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The Huron Expositor, 1936-07-03, Page 6),e IN; .t • ;itere..15V: rip 11118 • orietnited from Page 2) ed along th,e sea coast far ttA distance. This at terrioon ereetaithe hardly a breath of wind, d Pater just like e sheet of glass the stun shining brightly. It is , _egeeat 'deal wanner to -day, I don't dthintle.Lever say anything more beau- .11fnl than the ,seente around, us to- vight, everything is so quiet and the twatert so smooth. About 4 o'clack two -large whales were ,seen. near he _ship. I have not seen any of them et.tt Yet-, MAY 13 (Sunday),1-tA most heauth. foul .merning, clear sunshine, //fat . cleud in the whole firmament to be eeen. I saw a whale this morning not very far from the ship making the water spout up in the air celiumn of smoke for a great number of times: 'Towards the middle ef the day the wind. rose .a great deal. We arre neny, going at the Atte of 6 miles an hour,the wind turning in very favorable. We advance a good deal throughout the night. A Tang !range of hilly cliffs still to our west and close by. the sea side. Some of them • pure white and covered with snow. We are ncirw in the St. Lawrence and expeet to make the harbor ,of. Quebec 'been seeing for sometime baCk-'`We see this afternoen opposite where we are a great nurriber of houses along the sea coast Occupied by fishermen, I believe, •but there also appears to be some land improved, e.The land back from there is just a range of. hills with a great 'quantity of woad upon them. This is new part of Low- er Canada. Very little 'snow to ,be seen. We are this evening at a com- plete standstill, going rather back than forward. Not a breath of wind hardily to be felt. It is, however, a great deal wanner than it was some days ago. /May ,15—A nrce Morning with a good breeze from the northwest.... We are at our old trade to -day of "tack- ing" as the wind is almost right a- head of us. We are not advanting much; we are, as it were, .working nt triangles this morning, going from side to side of the • St, Lawrence turning ,thes ship about at every two hours' end or thereby. There is and on every 'side of us to -day. •Some- tim'es we are apt very far from the shore. I saw a whale again spout up in the air with a great noise. have 'seen very few varieties of fishes this voyage, there was so much 'rough weather that it was seldom In the course of -two or three, days. fis,hes af any kind could be seen, We toward night the Wind' eleetieu,ed to have been ll engaged in helpingthe triserabbut 8 o'clock we were making sailors to -day by rpulling rapes, etc., 81/4 miles an 'hour,. Though the 'wind when turning the ship about. I think is at present vent thigh, we are eping that in a,short time I would cisme to aleing very smoothly, there being lit- learn etamething about the manage - tie or any swell on the waters now. ment of a ship by -lending a helping About 9 o'clock we came in sight of hand now and then And seeing how a lighthouse to the northeast of us. the sailors • do it. Toward sunset the It was quite dark and the light_ had a wind fell !mostly altogether and we . good appearance. Shortly after that ' are again at a standstill. a vessel •vrasdobserved beating down. May A change of weather On us to the wi•ndward. In a 'short 'again this morning, rain falling heav- "time she was almost along side 'of us ily with a close mist aeqund us. A and as. the .wind was -still very leigheeeke -breeze has struck dp however our Captain was afraid that she since last night from the n'ortheast, would come in eontact with 'our ves- . the right direction for us. There sal. After sailing along side of „each were two vesiela Ahead of us this .other for .a while she at length got morning. One Of them left us- and clear of us, being aelighter vess:el. went out of sight altogether, the She was a brig. This is now- my other fell back while we beat up an fourth, and to all appearances, my' ,her. She turned out to be our late last Sabbath ibr sometime at sea. We companion ship the. "Rose from Ply- eannet be too thankful for being so mouth." We were within about 15, highly favored with so quick a pea- yards of each other about 2 o'clock. sage.