HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1925-08-20, Page 3FUR. FARMING IN WESTERN CANADA
The outsitanding feature of agidande
tare as pursued in Western Canada of
late;. Tease bee, been the pronounced
ten! eneY towards diverei'ty. Graduai-
t farmers are branching out from the
few maim issues which used to consti-
tute the agricultural activity of the
territory, and farms devoted to what
used to bo.•considered minor phases of
agriculture have been found to be very
Profitable and are coming to an in -
(Teasing extent to dot the wide ex -
pantie,, The oneness which has, attend-
ed the application to dairying has been
nothing less than phenomenal; fruit
raising, poultry, and apiculture 'are re-
Geiving increasing attention;; of late
k ere has been a remarkable amount
o interest evinced in fur farming, and
having regard to the eharacterietic
vigor with which the West pursnea .any
als active it takes up, considerable de -
* matt may be expected..
The fur -farming industry, which orig-
;nated in Prince Edward Island, has
teen slowly moving West. For a while
the industry seemed to be confined to
the East and little interea+t was ex-
hibited by rale West. But since West-
ern Canad i came to seriom'sly adopt
this newest phase of farming, growth
has been rapid. Stimulated by the first
successes, this area has not only come
to ravel the East in, the, successful
breeding of the eababitshed domesti-
cated fur -bearers, but has been the
pioneer in the domestication of certain
other on Canada's faruna. In the last
Government return, 143 fur -farming
establishments are credited to West-
ern Canada, of which 23 are in Mani-
toba, 9 in Saskatchewan, 50 in Alberta, !
4o`in British Columbia, and 21 in the
Yukon Territory. These cover the ?
wearing of eleven different animals, in
which foxes naturally lead, and others
are Coyote, skunk, chinchilla rabbit,
muskrat, raccoon, Karakul sheep, beav-
er, marten, mink and fisher.
Becoming a Substantial Industry,
The combination of Western initia-
tive and suitability of condition should
result in making the fun• -farming in-
dustry of Western Canada a substan-
tial and prosperous industry in a short
tints. Conditions fol' the raisins- of rich
peitry are probably unequalled any-
where else. This wound ,seem to be
proved in the case of the Karakul
sheep, which, distributed over Canada
for experiment, have thrived material-
ly Fetter in the Western).Western).proviu'cee,
where the pelt of the animal, it is
statted'canaiot be told from those in the
animal's native land, It was no doubt
a realization of the same excellency of
condition which induced lrAetVortan.t
Maritime fox breeders to locate near
Calgary, Alberta, what is claimed to
be the largest fox. -breeding establish-
ni,ent in the world.
liming Seriously adopted the indnla
try, Western Canada bee vet out t
Iexpand it, Tne West was the pions
in domestic bea've'r raising, an activity
practically forced upon m
certain Yar
'Iera who, overrun by these animals a
ter a lengthy close sewn, had no re
dress' but to apply to the Governnten
for permission to farm them:. The first
'.Coyote ranch on the continent has been
es'tabl'ished in Western Canada, and
from the first Canadian chinchilla rats -
bit tannin the same area, stock is be-
' ing distributed all over the country.
The domestication of the fisher, wbieh
iso o long prevented such difficulties
I in Eastern Canada, has been success -
i fully accomplished in Brutish Columbia.
,Many New Ranches Established.
{ There has apparently been consider-
able activity in this direction since he
beginning of the present year. A mink
farm has been established on Van-
waver
anoouver Island, British Columbia, with
imported stock from Quebec, by a
rancher already raising Alaska foxes,
Minks have likewise been introduced
into Alberta, where the industry Ls
thriving. A State of Washington resi-
dent recently established a substantial
nrlisdcrat ranch In Alberta. A rancher
in Oregon, after scouring the whole of
the United States for a suitable lace -
ton for a similar enterprise has pur-
chased a large tract of land in the Co-
lumbia Valley of British Columbia, on
which there are already several beaver
and muskrat houses.
The Western provinces of Canada
have a way of going vigorously ahead
with any enterprises they adopt . and
whose practicabiity they prove. This
is reasonably to be expected of the
fur -farming industry, especially in
view of the enthusiasm -with which
this novel and interesting phase of ag-
riculture has been taken up and the
outstanding developments of the last
few years.
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• PEARL ISLAND
Apart from its world-wide reputation
as one of the most scenically beautiful
places on the map, Ceylon ranks as the
World's largest „producer of pearls, its
output being exceeded only by that of
Northern Australia.
