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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1928-12-06, Page 6miltB 01 It his report for last year„ published by the DePartinent of FAgri- Oteg eialture at Ottawa, that the" value a LL IL Nt BBB plants to the country is already manifesting itself in a very substain RESTRICTED AREAS lisin,CANAPA tial way in that larger quantities of good seed are now available for use Eight restricted areas for the eradi- by farmers than formerly . was the cation of bovine tuberculosis have case. (Issued by the Director of Pub - been created in Canada, thro•ugh the licity, DoMialon Department of Agri - effort of the Department of Agilcul- culture ture at Ottawa. This work has been , Ottawa.) carried on through. the officers of the Health of Animals Branch and has involved the testing of nearly hall a million cattle once or more frequently. The areas include a section in Mani- toba. comprising 10,080 square mile's, centering on the town of Carman. and there is time for a simple diver - Huntingdon, Quebec, is the centre of sion, stet them to draw a square by an area which includes 1Q counties, looking through a mirror. Stand a In British Columbia the Fraser Valley little mirror on the table, with a sheet area inolndes a cattle population. of of paper in front, and ask various more than 46,000, In Saskatchewan Members to draw a square on the pa - six municipalities, centering on Last per. 'They should look only at the Mountain, bane been cleaned up, rofiettion of the pencil through the This area included more than 20,000 mirror, and probably they will be animals, In New Brunswick what is gre-a:tly surprised at the difficulty of known. as the Harvey area covers five ,so apparently easy a task of making parishes in the County of York, with a cattle population of 2,100. In On- tario, Prince Edward County area covers not only the county itself but that section of Northumberland lying south of the Murray Canal adjacent to Prince Edward. The whole prov- ince of Nova Scotia, with the excep- tion of Cape Breton, and all of Prince Edward Island, have been made re- stricted areas. In his report for the fiscal year Dr. George Hilton, the Veterinary Direc- tor General, intimates that the de- mand for the work is increasing and is being pursed as rapidly as circum- stances will permit. For Long Nights MIRROR DRAWING Wien you are entertaining friends CLEANING UP CATTLE TUBER- CULOSIS Approximately one-eighth of the to- tal number of cattle in the Dominion are now under the supervision of the Health of Animals Branch at Ottawa for the control ef tuberculosis under various policies: In his report for the year ending March 31, 1928, Dr. George Hilton, the Veterinary Director General, states that approximately 625,400 tuberculin tests were con- , ducted during the year, involving approximately 506,900 cattle. These tests have been confined almost en- tirely to the carrying out of two main policies, the Accredited Herd Plan and the Restricted Area Plan. Under the Accredited Herd Plan there were 967 herds being dealt with it the different provinces. This involves only pure- bred herds containing up to a limited number of grade animals. LIVE STOCK SLAUGHTERED UNDER INSPECTION Sleet eduction in Canada is mak- the square accurately. , HIDDEN COUNTRIES In the following sentences there are number of countries hidden. See if you can find them. 1. His words we denied, for they were •untrue. 2. Do not call it a lyre, it is a lute. 3. He saw his pa in the train. 4. Can Ada come out to play? 5. I agree, cement is stronger than plaster. Here are the answers in order: 1. Sweden, 2. Italy. 3. Spain. 4. Can- ada. 5. Greece. SO EASY, TRY ITn. Place two objects, such as aapple and orange, sweets, cotton _reels, etc., on. the table about 2 feet apart and 1 foot from the edge, and ask any mem- ber of the party if he or she can change their positions without allow- ing them to pass or touch each other. At first glance the problem will prob- ably appear insoluble, and one after another the players will confess them- selves beaten. And yet how easy is the task. Stand with your back to the table, pick up an object in each hand, turn round, and put them in opposite positions. See! DART RACES This little game is ever so exciting, both for boys and for girls. First you must draw a long chalk line on the play -ground, marking it at inter- vals with numbers from 10 to 50. Now the game is for each player to make his own dart out of paper and try to make it fly farther than any of the others along the chalk line. Of course, he takes the number nearest Jr s „stay growth. According to the spot where his dart falls for his . p. :neerneire- General -score. cs. • da:ai there were The player who is cleverest at mak- en • nei undet s.he culler...11E1°n .f • Ina darts is usually the winner. t1 pection Dirisiou 1,147.256 --- sank 608.805 eheep and 2,596,133 A SKEIN -HOLDER hog.. This is an increase of 3.446 per The boy readers can easily make a cent. of (*tile, 9.71 per cent. of sheep, little wool skein -holder for mummy if they have a. box of tools and a good stout piece of wood about one inch thick and abut eight by five