-- Last spring I dbelieve the av- She haa-a, great number of erassens erage number of days for eaeh emi- gers, 330 in all, who were all taking grant ship that sailed for Quebec (of a look at us over the ship's slide. course ,some had been longer, some 'Same of them looked to be /inn look- .. elsorter) was 49 days. I have seen .a ing characters,. We are 'all very greet .''desal of strange 'sights since..I thankful .eve. were not among "such a sleft Mainooh, and well may I say mass. She has mow been six weeks with Pialitilet David: tOt lend, hew'21.78ft, ,while we havetbeen 'orrlyeaboat s mania/id are Thy works, in wisdom hest Thou made them all; the earth is full qf Th Y riches; so is this great and wide sea„" etc. Psalm 104, vers - .:es 24, etc. ....elday 14—This morning very calm, not a' breath ef wind hardly, a good heaose 'rain. failing. A great number of birds are flying about on the ship to -day. They are very like the lark or linnet so common in the north of Seotl'and. The first mate caught one this /naming. It was a /beautiful creaturre with a red bush of feathers on the *raft of its head but I did not learnewhat is its proper name. In the afternoon a boat was launched . and the Captain and one ofthesail- ors and other three lads (passengers) sailed round about the ship. Went a good distance from her on both sides by way of amusement, the waters were se very, cairn/. Throughout the day a heavy gull was hanging about at no greet distance from us. It :cleared/ up a little about 5 o'clock and the set-el:woke out. There is the same range of land to ,be seen when it ois . 'clear •sentilvvvest from us as we- have • Every 10c Packet of WILSON'S ( FLY PADS WILL KILL 'MORE FLIES THAN/ SEVERAL DOLiARS'WORTH •PF ANY OTHER FLY KILLER 10c Best of all fly killers. . Clean, quiek, sure, WHY cheap. Ask your Drug- gist, Grocer or General PAY Store, MORE THE WILSON PLY PAD Co., HAMILTON, ONT. four. ,We have been Very busy to -day getting 'everything eleaned up and our own /bodies too, as there is to he a doctor on board the :ship for in- specting us :before we land. He is expected about to -.morrow. We saw a village on the south sfide of the river, houses also, extending up.. the river for a great distance. Tile scenery all along the riverside has been of a wild romantic nature as yet; however; things will turn more civilized shortly, as we are this even- ing about 90 miles from Quebec. I saw a number of large white fishes in the forenoon of the whale tribe. I believe the name of theni is the Porpoise. A large nuralyer of them were along the ship's side. This hes been a soft day all along, rain fall- ing heavily betimes, the wind falling a little in the afternoon again. An - oder vessel named the "India" from Kinoss, Ireland, passed us about 6 o'clock with a great number of pas- sengers on •her. May 17.We are lying at anchor this Mom sinee 11 o'clock last night We a now feeling the ef- feets of the tid . Pulled up our an- chor again abo 6 o'clock this .morn - mg and set sal' with an excellent breeze !ram the northeast in our favor. Some more ships near us again to -day. I saw two which: had gone ashore on the south side of the river, one off them supposed to have been there nearly :all winter. The country on the north side of the riv- er in sight to -day is apparently all high hills with a great deal of snow on th,ern, v'eryesteep difft on the river side. On the south side or Lower Canada, it is of a more civilized na- ture. A great number of houses to be seen with land improved, not near- ly so hilly but a great quantity ,of r ()TM apparently back from the set- tlements. ; About midday the sun broke out brightly and at 2 o'clock a fine breeze got up which sent us, on eur way with great rapidity. The settlement on the see* side of the river always increasing, a few houses back froin the rest to be seen amongst ARE YOU AILING AND RUN DOWN? You need the Vitalizing Minerals in V1TA-KELP DO YOU GET THEM IN YOUR DAILY DIET? MakeSuie—by Taking VITA -KELP Get this Sea Plant content of iron, iodine, phosphorous, calcium, potas- sium, sulphur, magnesium, sodium and vita,mins into your system. Vita -Kelp is pure sea vegetable, espe- cially treated foi human use and processed into tablet form. Vita -Kelp tablets contain the life-giving quail - ties of the sea. Vita -Kelp tablets contain ten minerals your body needs in tablet form readily aisimiable by the human system. Vita -Kelp tablets are the ideal Mineral Food Supple- ment to your ordinary dailydiet, pre- vent and correct ailments arising from mineral deficiency. 