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Fed in Memory of
New Jersey Woman
JFresh. Crumbled Bread Tossed to
Birds During June, July and
August
LONDON. — Today during the
lunch hour two immaculately dress-
ed waiters marched from a de luxe
West End hotel, eaeh carrying half
a loaf of fresh bread wrapped in a
clean napkin. On the smooth lawn
of Embankment Gardens, adjoining,
they solemnly crumbled the bread,
and tossed it to sparrows that
quickly gathered.
This act, performed daily during
each June, July and August, rain or
shine, is a living memorial in per-
petuity to Mrs. Alexander Angus, a
New Jersey woman 'who fell in love
with London's sparrows 13 years
ago. She died early last year.
Her husband created a trust fund
making an allowance to two of the
hotel's waiters for feeding the birds
daily during the summer, as his wife
had done for many years. Punctu-
ally at 2.30 each afternoon they
march out, dressed just as when they
serve the hotel's wealthy clients, and
keep the tryst of the woman who
Iies buried more than 3,000 miles
away.
Different waiters get the job each
year. This year they are Harold
Osborne and Jim Hoggarth. They
like the chore, and well they should.
"It gives us a bit of air and sun
and a welcome break in the lunch-
eon rush," said Jim, "and besides
we get an extra `fiver' (£5 or about
$25) from Mr. Angus' fund, which
is handy. The hotel furnishes the
bread. It's not leave -overs, no sir;
it's fresh cut from today's bread."
Portable Barnyard
The boy or girl is not really edu-
cated who has never seen a farm, and
the educators are becoming aware ox
the fact. The parks department of
New York is doing something about
it, and is seeking to bring a glimpse
of the country into the congested city
areas. A portable barnyard makes
a tour of the playgrounds, with three-
day stops at each point: the red barn
inside the wooden barnyard fence,
with cow and calf, pigs, ducks, tur-
keys, all making jolly noises accord-
ing to their"kind.
So successful .has the experiment
proved that a portable gardenis also
going the. rounds of the crowded play-
grounds, `and 'tl a slum . children are
seeing for the first time, roses and
marigolds, fuchsias and forget-me-
riots,
orget meriots, sweet corn and potatoes, all an
their nativral setting and some of
:t11.e 1.+1 °"�, "_ ` 'Bss0�of.growth—
New ,Outlook.
Summer Feeding
Of Dairy Cows
Cows Kent at High Level of
Milk Yield Without
Grain
Production from dairy cows during
the summer can, be kept at a high
level without the feeding of large
amounts of grain or other supplement-
tary feed in the barn, if suitable pas-
ture is available. At the Dominion
Experimental Station, Fredericton,
"1 harvest
more wheat .L ; ` ��.w�
because I treat my seed with
New ImprovedCEFESAN"
Want to reduce root sots and other
diseases—get bigger wheat yields
^better profits? .Then treat seed
with New Improved CERESAN.
"This dust..." says a recent Divi-
sion
ivision of Botany report, "effectively
controls the smuts of oats, covered
smut O. barley,' and bunt of wheat.
It also improves seed germina-
tion." Easy to apply. Costs less
than 6c an acre. Write today for
free. Wheat Pamphlet.
SOLD BY THE MANUFACTURERS
OF THE WELL-KNOWN C-14
FREE-FLOWING FERTILIZERS: FOR YOUR FALL
REQUIREMENTS SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER:
CANADIAN INDUSTRIES. LIMITED
Fertilizer Division
201 Weston Road, South; WostToronto, Ont,.
New English. Locomotive on First !tun
First of the new streamlined super -Pacific type locomotives inten0d
to work the record-breaking "Coronation" expresses later in the yey..
the "Golden Eagle" is shown as it left King's Cross station in Londoin,
pulling the London -Edinburgh express, one of the heaviest and fastest
trains of the day, recently.
N.B., for the past two years the cows
have been turned on fertilized pas-
tures about the middle of May and
grain feeding was discontinued on
May 20. Production was greater af-
ter the cows had been on pasture one
month than before they were turned
to pasture. The feed cost of milk
and butterfat production during the
summer months was only one quarter
as much as during the period of barn
feeding.
