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AN ESSENTIAL FOOD
If :any one food can be called an
serine] food, mills is such a food.
�yonii ,question, milk is the most
vi'u. single article of diet we po
-
•sess. 'There is no other food which
can meetly :take its place.
Milk is ,a ifood, not merely some-
•#hing to .dririk. In milk are to be
;found ,practitafly all the substances
-which 'the body :requires. Asit is 'tur
best source of calcium, or lirrne, • it
provides the materials for building
-strong bones andsound teeth.
•Children must have milk if they
a areto•Srowtprope'rly and have strong
healthy 'bodies. Milk is a complete
alooil during the fust months of life,
and breast milk is, by far, the best
'for the baby. 'Cow's milk can never
be more than a .substitute .for breast -
As the child grows older,he is giv-
en ,other foods, but during the early
years of life, milk forms the basis of
his diet. Every child should be given
at least ane spinet of milk a day. This
-tan ' be taken as a beverage, or it can
'V be served .on cereals or other foods,
or made into soups, custards, and al-
ao plain "puddings.
Milk is an econotnical food; there
is no waste in it. Because we see it
as a liquid, we'are apt to.forget about
•the fat, sugar, protein : and minerals.
which it contains and which make it
so .nourishing. ,
Milk .should not be thought of as
a baby's food, or merely as an acces-
sory` to be •used to flavour tea or cof-
fee. Milk and •milk products, such as
butter and cheese, are foods wlsis
I should be used by everyone, young'
and, old. They, together with green,
leafy vegetables and fruits, should be
part of the daily diet throughout life.
As we have said, milk is the most
valuable food we have, but milk that
becomes contaminated' with the germs
of discs is dangerous. disease highly a gerous: Milk
from cows which have tuberculosis is
responsible ' for the bovine type cf
tuberculosis in children which causes
disease and crippling. Milk contam-
inated with barnyard dust and dirt
causes diarrhoeas in children, which
condition is responsible for :he death
of many little ones. In its handling,
,milk may be contaminated with dis-
ease germs by the milker, or by the
use of :impure water or by . milking
untensils which have not been steril-
ized.
Milk should come from clean, heal-
thy cows which are free from disease,
and it should be handled in a cleanly
manner. Before use, it should be pas-
teurized. Pasteurization destroys any
disease germs which may have gain-
ed entrance into the milk, for, des-
pite all precautions, they do get in,
and that is why all milk should be
pasteurized.
Use milk 'because it is a valuable
food, but before you take it yourself,
before you give it to your children,
snake sure that it is pure and safe.
Questions concerning • Health, ad-
dressed to the Canadian Medical As-
sociation, 184 College St., Toronto,
will be answered personally by letter.
Increasing Turnip Yield
An increase, of 25 to '35 per cent.
tin yield of turnips has been obtained
Pin a number of demonstration tests
conducted by • the Department of
Chemistry, 0. A. C.' In the Past 20
years, the growing of turnips has be-
come an important phase of farming
;h in Central Ontario and although pro -
:fits were diminished due to conditions
im-
portant
ir
i• continue to be a
an 1930, turn ,.s
portant 'adjunct of. many mixed farms
in Ontario. Growing conditions of
1930 were especially bad, due to the
long drought. The usual pest, the
rurnip louse, was in great evidence,
endering many a crop absolutely
;worthless. This insectis difficult to
combat, .because .it is a "suckling
mouthed insect" and sprays have lit -
Ile effect upon it. Ten different fer-
tilizers were used in last summer's
experiments; rates- varying from 400
go 750 pounds per acre. The average
yield for all fertilizers was 639 bush -
.els per acre while the average yield
for the unfertilized was 468 bushels.
This is convincing evidence of the
profits obtainable from the use of. fer-
tilizers. The turnip crop is one that
seems to require a special supply y of
phosphoric acid, hence a relatively
:sigh phosphate fertilizer like 2-12-6
is well adapted to the crop. Thor -
oughness of application is one of the
important points in the uses of 'fer-
tilizer on turnips.
Dog Menace Continues
In common with other counties in.
Ontario, dogs still appears to be a
serious menace to the sheep industry
in Siincoe Coutny according to the
annual report of Stewart L. Page, dis-
trict- representative. During the last
five years 1,089 sheep were destroyed
with payments of $12,692. Mr. Page
puts the loss through sheep killed by
dogs and injurer and worry to sheep
in the flock at about $20,000 annually.