' The Ceylon fisheries are operated on
banks covering an extensive area off
the north coast of: the island; but the
banks -most famous in bygone times,
and still the moat productive, lie close
to the shore in the Gulf of Menaar,
A Ceylon pearl oyster's life is about
eight years, and it is most productive
of its coveted prize from its third year
on, both as regards, number and size of
pearls. - Very few three-year asters
contain pearls of any value; but when
a bed of oysters is fished just as they
are dying, of senile decay the peals
then obtained are many and large.
.The Diver's Share.
True pearls, which are the result of
disease sometimes brought about by
the intrusion into the shell of some for-
eign body, such as a grain of sand, an
und'eveIoped egg, nut more ofter a
parasite, ,are format In the tissue of
the oyster. When the irritant matter
reaches suck a size as to cense great
11 comfort to the unwilling owner, it
either dies or forces the intruding mat-
ter towards the edges of the valves,
latera, it is retained by an absolutely
transparent skin"like substance. This
increases in growth, and eventually
becomes the prized bauble destined to
go towards a necklace or adorn a fin-
ger.. .
Theear'
p ]s are brought up by diverts
in charge of a "tindal," or representa-
tive of the owner of the boat they work
from, and a "peon," who Safeguards
the interests of.. the Government. The
banks are tinder the control of the
"Master Attendant of the Port of Co-
. ,
As payment for their hazardous
work on these shark -infested coasts, 1
the divers are rewarded by one-third
of the oysters brought up, 'while the '
Government auctions off the remain-
der on the beach day by clay.
One In a Thousand.
The divers go down with the aid of
a forty -pound weight tied to the line
by which they are lowered. They
WE WANT CHURNING.
C
1 cans and supply pay express
charges. We pay daily by express
Mellen orders, which can be cashed
anywhere without . any charge,
To ' obtain the top price,gueart7
must he free from bad flavors and
contain not less than 30 per cent,
Butter rat.
Bowes Company Limited,
Toronto
For referonees--•Iload Office, Torozito,
lank of Montreal, or year lode? banker,
Established for ever thirty years,
gather the shells into baskets slung-
round
lunground their necks and hanging in front,
and after fifty to eighty seconds' rapid
work are pulled to the surface.
On. an average, about one shell in
every thousand brought up contains a
pearl.
The buyers place their purchases in
"Icottus," •or enclosures, and the oys-
ters are allowed to rot for eight or ten
days in a box covered in from the sun.
Flies are allowed free access, as they
assist in the process of rotting.
Later, the whole decayed .mass is
thoroughly washed, the shells, stones,
and byssua (the green, fibre -like sub-
stance by which the oyster attaches it-
self
tself to the favorite rock) are picked
out, and the residue placed on long
strips of black •calico to dry.
While drying, the whole mase is care,
fully gone over again and again, and
many small "seed" pearls are found
and added to the larger ones previous-
ly.discovered,
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SUMMER COMPLAINTS
KILL LITTLE ONES
At the first sign of illness during the
hot weather give the little ones Baby's
Oven Tablets or in a few hours,he:may
be beyond aid. These Tablets will
prevent summer complaints if given
occasionally to the well child, and will
promptly relieve these troubles if they
come on suddenly, Baby's Own Tab-
lets should always be kept in every
hone where there are ,young children,
There et
e
is no
other
medicine as good
and the mother has the guarantee of a
government analyst that they are ab•
solutely utely safe, The Tablets are sold
medicine dealers or by mail at 2$c a
box from The Dr, Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Ont.
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Just So it Was Kept Dark.
"Can I get a beer here without any-
one knowing it?"
"Yes—pale?"
„Anything ---just so you keep it
dark."
Always Aeoeptabie,
Author --"Phe very deet thing 1 sent
magazine a
to a ag z .was act;opted,
Young Friend --"Was it poetry or
prose?"
Author "Prose. It. Was a'obeque for
a y:ea,r's, subscription?
g4;t4 boll, not sp with. the
School,, hut ti tiir.
Carl Lom•on, a rancher of the Yukon,
has over 50,000 head of reindeer and
owns six and half million acres of
}and, He went north in 1900 from St.
-haul during the gold rush, -•-
REST MEDICINE
SHE EVER USED
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Highly
Praised by a Nova Scotia Lady.
Among the well known and esteemed
residents of Hemford, N.S., is IVMre.
Amanda Woodworth. Some four years.
ago Mrs. Woodworth had the misfor-
tune to lose her husband, and as a re-
sult of caring for him during his ill-
ness, and attending to farm duties, able
became terribly run-down. Mrs. Wood-
worth says she felt as though }ler
blood had turned to water. The least
exertion would leave ler tired and
breathless, •She w'as• often attacked
by spells of weakness that left her al-
most speechless, and frequently suf-
fered from severe headaches. The
medicines she took did hot help nor,
and she almost despaired of gaining
her health. In this condition she one
day read in a newspaper of a case.
very similar to her own, in which
health was restored through the use
of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. This made
her decide to give these pills a trial.
