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DEPTH OF PLOUGHING
Deep plouiting appears to have
little merit according to experimen-
tal work carried on at the Central
Farm, Ottawa. There was no signi-
ficant difference in the yields of
tither corm or oats by ploughing
seven inches deep as compared with
ploughing four inches deep of heavy
clay and of sandy loam soils. Corn
after sod on heavy soils gave pre-
cisely the same yield where the
soil was ploughed four inches deep
and where it was ploughed three
inches deeper. On sandy soils the
difference was so little as to be not
worth considering, amountnig to
20.69 tons after four inch ploughing
and 20.90 tons after seven inch
ploughing. Oats after corn on
heavy clay yielded 55.1 bushels per
s
sera where the soil was a,ploughed
4
inches deep and 53. 5 bushels per
acre where it was ploughed seven
inches deep. On sandy soil the
shallower ploughed land yielded
69.2 bushels and that which was
ploughed deeper 64.5 bushels per
acre.
Commenting on these results Mr.
E. S. Hopkins, the Dominion Field
Husbandman, in his report for last
year, published by the Department
of Agriculture at Ottawa, expresses
the view that there is apparently
no object in ploughing excessively
deep so long as the work is through-
ly done.
VARIABLE HAY VALUES
During the past few years the
Forage Crop Division of the Domin-
ion Experimental Farm has investi-
gated quite extensively some of the
causes of the variation in the dry
matter of forage crops. While pra-
ctically all types of forage plants
were investigated the present re-
marks will refer largely to those
used for hay purposes.
The prospective purchaser of a
ton of red clover or alfalfa hay
cannot be induced very readily to
buy an equal amount of pure grass
hay. He knows that the clover hay
is supposed to possess more of the
high priced protein that he is anx-
ious to feed. Other people seem to
be aware of the fact that there may
be more variation in the protein cons
tent of either red clover or alfalfa
hay, cured in different lays, than us-
nally exists between clover hay and
timothy hay.
The investigations of the forage
plant division indicate that the
weather conditions at harvesting
time and the method of curing the
crop have a very decided influence
on the value of the resulting hay.
This is particularly so in the case of
the clover hays. With these latter
it is seldom that at least ten per
cent of the leaf growth is not Iost.
Handling when the leaves are krittle
may result in the loss of as much
as sixty per cent of the leaf growth.
'Unfavourable weather at hary±:t of
valuable plant food constituents by
leaching. In addition to the loss of
leaf and through leaching it has been
found that the more rapidly hay is
cured the more of the valuable food
constituents 1vilI it contain. This
appears to be consistently true with
all types of forage plants,
In purchasing hay of all kinds it
would appear to be the policy of
wisdom to stake sure that the maj-
ority of the leaves remain, and that
the conditions under which it was
cured were as favourable as possible
as indicated by a bright, green col-
ors.
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Pat Sand in the
Chinese Lantern
Chinese lanterns aro very effec-
tive for illumination purposes, but
they are liable to catch fire, espe-
cially if used where any current of
air can sway them,
For safety's sake, a handful of
sand or earth should be placed in
them, around the little tin candle-
socket
andle, socket at the bottom,
This not only keeps the lantern;
steady, but in case of fire, causea i
the bottom separate from the
paper, and so makes less blaze in
the air,
Should the lantern be upset by a,
sudden blow, the sand will often put`
out the flame before any harm is`
done.
JOINS OTTAWA SENATORS
IFred Elliott, former wing player
for Toronto Falcons
and an old Clinton
boy, who was on the
Owen Sound 0. 1'I.
