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Zurich Herald, 1921-04-07, Page 2CANADA THE .:141:ORWS,Ftift CENTRE FUR FARMING IS MAKING RAPID STRIDES. New Industry Will Aid in Re- storing Dominion Trade to Its Pristine Importance. The early history of Canada is co tained in the chronicles of the fn trade. It was the knowledge of th country's unsurpassed possession fine pelts .which first induced explor F tion and later development. years the entire population was i some manner or other connected wi trapping or trading in furs, and th money accruing •from the many erste prises was practically the country entre source of reve•.nue, Settlene upon Canada's fertile Lands and t. subduing of the land to cultivate gradually drove many, of the valuab fur -bearers to the north or luto thos regions which, from theirunsuitabilit to agriculture, retained witho change their natural state. The fu trade became subservient to agrieu ture, and, with the extensive settl meat which the past decades hairwitnessed, the border Iine of th profitable trapping area has travelle farther and farther north. Then, with the country facing a ultimate issue which approximate fur depletion, and with the prevalen demand for more furs, interest wa aroused in the possibility of raisin fur -bearing animals in captivity. O iginating in Prince Edward Islan with foxes, widespread attention cs to be centred upon the industry whe it had successfully passed the expert mental stages, and came to corer th Dominion in its following and to in elude many different fur -bearers tend ing towards depletion. As demand in creased and prices rose, more and more ranches were established, and though relatively a subservient Indo try, it is yearly attaining more im portant proportions. and aiding in no small manner to bring back to Canada its pies -this r.smineeee as the worlds 'fere-centre. The First Accurate Survey. The first accurate survey of the in- dustry in Canada has been carried out by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, covering the year 1919, and this shows fur farming in. the Dominion to be worth $3,963,591, comprising $879,665 the value of lanc1 and pens, and $3 088,923, the value of the fur -bearing animals. Altogether there were in 1919, 414 fox farms in operation, in eluding 249 in. Prince Edward Island, 48 in Nova Scotia, 21 in New Bruns- wick. 52 in Quebec, 10 in Ontario, 1 in Manitoba, 1 in Saskatchewan. 11 in „elberta, 8 in British Columbia, and 13 in the Yukon. There are also three mink farms in :'Nova Scotia, and two email raccoon farms in Quebec. The number of foxes on these farms et the end of December, 1919, was 6,433, with a total value of $3,013,115. Patch or cross foxes numbered 831, valued at $75,458, and red foxes 255, valued at $10,295, Of the total num-• ber of silver foxes, Prince Edward Is - lanai possessed 4,704, Nova Scotia 361, New Brunswick 472, Quebec 37.3 n - r of a- or n th e r- 's nt he on le e y ut r 1' 0- e 9 d n ..� ..and the worst is yet to co - � Save Money on Repairs. Indus In this tune of high costs, whei • economy is obligatory with the most of us, there are many little ways by which a dollar or two could often be saved if we only knew 'how to do various simple things. ter, it sticks at the 'x sill, and when ce 1 it is open rub the eides well with kit- then soap before you close. Do the sauce to a refractory bureau drawer, If a tile is loose in the bathroom or a hole knocked in the wall, plaster of Paris and water mixed together to form a paste will fix it. It can be used to cement in the the and to fill up the hole In the latter case, smooth it over with the side: of a= week� a bit of board, and when it ie dry' to a pieee of wall paper matching the pattern that has been destroyed and stick it on the wall with flour paste of ready prepared photo paste. If your carpet sweeper will not work properly, probably it is dirty. Before you send it away to be repaired try l giving the bearings a bent with ker- osene to clean out old gummy oil and dust. Often the trouble is with the screws which hold the brush, which constant jarring has loosened, and all they need is tightening with a screw -driver. If these things do not help, then the carpet sweeper needs a. new pair of rubber rolier- Often a big 1'11 for repairs can be saved by giving -the verandah a little needed attention. In all wooden houses one of the first places for the wood- work to decay is -in the joints such as those found in verandah railings, ' pedestals, columns, etc. Such'things You know by bitter experience how much money small repairs run into. One of the meet annoying troubles is to_ have the faucets in the kitchen or the bathroom leak or ,not allow the water to flow. It is not always nee- , essery to send for a.'plumber to rem- -,edy this. Often all that is needed is a new washer that you ten buy for five cents. Any person with common - ? sense can put on a faucet if the water is first turned off; The fixture which controls this is usually under the sink or in the cellar. Unscrew the