The Clinton News Record, 1920-4-1, Page 3THE FUTURE OF OSTRICH FARMING,
AN. EXCLUSI VE BRITISH INDUSTRY
Thew incleeteles were rdehit by
the 'War than that of ostrich terming,
Gradually the cleMatid fell off; then
%tine the shortage of boats, until
heally the trade was brought to a
ete-naetill.
Fortunately for the South African
termer, be was, generally !meeting,
long-sighted, eaye en English Writer.
Ne promptly got rid of his inferior
stink, turned the birds loose on the
lees profitable grazing ground and
Donverted the remainder into raising
crops which were suddenly in de.
inane]. Many or them devoted ewe
siderable attention to the rearing of
poultry and cattle, and England had
butter and eggs trona the South Atte-
eon ostricheeartner. I do not say all
of them tided over the period of de-
pression in this way, but the great
Majority of them did.
refusing to mete 0 catted lainafter
the loss of their partnere.
The greatest toot and oatttlen Lave
to be exereitiee by the renew In re-
nieving the eggs from the fleet, ati
during the breeding season the birds,
particularly the mele, are very vice
out, attaching aneoati wilo epproaches.
One of the marvels of oetrich life is
the rapid growth of the celees. They
literally shoot up at the rate of ten
to twelve inches a month for the first
five or eiX•moilths of their career.
An extraordinary thing about tbelie
birds'le the strange articles they will
swallow with apparently no ill ef-
feets. Crushed bone and bits of atone
are necessary to aid their digeetion,
but they will snatch brooches and
other bright objects from lady visitors
and swallow them. Even cigarsand
lighted pipes do not come amuse,
At the age of eighteen iffmaths the
Even when the Armistice was sign- male bird is attired in the rich black
ed those in the feather trap° imagined plumage which is the envy of 'Mee -
that some time must elapse before the titters outside the fence, and the joy
industry would revive. Thenall ate of the farmer's heart. His body is
once, without rhyme or reason, there covered with fluffy, black tips, while
his wings are a wealth of long, float -
came a change, and orders for ost-
rich feathers in every conceivable
form earne pouring in. Fashion had
ing,/islack and white plumes, the glor*,-
to-be of many a picture hat.. His she
decreed that the plume par excel- ter s are clad In drab feathere, which
lence was the ostrich leather, Hence are never so glossy as those of the
a boom has set in, and the ostriell- cock bird. The cheaper ostrich featit-
feather farmer has come into his own.
The rearing of the ostrich for its bird,
plumes has always been one of the We now come to the most interest -
principal industries of South Africa. Ing period of ostrich farming -the
Indeed, the ostrich may rightly be time of plucking. Every eight months
described as an important Imperial the bird to be plucked is enticed into
asset, for this valuable trade is ,ex- a small, wedge-shaped enclosure by a
elusively In Britieh hands. The firm- tempting basin of corn or sugar
ers of Cape Colony control the world's beets. The moment the trick begins
feather market. From their six hun- to dawn upon him he becomes furious.
dred thousand otlel birds they export- But in an instant the blinding
ed in 1913 -the year before the war- "stocking" is clapped over his head,
no less than 1,023,307 pounds' weight and he at once becomes as timid and
of feathers, for which they received helpless as a child. One man holds
$12,767,935. him, while athe other removes the
All countries where this plume is feathers. The larger plumes are cut,
worn now rely upon South Africa for but the smaller ones are pulled out.
their supplies. Even the 'United The plucking is done with the great -
States, which widely boasts of ostrich est care and skill, in order that the
farms, Ilea to go to the Cape for her socket of the feather shall not be iz-
feathers,letaking about 200,000 pounds' lured and so spoil a new growth.
weight of plumes a year. In the Scarcely any pain is caused the bird
whole of the U.S. there are only about in extracting the feathers. The So -
9.000 ostriches. defy for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Germany, too, has been one or Animals recognized thill fact some
South Africa's largest customers. In years ago, and deemed the ostrich in
1913, she took from the Cape 25,000 no need of its protection,
pounds' weight oe plumes, for which The plumes undergo many process -
she gave ;336,735; while another es, however, before they are ready
168,327 pounds of "undressed" feath- for the milliner. They are first thor-
erg, valued at $1,368,955, were sent to oughly cleaned in Soap -suds and then
lir from the London market, which, passed to the dyer. After dyeing,
of course, relies on the Cape for its they are starched, and then the
supplies.. Then it -is common know- piecing is clone by skilled hands.
ledge tkat she has always bought a Very few plumps worn are single; if
large number from France, who orig- examined closely it will be seen that
holly purchased them in South Afrl- they are pieced several times to
ca or London. render them heat"), enough for the
' When war began, the German mer- milliner's demands. Curling and comb -
chants at Hamburg actually told how ing complete the process.
