ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS AND MATSQUI NEWS

iene Proposes To Launch
prehensive Program To Deal
) ectively WithDrouth Problem

cked by the best information of
s of the department of agricul-
‘Dominion government is

to launch a program early|
which it hopes will deal,

tively with the critical problem)
h areas of the three prairie}
Hon. Robert Weir, min-|
agriculture, outlined plans in)
will be ini: ered |
“department of culture as

ie raaeciesie? An ad-|

Ss tee, Mr. Weir told the’

{ successful ranchers, wheat |
business men, would be
‘assist the department in
development of the)

fo in years department experts
been studying conditions which |
fully 10,000,000 acres in the

ation of the farmers within the
areas selected, this co-operation, by
agreement, to extend over a period
of years.”

Dressed Poultry Regulations

Details Of Amendments Respecting
Grading And Marking ©

The recent amendments to the reg-
ulations respecting the grading and|
marking of dressed poultry consist of|
the substitution of a new section (No. |
7) for the old one, and the addition
of a new section (No. 16). Section
7 deals with the stencilling and
| marking of boxes containing poultry.
It reads as follows: (1) All boxes
containing poultry to which these
regulations apply shall be clearly and
legibly stencilled on the outside of at
least one end in block letters not less

CHAMPIONS IN

Here are the juniors who captured the British Junior Lawn Tennis |
Covered Courts Championship in London.

THE MAKING

They are Miss J. M. Notley and

»e provinces. Figures submitted than three-quarters of an inch in|D. J. Cook, whom critics expect to occupy prominent places in the Lawn

‘the minister showed that in 1933|
h affected 11,435,000 acres to
‘extent that it produced less
bushels of grain to the

government will put in
it is claimed, will change
landscape in many sections |
'tchewan, Alberta and Mani-
‘survey has been completed
ll details worked out.
kernel of the project will be
tration areas selected in
3. sections of dricd-out dis-
_ Farmers of a dried-out town-
| be invited to co-operate. If
, and those who have work-
e plans say the settlers will
red such terms that they will
to agree, then the administra-
the township will be taken
and managed as one unit.
farmers will form a committee
h will have advice not only of
experts but the best en-
g advice the department can
A township is 36 square
This is regarded as a suflici-
tly large area to counteract local
itions and serve as a demonstra-
all adjacent townships.
tration of the area will de-
Blocks 25 |
in extant will be planted to
at strategic points to provide)
er for livestock, hold snow and_
hel ter ponds and lakes constructed)
a x storage. Approximately
000 seedlings will be available |
orestry stations of Indian Head |
utherland, Sask.
Dominion will provide trees,
ed, fodder where necessary,
developing mixed farming or
inches and other facilities. The|
ers will provide labor and be en-
to all the revenue. It is believ-|
organized methods the farmers
able to make much more than|
iin vidual efforts. Water storage
provided on every farm.
‘call for eight demonstration |
ri Saskatchewan, two or three
rta and one or two in Mani-
Farmers outside the demon-
areas will be assisted to im-
e their farms in a manner based
_ on the i of the di itra-

=a

tion for this step has been
for the last four years, Mr.
ained. In addition to seed-
carragana seed will be
is a tree of the pea
about 15 feet high
effective wind breaks
dges. Trees planted will be
, willow, poplar, spruce

the department is relying on
im dried-out areas is

Ling

|O.B.E., V.D.,

wheat grass. This grass

with less moisturé than)

with Russian thistle, the
d th t grows on land when every-|
— has been burnt. For some
years this type of grass has been de-
and the seed will be avail-
‘in considerable quantities to
Ip ranches.
than 100 small dams will be
it firtler the program and pro-
us to undertake much larger pro-_
under consideration.

it is generally conceded that this
be divided into three
s, one suitable for ranching, |
uitable almost entirely for the
ring of wheat, and the intermedi-|
‘Tegion lending itself to a mix-

of the two,” said Mr. Weir.
is proposed to select a number |
al rly large arcas in each of these |
for the purpose of demon-
Nand research. Because these
are under the jurisdiction of
8, it will be necessary
the whole-hearted ro-oper-

Bek

RN. U,~ 2085

| children
' heights.

length so as to show correctly;

(a) In the left upper corner, the}
number of birds in the box. This |
mark may be omitted in the case
of a box containing 12 birds, the
recognized pack.

| (b) In the left lower corner, “Tagged” |

if, and only if, all the birds in the
box are tagged. In this corner may}
also be shown the gross weight of)
the package.

