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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-01-20, Page 6PAGE6' THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., JAN. 20, 1938. TimelU Information for the usu Farmer Furnished by the Department of Agriculture Tobacco Exports Exports of tobacco to the United Kingdom inthe twelve-month period ending September 1937 amounted to 8,200,000 pounds, as compared with 9,350,000 pounds in the preceding twelve-month period. The outlook for export shipments this season is re- ported very good with a keen interest, displayed on the part of export buy- ers in purchasing their requirements during the sale of Norfolk tobacco. Annual Conventions Ontario Plowmen's Association- -Feb. 1, King Edward Hotel, To- ronto. Ontario Field Crop and Seed Grow- ers'—Feb. 2, King Edward Hotel To- ronto., Class "B" Faris Association—Feb. 2, King Edward Hotel, Toronto, 2 Ontario Agricultural Societies - Feb. 3, King Edward Hotel, Toronto, and : Feb. 4. Seed Display—Feb. 1 to 4, King Edward Hotel, Toronto. Price Parity The disadvantage which prevailed between prices of farm commodities and manufactured products since 1929 was terminated in Oct.. 1936, and dur- ing -the first half of 1937 farmers were able to obtain a greater than normal quantity of manufactured goods in exchange for their agricultural pro- ducts. In the last several months, due to the fall in agricultural prices, this advantage has been almost lost and at the first of December the two sets of prices were practically on a. par- ity- It is expected, however, that the pig is being forced by heavy feeding. Heavy feeding without exercise is conducive to crippling. It is wise, therefore, to allow the young pigs to run outdoors during the fine fall wea- ther, and when they must be kept in- side, due to bad weather, they should be allowed sufficient pen space to ex- ercise freely. With regard to providing warm and dry sleeping quarters, if there are buildings available. it would be unwise and not economical to build new pig quarters. Even old buildings should be remodelled only • sufficiently 'to ensure comfortable feeding and sleep- ing accommodation. Sufficient trough should be provided so that each pig will have an opportunity to secure a fair share of the feed. If the build- ing is draughty or likely to be cold, the construction of a covered sleeping berth will be well -worth consideration. It can be constructed of any avail- able lumber in a dry corner of the feeding pen. The 'sleeping berth should not be more than three feet high and covered with boards and straw, and just large enough in area to house the pigs comfortably in a bed of dry, clean straw. The British Market and Canadian Farm Produce A story of neglected opportunities for sale of Canadian agricultural pro- ducts in the United. Kingdom market is told in a highly informative report just issued by the Dominion. Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Jas. G. Gardin- er. The report reveals the results of an intensive study of the British mar- ket which was conducted by a group of Canadian agricultural experts who visited the British Isles with A. M. Shaw, recently appointed Director of Marketing Services for the Dominion Department of Agriculture. It was present position will not be greatly found that other Dominions' products changed during the first part of 1938. were better known than Canadian in Great Britain and that housewives were not familiar with Canadian goods. • ' Tobacco Production The extension. of tobacco growing Practically every product of the in Ontario has been rapid. With the, Canadian farm which enters the ex exception of several minor setbacks' port market, from cattle and dressed the acreage has steadily increased and, poultry to honey and canned pears, last season 60,000 acres were planted is dealt with :in the report, and each as compared with 46,000 acres in 1936. item is related to the British mer - With satisfactory weather conditions � chant and consumer. The report re- in the main belts production leached weals information which the Cana- 1‘ ana 'd total of 62,500;000 pounds, composed' dian agricultural specialists gleaned of 53,000,000 pounds of flue -cured, 7,-, from interviews with importers, com- 000,000 pounds of burley, and 2,500,000; mission agents, brokers, wholesalers, pounds of dark tobacco. This output manufacturers, retailers and house - established a new peak 'considerably, wives in 18 cities in England, Scot - in excess of the previous record crop land and Ireland. Farms where herds of 48,492,000 pounds harvested in WEATHER GUIDE When the mercury is unsteady dur- ing calm, expect shivers. A pale, yellow sunset, even if clear, foreshows rain. A ruddy sunset, especially if small horizontal tines of cloud -like shoals of fish about the horizon, betokens win- dy weather. If the sun sets behind a rugged, rocky, or mixed bank of clouds, very stormy, wet, or showery will the mor- row be. If setting in a