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This year, the Canadian Farm
Loan Board, a federal govern -
merit agency engaged in mak-
ing long term mortgage loans
to farmers, issued its 25th an-
nual report. In its 25 years of
operation, the Canadian Farm
Loan Board has lent $91,548,-
192 to some 39,415 Canadian
farmers. During the past
year, a total of $7,816,750 was
approved for loans, an increase
of approximately $2,000,000 Over
the previous year.
During the year ending
March 31, 1954, 2,091 first
mortgage loans and 591 second
mortgagee loans were approved,
The • average loan made was
$3,740. One out of every five
loans made in 1954 was for over
$6,000.
Farm Loan Board loans are
available only to farmers ac-
tually farming the land offer-
ed as security and are made for
such purposes as purchasing
livestock and farm implements;
paying debts; assisting in the
purchase of farm land; making
farm improvements; etc. Far-
mers may borrow up to $10,000
on first mortgage at an interest
rate of 5 per cent repayable
over a period of 25 years or
up to $12,000 on combined first
and second mortgages.
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Many rapid growing strains
of fowl have been introduced to
most parts of Canada in recent
years. Strains which grow
rapidly and produce meat econ-
omically may not be the most
economical producers of eggs.
It becomes of increasing im-
portance, therefore, to know
the relative performance of the
varieus strains both as to egg
production and rate of growth,
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Egg production and growth
records are now available from
ve purebred strains tested at
he Experimental Station at
Fredericton, N.B., reports Leon-
ard Griesbach. Growth records
l}aave also been obtained on
eight crosses involving these
strains. Of . the five, i'purebred..
strains "tei;ted, ' four were bred
with sheat production the pri-
mary object, one was a strain
Of a general purpose breed
which had been selected for
years with egg production as
the primary object.
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Following are some of the
interesting results obtained:
(1) The general purpose strain
grew reasonably well but defin-
itely slower than the top meat
producing strains. (2) The av-
erage weight. at 12 weeks of all
crossbreds tested, was 41/4
ounces higher than the average
Of all purebreds tested. Some
crosses weighed no more than
their heaviest parents but oth-
ers were considerably heavier
than either parent. (3) Birds
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of the general purpose strain
which survived to 500 days of
age produced more eggs than
survivors of the meat strains,
(4) One of the strains which
had ,the highest survivor egg
production, had the lowest egg
production index to 500 days
based on, the average produc-
tion of all birds housed. The
low production index was due
to high mortality in the laying
pens, (5) One pen of cross-
breds, the parents of which
were only mediocre egg pro-'
ducers, produced more eggs and
had a lower mortality than any
purebred strain tested.
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These results emprasize the
importance of obtaining infor-
mation on strains or crosses
used for commercial egg or
meat production. The ability
to lay well and/or to grow rap-
idly combined with high vital-
ity and resistance to disease are
of primary importance in the
economical production of poul-
try products.
What followed suggests the
Wild West rather than an Eng-
lish farmyard. The stall was
narrow, and George couldn't
squeeze by the cow to help. SO
he leapt on to the animal's back
and seized her by the ears.
Slowly, she backed out --- and
then made a wild dash for the
adjoining ''meadow. "It was like
a rodeo act," laughs Vowles.
Eventually, he slipped .off and
fell pretty heavily, "But direct-
ly this happened," he relates,
"the cow stopped. Then she
came and stood over me with a
kind of inquiring look, All her
anger had gone, and it seemed
that she was apologizing for
any damage done."
Hard Work -- Likes It
What is a cowman's" job real-
ly like? It's hard, sometimes
dirty, and the hours are long.
"Folk sometimes tell me I'm a
fool to work seven days a
week," laughs George. "But
I enjoy it. It's my life,"
He is absolutely sincere in
saying this, George Vowels real-
ly believes that his occupation is
one which satisfies both mental-
ly and physically. Talk about
the drift from the land and he
has a ready answer. "There's no
real drift as you call it," he re-
torts contemptuously. "Those
who• look for soft jobs in the
towns are the type the coun-
try can do without. They have
no sense of responsibility, ace
interest in anything but their
own pleasures."
From this you will realize
that George Vowles has no am-
bition to follow their example.
"Put me in al, office or factory," .
he comments fervently, "and I'd
fade away and die!"
