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The Brussels Post, 1927-11-16, Page 3y+I. 3 lilt tfca y Paz ed As free from dicast as tea can px.w•wu�+�a.,�w.,�..�,.rr.,•...m..m.�.we„�u..,e..s....r.-._ ..m�....ao . _..........._�nuaamwuuw 1 ,/p p p Alexander '1'illneh Galt, considered as 1 I'':.:her of c onfedelailon, has a background vert different from nt:t- r outstanding figures who aesern- hied aroanti the historic conference table, and created the Dominion of Canada. He was connected with a vast amount of Central Ontario in - eluding the cities of Quelph and Galt were opened up and settled under ills -and 11:, l'ather's supet-vision, FIe vets one, perhaps .he only one of the Confederation 1 shone, who carne le Canada surrounded by vast wealth, Her is also a splendid example of the ud gayina that a man may he down let not out. In this wonderful man the present day Cana hens have an exhibit of the true, Canadian. A man with die} not whine and ;grumble when hick turned again:4 him, but vale, dug in and fought off the herd 1'.uk and made }115 own way again. Mr. Galt was born in London, Eng- land, in 1817, His father was very wealthy and was a succeeeful author :Cad social leader of the clay. In 1 8- :I the loather indu ed several mem- bers of the London Ssock Exchange to take shares in a great land spec- ulation in Upper Canada. The idea was to acquire waste and forest land, and sell then to persons who woul l develop the land under She guidance of the company. The father rune elft to Upper Canada and purchased ,bout three million acres of land. Ile directed the laying out of Guelph and spent Honey so laviehly that the company were soon int difficulties. The father was recalled mind declared in.-olvent. He turned again to lit- erature and was able to establish his son in lea:Me•s. Alexander came out .ce i'auad:r in 1R;16, and made a fo- 'i "rue rpeeulating in real ,,.tate in PROPER METHOD TO ELIMINATE WEEDS `,even Suggestions Offered for Con- sideration of Fanners Fighting Nuisance—Prevention is Better Than Cure in All Cases Whore Weeds are Concerned, Like most other ill- common to tie, world, the precept ";>revctitiun is lie ter than curd' may be well ap- clied to the problem of controlling w..eds. Some farmers have become eau•eleas with regard to the menace of weeds, but the importance of )tee0- ing them under strict control is not to be overlooked. Patience and al- most centimes work is necessary to rid land of weeds and th.c utmost care must be exercised to prevent the introduction of new ones. FOLLOW ROLES The following suggestion briefly auto up a few of the measures w:lieh, if. it were possible to follow them to the letter, would go a great distance in the solution of this great problem: Thoroughly work the soil in the spring before planting corn or other cultivated crops. Sow only grain and other farm seeds. Sow the corn crop fairly heavy and harrow two or three times be- fore it is 6 inches in height•. Prevent weeds from seeding in waste places, along fences and road- sides, Stone piles in the field should be removed when other work is not pressing as bad weeds frequently grow beside theta. Thoroughly cultivate and where necessary hoe during the growing season, corn, potatoes, ro.ots and like crops. Pull, stow or dig out small patches of weeds. Serious infestations can be prevented by rentovcmig individual weeds or bunches of weeds as soon as they appear. Cut fox hay, clover, cereals or other crops which have become foul. with weeds, before the weeds have formed seeds, Thoroughly heat before apkiying all manure from animals which have paten feed containing weodeeecds, Beep tri, the fertility of the soil, and sow good seed so that crops will be vigorous and they will smother HON. A. T. GALT both Upper and Lower Canada, He mllso restored the British America Lend Company to order and divi- dends, He entered politics in 1549 but soon retired owing to the desire of directing all his energies to tete promotion of Early Canadian rail- ways. Again his astute business mind resulted in an increased fortune and he again entered politics in 1853 and five years later he became Mini ver of Finance and introduced the