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Rheumatism' and Crippling in Pigs
BY Geo. B. Rothwell, B,S.A., DomieIon
Animal Husbandman,
the seed produced frons the small
quantity seed a larger acreage.
The lower the grade of seed the
more weed seeds they contain, and
generally speaking the lower the vi-
tality and poorer the quality.
Copies of the Regulations governing
the Grading of Seeds may be obtained
by applying to the Publications
In the case of rheumatism or trip- Branch, Department of Agriculture,
piing, iu young pigs to which a brief Ottawa.
reference is made in our new Circular
No. 61 on the Feeding of Swine, the
important point on which stress or
emphasis should be laid Is that these
Drainage and Oil for the Mosquito.
During the warm months of the year
mosquitoes are often a serious pest
conditions are preventable rather than not only in rural and forested sections
curable. In other words, with breed- but also in towns and cities. The
tug stock, such afflictions can be pre- many species an dthe life habits of
vented by housing out doors, feeding thio insect, as well as methods of con -
with roots and alfalfa hay and a light trolling it, have beengiven serious
meal mixture, never over -feeding, giv- study by the Entomologleal Branch
ing plenty of exercise, fresh air, dry of the Department of Agriculture at
quarters, and keeping stock generally
in a healthy, firm -fleshed, clean con-
dition.
With winter pigs the same thing ap- successful in bringing it under con -
plies. Possibly the most important trol. The mosquito passes through
facto ris that of feeding. According several stages in its life history and
to what we find, rheumatism and requires water for its development.
kindred maladies may be prevented Control measures therefore call for
even under undesirable housing con- the drainage of stagnant pools and
ditions where pigs are properly fed, the emptying or screening of water
mainly where they are not forced. At- barrels and other receptacles in which
tempting to force a winter fed pig the eggs may be deposited. Where
with comparatively strong rations pre- permanent control by drainage is
disposes trouble. Where the situation feasible, it becomes necessary to treat
is complicated by the fact that the pig water surfaces with oil. A surprising -
is housed in a cold, damp building ly small amount of this will spread it -
and in a pen which precludes the tak- self over a considerable surface, des -
Jug of exercise, stiffness and rheu- troying such mosquito stages as are
matism frequently appear. Where present.
this pig is given quartetrs which ap- In work carried on by the Entorno-
proximate a shed open to a yard, logical Branch to control the mosquito
where it is cold, but where the pig is in the district of Ottawa and in other
supplied with a warm., dry place to parts of Canada, a medium grade of
sleep, he is enabled to get exercise, pettroleum oil such as furnace fuel
fresh air, and automatically dry guar- oil has given good sattiefaction. The
circular, which is obtainable from the
Publications Branch of the Depart-
ment at Ottawa, gives explicit in'struc-
Ottawa, and in Circular No. 62 of the
Department, recently issued, there are
outlined plans that have been found
ters. Where with this method of
housing, the methods of feeding are
based upon the use of comparatively
light rations containing some bran tions for carrying out the oiling pro -
and made up largely of wheat by -pro- cess and tells how to organize control
ducts and oats with a minimum of campaigns for districts where the
barley or corn, the use of some rough- mosquito is particularly troublesome.
age in the way of alfalfa hay and suc-
culence in the form of roots, the pig
may not fatten to such an extent dur- Canada's Retreat
ing the winter months, but it will be
thrifty, firm -fleshed, and will grow
the frame that is required and on
which - the required 'finish may be
placed toward the end of the feeding
period and without untoward results.
Where evidence of trouble appears,
it is, of course, first desirable to re-
strict and change the ration. Where
evidence of trouble appears in feed-
ers, say at around one huudred pounds
of weight, the use of Epsom salt ii
particularly good combined with les outstanding factors in Canada's cen- And wait at anchor there for me,
sened feed of a lighter character, eon fury -old effort to find a workable solu- Beneath FIis City will.
taming more bran, wheat by-products tion of the liquor problem. One is the —Carl Holliday in the Churchman.
racial -climatic factor; another is the
religious. factor, the third is the geo-
graphical factor." Since the Canadian
population is largely "of British birth
or ancestry" and Britishers are not
known particularly for "moderation in
the use of liquor," the author says it
"Is not at all extraordinary" that "a
considerable proportion . . of those
who have made home in Canada
should have brought with them a
Skirt a Bit Longer.