general sheet of haziness of a dusky or leaden hue, bad weather is near. When setting in part clear, but a- mong curly locks of thin cloudlike turfts of hair, or the strippings off goose quills, expect fog or rain next morning. A very clear sunset of pale gold colour isa sign of fine weather, if a calm and dewy evening with it. A ..clear orange -coloured sunset foretells a very fine day to follow, and more surely with rising baro- meter and a calm dewy evening. A clear sky, and sun setting in a well defined form, without dazzling the eye, and of a deep salnion colour, foreshows a very hot and brilliant day to succeed.. The same appearance with a cream- coloured haze on the horizon, is also a sign • of fine hot weather, but in this case the sun becomes deep red "just before he disappears. The same appearance at sunset in winter is attended by the sharpest frost of the season. In showery seasons, and when we have a fine day before, if the wind returns again from west or north- west to south, or south to southeast at sunset, be sure of a return of rain and storm. After fine weather, the first signs inthe sky of a coming change are usually light streaks, curls, wisps, or mottled patches of white distant cloud, which increase and are followed by an overcasting or murky vapour that grows into cloudiness. This appear- ance more or less oily or watery, as wind or rain will prevail, is an infall- ible sign. of Canadian dairy cows and beef cat - 1935. I tle were feeding were visited, as were Prices amounted to an average of 27c .fruit auctions, cheese factories, jam per pound for flue -cured and 11'/a manufacturing plants, and famous cents for burley and compare very food marts. favourably with prices of 28.7' and 11.7 cents in 1936, respectiiely. The 1937 tobacco crop will return grow- Canadian fanner and to all those ' grow- ers approximately $15,000,000 which aa in the export of Canada's in - is about000;000 morethanrelast year and terefarm produce to the British market. $5,000,000igfig greater than the Definite recommendations are also previous high figure obtained in 1935. The report includes six general findings of great importance to the Tobacco now assumes the role of one of Ontario's chief agricultural pro- ducts, 'and this statement will be readily conceded when it is realized given in the report, advocating an im- mediate adoption of a three -fold, long-term policy to win greater and more constant share of the .British that the value of this season's crop market. These findings and recom- will slightly exceed the value of mendations are set forth at length in the 86 -page report which may be ob- tained free on application to the Publicity and Extension Branch, Do- minion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. , f'TEER MARKETINGS WILL BE HEAVIER. cheese production, will amount to al- most as much as total egg produc- tion, more than twice as much as the commercial frult crop, or two and a half times the potato crop. Rearing Winter Pigs The winter feeding of swine pre- sents many problems that are not encountered in summer time, since pigs are forced to live under unnat- ural conditions in winter and without the variety of feeds available in the earlier part of the year. At the same time it has to be remembered that any attempt at forcing winter pigs 'when exercise is limited is courting disaster. Good feed should be fed at a rate that the pigs can overtake and thepigs kept in dry, comfortable quarters with room for exercise in the early stages of growth. By corn - biding good feeding and management Many of the common ailments of swine will be avoided, and the result will be healthy and thrifty market pigs. Successful winter pig production depends largely upon three factors. These factors are: warm, dry sleep- ing quarters, free from draughts; suitable feeds and care in feeding them, and exercise in the early stages of growth. . Exercise for the growing animal is •practically a necessity. This is particularly true of the pig in the early stages, and especially so if the , Cann DR. ROBERT BARNES LEAVES SERVICE YOUR 'WORLD AND MINIa D. It (Copyright) • LetresVAPANWAVAANYWMAAANYWAVrIVINPWANNIVAA. by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD • I am hoping that this contribution 'place will have to be away from his to The News -Record will have no ap- place of business for a whole day, and plication. to Clinton. Indeed, I 'should he is a very busy, man: He would be like to think that it has no applica- with you as speaker for Less than tion to any town or city in. Canada in' half an hour. Addressing\your club these present times; yet what I write may be of interest to members and -officers of local service clubs, and of other organized groups which invite out-of-town speakers to address them. What I write about refers to prac- tire prevalent many years ago, and is. the repeating:of something which a friend told ire. - This friend'is the chairman of a luncheon club's speak- ers committee, which