Zurich Herald, 1927-12-22, Page 3Alberta Coal and Ontario Users
Wait The Finding of the Railwayard in
Accord
rel With Facts.
R. L, McIntyre In
Coal Cars Besides Coal?
WE WANT WHAT. ALBERTA HAS
Ths,'e is no satisfactory reason . share of it would be coming east
why Ontario people should not be again to buy Ontario -made goods.
burning Alberta coal. I He noted that Alberta is a vera
This, :in brief, is a summing-up of heavy buyer from Ontario to -day and
the opinion expressed in an inter- that it 'would wenn reasonable to sup
view with one of Ontario's industrial Pose that, if she had more money, she
leaders, R. L. McIntyre, Chairman of would purchase shill more goods.
the Coal Committee of the Canadian These goods would have to be hauled
Manufacturers' .Association. west and. it : would seem natural to
"We have been told that the Wipes- suppose that some of the cars Which
sibility of securing a reasonable had come east With coal would go
freight rate was the reason why Al- back west again with supplies which
Berta domestic fuer could . not be this coal money had purchased.
brought to Ontario," Mr. McIntyre•t There is another very interesting
said. item which may, perhaps, seem unim.
"Last session, it was evident to the portant to the average person who has
Government . that there ,was a very no acquaintance with railroading.
strong public opinion in favor of a "The Railway Board's report sets the
national fuel policy and, toget down average load of each car of Alberta
to particular things—in favor of see- coal coming east at 33.4-" tons. But
ing that the Ontario consumer be en- the Canadian National figures show
abled to secure coal from Canadianthat the average car -load of • freight
mines. ion
.that road in 1925 was 36 tons and
" po the Board of Railway Commis- the C.P.R. average was 38 tons.
sioners was instructed to carry on. an I "There .seems to be no reason to
investigation and ,report to the Gov- suppose that the' Alberta coal car-
r ernment exactly what would be the 'loads are going to be smaller than the
•cost of carrying Alberta coal from 1average for all kinds of freight. •
the mines to Ontario.• "If we take the C.N.R. figure which
"The investigation was duly carried is the smaller of the two, we find that
on and the Board reported that the it makes a difference of less than
sum of $7.22 would be the cost per two tons per car. That does not seem
ton for this coal haulage. But any , like anything very much.
rate greater than $7 per ton is too "But, in figuring the cost, it makes
bigh to allow a reasonable retail price just this dicerence—it makes the dif-
fer the coal in Ontario. ference between a freight rate low en -
"The effect of the Railway Board ough to put Alberta coal on the Mar-
• decision, then," Mr. McIntyre conn ket in Ontario and freight fate so
tinued, "as far as the average news,high that it keeps it out.
, paper reader was concerned was that ' "If the •average car load of Alberta
it was not possible to market Alberta. coal can be 36 tons,—which it •al -
coal in Ontario under present condi- most certainly, would be—then the.
Lions, freight rate per ton will be 47 •cents
"That was my impression, too—at less. That is, by checking up this
first glance. Then,. I looked into. the one minor detail, we find that the
figures and I was convinced of some- - rate,- instead of $7.22, should have
thing entirely different from the of- been $6.75.
ficial findings. Mr. McIntyre. declared that he
"It is entirely feasible to bring Al -d could go on, indefinitely, with a dls-
herta coal to Clark). A' freight rate cussion of other fcatnres of the Rail-
= be made which will not only make way Boaz report. There were, for
it posibie for the retail price of the instance, the various items relating to
coal here to be, at the very least, as freight -car repairs.
--- low as that of the imported American "The overcharges, as far as this
product but this rate would not cut particular question of car repairs is
down the net revenues of Canadian concerned, added $1.30 to the rate
railweaes by one dollar per year nor -which the Railway Board presented
would it require one cent in the way as the correct one," he said.
of subsidy from the Federal Treas-
ury."
Mr. McIntyre noted, for instance,
the fact that in this calculation of
the actual cost of getting Alberta coal
to Ontario, he Board had taken it for
granted that every car used; In bring Ed with the undertaking is concern -
lug the fuel east would have to be ed—miner, operator, railways, coal -
dealer, ultimate •,consumer and the
various governments.
