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Layton, wha will nOraitiii. ip. Lou.
don to conduct continuaue inspection,
of Canadian meats and Macon so that
Canada may be kept informed of the
standing of these products on the
British market.
Mr. Layton, who, before the year
was in the Depar'tment's Marketing
Service at Calgary, and . has since
been conducting seaboard inspection
ef export 'meats and bacon at Mont-
real, Halifax and Saint John, will be
attached to the office of J. G. Rob-
-ertson, Agricultural Commissioner for
'Canada in the United Kingdom.
Products To Britain From 1944 Crops
From the crop of vegetables grown
in Canada in 1944, sizeable quantities
have been 'dehydrated and shipped to
the British Ministry of Food. The
rtotal value of the vegetables y-
drated was '$5,650,579. This prices
includes the purchase price of the
raw vegetables, the cost of process-
ing and the freight charges from the
processing plants to Canadian sea-
board points. In the shipments,
made through the Special Products
Board were: 9,000,000 pounds of pot -
toes, 1,851,000 pounds of cabbage,
888,550 pounds of ,carrots, 763,000
pounds of turnips, 62,000 pounds of
onions, 4,260 pounds of spinach and
155,600 pounds of beets.
From last year's crop of fruit, the
Board also shipped to the British
Ministry, 5,328,700 pounds of evapo-
rated apples, processed from fruit
grown in Nova Scotia, 166,842 barrels
of fresh apples 'from Nova Scotia,
525,000 boxes of British Columbia
apples, 200,000 pounds of. British
Columbia strawberries, and 1,400,000
of largish Columbia raspberries chem-
ically preserved for making jam.
'Shipments of Ontario grown white
beans totalled 443,000 bushels and
1,000 cases of Ontario grown canned
corn was also sent.
The dehydration of the vegetables
was done in thirteen plants located
in eight of the provinces, the excep-
tion being Saskatchewan. Total va-
Iue of the shipments outlined was
$10,574,323.
Offer Free Plans For Root Cellar
Although there are many effective
ways of storing root crops on the
farm, the rootcellar has proved one
ef the best, particularly in districts
where low temperatures are common.
A root cellar is not costly to build,
and what outlay there is will soon
he repaid in the saving of roots and
vegetables from Loss and wastage
through moisture and decay. Old
lumber and materials' at hand may
he utilized.
To the farmer who has a root
cellar, the time has come once more,
to make certain that the ventilating
:system will be in working order.
=during the coming winter. To the
.farmer who has not a root cellar and
is thinking of making one, the Do-
minion Department of Agriculture
:has made available publication 708,
entitled "A Practical Root Cellar." In
it are specifications of plans for a
farm root cellar, ground floor side.
and front elevations, together with
information and directions as to ma-
terial, location, temperature, humid-
ity and ventilation. A copy may be
.obtained by writing to Dominion De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa,
Value of Feeding Vitamin A to Hogs
Rapidly growing hogs kept from an
early . age in confined quarters and
fed grain, tankage, mineral rations,
often develop symptoms of paralysis
caused by a deficiency of Vitamin A,
says C. H. Anderson, Dominion Ex-
perimental Station, Beaverlodge, Al -
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berta, Many such hogs axe loat or
at best develop into chronic runts.
At various times since 1934 it has
been observed that peculiar symp-
tims have developed among rapidly
growing pigs kept at the Beaverlodge
Station. These .symptoms have var-
ied
anied with individual caries, but among
the moat common have been strained
facial expression and peculiar posi-
tion of the ears, giving a wild -boar
appearance; nervous derangement;
Inco -ordination of muscular move-
ment, usually developing quickly in-
to posterior or more general par-
tlyinability. or disinclination to
feed n' rm econtortion and 'miscel-
laneous 'lm nts such as strangling
and a foamy discharge at nostrils.
An occasional pig may walk in
circles.
After considerable .experimental
work, this trouble was, diagnosed as
a Vitamin A deficiency.. Pigs fed fish
oil high in Vitamin A and those re-
ceiving green or cured alfalfa have
not developed any of the symptoms
in question. Prostrated pigs •• para-
alyzed in the posterior and otherwise
ailing were in most cases restored to
good health and sent to market in
normal condition by the feeding of
skim -milk, fish oil and greens. In
other- cases alfalfa alone or fish oil
alone has effected marked improve-
ment, only, one or two advanced
cases failing to recover under such
treatment.
