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Zurich Herald, 1925-11-19, Page 71KLETING .Of WORLD'S POULTRY CONGRESS Address of Mr, Edward Brown, Sept. 11, Prof. Brown, on rising, said: -111r. Deputy Minister, many have enquired, "What is the object .of these Poultry Congresses? Those who have taken part in the two previous ones rea5ize their importance and value. I know that in eveiet country there are peed - mists, men who can only see the shadows, and appear to have little vision of the future. These are met with everywhere. If there are any present, to -day and the result of this meeting does not convert them to a feeling of optirvism in regard to the World's Poultry Congress in 1927, all I can say is, as we are frequently told in the. OId Country, "If you can- not help, get oat of the way." The growth of the poultry industry is one of the romances of modern days. What it has done for the mul- titude could not be told. Instead of catering for the few it touches every' section, every class of society, whe- ther living in urban or rural districts. I could take you to places in England where it has been the means of carry- ing people through times of great stress. For example, some time ago, when in the Burnley District of Lan- cashire, where poultry keeping is car- ried on by the operative on a simple scale, the question was asked one of these men, "Why do you cotton work- ers 'take up poultry keeping? You are busily engaged during the day in your heated factories,and yet you spend' your evenings and other spare e time looking after poultry on com- mercial fines." The answer was, "The cotton trade• is subject to great fluc- tuation; sometimes we are working overtime, then comes a period of de- pression and we are perhaps only working three or four days a week. When that. comes, the keeping of Poultry enables us to prepare foe it, and also to carry on our homes with- out any distress." That applies also to farmers, because within the last two or three years farmers in Great Britain have declared that poultry was the most profitable Part of the opera- tions. CHANGES IN HALF CENTURY. Let me briefly call your attention to the changes that have taken place during the last fifty years in which I have been engaged in promoting this pursuit. Then poultry keeping was a sport, or a recreation, or merely a perquisite for the farrner's wife. In the former, of course, exhibitions oc- cupied an important place. So fares the farmers were ..concerned it was non-commercial, because the farmer's wife had no .rent to pay, and she got feed either for nothing or at a very email cost. That is entirely changed. . It is now a huge .,industry. In the United Kingdom the production has gone up from about $25;000,000 per annum to upwards of $22.0,000,000 per annum during the last twenty years. It is a serious factor in food supplied, although we have not the same consumption on the other side as you have in Canada. Like other pursuits, extension brings about changes, and, in some cases, difficulties. Now there is de- manded organization and broader views. .In this respect I feel in coin- ing to your country that I have no need to apologize for the poultry in- dustry. It has proved itself in Can- ada, as elsewhere, of great import- ance. When in Rome last year I was interviewing a Director of the Inter- national. Institute of Agriculture, and he_told, me that that great institution recognized tho importance of promot- ing to a much greater extent than hitherto'' the- poultry industry. This was one of the great objects of .the first and second World Poultry Con, ,gresses, held at the Hague in 1921, and at Barcelona, Spain, in 1924, and I wish to pay tribute`cto the individu- als, institutions, societies, etc., in al- most every part of the :world for the way in which they have responded as •a result of those Congresses. Let me say, however, that a Con- geese is not so much for .production as for interchance of ideas and ex- perience. cONGR>ss or 1927. I am not by nature a pessimist, but everyone who studies this matter, on the broader lines realizes that there are great problems • presenting them- selves. Those include economics --in which is in'o'ved the maximum of production; diseasefi owing to the dif- fusion of mbre intensive methods; anti distribution, These problems will command consideration at the World's' Poultry Congress in 1927. Last year -it was intimated that there were three invitations for that Congress, two years hence, one from the Dominion wand I would remind you that it is a Dominion invitation, and not a Pro- vincial one; that inTOlve3 a great amount of responsibility upon you all. Of the other two invitations,the one from England, was withdrawn aS soon as Canada determined to invite the Congress; and in connection with the second, from Italy, it was thought that at this etagie we must visit the North American' continent. Sindo that tune I haVe received intimation from twenty countries indicating their 'in- tent on to take part in the 1927 `Con- gress, and