• An excellent reason for re-
maining on the farm.
Tamed Savage Cow
ronco Buster
Style
Too many townspeople still
regard the agricultural worker
as an unskilled, ignorant chap
with straw in his hair - the
"Hodge" and the "Giles" of in-
numerable j okes.
He's not. Ile has to know his
job inside out, which needs in-
telligence plus years of experi-
ence. This applies especially to
men like George Vowels. He's
a head . cowman, sturdy, self-
reliant and level-headed.
Now forty-five, George be-
came interested in cows as a
boy at school. After lessons
were over - and sometimes be-
fore breakfast - he would give
a hand with the milking, a job
not so easy as it looks. "To do
it properly," he says, "you must
understand the moods of the
cows. They're all different -
and just like human. beings
-they need' huinorxring: =1f"they
think you're a novice they won't
co-operate."
He recalls one cow which
resolutely refused to part with
her milk. She didn't like the
newcomer who was trying to do
the job. Yet when Vowels took
over the animal meekly submit-
ted.
Grandpa's Trick
"Yes," reflects George, "it's a
mistake to think that cows are
kind of milk • producing ma-
chines. You can get really fond
of them."
His remarks are typical of all
good cowmen. To Geprge, cows
are the great interest in life.
He regards them almost as a
sacred trust, and to minister to
their needs puts in all sorts of
hours. When a calf is due he
barely sleeps or eats until it's
safely delivered.
Bulls? "Tricky," he , admits.
But he has his own methods of
dealing with these uncertain -
tempered and sometimes savage
brutes. One morning he found
half a dozen men vainly at-
tempting to move a bull from
one stall to another. It was paw-
ing the ground, its eyes red
with mingled fury and be-
wilderment. The men . were
scared stiff, and the massive but
magnificent creature knew it.
George strolled up and spoke to
it gently .- and it behaved like
a lamb. "But," he warns, "I
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wouldn't advise a novice to try
the same game!"
What gives him this uncom-
mon power over bulls? "A trick
my grandfather taught me," he
confides. "And one his father
taught him before that." But he
won't divulge the secret -- or
rather, he can't. It depends -oh
mutual sympathy between man
and animal, and a total ah-
sence of fear,
Suppose you are charged Isy,.
a bull? The worst thing you
can do is to turn tail and run,
unless, of course, you are with-
in reasonable distance of a gate
and safety.
"Instead," advocates Vowels,
"stand still and face it. When
it's almost on top of you give it
a sharp tap on the nose and'
leap aside. The bull will blue -
der on and give you a good.
chance of getting away." 411,
very simple - if you possess
the necessary courage and an
exceptionally cool head.
Like all rugged individualists,
George makes caustic remarks
about officials. They arrive,
NEW LINER: An impression of the new Cunard liner lvernia as she will appear as she leaves
Liverpool June 3d on her maiden voyage to Quebec and Montreal. The 22,000 -ton vessel is
ci sister-versol of the Saxonia, the first of three liew Cunarders ordered for the Canadiurir
trade, which entered service this year.
"one after the other," full of
criticisms and impracticable
suggestions. "But," he adds dri-
ly, "I've never known them to
get their boots really dirty. They
just poke their heads inside the
nettus door and that's that."
Nettus? Here's a link with
pre -Norman England. It's a cor-
ruption of neat -house, and neat
is the old Anglo - Saxon word
for cattle.
Rationing Not Needed
Vowels also has a word or
two to say about milk -rationing.
"It wasn't necessary," he as-
serts. A statement with which
many farmers agree. Every ef-
fort was made to increase sup-
plies, and when this succeeded
much of the extra was wasted.
Why? Bureaucracy again. A
dairyman was allowed to give
his customers only their bare
ration. Offered more, he had to
refuse, wasn't allowed. to sell it,
even give it away. Theoretically,
there was a way out. The pro-
ducer could fill up the approp-
riate form, and eventually ob-
tain permission to dispose of the
surplus. `But," recalls George
with a shrug, "by the time that
was done the milk had gone
sour."
For most of his life George
Vowles has milked by hand.
73ut recently machine -milkers
have been installed. He doesn't
like them, "They make things
easier for me and the other
men," he admits, "but I always
think they can transmit disease
from one animal to another.
