The Brussels Post, 1927-3-2, Page 2THURSDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1027
THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
(By J. 11. Spencer, B.S.A., Director
of Publicity)
The Department of Agriculture is
by far the largest :tublisher in th:e
federal ,service, each year issuing
scares of publications that are eager-
ly ,,ought after by the farmers, gar •
-
deners, said others who are interest-
ed in agriculture, The Department
has been doing this for many years,
recerdiie, tte results of its .dise•ov'•r-
Fns and act;ri'i,• for the guidance
and help of the rural population and
the urban eon.:unttt Almost - eve; y
nlu: ,r of agricultural interest is dealt
with in the publications, witiet ex-,
e,•ed fire hundred distinct books, bul-
letins and pamphlets. The tithes ul'
these are given in the printed lists
which are always aenilabl:, rrntn the:
itieeetur of Publicity of the Depart-
meet
epart-rr nt
The Honorable M1'•. :Ilothett ell,
A, tr :er of Agsimiltiot,, has •tit -
r.. un rd .n hi, latest st 1•eport that
350,000 fanner•,, and eth,,,s ger;,
served by the s Publications Branch. 1
during the year ending last March.
The dietr'bution amounted to about
three and e half trillion copies of •
bulletins. pantphicts and reports. Me.
Motherwell makes it clear that the I
demand for such information as ..he I -
publirations contain is increa:'in5
year by year and was twenty-five
per cent. heavier in the year under
review than in the previous twelve-
months,
The farmers in Canada are happily
situated in not being confronted with
problems that they cannot get help
to solve. From one end of the Do-
minion to the other experimental
farms are operated for the special
purpose of solving farm problems.
In provinces that vary Widely in soil i
and other natural conditions, experi-
mental farms are so placed as to
meet the needs growing out of these
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variations. Nor, is it expected that
all the farmers in the country will
visit these farms to find out what
should be done to improve their
farming practices. finch an expec-
tation
would be unreasonable, and teristics and merits. The Publica-
so, not only the plans of the experi-
mts but also the lessons they teach tions Branch will mail this bulletin
en
are published in the annual reports promptly to any applicant.
of the different farms and stations Alfalfa is a crop of the greatest
for distribution to all who may aslc value in the feeding of live stock
for them. When a line of work is and adds much to the profit of the
advanced far enough to reach defin- dairying industry, yet, for a long
ite eonrlu::ious the information i, time it was found in many parts of
brought out in such readable form as Canada difficult to grow it success -
to be easily followed. fully. But a campaign of instruc-
Perhaps no other country enjoys a tion carried on by the Department
wider range in variety of farrnieg through its publications, and other -
and gardening than C€.nada. In livew'>se, and development esby the Seed
whether it be horse: and cat- Branch and other agencies of an am-
stock,tle, hogs and sheep, poultry, foxes or Pic' supply of hardy and vigorous
AllInalOtt
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ly improved. The results of this
work have been placed at the dis-
posal of the farming community in
reports and bulletins. A bulletin on
the Breeding and Feeding of the
Market Hog contains the results of
many years of investigations, into the
methods of producing pork products
of the highest quality. ,
The regulations governing the
construction, maintenance and oper-
ation of public stock yards in Can-
ada, are enforced by the Live Stock
Branch, which, in this connection,
maintains a bureau on general live -
rabbits, the Department of Agricul- seed, have increased our crop of that stock and meat trade information,
ture is daily giving out in bulletins useful fodder from 238,000 acres in ' and issues through the Publications
and reports information acquired by 1920 to 858,000 acres in 1026. Pam- , Branch, weekly and monthly state-
praeticta methods. 111 the vim• e*nhl • i phlets on the growing of alfalfa may meats on market prices and the live
kingdom w'tether it is grain, fodder he obtained from the Publications'stoek suply and demand.
crony, apples and other fruits, root Branch and also available there are 1 Thousands of people, not only on
and salad crops. or the tobacco that ! tetany reports and bulletins telling of ' farms, but in cities and villages arc
soothes the tired brain, definite an- I other achievements in the way of interested in poultry. The reports
swers to troublesome problems are growing superior seeds for domestic of the egg -laying contests and of the
equirements and exports. � Canadian Record of Performance of
being daily issued to seekers after r
knowledge. I Nowhere in the world are better i Pure Bred Poultry, tell of great pro -
and more delicious apples grown ; gress in breeding birds for high egg
Insect and disease pests are more , production, give rules and re ula-
numerous and more destructive than I than in Canada. The story of Dire P' S
the casual observer can believe, and i breeding by our Horticulturists of -tions, and point out how to enter the
new and (tardy varieties that may be ! contest or have birds registered.
