Exeter Advocate, 1915-3-25, Page 6Western Farmers Meet Demands
Remarkable Increase Shown in Prepared Acreage Along Lines of
the Canadian Northern Railway in Prairie Provinces.
Within the aiext few weeks the
fernier& in Canada will be engaged
upon the work of seeding the great -
eat acreage which has ever been
• given ower t•sa' the production of
grain in the history of the Domin-
ion. While statistic portraying
the actual in rea e iia aria will na
be given until -the fa end authori-
ties at Ottawa esimpil,' is: the fate •
sprins ttie :repast's f1'e"_ii cor--
rese+.tiidents en -work dezw, the
fi ediags of :a vest ig,at ais w hiclt
have a" tally iRr n torea''ez'._d assist
a e le to the tn, . *bat t°lea
additions thej ,g tau t1v '`V C .tern
pr..vinces. et; least: iia • lie vett
a eon i er'dde i'.i extant. OfrisisOs of
the Canadian Ni.,rthern reeent`y fin-
ished a snreey aef, fall plowing al ;ng.
the lines of that company in Mani-
toba, Saskatchewan and ' Alberta.
The figures winch .were 5rnt in, of
ea:arse. deal with the C.X.R. c,n"y,
hut they may be taken :as an indi-
catien of the manner In zv1ith the
farmers Wen sit the Great Lakes,
have responded to the call for a
greater prenuetian of feedstuffs in
Canada. )Five hundred and thirty-
nine agents c fttribute . to the -re-
vert in order that it would be thor-
oughly representative cif the terri-
tory .served.
Altogether, along the Canadian
}City, in the black: loam district in
Northern Saskatehewan. It was
given as 110,000, and the inerease
over last year as 40 per cent.
Naisberry, close to Star City, re-
ported 73,000 acres. Melfort,. near -
ley on the sante line, claimed an
increase of 100 per Bent. • Rosthern
reported an inerease of 300 per cent.
user lid year. 'Duck lakes 00,-
0:00 aex•es is an inerease of 75 per
Bent.- To the north. Hufford, on
the new line eennec•ting the cities
Prima, .1'ucrt and North Battle-
ff u, ret;rt;•d•'.:,',affil
ares in area,
95 per went. greater than in 1913.
tU south., iii Si katchewan, 1)e
.. n the Saskatoon Calgary
line, aeperi,:d S6:040 acres, which is
an anrezz a 30 per cent•. Mar-
shall,- un the main line toward the
Alberta boundary. returned 50,000
'acres. , lit Alberta the town of
Hanna reported 40,000 acres, an
luerease of 20 per rent. Stettler,
in the central portion of the pro-
vince, gave 30,000. an inerease of
per rent. C'raignayle, close to
Calgary, reported 40,000 acres, and
Delia, the next station, 47,000,
which is an increase of 200 per cent.
Two towns on the sante Zine; closer
to the Saskatchew.anAlberta. Iine--
Cereal and Chinook --report 15,000
Acres each. In the former the in -
Cutting Wheat en the Ergcn Far m. Saskaatoau, Canadian Northern.
Rail way.
;Northern lines in the prairie pro- crease is given at 1,400 per went.,
while at the Iatter place there was
no fall plowing done in 1913.
Even in the alder -settled parts:
of the West, there are gratifying
increases. At Morris, in Manitoba,
the acreage is given at 30,000 and
the inerease 35 per cent, At Glad-
stone, there are 20,000 acres, which
represent a 25 per cent. increase.
At . Spirling, in the Carman sub-
division the agent reports 40 000,
{ g p� , >
which is an inerease of 15 per cent,
At Dunrea in the Hartney Dis-
trict the figures jump to 70,000,
which represents an increase of 70
per cent. Kipling reports 75,000,
an increase of 90 per oent, As these
are the conspicuous, returns only,
it is apparent that Canada is doing
her ,allotted .part of the task which
is at present confronting the Em-
pire.
vtnces the ^ tzcrease may be aver-
aged at forty per cent. The fig-
ures give a total acreage plowed
last fall of 6.181,376 acres, This is
an inerease of 3,766,109 acres over
the preceding year. Figured at
21.38 bushels to the acre—the flat
average of the yield in Western
provinces in 1914 for wheat, oats,
and barley --the grain yield from
fall 'plowed lands along the Cana-
diau Northern in Manitoba, Saskat-
eliew.an and Alberta, would be
13?,157.618.88 bushels. Onthe yield
basis of last year the increased
acreage would produce 37,759,389.04
bushels. But 1914 was an off year
for grain" production in the West,
and that ,average will probably be
exceeded in 1915.