1/ you suffer from Joao of energy, nervousness, indigestion, arthrida. rheomatiam, dental decay, sore pume, took of iodine, kidney anal river dinordere—add Vita- k & klp to your al' did; alto if you incTer from aattima,hay forcer and bronchial trouble, Vita -Kelp will won 'Wine you. PRICES ta0 Tabiete $2.00 1000 9200 “ 9.00 VIM.,katolsa food ntadtint, not a dna sot a medicine, fts aoton iseiaw, elate and Sate and talulte mealy per- manent. Take tot 5 or 3 tablets before at after meals. Viteettelator Vito. and Vigo.. tot Malik and Strength. t. dont: Dinette or Health Pond &dm cannot nuenly , te <iced ,t'o Canadian Dlaaibtaore. A. W. glta,St SON4 ORIMSBIt ONTARIO. A---TH-mfacww the er.00d here and there. I never saw, se many houses together, all spread up and •down the sliver side es far as We can see alwayedbefare us; they are all white and have a good appearance when the sun sivine,e, I' beflieve they extend on this way till we get to Quebec. Not many large homes .amongst them. -Abut three oeloek e passed McPherson's Is- lon•g tract of land which ex- tends up the river for a, -good 4s - tame. We passed very near lit, ' a few house e dpon it but very little land for oultivatien to he seen. About 6 'o'clock we were lying at Qnarantine Bay •waiting. for the -doctor to inspect us, who came to us about 7. He n-verely looked at 'us and went away again. We had plenty of company tg-day. There were six other ves- sels On, the river besides ours and a number of boats, feta his is a //lost beautiful eeenring and Wand. TESTED RECIPES Cheese -might well be called a four season food for it is One so versatile in use, that little or no ingerati.ty is required to give it a place in a lure eheoh or supper.. menu any tithe of year. Naturally, the type of cheese dish suitable for a summer meal dif- fers from that which should be serv- ed an a frosty winter day. 'During the .hot weather, when fresh,' light foods have a Strong appeal, cheese can and should be used) to 'advantage. Served with fruits or vegetables it will add the nouristhment required to meals which might 'otherwise be satisfying in quantity but incomplete from, a nutritive standpoint. • • • - The Milk Utilization Service Of the Dominion Department of Ageiculture has tested' and approves of the fol- lowing cheese dishes' for warm Wea- ther. use: Ribbon Sandwich Loaf Remove crusts h'I'om day-old loaf of„...white or whole wheat floreaeL Cut' four 'half-incle slices lengthwise from loaf, - spreading-. each -slice with . but- ter before cutting. Spread first slice of bread with 'mayonnaise and cover with sliced peeled tomatoes. OoVer with second ,slice of buttered bread. Spread with grated cheddar cheese blended with salad- dressing. Cover with third slice of buttered bread. Spread with mayonnaise and cover with crisp lettuce leaves.; than with fourth slice of buttered bread. Press layers firmly together. Spread out- side of loaf with creamed) cottage or &earn cheese blended with cream or mayonnaise. Chill one ho efe before •serviing. Garnish with • parsley or .green pepper end cut in crosswise . jellied Cheese Salad 1 packagelertion jelly powder 2 cups boiling water • • 1 teaspoun salt 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup chopped Pineapple, grape- fruit or orange 1 cup creamcheese or creamed cot- tage cheese 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped. Dlneolve jelly powder An boiling water. Add salt and lemon juice. Chill 'and allowstopartially set. Fold fruit into one-half of the partially set jelly. Turn into mould. Beat re- mainder fof jelly until fluffy, then fold in cheese and unts. Pour over first layer of jelly. Chill until firm. Ar- range in squares on crisp lettuce: Serve with salad dressing combined with an equal amount of whipped cream. For a richer salad—add ,one cup whipps,d cream with the fruit, cheese and nuts' to the partially -set Welsh Rarebit with Tomato 1/4 teaspoon mustard 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon paprika Dash 'of cayenne , 1/2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cun ntilk ' 2 cups, grated cheese 1 egg. • Mix seasonings together. Add milk and beet. Add cheese and cook until melted. Beat egg, acid a soiall amount •of the hot mixture to it, then .a'dd' to rarebit. Cook about one minute stir- ring constantly. 'Place thin slices of tomatoes between slices of crisetbut- tered toast. Pour' rarebit over top and serve immediately. • • Broiler Trade In Summer ,Probably no phase of the Poultry industry es more oversupplied than the broiler trade during the summer ,monehe, ,slaye the Dominion Depart- iment of Agriculture Egg and Poultry Market Repeat. At one time broilers were scarce and prices/ paid for chick- ens of this weight were high/ It is evident that this is a • trad,e that can, be quickly foveteleaded. Rarely 'does one hem. ,of broilers being used in the home but ,almiost exclusively in th,e ,hotel and restaurant trade. One large restaurant orgamlization in Can- a•dta is new 'following the English practice of •reaoting all chiekene over two eraurids in weight •and serving half the chicken thus prepared with dressing per person. E'xp,etjerice