Green or well -cured alfalfa .would
appear to be the ,most economical
source of Vitamin A for hogs but
other green stuff is also good.
Should grden stuff not be available,
fish oil given in tepid water may be
substituted. Fish oil has the advant-
age of furnishing Vitamin D as well
as Vitamin A.
Pigs.. farrowed from sows that have
been fed a sufficient supply of Vita-
min A in one form or other are born
v, ith more resistance to prevalent
disease germs.
Fish oil when used should be fed
at the rate of one tablespoonful per
sow daily throughout- pregnancy. In
fattening hogs .the same dose should
be given until the pigs reach a
weight of 100 pounds.
Canada's Imports
Sugar! Canada produced 175 mil-
lion pounds of sugar in 1944. We
Consumed 1018 million , pounds, a
spread of 843 million pounds between
what 'we produced mid what we ate.
In short we only grew 17 per cent
of our consumption.
Tea, coffee, cocoa! We do not'
grow one single pound of any of
these everyday things in Canada. We
import every ounce we consume from
some other country. We do not grow
oranges, lemons, grapefruit or ban-
anas in Canada. If people in warm
latitudes refused to share these
things with' ua, where would we be?
We grow no rice, raisins, currants,
cinnamon, cloves, pepper, ginger, all-
spice or nutmeg. They are all im-
ported, some of them come thousands
of miles before taking their humble
place in our cupboards.
We grow very few nuts in Canada
—not enough to take care of a frac-
tion of our demand. Not even en-
ough for Santa Claus to hand out at
Christmas dime.
We grow neither dates, figs nor
winter
winter grapes, and many other items
we are so used to having on our
tables that we forget their long jour-
neys before they come to us . . . via
the grocery store.
Meat! We do raise meat. Thou-
sands of tons of it. On the great
wide spaces of the prairies cattle
rustle on a hundred hills—while East-
ern Canada produces some of the fin-
est beef in • the world. Our hog pro-
duction is magnificent, we raise thou-
sands of sheep for slaughter, to say
nothing of turkeys, chickens, ducks
and geese for market. Our fisheries
are among the finest in the world.
Sharing our bread is as old as
time. Sharing our meat is as new
as tomorrow—but they both answer
the same human need . . . hunger.
Flavory... Savory
...Thrifty!
MAGIC Pork Roils
1 -cup flour
Sift together 1 tsp. Magic Baking Powder
ai tsp. salt
1 beaten egg
Stir in ` / cup milk
2 titin. melted shortening
Grease skillet lightly. Make 4 ler&e thln pancakes
about 5 inph' en ac roes. When brown do both olden,
beep in centers a 011ie Wade of i 4 cuptr df
chopped cooked pork moistened With i earl
or white sauce. Roll up, place on hot platter and
pour remaining sauce Ow rolls.
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club and-. amtjng the gidests Were
Wing Commander Sully, son of .Air
'Vice -Marshal Sully, and' Major IVIe-
Neill, who has regently returned af-
•ter three and „a Half years overseas
and has joined his wife and • laugh-
ter here, Lion J. W. Coates, chair-
man of the war services committee,
spoke on behalf of the national cloth-
ing collection, and at the conclusion
of the meeting the members of his
committee demonstrated their devo-
tion to the cause by doffing all the
clothes they were wearing --well,
-pretty nearly all—and depositing
them in a barrel at the door. No=
body had to go home in a barrel, for
the denuded ones had brought an al-
ternative outfit for the occasion. The
meeting was attended by about fifty
members.—Goderich Signal -Star.
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Has Position in Blenheim
Mr. Douglas Waren' has received
his discharge from the R.C.A.F, and
has accepted a position with Mr. D.
Needham, of Blenheim, who operates
a home furniture store and funeral
service. Mr. and Mrs. Waram have
taken up residence in Blenheim.
Friends here wish them every sue-
cess.—Wingham Advance -Times.
Former Chaplain Receives Call
After hearing several ministers
since the departure of Rev. Norman
MacKay, for Toronto, Knox congre-
gation has extended a call to Rev. D.
E. Davidson, recently returned from
overseas where he served as chap-
lain • for some time. Before enlist-
ment he had charge of a Presbyter-
ian Church in Smiths Falls, whose
congregation numbered 700, and it is
felt that with his varied experiences
he will most favorably suit the,. needs
of the local church. His home is
near Milverton,—Mitchell Advocate.