After using a few boxes site found the
pills were helping her, and she con-
tinued their use until .her old -title
health and vitality were restored, Now
Mrs. Woodworth looks after a small
farm of fifteen acres, besides doing all
her housework, and says she never: felt
better or more energetic In her.life
She gives credit for her present splen-
did health to Dr_ Williams' Pink Pills,
which she says are the best medicine
she ever used, and strongly recom-
mends the pills to ell run-down people.
You can get these Pills, from any
medicine dealer, or by mail at 60 cents•
a box from The Dr. Williams' .Medicine.
Co., Brockville, Ont.
Where e t Rub Cornea
me
h Off.
I know a young girl, she's an ace,
She's possessed of much beauty and
grace,
,
But one thing she abhors,
About summer sea -shores,
It washes, the paint from her face.
Musicians and Nationality.
Nowadays, when muoioal national•
fent is eo much to the fore, we are apt
to overlook the fact that many of the
greatest musicians have come of a
Mixed nationality, and some people
claim that the nacre cosmopolitan a
fancily is the more likely it is to pre -
duce geniuses. In England, certainly,
there is the striking instance of the
Novella family, which was very mixed
and produced at: least a number of
very .highly talented members. Bee-
thoven was a German of Dutch extrac-
tion, and Brahms, e. German of,,Daitidlt
extraction. Fantooio Busoni, the
pianist and coal
p 1Ns f•Yt'
p ,was half Ger.
mah and halt Italian; as ie Wolf -Fer-
rari, the composer of "The Jewels of
the Madonna"; Sgambati, the Italian
composer, had an English mother;
Frederic Delius, the English composer,
ooz11es Of a Gerninn fondly; of remote
Dutch extraotion; Freden'io Ilamond is
a Seat, whose parents or grandpareirts
came from Middle Europe, and Dugarie
d'Albert is also a Scot of Teutonic or
extr c i
Alsatian
z a t ott. And gaffe a tame
number of ntuelcians who are generel•
ly credited with being Clormans:
Haydn, i,lszt, Dvorak/ etc., Ionto from
the 13ltne Moos and were bora. outsid:ei'
Germany,
Mln0rd'e Lini`m,ert forellorhs tend Warts
!Poem You Should Know.
The Wandering Wind.
Ffeliaia i'eznans has the distinction
pf ?having written some of the neat -
known, poems in the language, inelud-
izs "The Better Land,,, "Casabia,"
and "Tho Graves of a I•Ioasehold,"
Here ie one of the lase familiar of her
poems
!I:'ilb wind, the wandering wind
Of the golden, summer eyes---
Wharice,is the thrilling magic
Qf .its tones amonget the leaves?
Oh, inn from the waters,
Or from the long tall gives?
Or is it front the hollow rocks
Through which the breathings ease?
Or is, it from the voices
Of all in one combined,
That it wins the tone of meaning?
The wind, the wandering wind!
Not' Not the strange sweet accents
That with it come and go,.
They are not from the osiers,
No the lir-trees whispering low.
They are not of the waters,
Nor of the cavern'd hill;
!Tie the human love within us
That gives than power to thrill:
They touch the links of mem'ry
Around our spirits twin'd,
And we start, and weep, and tremble
To the wind, the wandering wind!
Birth of the Moon.
In the opinion of Dr. R. H. Rastall
the moon is made of inaterial that wag
once part of the earth's crust. Dr. Res-
tate theory is that a layer of the
earth's carnet, about forty-one miles
think and covering about two-thirds of
its total area, was peeled off by the at-
traction of the sun, This eatiou of the
sun ants effective while the crust was
still in a plastic state, and the moon
own gravitational attraction caused
to roll up into a ball of the form we
now see in the eky. The crustal area
lett on earth formed the. continents,
This theory also accounts for the
fact that while, according to generally
aQoepted ideas, masses of lighter, den-
sity arch as make up the earthly con
tinents should cover the entire surface
of the globe; they actually cover only
about a third, the missing two-thirds
consisting of the moon.
The new theory also fits in with the
ideas of a German geologist, Professor
Alfred Wegener, who believes that the
American continent , was originally
united with Europe and Afrioa, and
that it floated away to its present
place. Thfe would not have been pos
Bible so Iong as the entire earth was
covered with such a crust, but after
the moon had been torn away it was
possible for the continents to separate
from their long embrace.
Fi,..d•~,M BOYS! YOUR OPPORTUNITY!
