HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1941-04-03, Page 5Canada's Honey
Output Fourth,
.International Review of Aa •
-
rlculture Says •Russia :First,
• U.S. Second; in • Number of
Bee :Co1onies'
The latest • available • figures
dealing with' the'. comparative
'rank of the .nations in honey -pro-.
duction are given by the I•nter
national Review • of Agriculture.
In . number of ';colonies of bees
Russia ranks first witli the Unit-
ed- States ' .of America second..
Next . comes Germany followed
by-.J'rance, Mexics; and- Turkey.
LARGE • VOLUME: PRODUCED
,HERE .
It ' is -shown that in nearly all
: .., countries' there=.. has been .:a__great.
expansion in honey production
during the past ten years: In .'
-_C,errnany from -1935- -to-1-90;41e--
increase is; estimated at .81 per
' Cent. The uniformity of the in-,
crease as well asits extent is the
subject of eminent °•because, of.
• the fact :that economic conditions
have varied • so greatly in the dif-
,r`ferent countries. caitada stands
out as among 'the' ost efficient
,in' management according to . the
Revie'w.'• Although ranking only
sixteenth. 4n• n.uinber of colonies
of bees• it ranks fourth in volume'• '`
...,....., . _,• • -of-- 'ho . --� rodticedz•,..,e1V�-til o•=has-,:
`f
nearly one -h 1
a f as 'many colonies
• ' • of bees' as the, United ' States.'
• The -island of • Cuba is by fair
;the largest 'exporter .of -.-honey;,
:followed by Chile. • Mexico and,
Canada ' .export' in aboutequal
quantity, while: Guatemala with
its -comparatively small` . area ex-
perts about as inueh'honey as' the"!
United •States. • '.A.
•
s.
The Proud .I -horseman
Dan...
Dailey,jr.r
became
est resident of Hollywood when he
acquired the ownership ' of Ids:
Stylish Rex, whom • he is
training for show purposes. Dailey ,
spends every spare moment away
from;. the studios -riding -and -train•
big the animal.
Flax
Growuig•
Increase Urged
,Advantageous: _Position_ _ O.f.
Canadian Product .Noted
For Export Purposes •
The national flaxseed commit
'tee has a cpressed the: belief that'
r a small increase in Canadian flax
production "would be in the na-
tional' interest." . • •
In a report issued following, a,
meeting' in' Winnipeg,` the 'com-
mittee said it is informed' that
"an ' increase • in domestic con-
sumption 'of flaxseed' may be ex-
pect'ed in 1941, and that possibili-
ties exist for a small increase in
export demand."
MORE DEMAND , SEEN
, "It would be in .the national
interest if the 1941 crop we're in -
,creased slightly over the 8,750.;
.000 bushels produced in 1940
when , •conditions ' favored high
'yields . to. an unusual degree,"
said the statement.
The committee .report stressed
that . 'Western Canadian. 'flaxseed
is superior in quality, .articular-\
ly ' with • respect to the 'drying
properties of the, 'oil, to that
grown in . the United •' States or
Argentine. ; , ••
"Canadian flaxseed can' be'
moved' cheaply to such point's as
Cleveland ' and; Buffalo," • -' "
Balloon Broadcast
An arrangement making it Pos-
sible for data •registered ' in the
air to be used almost, at once en"
�, the . ground will shortly 1 be lin
• ]Force at a new stratospheric sta-
tion ° to be opened !tt Payerne,
Switzerland. • Balloons will' be -"‘i
fitted with automatic ,short-wave
transmitters , to send out data 1
re stored inst�vnaents: '.
•
Saving Ontar 'S
Natural
Resources .
G. C,'Toner
Ontario ; Federation of Anglers
• • and Hunters
(No. 36•)..
jFISH,. GAME LAWS
Last week 1 mentioned that
there had been other government
.bodies ' concerned with our fish
and' ' game before • our '-present
.Game and., Fisheries `'Department
was .instituted. in 198'5 but even
before, there were any.. regui'atory.'
or
..administrative bodies • there
were, game laws enacted by the
Legislature; ' I mentioned; the
earliest of .- these last. week, the
In 1889 another'Act was pas
sed which was •, even, More con-
prehensive'for it provided that no.•
person' "shall' hunt or shoot, or go
out' with a„gain',in. quest of any •
deer or other wild animal or' wild
fowl” on the Lord's Day (common-
.ly. • called Sunday) within this
Province." - . The ' season for deer
was:: changed' to open August let
and close February 1st.. "Wild
turkey, prairie ` hen or ' grouse;
:.com>Y►9 caUesi _r ease tz or
partridge ; or any quail.. or wood
cock," could • legally be taken
from ..Sepiember.-.1st to' March.l:st.-- .
asd-•-eleaed ,seasons '
When 'the Statutes of Upper'
Canada ' were .consolidated in
1859 there were . few changes.
