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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-10-11, Page 3address communications to: Agronomist; 73 Adelaide St, West, Toronto IMPROVEMENT IN AGRICUL- have been app roved and will doubtless TUBAL EXPORTS. go into effect. These steps are: (1) The appoint- ment ppointment of a first class business man with a wide knowledge of agricultural pro - duets to act as Canada's representa- tive in Great Britain in connection with her bacon, butter, cheese, beef and egg exports; to study conditions, found favor in forty-four foreign to make recommendations to the Do - lands and . the reputation of Canada's minion Government and the producers manufactured goods is stili in the as to 1'ow improvements are to be ascendant. The products of Canadian brought about, and to help trade farm -lands have a yet more extensive through judicious propaganda in the list of customers. British Isles. (2) More active par - It has been recognized among trade ticipation in the large agricultural experts that this shows in Great Britain. (3) Active great demand for par ti t• the British Empire Perhaps, wait until. T think," Swift frowned and ,scratched his head. He lit his corncob pipe, made smoke rings -a number of fine ones— thoughtfully watched them spread and disintegrate in, the quiet evening air. A smile replaced his frown; he ehuckl- ed; and glanced sidewise at Jared— laughed outright, Jared scowled. "I guess "I'll be going,"' as he knock- ed the ashes out of his pipe onto the wooden step. ' "Wait a minute," snickered Swift.. "Don't go; I have thought of a plan:." Jared sat down. "Well, what is your plan?" "If you kill this hog in the regular way you are bound to lose it—all of it, hain't you?" "Yep." "Well, do as I say and you can kill the whole hog for yourself." "The whole hog?" gasped Jared. "Are you sure? The whole hog?" "Correct. All of it unless--" Ike hesitated and •looked speculatively down at the bowl of his pipe. "Unless -maybe afterward I could borrow a Canadian goods has, to some extent, czpa xon in Canada's promotion as an important exporting nation has been rapid, and it is astounding that this young na- tion should, in her immature years, be leading the world in the per capita value of export trade. The product of Canadian manufactories has now ham" developed in spite of certain handl- Exhibition in 1924. (4) Amore thor- "A —ham? That's nothing.I'll caps Canada has placed in her own ough grading of dairy products. (5) you a ham" with a Buddburst Propaganda in Canada to impress the generosity, way, and may be taken as a tribute to producer with the necessity of doing g y, "two hams—whatever you the !sigh excellency of the Canadian his part to attain the ends in view. like. But that won't be— sending a product in itself whilst criticizingthe,ney suspicious glance at Swift, "The whole method of marketing. Canadiaex-I (6)Some comparativer hixments ments of live steers, hog, the whole hog is what you said, porters have not devoted sufficient at -'chi ped alive and as chilled beef to ain't it?" tention to the peculiar needs of for-' P ' "That's what I said and that's what tlae London market. it will be if " sign markets or taken steps to meet„ you do as I say. on an equal footing, the competition' EXPORT FIGURES FOR FISCAL YEAR. ! Jared's mouth opened and closed, of other countries in these markets. 1 It is confidently hoped that these re- but no words came. He moistened his Canada's trade commissioners abroad commendations, carried out, will re- lips, unceasingly pointed out oppor suit in yet greater improvement of the haver"you must be foolin'; you're jokin'" tunnies which were being passed over: British market for Canadian agricul "No; the whole hog, d'ye hear? The and travellers in foreign countries tural exports. Canada's market for whole hog. Why, it's easy; I am sur brought to notice demands for Can this class of merchandise now lies al - prised that you ain't thought of it adian produce which were not met. ; most wholly across the Atlantic. Just yourself," Of late much greater attention has' how important it is may be realized Jared'shead swam. been paid to the overseas markets, from the figures of the 1922 fiscal It ain't t reasonable," he muttered especially since the coming into effect year, which were only partially affect` finally, with a doleful shake of his of the United States tariff, which bar -led by the Emergency Tariff. Out