A, Junior champion-
ship team. has been
signed by the Ot-
tawa Senators of
the N.H.L. He was
purchased dur i n g
the off season by
Montreal 1Vlaroons
, .from Stratford. The
' Montreal club has
turned him over to the Senators for
the coming season. He has been
ried out at right wing for two
weeks ,and Dave Gill, coach and
manager of the Senators has decid-
ed Elliott is the man to relieve Fin-
nigan on the right boards,
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THE BRUSSELS POST
THE FISHER BROTHERS
WERE CAitltl AUS: BUILDERS 1(S FOR
The Fisher Bally Company %%'es
organized With a Capital of 1950,-
000—Now lista Forty -Four Plants
in Thirteen Cities,
Fisher huukrs are standard In the
automobile world. They are to be
found on many stakes of rays. They
are 1'uniuue and tttey are the product
of an investment of $150,00U,00O.
Twenty years ago the Fisher Com-
pany had 915,000. The business was
then in the hands of the Fisher
brothers. It remaine m their hands
to -day. There are six of them and
they are all millionaires.
Other greater fortunes have been
piled up la ill,• autuinnhnc• industry,
one ni them by a conthl nation of
brothers, the Dodges, 13ut there were
more Fishers than Dodges. Anuther
odd thing about theta is that so
little is known publicly about the
Fishers. The clubs of which they
are members have Pound It difficult
to collect enough data fur their year
books. They are all averse to
publicity.
Lawrence Fisher, the father of the
Fisher body boys, established him-
self with his brother Andrew in the
town of Norwalk, Ohio, some tifty
Years ago. One of them was a black-
smith, the other a carriage builder.
A brother-in-law was an upholsterer
and the three combined to turn out
farm wagons and buggies. As the
e
children came along they were oblig-
ed
blibed to go to work, for Lawrence Fisher
was a stern man who believed some
in book learning but a good deal
more In honest toil. He had eleven
children in the course of time, all
of them livingbut one.The family
prospered modestly and acquired
such accessories as a Shetland pony
and a saxophone, Fred, the elder,
learned the carriage building trade.
and in 1902 at the age of twenty-five
he went to Detroit to get a job. Be-
fore leaving he Is credited with hav-
ing remarked to his uncle that before
he was fifty years old he meant to
be in a position "where I won't have
to care what anyone else does." He
had the ambition of owning his own
business whatever it might be, for
his father had been an owner not an
employe like his father before him.
But first he had to be an employe
and luck steered him to a good place.
He went to work for the C. R. & J. C.
Wilson Company, then the largest
carriage building concern In the
world. He went to the drawing room
at $4 a day and shortly afterward
was put in charge of the room. For
a time Henry Ford occupied space
in the same building, and there is a
photograph extant of the two men
standing before the same bench
though they were never associated
in business. Those were the days
when Ford and others were tinker-
ing with the first "horseless car-
riages," and it was natural that
Fred Fisher should consider the
question from his own standpoint,
namely the building of automobile
bodies which would stand the strain
of being pushed from the rear axle
instead of being pulled front the front
axle and at a pace much faster than
that of the average roadster. The
Wilson Company was one of the first
to branch out from carriage building
to the making of auto bodies, and
it was natural that Fred Fisher and
his brother Charles, who had juivad
him, should entertain the same am-
bition. In 1908 they put it into
effect.
Their big idea was the huildir.n of
carriage bodies of interchangeable
parts in quantity preduetfun front a
set of wooden patterns. Thr• Fisher
Body Company was oreanize•d with
a capital of $8u.e00, sed Albert
Fisher, an uncle who lived In Detroit,
was the first lir=.ident. Shortly
afterward the two neph, ws bouelit
him out. But at the beginning it
was a struggle to net the nteney to-
gether, and for EL time it seemed that
it was not to be had. For years
their trouble was to raiser ennuah
money to carry on their business,
which was expanding with a balloon -
like swiftness. No motor car com-
pany ever had quite the saint, prob-
lem, The Fishers had to get capital
to meet the expansion of all the
motor makers who bought their
bodies. If, as a writer in the New
York World says, the Fishers under-
took to make bodies for nine ears,
and each car increased its output
only 20 per cent„ the body company
had to increase sufficiently to meet
nine increases of 20 per cent. An
order of 10,000 cars which strained
the capacity of the plant one year
might be followed the next year, if
the oar sold well, by an order for
25,000 cars. Floor space, equip-
ment, material, money, workmen
must be found almost overnight to
meet the new demand if the business
was to prosper,
The Fishers were helped in some
of their worst problems by Louis
Mendelssohn, architect and engineer,
who was at the time connected with
the Herreshoffs, the yacht designers
in bringing out a new car. 1-18
bought bodies from the Fishers and
got acquainted with therm. He end
his brother Aaron joined the com-
pany in 1909, and they proved power-
ful acquisitions to the expanding
organization. The feats of Louie in
raising money and erecting new
buildings on short notice aro still dis-
missed in Detroit, In 1909 and 1910
Fred got the idea that the closed ear
was to he the ear of the future.
