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' This year, the Canadian Farm
Loan Board, a federalgovern-
ment agency engaged in mak-
ing long term mortgage loans
to farmers, issued its 25th an-
nual report, In its 25 years of
operation, the Canadian Farm
Loan Board has lent $91,548,-
192 to some, 39,415 Canadian
farmers. During the past
year,- a total of $7,818,750 was
approved for .loans, an increase'
of approximately $2,000,000 over
the previous year.
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During the year ending
March 31, 1954, 2,091 first'
mortgage loans and 581 second
mortgage loans were approved.
The average loan made was
$3;740. One out of every five
loans made in 1954 was for over
$6,000.
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Farm Loan Board loans are
available only to farmers ac-
tually farming the land offer-
ed as security and are made for
such purposes as purchasing
livestock and farm implements;
paying debts; assisting in the
purchase of farm land; making
farm improvements; etc, Far-
mers may borrow up to $10,000
on first mortgage at an interest
rate of 5 per cent' repayable
'over a period of 25 years or
up to $12,000 on combined first
and second mortgages.
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Many rapid growing strains
of fowl have been introduced to
most parts of Canada in recent
years. Strains which grow
rapidly and produce meat econ-
omically may not be the most
•economical producers of eggs,
It becomes of increasing im-
portance, therefore, to know
the relative performance of the
various strains both as to egg
production and rate of growth,
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Egg production and growth
records are now available from
five purebred strains tested, at
the Experimental Station at
Fredericton; le B,, reports Leon-
ard Griesbacii•: ` Growth records
have also been - obtained on
eight crosses Involving these
strains. Of the five purebred
strains tested, four were bred.
with meat production the pri-
mary object, one was a strain
of a general purpose breed
which had been selected for
years with. egg production as
the primary object.
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Following are some of the
interesting results obtained:
(1) The general purpose strain
grew reasonably well but defin
Rely slower than the top meat
producing strains. (2) The av-
erage weight at 12 weeks of all
crossbreds tested, was 434
ounces higher than the average
of all purebreds tested. Sdme
crosses weighed no more than
their heaviest parents but oth-
ers were considerably heavier
than either parent, (3) Birds
vs
Upsidedown to Preyent Peeking
WA,
of the general purpose strain
which survived to 500 days of
age produced more eggs than
survivors 'df the meat strains.
(4) One of the strains which
had ,,the highest survivor egg.
production, had the lowest egg
production index to 500 days
based , on the average produc-
tion of all birds housed, The
low production index was due
to high mortality in the laying
pens, (5) One pen of cross-
breds, the parents of which
were only mediocre egg pro-
ducers, produced more eggs and
had a lower mortality than any
purebred strain tested.
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These results emprasize the
importance of obtaining 'infer-
/nation - on strains or crosses
used for commercialegg or
meat production. The ability
to lay well and/or to grow rap-
idly combined with high 'vital-
ity and resistance -to disease are
of primary importance in the
economical production of poul-
try products.
Tamed Savage Cow
Bronco Buster
Style
Too many townspeople still
regard the agricultural worker,
as an unskilled, ignorant chap
with straw in his hair — the
"Hodge" and the "Giles" of in-
numerable jokes.
He's not. He has to know his
job inside out, which needs in-
telligence plus years of experi-
ence. This applies -especially to
men like George Vowels. He's
a head cowman, sturdy, self-
reliant and level-headed.
Now forty-five, George be-
came interested in cows as a
bay at school. After lessons
were over — and sometimes be-
fore breakfast — he would give
a hand with the milking, a job
not so easy as it looks. "To do
it properly," he says, "you must
enderstend the moods of the
cows. They're all different —
and just like human beings
they need humouring. If they
think you're a novice they won't
co-operate."
He recalls one cow which
resolutely refused to part with
her milk. She didn't like the
newcomer who was trying to do
the job. Yet when Vowels took
over the animal meekly submit-
ted.
Grandpa's Trick
"Yes," reflects George, "it's a
mistake to think that cows are'
kind of milk - producing ma-
chines, You can get really fond
of thein."
His remarks are typical .of all
good cowmen. To George, cows
are the great interest in life.
He regards them almost as a
sacred trust, and to minister to
their needs puts in all sorts of
hours. When a calf is due he
barely sleeps or eats until it's
safely delivered.