inches in size. Now there will be two large cotton - reels needed and two long screws. The cotton -reels must be fastened to each end of the board, with the screws resting on two large beads so that they will rotate freely. Now when a skein of wool is placed ever the reels, it can be wound off quite easily by one person. Hungaa ry's Man Iron, a 'British Admiral INDULGED IN A SMILE AT POLO MATCH IN BUDAPEST An unusual glimpse of Admiral Horny, regent of Hungary, who is seldom seen smiling conversing with a society lady during a polo match, a new sport for Hungary, but one which is popular. or laughing. He is becoming extremely and almost 2 Ter cent. increase of hogs. The Province of Ontario is well in advance of any of the other prov- !noes in the production of these meat producing animals.. Of settle Ontario supplied 38.74 psi' cent., of sheep 45.87 per cent., and of swine 47.09 per cent. Quebec came second with 28.24 per cent. of the cattle, 26.31 per cent. of the sheep, and 15.887 per cent. of the swine. Manitoba occupied third posi- tion in providing 17.49 per cent. of the cattle, 7.30 per cent. of sheep, and 15.03 per cent. of the swine. Mani- toba was followed in order by Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. These figures do not cover a con- siderable number of live stock of the different kinds slaughtered by butch- ers and others for local trade. PREPARING SOD LAND FOR CORN Sod land to be sown to corn the fon lowing year gives better results from fall than from spring ploughing. Work done at the Experimental Farm at Ottawa showed this to be the truth both on Clay and. on sandy loam. Not only _was there the advantage of a higher yield from the fall ploughed land, but the spring ploughed land in all cases produced more weeds, requir- ing additional expense for cultivation and hoeing-. In his report for last year, publish- ed by the Department of Agriculture at Ottawa, the Dominion Field Hus- baadinan`ga-ve as an average crop on heavy clay soil, over a five-year period, 15.57 tons after late fall ploughing, as against 13,27 tons from spring plough- ed sod. On sandy looms, covering the same period, the yields were 21.54 tons from the late fall ploughing and 10.79 tons from the crop planted on Ppring ploughed sod. SEED CLEANING PLANTS The problem of combatting weeds ba •the farms of the country would be much less difficult if more Care was taken in the 'sowing of clean steed. .A. lack of efficient seed clean- ing Machinery has been responsible to some extent for the scattering of seeds of many bad weeds on the farms throughout the country, The Depart- ment of Agriculture at Ottawa in the Experimental Farms SySteM has taken a strong lead In improving the situa- tion and through the encouragement and assistance thus given a number of cleaning plants have been inotalled In the Ottawa 'Valley. The Central Division of the Farni has given •its assistance la thie work, particularly in &griefs suitable for the production 1lgh-c1.14.1ago grain. The Director number of players may take part in the game, and. first of all one of them is chosen to be the Jester. Now this player must have a short stick to which is tied a small balloon. Now, before the game begins all the other players must form in a ring round the Jester, and then he runs forward and tries to hit any player on the head with the balloons Of .course, the others run off and dodge about; but if any of them happens to be hit, then they must give up their hand- kerchiefs to the Jester, wild slips them into his pocket with just the ends effacing out. Now if the players are clever enough to dodge round the Jes- ter while he is changing the others and slip their handkerchiefs from\his pocket without being hit, they may join in the game again. The game finishes when the Jester has taken the handkerchiefs of all the players. A BALLOON GAME I know you are all very fond of balloons. All children are. It would be rather fun to have a game with your balloon one morning on the beach, wouldn't it, chicks? Just a simple little game, where you could ,all join in. Just stick your spades in the sand about twelve feet apart, with the handles uppermost. Then tie a piece o! string. from one handle to the other. Twe players begin, one at either side of ten string. One pats the balloon over :o the other. The first one to allow It. st: fall to the ground falls out of the gees:, and another player takes his place. As each player falls out another 6. e comes in, so you keep on playing until you have all had your turn, when you start all over again. And you will find it a task getting the balloon over the string. You see, being so light, it will not always cla just what you want it to: Which, of course, adds to the fun of the game. A GOOD CATCH To catch your friend with this little trick, you must first of all find a meat skewer and sharpen it at both ends. Now present it to a friend, to- gether .vtith a cent, and then say to him: "Can you put this coin on either end of this stick and then rest the stick on a table?" Of course, your friend will find it much too difficult to balance the coin on thesstick, and will be sure to give it up and challenge you to do it. Then all you need do is to place Use cent on the table and press one end of the stick on to it. "You see, I said put the penny on either end of the stick!" you laugh.