"These two overcharges -47 cents
and $1.30—raised the rate from $5.45
1•o $7.22.
"It is obvious," he concluded, "that
Alberta coal can 3e brought here Pro-
fitably, as far as everybody connect -
hauled back west again; empty. The
cost of doing this was added in to
make this' $7.22 rate.
Whet that meant, Mr. McIntyre ex -1 "But. there Is only one method of
planted, Yeas: that the railway Board ; bringing this, thing to a head and
took it for granted that, in spite of !that is through action on the part of
the fact that millions now going to the Federal Government. The matter
the United States each year would is certainly coming up at the next ses-
stay in Canada and a large portion of,sion of the Ottawa house and we hope
this money, would go to Alberta, it that this will mean Alberta coal for
was not fair to calculate that any Ontario next winter."
'With the "Lid On"
rTre, Helen Damroech Tee Van, in bathing suit and air helmet, working
on her underseas pictures with William Beebe expedition to Haiti. She used
special' pencils to draw on zinc. 'Beebe is the noted author of "Jungle Peace,"
Stranded Whales j Three Oyster Disbe8
End 8O Year Hunt. panned Oysters on TOOK
Wash 8 dozens large oysters an+t
120 Specimen, Believed Ex- lay thorn in a ; alander to drain, Vat
tinct, ie On sac
Elating or O
Science
Die B in a saucepan Z level tablespoontat.
El World
of butter, and add 1 a�mall bunch P
tender .celery cut .unto email piaoeL
Cook slowly for about 10 r1aUte -.
until the celery is tender, .»U t ill&
oysters lightly witbi salt and paprika.
London.—A school of whales,120 and add thew to the celery. Stir coni
straitly until the gills of the oyster'
strong, which suddenly and xniraeu- are curled, Serve bot ori buttered
lonely stranded in the Dornoch Firth, toast,' With a salad of tomato and,
on the east coat of Scotland, recent- cream cheese and a simple dessert,
ly, has now been discovered to be one this makes an excellent supper,
cell
of the greatest. scientific treasures of Oysters cell COd17ah
►recent times, Experts of the British
Museum have pronounced thein to be Cut fine, fresh cod into strips an!
of the almost extinct species of "false inch thick and remove any bones;,
killer whales," for specimens of which Put th a fish into a stewpan and add; oceans have been scoured in vain a rash of grated nutmeg, 1 cupful
0
for eighty years.
Only fossil remains had been known
of these whales, and museums all over
the world have only "reconstructed"
specimens. Now every museum and
university of Great Britain can be
supplied with a complete skeleton.
When the whales first appeared on
the beach of the Firth the inhabitants
considered them a great nuisance, z, r
they weighed from 3,000 to 4, 0
pounds each, ani presented a trans-
portepreblem that was unique, Then
their value was discovered by A. M.
"Jungle Phesants," "Voyage of the Arcturus," etc., etc. Hinton, the British Museum' zoologist,
who experienced "the shock of his life"
when he found that they were_ not
ordinary whales.
Now they are being dissected at the
rate of twenty a day at a whaling sta-
tion established for the purpose, and
the skeletons arebeingshipped intact
to the British Museum, where, after
reconstruction, the animals will be re-
shipped to various institutions.
How so large a school came to end
its days in the narrow firth is a mys-
tery, but experts think that the un-
usually warm water flowing down the
Skeletons For Museums
ticularly in the prairie provinces. Con-
siderable data on the palatability and
nutritive value of this silage has been
colleted by the Chemistry Division of
the Dominion Experimental Farms
and detailed in a bulletin on Sileage,
distributed by the Publications
Branch of the Department of Agricul-
ture, Ottawa.
in regions where corn gives a satis-
factory crop every year there is noth-
ing to be gained by changing to sun -
Fay Notes
_.— _–
A Swine Feeding Experiment.
In order to ascertain the method of
feeding which is the most conomical
for poria production an experiment
with young Yorkshire pigs. was re-
cently conducted at the' Kentville,
Nova Scotia, Experimental Station.