decim- al system of currency into Canada. He gave his entire energy to putting the public funds in order and when ho was chosen to represent Upper Canada at Confederation confer- ence, he was the "big business elan" whose opinion was eagerly sought on all questions of future feleral fin- ance. He had urged the idea of Con- federation upon the British enemies ties several years before the first conference was called. Ile wag knighted in 1860 and became- the first High Conmlisioner for Canada to- Great Britain, out or hold in check many weeds that would otherwise be very troublesome, I Plow and Wok grain stubble, timothy or other hay sod immedi- ately after removing the crop and thereby promote conditions suitable to the germination of many annuli weed seeds. Subsequent cultivations should be given during the -fall to kill the weed seedin,gs. For the control of coact grass and ether perennial plants with an un.ler- grounc} root -stalk, disk three times after plowing at week intervals and then use the cultivator weekly to bring the roots to the surface. For extremely weedy fields aum- merfallow a whole season, or sum- meifallow until late 'in Jane and, then sow buckwheat at 2 to 3 bushels per titre as a smother crop, SERIOUSLY HURT BY BAR C. N. R. Sectionnten Injured Near Cargill ire Peculiar Mishap, Cargill, Nov, 9,—John Parker, of Iadengrove, and Archie Rolston, of Paisley, C.N.R. section men, were badly injured in an accident which occurod a short distance out of Isere about five o'clock Monday -evening,. The men were returning home from work on the motor jigger when an iron crowbar fell off the car, hit the ties and flew back, striking Pinker and Roston who were seated at the front of the jigger. Itoslon was struck on the 'head and thrown from the car, sustaining a fractured hip and head injuries Parker was more seriously injured of the two, the crowbar passing clean through his body. He suffered) greatly from loss of blood before the arrival of a doctouie His condition is serious. non the jigger There were six me gg 1 at the time of the Itecid4nt, but the other four escaped unhurt. The Egyptian sta'co railways have placed an order for 23,900 tons of V mails with Guest, iteen and Nettle- folds, Ltd., of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil4 ` Members of the Knights of the Round Table foalmed in 1720, made their annual pilgrimage to Win- chester.', England, recently, THE BRUSSELS POST AREAL CANADIAN BREED i'.' i'i t':NC W01111. Olt' TRAPPIi T '1'1tc, fohaatleelcr" Po tie. •-> Qualities and Chttratettristies 111 S;,i;cvl 10 'i'ttic Countrt. ,a (ott,9r ,d Freeze --I xhihitec] blest lit 1999, (4tie! atttiitg 4uigcc0. m. '111111. ,ti,rtn C. twenty yeare ago a need; r:f Ute Trappist order wait wetsinr; through the poultry and:. 1t den ring to the monastery annul. '1 at. (ilia, Cttic•bee, writil.-.d riot' '.1I. ,1.aw 10 the Montreal I'':u•mily lferald and Weekly Simo' 11. a dim in charge of this section of th., nerals'' hum, and more than a dozen different t lrletiee of the dam -th ttrd birds Il ntrl Led unIer his tee... A., he 4.1 .s.el ;1 i yumn.'st theta he observed for the 11 1 time that In every ease the bird. .1f the various)) breeds etuici, from saryina quarters of the globe, and tieet ''x011 one was of a distinct type, had cer- tain distinguisbing characl rie,t,r.1 peculiar to itself and the country in which it originated. Then the thought flashed through his mind: „There is no Canadian breed of domestic poultry — none that pos- sesses exactly the qualities and characteristics most suited to this country—why not produce one?" From that moment the idea took possession of him, and he pondered over it throughout the hours which were devoted to his work amongst the poultry, devoting every spars' moment to the study of the rules governing scientific breeding, and deciding on the exact type of bird which should he essentially Cana- dian in its build, color, habits and character—which should be equally food Inc table purposes and for egg production. Experience had taught him that the birds, especially the melee, suf- fered intensely during the Canadian winter through the fr:•zing of their combs. Brother