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The Brussels Post, 1921-5-12, Page 2THE FRITLANOS OF MANITOBA DAWN QF NEW ERA IN AGRICULTURE. Soon There Will Not be . a Habitable Locality in Canada Without Fruit Garden. In prefacing, hes address 'on the above reelect before the Manitoba Horticultural Society recently, W. J. Broughen said: "My title seem a 301900 mauy people who have lived in Manitoba a tang time, Yet to a com- parative few, those who know what the province :produces ht this way, it Is not a whimsical title but one which has a real foundation In fact, The re- eidents et large of 'Manitoba do not knowthe fruit growing possibilities of their own province, and I believe this may be extended to Saskatchewan and Alberta," Mr. Boughen, to use his own expres- sion, has often staggered friends of. bis in the salve province by excellent crops of raspberries, sand -cherries, currants, and crabs, and then modest- ly passing over his own achievements Ile goes on to say, "I never saw a bet- ter crop of apples than that at Steven- eon's orchard at Morden in 1919, when 300 bushels were harvested. The heavily loaded trees surpassed any- thing I ever saw, every tree Loaded to Its fullest capacity" A Natural Wild Plum Orchard. The Morden district referred to Is a natural large wild plum orchard and, due to the stimulus of the Dominion Experimental Station in the district, is now producing large quantities of the cultivated varieties, which thrive excellently and arrive at substantial size in the soil whirl' is so admirably suited to their production. Last year a heavy demand was met at, the ex- perimental farm by a splendid crop of commercial sale proportions. Grafting tame varieties on the wild trees is a work easy of successful per- formance, and the subject is treated prarticully and concisely in .t pamph- let puhliohed by the gnvertment. Tree., six year:' old have yield•,1 two pails per tree, and the tree, grow to advatnt:ege up to six by eight feet or nine hundred trees to the acre. The profit in this venture with Mune; at 42.00 per pail nt'y be easily estintated, wheat a market eggs,' to absorb alt the profile eteronntss the d .strict. 'thele are new many districts where the large nppie has been grown sue easefully, hu7 0 raw have been raised as far earth as Dauphin, and the trans- cendent teak and the red or yellow Siberian will thrive much farther north or we:;t than thee trap apple, Stave been widely and extensively grown with cite Inst gratify'ug sue- ceSr- The Prolific Sandberry. A itltle 1-nov: n fruit in Canada which has given excellent result, when trans- planted in -meniteha is the sandberry, wheel le .n reality a dwarf plum. It is exceedingly prolific if grown on light Andy soil. In the wilds it grows en dry gravel ridges or the pure sand, ani can he cultivated to a saccesstut and profitable extent about a farm- house located in such circumstances. The fruit erosses readily with the plum, and some of the best plum hy- bride are of this sandcherry crossed with the big California or Japanese plums. :Another fruit largely imported, and which experience has proved can be successfully raised on the prairies. is the low brush cranberry. It has been 'authoritatively stated that no fruit - lands pay as well as a cranberry bog, and the homesteads of the west con- tain thousands of miniature swamps, 'the statural ]lone of the cranberry, possessing ail the requisites for a pro- perly conducted cranberry bog. Suc- cessful cultivation in Manitoba leas led the way for other western agri- culturnllsts to follow. It bas been clearly demonstrated that the iniltvatien of the apple, the plum, the sandcherry and the cran- berry ran be sucee:esfully and profit- ably followed in Manitoba. This is the experience of the province's horti- cultural pioneers, What can be achieved In Manitoba has equal oppor- tunities in Alberta and Saskatchewan. In fact the irrigated districts of South- ern Alberta have of recent years made e Most remarkable showing in pro - (lacing a wide variety of excellent frutte, white aro now, to an extent, grown commercially, Numerous WIId Berries, Cattle and grain have largely filled the view of the prairie Partner to the exclusion of other branohea of Agri. culture. If fruit le a0t grown more ox• tensively it is not because of unsuit- ability of soil or climate (tor the numerous species of wild berries welch cover the prairies and perk lands before the advent of the fence and plough, effeetivelY contradict this), but because there has been na time for this culture in the busy day oe the