-when Britain was defeated, and One of the latest forms of treat -
Germany had obtained a colossal war went is to glycerine the feathers,
indemnity -they would go to the Producing 'What is known In the trade
Cape and take over the ostrich farms, as the liseret, a light article which
which they regarded as a very valm can be readily converted into an at -
able asset. They tnemselves had tractive mount for a hat. • Then not
started ostrich farms in German only hats, but dresses, are now trim -
South -west Africa and German East, met with ostrich feathers, and alto -
Africa, both of which possessions gether they are mach in (lenience
have now been lost. Probably the
birds have been destroyed; but they
only numbered a few thousand.
Hence, in future as in the past, Ger-
many will only be able to obtain her
feathers from a British poseeesion.
America cannot supply her; and out-
side South Africa there are no farms,
except a few in scattered British
possessions, such as British East Af-
rica, Egypt, the Soudan, Nigeria, and
Australia. But the supplies from
these are too small to affect the mar-
ket,
en are usually those of the female
Princess Mary Has
Keen Eye For Art
•
A despatch from London says: -
Princess Mary is now making a col-
lection of pictures for her own rooms.
She shows excellent taste and Judg-
ment, and is especially fond of those
representing children and flowers.
Several of her recent purcbases
have been examples of black and
white drawings, and at the same time
The idea of domesticating ostriches she has secured several good speci-
and rearing them like ordinary cattle --
mens of miniature paintings,
first occurred to a Boer farmer in • The' Princess's taste and eye have
1363. Ile took a number of young wild been most carefully trained, for ever
chicks, tamed them, and, to the sur-
prise of many, successfully reared
them. Others followed his example.
By 1882 there were no fewer than
280,000 birds on the South African
farms, the number at the 'end or 1909
beiug returned at about. 400,000 in
Cape Colony Walla To -day this great
area of outer Britain boasts at 678,-
254 ostriches, the finest and the most
valuable in the world. The birds are
rapidly increasing in nnuabere, for the
industry is au ever-growing one. In
five years the output of feathers had
doubled.
On all the larger farms the eggs are
batched in incubators, the period of
incubation ,being forty days. An os-
trich egg weighs three pounds, and
when cooked it flavor cannot be de -
Ceded from that ef an ordinary hon's
egg.
The cook bird always builds the
nest, which is nothing more than a
round hole dug in the sand or earth,
The hen then lays an egg every other
day. Front twelve to fifteen make a
full nest. The hen sits on the eggs
tiering the day and the male bird
through the night. '
The ostrich is most exemplary in
character, and ' shares . the domestic
duties with his wife. Once he has
chosen' a mate nothing will separate
hien from her; and many Incidents
coeld be related of priSe cock birds
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I
since she was 0 little girl she has
gone about to picture galleries with
Cueen Mary, who is by way of being
an art connoisseur.
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MR. HANDLEY PAGE
The aeroplane manufacturer, whose
planes have won world-wide recogni-
tion and fame, visited Canada receatly.
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DEL,EGATES TO THE INDIAN OONGBES6 IN 4014130N
Lneft to right. Mr. 14. M, Hyatt, eol'eteeli Mollanullea M1, MaulattaSaYed, Suleiman Nadivi nad Mr. L'Ynd
Hoseal
We've trot said all that could be said
about organization, hut enough for
our present purpose, to show its neceta•
.eity.
As unite we are like the tiny wires
which forrn those great cables, weak
and useless, but when we group our-
eelyes into an organization, we, like
those wires., retain our individuality,
but unite our strength, and our use-
fulneis la the united individual
strength -the force that binds and
holds us together, Organize for
strength -but why do we need this
strength, this influence? For our-
selves.? Yes1 certainly, Professor
Leitehes' report of that "survey"
Proved that, as an Industry, Agricul-
ture is not upon a paying basis.