Then few would listen to him, Some
wiseacre told him that nobody would
ride behind so Hutch glass. But the
Fishers gambled on the chance and
have been rewarded by millions. One
by one, as the brothers grew up,
they were taken into the business
Just as they were taken Into the
father'e carriage building business.
The corporation and its subsidiaries
now employ 40,080 people and have
forty-four plants In thirteen cities.
The Fisher boys are a power in the
automobile world and they are all
Young men.
GOOD WISHES POURED IN ON
/ION. W. S. FIELDING
Right Ron. W. S. Fielding, receiv-
ed a flood of telegrams and congra-
tulatory messages on Saturday on
the occasion of his Roth birthday.
Laurier's great finance minister, who
has been ill for some time is some-
what better. 111is physicians have
felt that he should be kept quiet and
therefore he received no visitors.
POWER W R I"
OR
M THE
• MINING AREAS
In a revi ew of the mining and
the electrical industries in Canada
recently issued by the Hon. Charles
Stewart, Minister of the Interior,
the remarkable statement is made
that hydro -electric energy is available
in all the mining area in the Dom-
inion. The water power available
for mineral development in Canada
amounts to 43,000,000 horsepower,
of which about 5,000,000 horse-
power, has been developed. It is the
availability of hydro -electric energy
in all these mining area that give
to them such enormous values. It
:facilitates the production of richer
ore, and makes possible the profit-
able exploitation of ores of low
value. In 1927, the value of the min-
eral production in Canada aggrega-
ted $245,000,000, of which 962,631,-
255 was produced by Ontario mines.
At present Canada is producing
about 60 per cent. of the world's
pickle 76 per cent. of its asbestos
and 55 per cent. of its cobalt. In the
production of gold and silver Canada
ranks third.
In addition to the territory al-
ready marked out the minister points
out that there is an area of 3,000,-
000 square miles, or 80 per cent. of
the total extent of the Dominion,
which forms a prospective mineral
field. Hydro -electric power Is used
in the mineral industry for the ex-
traction of ores and in the processes
of crushing, smelting• and refining.
In the refining of metals from one
and one-half to two and one-half
horse power per ton is required. In
the coal mining industry electric
energy is already replacing steam.
Where steam power is used 10 pet
cent. of the coal mined is required
for this purpose. In the Province
of Quebec 95 per cent. of the power
used in mining is developed from
water, In the 20 active divisions
of production in Ontario there are
only four which do not use hydro
power. Water has been developed
to a considerable extent in British
Columbia and in the Prairie Prov-
inces, where discoveries of copper -
gold and copper -zine have been
made, the development of hydro-
electric power is also tnking place.
It is rather noteworthy that the
total water power of 43,000,000
horse power, which is available in
Canada, is distributed throughout
the provinces as follows: British
Columbia, 5,108,500, Alberta, 1,-
049,500; Saskatchewan, 1,082,000;
Manitoba, 6,344,500; Ontario, 6,-
940,000; Quebec, 13,064,000; New
Brunswick, 120,000; Nova Scotia,
128,300; Prince Edward Island,
5300; the Yukon and North West
Territories, 275,300• From these fig-
ures it is very evident that there
is• abundant available water power
throughout the various area of the
Dominion for all the practical pur-
poses of industry. With abundant
natural resources, and ample water
power for purposes of development
as the Hon. Mr. Stewart points out,
there is bound to be tremendous
progress in the development of
Canada in the future years,
Many trees, shrubs and plants
contain rubber and, if proper met-
hods of extraction can be devised,
may be grown as crops.