plon'eor agriculturalist. An- other era has dawned. Experimenta- tion by government experts into the best varieties for hardiness and fruit- fulness is extensive and 8ucc0s840, andnew varieties of fruits are con- ; , i tlnually being produced by the expert- ' mental farms. With the steady progress being made in crossbreeding and selection, it is confidently believed by Mr, Bou• ghen that there will not be a habitable locality in Canada wbiolh may not have its fruit garden, The Shame of Russia. The moral degradation to which the Bolshevik) are reducing Russia is strikingly illustrated by two things that an American worker in the Near East Relief has reported. lie writes in the Weekly Review : The al'genlzation of children of ten- der years to spy upon their elders is another method of destroying the life of a nation. It is a direct attack on the soul of the child. The lowest in- stincts are appealed to by reward; in- nate vanity is fostered by the import- ance given to the work the child per- forms. Its accusations are apparently accepted without question.. Many in- stances have reached me. Two men sat on the same bench in a public gar- den discussing in perfectly moderate language the affairs of the day while in the neighborhood hovered a child of ten playing with a hoop. Suddenly a policeman appeared and took both amen into custody. As they were led off the little girl called out, "Don't for- get that it was I that told—number six:" Equally effectivemethods are em- ployed to destroy the decency and the self-respect of the rising female gene- ration. Young and attractive girls are organized into a band whose object it is to draw men into committing them- seires as to their political views. These girls are elegantly dressed and have unlimited money at their dis- posal. They frequent restaurants, theatres and other places of amuse- ment where they can put their attrac- tions to u.e. Young ladies even of the better class are invited to Jain this band with promises of high payment. A young girl well known to us was told as an inducement that a certain member of the band had by her skill caused the death of twelve men and had received In consequence very large rewards. My Prairie Sea. Ch. the ranch -house door is my bit of coast, And I gaze far out at sea Where an ocean of lush green prairie rolls, And the winds blow fresh and free. And the slender stakes of the barb - wire fence Are the masts of my little fleet, As it sails away to the far-off place Where the eky and ocean meet, As I sit and think of the wonder -world That lies in the vast 'but there," I dream of the treasure my ships shall bring, When their, homeward course they bear. 011, the winds are sweet in the ocean paths, And sweet is the song of the sea, For Iove sits close by the ranch -house hearth And he whispers low to me. ---Lachlan Campbell. Color -blindness has curious traits. If a color-blind man married a normal woman, the children would be normal, but color -blindness might appear in the daughters sons. In Denmark farmers are required to number and initial each egg sent to market. If one or two eggs are bad the farmer is fined; If three are bad he is boycotted, OUR BEST. If every man would do hie hest, whato'er his task may be,. exletelte0 would be trebly blessed, this 'world a eight to see. . Most all the troubles that we know would quickly rade 'wean and if you wished a slice of woe you'd have to hunt all day. No our best, but watch the clack all day; we're all afraid we'll do would be wearing bells if each one did his best, , The taller would not cuss theelute, nor would the elute respond, but for each other they would root,- wine friendship as a bond. The thieveswould quit their vain careers which get diem in the holo, and put in their repentant years restoring what they stole, And alt.Uie sinful trioks of, trade would travel galley west --there'd be no tar in marmalade, if each man did his best. This dice would be a grand sweet song, a joyride hi a car; our dads would , bums would 1111 the prison cells or in the alleys rest, for all men business for the pops, the sleuths would be undone; the p001051 man could buy bis hops and raisins by the toe. We do not toil with proper zest to earn our weekly pay; we do not strive to do last us twice as long, our grub go twice as far; there'd be no too much, as we our hammers swing, and so we've got the world in Dutch, and balled up everything. WOMEN LOOM IN BRITISH POLITICS PREMIER'S WIFE AND VIS- COUNTESS ASTOR, M.P. Feminine Influence is Being Exercised More Directly Than Ever Before. More and more