But not for ourselves alone. We
enunciate as a principle that•no man
and no Mess of men, nor industry con-
ducted by mettris entitled to national
consideration out of proportion. to its
national importance. Again and again
is this principle stated, now In these
words, again in others.. Approach the
question front 4every standpoint and
like a 'great landmark, this principle
looms up and has to commend it jus-
tice, and the "rarest of senses," com-
mon sense.
One of the first things for us as an
organization to do is to impress upon
the people -ourselves and othere-
the tact which has always been a fact,
that Agriculture is the basic industry
and as such must receive due con-
sideration by those who mate her
laws. This has been conceded in
words, but not, in action. Farmers
have been told that they are, the back-
bone of thq, country so often that they
supposed the orators • from whose
tonguee those and other fine -sounding
phrases flowed, really believed the
statements.
Conditions prove the contrary. Our
real beliefs are those which we set
forth in practice. And up to the pre-
sent time Agriculture has received
very little consideration indeed -end
the depletion of rural districts is proof'
positive,
If protection is necessary to build
up an industry, by all means let us,
have it in full measure for THE IN-
DUSTRY -Agriculture -as. 80% of our
wealth comes. from the land. "Con-
stant dropping will wear a atone," and
perhaps the re -repetition of that fact
will some day give it a place in the
"axioms" upon which our economic
life Is based.
National wealth and personal
wealth are two distinct things. A na-
tion of millionaires does. not of neces-
sity mean a rich nation -not when so
small a portion of the nation's wealth
is obtained by taxation of personal
wealth and so large a portion by taxa-
tion of the necessities of lite.-Mar-
gery-
BRITAIN TO FIGHT
TUBERCULOSIS
Health Ministry to Administer
Relief to All Persons
Affected.
A despatch front London says: -
WWI civilian mortality from tuber-
culosis at 1,634 for every 1,100,000 In-
habitants in Great Britain, the Minis-
try or Health, recently established,
has decided to deal drastically with
the situation. indeed, the patchwork
methods in vogue under the national
health insurance scheme will be
scrapped, '''slUnder this scheme the
money avail ble only permitted treat-
ment in a sanatorium for two or
three months in selected tuberculosis
cases, while other eases of the white
Plague had to be content with a milk
treatment in their own homes. The
insurance scheme was limited to
workers and (lid not apply to women
or children.
In the new industrial scheme It is
intended to make proved -On for the
whole British industrial world, MOW-
ing wives -and children. Relief will be
administered through county, munici-
pal and local authorities, while the
Treasury will provide $6,000,000 for
the creation of -settlements where,
tuberculosis patients may be treated.
According to the pleat there will be
nine settlements, each of 200 cottages,
where persons suffering from tuber-
culosis may reside and receive treat-
ment. In so far as may be possible
patients will be expected to work at
useful occupations.
A. similar scheme for the treatment
of dleeltarged soldiers will be estab-
lished by the 1111111017 authorities in
the near future.
TARTARS MURDER THE RAVENS OF
17,000 ARMENIANS
" LONDON TOWER
Archbisbc9 Bring( Tale of
Horror to London. ,-.....-
/1„ der1Pateh from London salvias -
Tartars recently raaisettereci 17,000 CHILDREN PREVENTEQ.
Armenians wilihin the boundaries of
gation of the Young Ttnits in tli9 THEIR BANISHMENT,
tho now Armenien State at the Meta-
,AzerbiJan Gpvernment, according to 1..........
Archbishop Rhein, an Armenian from Forebears, Sitting on Rana.)
Er?van, who has arrived in Leaden to
confer on behalf of the Armenian Pa,„..."14 L°1?ilsed,....°11• When
gaReimpuibnigiothweitshiturialtilildl ianutAlixoinritnineisit. re- tzneen was k.-xecutecl.
herded in Tartar vallages, and The historical Ia.:eerie of the Towel*
Three thousand persona are being
pm,. of Landon have to thank the eseekneY
Weekly Market Report tions of the Armenian frontier are
being held by ehe 'I'artara, according children for eaving there. from bane
iehmeat to the cages of the Zoological
Gardens,
to the Archbishop. Ho says that in Contrary to the current public
Breadstuffe
Toronto, Mar, 20. -Manitoba wlieat
-No, 1 northern, $2,80; No, 2 north-
ern, $2.7'7; No. 8 northern, 82•73,
Manitoba. oats -No. 2 C.W„ $1.01%;
No. 8 C.W., 97%e; extra No 1 feed.,
9714; No. 1 feed, 9611e; No. 2 feed,
95%c.