A committee of the Simcoe County
Council has been appointed to inves-
tigate the matter. New interest, how-
ever, isapparent in the sheep indus-
try in Simcoe County. With a total
of 11 tanks in the county, 6000 sheep
were dipped during 1930. Three sheep
clubs organized in the fall of 1928
are carrying on under the supervision
of the Provincial Live Stock Branch.
Two lamb fairs were held, one at
Barrier and one at Carley, which' pro-
ved successful in weight and finish
required. As 1930 was the end of the
second year for the clubs, a sale of
club rams was held, most of which
were purchased by the club r inbers.
• WHERE NATURE DWARFS MAN
Visitors to Jasper National. rarks in • the heart of the Canadian
ltackies, stand close to the ivory act of creation. In this beautiful
.ttrea, life once was cradled, Convulsion seized the land and 'reared
tclek.: upward to the skies. ,Out of "the "Welter came the glorious
Peaks to defy tee and time, their rugged beauty a magnetic attrac-
tion for thousands of sight avers. •'Small' wonder mere mortals
stand by and drink in the grandeur deur of the peaks, Above is Malign,
f s.ke, its shotes lri'ittxxo.d bS" moutttatins, O,bl,f't. Photo.
. YXLY'S RAM ASVANCP, IMID1S'
TUE JERBOA
Remarkably Like a kangaroo, Ent
Measures Only rive and a Balt
Inches from Snout to 'Tail.
The following little tale was told.
to me by a squatter who is an old
friend of our family, says a cot ribs
for to the Australasian, A. few
months ago, he said, be was motors
the homewards through the dusk,
when the glare of the headlights re-
vealed what seemed to he a minla-
Lure kangaroo hopping along the
rough bush track in front of the car.
Quickly bringing the ear to a stand-
still, the squatter sprang out and eap-
tured the axnlnial without difficulty.
It ryas remarkably like a ken-
ayrart,o, meaiaur'ing about five and a
half Actes from the ,end
Its snout.
to the Op of tie telt Yt was very
slender *Sind graceful, being eoyered
with soft,. Ate fear of & pane grey,
with the fuser sterfeee' pure white.
And the wee tarns of several young
ones could be'seen Imaging oirt .of it))
pouch, In which t til'e'r, being. tar-
ried so cosily.
Popping the mental feta his ociat
pocket, the mast renamed b'r'a seat at
the wheel, stepped oft the arceelera-•
te, and soon arrtved at the home-
stead. . -
In the dining -room he placed the
quaint little creature on the polis/led
table. lie told his wife that it; was a
eery rare species of Jerboa pouched
mouse, and that he had seer: miry' one
like it before. The youngsters, when
taken out of the pouch, proved to be
the wee -est, sweetest things imag-
tnable. Three of them, each scarcely
half an inch long, and as lively as
kittens. But alas! nobody noticed
one of the station eats creeping
stealthily along the window -sill, till
all of a sudden he sprang upon that
happy little family.
One baby was killed outright be-
neath his heavy paws, while he seta
ed and made off with the. second be-
fore
fore anyone could intervene. After
wardsthe squatter's wife found a
disused . birdcage, and having lined
the floor with straw, placed the Jer-
boa pouched mouse and her remain-
ing child 'in it. Then for the might
the cage was hung -ma book in the
kitchen,out of reach of enemies.
The pretty little animal soon be-
eame tame, and would answer to her
name, Jerbde. But the chief dlf cults
was her food, for she would eat only
lire insects. So every morning her
sage was placed on the verandah,
and the door left open. On the first
occasion that Jerbie bopped forth
she was pursued by a cat, and ham-
pered by the weight of the little one
in her pouch, it seemed as though
she would fall an easy victim, wren
tat unexpected ally came to her. aid.
A Scotch terrier named Chicot had
been watching the uneven race. Sud-
denly uttering a fierce bark, he flew
at the cat and: drove it away.
From that day began one of those
strangely assorted friendships among
animals that are by nature inimical
to one another. Jerbie could not find
enough •way, tc slice her gratitude
to her reselier. 'She took to catching
beetles, and laying them as an offer-
ink ai 'Ohseot's trot: Chleat hated
beetles, but always, as if In token of
acceptance est theta borne gifts, h€
would give Jerbie a quick loving
lack.
It was as though he said, "Thanks.
Now give the 'youngster his share."
