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The Seaforth News, 1934-02-08, Page 7ere andThere11 LL THURSDAY, ITEM/ARV 8, 1934 THE SEAFORTH NEWS. pn PAGE' SEVEN pa:�n u..�aa�rr��an.�>.n.•etrn��ut�—�a+t�—en�uu�u � 1 1 1 I I. i I I The Seaforth News 1 Duplicate Monthly Statements We can save you money on Bill and Charge Forms, standard' sizes to fit ledgers, white or colors. It will pay you to see our samples. Mso best quality 'Metal Hinged Sec- tional Post Binders and Index. gi. Phone 84 n�nu—•—ua.�•un�nu�nw�rn�tm�—•vnv.--.an.•�nw�e� A DOLLAR'S WORTH Clip' this coupon and mail it with$) for a six weeks' trial subscription to THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Published byBoston Mas aahu alts EV 8. A.trrs Somisrx In it y0u will find the daily good news of the world from its Doe spootOl writers, na wellace sae departments devoted to womon'a and cbtl welt, interests, sports, mush, finance, edacatlon, radio,. etc 'lou Will be glad to welcome Into your borne so and fearless an advocate at peace and res. prohibition. 505 don't miss snubs, Our Dog, and the sundial and the other features. TAE CHRISTIAN send e0r5000 weeks'MONITOR. Bask Bay station, Boston, MOM. Please send moa six weeks' trial subscription. I enclose one dollar (01). t9 (Name, 010000 print) c��eC (Address) • (Tong) _ (State) „ et..? Popularity of Canadian tobacco an the United Kingdom is increas ing. For the . eight months to August last, 8,950,568 lbs. of Can- adian tobacco valued at $2,545,380 was exported to Great Britain as compared with 4,917,129 lbs, val- ued at 61,429,892 exported in the same period of 1931. The Canadian silver production in 1931 was approximately 201/0 million ounces, or 10,6 per cent. of the world's computed produc- tion or 196 miliion ounces, Can- ada has for many years ranted third amongst the silver -produc- ing oountiresof the world, being exceeded by Mfexico and the Unit- ed States. New Brunswick is to stage the North American Cover Dog. In- ternational ^'rials as an annual sporting event. Success of twe days' trial concluded at Peters- vllle recently, has brought about formation of a permanent dog fanciers and owners association which has fixed dates for 1933. Photographs of Bangkok's shrines, temples, statues, and other places of interest in Siam taken during world cruises by Canadian Paeifio liners, are be. ln•g taken .to Bangkok for Bing Prajadhipok by tho Siamese Con- sul -General in Canada, who sail- ed for the Far East on the Em- press of Asia recently. Hon. Herbert M. Marler, Can- adian Minister to Japan, left for Tokio recently aboard the Em- press of Asiaafter a two-month vacation in Canada, strong in the belief that the Dominion is on the threshold of great trade developments in the East. With 500 million people in Japan and China, the possibilities, said the 'Minister, are incalculable. China is on the eve of an era of tremendous development in railway expansion, engineering works and general trade, in the opinion of Major W. S. Nathan, chairman of the Pekin syndicate, who recently sailed on the Em- press of ')an Frain Shanghai to Victoria en runte for England. Rationalization and expansion of China's railcar •" would be the first step in t:_I.5 expansion, he stated. Three months in the unexplor- ed 'regions of t'.i^ Fairweath^r, Range in Alaska, n 0th mount^ln climbing airplane explorations, and ski-ing, was the unusual sunrmor holiday of a party of Harvard undergraduates. headed by H. Bradford Washburn, Jr,, press rnt or the Tlarvard Moon- Mine- r I rig oon-t:nane•rin, (''iib, rho returned on C',tu;lian P •ific Imferial'train to his Alma (later recently. "We had bad luck with weather and snow, said Mr. Washburn, but otherwise the party is bringing 'back some very interesting mov- ,u g pictures of their experi- • distils 073), • BIDEDING BEES FOR WINTER. Bee That They Are First Carefulle Fed With Well Prepared Syrup --Carefully Replace Pack- ing for Winter Stand. At all times during summer and early autumn care ahoutd be taken to Igoe that colonies do not starve. So long as they have enough for daily 'stood winter feeding should be de- layed until the first half of October. Each hive should then be given all the syrup it will take. This may be .Anywhere from 10 pounds to 40 or 60 pounds, depending on the strength of the colony and the amount of stores it already has. The syrup is made of two parts best granulated sugar to one of water. Boil the water, then add the sugar and stir till thoroughly dissolved. The only points to be observed are to avoid scorching the sugar and to see that a�nne granules are left in the syrup to )start crystallization after it bas been stored in the combs. When feeding time comes in the )earlyy part of October, the packing is removed from over the feeder -boards and a number of filled pails or jars are inverted over the holes. If the days aro warm this is done toward: evening to prevent robbing, and it the nights are cool packing is put around the feeders to hold the brood- chamber heat and help the bees take down the feed. As fast as feeders are emptied they should be refilled, until the bees signify that they have enough by ceasing all work on the feeders. The latter are then remov- ed, the