Bulls? "Tricky," he admits,
But, he has his own methods of
dealing with these uncertain -
tempered and sometimes savage
brutes.' One morning he found
halfa dozen men vainly at-
tempting to move -a bull from
one stall to another, It was paw-
ing the ground,l.its eyes red
with mingled fury and be-
wilderment. The men were
scared stiff, and,themassive but
magnificent creature knew it.
George strolled up and spoke to
it gently — and' it behaved like •
a lamb, . "But," he ! warns, "I
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tits e e •
"ROULETTE"—A black and silver Acetate taffeta_ gown that is
all swirling movement. The fabric stripes ore diagonally pleated
in the sculptured bodice with the new long line and draped to
sheath -like skirt with flowing side swept fullness.
wouldn't advise a novice to try
the same game!"
What gives him this uncom-
mon power over bulls? "A trick
my grandfather taught me; he
confides. "And one his father
taught him before that." But he
won't divulge the secret - or
rather,he can't. It depends on
mutual sympathy between man
and animal, and a total ab-
sence of fear;
Suppose you are charged by
a bull? The worst thing you
can do is to turn tail and run,
unless, of course, you are with-
in reasonable distance of a gate
and safety.
Instead," advocates Vowels,
"stand still and face it. When
it's almost on top of you give it
a sharp tap on the nose and
leap aside. The bull will blun-
der on and give you a good
chance of getting away," All
very simple -- if you possess
the necessary courage and an
exceptionally cool head.
Like all rugged' individualists,
George makes caustic remarks
about .officials. They arrive,
NEW LINERI An impression of the new Cunard liner iveenla as she will appear as she leaves
Liverpool June 30 on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal. The 22,000 -ton vessel' is
a sister-vesalel of the Sa if ia, thethfire -frthreedr new
this n��er5 ordered far the Canadian
"one after the other," full of
criticisms and impracticable
suggestions. "But," he adds dri-
ly, I've never known them to
get their boots really dirty. They
just poke their heads inside the
nettus door and that's that
Nettus? Here's a link with
pre -Norman England. It's a cor-
ruption of meat -house, and neat
is the old Anglo - Saxon word
for cattle.
Rationing Not Needed
Vowels also has a word or
two to say about milk -rationing.
"It wasn't necessary," he as-
serts. A statement with which
many farmers agree. Every ef-
fort was made to increase sup-
plies, and when this succeeded
much of the extra was. wasted.
Why? Bureaucracy again. A
dairyman was allowed to give
his customers only their bare
ration. Offered more, he had to
refuse, wasn't allowed to sell it,
even give.it away. Theoretically,
there was a way out. The pro-
ducer could fill up the approp-
riate form, and eventually ob-
tain permission to dispose of the
surplus. "But," recalls George
with a shrug, "by the time that
was done the milk had gone
sour."
For most of his life George
Vowles has milked by hand.
But recently machine -milkers
have been installed. He doesn't
like them, "They make things
easier for me and the other
men," he admits, "but I always
think they can transmit disease
from one animal to another.
Hand -milking — and being
scrupulously clean — is the
safer way."
Neither does he believe in
pasteurization. "Kills the good
germs as well as the bad," he
avers. .
Wild Rodeo Act
Has he had any narrow es-
capes in dealing with cows and
bulls? Apart from being kicked
out of a stall and having a .toe
crushed, he recalls , only one.
It happened When George was
a lad and a bit impetuous. Hear-
ing frantic shouts he hurried to
the scene, and found his em-
ployer pinned against the wall
of a stall by a savage coW. Ap-
parently, she thought he had
designs oh her calf —. the One
occasion, Incidentally, when la
normally docile creature may
become angry.
What followed suggests the
Wild West rather than an Eng-.
lisle farmyard. The stall was
narrow, and George couldn't
squeeze by the cow to help. SO
he leapt on to the animal's back
and seized her by the ears.
Slowly, she backed out— and
then made a wild' dash for the
adjoining meadow.. "It was like
a rodeo act,' laughs Vowles.
Eventually, he slipped off and
fell pretty heavily. "But direct-
ly this happened," he relates,
"the cow stopped. Then she
came and stood over me with a
kind of inquiring look. All her
anger had gone, and it seemed
the; she was apologizing for
any damage done."
Hard Work — Likes It
What is a cowman's job real:
ly like? It's hard, sometimes
dirty, and the hours are long.