1
yea the losses caused by these visible y
and invisible enemies in very many gown in our colder regions and that I To -day Canada has the most ad-
ceses are being reduced by the of -;have provided a fuller enjoyment to vanced poultry breeding and market -
thousands ofprairieprovince homes,.ing methods in the world. Since our
forts of the Department. The means s ' system of egg -grading, devised' and.
of combatting these foes are careful- i is ,lust as fascinating as that of the administered bythe Department, be.
ly recorded and published for th . in- i new wheats. Ai} about these apples cme effective a fewears ago the
formation of the crop grower, Half and how to grow them is told :n the i y
Can-
e hundred different bulletins end ' 1•;xpeiimental Farms Bulletin 55, on a in has increased from 1�f tgo in
0doz,
pamphlets on bleeds and plant Ills- the Cultivation of the Apple in Can- I l,,.r capita. Formerly when the:
eases corer a wide range of cropada,
ne- housewife bought eggs she was by
mies, and at no time M the history i Then there is the Fruit Branch of no means sm'r: of getting ,nod ones.
of the Department has its antnmol- the Department that devotes its en- ' ,t.>
orgies chiefly in assisting 1111 trona- n overcoming of this 't ii 1itainty
uta it and h. t u,iral xatfs crop ese. has made the difference the work-
saetrve in effort, to subdue crop pess. p'utation and marketing of frons ing out of our grading system s ex -
For fort} years the Department of and ve;'eiahles. Ihr Branch has al- , phoned in different pamphlet, dis-
sa taken nt ,>.ares to popularize the
' tribute(' by the Publications Beam's..
Agrictalturr h:.a beet, en Cag d n in. P 1
creasing the quantity and int Levin apple, Their butte tut Canadian Especially should the bulletin "Poul -
Nome . c,uelsty of aur ase ieult l l pro,' Home Grown Apples," which carries
ltly' si Feeds and Fending" be possessed
d 11 tion and in d.wi in::' th m r,t
the motto "Delight in Every Bite," every one who keeps thickens.
economical methods of 11111(1 •r,n,, contains recipes for all hinds of ap- byhose interested in turkeys, ducks or
products from the term to the eon- Plc pies, puddin hand
relishes, er ge,, e may,also get what infermeti05
st m -r and of delivering them in 'sr:
hundred dred and one other delicacdes they minim
/„.,3,; po,ihle e,mdittnn ily 0,,,o,..14 'rat can he made with apples.
NY"''
er' time available a tab' al' ,'n-
or v nd more nd'snt tF.i,., wheats nisi lite Dcp.utnse ut of :�s;rirultnt e t•„ e.in.. interest might be told abets;
other grains the 13111tnt nt hits '''s"'10110 nmeh for the lit' .s'tuek in- •what the Department is doing in ins
air. n- d back the northern' limit, of lu:t1'}', the gra 1 lin+, up of flocks and
I proving the dairy inrustry. f"anad-
sn cestui clamin., liy hundred; of h •rila b, th lee. of hire bred ,ire:, tan baiter and cheese, as well its
nide:. taking in millions oi' fertile ac. and b}' perumen:a ttort< .a trrdintC „ggs apples, and bacon could neves.affordin ;lumpya hems t,> turd
r' andman . enrol. the dt 1ndard f o
F have rained tete popularity they err-
tth rs who would tree titeetselvea oto• live etock Whether it- be horses, joy 00 take I 1Itish market without
'
from the throng' and clatter and
cattle, .;beep or swm. iter., been great- the intervention of the 19epactment
emepetition of more populous ern_ -- - -- .. .. In seeing to it that. these products
trey. • , M,•,,.,.A•,•+a,oemo•a,^lam,•, 6'++.4.4464."
t c gra i>re,t m.E
fhe story of iv
the vrld 't unou
"Msirquls" wheat and how it hoe 't
t.
brought runny millions of dollars to A
our farmers has often been told. i
h ,'fort to T0•oduee bettor oarieriee 4
it continui - f more earnestly th:m (es. 4
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WANTED
FOR RED CHAMBER
Hon James Murdock, former I1om-
inion Minister of Labor, who is pro-
minently mentioned for the Senate
vacancy created by the death of Sen-
ator F. F. Pardee.
its live stock. This state of affairs
is clue to the unceasing vigilance and
energetic measures of the Health of
Animals Branch, that prevents the
entry into Canada of any live stock
that may possibly introduce a con-
tagious malady. It also prohibits
with us, and with less than usual to
do, the time is at hand to take stock
and prepare for a new season •ofe,
growth and harvest. For instructton
on all of the farm work of the year,
one has only to apply to the Publica-
tions Branch for such information as
Is desired. And, it should not be for
gotten that these publications are ap-
preciated by those who get them.