Picture taken at a race meet in
Paris portrays the desire of the Pari-
sian designers to bring back the long-
er skirts.
Dream Ships
The great ships go out to sea
Beyond the lighthouse tall;
I know not when again they'll be
Within our harbor wall.
And my high dreams go out to sea
At harbors far to call;
coni Pro i it1on I know not if again to me
They'll ever come at all.
"Our next-door neighbor, Canada,
is an almost ideal proving ground" But the great ships, when o'er the sea,
for a study of the drink problem, ac- Their anchor chains let fall
cording to J. M. Campbell in April
Current History Magazine, who says
that "outside the Province of Quebec,
whose inhabitants are largely?French,
the people of Canada are very much
like ourselves.... There are three
In some old port of mystery,
Beneath some city wall.
And my high dreams when o'er the
sea,
At God's own Harbor call,
and oats, and the use of a few roots.
The use of Epsom salt, which is the
commonest and possibly the most ef-
ficacious remedy where trouble is no-
ticed, might be, in so far as quantity
is concerned, about two ounces of salt
per hundred pounds, plus one tea-
spoonful of ginger, given in a pint of
water. Mor mature breeding stock,
four to six ounces might be used.
As a matter of fact, I might say
that we rarely, if ever, make use of
any medicinal treatment of this kind
at the Experimental Farni for the
simple reason that we prevent it by
proper housing and feeding methods.
Where any trouble is noticed, at the
start, we change our ration as sug-
gested, arrange for more exercise, and
the nrediciitaI treatment usually ap-
pleel is that of the administration of
salts.
Clean Seed.
Canada's life, her very existence as
a flatlet) depends upon her agriculture.
Probably the most important phase of
this great industry is grain growiug,
and the crop yield, the harvesting and
marleetting costs, depend upon the
quality of tho seed.
Two phases might well be printed
and posted in alt places where seed
grain is bought and sold; "The Best
Seed Grain Is None Too Good," and
"You Never Stop Paying for the Loss-
es Resulting From the Use of Poor
Seed."
It seems hardly credible, yet it is a
fact, that officers of the Dominion
Seed Branch found a farmer sowing
with his wheat 495,000 weed seeds to
the acre. In another case 472,000
weed seeds to the acre were being
sown. In other words they were very
carefully sowing a "smother" crop,
and much of the labor of cultivation
was in reality making for a rapid
highly developed taste for intoxicants
—and thereby the problem with which
legislation has had to cope. In 1375,
eight years after the Canadian Do-
minion came into existence, the power
to prohibit licensed houses locally was
introduced by the Canada Temper-
ance Act, a Federal law which was
commonly known as the Scott act."
This actt, which "appears to have been
the first successful effort in Canada
on the part of what are now called
prohibitionists,' "was not widely
adopted" outside the Maritime Pro-
vinces. "In 1908 it was in force in
only twenty-two counties or cities, of
which ten were in Nova Scotia, ten in
New Brunswick and two in Manitoba."
In the first two decades of the twen-
tieth century prohibitory laws were
adopted respectively by Nova Scotia,
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba,
Ontario and Saskatchewan, all of
which States have subsequently dis-
carded prohibition, starting with Al-
berta in 1923 and finishing with New
Brunswick recently. Thus "Five Pro-
vinces which, at one time or another,
have had prohibition laws, have
changed front; three others .are still
dry; one is, as it always has been,
wet." Turning to the factor of re-
ligion, which the author deems of
"greater importance in everyday life
in Canada than in the United States,"
we find that "the farmers and small
towns people" who are known in
Solicitor (in County Court)—"How
do you propose to pay?" Debtor—"I
do not propose to pay; it is the plain-
tiff who proposes that I should!"
multtiplication of weeds. The use of Great Britain as "non -conformists"
the fanning mill will correct much of are Liberal and favor prohibition.
this evil. "The people of the factory towns and
Farmers would increase their yields ,cities, the Roman atholics and, to a
and lower their operating costs by considerable extent, the Anglicans,
using clean graded seed. The Dentin- are Conservative and oppose prohibi-
ion Department of Agriculture admin- tion," After reviewing the history of
asters through its Seed Branch a
"Seed Act" which provides that all
seed offered or exposed for sale in
Canada must come within minimum
standards eprovided for the removal
of small, shrunken, immature or
broken kernels or inert matter; that
the seed itself be mature, plump,
sound, etc.; and that the seed comply
with minimum standards for purity
and germination test.