— Sent by Elsie Lane. To -day Build a little fence of trust Around to -day, Fill the space with loving work, And therein stay. Look not through the sheltering bars Upon to -morrow; God will help thee bear what comes Of Joy and Sorrow. —M. S. Butts. Royal Families Can, Trace, Ancestors to Eleventh Century Research Shows That Aris- tocracy Continues Line in Health and Wealth Royalty and old families do not the "shows a continuous position of nobil- ity or royalty traceable as early as the eleventh century." Three or four thousand members of various royalties are living in Europe to -day and they are all having large familles,—Kansas City Star's Science Service, Race Suicide W. R. Inge in the Spectator (Lon- don): (The middle elasses in Britain, who "are physically among the finest out because of their age, neither do specimens of humanity in the world, they become degenerate and sterile are not keeping up their numbers by because of their wealth and power. Facts taken from the history of the British peerage furnish proof of this, natural increase.) The country can- not afford to lose these families and the question arises whether anything should be done to help them. .. . The in contradiction to popular notions middle class have become used to a about inherited wealth and. position. higher standard of living than tbe Since families and Family names -corresponding class on the Continent; continue only in the male line, many and the expenses of a "gentleman's old families have become extinct only education" in this country are enorm- because all the children of one gen- ous. They have already swallowed eration were girls. It is not fair to of the most inveterate of their say that old families are dying out "Q prejudices — that against entering because certain names are no longer trade; and, in my opinion, they will found in the peerage. On the other side of the picture, it was found that have to take a still more bitter pill in giving up the "genthenen's schciols." over half of the British peers of 1921 Muck as should deplore the trace a continuously aristocratic des- • • • cent in the direct male line to as ear- death of the great schools, whicla ly as tile year 1450. have preserved some of the best tradi- Every instinct and desire of power- tions of the English character, I ful and wealthy families would tend, .should prefer that they should perish biologically, toward their growth in rather than the old families which strength and numbers, Dr. Woods have so long snpported them. points out, mentioning the desire for children, particularly sons, and the selective mating of aristocratic fami- lies, a matter designed to strengthen the family. While nine out of a certain ten old families may have died out, due to a preponderance of girl children, the re- maining one will have branched out and ramified until fully ten important families of to -day can. trace their des- cent from it in the male line. An ex- ample of this is the great number of aristocratic familites, including twelve peers, descended from the old Stewart family of Scotland, the originator of the family line being the first steward of the King of Scotland. Thus in av- tual numbers, a balance is kept, and aristocracy as a whole, as well as royalty, does not die out because of any degeneracy or weakness due to its rank or wealth. Of the royal families of to -day, both reigning and non -reigning, nearly every one, through the male line, Spanish King's Son May be Edkated in English School Owing to Health of Older Brothers, Don Juan Car- los May Succeed Father London,—Queen Victoria of Spain is in England investigating the possi- bilities of educating her third son, Don 6arlos, in one of the famous Brit- ish schools. Whether or not the youngest bey will be educated as' the future king of Spain or merely as one of the sons of the Present mon- arch is an open question. The Spanish dictator, General Primo de Rivera, has picked Don• Juan to support his father on the throne when the proper time comes, but Ktng Alfonso has not yet agreed to the plan. The tragedy of hereditary ill health in the Spanish royal family, which is responsible for the delicate condition of the two elder sons, has made the question of succession to the crown one of -great political import- ance in Spain. The first boy, the Prince of the Aus- trias, who is now twenty-one years old, has been ill for the greater part of his life. He suffers from haemo- philia. The slightest cut on the skin may cause a person se afflicted to bleed to death, as the blood, lacking a necessary element, refuses to con- geal and 'close the wound. The prince, therefore, has to be particularly care- ful with knives and forks. The king's second son, Don It:times is fejnteallfitlie a disorder of the ear, and he was taught with difficulty no speak. The third son, however, is a healthy boy. Don Juan is fifteen years old and has been able to take part in every form of sport: Tho King of Spain and the nobility of Spain op- pose the dictator's idca of declaring