By law, beggars in Britain must
either sing or play a musical instru-
ment if they wish to ask alms from
passers-by in any public place,
It is estimated that the interest
alone, on the debts owed by 40 goy.
Western Canasta, ermments to the United States, rep-
lanlrldereinWestthan ern 60,Cana000,000dahave acresbeen resents the wages of five million
opened up for settlement and cultic ,Workers.
yatiOta..s SOR,.u.7a<
A LAND OF CONTRASTS
DOMAIN A ' 1 O r-Potthiti" Eon.
'11116 TRAY ELLER.
North African Empire Extends From
the Atlantic 1 c,to t 4)9 Morocco to
Tunisia—Algiers Is an Ideal e'en -
Lege Point,
Algeria is a land of contrasts,
Moors, Arabs and Barbers, quaintly
costumed, mingle with Fero/wag
Inhabitantsmeetly French, Italians
and Spaniel:.
The modern ascendency of the
country Is conducive proof of able
French organization incl administra-
tion. Her ancient relics reminiscent
of the Roman and Byzantine dom-
inions are, however, severely respect-
ed, and the "motley" of effects makes
this domain a "pot-pourri" for the
traveller, without doubt ono of the
most interesting in the world.
The most important coastal cities
and towns of this vast North African
Empire extending from the Atlantic
Coast of Morocco to Tunisia may bo
said to be Mogador, Saffi, Tangier,
Melilla, Oran, Algiers, and Tunis.
One can "walk through" Morocco,
Algeria, and Tunisia by making Tan-
gier the ingress and Tunis the egress.
But Algiers because of its own mag-
nificence, is looked upon by many as
the ideal vantage point.
Morocco—that once powerful Em-
plre—is renowned for its beauty of
scenery, Fez, one of the four Imper-
ial cities, being regarded as the real
capital. Fez contains roan beautiful
P y
mosques, the tomb of the founder
of the city and the. sanctuary of Mu -
tat Idris. Mequinez had its greatness
in the seventeenth century when the
Sultan Mulal Ismail made it his
capital.
Tangier, i "Rock" is
g akin to the
the Moorish "guard" to the Straits of
Gibraltar, and on approach has the
appearance of an amphitheatre erect-
ed on the slope of the tnountain, pre-
senting a very pleasing appearance,
with white houses and terraces sur-
mounted by towers and minarets,
which are the work of Berbers,
Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans,
Arabs, Portuguese, English, and
French. The British gave up pos-
session of Tangier in 1684.
Larache is an old town surrounded
by walls and forms a declivity, and
can only be visited on foot, as the
streets are very narrow indeed.
Araila, with the old Portuguese
walls surrounding it, is worth a
visit. Caesablanca is a flourishing
commercial city—its local Chamber
of Commerce is seeing to that. The i
name of the city is Spanish for the
"White House." It is a healthy 1
spot, the summer beat being nicely
tempered by the Atlantic sea breezes.
This city promises to be of great
importance in the future and will
eventually be boasted of as an ex-
ample of what French colonization
has done,
Rabat, the seat of the French ad-
ministration, will always be remem- I
bered for its dazzling whiteness, and
the trip across .the river to Sallee, a
very interesting Moorish town, must
interest the lover of stories of pirate
days, because Mazagan and Marra-
kech must not escape mention in this
country, which offers such wonderful
sights and experiences to the
traveller.
