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CAIIGIIT I‘ THE WILD
By Robert Ames Bennet
SYNOPSIS "Lay off, Vivian," Mr. Ramill in-
terposed. "The plane has veered out
.Allen Garth is preparing to' Make „
a trip to a mine which he has discos- again He has us nipped fast.
Brod in the Canadian Northwest when Without any reply, Huxby thrust
an aeroplane appears at the little re-
fueling station and an elderly man,
a young man and a young woman
alight.
The two Hien who are looking for
mining prospects, become much in-
terested in some specimens of" ore'slung the pack on his back.
TUCKERSMITH
his pistol inside his leather jacket
and started up the stream bank.
Garth came aslant to his neglected
pack. It lay where he had tossed it
from the cabin of the plane when he
went in for the mosquito nets.. He
shown .them by Garth. They are all Come on. Lets head for camp."
rather haughty, especially the girl,. Why not follow Vivian? Mr.
and treat Garth like a` servant' but Ramill inquirer:. It is still possible
' the plane may drift ashore."
he shows his independence and does -
"A hundred to one chance it will
n't allow himself to be ordered about. not, sir. We'll go out on mooseh de
They decide to take Garth.in their,
aeroplane to inspect his thine and if if at all. I ve decided not to make it
it turns out to be worth working to alone A trip through the muskegs
take a lease for a year' and give hint may lead you to realize that even
sixty percent. of the output. Garth !one woodsy prospectors should be
leads them to his claim and Huxby entitled to the fruits of their discov-
professes to think that he might have sties'
salted it. iThe girl's smoldering rage flared
out at him: "You scoundrel! Decoy,
After some digging,' which is done us into this beastly hole, and then
by Huxby— and some consultation turn our plane adrift You cowardly
by Huxby and Ramill; Garth feels sneak! Everything drifting away in
that they are convinced of the poten it—and all the food and wine. Oh,
tial wealth of the mine. The party damn! What am I going to do? I'll
proposes to go back to the flying ma- starve!"
chine for lunch, Huxby saying he will Her father looked at Garth with
come back and do some more digging. the first sign of concern that he had
They suggest that probably Garth shown. "Yes, that's it. You might
does not wish to come back with them have thought of her. A girl so del -
and he says he' will take a trip up irately reared. I say nothing as to
the mountain side while they are myself; it's all in the game. But 'a
gone. But Garth is ,suspicious of the lady—to drag her down into the raw
two men, so as soon as he gets out of like this! Marooning her to starve
sight he makes for the flying ma in the bogs!"
chine, takes a part from the engine
'(Received too late for last week)
Quite a number from this vicinity
attended London Fair last week.
Rally Sunday will be observed in
'Turner's Church : on Sunday next
Services at 2 p.m. for the remainder
of the year.
Miss Emily Ley of Markham is
visiting this week with Mr. and Mrs
F. Townsend.
Turner's church anniversary will
be observed on October 18th. Spe-
cial music is being prepared by the
choir. Mr-. Jas. Scott, soloist, of the
Presbyterian Church, Seaforth, will
sing.
Miss Mabel Wright of the Base
Line visited' with Miss Sadie Ball
over the week -end.
Mr. and Mrs, Lewis Tebbutt vis-
ited `with Goderich friends on Tues-
day of this week.
Garth looked from father to daugh-
and disappears main. The party'
te
comes up to the machine in frantic r; . "A lady, did you say? Oh, yes,
haste, the elderly millionaire being to be sure—a dainty, refined lady,
almost exhausted by the speed at who curses and drinks and joins in
which they have hurried him along. schemes to bilk a supposedly simple
Just as they wore about to take off bush vagabond out of his fortune.
Garth walks mit of the brush . and Paht she scoffed. Whining be-
wants to know what is the matter cause we would not let you •foist
and Huxby"covers him with his pistol yourself oh us as a gentleman. As
and tells him to place his gun on the for your twaddle about that claim,
wing. It is evident that 'they intend mines are treasure trove. They be-
te fly back to the Mackenzie and long to whoever is clever enough to
leave him• get hold of them."
Garth places his gun as ordered,' "Right -o, my lady," Garth approv-
then unties and rope holding the ed. "Which leaves only the small
plane and stands holding it while matter of food and drink to be con-
Huxby tries to start the engine, which sidered. You'll be able to chew
would not go.' He then tells them moose meat, I fancy, after you've
that he has the part of the engine in fasted off some of your fastidious -
his pocket but will not allow them to nese
come near h i re until a 11 are
out. He then lets the plane go, fling-
ing the line out into the water and it
drifts down stream towards a falls.