of head. red certain Candian products from the a total value of exports of Canadian Swift laughed. Wrinkling his fore - American market to which they had produce m that year of $740,204,680, head into a semicircle of lines, his become accustomed, and there has de- exports of vegetable products, amount- steely blue eyes narrowed to mere slits, veloped a realization that certain ed to $317,814,106, and of animals and "The neighbors know that you have trade defects must be remedied and, their products, $135,798,720. Taking this hog. They know it is ready to Canadian goods overseas made to ap- only those commodities particularly in kill, and all of them are waiting for peal in a more attractive manner to question in this article, butter exports their little hunk of pork. But there is customers in order that Canada shall amounted to 8,480,591 pounds worth a way—the easiest in the world—to be in a position to adequately meet $3,224,390, of which 3,713,709 pounds kill this hog for. yourself, This is the the competition of other countries and worth $1,444,657 went to the United idea: All you have to do is to kill your maintain that prestige she has achiev Kingdom; cheese exports amounted to hog along about seven o'clock to -night, ed. The principal market in question 133,849,760 pounds worth $25,440,32.., hang it out behind the barn where it is, of course, the United Kingdom, and of which 125,942,940 pounds worth can't be seen from the road. Bright the principal epoxts to that country $24,007, 726 went to the United King: and early to -morrow, before anyone is of an agricultural nature. According- dom; bacon exports amounted to 99 ,- around, get up and pack the meat ly Dr. J. 1I, Grisdale, the Deputy Min- 080 cwt. worth $23,012,48 , of which away, and then, before any of the ister of Agriculture, recently made 986,623 cwt. worth $22,873,4.49 went neighbors get curious, go round to an investigation of trade conditions in to the United Kingdom. j each and every one and say, 'Some Great Britain, and certain improve- ments and innovations will accrue in consequence. NEED OF IMPROVED APPEARANCE. He found that Canada was not mak- ing the sante improvement in the ap- Dr. Grisdale's findings are not to be body has stole my hog.' And if you' received as serious stricture, but an stick to your story they'll all believe' attempt to have Canadian produce you." presented for competition in a form its Jared, with pipe out, frowningly, unsurpassed qualities warrant. His silently, reviewed the plan. A look,' criticism of bacon, cheese, and butter half admiration, half reverence, crept! exports are on the score of lack of into his eyes. pearance and quality of her agricul- uniformity in appearance and quality,! "Aleck," said he a little breathlessly, tural exports as some other exporting and lack of trade names and attractive "after the hog is killed and all, and countries such as Denmark, Holland, packing. These are faults natural in' safely packed away, drop over and see' Australia, South Africa and Argen- a young country's development of ex-: me. You will get your little hunk of j tina. The consequence is that whilst port trade and which merely want to pork. You can have any part of it the superiority of Canadian produce be forcibly pointed out to ensure rem- you like." is frequently acknowledged by experts, edying. He found Canadian beef toy "That," said Swift carelessly, "we competitive produce often looks better be the superior in the British market can settle later. But do as I tell you; and therefore sells better than the and Canadian eggs enjoying a repute) don't forget to stick to your story, no Canadian. He. sees a danger of Can- tion second to none. Dr. Grisdale matter what people say."' anticipated a keen demand for Can - "All right, Aleck," said Jared, adian store cattle with the removal of standing up and stretching himself. the embargo, and is satisfied with the "I'll kill the hog to -morrow night, but three days' quarantine regulation to` I'll ask the neighbors for next Mon - be observed in Canada, which, he' day." And he hurried straight home, states, is more than taken up by deciding on the way not to reveal the the time occupied in transit from in- scheme to Myra. The fewer in the land shipping points to the ocean secret the better. ports. Along toward seven o'clock the fol- lowing night Jared started butchering his hog. Myra, taking supper at her sister Kate's house, was out of the way. It