr'equentiy Island:';to' Craig Harbor on the South- Visited parts of Ellesmere; 'Devon and ern: Coast and wes• tward'; to Starnes Baffin, and includingAlez;' Heiberg,' Fiord. He 'was' accomp•anied by one Graham,'Buckinglia and North' Tient Eskimo and in• addition to' visiting an Islands., i ' ! ` ;.' unmapped island •east .of Cape.' Dun � A number of important geographical sterville, on which he noticed remains.,. dist°overies Were ' made. during these' rof native :gloss, he found and ex long •patrols, a census` of life. Eskimos Wore& a large fiord north of Clarence in 'the areas visited was'taken, ..games' Head. "Travelers :aid medical usually cut across on' the Conditions -were -noted, and, other assistance was provided ice, but••,Constab'e, Makinson follow - and. the shore. and discovered first a wlien necessary. ,Reports •,from the large.bay.ruiining southwest,'and'their •vario'ua detacnmenta were received a od two :miles wide. ;An island in• at the police 'headquarters in _Ottawa by the patrol; shipBoethic whe Helie the middle of 'the ba3`. made the fiord difficult to notice :from seaward,. He' also; explored some' fifty miles ' up : the' fiord :and its branches. *The. party was absent from •the• coast for forty days •and covered 700: miles,' • THIS A Cli bs Frozen Waterfall IRSHIP PROPELLED BY COMPRESSED,AIR A ne e• type R e` ..' ,y P at the International Ai .. ' Pond•. Inlet, at,the.�lortlfern,� r. Exhibition in Berlin. A. end of'' Baffin •I'sland ,'Ins ector C: E. revolving.pcopener. is.:fitted. into its,nose.:: Wilcox 'made' a Patrol of .900. miles to Fpatrols' on Devon. ' I ' Fury. end Eisele Strait; Constable• S. eland in the.'viein= rY , H, G. Margetts aggregated nearly. 1,300. ity,:of. Dundas Harbor.: However, two miles'. during three patrols to Milne extended, patrols were. made;, one across the island . , Inlet, Arctic Sound,. and .Home Bayt e sla d to•$etcher Point and res ectivei: and''Constance nstance Cox• trade the: other westward' to a :lace. called P Y.o place . some shorter patrols'to, the height of Cuming , Creek •and inland : up the gorge of this `watercourse: Patrolledb Db Team •' Y !1, "From ' Pangnirtting,• the post' ,.on Cumberland "Gulf, . Baffin, Island,, Sergeant O. G. Petty patrolled"' the returned•�from'-her annualtrip.to these regsons recently. • ' `At Bachefarthest-north Peninsula on Diles,mere Island, the farthest north post, Con-•. stables E.• Anstead,' G. 'T', , Ma inson and n. n. Garnett spent an adventur- ous year;'• says the Canadian, interior. Department, in telling of the'vicisai tudes of, this northern service. "In March, 1928, an'' attempt was' made to enter the interior ' of the. northern end of the island by Sawyer Bay and Cannon Fiord to Lake Hazen, but it, was checked .by the dangerous "condition of'. a glacier wiiloh barred the ways ,, Glacier Blocking' Pass' "On March 22, Constable- Anstead left with two'Esklmos, on a patrol to the West' Coast which • lasted until April 30, ;and accounted for some 850 April miles,, The pass.from Flagler; Fiord to. Gretha Bay Fiord, on the West Coast, is being slowly• blocked, by .a' glacier and Constable •'Anstead, defy= • :A .p4ry Blimp sired, a' day, temperature, of 55' degrees. ,will hasten that event. A weekly ap- plication; of liquid manure will have a beneficial influence on the, texture and the size 'of the blossoms. Until a few•: yea's ago the choice of colors 'in this flower was -Iiinited. to white, but, with the advent of the. Rainbow Hybrids, 'came other shades. In lavenders Fischer's Splendens probably ; •the . best to este. This variety -produces- a . very large number of flowers, of a. deep lavender, color on, ling, stiff stems.. Other' lavenders in elude Carrie Auden,- lavender pink; General Pershing; Iavendei<, pink; Ilene, -rosy lavender,wit o h white throat and; orange blotch. •on'lower ' Petals. pe. Other attractive colored varieties' are California,' olden g yellow; June.: Mich, .elsen,' deep rose ink' with i P d ght � pink throat; .Mendota; large flowered •.: yell low; .Mrs. "Marc Peters, bright `salmo g a: with lower 'petals blotched orange;.: • and. Olivette, ' brlgh� red.:.with=yellow—" threat, • TEN CENTS TO SPEND 'Ma• tilda, .with ten cents f to ,.spend And., ,the whole enticing•.: outdoor mar- •; *et spread beivre her! Sieriousiy,.'