The highest grade of seed is termed
lregistered." Seed growers produc-
tng such "registered seed" are Wider
Government inspection and their crops
must be 93.99 per cent. pure to variety
before they receive recognition. Crop
WahabiRising:
Adds
Rising Adds
To Near East Unrest
Arabian Peninsular Life,
Never Dull, Takes On
New Interest as Re.;
suit of Raids
Jerusalem.—Life in the Near East
never becomes dull or monotonous.
Hardly does one sensation subside be-
fore something new arises to arouse
the populace and eventually to cause
some change in the political aspect of
the territory. The rebellious of the
Druses in Damascus are still fresh in
the Minds of not only the Syrians but
all the peoples of the Near East, and the Arabian Peninsula has be-
come the cenere of interest because
of the raids of the Wallah', tribes and
their attacks upon the peoples of ICu-
weitt, Iraq and Transjordau.
Real ause Not Apparent.
A definite reason for those sudden
outbursts is, however, hard to find.
It is true that these "sous of the
desert," as they are called, are by na-
ture a warlike people, who are con-
stantly out for massacre and pillage
in the name of Allah. To justify their
frequent attacks on their„ neighbors
they very cleverly spread reports that
they are doing these things because
of differences with the Iraquian Gov-
ernment on the question of boundaries ,
or between them and Iiuweit because
of economic problems. The real truth'
of the matter seems to be that it is in
the blood of all Bedouins, and particu-
larly the Wahabi, not to respect any:
law or order, and to rob their neigh-
bors, and even their compatriots.
There is a diversity of opinion
among Arab authorities as to the
cause o fthose latest attacks. Some
attribute them to actutal hunger on
the part of the Bedouins. Their cat-
tle had dwindled, and, being left al-
most penniless most of them were on
the point of starvation. Hitherto
their only source of livelihood had
been the spoils of their barbarous at-
tacks on one another. When they ac-
cept the doctrines of Wahabism, with
Ibn Saud as their ruler, it was under -1
stood that they were to be allowed to 1
attack those Bedouin Moslems who 1
had refused to become Wahabi. They'!
took part in the conquest of the Hed-
jaz from the Hashimite family in the
expectation that Ibn Saud would al-
low them to confiscate the estates of
the Hedjaz, as had been their custom
since the days of the prophet Moham-
med.. However, much to their sur-
prise, Ibn Saud not only would nett
allow confiscation of the estates of
the Hedjaz, but he would not even
compel the conquered people to accept
Wahabism. Whereupon the Wahabi
became enraged and decided to fall
back on their old practice of living by
the power of the sword. It seems that
Opportunity Lives in Canadian Wilds
Frederick Phillip Grove, Author of "The Search for America"
Tells Ottawa Audience of His Work for the
Uplift of Simple Farming Folk
Ottawa.—"Let me tell you a fairy
story," and Frederick Phillip Grove,
author of "The Search for America,"
,
thereupon began, in the presence of
the Canadian Club, a recounting of
his own unwsual career from his early
days in Sweden to Ms arrival in Can-
ada 36 years ago, his 18 years in the
bush country of Manibeba and up to
the recent discovery of himself by
America. The members showed keen
appreciation of their guest's high
idealism and moral courage through-
out all adversity.
After traveling as a bay through
most parts of Europe and Asia, Mr.
Grove found himself in Canada at the
age of 18 and, drifting west, hissed
out as a farm-hand in the back coun-
try of Manitoba. His employer was
an Irishman with such a sense of
responsibility toward his humble
neighborschildren that he was en-
deavoring to edlueate them by holding
night classes in his log cabin. When
he discovered the educational qualifi-
cations of his hired man he turned
the job over to him, while he himself
took over the work of the "help."
This arrangement continued for
nearly a score of years. Finally Mr.