was a hard job to tackle single- handed, and, constantly in fear of discovery, it seemed an endless one: But he followed Swift's instructions BY JAMES BENEDICT• to the letter, and finally the pig was ado's losing her domination of the English market in butter ancheese, whilst he points out oportunities for an improvement in the already grati- fying bacon situation. He has, there- fore, suggested to the Minister certain steps calculated to result in Canada's maintenance of her high position in the British market, which suggestions "The Whole flog, Sometimes Half a Hog is Better Than the Whole "What's ailing you, Jared?" she asked. "Nothing; I was just thinking." Myra nervously wiped her thin hands on her blue gingham apron. It was powerful strange for Jared to be thinking. "It ain't the calf, Jared?" "NoPe, 'tain't the calf," emphatical- ly, as he watched his wife cut two large slices of ham. "That's. 'it,"_ he exploded. "Pork! That's what's troubling me." Myra stared. explained. "That pork I borrowed down to Cy Smith's place this afternoon. I be'n borrowin' not only from him but from every butcherin', right along. Now, if I kill our hog they'll all be on hand to get their share. There won't be enough left to last us a week.". Throughout the meal, which was. eaten in silence, he struggled with his problem. Then, as the dishes were being;. washed and dried a happy thought struck him. Why not ask the advice of Aleck Swift? Swift owned the farm immediately adjoining his own. Swift was shrewd, none doubted that, and a great, prac- tical joker.. 1♦ rom the time he went to school his pranks were' the talk. of the town. He dearly loved his joke for the joke's sake; and if' he. could play the joke and Getter himself by so doing, all the better; and any scheme that he engineered was pretty .,sure to 'succeed. Jared decided to con - suit him aright away: He found: Swift sitting coatless on the back porch of his hare, brown cottage; a lean, odd- looking fellow clad in rusty -brown, c lenidatec. trousers,tucke' into knee leeilier boors much, the.worse for Fen 1, Jeeves rolled `up, an old regi ileey ! is ^dershirt showing down to his wrists . and a brown --derby perched rakishly on one side of his head. "How are ye, Jared?" drawled. Swift, and he smiled in a friendly way as he edged over to make room on the top step. "Have a seat," he added. I Jared cautiously entrusted his weight to the broken step, his restless glance moodily examining the little orchard and potato patch in the rear and the low barn and outbuildings on the left. "Anything I can do for ye, Jared?" "I dunno, I dunno," and Jared's melancholy glance shifted' away. His gnarled fingers busied themselves with an old corncob pipe. "You ain't sick and going to have the doctor?" "Nope; wouldn't have one anyway, not if I was sick." "Myra ain't ailing?" "Nope; Myra's all right; fact is, I—" Jared cleared his throat rapidly. "here's something -else-somethingiin- portant—to worry about." "That's so?' What's the difficulty?" "Aleck,". said Jared solemnly, "1 want your advice, I want your help." "All right, what's' the matter?" "There's a hog in mypen, as-ycu 1snow, ready to kill." His words now came with a rush. "Everybody knows' it. Well,` I be'en around- to all the butcherin's, I ain't missed one. Now, suppose 7' kill my` hog in the regular way, Hi Green, the Sinkers, Mel. Rid-'. er, and the rest will be on hand to get their share of pork. None won't for- get to be. on hand--" he'broke off to pull fiercely at his .pipe. "Aleck;" he whined, "by the time each gets his share, what is left for me?""Nothing—much," admitted Swift with a grin.; , "There won't be .enough to last me a week—nota week..l=1ow'1I l get around this mess? Ain't there .nothing T can do --nothing?" hung up against a post back of the barn, behind the house, safe from the prying eyes of any chance traveler along the country road. Immediately afterward he hitched up and drove down to the "Four Corners," there to leave word concerning the killing for the following Monday. That night Jared fell asleep, won - dering just how mach, or rather how little, of the !sig it would be necessary to give Swift to keep him silent. He began to regret his hasty promise, A bribe was, of course, necessary, since by Swift, and Swift alone, could the secret of the missing hog be divulged. And the neighbors Must never learn the truth. He regretted having prom- ised Swift two whole hams, one would have