Do Not Let It Pai a
The Ontario Aoricultural College -.offers you an education that wili fit
you for prr.oticai up-to-clste business farming or professional lite. An
cducnt;oti to a farmer to a life -limo Oft. The years of youth are 'heat.
Come to tit, O.A,O. on September lath.
Taltion fee for the first year only $20. .Board and room only .$6.dD per:
week. %CL" -sore farm, fine live stook, modern, well-equipped building*,
living conditions the best. •
Write for College Calendar, descriptive of all sg1ence and praotleal.
courses.
J. B. REYNQLDS,, M.A. A. M, PORTER, &S.A.
President Registrar.
ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGiE
GUELPH, ONT.
Sea Cooks and Sea Food.
The profession of sea cook is one
that has always been looked upon with
'profound contempt by the rest ,ef the
seafaring community, admits Miss
Cicely Fox smith, that sailor -routed
English lady who has made herself a
recognized authority on matters per-
taining to s'hipe and the sea. "Old.
Slush" and "Grub -Spoiler" were the
uncomplimentary nicknames bestowed
upon him; and the familiar old chanty
Paddy Doyle', Boots further attests
the usual attitude of crews in the
cheerful Iines. '
We'll all throw dirt at the coo-ook
And pay Paddy Doyle for his boots:
The sea -cook, she explains, is th
pea -going equivalent ot the mother -i
law. He is the preordained and per
petual butt of ridicule and abuse. Tia
he should have become so is not stir
prising. • To begin with, he was pro•
aided often with the poorest and
scantiest materials. Burgoo and dog's
body were simply euphemisms for
cabin scraps; hard -tack and salt junk
were unobjectionable, but wearisome,
served plain; cracker hash united 1
;s them in a baked form, Dandy -funk
it was also made of hard -tack, pounded
very fine with a belaying pin, mixed
into a sort of paste with jam or treacle
and cooked on the galley ;stove into a
sort of pudding. Duff—plum duff or
fig duff—was a boiled suet pudding
with dried fruit added.
Often a bad 000k made the sailor's
food nearly uneatable; "he might not
know a sauce -pan from kettle, but,
once he had got his job, the unfortun-
ate crew would have to put up with his
experiments for the rest of the voyage.
The usual thing in extreme cases was
for the whole watch to commit their
food untested to the deep, choosing for
the ceremony a moment when the skip-
per could not fail to witness it. He
would then be compelled to admit that
the grieyance was a genuine one, eine
hungry men do not go without a meal
unless for $oqd and sufficient reason.
But even if the cook were disgraced
and sent forward, it was rare good luck ,
if there danced to ;pe anyone among
the crew who could do better.
Times have changed, and there .is a
vasteimprbvement' in the variety ane
quality of the food at sea, even on the
humblest vessels.' And there are,
ashore, schools where aspiring sea
cooks may learn the trade. In a few
yens, perhaps, it will be no longer the
direct insult a sailorman can hurl at a
despised enemy to call him a "son of a
sea cook."
put, amusingly enough, there are
stili a few tough, old salts who do not
apprcoiate the change.
The old sailor --conservative in this
a sin all things --strongly resented any
attempt to interfere with his food. You
might try to make his diet more varied
and attractive if you chose, He didn't
mind, But he had got to have his
"viggy duff" on the proper day, or else
the fat was in the fire!
"These 'ere calavances and such are
all very well. But where's my duff?"
e
n
t I saw the morning break,"
, —(Poem found on the body of an un.
known Australian soldier in the
World War..
Faith.
Ye that have faith to look with daunt, -
lens eyes
Upon the tragedy of a world at
strife,
And see that out of death and night
shall rise
'I'1ze dawn of ampler life
Rejoice, wbaterer anguish rend the
heart,
Tbat God hath given youa priceless
dower
To live in these great tithes and have
a part
In Freedom's crowning hour;
That ye may tell your sons who see
the light
High in the -heavens (their heritage
to take):
"I saw the powers of darkness, put to
flight,
Cold. Light._
The production of cold light is a sub
feet which continues to. attract the
energies of investigators. Among the
latest workers in this field is Profess,
or Riseler, of 'Paris, who has been try-
ing to emulate the performance of the
glow-worm, which gives out light with-
out heat..
It is stated that he hes succeeded in
making a large tube which, it is claim-
ed,: yields a light of 12,000 candle-power
for the expenditure of two and A half
kilowatts of eleotrioity. His tubes are
filled with atmospheric sir at reduced
pr@.pure, and are ercited by high-ire-
queiecy currents.