Excellent roads link up Morocco
and Algeria as between Caase-
blanca and Algiers, and an modern
highways also connect Algeria and
Tunisia there are in these wonderful
North African countries the facilities
for accomplishing by up-to-date
motor traction what are among the
most interesting and beautiful trips
in the world. Approeiehiug Algiers
front the sea the crescent-shaped hay
Impresses itself upon one's mind.
Looking to the east beyond the
mauve -tinted sumntiis of Kabylie,
the snow covered Atlas range of
mountains is cut clear on the dazzling
background of the desert away in
the distance. The sight resembles
somewhat a snow white city of am-
phitheatre shape built on the slope
of a steep hill rising abruptly from
the sea. The native element in the
population is approximately one-
third of the whole, The Arab and
European quarters are places of in-
terest indeed by comparison. The
former is the 'old town" and the
latter "the new," the respective posi-
tions on the slope being, for the for-
mer the upper part, and Inc the lat-
ter the lower and along the shore.
Tunis is the second largest comet
city of North Africa. Here the con-
trast between Arab and illuropean
life is most marked when the narrow
winding lanes, the markets and ba-
zaars of the native sections are visit-
ed after a tour of the broad streets
and open spaces of modern Tunis.
The "Palace of the Beys" is on the
environs 09 the city, and a splendid
view of this "White City" is obtained
from the 1Vlanoubla Hill.
Near Tunis is the ancient site of
Carthage, which was so wealthy and
magnificent under Phoenician and
Roman control. It has a beautiful
setting on Byrsa Hill, facing the Gulf
of Tuttle. Kairouan a typical Arab
centre, is the Holy City of Tunisia.
Most of the mosques here may be
visited by Christians—a somewhat
unusual concession, These mosques
date from the Turkish period, one
going back to A.,D, 871. At Sousse
there are splendid Roman mosaics,
and near by are Catacombs elating
from the early Christian era,
Who Was John o' Groat?
It is common geographical knowl-
edge that Land's End is at one ex-
tremity of the island of Great Bri-
tain, and John o' Groat's at the other,
The former is a mighty rocky
headland, against which the Atlan-
tic beats; the other, which was only
a house, has no longer any existence
except es a name and a place. But
there was a house once at the ex-
treme northerly point of the main-
land of Scotland. It was built on
Duncan's Bay Head, about the year
1490, by a Dutchman who came from
Groot, In Holland,
It is surmleed that he built it for
the aecotumodation of travellers, who
oreseed the ferry to and from the
Orkney Wanda. There are still 49rots
and Groats living in thls neighbor-
hood, Who are probably descended
from the original San of Groot.
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Master
Lo, the people of the earth do me homage.
I am the herald of success for men, merchants,
manufacturers, municipalities and nations.
1 go forth to tell the world the message of
service and sound merchandise. And the world 11s -
tens when I speak.
There was a day long ago, when by sheer
weight of superior merit, a business could rise above
the common level without nae, but that day has
passed into oblivion.
for those who have used me as their servant
I have gathered untold millions into their coffers.
Sell More Merchandise
per dollar -of salary paid me than any other sales-
man on the face of the earth. The fabled lamp of
Aladdin never called to the service of its master
genii half so rich and powerful as 1 am, to the man
who keeps me 'constantly on his payroll.
I El;<Id the sa ess
of the seasons in the hollow of my hand, 1 com-
mand the legions of fashion, mold the styles and
lead the world whithersoever I go. 1 drive unprin-
cipled business to cover, and sound the death -knell
of inferior merchandie. Frauds are afraid of me be-
cause I march in the broad light of day,
hoover a ke
T';`;ieBr S r?.°ant
for life takes no chances on drawing down dividends
from my untold treasures bestowed with a lavish
hand.
1 have awakened and inspired nations, set mbl-
lions of mem to fight the battles 'of freedom beyond
the seas and raised billions of dollars to foot the
bills. Nations and k'in'gs pay me homage and the
business world bows at my feet.
I sow bread fields for you to reap a golden
harvest.
I Am Master Salesman at Your Service
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