there is eager antieiration in e)lI parts of the world as to that great event. ,,e rets me remind you that the Can- adion .exhibit at Wembley in connec- tion with tyro flritish Empire Exhibi- i:3n has Whetted the interest of multi - London, England, at Toronto, 1925. udes of people, not only in Britain, but elsewhere, and has focussed at- tention upon this country. It is gen- erally admitted that the Canadian display was the finest in the whole of that great gathering, and you are to be congratulated upon it. You can understand how that young fellows, and even those who are a little bit older, finding conditions difficult in the Old Country, are casting ',,their eyes overseas, wondering whether 'there are not opportunities on this side which they may avail themselves of, You have the great spaces await- ing settlement; Europe the people, especially the younger life. One of the difficulties which we have is with regard to the young men who could not take part in the war because of their youth, "Mand who are net finding opportunities, and yet they have the material' which has helped to build the Empire. FUBLICIITY TO CANADA. My hope is to bring here those who are seeing new fields in this way, and at the same time to show to offi- cials in connection with our Govern- ments and County Councils and insti- tutions what can be done on this side, so that they may guide the youth coming over, There is the opportun- ity that you can only know by seeing. What the effects will bele may be, it is impossible to tell. The 'World's Poul- try Congress will give a publicity to Canada in every part of the globe, which, so far as my experience goes, she has never had before. The object of my present visit is to join in the consideration of the bases upon which the Congress and Exhibi- tion are to be held, and also to inter- view those who can promote its suc- cess:. .It is a great source of satis- faction to see practically every Pro- vince in the Dominion represented to- day. Let me say here you have much. to do, but you have more to learn. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience which has never been pre- sented to you. In Europe we have been carrying „out this work for hun- dreds of years and there are many. things we have passed through that would be of the greatest value. Just let me give one example. Two years ago I was attending a meeting in the United States where it was claimed that your neighbors across the lake had originated the idea of sailing un- Ifertile eggs because these keep so much better when passing through 1 the •channele of trade, there being, no life in them. I was able to tell them that forty years ago; credit was given me for having made some new dis- covery of a piece of valuable knowl- edge. A few years ago I was in the !old book room of theBritish Museum, and I came across Colurne_la's works. He lived :190'. years ago in Italy and I Rend that he had the same idea, be- cause he stated that if you want to Ikeep eggs you must see that they are from non -mated hens. Therefore, "there is nothing new under the sun." CANADA'S FINE DISPLAY. I appeal for united effort in Can- ada. Your country has a great op- portunity. The birds that were dis- played from the Dominion at -Barce- lona last year commanded the admira- tion of people from every country, and, considering that they had travel- led in some cases more than 5,000 miles, they were in splendid condition. It may be that with your harder cli- mate we shall draw upon Canada for the rejuvenation of stocks of poultry in different parts of the world which have been weakened, either by condi- tions or excessive breeding. Let me say that you can arouse interest, but you must justify it. It is for you in unity to do all within your power .to make this the greatest gathering that theworld has ever seen, and I should I like to odd that •although :the Con- gress might be splendidly ',organized, as I am sure it will be, the Exhibition at Barcelona was one of the finest dis- plays that I have ever been permitted to attend. Therefore you have •to put your best foot forward to , justify what you are doing. Cultivation of Medicinal Plants. A farmer in Northern Ontario with sonie knowledge of .physics says he would like to try the caAivation for market of what are called drug plants. He can hardly do better in, the first instance than send to the Publications Branch of the Dept. of 'Agriculture at Ottawa for a free copy of Bulletin No. 86, "Medicinal Plants and Their Cultivation in Canada" There he wiul not oniy glean all particulars about the d'i:. tivation of these plants but also final that there are some pre- liminary ..considerations that need careful attention if success is to be achieved. The quantity used in com- merce is comparatively small of many of these plants and consequently the area used, on a farm will be of like talib'ro and hand labor wig!: have to be main;:y used. Agaie if the soil and climate are suitab:ie the question of cost and resu:ting profit should have close, attention. There