means that his a professional lecturer, who gets at' ispeeial job is the securing of speak - his $100 for a lecture in addition. to. els. Itt this connection he went to a his expenses. He lives in Montreal. retired Toronto University professor A Toronto society's president was a —a man now past his.80th year. My schoolfellow of this famous lecturer, he had heard'the ro-, and he wrote him inviting him to ad - friend said thatP would add nothing to his reputation. Don't you think that it is rather cheeky to ask so'important and so busy a man to give up a whole day just to taut to your members for half an hour' or so? It isn't what he might say that you would be inter- ested in ---just the man." I heard of another -effort to .get a very famous Canadian lecturer—now fessor 40' years ago in Stratford. "Ah," said the professor, "I remem- ber that visit. There was something on in Stratford at the.time, and all the hotels were full up. Nobody had met me on my arrival, and I didn't know what to do about a place to stay at all night. I was sitting in the lounge` of one of the hotels, and there came up to me a former student of mine to' greet me. When I told him of my dilemma, he offered Inc half his bed. He was a lawyer and a bachelor, and had a room. So I shared his bed that night." The complaint of the professor was: he had been invited to address some organization in Stratford, and yet no- body met him at the station, or ex- hibited the slightest interest in him. "Another time I went to Thorold, on invitation, to address a meeting to be convened by the local public lib- rary. Nobody met me," said the pro- fessor, "so I went to the office of` -the local newspaper, since my correspon- dence had been with him. When I saw him he said 'I forgot all about your coming. It's too bad, but there can be no meeting'." So the profes- sor had his trip for nothing. He had to remain overnight, and he paid his own. expenses. Another experience of Dr. Smith was: when the meeting which he ad- dressed was over, the treasurer paid The movement of store cattle off yards and direct front the west into Ontario feed -lots during the summer and autumn of 1937 totalled approxi- mately 157,000 head as compared with 86,000 head from the ' corresponding period of the previous year, This means that the total Canadian output of fed cattle during the first six months of 1938 will be much heavier than for several years past. While there is a strong possibility that prices may decline early in the year due to heavy marketings of finished cattle, this n'iay result in more stable prices during the late spring months than would otherwise obtain, accord - Ing to the "Agricultural Situation and Outlook" for 1938, published by the Dominion Departments of Agricul- ture and of Trade and Commerce. A somewhat similar situation regarding the supply of fed cattle exists in the' United States but no drastic slump in United States prices is expected, al- though there is no prospect of the high peaks of the 1937 market recur- ring. It is also felt that in Canada a number of the cattle on feed at the present time will be held over and marketed off grass in the autumn of 1938 and during the winter of 1938-39. dress the society—without, of course, any payment of a fee. When the lec- turer refused, the president was hurt. He failed to perceive that -he was ask- ing 'his" old 'schoolfellow to give up two days of time, and that he was asking for $100 worth of the lectur- er's merchandise without planning to pay for it. If I may speak of myself, I remem- .ber going from London to Newcastle, in England, a distance of over 300 miles, to address a noonday meeting' —for about' 20 minutes! 'My time was shortened by discussions of busi- ness matters. The. absurdity of trav- elling 600 miles, and giving up two days, to talk for 20 minutes. Another experience of mine was at Brantford. I had been invited to address •a local retailers' gathering. A whole hour was used up in discussing whether the society would pay A. bill of $6— rent of some hall. Think of it, a gathering of about 40 retailers using up an hour considering an item of $6! It was 10 o'clock when I be- gan to talk to the company on "The Costs of Retailing" — when no one wanted to remain to listen to a rath- er dry subject. What is the point of ail this telling of speakers' experiences in addressing clubs and other gatherings? Well, it is to give me an opportunity to say these things: 1. Speakers should be met on arri- val by someone whose designated him his expenses—$3.40—in silver- duty'it is to meet the guest -speaker. from the collection at the door. I thought that I would be given a 6 i' His foracin advancetion should be $ arranged in advance—and proper bill,"said Dr. Smith, "but wheh , T saw that I was being paid only my railroad tare, and being' somewhat amused by being paid out of the col- lection, I said, 'All, there is another diene—my streetcar fare', and grave- ly the treasurer handed me a dime". "Another