Wh
"Ah, indeed!"
"Yes. 3'11 let old Mother Nature
spank you till you come to your sen-
ses."
-lIer blue eyes flared with scorn,
His smile broadened.
'Just. that. Mother Nature knows
how to make her naughty children i
behave. For instance, that is a deer I
tracks, shot through the heart
Silently as he had stalked' out the
edge, Garth returnee: to solid ground.
He knew that the snorting, bawling
moose in the pools would soon quiet,
down and return to their lily -pond.
ceding. Even the mother moose and
ter calf could be counted upon to re-
cover front thein panic' after a short
flight. The only requirement Was
for him to keep out of sight and ei-
ther,across or down wind from the
stupid beasts. They had not learned,
to fear human hunters.
A few steps along the bank brought
him to a game 'trail through the
thickets. He laid down his rifle and
waded out to the dead bull. The body
lay on. a down -beaten mat of willow
stems. Garth at once set to work with
his knife,
To dress: out a theusend-pound ani-
mal is no light task, even :ander the
best of conditions, Garth thought
nothing of it• He had made his frill
where he had to work only ankle
deep in the mud. The willows held
the great carcass from sinking deep -
fly on your neck. You'll soon feel
the sting. Not many here—no game
around, Never mind. This first one
will soon have company. And here
come the mosquitoes."
She slapped the biter from her neck
and stepped forward as if minded to
slap the smile from his lips. "Oh,
you --,-you! Damn!"
"Better save your energy for pat-
ting your little friends," he advised.
"You'll need it all, unless your pride
stoops to the squaw work of camp-
fire tending. ' Smoke drives off in-
sects. For another thing, no wolf,
wolverine or lynx, or even a grizzly,.
will venture close to a fire. Think
that over.—Mr. Ramill, , You have
your patent lighter."
He swung away between the
spruces without waiting for any re-
ply. Left alone with her exhausted
father, the girl might come to real-
ize how utterly she had -crashed out
of her soft and luxurious civilized
environment.
A girl whom even her father had
been unable to control! That had
been evident from the first. She was
a badly spoiled product of the jazz-
age—willful, arrogant, utterly sel-
fish. Fortunately she had shown her-
self no less hard phsically than men-
tally. Otherwise he would have play-
ed the game in a different way. No
weak -muscled woman could make
that travois to the Mackenzie.
en they see the plane !s doomed
and realize that they are in his pow-
er Mr. Ramill says they will do just
as he says if he will lead them back
to the Mackenzie.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
"That it's not well," Garth replied.
"In the first, place, you'll stop that
name and tone in speaking to me.
Ain I understood?"
Huxby stood silent, his eyes cold
and lips tight drawn. But Mr. Ra -
mill spoke for hint, with decisiveness:
"That' is understood, Garth. We are
all now in the same boat, andyou
are skipper. How about the shoe
problem?"
"Moosehide. ' We'll first shift a-
longshore to the mouth of the placer
rill. It's the best place to camp. I'll
then go on around to the muskeg and
coiled some hides." I
"Don't he too sure of that," Hux
by differed. "Keep hold of the rifle,
chief. He'd streak out and leave us
to, hold the sack."
Garth paused t o consider this.
"That might be the best plan. I could
kill you enough meat for a month;
then go out for a plane."
"But forget how to guide it back
here!" i
"Haven't you realized -yet that the
?n "It's,
joke is on you?".Garth Garth. inquired. I
J Y q �
a question of trusting me absolutely,
or not at, all. Take your choice."
Mr,'Ramill handed over the rifle.
Huxby's hand tightened on the butt!
of his lowered pistol. Garth. gazed
past hien down the lake.
"The plane s'eoms to be edging
over towards .the east shore. There's
a ford up here, Huxby. You're wel-
come to try for the plane. If you
save her, I'll call it a break of the
genie in your favor, and we'll all
ride out on the air."
Up jerked the pistol to point at the
belt of the buckskin trousers. "I'!l
make surae of that fide, you gay jok-
er. Hand over the rifle :and that
breaker point you stole."
Garth made no move to obey.
"The run of poker, my sweet pis-
tol pirate, is to bet the limit, and let
the other fellow guess; if you're bluf-
fing . For instance, I' lured you a-
shore by telling I had that point safe
in my shirt. Do you still believe
the bluff?"