the feminine per- sonality is coming into -British politics, and here, as in America, women are exercising a more direct influence than ever before, says a London des- patch. Undeniably they constitute an appreciable consideration in the des- tiny of the country and the importance of their part grows as the rulers of the state realize this and shape their poli- cies accordingly. With the assembling of Parliament after the Easter holidays the feminine factor is probably stronger in English politics than it has ever been in the history of the empire. An uncertain situation has been brought about by the new complexion of Parliament. The resignation of Boner Law and the rise of Austen Chamberlain, with many influential women In his family connections, has put affairs on an en- tirely new plane and one in which the women of England occupy an impor- tant place. Many Women Who Count. The question has often been asked here, "What part do women play in polities?" But now the question is, "Who are the women who count in politics?" The shrewdest politicians in the Government to -day will admit" there are many women who count, some who have a decided influence and some whose influence is certain to grow. In the foreground are women of vari- ous political and social standings, but women whose power strangely oscil- lates in almost the same manner as the force of the men high up in politi- cal life. Standing above all women in Eng- lish politics to -day are Mrs, Lloyd George, wife of the Premier, and Vic - countess Astor, the only woman mem- ber of Parliament. Until very recent- ly Mrs, Lloyd George has kept herself in the background, but with the churn- ing of English politics she is gradual- ly but certainly emerging as a charac- ter at once simple and large, con- spicuously genuine and inconspicuous- ly competent in the romance of mod- ern political life. This is the secret of her completely successful appre- hension of a position—the most vul- nerable open to a woman in this coun- try—to which she did not aspire. Since the PremIer's family has moved to Chequers she has come more and more to the front as a charming hostess, a capable wife and an intelligent assistant, it not an ad- viser. The old tinsel days of Downing Street, set up by Mrs. Asquith, have gone, but in their place has been created the influence of Chequers, probably as much broader and bright- er to the women of England as Cheq- uers is to Downing Street. In this at- mospheee the Premier's wife s3m1- balizes the spirit shown by the women of England in the war, a spirit which has meant much for the country and which has earned the deep respect and esteem with 'which women wbo now. move in Political circles here are regarded. In the recent by-election at CardI- gan, in Wales, one of the hottest.po- litical campaigns in England for sever- al months, Mrs, Lloyd George for the first time took an active part, canvas- sing for Coalition interests and ad- dressing large audiences. The Pre- mier won. And Mrs. Lloyd George continues to win more and more for her husband. In direct performance Lady Astor has, of course, gone further than any other woman of England. She has to her credit many brilliant perform- ances which have been a decided force to the argument that wainen have a high place to fulfil in politics. When she rises in the House her wit and mental balance command a respectful audience and her work among women here has given her leadership which, for actual service, has no parallel in English history. Mrs. Austen Chamberlain. Mrs. Austen Chamberlain is a ster- ling character in the backgraund, of politics, but her duties as the wife of the leader of the strong Unionist Party are bound to bring her to the front rank of politically important women. She is called a "children's woman" and perhaps has a natural in- stinct to retirement. As one writer said of her when Mr, Chamberlain was selected, "She is a lover of books, of her husband, of her home; in a weed— er duty," This kind of woman, again that simpler influence which Mrs. Lloyd George typifies, is what many political leaders think is needed in politics here. The days of old have given place to something mare serious and more dignified, if not less intri- guing, Among political hostesses the Con- servative group has long been, and still is, a solid and substantial one. The mansions of Londonderry, Derby and Curzon still figure prominently in sorest -political functions. Lady Lon- donderry is called a tower of strength to her party. Lady Derby has a high conception of duty and a steady pur- Pose. The