burlap, paper and packing are replaced, and the roof is adjusted for the winter. The feeding may take a week or more in 0001 weather, but should be gotten through with as rapidly as possible after it is once started. To Spray or to Dust Potatoes? The high efficiency of liquid Bor. daaux mixture for the control of in- sect and fungus enemies of potato foliage has been demonstrated in tests so often as to make its use gen- eral with potato -growers. Dusting has been used considerably, but care- fully conducted tests over a period of four years show that the practice is not so efficient as the liquid form of application. Where water is diffi- cult to obtain, and in small fields where it is necessary to use hand apparatus, dusting is advisable, For areas larger than one acre and with water and a power' sprayer available, then spray. Iodine In the Ration. A small amount of iodine is needed in the ration of dairy cattle for the proper functioning of the thyroid gland. A deficiency of this element results in goitre or "big neck" in calves. Iodine is often lacking in soils distant from the sea, and consequent- ly goitre is more prevalent in emelt regions than near the sea coast, Decaying sea" weeds liberate this element which is carried by the wind over the land and taken up from the sutl by the crops. KEEPING HENS HEALTHY DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION ' BOTS VERY IMPORTANT. In Wild State hinds Look After Themselves, But If They Are to Work for You Then You Must Do Things for Them. tContributed by Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto.) If poultry are to be kept free from disease their living quarters will re- quire as much attention as those of other stock. The specialists give the poultry this attention and more, but the great majority of poultry -keepers neglect the housing conditions. First of all the house should be supplied with drainage that will ins sure a dry floor at all times. Damp- ness promotes the growth of bacteria and makes birds subject to colds, coup and other diseases. Ventilation without drafts is very necessary, fresh alr coming in and foul air go- ing out. Largo amounts of moisture are eliminated from the lungs o, birds. There are no sweat glands and the bird metabolism is much more intense than it 'is with other farm animals. The exhaled moisture must be removed or the house will become damp and unsanitary. Pro- vide four square feet per bird, face the. house south and provide a large, open front through which the sun's rays can enter and reach every inch of door space, Arrange the interior of the house to facilitate easy 01ean ing and disinfection. This means movable nests, roosts and feed hop- pers, that can be lifted out to permit a thorough cleaning, at least once every three weeks. The Runs. Don't fence in the poultry if it can be avoided. Better fence In the garden and give the birds the run of the farm. The green feed and in- sect life will do much to keep the young birds growing and healthy at no cost. If the birds must be reared under intensive conditions, then two fenced -in runs should be provided. These should be Timed, spaded and seeded to some green feed crop, be- ing used for the birds alternately. The use of lime and the application of the spade frequently will do much to keep the yard in fair condition. The Utensils. Most diseases spread through con- taminated feed and water. To pre- vent contamination, the utensils should be of asleh a design that the bled cannot get its feet into, them. Feed hoppers and water fountains clear of'scraching, and have a narrow platform on wh;lch the bird can stand while feeding. 'Vide platforms will mean contamination. One large lion - pm or fountain is emelt better than a lot of little ones. Utensils in which milk and antiseptic drinks are used should be of crockery or enamel. ware. Feeding utensils, if of such type as can be soiled by the birds, should be given frequent attention and Rept in sanitary condition. The practice of throwing scratch feed on the same spot of ground is not the best. Those attending poul- try should keep in mind that the bird soils or contaminates whatever ground it passes over, and the greater area of range the loss the degree of contamination, The chicken cannot use a fork or shovel to clean the yard or pen, in which you keep it prisoner. In the wild state the bird cooks after its own hygiene; as a creature of domestication under your charge, you must do it, if conditions are to be the best,—L. Stevenson, Dept. of Extension, 0. A. College, Guelph. Services Rendered by Stock Yards. The service generally performed by the Union Stock Yards and for which charges are levied on its pa- trons, is that of supplying a suitable place for assembling, sheltering, feeding, grading, dealing in livestock with all the protection facilities and conveniences needed for such oper- ations. On arrival at the stock yards the company accepts the responsibility of the live stock. Its employes unload and deliver the stock to the alleys 01 the different commission firmsto which it is consigned; the cattle to the cattle alleys, sheep and calves to the sheep building and hogs to the hogs building. Tho pens are padlock- ed until