The largest acreage for any one
station was reported from Star
THE OUT -OF -WORKS.
As spring approaches, the ques-
tion of work for the unemployed
becomes more and more acute.
Those who remember the terrible
happenings in -Lancashire during
the American Civil War, when
close upon 200,000 men were known
to be out of work in that country
alone, will tremble with apprehen-
sion. At that time the philan-
thropical spirit of Britain arose
nobly to the rescue, no less a sum
than $9,500,000 being publicly sub-
scribed. This fund was so well ad-
ministered that although the dis-
tress lasted for a period of nearly
five " ,ears, $650,000 , remained in
the hands of the trustees, and was
expended in the erection of a
convalescent home in Lancashire.
Things are different in Canada from'
what the were in England at that
time. The country was not at war,
and although prices were high and
the sufferingvas widespread, peo-
ple had not been called upon for
aid to the almost innumerable
works of 'charity that they are now.
While some of the honey subscribed
was used for direct relief, the bulk
of it was invested in public works
that commanded the greatest
amount of individual labor.
It is a fair estimate to presume
that at this moment in Canada
there are 100,000 unemployed.
May -or. Martin of Montreal .has.
laced the.number .of ou
prt-o£:worlrs
tiff that: city at 45,000. In Toronto
there are known to be • half as
many. In the big.. western `cities
especially Winnipeg..and. Vam.'cou
;der, there are probef l s aeD` 1
twenty or twenty-five -thousand.
So that we are not itomg en arraying
at the total. suggested. .1 is. not a
question of statistics, however, so
much as the Deed for instant, rove--
lute
oso-lute and sustained action. .,.Work
must be found, It is not a, matter
of "f cannot dig and to beg 1 am
shamed." Practically acticallall arewili-
ng
ng to work. The trouble, is that,
they mainly belong to the construc-
tive trades. There are, of course,
many clerks, operatives in factor-
ies,
actories, and salesmen and women
among there, but the hardest to be
suited are those who have been em-
ployed on buildings and railway
works, which are now almost at a
standstill.
In the face of this state of affairs
the land is Drying for labor. One
thing that can be) done is to sepa-
rate the wheat from the chat and
endeavor first of all to employ the
wheat, giving preference as far as
reasonable to the men who have
others to support. For this pur-
pose, and in fact for treatment of
the whole situation, oommittees
should be formed in every city and
town acid registration embodying
suitability striotly kept. Then such
public works as are in any way
possible should be proceeded -with.
When we arrive at the matter of
farm labor we come to the very
crux of the situation. The large
majority of the unemployed have
never seen a farm except as they
have been travelling past. To an-
other section the work is uncon-
genial. Unhappily, it is. frequent-
ly shown that even under stress,
men and women will not do work
for which they feel completeay un-
fitted. But these cannot be left to
starve. They must be employed,
but how isa matter far the 'com-
mittee to decide. As to the demand
of -.the land, farmers must be ap-
pealed to` be as patient +aao they can,
and to es lenient; 'and generous
passible'
s to• s , '
uch laborers as they
may obtain, As has been said,. aver
,4h, ovei ' again,. ' the times mos are ex-
ceptional, -abet net only call' upon
us, but 'demand of a41 of is that
l
we shall practice .-
se�f dent .
1' a� and
thus bear in some measure a shame
of the common burden.
The Young .Men's (Christian As-
sociation ° has a membership ex-
ceeding 1,100,000 and hranohes in
more thou forty +countries.
"The Widow's Mite"-Trnuks of French. Officers 'il"lto Died on Field of Battle.
All these little trunks (only one is allowed to each officer in the field) "belonged to officers of the
French Army who fell on the field of battle in xa severe action between the French and the Germans in
the region of Soissons. The little trunks, whioh hold all the personal property of their former owners,
and which bear the officers' names, addresses, and rank. are here gathered at the depot to be forward-
ed to the widows or the nearest relatives.
Isseseesseessesatat
HOME
With Oranges.