(ce) In the right lower corner, the net)
weight.

(d) In the centre, the kind and sub-
kind of poultry on the first iine;|
the class and grade on the second)
line. |

(e) In instances where the kind and}
sub-kind are partly designated by |
the same word, the sub-kind name}
shall be used.

(f) In the branding of turkeys, both
kind and sub-kind shall be shown.
The sub-kind may be indicated by |
the first letter or letters of the!
sub-kind.

(g) Stags and roosters
branded as such.

must be

(2) No person shall place on any
such box any mark or design other
than those required by this regula-|
| tion, except such as may be SUE LS
| ized in any case by the Dominion |
Minister of Agriculture. |

The other new regulation, which’
refers to the inspection, grading and
marking of dressed poultry for ex-
port, has heen added as section 16
as follows:

(1) No person shall either by himself,
or through the agency of another
person, ship dressed poultry for ex-
port from Canada unless the same
has been inspected and certified by
an inspector at point of shipment
and is graded and packed and the |
containers marked in accordance
with these regulations, and each
individual bird marked with a tag
bearing the class and grade as
specified in these regulations.

(2) The Minister may from time to
time prescribe the form, colour,
and lettering. of tags used to mark
birds for export, and the place and
method of attachment.

(3) Upon the end of the box stencilled
in accordance with section 7, no
mark or other designation shall ap-
pear except those required or allow-
ed by this section.

New Fruit Commissioner

Lieut.-Colonel Roy L. Wheeler,
has been appointed!
Fruit Commissioner of the Dominion)
Department of Agriculture to fill the)
vacancy made by the death of Com-|
missioner G. E. McIntosh in August,
1934. Since 1922 Colonel Wheeler)
has been Fruit Transportation Spec-)|
jalist for the Department and his
| work in that connection has given}
him a wide acquaintance and experi-
jence with fruit growers, shippers,
and with the wholesale trade gener-|

j ally, as well as with transportation

interests throughout Canada.
How China Does It

To the bright officials of the Chin-
ese ministry of railways goes the
palm for inventing a system which |
| puts a stop to argument with parent
over the age of children. The Chinese
in the past have followed the Cana-
dian system of selling half-fare
| tickets for youngsters under a cer-
tain age. Now, after much trouble,
pay fare

according to

Twice as many babies in the United
States survive their first
compared with conditions
ago.

Fossil ostrich eggs found in China
are so big that a single one about
j equals 40 hens’ eggs.

Tennis world in a few years.

Demand For Frozen Fruits

This Year Expected To
Exceed 100,000 Pounds

Trial packs of frozen fruits and
vegetables have been received by
the public with increasing favor and
their movement is increasing. The

Output

| frozen pack of strawberries and rasp-

berries amounted to from 40,000 to
50,000 pounds in 1934 compared with
6,000 pounds in 1933. In 1935, the
output is expected to exceed 100,000
pounds. In addition to small fruits,
such vegetables as spinach, aspa-
ragus, ahd peas, have been success-
fully treated. This process will ex-
tend the season of Canadian fruits
and vegetables, and it is probable
that the frozen product may compete
with and displace a part of the im-
ports of fresh products. There is an
| increasing interest being taken in
frozen fruit by large institutions,
such as hospitals, which can freeze
their own supplies and hold them for
use.

Egg Pedlar (to wife)—“Sufferin’
snakes, Florabel, you Baldi the wrong
eggs to that last woman.”