is mere possibility of a bet- ter \standard of living through the expenditure of the old dellar,othan in the 'acquisition of another dolar. r Out of the 24,350,000 families of the il'nited Stites, over 11,000;000 :own their own hot 'eil, • Peter bireuchen, noted. Danish explorer, who was recently found to Baffin's Land after being missing for four years. He will make another polar trip, but this time by airplane. We Use Our Silo for a Water Tank. For several years our water supply consisted of a spring of hard wateb, about 50 feet to the rear of the house, and a small stream. about 100 feet below the house. During our second year we built a hollow -tile silo', 10x24, at the barn, which stands on ground 20 feet higher than the house and 220 ;feet distant. We used the silo three years, then for various reasons dis- continued it. It stood idle for three years when I decided to put it to use. One day I went to town with my team and wagon, got a few bags of. cement, a quantity of old brick, some galvanized -iron pipe,_ two faucets, cast-iron sink, etc., and made arrange- ments for the hardware man• to come out and spout the barn so as to run the water into the silo. I then got part of a load of sand. We dug a trench from house to silo, and in the trench we laid the gal- vanized -iron pipe deep enough to pre- vent freezing. One end of pipe enter- ed the bottom of the silo, and over this end we placed a galvanized -wire screen. The other end 'entered the 'house via the cellar and went up into the kitchen; on this end, in the kit- chen, we placed one of the faucets. Beneath this we placed the sink. The other faucet we placed in the bottom of the silo doorway, which we filled up with cement, mortar and brick, giving it a plaster coat on the inside. A few days later the hardware man I came and spouted the barn and short- ly afterward a shower of rain started our soft -water system, which has given splendid. service• for nearly three years. There was not a cent for up- keep until a few days ago when the mercury dropped to 36 deg. F. below zero and the pipe that comes up into the kitchen froze and burst. It cost 60 cents to repair this damage. While 'repairing the pipe we put in a shut- off (cost $1.70) in the cellar, so that future trouble from freezing can be prevented. We did all the work our- selves except spouting the barn. The x:ost of everything was a little less than $60. .It was the best $60 invest= ment I ever made.—Howard R. Lane. — is Chemical Fire -Engine for Rural Use. Our farm lies some two miles from a small country town that has a popu- lation of about 1,000. This town has no municipal water plant. It does have a fire department, however. It has a number of large cisterns at strategical locations about the town and they supply the water, The fire -fighting equipment, consist- ing onsisting of motor -driven pump, hose -cart, and ladder -truck, are always drawn to the fire by hand or by being hitched behind some available automobile or truck. There are no paid firemen. In- stead the business men of the town constitute a volunteer fire squad for manning the equipment, though there is a fire chief and one or two other regularly -elected officers to look after the equipment and have charge at a fire. The equipment is housed in the municipal building. A little over four years ago the town and some 200 surrounding farm- ers agreed on an arrangement where- by a chemical car was added to the town fire equipment and was to be used as a community protection. The farmers bought the car and the town • maintains, provides the chemicals, and ''houses it. It cost each farmer $8.80 when the car was purchased, and there was no further charge. TELEPHONING ALARMS. Almost every farmer has a phone, so that if a Are occurs at any one of these 200 farm homes, the alarm is telephoned in to the operator, who im- mediately gives the alarm in town. Immediately the members of the town volunteer squad man the car and hasten into the country to the fire. The car is equipped with two large chemical tanks. Extra chemical is always carried along, so that when one of the tanks becomes exhausted it can be recharged while the other one is being used. Once the car reaches the fire it can throw an uninterrupted stream of chemical for any length of time. The car has never had occasion to visit our farm, but we are well pleas- ed with the arrangement and the good it has done for other farmers. We feel that the original cost was small in comparison with the added protec- tion it gives our farm buildings. We have talked to a lot of the other farm members and all seem well satisfied with the arrangement after these four years of operation. And it seems that this mutual ar- rangement between country towns and surrounding farmers is growing in popularity. We have learned of sev- eral communities that have recently adopted the scheme, one of which purchased a $5,000 outfit.