Orangeade..,,,.-. Two cups orange
juice, one and one-half cups sugar,
one cup strained cranberry sauce,
two quarts water. Boil sugar and
water ten minutes. When cold, add
strained orange 'juice and e'ran„-
berry juice; pour in punch bowl or
large pitcher. .Cut one orange into
thin slices to garnish top. The rind
can be pared from the orange very'
thin in one piece and hung around
the edge of the bowl,
Orange and Jigs. -- Six oranges
pared and cut into thin pieces. Cut
the pigs into fine strips, mix with
oranges and serve very cold. Gar-
nisle with one-half maraschino
cherry. This makes a good break-
faserf,
st .fruit or elan be served for des -
Orange Fudge. — One pound
brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls'
rich milk, butter the size of an
English walnut, grated rind of one
orange, one cup walnuts chopped
fine. Boil three minutes. Beat fif-
teen minutes or more.
Orange Marmalade. — Twelve
oranges, four tablespoons lemon
juice, four cups water, eight cups
sugar. Cut the oranges in half,
scoop out the juice and pulp. Put
the, skins on to boil with six quarts
of cold water and boil until tender;
remove and put in colander to
drain. When they are well drain-
ed, take a spoon and remove all
the white; if wiIl4come out easily.
Shred "the yellow and add to the
juice and pulp. Be sure that all
the white fibre bas been removed.
Add the sugar and water and boil
slowly two hours, or until thick.
Orange Jelly in Orange Cup With
Whipped Cream. Tour oranges,
one tablespoonful lemon juice, one
eup sugar, one rounded or two
level tablespoonfuls granulated ge-
latin. Cut the oranges in half
crossways; with rimmer remove
centre, add lemon juice, sugar and
gelatin, which has been soaked in
a little water dissolved in one cup
of boiling water. Stir until sugar
is dissolved. Remove all the loose
fibre from the orange peel and saw
tooth the edge, either with scissors
oar sharp knife. Set the orange cup
in shallow pan of finely cracked ice,
then fill in the jelly. When cold°
and firm and ready to serve place
on Ismali doily and put a. spoon of
whipped cream on ,top. Garnish
-with half of maraschino cherry. II
one uses pastry bag put cream
through it.
Orange Salad. -Orange salad is
one of the best dinner salads, either
grangers on bed of • w.atereress or
oranges blended withmeilaga
grapes from which the seeds have
been removed, or mix with finely
curt celery, served in endive leaves
or mixed ,with finely cut endive. Al-
ways. one ,good -,sized ,orange",for an
order of „orange ;salad. ,Pare and
cut the orangesmall, serve an let-
tuce, with Prenieh dressing. If
blended with grapes use two-thirds
orange and one-third , grapes ` on
shredded lettuce leaves. :If endive,.
one-half orange and one-half en-
dive. The French dressing is two
parts oil and one partlemon :juice,
Orange Rolls. -Soak the orange
peel' three days . in cold water,
changing water daily ; then .put ' in
hot water and )bail until sofb.
Sqi eeze dry as possible, chop,fine
and weigh. Takesame, .amount of.
sugar and boil with a •little water
until ib spins a thread. Add the
chopped " peel; boil a few minutes
longer; Make from fire, cool, put
on board, sprinkle with granulated
sugar and mold into balls; roll in
sugar and spread to dry.
Orange Blanc liiange. Heat•' a,
pint of orange juice; then add d
enough sugar to sweeten, as some
fruit needs more than others; pour
in gradually two level tablespoons
of cornstarch wet with two table-
spoons of cold water and boil until
transparent. Wliip the whites of
two eggs very stiff ; then slowly
turn the hot mixture on them, beat-
ing thoroughly all the time; butter
small cups or molds and fill with
the hot mixture. When .chilled,
serve with milk flavored with grat-
ed orange peel ora custard made of
yolks of eggs, a, pint of milk and
flour sufficient to make it creamy;
cook aver hot fire until the eustard
coats a spoon ; flavor with grated
orange peel.
candied.Orange Peel. ,.Cover the
peel of four oranges with two
quarts of eold water, put on fire,.
bring to a boil and boil slowly un-
til tender, about forty minutes;
pour into colander and drain two
hours; remove all the white skin
left from the pulp, the white of the
rind is not removed. When dry,
cut into fine strips. Boil two eups
sugar with three-fourths eup of wa-
ter until it spins a thread, put ixr
part of peel andboil five minutes,
remove with fork and place in pul-
verized sugar a few minutes. Then
pat on a plate to dx-y. The orange
.peel prepared this way lasts a long
time, and there are many uses for
it. One good way to use it is chop-
ped fine and put in panocha, to use
with fondant candies; also chopped
and sprinkled on eake icing and
many other uses. Now is the time
to make it.