Wife—“How

Pedlar—‘You sold her some of that
lot we dated September 10 and it's

so?” |

only September 1 now.”

Canadian Durum Wheat

Buropean Countries Using Our Wheat
For Blending Purposes

An interesting feature of the wheat,

situation is the growing appreciation

of the high quality of Canadian-,

grown durum wheat.
European countries find it advan-
tageous to blend their home-grown
durums, or at least some of them,
with a proportion of stronger wheats
of the same type. Of the latter, the
Canadian product has come to be re-
garded as pre-eminent on account of
its superior strength. Another rea-)
son for the popularity of Canadian |
durum is the relatively high degree
of purity by which it has thus far

Thus, certain

heen characterized. The acreage sown}

to durum wheat in Manitoba and
Saskatchewan, to
the production of this wheat is large-
ly confined, amounts to 2,085,600,
with an estimated production of ap-
proximately 23 million bushels.

Alden to her
if the pudding is

“Mary,” said Mrs.
cook, “I wonder
done.
it comes out clean.”

A few minutes later the cook an-
nounced: “It came out wonderful
ma’am, so I stuck all the other
knives in, too.”

Ihe SNAPSHOT CUILD,

STUDY YOUR COMPOSITION BA

It is quite obvious that pictures

of groups of people, or animals,

such as the horses shown above,

“should be taken with the camera

in a horizontal position, while

“arches, high waterfalls, etc.,
should be vertical

Newspaper cameramen are some-)
times sharply criticized by those who
consider photography as an art, for
various faults in composition, light-|
ing, shadows, etc. These critics may
be right but they do not stop to con-

»| sider that the news cameraman must

take his picture when he can get it
and often on the run. It's the picture)

\‘of an individual or action he is after

and heaven help him if he returns to
his city editor and says, “Sorry chief,
but I didn’t get that picture of the
mayor being slugged. The sun was
in the wrong position, the shadows
| terrible and the mayor was in an
| atrocious pose when he was struck.”
} Ooh! ——— Shudden to think of what
would happen to that cameraman!

There is one point, however, we
can all learn from the news camera-
man and profit by it in taking more
| interesting pictures. It is this. In-
clude only the principal subject in
& picture. In other words, if you are

ng a picture of an individual or
a oup. focus the lens on the prin-
cipal subject and forget about the
sharpness of the background or the
surrounding scenery, building, or
whatever it may be, unless the back-
ground is of some importance and is
part of the story.

If you are taking a landscape pic-
tvre determine before you “shoot”
the most attractive view and concen-
trate your focusing on that spot.
Two pictures showing two well com-
poscd and attractive scenes are
worth many snapshots with innu-
merable points of possible interest.
Then there is the shape of the pic-
ture to consider First of all this is
controlied by the way the camera is
hek)—-vertically or horizontally.

A high waterfall for instance, or a
Single figure standing in a high door-
way, obviously should be taken with
the camera in a vertical position,
while, on the other hand, a land-
scape, a herd of cattle or a scattered
group of people should be snapped
with the camera held horizontally,

Although the vight camera posi-
tion has been chosen, trimming m

isable to cut out unattractive
or essary details which were
not ncticed in the finder when the
picture was taken, This can be done
by masking the film when it is
printed to eliminate too much sky
or objects at her side of the pic-
ture that may distract the attention
from the view you had in mind at
the time you took the picture. Occa-
sionally, it is advisable to trim away
the background altogether and mount
the principal subject as a cut-out on
the slbum page.
circles and panels are
which suit various typés of
subjects, circles making tractive
frames for portraits. The s of the
circle and its position with regard
to the head must be left to individ-
ual taste, but where the head is not
shown in full front view, more space
should be left on the side toward
which the face is turned

Trimming will often enable a
drastic change to be made in the
composition of a picture. Trimming
the print at top and bottom to make
a long, narrow, horizontal panel
often very effective. If you are
quite satisfied with your print
four pieces of paper as a mask
you will readily see if trimming will
make a great improv nt Try it