experience of mine," con- tinued Dr. Smith, "was in a town north of Toronto. As usual, nobody met Inc at the station, and I found nay way to one of the local hotels. While waiting there, I met a• pian whom I knew, and told hien why I was in his town.' He took me to see the editor of one: of the town's news- papers. This man said to me, "You won't have any audience. It's the LITTLE WHITE HEN week before Christmas. Nobody will have time to go to a meeting so near Christmas'. So I went back to my hotel, and determined to wait there until somebody came to look me up. Shortly before 8 o'clock the editor of the ether newspaper - the mall with whom I had correspondence — called for me, and we.proceeded to the town hall. There were about 20 people sitting about a wood -stove in the centre of the hall, for it was a very cold night. The fire had been Lighted ohly a short time before, and the hall was cold as a barn. • "There was a platform about 6 feet above the floor level, but I did not use it. We just gathered about the fire, and 1; gave my talk there." The total number of cattle in the country moves upward and downward over a long period of years and at the present time is on: the downward trend. It is expected that total sup- plies will be lower for the next three or four years. There, were very heavy marketings from the Prairie Provin- ces during 1937, especially of calves. These marketings are a heavy drain on the future supply, brought about by drought and a change in production practice caused by the very attractive market for veal during the past few years. Canadian cattle exports to the Uni- ted States in 1937 exceeded. the quota by a considerable number and, because of the attractive prices secured throughout the spring and summer, the quota was filled by the latter part of August as compared with about November 1, 1986. Reductions in the movement to the United States fol- lowing the filling of the quota was much`less perceptible in 1937 than in 1936. It is expected shipments will be resumed in fair volume after the 1938 quota commences' on January 1. It .is also considered quite possible that there will be a movement of fed cattle Me the United Kingdom mar- ket later in the year. The beef cattle situation is discus- sed in detail in the Agricultural Situa- tion and Outlook for 1938,' now avail- able free from the Publicity and Ex- tension Branch, Department of Agri- culture, Ottawa. After 30 years,service, Dr. Robert Barnes, Chief of the Meat and Canned Foods Division, Health of 'Animals Branch, Dominion Department of Ag. riculture, has retired on superannua- tion. Dr. Barnes came to Canada from Rippingale, Lincolnshire,England, as a young boy with his parents who set- tled in Middlesex County, Ontario, where he obtained his early educa- tion. He was graduated from the On- tario Veterinary- College in 1893 and began to practice in London, Ontario. In 1907 he took a special'course in meat inspection at the Chicago Vet- erinary Inspector' with the Meat In spection Service, Health of Animals Branch, Dominion Department of Ag- riculture, Ottawa, in September, 1907,. and the following year was promoted to the position of Chief Meat In- spector. Three years later he was made Chief of the Meat and Canned Foods Division, a position that called for the administration of the Meat and Canned Foods Act throughout Canada. a highly responsible task, one that .vuaY COUGHS, DISTEMPER, BROKEN WIND D have met their master• in ZEV—made by the sunk- en of Buckley's Mixture. Stockmen, poultry breed- ers, etc., who have used.. ZEV say it is positively "sure fire" relief for all respiratory ' diseases in horses, cattle; sheep, pip, poultry and: dogs. It is amazing how- quickly it gets results in the most stub- born cases. In fact, we guarantee ZEV. to do in a day or two whatit tdok old- fashioned remedies a month to do. Pat.;, size 50e, Stock size 51.00. Get ZEV at W. S. R.HOLMES placed all abattoirs and packing plants engaged in interprovincial and export. trade under liis jurisdiction, so far as the Meat and Canned Foods Act ap- plied. Throughout the years he carried otit his exacting duties in connection with the inspection of the millions of animals slaughtered every years both for consumption as fresh meat' and for canning,with thoroughness and efficiency. B ' two principal hobbies in accommodation, 3. The speaker should be given a full measure of time for the delivery of his address, Business matters and sing -songs should bo shortened, if ne- cessary. .4. Don't abandon your guest -speak- er at the end of the meeting. 