Try ''hese Hints.
Never use linen to clean mirrors
or windows, as it sheds lint and
often causes streaks.
Use no soap on window glass. Use
old muslin and clean ,soft water. A
ootton cloth dipped in a little alco-
hol will add brilliancy to the final
rub.
When steaming potatoes put • a
cloth over them before putting the
lid on. They will take much less
time to cook, and be much nio°re
mealy than when done in the ordin-
ary way.
If white of egg is applied with a
small :camel's hair paint brush to
flyspecks on gilt ,frames, then rub-
bed gently with .a soft cloth, the
spetlos will disappear.
Before using a new .saucepan add
a liremp of soda and some potato
peelingsand let it boil for some
hours. Then . wash out thoroughly,
and all danger from poisoningfrom
the tinned lining will be gone.
Wash linoleum and oilcloth with
luke warm water, then polish it
with a soft woollen cloth •which has
been dipped in milk.
After inserting tape in petticoats
or blouses always tack ,the tape in
-the oeptre of the backor front, .ae-
cording to the way in which the
garment opens, to prevent the ends
of the tape from..slipping into the
casing out of reach.
When _ lemons are hard cover
them with boiling water andstand
then aside to .cool. They will then,
appear fresh and full of juice.'
Neither will the juice seem in the
least diluted by any water absorb
S+cientists have discovered that
disease germs quickly die when they
'come in icon°taut with the ordinary
floor covering :known as linoleum.
This -is thought to be due to the dis-
infectant properties of linseed' oil
which is found; in. linoleum
,
Whe n. Japanned,
a tray ibecomeS
old and chipped give it 'two' coats
of white paint and one "of'"enamel,
the bottom as well as; the • top,
Stand it on, edge to day ;,after each
coat. It will be found as good as
new, as well as very'pretty. The
-enamelis easily renewed.
• A colored ribbon tied to scissors
will save many minutes that are
otherwise spent in looking for them
especially r.if they are used by Ochil-'
ren° who forget where they have.
j(A
left them. A piece of ribbon is al-
ways sure to show where scissors
are half -hidden under papers or
sewing.
When your house plants look a
trifle dejected, and water does not
revive them, try putting coffee
grounds on the roots three tiuxes {a
week; then once a week give them
a tablespoonful of olive oil; do not
allow the earth to become hard and
dry.
To make guru starch pound 2
ounces of gum arabic to a fine pow-
der, and peur 1% pint boiling 'wa-
ter over it. Cover, and leave till
eold (all night, if 'convenient). Then
strain muslin into a clean' bottle.
and keep it well corked. A table-
spoonful is sufficient for a pint of
starch made in the usual way.
When materials are toe delicate
to take starch use sugar in the rins-
ing water. Sheer fabrics, such as
chiffons, and all other delicate ma-
terial's, will gain their original
crispness if three tablespoonfuls of
sugar are added to the rinsing wa-
ter. This also is the proper treat-
ment for all veils.
STRAN0E W ATERIAL.
Gold, Silver and Even Poems Have
Been Used as Missiles.
It has been said that the complete
rout of the Turkish troops in Mace-
donia during the late war was
largely due to the fact that many
of the men were provided with
slummy dartridge:s with wooden bul-
lets, the latter being Harmless at
any distance over a few yards. A
war correspondent picked up on
the battlefield of Kumanova several
packages of :these cartridges which
were ,apparently thrown :away by
the Turkish soldiers in their flight
before the Serbians.
.A large number of shells fired by
the Chinese Imperialist forces in
the fighting with the revolutionists
at Hankow the other year were
merely balls of painted wood. Se-
veral of these were ,picked up in
Hankow.
China ,certainly possesses several
pieces of modern ordnance, but she
also' owns a large number of can-
non which are made .of hardened
compressed wood and paper_ pulp,
having a metal core. , The ammuni-
tion for these weapons is generally
of wood.
This • reminds us that during" ,the
iecent trouble in•Meeiooy the rebels
finding themselves short of ord-
nance manufactured a • crude gun
for use against Huerta'+s troops.