in this direction, earitinues th,t report, is ,en,couragiing and one *hi& ,naight well be followed by other catering or- ganizations, and even featured to ad- vantage by 'statesmen for produee houses in their sales; of poultry. Field Crop Situation Over 13,000,000 acres; of land- in Ontario are used for 'the production of field crops, which have a market value of mere Chian $1-40,000,000 an- nually. The merintenenee of high crop ,production is closely essociated. with live stock raisinig and other branehes of farming. Most of the grain and root epees for the last five year period are 'helm the aciteage level of a few years ago. Some of the land is in greets,. ,Conteitleration should bo given to ,t.lhe break4ng-1v of snore old meadow lands on Which the crop has' become thin and weedy. Higher -per -acre yields, ,greettei lev- ity and , better ,qualityin drops har- vested Would help to inerease returns. Seed -cleaning plants havie been eetitb- !listed titJhii frive reach of malty fitertere and fa edeatitaige eleettlId be taken Of eitteit appartlinitY 1116' dealt 'anti ,geede the/ Seed tetlh1 Will be We ed Yea& , ( ' Seat In WO Pipers „ (Continued frent Page 2) • . Took Traveller For Escaped Men On Friday a widely' known travel- ler for newspaper °Mee machine•ry and supplies called On the local plants and just before leasing, inti- mated that he was continuing on his trip to other towns before proceeding hot-new/sect for the week -end. Evi- dently he changed his mied and re- turned to Goeleirch that evening. The. next heard of :UM was that his. ie semblance to .a man wh,o was ,being Knight by th•e , provincial authortitiee was liatble to get him into ftroulde. He liowever .•quickly established his identity by /Producing his car ..license permits; traveller's certificate, his name with his street 'and nu:naber and a few other permits that to -clay form - necessary parts of every snan's ar- il -Mr. Ile ev.,as therefore net serious- ly betherecL--Goderlich Star. , , Receives Degree At Chicago 1VIr. Thomas Milton •Cutt, son of •Mrs. Robert .J. leutt, was honored' at the University of Chicago recently, when he was &weeded the degree of Doctor of iPhilosephy. He received his degree !through the fLatin Deseirt- /pent in the Division of "Humanities," Mr. ‘Cutit was educated in his eerie years in the •Goderieh schools.-eGode- rich Star.' Mr. John Robertson Aged 89 Years "I don't like to say the young people to -thy are •any worse than they were (when I slits' young, but they certainly aren't any better'," said Mr. John Robertson when inter- . viewed by 'the Star on Friday on the' occasion of his 89th birthday. Mr. Robertson, who has -nothing of the appearance of A man of four score years 'and nine, has a good appetite and le . able to eat three good meals a/ de/ye-He-walks up town twice a day and works a small garden at the dear of his /home on Park Street. He uses .glastes for reading only and a great deal of his time is spent at this- pastime:- Mr.- Reibertsords 'only affliction is deafness but in site •of this he is A brilliant conversationalist and is wellup in the news of the day.,---Goderich Stars Firemert To Teeswater Leaving a skeleton unit in readi- ness for any emergency which 'may arise, the- Goderich fire brigade will attend the Dominion Day celebration at TeesWater an Wedrueeday, under Chief-Beacorn, They will have a big elay, taking part in a water ,fight on Main Street in the imorning and Marching in a. parade to the show grounds with Other brigades, bands, industrial floats, ball teams, etc. They will 'participate in 'firemen's sports in the 'afternoon at the park.:1-G:ode- 'fish Signal. Sunday Afternoon Fire On Sunday lafternoon the -fire bri- gade responded to asc.all to thfe• smoke filled home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Lamb, Nelson Street. The/ firemen 'groped around for /severer Minutes in the dense smoke, searching from cel- lar to attic for the fire and found irt in a bedroom, A bed lamp wire 'had been short-cireufited a n d burned theoulgie and the hot ends ignited the imattresS.of the bed, whieh was charred .badly.---Goderich 'Sig'naL Horseinen Injured • Clint Hocigins, well •knavvri driver, who raced here on /May 24th, and on many 're,revieuts, ocea,sions, had his head /badly gashed, when tossed by Jack R. Grattan, Dave Pinkney's Stratford horse, in the final heat of, /the 2:18 race at Exeter Tuesday. The horse stumbled and fell, throwing Mr. Hodigins who was"caug-ht in the Sulky wreckage with two other horses pil- ing up in quick succession. Hodgens, after being pulled out, collapsed.