The Exeter Times, 1922-5-11, Page 2Carada Fnrn Coast to Coast
le•ovvers, Limited, the -selling Organi-
ation of the graPe ,growers, This
- CharlOttetown, P.E.T.---The shale c
formatien ,and topography of certain
snetione, of Prince Edward island have
aoreage represents 520 &ewers -Mid
been attractitig attionitoa, from
s about severity per cent. of the en-
tire crop. These are permanent e o n -
'tracts, rurniag until they are ean-
celled by the growers. Manager P.
Montgomery stated that lie expected
that 95 per eent. of the grape crop of
the district -would be tinder coatract to
the grape growers.
W innipeg, Map -That land in
Manitoba is equal to that of soils in
Illinois and Iowa, where the land is
sold at. $400 an acre, is one a out-
standing atatements of Prof. Bracken,
of the .A.gricultuxal College, in his re-
port tabled in the Legislature. In the
survey covering the Dominion the av-
erage pritte of l‘lanitoba farm lands
was retttrned at $36,
Saskatoon, Sasla--Seeding has coin-
meaced in Northern Saskatchewan,
°lie farmer the Harris District hav-
ing already sown 380 acres out of
1,880 acres, which will be devoted to
wheat. This is claimed to be the first
land planted in the district this year.
Calgary, Alta, -,-Present indications
point to a num'per of soldier settlers
going on the land this spring in the
Calgary district. A large number of
men have already made application
at the office of the Board te purchase
land this spring under the Soldiers
Settlement Hoard, being much larger
than for the corresponding period last
year. '
Victoria, B.C.-It is reported that
the next experimental farm to be es-
tablished in Canada will be hi North-
ern British Celumbia, an immense
tract -1)2 country of wonderful agricul-
tural rithness that is attracting the
'U
attention of many nited States
farmers. Minerals, water power, fish,
fur and forests are also among its
assets.
Prannoters, and as a consequence cil
prospectors of experience have re-
centlY scoured boting eoncessions on
the Island from the, Provincial Coy-
eanninii.
St. Stephen, NB, -A eompany has
recently purchased nearly six hun-
dred acres of provineial Clown land
near borders .of York and Charlotte
counties, and will establish a blue -
'berry ranch. It is the intention of this!
new 'coiwein to ehin bersies to the'
United States until the eeection, eS a
plant hero when they will- be calmed,
Halifax, NS. -The total produrtion
f Nova Scotia apples in, 1921 was
2,033,901 barrole and e,404 boxes, The
total exports amounted to 1,288,241
barrels and 6,494 boxes. The United
States received 98,354 barrels, West
Indies 4,683 barrels, Newfoundland
13,377 barrels, while the remainder
were consigned to various English
parts, New Brunswick points received
30,481 letrisois, of the total erae Nova
Scotia 22,810 barrels and other Can -
:7,clian pcinte 290,042 barrels, Prov-
incial canning factories toasumed 31,-
800 'barrels ancl elder and vinegar'
plants 30,000 barrels.
Qtsobee, Que.-The pulp and paper
industry of the province of Quebee
occupies first position in the province
as regards the value of product, its
output in 1919 being worth $64,060,-
- 540. Second comes the lumber indus-
try with $61,403,919; -third, the cot-
ton textile industry with $57,530,438;
forth; the milling industry with 02,-
071,066; and fiftla the hoot and shoe
industry \N'itil 41,842,877.
St, Catharines, Oat,.. -Contracts for
3,120 acres of grapes have been sign-
ed by the Niagara District Grape
BRING DUTCH FARMERS
TO SASK. PRAIRIES
Provincial Government and
F‘...deral Department of !mini -
graben to Co-operat.e.
A despal eh from Regina. saysa-To
relieve the farm labor shortage in
Saskatchewean and to bring into the
country men who, with a little exper-
ience in the -ways of we.stern agricul-
ture, will make capable and efficient
farmers, the Pro-vincial Government,
in to -operation with the Federal De-
partment of Immigration, has made
arrangements to bring contingents of
fann laborers from Holland, it was
announced officially en Thursday.
The Saskatchewan Bureau of Labor
and In,dustries will provide special ap-
plication foams and other information
to agrarians who *at the Holland
laborers, but the men will. not be
brought to Canada unless they are
guaranteed at least a year's engage-
ment.
Officials of the Provincial Bureau
do not know yet how many men will
be 'brought in frora the Netherla-nds.