After the fertilized pastures had
been grazed short early in the season,
the cows were turned to the unim-
proved pastures ,to take advantage of
the natural Yule flush of same and to
permit the fertilized pastures to re -
;,..cover. The .,fer'tilized., pastures were
rested whenever it was thought ad-
visable and advantage was taken of
aftermath on hay fields, green oats
sown for this purpose and unimproved
pasture.
In order to secure an abundance rof
nutritious pasture throughout the
summer and thus keep the feed cost
of production at a minimum, careful
planning is 'necessary. Improvement
of at least half acre of permanent pas-
ture for each ranch cow, by the ap-
plication of commercial fentilizers
and proper management, is an import-
ant feature. Yields of herbage at this
station have been more than doubled
by fertilization and the quality of the
herbage has been greatly improved.
Supplementary pastures are im-
portant even when permanent pas-
tures have been fertilized. If hay
crops, especially those containing clo-
ver are cut early, the aftermath will
provide an important source of feed
when permanent pastures are short.
Oats may also be grown as an an-
nual supplementary pasture. Good re-
sults with this crop have been ob-
tained when the oats aro grazed for
about two hours each day, the cows
spending the balance of the day on
permanent pasture.
When it is found impossible to pro-
vide suitable pasture, recourse must
be taken to the more expensive sys-
tem of barn feeding. Any roughage
which is readily available suck as•
hay, green oats and peas, green corn
or corgi silage may be used to supple-
ment the pastures. It will usually be
found advisable also to fed a small
amount of grain in the late Summer
even when good pasture is available,
in order to insure the cattle going
into winter quarters in good condi-
tion.
Overcome Rust By
Thatcher Wk at
DAUPHIN, Man,—Plans are being
laid for introduction of a seed ex --
change policy in Manitoba whereby
any farmer can get rust -resistant
Thatcher wheat for seed next spring.
Hon. D. L. Campbell, provincial
minister of agriculture, and members
of the Manitoba Seed Growers' As-
sociation, discussed plans to prevent
recurrence of rust in Manitoba at a
meeting here.
Mr. Campbell declared it would be
a calamity to allow present stock of
Thateher wheat to escape from the
province and at the same time he ap-
pealed for co-operation of all Mani-
toba in locating present crops of
Thatcher wheat and have them field
inspected to insure purity d the
seed.
Watch The Hoofs
Of Growing Colts
The importance of keeping hbofs
of the growing colt level and iii nor-
mal shape and condition does'
not
seem to be sufficiently appreciated.
We judge that from the sad condi-
tion in which we so commonlyfind
the hoofs of the adult animal. Instead
of coming down squarely upon the
ground, we commonly find then cant-
ed to one side or the other, or:; l*w
and weak at the heels, or grown dot
long at the toes, or steep and ilr,y;
'fix shapeand action. As -ate 'fg
is inclined, so will the branch or the
trunk, grow and the misshapen con-
dition will persist through life.
When it is remembered that the
leg, above the hoof, is formed of
pillars superimposed one upon the
other, the importance of, having a
Ievel and sound foundation should be
apparent,
If the hoofs are kept perfectly
level and normal in every way the
leg above will grow in the way it
should go and not depart from the
perpendicular or become so abnormal,
in any way, that perfect action is im-
paired or destroyed. It is, there-
fore, advisable to bring the colts
from the pasture once a month and
after standing each of them, in turn,
on a perfectly level place and view-
ing. the hoofs and legs from .all
angles; use the rasp just enough to
remove inequalities and correctly
level the wails at the ground surface
so that the super -imposed bones will
be in normal, natural alignment and
position.
In the process it is necessary and
detrimental to cut away the soles
and frog until new material is seen.
It is legitimate to remove only those
portions of the frog and soles that
are naturally sloughing off, and that
occurs only when the underlying horn
is ready to take up its work. Unless
wide -flanging walls are rasped, as
suggested, they tend to split and
should the crack extend into the
"quick" and hoofhead (coronet),
lameness will be likely to result and
permanent faults remain. When one
part of the hoof hurts, the colt nat-
urally relieves pressure there by put-
ting it upon the sound part, the con-
sequence being that growth becomes.
uneven and the leg bones above are
moved out of plumb and permanent
deformity possibly forms.