.. she 'has no ;need. of fruits,"alders, or~ Vegetables; bet,. even a tiny. purchase. would b all exct:se to`joi:athe throng of --laden. housewives .1What shoald she buy :with her' ten conts� Y 'There . was a: small' box of. strawberries; neatly packed, ,reddest •' sides' uppermost,', just ;•as they°had groin in the sunshine. In' her.'imag"- ination she could ,se them, growing Little•Tapanese. men and•women, 1st.: faded blue, smocks stooping over the: hot sun, patiently filling; fnnu merable boxes with the. • daddy fruit - A gentle breeze carrying 'flit delicate fragrance, 'of •'ripening, berries• out upon ,: the high way: 'Ah, yes, 'that box •of strawberries .vas Worth' ten cental ••.• But, then there _were these• heaps 'of.: grapes.. at `•the• next stand Golden green; velvet blue, : and bronze -red' 'Matilda gazed at them appraisingly - What ;••a subject.; •'for; a water -color`„ • sketch: The gayly striped umbrella, the• passive Chinaman, who scarcely smiled at tier naive enthiislasmi T n ' cents' to' spend'..Wh n Y, nen cents w�,,• , a�fortune when one could.bu.y such••a acture: She �o"1 ° w ud tie r P esu a it In memory,' and one day - she would try to'reprgduce: it 'on •;paper:'' Yet the mere thought of ',attempting that seemed Presumptuous. . "' flow ' could 'she ever ' catch the love - on•• each '. S always. love ly •grape globe? com e ,e ' At the nextbooth mounds- ' Back ' ` .' ounds of reg : to so and Of dark - .water' tin .the .stables! ... lt2atilda marveled the Core; t vee - e.tables . could be , so decorative.` Her : Back to the; tide's slow and untlrin • g ten cents truly. had .come into its ' ". drum v' own. She ;could: :nava.' 'i had A ainst• the ears; n twp g this OL IT. do I lOYB.' ' .bunches ;of `those carefully scrubbed':;._ '• The' sound of waves tigainat a foam y carrotg, ;every whit as gay ,as ,golden ing, bluff, - • •• . ., t. ;- • ,glow , elle ;could have. a: glorious tint‘;- . The sound of a rising, .Rind ,on • a:Cabbage, . " ' ' ° • ' lei • • night P ' vy. ng ln. • .richness of ig t of stare,' ..• . t color and in. Petaled. • patten with the 'After• all,• this `only is • enough aste'r's of an adjoiningstall:• 'What To claim_ . the heart,. this and, the pearl could compare:witbi these.daim ploughing spars m • ty white, onions; wrapped in layers • Of many !;bins sailing fore fabulous of silkiest parchment? 'Or that. egg- ' plant! What a polish! Matilda gaz- Of •ma -t; •ships bound for thea: wind's. ; lot.d • order, ed pied tatively at the exotic -looking.. ' (.vegetable: If only, she were ,a' pot 'nailing 'beyond: the cool kind wash of tet" Perhaps one day, gibe' • • taenld the sands- I: try .to;mold a ettrously shaped bowl; .Into, the loud ',dark laughter of the writ a shiny surface of an edd hue, :thunder,. Harold 'Vint. , land between Eclipse Sound and Foxe Basin, The most important trip was Inspector Wilcox's patrol to Fury and. Hecla, Strait, - this: taking him to.; the northern• end . of. Foxe, Basin and to` Melville Peninsula. He traveled across gulf` and .visited native cam s on the e the interior' of the northwestern part east Coast• of the:' island, The Win; of •Baffin Island traversing. 'numero s ter' ea 'Unfavorablear ., 1. ' . , g u for traveling one lakes and ` on: one occasion i climbing ing Eo conditions of weather aitd"ice, frozen waterfall, ,About!.150 Eskimos neverthele s the esti` ,• ,, s t re district was Were Visited,- and they were generally patroled by.dog .team, the •distance. 41'4. Getting Ready to Fire •Up • z THE VILLAGE POTTER Pott r is a .r... i' . • e ,y ural ndustry in England and tValesPand man user 1 articled' 9 . u a cies etre i�roduced, n8` piaced in the Yiln tor' baking.: n . The dried pots h'0 " Sua;tmary Thought g leave. ve 'the seaI between a purple and a plum. • • She lutist hurry on. There was that flower booth nt the far : end of 'the market. With her. ,ten , cents still' a cinched tiglitty in he.r. hand; Matilda • hurried past' the stands : that' inter- vened... Past a •beivilder>tr array of, . '.;,' allurements• -••-peaches, '• painted with'' the tints of sunrise!; plume, tantaliz • ing With their glaucous bloom; fresh ` lige dripping. - honey,. luscious pears." She Passed ail thiis prodigality quick. xyy .bat. .not.:, too quickly, .either, to • ste•ein;ungrxfeftrl for all its"'1oveli iese,. ' In the ;end she carried a laY; as alia a hadlruov'n all along. ttiat site would, • :do, ono single shaggy dahlia, whtohr 8hnx•c11•tis[iwueti "Hall% 4I✓letitfig r• . ,`Whet werethtt" �anmert`1i71 scream ' about at your -table?"' Wheeler: "That •contortioniat:. Is learning the: game, and .arhen,,,,se'mebody .strsld ";hint: to 'double and :redouble' lie- tobk it lit • - erally!" , Wife,- Fiserv., I'm going, to •give affil blind man a .penny'. lie said, " Spart 'Gabby Girth:. w, a *copper, Pretty,,tad''?" .11enryao lf,yell Wear Yell it (106'0; platter on,• then; hos blind alt tight.—Tii• :What y'pu Wear well;' Bite, •