The pigs were divided into four lots
and given, besides roots and skim -
milk, a meal mixture made up of 100
pounds each of wheat bran and.
ground oats, 200 pounds of middlings,
60 pounds of oil cake' meal and 15
pounds of charcoal fed in the follow-
ing ways: To lot 1 the meal was fed
dry; to lot 2 it was fed cold in water formation on its use on various soils
slop; for lot 3 the meal was soaked and crops.
from one fed to the next and fed cold,
and lot 4 received the sante fed warm.
Lots 3 and 4 nave the highest average
not germinate and those that do ger-
minate generally produde smaller and
less vigorous seedlings than do the
heavier seeds. The light seeds should
therefore- be discarded. The bulletin
may be obtained from the Publica-
tions Branch, Department of Agricul-
ture, Ottawa.
Potash as a Fertilizer.
Potash 18 one of the essential ele-
ments for growth. It is indispensable
for the production of the carbohy-
drates, and is, therefore, especially
beneficial to .crops rich in these coni
stituents, such as potatoes, mangels,
sugar beets, corn, sunflowers, .'etc. A
pamphlet on Potash in Agriculture,
which may be obtained from the Pub-
lications Branch of the Department of
Agriculture, {at- Ottawa, contains in-'
snugly into the mill so that there is
no place in which weed seeds or grain
may lodge. The mill should be easy
to clean out when changing from one
kind of grain to another. The ease
and rapidity with which the amount
ofagrain leaving"the hopper can be
controlled is important. It is also an
advantage for the person turning the
mill to'be able to see the work the
sieves are doing.
Canadian Red Clover Seed Best.
flowers, but in the colder climates of The superiority of Canadian grown coast brought the cuttlefish, which is
the northern districts in the West and red clover seed over imported seed the.whales'
in Northern Ontario and in the larger has once.more been strikingly demon- achyoffood, inshore. The stow -
ache the whales were found to con-
tain nothing but these cuttlefish.
None of the present-day scientists
has ever seen a "false killer whale"
in the flesh before this school arrived.
The very first trace of them was found
by Sir Richard Irving in 1840, in the
form of a fossil, in the. Fens. Twenty
years later fossil remains were dis-
covered in Tasmania, and recently
scientists had begun to fear that the
race was extinct.
part of Quebec sunflowers are a more strated in experiments described in
the latest annual report of the Do-
minion Agrostologist. Seeds from
many sources wore thoroughly tried
out and in practically all cases where
it has been possible to trace the origin
of the seed to lots which had been
grown in Canada at least nine or ten
year's, and thus completely acclima-
tised, the winter hardiness was con-
clusively superior to that of practical-
ly :all imported seed. The desirability
of always using Canadian -grown seed
is therefore clear. The report, which
contains much valuable information
on forage crops, may be obtained from
the Publications Branch, Department
of Agriculture, Ottawa. --Issued by the
Director of Publicity, Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa.
dependable crop than corn and make
an excellent substitute. in nutrition-
al
utritional value and palatability sunflower
sileage ranks high and its feeding
value for milk production isvery sat-
isfactory.
In this connection It is interesting
to note a series of feeding experi-
ments with sunflower silage conduct-
ed at the Experimental Station at
Papuskasing in . Northern Ontario
where fodder corn .does not succeed.
Sunflower silage in these experiments
proved distinctly superior to oats,
peas and vetch silage for wintering
both beef cattle and lambs.
It should be remembered that where
there is no silo on,a farm sunflowers
cannot be grown to replace corn, as
the latter crop may be fed as dry fod-
der, a use to which sunflowers cannot
be put:
Buying.a Fanning MllI.
Cleaning the seed which is to be
used for next season's crops is a very
important operation that should be
done during the winter and not left to
be hurriedly performed just before
seeding time. A good fanning mill is
the first essential, and for tose intend-
ing to buy a mill a number of valu-
able
aluable rints are givn in a pamphlet en-
titled "Cleaning Seed," distributed by
th Publications Branch, Department
of Agriculture, Ottawa. It is pointed
out in the pamphlet that it is a great
advantage to deal with a firm that will
guarantee to see that the mil is fitted
with theproper sieves to handle the
grain for which it is required. The
purchaser should have it understood,
when he buys a mill, that he will send
samples .of seed to the firm and ex-
pect them to provide him with the
best sieves for cleaning it. The ca-
pacity
apacity of a mill in bushels per hour is
not so very important. Quality of
work should not be sacrificed for
speed, as it takes only a few hours,
even with the slowest mill, to clean all
the seed required on the average farm.