And then and not until then, Jerbie
allowed her baby to eat the offerings
which bad evidently served their pur-
pose in her eyes. But alael Chicot
one day got so badly maulea by a
dingo that he had to be destroyed.
And poor Jerbie mourned for her
guardian so much that ere many
weeks had flown she was discovered
on.: these.grass.„near his empty...:kennel,
a pathetic little lifeless heap of fur
... But I bear that the baby, Toto,
now quite grown up, is still going
strong, and as merry as a cricket.
01sn "•TIME 15'i.O 1vIJEt :1+T
Old Book Gives Namaea. of Flowers•
In 1828.
An old book on the Somersetahire
dialect, dated 1826, gives the follow-
ing names to some flowers: Beady -
eyes, Pansy; Blackymoor's ' beauty,
Scabious and Musk; Bloody -warrior,
Wallflower; Cucoid, Burdock; Gilaw-
ler, Stocks; Singles -gess, Orchis;
Sour -dock, Sorrel; Withy -wine, Con-
volvulus; and Vonvy,. Wild Mustard.
In Sussex the country people call-
ed the Heartsease the viola Tricolor,
Kiss me, or rump -up -and -kiss -me;'
the White Thorn was Cuckoo's
Bread -and -Cheese tree; Star of Beth-
lehem, . a wild starry flower in
hedges; Robin - Run - the -Hedge, a
sticky: weed; Basket of Gold, a saxi-
frage that grows in the shape of a
round mass, when it flourishes; Ja-
cob's Ladder, a tall blue flower;
14lcadow Sweet, a white spiraea; Jack
or Jock -in -the -Green, a primrose with
green leaves round the flower; Ilish-
op's Weed, for the ground ivy, be-
cause it destroys everything else
where it grows; the Wandering Jew,
called the Old Man's Beard, the wild
clematis; Devil-in-the-l•3edge, some-
times called Love -in -the -Mist, nigella.
There is a tiny rare daffodil called
Angel's 'pears. Snow -on -the -Maur
tain, the common single White taxi
(rage.
t11isormpiora
Admiral Thought Midshipman Was
l+'lippant.
A naval vessel put into a South
Wales port, and two midshipmen,
keen golfers, got shore leave. Putting
on that plus -fours, and complete
with golf bags, they went off for a
game.
13ttt on landing they were Met by.
a well-known Boal owner, who knew
one of them, and he suggested lunch
and a visit down the mine instead of
golf. Se down the mine they went,
and then,• reshouldering their golf
bags, returned to the ship.
They arrived in face of the ad -
label, Who, feeling genial enough to
notice the "suortiee,” remarked:
"'Been playing golf l'"
"Oh, no, sir," grinned one of theme;
"we've been down a mina," '
Neat morning they were hauled tip•
for insolence, Arid it took' a• letter
front the coni owner to persuade, the
admiral th.. appearances had been
dpicoi��'etl. '
CY-3/1MANE13 PATIA0111,
Excavations Uncover Site of I'altace
of Ancient British ;ling.
The excavations in Colchester,
England, cue ducte4 under Mr.
N twkes, of the British Museum, dis-
covered the sight of the palace of i;he
British king whom Shakespeare call-
ed Cymbeline, The discovery of the
site is, of the greatest interest,
err ambeiine was sailed by his fa:h-
nnobelinrir, and by this namewas
made known' to us by the iiornan
,geYernor Suetonius, who calls him,
King of the Bri'ons. That was not
an exact title, because the Britons
were then a loose assemblage of
tribes cfrt which the Trinobanaos were
one and the leant were another.
T io , thefatherof o-
ast .vs�lin's, t h Cuai
sli o ' w 1 ni
b nu came the La to el au
s, tree k t
who had creased to Britain abotft
200 B.C. and were otter of the Celtic
tribes to come• into cont with Ju-
lius Caesar. Isle subduced %Vera, and
made of their cli tet City the Boman
stronghold of '+feruianr,• not L.
Albans.
When Tasciovanthe who) *full tip'
Catatyellaauni hate adopted. Vivelonn Ro-
man customs, conquesedi the. Trines-
bentes be made Camuaodkrrur
chat city in place of Veruilaw. Coao-
belinus, on succeeding Ills father ilo,
Om pear b A.D., decided to' reivafn,
Caere;, built a palace, and eetalilisbed1
a coinage. Like many oteee .of the.
thiels of that time he copied: ROrmaale
ways` awl 'could speak the'. Roman.
tongue. One of his coins "bee• his;
name• and title•--Cunobeilnns Rex.