We'd like to pay our taxes with a
smile but they insist on cash.— The
Quebec Chronicle -Telegraph.
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•
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Issue Noe 32—'37
"Tlie sung of the parts is greater'
than the whole," says the husband,
sadly, auditing his wife's check stubs.
Mike — "My doctor told me to give
up drinking, smoking, and going out
nights."
Ike "1 guess that means that you
will ' change your habits?"
Mike — "Not at all. It means that
I will change doctors."
Bukiness is like a wheelbarrow
it stands still unless someone pushes
it. .'
The club born was relating one of
his long-winded stories that every-
body
verybody ]mew by•heart, He was describ-
ing what happened to him when he
went o na trip to the Grand Canyon
in Arizona.
"The soft curtain of night was just
falling," he orated, "There I stood
drinking in the scene, with the giant
abyss yawning before me."
"1 say,.. old chap," interrupted one
of the listeners at this point, "was
that abyss yawning before you got
there?"
Intuition The strange instinct
that tells a woman she is right, whe-
ther she is or not.
Judge — "You say the officer ar-
rested you while you were quietly
minding your own business?"
Prisoner — "Yes your honour."
_Judge — You were quietly attend-
ing to your own business, making no
noise or disturbance of any kind?"
Prisoner' "None whatever sir,"
Judge — "What is your business?"
Prisoner — "I'm a burglar."
Read it or Not — W. E. Allred, Liv-
ingstone, Tennessee, owns a living
three-legged sheep: Three days after
birth this freak lamb could stand up,
now it can run on three legs even
though it is minus a shoulder blade.
Doctor — "That lady who just left
this office is the only woman I ever
really loved."
Nurse — "She's beautiful: Why do
you not marry her, doe?"
Doctor — "I would like to, but -I
really can't afford to. She's my best
patient, you know."
Hubby — "Mary, we have lived to-
gether for 50 years, and I haven't de-
ceived you once, have I?"
Mary —. "No, Henry, but you have
tried hard enough."
CAMP FIRE GLEAM!
There's something in a camp fire's
cheery gleam,
That opens wide the windows of your
soul;
It sees each plan — each little far-
flung dream,
It lights the candles that lead to your
goal.
You gain new faith in all your fellow
men,
There where the feet of old Dame Na-
ture trod;
Within the camp fire's magic glow,
my friend,
Your heart will tell you that you are
close to God.
— J. Gaskin McDaniel
Last year's straw hats look — well,
quite a bit like last year's straw hats.
The chemist was explaining to the
lady the progress of his experiments:
Lady (commenting) — ''My the
manufacture of synthetic rubber is
such a slow process, isn't it?"
Chemist — "Well, we have to make
it slow to make it snappy."
What a monotonous old world this
would be, were it not for the delu-
sions therein,
•
When To Plant
Raspberry Canes
In the Hill or Hedge Row Systems
During the month of September, or
even as late as mid-October, rasp-
berry canes may be planted with as
much success as in the early Spring
before the canes have budded out,
The distance at which the rows and
plants are to be placed depends large-
ly upon the type of training to be.
followed. In Eastern Canada two
systems are in general use, the hill
system and the hedge -row.
in the hill system the plants are
set at least four by four feet apart,
which permits, wtb care, the use of
a single horse cultivator either way.
Where land is cheaper and the labor
higher,'the distance may be increas-
ed to seven by seven feet, permitting
the use of a double cultivator and
eliminating most of the hand hoeing.
If the hedge -row system is adopt-
ed, the rows may be placed six feet
apart, ;or wider, and the plants set
three feet apart in the roW. If the
plants aro checked in rows so that
they will come oppos;te, a .single
horse cultivator may be used the first
season and thus cut down mainten-
ance costs by a considerable amount.