—By P. C. Grose. I Catch Weasels by the Nose. When our chicken coop was raided last winter by a family of weasels, I hit upon a money -malting way of trap- ping them. After unsuccessful at- tempts to catch them in traps placed around dead fowls, I tried wiring small pieces of fresh pork to the pans of .the traps. The first morning after I baited the traps this way I found a full-grown weasel in a trap, caught securely by the nose. Within a week I had caught the entire family of six. I sold the skins for 50 cents each. Mice will not gnaw the paste on wall' paper if powdered alum is mixed with it. TWO LITTLE ESKIMO BOYS BY CAPTAIN THIERRY MALLET. Hundreds of stories could be told regarding the hardships which form part of the daily life of the Canadian Eskimos, also their resourcefulness and their endurance, Five years ago in August, near Cape Duiferiu, two Eskimos started paddling in their kayaks along the shore, Each man in his little craft had his son—one five years old, the other seven. After a few hours, they decided to go to some islands six miles off shore to look for sea -gulls' eggs. Not caring to take the two children' out so far, in case a storm came up, they left them on the beach and told' them to wait. The two 1itt:•e boys remained there all day. Night came. They huddled together, shivering, in the lee of a rock. When dawn appeared there wgre no signs of the two men. Another clay and another night passed; sti 1 the children waited, feeding on sea- weed and small shell fish which they. found ebony; the beach. When tho third day came they de- cided to walk back; following the shore, .to the tribe. Going round the hays, climbing up and down huge slides of reeks, walking inland each a place to ford them, those two boys— aged five and seven respectively— never lost heart. Picking up on the beach what they could find to eat, they eventually got back to the tribe• after two days and nights of constant traveling. They were footsore, . wet f'o the bof!', and famished. They gave the alarm and a small party df menpaddled immediately to the islands. There .they found the two men marooned amidst hundreds of nests on which they had been feed- ing. ' It appears that on their arrival, four days before, they had at first gone to sleep on the beach in the sun, leaving their kayaks partly out of the water. The tide rose and the two kayaks drifted out of sight. They had suffered no hardships—having-plenty of food and being confident that event- ,ually some one would come to look for them, p~urthortnere, they ditl not feel anxious about the children. In their minds, a thirty mile 'Walk alone on the rugged seashore, the fording of three swift rivers, and the lack of food ands the exposure during four consecutive 1 days and nights, could not possibly time they found rivers which they i harm two little Eskimo boys of five could net swim until . they discovered CHIOIiE-COLORS,TOsurr YOUR.TYPE A highly colored blonde will find it easier to select suitable coir oenabin'a- tions in planning her wardrobe than will her brunette aster. The }donde Who le inclined toward sallowness, however, must needs be careful, Every color suggests its related complement- ary shade, and purples, certain blues and blue -grosses give an added yellow tinge to the skin of their wearers. A blonde without much color looks well In white, transparent blacks, green, rose, and most blues, but must have co".ors keyed down or "grayed" so they do not accentuate her own lack of color. • The soft pastel shades are usually becoming to such a per- son. On the other hand, 'a. blonde with high color ean wear almost any color except` brown. Brunettes with brown eyes should wear . cream or ecru, rather than white, and the pale brunette should avoid grays and purples. Browns are best for both :of these types, and the taupe shades are excellent. The bru- net -lie, with blue eyes, sometimes known as the Irish type, oan wear almost any shades, including all blues, grays, and transparent blacks. Red-haired women with blue eyes and those with brawn eyes are differ- ent types and require different colors, though both can wear greens and browns. White and gray hair need their own peculiar color combinations. Blue eyes and silvery hair take blue, blue= gray and transparent blacks; brown eyes take pink, gray, various blues, and eavelii, black and purple, Navy blue miter almost all women. When the wardrobe is small- it is well to have most of one's clothing in a neutral but becoming color and dee Iain variety by means of trimming.' 