Wilfrid, therefore, made up his mind lirat of all to eliminate the comb, or to products a very small, closely sett one, with proportionate wattles. Since has own choice as to color lay in the: direc- tion of white, Ile also determined that his new breed should be of tht't hue. A combie'ss, pure white bird, therefore, of strong, compact build, which should be substantial enough for food a.nd, at the same time, a prolific winter layer, hardy and en- c rgetic, able to withstand the rigors of winter and the heat of suulnmc•r with equal serenity was the ideal Ito set before ltintself. The results of his effort wore to be seen at Ottawa during the International Pouiaty Congress, where 100 of the best spe- cimens of the "Chantecler" breed of Canadian poultry were on exhibition. The Mendelian theory of heredity and reproduction being now univers- ally accepted, Brother Wilfrid worked on those lines in the selection and crossing of his birds, It was In the spring of 1908 that he first put his scheme into operation, mating a dark Cornish rooster with a White Leghorn hen, and a Rhodes Island Red Rooster with a White Wyandotte hen, It having been proved that the progeny' usually take their shape front the father and their color from time mother, The result of these first matings was that all the hen birds hatched were white, though of rather a clingy shade; only one male bird from the first crossing was used for extending the experiment Which, when mated with selected white pul- lets from the second crorluia, pro- duced an arch—color,, p n.r. For two years III ..her Wilfrid cnntintoul on these lines and then introduced a third breed, mating a Rrhite Plytuouth Rork with those of the pullets he had pr'•duced which most nearly apprezchc'd the ideal he was aiming at. miring the succeed- ing years he continued in the same way, eliminating with groat care all poor layers and under -sized speci- mens. After five years' labor he realized that he was nearing success. The pure white color had beeoune, fixed; there was a great increase in egg production, In many of the birds of both sexes comb and wattles were Considerably reduced in size; there was more regularity in shape and the breed was improving in vigor and hardiness, From then until the present day the work has gone steadily forward, and the tiny plant in which the pa- tient monk carried nut his initial experiments has developed into a magnificent poultry farm covering twenty -orae acres, wherein thousands of "Chantecler" birds are bred and housed annually, The name "Chantecler" was chos- en, as suitable for the breed, from Rostand's play, wherein the famous rooster 'Turned out the su.n" every morning by his resonant crowing. It ig composed of two French words meaning "clear singing," and also occurs in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales attached to a renowned bird, The "Chantecler" Breeders Asso- ciation was formed in Montreal on March 1, 1918, and is a flourishing and expanding organization. The birds were dist exhibited In 1919; since' then they have appeared at shows In Canada and the 'United States, always being received with admiration and invariably adding new honors to the list already won. The breed was "hall -marked" eethe Exhibition held at Ottawa in Jan- uary, 1921, in connection with the Winter Fair, after which it was honol,ed by admission to the standard of pcn'fetttion of the American Poul- try Breeders' Association, Widish Bananas. One or two attempts have been made to grow bananas 1.0 Britain, and at toast one of those has been eucteeetul, There is a banana tree in a hot- house at Warwick Castle which yields about a dozen bananas a year. Not a lot, perhaps; but they are of ex - (Matto furor, O; as Dentist's Offie, "1.'1;11(1: du :,-011 boo1;.: .1 ft, , they ere all fib,',1 nl. ooh, i put , cut ill room." He'll idake Coed "No you're nineties to 1::arida Mrs. Crandall"." "Yes, John swots, he'd Calla on the radio fir know the reusen why." Height of Laziness "Rastas, you're dog . ' -111- tri 110 111 pain." "No ,11l1 --he ain't in pain; ho's just lazy." "But 111• must be suf'fer'ing or he -woul Inc'howl like that," 'Jos p'wnh lady; j,• 1 azini. , he's