ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS

Hope Of Weste
In Diversified

Employment The Year Round

Professor A. Leitch, of the Ontario
Agricultural College, Guelph, spoke
on “Some Phases of the Economics of
Milk Production” at the sessions ol

dairymen’s assogjations held in Moose dairy cow. Farmers growing only
Jaw. wheat can estimate the cost of the|

The only real progress made in ag-jcrop per bushel, but in diversified
riculture is made by the individual, farming it is. absolutely impossible

Professor Leitch declared and could
be accomplishéd without the aid of
legislators. It was difficult to ascer-
tain the average cost of production
for he had never found the producing
costs of any two farmers to be alike.
Attempts to secure the cost of pro-
ducing milk were made in one of the
best dairy districts in Ontario. The
lowest was $1.38, the highest $4.06
ber hundred pounds. Conditions
were exactly the same, but after four
onsecutive years the following were
the figures, the average being $2.70,
the exact price received.

\ The cost of producing oats on the
same farms’ varied from 29 cents
per bushel to 76 cents per bushel.

Apparently ail these men were do-
ing well although there was such a
wide variance in the cost. It might
be argued that these men did not
make any money, but the fact of the
added income from their own cows
made all the difference in the world
to the farmers. “A farm,” said Mr.
Leitch, “is something like a railroad,
4 large portion of the cost goes on
whether the railroad has any business
or not.”

“In Saskatchewan a man can hardly
find occupation for himself for a thou-
Sand hours a year growing wheat,”
stated Mr. Leitch, “If he adds to
the farm something that will enable
him to work 3,000 hours a year it
lowers his overhead and gives him a
chance to sell something produced on
what would otherwise be idle time.
Dairying enables a man to lower the
cost of everything he gréws’ on the
farm.

all tlie grain and forage crops on the

to determine the cost of any one pro-
duct as it is a joint cost.

| Ontario were buying Alberta bitumin-

“Sixty per cent. of the consumption

rn Farmer Is

WESTERN EDITORS

Farming And

Professor Leitch explained in detail
the decrease in thé cost of producing

farm by dividing the load with the

They Like Western Coal

Says Alberta Coal Gaining Ground in
Eastern Market
Confidence in Sir Henry Thorn-
ton, president of the Canadian Na-
tional Railways, to “do the fair thing
by the west” was expressed ‘by A. N.
Walker, of the/ Alberta Distributers,

lisher of The Times, Big Valley, Alta.

Stewart Fullerton, Editor and Pub-

Lid., who passed through Winnipeg
on his way back to Drumheller. He
believed that freight rates would be
brought down. as soon as possible.
That dealers in Middle and Northern

ous coal in preference to Pennsylvania
hard at the same price, was Mr. Walk-
er’s statement.

“We are selling Drumheller coal at
$18.75 in Sudbury and other nearby
points and it is being bought in pref-
erence to the American coal at the
same price,” Mr. Walker reported.

of Sudbury is western, and this per-
centage is increasing all the time.’"—
Free Press. '

Why Poultry Pays

Big Increase in Dressed Fowl Ship-
ments From Manitoba Town
That Manitoba farmers are get-
ting away from disastrous wheat min-
ing and settling down to farming is

again indicated by the fact that a co- lettuce, vine-seeds, onion, parsnips,
operative organization, formed in 1922, Gew Pace sco ey MOmALo: and imaue
gel.

with Hartney as headquarters, ship-
ped out five cars of “dressed poultry
from nine shipping points in 1922, and

Seed Growing In British Columbia

Industry Has Shown Development In

ish Columbia has developed consider-
ably in the past few years.
of this seed is grown in the interior
part of the province and with the clim-
atic conditions such as
there is little reason why a greater
quantity should not be grown. A.
McMeans, seed production specialist,
Vancouver, B.C., has divided the proy-
ince into the following four districts,
with suitable crops for each:

lower half of Vancouver Island: Pole
and broad beans, beet, cabbage, cel-
ery, kale, parsley, peas, spinach, man-
gel and swede.

bracing the dry belt east of the Cas-
cade Mountains to and including the
Okanagan: Dwarf beans, beet, carrot,

British Columbia: Rutabaga or swede
turnip, parsnip and peas,

ASPIRIN

* Beware of Imitations!

‘

Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” on{
package or on tablets you are not get- |
Ung the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved |
safe by millions and prescribed by!
physicians over twenty-three years for

Colds NMeadache
Toothache Lumbago
Neuriiis Rheuniatlem
Neuralgia Pain, Pain

Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin”
only. Each unbroken package con-
tains proven dfirectlons, Handy boxes
of twelve lablets cost few cents. Drug-
gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100.)
Aspirin is the trade mark (registered |
in Canada) of Bayer Manufacture of
Monoaceticacidester of Salleylicacta. |
While it is well known that Aspirin
means Bayer manufacture, to assist
the public against imitations, the Tab-
lets of Bayer Company will be stamp-
ed with their general trade mark, the
“Bayer Cross.”