Menitoba barley -No. 3 C.W.,
$1.70%; No. 4 C.W., $L60%; r• -•4 -..ted
$1.87%; feed, T1,87%; all a in
store Fort William.
Ontario wheat-F.o.b, shipping*
points, according to freight; No. 1
winter'$2 to $2.01; No. 2 vvinter, $1.98
to $2.01; No, 3 winter, $1.92 to $1.93;
No. 1 spring, $2.02 to $2,02; No. 2
spring, $1.98 to 32.01; No. 3 spring,
31.95 to 32.01.
Amerman corn -Prompt shipment.
No. 8 yellow, nominal, $1,95; Ne. 4
yellow, nominal, 31.98, track Toronto.
Ontario oats -No. 8 white, 31.02
to 31.04,according to freight.
Ontario flour -Winter, in jute bags,
prompt shipment, Government stand-
ard; $10.25 to 310,45, delivered at
Montreal, and 311 delivered at Tor-
onto,
Barley -Matting, 31.84 to 31.86.
Buckwheat -No. 2, $1.65 to $L70.
Manitoba flour -Government etand-
ard, $13.26, Toronto,
Peas -No, 2, $3.
Rye -No. 2, nominal; No. 8, $1.85
to $1.88. ,-
Hay-Traok, Toronto, No. 1, $27 to
328; mixed, 326. Straw -94r lots,
316 to 317.
Millfeed-Car lots, delivered Mont-
real, freights, bags included. Bran,
per ton, 345; shorts, 352; good feed
flour, per bag, 38.60 to 48.75.
Country Produce -Wholesale
Cheese --New, large,,29 to 30c;
twins, 293 to 30%e; triplets, 80% to
31e; Stilton 83 to 34e; old, large, 31
to 32c; Do. twins, 82 to 82%c.
Butter -Fresh dairy, choke, 55 to
56c; creamery prints, 67 to 68c,
Margarine -33 to 88e.
Eggs -New laid, 57 to 58e.
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
40 to 42c; roosters, 25c; fa 85c;
turkeys, 58 to 60c; ducklainge, 38 to
40e; geese, 32 to 85c; squabs, doz.
$6.00.
Live poultry -Spring chickens, 80
to 82c; fovea, 85 to 40c; ducks, 35 to
40c; geese, 26 to 28c,
Beans -Canadian, hand-plekeid;
bushel, $5.50 to 35.75; prinies, 34.00
to $4.50; Japans, $6.25 to $5,50; Cal-
ifornia Limas, 16% to 17%c; Mada-
gascar Limas, Ib., 15e; Japan Limas,
th., llo.
Honey -Extracted, clover, 5-1b. tins
27 to 28c; 10-111.tins, 25 to 26e; 60-1h.
tins, 25c; (buckwheat, Oa. tins, 18
to 20e; comb, 16 -oz„ 36.00 to $6.50
doz. 10 -oz, $4.25 to 34.50 doz.
itf0Pi0 products -Syrup, per. imper-
ial gallom 34.25; per 5 ampenal gals,
Provisions -Wholesale
Smoked meats-41mm, medium, 36
to 38e; do., heavy, 29' to 30e; °coked,
50 to 62c; Tolle, 80 to rile; breakfast,
bacon, 42 to 4'7; backs, plain, 50 to
52e; boneless, 52 to 56e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 31
to 32 ; clear bellies, 80 to ine.
Lard -Pure, tierces, 80 to 8034c;
tubs, 8Q% to 81e; palls, Hill to 811/4e;
prints, 31% to 82c. Compound tierces
284 to 29e; Whitt 29 to 29%e; Pails,
29% to 29%,e; prints, 30 to 301/2c.
Montreal
Markets
Montreal, Mar. 80. -Oats -Can -
adieu Western, No, 2 $1.19; No. 3,
31.15. Flour -New Standard grade,
$13,25 to 318.56, Rolled oats -Bags,
80 lbs, 35.50 to $6,60. Bran, 345.25.