The purchaser should make certain
that the sieves are well made and fit
Clay learns as a rule are well sup-
plied with potash and seldom respond
profitably to an application of a spe-
gains per pig per day, and the cost of tial potassic fertilizer. It is on sandy
ono pound of grain was 9 cents for and gravelly looms, calcareous soils
lotl, 8 cents for lot 2, 6.9 cents for and . soils rich in vegetable matter,
such as mucks and peaty loams, that
potash may b expctd to give a profit-
able return. The rate of application
will, of course, dpend on th character
and fertility •of the soiland the kind
of crops grown. For most grain crops
an application of muriate of potash of
50 to 75 pounds per acre is generally
sufficient, while the quantity: niay be
doubld for alfalfa and cloder. For
potatoes, roots, corn and other leafy
crops, 100 pounds of muriate of potash
per acre may be considered an ever -
age dressing, - but as much as 200
pounds may often ;,be used profitably.
As a rule it will be found more ad-
vantageous to use potash with forms.
of nitrogen and phosphoric acid than
alone.
Sunflower Silage.
There is little doubt, now, that sun
Rowers are a fairly satisfactory and
acceptable Silage crop for districts In
which seasonal conditions do not
meet the requirement for goodresults
with corn, In regions where the sum-
mer ie cool the yield of corn is general-
ly low, and where,' late'spring and ear-
hbtbed space, Three pullings from such lY autumn frosts are frequent the crop
bed should furnish a suii1cient numl- suffers considerable damage. In such
ber of vigorous plants to sot out about districts sunflowers aro generally a
four acres of tobacco In the field. dopendobie crop. They also stand
Many lets of tobacco seed carry a drought better than do corn or other
largo proportion of light Seeds,Sotaie si19p crop. During recent years the
Of which mal' be diseased or thins~ acreage sewn to sunflowers as a au.
Lure. lfda 1? i►t'thee9 light 'Medd 7itt age OOP b& 'Steadily increased, par•
lot 3, and 7.2 cents for lot 4.
Use Good 'Tobacco Seed.,
Good seed is a very important factor
in successful tobacco growing. The
seed used should in the first place be
pure, that is, uniform as to variety and
type, because tobacco leaf of mixed
type cannot be used advantageously
by either dealer or manufacturer. Ac-
climatized seed, produced in Canada,
has proved after thorough test to be
superior in vigor to that imported
from tobacco growing regions further
south.
In 'a Dominion Experimental Farms
bulletin on Tobaeco,Growing in South-
western Ontario, a great deal or infer
"nation on tobacco seed and 'seeding
Is given. ,A very small quantity of
seed is necessary, therefore there 10
lib reason why it should not be as per-
fect as possible. One ounce contains
about 350,000 seeds, enough to plant
86 to 60 acres of tobacco if all plants
grow vigorously and it were possible
to use evem•plant., tinder ordinary
cultural conditions an ounce of seed
is sown on about 800 square feet of
"The most effective remedy for
'heartburn le heart balm."
A plot is something the other side
does which, if your side did, would
be merely a plan of co-operation.
Flies to Fight
Borer " e1eased
fu f; -
minced celery, 5 of a teaspoonful of/
cayenne pepper and 5 blad's of mace,
the Aloe from =1 lemon and 2 cupfuls
ot oyster liquor. Cover closely and,
simmer gently until the fish is done,
then add a piece of butter the size of„
an egg that has been rolled in flour,.
and 2 dozens large oysters with their`
juice, Simmer about 5 minutes long
er and serve hot.