Former Fullarton Minister Injured
Rev. W. A. Leitch, of Lambeth, and
former pastor of the Fullerton cir-
cuit, was seriously injured early
Friday night when he suffered a
heart attack while driving his car
along No. 2 Highway, the car leav-
ing the road, going over a nine -foot
ditch, crossinea field and crashing
into a house occupied by E. Bower-
ing, Lambeth, R.R. 1. In damaging
the verandah the minister was pin-
ned beneath this wreckage and his
car Mad he was removed with cora
siderable difficulty. Rushed to Vic-
toria Hospital, London, it was found
be had suffered a possible fractured
skull and other undetermined injur-
ies.—Mitchell Advocate.
Secret Weapons
e tUea
Because Of its e° tex1sive use' 1n
both war and Mucase t1Yon itae be
dime an accepted iter t in the dally
life of Gapadfananten and women.
141xt few Mice that raYpnactrially id
:made fret- plrtice wood,
The story of layon, which went to
war in paras ell a Shroud lines, uni-
form linings, 7iigli:-tensile yarn. in
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heavy-duty ilircraft tii'e13, and cover-
ing. Mr signal Wires and will filla
vital /peacetime pi?p thin in dresses,
hosiery, gloves, undies and other it-
ems, begins in the "forests of. the
Dominion. A giant spruce is felled,
carried to a Millwhere it becalms
pulp, This is formed into gleaming
white sheets of cellulose woodpulp
for the rayon mill. Torn to shreds
by machinery, .then processed in
chemicals, the .pulp is transformed to
a clear, orange -brown liquid called,
viscose.
Viscose is rayon yarn in the raw.
Forced through •miscroscopic holes
into an acid bath which hardens it
into extremely thin filamenta.,. it be-
comes rayon thread, At the cloth
makers, the thread is woven into
There was much talk of Hitler's
secret weapons in the last year •of
the war and a frightening display of
some of them before the peace came.
There was talk also of Japan's secret
weapons, of her access to Germany's
plans, of her own. ingenuity and re-
source. Now that the occupation of
Japan is under way we are begin-
ning to learn something more about
the gaudy, flimsy stucco facade the
Japanese threw up before the world.
Japan had nothing. That is to say,
nothing new.
When American occupation forces
invaded the chief centre of scientific
research in Tokyo they found a dis-
couraged and disheartened director
who reported to them that the Jap-
anese war lords were not interested
in research. When they took over
complete control they drastically cut
down the already meagre appropria-
tions of the institute, They called up
many of the scientists.
Finally they instructed the depart-
ment heads to discover a new way
to make the favorite Japanese hard
liquor, sake. Sake Thad been made
from rice. Rice was scarce. Could
sake be made from sweet potatoes?
This was the problem occupying Jap-
an's science when teams of Anglo-
Americans were spending $2 billion
on atomic bombs, and hundreds of
millions' more on new weapons of all
kinds, on radar, automatic a'ck-ack
guns and much more.
"We had no radar of our own," said
the Jap scientist. "We captured a
rudimentary American set at Manila
in 1942. All we could do was to copy
it, and all the time we knew that
you were producing new models
month by month."
Much was made during the war of
the interchange of scientific informa-
tion between •Germany and Japan.
The dispirited scientists in Tokyo
threw light on that too. The inter-
change was possible by submarine
and took place regularly. But the,
Japs,-t-bough able to provide precious
rare materials of war, could contri-
bute nothing scientific.
Germay charged them exorbitant
prices for patents and processes and
then did not deliver the goods speci-
fied. Millions of •yen were paid Ger-
many for the secret of the Nazis' best
process for distilling gasoline from
low-grade coal. But the Germans sent
only their third-best process, keep-
ing the top secrets for themselves.
This recalls the famous press in-
terview given by Goering after his
capture last May. He admitted send-
ing blueprints of the latest model air-
nitihes 10 :anat., brit he added with a
laugh, "It',s a long Way from a blue-
print to a plane.. 1 don't think they
did Japan any good."
The Japs did produce many planes'
of their own, and good onea too.
They were planning long-range bomb-
ers, good for a one-way suicide trip
to Canada or the United States. But
their planes were Hilt nearly as good
as the Anglo-American models. They
had no great staff of scientific re-
searchers to back up their efforts.