JOHN VAN GUILDER.

is
not
use

and

which provinces |

Stick a knife in it and see if}

y you together

[Proposed Owia Anhiy De.
Which Will Seek World-Wide
As Well as Atlantic Ocean Trade

oO

While news dispatches and photo-
graphs te! a fast-pac wor 0
} h: il paced ld of
Insecticide Protects Food By; Prosress in building the British
Fumigating Process j Superliner Queen Mary and the Great
Since the introduction of wax paper) French ship Nornandls, other abe
and cellophane considerable progres | ports forecast a competition which
has been made in preventing deterior-| would take away much of the im-
and infestation of food pro-} Portance and perhaps some of the
ducts by insects subsequent to manu- bitterness of this subsidized battle for
facture. Many manufacturers now SUPremacy in shipbuilding. With the
fumigate their products after pack- Graf Zeppelin showing profits on its
ing, and a new insecticide, which South American trips, Germany is
consists of one part ethylene oxide Preparing to make a bid to keep its
to nine parts carbon dioxide, is com- A-deck. Sari sons by turning to
ing into use. The products packed alc pe Imes
ready for market are placed in a! From Berlin comes word of a pro-
vault into which the required amount posed ocean airship “line” which will
of fumigant is introduced: In this| S*¢k world-wide as well as Atlantic
: ee x ‘ jeg, | ocean trade. Work has already be-
way food products, cereals, candies, | sanwe re ah
| and other commodities are rendered) SU" on a new Zeppelin terminal at
insect free at the time of shipment| Frankfort-am-Main. It is on the
Rhine Valley and closer to European

from the factory or mill. No odour :
lis imparted to the materials. The centres than Biriedrichishaten, the old
port. Fast airplane service to all

| only drawback to this treatment, ac- = :
| cording to officers of the Dominion parts of Europe is planned. Another
| Depé artment of Agriculture who have So of call is promised for Seville,
| Spain.

had ample opportunity to test this}
From Washington, a dispatch re-

gas thoroughly during the past two
years, is the cost. However, with ex- | ports that Dr. Hugo Ec a famous
of the Graf, is in the

| tended use, this objection will be ob- | | commander .
viated| The fumigant is non-potson- capital to confer with paginas
ous to human beings, is non-inflam-| Officials for temporary use of air-
mable, and may be used without in-| SMP Moorings at Lakehurst, Cape
| jurious effects in the control of in-| May and Miami. He is enthusiastic
sects infesting various materials, It! over the possibility of Washington as
| was first investigated and developed a trans- pAtlantic air terminus. This
by research workers in agriculture. last, in itself, is an interesting com-
| mentary on the shift of importance
from New York to the nation’s capi-
| 1935 Hatchery Regulations tal. In air travel, centres of inter-
| ray | est rather than deep-water harbor
| Only One Alteration Made From That facilities will be the important fac-
Of 1934 tor.
| When only a few chicks are to be} Thus Germany, finding her fast
raised, and time is not an important) liners, Bremen and Europe, threat-
factor, natural methods may be used,| ened by the two luxury vessels and
but where chicks are to be raised) already challenged by Italian craft.
commercially and time is an import-| proposes to keep the cream of pas-
ant factor, artificial methods are ad-| senger, mail and express business by
vised. For this reason, the Dominion) turning to the air. If the new air-
Department of Agriculture has re-| ships can duplicate the performances
issued and brought up to date cireu-) of the Graf for fast safe crossings