The demand, however, is expected to
be heavy, and there will probably be
several hundred to come to the prair:
ks within the next two months.
Great 13ritain Still
Controis the Sudan
.A despatch from Cairo says:
important official state-
ment says that Lord Allenby,
Nvhen recently in the Sudan,
advised the Sudanese leaders
to inform the people that
ureat -Britain does not intend
to abandon the Sudan.
The speech apparently was
made in answer to Egyptian
claims for the incorporation of
the Sudan as a Province of
Egypt.
ot,
Showing His Colors_
It was ac lass being examined in
mtural history.
Said the inspector: "What appear-
ance has the zebra?" There was no
• answer, and to make the query plainer
he Inquired, "What is a zebra?"
A piping voice then called nut, "A
donkey with a foetball jersey on."
The former Austrian Empress, Zita
arid her children Will sail from their
borne of exile in Madeira on May 16
or 'Madrid,
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view of making it possible for the average householder to enjoy the advant-
ages of wirelessin the home:
Ontario IVIotor League Urges PEKIN GATES CLOSED , .
13ond Issue. TO DEFEATED FORCES
_
Within three years, conatruction Heavy ("°--,,,..,,,sualties in Battle
work on the entire Provincial High-
way SYstern of 1,800 miles will be IdITM by Leader of Centra
completed, if a bond issue of $25,000,- China.
000, preposed by the Honorable F. C. A aes,betch from Pekin Eseys.,,-
Biggs, is approved by the Legislature With the tide of battle turned defin-
ills month. lately in las. eaaar;e,enerel Wu Pei Fla
The plan of the Minister of Public ,
Highways is to capitalize a portion: l...ader of Central China, is
of the revenue from Motor Vehicle seelkiitang * to complete his eictorY
License Fees -$2,000,000 a year for.iNalrgaarhartdi,e-vi,h,hano'sge'Firseno-gIt'illal.;1 tiVrioaonPels1,11,kerieTel
.
the next' twenty years -thus provid- I routed. on, Thursaay in„ the vicinity of
ing immediately a fund of approxi- pekin.
mately $25,000,000 for the construc-1 av
tion work of the next three years. la having turned the 'left flank
The Minister seeks, by an amendment, of Chang's army; 'redoubled his efforts
to the Highway Improvement Act, toli:leeanedroiNfelt;aw:gaArghietiln-Tgslfil'OrMaa'-'-‘11verie'lgc.,
effect this object, became the centre of a bitter conflitt.
On several occasions the Ontario : At
Motor League has urged the Govern- the same time his troops iii the
„ vicinit,y ef Pekin, following up their
Weekiy
ar
,
, Toronto. gala $2,10; Per 5 imp, gals., $2S-15;
,
'Manitoba wheat -Ne. 1 Northere,Maple sUgar, lb,, 18.
,
$1,55enNo, 2 Northern, $1.49; No, 3 Heney-a:60-30--lb. tins. 141/2 to 15.c
Neathean,
Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW' 61e• ex-
lxa Neof. elecie,,e5(1.61/256c.c..;., No, 67e3
Manitoba barley-I\Torrlinal.
All the ebove, traolte Bay ports.
AMerican corn -No.
791/2ea' No, 3 yellow, 781/21.; all vain
BtlrleY-No. 3 extra, teat 47 lbs. or
bouetttsclrae.60. to 65c ce.,orditlo' to freialitS
5 2
Tuelt-No,-NO: 8,$i,
Rye -2 -No. 2,96c.
Millfeed-Del. Montreal freight,
bags "included:' Bran, per ton, $28 to
$30; shorts, per ton; $30 fo $32; good
feed flour, $1.70 to $1.80.
Baled hay--Tritek, Toronto, per ton,
'extra No. 2, $22 t� $23; mixed, $18 to
$19"; e/overn$14 'to $18.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, track., Te -
relate $12 to $13. ",
Ontario wheat -No, 1 coinniercial,
$1.45, outside.