"Just a bluff, was it?"'
"That's for you to guess. What if
the point is out in deep water? Sup-
pose you shoot me to find out the
truth about it,'aro you sure of saving
the plane? You rnight swim out to
her. But you've had one bath in
this glacier water, You know it's not
as warm as itmight be."
CHAPTER VI.
MOTHER NATURE
Indifferent whether or not the girl
and her father followed him, Garth
started to back -trail through the
lower growth of spruce trees.
He had not taken a dozen steps
before he heard the snap of twigs.
The two carte up close behind him.
Misg Ramill spoke quaveringly:
"That bear—if you were not spoof-
ing about the beast— Vivian is over
there alone!"
"His pistol would be worse than.
useless," Garth replied. "But there
are plenty of spruce anci birch. A
grown grizzly can't climb trees. The
cubs are too small tobe dangerous.
Besides, I've seen no fresh treks. Go
and join him, though, if you wish."
While speaking, Garth had walked
on. So 'had his two followers. They
murmured to each other. But neither
spoke to him all the way along the
bush-scteenecl lake bank.
Where the spring rill eame burb-
ling over ledges down to the rocky
shore, Garth halted in a small'clear-
ing. Here had been his camp on his
previous visit to the valley. Alders
had been used to make a three -sided
brush leant° facing the fire hole in
a flat rock ledge. Ten feet up the
branch -trimmed trunks of four close-
ly grouped birch trees, a tattered
moosehide hung over the edge of a
pole platform .
"All the comforts of home," said
Garth. He shed his pack and glanced
up at the platform. "Wolverines
have robbed the food cache. But
there's plenty more meat on the hoof.
While I go for some, you two will
start gathering wood."
lliss Ramiil's nerves were on edge.
She snapped at him hysterically:
"You insolent bully! Don't you dare
to try to give me orders."
Her father had squatted down on
the warm rock, tired out by his day's
exertions . Garth spoke to him:
"Too much is enough. The condi-
tion was that all three of you would
do as I thought best. Huxby prompt-
ly tried again to bluff me. Now
your daughter balks."
Mr. Ramill` raised his down -sagged
head, "You'll not be able to say that
ofme, young. man. .I stand by your
term's. I always play to win. But
no one can truthfully claim I ever
welch or revolve. I will take your or-
ders, and so will Vivian, now that he
has had time to realize the situation.'"
"How about our daughter?"
"I'll leave that to you. If you can
control her, you'll be doing more
than'I have ever been able to do."
Garth met the disdainful gaze of
the. girl with a smile. "So your fath-
er turns you over to me, my lady.
Let me hasten to assure you, I beg to
decline the honor."
As for her father, he had only him-
self to thank A pirate should ex-
pect to take his chances. He might
be gotten out to the river, and -he
might not: That depended upon his
heart. Soft nmscles could be harden-
ed . Not so a weak heart.
er.
All the hide within reach slid free
to the quick draw of his curved knife
blade. With belt -ax and knife he cut
off,the antlered head,*then the upper
foreleg and hindquarter. After that
he was able to heave the carcass ov-
er by the leverage of the other legs.
When he had finished with the bull,
he went to the cow. She weighed
perhaps two hundred pounds less, and
was therefore easier to dress out than
had been the bull:.
With the two skins and all the meat
ashore, he took a dip in a clear pool
and washed his buckskins. As he
sloshed out of the willows in the wet
•garments, he saw 'Miss Ramill star -
Ing through her headnet at the eight
big legs. He'had hooked them on the
stubs of spruce limbs. Her gaze low-
ered from the other raw moose pro-
ducts that were piled on one of the
hides. She turned from them loath-
ingly.
"Faugh! What a sickening mess!
Have you started a packing plant?"
"The packing is just about to
start," he replied. "Are you too
feeble to carry this rolled skin? It's
the lighter one."
"That filthy thing? You may be
sure I'rn not so feeble-minded as to
;ouch any of your butcher mess."
"Very well. Only remember, it's
your own choice, sister."
(Continued Next Week)
No question as to the girl and
Huxby if they obeyed orders. They
could maketit. But the millionaire's
shortness of breath was none too
good a sign. It might be due only to
fat. If not, then the odds were ten
to one against getting him over the
pass, to say nothing of the grueling
hike down to canoe water.
A crash in the alders broke in up-
on Garth's thoughts. The splash that
followed told him a moose had caught
his scent and taken to the lake. To
have run to the --bank and shot the
swimming beast would have . been
easy. Only, he had no canoe or raft
and the water here was rather deep
offshore.