Japan's war effort had an impos-
ing front. But it was made of cheap
plaster that fell apart.
ha? dsonzo fabric` to •bo
to`.gowns• and other` it lk!s. '
'l hat, frons tree to street,' ih
story•oR %briet, ,10 detail,
the 0tQ01,t0 even were, interest1i g
' `!'he Y'a ",pn inanutacturing preceilat IFS
ane of the rust carefully gontroiled:
Per,40.40 i;i jndustay. Tile gulp in_'
Ohs tfiit'la1 stet?., az alp °llracoss, is
steeped , u caustic fmfia,, Afaitaed, then;
shredded into' what the industry
Ripon :?4 4,0rulnbs. " • ii ieae cr'umks
are aged 4n a •cellar fed 48 hours• at-
ter wliicll. several eherstleal processes
tfaneforin them; into the deal;' ,ltgllid
viscose, which, when ripened, Alter-
ed and test forcoagulation properties;
IS piped to the -spinning memitines.
Spixanerettes fastened to the end df
the pipes are under the aurface of an
acid bath. Through their holes pours•
the viscose to' solidify into a gosm-
mer strand which is wound into
cakes inside boxes revolving at more
than 7,000 revolutions pet minute.
The cakes are conditioned under..
cotton coverings,washed and bleach-
ed before being dried. From the
cakes, the rayon yarn is wound onto
cones or made into skeins, depending
on the customers' requirements. For
instance, makers of dresses, draper-
ies, underwear and gloves prefer the'
cones, while hosiery and woven crepe
manufacturers want skeins.
The entire process is constantly
checked by highly -trained laboratory
technicians for Strength and dyeing
properties. Throughotit the operar
tion, temperature and cleanliness are
controlled.
So, into the peace after serving
nobly in battle conies another re-
markable product of man's ingenuity.
Out of wood, science makes silk to
serve the nation's warriors and, af-
terward, to provide style and beauty
to the people and their homes. .
Child's Foo
Depends on
Food habits are formed very early
in life, and whether these $shits„ are
good or bad depends almost entirely
upon the mother, Teaching a ;Chid
to eat new foods takes skilful hand-
ling and the Nutrition Division, of
the Department of National Health
and Welfare offer a few tips on how.
to do it.
Keep strong Savored foods, sweets
and gravies a say from a child until
he has aoquired.al,iaste for the 'must'
foods—milk, eggs, fruits and vege-
tables. Introduce new foods in ex-
tremely ' small amounts, even less
than half` a teaspoon at a time. Fruit
juice may be introduced in drops or
by half -teaspoonful, increasing the
amount gradually.
When.a new food is given toa
child something he has already learn-
ed to like, may be served also. Just
at firstha,.
with a t?alllr
should not
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Later vary tiie rn1,'
and vegetables . cooked
cubed, sliced; or
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SCREEN ,PIROT' t,"
How are your wiindow.. sere
Pretty shabby?
Fall is a good time to swipe,
up. A stiff brush or a goad
will remove summer dust. A
paint gives winter rust .,prat
and lightens spring chores.
Judge: "Your conscience mune`bow'
as black as your hair."
Convict: "Well, you're bald:ft
Farmers Can Illy Vktory lends On Convenient Deferred Payments
Through Any Bonk
just sign a short form letter which Victory Loan Salesmen
carry (banks :leave copies) ordering the Bank to buy Victory
Bonds for you. Pay 5% when ordering and the balance at
any time during the next 12 months. The interest the bonds
'earn pays 4 e interest on the bank loan.
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LIKE thousands of other Canadians, farmers will
welcome the 9th Victory Loan as another oppor-
tunity to, save money to provide for future plans.
Victory Loans have provided an excellent means of
helping the war effort, at the same time contributing
to our own personal welfare.
Canada needs more money now ... to make loans
to foreign countries so that they can establish credits
which will enable them to buy food and other things
which they require.,
This food will come from Canadian farms; these
goods from Canadian factories. When we help to
create markets for our farm produce abroad ... and
when we help to keep Canadian factories busy ..
we help to maintain good prices- for the things that
Canadian farms produce.
Victory Bonds also provide a reserve fund of work-
ing capital for our own use ... so handy to have so
many times. Any bank will buy Victory Bonds at
any time, or loan money on Victory Bonds if we need
cash.
... and for our future plans, we'll have the money
required for things we want to do ..
Get ready to buy more Victory Bonds this Fall.
Buy double this time the sante rate of savings as
in previous loans will pay for twice as many bonds
over the 12 month petioda
NATIONAL WAR FINANCE C'OMMI
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