the commission firm signs and takes over the consignment. This is the service and protection the Stock. Yards Company render for their unloading fee of $1.00 per car. In addition to the services of un- loading and yarding, the Stock Yards Company supply and operate weigh scales over which all stock sold must be weighed, guaranteeing correct weights to the vendor and purchas- er. No additional charges are made for this service, it being included in the yardage charges. The employes of the company feed and water the stock when requested and keep the pens and alleys clean and in repair. They also do a great deal of heeling about the yards and assist the Government Hog Graders. These are services that have addi- tional fees on sone yards. The com- pany maintains a tramp department whose services are available to ship- pers at no expense in making ar- rangements with the railways for cars or in case of disputes over loss and damage in transit. The company also mlaiutains an office building for the use of commission firms, .banks and Government officials, so that the business of its patrons may be quick- ly and conveniently despatched. Lives - stock is insured against are while in the yards, for which 15 cents per car is charged against the seller of the. stook. The alleys and pens are also cleaned and disinfected againstout- breaks of contagious disease under restrictions laid down by the muni- cipality and the Health of Animal) Branch of the Federal Department. —A. Leitch, Dept. of Economics, 1 0. A. College. Beep eggs in the coolest place pos. ' Bible and market them often in hot weather. Eggs that are fertile will I Golf goods to the value of over begin to spoil in twenty-four hours $17,500,000 were bought by Allied - or less if the temperature is as high , can golfers during 19U. u 90 degrees. — GOOD D. DEER& All Guides Raise Money to Pay !1a General Headquarters. Gini 'Guides and Brownies all over the British Empire are doing their bit in helping to collect money to pay for the Girl Guide Headquarters, in Buckingham Palace road, London. It is only two year ago since the Chief Scout prophesied that the building would be the biggest bit of team work the Girl Guide movement had ever undertaken, and already the magnificent response of £41,000 had come in to prove the truth Of his words. All the counties in England, Scot- land, Wales, the Irish Free State, Ulster and the Ohannel Islands have been and still are sending what they can, and the response from the Dom- inions has been unexpected and generous. Within a few days of receiving the special appeal Bombay cabled for a door at 530 to be reserved, and don- ations of special interest are those received from places where there ale very few Guides, such as the Gold Coast, £70; Uganda, 210; Falkland Islands, £20. Gilbert Islands, with a company of native girls, sent baskets home-made by themselves, to be sold in aid of the building. Brownies are always very impa- tient to own a brick in the building, and whereas a company of Guides us- ually waits until it bas raised a fair sum to send In, a Pack will send half a crown for one brick with the prom- ise of "another half-crown very soon." One Brownie turned up at her commissioner's house with a real brick, which she put down with much pride. "Please, father's a bricklayer and says half a crown is too much for any brick, so here's one, anyhow!" As for the building itself, all the Offices .are completed and a full staff is working in them, The main hall and shop still remain to be finished, and over 233,000 to be collected, The Guides have set their hands to the task, however, and the walls are rising. GUARDIAN OF TOWER BRIDGE. Has .Held Post Ever Since Bridge Was Finished. Every Londoner and nearly every visitor to London, England, knows the Tower Bridge which opens to al- low ships to pass beneath and then shuts again to let road traffic resume its normal way, But if you want to make the acquaintance of the man who looks after the bridge you must climb eighty -nix steps to his (Mee perched at the top, Mr. John Gass, the superintending engineer and bridge master, has held his post ever since tho bridge wan finished thirty-nine years ago. He 1s now seventy-eight years of age and will shortly be retiring. In the whole of his long time on the bridge there has not been a single accident. Be- fore the war, when pleasure steamers were mora numerous, about twenty - live hoists a day were made• but now the number is not more than about sixteen. The warning that a ship will want the bridge raised is giren as she passes a station a, short distance away. Then traffic is stopped and the actual hoist takes .a minute and a half. THE BOYS' BRIGADE. Headquarters of Organiuttiou )Moved From Glasgow to London. The Boys' Brigade recently cele- brated its 47th birthday and the headquarters of the organization was moved from Glasgow to London. At present the Brigade is probably strongest in Scotland, and 10,000 have turned out to a Glasgow review, while London could only muster 5,000 for an important function, The total number of members reported at the recent annual meeting of the coned was 95,143. The Boys' Brigade started in Glas- gow in 1883, wben the late Sir Wil- liam