Hand -milking -- and being
scrupulously clean - is the
safer way."
Neither does he believe in
pasteurization. "Kills the good
germs as well as the bad," he
avers.
Wild ,Rodeo Act •
Has he had any narrow es-
capes in dealing with cows and
bulls? Apart from being kicked
out of a stall and having a toe
crushed, he recalls only one.
It happened when George was
a lad and a bit impetuous. Hear-
ing frantic shouts he hurried to
the scene, and found his em-
ployer pinned against the wall
of a stall by a savage cow. Ap-
parently, she thought he had
designs on her calf - the one
• occasion, incidentally, when a
normally docile creature may
become angry.
Stormy Sermon
On the whole, preachers who
strive hard to bring originality
and life into their sermons are
suitably rewarded but this is
not always so.
The celebrated preacher Whit-
field, for example, was renown-
ed for rousing his audience to
such a pitch that they fell on
their knees and prayed. Then
one day, preaching to a congre-
gation of sailors, he said: "Boys,
we have a clear sky and are
making headway over a smooth
sea, Then a dark cloud arises
over the horizon. Don't you hear
the distant thunder. Don't you
see flashes of lightning? A stores
'gstricrap -E.vory::�an EU: hiS:. duty.
How the waves rise and dash
against the ship. The masts, are
gone. The ship is on her beam
ends! What next?" He expected
everyone to shout. "Let us pray!"
Instead, to a man they rose
and screamed, "Take to the
boats!"
More successful was an evan-
gelist who observed a number of
his congregation nodding, so
paused in his sermon and yell-
ed: "Fire! .`ire!"
Up •jumped one of the sleep-
ers, crying, "Where, sir, where?"
"In hell," admonished the
preacher solemnly. "In hell for
those who sleep under the
preaching of the-erord."
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Barclay Warren,
Praise for God's Gift
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1Csahn 1.46:1-3, 11-138
1;13-35.
Memory Selection; 0 cerise, let
us worship and bow doWn: let
us kneel before the Lord out:
maker. Psalm 95:6.
Praise to God reaches a grand
climax as we near year's end.
That God in the person of His
Son should take. flesh is the
marvel of history. Millions of
people around the world will
wonder at this event again this
Christmas.
Halford E. Luccock wrote a
stimulating article on The
Christmas Baby Grew Up, Here
it is b part.
"Part of the eternal appeal of
the Christmas story lie in the
fact that it is the story of a baby.
Yet in that fact also lies a dan-
ger. F o r multitudes of people.
gladly make a sentimental re-
sponse
to the infant Christ, but
they shrink from making a mor-
al response to the Man. Christ
Jesus. They miss the chiefpoint
in the Christmas story, which
is that the Baby grew up into
the Son of Man and the Son of
God, who made a devastating
challenge to a world of greed,
of cruelty, and hard power.
"A baby makes no ethical de-
mands on life. It compels no deep
disturbance of life. We can sing
Christmas carols without letting
Jesus come into our lives to ar-
range them in the discipleship •
of Hint who calls us to take up
a cross and follow Him.
"So there is need for stress
on the truth that the Baby at
Bethlehem grew u p. He grew
up into the Teacher, whose
words are the only sure foun-
dation for the world's life. He
grew up into the Prophet, who
brought an unyielding challenge
to the dark powers of this world,
He grew up into the Redeemer,
who was lifted up on a cross and
draws all men unto Him. When
Jesus is not dealt with as the
Master who claims undivided ,al-
legiance, the high meaning of
Christmas is gone."
May our thoughts center
around Jesus Christ this season.
May we think of Him not only
as a Baby but as our Saviour.
AD MANNERS
Mother and son paused out-
side the office of a Philadelphia
advertising dentist. There was
an elaborate showcase reveal-
ing the latest in dentures and
bridge -work.
"Mom," said the boy, "If I
ever have to get false teeth I
want that set iri the corner,"
"Hush Willie," she cautioned,
"how many times must I tell
you not to pick your teeth in
public."
rive " `ith Cre
Genuine Pail -Cat - {careen Mul-
queen, 4, squints gleefully as
"Skippy" forgets his cat - show
manners, and pulls her hair dur-
ing an all -breed tabby show at
Jones Memoria i Children's
Center.
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