No purely Roman coin bas tbae bili'
Rex 1t appearance on Cuaobeliaus"
coins, May be the reason whe Sias-
tonitair described him as King wr the'
Britons:
Rome's. lar -Sung area dM' rant.
Teach hiss, or at all events did not.
Interfere' with him, but when he died
fa 9t3 A.I4., leaping his country to hiai
sons,, Caractacus and . Togodurnnuuae
Rothe stirred again.
Claudius. the Roman emperor;;
sent .Amlitaa Menthes Silvans wits'
4,00.0. niers . to conquer Britain. One'
of the legions was commanded by
'Wespasian. The Ronan general
fought and defeated Caractacus and
hie brother on the Medway, and un-
der the leadership of Claudius him-.
self completed the subjugation of all
the southern tribes.
es new Roman capital was built at
f:an ulodanum, a charter was given
to the colony, and Claudius went
back .to Rowse and the old tribal
town was submerged bends than Re-
iman city.
eii< ltelE6iAIDS TO SEAS,
Waw Aconupany Great Aauay of
Seals to Breeding Grotmds.
Warships et the United States and
Canadian navies annually aeeo npany
a huge crowd of sealsto the Pribilof
Wands in the Behring Sea. These
naval vessels .act as escorts in order
to prevent sealers from attacking
their victims until the season strives
tat is allowed by law.
A few years ago, seals were being
slaughtered in such immense num-
bers that it seemed probable that the
creatures would vanish .altogether
from the animal world. So the Gov-
ernments of Great Britain, the Unit-
ed States, Russia and Japan arranged
a treaty among themselves to safe-
guard this great army of seals en its
journey through thousands of miles
of sea to lis breeding -grounds, other-
wise known as rookeries.
Immediately the seals land on the
islands, vindictive struggles for su-
premacy 'begin. ' The animals fight
for the best positions to establish
homes for their wares and• -chiidreen.
The female seals arrive in July. In
November, the rookeries are aban-
doned again. The seals voyage forth
along the southbound course, where
live most:of the fish on which they
feed. The >o makes good nese
of the seal. Its skin fashions• covers
for his 1ioat and tent, and from its
body he gets oil, food,' clothing, fuel
and light,
1111. NAVY IN MINIATURE.
o'ff'al 'llnited Service Mnse 's Wars
derive Collection of Models.
The Royal united Service Museum
in Whitehall; Loudon, should prove a
fascinating place for any one inter-
ested in ships.
The wonderful collection of mod-
els there enables the visitor to trace
the whole romience of British sea
power from the days of sail and the
"wooden walls" of Nelson and his
predecessors, through the changing
period when steam "'w'as introduced,
and so right up to the latest types
of modern battleships, proteetea• by
steel .nand driven by oil fuel,
Nearly all the ships represented
breve played an important part in
British naval history, but one parti-
cularly
interesting .model is that of a.
Freneh ship, the •Iniperiale, which
was built during the early years ott
the nineteenth century, and was them
described as the most powerful and
finest Vessel which had ever' been
constructed in any country.
However, at the Battle of Santo.
Domingo, in 1806, she was rna
ashore by a British squadron ana
captured.
The ship was burned, but the mod-
el of her which was on board was
taken ont, and 'finally found a resting
place in this museum.
Princess Louise
Princess Louise, who recenttjr Cele-
brated her 821ud birthday, was the
first daughter of a reignitig monarch
to marry a commonert alto eldest
surviving child of Queen Victoria,
and aunt of our present Xing, leer
engagement in 1871 to the then Mar-
quess of Lorne, afterwards 1Juke of
Argyll, caused considerable snrprlse,
as she•was the first English princess.
to marry beneath the degree of roy-
alty. The princess was lefta widow
in 1914, and there was no child of
the marriage. She is remembered in
Canada as the Marchioness of Lorne.
• ",i'oroeiato'ta Potutlatlon,
Atteessinent Cotninissioney Parley
•Of Toronto, iir his returns for 1981,
reports the City's population 411.431,-
506
t631,-506 artd its asseetixnetits at 01,954,-
990, 700---increase.st
$1,954,890,709-••increases of 16,220 and
$41,452,694 t apeetivuly,
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with an unshaken faith as Wingham grows and pros-
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