present Viscountess Cur- zon adds much to the feminine force with her beauty, charm and gifts of entertaining, Lady Birkenhead is known for her "smartness" and, while Lady Askwith is a different sort of personality entirely, she Is almost equally important. Among those rapidly rising in thts category is Lady Cunard (Maud )3urke, daughter of the late E. F, Burke of New York), who was married to Sir Bache Cunard in 1895. Her memor- able luncheon party of Prince Lich nowsky at the Germany embassy late in July, 1914, when Lords • French and I{itchener met under thefirst length- ening shadow of war. Lady Randolph Churchill (Jeanie Jerome), mother of Winston Churchill, loses none of her power as the younger women rise, The new Parliamentary alignment will bring many other women into prominence and as they come they as- sume a place in political )ire and create a standard for women that hide fair to broaden rapidly. The One Who Sticks. The one who etloks bus this lesson learned, Succors d00041't cane by chanee—it's earned Bg peending away; for good hard knoclte Will make stepping atones 0f this stnmbltng blocks. They know in their hearts that they cannot fail; Titat no tll•fortune eau matte teens quail While their will is strong and their courage high For they're always good for another try, They do not expect by a single stride To Jump to., the front; they are satis' fled To do every day their level best And let the future Mice caro oe the . rest, For the one who sti0101 leis Leo sense to: see They can make themselves what they want to be If they will off mite their coat and pitch right in Why, the one who sticks can't help but wine Fruit -Picking Device. 'The old-fashioned method of gather- ing fruit was to shake the tree or else do the picking by ]sand. That sort of thing would never do nowadays,' Many contrivances for the purpose have been •invented within the last few years, and of these the most re- cent has been patented by John Ha- licki, of Dunkirk, N.Y, Briefly described, it is a pair of shears on the end of a long pole. One of the bandlea of the shears is fixed to the pole; the other is connected by a slender metal rod with a lever, at the lower end of the pole. When the hand of the user, clasping pole and lever, presses the latter by contracting the fingers, the cutting edges of the shears close upon the stem fo the apple or orange and the fruit falls into a cylindrical wire bas- ket attached to the upper end of the pole. Lying flat along the upper part of the pale and held out of the way by a clip is a saw, which, when required for use iu the trimming of branches, may be released from the clip and turned upward, being secured in that position by a bolt that enters a slot. Then and Now. A connoisseur recently returned from England with a manuscript of Shelley's for which lie paid £1,7001 It is said that the total amount Shelley received in his lifetime from the publisiders of his poetry was about $250. As one reads of the fantastic sums that change hands in the auction room to -day for books, manu,tcripts, pic- tures and other works of art, one Is inoved to moralize upon the differ encs a small part of the piece would have made to the artist in his life- time, Chatterton poisoned himself ere he was eighteen to escape slow starva- tion, since he was too proud to dis- close his utter penury; and new a few words from his hand would bring enough to support him ter years! In the last year of Schubert's life six of his songs were sold to a pub- lisher for twenty cents apiece. When he died, not .thirty-two years old, his unpublished music was valued at $2 and his whole estate was appraised at about $12. Septimius Winner, of Philadelphia, said "Listen to the Mocking BIrd" to the publishers. tor $35. They are said to have made $3,000,000 out of Re "Lives of great men all remind us" that posterity has succeeded in capi- talizing patriarchs who in their time found it hard to live. Seven cities claimed great Homer dead Through which the living homer beg- ged his bread, Guards Holy Spot From Fire. Provision for the protection of the Holy Sepulchre against fire has been made by Sir Herbert Samuel, high Commissioner for Palestine, says the Palestine Weekly. Ise ordered three portable fire pumps to be sent from England as a personal gift to the Latin Orthodox and Armenian representa- tives at the Holy Sepulchre, 0— Wet summers of Moderate temper- ature are stated by many doctors to be the healthiest. Angling De Luxe, RABBIT FARMING 91111• Creek, roaring down the steep Slopes of the San Motel - tains, 10 