— Mitchell Advocate, HOW TO INSTALL PACKAGE BEES .. Due to .the r'apid expansion fof bee- keeding in 'Canada, estiecially in Western 'Caniada„ there has been a very large increase during the past eix Or seven year's in: the impartation of bees in .comIlaless packages from the United State's. Thousands of. packages are new slyein‘ imported an- nually with Small Toss an transporta- tion,. Some lotsee do ,Cieedr, however, through misinanagement after the bees have awaited, at their destin/a- Close To be suecessfal with package bees .one /rink }allege the best time of the year 'tie .,securre them and how to care fonthemwhen they arrive. With this object in view, the Do- minion Apiarist hest prepared an 'il- lustrated bullebin on "Package Bees, And How to 'Lenten Them. The title is 's±'-explanatoey, and full in- formetgn en.every phase of the weitk is at the disposal of every beekeeper svhb makes a request for a' copy of the bulletin to the Publicity and Ex- tension Branch, Dominion Deryarturent of Agriculture, Ottawa. Beginners in Beekleeping, particularly in West- ern •Canade, ate 'often at a loss to knoet where hee,s may be obtained to mia'ke a start. Although it is much better for the ineaperienced to pur- chase 'their first /bees in established (hives, it is riot always poesible, or ev- en nelvtisable to do se, unlesa,. it cam be prayed beyond a doubt that /the 'apiary from Which the bees are pur- chased is free from disease. Before buying bees • that are already in hives the Provincial Apietrishilliteld be .pon. (suited! and he will 'give the neetstatt information ,regarditeg them. Package bees, ,however, are safe and can be Isbeetestfuller lestabliish,ed in hives by the moist inexperience,d., peovided the inetrdrstdono' which are eontained in the .pansplitlet are . faithfully carried oat Combless itiackitgree of bees are al- lowed to enter Cana& free ef drag, but are ithipped in bond and must he Cleared through the customs heme here an excite tag of 3 per ctitn. of fihe -declared value is required to be 'Paid. All package bees• entering Can - Ada !Meet have atitaehed to there a deeteeettiore eigneld by tha. shipper, that the feed used the pee/kap is free feet* takes,. .• ThiS Clefelaration; tageftlide With the itinetieree, *et peeettlitede te the 01061118 .06116,0* eteayjiiik the liOetk ' *predt. A HEALTH SERV ICE OP THE CA1NADIAN MEDICAL INSURANCE CONPANILS ASSOCIATION AND urarr cir IN CANADA MOTORING HINTS At this time lot year, many of os c taking long motor trills and may Line/fey- far from beaten paths. A. 'feWeliealth Wats neer be appropriate. Carry a first aid kit in your cat. One 'never knowe whe•n it will be needed ta diave liffe--perhaps your awn. This should contain at least a recog- nized disinfectant for wounds, sterile gauze, cotton bandages, adhesive and a twist of heavy coed for 'applying insproVised splints. Keep dark glasses in the ;car. They 'Will save 'mulch eye fatigue; a split- ting headache and penhap,s a spoiled day. In long &tees, rest ten minutes ev- ery, hou,r/ Change drivers every haus, if more than one can drive. Be eternallyevigilant againtt insidious, dravedineSS. dVfaintains, good ventilation despite dust or rain, Unsuspected cazflion, monoxide poisoning 'has caused many fatalities. Because of the outward direction of to -called "no draught ventilation," other -windeyes, should be 'open to •mieirnize the drawing ia of monoxide charged air from below. Carry thermos or other containers With your water supply for occas- ional miewls. This is safer than 'dip.; ping the water from wayside streams no !matter how sparkling they ap- pear. , Unless 'quite sure of your drinking water, it should be boiled 'betfore use or sterilized with the chlorine drop oatfiits now available from depart- ments of health. • Outside of large centres—and not salvv-a-ea -there- eithers—eit- is-tuncatranoe as yet to find milk paeteurized, tAsk if the caws are taberealin tested. Moreover to aninliniz•e the danger of Acute dysentery (eholera infantuim) niilk shoeld :not be given to small children unless it is abscdutely fresh or has been. !brought almost to the boiHntg point. Unless you iknovst the source of the ice, do not pet itddirectly into liquid refreshments. .In addlitio-n to the first aid kit, car- ry a fed- handy /medicines, along; so- daeaint tablets, your favorite laxa- tives; /assetyl-salicylic aeid tablets fed headache; 10 per cent. neceeilvol ofr argyrol for inflamed eeiti. Or a' told in fthe head; an eye dropper), rubbing alcohol, sunburn applications, spray and 'solution for warding off moequi- toes. If, sickness comes on when travel- , ling it is but natural 'to 'endeavour to "path on" for :home or'farnlilliar des- tination. Sometimes thisomay Mean dangerous delay and it is much safer to eonsult e local dOetar, even thosigh a stranger, than tof waste precious lours. The • loeal ;Public hospital could submit a list of competent doc- tors for your choice. _..