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From the tramp’s point of view
no man ought to do enough work to
render a vacation necessary,
Malia is the most thickly populated
island in the world.

Joints Ache? , Spector, which can be had free from

Minard’s will ease the pain and
stiffmess,
The old rellable remedy.

30 cars from 25 Shipping points in
1923. The birds were packed in
Pparchment-lined boxes, under the
Supervision of experts employed by
the Dominion Department of Agricul-
ture. .The cost of handling was one
and a half cents per pound in 1922,
and was somewhat less last season,
The prices received f.0.b. last season
were 20 cents for No. 1 turkeys, 18
cents for No. 2 and 14 cents for No. 3.
Chickens realized 19 gents for No, 1
and 15 cents for No. 2, while geese
feiched 14 cents.

New Building Material

Waste Paper Used In Buildiag Homes
In Sweden

‘A new building material made from
waste paper and designed for ceilings
and wall/linings has been perfected by
a Swedish engineer, and production
on a large scale soon will be under-
taken,

The raw materials are ordinary
Waste paper such as accumulates in
cities, clay and sulphate lye, the
cheapness of whith warrants an inex-
pensive finished product. The coy-
ering is said to be fireproof and dur-
able; can be applied by unskilled
labor, will take paper, paint or stain,
and can even be polished. It fs a
s00d non-conductor, and does not re-
spond to changes in temperature. |

Skin Disease In Livestock
Farmer, Middles

Co.—Ques.—One |

kind of skin dise; What’ had I
better do? “a

Ans.—Report at once to the nearest
veterinary inspector. You might)
also write to the Veterinary Inspector-
General, ‘Ottawa, for a list of disin-
fectants, wlth which given full in-
Structions as to preparation and use.
A recently issued bulletin by Dr.
George Hilton, Chief Veterinary In-

| the Publications Branch, Department
| Of Agriculture, Ottawa, will also fur-
| nish you with necessary information,

Imports and Exports of Settlers Effects

Settlers’ effects, valued at $6,001,-
107, were brought into Canada last
year, a decrease of two millions from
1921 and about tthe same as 1922, Ex-
| ports of settlers’ effects last year is
Yalued by the Dominion Bureau of
Statistics at $10,508,167, marking a

Steady increase for the last four years.

ing that district east of the Okanagan
and sout hof the main line of the Can-
adian Pacific Railway: Dwarf beans,
beet, carrot, onion, parsnip and man-
gel. “-

Women’s Ailments

Proper Treatment Will Quickly

ly than men.
their system is
another and more important reason
is, they put off measures of relief too
long.
is the causb of
fnen’s ailments.
weakened and polluted—the nerves
suffer, and a run-down condition takes
root.

a5 a system regulator, no medicine for
women can compare with Dr. Hamil-
ton’s Pills.
spond to the remedial action of Dr.
Hamilton's Pills, and the result/is as
y

and side, shortness of breath, and bad
color disappear—the functions of the
body then operate naturally, conges-
tion and pain are prevented, and per-
fect health returns.

Hamilton's Pills are the greatest and
best blood purifier, the finest complex-
jon renewer, the most certain regulat-
ing
of my animals seems to have Some) druggists and storekeepers, 25¢ per
box, five for $1.00 postpaid, from The
Catarrhozone Co.

| chances are she
with her,

Past Few Years
The seed growing industry of Brit-

The most

they have

District_No. 1.—Lower Fraser and

District.No, 2.—Lower interior, em-

District No. 3.—Central interior of

District No. 4—Kootenay, embrac-

Caused by Neglect

Bring Back Robust Health
and Good Spirits

Women are on the whole more sick-
One reason is that
more complicated;

At the beginning, constipation
nine-tenths of wo-
The blood becomes

Because of their mildness of action

The kidneys quickly re-

ou would expect—pain in the back

Thousands of happy women say Dr.

medicine known. Sold by all

Montreal.

an angel, and the
will want you to fly

Tell_a girl she i

Land Colonization Is Most
Important Business Canada Has

In Hand At Present Time

“Land colonization is the big busi-|
ness of Canada,” declared C. A. Ma-
grath, chairman of the International
Waterways Comm ion, at the annuai
meeting of the Association of Domin-
ion Land Surveyors held at Ottawa,
when he was asked to participate in
the discussion on the report of the
land settlement committee of the
association. He said he had reached
a point where he was critical of Can-
ada’s colonization problems.