"Folk sometimes tell me I'm a
fool to work seven days a
week," laughs George. "But —
'I enjoy it. It's my life."
He is absolutely sincere in
saying this. George Vowels real.
ly believes that his occupation is
one which satisfies both mental-
ly and physically. Talk about
the drift froln the land and he
has a ready answer, "There's no
real drift as you call it," he re-
torts contemptuously. "Those
who look for soft 'jobs in the
towns are the type the coun-
try can do without. They have
no sense of responsibility, no
interest in' anything but their
own pleasures."
From this you will realize
that George Vowles has no am-
bition to follow their example.
'Tut me in an office or factory,"
he comments fervently, "and I'd
fade away and die!"
An excellent reason for re-
maining onthe farm.
Baffling Mystery
Of Lincoln's Killer
After the North had defeated
the South in the American Civil
War,President Lincoln sat in
a box at Ford's Theatre, Wash-
ington, on April 14th, 1865,
wathcing the play "Our Ameri-
can Cousin."
A well-known actor, John
Wilkes Booth, entered the un-
guarded door and shot Lincoln
in the back of the head. Then,
leaping to the stage, crying: "Sic
semper tryrannis (Ever thus to
tyrants)!" he caught his foot in
the flags draping the box, break-
ing a legbone, and escaped by
the stagedoor where his horse
was waiting. Twelve days later he
Was cornered on Garrett's farm,
Virginia, and shot dead -- ac-
cording to history.
Asleep On His Beat
But was he? That is one Of
fourteen mysteries, of history
tackled by Rupert Furneaux in
hisabsorbing book, "Fact, Fake
or Fable?" A legend ' quickly
grew up that the roan 'shot by
Federal soldiers. and. secret ser-
vice was not Booth: After 1900
the exhibition of a mummy,
stated to be his, and the publi-
cation of certain books brought
the riddle into prominence.
Booth, a Southern sympa-
thizer, had been planning to
kidnap Lincoln for some
months. Was the changed plan
due to the sudden end of the
war? May it have been fostered.
by those in Lincoln's cabinet
who wanted him removed? Was
Booth -the tool of Edwin Stanton,
Secretary of War? Was his es-
cape connived at? Furneaux
presents these vital arguments:
John Parker, the White House
policeman deputed to guard the
box, had gone for a drink when
the murder occurred, yet he
was neither reprimanded nor
dismissed. Four years later,
within a week of Stanton's re-
signation from the Secretary-
ship, be was dismissed for sleep-
ing on his beat.
It had been announced that
the victorious Northern Gener-
al, Grant, would accompany
Lincoln as "hero of the hour"
to the theatre, but he suddenly
withdrew and left Washington
that afternoon to "visit his chil-
dren."
Within fifteen minutes of the
murder all telegraph lines round
Washington, except one oper-
ated by the War Department,
were out of action for two hours.
The wires on, the main batteries
•• had been crossed,
Name Kept Secret
Although Booth's identity was
at once known, his name and
description were not sent out
in the war secretary's des-
patches until five hours after
the murder. The Washington
papers were not allowed to
print his name In the morning
editions.
Within one -and -a -half hours
of the murder thousands of sol-
diers had been mobilized to
guard all eseape routes except
the obvious one to the south,
which Booth took, Although his
direction was known by mid-
night to pursuit was organized
till seven hours later.
Owing to his leg injury Booth
was eventually forced to seek
shelter, with a companion, Her-
old, at the house of 1i Dr. Mudd,
Who reported the Visit of two
sttwepees, ' 'hh 'huh howewsr,
was not folic/wed up 'until April
18th, by which time Acoth was
biding 1n the Potomac swamps,
Shots /it Farmhouse
When news was wired to
Washington that two man an-
swering the description of
Booth and Herold had crossed
the Potomac during the night
of April 22nd, Col, Baker, head
Of the secret service, seemed to
know exactly where to look for
them.
The cavalry under Baker and
Col. Conder, directed to the shed
''non Garrett's farm, found the
door locked. One of the Garrett
sons returned to the farmhouse
for the key, and those within
were ordered to surrender. Out,
came Herold, denying that the
other man inside was Booth.
While Baker talked with him at
the door, and Conder was at
the back setting fire to the shed,
a shot was heard, and the man
inside was found wounded in
the head.