„.„ Questions concerning health, ad- dressed to the Canadian Medical As- sociation, .184 College St., Toronto, will be. answered personally by let- ter. A Third of a Mile of Peonis "About an infant's, neck ...hangs Peonie. It cities Aleydee' ',eduel rnah vete," .s..,aii.d Joshua Sylvester, the 16th century English poet, with reference to the ancient belief that the seeds of the peonywarns round the neck acted es a charm against the pewere of darkness -S. Indeed, from the earl- iest timeis, traditione gathered! 'areend the penny both as a ,taliernate against evil and as A cure for many illnesses. In 'eastern Europe, the origin of the /same •voillh many variablen§ in spell - Mg was ..e.s.sociiete,d with the fabled Paean, ,oce Paton, or .Patean, who eut- ed the emends of. the :gads in. the Trojan war, as rmentioned in the. Il - lied of the ancient Greek poet Homer. le the Far. East, ithe peony with its &mime eolors was in ine,piratien to the poets of China in the misty past, while the coanmen people were ,of a mere erect/Mal trine of mind. As they do to -day, the inhablitents of northern Asia boil and eat, the meets of the. peony and grind its seed to put ilito tea. The tubers, of' the conit mon peony are also wed as/ in,/ ternal medicine, being credited with fworiderful properties for .the cure of internal troubles, 'bihotesness, colic, dropsy, connulsione and .hysteria. An infusion of the dried leaves is. used successfully' as an astringent for e hat Weather internal. complaint.' Whe- ther or notthe oldevvorld: Wonder of the hanging gardens taf Belvieu' were. ,made glorious by the sp.lendlour of the • peony is unimportant, beeause the beauty of the peony has been ree, cognized from time lanavernerial, and the fact remairrs that the peony is one of the meet important perennials for the Canadian garden. • , There are many amateur garcle,ners in Canada who justly , 'boast of the length aria beauty of their perennial bordetr of peoniee. Thirty • feet of ,glerietue bio,om in a- garden makes a rare and imposing show, and one worthy ±1 be mond of: 'But what ,can be said of a third of as Mile of the moot 'beautiful peonies, ever seen in Climatal -60;000 tbtoOme in a breathe ,taking color riot 'of lever -changing 4hatles, white flecked with crimeon, heenze and, gold, red, dark red, pink, madd,en, flesh white all blended into •one .glotions ,kalei,dlo.sco.pe. This is to happen at the International Peony Sheer to be !held in the Horticultural Building, Exhibition Ground, at Tor- ontb, on June24 and 25. The exhi- 'Mean is being held in to -operation with sixteen HortiteultureirSacketiet of Toronto, the Canadian Peony &- tette several Ilorticelteral Societies toif the Prorvince of Ontario, and the Arnie/teen 'Peony Seelette In this h record It •ereated by 'the exhibition marks the 321ed annual! Eelitibition Of the American. Penny 'Seei,eity etild its first extilibitilth tette held' in Canada. All the peineipal ,gtkeVears itntlittatio. ere ening. their Wholeelteettedettape rut, flitot4h6fitethe thdu1ii.. rv7v4;0.§.:b•tLt- tett% .JULY 3, 1936. , I There is no guess worti tit the *Wing of PurifY Mew. "l*iteeotiolit* biking test! 1),Y our tortes ensure even, dependable and uniform quality. Enily the finest cakes, pastrytrolls or , breed yeti ever taited, t‘Purity" goes farther. 1 Best for all your Bain"' • .arm Notes Cabbage Maggot Control For the control of maggots on Cab- bage and Canlifiewer, the following treatment is recommended: Diseollve 1 ounce 10errosive Sublim- ate in 8 to 19 ge_Bons of water, and pour ,stalution ever plants as .soon as they are set :pet. 'Generally another applie.tbion will be necessary, fin 10 daya, butsif the weather is warm, in 8 /clays. Wooden or earthenware cone tail:lees 'should be used for this solu- tion. Crop and Live Stock Survey In 'June each year, the Dominion Bureau tor Statistics, in\ co-operation With the Provineial ,Depl*traents of Agrioulture, 'distributes , cardboard .schedeles to fast/sere for the purpose 'of (collecting ,statistiest of acreages •aind under env and the numbers of iisneisock and !Poultry on fermi. An innovation of 1931 extended this sur- vey to clover the 'breeding and mar- keting !intentions With regard to live stock, ' • The acreages of field crops, in par- ticulate are the meal foundation af aur scheme -of-- agricultriral epr statistics. 