Grove walked .some 200 miles to Win-
nipeg and got himself appointed a
Reared By Baboons, South African
Boy Now Shuns Simians
Restored to Own Race, He Now Is Given Charge of Farmer's
Children and Is Noted for His Loyalty
Twenty-five years ago two members
of the South African Cape Police en-
countered a troop of baboons in a par-
ticularly barren stretch of country.
As the ,nen fired all the beasts scat-
tered, save' one, who lagged behind,
states "The Living Age." Thinking
they had wounded the animal, the two
troopers rushed forward --only bo find
that they were not chasing a monkey
but a well grown native boy who hop-
ped along on all fours like his Simian
ancestors.
He was •captured with some difficulty
—for without clothes he proved slip-
pery handling ---and was at once turn-
ed over to a mental hospital, which
cared for him for a year. Gradually,
however, he learned to speak a little
English, and he finally proved so do-
cile that he was committed to the care
of one G. 11, Smith, the owner of a
Large furter.
Lucas, as the boy was called, had
'repealed prohibition acts, the author
says "it became increasingly clear
that prohibition was not the success
its proponents had said it would be
and in the end it became a good deal
of a joke—the butt of vaudeville act-
ors and small-town 'story -tellers."
Lastly there emerged the principle of
"Control." "Will control do what
license and prohibition failed to do—
will 'It promote temperance?' That is
a question which time alone can ans-
wer."
1�Y
Disarmament
Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph (Ind.):'
registration is assigned by the Cana- Canada has whittled down and starved
Man Seed Growers Association, Sam- both the militia and t3h'e permanent
plos of such seed are subjected to la- force beyond the .11rnits of ,p'rud'ence.
boratory inspection, and the entire lot Evert Miss MacPhat1, we imagine,
front which the sample has boon taken would hesitate to advocate the die-
is inspected and it found up to stand-. banding of all Federal, Provincial and
and It is tagged and officially sealed, municipal police forces; -yet that is
Farmers would dowell to secure a the logical conclusion of the policy of
small quantity o'f this "registered" disarmament and the one is about. as
Beed acrd the folio `frig season with sensible as the *them
high school inspector on oondlit1o'
that he first secure the necessary
qualifications. lie was over 40 years
of age 'at this time, and when he fine'
ally secured a degree from the Uni-
versity of Manitoba he was past ISO.
AS a school inspector he found him-
self in easier circumstances but far-
ther away from his life work—the per,
trayal of the life of the simple people
about him, their visions and aspira-
tions—"and," declared the speak,
"that aim is still mine. How far
short I have fallen in the past and no
matter how I fail to attain in the
future, yet I intend to pursue it."
These people, he continued, stood
alone in :a world of moneymaking, of
seeking after luxury, of pleasure and
the satisfaction of the senses. He de-
scribed how these simple folk were
struggling to read and to understand
the Bible, impelled by an insistent
heart hunger for spiritual truth and
"the reflection of the godhead in man."
Mr. Grove has been writing con-
tinuously since owning to America,
although until his "discovery" a
short time ago he never made any at-
tempt to gain recognition. He has
14 volumes stored away en a box, and
it is understood that one of these is
to appear next fall.
this decision was made in order to
compel Ibn Saud to provide a source
of livelihood for them,
Wahabi or Non -Believer.
These tribesmen apply the term
"nonbelievers" not only to non -Mos-
lems but to all persons who are not
Wahabi. They consider themselves
the only real Moslems, and so greatly
have they gained in power of late that
they have come to be feared by all
the surrounding countries, especially
since Ibn Saud, at the head of his
army, entered Mecca. The best ex-
ample of this fear is the fact that
when the name Wahabi is uttered by
a Sunni or Shiite Moslem he immedi-
ately adds, "May Allah protect me
from him."
Another and quite contrary view
maintained by some Arab experts is
that Ibn Saud seeks to attain more
territory, and eventually to become
the ruling power of the Moslem
world. It is for this purpose that he
is behind these raids and is intimidat-
ing the surrounding peoples.
Whatever the reason may be, the
fact remains that the entire Arabian
Peninsula is now in a state of great
unrest. The Wahabis seem to be aim-
ing particularly at Iiuweit on the
Persian Gulf. Kuweit is a "Mashai-
chah"—that is, a country governed by
sheikhs of the Sabakh family. The
present ruler is called Sheikh Ahmad.