Conder said he had shot him-
self, but Sergeant Corbett
claimed that he had fired the
shot through a crack, and was
afterwards credited. with Booth's
death, though at the time he
was standing thirty feet from
the shed and could hardly have
seen the man inside,
Conder said the man remind-
ed him, of Edwin Booth, and
subsequently soldiers in the
party said he was not Booth.
Evidently there was another
door, unnoticed through which
the real Booth could have es-
caped into the woods.
"I Won't Ten"
Nothing could be more baf-
fling than the conflicting evid-
ence Furneaux quotes in detail.
But 1n 1908 Gen. O'Beirne, who
as Provost Marshal had first giv-
en news of •Booth's Potomac
crossing, said this to Izola For-
rester, Booth's grand -daughter:
"I can tell you something .. .
you will never find on any rec-
ord. There were three men In
that barn and one of them es-
caped. Don't ask me who it was,
because I won't tell...."
Miss Forrester claimed that
Booth had married secretly, in
1859, Izola Martha Mills. A
daughter was born who became
Miss Forrester's mother, and
Booth was in touch with his
family long after the, assassina-
tion in 1885 — in San Diego, San
Fransisco and other places. He
was a member of a secret Con-
federate society, the Knights of
the Golden Circle, who organ-
ized his escape.
New Life
From California he went t0
Asia. An ex -Confederate soldier
declared in 1873 that he had
met Booth, whom he had known,
and his wife in the Pacific Caro-
line Islands, and Booth asked
him not to reveal his secret for
a year, saying, "I have lost my
identity and I have a new and
original existence," disclosing
that he bad not left Washing-
ton for thirty days after the
murder, and had been in Africa,
'nnrkey, Rome, China.
Se who was the man shot in
the shed and eventually buried
in the Booth family grave? Fur-
neaux admits it is all a puz-
zling mystery, like the supposed
execution of Napolean's Marshal
Ney, the Casket Letters of Mary
Queen of Scots, the Tiahuanaco
Stones in the Andes, the Proto-
cols of Zion, and other enigmas
in this intriguing book,
BAD MANNER$
Mother and son paused out-
side the office of a Philadelphia
advertising dentist. There was
an elaborate showcase reveal-
ing the lafest in dentures and
bridge -work.
"Mom," said the boy, "If I
ever have to get false teeth I
want that set in the corner."
"Hush Willie," she cautioned,
"how many times must I tell
you not to pick your teeth in
public."
BY Rev, R, Barclay Warren.,
Praise for God's Gift
Psalm 148:1.3, 11.13; MattheW
I:18.20.
Memory Selection: 0 come, ler
Ise worship and bow down: let
us kneel before the Lord our
maker. Psalm 85:6.
Praise to God reaches a grand
climax as we near year's end.
That God in the person of His
Son should take flesh is the
marvel of history. Millions of
people around the world will
wonder at this event again this
Chrlstmas.
Belford E, Luccock wrote a
stimulating article on The
Christmas Baby Grew Up. Here
it is in part.
'Part of the eternal appeal of
the Christmas story lie in the
fact that it Is the story of a baby.
Yet in that fact also lies a dan-
ger. F o r multitudes of people
gladly make a sentimental re-
sponse to the infant Christ, but
they shrink from making a mor-
al response to the Man. Christ
Jesus. They miss the chief point
in the Christmas story, which
is that the Baby grew up into
the Son of Man and the Son of
God, who made a devastating
challenge to a world of greed,
of cruelty, and bard power.
"A baby makes no ethical de..
mends On life. It compels no deep
disturbance of life. We can sing
Christmas carols without letting
Jesus come into our lives to ar-
range them in the discipleship
of Him who calls us to take up
a cross and follow Him.
"So .there is need for stress
on the truth that the Baby at
Bethlehem grew u p. He grew
up into the Teacher, who se
words are the only sure four
dation for the world's life. He
grew up into the Prophet, who
brought an unyielding challenge
to the dark powers of this world.
He grew up into the Redeemer,
who was lifted up on a cross and
draws all men unto Him. When
Jesus is not dealt with as the
Master who claims undivided al-
legiance, the high meaning -'of
Christmas is gone."
May our thoughts center
around Jesus Christ this season.
May we think of Him not only
as a Baby but as our Saviour.
Genuine pull -Cat — Kareen Mui.
queen, 4, squints gleefully as
"Skippy" forgets his cat- show
manners, and pulls her hair dur-
ing an all -breed tabby show at
Jones Me moriol Children's
Center,
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