Shorts, 352.25. Hay -No. 2, per ton,
car lots, $30,00 to $31.00.
Cheese -Finest materna, 26 to
261/2c, Butter-Ohoitest creamery,
65 to 67c; seconds, 62 to 640. Eggs
-Fresh, 68e; seteeted, 54o. Potatoes
-Per, bag, car lots, 34.30 to $4.40.
Lard -Pure, wood pails, 20 ib. net,
31 to 31%c.
Live Stock Markets
Toronto, Mar. 30. -Choice heavy
steers, $13.25 to 114.00; good heavy
steers, 312.50 to $12.75; butchers'
cattle, choke, $12,50 to 312.75; do.,
310.75 to 311.00; do., medium,
10.00 to 310.50; do., conunoe, 38.00
to 38.60; bulls, choice, 310.25 to 311.00;
do., medivan, 39,00 to $9.60; do.,
rough, $7.50 to $8.00,• butcher cows,
elieme, $10,15 to. $11.00; do., good,
$9.00 to $9.50; do., common, 37.00 to
37.60; stockers, 38.50 to $10.50;
feeders, $10.00 to $11.00; canners and
cuttera, 35.25 to 36.00; milkers, good
to choice, 3100.00 to 3160.00; do., cora.
and med., $65.00 to 375.00; springers,
380.00 to 3160.00; lambs, per cwt.
$18.00 to $21.00; calves:good to choice
$18.00 to 322.50; eheep, 37.00 to 315.-
00; hogs, fed and watered, 319.25 to
$19.75; do., weighed off cars 319.50 to
320.00; do., f.o.b. $1825 to $18.75;
do., do., country points 318.25 to
318.60.
Montreal, Mar. 30. -Good veal,
315.00 to 316.00; medium, $10.00 to
314.00; Ewes, $12.00 to $13.00; lambs,
good, $17,00 to $18.00; common,
$15.00 to 317.00; hogs, off -oar weights
selects, $20.50; lights, 319.50 to 320.-
50; sows, 316.60.
PRINCE HE, ADS
ANCIENT HOSPITAL
Assumes Presidency of St.
Bartholomew's in London.
A despatch from London says: -The
Prince of Wales is now president or
the oldest hospital In the British Em-
pire, St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield,
founded by the King's Jester Rehere
in the year 1123.
The Prince was installed with the
sante simple and quaint ceremony
that' has prevailed for many years at
the welcoming of 0 new president.
Entering the grounds he was wel-
comed by the staff, students and many
patients. Headed by the beadle car-
rying the mace, a procession was
formed which proceeded to the board
room, where the Prince took his Seat
beneath a line -portrait of Henry VIII.
Here he heard read the charge,
which required bim to give earnest
attention to matters pertaining to
"the weal and advantage of the sick
and suffering within the hospital." Haw
Jug been handed an ebony staff with
gold mounts, the Prince seated him-
self in the presidential chair, atter
which routine business was transact-
ed. Later he made the round. or the
wares and chatted with the patients
who. are still bedridden, among whom
are a number of soldiers who are still
receiving treatment for athe injuries
they received in the war,
Record Catch of Fresh Fish
By Nova Scotia Trawler
,
A despatch fn Halifax, N.S.,
says: -Four • hundred' thousand
pounds of fresh fish, said to be the
largest catch ever brought to this
port by it single vessel, was the cargo
of the steam trawler Venosta, which
arrived. on Thursday front the Banks.
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German Ship Carries
Arms For Ireland
A despatch from London says: -
The British Government issued
orders en Thursday that all ships
plying between Germany and the
United Kingdom be thoroughly
searched, as a result of the discovery
of. arms destined for Ireland in a
vessel from a German port.
The Government seized a vessel
which arrived at Grangemouth,
Scotland, laden with light artillery,
rifles and ammunition, all of Ger-
man make. The ultimate destine -
tion of thq consignment is said to
have been Thoublin. The ship's master
has been taken into custody. The
.captain of a sister ship, also at
Grangemouth, was arrested at Lon-
don. Other vessels are alleged to be
involved in the plot.
Mitish Women Are
Liable for Juries
A. despatch from London says:-Wo-
mbn are DOW qualified and liable to
bo summoned to serve on juries. The
Home Secretary announces that
where the panel of jurors is drawn
from the Burgess List women whose
names appear on these lists are now
qualified and. liable to serve on Juries.