Ontario No, 8 oats, 40 to "45c, out -
Ontario corn --53 to 60c, outside.
ment to adopt the scherae of eapitahz- eneeess in e‘,epturing clang sin Tian,
n
ing a portion of the i:e,-stme anticipat-
ed from Motor Vehicle License Fees Fengtei,
early on Thursday were driving on
, to provide funds for the building of forcce. - ,
a Tall base for Changs
the Provincial Highways. The League
has advanced this as an „alternative to keep
The city gates of Pekin were -closer'
to the proposal to largely increase the out the s,trag-glers Trona
annual motor license fees at the pre- Chang's forces, who, began to nearsthe
sent time, and, therefore, the League city soon after their defeat at Chang
heartily supports the principle ern- Sl%1T:ecri;seta-ebies
bodied in the amendment proposed by were so large in the
Mr. Biggs. .... fighting tha,t no definite estimate has
What opposibion there is to this been reached as yet. There was heavy
amendment is based principally on the fighting at close quarters,, in -which,
argurnent that the roads now being according to military observers, the
built will not -last for 20 'years ad, Chinese acquitted‘theraselVes quite• as
therefore, will be worn out before well as did European soldiers under
their cost has been met through the similar circurns,tances in „ the late)
retirement of the bond issue. This World War. -
argument, however, is • fallacious, It is reported that Wu as yet has
at least two-thirds of the whale work ilintidte, ttlhireo:,‘e,1Tnfihiiasafammoeuys acerr nkettred°°;Po
being done is of permanent -value.
Permanent work such as the construe-4,their loyalty, and it is believed are
tion of bridges and_eulveras, grade re- being ..einPloyed. th protect • his rear
auction, •drainage, euts and 'fills., tin •giiie-e. - - , a, aaa
febm a ,poseibleeattael by -Claang's
fact all but the surface work, - will .
have as great a value -40 or 50 years • Hundreds of refugees are streaming
from now as it -will five years hence. to Pekin.' The city is being well
So -far as surface work is concerned, guarded.
the average surface should last from
10 to 20 years if good drainage is pro-
vided and a,proper, system of main-
tenance is established. -
per db.; 6 -2% -lb. tins, 17 to 18e per
lb. Ontario tomb honey, per doz. $5.50.
Potatoes---Oritario, 90 -lb. bag, $ . 5,
Delawares;11.30. Seed Ptetatoe8, Irish
Celoblers, $1.75 a pav.
smoked, meats-1-Iams, med., 33 to
3r661C.Ils''C'q'2°81:('etcol 13.246nel: ilcotttaoge481.coilltra°3k0cca;
hrealifitst bacon 25 to 30c. special
brand breakfast bacon, 36c; backs,
boneless, 40c. ,
Cured meats--L'eng *clear bacon,
$17,60 to $18,50; clear $t6,50
to $19.50; lightweight rolls,, in. barrels,
$45; heavyweight rolls, $39.
Lard -Prime tierces 16c' tubs
tielon65i3:211‘;-8gec*:;:tpiPe;riiiises,,s' prints,,111574;11.1totoi1G5c; S, 15 to
Choice heavy steel's, $8.90 to $9;
butcher s,te,Ors, choice, $7.75 to $8.75;
Go. ,good, $7 to, $7.50; do, med., $6.50
to $7.10; do, cbra., $5 to $5.50; litacher where men who cannot pay to ride are
heifera, choice, $7,25 tc, $8.2o.i, do, ,,s„e
med., $6.50 to $7; do, corn., $6 to $6.;?•,6;
Ontario fiaiii:_ist pais., in cotton dbuc;tcmheeici,,t$0875a0, Voio$igT, c.4$,5in.5contaon,(164)0t-; A lea -I man hates to have every-
sackS, 98's. $7.70" per bble 2ncl pats, ters, $1 to $2; botcher bulls, good; $6
(bakers),„ $7.20. Stnaightss, in, bulk, to $6; do, com., $3 to $4; feeders, good,
scaboarel, $6,55, ' $6 to $6.75; el,o, lair, $5.50 'to $6;
Manitoba ft our -1st pats., in cotto-n otockers, good; $5,50"to $6.25; do, fair,
sacks, $8.70 per b,b1.; 2ard'pat,s, $8.30. $5 to $6,50; milkers, $40 to $80;
Cheese -_New, large,. 17 to 17%t; springers, $50 to $90; ealves;achoice,
twins, 17% to 180; triplets, 181/2 `to $8.50 to $10.50; do, med, $6 to $7.25;
19c. Old, large, 21c; twins, 21% to dot coma $4 to $5; lambs, ohoice, $14
Taking Chances.
Those who coddle themselves in
safe places, fearful of shocks, de -
mending padded ease around them al-
ways, miss' the fierce exhilaratien
well as the, stringent discipline of life
as it really is It is not a man's mis-
fortune: 4f hes to woelt.:with all his,
might and all his wit to get ahead.