Mr, W. B.. Handley, of Cardstone,
Alta., writes: "If people settling in
Cllnada could be given your publica-
tions on arrival, I reckon it would
be as good as giving them a living."
Jielgie Thiessen of Arnes, NIan,,
writes: "I have studied your publi-
cations which I find far better than
my $9 book on farming." Similar
letters of appreciation arc being re-
eeived almost daily,
Many thousands of farmers regu-
larly receive announcements of new
publications that are always mailed
out along with a little farm. paper
called "Seasonable Hints." This
service is open to anyone who will
write to the Publications Branch or
the Radio Market Service of the De-
pertinent of .Agriculture, Ottawa,
asking to be placed on the mailing
list.
The Publications Branch is the
channel through which the publica-
tions of the whole Department of
Agriculture reach the public. It is
organized, equipped, and manned to
give the service with Intelligence and
the entry of products of commerce pro111ptness.
that may carry dangerous infection.
The Branch in these, and other ways,
not only protects the health of the
live stock of, the country but it •also
safeguards the reputation of our
meat and canned products through a
system of inspection of rigid c'harac-
tet•. The repot of the Veterinary
Director General and other pamph-
lets give a comprehensive review of
this work that means so much to the
live stock industry and the, export I
trade en which its welfare so much
tlnpen as,
When spring comes, gra•rlc net 1,
hath amateur and ektlleil, in our cit-
ies and towns and throughout the
enunt''y, will turn to the backyard or
the field :for our of their most en-
joyable: and profitable. occupations of
the. summer. The Publications
lire neb ear furnish the beginner
with all the information be needs to
are moiled on trains and steam hiu, -start a garden and made a 5000585
under proper conditions nl' cle,tnlr- i of it, and it can give the most ex -
11 .aatr temperature. This service par lensed truck gardener 'nfatmation
is corded mut by thus Dairy and Coll thali will increase his profits. When
Store ^ranch, which also enforces j summer crimes the housewife will
,•„ a highly s11'e'tive inspection and went to luiow how beast to preserve
to 1> grading system. The Branch has fruits and vogetttbles and mewl cat-
• t,t'blished 11r1m rhli is and i ell tit snit and all kinds of things Lot her
t,Y I1 phases of dairy ptaciti ea, saver i apply to the Publication: Branch,
I llhst market ilriccs p te's is esem tl the ,roper rate of i curd at the wane tine, her Tend/and 1 •id. • t ,
• 1 mitlr. tnod•a•n nrriheel� or uuakinlp , may get the latest ideas 00 e•un t:va-
ss... 111'• or I'>, c Ns. as, time.: 1 ',e , •1 hit .;, teed mnkint'• the Lion and harvesting 1n the 'nil
h
+E1 <nil i a, i e:..tl,to:rl r•.1 n ni' s•r51 .,..••'.,., •a'int]err•:Aryl 14' 111. 1e rt hu 1,1',,r:-rl ribs too he deme,
yon i+• I r ib •r rl l;ro,lucts In the h,:ee, to 11 '•)l' )' for winter, 'h-•
brass.: of the people, , rho ire of pt h.•t>, •'or wetterleysng,.
of >•
- ; � t tetet te_..:nrp a ,- 'the , )sn>nin ? of how to tvi*rt r ;d!
f 'e los the health of 'Vista.; of live stock: 'Then winter Is
1 e la nn .
t.