California, gains wibat mtgbt be called It well-earned living for It- self by generating eleetrie power, 1r- rigating thousands of arid eaten, and ovea euppiying water for fish hatch- ery. The butchery Is new, and the cont- Inertial purpose for wliieh it lies been established is oddly novel. It. breeds trout for fislhermen to each front ar- Uftcial Peals, Tbey come trout neat' and far fur the pleasure of angliug, sad for the lisle they take with rod and reel the pay fifty canis apiece. It Is angling de luxe; One may go on au ordinary ilshieg excursion and IN THE DOMINION ONLY A SMALL INITIAL OUTLAY REQUIRED. First Exhibition Was Held in Montreal Last March and Aroused Much Interest. The Cauadlan wilds aro feet disap- pearing ae with the ralsidity of agrt• cultural settlement the farmer In his get hardly a bite; but hero results arc ltorlllwat'd trend yearly encroaches to virtaall tarante but Tito Putt -brook a greater extent upon kltem. lnevtt• y ahly.uuet game diminish and the num• trout. and rainbow trout --are on hand tier of, fur bearers d}vltsdle—at ones limiting the00010es of the Dominien'e meat end fur supply and restricting its export trade—unless stern measures ere taken to protect thew, lit plenty, and nobody eau have an ex- cuee for going home without a sake• factory string. ' ` The pools are within three bouts' oast' ride by motor from Los Angeles. Cor,3ei'vatien is the hywcrd today, The arriving ilsheCmalldote not 07011 Steps for the preservation anti multi - need to bring tackle with hirii. Rod, plication ofvaluable game birds ansa line and suitable illce aro furnished, if fur bearers 010 ceaselessly advocated cleaned, by the management and encouraged, and ono of the great- The creole is dammed in ingenious est aids to Chia end has been the ex - fashion a intervals, so as to form pools tensive establishment Over the Do - overshadowed by wlilo55's. Na rugger—minket of domestic Cur ranehes, These tion of artifice offers it{elf to the Cas- have conte now to include' not only ual eye. A few clever touches cf na- ture camouflage the busiless' foxes, but muskrats, beaver, skunk, marten, and fisher. In the extreme The angler pays for nothing except the fish 11e actually catches. }Viten,+; north, future supplies of meat of au th'ed of the sport, he hands hie trout' almost illimitable extent are being over to. an . aitenduut, to be cleaned, 1 nursed and built up in maintaining the getting a receipt for them. He turns i herds of deer both th01 at "rib"' chands of Cho govern - e, musket, said rein - in the receipt at the oftice, and a box : Ment and private cm'poretions. . containing the heli Is handed to him,.There is, at the ,same Buie, one A payment of half a dollar apiece squares ills obligation, source of meat and fur production It coats -much less than the ordinary f whicdl to the present time has• been fishing excursion, and there is no dig-11'1'1e1y overlooked in Canada and appointment, ! which offers possibilltees of exploita- a tion en a commercial scale. This Is 1 tine cultivation -of rabbits and hares• A Clever Orang-Utan. l in the rearing of these animals there Windy, an prang -ratan at ilea New l !'s n double scarce of revenue, the York ?oologfeni Park, says ,1 meat and the fur. At all large centres Aerleux, allows surprising intelllgenet+,. throughout the Dominion the neat Par exninple, he]snows Pzetty trail' finds n ready sale at pru:itable figures, how to apply the .principles of lever whilst at it* Montreal fur sale last age. 1 saw him try to break Is stick Year, thousands of rabbit skins, which by holding it in his hands and ben).h1g I were ?hipped all tine way firm Aus- it, The stick was toostrong; so he' Iralia, were plaeed upon the rearlcot insetted one end n£ it in the hollow' and realized satisfactory links,, indi- pips that Ymuts his trapeze. T11at cating the opiicl•tuz:lty offeree to Iccel held the stick rigid; lie then pressed i production. down n the ether end ami snapped it Canadian Animals Unsurpassed. in two.o• Windy wIll'take to pieces anything in his cage that is no especially built to foil iiis efforts. And he does not go at it by main strength and awkward- uess; he thinks it cut. If a shelf is put up, he will take it down by pulling up the boards first and then taking down the traces oe supports. Ile t ill watch the carpenters while they build it, and then by a reverse process he will take it down.' see tried to get :seine pictures ate Windy. He watched the preparations closely and let tis point the camera at him. He watched the photographer when he raised the iia;rhpan and was •ire., ,. The raising of rabbits and Belgian flare; hu- Lever galeed a really secure !'acting in Canada, probably en 110- er tint of a reek ,•f appreciation of the 1:1ltt to be ,ltrived front the ;Amelia, but tth,o, trine s,•dly, be: ause the larger ph,:.,,:: e t' 'ail, il.lve :dr 0 araC• r apC ai, t.; tet itc1u- sten of file l:t:i:ilier i,rat,ches offerer entail r h,;t serer e impeneaticn, It Is an old end I:rain ib' . Iiidnetry 1:1 Eng- ; land, and bee rthe lir 10.gf,nio wag earning tart ten t 1 testes inilIlolt dollare it year *'4:,t hie , ouree. Aus- tralia reverie de i.' 1,/ Oda cf 111e 9111111 unineri4 t•1 elegl et .1 mere year, wile: re. fur and meat aro n ;ke milli. te:::1170tl, :1utAOritt3 Mae that, Bel• gnu b:nos 04i; ed in Cu Cada 11:tve 110 :upctiern b1 tee world, and that the ,'lily 5)1(001' 11,1103 Ilett Belgians an:, ut the 104..01 t time, raised in England and on the American eentuent. There is a opening for the h"lustry in rereads both ne a side line or as a 'hole time pursuit, and an engage - Meta In ih13 nectbSifite+n 11 tl ;i• ai•du- arts 1•tb,r nor an ext01:.,5e devotion of rise: wbihet ensuring ,t. healthy re- venue Pulinrizan dwellers can follow it on .t small scale with profit, whilst thee(' tlevutiag their entire time to it car secure teem five til ten Melee all• jarenl to may of the larger relttrea which are the naturai markets for Chill' product. Phare is not the 10111; v a:th n for. development eon legume .Ilan tie 1::itiation of other beam:b e of f:trn,itl;, An Economic Enterprise. One e,i the greatest il. iuceniceis the industry holds out to those of smell capital ;a the economic cora of 11,1 commencement and operation, the einaileet of oulleys only being eat:ril e•]. The expenditure en raising and feeding is low, there being ne expeu' 1170 110Using en apparatus, and the food being et the simplest,' lu tho case tf anemias being raised on a smelt til ole, it is pc -btu to support them &Attlee cnth sly oil the refuse 01 the kitchen; for the small ranch the cert is not 11111911 more, us the little creatures thrive on vegetable' cuttings, carrots leets and cabbages. The 0r• dinary summer fled is carrels and clover with a little giuin. 'there is a ready market to all parts of the'Dohninlon for butts the moat and. the seine. Rabbit heat is highly palatable and nutritious, Containing eighty three per cent. nitrogen or more than either pork, mutton, beet or chiclton, and is renting into 0110 greittt`I' favor o1) the ccntiltent. The flu' markets of the world dispose of millions of rabbit shins yearly to make their appearance later as eiectrfc, se:tl or under some other name, Leat years 0110 Mol:treol compai.) Imported Mule than 000,000 rabbit ekl' s from Europe, The first Canadian' exhibition tie' voted exclusively to rabbits was held hi' Montreal in March this year, land the Wendel specimens entered, num- boring 260, bad, the 'Niters which ex- ceeded 2,500, augured a great interest in the industry, There was. an excel- lent exhibit er raw and dressed rhinal by local manufacturers, the most no- ticeable being a collection of "Seafins" (Cando from rubhit alias) and 731riplea of skins dyed and tanned, A farmer' was originally one wet tett' uy surprise when . the flash went off. We got one picture of Windy—and cue only. He was Clever taken by sm- prise agate. The flash light frighten- ed him terribly-- hlintled hint for 1t moment, no doubt. after that, lie b•t i its arrange the camera. atlawetl the photcgtaphtr to Wee the tluettpan, but kept such e ever nye en the- plotcgrapher's finger that eith the fleet movement or that :l.gal he either "ducked or throw his hand up is frost of his face. IIS had learned from one experience. Ile lane -w that it was not the camera itself that had blinded ]nim, and It wee not ti.o flash - /urn that did it; at least there was no l flash until the photographer pulled the trigger. So he kept hes eyes fast erred on the photographers linger. That wan the thing for heir to wattle, and he kt:ew It. The keeper says lee wilt not forget it. • Penalty of Success. No plan desires defeat; and yet When 1n11 the balloting Is o'er The loser need no longer fret; Tyne winter Inas to work still..mure. The average strength of a liorae is `seven and a half tines greater than that of a men. The Irish tenses, which was to have been taken m May', has been en icfinite- ly postponed. A little boy at Sunday School being asked, what is the chief end of 141011, replied, "The end that's got the head REGLAR FELLERS ---By Gene Byrnes PsSK MteMMAsk. SHE 104)..RmD ONE! • collected taxes,