settin' on 11 th tie. She Wanted a Change A young. saleslady told the floor walker that sir, wanted to get out of Vie handkerchief deper'tinent. "And why do you wan: to ;got out of handkerchiefs?" "Oh, it is so much trouble explain - Mg that they are not new ;skirt,," Needed a Reason. She: Why did you tell Dave you in:u•1'led me i7rmuu.se I was a wonder- ful cook? 1 can't boil a potato. He: But I needed to give some excuse. The One Occasion h'ish parent, proudly: "Ye can de- pend on my son, Mickey. He never toulml ole a lie but nnst, and then I found out he was right afterwards. Old -Fashioned Weather \'Iother—"Johnny, you said you'd been to Sunday school." "Yes mamma," Motiles—"How does it happen thf'it your hands smell of fish?" Johnny—"I carried home the Sun- day School paper an' the outside page is all about Jonah anti the whale." His Lesson Teacher---Wiutt do We learn from the story of Sanson? 1 Tommy (with unpleasant results still showing) -That it doesn't pay I ter have women cut tr feller's hair. Slight Reduction 't\Iy wife has been using t flesh- recbu'ing roller for nearly two months." • "And can you see any results yet?" "Yes, the roller is much thinn:,r," So Forgetful Waiter: Mr. Gray has just left his umbrella again. I do believe be would leave his head if is were !nose. Judkins: I dare say you're rbmmdtt I heard him say yesterday that he's going to Switzerland for his lungs. Right at Hand Mrs. Jennings: Iiut if I have the Faulknm•s over'for dinned next Sun- day, whae will we feed thein? JennMgs: Don't worry. There'll be one of Faulkners chickens in our garden before that. Letting the Cat Out, It was an old clothes store, well filled, and with six buckets marked "Fire" id full view. Ikey came in, with a suit over his aria, and said, "Vedder, can I get some petrol to clean this suit?" "Ikey, you can get a lictle out of one of these buckets," ELECTRIC IRON LEFT ATTACHED, FIRES HOUSE TEESWATER Nov. 7. --Leaving the electric iron attached to the plug nearly destroyed the hone. of A. G. Nesbit, accountant, of the Bank of Montreal. A passerby noticed the flames at the window and the back door was broken open and water thrown on the burning compartment holding the iron. Mrs, Nest tt is in the hospital and her husband was a0 lite hospital at the time. Besides a ruined iron, window curtain's and coucls, very little damage was done. So clever were the work of a counterfeiter recently arrested, in Loddon that his coins had 'co be sent to the mint before they were proi'od spurious, Cheetah Gave Trwrai.cs of Africatl Staticin a lively Time. assn,,. yeU1 :tge 1 certain tlAverr mar of 1'1'' edit ewe, n, .kter with mt at %atria. µ'01l.," k 9t pt, .1. 10. .1. h`itz- e:I:trick if, mlu• Ise dot, 1' 1' o.' Newf., tfttm a t it ,1111,1: ,ori self nett servsel, ..1 nes. cheat III.1 1 ;.t. 1;I,�. .�, i.t ,, taalrr t4'tt..,r it.•, i„ et:•i 11. )r. Ni •1 ' :e It?1 i ,1 1 •ill1 I rnauagec! auk! tr.l l.- • ;1 pi :or nn,, '111;,1 V,id6 hiS 510 h ,111,l. ' 1' h 1 1 n'•. t tt ''1 i h 711 •eo • n•t n, 111 ,lift• r. e,'.. ,e tc, ; R" cl ue•t.na i:; Ina:, r 10 111 tt:u.t.,tbb , 1,„racier In,, h •,pard, "A d,mr beast,- it: ettme ealbai F,' the lar;t 1, s' ibm':: 1 x'tt: ii111v of the then••; 11 laid , , t , rn 4 i..11.•/. i1 1•1.1 it , •t,l l...•. the hark a1 th, r r ml d 7 h•dt 1.11+, ecettiu wht•u 1 t -tura. ,l in which to Ir1.th tad dre:is anti girt aw ty 14 din- ner 1 wars turf at the top of rte= 514gis by the "dear beast.” My guest was out. 91, was rbcs Who lac ked after Ms pet, ;sty awn faders were saline about in the off- ann. I couldn't get uidr.crs be- cause the cheetah wouldn't let me, 1101 had 1 at lewd aiay moans u( coeruiue Mtn. L. t1,o0 ate hour to and tht• groom and 1 vot n., ciiun,•t But. toy ttff notified ine through the steward that the wished to resign. The notetan, u0•y said. "uutke ton murir plenty- t.rubble for we, Bahl` Aud they showed scratch's and little holes on themselves, done, they said, by the cheetah. 