CHAIRMAN
D. B; 14anna, former. President And
chairmen of the Canadian National
Railways; who will head the Ontario
Liquor Commission, Annaunremen t
was made by Premier G. IlowerI Far-
gtnson:
On the la,t day of school Ariz -
es NV0113 distributed. When one
trev returned home, his mother
wee e terteining• ratters, "Well,
ree bee '" seid nee of the cullers,
n„ . •.t ,iq'"'" •
"Ye!! melted -lied t1 ' hay, "telt l
3,t it's, > •hie t'ntt. ti•>n,'T
oys,
AT
BRUSSELS,
CSN To
JULY 24. 25 c' 26, 1927
KEEP THESE DATES IN MIND JULY 24th TO 26th, 1927
Thai citizens of Brussels, Ont,, will hold an Old Boggs Reunion
on July 24th, 26th and 20th, 1927, which will also &&&elude the
Townships of Grey and Mprris.
Help the Committee en charge to make this the most success-
ful Reunion ever held in the County of Huron, by sending in manes
and addresses, of ,.old time residents and friends whom you would
like to entertain. The committee will issue invitations to ail, but
be sure to write your friends TO COMA.
Send names and addresses to
JAS. FOX
Chairman of Invitation Committee.
Five steamships will be used on bukaloes. This park is half the size
of Scotland.
Air Taxis which charge twelve
cents per mile are 'now in service in
I'1 dgland.
Canada imported last year 17,-
1211,999 tons of coal and produced
16,105,000 tons, Of the imports
Ontario took 12,000,000 tons, of
which almost 10,001),000- tons was
soft coal.
the Canada -West Indies route to im-
plement the trade treaty between t
these two parts of the Empire. It is+
understood three of these will be
built in Great Britain and two in
Canada.
Covering 17,800 square miles, i
Canada's new national game preserve f
has been 'named Wood Buffalo Park. ,
Already it contains nearly 0,000
Where Wolves Will lean With I uskie Dogs
A n entire jv new and unique test
K will se n e made at the Chateau
Frontenac, Quebec, by Arthur Beau-
vais, driver of the Frontenac dog
team. IIe has three wolves which he
has reared from babyhood. These
have been kept in a kennel in the
same building with his huskies. They
are shy little things and appear as
aliens among the dogs. They are not
as playful as pups, and to overcome
their shyness Beauvais often puts
three little huskie pups in for play-
mates when they forget themselves
and seem less homesick for their
parents and the great out -doors.
These little creatures are now only
eight months old, yet in this short
time have learned much of mortals,
and they have already had one trip to
Boston where they were exnibited by
the Canadian Pacific Railway at the
Sportsman's Show.
One morning a brand new sporty
looking collar was placed on one,
and the dignity this wild animal
suddenly acquired was amazing. It
was like a child with new shoes. It
turned its little head first one side,
then the other and silt down in a
sedate manner, all four feet together
and held its head high haughtily and:
said with its eyes "now look at me".
Do wild animals understand? Yes
indeed, that wild beast was as self-
conscious as any human decked out
in a new regalia.
Shortly after • the return of the
wolves from Boston, one of the little
creatures sprained its shoulder, When
Beauvais entered the building and
went up to the kennel, or compart-
ment allotted them, which has wire
netting around, the poor little thing
carne up to him for sympathy. It
was duly rubbed with lotions and
cared for, not in the least resenting
anything which was done for it.
A cute little sleigh, French-Can-
adian in design, has been built for it
and the picture shows little Master
Beauvais all ready for his first ride
as soon as the wolf is harnessed. It
is now three months since this wild
animal has been tame enough for this
little child to play with, and one
wonders if the 61d saying "A little
child shall lead thein" can be applied
in this instance. It can, however be
stated that when this picture was
patten the wolf had to be literally
pulled out of the street hack to its
kennel. It was interested in the
people around, the dogs, the taxis and
sleighs which passed its he posed for
one of his many pictures taken
lately.
It will indeed be worth while to
follow the adventures of a wild
creature from the woods of Quebec
province, into the Jslggest organiza-
tion of its kind in the world, a fre-
quenter of the Chateau Frontenac,
one who has already taken trips, and
who will in time know the hearts and
kindness of people it will come 'in
contact with.
8
ers
This ever-present task of the business
man is ono that Advertising cin most effii-
cieutly perform. '
Advertising in VIE BRUSSELS POST
would carry any m&sttge you desire into
every h0tue in 1his community. It would
spread the "news" about new tnel'chandise,
special sales or new store policies quickly and
thoroughly.
Take a ; friendly interest in telling the
;"buyers',' of this town what yon have for sale -
,
ale, that is of service to them and you will win
new customers constantly.
REGRESE{6 E - M[fVI1NT
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