He is to be Pitied if he was born with
'the proverbial ,silver sPoon in his
month and has been fed from the ,
silver platter since. The heavy' handi-
cap is not that of an enveloang pair-
erty ; it is that of unrestricted luxurY
round the cradle and thOutirsery. The
poor little rich boy goes from par-.
ental indulgence' and the fluttering
tare of a g,overness to a school where
he is lost in the rough, rude- ways
about him. He is aghast and amazed;
he W:arltS to go home weeping and tell
his inother, If he is rich enough, he
may manage, all his life long, to
dodge every hardness never setting
biS foot to the solid ;mind of earth
thing handed to, lihn. He craves some
obstacles to .meet and overcome -and
he gets them. He feels a glow of
satisfaction when he has tried hard
for a long time', and suddess eotnes at
last. If the reward 'came easily, it
would not be worth the sweating
agony, the long hours, the brain -fag
and the nerve -sap and the endurance
test of the whole of his'being.
Give me a man who on ' this life's
rough sea
Doves to have his sails filled With a
luSt3r \via&
A man's man is he who dares and
ventures. He is neither heedless nor
-eeeklass. mea'eures his cloth and
he counts the cost; be is ecientific
when Inc plans his faCtory or his ma-
chine. But he has the" eool nerve to
start something while others are
timid. It is the easiest thing in the
world to decide to do nothing. On&
("era' fat cows, $6.50; canner cows, rnan, full of talk, was dubbed' by a
ta:,- calves, $5 o 36; hogS,
$14.25 to $14.50. ton," and the nanie stuck. He. was
selects, friend "The Prince of Procrastina-
full of excellent suggestions, but when
rear and front. But if'Wu is elhain- it was hinted that Inc might lend a
ated, Chang and Dr. 'Sun will doubt- hand in executing some or them, his
less face each other, late or seen.
This fight is cite, for control. It is
a battle between the "super-tuchuns,."
The armies these rival gentry main-
tain are estimated at 1,600,000 men.
The present curse of a traditionally
pacifist China is a sordid Militarism.
It is hard to say which of the rival
parties is purest in intent. Even for
Chinese who know their way about in
A Unique Gift.
This little statue (about 10 inches
high) ctf H.R.H. Prince of Wales-, taken
from. life when he was a sailor boy,
was made for bis father and mother
to take with them 071 their voyage
around, the world when they were
Duke and Duchess of York. It has just
been given by the Prince to the Smith
African training ship "General Botha."
Electric Heating for Houses.
Who'sWho in Chinese War.
22c. Stiltons, new, 20c. ' Extra old,
large, 26 to 27c. Old, Stiltons, 24c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, ehoice, 24' to
28c; creamery, prints, ih*sli, finest, .39
to 40-c.'No. 1 38 to 39c, No. 2 36 to
37c; cooking, 20 to 23e.
Dressed poultry --Spring thickens,
65c; thickens, 30 to 35e; roosters, 20
to 25c; fowl, 24 to 30c; ducks, 35e;
turkeys, 45 to 50c; geese, 25e,
Live poultry -Spring chithens, 55c;
roosters, 17 to. 20e; fowl, 24 to 30c;
ducks, 38,c; turkeys, 45 to 50e; geese,
20c.
Margarine -20 to 22e. •
Eggs -New laid, eandled, 301* 31e;
new laid, in eartons, 85e.
Beans -Can. hand-picked, bushel,
$4.25; primes, 38.75 to $3.90.
Maple products -Syrup, per
Thes fighting nowagoing on around
The revenue from Motor Vehicle* Pekin- is the ,.seventh, attempt. in, ten
License Fees last year was approa-i- years tottettle Chinese ,politIcal
mately '$3,000;000. This revenue is ferences by an appeal to 111Me. -In
increasing from year to year and if these' ten years China has been draft -
$2,000,000 annually is set aside by ing toward a break-up. e
means of a bond issue for construe- The Manchus were thrown out in
tion work, there will still be upwards 1911-12. Dr. Sun Yat Sen ;was Pre's).-
of $1,000,000 remaining each year to dent of the first provisional repuhliean
provide for maintenance. government. -Oki, Yuan Shi-Kai, ex -
imperialist, sticceeded Dr.' Sun in 1912.
1913 a second revolution started
in the s'Outh and NNT13, cruehedoby Yuan.