5. Pay him his expenses, in cash preferably, at the end :of the meet- ing. 6. Send hien a letter of thanks af- ter his return home; also a copy of the local paper reporting his visit. ' I say no more. • CENT -A -MILE ROUND TRIPS "BARGAIN FARES. (Mirimem Fares : Adult 75c. Child 40a.) t FROM CLINTON p 4 �T & Fri. 69L at. JAN. 28 29 ®Oshawa, •Bawmanville f Port Ilope, Cobourg,. Trenton Jct„ Belleville, Napanee, Kingston, Gananoque, Brockville, Prescott, Morrisburg, Cornwall, Uxbridge, Lindsay, 'Teterboro,; Campbell -ford, Newmarket, Penetang,' Collingwood, Meeford, Barrie,,, Orillia, Midland' Gravenhurst, Bracebridge, Huntsville, Callander,, Nortel Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Longlae, Geraldton, Je11sc ,. Beardmore, SAT. JAN. 29 to Toronto Also to Brantford, Chatham.. chs. Clinton, Durham,. Exeter, Fergus, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, Hanover, Harrtston, Ing ersoll, Kincardine, , Kitchener, London, Listowel, Mitchell, Niagara. Falls, Owen Sound, Paisley, Palmerston, Paris, Port Elgin, St.Cath arines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Southampton, Stratford, Strathroy, Walk- erton, Wiarton, Wingham, Woodstock. For' Fares, Return Limits,'Train Information, Tickets, consult near, est Agent. See' handbills for complete list of destinations. *CANADI , NATIONAL APPROVED METHODS IN LAND' CULTIVATION In the 1936-37 annual•report of the Dominion Minister of Agriculture, the Field Husbandry Division of the Do- minion Experimental Farms and Sta- tions contributes interesting informa- tion on cultural experiments. In East- ern Canada, states the report, me- thods of ploughing sod land for grain indicate that summer ploughing of sod, with subsequent top -working, is the most suitable treatment, especial- ly on weedy land. Only a limited a- mount of spring cultivation has been found necessary in preparing a seed bed for grain. Ploughing is not' necessary in pre- paring hoed -crop land for. grain, ex- cept as a precaution against insect da- mage. Spring disking with no fall treatment ' is sufficient. Summer ploughing with subsequent top -work- ing is the most suitable method of preparing loam soils for silage and root crope. Experiments on the depth of ploughing sod land in pre- paration for corn or oats have shown that shallow ploughing- of approxi- mately four inches in depth gives yields equal to those secured after ploughing seven to nine inches. In Western Canada, the best method of summer -fallowing is the cheapest method that will provide for mois- ture conservation, weed control, and In the prevention of soil drifting. dry regions, three surface cultivations are often all that are necessary: first, with the cultivator or' one-way disk; second, with the rod weeder, and fin- ally with the cultivator. In more humid regions, give or six cultivations niay be required, particularly where perennial weeds are present. Some- time ploughing may prove more sat- isfactory than surface cultivation. "And then there was Durham — a hard place to get to from Toronto. Nobody met me. In the station bus I asked a fellow passenger which was the best hotel. 'There are two hotels' said the passenger, both equally bad. Whichever you stay at, you'll wish that you had stayed atthe other'. That night I was given a very cheer- less, room, and what with its dis- comforts and sickening shells, I could not' sleep the whole night. When I got hone to Toronto the. next morn- ing, I had a sore throat, which 'be- came worse. It .turnedout to he black diphtheria. I was ill for three private life were poultry and dogs and for many years he has been conspicu- ously and constructively associated with the leading poultry and kennel associations. a , His retirement afterlong period of useful public service has been well earned and his co-workers and his wide circle of friends throughout the Dominion wish for' him many years of good health and enjoyment of life. SUPPORTS "MISSIE" Home front Dominica, Eleanor Ear- ly, former Boston newspaper woman, on a visit to Montreal told of a fabu- lous life on this little English island in the. Caribbean reached by "Lady" liners of the Canadian National Steamships. Gathering material for her new book, "Ports of the Sun", Miss Early rented the Big House of a great estate, and hired six servants for the price of a Montreal scrub wo- man. Her housekeeper was a woman called Missie who lives in comfort on the proceeds of an egg! "Seven years ago," explained Miss Early, 'someone gave Missie an egg.. She slipped it beneath a neighbor's setting, hen, and in three weeks she had a chicken.' The chicken. grew to be a fine -white hen, and Missie fed her on rice and cocoanut, and encour- aged her to lay beautiful eggs. And the hen was so obliging' that before long Missie was raising chickens. "Between the proceeds of eggs and broilers, she bought a young pig. The pig had six baby pigs. And when they were big enough to . eat, Missie sold all but one.. Then she bought a goat. The goat had kids. And Missie sold the kids and bought a donkey. "Tho livestock propagated until she could buy a cow. The cow had calves. Methods of preparing stubble land?i for grain are influenced by the neces- sity for rapid seeding, small reserves.. of soil moisture, and usually weed contamination. In dry regions, spring ploughing is the best method for yield and weed•control, but is subject to. soil drifting, and may result in de— layed seeding. On large acreages, spring disking or cultivating separate- ly or. in combination with seeding fac the most satisfactory method. , In the• more humid regions, it is possible to fall -plough. Canadian beekeepers producinghon.