The duck se?son extendedi from .;
August '1st to April' 15th, eight •
and one , half months of shooting.
which should have satisfied .most
people. Even at that time they
bad trouble with wolves and. the
Act mentions' a . 'bo'unty of -six • .
dollars. ,. '
In 1868, the • Province of On,
tario revised the •game'. Paws, cut-
ting down the . open season to
more reasonable length but. even.
this did' not prevent .• depletion. By
1890, the anxiety among thinking,
people : culminated'. in ' the.; appoint
nient of a • Commission to; investi-
gate '.conditions : and: submit re-
commendations.
One -.can find in. libraries the
old • leather bound volume that
contains the ,report ' of the; Com-
mission of 1890. ' It is well worth
reading;:. particularly for the pie
`cure it gives °of' conditions.., fifty
years -ago. 'It was .a sweeping
and outspoken indictment of ' the'
various abuses that hampered the
conservation of our, game • • and
fish. It. 'had considerable effect
for' shortly afterwards the Legis-
lature set•, up. a.Board : of . Fish
.-and Game • •Commissioners under'
the ' nominal `Jurisdiction of, .the.
Commissioner of Crown • Lands.
Thin Commission 'administered the.
wild life for' nearly fourteen
years when it was dissolved and .I
the 1iresent Department --of- Game •
mid Fisheries s ryas' set•,u i '
its
p
n
.lace:. •
F
Willows Have
Turkish= -Origin
Britain and \ America have a
very -.strong bond with Turkey.,
for every weeping :willow gracing
our river ban owes. its origin to. _
a single cutting brought• from
that country. This is how it hap-
pened. At the beginning of the .
18th`"century a large' basket of •
figs was sent from :Smyrna to
Lady •Suffolk :in ;England. The
poet Pope was' there ' when the
gift arrived, se drawing '. one of
' the withes from 'Whith'• the basket
was made, he remarked: "Per-.
: ' haps this will produce'' something',
we have not • in England." ' He
took• it ' with him to his villa at
Twickenham' and planted it by the
Thames; where it grew into a
magnificent weeping', willow. • It
was ; generally • admired 'and• cut-
tings were taken to all parts of
England. Years later, a British
officer leaving. for this continent
cut a twig'from Pope's willow,
wrapped it in 'oiled silk and car-
ried it ,in his baggage throughout
the, ,Revolution. 'After the war
he presented.' it to John,Curtis,.
sou of: Martha Washington, who
'planted it \' in Virginia where it
became the, ancestor of all. weep-
ing willows in the States.
Visible Smells
Neither gold nor platinum has
any • odour •wich can be recog-'
nised by• the knanan .nose, but,
most of'thea eoinnioner metals.
can easily be recognised by, the
sense, of smell. Tin, for instance,
when freshly cut, has' a strong
and unmistakable odour- • Of the
rarer metals, uranium and nits
conipoundts give out the strong-
- eat smell. Uranium. is one of the •
radio -active metals and constant-;
ly throws off extremely small
particles. '
Long aga•.J'. J. Ph,oinsoii show-
ed that , these particles • )roduce.
shadows on a photographic 1iIm
and can be deflected • by .a niag-
net, Though infinitesimal in. 'site;
they can elfe t our oifactor•y or -
8'i by &tang
•
Some. -Do, • Soill1e ,'bon;' --Science :Seeks Answer
• - • Workin hand in. hand with:. the • fighting forces 'of Canada and of the rest of the .Em�• ire re the• i -
- tists of ,the.. National. 'Research Council of Ot w t p a sc en
ta. a, Already,. they have' made, 'numerous highly important con-
tributions • to •the War.' effort, both. in the industrial field. and in the armed forces..', In thisphoto one of the
�reseageii 4gn ke�roAtt�allOwn-:as siib;'.eets.,,steel..helmet
• he s- to specie}._tests �Arie-=haste=been• �pene�trated--;by--s^•
.-bullet and ;the 'other has resisted 'it.' The scientist is trying to,, find out why. ,
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R. PROMISE • ;.