Again in 1915 the south revolted and
blocked Yuan's ambition to make him-
self .Emperor. •
In 19,17 Chang Hstm, in the nth,
tried to restore the Manchus. - His
northern helpers turned traitor 'on
him. That year saw a Sourth revolt,
That electric heating for houses
would be neleher economical nor prac-
ticable in Canada is the conclusion
reached by Mr. A. S. L. Barnes,. as-
sistant engineer of the Ontario Hydro
Electric Commission, in a bulletin is-
sued by the Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research at Ottawa. Mr.
Barnes' solution of the fuel problem
of Canada is 1±e fullest exploitation
of water powers for industrial pur-
poses, using for domestic heating the
coal thus released but extracting from
it two to three times the present heat
units actually utilized, by the adoption
of improved methods of coqibustion
'''and distribution.
Prison Term for
Indian Seditionist
A despatch from Ahmeda-
bad, India, says :-Hazrat Mo7
hani, president of the All -India
M- osle m League, was sen-
tenced to two years' imprison- the .southerners -withdraw
rnent on Thursday on a charge Pekin and leaving the nortihnginfprre-
of sediti ft session. - •
on, a er the judge had
to accept the unani- tIalle1F9,t.19napnrt.onSnwila'ss onvee7throw-nuth'ehryn
mous verdict .of not guilty, theS Be eame back into
renderedby a jury, which in- gswesrtrai&fiaantweTtinth19e2.110 arnthd. resmttrellaeci
_
n
eluded five Indians. A second
while, the northern.,government gain -
charge of inciting to, war was ed recognition from the Powers and
referred to a. higher court. is -the official China.
The prosecution claimed that Out of Manchuria came Chang TS0-
the defendant had urged the Lin, undoubtedly backed by japan,
establishment , of a parallel rifleMor
He -
government
a bandit lord, king of 100,000
government to usurp the fun°. s and uncrowned monarch of Mo-
golia.. He has been the "protector" of
him
tions of the existing govern- ";11ReedPeTkeipne regime. th Tolawayla *caaelid
rnent, making warfare inevit- scribe -him ,as a leader of dirty Meta
able.
to $15; do, coma $6 to $7; spline-
lanibs, $11 to $14;. Sheep, choice-, $7.50
to $8'.50; do, goocla$6 to $7; do, coin.,
34 to $5; hoge, fed and. watered,
.$13.75; do, f.o.b., $12.50; do, country
points, $12.25.
Montreal,
* Gate, Cara West.,- No: 2; 66 to '67C;
Go, No. 3, 62 'to 63c. Flour," Man.
Spring v--lieat pate,,firsts, $8,50. Rolled
,oats, bag 90 lbs., 33. Bran, $32.50.
Shorts, $33. Hay, No. 2, per ton, ear
lots, $29 to $30..
Cheese, finest Easterns, 13e. Butter,
cfloices,t creamery, 35 to 36e. Eggs,
sele-cted, 34c. Potatoes, per bag, car
lots, 75 to 80c.
Sun Yat Se.n, bead of South Chinese'
Government at Canton and Leader 64
one of the rival factions now warring
for control of the'eotintrY.
churian bandits. He. 3g one of the
"super-tuchuns"Aif ClainaacA
military governor." He came down
and on a stammer day chased the An-,
flakes to cover. He has been the "Bose
of --Petkin."
Another •one of these "super-
tachuns," one Wu Pei Fu holds forth
In -the valley *2 the Ye!rigtze-Kiang.
Wu is a "reformist" alter .'hIs ovrai.
formula. His forces have attacked
those of Changeand the prize is the
:posSession of,' Pekin, sinbininally 'held
by a shadowy republic whose Presi-
dent -is I-IsUsSlaih:Chang. ''Ohang
nomice.a'he' will set up an "anti -Occi-
dental regime." ,
For 'several days •the..fighting has
been, on. between -arinies ofeabout 50,-
000 inen -on eitherside. Thus,far the
• results are indecisive. Meanwhile,
DraSuar, far down Canon, suddenly
,announces that he will join with
Chang, 'and his troops are in motion
to take'Wn. in the rear; but the mat-
ter may be decided onenway or an-
otherbefore'the -Cantonese and the old
Anfu chin that was . Chtsed out of
Pekin by Chaag in 1920 can get ta
Pekin's gates. Vile greatest rival :of
Dr. Sun, stands in the way of Dr. Sun ply. They enter into the daily life of
and Chang. 'holds Central China, the Canadlap, both in a 'business and
threatens Pekin and is the great a d,banestic sense to a degree of which
stumbling-,bleek to that unification few are conseious. The public un-
dreamed by Dr. Sun. fortunately is A etrong contributing
'Dr. Sun has ' 'seen his chance to factor 'in 'the origin of most forest
break up the solidarity of the north fires, and education in ,this matter will
and with Chang is isolating Wu in the. do much to reduce the pre -sent enor-
moue fire waste.
tongue was nimble with reasons why
he must abstain.