He slanted to the left, until he
came up into the matted growth at
timberline. This took him partly out
of the wind." He skirted on around
towards the muskeg swamp, which
began at the southwest corner of the
lake.
A few steps downslope he caught
sight of a lynx. The big tufted -eared
cat had pounced upon a snowshoe rab-
bit. It crouched over the half -devour-
ed carcass, snarling furiously. Garth
passed by, heedless. He knew the
beast. would not attack him, and he
was after bigger game.
Some distance farther along he
turned straight down. So far he had
paid little attention to keeping under
cover. Moose are not keen -sighted.
In all probability, hehad been .the.
first man ever to hunt these beasts
of the isolated valley, and a month
had passed sincehis' single kill. For
another thing, he was now cross -wind
from the up -lake end of the muskeg.
None the less, he stalked down
through the timber as stealthily as
the lynx must have crept.uponthe
rabbit. His- course soon brought him
to a dyke of igneous rock. The ledge
slanted" through the alders and wil-
lows of the swamp border, and ran
out several yards into the quaking
bog and lily pools before dipping un-
der the slimy surface.
For the first hundred feet or so
out from the shore thickets, willows
grew along both sides of the low
ledge . A peer through -the foliage
showed the immense palmate antlers
of an old bull moose. The great beast
was up to his' neck in the mud and
Water of a lily pool. He was too far
out from solid ground. •
Beyond the bull, where the bog was
too deep for any fourfooted crea-
tures, the pools swarmed with feed-
ing wild fowl. The muskeg was fair-
ly alive with ducks, geese and loons,
cranes and stately white swans. The
grass hummocks between the pools
were favorite 'fleeting places .
Garth flattened down on the moss
covered slyke and crawled away from
tiie 'batik. As he snaked along he
kept his eyes turned downwind. Less
than fifty feet out he came within a
biscuit toss of a cow moose. She nei-
ther saw nor heard him. Being up,
wind, she could not catch his scent.
But, like, the old bull, she stood neck-
deen in a pool..
Shoreward, on the other side, Garth
caught sight of a slight movement a-
mong the willows.' He rose on his
knees and swungup his rifler Though
he was still screened by the brush a-
long -side the ledge, his gaicic trove
rents sent a strong whiff of man -
scent downwind.
With loud snorts of alarm, two cow
moose, a calf, and a young bull heav-
ed up among the willows less than a
dozen yards apart. They started to
plunge forward: out of the thicket.
Garth's first shot dropped the calf -
less cow with a bullet through the
head. Hissecond' bullet glanced off
the base of the bull's left antler.
Partly stunned by the shock, the bull
swerved sideways, only to drop in his
TAKING' IT LITERALLY
Agitated Lover Is it true that
your father has lost his fortune?
His Lady Love (sighing)—Yes—all
is swept away, but you are left, Per-
cy, dearest!
er-cy,'dearest!
Agitated Lover—Great Jupiter!, I
should say I am left!
OCTOBER 1ST INAUGURAL DATE OF "FUN AT CHRISTIE STREET,"
NEW COMMISSION P1tOGRA1VI—" WIj'HIN THE EMPIRE": GOES
'TO NATIONAL NETWORK OCTOBER 2ND — RETURN OF CON-
CERT HALL SERIES
A program which the Canadian Radio Commission has planned with
pleasure and fine Inspiration and which, it is fully expected, will have
the whole -hearted support: of •radio listeners across the Dominion, is the
new presentation, "Fun At 'Christie Street," The feature will be pro-
duced in the theatre of Canada's most famous military hospital each Thurs-
day night at 9.30, 'commencing October 1.
Large Audience
Soldier patients, with their fami-
lies and friends, will comprise the
nation-wide audience and music and
variety entertainments under the
guiding genius of Jack Arthur and
Wis Williams -will go out along the
airwaves of Canada and into ,the 1
wards of the hospital to tighten the
bonds of fellowship between the vet-
eraus and those for whom they made
their sacrifices. I
"One of the most important things
in a great hospital such as ours is
that the morale of"bur men be main -1
tained at a' high level," said Lt. -Col.
Charles Mclafane, superintdent a t
Christie Street, in speaking of the
new Commission program which is to.
originate in the hospital's theatre.
fFrom All Parts of Canada.