Smith, who was keenly inter- ested in the training and welfare or youth, got together thirty boys. The movement grew rapidly, and about 800,000 ex -members of the brigade served in the forces during the great war, one of the New Army battalions being composed entirely of old boys of the Brigade. To -day the Boy Scouts have rather overshadowed the Boys' Brigade but the movement is bolding its own, and has a great record of service behind it. TIPS AND TIPPERS. London Head Waiters May Receive BG a Week In Tips A tipping census has been taken in England, as a res,itlt of which official information is .at lust available re- garding the tips received by waiters and waitresses, and such functionar- ies as the head porters at hotels. The information is contained in the re- port of a Ministry of Labor inquiry into catering trade conditions. According to this report, head crafters and head porters may receive 25 a week in this way, but 58. to 10s. is perhaps more usual. Tips are Mgh- est in the larger hotels and in -li- oeanad restaurants. On the whole Londoners tip fairly generously, us- ually on the basis of 10 per cent. of the bill, with threepence as a mini- mum for a waiter and twopence fora waitress. But waiters in other parts of the country complain that tips are now often on 'a diminishing scale, and that Americans especially, who at one time gave too much, are now going to the other extreme. Exporting Tree Seed. Canada is yearly playing a bigger part in Empire reforestation. Fifty- three per cent. of the tree seed en ported from the Dominion has gone to Great Britain, forty per cent. to New Zealand and the remainder to Australia, Ireland and other parts of the Empire. During the past ten years the British Forestry Commis - pion has ,planted, 140,000- acres of softwoods, the greater part of the seed having been sent from Canada.. MIR TAPIR. —I." Forms a Isirtk Between Elestbante and Swine. The tapir is one of the animals that form a link between the ele- phants ant the swine and rhinoceros. There are two species, the American capil' and the Malayan tapir. The American kind is about the size of a donkey, the body being heavy and poncelful and the nose extends into a long upper lip, like the end of an elephant's trunk. It is covered by a thick, heavy skin, almost hairless, and there is almost no tail at all, It is found in thickly wooded places along rivers in the tropics, and is an expert swimmer and diver, Its worst enemy is the jaguar, which springs upon its back from the branch' of a tree. The tapir, however, rushes to the river and dives beneath the sur- face. The jaguar lots go to keep from drowning, ,and scrambles oat. Like all cats, it hates water, while the tapir is quite at home in it. So the tapir keeps near the rivers, and feeds upon young branches and wild fruits. The tagir is easily tamed, it is said, and tiara about after its trainer like a dog. It is brown in color and has a short, erect black inane. The baby tapirs are beautifully striped and marked in fawn and yellow on. brown. One can imagine that they would be delightful little creatures to have about. The other species of tapir is a na- tive of Malacca and Sumatra, and has a broad white band around its body. The ground color is black, which coI- oring makes it very conspicuous. It has no mane, but a longer proboscis or nose. It 1s a bit larger than its American cousin, and does not swim. but merely wades. The natives call It "Hudu-Ayer," or "river -horse," Its hide is useful n s ul to make various things,.. but its llesh 15 practically unedible. A tapir is a gentle creature and will not attack unless wounded and driven to bay, when it will bite vic- iously. It seldom uses its ,voice, but can emit a shrill whistling sound. Its sight, hearing anti scent are keen, and it feeds al night. A story is told of a young tapir captured in the jungle, It was hoped that the 'vette creature would be- come tame. It did, beyond the wild- est hopes of the man who caught it. It became as playful as a kitten, and behaved much like one. It climbed about and thrust its nose into the faces of sleeping people, walked on beds and couches, and became a nuis- ance, As it grew into a large heavy animal it got impossible, and it was necessary to put it hack into the for- est. Its kittenish ways in a creature of that size were a bit startling, and at times destructive. So it returned to its sisters, cousins, and aunts, and peace was restored in camp,—Animas Life. THF, STEWARTS' FLAG. Seventeen Men Died For It at the Battle of Culloden. If ever there was a tragic bit of stuff it is the flag which has just been offered for sale to the Stewart Society. Seventeen men died for It at Cullo- den. It was the flag under which the Stewarts of Appin fought; and one after the other gallant men ma,le targets of themselves by lifting the fallen colors from dying men's hands. At last, in the retreat, a Highlands: saw it lying by the body of the ler: standard-bearer. The battle was lost, but the man could not bear to think that the flag should be lost, and lie found time to cut it from its staff earl wrap it round iris body before he escaped. We know what followed CuiMdesi many adventures as a hunted fox be fore he got