� AID
IF TURKEY IS ATTACKED.
• `Last. tveek as` spring loped -id the
door on what might Well be •the
decisive • phase 'Of the 'conflict be-
• tweet. Britailn.:and` Germany, the
Battle of ;Britaih--out of which has,•
grown: the Battle • of the Atlantic -
Was still the main .engagerueiit.of
the war..But events in the Medi-
terranean basin were. .receiving
much:more•btthe world's, attention.
:There; . the British'conquest of'•1t-
• aly's African Empire; all but dam-
plete, 'was beginning' :to' be chal-
lenged by. large force's •of German
mechanized: troops in western L.ib-
ya;'. and the •Battie of the. Balkans.
visas fagt, apprgaehing the. "shoat
Ing stage.
• Yugoslav: Crisis. • .
The capitulation to' the Axis of
Yugoslavia's. head men precipitat-
ed a ,nilmber of 'new .crises: in .
Yugoslavia- itself,. where- opon
volt. and civil ,War threatened; in
Greece, where • the Allied -Greek
militaryeomnsand -had. -swiftly to
revise �theii- plan of defence to em
embrace a much wider front; in
Turkey, where the.country's lead:
ors saw her independence menaced
from yet 'another angle;' and in
Russia, ,where. Getman penetration
of the, Balkans had'long been view-
ed. with growing anxiety.;
Russia Assures Neutrality
'The Soviet reacted to,this
situation by,rebffirming friendship;
W1I , Turkey and assuring Russian
neutrality •should Turkey resist a
German attack on • herself, The
agreenient' did, not promise neutral-
. ity if Turkey should strike at 'Ger--
many in 'the ,event of a, Nazi move,.
against !Greece, 'On the' contrary it
stated''; that "in the event that Tur-
key, should be the object of aggres-.;
sign' and` she found herself 'obliged
la enter war for the defence of,•her '
territory, Turkey could then, in
conformitywith the non -aggression
pact . existing between herself and.
the. "cr.. S. S:.R;,v rely on the full',
coxppreliension and neutrality • of
the U. S. S. R." .
This u a sensational hews. The
•entering in.to'of-this pact. with Tur-
key • constituted the first concrete
step^the S;oviet•Union had taken to •
influence the course of the war
since the German Russian. agree-.
MentoS , August;. 1939: This •latest
• act barred further; Nazi' penetra:
tion southeast, 'along the; U. S. S..
Wi weetern borders,---(W-a
iso--rovesi -
• reliably confirmed that. Russia, had
halted shipment of all supplies •01
oil, to Germany, since March 1).
Bad For .Germany
Writing on the significance' of
the new Soviet assurance to Turkey
,Canadian military analyst W. R.
•Plewman' said: "The dispatches
' suggest that Russia will give'ma-
terial help to Turkey much as the
U. S. is giving material help to •
Britain. Some war '5uppiien -prole=
Guests in Wartime Britain Come and ' Bring Their ' Own
• .Hostesses in wartime •Britain heed no -longer worry about their
friends' food fads. Whhen, week -end guests arrive; they. frequently 'bring
their rations along'with them. •
ably' are moving from Russia. to
Turkey, and it,,'wou1dbe')ogical for.
, the ,movement.to develop 'gradually
to a large. scale..: Russia is mov-
}ng'lier• troops and, warships 'west -
.,ward :as quietly as possible, but
perhaps with little idea of offens-
ive action ... It. remains 'to be seen
whether Stalin will ineglect,lus-op-
portunities until Hitler' is ready to
s..trike..;Hismilitery:advisers. should. '.
tell: him the truth that until Ger- •
.any has • fought it out. with Britain:1
Hitler won't have sufficient gaso
line .and grease .,to' permit large
mechanized' forces to drive Ear into
E,iissia and that Hitler really- is •
staging a gigantic bluff to . keep
Russia quiet.' The Russian armies
possess a vast nu'-••»rical superior-
ity over: the German armies and it
is impossible for the German forces
to, guard. every vital point that ,the.