It is. inter t! t
es n o note that the t a t to air
audience for "run ab Christie Street"
will not alone represent the Dominion
across its full breadth. Seated in the
Grateful to Commission
"In the early years following the
war, the assistance of outside enter-
tainment was infinitely greater than
It is to -day, It is only natural that
this should have decreased ns the
years went on. We are alwaysgrate-
ful for voluntary entertainment and
we are particularly gratified that the
Radio Commission's new series is to
be staged in our midst.
"Since the creatiox of the present
administration, tinder the Department
of Pensions and National Health in
1020, 36,000 men have passed through
the hospital. More than 45.000 !nen
are cared for in the out-patient clin-
ic each year. Our Social Service
branch aids their families. One thous-
and one hundred men have died in the
hospital. It -is very evident that en-
tertainment and recreation for tht
men is a vital feature. We are very
happy, to co-operate with the Radio
Commission in carrying out this fine
gesture and we look forward eagerly
to welcoming Mr. Arthur, Mr..Wil-
limns and their associates." I (Continued on page 7)
"visible" audience each Thursday
night will be men from all parts of
Canada, for Christie Street is the hoe-
pital to which a]1 "controversial"
cases are allotted. Not only the then
of "D District," but then from every
town and village across the country
find their way to'Itle'e f tient admin-
istration of this great institution. It
will be the Radio Commission's privi-
lege to honour thein on the national
network and it is hoped that their
friends wherever they may be, will
join them in "Fun At Christie Street"
each Thursday night throughout the
fall and winter months.
6.
Concert Hall of the Air
On October 2 the Canadian Radio
Commission's national network pro-
gram, "The Canadian Concert Hall of
the Air," will swing into its new fall
and winter series with a cycle of Ger-
man music, comprising five concerts
'devoted exclusively to the music of
Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and
(Wagner. These broadcasts, which
will originate in the Commission's
'Montreal studios, will be heard each
Friday at 9.30 p.m. EST. and will be
under the direction of Dr. J. J. Gag-
nier.
I Great effort has been expended by
program officials to carry on the
high standard of broadcasting cre-
ated by these programs and the new
series should meet with the approval
of listeners everywhere. Arrange-
ments have been made whereby the
"Canadian Concert Hall of the Air"
each month will present a cycle of
music representative o f different.
countries, During November, for ex-
ample, there will be presented music
Fishing Is One Of Canada's
Most Important Industries
Ottawa, Sept. 24—"Canada's fish-
ing industry is the means of liveli-
hood of more people than are found
in any of the Dominion's cities except
Montreal and Toronto and an enter-
prise as big as that may very well
set aside a particular week of the
year to be observed as especially its
own," said Hon. J. E, Michaud, Min-
ister o f Fisheries, 'i n speaking.
of 'Canada's Fish Week,' which 'be-
gan on September, 28th and continues
until October 3rd, "Vancouver and
Winnipeg, for example, are big cities
but the number ofpeople clirdctly de-
pendent upon our fisheries, more than
400,000, is substantially larger than
the population of either of these 150-
portant
mportant centres.
"Canada's Fish Week is an obser-
vance arranged by the fishing indite -
try itself, not by the Departriient of
Fisheries, "Hon. Mr. Michaud went
on, "but it has my cordial approval
and support and I, hope that all over
the country next week the public will
join heartily in it.
"The week will be a fitting time
forthe people at large to be thinking
of what the fisheries mean to the
Dominion from the national point of
view. A11 our provinces, not simply
the coastal provinces, have valuable
fisheries resources. The industry,
s n y, as
I have said, is the direct support: of
more than 400,000 people, and they
are in all partsof the country. Indi-
rectly, the industry also creates work
for many people outside the fishing
districts—artisans in different kinds
of mills and factories, clerks, trans-
portation workers, and so on, who are
engaged in making and handling and
carrying the gear and equipment and.
supplies the fishermen must have for
their operations and in marketing
fisheries products.
"Froin the standpoint of the em-
ployment it gives the fishing indus-
try is one of our major Canadian un- •
dertakings. It is of . prime impor-
tance, too, as a.big contributor to na-
tional production and trade. Even in
these days when world market condi
tions are 'still disturbed, our fisheries'
output adds something like $35,000,- 1
000 annually`to Dominion production.'
Foreign sales of fisheries products
add, between $20,000,000 and 325,000,-
090 a year to national export trade.