The weapon, which., resembled a
length of metal piping, was mount-
ed on a wooden base.This home-
made cannon and its carriage were
placed on a railway truck, and
when the "tube"' had been . filled
with shot and powder it ,was fired.
The force of the explosion blew the
gun into little pieces. •
Sir John Gorst many years ago
was the editor of a Maori news-
paper published at Waikato. The
MOST PEPF CT MADE
cvamusalTHE INCREASED ,NUTRITI-
OUS VALUE OF BREAD MAD
IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL
YEAST CAKES SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO
THE CAREFUL HOUSEWIFE
TO GIVE THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION
To WHICH IT 1S
TITLED.
HOME BREAD'0A1tIl1l.G`' tI E-
DUCES THE HIGH COT IF
LIVING $Y LESSENING THE
AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE
MEATS REQUIRED TO SUP
PLYTHE NECESSARY NOUa-
1SHMENar TO THE BODY..
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TORONTO,. CANT
WINNIPEG MONTREAR.
Maori trouble came, and when the
blacks ran short of ammunition for
their fourteen -pound guns they
rushed the ,printing works at Waik-
ato and changed their weapons
with true and stereo !blocks. Sir
John. Gorst, who had taken refuge
with the British troops, declared
that he was nearly ':potted" with
one cif his own poems.
Precious stones, gold and silvet
,coins, and articles of jewelry have
all been used as bullets at one time
or another, and history tells us that
when Napoleon invaded Italy the
'bullets which were fired at the Aus-
trians and Sardinians were con-
structed from the Plate of ehurc h
altars.
In 1793 -Britain besieged Pondi-
eherrt from Gondeloor and from
the sea. The town ran out of pro
jeotiles, and all the iron in the
place was used as shot. The rail-
ings round monuments, and the
vans and 'crosses of the ehurehes
and public buildings were ,turned
into missiles.
When all the iron had been ax
hausted the head of the easte of
the Vella of Pondicherry went to
the Governor. and said : "Sir, when
I learned that -you had powder but
no projectiles I sent to the ram-
parts 50 chests of rupees. They
should ,make excellent grape shot!"
And the cannon '•omited forth
coins.
Every gold coin and every article
of gold, silver, and other metal in
the ,capital of Princess Conde was
melted down and made into• bullets
when the hoats of Akbar surround-
ed Amadanger, while the Afghans
in their wars with us not only used
native money and ornaments as
bullets. but also the British spent
cartridge ,cases picked up on the
field of battle.
Her Wavering Affection.
"Hubby, I'm in love with that.
hat." e�
"You fail in love -with too many
hates. If you'll promise to remain
constant tothat .one for as much as
six weeks, I'lI 'buy it for you." .
Trance has a population of about
forty. millions.
The game of lacrosse is of .purely
Red Indian origin;
The manager of a lacbory is re,
ported to have assembled his men
together in the time office . and
told !them to vote in a municipal,
election as they pleased. "' "In .fact,
I shant' tell you how I am going to
vote," he said. "but after it is all
over I shalt have a barrel of beer
brought into the. yard." ("Bear.
hear!" .shouted 't te. men). "But I
shan't tap it unless Mr. Blank gets
in."
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and is Invariably" Successful.
Few will escape a cold this winter,
but alas! many colds run into Catarrh.
Neglected Catarrh: .is the straight
gateway to cons.dmption.
Catarrhozone' is a germ-killer—des-
troys microbes that cause Catarrh,
.It heals and soothes, relieves the
cough, gives throat and .lungs a
chance; 'cleanses the nostrils, :clears
out the phlegm.,.
i ou feel better in an"hour.
In a day you're greatly relieved; and
on goes the 'curing of Catarrhozone
till you're well.
No treatment so direct. Catar
rho -
sone goes right to the ' :spot ---acts
quickly, cures thoroughly catarrh,
bronchitis and all tihroat affections.
"Nothing couldIli 11 a cold so fast as
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Catarrhoz
, writes t s 4iney B. Seel;:,
ling, from St Johns.. "Last month 1
had a frightful cold in my head, Suffer-
ed from itching nose, running eyes and
torturing •lleadaohe. Ten minutes with
"Catarrhozone" inhaler gave relief and
in one. hour T was well of nay ecoid,
Catarehozone I consider, a marvel.''
Carry "Catarrhozone" inhaler nhaler ip
your pocket 'or purse --take it : to
church —to the theatre to "work--.
usre it in bed. It preveatss and cures;
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