1 asked way nobody had spoken before, and the answer was: "We no t'iuk dat White Mau stop lou;: for his place•" They put up with the cheetah for a day or two, but indefinitely, n0, ,Next day any guest and I had some conversation, about his pet. Ht said it yeas }uerr•dibit'•, the ,tory of its damages, to nay sla6T; a most gentle, I9vi11i•, lotabh• er,•ttt lire im. was, be said, less fierce than a rabbit. Add- ed that 11 wily I'd walked up my steps the night nefure and brushed the beast aside it would have purred, and )felted my hand. Our talk was interrupted i>v a sud- den furious flying flurry of cheetan and all the dogs in the station and all the dutuestic servants alio, these last aruted with clubs, hoes, spears, ronin„ rias, star anti c•vt'n•ythin:", 1;11,1 all yelling angrily. The dogs were, Yapping and barking, and the cheetah was making his noise. Hight in front of my dour stood a tree, and up it shot the cheetah, to lie out along a branch and growl and snarl and make horrid farces at the: gathering below, FIRST PAPER MONEY. Issued By the intendant Jacques de Muetics in 1085. What seams to have been the first paper moues. in Canada, was that is- sued in 1881 by the Intendant Jac- ques de Meulles, As there was nei- ther printing -presses nor paper mills in the colony, he used the uuly suit- able paper atailahle, Wliit'1 11x5 playing cards, stamping each h with his own seal. This card money' c01110 to be issued in such imige quantities as to be a nuisance. 11 woe sup- pressed iu 1717, but the need of cur- rency its restoration In 17.29. It was Itencerorlh royal money, made frost playing card- board, and bearing the arms of France, The amount of the issue was finally raised to 1,1000.01111 Irma, inure than ample fur the business of the country. But the intendant Bigot saw in paper »miley another opportumttty for p It had bueeontc the p1 t act, to make puy- G1. I11 03 I,;lt'inr. ",'tit rm .11 .1:, Trees - tory at Quebec, This Wit:, fife form Us adopted, and from 1730 to 1710 he issued "Vel tri suds unauthorized crustiest, Tiir order ur •'ordu' stuset•"'was printed in blank forei ' 1. ordinals parker in France, and tilled in by the, Inten- dant 111 C11ua:ia. ties South Males' 'Wool. There has been a eonsidrratile ln- 5rearee in the wool production of NOW South Wakes during the last three seasons. The total amount produced for the season 1824.25 was ;lo9,llti,- 000 pounds, and for 1927-26, 102,- t 490,000 pounds, It is estimated that 1 for the stason 19211-27 the localwill be 451,600 t.100 pounds, This total does not include dead wool, fell- m.ongered wool, end wool exported on the skin, figures for which are not yet available, Last season the total of these three lines was 33,- 750,000 pounds; this season these figures Will certainly be exceeded, From Coal Mitre to Cabinets Australia seems to have n. warm place in her heart for Welshmen. Mr. W. Davies, who was a miner in the Welsh coal pits twelve years ago, has been appointed Minister of Education for New South Wales. ile had only been in Australia two years when ne was made: tlrember of the State Parliament. Anutner Welshman, Mr. J. P. Jones, who some years ago was ttmd- inesheop, is now a member of the Victoria Cabinet. Living Births In Canada. Living births in Canada during 1926 knelled 232,205, the birth-rate for the nine provinces being 24.8 per thousand of population. Deaths at all ages numbered 107,:315 in the Dbmfnion, a rate of 11.4 per thou- gand, Excess of births over deaths In the year was 124,837. A total of 66.570 marriages wore reported dur- ing the year. Now aril. Pier at Vancouver, A new mammoth pier of the Can- adian Paclfic Railway was opened re- cently at Vancouver, B.O. Aviation Yield at Lethbridge. Lethbridge, Alberto, is to have an aviation field available to Common• Cial flying and aerial W1:IlNl;ghuAY, NOV. 10, 11017. Duck or Hera Why is It that duck eggs are not as popular as hen egmss? Th,, only r1 asun we know, is, that the hen ADVERTISES just the moment he !ay an egg, while a duck keens quit and bides her egg under the row. We try to he like, 47,1 Ie•s, • We try to toll the world we have 0 great line: of building lumber, dimension ate, All No, 1 C. PLO el i ', ;dial 1e,=-: [f rabid All No, 1 Extra N. B. V5ilitil Cedar Shing),,; Alox, Murray -151 Co.Asphalt Shingles G'rltrr and Ni n otAt Shiplap and 1-iciards at lit 1 !unrh,p., G1 iliirfr, (Moulding, f' 1c, .Ur.