1laads, rings.and pine offer ways ofd introducing the proper color harmony to bo worn with a certain garment':' While we all realize the economy of an alis -black, all -blue or all -brown' wardrobe, we niay tire of it and long for e. little change, A bit of varlet)",, eau be introduced in the hat trimming and repeated in a string of beads or a pin. A hat facing, or a feather inl old blue, with beads in the same shade of blue, makes quite a difference in a black or navy-blue costume. A scarf to match increases the wearer's satin -1 faction. The use of orange, ecru or, gold with brown is quite as happy,' while silver is delightful with black.' If gray gloves and gray silk stock-, ings are add'od to the black-andLsilver costume, the harmony is complete. If the the you happen to own faill in this harmony, it is much better not: to wear them. If a little thought be given to beads and jewelry when. the' outfit is planned, these ornaments can; take the place of trimming to give are interesting accent, to the costume.! Such charming effects can be obtained' through the right choice of jewel'ryi and ornaments that it' is unfortunate,' when a woman wears jewelry just be- cause she has it, that it does not Suit the time, the place, the dress or the Wearer. Nature's Lesson. The pink apple blossom is just out of reach, Though you stand on the tips of your toes— A lesson has Nature she wishes to teaoh, You will learn it before Autumn goes. Strive not for the blossom, nor weep at defeat, But patiently wait for awhile, All things come in time, and the mo- ments are fleet, Soon blossoms will give place to a smile. The blossoms will die, but the good fruit will grow, It will ripen in sun and in rain; The weight of the apple will bend the bow low— And the waiting will be to your gain. Seek not the bright buds that will fade in a day, But await the sweet fruit God will send— The buds may be high, and be out of your way, While the boughs at the harvest will bend. —Peter W. Pitcher. _-.. a For That Rainy Day. *I do not know of a method whereby returns from farming can be made uniform year after year. But I do know that it is possible for farmers to lay aside in years of good profits reserves upon which they can draw in years that are not so good. I cannot help but feel that too many farmers have reinvested their surplus earn- ings in high-priced ?and when they should have kept at least a part of them in more liquid reserves upon which they could readily draw in times of depression.—S. O. Better Health for the Kiddies. I beHeve quality and carefulness in wrapping has most to do with the schoall lunch. Poor bread and poor butter would spoil the best lunch, and I think I am safe in adding, vice - versa. Rea ly, I think the coed breakfasts and suppers are hurting the children much more than cold dinners. Too many are allowed to eat a large meal from the cupboard as soon as they get home from school, and do not want their warn supper. Let's have quality first.—Mrs. L. L. H. My Button Pins... I never have to hunt buttons now. All my old hat pins have been pressed into service, each carrying buttons of ono vraiety securely held in place by a cork on the point of the pin. The button pins, as I &ill them, are laid in one long row in a flat box so I can sea at a glance just what I want.— Mrs. A. E. Enerson, GRACEFUL JUMPER t DOCK. Paris sponsors the jumper type of frock for every occasion, and modish preference is given to velveteen for the newest blouse ensembles. Inverted plaits at the centre front and side .seams give an enchanting swing to the skirt, which is joined to a bodice top. The youthful blouse has a plain back extending over the shoulder in yoke effect, to which the front is soft- ly gathered. Faille silk fashions the fitted collar, the flat plait at the front, the cuffs and the top of the inset pockets. The diagram pictures the simple design of the blouse Ne. 1044, which is in sizes 84, 36, 38, 40 and 42 inches bust. Size 38 bust requires 2% yards of 86 -inch or 40 -inch ma- terial. The .skirt, No. 1033, is joined to a bodice top, and is in sizes 34, 36, ' 88, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. Size 88 bust requires 1% yards of 36 -inch or 40 -inch material for the skirt, and 1% yards lining for the bodice. Price 20 cents each. Many styles of smart apparel may be found in our Fashion Rook. Our designers originate their pattenns in the heart of the style centres, and their creations are those of tested popularity, brought within the means of the average woman, Price of the book 10 cents the copy. • rIIow TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain- ly, giving number and size of such I patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and ! nddres§ your order to Pattern Dept, I Wilson Publishing CG., 73 West Ade - i laide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. Cannes, dah..as, etc.: As• soon as 1 the top of caunas, dahlias, gladioli, caladium", and similar plants Are kill - td by the, frost, the roots or bulbs Ishould be dug and stored in a cellar, j where the temperature w l remain .about 55 deg. F. an 4 should neer go below 60 or above 00 deg. P. No more. • . 1 earth should bo shaken from the ' , '-' '�. i chum s of canoes and dahlias than is necessary ,to remove there from the I• :, n s can be r:+.aced en � ground, The p h t, ca 1 "Well, I suppose you've still boss In ; racks or in a,:at boxes so the air .can your own home?„ circa:ate freely through them. No :em :n--•th,• family %sIs "Why, of croi.�r..e T •a t t c y frost must reach i1i.. roots, nor must still away at the skore." 1 they become tom warm or dry; Was ✓till 'Boss.