But when the success is won and the
returns are in, how great is the amn-
pany of claimants for the rockardl
The loudest of the doubting Thomases
,are the very ones who rise up to de-
clare that the gald-bearing idea was
their own,- and all their own. They
were on the safe aide -the negative
the mazes of their political., chaos, it] side -when the proposal was made.
seems a hard choice. 1But now, it appears, they were the
China needs many -things, includingauthors of thespian.
a " cohvention of rival factions and Men of action are not fooled by men
peace between them; provinCial self -
'government; pdlitical unification and
the-Pefitlieg -of. • the -"super-tuelmns."
This warfare may ,be the only wayeto
clear the read. Theupshot sbf.
however, 'is. more .likely.lo be, a'fur-
'tiler, utter old complete breakdown,
followed by a famine as terrible as
that to-dify in Rutsia.
Getkia Living Cci§ts
COrniierStei to'reave
A 'despatch -from Warsaw
tia3rs:The high.'COSt of living
at Genoa -was respo-nsible 'for
the return here on Thursday
of the larger part of the Polish
delegation of secretaries and
delegation at the E,conomic
'ConferenCe now consists of
only three 'persons. The cost
of nlaintaining.the entire clele-
gation, tit. was said, amounted
to several million Polish ma.rks
daily.
of diction. They are not impressed by
•'vapid thlk. These who stand, wit*
th.em at the 'successful' end area those's,
wh-o-Were beside the/sit at the pre-
carious beginain-g.
The.'"Fn---e-'11-Time;-Sy'stein in
Medicine.
The President of the University of
Toronto has recently issued A mernor-
andurnedealing with the advantages
of the new system which was intro-
• duced' three years ago in the Depart-
ment of Medicine and one year ago in
the Department of Surgery of the
provincial university. Innthis nienaer-
and= he points out that the system
has been so adapted to local condi-
tions as to provide for both present
and future requireinerits so.far as the
D, • Is instructional staff is concerried. There
stenographers. The "sLI are full-time senior instructors, part-
time clinicians, and full-time junior
instructors. While each f1111-tiMG mao
is allowed two hours per day for pri-
vate practice so that heecarmot lose
touch with the actual work .of the
general -practitioner, yet his first duty
is to his university classes and his
second duty is to engage in and to
direct research. In this way both
phases of the doctor's work receive
a fair share of emphasis. From the
parttime clinicians the full-time sen-
ior men of the future will be chosen
and the junior full-time instructors
will become, Inc turn, part-time clini-
cians and, finally, senior full-time
professors. The new system hae evi-
dently been very carefully planned and
organized with the primary object of
securing for medical students the
very best possible instruction. Given
a fair trial over a reasonable period
a years it should certainly show its
superiority over the old system.
TUniStile Gate Counts Busy
Mount Etna has broken' out again
with eruptions .of increased vielence,
and is emitting continuous roars,
which cad be heard for miles. Dense
black smoke is filling the sky.
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whole people. They have an import-
ant bearing on climate and water sup -
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Experts of the U.S. Government
Bureau of Entomology have invented
contrivatce for counting the bees
that go out of a hive. It is in effect
a turnstile gate, operated by electric-
itY, and, Placed at the hive entrance,
permits only one bee to pass at a time.
One object of .the toventiot is to
find oalt hoW many bees in a hive lila
out ealch‘day in search a nectar 2671---7
honey -making, and to what extent this
fieldwork is governed by temperature
and other' nieteorotogical conditionS
front day to day and from month te
Month.
The Population of an average hive
is about; 300,000, -Of neceasity a -geed
-deal of the worker bees' time inusti
be devoted to eom1)-building and to the
eare and feeding of the young larvae,
But nobody knows just how thew
are arranged, or whether there
is a division ot labor among them ae
regards tueli liouSebeld affairs and the
bii - n s el o ecti 1'-gathe?'in g 11ls
hoped by the stile ts ces,wover soles
cf thistables.