been sufficient;or—was it two hams? On second thought he decided it was one ham, He could spare one ham, that was certain. And one ham was payment enough for a little ad- vice, a simple suggestion which, if Jared had not been so upset andhur- ried, but had taken the time to sit down quietly and put his own mind to, he could have thought out for himself. He woke earlier than usual the next ng. s e ru e t e sleep out of his eyes the affair of the hog at once popped into his mind. He jumped out of bed, pulled on his . clothes, and hurried down to the barnyard. There, for a moment, he stood stock-still and stared—at two empty hooks, which but the night. before had been decorat ed with the carcass of a beautiful hog. He began to look around the yard. As his glance travelled, his irritation and perplexity grew. Brushing his hand across his eyes, he looked again, but no hog. Swiftly he crossed the barn- yard; he explored the barn, cow shed, and chicken coop, even peered into the empty pig pen. No hog. Ready to swear that his eyes had deceived him, he returned to the empty hooks. Was he, perhaps, the victim of hallucination? He had heard of such things. Stepping forward, he felt the hooks over carefully, inch by inch. He muttered something, something that seemed to fit the situation, threw up his hands, and walked out of the yard. No hog, The thing smacked of sorcery or witchcraft. Back to the house he hurried to question Myra, but he changed his mind before he got there. His wife, be knew, could not have carried off the hog. Turning squarely in his tracks, Jar- ed dashed away through.the barnyard like a madman. He vaulted a picket- and-barbed-wire icketand-barbed-wire fence and, running around the rear of the house, rattled up the broken steps to pound out such a lusty summons upon a flimsy door that it seemed in danger of breaking beneath his heavy fist. "Swift," he called, "Aleck, come out! It's important! Come out! Come out!" After an interval, very trying to Jared, Swift appeared—in red under- shirt, shapeless trousers, the color of the soil, and a pair of homemade car- pet slippers. Shutting the door behind him, Swift took a step forward,- an inquiring look on his face. Jared struggled to speak, but the words would not come. Swift continued to stare, and Jared, with a mighty effort, found his tongue. "Aleck," he said, "somebody's stole my hog." . Swift laughed.'" "That's right, Jared, that's a good beginning. Remember what I told you, and stick to your story." Jared shifted from one foot to the other. He gave his neighbor a hasty glance, but Swift's face was a mask. "But somebody has stole my hog," he challenged. "Fine!" complimented Swift. "Keep it up, Jared; don't weaken, stick to it." "But can't you understand?—some- body lads stole it," he roared. "Splendid! Tell it with as straight a face as that and they will all believe you." "Can't you understand? Can't you? It's gone—the whole hog, I tell you —gone!" "Yes, I understand, and I promise you that, as far as I'in concerned, no one will ever be the wiser." I will tell you a sure and a cheap way to exterminate rats, gophers, moles, mice or any animal nuisance that uses a runway. Get concentrated lye, sprinkle in the runway. The rod- ents get hot feet, sit up and lick their feet, then good -by, Mr. Nuisance. I. have tried this on rats, mountain beaver, and mice. If your people are troubled with any animal vermin, this will rid them clean.—S. D. Home Education . "The Child's First School Is the Family"—Froebel." Teaching By Example -- By Bertha Hayward Higens. A few days 'ago when I was in the hairdresser's shop :a young woman came in with a very :attractive little girl, whom everyone admired. The mother, with apparently no thought for the big eyes fixed upon her or the shell-like' ears taking in all she said, related the following inci- dent: "We moved from where we were living when my little girl began to go to school and it was too far for her to go alone to the school she had attended. But they wouldn't give me a transfer so I told my husband l going to send her to .the other school anyway and tell them she had never been to school before. And of course. I warned her to tell the teacher that she had never been to school. "That night after I had gone out she went to my sister and said, `Tante, I always said the truth before'." "Oh! foolish mother," .I thought, "how blind you are." The story stay- ed with me after I left the shop and it