to Stewart of Brilachn I and dared to show the flag. it 1105 been carefully kept by that ramie ever since,and now it is expected tie the Stewart Society will hang it be aide the Scottish National War Memorial Even after nearly two centeri , Britain has no tale to surpass the sadness of Culloden, and not sine„ then have so many brave mon We for so bad,a cause. The tr it is that most of the Scottish lord, who took part in the rebellion e. 1746 must have foreseen that the .Pretender would never win the crown, and that his defeat would cort them everything worth living for, Charles Edward escaped to the con- tinent leaving his poor followers to be hanged and his rich ones to ne beheaded. Those Friday Superstitions. It is curious that while so many people are convinced that Friday is a day of ill omen, others aro equally certain that it has every claim to be considered lucky. In Scotland, for example, Friday is a great day for weddings, whereas in England most brides and bridegrooms do their beet to avoid it, It is difficult to say why the Frient enthusiasts attribute to the day any outstanding merits, but we have not far to seek the reason for those who regard it unfavorably. It was the day of the crucifixion. In forme!' times, moreover, it was the general custom to arrange that tho exec' tions of condemned men should tato place on Fridays. Soso say that the belief in "unlucky Friday" is Inc t, the mediaeval legend that fairies ahrl elves of every description were er e- verted into hideous animals on Fri- day and remained so until Monday. Multiplication Still 'Venation, To tho rising generation as to the, old, multiplicat'nn i-, apparently stili vexation and the rule of three the school's chief perplexity. More pupils failed in mathematics in the Now York high schools during 1929 than in any other subject, according to the report of the city superintendent re- cently issued. In ono school 1110 rt, than half the pupils failed first -term algebra, while failures in high school mathematics as a whole totalled 26,9 per cent. On the other hand, loss than 5 per cent. failed in music and domestic science and 13 per cent. to English, though foreign languages demanded a student toll second only to mathematics. A new rayon fabric resembling linen has appeared on the German market. 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Emile St. Goddard and Leone hard Seppala, heroes of many hotly fought Dog Derbies, will fight it out again in the Quebec Dog Derby of February 23-25 next to be held in Quebec City. Ittany other teams have already regis- tered and special training events for the big show are being held. A tip for the encouragement of the younger ski generation is given by the Canadian Pacific Railway in the company's inaug- uration of a eeeclal school ago slit excursion at low rates to the Laurentians just outside Mont- real. The special was heavily patronized by the youngsters. Statistics recently issued by the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics show that the safest way to travel is by railroad. In a year's operation of Canadian and United States railroads only one passenger was killed out of a total of 469,048,529 persons car- ried a total of 16,941,246,109 miles. The old belief that women can- not wear high heels without in- jury to posture and health was described as '"bunk" by J. S. Brower, shoe expert of Milwaukee, delegate to the National Shoe Re - Milers Association convention re- cently held at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, A Canadian inter -collegiate ski meet, unique development in East- ern Canada as far as ski-ing is concerned, will be held at the Seigniory Club, Montebello, end of January. Toronto University, Ottawa University, McGill and St. Patrick's College in Ottawa are among the collegiate teams to be represented. Snow shovels and twenty below in many places fn Canada are re- placed by mashies and 55 above at Victoria B.C., these days where the sixth annual midwinter golf tournament swings into action at the Royal Cotwood Course Feb- ruary 19-24. Enquiries and Carly entries from ardent golfers in- dicate that again this year the tournament will be a big success. Silver Fox Breeders' Associa- tion convention was the first of three big gatherings held, at the. Chateau Frontenac Quebec City this year. It was simultaneous with that of the Canadian Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers' Associa- tion and was followed shortly after by the convention of: the Canadian Association of Tourists and Publicity Bureaus. Gratification at the way in which the public"is using the new rail "shuttle service" between Meese Saw and Regina was ex- pressed by H. R. Mathewson, gen- eral passenger agent, Canadian Pacific .Railway, Winnipeg when interviewed recently at Regina. He had had ample opportunity to view the running of the new "seveu.a-day" 'train service be- tween the two cities and was very pleased with the results being obtained. Makes illeeathing Easy. The con- striction of the air passages and the struggle ,for 'b:ne'alh, too familiar evi- dence of asthmad .c trouble, cannot (10001 or. f. ID; Kefbogg's .Asihnia ,Re- medy. 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