'Only slightly less impor- tant in our national' planning is the neteseity of halving comet knowledge ef -the numbers of live stock on faems. The accuracy compilations in bath these classes is largely de- pendent upon the obtaining of com- pleted cards from a fair Saereple of the total number of Canadian farans. Sugar Beet Crop The 1936 acreage of sugar betets, in Southwestern ,Ontario is approxi- mately the eamie, as in 1935, wheel 36,000 ',acres were 'sewn. There was lees seeding done in April than in. the average :season owing. to a rela- tively late !spring, 'and the bulk of the crop was seeded -during the first three wefeks Of May. It isestiinated that 95) per cent, of the fseeding was completed.by the ,ferst- of June. The edit was in geed •condition during the firet half Of 'May, but •became quite dry towards'the end of the month; In the 'sugar, beet terribory, the rainfall during .'May aneounted to only toile - fifth tef .the long-time average precipi- tation. Moisture is needled for, germ. Mation of the late seeeing. The Potato Situation The early crop in Southern <One tarib was planted! ten 'days 'later than usual and growing con,dttions during April were dot favo.rable. In . the fleet .part of. May, temrperatures were higher than normal and dewdopment progressed Tepidly. This, :pealed Was fotlowed by damaging .froetsein some districts Which froze ti.)!e tape and de- layed maturity of the crop by ten clays or more. After this set -back the we,ather, was dold and dry 'during the last two weeks of May, resulting in stow reeovery. New . potatoes will not move to market in 'shy volume before July 15. The Southern part of the United States bee ‘experteneed extremely un- favorable growing conditions for their ,early eeop. Yields are very nuzch re- duced aind eupplies from that source are limited ,and available only at high !prices. Stooks of old potatoes are !practically depleted in Easteen Canada WM in the United States. Prices of Old potatoes in Ontario have risen from $1.45 per bag to farmers on May 26 to $2.50 -On June 9. Prices are expected to continue at a fairly high level until the n'e'w prop is on the market. Demonstration Woodlots „ B. I. C.. IMarritt The FOreebs Branch have selected 170 farmers' woodlots in Ontario as. demonstrations. Most 'of them are egaimples' of woodlote that •have been protected from stock, and have had careful ,a(roll efficient management for eearee. !Some are in each condition that &innings and improvement cut- tings will improve greatly growing conditions." Others have .been pas- tured and they have been fenced T./10m stock 'in order that they will re - stack tiattieelly with small trees. V-al- oehle 'ispedies are being planted. in „ .oeliens where natural restocking is delayed; as windbreaks and to ire crease the future value 'of the 'vein:d- iet by intrloclueing valuable species such as pine, epruce, ash and walnut. The pierpo,se (of dem,anstration Wolodltots., is to draw attention to ef- fioiency managed woodlots. There is a great diversity tof woodlet manage- ment. Many of the practices have 'been, handed dawn, from pioneer day's. Thely were alright when. the object was to ,clear the land for cropping and timber and fuelwood had -Wry little .value, Today the objeet, Igenerally, is to, leave the land in Weed - land, as meet rrealize fkiat a percent- age tot An agriculttinel area should be left in woods. The woodlot has an important place in the econo,neic oet-up of the farm, as it supplies the teem house with fuel, lumber for building, maple sy- rup for the table, protects adjacent hrieultural crept in winter ,and sum- mer,' belts to preeent floe& and beautifi,ee the etittrotreyeide. • The evenecilote, are along Joie nwftihhi 10-20 , rods of a road and a denim - Oration (Media sign baa been plite- ed Where it !may be melt It is a eoeeperatiVe sehreme between the owner and! the Ploreets ,Beetteih. A •foreeter 'goes barer the weode, With tiO tovfiree„Aittl atAttoi§eg Um, .ioa, tot. tottv tiiithotgog lig Iway b noptititt iiilivfMtvt • 'easy! olgt v066didt< The I/ oevner goes the rwork at his conveni- ence. The ,seheirre may be terminat- ed at any time by the ,owner he the Forests Braneli lies no papers are Agile& The Forests Branch wishes to con- teet aw-nens of woodland) adjacent to a road, who are willing to have it designated a dernlanstration,. Write The ' Fates& Branch, „Parliament Buildings, Toronto, or the lapel Conn.