rankled. Then there came to me a picture of the day many years ago when my brother, a young country physician, had driven fourteen miles in a severe snow storm with his little three year old son wrapped up like an Eskimo cuddled in his arms, because in the morning when there was no indication of a. storm, he had given his promise to take the little fellow with him when he made this call. And now, despite the storm and the difficulty of driving in a. covered sleigh with the child to look after, he dared not do otherwise lest the child should in turn be led to break a promise or tell an untruth because of the. father's example. "Small use," said he, "for us to urge upon ' our children standards whieh we ourselves do not maintain in their was presence." These little ones of ours are so sus- ceptible to influence, so imitative and so proneto think "the king (father or mother) can do no evil" that we can- not be too careful: It has been my custom always to read or recite some worth while thought at the breakfast table that the family may take it with them to the day's work. Recently I have given over this duty to my eleven -year-old son and I wish that every mother and father would take with them andpass on to their children the little message he brought to us yesterday: "With every day a new day And every moment new We'll speak the truth, think the truth And to the truth be true." • of the animal there rs no doubt a yet better showing would be made to -day. THE FRENCH- CANADIAN COW The splendid and peculiarly distinc- tive properties of the French-Can- adian horse have made that animal of Eastern Canadian origin fairly well known on other parts of the American continent and its fine qualities may be said to be extensively appreciated. rt is not leo generally known that French Canada has been likewise responsible for the origination of a breed of cat- tle attle of valuable distinctive character- istics. The French-Canadian cow has a common origin with the Jersey and iGuernsey breeds, whilst the Normandy and Brittany cattle introduced into Canada at the beginning of the seven- teenth century also played a part in its evolution. The breed is therefore one of the oldest found in North Ain - erica. The influence of surrounding conditions, particularly the climate of the Province of Quebec, and the treat- ment that the breed has received dur- ing those two centuries and a half, have caused changes in color and con= 'formation, but aptitudes or qualities have been maintained. For this rea- son the French-Canadian breed of cattle have been termed the "Jersey of the North." In appearance the color of the breed varies from solid black to fawn, but a brown skin is preferred, and hi this case there is a yellow or fawn stripe along the back and a grey or yellow ring around the muzzle. These char- acteristics do not indicate infusion of Jersey blood but merely show identity of origin. Though the breed is old in the Province of Quebec it is only since about 1880 that the work of improve- ment was begun and only in 1886 that a herd book was established by the Quebec Legislature. A new impulse was given to the improvement of the breed in 1895 when the French-Can- adian Breeders' Association was established. POSSESSES MANY GOOD QUALITIES. Perhaps the outstanding character- istic of this animal is the economy of maintenance. The French-Canadian cow is easily kept. She thrives and gives a good profit in places where other breeds would pine away or could not find adequate food. The little care the animal has been accustomed to re- ceiving, especially during the winter months, has developed endurance and a system to undergo various hard- ships. A good "rustler," she is well adapted to farms where production is Iimited. Her qualities may be gen- erally summed up in rusticity, frugal- ity, good dairying, milk rich in fat and long milking period. As a dairy cow, the French-Can- adian animal comes in between the Jersey and the Guernsey in the pro- duction of rich milk. Her milk aver- ages . a yield of 4.5 per cent. of fat, but she is not quite equal to the other. breeds as regards the quantity Produc- ed. To qualify for the Record of Per- forrmance, however, a cow must at two years old produce in 365 days, 4,460 lbs. of milk and 198 lbs, of fat, at three years old, 5,200 lbs. of mills and 234 lbs. of fat; at four years old, 6,000 lbs. of milk and 270 lbs. of fat, and at 5 years old, 6,800 lbs. of Milk and 306 lbs. of