•"That fisheries export business is
significant,", Hon. Mr. Michaud .con-
tintted, "Several scores of 'foreign
countries' buy fish products from us
in large quantity every year. They
have been doing that for a long time.,
"These foreign countries continue
to buy from Canada bechuse they,
have found by experience that the
Dominion's fish products are of fine
natural quality and are handled and
Processed efficiently. Let me add that
Canadians Wright well take a leaf out
of our foreign customers' book and
use more Canadian fish.
"Fish foods have several exception-
al merits. Since their tissues are
tender they are very easily digested.
For another thing, they are rich in
calcium and phosphorus and other
substances essential to human health.
Sea fonds are noteworthy for their
highiodine content, and iodine is the
great preventative of goitre. In re-
cent years scientists have found, too,
that fish foods are very valuable
sources of Vitamins A and D, espec-
ially Vitamin D, which makes -thein
very desirable in the diet of growing
children, as well as in the diet of
adults.
"For reasons of health, then, not
only because they are nourishing and
1taSty, it is well to use Canadian fish
foods frequently. Theyare builders
of health and strength. 'Any Day a
Fish Day' will be a fine rule for
Canadians to .follow after this."
I
The Fruit Situation In
Ontario
Eastern Ontario -The first three
weeks of August continued very dry
with only one or two very light
showers and many orchards are de-
finitely showing the effects of the
dry season. A heavy soaking rain
occurred .on August. 28th, which has
improved the sizing and colour of all
apples, and particularly the winter
varieties which were under -sized in
sortie orchards. Buyers have been
very active during the past weeks
and: many sales have been made at
good prices.
Side -worm injury isquite preval-
ent in many orchards due,it is be-
lieved, to. the hot dry 'season and
will result in a 5 per cent to 20 per
cent 'reductionin a number of or-
chards. ' The apple maggot survey is
underway in many districts and only
very light infestation in a few va-
rieties .has been reported to date.
Drought Spot and Corky Core condi-
tion of apples are present in many
orchards, and will reduce, to some ex--
tont, the pack of •'•McIntosh, Wealthy
and Snow. I
Western Ontario—Rains during, late
August and this month, followed by
and early this month, followed by
moderately warm cloudy days and
cool nights, has improved greatly.
the sizing of ali tree and vine fruits.
The foliage- has been freshened on
trees that were at a critical stage
owing to the previous drought period.
Tree mortality has been exceptionally
heavy this summer. Insects and oth-
er pests have been generally well
under control, although Codling Moth
injury is prevalent in nearly all apple
'districts. Grape -leaf Hopper evi-
dence is below normal, the most ser-
ious injury has resulted from inroads
of "yellows" disease in peach or-
chards throughout the Niagara Pen-
insula.
Apples are sizing and colouring
satisfactorily, with exceptional free-
dom from scab, but side -worm is very
pronounced in many orchards. The
quality of the peach crop has been
excellent, with good size and colour.
Bartletts and later •varieties of pears
are of good size and quality in the
eastern part of the Niagara district,
but somewhat below normal in the
western section. Grapes show some
improvement from the last report,
•although the expected production and
quality is variable according to vine-
yard location. Plums have suffered
more than other tree fruits from
drought and previous seasonal injur-
ies, and a greatly reduced crop is be-
ing ° harvested. Notwithstanding this
reduction in yield, the available sup-
plies of the two main later varieties,
Grand Duke and Reine Claudes,
should be sufficient to provide all
Canadian markets with good quality
fruit, since no shipments are antici-
pated to .the United Kingdom this
year.
Varieties of fruits expected to be
on the market in n
rl commercial volume
u
almost immediately in-
clude Greenings and other fall va-
rieties of apples; all later varieties
of pears, with the exception of Kief-
fers; Elbertas and late Crawford va-
rieties of peaches; Damsons, Reine
Claudes, Prunes and Grand Duke
plums; and practically all varieties
ofblue, white and red grapes.
The Live Stock Market Report for
August 27, issued by the Dominion
Department of Agriculture, emphas-
izes the fact that the market is re-
ceiving increasingly large numbers of
unfinished hogs and sows. This con-
dition, the Report points .out, is dis-
astrous topricesas, well ,as to the
keeping up of a regular annual vol-
ume of finished hogs for the home
and export trade. Every reasonable
effort should be made to keep back
unfinished pigs and maintain sow
breedings.
HIS' LUCK
"Darling, you were cheated when
you bought my engagement ring."
"Oh, no, I, wasn't. I, know my 051 -
"Perhaps, dearest, but you don't
know your carats."
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