After the ajtrrent has been cut off
from them, his treated tubes continue
to aglow, though with diminishing
brightness, for a period said to be
equal to that for which they have been
excited.
Seine tubes that he has exhibited in
London are 8mm, in internal diameter,
and require for theta excitation a cur-
rent of sone -tenth of a milliampere at
a pleasure oI 6,000 volts, and of fre-
tittenoy in the neighborhood of 1,000,-
00a—and
,000;00a--and they are twisted into forme
du1tabie for adaptation as illuminated
advertising signs or letters. It may be
mentioned that the term "cold light"
Ls, Strictly speaking, a misnomer, as
a oertaln amount of heat must be gen-
erated.
Tattoo English Pigs.
English farmers propose to tattoo
their initials on their pigs after this,
instead of marking them by notching
their ears, using black pigment for
()?testers and Tamworths and light-
colored pigment for nerksh.ires. Cattle
also are to be marked in tine fashion,
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To Survey a [Uteri,
Tu.Tnited States government is
piaii g the exploration and survey of
the Great Salt Lake desert in tltah,
one of the largest unsurveyed arena in
the.: public domain,
P.go `That This ' Label
P r iuce` d and Bra
ndr
English
hon ourFox Wire
Pon Wi!k'e ; recognized by the
gbgye la%a1 on eyery roll --his
Cyan more than fourteen years
et perfect •se,rviee on pioneer
riches and is being used for
dpi of the n•ew ranchis.
"ere', _ a reason."
N to or wire for free sample
and erica,,
I`IOI1VLi i`S. P. Island'
O`Ititt}rto Salsa Apert
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Minard's Liniment for Aches and Pains
Sentence Sermons.
You Can Never Know—True love un -
tut you are willing to give everything
for your beloved.
—Real happiness until you love life
more than things.
—Genuine friendship until you have
dismissed all spirit of bitterness.
--Lastin
g success if you rest your
claims on mere pretensions.
—The highest joy until you have
made some thing useful with your
hands.
—Lffe'•s greatest thrill until you
have made your supreme effort.
--Life's deepest sorrow until your
and has turned ingrate.
Jelly contains more sugar than the
solution from which it is made.
Tit
'IN
fCoRY013R
EVES
hemp mp c a sing Ref res 1n
11 Pig! di
Sore muscles, strained liga-
ments, swollen joints yield to
the healing influence of
Caticuraa
P
the
Comfort Baby's Skin
The absolute purity and delicate
medication of Cuticura Soap
make it ideal for baby's tender
skin. Used daily,with touches of
Ointment to little slit troubles,
it keeps the skin smooth, clear
and healthy. Cutioura 'Talcum
is soothing and cooling, ideal
for baby after a bath.
Sample Each Pres by MIL Address Canadian
Depot; 'Bto ,heave, Ltd., Montreal" Price, Soap
lac. Ointment 28 and 80c, Talcum 28c,
Cuticura Shaving S801 28c,
QNTAHIO WOMA{
REGAINS HEALTH
Wants OtherWomentoKnow
About Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Mount Forest, Ont. --'Before I toots
Lydia I. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-
pouserablendifeltweaka,andhant!d
el� mi
pains alt through me.
I was living in Ailsa
Craig at the time,and
one day afriend came
in and told me her ex--
Verience of using the
egetable Com-
pound and advised
me to take a bottle,
which I finally did.
M� a I bean t.a get
strong and thse
pains left me. I am gla I found cut
about this medicine as I think ' ere is
hone equal to it for woman -;vhc have
troubles of this kind. 1 cannot praise
the Vegetable Compound too highly for
the good it has done nae. Whenever 1:
know eif a woman suffering 1 am glad
to tell her of i i,"—Mrs, WV. RIDSD ALIO,.
It'll,. No.1, Mount Forest, Ontario.
Women throughout the .Dostzinion are
finding health in Lydia E. ?inlchatn'n
Vegetable Compound.
Nobarmful drugs are used in its prepa-
ration—justroots and herbs—and it can
be taken in eafoty even by a nursing;
mother. $'or sale by all druggists. 1
ISSUE No. 83 '2n
Say 6 6 Bayer' 9 �, Insist!
,U;Ialess you see the "Bayer
Cross"
C s on you are not
getting the genuine Bayer prod-
uct pro
prod-uctlro ed safe bymillions and
prescribed by physicians for 25
years
Itaasti Ata
Accept
p
Bayer package
e
y
�,
Whichcontains proven directions
Handy "Bayer" bores of l2 tablets
Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists
&spfrth is the trntdi . mark (realsterea lit
Canada) oC liteger Vannfacture 01 112ouo-
aceticaoldester at Salicylicacia,
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