This affects all women who are on
the Parliamentarl Register In boa
oughs, They will not be allowed to
vote on their qualification until the
middle of April.
In all other Parliamentary constitu-
encies the jury lists will not be made
up until the end of the year,: coming
in force. on January 1, 1921,
Seal Harvest a Failure.
A despatch from St, Johns, Nfld.,
says: -Very poor news has been re-
ceiver' from the sealing fleet. All
the ships aro clean, there are no
indications of a paying voyage and
the outlook is the worst for years.
"REG'LAR FELLERS" --By Gene Byrnes
Nov4,
CAN "fot)
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IN 11.4
Deceinber the Tartars murdered 14,- .
Nnew, the mane were not a charge a
No Armenians at 01 00 in Azor- the governor of the Tower, but of the
bijan, on the pretext that TartarS Office of Works, the department Which
is charged with %he maintenance of
Government bendIngs, The mane de,
partment also lean charge of the ea
guns that are parked in the Tower
grounds,
ower
gFor the ravene have nee.cl, the
old guns as a vantage point front.
which to spy out those youngsters who
have come provided with the tit -bit
for the birds, with the reeult that the
keeper of the guna has found it twee-
sary to use the hose every morning
when cleaning up for the visitors.
Recently a new keeper was appoint-
ed, and he complained to the Office of
Werke regarding the difficulty of
keeping the guns and seats nearby
clean, and requested .that the ravene
be confined, at the same time point-
ing out that the cost of cleaniag ran.
into a el -timber of pounds per annum.
Apparently the, latter suggestie
ap-
poalad to the officials, who are at their
wits' end to cut expenses in the de-
partment. Therefore they decided to
banielr the birds.
They failed to reckon with the child-
ren of London. Immediately the newe
leaked out their protests- wereloed and
long and eventually reached the stony
hearts that contemplated the crime,
with the result that the decision has
been rescinded until further notice.
Saw Anne Boleyn Beheaded. ,
There have 110011 ravens at the
Tower for untold centuries, It is re -1
corded that the ravens- were sitting;
on the ramparts and looking on. when,
Queen Anne Boleyn was executed. At
that (late there were three or them,
with occasionally a fourth or fifth ats,
waiting members, on the strength al
tile garrison, and those were enlisted':
just like soldiers mid have their ata
te•station papers, Like soldiers, too,
issued to them by a beef eater every],
they have their daily ration of meag
.day at 3.30 p.m.
Naturally the ravens now in the
Tower are not those which saw Queen
Anne Boleyn bebeaded, for event
ravens are mortal, but they live to a
great age nild when one dice he or
she is replaced by some kindly donor
Ravens will not breed in the Tower;
they want more solitude and wild,
rocky cheat.
Originally there was 8, manned() al
the Tower; lions, leopards, bears and
these very ravens formed part of ft
They were all part of the King's stale.
and it was only early in the.nineteenth
century that all but the ravens were1
moved to Regent's Park and formed
the nucleus of the mesent ZnelogIcal1
Gardens.
had been massacred in Armenian
territory,
Rabbit Rearing a Neglected
Resource.
Rabbits aro veluable for their meat
and for their fur. Their flesh Is
wholesome and tender and, when pro-
perly -geoked, it is difficult to distin-
guish it from chicken. Not only are
their pelts dyed to Imitate more ex-
pensive skins, but those derived from
some of the more handsome breeds
aro used in their natural color. Rab-
bit fur is, moreover, extensively era-
nloyed in the manufacture of hatters'
felt.
In northern France and Belgium rab-
bits are as commonly kept on farms
as poultry. It is, therefore, only na-
tural that several of the best utility
breeds should have been developed in
that part of the world. Enormous,
quantities of rabbits are consumed
every year in England; indeed, the
home supply has to be greatly supple-
mented py imports from Australia.
In cities, pigs are objectionable be-
calm they are malododous and chick-
ens because they are noisy; rabbits
are clean and quiet, es well as easily
kept. Trtte, they will not devour the
home garbage in any considerable
quantity, nor Is it good for them, yet
they can be cheaply fed. They will
eat many 'weeds, such as dandelions,
couch grass, shepherd's purse, vetches
and plantain. From the table they
can be given the leavings of cereals,
cooked potatoes, and milk. But their
staple dlet sh.teult1 be hay, wheat or
oat straw, clover and carrots.