.sram+�Isr
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Over 8,000 boys, said to be the big-
gest body of youth to ever leave the
Country at one time, will make up the
British Empire contingent to the
World Scout Jamboree, opening in
Holland, July 31st. Thirteen special
trains will move the boys to Tilbury,
Yarmouth, Dover and Harwich, and
here they will board eight steamships
for the trip to Holland. In addition to
the Scouts from all parts of the Bri-
tish Isles, the Empire contingent will
include Scouts .from Canada, New-
foundland, Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa, India, Barbadoes, Ber-
muda, Hong Kong Gibraltar, Malta,
Palestine, Northern Rh~4.:lesia and Tri-
nidad.
A dog's yelp enabled two Parksville
B. C. Boy Scouts to do their daily
good turn. The boys were wandering
near an old well, half caved in and
45 feet deep when they heard the
dog's cry. Baiting a box with a sand-
wich, they lowered it into the well
with wire. The dog jumped in and the
Scouts pulled it up.
Blue Springs Scout Reserve near
Acton, Ont., the 100 -acre property to
be developed as a training centre for
Ontario. Scouters was formerly dedi-
cated and opened July 21st. The main
entrance to the Reserve is marked by
a stockade gateway and reproduction
of a pioneer days "block house."
Lord Baden-Powell, World Chief
Scout has been awarded the 1937 Wa-
teler peace prize of $10,000 "for valu-
able services to international good
will by means of the Boy Scout or-
ganization." The Wateler prize was
founded by a Netherlander of that
name who left his entire fortune to
endow an annual prize to the person
contributing the most valuable ser-
vice in the cause of peace..
Boy Scout World Census Figures
for 1937 just compiled by the Inter-
national Bureau, reveal a startling in-
crease of 340,060; with a total mem-
bership
embership of, 2,812,074. This is the larg-
est increase the movement has ever
known. The, world census is taken ev-
ery two years. In -1935 the total was
2,472,014, Boy Scouting countries are
now numbered at 49:
•
by DR. J. W. S. MCCULLOUGH
Doctor Reedman, of the School of
Hygiene, University of Toronto, says
that the most recent studies show
that the nutritional value of milk is
practically unchanged by properly
conducted pasteurization, while Wil-
son, Minett and Carling in the Jour-,
nal of Hygiene, publish their findings
of carefully controlled observations
showing that the nutritive value of
pasteurized milk for calves is equal
to that of raw milk.
There has been considerable con-
troversy for years as to the effects
of pasteurization on the nutritive va-
lue of milk. The stock argument of
the opponent of pasteurization, whe-
ther or not ho knows anything about
the subject is that the process des-
troys the vitamin C. It has long been
considered that the content of Vita-
min 0, (the agent concerned with the
prevention of scurvy) was low and
that milk is an unimportant source of
Vitamin C. in the diet.
The basis of Vitamin C in milk is
the ascorbic acid it contains, and this
article varies very little in different
breeds of cattle, with the stage of
lactation or age of the animal. The
variation is clue to the character of
the animal's food, In this respect the
grass is the best, hay comes next,
while silage retains from 12 to 15 p.c.
of the original ascorbic acid for a per-
iod of six months: It is calculated
that on winter ration a dairy cow re-
ceives ',bout 9 grams of ascorbic acid
daily in the diet, and on summer pas-
ture considerably more.
Milk alone, will not supply suffic-
ient vitamin C in the diet. It ie not
normally required to do so. Oranges,
tomatoes, (fresh, canned or dried),
cabbage, lettuce, green peaspotatoes
and spinach, are all rich in the anti
scurvy vitamin,
Pastenrizaticn causes no apprec-
lable injury ,to the nutritional value
of milk and it must be remember ed
that the dangers of raw milk in the
transrnitting of disease far outweigh
any minor objections to careful and
efficient pasteurization.
ET J'alln.: Ta., S
D. P. H.
Alligator's Tears:—Causing un-
necessary suffering to an „alligator
was the charge against two boys at
Manchester City Police Cehrt, ac-
cused of throwing plant pots, cement,
stones, and a bicycle at, the alligator
at Belle Vue, Manchester.
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