>serl 2xl. Hard !Maple for Hay Fm's Trucks: I 1-4 in, Piste Wagon Box Lumber, Etc, Let'¢ root be Ducks Blbe o ! rte& CiderMills_tor ,tsi, r 1, 0, Phone No.30 tr. L f]eLIVEd1 +44+ •h .1` MSA �' �H 4 �R. a 4 3 ▪ MY LADY'S 4., COLUMN. aq 1°+4 `si•+++ +' 146..$ POTATO SUBSTITUTE A,Id :i cup of so!it apple rhe •'1 very flee, to colne;d hteef hash in - ,t, 1.,1 of pot.atr., if your family ' e n, ;,batt objects to Aurelia,.- FUR HIP -LINE A dull -surfaced hlue velour trees sire: s had a curly black baby, lamb collar, cuffs and for novelty, a lamb border on the waist that forms a swatbt r hip -line. CORDUROY COAT Rosy h -dee corduroy iti,l1D10, new tmpor tlanc•• by fashioning a semi -for- mal coat of straight line;, trimester :elf inerustations ant 11011 natural lynx fur trimmings. NEW HANDERCHIEFS Geom,•tric patterns, fine and wide sallies, triangles, circles and so on, in vivid colors, enliven the new handkerchiefs. NEW JEWELRY Iew•cled heel, are the Intent in m01(10, jewelry, Precious stones are set in a traced frame work of nlat- inutlf en the Keele of silver or gold- broeaded .slipper,. TANK JACKET An asbestos jacks • for your decora- tion are tilt. pmwcled ":puns" which take the place, of strap, on rolorful slipper.. POWDER POUCHES A neer colorful el .:, d kid pow,l,r pouch leek= like a child's purse.1:1 as pouch in the bottom for t ouch; r and room for puff, lipstick and HEALTHY FERNS Ferns that stand its ;lazed jar- diniere. >Imnld he raised from th,, burns to secure good drainage by pit:tine pebbles under the pot tli,•y aro planted in. STARCHED COVERS lr0'C:up. hnaid cu• 1's :Imould ht c'old It '10 1 tvh�•n l:amt 't+ d. Their -lu - 151111111! h.,nurg' t:' 1e , r•., tcially dints., other ar- CURLY HAT Tu further simulate the fashion- able tshion- ald- hob, a In tv 1 fait is made eat te.]y of feathers curled to look like rmn@lets, SLEEVE JABOTS 11.10- lace fa -.lean; a itilei1 for thc bodice of a brown select frock and o1101' ,jabots to ripple 00 (i- eut- onic of the tightsleeve from elbow to riff. NEW JEWELRY J'•weled h,•e;h an, the vogu:• tutw- ti pair of .silver elippt•re hes heel:: s:ud lord with rltiu,'stonc,s, COFFEE SAUCE A titin g1:,ft cots -e custard stakes a delightful sauce for bread, rice, steamed fruit, tapioca or other pud- dings, FIRM EYELETS When marking eyelets to slip lac- ing, through, outline the hole before punching and you will find it easier to work and muss firmer. Latin America imports more American motion pictures than does any other part of the world, with the Far East next in 1100. lihnd<•raa's cotton trop was prise - deafly a failure while ;,11 its nthar atnrirultural produes showed an ex- ta.n see, gain this ','riff. Most of the world's emeralds conte from Columbia, South America, as oboes 11111111 of the plattinutn. Hickory, thoroughly sea -toned for two year:, h:,.= pt'ov't,l ro h,• the best shed for s'ni'ts of golf clubs. and blocks of persimmon wood b•-st for the heads, [ Outside the Rri`.i.h 1=1e, there are fewer than eighteen million white the ih:rtecn million square :miles of Cho Ilri•,ish Empire. An air mail s, m'v-d, will be started u•tly :n Peru. and the mailing tithe from lima to 1•,uitos will be jcut from -ix weeks lo six' clay's. The Carpet- agger vs. The Local, .,sinter Many business men, when considering the cost of any particular job of printing, look only at the small sum they may be able to save at the time on any ord- er. They fail to ask themselves what the carpet -bag- ger leaves with them throughout the year as compared with the local publisher and members of hie staff. He also seems to forget that if he and his fellow business men would get more of 'their printing requirements done in their home town the publisher might be able to employ additional help, which would still further swell the amount of money to be spent in the home town. Always remember 1 A dollar spent with a firm in a distant town is gone forever so far as its service to the community is concerned. A dollar spent with other firms in the hod a town stays there and performs many good services in its own community. Got your printing requirements from The Post Publishiuij House, Brussels