Parasites Imported from Eur-
ope Set to Work in
Ontario
Oysters a la Newberg
In the double boiler melt 1 table
spoonful of butter, then stir in 1 table!
spoonful of flour. When well blend.!
ed, add 1 cupful of cream and stir unci
til the sauce is smooth and glossy,
then stir in 1 quart of well -drained,
and dried oysters. When the gills be-{
ginto curl, add the beaten yolks of 2
eggs, a dash of red pepper and % of
of teaspoonful of salt. Serve at once
on well -buttered slices ot fresh toast,:
garnished with lemon slices.
Ottawa—Tbeee million parasitic
flies have been liberated in the fields
of Wesitern Ontario to fight the corn
borer. Most of the flies—which carry
on business under the name and style',
of Exeristes Roborator-have been
set to work in the neighborhood of
Chatham.
Tho files are the natural enemy of
the borer. They were imported from
Europe where their number is suf-
ficient to keep the pest in check. The
female Jaye its eggs in the body of
the borer, whacYt is placed in a leth-
•rgic state by the use of a natural
poison. It will, however, take nearly
15 years to ring about a proper bal-
ance between the borer and the para:
site, according to A. Gibson, Domin-
ion entomologist. A yearly cleaning
up of the fields after harvesting is
still regarded as the best means of
attack.
Canada Ready F r
Olym ic Games.
Dr. Lamb States Arrange
mentsComplete for Trials
Next Year
CHANCES GOOD
Various Branches of Athletics
are Co-operating,
is Claim
That amateur athletics in Canada
ar on a firm and exceptionally smooth
basis was expressed by Dr. A. S.
Lamb, of McGill, new president of the.
Amateur Athletic Union of Canada,'
upon his return from the annual meet-
ing at Edmonton.
"Co-operation between the various
branches of athletics was the keynote
of the success of our meeting," said
Dr. Lamb, "and we feel that every-
thing is in order for the Olympia
games next year as far as Canada is
concerned."
The main topics of which the nc'w
president spoke upon his return were
the approaching Olympic Games and
Canada's possibilities in them. He
was appointed general manager of
Canada's team at the meeting In the
west, ,and will now arrange for the
trials which are to be run off early
next summer. -
According to Dr. Lamb all depart-
ments
epartments of amateur sport will be well
represented. For the first time for
years lacrosse will have a representa-
tive. The New Westminster team
which won the Canadian champion-
ship last summer from Weston will be
the team to represent the Dominion.
It will possibly be augmented by a
number of players from other sections
of Canada to make the team as repre-
sentative as possible. But that will
be decided by th Canadian Lacrosse
Association.
All standards of track anti field ath-
letics for the trials to be run off at
.Hamilton early in July have been
raised. Committees have been ap-
pointed to keep in touch with all
athletes likely to make the team front
the different sections, and it is hoped
to have the Dominion's best at the
trials in Hamilton. The summer
Olympic team will leave for Europe
around the middle of July.
Dr. Lamb has no doubt that the
Varsity grads will bring the hockey
championship again to Canada. They
will leave early in February.
Munich Offers a Castle Free to
Any One Who Will Repair It
Berlin.—An unusual Christmas
present is being offered by the city of
Munich to anybody desiring it. The
Bavarian capital wants to give away
the feudal castle of Wattersdorf, be-
tween Weyarn and Grosseeh:am in
Upper Bavaria. The ancient building{
coetairini thirty rooms and a line
chapel, whish was erected at the end
of the sixteenth century and was
formerly ,.wised by the Counts of Tat-
tenbach an 1 Arco, can be had for the
asking.
There is .a string attached to the
offer, hoe ever. The once stately
structure, with its four iinposin9
towers and steep roofs, has become
dilapidated so that it threatens to col-
lapse end will have to be braced. Ap-
plicants must a$iee to renovate the
imposing ;relk of olden limos and de-
posit 60,00 narks, the amount nec-
essary for the work, The city cannot
afford to ntalte repairs on account of
the lone treas+try..
A Harvard University investigator
finds that the cost of education is too
high, that not, enough is obtained for
what is spent. AMAMItly' whet is
deeded is more education in time t4
Spend more wisely.
A western newspaper suggests that
it might be a good idea, while allow-
ing
llowing violators of traffic ordinances to
go free, to imprison their automobiles.
Such a scheme would involve literal
incarceration.
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