faucet. take out the worn washer, put in the new one, screw the faucet on again, turn on your water; and nine chances out of ten you will find everything alt right. If your gas burner gives a bad bickering light, try unscrewing the tip and cleaning it out. Perhaps the obstruction is farther up, so while the burner is off rap sharply once er twice on the long curved pipe, as this, will remove any rust or duet that may have lodged and be obstructing the flow of If you break a handle off a dresser or sideboard drawer all you have to do is to take the exact measurement of the old handle and buy a new one and strew it in place. If you cannot match the old handle, put on a whole iew set. til If the ua„:. sticks and will not pen after a day or two of rain, hit t smartly' all around the casing with a hammer. If this will not start it pour a very tittle hot water where ntaaio 120, the Prairie Provinces 1 280, British Columbia 65, and the Yu- , Icon 113. Silver foxes born on farms in 1919 numbered 4,877, patch or cross foxes 495. red foxes 162mink 40 coons 2. , lac- I Over 2,000 Silver Fox Pelts. i i A total of 2,0:8 silver fox pelts of the value of $482,364 were sold from r 0 fur farms in 1919, distributed by pro- v is ces as follows: Prince Edward Is- l lazhl 1,570, value $369,194; Nova Scotia 118, value 328,543; New Brune- i gas` are generally set in place by fitting Rick 103, value $23,155; Quebec 84, value 330,525; Ontario 44, value $6,417; ttIauitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta 53, value $13,180; British Columbia 8, value 31,330; and the Yukon 43, value 110,020. There were also soil from tui' fauns 305 patch or cross fox pelts, value 320,914; 156 red fox pels, value 56 mink one blue fox pelt, value 365; pelts, value 31030; and 2 raccoons, value 330. in all, during the year 1919. the number of pelts sold by Canadian fur farms was 2,548, a Wee of 3503,549. As this is the first survey of the in- iustry conducted by the Government,' It is not possible to give comparative. i. figures, but it is oiear to anyone in j touch with the situation that the in- dustry, of but recent initiation, has ; trade rapid, strides in the past few years. Since 'these figures were tone piled, for ifdttnee, the Government hes given permission for the estab- lishment of many beaver ranehes, whilst interest has been devoted to the muskrat and skunk as animals te tsible of domestic rearing. During the course of the war, 750 English and 800 French airmen saved themselves front burning balloons by means of parachutes. • 1$811E No. 14--'21, small shaped pieces of wood around their bases, and as the rain soaks them the swelling of the wood causes such pieces to spread apart, which al- lows the 'next rainstorm to soak the base of the column. A small amount of white lead, and also solve putty to mix with it, will save considerable damage if it is applied in time. Then a little paint of the right color niay be used to cover this joint- not only for appearance, but for preserving the mixture in the opening. Wherever a nail or strew hole appears in the ver- andah floor, at once fill it up with the material just iuentioned. With cares a porch floor should last for years, No skill is required to make such re- pairs—in fact, the housewife can easily do so. I have seen cases where 25 cents' worth of white lead and putty and a little paint have saved many dollars in repairs. In many homes the leaders which carry the water from the gutters ind roofs are cemented at the greyed t level into tile pipes, which carry the U Water underground, either tothegut- er, as is customary, or toe safe dis- b tante. In time the cement loosens, t then falls out, •and foreign substances t get into the tile pipes. undergrotithcl a sn 1 stop them up, making a large t 1 • pair bill, The other day I watched a Irian , try for one whole dayto rid a pipe line ofspine obstruction. A little semen': anti a few small stone. would }lave - preverted any damage, and the leen of the house could have madethe repairs. EW IDEAS THT ARE APPRECIATE DAINTY COMBINATIONS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER WEAR MADE WITH A VIEW TO COMFORT AND STYLE ELIMINATES DLRECTOIRE FULLNESS AROUND WAIST These remarkably constructed garments have all the comforts of a salt ofcombinations with the directolre drawer style. v, 1f6 MADE IN WHITE AND PINK MERCERIZED Ask Your Local Dealer For Them. HAMILTON TORONTO STYLE 1864 •,.,,..y,.,_.., ,..: , � MIL 191lmaim vat. �M� �'SA� 0 0 d 0 HEALTH EDUCATION Y DR. J. J. MIDDLETON Provincial Board of Health. Ontario 0 Dr. Middleton will be glad to answer questions on Public Ilealth mat. ters through this column. Address him at the Parliament Bldgs, 0 Toronto, cg i i MIL i NM NEL IQ, V& Jel3 mi..i vas (Continued from last issue.) other people, whether children or adults 0 0 The temperature during the ran .period varies from 100 deg. to 102 or 103 deg. according to the severity? of the attack, and almost as soon as the temperature drops to normal the papules begin to break, resulting