- ey in insufficient quantities to main- tain shipments' over long periods are - advised by the Canadian Trade Com- missioner in Great Britain not tout-' tempt export business on their own• account but to establish contact with - central organizations which are famil- iar with the market No shipments should be made on consignment GOODYEAR COMPLETE ANOTHER PROFITABLE YEAR A. G. Partridge, President, Reports Plant Extensions. In a letter with quarterly dividend. cheque addressed to the shareholders of the Goodyear Tire &Rubber Co. of Canada Limited A. G. Partridge states "I am pleased to advise you that the twenty-seventh year of your Com- pany has continued on a profitable basis. Two of the additional build- ings at Bowmanville are now complet- ed and are occupied, while the third will be finished within the next thir- • ty days. The additional textile ma chinery arranged for at the Catton, Plant at St. Hyacinthe, is partly faa operation, and will be completely it -- stalled early in the year." months, and at the end of my illness, And now Missie sells her young bulls I lost my voice for three months, and for beef, and her grandson peddles couldn't carry on my work at the milk in the village. University. I was, six months away "Missie lives comfortably in a one, from the University because of that room house for which she paid $46. visit to Durham. It was g maid in E"vevything she has she owns, she our house who told us that they had says, to her little white hen." been having an epidemic of black Dominica lies between the American diphtheria in Durham. Durham was her native place,". Virgin Islands and the French island of Martinique. The cost of living is low. Native runs, Miss Early says, is 25 cents a quart, and very good in - Another friend of mine, had been deed. Crayfish are 20 cents a dozen, to Peterborough to address at noon- and meats are 16 cents a pound. Pine- daya local service club. A friend apples grow three feet long, and cost :drove him back to Toronto in the of a dime. Eggs area penny apiece, and t'ermoon, and he asked the midday milk is six cents a quart. speaker if he thought that the local "ports of the, Sun" is declared to chub could get a speaker for a forth- be one of the' outstanding travel books coining meeting the president ' of ,a very large institution. ' Here's what was said in reply: "You want only top -notches men. Now, I ask you, what will . .. (naming the- presi- dent) get out of a visit to your club? . „i:f�iillm of the season, but.Miss Early, who is also the author of a number of other travel works, says it his silly to write books: "In Dominica," she says, "a girl can live on 30,000 words a year." clieSNAPS4lOT CUIL NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS V. '1 resolve, by the magic of lighting, selection, and arrangement, to tri@ the pictures hidden in common things." LONG tradition demands that everyone resolve, at the begin- ning of a new year, to turn over a ' new leaf, perhaps several' new leaves. If this is a: good idea for ordi- nary people, it is a still better idea for us as photographers. 8lven the best of us make mistakes that wo could avoid if we would only take a firm stand—and nothing can help sa much as to 'work out a code and then stick to it.. Here, then, is a set of New Year's. Resolutions for Snapshot Guild members. Check them over and see which ones apply to you. Add any others you think of. Then paste the: whole list in your photographic note• book and abide by it in the twelve- month ahead: This year 1 resolve -- 1. To think always before I shoot. 2. To remember that a camera • has no brain of its own, only an eye, and will only take pictures of the scenes and subjects I put in front of it. 3. To bear in mind that my Pic- tures to bo goodmust be in- toresting to other people as well as myself and that to be. interesting a picture must. have a central idea, a.pleasing- arrangement and 1 i g li ting: which is suited to the idea the; picture is to express. I further resolve— 4. To try, to see the "hidden pic- tures" in everything and to ask myself, not "Is thisa good pic- ture subject?"' but rather, "How can I, by the magic at' lighting and arrangement, bring out the picture or pictures this subject contains?" 5. To experiment with lighting' and pictorial : arrangement so: that my. eye, will become., 'i trained to see the pictures ,in- herent in common things. 6. To study my mistakes and note down what I did : that was wrong, and remember not to. make the same error twice, And I resolve that whenever I make an error, I will try to do the picture over the right way, so that its lesson will be more pointed. blether words—I resolve to make inoreand better pictures. ;L71 John van Guilder.