“I do fot believe we are taking hold
and nailing people down to the land,”
said Mr. Magrath, “with that courage
we would apply to big business, and
I regard colonization as the biggest
business of this countr He was
not prepared to/criticize governments,
but he thought there were too many
Street corner critics instead of the
big men of the country taking hold or
the problem. :

“When it comes to national prob- |
lems I see yery little evidence of
team play from leading men in this
country said Mr. Magrath. He
heard lots of talk about colonization
but frankly, much of it was not worth
listening to. ® p

“We all seem so busy that we don’t
seem to get down to shirt sleeve pol-
icy of colonization for this country.”

Privately-owned unoccupied lands
near the railways constituted one of
the problems of land settlement, re-
marked Col. J. S. Dennis of the Cana-
dian Pacific Railway. There were
63,000,000 acres of privately-owned
unoccupied lands within 15 miles ot
railways in the west, and of these 25,-
000,000 acres were suitable for imme-
diate settlement. He urged more
co-operation between the surveyors
and the railway companies’ land set-
Uement activities, and expressed sur-
prise at the extent of land classifica-
tion which had been done as revealed
in the report of the committee.

Price Green, of the Canadian Na-
tional Railways, joined with Col. Den-
nis in regretting that more use was
not made of information of the goy-
ernment departments.

In his presidential address Major
H. Douglas Nelles remarked that
probably the general public was up-
aware that Canadian surveyors hare
mapped out between 40,000 and 50,000
Square miles of Canadian territory.
He claimed that in this respect Can-
ada had surveyed more territory and
developed the method to a higher
State of perfection than any other
country in the world. In the actual
work of land sub-division Canada
had been able to keep up with the
settlements as required.

Though the conditions of agricul-
ture/are not everything that might be
desired, there is reasonable prospect
of a revival in the near future that
should reflect upon the. entire com-
merce of this country and work to’
the benefit, indirectly, of the business
and professional men.

This was the message of Hon.
Charles Stewart, minister of the in-
terior. Mr. Stewart spoke of the ten-
dency on the part of many people to
leave it to the government and lead-
ers of the country to solve the prob-
lems, adding that some of the most
valuable suggestions came to the goy-
ernment from unexpected quarters.
He urgéd that technically trained men
should offer suggestions when pos-
sible to the government in matters of
technical research in this country.

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-The brass drum covers a multitude
of mistakes made by the rest of the
band.

In news of weddings papers de-
scribe everything the bride wears but
the look of triumph.—Urich Herald.

Wheat Rust

Magnitude of the Task Confronting
the Agriculturist

There should be considerable public
interest in the efforts being made to
control the wheat rust pest. A series
of conferences between officials of the
federal department of agriculture at
Ottawa is being held on this subject,
with a view to deciding the policy
which will be followed this year to
combat rust, and announcement of
their plans may be made soon.

Rust in wheat ts one of the big pro-
blems of Western Canada. It is a
blight which attacks the growing grain
and destroys it. A farmer may see
his wheat flelds ripening in good shape
towards a large harvest, and sudden-
ly, owing to weather conditions, rust
will appear on the standing crop and
the fields become mere fields of head-
less straw. The losses to Manitoba
alone last year from wheat rust were
enormous, the entire crop in some
sections of the province haying been
very badly hit by this blight.

The problem seems to be to get a
rustresisting type of a high quality
wheat. And the complication comes
in from the fact that there are somé
thirty-odd varieties of rust, and what
is wanted is a good milling, early ma-
turing wheat that is resistant to them
all. This gives some idea of the mag-
nitude of the task confronting our ag-
riculturial scientists and also | the
amount of encouragement they are en-
titled to expect in pursuit of a task so
closely related to the prosperity of
the wheat growing industry. At the
present time the rust pest is costing
the people of this country millions of
dollars every year.—Free Press.

Still Doing Great .
Work For Women

What Mrs. Vaillancourt Says of
Dodd’s Kidney Pills

She had suffered from Rheumatism,
Sciatica, Gravel and Backache, and
found relief in Dodd’s Kidney Pills.
Dill Siding, Ont.—(Special).—One

more tribute to the great work Dodd’s

Kidney Pills are doing for the women

of Canada comes from Mrs. Frank

Vaillancourt, well known and highly

respected here.

“I have suffered for 14 years from
a complication of kidney troubles and
haye never found any remedy that has
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Kidney Pills have. There was a
friend of mine who was feeling very
poorly and I told her of the good
Dodd’s Kidney Pills did for me. She
used three boxes and is feeling fine
now.”

Dodd's Kidney Pills are a kidney
remedy. They relieve the work of
the heart, by putting the kidneys in
shape to strain all the impurities out of
the blood. Pure blood carried to all
parts of the body means new health
all over the bod

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Imagine, fifty-three worlds the size
of our own planet strung as a neck-
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cable was produced during the month
of November at the Western Plectric
Works at Chicago to go through fifty-
three globes the size of our own. This
gives us some idea of the magnitude
of the electrical business,
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