The country covers 4,000 square
miles and has a population of 120,000.
Of these, about 80,0000 are resident
in the port of Kuweit, while the rest
are roaming 'about 1 nthe desert, The
population of the city consists mostly
of Sunni and Shiite Moslems, besides
some Persians, Hindus, Christians and
Jews. In accordance with a treaty
signed in 1913 between Great Britain
and the Sheikh of Kuwait, the country
is under a British protectorate. Dur-
ing that same year a treaty was also
signed between Great Britain and Tur-
key whereby the latter gave up its
rights to the former in many import-
ant ports on the Persian Gulf, the
chief one of which was Kuweit. Since
that time the British Government has
taken it upon itself to give full pro-
tection to the Persian Gulf. It was,
therefore, not at all surprising that
as soon as the Wahabi raids began,
England immediately hastened to sta-
tion a large air squadron and attach-
ments of armored cars and warships
at the port of Kuweit. They are now
there, ready for action, if necessary.
"Why cannot one learn golf by cor-
respondence?" asks a reader. Most
of the other modern languages are
taught in this way.
no recollection of his human fore-
bears, though he did in time disclose
the habits of his baboon friends. He
remembered one monkey that used to
take him in its arms on cold nights,
and he recalled joyfully how they
would appease the hunger from which
they constantly suffered by devouring
crickets.
On being interviewed by a local cor-
respondent of "The London. Morning
Post," Lucas confessed that he had
never been able to learn the meaning
of tine. Even sunset and -sunrise
mean nothing to him, and he is only
capable of doing what he is told at
the moment the order is given. Yet
in spline of his drawback his employ-
ers say that they would not change
him for two other natives. He can
lift and carry two sacks weighing 100
pounds each; he runs a ten -mile er-
rand without stopping once for breath
and he will work a lathe unceasingly
Looks Like Mid-Night—But Isn't
VeleietestVitVieVaitliV
D•DAY DURING ONr✓ WORLD-p'AMOUS FOGS
r'il NOOLiS LONi�ON's .
A snapshot, talon by a visitor at its height, gives sonic idea at the fogs that have made dear ole Linnen
en thri Strand a few days ago, at tete time when the stin is supposed to be famous.
1
Asquith's Place in
World History
"He will certainly be remembered
as one of the greatest, if not indeed
the greatest, among the parliamen-
tarians of the nineteenth century, a
leaden' whose mas'teey over the House
of Oommons was never surpassed and
hardly -equaled," says H, Wickham
Steed, former editor of the "London
Times," in hie estimate el Asquith in
the April "Current. Hlahory" maga-
zine. "If his cold exterior some.
times repelled the impulsive, if he
made fewer friends than more genial
statesmen have won, he never be-
trayed a friend once made and never
allowed personal pique or vanity to
stand in the way of a colleague. He
was trusted as few leaders have been'
trusted. .. . Officially smuttily was a
Liberal. In ideas he was a radical
and, b"y temperament, a Whig. He
led the Liberal Party steadily and
sturdily. He carried through the most
radical legislation that had been
passed for the better part of a cen-
tury., but his `form' had much in com-
mon wlh taut of the great Whigs....
Thanks mainly to him and to Grey,
Great Britain and the British Domin-
ions went into the struggle united,
and with the approval' of a united
country and of all stave three Liberal
Ministers. Lloyd G•eaarge forsook the
pacifist minority at the- last moment.
This, degree of union was Asquith's
outstanding. achievement, For hlsu
as for Grey, the war was a fearful
wrench. . . . Popularity, indeed, he
never sought," but he "earned re
speot," rising steadily as Home Seore'
tary, Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Acting Secretary of War and latterly
as Prime Minister. "Only when Bel-
gium was actually on the point of be-
ing invaded could or did Asquith
make tris decision, and then he made
it as the leader of a united nation....
As the years go by Asquith's stature
will grow do retrospect. He was a
great English gentleman, a statesman
of no mean order and a character
whose virtues will command admira-
tion as long as respect for integrity
in public life shall endure."
Easy Berth.
"They say he's fallen into' an easy
berth."
"Yes; marled the rich Pulman con
ductor's daughter."
Gabby Gertie
"A man vial be lucky and still 1i
Mtge 'Fortune follow biro."