'Russians 'could' menace. The .Sov-
iet- air force .:could work 'havoc . to
Germancities; '',Russian cities are
so .'remote they would ire 'eompar-•
htively free from; :attaelt: Were Rus-
sia 'to make. • co.mmon cause with
the Greek, . British and . Tui'ksh
armies, . the •defeat of -Germany
within 'a year Would be . a near ,
certainty."
•. Whatever purposes„ were behind
the 'Soviet 'pledge of aid • to • Tur-
key, they portended 111 for Nazi:
Germany_ 1 ven the .It -S. -Stats .1r2./e.--
,
L)e.-
, partmen•t• heartily- appiamied Bus--.
.sia's attitude.
"Bridge, of Skips"
President, ',Roosevelt's'. biggest
headache, ;gnce••the first financial
13ropiiations- -under" ther lease,- 4
Lend Bili had . been approved by
the `Senate, appeared last week to
be: how the U. S. was to assure
delivery of American aid to Bri-
tain. Everything obviously •depend-
ed'" • upon, maintenance of - -the•
"bridge of ships" .across - the At- '
'antic. (Hearteningly enough last's
- week's British shipping losses were
away down). A move to lend more'
destroyers to'Britain was expected
hour1Y;` and -large-scale lrlanfs were'
being .laid for the repair of. Bri=
tain's -naval and'nierchant shipping
in 'United .'States .yards. `Ude of
'American' warships in, British' con
voys was contemplated,, but not
planned until a inere' critical stage-
, of U. ,S. -German relations ''sh'ould
be. reached. '
Very encouraging news' ,for •Bri-
tain.' came out of the U. S. last
week with the 'report, reliably eon:
firmed, ,that. 15,000 bomber and
fighter planes would be ready to go ,
across the ocean to join the war
by. July:' • By the end of .1941., • it
was said, American production
would ,bring Britain's air fighting
strength up level with' Germany's..
Japan Reconnoitres
Japanese. .Foreign Minister Mat-
suoka's'sojoui'ns in .M,oscoow, Rome, •
Berlin,' were 'Mat week .not yet corn
l ',fete. His '•parleys with the Ails
chiefs were the subject of mucic
speculation -since no information
al►out • thean was forthcoMing
but ' it was generally thought that
Mr. Matsuoka, had come' to Europe
to see • for himself ;whether the
Axis partners were in positionto
•
"What part of my bill makes you sick ... the part •you ' paid or ,
the balance?" . ,
Make good their claim that' they.
can nullify American aid 'for Bri-
tain
ri
tain and knoclk the latter out. His -
;findings would • 'without doubt
strongly `luence the decided of`
his• government as'to .whether' Ja-
pa'n is to weave a tortuous course
of non -belligerency or throw : can-
tion to• the_. winds, and join in the
attack on the Anglo -Allies. One of
Japan's greatest fears of. course
that Soviet Russia might attack .,
her in the north (by air, sea and
.land) when she's .busy in the south,,
and what the Japanese government.
desires perhaps above all else at
.'the moment is p 'Russo-Japanese
,non -aggression pact.
$2;600,000;000' This'` Year. , .
Canada.. will spend • $2,6.00,000,1► 0
over the'..next twelve months on.•
her own war effort and financial
to Britain -$850:000,000 more
than' was estimated tate in., Feh-''
ru'ary-Premier Sing told•.•1{aiilia=
went last week. The Prime 112Itir°'
.-.._iater_d_e_clare& tha.:t this sum, to ,be,
spent .in ar mighty drive df �uien,,
money and materials; represented •
44 per cent of the whole national
income' of Canada.
On. a comparative .'basis, the'
premier• estimated, • this 'financial
assistance to' Britain for Canadian'.•
puchases would' equal .an• expendi
•titre .•of $15 billions' by'the United
States -more than twice. the Wash-
ington . appropriation for .lend-lease
purposes.
..l1ii•:gq F.>:?Jx►_i .��i...g,� Fin-.�r
ante Minister Rsley, announced'
federal taxes of $1;000,000,000 for.
'the fiscal .year beginning' April -.1 •
which represented;, .an additional.