in the so-called desquamation. After this stage the progress of the disease to- wards convalescence is uneventful, if particular care is taken to ward off the complications which sometimes arise' he scarlet fever cases and bring about serious results. The most dreaded of these complications • are nephrites (inflammation of the kid- ney)' and inflammation or suppura- tion .of the middle ear, the latter ac- companied by much pain and causing a rise in' temperature, Kidney trouble can be best avoided by keeping the patient in bed for at least two weeks after the rash has disappeared and reserving the diet strictly to fluids. Rheumatism sometimes intervenes in scarlet fever, usually in the legs, and causes much pain. It requires care- ful treatment. During the second or third week of the disease, if conval- escence is proceeding normally, the patient usually develops a healthy ap- petite and complains about the insuf- ficiency of the diet provided. It is at this stage that the doctor in charge has to be firm with the patient as a too early resumption of solid food is table to bring on kidney trouble. Complications such as inflammation ol: the middle -ear are especially seri- ous an account of the possibility of deafness resulting, and must be given earnest attention by the physi- cian in charge. The throat congestion can be relieved by antiseptic gargles, warm applications, • etc., which the doctor will specify, First Sunset and Star -Rise. When Adam's eyes, childwise Through the leaves of Paradise First saw the sun sink In glory over earth's brink, Mute amaze awed his gaze; But as anon he walked the dew, More solemn still his wonder grew, When Night in hers his hand drew And, leaning aver Heaven's beach bars, Looked at him with all her stars. To Drain N. Z. Swamps. The New Zealand government is h planning to drain two areas of swam Although all discharges from nose throat or ear may have cleared u when the patient leaves- the hospital even a slight discharge of this kin recurring a day or two later mac cause a "return" case, that is, a case occurring as a result of coming in contact with the returned patient, Parents should be on their guard when the convalescent child comes home lest it develop "coryza," or a slight "running of the nose," for this is usually the cause of further out- breaks, other members of the family or neighbors becoming infected through fondling and caressing the child on its return from hospital. Some cases of scarlet fever show little or no rash and indeed little ap- pearance of illness, nevertheless these It was formerly believed that infec- hni was spread by the loose particles t' skin during desquamation, but this theory is no longer held, it having een definitely proved that it is from• he nose, .throat or ear ,discharges hat others become infected, To ire. n patient therefore to leave the ee itiohh hospital or place of guar- eut ne, it is first neeessa.•y to see that the tonsils no longer appear enlarged or inflamed and that any discharge from the nose, throat or cars is eoni- pletely dried up. All the desquamation should also have disappeared from the 'body, hands and feet, and in- addition titer patient on the day of: leaving the hos- pital, should be given an antiseptic bath and have all his clothes put through a sterilizer before being al- lowed to inix or conte in contact with' Genius is usually frayed ; at the trousers; Madiocrity is run down at tht heels; but Sueerss is always well dressed.' -Joseph d, Lamb. • , land, containing 60,000 and 65,006 P acres respectively, and convert them into glazing land. gerous to others and should be isolated for the full period of six weeks. The reason for this is that even the slightest discharge from the nose or throat may transmit the infection althoagh the illness is hardly noticeable. Mild or "missed." cases of this disease are the chief cause of all the epidemics that occur, they being just as infectious as the more severe cases. A. T. asks how to relieve chronic constipation. Answer: Diet and ex- ercise are the two most important things to deal with, Do not. eat too dry food. Drink plenty of water. Use fresh fruit and vegetables every day. 4vcid aperientmedicines as much as possible. Take sufficient exercise, preferably out of doors. J. P. R. asks if a child who previ- ously had whooping cough should be allowed to go to school if another member of the same family has whooping cough. Answer': There is no need for the well child to be kept at home, providing it is not allowed to conte in contact with the patient. The previous attack would mak. it practically immune to whooping cough, and it is only by direct cough- ing or the discharges getting on the clothing that transmits the disease, CI Very Cautious, 14e was a cautious witness, and re- garded every question put by the crons-examining solieltor as a trap for the unwary, ":end whiff," he was asked, "was the .complainant spooling when yott beanie urine?' " I:le n^as shouting, ''l"nm'. 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