Protecting Food Products

New

ation

.| lar 76 which deals with the brooding and profit, the project has possibili-

and rearing of chicks. ties of success. Other nations will
With reference to the rearing of | then have to take to the air, too, if
‘chicks under the hatchery regula-| they wish to compete for the myth-
| tions, breeders will note that, sofaras ical “Blue Ribbon on the Atlantic,”
the rules and regulations of the; and water-borne ships will rip out
‘hatchery approval policy for the 1935; staterooms to make cargo holds.
season are concerned, only one alter-| Christian Science Monitor.
ation has been made from those of
1934 through the addition of rule 13.
This has been inserted to protect
provinces which have asked for)
proclamation of the hatchery regula-|
tions and are hatching only from ap-
jaroved blood-tested flocks. The rule |
on an extensive scale, and more than
is as follows: No approved hatchery | J
| 100,000 white spruce trees and some
shall ship chicks into any province} .
| x : . | 8,400 green ash will be available for
| which has included blood-testing in| |). . « ° ‘e
i 3 ' | distribution in the spring from the
Jits flock approval policy and where} ps -
| ‘ provincial nurseries at Oliver, accord-
the hatchery regulations are in effect, |
¥ ing to an announcement made by the
|except approved» hatcheries using’
hondy, egga from blood-festedwiocks forestry branch of the Alberta De-
ee i S- | partment of Lands and Mines. These

Sie 3 trees will be distributed on the plan
The Secret Of Success adopted two years ago to farmers
eee: | who have wood lots, or to schools,
Your Work Well And} community centres, etc, Last year
Keeping At It | some 34,000 trees of various kinds
Wailing for something to turn up, | were distributed from the nurseries
| is waiting for moonbeams to turn) to 228 different sources which
| into silver, for magic and chance to} cluded 183 farmers, 18 schools,
take the place of natural law in the} institutions, and 14 Bae eases
/ universe. It is the philosophy of the
shiftless, the refuge of the lazy, the|
excuse of the improvident. |
Let us sing a hallelujah and =

Tree Planting In Alberta

Distributing Trees To Farmers Who
Have Wood Lots
Tree planting in Alberta continues

Is Doing

in-
13

Rdicaiite! ‘The Children
Plans Include Films
Five-Yeur-Olds
$ A special film, designed to appeal
BRBKE: . to an audience made up of children
| The secret of success lies in that} .. 5
oak ee ycnct hi | with an age of five years,
old’ word drudgery, th doing oneithing has been produced in Moscow by the
long after it ceases to be amusing, A

7 director, Stepanov, and shown to the
but it is that one thing that gathers si ' mm ‘
desired audience, The idea
from chaos, that con- ; Srv f
ve rbULLe! nected with Soviet plans for starting
r rom” possibilities to the education of children bef they
aie owerl
Era ee. reach school age, Roars of laughter
| greeted the film. Its title “The
The) yfost Dirty of All.”
retro-

Soviet Yor
a fresh beatitude: “Blessed be drudg-
ery.” It is the one thing we can not

average

is con-

centrates
powers,

you
and
achievements.
No stand still.
moment progress is not made,
gression begins.-John W. Hall

into

was

man can

Busy Vor A Day

is a

There railway station
3isley in England, that is used only
r, but then it handles
It ia

adjoining

Uncommon But Not Rare a yh

When Toronto man found
self two or three
he

him-' one day a yes
several thousand
built on the
the shooting grounds of the National
Rifle Association and used only duy-
ing the
king’s prize.

inches shorter than
reported to
what
It

suffering from

passengers

he lonely

had been, a hos-
the

was

moors
pital to see was causing
found he
Paget's disease,

uncommon but not rare

shrinkage was
an
The
deform-
ities and compressions of the

annual one-day shoot for the

malady
disease is characterized by
bones
Many

six to

Bachelors Wanted
which résult in loss of height

of

announce®

The
it is

United States
ecking 33
trombone

army
cases with a shortening

and
eight inches are

barsgon, obo
on record

army bands in
Only bachelors

players for
and I
apply

2 Eee Panama All
It is thought likely
the

making when they to

that the
of

Arabs
paper

need

acquired ancient art

All the

and active, ¢

Chinese paper makers dead tend in # ‘“bat-

tery” from to
pre

| parallel

Atlantic, ap-

Chem
of firey

s have found a cheap way mately nineteenth