$100,400,669'• . in :Ir venue to - e'-
. sought from Canadians by the Do-
minion government next year. A
billion dollars, he .said; would have
to b:e borrowed next year to. cover•
direct war 'outlay anad non -war ex-
penditures including financing of
the new federal w.h.eat_golicy.. •
Unpopular Wheat Policy
W_estern_meni.bers_ of . the Horse
of Conations' last week were :urg-
ing that .they .be given an:op'Portun-'
ity to debat.e.ibe .government's new
wheat policy which .provides: a.
limit: of• 230,000,000. bushels .to'
Wheat Board,.purchases• of the 1941
crap;' a dontinuation not the '.pre-
sent 7'bc' a bushel minimum price;.
basing of delivery quotas' 'on 66
per cent oftlie 19'40 wheat acreage
(which means acreage.' reduction);
and payment'•'of bonuses for sum-
merfallozving and, seeding to coarse
grains, • and .grasses. Agriculture
Minister MacMillan of Alberta •had
issued a. statement saying that this
policy? was- "highly, unsatisfaetory-
and inadequate" and that it would
be impossible of acceptance by the
Western wheat farmers 'unless
drastic' modifications were made:
Farmers of the prairie provinces,
•coutended,,,should •be placed 'in
a position of . equality with °other
classes of Canadian citizens, in the,
war -effort ;and.. not ,.forced '-to-.live•
0'n- an - "isicom " en the- ' o''!
poverty."
Pigs are the only farm animals,
which can be fed, on a duet of all
:food• -•waste: _..
"'H. M. PULHAM;. ,ESQUIRE'•
By J. P: Marquand
"H. M. Pulliam, Esquire" 'is the
story 01 a man' whose life le. shap=
ed by his surroundings in a xuould
formed' by home, school,- Society."
•even: iiusiness•influenees of his day.
smooth fitting, • . comfortable,' un -
":breakable (Many men and women
Jive in such monlds-more Wei"
'than not without realizing
it is the unique quality of ,such -
a mould that one is not ;conscious
of its .e$istenee until it-, 'chafes).
Pulham, on the occasion at the
`twenty-fifth reunion 01 his•'eollege:r
class, becomes aware of •what ,he
has been'missing. throughout his
•narrow, •eii•cumacrib'ed;life. He real= .
izes ,kis ideas have not •mov'ed • ctith
-
the. --,he ie'trying•to measure --
today's •pr-oblems with yesterday'.s•
yardstick -but •alas 'it is toe .late
and • too ' comTortab_le 'to' Change."
Men who.read this book wfi find
themselves -stopping : to compare
Harry Fulham's life, with their, own
:And women' will '• find themselves
wandering how • )well • they' ,know
their awn men. .
•"H; M. Pulham,,Eagiiire"' , by
Mafquand .: •. •Tar'onto: •
McClelland and Stewart, Publish '
era . .'$3.00:..''
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.. Ci B17'7C14 41111 -SEH EYNI
Mussolini -ming -mo
Caught a jion by the „toe.
How you'd- love. to •let.himi.`go, •
Teeny weeny ,Benito.! .• .
-Toronto Satu y; Nighi •�
THE GREATEST. FEAR. .
•'The 'biggest drawback ;to farm
organization is.the fear of political.
entangleMents. and the suspicion
that the leaders are; working;'th'eir
way up to a • soft, cushy job."'
-Farmer's Advocate. ' 1
WAR 'STYLES .
Dr. Stapleford, -.:the dire:ctor of
'voluntary' services, says that' the
ire . will come when it will • be
"Patriotie:7 to wear an old snit or
drive an old car.• That's comforting•
for.' all 'the people' who are already •.
()bilged to do 'so•. .'
--Brockville, 'Recorder and -Times
BEST- :ADVICE
• The . Ontario Departments .of
, riculture, • , Education 'and' I abor
• have" collaborated in the ,produc- •
tion of a booklet of "Farm Maxims;
and •Slogans": for• the use or stu-
dents.. registering for farm service,
and probablythe-lsest-adgiee given' •
in .it. 18 this: •" lilever trust 'a butt" .
• -Brockville Recorder and •Times:
- Europe's tallest : struetui"e is
-the- -. Eiffel•
Tower, in -Paris, ---:-
LIFF'S LIKE' THAT.
By Fred • Nether
REG'lr'Al FELLERS
That's .Different
By GENE BYRNES
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IN A STREET
CAR AN' WE ,
FOUND:. A DIME
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