fat. At the Pan-Americah contest of dairy .the held at Euffalo in 1901, the French. -Canadian cow came into com- petition not only with all :other dairy breeds but with the best aniniels from dairy herds on both sides of the line, and proved her right to a place: of honor sniong the cattle ..of North Am- erica, In the cost of feeding to pro- duce one hundred pounds of milk, the, French-Canadian cow ranked third, being surpassed by narrow margins Ly the Holstein and Ayrshire breeds: r=te. n the cost of 'feed to peoduce ozie pound of butter; however, the Quebdc cow was lowest of all diary breeds THE POT AND THE KETTLE. proving her value as en economical producer. This record is an 'old one, Madam, you've sonic black on your nose! and in the cc-i.riste:it efforts which —Daily Express, London. have been made hi the ;lnproveinent The Effect of a Secret. Even with all her knowledge of youngsters, Mrs. Dave Preeny has had hard enough time with her children, but she doesn't see how she ;could have managed at all if it hadn't been for secrets. When the baby sets up a howl to go somewhere with the. older children Mrs. Preeny knows that the little fellow will be unhappy for hours if she doesn't do something to relieve his feelings, and so she tells him a secret. Usually it is a hint as to her plans for his entertainment., but re- gardless of what her promise °is, it is enough that she and the child know something t'iat nobody else on the place could guess in a hundred guesses. Mrs. PreF ry was a young woman when she leereed the value of secrets. Her son George was five years old at the time, and one day when he began crying because he couldn't go some- where omewhere with his brother, Mrs. Preeny told him in the brother's presence that if he would be goc d she would bake a cake. George said he didn't want any cake and he cried harder than ever. He wanted to go with his broiler and he wasn't to be bcught off with such a little thing as a cake. A week later the older brother and a sister were going to town in the bug- gy and George begged to go along. He even went so far as to dress himself in spite ,of the fact that the brother and sister told him he was wasting his time. When Mrs. Preeny finally said that she couldn't allow him to go, he began screaming, and he was just about ready to get down and roll in the dirt when his mamma called him into the kitchen and whispered to him that she was going to bake a cake. "But don't tell them a word about it," she said, and immediately young George dried his eyes. In the first instance Mrs. Preeny had offered the child nothing but cake, which of course was not enough; but in the second instance she had offered him both cake and a secret. Feeding and Handling For Egg Laying. The plan of handling and feedings the birds at the Agassiz, B.C., Domin- ion Experimental Farm, where during the year ending Ocober 30, 1922, four Barred Plymouth Rocks averaged. 282.1 per bird. Straw is used for lit- ter and the scratch grains are fed in the litter. The grain mixture con- sists of equal parts cracked corn, whole wheat and whole oats, and is fed twice a day, care being taken not to have too much grain in the litter at any time. The dry mash is composed of bran 100 parts, shorts 100, crushed oats 100, corn meal 100, beef scrap 50, and charcoal 25. Being fed from a wall self-feeding hopper, the mash is kept before the birds at all times. Grit and oyster shell are similarly supplied from a small hopper of two compart- ments, one containing oyster shell, the • other containing grit. Green feed is provided in the form of kale, chard, cut clover, or mangels. Skim milk is fed daily, while 'water is before the birds practically all the time. Inside and near the front door of each pen a box of earth (dust bath) is placed. HOGS I procured a steel oil barrel with a large, opening in the head and a small three -quarter -inch hole in the side of the barrel near the bottom. Then I screwed a three -quarter -inch street elbow in small hole and a three- quarter -inch pipe three inches long in elbow. I set barrel on trough with about a foot of trough extending through the fence into hog lot. Put a cork in pipe and fill barrel, screw in bung air -tight, takeout corkand bogs will have water when they Want it, as tic water will come as high as pipe and ' o more, until it is' lowered in trou ,41.—R. L.. Overmire. There is no purpose served in know- ing more of good ccudec', than we practice.