Rabbit hutches should be divided
into a sleeping chamber, which should
be tight and free from draughts, and
a more open space, protected by wire
netting. A. small hutch may have a
floor space six feet by two feet and
the floor should be raised off the
ground. For larger rabbitrles, courts
are used; these may be either paved
or grass courts surrounded by a fence
sunk deeply enough into the ground
to prevent the animals burrowing out.
Boys and girls generally take an,
interest in feeding and caring for
these animals. Work of this kind
would have an educational value and
would have the further merit of en -
'Ming the sympathies of the younger
generation in the campaign for great-
er production. Rabbit -rearing on a
more extensive scale can also be made
a profitable occupation for adults,
Great Britain to Loan
$25,000,000' to Belgium
* -
A despatch from Brussels says: -
The Soir says it understands that
negotiations are under way in Eng-
land for n loan of five million pounds
sterling, the money to be used for
the reconstialetion of the devastated
districts of Belgium.
Make Me Worthy.
It is my soul to find
At every turning of the road
The strong arms of a comrade kind
To help me onward with my load;
And, since I have no gold to give,
And love alone must make amends,
My only prayer is, while I live -
God make me worthy of 107 friends:
t
ere.
HERR SCHIFFER
The German Imperial Minister of
ustice, who has Just stated in an lie
erview that those who committed
Nwar crimes will be tried by him at
eipsig.
L
aeetteee
d A ket
eee.
Facts.
The number of V.C.'s anirde.1-11axe
ing the war were 578.
The population ef Canada is now
estimated at 8,835,000.
The best marksmen are usually 1
those with grey or blue eyes.
Eight rabbits aro estimated to eat I
or aestroy as mush grass 01 nee
sharftleoP(.0 than 30,000 railway engines
are ataneleg idle in c,1 Olin 11.1 'S repair •
s
1010Gr},100te0I s • 1 0 tt, 0 .) ahead te' that of
r Lenames peenlivin of 7,-
4e
Greater New 'fere.
The gold pcodustieu of the werll up
to the end of 191e e; (a -rimmed 10
1315eith.f1
00,00.1ile peesIble except:1 a of the
influenza germs, microbee „eat eal,1 to
bo easily Measured.
ltlason wasps are megeinceae creel-
eers, being espeelally expert. in cons-
tructing tunnels.
Olive trees known 10 be nearly 900
years old still. theirisb at the Mount og 1
Olives, Jerusalem.
While nightmare is said to be caps
able of causing death to a phye.ically.
weak adult, this luta never been known
to happen to:a child; yet children aro;
more subject to nightmare' thnn aclults.
Canada's Cattle.
Opr national stock of cattle to -day
Is, compared with population,' exactly1
in the state It was twelve yearn age,
Innimplest form, the number of cafe
tie to inhabitante for three typical
years was: 1908, 1,12; 1911, .90;'
19Tlialt.115.2,, the increase in (male year
by year hes only kept pace steadil'
with the growth of domestic P0111110.
tion; it has alloWed no margin for
more export arede.
Yet during those twelve years there
has been a tremendous expaneton in'
the overseas markets which might be
served by Canada anti all means et
reaching those marltets, Iranaportae
tion, shipping and marketing facia.
ties, have been improved.
Accordlog to tlie. returns of the Do.
minion Bureau of Statistics, the nun.
ber of cattle was 7,546,000 in 1908,
when the population was estimated at
6,650,000. In 1019, the number, Main&
Ing miloh cows, was 10,088,000, with
the estimated population slightly up.
der 9,000,000.
erltaltes Pension List.
Her pension "let (thews a little 0$
warlstio,i4(187towGidio'e‘avta,13zoitlaiiirili,
what the
rphatied ehilde
';11:1106anill!.°01°11'11PcIligla$'1,10000Othrlarderi-Lpetadente.
Russia ille death toll for the last.three
years only is estimated at 30,000,000
men, women and ellitclrete When the
whole •siee; 11 told it May antler
that the ever toll esseght en by Keiser
Wilhelm. the filreeal, Monate. to 60e
000,000 deed,
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