Don Juan the Crown Prince. His majesty says that Don Juan is too young to be made the formal heir yet. The Spanish nobles feel that delicate health should not bar the two elder sons to succession. They also argue that no decision need be made at the moment, as the King of Spain is com- paratively young. Another stumbling block to settle- ment of the question is the ancient loyalty of the royal house to the Par- liament. His majjesty would prefer the Spanish Cortes, which occupies much the same position these days as the Italian Chamber of Deputies a sregards actual power, to debate the matter and thus give the new heir, when chosen, the support of its ap- proval. SINGING PROVERBS Inn case you have a nasty wet day while you are on holiday from school, I want to tell you of a jolly game you can play indoors. Though I hope very much. that you dOn't need to stay in- doors at all. • One player must go out of the room and the rest stay inside. While he or , she is away you think of some pro- verb, say 'A stitch in. time saves nine? One of the players must go round to the 'others and give them each one of the words in the proverb, One, you see; will have "A", another "stitch," another "in", and so on. Call the player into the room and then all start singing your own par- tieular word to some tune arranged, such as "Rule, Britanniaa" You don't sing only "Rule, Britannia," of course, but your own word to that tune, Sup- posing you are "stitch," you sing "Stitch, stitch," all to the tune. The player who has come into the room has to walk round and listen and try and guessi what the proverb is. He hag three guesseo, and when he guesses right the player who gave him the clue is sent out of the room; and you ehoose another proverb and start all over again. JEsTekt Mfg is ever such a jolly game for Of the Experimental. Fenno SYstena the 414 'or the playground. Any TO STOP HER, OF COURSE eacher: Why should we put a full stop after the sentence. "The woman said she was going after him with a stick?" Pupil: Why—er—to keep her from going too far. Thanks • Thanks are justly due for things got without purchase.—Ovid. Sidney Wrightson, 18 years old, an unemployed miner with a mother and tWo brothers to aid in supporting in Durham County, England, was brought, to Canada in 1927 by the Canadian National Bail - Ways Colonization Department, and. Illfteed on the f arm of 'Tames Bell, near Kingston, by the British Immigration and ,Colonization AssoPlation. Neva • Having seen a farm before he set to Work in earliest to "learn the ganie",, with Such success that this year he stood highest in the agrideltural judging tontest itt the county of Yrontenac among 55 Cont.. petitors, iri onnection. With the Ontario Govern.meri- t pIam to take 50() boys to the Itoyal. Winter Vair,—,Catiadian National "Railways IthotootaRh.„ Good Advice Protect Your Heart Through Proper Exercise When that heart of yours entera the field meet for the running hop, - skip and jump don't be greatly alarmed says Walter E. Colby in the current issue of "Physical Culture:" It's probably not heart palpitation - but intestinal trouble all of which is your own fault, he says. Most everybody who gives exercise the go4by has intestinal stasis in some form. He suggests a remedy that is homemade, economical and guaranted to cure. "Comes the morning. A couple of glasses of water, not too cold, taken slowly," advises Colby. "You will • find ..that your torsal gyrations will urge this water through your trouble- some big intestine and be almost as good as a physic. Stand with your feet about eighteen inches apart, hands on hips, rotate your torso seven times in one direction and seven times in the other. In the same standing position, stretch your arms straight above your head, clasp your fingers and rotate your torso or upper part of your body in the same way. "In the same standing position, with hands on hips, bend from the hips backward and forward as far as you can, seven times in each direc- tion. In all thee- exercises, remem-- ber. to tense and relax your muscles alternately as grou proceed. Keep your mind on the pit of your stomach continually. Rest a moment or two between each exercise, relaxing com- pletely and taking a few deep breaths, slowly. "Then, inevitably, cameo the time worn trick of bending over and try- ing to touch the floor with the tips of your fingers. This in itself has al- ways been accepted as a good exercise, but as an integral part of our system for the cure of intestinal stasis, it is particularly effective." This all ap- plies to the farmer as well as the city man. Advice for the Ignorant When a physician orders you to keep away from cigarettes, he is not eliggeeting that you purchase a long ciarette holder. The initial cost of an automobile has nothing whatever to do with the engraved initials placed upon deers. Many who are thinking about a trip abroad haste little intention of .leav Ing home this year. The world At - Ways has had its great thinkers. Gushing Lady Visitor -1 -"How sweat to see the tender greeli of the young snowdrops pushing up through the brown earth." Cottager—"Yesem, but what you're a -looking at le the 'satinet spring onions."