- ty, agricultural .representative. Salt, in Hay Curing Oneetienth of the Value of the 1,In nu,a1 hay crop in Canada is lest,' due to fire and spoilage }caused, ,by heat- .teg, ateteding eto an ,estimate made recently by W. J. .Sioott, Fire Mar- shall for Ontario. Mr. Scott points Out ethat this loan• is not ,mitirelly the'result ,of actual 'fires. Mueh of it. is accounted for by heating that dees not- reach the ignition point but does destroy the foOd value, bwirg- to fermentation and bacterial action 'in the Presence - of moisture. The early Stages of heating in hay are caused largely -1y moulds and bacteria that ,occur na- turally i -n hay." • If this AS not checked the temperatere may rise te a *int where -cheinieal, reactions are started ar7d more heat is produced, with elit ignition.e . mete Asa preventive eneasure, Mr. . Scott advocates the use of saltewhicis has long .been recognized as a pre- servative and a retardant of fermen- tation. If Veet1 intelligently it will , slow dleivii thie heading :actionin bay and ,,prevent dangerous temperatures,. The amount 'of salt, recamenended up to 20 to 89 pounds per ton of hay. Salt, he points out, 'will serve notonly as a preventive of heating and spoilage but also will increase the road value to ,livesteek. e • --e Sharp Practices' in Feed , Sallee Purchasersshould beware et •,,,feed.;, eold by the bag with no stipnlatdon as to weight. Some unscrupedens feed! dealers 'have sought to capitalize 'on the fact that the ,one 'huedeed- pound bag =it °Of feed is • so •cone- manly- emieloyed that it is taken for granted. Even: 'with fixed weights, the ,volume of ,bulk feeds 'varies ac- cording. to the nature of the mater- ial or the tightness of packing, and so a lack of uniformity in the Size of peeked bags does n,olt ordinarily aeons* 'suselitelore. It is alleged that 'eome dealers guard 'against suspicion by using bags of the usual height, but lesa than the usual widthi giving the appearance of a full weight pack- age while Actually it is a few pounds under weight. IThe farmer is victimized not only im the quantity of feed which he re- cetive,s, but liticeeeise, in the price per hun,dred, pounds or per ton 'which he • pays. Ilile is else misledin his ration 'balancing Plans, for he corrononbr purchases concentrates to supplement and .balanee farm, grown feeds. Ev- en should the detect the shortages he could prlobably get ne redress for the vendor guilty of such practices sells lby• the bate rather than by weight amd thus. protects himself against charges Of misrepresentation. • • •Fa,nneers would be Well advised, therefore, to purchase •feed on a, weight -basis rather than a bag-lbasii,. and also' to check sellers' weights . whenever. o.ppoettunity 'pe,entits., By. so doing; they would not only pro- tect themselves against the practices described, but wlould serve the in- tereste of honorable manufacturere and dealers whose tag-lcit prices ap- pear but of line when they must offer a 'one hundred pound bag of. feed in competition ,with, say, a ninety-three ' pound bag. Fruit Crop Report • ,Ontario's" comme.rcial fruit cropa were rated at only average ea June 'Atli. Early' .sprnig hopes for good orchard yields were sharply revised by the Department report for June. Varyling temPerature cenditions and frost in &elate speing have damaged the fruit proSpects, Ontario's 1936yields of apples, sour .eherries, pears, plum's, peaches, grapes and /strawbeeries are now rat- ed generally below average in tables prepared by S. H. H. ,Sy•rnons, Aigri- culthral Departinene •Statistician, On- ly bright spots in the fruit forecasts are .sweet cherries and ras,pberries. Snow applee are 'reported to be showing the poorest prospects. The bulk of the apple •varieties are just •llitItle below the average matke mad Spy and !Stark get the best ratings. Bartlett and Keifer pears are ere - posted in below-average condition, especially in Eastern Ontario, where almost all the fruits are below tbe figurefor the rest tot' the Province. With three the avenge irrdex, grapes are rated at 2.4, The department -estimates the grape crop was reduced about 30 per cent. by late frosts and hail. The sweet cherry and raegtherry crops are beet in. Southern and 'West- ern !Ontarto, Throughout, the Prov- ince the Departmenta/ figure's meport there has been. a 10 per ceritt, increase le netelzherry .produiction and a 9 per Cent' increase in bearing 'acreage The acreage of bearing .strawberiT plants IS well belew the fignre for a year ago. ..Priest and Cut. worms h,arve been working havoc in vegetable farms hut jeep/table prespette are better than fruit prospects. Only . • cauli- flower ie rate,cl in a below-Eueerage, eoedition. Aeparaigue, heante etthe hage, carrots celery, emit,. lettuce, entrensneat, potatoes, SOMA and ettrlyi tertniateekt Jere 'rated 'oetenage or tbg,Me v./lento,. 4, " •-•